The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-03-02
PHYSICALLY DISABLED
COMPENSATION WITHHELD.

Blnkey W. Irby Of No. 43o Fifth
Avenue, a former u. S. y. Engineer,
first class, discharged Nov. z, 1918,
suffering from chronic pulmonary tu-
berculosis and n tubercular right hip,
testified that though across his dis
charge slip is written the words
Physical disability incurred while in
the line of duty" he has not yet re-
ceived any compensation. applied for
in November 1920.
He lrad been treated for tubercu-
losis here and in Colorado and re-
turned because of the illness of his
wife. He Is now taking Federal Voca-
tional training and supporting his
wife on that and $1,000 he has bor-
rowed from friends.
81 want to leave the city with my
wife, but l can't go till my compen-
sation comes because | owe some
money" he testified. IT was exam
ined for this by a doctor at Poly
clinic. who said to me: I understand
oyou're making statements about the
War Risk Bureau. You want to be
careful what you say about people
in the War Risk. This money you're
trying to get will b. n god send to
you; it's not really coming to YOU"
He added that hN learned his ap-
plicatiOn for CONN 'ngat ton was held
up at the po' clinic for ak weeks.
George A. Zimmerman Of No. % 18th
Street. Woo haven, I. l.. telegra-
pher in tho army, who was taken in
by the draft tier h 'ad been turned
down by every branch Of the army,
said letter 10 President Wilson had
resulted in the information thqs his
ninety-three pounds weight and his
lack of two and three quarter inches
OF height were against him. He tes-
tilted he had contracted mastoiditis
on the right side during service.
Since, he said, he has lost the power
of hearing in one ear and the other is
partially deaf, 80 that he is unable to
work at the job which earned him $500
a month before the war.
He said he had applied for compen-
sation May 5, 1919. ~ was awarded 50
u month Dec. Is, 1919. for myself. my
wife and my child" he testified.
"Aro you getting it regularly?"
Some of it. Once | had to 60 to
4 Washington 10 get il, and a man in
( the War Risk there told me i'm the
| presence Of Congressman David
| O'Connell OF Brooklyn that l ought 10
/ consider myself lucky to have cot
/ into the army. He also said that be-
! cause l had got job and tried to
work instead OF going to the hospital
after my return l had lost nv claim
for disability because of lung fronbIe
which developed just before | was
discharged.
"All this has cost US our bouse
which we had to sell to live: NV iob
and ten years OF seniority in NV busi-
ness" he said, adding: Also. i've
had to drop even my army Insurance
because | didn't have the money to
pay the premium"
He has been at Fox Hills lately and
protested against the shortage of doc
tors and nurses and particularly
against the guards who WALL abomt
armed in the halls.
81 don't think it's right" he said. "to
have guards with guns walking
around aggravating n man already i'm
q nervous condition"
William Arthur ShevelIe. No a
Claremont Avenue, testified also that
guards at Fox Hills arouse the ire ~
nervousy IN men, and added that tho
dishes there were "soiled with grease
and the knives, forks and spoons were
abominable."
Edward Davis, suffering from null
monary tuberculosis, testified mat
though he had been informed he
would have a rating as pernanentIv
disabled, he has been unable to obtain
II.
Frank Haley who testified he was
q member OF the Veterans OF Foreign
Wars, was the only witness who had
a good word for everything at Fox
Hills, He said also he was getting
= his compensation "as regular as the
fourth Of the month because I went
TO Washington and saw about it,"
The next hearing will be held
Thursday at =. NJ. and the public
is Invited TO attend. Representatives
OF the Red Cross, the United Fede-
rated Workers Tor Disabled Soldiers
and the Civics Committee of the
WOmen's Republican Ciub were there
yesterday and offered their co-opera-
} tion 70 tho Lesion