Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives . . . that in view of the generous benefits accorded by the Government to veterans of the World War . . . it is hereby expressly declared to be the policy of Congress that there should not be any general pension laws enacted for the veterans of the World War or their dependents. . . .
With these words the Administration last week offered veterans a new bonus of a round half-billion dollars provided they would desist, at least for a...
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