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A2 U.S. POWER POLICY OPENS LEGAL WAR Administration Policy Seen as Wasteful Attack on Investors, BY DAVID LAWRENCE. War has been declared by the Fed- eral Government against investors in the securities of electric light and power companies who have dared to invoke the aid of the courts in pro- tecting their rights under the Consti- tution. The Federal Government—using the funds of the Public Works Adminis- tration—may lend money to cities and towns for the purpose of competing with existing power and light com- panies and driving them out of busi- ness if they refuse to sell their prop- erties at values which, in many in- stances, will wipe out investors who have paid actual cash for their se- curities. President Roosevelt has been grap- pling with the question this week in an effort to determine national policy. He has let it be known that there must be recapitalization and that, if stock has been watered, then it is just too bad for those who hold the watered stock. He gave the impression that utility managements- were desirous of working out amicably a solution of the problem. T. V. A. Forges Ahead. But while Mr. Roosevelt was talk- ing to the press in general terms about the whole utility problem and saying it was a question of fact what the cost of generating, transmitting and dis- tributing electricity should be and what net earnings ought to be derived, the Tennessee Valley Authority at the same moment was issuing a statement | formally advising 14 municipalities to go ahead with their competition with private companies and to apply to the Federal Government for money to do it. The T. V. A, in a lengthy state- ment, complained that stockholders | had gone to court to block the sale of local properties by private companies to the municipalities. It appears that the Edison Electric Institute, which recently hired Newton D. Baker and | James Beck to give an opinion on the constitutionality of the T. V. A. law, should not have done this, and that the Alabama Power: Co. because it belongs to the trade association of the electric power industry, which is known as the .dison. Institute, is guilty of inconsistency. Legal Studies Condemned. From the White House came the information that utility management executives had advised the President they were in nowise behind the court actions begun by investors. The T. V. A, however, expresses the opinion that any company which helps to hire attorneys of prominence to look up legal questions relating to constitu- tionality while it is at the same time offering its properties for sale is not dealing fairly with the T. V. A. The answer, of course, to this charge 1s that the companies have not volin- tarily negotiated Yor the sale of their properties, but becduse they were being ghreatened with destrugtion by Government compstition, and t the suits are being ituted by;“Stock- holders whose y will be con- fiscated if the sales are blocked or if a fair price is not paid. Also, the Edison Institute is acting for the en- tire imdustry and not one cgmpany and is not a party'to any of the T. V. A. transactions. Contradiction Seen. But irrespective of the controversy which has arisen over inconsistencies, the fact remains that the White House is telling the press that it wants to avold destructive competition and the T. V. A. is simultaneously inviting the municipalities to go ahead and erect plants to compete with private com- panies and that the Federal Govern- ment will supply the money. ‘This conflict brings the question to the doorstep of the White House for solution. It is likely that the threats issued by the T. V. A. will have to be taken simply as strategic threats for the present and that the deci- sion as to whether P. W. A. money is to be supplied by the Federal Gov- ernment to the municipalities will have to be made soon by President Roosevelt. The existence of these threats and Federal funds to back them up is Mr. Roosevelt's club against the utilities. uring the past week, representatives of utility managements, docile and submissive, have sought and obtained interviews with Mr. Roosevelt and have indicated. they want to go along with him amicably. Trustee Started Fight. But these managements do not represent the holders of public utility securities, a large proportion of which is held by life insurance companies, universities and savings banks. In- deed, it was the refusal of the Chemi- cal National Bank of New York, act- ing as trustee for certain bondholders, to accept the T. V. A. price for cer- tain Alabama properties without & disinterested appraisal, which caused the declaration of war by the T. V. A. The exercise of the right to go to court is what the T. V. A. seems to think is highly objectionable. Se- curity holders, it is inferred, should simply accept losses and let it go at that for the benefit of the Nation as a whole. Unfortunately, investors do not look at it the same way as does the T. V. A. Also, when the President speaks of squeezing the water out of utility stocks, it is one thing