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Show ---Sj -!,- -A . - w. SlMf fill' EiliS PLAN ACCEPTED' WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE DE. CLARED TO HAVE RESULTED FAVORABLY Bill Will Be Presented at Early Date According to Announcement Just Made for tho Enactment of a Bonus Bill Washington. A general agreement for the enactment of a bonus bill for former service men early in the. pros-ont pros-ont session of congress, It wns Indicated, Indi-cated, had been re-ached nt tho concussion con-cussion ot a White House dinner conference con-ference Saturday night between President Presi-dent Hnrdlng and n number ot senators, sena-tors, representatives and members ot tho cabinet. Tho plan contemplates, It wns understood, un-derstood, that tho cost of tho bonus will he defrayed, If possible, from receipts re-ceipts from tho allied dohts to tho United States. If theso are not sufficient, suf-ficient, It was said, It was tentatively Miggostcd that a sales tax might bo supported by tho administration, AH the agreements reached were provisional. It was estimated by thoso who attended, and subject to rovlslon If n further canvass of sentiment ntnong Republicans In the house nnd senntc makes" it nocessnry. Other Items of legislation under discussion Included In-cluded tho permanent tariff and tho refunding bill for the allied debt. The conference lasted from 7 p. m. until midnight nnd thoso present snld Mint every posslblo detnll of the leg-Hatlvo leg-Hatlvo situation wns discussed, although al-though It was not the Intention to draw up deflntto plans or n definite program until other conferences have been held. It wns indicated thnt Pros-Ident Pros-Ident Harding would call In other representatives rep-resentatives and senators later to glvo a broader scope to the discussions. The bonus bill, It wns said, would probably be brought up In the senate in the very nenr future as a result of the negotiations Saturday. |