Evening star., 1924-04-06

Lansburgh bought a poppy, paying
the sum of 800 for 1t. Mrs. Carroll
and Mrs. Cross. assisted by Mr.. Bin
mon, recently sold poppies from a
booth in Lansburgh's store. The sale
proved a success.
The executive committee of Ma
tional Capital Post. No 127. Veterans
Grafton to the question of raising
Dues OF local members of the post.
ihelr report will be rendered to the
post at the next meeting.
The post poppy committee has COM
pleted arrangements for the sale of
the poppies. The poppies are made
by soldiers who were so badly wound
ed during the war that they have been
classed as non feasible" by the Vet
erans' Bureau; They are the boys
who will benefit directly by the sale
of these poppies. The post has adopt
ed the slogan. Honor the dead heroes
by helping the living" Poppies will
be distributed to the members, as
they desire, at each meeting of the
post
The local pup tent of the Military
Order of the Cootie will be called to-
gether for another scratch" by the
grand seam squirrel tomorrow in the
National Guard armory at 7:45 pm.
All candidates for membership should
present themselves there not later
than 1880 o'clock.
Labor's Endorsement of the. annual
poppy campaign, conducted on Me-
mortal day by the Veterans of For
eign Wars, has been given by Samuel
Gompers. president of the American
Federation of Labor, following an in
Vitation from the organization that
burgh, Pa, where disabled veterans
of the world war are employed in
turning out the symbolic blossoms.
In a letter to Gen. Lloyd NJ. Brett,
commander-fn-ch chief of the v. F. w.
Mr.. Gompers expressed sincere hope
for the success of the campaign.
The American Legion, through John
Thomas Taylor of the national legis-
lative committee, has opened a fight
before the House committee on world
war veterans legislation in favor OF
the Bursum- -Lineberger bill. which
! provides retirement privileges for
disabled emergency officers of the
Army.
The bill would allow such officers
whose number is estimated to be 8S5
to receive three-fourths pay of their
| grade and certain other privileges
| now enjoyed by disabled regular and
provisional officers of the Army. The
| disabled emergency Army officers are
| the only ones of nine classes who
nave not Deen given retirement pene-
! fits.
At the call of Watson 3. Miller, the
! chairman. the national rehabilitatio
| committee of the American Legion
| will meet in Washington for three
! day session starting next Tuesday
Capt. Miller. who is a past commander
| of the District of Columbia Depart
! ment of the American Legion, has
! extended an invitation to the mem
bers of the fourth district rehabilita-
| tion committee, through Col. james
| A. Drain, chairman of that committee
and in behalf of the District Of Co
! lumbia department members this it,
J vitation has been accepted by Ie-
partment Commander Paul J.
McCiahan.
The meeting has been called is a
consequence of instructions issued at
| the time of the last national convei-
ton and comes on the heels of the
reporting to the Senate for considera-
ton there of the codification of
Veterans Bureau laws written by
Senator David A. Reed of Pennsyl-
vania and the members of the. 5eUa-
torial committee which investigated
the United States Veterans Bureau.
The committee also comes INTO ses-