to agree that this is desirable, but it is something else to find a satisfactory way to do it. There are, of course, ways to do it. One is to persuade utility companies to go into bankruptcy, and, by means of reorganization proceedings, build new capital structures. Another is to begin destructive competition and drive recalcitrant companies out of busi- ness, and, in that way, force ba ruptey. Still a third is to appropri- ate public funds to take over all pri- vate utilities at a price which squeezes the water out and turns the proper- ties over to municipalities to own and operate. Damaging Results Feared. All of these methods may involve considerable chaos and confusion and do damage to the financial structure of life insurance companies, educa- tional institutions, and savings banks which happen to be the victims of these reorganization maneuvers. ‘What the President, of course, would like is for all utility security holders, to agree to reorganization plans. But as long as there are courts and they decide, as did Judge Grubb in_Ala- bama the other day, that the T. V. A. act is unconstitutional, the holders of securities will go to court rather than surrender their holdings. A minority of security holders can block reorganizations and it would not be surprising if application were made to courts to enjoin the P. W. A. from lending its funds to help confiscate private property. (Copyright. 1934 i 1 I To Talk on Rails l WILLIAM E. LEE. one of the most important facing the country today, will be discused by \William E. Lee, chairman of the Inter- state Commerce Commission, in the National Radio Forum tomorrow night. Unusual interest will attach to Chairman Lee's appearance, due to the nature of the address, and the fact that the subject is being treated in the Forum for the first time. As head of the Government agency which regulates the rails, Chairman Lee has been identified with studies made in the past few years in con- nection with the proposed supervision of other carriers in the interest of unified transportation, and it is ex- pected the address will touch on this also. Lee has been a member of the com- mission since 1930, and has served as chairman during the past year. He was an associate justice and chief | justice of the Supreme Court of Idaho | before assuming the Federal post. The Forum, which is arranged by | The Washington Star, goes on the air over a Nation-wide network of the National Broadcasting Co. from 10:30 | to 11 o'clock (Eastern standard time). If Locally it is heard through WMAL. LONGORDERS THIRD SPECIAL SESSION Term Opens Tonight—Law- makers Need Yule Money, Huey Says. | By the Associated Press. BATON ROUGE, La., December 15. —Huey Long today ordered more laws for his dictatorship, and his political ally, Gov. O. K. Allen, immediately called the Legislature into extraordi- nary session for tomorrow night, And, said the dictator of the third speciel session of 1934, “the legisla- tors may need a little money for Christmas.” The call for the session, issued just before moon, enumerated 21 general subjects to be handled within a 12- day limit, but politiciang said the time would be whittled down to five days if all went well and a new bale of bills would be passed in the minimum legal time as in the last two sessions when the 309th new law for 1934 was written on the statutes. More Power Seen. Outstanding among the items of call was one to regulate “powers, duties and authority of the Louisiana Public Service Commission and for revenues therefor.” ‘This was interpreted as more power for the Public Service Commission in its investigation of rates of the utilities which Long says are “teo high.” | The pre-Christmas program to be enacted into law by the time the Sena- tor leaves for Washington to reintro- duce his tax on capital wealth in Con- gress includes: Tax and liquor subjects, building ex- pansion at Louisiana State University, including a “powerful radio broad- casting station,” municipal law en- forcement, State supervision over in- dustrial pensions, elections and author- ity to force corporations to keep their Louisiana records intact. New Orleans Affected. There was in addition suggestions of legislation affecting municipal New Orleans, where Long is .striving to squeeze out his foe of foes, Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley. The State was stunned by the sud- denness of the call and citizens specu- lated wildly over what new powers would be asked for the dictatorship of Long. . TAX EVASION RING MAY BE BARED IN LOUISIANA PROBE (Continued From First Page.) nephew, State Representative Fisher, are from Jefferson parish. Senator Pisher was one of the leaders in the group of Senators who signed and circulated the famous “round robin” which defeated an attempt to impeach Long as Governor. The “round robin” placed a majority of Senators on rec- ord as saying they would not vote to impeach Long, regardless of the evi- dence against him. The Fishers own an oyster reef which supplied most of the shells for a number of State highways. Shushan, dry