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Show ECONOMY IS THE WATCHWORD WASHINGTON, July 27 -"In acknowledging ack-nowledging tho truth of President Harding's statement that tho condition condi-tion of thu treasury is not such as to waxxant the payment of billions of bonus money to exsolders, our overseas men uro Indulging In somo bitter reflections on the conditions that caued such stupendous drain on (ho taxpayers," says the Republican publicity association, through Us preldent, Hon. Jonathan Bourno Jr. "They havo no trouble in recalling that white thoy wcrt sweating nnd dying in tho trenches or Franco, a billion dollars was bolug squandered in the United States on an aircraft program that had next to no effect on tho outcome of tho wnr. They know that hundreds of millions more wcro thrown dway In tho construction of n vast fleet of wooden ships, novcr of pactlcal value, now almost worthless, worth-less, They know that hundreds ot thousands of slackers earned war wages at home whllo they endured suffering and death for a dollar a day, less family allotments and in surance premiums. Many returned home to find their businesses and jobs usurped by those same slackers. ' "But the veterans are discerning and they know that the administration administra-tion under which all those abuses were made possible and encouraged i Is npt the same as that In power In Washington today. Those betrayers of public trust have been turned out bag and baggage, but President Harding and tho other men who have taken their places havo had to shoulder the heritages left by thorn. It Is no fault of tho party now In power that tho condition of tho treasury trea-sury is at Its presout low ebb; In fact, It is to the credit ot that party that It did not sink to lower depths. While President Harding was a son-ator, son-ator, ho cooperated with tho other members of bis party In congress In cutting hundreds of millions ot dollar's dol-lar's from the estlmntes of tho dom-J ocratlc executive and In 'reducing by that amount the burden that .the tax navers havo had to carrr. 4 ! "Tho overseas veteranB would havo i , i. i a fair caso of grievance; if thoy wore . selected by1 the presldenC to bear '0,1-1 one the demands ot economy whllo federal expenditures continued at. tho rate they havo been going tne past fow years. Bnt over' man who i has followed tho course of events' knows that Mr. Hardlng'a opposition , n tho bonuo Is only an oxprosslon ot his attitude toward every demand on tho federal treasury. Economy Is tho watchword at Washington andj every ramification of tho government that can contrlbuto to tho success' of that ulogan la bolng called upon to yield Its quota. Reorganization of tho exccuUvo dopartmonts, coupled cou-pled -with a scrutiny of every Item of fed oral cxpcdlturo moro thorough than over beforo In tho country's history, la bound to produce a result that win bo highly satisfactory to the taxpfl-renr, toclttdfri Moons whot &ro tho men who Book tho bonus." J. -4,1 |