Evening star., 1921-06-28
=FEAYS TREATMENT
F. Of WOUNDED MEN
Senator. Walsh Scores Acts
{, Of Government in Address
1 to Ex-SOIdierS.

It is a disgrace for the United
Slater &Geus-nment not to show as
much zeal in caring OR wounded and
disahSed soldiers after thu war as
. in enlisting and training men for
. fighting in the trenches. Senator Da-
. rid !. Walsh of Massachusetts said
today in an address at the second
days session of the iirst annua. con
vention of the National Disabled! S'.-
diers League, al Central High School
Senator Walsh round:y upbraid'd
what he termed bureaucratic ineI-
ficiency. bunSl:n;s and red tape hy
X with the care of disabled eN-serrice
1, men. and said he hardly believed
|. that such had treatment could have
(. been possible until he was presented
y with indisputable facts
I. THE problem of the care of the dis
(. abled soldiers is the most serious one
l'that has faced the American people
(: since the armiSticc. senator W aiSh
: said. The American people want
their soldiers treated right anu ! am
;,Sure not one American heErudgtS ths
,.money spent on care anu training U.
disabled men.
Z. says Government Has Failed.
} at is the government that itas
failed and not the people. govern :
9;ment ought to be as viGiltant ana
7 as earnest in taking care of Its dis-
;abled men after the war is over as
,.it was in enlistinE thsm and putting
!; them in Physical condition TO en'ss
the trenches and beat back the
enemies. Don't turn against your
country because YOU see your com
rades lacking the care that may
+ preserve their lives. Your country
I. institutions are fundamentally cor
rect and you should uphold them 10
the limit
:. Senator Walsh promised a full in
and complete change in
.sthe direction of the government
t.agencies charged with handling dis
..abled men if needed to bring about
- iii iciency. Your representatives in
!Congress are going to the bottom or
this matter and will make every at
,tempt to clear the atmosphere. SEN
ator Walsh said. We will make the
lie officials can interpret the will of
the people. We VIII not be satisfied
until every wounded soldier is salts
fed with the care taken of him and
until every complaint against the
Z. Adopt. Plan Of Voting.
:. After considerable discussion the
In use at the large national political
conventions. d:sca riding a suggestion
made previously that a vote be al
,'1otted for every twenty-five members
,:gates notably the three from New
',Jersey. protested against the latter
''1rethod voting. asserting that more
than half the entire voting strength
of the convention would rest in the
New York. delegation and that the
1a1a
.tions could control the voting strength
:of the organization.
n Thomas Fields Of New Jersey
pleaded with George H. Gi;lrn. ma
:tion. to discard the snggested method
aof voting and adopt the political
convention plan. He said unless such
a plan was adopted the votes cast
/. at the convention would be found to
represent only about 1900 wounded
!. men. "On this basis the other SOL
.dier organizations would laugh at
s;our claims for relief and we would
Iget nowhere" Mr.. Fields said.
!. Mr.. Fields read a.1etter from Sam
;;shei Lovenbein. on behalf of the Ma
,.tional Disabled Soldiers League. Inc.
::of the District of Columbia. which
said that Lovenbein and James w
Mellon. who had charged officers Of
.1he national organization with in
deficiency. would not attend the con-
.vention until the election of new
:Sfficers. It further said that after
over their books and join with the
national organization in anv manner.
I Music was furnished today by the
;Marine Band.
!! Tomorrow afternoon practically the
,,entire delegation of disabled men.
sRome Of them on crutches and several
,who have been blinded. will march
from Central High School to the Capt.
'fol, where they will present to Con-
.Eress resolutions which the conven-
;:tioA will adopt this afternoon. The
Resolutions. it was Understood. will
!recommend changes in the direction
tof the bureau of war risk insnra nee.
public health service and the Federal
Board for Vocational Education.