Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-08
Seven Nett for ,: Soldier ! Work Submitted 4sident Hard
 ing by Nl Commission
 Investis~ s Care of War Veterans.

Washington, April 7.-Seven speciic
 recommendations, chief among them the
 creatlcn Of the veterans service admin lstratlon to take entire charge of govern
 ment relief work among ex-soldiers and
 to be headed by a director general re-
 sponsiole directly to the president, were contained in the report submitted today
 to President Harding by his siecial com
 mission investigating the care of veterans charles c. Dawes of Chicago, cnalrlIian n. ] ot the Commission, told the president as 1 he handed him the report that he believ- | ed the accommodations were sound and i that they would prove a satisfactory so-
 lution of the troubles existing in the | present administration of soldier relief
 work. Early action by President Hard l ing on the report is expected. 2
 -Recomme endation number one provided
 Tor the new agency and gives it ,juris- | dlctlon over the bureau of war risk in-
 surance, the rehabilitation division of the
 federal board for vocational education
 and such part of the public health ser
 vice as may be necessary to care proper ly for disabled veterans. It also asks
 that director general assume charge of
 the new agency with full authority to
 obtain necessary facilities when those al.
 ready available prove inadequate.
 1nls provision would permit the lease
 or purchase of hospital buildings when
 ever the demand exceeded the supply
 Care is suggested in the framing of new legislation creating the admnistra- l; tion in order to avoid present inconsisten. l cles of law affecting the three existing bureaus. Particular request is made thai
 no statutory limitations be placed 1on tn, director general as to the number ana salaries of his employees
 , Number three says that pending tht enactment of new laws Secretary Mel l Ion, of the treasury, shall issue orders tt l the heads cf the public health and wal risk bureapA authorizing the latter bu
 reau to take charge of the public healtl activities and personnel engaged in pro !, Ylding medical care for the veterans T The effect would be to consolidate thes I bureaus under one head by executty t order without waiting for congress t, t act CT risk delay from that cause
 E The next recommendation provides fo a an immediate extension and utilization O l all government hospital facilities togethe
 with such mobilization of civilian med
 ical services as may prove practical.
 An immediate and continuous hos q pital building program is asked in tn fifth recommendation, which suggest 4 that Secretary MeGlon's committee re gently appointed to report on sites fo . new hospitals be directed to report cor Il corning the type and locations of the re . qulred buildings. It adds that appropr1 l1 5atlons should be made available by tn = congress which convenes next Monday. = The sixth calls for exertion of human = izing influences to i-press the sick an
 wounded with the fact that the nation v, entirely concerned in their welfare an The last asks immediate use of tl s1r ~ congress for new hospitals
 |. Tt can not be too strongly emphas si T ed" the report says in conclusion, "th; i the present deplorable failure on the pa ~ of the government to properly care f, . the disabled veterans is due in large
 an imperfect organization of go ,9 mental effort. There.is no one in contf l al of the whole situation. Independel q. agencies. by mutual agreement, now e "a deaHor to coordinate their action but ~ such efforts the joint action is too oft . modified by miner considerations al is is there is always lacking that complete c n. operation which is Incident to a poweri : super-imposed authority No emergen, Ih of war itself was greater than is Il
 emergency which confronts the nation S it's duty toi care for those disabled in n service and now neglected N The summoning of this conmissit . by you is an earnest to the count ..t that you are convinced of the vital n Ut ture of this problem and that you a |. determined to secure prompt and ,
 fectiye solution thereof The man .o whom this important messiion is entrust oe by, you Will receive in the performance = his arduous duties the wnolehearted a, o enthusiastic support and cooperation oI all veterans and all other patriotic Amt .er t, jeans. No cabinet officer or assis sant s, retary iburdened with other duties sho, be the one to whom the man chars 'oi with the welfare of the disabled savit ice of the country should report ne He should report directly to the pr
 ident. His place should be held, in pub z. esteem as one of the greatest hont
 that the president can bestow, as the S BE vice he can render should be of untt - value to the nation" t1 ny The report was submitted as ld- unanimous agreement of the commiss the and Brigadier General Sawyer, the pr the ident's personal representative on Ley commission. Its introduction revie em the evidence collected during the tn
 days investigation of conditions affect If-t aaV1f