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Show SOLDIER BONUS CAUSES WORRY Harding and Lawmakers to Seek Way of Raising Necessary Cash WASHINGTON, Fob. 4. Ways and means of financing the soldiers bonus will be discussed at S conference be-tween be-tween ('resident Harding and Republican Repub-lican leaders of the houBe and senate early not week It was stated Friday at the White House. It is understood that the various sugg-stlons advanced will be canvassed with a view to determining de-termining upon a definite program. MAN PA1 IN 182S A decision as to methods of raising rais-ing tho necessary revepue, reached In agreement between the administration, and congressional leaders, would solve the most difficult problem before the house committee charged with drafting draft-ing the adjusted compensation legislation legis-lation and would bo expected to remove re-move what otherwise might prove subjects of serious disagreement between be-tween the house and senate. Members of the ways snd means committee said that the bill to be reported re-ported to the house, probably within two weeks, would provide for beginning begin-ning the cash payments to the former service men --n January 1 1923 Th said this would give time In which to ralso the revonue and to pass upon tho applications for the cash bonus ADD OPPOSE SALES TX Re-enactment of the excess profits tax as a method of financing the bonus was uiged before th ways and means committee Friday by Representatives Woodruff of Michigan and Erown of Wisconsin, both Republicans They said i his was a tax which would be more effective than some others Opposition Op-position to such a proposal was voiced by some of the Republican members of the committee Both Mr Woodruff and Mr. Brown opposed any form of sales tax as did H C M c Kensle, of Walton, N. Y. representing rep-resenting the American Farm Bureau federation, and Edward F. McGrady, legislative representative of the Am- erican Federation of Labor. Mr. Brown suggested that tho treasury treas-ury might bo able to obtain considerable consider-able sums from slight increases In income in-come surtaxes; tax on stock dividends and a tax of one-fifth of one per cent on the sales of stocks and bonds WOI LD ( I T MILITARY Representative Nolan Republican. California, told the committee theie was no need to levy any additional tax-e.s tax-e.s to pny the bonus if congress would cut down the army and n vy appropriations appro-priations l'olntlnar to tho agreement at tho arms conference for a naval holldnv fin. I Via i.. "ini.iiiii ui many existing ship, Mr Nolan declared, that great savings could he made In the cost of the naval establishment He also urged that they armv be cut to 100.000 men. Opposition to the kind of cash bonus proposed was voiced by Representative Representa-tive Oriffin Democrat, New York a veteran of the Spanish American war He snld the government as a cash proposition should return the monoy the soldiers paid for Insurance and as family allotments. The vocational training and other plans should be put into force as a matter of justice he added. |