Evening star., 1925-09-06
Veterans of Great War

wearing ribbon Sashes, declared
Stella r. Smith, national emblem
chairman. These ribbons are woven
expressly for the auxiliary and the
design is very distinctive.
Commander A. M. Prentiss of the
Jane A. Delano Post, No. 8. American
Legion, makes an appeal for ali mem
bers to attend a meeting September
IS at 1887 K street ats pm. An in
vitation is extended to all nurses In
the city who are eligible TO become
members of the post. The election Of
officers will take place at the October
meeting.
Nationally prominent men will give
brief talks and lead discussion at the
Americanism conference to be held oy
the national Americanism commission
of the American Legion at Omaha,
Nebr., Sunday, October a.
Plans for the school are rapidly ap-
preaching completion. Frank Clay
Cross, director of the commission, said
the conference is held on the day pre-
ceding the opening of the national
convention of the legion.
Men in the legion who are interested
in Americanlsm activities, whether
from a national, State or local angle,
are invited and urged to attend. Rep
resentatives of other organizations
have been invited.
Personal ratings of ex-service men
in Government employ are based on
convenience of appropriations rather
than efficiency, Harlan Wood. general
counsel for the veterans joint com
mittee, declared at a meeting of the
executive committee Of the District of
Columbia American Legion recently.
Ratings as revised, Wood declared
are often cut down from the original
to meet appropriation expediency, in
which veterans are given no consid-
Grafton
Statements were made by members
of the legion to the effect that good
ratings are often cut down to meet
appropriations. This. 1t is declared
goes under the guise of arriving at
uniformity in ratings. Wood said he
had received like information. He
was told, he said of a service man
who was dropped on a rating made
low for appropriation conveniences
and the wife of a secretary to a mem
ber of Congress given the place a day
or two later.
The legion appointed a special com
mittee to cooperate with the veterans
joint committee TO investigate.
The advisory council OF National
Foreign Wars, met Tuesday evening
with Past Commander George j
Neuner presiding. new type OF
Government employees retirement an
nuity, to which all Federal employees
could receive equal retirement pay
has been proposed by Commander
Neuner. The method arrived at is for
all employees to contribute equal
amounts toward their annuities.
The question OF discharging wal
veterans from Government depart
ments and the retention of married
women was denounced at the meet
ing. A resolution was adopted, to be
placed before national conventions OF
all veterans orga nizations. 1t was
suggested that the Civil Service Com
mission interest itself in getting
out a questionnaire, to be presented
to all heads of departments, ascertain
ing the number of married women In
their departments and also as to the
number of eX-service men in the Fed
eral employment. giving the total mum
Der of Federal employees on the pay
roll The council also condemned the
action of a subordinate official of the
Post Office Department here who, il
was charged. denied a District of Co
lumbia Guardsman his leave for the
purpose of attending the training
camp Of the 121st Regiment.
Mrs. Margaret Lidstone, president
of the Ladies' Auxiliary, National
Capital Post, announced that the aux
Hilary as its next regular meeting will
tender a reception TO the delegates and
alternates representing the auxiliary
at the twenty-siXth national enCamp
ment at Tulsa. Okla, and the auXili
airy will receive the representatives.
report from the encampment.