The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1920-04-01

for one of the great western dali
les, I have covered the House office
building for several years I have
seen members come and 20 and l
have observed the work grow un-
til as has been suggested. 1t has
become . twOmAn job.
Guy U. Hardy. though . new
member. has set . pace for many
of the older members In perform
ing service for the ex-service men
and their families. The most Of
his 100 or more letters day relate
to their affairs. He has . large
district with many isolated points.
The boys in small towns and in the
country have not the advantage OF
q recruiting station or Red Cross
establishment to drop in at for in
formation and help So they write
to Hardy, their congressman, and
he looks after their business like .
father. The Lord only known how
they have found out so generally
that he can help them, but they
surely have gotten the information
as his daily mail so fully indicates.
You wonder what they all want.
Well, here are . few Of the things:
Many men want their bonus, many
have travel pay to adjust, some
officers have lost baggage claims.
Many allotment and allowance
claims have been bungled and need
adjustment. Some paid for their
bonds and never rot them. Some
want their insurance straightened
out or converted and do not know
how to go about It. Many have
lost their discharge papers and
want duplicates. Some need help
in getting their compensation ad-
justed or vocational training infor-
nation. Many, in the country espe-
cially, need help in getting the uni.
forms they are entitled to. All are
entitled to service button, which
Mr.. Hardy gets and sends to all
who write him. Many letters come
from mothers who need insurance
ADJUSTMENTS, to get their young
boys out of the service. and now
letters are coming in from mothers
who want the bodies Of their boys
brought back from France.
OF course all of these matters are
not necessarily the duties of con.
gresham, and many Of them could
be accomplished without his aid,
but many folks do not know how
to 60 at it, and many who do, have
found out to their delight that
Congressman Hardy has been able
to do more for them in q week or
so than they have been able to do
through months of correspondence.
Mr.. Hardy has simply made q
speciality Of this work, knows
where to 60 and how to 60 about
It, and he gets results. And he
takes as much pleasure in 1t as II
each boys case was that of his
own son.
J / suppose every congressman has
had some difficult cases and ,un-
usual experiences. Here Is one I
think is worth telling: The day
before Christmas, on my rounds, I
dropped in to see Hardy. He was
out. His secretary told me he was
down trying to get q boy out Of
Jail. That night l heard the story.
The day before, young soldier,
regular, came over to the House
office building with q hard luck
story. His chum was in the guard
house, charged with stealing an
automobile tire His chum had
served nearly seven years in the
regular army and was just about
to be discharged. In fact his dis
charge. was made out and was on
the generals desk ready to be de
livered. The body had hoped to
get out by Christmas. He was a
truck driver assigned to Walter
Reed hospital. A few days before
Christmas he brought q large tire
into the shop, which he said he
had found. An officer in another
department down town traced the
tire to the hospital and had the