New Britain herald., 1920-03-02
House Ways and Means Conn tee PoStpones Any Furth{ Action Until Tomorrow
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D'OLlER TELLS CONGRESS
 HOW EX-SERVICE MEN Fl
Head of Vast Organization In That Veterans Arc Asking Not of q Selfish Nature at Expensc GovcTnment-OId Pension Sy, of Civil War Days Is Js Now

Now.
 Washington, March 2.--Takina for the first time the whole ouc{ of soldier relief legislation the hI ways and means committee got q TOW today oVe~ procedure and bI up in some confusion after men had repeated charges madc in ltouse that the measures iltsd sent to the committee for burial
 After many heated exchanges tween members the coHmittee dered the room cleared of tine cj Of spectators, and then. in excel session finally decided to cont hearings tomorrow.
 Before the sudden termination the session Franklin D'OIier. natl commander of the American LeI and Thomas W. Miller. chairmaI the national legislative committed sented briefly an outline Of what organization sought from congreI
 D'OIier Outlines Plans.
 Franklin O'OIier, national mander of the American Legion.
 
 committee today the organizat demands for soldier relief legisla declared it wanted no bonus, bu sistance for former service men overcoming present Financial d vantages."
 All the Legion asks, he told committee, ''is as liberal treatmel is consistent with the welfare O whole country"
 "An overwhelming majority O. service men feel strongly that persons who were handicapped e bodily or financially" the nat commander declared adding that bled men wanted relief 1egisl to the end that they would no lc be objects of private charity"
 Recommendations Presented
 Recomme for 1egisl were presented as follows:
 Land settlements, covering farf all states; aid to encourage purd of homes; vocational training. adjustment of penSation base length of service for those not S1flnS to aNati lllShlSGlNGS Oi NitG three features.
 The American Legion Mr. D said, tasks nothing in it's selfish terests at the expense of the col but at the same time does not that this obligation to eN-serVice and women should be altog passed by at this time and all eo mixing done at the expense of th service man.
 Will Aid Entire Country.
 If legislation is wisely fif covering land settlement, home and vocational training, every invested by the GoVernmen will ultimately great returns to the try by making the eX-serVice III better citizen and greater produ
 More than 50 bills relating honuses were before the conn when it began hearings on the question of soldier relief.
 Thomas W. Miller Of WilE1in Del. chairman of the LegiOn's lative committee. declared that a service adjustment based on jl had taken the place of pensions on charity.
 l. Simply Justice
 "A war service adjustment VII detract from that high sense o1 triotism which jhe service man ever hold as q heritaee." he said tine piaH. the Legion not depart from it's high parpose5 lofty iIcaIS. Justice demands 
 Obiectine to the Civil war pc system. Nr. Miller said it was on the theory that public cha be cxtendrd soldiers end their del ents and that it naturally and cvitably led to atuSvs and to pol and private corTuption.*
 soldier is Handicapped.
 Taking up the case of the retu MT. Miller said his service not fit, I him to earn more n and that his financial status wa nearly as good as that cf the who remained ii civil life. He d that i'll most tu-es there was an d hono burden lf',-urrrd during hi sence.
 ..-Thr American Legion feels i waited long en"I@h for Conwre show what il wifi .tns to rc'irv financial iis:ldVauts'@"S "t c%-st ,,t,.,, l,n ,JoCl1rnI