The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-07
mothers DAY FOUNDER Calls ON# MOTHERS
of NAII0NGI0AID SOLDIERS Of THE REPUBLIC
Wants Red Tape Which
Prevents Government.
Action Cut

PHILADELPHIA. May a.
Mothers Day. which will be cele-
brated tomorrow. will mark the
start Of a campaign by American
mothers in support Of the American
Legion's effort to obtain justice for
disabled veterans and employment
Iforithe thousands of idle ex-seryice
men.
Miss Anna Jarvis. president OF
the Mothers Day International AS
ISOLATION with national lleadquar-
tiers in this city and a native of
West Virginia is at the head Of this
movement. She has written the fol-
lowing article especially for The
vest Virginian.
! FOUNDER Of Mothers Day
Iknow Of no question facing the
American people today that Is SO
completely deserving OF an i'm
mediate settlement as that Of rem
!dering justice to our own American
boys who have become physically
disabled as the result Of their SER
vice and sacrifice in the Great
War. RI
When our country entered the
war and the call came for yolun.
teers, and later when the selectiye
draft went into effect, the boys
and young men Of this country
were ready and willing to make
any sacrifice to serve their nation
and the cause OF the allies.
We cheered them and patted
them on their backs as they
marched away and told them that
y the whole nation stood back Of
them and would repay them in
every way that 1t was humanly
/ possible to repay them for the sac
rifices that they were prepared 10
make-and did makel
But we have nct lived up to our
promise, and our neglect Of our
disabled veterans is a shameful
page IN our after-the-war history
over which we may well hang our
heads unless we right-about-face
in the quickest possible time and
make good our pledges and prom.
Eises to on erican boys 4. M
Qfficial red tape, 4 am told Il
;ehtet ~ 70 blame for the delay.
IFEYeil tt1en. IN the name OF Justice
and all that air and decent SCtITT
rIl AsT RED % Pc AND CUT gIT
IhfMEDIATELY! z ,f59 IN
IL know that our government, Ia
heavily burdened with war debts
and thas our president and Cone
gress are faced with the most per-
Eplextng problems, but Il the inter
est on a Liberty bond is a debt
of honor, then the justice that We
owe our soldier boys, who made
such great sacrifices on the field
Of battle, is indeed a debt OF triple
honor and should be met before
any other single Obligation! .
If emergency funds are needed
how about the money that the peo.
pie contributed to theivariousf war
charities? ]? That money was given
primarily, for the aid and relief OF
our soldier boys. II any consider
able amount Of 1t remains unsx-
pended today, why not use 1t tor
rendering relief measures for our
disabled vearans? 4.
Memorials are all right and /
have no objections to them, proyid-
ing other and more important obli.
cations have been met. Let us do
immediate and ample justice to the
crippled and disabled soldiers Of
our nation and we will have erect
ed a Monument and Memorial Of
Justice that will outshfne and ont
live any other Kind Of memorial
that It Is possible for human hands
to construct. h 4
am grateful TO The West yir-
ginian for this opportunity to
make this appeal and especially
and most emphatically would i
urge every mother-whether she
had a son in the great war or not
to use every opportunity and
every ounce of energy at her com.
mand to urge and demand i'm
mediate Justice for our Q disabled
(Copyright, 1891, byN. p. .tA.) N
soldiers.