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Show Soldiers' Bonus Financing Up To Sub-Committee Meeting Set for Tuesday When Bales Tax Question Will Come Up "WASHINGTON. Feb, 20. Majority members of the house ways and means committee referred back today to the special tax sub-committee tho whole problem of how tho soldler3" bonus is to be financed. It was announced the sub-committee would meet tomorrow and would go into tho question of a ; sales tax among other things Co-incident with the meeting ot the committee the statement wits made by a White House official that many letters let-ters and telegrams, had reached President Presi-dent Harding opposing enactment at I this time of bonus legislation while the legislative committee of the American legion made public a telegram to tho legion's national commander. Hanford : MacNlUer.asking that tho legislation be no longer delayed. The letters reaching tho president opposing enactment at this time of bonus legislation greatly outnumbered ! those, favoring Immediate legislation, it was said at tho White House- Somo ! of the opposition letters, it was added. Showed, however, a simiharily In form. Commander MacNTder, In his tele- l gram declared ' the negligible minority minor-ity In opposition can Bo traced in nearly near-ly every phase to certain selfish in- tore.Hls intrenched in great financial ( centers." The commander said the American legion did not understand first committment com-mittment and then retraction"' on the ' bonus question, I opponents of the sales tax began I to luy their plans today for a fight I against this proposition. Reprosenta-1 Reprosenta-1 tlvc Dickinson, Republican Iowa, a leader for the agricultural bloc, called a meeting of Republican opponents for late today |