The Topeka state journal., 1921-10-31
Legion Commander Scores Con-
gress for Its Delay.
Declares American People APP
prove Adjusted Compensation.
OPENS THIRD VET SESSION
Pays High Tribute to Galbraith,
Who Died in Office.
Claims War Veterans Won Vic
tory in New Bureau.

Kansas city, 44O-s O0Ls lie lS-
sue OF national adjusted compensa-
ton for the ex-service man has not
| been at all settled, John c.. Emery,
national commander of the American
Legion, declared here today in his ad-
dress opening the third annual con-
Vention of the legion.
"Such means are were used last
summer to beat adjusted compensa-
tion cannot ultimately succeed" Com
mander Emery told the legion.
| Nothing is settled until it is settled
right,
1.-The American people are the
court of last resort and wherever the
American people have by the ballot
passed Judgment on the matter of ad-
justed compensation that judgment
has been n endorsement of the le-
gion's stand.
Il cannot conceive of a congress so
derelict in it's duty, so unmindfuI of
its just obligation to those who served
their country at great financial loss,
or so blind to the wishes of our peo-
pie as to be misled again into refus-
ing to adjust the economic balance be
tween the Ian who went to war and
the man who did not"
Veterans Hit Hardest.
Commander Emery reported that
ain the face of adverse industrial con-
ditions, which have hit the ex-service
men harder than any other class, the
legion has gained in strength and its
financial position has steadily i'm
proved"
He suggested that the political
clause in the Legion's constitution
which will not permit any one who
holds or is seeking a salaried elective
office to hold office in the Legion or
in any department or post thereof y
be extended to include appointive of
fices. He added that he felt that mo
person in public life, in community,
state or nation, should be allowed to
speak for the Legion, and that the
Legion must be allowed to continue
to speak for itself when issues involv-
ing service men are concerned, and
then in terms which all the world will
understand.
Commander En-, ~ paid high trib-
ute to the late Commander Frederic
w. Galbraith. Jr-, who was killed in
an automobile accident. He said his
great program which Commander
Galbraith had left unfinished.
A notable public service of the past
year, Coml- ander Emery pointed out,
was the Illustration of a nationwide
German prOpa ganda campaign in the
United States" This, he said, was to
start with a series of Rhine Horror
meetings.
THE notorious propagandist, Won
Mach, believed he had so cIeverIy con-
Etdltu Ills I1OIlN6S LTldL ne asked NId1-
braith to speak at the first Rhine
Horror meeting at Madison Square
Garden" Commander Emery said.
| LAS you will remember. Galbraith did
not wait that long before he spoke.
He told Won Mach on the spot what
ne thought of him and his project.
| The legion prepared Immediately to
organize counter demonstrations
wherever the pro-Germans might
carry out their pre-conceived pro-
gram. Most of these meetings were
never held, however, for Won Mach
abandoned his scheme after one dis
astrous attempt at Madison Square
Garden"
Veterans Bureau Is Victory.
The greatest legion achievement of
| the year Commander Emery said was
won for the disabled service men, its
vigorous efforts resulting n creation
| OF the Veterans bureau.
The last national work undertaken
by the legion has been for the relief
! of comrades who are unemployed -
Commander Emery continued. 1T is
a duty of the legion to extend every
aid to these comrades and a duty
which 1 know the legion will not fail
| to perform" he said.
| Abroad, Commander Emery report
ed that movement was on foot in
France to consolidate the numerous
veterans associations there into one
united and effective body. at is a
singular tribute to US that the name
! proposed for the new organization is
Legion Franchise" he noted. 'Gn
Great Britain, too, the American Le-
gjon is the pattern after which the
! eX-serV1ce groups are being reformed
ana brought together under the name
Of the British Legion.
Tomorrow morning" he continued,
there will be called to order in Kan
sas City another great conv ention, Il
I ccn"e ntion which means the dawn of
! new day in the making Of Better
America The Women's Auxiliary of
the American Legion. with possihili-
ties unbounded, is about to become
an accomplished fact, independent
ana self governing. a worthy compa-
triot of the legion