THE VETERANS AND THE BONUS
To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Si a,- - May I correct your statement in the Spectator of June 11th, 1932, about the U.S. War Veterans ? You point out that " they are called War Bonus Veterans because they are veterans who want a war bonus." They already have a war bonus in the form of a certificate payable in 1945.
A Bill was passed last year, I think, enabling them to cash fifty per cent. of the value of their certificates. The present campaign is for payment of the balance. I have a friend who has cashed half his bonus.
We were highly amused last week by reading the same day in the same newspaper that (1) 8,000 Americans had arrived in the capital demanding payment of a War debt ; (2) a pro- minent American politician saying that the best way to reduce War debts is to pay them.—I am, Sir, &c., A. D. HALL.
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