The Washington times., 1922-06-29
DISABLED VETS
ASSA|L HARO|NC
|. FOR GUT IN PAY
Faith Broken by Administra-
ton, Charge Made at PhiIa-
deIphia Meeting.

PHILADELPHIA, June 90
Homes of disabled soldiers were
wrecked and many of them left
at the mercy of ruthless creditors
when the Government, in an at
tempt to economize, materially
cut the pay of vocational train
ers," John T. Nolan, national
commander, charged yesterday be-
fore the second annual coriven-
ton of the National Disabled Sol
diers' League.
Charges Broken Faith.
1T is vitality important. we fight
for the restoration Of this reduction.
or else the disabled soldiers will Gee
their compensation, already lowered,
cut TO an absurd figure" Nolan de-
clared. He charged the Harding Ad-
ministra ton with breaking faith with
the wounded soldiers whep 1t took
from 70, 900 men in vocational train.
ing a previously granted SEC in.
rease He declared the respective
ards had appropriations Of srI6..
O.OO0 for relief Of soldiers which
"economy policy was withhold
Charges that the Governments o
ledge to hold the missionaries
Z drafted men in strict confidence
las been broken were made by
tolan.
Will Act on Charges.
President Wilson made a pledge
hat no one should ever have ac-
cess to these questionnaires." he
said. Now we have every reason
o believe that the Treasury De-
partment has been using these doc
uments to investigate the pre-war
records Of men who put In claims
for compensate These papers be-
long in the War Department.
where no one should be allowed to
see them"
The convention took no action on
the delegates will later express
their disapprovsl Of the alleged
practice.
Repeal OF the Volstead act and
preference for disabled men in civil
service were demanded in recon-
mendations passed today.
The demand for a Federal law
putting disabled applicants for civil
service jobs at the top of the list
cites the New Jersey State law as
model for Congress to follow in
drafting the statute asked for.
This law provides that though a
disa bled man only makes a grade
Of 20 or more in his examination,
his name should be placed at the
top OF the list. although able-bodied
men taking the same examina ton
make a better grade.
ComI->nder Nolan made a bitter
attack today on the New York and
Washington regional offices. where
DISABLED mems claims for compen.
sation and vocational training are
adjusted. He charged that condi.
tions in these offices are a bun.
CLING mess"
There never has been a man In
the New York office who could
place II on a working basis" he
said. They are usually the per.
sonal friends OF a personal friend
OF some one and have political pull
though few qualifications for hold.
ing their jobs
The convention Is expected to go
on record opposing any soldier bonus
until the disabled men have been
adequately provided for.
SaH1uel y. heeu, COTnHnanleI VI
Greater Commonwealth Post, Wash.
ington. introduced a resolution TO
prohibit. by legal enactment. the
use Of cartoons Of disabled soldiers
to further bonus law agitation. This
was done at the request Of league
members now patients In Wil:er
Reed Hospital, Washington.
Another resolution calls upon Con.
Rress TO recognize Diplomatic Gris.
saries OF the Irish Free State. The
removal Of Albert z. HAN. district
manager in Washington OF the
United States Veterans Bureau,
and the reinstatement Of Riley r.
Briggs. ex-chief OF rehabilitation, in
Newark, is also urged.