Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-02-01
V. F. W. STATE MEETING
OPPOSES BuTTEwoRTH's SALARY

A meeting of the department officers,
and the commanders and adiutants Of
the local posts of the Department of
Connecticut, Veterans of Foreign Wars
of the S.. was held in Wallingford. Sun
day afternoon.
It was the largest and most success
full meeting from the standpoint of bus
mess completed, ever held by the de-
partment with the exception Of the an
nual encampment held last June at Hart
ford. There were about seventy-five
members of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars present from all over the state of
Connecticut
The session lasting over four solid
hours, was presided owed BIZ Depart
ment Commander John H. WILLIAMS sof
Bridgeport. He stated that the purpose
of the meeting was to give the newly
elected officers of the various posts
throughout the state an opportunity to
get acqus inted with each other and with
the department. officers; to endeavor to
bring about much closer cooperation
between The local posts and also for
an exchange of opinions, on various mat
ters of decided Importance to the ex-
service men of the state
A resolution was adopted endorsing
the action of James D. McKenna, New
Britain, and Charles f, Lockart, New
Haven, in instituting legal proceedings
to restrain Frank s. Butterworth treas
urer of the American Legion of Con-
necticut, from Withholding 5000 month
from the state aid fund, as a salary for
himself for the disbursement of said
fund to needy ex-service men of the
state. The meeting further reiterated
the stand OF the Department of Con-
necticut V. F. w, against the payment
OF anv salary from the state aid fund,
while there are no provirions in the
act creating the fund, for the payment
Of any salary.
The question Of tire sale by many
ex-service men OF various articles of
questionable value. such as pastors,
cards, small pictures q nd pamphlets.
arose. The meeting went on record by
the adoption of resolution to the eff
feet that they were opposed to the acts
of any ex-service man IN lending his
aid or services in connection with any
Of these selling schemes, because II puts
the ex-service men in a bad plight with
the general public. The resolution pro-
vided for the notification of this stand
to the general public through the news
papers of the state and the public was
invited to make inquiry. relative to the
merits Of anv vending or soliciting pro-
position making use of the ex-serFice
men. from local posts Or@tne veterans
If Foreign Wars or the Department of
Connecticut Of the same organization.
The meeting endorsed the work Of, The
Connecticut state legislative committee
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and. ex-
tended TO them vote of tina nks for
| their efforts in behalf of legislatio dur
| ing the last year effecting the ey-ser-
vice men Of the state of Connecticut
It was brought out that there are
! many rumors of ex-service men being
wropgfully detained at the state insane
asylum at Middletown, and that they
We're being treated in q proner manner
| in said institution. Joseph Kolinslly
and Reverend P. II. Dolan. both of Mid :
dletown. were amounted ? committee to
| investigate conditions at the asylum with
| instructions to rerort to the department
headaua rters Of the Veterans of For
eign Wars in Bridgeport as quickly as
possible on their findings.
IT wss agreed to hold the next meet
| ing Of the department in Middletown, on
| the last Sunday In April.
June %. "a and % were decided upon
as the dates for the next annual state
/ enca npment. to be he'd in Bridgeport.
! The meeting heartily approved OF the
departments action In endorsing the
campaign for the woodrow Wilson
| Foundation.