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Show H SHARP THRUST BY DEMOCRAT I Harding's Bonus Excuse Is Said to Contradict Supporters' Sup-porters' Claims WASHINGTON, Sopt 27 Quotln Ithe statement of President Harding In his veto mes.oaffe on the honus hill that -tho treasury faced a deflcltin 1923 of $660,000,000, Representative Byrns South Carolina, Democratic member of the appropriations committee, says In an extension of remarks to be printed itoday in tho Congressional Record, 'that "It annihilates leaders of his parity par-ity In congress, who have been declar-Ung declar-Ung that tho receipts and expenses of the government have been balanced." PREDICTS BIG DfcTFIC IT According to the president says Mr J3yrns, they lack $650,000,000 "of be-Tng be-Tng balanced, and it is certain tho jro -eminent must ontlnue to borrow to meet lta ordinary expenses. " With measures now pending providing for additional appropriations, he declares, the deficit named by the president will be increased to $850,000,000. "the largest eer Incurred by the treasury' In time of peace " Touching on appropriations for the shipping board and the likelihood of taking up the merchant marine legislation legis-lation at a special session. Mr. Byrns says consideration heretofore was postponed because of the "disclosure that the administration had announced a new policy that the constitution follows the flag to the three-mile limit lim-it nnlv " iRUM SAI.E AT KEA "The American peopto, regardless of their views on prohibition." he adds, will want to know of Republicans in congress why they appropriated money for ce.rt.aln employes to arrest tho citizen cit-izen found within the three-mile limit with a quart of whisky In his possession posses-sion and at the same time voted money for the shipping board to enable other omployes of the government to sell liquor on shipping board ships beyond the three-mile limit." |