The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-07-28
VETERANS CONFEDERATION.

New Orleans, July:-A new chap
ter in the history of efforts toward
bringing about world peace will be
written when representatives OF
World War fighters from eight prin-
cipal Allied powers meet in New
Orleans, October II, ~ and IS at
the annual convention of the Inter-
Allied Veterans Federation.
The convention which will be
held few days before the fourth
annual national convention of the
American Legion here, will be at
tended by IS accredited delegates
from the following ex-service or
CARNATIONS: American Legion, Unit
ed States; Federal Rationale des
Combattants, Belgium; British Le-
gion: Union National DIES Mutiles ct
Mutiles Italians, Italy; Uniunea Ma
tionale a Fostilor Luptatori, Rou-
mania; Udruzenja Rezervnitch Off
cira i Obvennika, Eervia; Druzina,
Czecho-Slavakia. In addition France
will send representatives from the
Union Rationale DIES Combattants,
Union Rationale DIES MutileS at
ReformeS. LIE Poilu de France, Ii
que DIES Chefs de Sections Cana
rades de Combat and from a society
of former French interpreters, who
were assigned to the American and
British armies during the war,
known as the Sphinx. Five dele
gates will represent each country.
One of the chief aims of the inter-
national fighters organization is to
promote world peace and the New
Orleans gathering will be known as
the Convention of Peace. To fur
Their this ideal the convention will
decide upon means of obtaining re-
presentation for veterans at Inter-
allied and international Congress
eS. international exchange rates
also will be a topic for discussion.
Headquarters of the federation is
now at work on the preparation of
data on comparative legislation eff
feeling ex-service .menaf The sum
mary will contain measures which
have been taken in favor of vete-
rams and to improve the lot of wild
ows and children of disabled men.
The delegates who will consider
themselves guest of the American
Legion, will meet in Paris end sail
from LIE Harvie on the same ship.
Landing at New York, the diStin-.
guiShed visitors will proceed TO
Washington, where appropriate GER
emonies will be held at the tomb of
the unknown soldier in Arlington,
Cemetery. Respects will be paid
ito the United States Government
and to the various diplomatic repre-
sentativeS of the countries partici-
pating in the conference, although
there is a definite understanding
that the convention Of veterans in
its deliberations will not be influ-
enced by any consideration of pres
ent day politics.
Among the questions to be consid-
cred at the conference are:
Laws allowing a disabled vet
eran living in an Allied country TO
obtain in that country, in the same,
way as the native ex-service men of
that country, reduction in railroad
fares,
2-The eventual disqualification of
disabled or other impecunious vete
rams living in Allied countries on
the same basis as his comrades who
served in the armed forces of The
country in which the foreigner lives
1Unemployment in the Allied
countries: Arrangements to be made
by which an Allied Government
having need of a foreign labor, will
give preference to the unemployed
veterans of the other Allied coun-
tries. This policy has already re-
suited in the forming of plans for