Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14

and, as a result, w. ]. Murphy
plans that were
being prepared to give him a dinner by
the District of Columbia Department
of the organization were dropped.
Comdr Murphy plans to return here
in about two months after he has spent
some time at his home in Santa Ana,
and he will then be formally received
by the four chapters here.
Practically all of his time in WASH
ington was devoted to conferences
either in the Washington Office of the
D. A. V. or at the Veterans Bureau,
where he met a number of the ranking
officials.
In his meeting with Gen. Hines,
Comdr. Murphy assured the director
that it would be the firm purpose OF his
administration to endeavor to cooperate
to the utmost with the Veterans Blu
reau, but that it was to be expected that
the two agencies could hardly always be
expected to be in full agreement on all
matters of policy or individual claims.
Comdr. Murphy said that his recent
trip, that had carried him from Cali
fornia to Massachusetts,, had convinced
him that the most pressing need In
matters of relief for the disabled was
to obtain more accommodations for the
treatment of the mentally disabled men.
all the Government institutions crowd
ed and that even should Congress pass
the Rogers bill before adjournment 1t
would be considerably more than two
years before the places would be avail
able. For that reason the organization
hopes for some action on the building
measure as soon as Congress returns
from the present recess.
Comdr. Murphy announced he would
make no changes in the stan OF the
Washington Office of the D. A. w., which
handles all relations between the organ
iZation and Congress and the veterans
Bureau. but upon his return to national
HEADQUARTERS at Cincinnati planned to
endeavor to get even more personnel to
meet the heavy load of work that Is
constantly being added to in this city.
The decision of the Veterans Bureau
to endeavor to clear up the whole mat
ter of the retirement OF permanently
disabled emergency officers during the
next so days, it is declared, has added
a further problem to the D. A. V. here,
the organization devoting part of its
liaison service almost entirely to this
work.
Under the Tyson Fitzgerald bill ap-
plications for retirement had to be tlleo
before May 25, and while less than
5000 former officers have thus far been
proven eligible for these benefits, Gen.
Hines hopes to have all pending claims
acted upon before the middle of Sep
TENDER.
Due to the vacation period. the Dis
trict of Columbia executive committee
of the D. A. v. voted at its meeting
last week to postpone the systematic
canvass for new members until early In
the Fall.
In the meantime State Comdr. Claude
Babcock and his committee are at work
on plans and 1t is hoped that in Sep
TENDER members will start out on a
campaign that will put them personally
in contact with practically every dis
abled World War man in Washington,
as welt as those who are temporarily
here undergoing treatment In the Gov
eminent hospitals.
While the sudden death Of DR.. E. o.
Crossman, medical director, has left a
vacancy in one of the highest offices in
the Veterans Bureau and the D. A. ".
has been urged to support several cam
didates for the post, Condr. Murphy
last week assured Director Hines that
the D. A. V. would not interfere in any
way in selecting the new man.
1t Is known that there are undef con-
sideration half a dozen names, and
while the D. A. v. asked that it be al
lowed to express any possible objections
to any one who might be tentatively
selected, the organization, according to
the commander, feels that Gen. Hines
should have a free hand in naming the
one to fill the place of such vital i'm
portance to all disabled men.