Show X z 1 r I t. t i r I I I SHIPPING BONUS OPPOSITION T There here Are Rumors However How How- H However w. w ever of Soldiers' Soldiers Bonus o us First of All I IBy By LAURENCE M. M BENEDICT United Press Pres Staff Correspondent W WASHINGTON March l t i PresIdent dent Harding by y l hIs hI's ls l's p presentation to congress of a definite and comprehensive sive ship subsidy program has broken down to an unexpected degree opposition opposition tion that has existed for tor the last I twenty five ye years years rs to a bon bonus s tor for ships sentiment in hl both the senate and the tho sho shoWed sho pod today to ay Despite this I 1 passage assaBa of of or Hardings Harding's bill which calls for direct aid of 30 a year a year year and various forms of indirect subsidy subsidy- is not expected expect d inthe Inthe in the near future It may not be passed until after the elections The subsidy situation situation- has lias been com by the pending of the soldier bonus bill in congress There were I 6 rumblings today of a movement which i might take as its motto No bonus I for ship operators until after a bonus I for the service ex-service men English Newspapers 9 i H Had ad Bigger Story jt LONDON March 1 By Sy the Associated Associated Asso Press Press President President Hardings Harding's proposals for an American merchant marine ship subsidy w were we're were re crowded out of several London newspapers by the accounts t bf f Princess Marys Mary's wedding to which every journal devotes many pages Only the biggest newspapers print more than a brief summary of the presidents president's statement to congress The Daily Chronicle the only one to comment comment com corn comi i ment says that Americas America's possession I of a huge fleet of merchant shipping was bound to evoke some such proposal proposal proposal pro pro- and that nobody need be sur sur- Nevertheless it adds the position created for British ship owners th themselves themselves them them- m- m selves very hard hit by the collapse of the worlds world's trade is a serious one For the moment we can only take note of these portents but not without expressing profound regret that so strong a lead should be given in such quarters to what is from a world world- standpoint a most reactionary trade policy I |