goods merchant, is president of the Orleans Parish Levee Board. The huge New Orleans air- port is named for him. The Nelsons, all brothers, were not indicted for personal tax evasions but for allegedly false returns filed for the Mississippi Valley Co., Inc., manu- facturers' agents, of Baton Rouge. Launched Under Hoover. The Internal Revenue inquiry was launched under the Hoover adminis- tration, was suspended for several months after the election of President Roosevelt, and was resumed on orders of Secretary of the Treasury Morgen- thau. Internal Revenue Commissioner Guy T. Helvering is supervising the investigation. ‘The agents in Louisiana are work- ing under direction of A. D. Burford, agent in charge of the Dallas, Tex., office of the Intelligence Unit. One of the agents the case until recently was Frank Wilson, who investigated the Capone Income tax cases and who was ordered to New Jersey several weeks ago to assist State authorities in the prosecution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, accused of mur- dering the Lindbergh baby. The railroad problem, concededly = THE SUNDAY BSTAR, WASHINGTON, RECORD MATINEES BRING GIFT FLOOD 35,000 to 40,000 Offerings Gathered for Needy by Star-Warner Bros. (Continued From Pirst Page.) of finer and more expensive toys than ever before were brought in. There were wagons, mechanical trains, wind- up toys, games, puzzles, dolls, picture books bats, balls, clothes—just about everything calculated to bring joy to the hearts of youngsters. At the toy shop, over which Mrs. Loren Johnson is in full charge, aided by Mrs. Frank Parsons, members of the council and volunteer workers who are gladly donating their time to the cause, toiled far into the night, sorting the toys and clothing and preparing them to be delivered into the hands of needy boys and girls on Christmas orning. Response to Be Answered. ‘These gifts, according to the plan of Mrs. Mary Edith Coulson, secre- tary of the Family Welfare and Rec- reation Committee of the Council, will g0 to the mothers or families of the many deserving children who have written or called in asking to be re- membered. This will give the parents or guardians of these children the opportunity to play Santa Claus themselves, or to make whatever dis- tribution of the gifts they choose. The gifts will also be distributed by the council to boys’ clubs and all the settlements and charitable organ- izations on the council’s lists, includ- ing the following institutions: St. John's \Orphanage, German Or- phan Asylum, Euclid Street Children’s Home, Travelers' Ald Society, Gal- linger Hospital, Providence Hospital Day Nursery, Providence Hospital Children’s Ward, Episcopal City Mis- sions, Juvenile Protective Association, American Legion Welfare and Relief Department, Children's Hospital, Dis- trict Training School, Associated Charities, Northeast Boys’ Club, Cath- olic Charities, St. John's Church, Co- lumbia Hospital for Women, Juanita K. Nye Council House and others, in- cluding numerous private groups. Trucks and Cars Needed. Faced with the difficult task of dis- tributing these thousands of toys to the many children, families and in- stitutions who are listed to receive them, Mrs. Coulson has issued an ap- peal for assistance in this work. Trucks and private cars will be need- ed to haul the many gifts to their destination, and the council will b\ most grateful to any firm or private individual who will come to its aid in_this respect. ‘The appeal for Washingtonians to attend the Star-Warner Bros.' toy matinees to provide gifts for the city's needy children was emphasized this year through a special moving-pic- ture feature of The Star’s Expedition to the far north in search of Santa Claus, which was shown in nine Warner Bros.’ theaters during 21 per- formances, prior to the toy matinees, and calling particular attention to them. The film was based on an airplane trip made by Capt. Kleinschmidt, leader of The Star's northern ex- pedition, to find the actual home and workshops of Santa Claus. Stories of the progress of the journey sent by wireless from the plane in flight dnd at its base were published in The Star on 11 consecutive days, finally an- nouncing the arrival of the film, which was first shown here on Thanksgiving day at the Metropolitan Theater, Draws Record Crowds. The film, which showed the first scenes ever made in Stana Claus Land, with thrilling shots made dur- i1ing the more perilous phases of the journey, and interesting views of Arc- tic animals and Eskimos in their native land, proved a tremendous hit, and drew record crowds of both chil- dren and grownups at every theater where it was presented. When the Christmas toy matinees opened yesterday morning the lobbies and entrances of every theater where they were held were jammed with crowds waiting to get in. They came from all parts of Washington, and from many nearby Maryland and Vir- ginia towns, each bearing gifts for the city's needy children. Theater managers reported that larger audiences than ever before filled their houses at yesterday's