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Show CHAIRMAN FDRDH ' I ROILED BY FORMER J SOLOIEt'S ASSE RTIOi I Claim Made Lawmakers Will '-1 Vote for Bonus Plan In Order to Get Votes ' WASHINGTON. March 12. Mem-bers Mem-bers of congress will support soldier bonuses legislation in order "to get fjH votes" Frank P. Kcech, of New York, riV a former lieutenant colonel in tho in- , IH spector general's department, declared ( today before the house ways and 1 1 means' committee, which is holding hearings on relief legislation. tl "I consider it on insult for any per- i tH son to say that I would spend two bil-lion bil-lion dollars of the public money to be elected to congress." declared Chair-man Chair-man Fordney. ; "What was your salary before and j ' after the war?" asked Representative 1 Frcar, Republican, Wisconsin, after the wrangle had subsided. "I don't wish to give that," Kecch "You aro a broker and you speak from tho Wall street viewpoint," said I Mr. Frear. "Do you know if boys on tho farm who lost everything feel as ; the people who lived in New YorkV" ' "From conditions in. New York I ' would say that a bonus is not desired '1 or needed by the average discharged soldier," Keech replied. The witness added that he was con- . cerned over the predicted decrease in ' ( bond values. He objected to the sug-gestion sug-gestion of Representative Rainey, 1 11 1-nois, 1-nois, Democrat, to place a tax on the 23,000 men who became millionaires during the war. 1 "Initiative ceases when taxes be- come due and such an additional tax ; would be harmful," said he. |