SAYS BONUS WOULD BE OF MATERIAL BENEFIT

"I am going to vote for the Bonus, if it does not demand cash payment", Congressman William N. Vaile of Colorado said when interviewed by a CRIMSON reporter yesterday. Mr. Vaile pointed out that the economical conditions of the country demanded that the financial burden of the proposed bill be shifted to the future and for this reason a cash payment should be avoided. "However," he continued, "we should do everything in our power to equalize the conditions of those who stayed at home and those who went to the front." After outlining the enormous profits earned in comparative comfort by the laborers during the war, he dwelt upon the sacrifices of the troops abroad. They were fighting not for the $30 a month but for a cause which necessitated the greatest of hardships.

"We must depend on citizens in time of emergency," he continued, "for our country will not stand for a large soldier class. It is the volunteer fighter who made the greatest sacrifice and it should be the duty of the country not to put him at a great disadvantage. Nothing is too good for our citizen soldiers," he declared emphatically. When asked if the Bonus was not more of a "tip" given in a feeble attempt to repay a service which could not be valued in terms of dollars, he said: "Last night I was speaking before an audience composed largely of veternas and I was proud to see that this objection was raised." But in spite of this fact, Mr. Vaile felt that such an objection was rather sentimental than practical, and he stated that the payment by the Government was bound to be of material benefit to the men who sacrificed so much for their country.