toy matinees, and that the gifts far ex- ceeded in number those brought dur- ing the previous three years. The downtown theaters reported that many trucks from department stores made deliveries to the doors of the theaters from persons who had purchased toys and gifts at the stores for The Star-Warner Bros.” matinees. At one theater alone, 15 such deliv- eries, including a large number of gifts, were received. Theaters Report Crmvdl, ‘The Tivoli Theater reported that more than 2,000 toys had been brought there by the 1,700 persons who attended the performances. The Avenue Grand reported a capacity house, with many more toys on hand than they had received last year. The Metropolitan reported the biggest crowd in attendance at any Christmas toy matinee during the last three years. The Earle Theater reported a greater number of gift contributions than ever before, and reports from all other theaters where the matinees were held told of record crowds. Although the downtown theaters, the Earle and the Metropolitan, opened their doors at 8:30 am. and the nine neighborhood houses at 9:30 waiting lines began forming long before open- ing time. Toys piled up. And even during the afternoon, long after the matinees were over, additional con- tributions kept coming in from those persons who were unable to attend the matinees. The Warner Brothers had prepared the finest programs ever offered at the Christmas matinees, under the careful planning and supervision of Frank La Falco, who gave much of his time and energy toward making the shows a success, and through the co-operation of the major film companies which donated feature pictures for the oc- casion. These include: Warner Bros., Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer, First National, Fox, Paramount and R. K. O. Gratification Warranted. It was a great day for Santa Claus, and for the poor children of Wash- ington, and all who co-operated in the Christmas toy matinee plan have rea- son to be gratified with the results. Here is the full list of programs and the theaters in which they were given: TIVOLI—Shirley Temple in “Baby Takes a Bow,” a Laurel and comedy, “Busy Bodies”; “The Night Before Christmas” and “The Man on|Gang the Flying Trapeze,” & Popeye comedy. AMBASSADOR—Jackie Cooper and Wallace Beery in “Treasure Island,” “The Shanty Where Santa Claus Lives” and “Can You Take It?” & Popeye comedy. SAVOY—Joe E. Brown in “The Cir- D. C, DECEMBER 16, 1934—PART ONE, Matinees Flood Christmas Toy Shop With Gifts for Poor LA ! ! At the top is part of the long line of 1,700 persons which filed into the Tivoli Theater bringing gifts for Washington's needy at the Star- ‘Warner Bros.’ toy matinee yesterday. Matinees in 10 other Warner Bros." theaters provided the largest number of contributions in the four years the matinees have been held, the 30,000 brought in last year. and Were estimated to be far in excess of In the bottom picture these gifts are OIL POURED IN SEA CHOKES 17 SAILORS LOST FROM USWORTH (Continued From Pirst Page.) numbed and evhausted men from the Usworth to slide into the frail craft. ‘Then the lifeboat edged away. Sud- denly a huge wave engolfed it, plung- ing the occupants into the oily water. The Jean Jadot sent another boat over the side and picked up eight of her own men and two of the Us- worth’s. The others, too weak to hold life- lines, “were choking in heavy fuel oil and drowned alongside us,” read the message. The Ascania then launched a boat and took off other survivors. The Ascania is due at Halifax Mon- day, while the Jean Jadot is bound for Antwerp. STRUGGLE IS TERRIFIC NEW YORK, December 15 ‘UP).—A message of stark tragedy, which told of men dsperately pitting themselves against the storm-swept Atlantic to Miss Marker,” “Wild Poses,” an Our Gang comedy, and “The Night Be- fore Christmas” a Silly Symphony. YORK—Joe E. Brown in “Son of a Sallor,” “Dirty Work,” a Laurel and Hardy comedy, and “Touchdown Mickey,” a Mickey Mouse comedy. AVENUE GRAND—Shirley Temple Circus Clown,” “His Neighbor,” an Our Gang comedy, and “Mickey's Good Deed,” & Mickey Mouse comedy. HOME—Bruce Cabot in “Midship- man Jack,” “His Neighbor,” an Our equdy. and “The Three Lit- tle Mi'l‘wROPomAN—Gme O'Brien in “The Last Trail” “Oliver the Eighth,” a Laurel and Hardy comedy, and “The Big Bad Wolf,” a Silly cus Clown,” "Bedum- Worries,” an | Sgn! “mm:hdon Our Gang a Mickey Mouse Mickey,” comedy, snd “Let’s You and Him th'." s Pop- eye comedy. phony, COLONY—Shirley Temple in “Little' eye comedy. save the crew of the disabled ship Usworth, came tonight from Capt. J. G. B. Bisset of the liner Ascania. He told of the men pitched into the icy, oil-coated water when the life- boat from the Jean Jadot capsized, and of how the men there to rescue them stood by helpless, unable to aid in any way. Twelve men from the crew of the Usworth drowned then, Capt. Bisset sald in a message to the: New York office of the Cunard-White Star Line, as well as two men from the Jadot. Later three more of the Usworth crew drowned, he said, when they leaped into the mountainous