Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-02-17
AMERICAN LEGION
WILL RAISE SUM
ASKED FOR R. c.

At meeting of the American
Legion committee appointed Tor
the Red Cross home service drive,
la in the court room of the FED
eraI building yesterday afternoon
.at 4 o'clock, a hearty endorsement
.or the work of the home service
and for the continuance fof the
same with approval of tre amount
asked for, was submitted by the
committee.
All committees and workers on
tho drive are requested to report at
the Y. w. c. A. cafeteria at a. m,
Tuosdav. The following captains
# teams were chosen Saturday
Miss sydney Wilson, two teams; Y.
w c. A., one team; Mrs, Frank
Graham. two teams; Mrs. Charles
white, two teams; Mrs, Jerre Has
card one team; Mrs. Harry Lee,
one team; Miss Ethel Hickey. one
team. Twenty five men of the AM
erican Legion will be at work UNI
der the direction of the ReVerend
/ Fl, Zeigler, Charles White Will
no in charge of automobiles.
A discussion of the benefits as
sured to the soldiers of Bernalillo
ICountv by the home service. and OF
Ithe Injustice which would be done
soldiers who fought in the great
war we're this service to be discon-
tlnued. was followed by the franz
ing of the following report:
"The undersigned committee ap-
, ointed by the American Legion for
! mo nurpose of soliciting the bust
,,ess interests of albuquerque In
IConnection with the home service
drive have made inquiry at the
home service office. of home serV-
ice officers in order to satisfy our
selves that the amount asked tor
1s3. 500) was reasonable and neces-
sary, ..-4.,,otior
that the local home service mas
handled a very large volume Oh
business in disposing OF the COM
pensation claims, insurance claims
Claims for back pay, and othei
needs of our local eX-serVice men
mat a great deal of urgent business
remains to be handled before rea'
sonable Justice to our eX-serVice
men will have been accomplished
1--WE find that there is no othel
agency, or organization for hand'
ling these matters than the home
service and that they have beer
Idesignated by the war risk bureau
fer this purpose. without proVlulnE
ANY financial aid to assist IN the
work.
eve also find that due to the e%
cellent reconstruction work which
the local home service has success
fully accomplished many individual
ex-soldiers have been tided Owe
periods of broken health or imam
cial exiguity and have been re
CONSTRUCTED into self-supportlh'
citizens. whereas. if this work hatl
not been done, they would in al
probability have become publl'
Icharges in many cases through III
fault of their own.
This committee. therefore, II
cO-operation with joint committee
of the home service and American
Legion. undertakes the task o
raising the $4,000 asked for, witt
full confidence that the suhscrip
ton of this amount is reasonaol
! and necessary. and with furthe
confidence that the Alhuquerqu
} rublic will see the matter in 1t
true light.
while we realize that yer
heavy financial burdens have bee
| imposed upon the business men an
, public generally, in the matter G
, subscriptions for many worth
purposes. we believe that the put
: lie can better afford to subscrih
l this $4,000 now. than to allow a
1 injustice to be done to any of tn
= men who have represented on
community in the great war.
: "Respectfully submitted.
THE CENTRAL
COMMITTEE.
NJ. r. Hickey, Evan Grunsfeld
Kenneth c. -Baldridge, f.
Chase, Max Norhaus. Henry Ro
: Brown. chairman.