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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-31
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Games Yesterday. . St. Louis 8, Detroit q. Boston-Philadelphia (postponed, rain).
 Ganaes TeAay. New York at Philadelphia (2l Boston at Washington. Detroit at St. Louis. Cleveland at Chicago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-31
NOTICE

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Professional Service

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lnssrancs

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Moving and rrlc,sins

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Business SerDice

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New Mattresses at Wholesale Prices.
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-22
TOUCHES 1924 SETTLEMENT

This settlement provided for ad-
justment in compensation during
service by an additional allowance
per day for actual service rem
dered. Because cash payment was
not to be made immediately, this
basic allowance was increased by
25 per cent and to this was added
at compound interest for 20 years,
the whole to be paid in 1945. The
result of this computation was that
an amount two and one-half times
the original grant would be paid at
maturity.
Taking the average case as an
example, the government acknowl-
edged a claim of $500 to be due.
This $500, under the provisions of
the settlement, with the addition Of
the 25 per cent for deferred pay
ment and the compound interest
from that time until 1915, would
amount to the sum of $1,000 in 1915.
The veteran was thereupon given
a certificate containing an agree
ment by the government to pay him
this $1,000 in 1945 or to pay it to
his family if he died at any time
before 1945. In effect, it was a
paid-up endowment policy in the
average case for $1,000 payable in
1945, or sooner in the event of
death. Under the provisions of
this settlement, the total obliga-
ton of 4OO,OO0O0O in 1924 pro-
duced a maturity or face value of
So 800, 100000 in 1945.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-22
RAPS NEW PRIVILEGE

The veteran who suffers from this
depression can best be aided by the
rehabilitation of the country as a
whole. His country with honor and
gratitude returned him at the end
of the war to the citizenry from
which he came. He became once
more a member of the great civil
ian population. His interests be-
came identified with its fortunes and
also with its misfortuneS.
Some years ago it was we'll said by
the distinguished senior Senator
from Idaho that "the soldier of this
country can not be aided except as
the country itself is rehabilitated.
The soldier can not come back eX-
cept as the people as a whole come
back. The soldier can not prosper
unless the people prosper. He has
now gone back and intermingled
and become part of the citizenship
of the country; he is wrapped up in
it's welfare or in its adversely. The
handing out to him of few dollars
will not benefit him under such cir
cumstances, whereas it will greatly
injure the prospects of the country
and the restoration of normal con-
ditionS."
1t is generally conceded that the
settlement by adjusted compenSa-
ton certificates made in 1924 was
fair and it was accepted as fair by
the overwhelming majority of World
War veterans themselves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-22
CIVILIANS NOT AIDED

Furthermore unemployed Va
Grams as a group have benefited
more largely than any other group
from the expenditure of the great
public works appropriation of three
billion three hundred million dol
lars made by the Congress in 1888,
and under which We are still Oper-
ating. In like manner the new four
billion dollar work relief act seeks
10 give employment TO practically
every veteran who is receiving
relief.
We may measure the benefits eX-
tended from the fact that there
has been expended up to the end
Of the last fiscal year more than
$500 100000 for these items in be-
half of the veterans of the World
War. not including sums spent for
home or work relief. With our cur
rent annual expenditures of some
$3.50. 100000 and the liquidation of
outstanding obligations under term
insurance and the payment Of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-22
MANY BENEFITS PROVIDED

At the outbreak of the war. the
President and the Congress sought
and established an entirely new pol
icy, however, in order to guide the
granting of financial aid to soldiers
and sailors. Remembering the I'M
fortunate results that came from
the lack of a veterans policy after
the Civil War, they determined that
a prudent and sound principle Of
insurance should supplant the I'M
Certainties and unfairneSs of direct
bOunties. At the same time. their
policy encompassed the most COM
plete care for those who had Suf-
fered disabilities in service. With
respect to the grants made within
the lines of this general policy, the
President and the Congress have
full recognized that those who
served in uniform deserved certain
benefits to which other citizens OF
the republic were not entitled, and
in which they could not participate
In line with these sound and fair
principles. many benefits have been
provided for veterans.
During the war itself provision
was made for government allow
anceS for the families and other de-
pendents of enlisted men in service.
Disability and death compensation
was provided for casualties in line
of duty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-22
PEOPLE HAVE PRIOR CLAIM

