Arizona republican., 1922-01-30
COMPENSATION ACT
To Be LAW IS WORD
FROM LEGION MEET.

That the adjusted compensation
act in its present form will become
law was the word brought back
from Indianapolis by Neri Osborn.
Jr., who has just returned from a
meeting of the national executive
committee Of the American Legion.
Daniel +. Steck, chairman of the
legislative committee of the Legion.
told the executive committee that be-
yond all question of doubt the act
would pass within the next 60 days,
according to Mr.. Osborn. The COM
mittee is constantly ION the ground"
in the interests of the bill, Mr.. Steck
declared.
Arizona secured recognition in the
appointment of one of its physicians
on the district committee for the
care and treatment of the tubercular
ex-service men in the. state The
physician named was DR.. c. 3. Pal
mer, who saw service in France.
It would be impossible to state the
worth Of the meeting in bringing into
closer relations the government and
its ex-service men, said Mr.. Osborn.
He ic confident that it will bring big
benefit in the way OF cooperation.
Director Forbes Of the Veterans Bu-
reau among others appeared before
the committee.
That the ex-service man applying
for compensation does not have to
prove good health before he went
into service, the fact that he was in
Quoted in the army being ample
proof, was one OF the points settled
by the conference between Director
Forbes and the committee.
The plan of organization Of ma
rel aah hi fnf r~f.r
ticular attention and the recommen-
dations of Colonel Albert A. Sprague
of Chicago. Colonel Sprague advo-
Gated a national committee composed
of group of professional experts
physicians and educators-and a sec
ond group composed of lay members
interested in the rehabilitation of
veterans. He also recommended
district committees to correspond in
number and location to the IA dis
tricts OF the veterans bureau. The
district committee, according to his
plan, will check up on the following
matters in the district:
Work actually done by. the Veterans
Bureau in hospitals;
Work actually done by the Veterans
Bureau in Out Patient Clinics;
Work actually done by the Veterans
Bureau along Surgical and Medical
lines;
Work actually done by the Veterans
Bureau in tuberculosis cases;
Work actually done by the Veterans
Bureau in Mental cases;
Work actually done by the Veterans
Bureau in vocational Training;
Work actually done by the Veterans
Bureau in Compensation and Insur-
ance.
"The American Legion has de-
manded from the government uni
fled and decentralized service. The
Sweet act was the governments
answer to our demand. 1t becomes
our duty to urge the practical reali-
zation of our theory and to secure
for our men the greatest degree OF
benefit from the operation OF our
law" stated Colonel Sprague in the
report approved by the committee.
s"Obviously then, we should organ
ize ourselves in the very manner in
which we have demanded the organi-
zation of the government forces. This
is the reason for the organization of
the national and district committees
as suggested. 1t is the decision OF
the national headquarters and the
national committee that ever effort
be put forth to assist the Bureau in
working out the new plan OF unified
and decentralized service, and that
the Legion's criticism and complaint
be asserted vigorously. only after the
conclusion is reached that the Vete-
rams Bureau is unwilling to co-ope-
rate with the Legion and to secure
for the ex-service men, to the fullest
extent, all the benefits intended for
them by our national government
The cooperation of the Legion
can best be utilized in the matter of
vocational training. There are now
10000 men in vocational training
$500 more are expected. There are
three factors in training: ~ The
kind Of training and supervision the
government gives the Individual; (2l
The individuals attitude toward
training and his rehabilitation; (S)
The disposition Of the community TO
absorb him into its industrial and
professional life in such way as TO
give him a self-respecting future.
"The Legion is displeased with the
lack of progress in the matter of vo-
cational training for the x-service
men. One of the reasons for such
failure is the insufficient number Of
supervisors in the districts. In this
field the Legion can help great deal
through the district committees ana
others whom the committees may in
terest in the community to assist the