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Show HOW TO RAISE U SUMS NEEDED I IS JHKZLING I Harding Opposed to Both W' Taxes and Bond Issue : as Methods g: SENATORS DIFFERING I Utahn Declares 'Bonus Ac- tivity Shows Republican I Party Is Subservient & WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 With President Harding known to oppope H both taxe.c. and a bond Issue, Reptihll-can Reptihll-can leaders of the house began casting rih.oit tod;i. fc.r othei me, ins for fl- IH minting Mie sohllers' bonus. Representative Mondell, of Wyo- mini:, during a visit to the White Hoi sal 1 pi nding appropriation H bills, particularly for the navy and army, would be scrutinized carefully with a v iew to slashes that would pro- i od ut tor the money V. his though B. (Icficiencj- could Ve mad up through H in Issue of short term treasury cer-lificates. cer-lificates. HARDING WK CTJNG I Mr tonrtr.ll riirl not oo Prf-sldpnt 1 Harding, who was understood to be H preparing a letter to Chairman Me-Cumber Me-Cumber of the senate finance commit-tee, commit-tee, setting forth his views p.galnst the BUggested eight p"int progrum and an H Issue of fiye-yeor treasury notes. Fending receipt of that leu. r the ! Joint conferences between majority H members of the finance committee and the house ways and means H on the honus prohlem were suspendeo. It was understood that all of th4 isenatora did not share the adminis-tratlon's adminis-tratlon's views ns to the probable H f ect of the Issue of the short term I notes on the refunding operations of the government. ITMIN A6SAIL6 G. O. P. . The position of the president was i explained Tuesday at the White House while the senate was in the midst of a discussion Of the bonus question and while Senator King, Democrat. Utah. H ; was cnarging mat rvepuoucan icauen ppa in cotcrr-.-s hj.i put ihe whole bonus matter up to the president, lom- ago." said Senator King." the Republicans were denouncing tfa Democrats for subserviency to PrcSlJ H I dent Wilson. It was charged that wu were rubber stamps when the presl- Idetit submitted the Versailles treaty. We are not rubber stamps but herein now when we are tolH to stand still H until President Harding acts. The bonU8 situation. Senator Klfjg H de tared, "was pitiable, pitiful lamenV ibl he pre dieted that H Republicans would authorise the bon-US bon-US and order bonds Issued to meet the cost, while It should be met, he said I by taxes. ON BENDED KNEE." The Ucpublicans, Senator King as-sorted, as-sorted, had gone to President Harding '"on bonded knee' and turned the bon-us bon-us question over to htm for a solution ;Ho said he hoped the president would tur-u It hack on the Republican leaders ! in congress, who he charged, werw ' "abdicating" to Mr. Harding. "Where Is the boasted independence and coiupe e the Republican party'.'" asked Senator King. "The brave and courageous Republican ui;i - Ijority Is afraid to act They re afraid l of the farmei's vote, of the business vote and of the soldiers' vote. oo |