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Show i USE OF REFUNDED DEBT VoR BONUS URGED I GROUP OF 30 GIVES VIEWS 14 OPEN LETTER i Speed Passage of Bonus Bill Without Obnoxious Tax Is Plea OPPOSE SALES TAX Harding to Get Report of Committee's Rejection of His Suggestion WASHINGTON Feb 25 Thirty Republican members of the house of j representatives, Rromjnent in the j group opposing the sales tax. came out i formally todav In favor of using the j refunded foreign bonds to finance the soldiers' bonus. In a Joint open letter to Chairman Fordney, of the ways nnd means committee; com-mittee; they .'-aid the use of these bond (would remove a grossly unjust proposal pro-posal prevent the political oveiturn-. oveiturn-. lnp of congress and will be just to the ex-soldiers, who saved for us these ! foreign debts." " The bonus should bo Dasscd with-j with-j out any obnoxious Ui and should be passed vlthout delay." added the let-I let-I tor, which was framed by Representative Representa-tive Frear of Wisconsin and slprnd by 29 other members, mostly from western states. INDEX of SENTIMENT 'Your action of yesterday, supported support-ed by members of the sub-committee. in discarding any sales tax on mc wn-us wn-us bill." the letter said, 'will receive tn- hearty support of members of i congress generally. Wc believe the sub-commlttoe vote of seven to two against such a tux is a close Index 'of house sentiment on the subject "A sales lax would penalize every ex-soldier and compel him to pay toward to-ward his own meager bonus. Nino hundred thousand Jobless ex-oldlers will be obliged immediately to pay consumption taxes under any sales tax law. "No sales tax law could get through the house and senate In le than 'JO days. If passed at all. Ninety days more would be required to secure a clerical force to put the law in operation, opera-tion, thus taking until September or October of this year. I BE BRITISH BO Its "Congressman Eongworth Is authority author-ity f-.r the statement that when British bonds are received In June or July next, these can be used with the :ip-proval :ip-proval of (he president to finance the bonus, or neverul months before any sales tax funds would be available. h'-ml-annual Interest on this debt amounting to $125,000,000 has been voted In the British budget, and Is understood un-derstood to be collectible by Juno 1, next ' With l li In 1. tti-r. sales tax opponents I gave nottee that their campaign would be vtgorbnflfly waged despite the rejection rejec-tion of the- tax proposal br the subcommittee. sub-committee. The Uepublican membership member-ship of the ways atul means committee will meet Tuesday to consider the sub-comlttee sub-comlttee action nnd the flight of consumption con-sumption tax opponents will go on. at least up to that time M MEASURE SPEEDED Chairman Fordney declined to Hay-today Hay-today whether he would consult with President Harding be-fore the committee commit-tee meeting Tuesday, but the Impression Impres-sion gained todny at the capital was the Mr Harding would be advised of . . . l ij.i -' action by the sub-commli-tec In rejecting the sales tax advocated by the executive and voting to report out a Mil without ;in provision for the needed revenue. Some pressure to speed up the bonus bon-us bill In the house Is being exerted now bu1 leaders generally appsrentlj B r not Inclined to rush the legislation , |