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Show NEGATIVE VOTE I ON CASH BONUS P U. S. Chamber of Commerce t M Favors Land Projects jM for Veterans J 1 W ASHINGTON. Feb. 25. A refor- 1199 endum vote among members of the I 1 fl chamber of commerce of the United H'ltLi States upon the proposal that a cash MiHsi bonus be given former service men. llfLI resulted In a 72 per cent majority ttsP against tho suggestion, It was an- iSaeM nounoed Friday. bubI Tho chamber hael gone on record ftllLi twlco in the past as opposed to the HffsB cash bonus but, according to Vl e President E. H. Goodwin, a new re'- Hflffl erondum was taken to IncTlcate whv. iallil if any change of opinion had taken liThH place and to determine whether tho ffnlfl contention of American .Legion offt- lilll clals was true that the action taken- PISH by the delegates to tho chamber's JhH annual meetings "did not represent ififl the- opinion of the membership as a r I whole." I&IDI A two-thirds vote of the member- RH ship Is necessary to bind th; eham- fflSfl ber, Mr. Goodwin explained. Ho an- notinced the following results of votes KaSI taken at the same linn- with that on Mtssfl the houa u Upon the sue h , T flj tlonal system of reclamation be im- M)l tlated through adequate federal ap- nB proprlatlons for affording Cornier IH ! service men opportunity to cultivate IH the soil: For 1249. against. 452 Favoring national legislation and appropriation to enable former sen- H lice mon to build homes. For 1022; H against G6S. (No decision i IH Favoring national legislation and H appropriations to enable former eerv- li e men to obtain vocational edu- H cation: For 1373, against 3 IS. H |