Evening star., 1925-07-19

mander James A. Drain of the legion.
With the addition of Montana and
Idaho to the list this week, every
State in the Rocky Mountain region
has gone over the top by large over
subscription.
Rainbow Division.
Elmer F. Nagle of this city was
elected second vice president of the
Rainbow Division of the World War
at the national convention this week
at Chicago. Rev Francis 2. Duffy of
New York, chaplain of the 42d Di-
vision, was elected president. Sergt.
Fred Crawford of Chicago was elected
first vice president; ]. d. Glassbrenner
/ of indianapolis, third vice president:
Roy L. Norris of Cincinnati, fourth
vice president. The president will ap-
point a secretary and treasurer.
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
A Joint meeting of the advisory
council entertainment and recruiting
| committee of National Capital Post
| No. l27, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
was held Tuesday evening. George
~. Neuner presided. A resolution
| committee was appointed to consider
| drafting a resolution TO De presented
at the twenty-sixth annual enCamp-
ment to be held at Tulsa, Okla, in
| September, for restricting further ad-
mittance of negroes to membership
J in the Veterans Of Foreign Wars, be
| lieving that the negroes can better
| their cause by establishing separate
| orders Like the aliens restricted by
! the immigration laws from entering
| the United States on the ground OF
! being -assimilable. The question
/ of safeguarding the veterans prefer
ence laws was considered. 1nforma-
! ton from the national legislative
| committee of the Veterans of Foreign
| Wars announced il had received as
surance from President Coolidge that
veterans interest in civil service
would be guarded"
The President was represented by
| the Veterans of Foreign Wars as hav-
| ing promised that the Government
| would mot only fully preserve all
| rights or preference acCruing TO the
veteran under prior Executive orders
| but would add TO these by granting
credit for length of service, both mill
| tary and civil, and for dependents"
! A memorandum from the White
House dated June "a, from Chair
man Allen of the personnel classifi-
| cation board, was said to have been
! received, as follows
| THE personnel classification board
| has not approved or issued any in
structions to department heads pro-
| viding that the average of the ratings
| of all employees of a grade in any
j office should not exceed S2.5 per cent,
nor has the board prescribed any other
percentage for such an average"
! This order checkmates the memo
| randum prepared by the Bureau OF
Efficiency, dated November II, 1924
Capt Bettelheim of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars said that the COM
munication from the White House
was far more sympathetic to the vet
| erans' cause than he was led to be-
| lieve ii would be after reading the
! statement of William H. McReynolds
/ the Bureau of Efficiency representa-
| tive on the board, which statement
was given to the press June 10. five
| DAYS prior to Chairman Aliens memo
randum to the President.
Ernest Wickstrand, chairman on
entertainment, announced that Hello,
| Buddy" will be the password to a
good time at Marshall Hall August I,
when il is expected to have a general
reunion. Each post in the District
is striving hard to go over the top
I and win a prize for itself in the many
entries of the day. All veterans of
any war now in the city. whether a
| member of any organization or not,
are invited to attend.
| Joseph B. Gardella, chairman of re-
| cruiting announced that plans for an
elaborate program for recruiting was
being mapped out and same will be
! presented to the department for Co
operation All committee members
are urged to attend special meeting
July 81 for final arrangements.
| Margaret Lidston, president Ma
tional Capital Post Auxiliary, an
nounced the election of four delegates
to represent the auxiliary at the ma
tional encampment to be held at Tulsa,
| Okla, next September. Various COM
mitteeS will be appointed at the next
regular meeting for the purpose Of
| shaping a program to be presented to
| the entertainment committee for the
| Fall and Winter.
! At the last meeting of Columbia
! Post, No. 833, Edgar H. Hale was
elected as delegate to the national en-
| campment of the V. F. w. at Tulsa,
Okla, TO be held next month. John
Z. Brooks was appointed alternate.
Arthur j. Bowser, jr., 700 Eighth
street northwest was admitted to
membership. Transfer of Past De
partment Commander Homer Carroll
from Admiral Perry ship to Columbia
Post was accepted. Columbia Post
decided to cooperate with National
Capital Post, No. 1877, for the excur-
sion to Marshall Hall, August Z.
| The August meeting of the Columbia
Post has been set aside for social
at which time the post will be host
to the poppy committee and the young
women who assisted the committee.
| The entertainment committee under
DR.. D. A. White is making arrange
ments. All members of the V. +. w.
are invited to attend.
| 1t has been proposed to change the
meeting date of Columbia Post from
the second Wednesday to some more
suitable date. The question will be
| taken up for action at next regular
business meeting.
Disabled American Veterans.
Cooperation with the Veterans
| Bureau on matters affecting the war S
| MANNED and support of the prepared
ness programs of the War and Navy
departments were outlined in a state
ment by John w. Mahan of Helena,
| Mont, recently elected at Omaha as
national commander of the Disabled
! American Veterans. Comdr. Mahan,
who is a graduate of the University
Of Montana and who was wounded in
France, is here for consultations with
| the staff of the Washington office of
the Disabled American Veterans and
Government officials on the problems
of the disabled.
| mo Disabled American Veterans
national convention we ever held
accomplished more work than the
meeting at Omaha, and out of our