The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-02-21

narentlv the government o-lands lately aenated u
private parties would come near to paying this bomp
in its entirety.
is that adjusted compensation is wrong in principle Tn
Worlds Work in its current number argues that wa
should resist the compensation not because it will be a.,
nensve not because the country is because II
will mean additional taxation but for the that
the soldier be allowed to capitalize his patriot
ism. The soldier proposes SO IT rs explained to sell o
paltry sum the greatness and the glory which invests
his military service For mess of pottage, like Esau m
old he would sell his brthrght
If this is true it serious. Grover Cleveland wo,
the sober approval of history, when he resisted at b
cost of fierce abuse and political prestige the raid the
Treasury in the interest of unworthy Civil War claim
ants But ladies and gentlemen, adjusted compensation
is not pension about the justice of which ar
que Adjusted compensation is not pension all; It
is not gratuity 1t is, have said, merely REIN
bursenent for money losses sustained through service in
the World War 1t is simply a claim for wages which
have not been fully paid Patriotism should not be can.
itazed but neither should it be penalized Uncle Sam
should not heavily penaize for serving in his armies
You can't compensate for valor and loyalty And
nsnuate that many of soldiers want it is base SLAM
der resting down cheap and shameful Interpretation
of the American Legion's position
George Washington received an adjustment of COM
pensation his service in the Revolutionary War Alb
raam Lincoln applied for adjusted compensation for his
services in the Black Hawk War In the World War our
drafted the railroads and at last paid them
1924 100000 in adjusted compensation Our government
also paid war-contractors s7ooooooo0 in adjusted
pensation work which in part consummate
We have paid in adjusted compensation S265000O00
Federal employees Why then this excessive tenderness
and prescriptions care lest the soldier sell his glory
he got this wage-dference which denies he lost
Ladies and gentlemen, nation cannot afford to be
unjust any class to any least of all to the
who the day her supreme peril stood in the breach
to defend her Our soldiers class perhaps do not
represent wealth privileged position They may not
be adept at political intrigue Perhaps they have no
unified voting strength which politicians deeply fear
they well represent the manhood the stamina the
physical and moral strength the patriotic devotion of the
nation So it is really perlous not in Revolutionary
but for the that injustice and confusion Of
moral values always periloust is really perilou
say for this nation to weigh to weigh fairness
soldiers against the precousness of wealth Pros
perity will not be retarded if pay this claim. To
the contrary there is to believe it will be stimn
lated the recipients employ their compensation in
building homes, in improving farms in acquiring
more adequate education But if the money spent
downright fooishly squandered in riotous living the
tons obligation is less strict to keep its reputation
for justice and its loyalty to its loyal beyond all cavil
If in judgment, ladies and gentlemen, this
claim seems just, appeal to you in the of pat
rotism and honor that you join in the efforts to have
compensation made. Write your Congressman and Sen
aor of your interest in the matter This is democracy
Good citizens should function in aid of worthy
Let the representatives of people know that you favor
adjusted compensation for ex-soldiers