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$1.50-a-Day; Bonus Is
Demanded by the Legion
Delegates of Thirty - six
States Decide to Call on
Congress for Pay for
Every Day Spent in Service
Till Cost $500,000,000
New York Plan Suggested
by Hayes Is Yet To Be
Passed on in Conference
By the Tribune's American Legion Editor
WASHINGTON, March 22?National
committeemen of the American Legion,
representing every state in the Union,
in conference here to-night, over?
whelmingly decided to call oft Congress
for additional compensation for vet?
erans of the world war at the rate of
$1.50 a day for every day or service.
The vote" was taken after long debate
to-night over an earlier proposal that
Congress be asked to award $30 for
every month of service.
Delegates from thirty-six states and
the District of Columbia reported sen?
timent in their departments in favor
of the demand, and only six states were
said by their representatives to be un?
alterably opposed to it. The remaining
states notified the convention tliat, al?
though their members were divided in
sentiment and it would be difficult to
accurately reflect the real situation,
they were prepared to abide by the
wishes of the majority and indorse the
bonus.
Rig Reduction in Estimate
According to the plan advanced to
dcy by the Legion's delegates, the gov?
ernment would be compelled to raise
only $106,000,000 this year to carry out
the program, and a total appropriation
of only $500,000,000 would be necessary
to see the whole program through.
This compares with an estimate of
more than three billions recently made
by an opponent of the bonus.
The small figure is based on the
proposition that all the veterans will
not claim the bonus. Legion officials
say they have substantial proof that
only half of the ?60 bonus awards have
bee?) claimed by men discharged from
the service, and they believe the addi?
tional compensation will be treated the
same way.
General satisfaction was expressed
by the delegates over the fact that at
hist the Legion will be able to pre?
sent to Congress in concrete form the
desires of the veterans' organization
as a unit. They are confident of speedy
action and fail to see how Congress
CBii evade it.
The first ballot was taken on the
demand recently framed by the na?
tional legislative committee, which is
a fourfold optional plan, giving the
veteran his choice of as many different
forms of additional compensation. They
are: Land settlement; loans for the
purchase of city or country homes;
? vocational training; cash bonus.
States in Opposition
The six states that voiced vigorous
opposition were Arkansas, Mississippi,
South Carolina, Florida, Texas and
Idaho. The ?ioubtful states were
Georgia, Kentucky, New Mexico, West
Virginia, Oklahoma and Louisiana.
However, their declaration that they
were prepared to stand with the ma?
jority make it apparent that the antici?
pated "solid South" opposition, upon
which the most optimistic opponents
of the bonus were counting to defeat
the plan, did not materialize.
Charles H. Blakeslce, of Bingham
tcn, spokesman for New York, ex?
pressed the sentiment of the Empire
State by reading the report of the
state executive committee returned on
March 13, in which that body said:
"The hearing in Albany on adjusted
compensation was very clear and posi
! tive in the expression voiced in favor
of indorsing the action of the national
executive committee in recommending
such compensation."
This. Blakeslce pointed out, showed
clearly that New York approved de?
manding action of Congress.
No Reason for Delay
In his opening address Commander
D'Olier recited the history of the ad?
justed compensation wrangle from its
beginning at Minneapolis last Novem?
ber. He said there was no reason now
why Congress should not act as
promptly on this measure as it did on
the Sweet bill last December.
'There is a desire on the part of
many members of Congress," he said,
"to do something for former service
persons, while it is feared that other
members of Congress may attempt to
block any and all beneficial legislation.
"The ta??k of this eommittee, there?
fore, is to take up the subject in its
present condition?a request for leg?
islation covering the four optional fea?
tures. Each executive committeeman
knows fairly well what the membership
in his department desires, and, there?
fore, should be in a position to speak
with authority for them. After a full
discussion, it should be possible,
through the truly typical American Le?
gion characteristic of the spirit of tol
erence for the other man's point of
view and fair play, to arrive at some
general conclusion which can be unan?
imously supoprted as representing the
wishes of the big majority of ex-serv?
ice persons.
"We are charged with a solemn re?
sponsibility, and the proper solution
of this problem means more than some
of us may realize, not only to all ex
service men, but to the whole country
as well, and also means much to the
future of the Legion and its future ef?
fectiveness for service to the country
and to our comrades.
"While representing the American
Legion, with a keen sense of our re?
sponsibility to our membership and
to all of the four million ex-service
men and women, let us not forget for a
second that we are first American citi
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ernment nnd the ban? reimbursed for
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