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Show I j PRF T SILENT ABOUT BONUS I MONDELL SAYS HARDING LETS I VIEWS STAND Compromise Measure on Bonus to Be Pressed in Congress TWO HOURS CONFAB President Decides He Will Make No Further Recommendations u i I WASHINGTON,, March 110. i The charge thai President Harding . mill Sccrt l Mellon 'boldly offi r :i bribe to Ihe world wur veterans U) espouse LhC i uusr of UlC money i ."m i - In their efforts to otubllshj RS H pari or our revenue s)slcm the' VICIOUS policy of n general sales tax" Is mads In a minority report on th,- soldiers' bonus bin filed to-1 i in by Representative Kiuiuu of Niiriii Carolina, ranitlng'Dcmocrni of the ways and means committcci anil lour other minority mcnibi i oi that committee. 'Ihe report attacks Ihe bank loan ; provision and declares in favor of cash loan payments to tile VOtCHU), I it proposes the legislation be financial fi-nancial b ro-enactmcirl of the k- CCS2J profits l with H specific exemption ex-emption oi 150,000 and a restore lion of the 65 per ccui war lime in- I i ..inc surtax rate. I isl WASHINGTON. March 2u - Rcpub- I llcan hpUSe leaders today failed to BC- i nr.- presidential approval of the com- promise soldiers' bonus bill, but went fl ahead with plans to put the measure B through tho house. Speaker Gilletl refused to permit the measure to ba brought up today under a suspension of the rules, however, and a special I H rule will uc necessary for lis consid- I HBb Leaders were to confer today as to H the proceedure and the time of house HBV consideration of the bonus would be- Representative Mondell of Wyoming and four other house members were j closeted with the president this morning for ncaj-ly two hours. MONDELL STATEMENT. Upon leaving the executive's office, HBl Mr .Mondell Issusd this in writing- HBl ' The legislative situation relating HBl to the bonus bill was fully presented I to the president, with deail-d ex- M HHfl planiti. hi of the piovisions which re- H ' move the menace of excessive drai'r N HBM on the treasury in the Immediate fu-I fu-I lure and avoid any program of added HBb i taxation. The president went over '.ho I 'BBb I entire situation, with an appraisal of committments made. ' HBb He advised the committee that lr. II H Visa of the legislation and tho re-i re-i Sponsibility of congress and In view of I H expressions previously made, he did JBb not think It essential lo offer uny roc- U ommehdatlon." Speal.i r GlUett also had an appoint-ment appoint-ment with Ihe president, but because Bh of the length of ihe conference be-twein be-twein Mr Harding and the house iHJ . leaders), the speakei had to return to I the capitol to preside over the house HBv ISSSlon without seeing the executive. i pon reaching the capitol the speak- HBb er met with the house leaders and JBb made known to them his decision not to recognise Chairman Pordney today lie a motion to suspend ihe rules and pass the bill. BONUS DISCUSSED. While at tho White House Mr. Mon-I Mon-I dell and other members of the house H committee went over the whole bonus HJ I situation with the president who was Kb understood lo base given no expres- HBa slon of his views on the compromise HBb measure with its bank loan provision In the original cash bonuo. Ba The president was quoted as hav- Ba lng said that he preferred not to BBa make any recommendation. BBb Administration officer who have BB discussej tho bonus with the presi- 11 dent were under tho Impression that the executive had not changed hi? mind with regard to the legislation These officers were of the opinion BBh that the compromise measure would BBh not be passed by the senate, that th' BB mcfi.Hiire either would be held up then or so changed that cash would be BB available to the veterans desiring It and first would bo financed either bj taxes or the sale of bonds. GILLETT FIRM. When the houso met today. Repre-nen Repre-nen ativs Garner of Texas, ranking Democrat on the ways and mean" committee asked unanimous consen) BBb for Mr. Mondi 11 to fell the houie When the bonus bill would be taken up Rep- BBa resentatlve Campbell Republican Kansas, demanded the previous order shutting off the request. Later, how- BBj . r Mr Garner asked Speaker GH-leu GH-leu for Information about tho bonus and was told that no one would bo recognised to bring it up today. Representative Llneberger of California, Cali-fornia, a former service man who colled todaj at 'he white Hon 1 j handed to Representative Mondell tho I' BBh list of the names of house members Ba signing a petition for a conference of BBa house members for tonight. He said. however, that h had not yet deter-mined deter-mined whether he would insist on th-conference, th-conference, adding that he would h i. BBb another talk with Mr Mondell beforo making up his mind finally. BBa HHB BBdBSBBI .vkIbIi |