MR. KNOX:  “I ask a ruling on that, Mr. Chairman.  If we lay all these substitutes for this resolution on the table will that kill the resolution?”

THE CHAIRMAN:  “Unless you dispense with the rules.”

MR. KNOX:  “Mr. Chairman, I move you, sir, the suspension of the rules to a sufficient extent so that we may table the substitutes which have been offered to the original resolution offered by the committee.”

Motion seconded by Mr. Bond of New York and carried.

THE CHAIRMAN:  “The question now comes back to the original resolution.”

The question was called for and it was adopted.

MR. ACKLEY:  “Mr. Chairman, I have another amendment to offer.”

THE CHAIRMAN:  “It’s too late.  The secretary will read the next resolution.”

CHAPTER XI

THE DISREGARD OF SELF

I feel almost as if the next matter under discussion should have not only a special chapter devoted to it but be printed in large type and in distinctive ink, for I do not believe that anything so thoroughly gave evidence of the utter disregard of self in the Legion as did the flat refusal of the delegates to tolerate what has been called in some quarters, the “Pay Grab.”

The minutes read: 

SECRETARY WOOD (Reading):  “ADDITIONAL PAY FOR ENLISTED MEN.”

“WHEREAS, the financial sacrifice of the enlisted persons in the military and naval service of the United States in the world war was altogether in excess of that of any other class of our citizenship, and

“WHEREAS, the great majority of these persons left lucrative employment upon joining the colors, and

“WHEREAS, this direct financial sacrifice was made at a time when men, many of them aliens who thrived in safety at home, were enjoying the advantages of an exceptionally high war wage, and

“WHEREAS, the service which involved this sacrifice was a Federal service in defense of our national honor and national security, therefore be it

“RESOLVED:  That the delegates to this caucus of those who served with the colors in the world war urge upon the members of the 66th Congress the justice and propriety of appropriating a sufficient sum from the National Treasury to pay every person who served in the enlisted personnel in the military or naval service for a period of at least six months between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, six months additional pay at the rate of $30.00 a month, and to those persons who served less than six months’ in the military or naval service between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, the sum of $15.00 per month for each month so served.  This bonus to be in addition to any pay or bonus previously granted or authorized and to be paid upon and subject to the honorable discharge of any such person.”

MR. KNOX:  “Mr. Chairman, I move the adoption of the resolution as read.”