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Show oo VETERANS URGE BONUS PASSAGE Estimate Made That Fully Half Would Request Cash Payment WASHINGTON, Jan 31 Immediate passape of soldier bonus legislation was urged today at a hearing before tin lions, ways and means committee by repri Bentatlves Of war veterans' organizations- An estimate that If a bonus bill wen enacted SO per cent of the war veteran-would veteran-would take cash. In preference to Insurance, In-surance, vocational and home aid -nd land settlement options ws made by Daniel T. strek. Ottumws lov.-i. legislative legis-lative representative of the American legion. If a bonus Is authorized, the Committee was told, the American )e Ki..n expects to launch an Intensive campaign 'to educate" former service ser-vice men as to the most desirable provisions with a view to having a greater number take adantage of options op-tions other than cosh Mr Strek declared that pa.ssage of an adjusted compensation bill carrying carry-ing the five options incorporated in the measuro approved by the house Hiring the last congress would "permanently "per-manently satisfy" able bodied war veterans |