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Show BONUS CONFAB FOR TOMORROW Harding Says He Has Made Nu Arrangements for Talk Today ON BOARD PRESIDENT HARDING'S HARD-ING'S SPECIAL. TRAIN, March 18. i Ity fhe Associated Frews i President Presi-dent Harding does not plan to receive Chairman Kordney and other public leaders for a tonferenco on the moI- dlers' bonus question until Monday, it was said tonight Although the j house loaders had planned to meet With he president tOntOrrow night It w.i- said that they had made no engagement en-gagement for such a conference at the White House and that the president did not Intend to discuss the Question with them until Monday at the earliest. ear-liest. Instead the president will hold n While Hoii conference tonight vv Ith I1 rector Forbes of the veterans' bu- reau, Brigadier General Sawyer, his personal physician and officials of tho Illinois department of the American Amer-ican legion, to take up hospltaliza -tlon ami vocational training, two phases of government aid for former service men to which he wishes to give immediate attention. "RAIN SREI 1 1 S N'ORl H The decision of the president with regard to ihe White House confer- enco on the bonus was learned to-i to-i night as his train sped north from St. ! Augustine, where this afternoon he terminated his Florida vacation. At the same time he declined to com-' com-' mem on the bonus situation as he was said to feel that any advance statement state-ment on any conference he might hold With house leaders would be Improper. Im-proper. Ills position, however, waa said to be un :hanged from that he recently re-cently expressed when he made known he favored a sales tax or postponement postpone-ment of bonus legislation. High administration officials were said to believe that the president would re-state this position to the house leaders Monday and to feel that the bill in its present form would not be enacted Into law They were represented repre-sented as believing that the senate would not pass a bonus bill without some taxation feature and as being of the conviction that the senate would adjourn beforg passing it in such form. A feeling was also said to be growing In administration circle that some means would be found tor paying pay-ing the bonus In a lump sum and not in small amounts over a period of years. CANT lH AXiASK Mr Harding will be unable to make an trip to Alaska before congress ! adjourns, it was declared, and should congress remain In session until the Hrsl Of August It would then he too late for the present to make the trip administration officials with the party said. The president will make no campaign cam-paign speeches this year, it was declared de-clared Mr Harding, during the few minutes the presidential train stopped I at Jacksonville to change engines walked forward and shook hands with I the engineer, fireman and members of 'he train crew. He was cordially 'greeted and the engineer on the tralj; north from Jackson was told bv the president to lake his time. "I will be careful." the engineer replied as the executive shook his hand and wished him well. |