The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1921-08-11
BONUS FOR SOLDIER RELIEF BROKE DOWN UNDEI
DEMOCRATS

Washington Especial correspondence)On of thu most
sever criticisms of the ncopetency Of the executive branch
Of the Wilson administration that embodied in report
made the United States Senate by special senate commit
e appointed under resolution introduced by senator Walsh
Dem) of Mass for the purpose of investigating all the bu
reaus of the government dealing with the treatment of inca
pacated service The commtees report was unan
imous signed by Senators Sutherland of West Vrgna Cad
of New York. Welder of Maryland Walsh OF Mass and
Pomerene, of Ohio, the two last being Democrats
Their report aragnment of the various agencies
having to do with extending relief to exservice men, The
report stated In the opinion of the committee the conditions
surrounding this relief work have reached point where 1t
would objectionable for congress tolerate further
nuation" Of them The report states that Considering
of good that has been accomplished believe
the cost has been extravagant, indeed, profligate"
''We further convinced that unexplainabe delays
fusion red tape complications and intricate slow moving
machinery combined increase the difficulties of the
ncapactaed exservce to the highest possible point in
securing compensation aid to which they are entitled
Men have testified to having waited weeks and months with
out settlement decision, Of them manned beyond
hope of supporting themselves Of their families Others sick
badly disabled unfit for resumng their old occupations
have been forced to wait indefinitely while their claims
pending In addition your committee finds that hospital
zaon have been utterly inadequate sometimes
nsantary and unwhosome always laden with red tape and
numbering mediocrty."
The commte found that the different bureaus did work
in harmony that frequently the rulings of bureau
Numerically opposed to the rulings of another bureau which
not only confused but blocked progress of their
claims 1t found ex-service compelled to submit
to several examinations each by doctor with
different bureau They frequently compelled to file
of this not only bewdered and caused then
to lose their just belief but your committee finds the dup
cation INF the handling OF this problem by variousy seperat
ed bureaus to be gross waste of public funds
All of the practices and Methods thus indicated, in
augurated by the Democratic administration and pepetuatee
by the Democratic administration in the face of repeated pro
tests from organizations representing exsevce and tn
perfect storm of protest from individual exservce Thu
attention of Secretary of Treasury Houston called to thu
conditions existing in the War Risk Insurance Bureau
Public Health Service both of which under direct
troll of Mr. Houston Furthermore the American Legion
friends of exservce repeatedly requested President Will
to do exactly what the above report advises should
done and the failure to do which has resulted in gross
of public funds and exhibition of brutal indifference
the needs and sufferngs of the ex-service men,
Under the authority granted President Wilson by the Over
Act he could have in his discretion merely by the is
of ORDER coordnated consolidated the bureau
having to deal with ex-service 1t is matter of
attention paid to the various requests that such
soldaton be ordered matter of that the
caonal training bureau wvrtualy crippled because of it
inability to obtain proper supplies and equipment; that
the time it thus crippled there surplus of such sup
plies in possession of the War Department; that Presden
Wilson requested to order the transfer of these suppe
to the vocational board and that he paid attention to tn
requests