Show washington snapshots taken by the he helm I 1 in news service for the park record washington D C june JI 11 the strangest m military parade the capital has witnessed veterans reversing the route that so EO many of them had taken when they stepped jauntily down pennsylvania avenue fifteen years ago on their way to fran france c e trudged wearily up the aven avenue u e from behind the white house to the capitol in the climax of their appeal tor for the bonus many I 1 cants ot of all sorts and sizes have march ed along th athla is historic parade route of the nation but never one which quite equaled this they had come from a spontaneous migration from all over the united states the parade was reviewed by too friendly citizens there was not a semblance of disorder as they moved through lines of curious spectators who cheered sporadically the heroes of 1917 18 marched in ragged soiled shirts and rumpled olive drab uniforms which many of them last wore in the victory parades in their home towns tona when they returned triumphant after the armistice directly behind the leaders were 14 heroes of the world war headed by james E rogers of miles city montana the holder of the con gressional gress lonal medal of honor the french legion of honor the victor emanuel medal and the french croix de guerre to hear him tell it they were all awarded tor for getting excited near verdun and getting some Wor information mation but he ob tamed the information it was learned by becoming boorning a prisoner in the german army getting the lists of strategic positions on the hindenburg line burning down a german prison camp escaping to the allied lines and giving the information to the silted allied command chief commander in chief of the parade george alman portland oregon lumberjack said this Is the forerun forerunner ner of fixed determination on the par part t of t h american people to elect men to congress who will stand solidly by their platforms for ms there Is no need for a change the C constitution c the constitution as it Is iii written t ten Is the finest document for the wells welfare re of the human race it Is the men in C congress angress w who ho will permit people to hungry who need to be replaced our tor for a peaceful demonstration has baa been achieved 0 0 j the ragged veterans army demand ing bonus payment grinned in reply to police persuasion that it pack up and go home walter W waters ot of portland oregon elected commander in chief said said hla his a charges had decided to disregard regard a police invitation to get out of of to town H he e said aid whenever the bonus Is vr voted te we W will ili be very glad to accept the police offer ot of iree free out or of the city the parade showed the grim determination ot of the veterans to stay here until we get the bonus walters was the originator ot of the marcher move ments 0 0 the senate democrats program tor for ex tending federal assistance to the anem aloyed was whipped into shape for immediate presentation when the banking and currency committee rejected the ad ministration plan and completed its approval of the wagner program in taking that course the committee voted to re port the second wagner bill authorizing first in additional loans by the reconstruction finance corporation to self liquidating projects ot of noncom non com pett tive character and second a public works program to be fin alced by a bond issue previously the committee had reported the first wagner bill providing to be advanced to states through the finance corporation to be used tor for emergency relief i purposes internal revenue bureau officials pressed forward with the preparation ot of their machinery for collection of the new taxes levied in the budget balancing revenue I 1 law while the Post postoffice office department an bounced a 3 cent increase in airmail postage rates one temporary effect of i trade stimulation growing out of provisions ot of the new law was noted when I 1 it was pointed out that many retailers are to block up quickly on commodities on which the manufacturers excise taxes will lie be levied these taxes will not 1 0 t apply on oil affected articles until 1 june e 2 1 a t with passage of the economy bill na lional budget balancing was again off center and bl bi operation cooperation co in Con congress greas to meet the count rys most fevers crisis appeared at an end the senate reversed itself on the proposal to extract a 10 per cent salary cut from ed eral employed emp loyes and substituted the backed month furlough plan the vote rote was 38 to 35 this action lost 40 in anticipated savings in running he government with lost a refusal to discontinue veterans al owannes ow ances the economy program lacked of the it expected 0 furnish 0 controversy in th the e high command ot of he democratic party over the perman nt chairmanship continued to rage every kympton of lasting until he organization of the convention at hl cago how to prevent it running on nto into the campaign and causing a breach alch will have its effect in the election s something tor for which no one has been ible able thus tar far to present a formula the smith imlah raskob combination wishes to lave jouett shouse act as chairman the roosevelt faction desires sena or thomas J walsh of montana who they hey declare will be lair fair to everybody with the political retirement of harles charles G dawes who announced his re agnation lg nation as head of the reconstruction I nance corporation it la is rumored thai he office may be tendered to either lorner lormer president coolidge or silas H mr strawn has just retired as 06 lead head of the united states chamber ot of friends of the former doubt that he be would accept the abst Os t dr charles gray shaw professor of 0 philosophy at new york university sava sat le lets ts stop asking wrong with arneri america cal 1 let each one ask instead what wrong r w with ith me just as in the troublesome days of hebrew history the great commandment should be to your t tents e ants 0 israel let every man go to hi his 0 own W n tent and think things over |