Evening star., 1934-10-04
VETERANS DEFEAT
ROLE IN POLITICS
Louisville Session Against
Posts Working for Con-
greSS Choices.
Rv the Associated Press.

Sy the Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE, KY, october A
proposal that individual posts of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars be permit
ted to work for election Of Congress-
men who favor veterans welfare leg
islation" was voted down by the or
ganizations national encampment
here today after long debate.
Wayne County Councils Drum and
Bugle Corps regalned for Detroit this
morning the national musical unit
championship.
Drum Mai Louis Estes. Detroit de-
tective sergeant, led his men through
maneuvers in the huge jefferson
County armory last night in compe-
tition with other bands and drum
and bugle corps. Shortly before dawn
this morning the judges committee
announced their victory, giving them
q rating of 94.65.
The contests were held in connec-
ton with the V. F.. w. National Con-
Vention here this week. The victors
wore gold trousers. black tunicS with
gold Sam Browne belts and gold
helmets.
ID. c. Band Wins Honor.
The Warren County. Ohio, Boys
Band won the band title, rating 535.
The Overseas Military Band Of Wash
ington, D. c., was second, 6l.00, and
the Denver District Council, third,
735.
Second in the major contest went to
the Harrisonburg, Pa, Corps, Post No.
108. and third to Syracuse, Post No.
1868, rating 1885.
The open drum and bugle contest
went to the ThompSonville, Conn.,,
Drum and Fife Corps of Post 1901
second was Gle Elum. Washington,
Post No 1873; third was Post 1909
Monroe, La.
The veterans yesterday approved
Maj Gen. Smedley D. Buffers being
cut off Nationwide radio hook-up
Wave Manager Objects.
The former head of the Marines
was cut off a WEAF-N. B. c. chain
by station WAVE of Louisville after he
had used the expression, Making
fertilizer out of food" and other
language to which Nate c. Lord, man
ager of WAVE. took exception.
Later Gen. Butler explained he was
referring to the A. A. A. hog-killing
program. IF the N. B. c. has cut me
off the air." he continued, that is
something for them to EXPLAIN have
nothing to say about it."
At the afternoon session National
Comdr James E. Van Zandt obtained
adoption of a resolution he offered
expressing appreciation to Stations
WAVE and WHAS and the N. B. C.
and c. B. S. for their courtesy and CO.
operation. The resolution said the
generals language was not objection
able to the veterans, but may have
been SO to a mixed radio audience"
Yesterday Gen. Butler filed in at
the convention a few minutes when
Senator Arthur Robinson Of Indiana
was late. He began that speech by
saying that he could not speak your
language, my language, soldiers Ian
guage and these-deodorizer (micro-
phones) turned on. So you can pre-
pare for II minutes of tripe.'
Yesterday the convention booed an
Invitation from Paris, France, prom
ising 100000 francs to entertain the
V. F. W. next year. Enthusiastically
and without dissent a resolution was
adopted rejecting the proffer and sug-
gesting that the French pay the money
on their war debt.
Gen. Charles P Summerall spoke
yesterday, relating an adventure he
shared with Gen. Butler when both
were lieutenants at siege in China.
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, admins
TRAITOR of Veterans Affairs, spoke on
veterans benefit policies.