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During these present DAYS of unrest
and readustment the American Legion
and tho stand OF the ex-serylce man Tor
Inv and order Is the greatest possible m
slrancr policy our country could possibly
have and the only insurance premium the
eN-service man expects III return Is SIMPLY
iar play from that government with
which II. has played 50 tar
LEGISLATION FOR DISABLED MEN.
Tho first official act Of this administra-
tirn after the close Of the convention was 10
call conference in Washington TO con-
s.dcr the deplorable condition OF the dis
al,lcd man. and work begun one Monday
m rnmg resulted in actual legislation
psssrr both the Senate and the House
hsf rc the end of the same week AS re-
suit Il that legislation there now is beng
distributed 10 disabled men one hundred
ullhcn dollars more each year.
After having looked after those physl-
cilly disabled. your national officers took
tp the question Of adjustment OF compen-
saflon 10 those who had suffered financially
because Of their service.
The national executive committee
u rted out the four-fold optional plan
G, erirg land settlement, home aid, vo-
etfo.ai training and adjustment OF COM
v TX on the park ofyour national and State
4, Gers this four-fold optional plan was
frrllv embodied IN bill which passed the
II uts q few days before adjournment OF
urrcss but too late for action by the
semitic II n for YOU 10 determine at tins
convention the necessary steps to e-taken
hN vour next administration TO secure Its
rasssgo through the Senate this coming
December
Oar great success has been due to the
ffrt that our ideals have proven right
Asd 50 your responsibility during these
next three davs Is TO keen these ideals
pure interpret them and still further
strengthen them and solidIfy our organlza-
ti,n 20 the end that II may continue to
still more unself SHY serve our country
and our comrades.
HON LEGION HAS GROWN.
How the American Legion has ex-
handed since the close Of the first national
a INVENTION last November from loosely
knit structure Of 3,472 posts, TO a world
wide organization Of approximately $500
functioning posts in all States, the Dis
tri,t = Columbia. FIVE outlying American
+ ,sess rs and ten foreign countries, was
g. p ID the report Of Lemuel Bolles,
ten nal adJutant.
VI 80 iiIH. pQfsuAHl 10 dutfiOflty grant
al a the first convention, the Woman S
Auxiliary of the American Legion, to
which mothers, wives daughters and
sisters Of ex-servicc men are eligible, has
been organized on a temporary basis, he
reported
Mr. Boiles report expressed the hope
that the convention will provide the
necessary authority to permit the develop
ment Of the womans auxiliary TO that
plaer q dignity and importance to which
IL ID Justly entitled
The service division Of national head
quarters the report continued has obtain
ga the adjudication Of claims aggregating
more than 81 ,250,0O0 in favor Of ex-service
men This sum, however, the national
adjutant continued, is but tithe of the
total claims the legion has settled in favor
of veterans since national headquarters
has handled only complicated Individual
cases
Aside from the interest on the S4O0, ,OOC
Y NJ G A. fund, national headquarters
only source of revenue has been national
dues and profits from the sale of emblems
the national adjutant reported. The
American Legion Weekly, the report
stated, has turned from the loss TO the
profit side 4 the ledger and promises
shortly u wipe out all previous deficit.