The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-15
LEGION IS TOLD
Of BUREAU
GAINS
Veterans Well Cared For
Now, General Hines Tells
Convention
DIV Internatlonal News service.

director, was outlined to legion
mares attending the American
Legion sixth annual jubilee conVen-
ton here today by General Frank
r. Hines, director Of the bureau, in
the major address of today's ses-
sion.
Chief credit for the accomplish
mtsnts of the bureal, General Hines
gave to the Legion, Congress- and
President Coolidge who, he said,
"had lent to the work all the force
and influence of his exalted office"
General Hines referred in open
ing his address to ''rumors that at
tacks will shortly again be made
upon the Veterans Bureau" and to
propaganda and publicity cam
paigns which are underway to drag
out the mistakes of the past and
so to visit, as it were, the sins OF
the fathers upon the children of the
third and fourth generation"
Responsibility Divided.
"You and l. know very well that
there was at one time something
amiss in the Veterans Bureau"
General Hines continued, that UNI
til lately there was always some-
thing considerably wrong with the
administration of soldier relief. ;"
General Hines continued:
THE roots of the trouble lay
far back in the beginning when
these Government agencies were
hastily organized under stress OF
actual warfare, imperfectly thought
out and inefficiently manned and
administered.
But if it shall be said that
there is anything fundamentally
wrong with the Veterans Bureau
now, or that within the last two
years the Government has not sue
cessfully revised its system of SOL
der relief and is not now efficient
ly administering it, such state
ments will be untrue"
general Hines then traced
der relief betterment which had
outstanding forward steps he listed
Changes Listed.
Opening of all available hospital
facilities to veterans of all wars
regardless of the origin of their
disability.
Consolidation and reformation OF
laws bearing on soldier relief into
the world war veterans act.
, Conclusion of process of decen'
tralization;
Construction of numerous hospi.
tails for the exclusive use and bene.
fit of disabled veterans;
Illumination of the system of
soldier relief by personal attention
to individual needs and requirements
of veterans;
Extension of Government protec-
ton to the insane veterans and
| their dependents;
/ Coordination Of various agencies
working for soldier relief;
Solution of the problem of re-
Mobilization. which has permitted
the rehabilitation of more than
| $4,000 veterans in two years while
only 5000 were rehabilitated UP to
July /, 1921;
Placing of Government insurance
On sound financial basis.
Auxiliary Meeting.
Addresses of welcome were de-
livered by Edwin l.. Lindell, depart
ment commander of Minnesota, and
Arthur Nelson, mayor of st. Paul
Judge John Parton Payne, chairman
of the central committee, American
Red Cross. brought the greetings
of his organization to the Legion.
In conjunction with the Legion
convention, its auxiliary and the
! Society of the Forty and Eight will
hold sessions afternoons.
With a rumbling Of drums and
flies screeching 1.-THE White Cock
I ade," a blue and buff regiment Of
soldiers in cooked hats will bridge
the gap of a century and a hall
here from today to September Is
| and overspread the sixth nationa.
convention Of the American Legion
with the spirit Of Valley Forge.
$4,000 Marchers.
There are expected to be 25,o0t
marchers in a parade five mile!
long, which will require three hour.
to pass. A special reviewing stant
TOR disabled veterans will be main
tanned on the steps of st. Paul.;
Cathedral by the Knights o.
Columbus.
According to national officers, 6
hot fight Is presaged for the 1925
convention. The Kentucky State
convention instructed its delegates
! to support Louisville. Los Angeles
has the backing of southern Cali
fornia; San Francisco is offering
free use Of her new 100000 Elk
! position building; Newark. N. j.
Insists the convention shall come
East, and Omaha, waving q certified
check for $50, 900 expense guarantee
Is fnarshalllng rifle team, a great
band and a "Cornhuskers' Special
| of 1000 boosters, including business
and professional MEN, to demand
the center of legion population ge
the convention.
Omaha, with Omaha Post No. 1
boasting 5000 members, the largest
post Of the legion, is depending or
the support of Iowa and Past Ma
lional Commander Hanford Nc
| Nider.
Philadelphia IL bidding for the
! 1925 convention in celebration Of
he 150th anniversary of the sign
ing Of the Declaration Of hide
pendence. There is said to be ar
( undercurrent for Paris for the 1925
convention.
Hint Dark Horse.
Although legion leaders strongly
limited at dark horse, three candi
dates for national commander, each
backed by his State department
doomed on the horizon today.
%. L. Bodenhamer, of Eldorado
Ark, a former major, Is pointed t
with pride because Of his WORT
with legion district schools Will,
department commander and for tn,
unprecedented rise from seventy
four to S14 in the membership o