The final whereas" clause, stat
ing that spending the money is The
most effective means of Fastening
recovery is so i'll considered that
little comment is necessary. Every
authorization of expenditure by the
seventy-third Congress in its Ses-
sion of 1888 and 1884, and every APP
preparation by the seventy-fourth
congress to date, for recovery pur-
poses, has been predicated not on
the mere spending of money to
hasten recovery, but on the Sounder
principle of preventing the loss Of
homes and farms, of saving indus
try from bankruptcy, of safeguard
ing bank deposits, and most impor-
tant of all-of giving relief and jobs
through public work to individuals
and families faced with starvation.
These greater and broader concerns
of the American people have a prior
claim for our consideration at This
time. They have the right of way.
There is before this Congress leg
islation providing old-age BENEFITS
and a greater measure of security
for all workers against the hazards
of unemployment. We are also meet
ing the pressing necessities of those
who are now unemployed and in
need of immediate relief. In all of
this every veteran shares.
To argue for this bill as relief
measure is to indulge in the fallacy
that the welfare of the country can
be generally served by extending re-
lief on some basis other than actual
deserving need.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-22

service certificates. it seems safe to
predict that BY the year 1945 we
viii have expended sl3.5O0 900. 600
This IS a sum equal TO more than
three-fourths Of the entire cost Of
our participation IN the World War,
and 10 years from now most Of the
veterans Of that war will be barely
past the half-century mark.
Payments have been and are be-
ing made only to veterans Of the
World War and their dependents,
and not TO civilian workers who
helped to win that war.
IN the light of our established
principles and policies let us con-
slider the case Of adjusted compen-
sation. Soon after the close of the
war a claim was made by several
veterans organizations that they
should be paid some adjusted COM
pensation for their time in uniform.
After a complete and fair presenta-
ton Of the whole subject, followed
by full debate in the Congress of
the United States, a settlement was
reached in 1924.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-22
History of Bonus

To
WASHINGTON. May Pills
tory Of the soldiers bonus in Con-
grcSS since 1919.
19l9-COnCreSs votes DISCHARGE
bonus OF $50 for all service men.
l92i-PreSident Harding in special
messages urges delay in bonus leg
islatiOn.
l922-Bonus bill passes both
houses vetoed by Harding. House
overrldeS veto. 5 to /: Senate sus-
tains veto 3 to :.
1923-PreSident Coolidge in annual
message opposes bonus.
l924-Bul to pay adjusted service
certificates in 1915 passed over Cool
idge veto 10 l in the House and .
10 in Senate.
l93i-Bll to allow veterans to
borrow Up 10 so per cent Of face
value on certificates passed over
President Hoover'S veto 1 10 I in
House and A. 10 in Senate.
l932-Patman bill for immediate
fun bonus payment by currercy ex-
panSion passes House by 5 10 (: de-
feated in Senate 81 TO I.
l933-BOnuS Amendment 10 Agri-
cultural Adjustment Act defeated
IN Senate by , 10 !: no record vote
IN House.
1934-Patman bill passed House BY
3 10 l. President Roosevelt an
nounceS unprecedented personal ap-
pearance 20 deliver veto message 10
Joint sessions Congress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-22
POINTS TO HISTORY

The third reason given in the first
whereas" clause is that payment
today would tighten the relief
burden of municipalities. Why,
ask, should the Congress lift that
burden in respect only to those who
wore the uniform? Is it not better
to treat every able-bodied American
alike and to carry out the great re-
lief program adopted by this Con-
gresS in a spirit of equality to all?
This applies to every other unit of
government throughout the nation.
The second whereas" clause,
which states that the payment of
certificates will not create an addi-
tional debt, raises a fundamental
question of sound finance. To meet
a claim of one group by this decep-
lively easy method of payment will
raise similar demands for the pay
ment of claims of other groups. 1t
is easy to see the ultimate result of
meeting recurring demands by the
issuance of Treasury notes. 1t in
viteS an ultimate reckoning in I'M
comfortable prices and in the de-
struction of the value of savings,
that will strike most cruelty those
like the veterans VINO seem to be
temporarily benefited. The first per-
son injured by Skyrocketing prices
is the man on a fixed income. Every
disabled veteran on pension or al
lowance is on hxed income. This
bill favorS the able-bodied veteran
at the expense of the disabled
veteran.
Wealth is not created, nor is it
more equitably distributed by this
method. A government, like an in
dividual, must ultimately meet legi-
innate obligations out of the pro-
duction of wealth by the labor of
human beings applied to the re-
sources of nature. Every country
that has attempted the form of
meeting its obligations which is here
provided has suffered disastrous
consequences.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-22
Complete Text of President Rooseves Bonus Veto Message

