The New York herald., 1922-06-02
RIVAL POPPY SALES
BRING OPEN CLASH
Legion and Veterans Of For
eign Wars Attack Senior
League Intrusion.
SAY WOMEN WERE PAID
League Denies Charges and
Asserts 1t Will Have
$4,000 for Disabled.

Bitter feeling existing between war
veterans and women who have been
selling poppies for the benefit of lis
abled soldiers yesterday found public ex-
preston. Both the American Legion and
the Veterans of Foreign Wars charge
the Senior League. recently organized.
with having paid their saleswomen tn
dispose of flowers and with having in
terfered with the sales under the aus
pieces of the veterans and legion. The
tion and declare that their organization
will have nearly $4,000 to hand over
to the Dug Out, which Is intained
for disabled service men: that is has in
CURED only slight and absolutely neces-
sary running expenses and Furthermore
that its poppies We're made in Americs
having been fashioned by the Dug Out
men themselves. while the legion and
the veterans sold foreign made flowers
William F. Deegan. State Commander
of the American Legion. issued state
ment in which he declared that the
poppy matter should be set right. THE
American Legion obtained bids from
American manufacturers on poppies for
sale on Memorial Day and selected the
lowest bid on poppy OF suitable grade
he said. Posts We're instructed to p,ir-
chase these poppies from this manu-
facturer and the proceeds from the sale
of the memorial flower by legion posts
were to be used in caring for the
wounded. disabled and INDECENT ex-serv-
ice men.
Owing to the efforts of a non-vetsrar
organization. largely of women Of t..is
city. the sales of poppies of the two vet
eran organizations was greatly handi-
capped. We feel that the intrusion of
the organization in question into the
field of endeavor properly belonging 1.
and efficiently covered by bona-fide vet
eran organizations, was wholly unv ar.
ranted."
James f. Herman. State commander
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars made
the following statement 'On investi-
cation we have found that the Senior
League employed women in the sale OF
poppies on the streets of New York and
paid a stated sum to them for the
work At the proper time we will be
glad to produce proof of our state
ment.
1.-THE Veterans of Foreign Wars re-
sent the action OF the Senior League in
that our organization and the Amer
lean Legion have given their services
gratis at all times for the benefit OF
the wounded and disabled veteran"
On the eighteenth floor Of the AM
bassador Hotel where the Senior
League maintains headquarters. Mrs.
Roland Hinton Perry. the leader of the
league expressed grief at the attack
on their organization by the American
Legion and the Veterans of Foreign
Wars. They sold millions of poppies
and we sold only 100000" she ex-
claimed why should they think we
interfered? And we didn't employ any
o. statesmen. All our help
ers were volunteers. The Service Star
Workers League of Hoboken. which
sold under our auspices and agreed ia
give to the Dug Out cents for every
poppy 1t sold. did. I believe pay some
persons to sell. This was done by
private fund contributed by women who
were In sympathy with the Service Star
Workers League, but who did not care
to go out themselves and sell poppies
They simply paid out of their own pock'
cts for substitutes"