Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-18
VETERANS adjourn
AFTERVOT|NC DOWN
DRY LAW PROTEST
Urge Changes in Vocational
Rehabilitation Act on
Congress.

city for the 1921 encampment OF the
Veterans Of Foreign Wars. the
Michigan metropolis getting SIs
votes 10 6S9 for seattle.
motion TO express sympathy
with the cause of Irish freedom was
tabled by nm overwhelming ma
tortty, after warm debate.
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States. at the last session of
their annual encampment here today.
voted down resolution which found
| amendment to the Constitution of the
United States was passed, and which
sought to prevent the adoption OF
any amendment to the Constitution
while the country was at war
The committee, in reporting out the
resolution, originally passed by Ma.
tional Capital Post, No. 127, of the
order. recommended the defeat of the
| measure, and the recommendation was
followed with only a few dissenting
votes.
Objected to Pnssnge.
The resolution as offered did not
| commend or condemn the eighteenth
amendment. but objected to it's pas
sage while SO many of. the male
voters were out of the country.
By a unanimous rising vote the en-
campment adopted the report Of the
committee on war risk insurance and
vocational training. This report COM
mended the work done for disabled
veterans by those agencies through
the activities Of Post Commander Ed
ward II. Hale of Washington. a mem
ber of the national legislative COM
mittee of the order. 1t recommended
the maintenance OF a national service
officer in Washington by the Veterans
of Foreign Wars at a salary Of $500.
and proper clerical force to look
cational training privileges due mem
bers of the order. The report also
urged the early passage of the Wason
bill. which would provide for the de-
centralization of the war risk bureau
and the establishment instead of four
teen regional offices in various parts
Of the country
Legislation urged on Congress by
the encampment today included the
following:
habilitation act to all men hereto
fore discharged from the military
and naval service of the United
States with a disability traceable to
such service.
Repeal of section of the vocation
al rehabilitation act and provide vo-
cational training with maintenance
pay to all men who have been hon
orabiy discharged from the service
and who have a disability incurred
In or traceable to such service.
Fer Widows and Orphans.
Amendment of the vocational re-
habilitation act TO provide vocational
| training with maintenance pay TO
the widows and orphans of men who
were killed in the military and naval
service or who have subsequently died
as result of a disease or injury in
CURED during such service.
Amendment of the vocational re-
habilitatlon act to provide vocational
training with maintenance pay to all
American citizens who were disab abled
while serving in the armed forces Of
the allied nations in the world war
Amendment of the vocational act
to provide revolving fund OF $780,
600 for the giving of loans to men
upon their entering training under
the federal board.
Amendment to the vocational re-
habilitation act TO eliminate the fed :
eral board from civil service regulsx
tions in the employment of staff men+
bers. the elimination of salary limitA =
tions. and providing that none bus
competent eX-service men be employ-
ed by the board in the future when
available.
Free Medical Treatment.
Amendment to the vocational re-
Mobilization act TO furnish free medi-
cal. surgical and hospital treatment
to all trainees for any injury or dis
ease incurred by them while undsst
the jurisdiction of the federal board.
provided such injury or disease is not
due to their own willful misconduct.
Amendment to the act of June Z.
1920 known as the Darrow bill. TO
provide for the payment of 500 per
month for all trainees under the voca--
l.
ditional sums as are now authorized
for dependents of said trainees. a
The encampment will come to n
close tonight with banquet at the
Ebbitt Hotel given to the new ma
tional officers OF the order and the
retiring oficers in honor of Capt
Robert G. Woodside. elected national
comma nder-in-chief last Thursday.
The hnal business session of the en-
campment was held in Trinity Epis-
copal Church. Sd and c streets north
west, today. and was presided over hy
Past Chief Gus 3.
Hartung OF Colorado. The encarp-
ment took a brief recess shortly be-
fore noon. when members of the La
dies Auxiliary were admitted and a
service was held by Ma
tional Chaplain s. J. Smith.
Before adjournment the encamp-
ment voted against admitting women
ularly enlisted in the service and on
duty abroad. the majority of dele
gates holding that the order was pri-
marily one of combatants who had
seen service in foreign lands or wa
ters They also defeated a resolution
which would have admitted to MEM
bership men who served as combat
ants in the allied armies during the
late war.