Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-07-30
REPORT OF SERVICES ii 'iH-fNUEHEU
Extract From Address of Congressman Charles J.
Thompson to Republicans of Defiance County June
17th 1924 Record = Valuable Service That
Fifth District Citizens May Well be Crate
full For-One Good Turn Deserves Another
time laws and again place the country

time laws and again place the country
-Lal and peace time basis.
Also for the Civil Service Retire
ment Bill a constructive and progress
sive piece of legislation protecting Old
age emp. o =. ees of the Federal Gov
ernment.
In matters of interest and concern
to labor, the report of the American
Federation of labor shows that out of
a gOtal Of Ia votes cast by me IL were
favorable and met with the approval
of that great organization. L have
always been a friend of labor.
The very next day after my elec-
tion TO Congress, and long before |
took the oath of office, my duties be-
gan and continued to multiply today
| can boast of having had as varieI
on experience as many member of the
House of Representative. have
been truly a representative of the
people of the fifth congressional dis
trict Of Ohio, acting as their collector,
their agent, their friend and adviser
in innumerable transactions with the
State. War and Navy Departments,
the Pension and War Risk Insurance
Bureaus the Departments of Agricul-
ture and Interior and in a number
of instances with citizens of Wash
ington.
The very first work l was called
upon to do was to obtain discharges
of young men from the service and
in this | was very successful, be-
cause the grounds for discharge were
such as were recognized by the re-
gulations of the War and Navy De-
partments In most cases l person
ally assisted the dependent parents
and relatives in the preparation of
the proper applications so that nc
de av was experienced in having the
matters considered and the discharge
granted. In this work | had the su.
preme satisfaction of making many
a mother happy, and l may be par.
doned the reference when l say thai
my success in this matter becam}
generally known among the "boys'
and that | received appeals for assist
anee from all parts of the country
This work continued long after tn,
armistice and with most gratifying
success.
Next came the work of collecting
, the $50 bonus and the additiona
travel pay, amounting ID hundred!
= of dollars and if any service man il
! my district failed to receive tn,
+ amount Justly due him on these &C
counts, have not heard of him.
was kept busy for several month
handling applications and discharge
and IN sending the GovernmeH
; checks in payment of the amount du
Z Perhaps the most important worl
: have had to do for the ex-servic
2 men was the handling ofclaims in tn
I Bureau of War Risk Insurance aris
! ing out of Compensation, allotment
and insurance. These required pei
d sonal attention cases of unpaid al
n lotments were of frequent occurrenc
d and demanded constant attention
i In most cases it happened that tn
Il allotment was deducted from tn
! soldiers pay, but had not been re
ceived by the allottes and in few case
It the soldier, sltho exempted fro1
l. compulsory allotment, sought to
reimbursed for money erroqeousl
v deducted from his pay. Happil
Is most, IL not all, allotment cases wer
# satisfactorily adjusted
All My dealings with the insuranc
. section Of the War Risk Insurane
8. Bureau were most interesting an
le had to do in the main with lapse
because of failure to pay premium.
n each instance | was able to preser
,r the proper premium receipt and thU
m reinstate the policy and collect tt
a insurance.
For the veterans Of the Civil W.
,r and their widows / had the pleasul
of creating sentiment among Il
Or members for the so-called Fuller bi
n which became law May 1, 1920. Vi
Ig der the provisions of this law Il
IN minimum pension is now fixed
I'd $50 per month but is substantial
I'd increased in cases of extreme dill
in bility. / have also had the pleasu
he of serving them in other matters
es Importance, and which required
thoro understanding and knowled
e. of the various pension laws in ord
nh to correctly advise them of tht
ne rights and necessitated frequent col
on, munication with the Bureau of Pc
ed sions in reference thereto. l al
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