Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. c. 1e29-PART

THE SUND
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President Mrs. Elizabeth Schaeft
While in the National Capital the men.
bers of the party will go on various
sightseeing tours and the return trip will
be made Saturday, arriving at Brooklyn
late that evening. Miss Mary Frances
Hall, chairman of the Americanism
committee of Kings County American
Legion Auxiliary, Brooklyn, N. Y, Is in
charge of the coming pilgrimage to this
city.
Department commander and men,
bers of his staff have been engaged in
making annual visitationS to the posts
of the department during the past few
weeks and this procedure will be con-
tinued until every post has been visited.
Last week visitationS were made to the
Sergeant Jasper and Tank Corps Posts
at the Thomas Circle Club, 1925 Massa-
chuSettS avenue northwest, and the
Edward Douglas White, George E. Kill
leen, John M. Beauchesne and Lafayette
Posts at the Potomac Savings Bank
Building. Georgetown.
A Joint meeting will be held Tuesday
night in the boardroom, District Build
ing. for visitation purposes when the
George Washington, Vincent B. Cos
tello, Augustus P. Gardner and Ken
meth H. Nash Posts will assemble at 8
o'clock. Through these visitationS men,
bers of the rank and file have been
given an opportunity to become &C
quainted with departmental officers,
and through their addresses become in
formed Of the activities Of the legion in
this city.
Several recommendations affecting
the disqualification and care of disabled
veterans of the World War were made
at the annual Spring conference of the
national rehabilitation committee of the
American Legion held in Washington
recently. The conference approved a
proposal that all classes of veterans
with service connected disabilities after
receiving maximum benefit from hospi-
talization, should be permitted to return
to their homes under approved condi-
tionS and be granted added compenSa-
ton in an amount adequate to the
proper support of themselves and their
families.
A consolidation of Federal agencies
handling matters Of veteran relief was
also approved. Enactment by the vari-
Gus States of a uniform guardianship
insane veterans was urged. Resolutions
were adopted relative to many matters
of a highly technical character involv-
ing the administrative and rating pro-
cedure Of the Veterans Bureau. The
general program for the construction Of
additional hospital facilities as present.
ed to Congress at the Winter session by
the American Legion, was Endorsed by
the conference.
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resentatives of 40 States. Watson B.
Miller, national chairman of the COM
mittee, presided. Frank T. Hines, Di-
rector Of the United States Veterans
Bureau, and members of his star at
tended the sessions. Among others who
attended were Mrs. Boyce Fickin, IT,,
national president of the American Le-
gion Auxiliary; James A. Drain, past
national commander of the Legion. and
Miss Emma Puschner. director of the
national child welfare division of the
Legion.
The Vincent B. Costello Unit, No. Is,
has held two poppy meetings since
the last business meeting. The first
was April %, in the District Building,
and the second, April 20, at the home
of Mrs. Reynolds, 1908 @ street. The
next business meeting is to be held
May 7, in room 402 District Building.
Members are urged to attend.
The regular meeting Of the George z.
Killeen Unit, American Legion Auxili-
airy, will be held next Wednesday at
1850 Massachusetts, avenue. The new
members are to be initiated and all
officers and members are requested to
be present.
The unit had q successful card party
at the last stated meeting.
Costello Post, No. is, met recently
and three more applicants for mem
bership were accepted, bringing the
membership up close to 800. The min
strel troup, accompanied by several
members, attended the apple blossom
festival in Winchester, Va, where two
shows were given the night before the
parade.
A human fly" climb of the Invest
ment Building, Fifteenth and K streets,
VIII be made today at 2 o'clock.
Lincoln Post, No. II, the American
Legion, met recently at the Betty Ann
Inn, 1919 Park road, with Comdr Ar
thur A. Chenay presiding. The depart
ment visitation committee, headed by
Department Commander Harlan Wood
and National Legislative Committeeman
Paul McGahan, were present. The lat
ter two addressed the members on top
les of interest to the membership of
the Legion and Auxiliary.
A committee was appointed to investi-
gate the activities of individuals dis
tributing pamphlets among school chill
dren of Mount Pleasant which are said
to be un-American.
New uniform caps were exhibited to
the members, preparatory to placing an
order to outfit the post.
The Lincoln Post boys base ball team
will take the field May IL ready to meet
all corners. Refreshments were served
after adjournment at 10 pm.
The last Of the 10000, 900 peoples
which the American public will wear on
Memorial day in honor of the World
War dead are being completed by dis
abled veterans in Government hospitals
and convalescent workshops throughout
the country. The unusually large de-
mand for the memorial flowers this
year will keep the disabled men busy to
the last minute in filling orders, accord
ing to Mrs. Paul Akin, national poppy
director of the American Legion Auxil-
larry, which is sponsoring the poppy SALE
BY Memorial day the disabled vet
Grams will have earned approximately
100000 making peoples, Mrs. Akin said
The men are paid cent each for the
flowers they make, the money being ad-
vanced to them weekly by the Auxiliary,
which also furnishes the materials. AS
all of the poppy-makers are men who
receive little or no Government compen-
sation, this money has been the sole
means of support for many of their