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...Veterans pension (Alabama's Black), $150,000,000 public works (Illinois' Glenn), $10,000.000 Mediterranean fruit fly relief (Florida's Trammel), $100,000,000 free jobless relief (Massachusetts' Walsh). A half dozen measures have been introduced in the House providing for $4,000,000,000 to cash soldier bonus certificates...
...months overseas service. While not in want, the payment of the "Bonus" at this time would assure the realization of a modest financial program which was interrupted by my wife's death a year ago. I still have two young daughters to provide for. World War veterans in Detroit and Michigan believe that the immediate payment of the Adjusted Service Certificates is warranted. Many veterans and their families are in dire need and the cash they would receive from the government would certainly go into immediate circulation. This should help considerably in alleviating distress during this period of depression...
Sirs: . . . I have previous to this taken the matter up with several Congressmen and others and it seems to be one of those things that most are in favor of but no one wants to start and do anything about. In my own case the payment of the Federal Bonus at this time would be of great assistance in paying off the most of a first mortgage on my home. An ex-service man on a farm has a chance to borrow from the Farm Board but we in the towns have to pay up to 7% or more when...
...Adjusted Service Certificates were issued in 1925. They were commonly called the Soldiers' Bonus. Veterans resent that term. They say the money was due them for War work done at insufficient wages. They point out that after the War the Government adjusted its contracts with the railroads and the War contractors, paying them $1,600,000,000 and $2,000,000,000 more, respectively, in cash. The Certificates were given the form of 20-year paid-up endowment policies. Values (maximum averages $1,500) were computed by the following equation...
...Delta, Colo., George Bonus won a cow at a theatre contest. Next day the cow calved...