Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-07
STATE LEGION
HEADS MEET
Report on Veterans Status
In New Jersey Given
at Session.

!. A meeting of the state executive
committee of the American Legion
was held in the Laurel Club, New
Brunswick, Saturday afternoon at z
o'clock. The clubhouse was furnish
ed by johnson & johnson and a
dinner ~was'served by Charles Henry
Post of New Brunswick at the be-
ginning of the afternoon.
Twenty-Five officers and county
ckairmen from various parts OF the
state were present at this meeting
which was presided over by State
Commander Joseph ID. Sears OF
Bloomfield. The executive commit
tee members were welcomed TO the
city by Major John j. Morris and
Professor William B. Twist. COM
mander Of the New Brunswick post.
Following the opening of the
meeting, State Commander Sears
reported that four hundred men in
the state of New Jersey are suffer-
ing from consumption and about SIX
hundred men are in the early stages
Of the disease. 1t was pointed out
that this is a matter the legion must
take care of, inasmuch as the men
ara sem hundreds of miles away to
sanitariums as far as New Mexico
and Nevada and the organization
will make an effort to have a nos
pital built in this state, so that when
the ex-service men are in their last
stages they will be near to their
home and friends.
Governor Edwards, Secretary
Hoover and United States Senator
Willis of Ohio are the principal
speakers engaged for the conven-
ton. State Service Officer Samuel
Cathcart of Newark reported that
through his Office during the last
thirty days the American Legion
had been successful in settling com
pensation claims extending over
$4,000. He criticized the present
disqualification program of the vet
Grams bureau which he described as
one of Finger. delay and wait" Hos
p~italization will be n of the prin-
cipal matters to be taken up at the
were taken UP at this meeting.
National adjusted compensa-
ton was also taken up at this ses-
sion and Past County Commander
Raymond r. White made an address
on this subject after which County
Chairman Joseph F. Deegan made
a motion that a committee be APP
pointed to conduct a campaign OF
education on the matter. Thomas
F. Meeney, senior vice commander,
offered an amendment to the eff
feet that the campaign be carried
on by the state publicity committee,
The matter of the state conven-
tior. to be held It Lake Hopatcong,
September IA, Is and IS was taken
up It this time and indications are
that the convention this year will
be the most important one I've held
in this state. The state executive
committee approved the report Of
tbs state conviction committee re-
gsrding the speakers for the con
vention.
White is Endorsed
At a recent meeting OF the Charles
Henry Post OF New Brunswick,
Raymond p. White was endorsed for
the Office of junior state command
err. Representatives Of twenty-five
posts OF the state recently requested
White to be a candidate for state
commander. but in accordance with
the policy Of the legion covering
promotion from one office to an
other, he has decided to seek the
junior Office. One plank in his plat
form is opposition to trading of
votes for election to various offices.
Walter H. Smith. a veteran Of the
Twenty-ninth division, has been ap-
pointed Whites campaign manager.