The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-14

SpenQ II, all agreed.
None of it will be wasted Mrs
Jean Boyle, BOT Berkley-rd, said. 1T
will relieve many women of house.
hold bills which have been pressing
them for some time. But payment
has been so uncertain, and still is,
for that matter, that haven't made
any definite plans for spending"
Needed For Machinery
Mrs. Helen Clarridge, 1457 E. 59th-
st. sees an opportunity for her hus-
band to acquire machinery he has
needed in his business for some time.
THAT is, if we get it," Mrs. Clar-
ridge said "a lot of things can
happen. and we still may not get it..
You know, this is year when there
is political campaign, and there
can be things done to halt bonus
payment again"
The money, if it is paid, is to be
converted quickly into paint on the
home of Mrs Edward Snyder, 1880
E. 16th-st, she forecast today.
Il want to have some outside
walks fixed up, too, and there are
number of things that would like
to do with it for my two daughters,
Marcille, IL, and Dorothy May, A."
Mrs. Snyder said.
Families in Need
Mrs. Paul Whipple visited the vet
Grams hospital at Marion last week,
and has lost sight of what she would
like to do with her husbands bonus
money in visions of what it would
40 for the families of veterans who
are there.
Il don't think ny of it would be
thrown away" Mrs. Whipple said.
There are 101 different ways that
the money could be used by those
men and their families. But you
can't spend money until you get it."
Mrs. Earl D. Finley, 1901 w. 33rd-
st, believes she and her husband
would be content to take their bonus
payments in bonds, if given this
alternative.
My husband was so young when
he went into service, and served so
;hort a time, that it wouldn't amount
to very much in actual cash." she
explained. But we would like to
take bonds, and let them accumu-
late interest which would be of use
in the future.
Disappointment Many
But, like most veterans wives, 1
N k1f 1nf oh TO- un
had so many disappointments about
payment of the bonus that we
haven't done any planning until re-
Gently"
So those pencils which are begin
ming to figure little On the family
budgets again are wavering indie
cisively. For the bonus still is like
an elusive basketball being tossed
around, and Indianapolis women
ire remembering the old adage about
the slip betwixt the cup and the
lip" before becoming too enthusi-
astic.
Back in 1922, when the first big
bonus bill was passed by both houses
of Congress, these women saw in it
~ cure for many financial ailments.
At that time the Hoase overrode
President Harding's veto, but the
Senate sustained it, and those en-
bryonic plans of local women
vanished.
Collected in Part
In 1927, when authorization was
given to pay face value of certifi-
Gates of that date, many of the vet
Grams collected part of the bonus
and spent it for living costs.
Later, when both houses OVERRIDE
President Hoover's veto of the bill
authorizing veterans to borrow up
to so per cent of the face value of
the certificates, veterans wives again
became hopeful. they said today.
They spent that borrowed money on
household necessities, and a few
frills for their homes.
Three subsequent actions of Con-
gress have blown their interest hot
and cold on this visionary money.
Today they are beginning to be
hopeful again, but they are not
counting on the bonus as a "sure
thing" yet.