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Although refusing to guess what the attitude of Harvard ex-service men was toward he proposed relief measures, Adjutant Murdock said last year Harvard Legionnaires generally condemn the proposed bonus plan...
With a platform which leaves untouched the Irish enigma, the liquor question, and the bonus problem, and which passes lightly over treaty ratification and equal suffrage for women, and with a ticket reminiscent of the tail that wagged the dog, the Republican Convention has more or less adroitly passed the buck. Developments at San Francisco next month will show whether the passing was successfully accomplished...
...James A. Shannon Post will hold a business meeting in the Trophy Room of the Union tonight at 7.30. The one question to be considered at the meeting is the recommendation of the Executive Committee with regard to the Soldier Bonus Legislation recently passed by Congress, and now up for President Wilson's signature...
...soldier relief legislation now under discussion in Congress calls for the expenditure of nearly a billion dollars to be distributed in the form of a bonus of one dollar for each day spent in the service. It is proposed to exclude from these benefits the very class which probably stands in most need of assistance, those who apply for vocational training, homestead priority or loans...
...bill giving every discharged service man a bonus has come out of the committee in the House of Representatives approved. If the bonus is paid there will be no benefit of real value to the country, and the harm done will be of the worst possible nature. Taxes to raise over a billion and a half, will increase the great burden the country is already bearing. The wholesale distribution of large sums will seriously hinder the production of national wealth, our greatest need at present. While the real sufferers, men who are partially or totally disabled, will be no better...