Nobody expected otherwise. The Bonus Bill was going to be passed, and it was passed. The House had passed the bill 355 to 54 (TIME, March 31). In the Senate there was a mere handful of opponents. Some Democrats stood out for a cash option instead of the paid-up insurance proposed. Such real fight as there was concerned this cash feature. The Battle. Senator Copeland of New York forced the issue—the cash payment alternative to the insurance bonus. The Democrats on the Finance Committee, in their minority report, recommended that a cash...
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