The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-04-21
LEONARD DETHMAN
POST. NO. y
THE LEGION'S PROGRAM IN
CONGRESS

The Congress now in session ha:
: been called primarily to consider leg.
: i~slation pertaining to the fiscal obli-
, cations of the government. 1t is fol-
the Congress to determine what
those obligations are and what means
; shall be taken for their fulfllment.
In the national legislative pro
gram of the American Legion there
are two items which fall in this cate
CORY. These the relief of the dis
abled and adjusted compensation.
The Legion will press these two is
sues separately, each on its merits
and in the order named.
Prior to the First National owen
ton at Minneapolis in 1919, when
the Legion was in a state of temper
airy organization, it accepted as its
first obligation, leadership of the
fight for the relief of the disabled,
whose neglect already had become
apparent. At Minneapolis this course
became official by mandate of the
convention. This stand was reaffirm-
ed at Cleveland last year.
Since the Cleveland convention
the Legion has made the disabled
question a national issue. 1t has
revealed shocking conditions of mis-
management and neglect and has
brought forward measures of rene
dy which have the endorsement of
the agencies charged with caring for
the disabled. With the people of the
United States aroused and the ma
tional administration sympathetic, Il
hope and expect this program will be
speedily enacted into law by the 9th
Congress.
When this is done the Legion will
advance actively its measure for an
adjustment of compensation to all
who served in an effort to strike an
economic balance between those who
went to war and those who did not.
The American Legion has never re-
coded from its original stand on the
matter of compensation. 1t holds
that an adjustment of compensation
along the lines of the fve-fold OPP
tional bill is just and simply repre-
sents fair play to those who have
played fair with their country. And
in this stand the Legion knows it
has the endorsement of the people.
The Fordney bill has passed the
House of Representatives and was
reported favorably by the Senate
Finance committee. In every state
where the matter of adjusted COM
pensation has been left to decision
by popular vote the result has been
an overwhelming endorsement of the
stand of the American Legion.
F. w. Galbreath, Jr.
National Commander.
If you believe that the legislative
program of the Legion is a fair and
square proposition and that Cong
ress should lose no time in pushing
it thru, just write a letter to one of
our Congressman or Senators from
Montana and let them know how
you feel about it. These politicians
are always interested in the views of
the people to whom they must look
for votes.
From the American Legion Week
ly-The former private in the Aus
tralian forces, whose army pay was
$3.50 a day, is now receiving adj
justed compensation (bonus) aver
aging $4,000. All the sophistry of
the parsimonious patriots who are
that cash compensation will
defle the glory of Americas dollar
a day doughboys cannot obscure the
obvious comparison between the JUS
tice intellectually accorded its
fighting men by an undeveloped
country and the justice so far denied
its fighting men by the RICHEST nation
the world.
Let's plan to attend the big state
convention at Lewistown on June
1880. Take a couple of days off and
have a look at Montana's new oil me-
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