seas in an attempt to get to a lifeboat sent 4 | States could well attend to. % shown stacked in & great pile in the Christmas Top Shop at 1107 Pennsyl- vania avenue, adjacent to The Star Building. where they were brought at the close of the matinees, to be assorted and classified by workers of the Council of Social Agencies Christmas to poor children in Washington. out by the Ascania. This lifeboat successfully rescued 12 men, including the captain of the Usworth. Capt. Bisset's message sald, In part: “Received S O S from Usworth 100 miles distant. Hove to in heavy north- west gale with mountainous sea and hurricane squalls. Rushed for Usworth position, making 16 knots, running be- fore sea in a continuous bad weather. “No observations of ship's position possible, but used direction finder with great success. Belgian steamer Jean Jadot standing by at this time, but could do nothing owing to the weather. “Jean Jadot fired rockets which we saw 20 miles distant. At 7 a.m. Pri- day Asc Tived on scene. Usworth oy Oritmas Seas You Buy Health Protection For Yourself and Others When You Buy The Tuberculosis Penny Christmas Seals Washington" is third death rate from tubercul, ighest of all the larger citi o P Tt To make a winning fight against This Communicable Disease more monmey must be available to finance the r program of our association, including More nurses for home visiting. More free clinical service for the many uns,ble to pay for medical care. More hospital care for those suffering thh tuberculosis. More rovision for the care of more tubercu- ous children in our camp. More educational publicity for adults and schiool children tuberculosis. about how to avoid Will You Help by Pledging Such Contribution as You Can? Use all the Christmas Seals you can now. Pay for them later at your convenience. Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis of the District of Columbia 1022 11th Street Tel. National 6262 ! Planning Committee for distribution lying over to port with 25 degree list. “Boats all washed away, bulkhead and hatches stove in and seas sweep- ing over her. She was blotted out at intervals by hurricane squalls. “Ascania and Jean Jadot circled slowly around spreading oil to ease Usworth's condition. Between 8 a.m. and noon both ships attempted to get line on board by means of line throw- ing rockets,hoping to send over empty boat, as weather was much too bad to send boat away with crew. At- tempts failed owing to heavy seas. “After terrific struggle Jean Jadot got into position and sent boat. Took off 14 men. Boat was swept adrift when being picked up by Jean Jadot and she capsized. “Twelve of Usworth's crew and two of Jean Jadot's drowned. At 1:30 p.m. Ascania sent boat which got along- side after epic struggle and took off remaining 12 men, but three drowned by jumping overboard in attempt to reach boat too soon.” DAICHES SLAYING CASE WITNESS THREATENED Friend of Murdered Chicago Ad- vertising Agency Head Warned Not to Testify. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 15.—Assistant State's Attorney Richard Regan said today that Mrs. Lilllan O'Shea, for- mer Cincinngti aviatrix and friend of Eli Daiches, "advertising agency head slaying for which five men are under indictment, was given a police guard at the apartment they occupy. “This is no joke. Do not take the witness stand against W. or you will go for a ride,” the letter con- Police said the “W” probably re- baker and a brother of Louls Weitz- of the advertising agency. eitzman scheduled for a court hearing } day. A fifth man, Jack London, has apprehended. never been 4 ferred to Irving Weitzman, Chicago man, who succeeded Daiches as head 0LD AGE PENSION AGTION FORECAST Senators Harrison and Mc- Nary Favor Early Legislation. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. ‘The movement for a Federal old age pension law is increasing in momen- tum. The Congress, which meets in January, is likely to deal with this subject, as well as with unemployment insurance, in the opinion of both Dem- ocratic and Republican leaders in that body. Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, chairman of the Senate Finance Com= mittee, recognized as one of the ad- ministration leaders, said yesterday that he strongly favored the passage of an old age pension law and that he looked for such legislation to come up for consideration. He made it clear, however, that he was not speaking for the President in this matter. “I favor a reasonable old age pen- | sion law,” said Senator Harrison, “a pension plan in which the Federal Government and the States will co- operate. I feel sorry for these old men and women, 65 years of age or more, who cannot find work and who have no means of support. The Govern- ment will not give them employment. Private industry and business have no | places for them, as a rule. I believe that something should be done for them.” Favored by McNary. Senator Charles L. McNary of Ore- gon, Republican leader of the Senate, also strongly indorsed the general idea of a Federal old age pension law. “I am not