Paragould soliphone., 1922-02-15
CLAIMS 0F THE
 VETERANS 'TO
 BE, EXPEDITED
American Legion Commit tee Is Announced to Co- Operate With the Bureau Offices.

Little Rock, Feb. 3-Organiza- tion of the Fourteenth District Re- mobilization Committee of the Amer ican Legion to work in cooperation with tie district offices of the Vet erans' Buoau in handling claims of ex-seryicc men of Arkansas, Okla homa and Texas has been announced by Floyd Wingo of Stuttgart, com mander of the Arkansas Department, through Claude A. Brown, assistant state adjutant.
 The committee, which is composed of eight men, specialists i'll the vari- ous problems involved in handling compensation claims. was named at 8 meeting in Dallas last week of the department commanders and ,adju- tants Of the three states. The Ar kansas representatives are Dr. l.. J. Kosminsky of Texarkana and MT Brown Dr. Kosminsky will have charge of medical and surgical cases and Mfr. Brown is general mem Der of the committee.
 Other members of the committee are: 0. E Freeman, Dallas, chair man. w. R. Hudson, Dallas, secre- taTy and treasurer; to have charge of compensation and insurance; Dr. D. ". Griffin, Norman, Okla, to sy,1-o o1,o,.o.n or 7,,o7,to1 ooJ ,,or1,n,,e 2 ses; Nat A. Kinney, San Antonio . have charge of tubercular cases.
 anry Rinsland, Ardmore, Okla, to
 ave charge of vocational training matters, Lon H 8rown, Oklahoma City, and A. J. Reinhart. Dallas, veneral members.
 The committee, according to MT. Brown, will work under the direc-
 i. Il of the National Rehabilitation Committee and will serve as an ap- pei board on questions pertaining to the re-opening of cases of excep- tions to tlle rules Of the Veterans Bureau Exceptional cases, he said, will be reported to the committee which will investigate and make recommendation to the Veterans Bureau.
 Creation Of the committee,'i MT. Brown said lis an effort to de-cen tralizo the Legion's rehabilitation work just as the work of the Vet Bureau has been de-centraliz- cd in the establishment of district and subdistrict offices. The pur- pose is to expedite the handling of cases and to insure satisfactory and just settlements"
 Duties of the district committee, as announced in a bulletin received by MT. Brown from Albert A. Sprague of Chicago, chairman of the national committee, will be as fol- lows:
 Cheek up on the work actually lone by the Veterans Bureau in hospitals, in out patient clinics, along medical and surgical, in tuber- ,ulosis cases, in mental cases, in vocational training and in compen- 3ation and insurance.
 Ascertain, as far as possible, the work that is being done or not be- ng done, and whether the responsi- oility rests with the district man. lger or with the Veterans Bureau n either case the district committee will, in the first instance, work with the district manager seeking or changes.
 Acquaint itself with the responsi- ,le personnel directing the work of he Bureau in the district with the definite object of helping the gov ,rnment whenever possible.
 Uphold the decree of the govern nent in isolated cases where ex-ser- fice men try to impose upon the government, care being taken that | thorough investigation be made lf each case before an ex-seryice nan is declared to be an imposter
 h general, the district committee Till do the things which are re- Iuired from time to time to secure ocally the best service possible for he eX-service man in the matter of capitalization, vocational training md compensation.