Evening star., 1923-03-13

of the personnel of his force. With
the assistance. however, of part OF
the Veterans Bureau outfit. the task
he thought. could be thoroughly ac-
complished.
Emcient stan Sought.
Among the members of Gen. Organ
staff. outside of any government as
sistance which he may receive. there
probably will be, the general indicated
one medical man of such high stand
ing and integrity as to give, his opin-
icns strong appeal to the public: al
least one, and. perhaps more. legal ad-
visers. and a number of reliable inves-
tigators. who will be able to get to
the meat of the matter in short or.
der"
A very fortunate feature of the
whole situation was said by Gen
O'Ryan to be the fact that the di-
rector. Gen. Hines. was not being In
.es.igated his Gln oRsyn 6eiisses the os ssna wna
! otherwise might have been real EN-.
barrassment. Gen. Hines past can.
not be affected by this investigation
Has No Opinions.
The counsel for the Senate commit
tee indicated that he was entering the
investigation without any precon.
ceiyed notions" He said that his onl,
| experience with the disabled soldier
| had been with those of his own divi
sion. the 27th. This. he thought
| would be Of help.
| There will be developed in tht
progress of the work how much jus
| tif1cation there is in certain rumors
which have been floating about th'
country concerning the disabled vet
/, eran. There was no doubt in thu
minds Of any one. Gen. Organ said
that there did exist certain typ'
which could be called the "grouci
class" which no one could satisfy
This element Of discomfort. he indi
Gated. was to be found in any organ
lization, even in small companies. ant
he was of the opinion that perhapi
some of the criticism Of the Veterans
Bureau emanated from such a source
Headquarters In New York.
! AS a. preliminary step. Gen. O'Rya,
has been busily engaged in what h
| situation. He said he had conferre
! with a number of persons in New
York. particularly, who have bee
connected with the work of the past
Cornelius Wickersham, who wa
counsel to a previous Senate com
1
was one of those with whom Gen
ORyan conferred.
when he completes his personne
organization and gets the machiner
to running, Gen. O'Ryan probably vii
spend much of his time in New Yorl
where headquarters will be at his of
aces. His Washington headquarter
will be at the Senate committee roor
the Senate Office building.
| Efforts will be made by Gen. Hfne!
tho director of the bureau, not only
GO Operate with the investigation,
was said, but also to remedy defect
lin the organization as they are un
covered or. IL possible, even before tn
iinvestirators reach them. Gen. Hine
said he hoped he could keep two
threA steps ahead of the committee.
Rut in this connection, he indicated
he would endeavor to Gvold any ou
, niication of effort which would in
crease the cost to tho puolic'
Hines Cuts Red Tape.
II A1ready Gen. Hines has taken STEP
to shorten the procedure Of gettin
u rSliaf 70 veterans. He said he ha
crdered report on the preser
methods employed. and asked for suss
9estions as to how short cuts mfgf
Sc accomplished without changin
; '1 Cen. oRyan and his investigate.
nrohAbly will make some trips int
ne feld for inspection OF hospital
s. and plants, but hoped they may .
, able to count upon some OF the burea
! personnel In some lnvestiga.lon
/ can't. McCiintock. secretary. of tt
senate committee, who was also pref
ant. this morning at the conference {
the Veterans Bureau. indicated TIA
the Senate committee itself pf2nne
!! 10 make 4 consideFeh1a number o8 II