The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07
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AMERICAN
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Copy for This Department Supplied by
the American Legion News Service)

State legislation, which will offer
the alternative of a $4,000 farm or
home loan or cash compensation at
the rate of SIS a month of service
for veterans of the World War, will
be pressed by the Oregon Department
of the American Legion. 1t was so
decided at a recent meeting of the
State Executive Committee of the
Legion. The legionnaires also voted
to sponsor in the legislature a bill
similar to the Japanese law in Cali
fornia, aimed to present land hold
ings by orientals in the State, when
it was pointed out that the adoption
of the California law caused an influx
of Japanese into Oregon.
A national poll of the members
of the American Legion may be or
dered by national headquarters in the
near future to determine which plan
members will choose in the event that
the Legion Four-fold Bonus bill is
passed by the senate. The Senate
Finance Committee reported to the
National Legislative Committee in
Washington that this step might be
necessary to ascertain an estimate
of the immediate expenditure which
the bills passage would call for.
Charging that army overcoats are
beng solicited from former service
men for disabled veterans because
the government has failed to clothe
them adequately. Miles D. King,
member of the West End Post of the
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has written a letter of protest to
Secretary of War Baker. The writer
states that surplus army clothing is
being sold right and left at what is
supposed to be sacrifice prices, and l
am therefore unable to understand why
these convalescent soldiers cannot be
furnished with sufficient clothing"
The appeal to former service men
to give up their oyercoats, according
to the letter, was made from the
American Red Cross through legion
member at a meeting of the New
York post.
In an effort to alleviate the national
shortage of employment, American
Legion posts in many parts of the
country have established employment
bureaus for local former service men
where industrial establishments and
business houses of the community list
their "help wanted" These post bu-
reaus are operated free of charge and
eligible to any veterans applicant, re-
CARELESS Of legion membership.
A recent report that the Interna-
tional Molders' Union had advised all
its members that if they become affi- |
lated with the American Legion their
union cards would be forfeited has
been declared falsehood in letter
from an officer Of the union to Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation Of Labor The letter states
that 1--WE do not wish to mar the
wonderful record our members made
during the war by prohibiting them
from joining such a patriotic body as
the American Legion"
By way Of Showing their gratitude
to the newspapers Of the State for
their loyal support during the year
of 1926, the Minnesota Department of
the American Legion has sent each
newspaper letter of thanks. Each
letter bore the signature of A. H.
Vernon, department commander.
Bookkeeping for American Legion
posts has been simpliied by com
plete post accounting set, which has
been prepared by special commit
tee and now is ready for delivery. The
Emblem Division of National Head
quarters is filling orders for them.
American Legion members in Pine
dale, Wyo., claim that their Phillips
Edwards Post is farthest from a rail
road of any post in the United States.
The distance from the nearest rail
way line is said to be ITO miles. There
are thirty-fve members in the post,
which represents territory of five
hundred square miles.
Wholesale swindling of veterans and
gold star relatives by INSCRIPTIONS
lawyers, who demand exorbitant fees
for obtaining compensation in cases
of injury or death, is being investi-
gated by the Massachusetts Depart
ment of the American Legion. The
widow of one man is said to have
paid a lawyers fee of ten per cent.
of a $4,000 due to her through the
death of her husband overseas, The
War Risk act prohibits any lawyer
receiving more than So as a fee for
pressing a compensation claim.
More than two hundred cases were
handled by the war risk insurance
officer of the Norfolk, Va, Post of
the American Legion between Janu-
airy and November of last year. In
addition $4,000 worth of Insurance
was reinstated and $4,000 worth con-
verified Compensation was allowed in
sixty-three out of siXty-siX cases
pressed; twelve claims for allotment
and allowances unpaid under the War
Risk act We're prosecuted. Ten men
were located for the Federal Board
of Vocational Education when the
board was unable to find them.
Patrolman Joe Treglia, an Ameri-
can Legion member of Omaha, Neb.,
will receive a medal and a cash purse
as a result of his bravery in putting
out a burning fuse leading to tins of
gasoline and kerosene in a restaur-
ant. The whole block probably would
have gone up in an explosion if Ire
glia had not investigated the unlocked
door Of the store and found the fam
ing fuse.
RUSSIA STILL CHAOTIC
Although TrotzEy was quoted re-
Gently to the effect that the soviet gov
eminent of Russia was planning no