en- who increased crops, who made
munitions, who ran our railroads,
who worked in the mines, who load
Ell our ships during the war period
I am thinking Of those who died
in the cause Of America here and
abroad. in uniform and out; I am
thinking of the widows and orphans
of all of them: I am thinking Of
five millions of Americans who with
their families, are today in dire
need. supported in whole or in part
by Federal, state and local govern
ments who have decreed that they
shall not starve. I am thinking not
only of the past, not only OF today,
but of the years to come. In this
future OF ours it Is "a first impoV-
lance that we yield not to the SYM
pathy which we would extend to a
single group or class by special
legislation for that group or class,
but that We should extend assist
ance to all groups and all classes
who in an emergency need the help
ing hand of their government.
I believe the welfare of The ma
ton. as well as the future welfare
o. the veterans. wholly juStifles my
diSapproval of this measure.
Therefore. Mr.. Speaker. I return.
without my approval. House of
Representatives Bill No 1896. pro-
viding for the immediate paymer~
to veterans Of the 1915 face value
of their adjusted service certificates.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-22
EQUALITY FOR ALL

I invite the Congress and the vet
Grams with the great masses of the
American population to join with
me in progressive efforts to root a
recurrence of such injustice out OF
American life. But we should not
destroy privilege and create new
privilege at the same time. Two
wrongs do not make a right.
The Herculean task Of the United
States government today is to take
care that its citizens have the ne
cessities of life. We are seeking
honestly and honorably to do this,
irrespective of class or group. Right
", we give preferential treatment to
those men who we're wounded, dis
abled. or who became i'll as a re-
suit of war service. Rightly, we give
care to those who subsequently
have become i'll. The others-ani
they represent the great majority
are today in the prime of life, are
today in full bodily vigor. They
are American citizens who should
be accorded equal privileges and
equal rights to enjoy life, liberty
and the pursuit of happineSs-no
less and no more.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-22
100000 SAW SERVICE

Eighteen years ago the United
States engaged in the World War
A nation OF one hundred and twenty
million people was united in the
purpose Of victory. The millions
engaged in agriculture toiled TO pro-
vide the raw materials and food
stuffs for our armies and for the
nations with whom We we're assOci-
ated. Many other millions employed
in industry labored 70 create the
materials for the active conduct OF
the war on land and sea.
Out OF this vast army consisting
Of the whole working population Of
the nation. four and three-quarter
million men volunteered or were
drafted into the armed forces OF
the United States. One-half Of them
remained within our American
continental limits. The other half
served overseas: and OF these. one
million four hundred thousand saw
service in actual combat.
The people and the government
of the United States have shown
a proper and generous regard for
the sacrifices and patriotism of all
Of the four ana three-quarter
million men who were in uniform
no matter where they served.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-22
$4,000 TO HEAR
PRIEST IN N. Y.
Father CoughIin Arrives in
Gotham, Again Attacks
Bonus Veto.
By United Press

By United Press
NEW YORK, May 22.-The Rev.
Charles E. Coughlin will pack Mad
ison Square Garden tonight at a
mass meeting as amazing as any
held in New York
The utter lack of preparations for
a crowd expected to total $4,000 only
became evident after the priest ar
rived. The police department, with
out request, arranged to have 1856
patrolmen and 100 detectives pres
ent to handle the multitude.
Father Coughlin knew nothing
concerning ticket sales and merely
nodded his head when told the Gar
den was nearly sold out. His bust
ness counsellor. Louis B. Ward, re-
fused to answer his telephone.
The priest arrived yesterday from
Detroit. When he reached his room
in the New York Athletic Club he
met newspaper men. Points he indi-
Gated he would discuss included:
The bonus, work relief wage scales,
President Roosevelt and the Ma
tional Union for Social Justice.
His attitude on the Patman bonus
bill. due to be vetoed today, was as
aggressive as have been his utter
ances in the past. The veto, he said,
will be "the most foolish political
move"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-22
DUE IN 1916, NOT TODAY

In the majority of cases printing
press money has not been retired
through taxation. Because of in
creased costs, caused by inflated
prices, new issue has followed new
issue, ending in the ultimate wiping
out Of the currency of the afflicted
country. In a few cases, like our
own in the period of the Civil War,
the printing of Treasury notes to
cover an emergency has fortunately
not resulted in actual disaster and
collapse, but has nevertheless caused
this nation untold troubles, eco
nomic and political, for a whole gen.
Grafton.
The statement in this same second
whereas" clause that payment will
discharge and retire an acknowl-
edged contract obligation of the
government is, I regret to say, not
in accordance with the fact. 1t
wholly omits and disregards the. fact
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-22
HITS RECOVERY ARGUMENT

The first of these states as reasons
for the cash payment of these GER
tificates at this time: That it will
increase the purchasing power OF
millions of the consuming public;
that it will provide relief for many
who are in need because of econo-
mic conditions; and that it will
tighten the relief burden of cities,
counties and states. The second
states that payment will not create
any additional debt. The third
states that payment now will be an
effective method of spending money
to hasten recovery.
These are the enacted reasons for
the passage Of this bill. Let me
briefly analvze them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-22
TERMED NEW BOUNTY"

