The Glenwood post., 1919-05-24
Denounces Glass and Red Tape
In Treasury Department as
Expense Of Soldiers
TEXAN GETS wRoTHy

Washington May 1s.-Following his
warning that the administration of SOL
diers 'and sailors insurance, compen-
sation, allowances and allotments is on
the verge of breakdown and failure,'
Col Henry D. Lindsey resigned today
as director of the bureau of war risk
insurance at the request of Secretary
of the Treasury Glass.
Assistant Director Dudley Gates,
San Francisco banker, who has been
acting as chief of the division of al
lotments and allowances, also rendered
his resignation. Similar action is to
be taken tomorrow by Assistant Di-
rector G. H. Rennick of New York,
chief of administration and personnel.
Other assistant directors brought into
the organization by Colonel Lindsey
who may join in the protest against
"intolerable conditions" by resigning
are J. W. Barton of Dallas, Tex, and
M. j. Bowling and L. o. Fisher of New
York, who is in charge of insurance
Exasperated and discouraged by red
tape delays and political interference
by treasury officials with his efforts to
organize system out of chaos, Colonel
Lindsey sent letter to Mr.. Glass on
April intended as notice that he
would resign unless he were given the
free hand he had been promised in pro-
viding prompt service and justice for
four million fighting men and their
dependents.
Ignoring the appeal for reforms and
taking otfense at the letter, Secretary
Glass last Thursday sent to Colonel
Lindsey the following request for his
resignation:
1.-The Victory loan campaign having
ended, / am now enabled to give more
attention to treasury detail; and I
have read again with painstaking care
your letters of April and 9, placed
on my desk as ] was about leaving
Washington on speaking tour.
"After the fullest consideration, [
have reached the definite conclusion
that you are quite right in saying that
the secretary of the treasury should
have as director of the bureau of war
risk insurance man in whom he has
implicit confidence; and, in agreement
with this view, / am constrained to
ask you to let me have your resigna
ton, to take effect not later than next
Monday, at which time I shall be pre-
pared to designate your successor.-'
Colonel Lindsey complied in this let
ter to Mr.. Glass: "In accordance with
your letters to me of April 10 and May
10, | beg to hand you my resignation
as director of the bureau of war risk
insurance
Colonel Lindsey will leave for New
York tomorrow to assume direction Of
the organization of the American le-
gion, of which he was elected chairman
at the recent st. Louis convention. II
it understood that he plans to make
this organization of veterans of the
great war an effective agency for as
sisting soldiers and sailors and their
dependants to obtain prompt and just
consideration of claims for compensa-
tion, allotments and allowances and for
carrying out measures to perpetuate the
500 900 100000 of war insurance which
he accuses the treasury department Of
obstructing
The former director will return to
Washington as the first witness before
committee of congress which will in
vestigate the entire question Of malad,
ministration of the war risk bureau,
complaints Of which by the thousands
have emanated from soldiers and sail
ors and their dependents.
Criticism Of the faults of the war
risk bureau has been voiced by Demo
Gratis as conspicuously as by Republi
cans and Colonel Lindsley himself, who
now becomes the chief critic of the
treasury, is southern Democrat, twice
mayor of Dallas, Texas. He is a
wealthy man, who WAS asked by Secre
tary Glass last December to reorganixe
the bureau, having bsen recommended