The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-14

IN motion that VIII amply take care OF his case
/ What we In Oklahoma have td consider are the
! iorc"S here which, being dcfeatd In their OF.
f"nsive movement, have dropped back to their
! line Of dcfcnsc
! They have confessed themselves defeated in
thcir patriotic purpose to get f2,oOO, 900 out OF
INC STAT" treasury for the purpose nS erecting q
hospital Tor the government 10 lease on a con q.
tract That would In ten years return the costs
OF erection That was the plan. that the prom
He' mat the Qualification. But they did not
"'at' at any time that even had this man Jones'
PI"hS 'hriI"d. the federal government could only
nav" mad" year 10 year contract They were
oven trying ia get through congress an act nu-
thorlzlng the federal government to enter Into
lease contract with tho states "A yeor ot "A
time"
IN view OF tho dishonesty they employed with
both the legislature and public of this state
now Clearly sct forth. one would think tboy
would confess themselves defeated and dis-.
credited But not Instead on tho same day
they confessed defeat In their scheme to secure a
brand new free hospital for the state, they ~,
~ secret conflab mnny hours trying TO devise
some now plan to-get th. money
Ana thoy come forth with propoa,l 10 build
m addition TO the existing state hospital I'm this
ease tho stnto being required to not only fur.
h'Sh the money to build the addition but also
the money to conduct the hospital Tho free"
feature IN abandoned although thero 4, atm Tho
promise that the federal governmon, win w,b.
scribe "f3 bed towards the administrative
costs"
can there be any question In the mind, OF
the legislators that the Sprme consideration OF
nf
money appropriated rather than any honest
desire to serve either tho ex service men or IN.
state? Surely there can not,
Addition TO the state hospital forsooth, In
"ead OF building an addition to the state hos
Pta' this legislature can do no better than to
make Its abo'ishmcnt one Of the first matters
on i'S program of retrenchmcnt and economy
IL Is AS va'ueless to the proper conduct OF state
government In Oklahoma, It serves the general
public as well. as tho Mexican Junkct!
The Manhattan Consructon company its Of
ficers. lobbyists and well wishers: tho political
cabal that has all but dlscredted the name of the
American legion In oklahoma, now stands un-
masked They also face the supreme test The
failure OF their original plans dscioses ju~ how
unsafe their leadership is. how untrustworthy
lheir arguments are. Henceforth they must
stand for precisely what they are
There can be but one proper motive for tho
eg'oh' That is to secure adequate hospital |
care for those cx-servicc men who stand IN rcod |
of that. If that is the purpose, and tho on,v |
purpose, OF Its activity this hospital ma,,er
u VIII withdraw at once from the unho,v aui. |
ance 1t made when It went into conference no.
"'"u closed doors with tho principal characters
IN the Manhattcn Construction companv nIus |
Ihe official head OF tho state. and put It's In |
uuence behind tho congress which has Mt last |
ADOPTED comprehensive and practical plan |
or supplying the much talked OF hospital IA
'ilitie" for tho ex-servoe men not only of Okla
roma but the nation
The proposal to convert the state hospi,aI
nto such an institution IL less rcprehcnslb
ma senselcss than the original proposition only
'ecauso less money is required for the initial
Eventually It would absorb an OF
2,O00OO0. Once again We assert that the .atc
" oklahoma In not called on to furnish hos
'i'ai facilities for these men. The state of Okla
iona did not call them into the federal sery-
CO. the federal government did that through an
'ct OF congress. and tho federal government.
through an act Of congress. should and viii,
uppIy the necessary hospital facilities for them
Without either the aid OF Taminany In New
FORK or its understudos In Oklahoma
For the members OF this legislature tn touch
his hospital matter now, after the disclosures
u tho past Few days. will be for every man sup
'orting such an appropriation to deliberately
write dollar marks all over his person
1t viii not be done, Of course. Congress has
aiken hold of the hospital matter in the right
way, Let us hear no more OF I, here In Okla
iona.
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