Evening star., 1923-08-29
PREDICT DISPUTES
AMONG VETERANS
Site of Headquarters, Dry
Law and Ruhr May Cause
Stirs at Norfolk.
BY the Associa ted Press,

by the Associat ted Press.
NORFOLK, Va, August 29-Election
of Post Commander in Chief Robert G..
Woodside as permanent chairman of
the convention Of Veterans of Foreign
Wars marked the opening today Of the
third business session of the encamp-
ment. Col. Tillinghast Huston, COM
mander in chief. who had presided
over previous sessions, gas called to
New York last night on pressing per-
sonal business and will not be able
to return to Norfolk before Saturday.
when the new commander in chief
and council of administration will
meet with department commanders.
The election of Woodside by dele
gates who came to their feet with
cheers at the mention of his name
1or the post attested his popularity
with the veterans. Post Commander
presided over that part of the ses-
sion in which election of presiding
officer took place.
Reports Are Ready.
Today was devoted largely to the
reading of reports of committees, to
which matters previously introduced
had been referred. First to report
advocate general, whose report was
that of the bylaws committee.
Much routine was carried on with
little opposition and good progress
was made toward the time when the
real fights on matters to come before
the encampment are reached.
On the matter of selection by the
encampment of national headquarters
there is promise today of the biggest
fight of the meeting. Detroit has en-
far hn 1fcfe n
General Motors Company of 5000
square feet of floor space in that city.
The entry of Detroit makes three
cities now bidding for national head
quarters-Kansas City. Kan, whose Of
fer of $4,000 square feet in the new
Memorial building has been recon-
mended by the national council of ad-
ministration for acceptance. and Min
neapolis, which has offered quarters.
Bonus Resolutions.
Resolutions presented to the conyen-
tion on a number of subjects will lead
to lively debates on the convention
floor in many cases. There are already
bonus, two of them with the wine and
beer proposal for the production of
revenue to provide some of the funds
for the payment of veterans.
There is also a resolution from the
Virginia department involving the
prohibition question. The resolution
urged by the council of administration
of the Department of Virginia sets
forth that the Volstead act has failed
in it's purpose and works only to the
benefit of those who unlawfully traffic
In liquor.
The Virginia resolution suggests
that the Volstead act be amended SO
as TO permit a reasonable dispensing
of alcoholic beverages, changing the
law to a. reasonable prohibition law
that Will receive the support of the
majority of the people. This action
is considered by the Virginians as
necessary to prevent violation of law
in general.
Support for France.
Another Virginia resolution con-
demns Germany for failure to COM
ply with the terms of the Versailles
treaty by refusing to pay indemnities.
The resolution offers France the
moral support of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars in her policies to force
payment from her contumacious
debtor.
Another matter on which there is
certain to be fight when 1t reaches
the convention floor is the proposal
by the New York department that
Veterans of Foreign Wars. the Amer
lean Legion and all other war veter-
ans organizations of ali wars in the
United States merge in one great
veterans organization.
The resolutions were adopted by
the New York state department, a,
Syracuse, and by the Green Point
N. Y. Post of the American Legion
They are being pressed before the
present national encampment by a
| delegation from New York led by
George w. Fogarty, commander; Will
| liam NJ. 1nsleek, V. c.. and Jacob Co.
hen, quartermaster of T. Raymond
Nulty Post, 452, Greenpoint.
SEES STEPHAN ELECTED.