writing an old age pension bill, but I have believed for a long time that something should be done along that line,” said the Oregon Sen- ator. “I have no fixed ideas at pres- ent on what the details of such a bill should be. But I know that the idea | of old age pensions has met with much favor, particularly in these days of depression.” Representative Snell of New York, Republican leader of the House, has expressed the opinion that old age pensions were a matter which the He did not, however, place himself in line as opposed to an old age pension bill. His own State, New York, has an old | age pension law and so have 27 other States, among them Massachusetts. | But the feeling among advocates of a | Federal pension law is that these | State laws in a number of cases are i not operating as well as they should, | in part because of the difficult finan- cial position in which the States have found themselves. The proposal made by Dr. F. E. Townsend of California for a $200-a- month pension for all persons 60 | years of age or more has done a great | deal to center the spotlight on old | age pensions this year. The Town- | send plan ran like wildfire over Cali- |fornia and other States of the West | Coast, and Dr. Townsend has come to Washington and opened campaign | headquarters here to help put the idea | across for a Federal law. Non-Committal on Plan. Senator Harrison said he preferred not to comment at this time on the Townsend old age pension plan, since the bill, if it is introduced, may come before his committee for consider- ation. However, it is not believed that the Townsend $200-a-month plan comes within the limits of Sena- tor Harrison's idea of what a “rea- sonable” old age pension law is. For example, Senator Harrison is inclined to believe that the age at which the pension should begin should not be lower than 65. Nor would he make it a horizontal, uni- versal pension law, but the persons | who received pensions would have to show that they were in need. { “I would not pay a pension to men {and women who are not in need” | he said, “even though they were of | pension age.” | The Townsend plan contemplates a i pension ot all persons 60 years of age and over provided he or she promises | not to work and to spend the full $200 pension each month. Dr. Townsend insists that his plan is primarily a “recovery” plan; that it would make more jobs for the younger men and | women and would put a vast amount of money in circulation each month. Senator McNary’s comment on the Townsend proposal was that it has swept the West. That it would re- quire & tremendous expenditure of money is obvious, probably over $20,- 000,000,000 a year and perhaps as high as $24,000,000,000. Townsend proposes & 2 per cent tax on all sales of all kinds. A “reasonable” pension plan would be, in a measure, a compromise with the Townsend idea. When a com- promise is undertaken, it is always difficult to say how far a measure will go, or even whether in the end the propenents of the original idea may not prevail. Cost Serious Problem. Senator Harrison frankly admitted that the cost of an old-age pension plan would have to be given serious consideration, and that if it and the payment of the soldiers’ bonus—even in a compromise measure calculated to make the bonus payment only to those whe could show themselves in need—there might be grave necessity for raising much more revenue through taxation. Indeed, if these measures are adopted by the coming Congress, additional taxes undoubtedly will be proposed. That there will be a tremendous drive when Congress meets, not only for the cash payment of the bonus, but for old-age pensions, as well as unemployment insurance, is well rec- ognized. The “spenders” in Congress, who believe that the way out of the depression is to spend billilons and then more billions, will back the pro- posals. On the other hand, those members who believe it is time for the Government to begin to draw its horns in and look to a balanced budget and economy in expenditure will fight these proposals hard. There will be those against old-age pension legisla- tion who hold that such things should be left to the States. But States’ rights and States’ duties are more and more overlooked in the movement to have the Federal Government take care of all the problems that beset the people. One thing opponents of the proposed Federal old-age pension plan predict, that is, once the Fed- eral Government begins a pension system, the States will more and more shif the burden to the Pederal Government.” The administration is still consid- ering carefully the question of the soldiers’ bonus cash payment, accord- ing to Senator Harrison. The Missis- sippi Senator, when he returned to Washington a couple of weeks ago, *|put forward a compromise plan for dealing with the bonus, under which only those veterans who showed they were actually in need would receive payment now. The total outlay of money for paying the bonus to all mvm is estimated at $2,400,000,- Should & compromise plan on the bonus be ‘dopud‘ it may u.u mean ’