Evening star., 1926-10-10
Disabled American Veterans.

An amendment of the World War
veterans act to prevent the reduction
by half Of certain classes of veterans
in the hospitals next Summer will he
one of the principal contentious of
the Disabled American Veterans dur
ing the coming session of Congress.
1t was announced at the Washington
Office of the d. A. V, In the Munsey
Building, last week.
Under the present law. which was
adopted in 1924. the slash in monthly
payments to the veterans would be
compulsory, but because Of the wide
spread complaint against the planned
cut. the d. A. V. has decided to carry
this matter to Congress as soon as
it returns in December.
In the meantime the y. A. Y. has
made strong representations to the
Veterans Bureau for the establish
ment of regular inspection service
to cover all the 81 hospitals While
doctors. from time to time. are sent
out to visit the hospitals and report
upon conditions. the D. A. V. conten-
tion is that the disqualification system
has now reached the stage where
1t justifes q regular inspection serv-
ice. rs maintained by other govern.
mental agencies. In favor Of the pro-
posal it is claimed that from such
plan of visits and reports and correc-
tions, there would result not only
greater contentment among the vet
Grams but greater efficiency in admin
istration and actual reduction in cost
Should the Veterans Bureau CON
tend that its present plan is adequate.
the d. A. V. is planning to present
this whole situation to the vetera ms
committee of the House in order to
bring reform.
The matter Of greater Inducements
to doctors to adopt careers in the
Veterans Bureau is another item that
the D. A. V. will fight for at the com
ing session Of Congress. Hundreds
Of physicians and surgeons have re-
signed during the past two or three
years. and the n. A. V. favors the
esta ablishment Of a permanent medical
corps within the bureau on the same
principles as the Public Health Serv-
ice and the Army and Navy medical
corps in order to insure perma nency
to the doctors already in the bureau
and to attract the best possible type
as requirements to the staffs Of the
hospitals.
The future action NJ the y. A. V.
on the retrcactivity Of the compensa.
tion rating table will await the de.
United States. TO whom the matter
has been referred.
In June. 1924. Congress directed
the bureau to provide new rating
table. taking into considers ton not
only the mans disability but also his
pre-wa occupa ton. This table was
not issued until the first Of the pres.
ent year. and the bureau has ruled
that II Is effective only as OF the first
Of last January. On the other ha nd
the D. A. V. insists that it be effective
as of June. 1924. and under instruc.
ton Of the sixth national convention
at Atlanta last Suramer the matter
will he taken into court should the
Department Of Justice uphold the
bureau viewpoint
OIt of the campaign which the
D. A. V. waged for reforma ton OF
the guardianship system Of the Vet
Grams Bureau has come the forma
ticn Of legal council. composed Of
outside lawyers. to advise the burea u
on legal matters. The appointments
are in the hands of the American Bar
Association, and volney P. Mooney Of
Los Angeles has been nominated as
the D. A. V. representative of this
council.