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Show OPPaSlfiON TO BONUS MEASURE FARM CLAUSE IS ALTERED TO GUARD AGAINST LAND GRABS GY ANY OUTSIDE BENEFITS Efforts Made to Have President Harding Hard-ing Take Stand Against Proposed Insurance Bill; Interference With Finance Claimed "Washington Opponnts of the bonus bill in congress Tuesday were seeking to have President Harding oppose the new bonus-insuranee-loan bill, framed after much effort by the Republicans of the house ways and means committee. commit-tee. They claim the plan of having the banks loan up to 50 per cent on the proposed service men's certificates will, seriously interfere with the notion's financial system and are urging the president to stand by his previous declaration dec-laration that the bonus must be postponed post-poned unless paid by a sales tax. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, according to reliable information, is opposed to the loan features of the, plan for the same reason opponents In congress advance and may present Jhis views to President Harding soon. ! The farm clause has been altered to, guard against land grabs from those outside the benefits of the bill. Now, It Is written so that nobody other than ex-service men can get a foot of land, in the soldier farm tracts. |