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Show mm and SWOT CONFER ABOUT BONUS Utahn Tells President About Paid Up Insurance Plan WASHINGTON, May 1". President Harding, back In Wnh'ngton, after a week end trip to New rersey, plunged Into consideration pf the soldier bon-ub bon-ub matter and Oa.ilvlrt the day had a lengthy conference with Senator Smoot of Utah, Republican member of the senate finance committee Senator Smoot laid before the president presi-dent his plan for Issuance of paid up insurance a a substitute for the certificate cer-tificate featuro of the bonus bill as passed by the house and Informally approved by tho finance committee majority. The Utab SSnatOl also presented pre-sented to Mr. llurdlnK an alternative plan for cash payment of the bonus, . the fund to be raised by a sales tax. The -enator on leaving the White House declined to say whether th-president, th-president, who plans soon to send his views In written form to finance committee com-mittee Republicans, expressed his views on the proposals as outlined. Senator Smoot said he would ofier his Insurance plan as a substitute for the certificate proposal and then If It tailed he would propose a regular asb bonus to be raised by the imposition imposi-tion of a sales tax. |