Show 0 P POSITION VOICED TO BONUS of t Former Soldier Asserts Money l Handout for Ex- Ex 01 Service ServiceMen len Men Would Simply Be Wasted Tasted Farms Urged n. n A. A Pr 9 j I March 4 flat FIat Fla I opposition to financial relic legislation le for former service men menthe the first to be expressed by a former soldier was asserted today before the Rouse House ways and means committee by bj Walter alter W. W Burns of Green Grcen Point N. N Y a former artillery captain A money handout to tho the ex service men ho said would simply be thrown n away 1 ny Voula ta T k U Df neT I All soldiers would take tako a a. money grant If It Congress authorized it Burns told the committee Representative Rainey Democrat of ot Illinois replied that this was true oven even of oC members oi ot of Congress who talk and vote vole against salaries and mileage allotments but always take toko the thc monc money Q Burns contended that the satisfaction satisfaction satisfaction tion of ot having fought to defend the country was sufficient reward ro If It the thc war had continued two weeks more every ery American soldier would ha have 0 been so 50 tickled they wouldn't want any bonus he ho added Representative Garner Democrat Texas said saW not a former service man manIn manIn manin In his district had written In favor Cavor of oC the thc pro proposed financial relief Tho They dont don't know you are In Congress Congress Con Con- gress ress then a a. representative of or a 3 soldier soldier sol sol- dier organization seated In the committee com corn room interjected J Legion Dh Dl Even en the thc American Lc Legion lon is divided on tho QU question Burns said Reclamation of oC arid lands In tho the west and south with preferential right to all an former service men mn to entry on existing drained public lands was waa urged b by a a. delegation h headed ded b by Representative Rep Rep- c Smith Republican Idaho More than men have already signified their desire for or homesteads homesteads but are without financial means mean's means to obtain ob tam tain them George Georg-e R R. Maxwell of at St. St Louis told the committee Benefits 10 to soldiers under adequate land lanel grant bills bUla would be bo far tar bett r than an any bonus or financial aid Maxell Maxwell Max- Max well ell said |