Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1925-05-14

small dollar cost must be assured,
as it will be, by the American Legion
Endowment.
What has been done in the neuro-
psychiatric field has been in the field
of tuberculosis cases, and in the gen
eral raising Of the level Of diagnosis
and curative practice. The Legion
has gone above and beyond where
mechanical government system could
go.
Personal Service
Consider the problem at the bot
tom. Presume the government 100
per cent effective, which it cannot be,
at disqualification, medical care, COM
pensation and vocational training. 1t
has not reached into the home of the
disabled man, nor taken hold of his
spirit and character, nor provided him
with inspiration to come back from
shattered body and dismayed mind
to healthy, happy self-support, ambi-
ton, independence. 1t rest with the
Legion, its posts and it's members, to
take every disabled veteran by the
hand and help him up that road.
When he must go to hospital,
his homo must be preserved, his wife
and children aided and encouraged,
l..s Ar-@ mind relieved of runrrv for
them. When he has been schooied
by vocational training, he must be
aided to self-confdence to find and
hold a job. None can know as his
comrads know what myrid problems
must be met, what needs there is OF
strengthening assurance. Located
at his home is Legion post. His
next neighbor is a Legionnaire.
Through his whole course of "reha-
Utilization" in it's broadcast sense, the
Legion stands by as, we stood side
by side "over there" No Legionnaire
can never forget that when COM
rade fell, "there, but for the Grace
by the disabled are borne for each
of God, fell l." The wounds borne
citizen Of our country.
The work of The American Legion
for the disabled must go on SO long
as there is a disabled man or Lee
gionnaire left. Nothing must be left
to chance. Every particle of the hui
man wreckage of war which can be
salvaged must and shall be saved.
The Legion is confident that the re-
latively small sum of money n3cess-
sary tc back W. very great deter
nlination to meet this obligation will
be readily provided.
Child Welfare
The providing of an American
home for the orphan of every man
who fell in the nations service is so
obviously right that it needs NJ els
cussion. These children are plainly
entitled to the same chance in life
which they would have received had
their father not given his life to A
merica. That is the very minimum.
"a home for every homeless child of
a veteran" isthe basis of The Ameri-
can Legion's child welfare program.
The Constantly growing list, as
men die by the thousand each year
from wounds and diseases incurred
in the World War, accentuates this
need. The accommodating discovery Of
these children in aims houses, in UNI
happy and unit homes of distant re-
lates unable or unwilling to give
proper care, in the very streets and
alleys sometimes, has wrung the
hearts of the Legion. 1t is deter
mined that every homeless child of
veteran shall have fair and
square chance at life, and honest,
happy American home; proper edu-
cation.
In this work the Legion seeks the
assistance of every established a.
gency in the country devoted to
child welfare To all such agencies
it proposes to give assistance, and
to the whole national duty of child
care it brings the power and enthus-
iasm of its whole nationwide or
ganization and membership. 1t will
help hold the far-fung line of defense
for childhood against poverty, hun
ger, disease, vice, ignorance, crime
and death. 1t will hold especially
firm that new sector of the line Great
ed by the war and its orphans.
There will always remain, after
home restoration and adoption have
been provided for many children, a