Since 1924, the only major change
in the original settlement was the
act of 1881 under which veterans
were authorized to borrow up to
so per cent of the face value of their
certificates as of 1945. Three million
veterans have already borrowed un-
der this provision an amount which,
with interest charges, totals $1,700,-
900 900.
The bill before me provides for
the immediate payment of the 1345
value of the certificates. It means
paying 81 800, 100000 more than the
present value of the certificates. 1t
requires an expenditure of more
than S2,2OO,000O00 in cash for this
purpose. 1t directs payment to the
veterans of a much larger sum than
was contemplated in the 1924 set
Element. 1t is nothing less than a
complete abandonment of that set
Element. 1t is new straight
gratuity. or bounty to the amount
of ST 500 100000. 1t destroys the in
Surance protection for the depend
ents of the veterans provided in the
original plan. For the remaining
period of 10 years they will have
lost this insurance.
This proposal, I submit, violates
the entire principle of veterans ben
efits so carefully formulated at the
time of the war and also the entire
DrinciDle of the adjusted certificate
settlement of 1924.
What are the reasons presented in
this bill for this fundamental
change in policy? They are set forth
with care in a number of whereas"
clauses at the beginning of the bill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-22
COERCION" is FLAILED

It is important to make one more
point. In accordance with the man
date of the Congress, our budget
has been set. The public has &C
cepted it. On that basis this Con-
greSS has made and is making Its
appropriations. That budget asked
for appropriations in excess of re-
Ceipts to the extent of four billions
of dollars. The whole of that def
cit was to be applied for work re-
lief for the unemployed. That was
single minded, definite purpose.
Every unemployed veteran on the
relief rolls was included in that
proposed deicit-he will be taken
care of out of it.
I can not in honesty assert to
you that to increase that deficit
this year by two billion, two hundred
million dollars will in itself bank
rupt the United States. Today the
credit of the United States is safe.
But it can not ultimately be safe if
we engage in policy of yielding to
each and all of the groups that are
able to enforce upon the Congress
claims for special consideration. To
do is to abandon the principle Of
government by and for the Ameri-
can people and to put in its place
government by and for political
coercion by minorities. We can
afford all that we need; but we
can not afford all that we want.
I do not need to be prophet to
assert that if these certificates, due
in 1945, are paid in full today, every
candidate for election to the Senate
or to the House of Representatives
will in the near future be called
upon in the name of patriotism to
support general pension legislation
for all veterans, regardless of need
or age.
Finally, I invite your attention to
the fact that solely from the point
of view of the good credit of the
United States, the complete failure
of the Congress to provide addi-
tional taxes for an additional ex-
penditure of this magnitude would
in itself and by itself alone warrant
disapproval of this measure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-22
VETERANS FIRST IN LINE

The original provisions for these
benefits have been subsequently
changed and lberalized many times
by the Congress. Later generous
Dresumptions for veterans who be-
came i'll after the termination OF the
war we're written into the statute to
help veterans in their claims for
disability. AS a result of this liberal
legislation for disability and for
death compensation, one million
one hundred and forty thousand
men and women have been bene-
fitted.
During the war the government
started a system of voluntary in
surance at peace-time rates Tor
men and women in the service.
Generous provision has been made
/ for disqualification, vocational train
/ ing and rehabilitation of veterans.
You are familiar with this excellent
care given to the sick and disabled.
In addition to these direct bene-
I fits. Congress has given recognition
to the interest and welfare of vet
Grams in employment matters
through veteran preference in the
I United States Civil Service, in the
selection of employees under the
Public works Administration
through the establishment of vet
Grams employment unit in the De-
partment of Labor, and through pro-
/ visions favoring veterans in the
+ selection of those employed in the
/ Civilian Conservation Corps. Many
states have likewise given special
bonuses in cash and veterans pref
\ erences in state and local public
employment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-22
CITIZENS, NOT SOLDIERS

The core of the question is that
a man who is sick or under some
other special disability because he
was a soldier should certainly be as
sisted as such. But if man is suf-
fering from economic need because
of the depression, even though ne
is a veteran, he must be placed on
par with all of the other victims
of the depression. The veteran who
is disabled owes his condition to the
war. The healthy veteran who is
unemployed owes his troubles to
the depression. 1t presents sepa-
rate and different problem. Any
attempt to mingle the two problems
is to confuse our efforts.
Even the veteran who is on relief
will benefit only temporarily by this
measure, because the payment of
this sum to him will remove him
from the group entitled to relief if
the ordinary rules of relief agen-
cies are followed For him this
measure would give but it would also
take away. In the end he would be
the loser.