Show IN FAVOR OF STATE BONUS oklahoma legion mens referendum results in large majority lor for compensation action they fought not only for the american flag and american institutions but for every section of land in oklahoma gov GOT J 0 walton of oklahoma declared in his inaugural address re referring ferring to es ea service men of the world war there are sections of land in oklahoma that have produced I 1 am in favor of giving these soldiers the wealth produced by one section of our land and I 1 recommend that the bonus bill be again submitted to the people at a special election which it Is the power of the legislature to do by joint resolution the state bonus bill advocated by govenor walton during the campaign pr provided 50 a month tor for ex ei service men for each month of service during the world viar v ar although the bill bili had bad the united opposition of all interests that would be taxed nearly more voted for the measure than against lt it but it lost by approximately votes lacking that number of having a majority of all votes cast in the election the american legion of oklahoma was neutral taking no stand tor for or against the measure governor walton recommended resubmission of the same bill with the elimination of the tux on oil refineries refine rles in view of the large favorable vote tote ast the Amer american leall legion took a referendum vote of its membership to see whether they favored a reasonable state adjusted compensation measure at a meeting of the department executive committee the vote was canvassed and showed a large majority in favor of some sort of a state bonus |