Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-07

this connection he requested members
of the Legion to assist in contracting
the Public Employment Center
In detailed report to the Executive
Committee of the local department,
he says the problem of placing vet
Grams in positions needs for its sue
ceSSful contamination the closest CO.
operation between the organized vet
Grams groups and the Public Employ
ment Center. He is requesting all
members of the American Legion
who are employers to assist in this
work and place veterans in positions
wherever possible.
Used to Advantage.
During the last year Mr. Jones has
contacted large number of the Bust
ness Mems Association in the District,
with the result that they have used
the employment service to great ad
vantage and many veterans have been
placed. While there are still many
unemployed veterans in this city,"
says Mr.. Jones, 1.-The steady increase
in placements by the Public Employ
ment Center has been very gratifying"
Announcement is made that the
District of Columbia National Guard
is in need of % male stenographers
who can type 40 words minute and
take shorthand at the rate of 80 words
a minute. Mr.. Jones says that in or
der to secure these positions it will be
necessary to enroll in the National
Guard for three years and those who
enroll will be compensated at 81
day and subsistence while in camp
two weeks each Summer. Eligibles
must have had former military train
ing, such as the Citizens Military
Training Camp or Reserve Offlcers'
Training Camp. Men between Is and
SO are preferred, although the age
limit may be extended
1000 in One Branch.
In one branch of the Federal serv-
ice there will be appointed about 1000
employees, Mr.. Jones announces, and
he expects that many veterans will
qualify for these positions. A recent
survey made by him ELECTS the infor-
nation that 80 per cent of the persons
employed under the new work-relief
program will be from relief rolls. The
placing of all people on relief, Mr..
Jones states, will tend to create posi-
tons in private industry for those not
on relief.
In connection with the c. c. c.
camps, he announces that the selec-
ton of veterans has been modified
and that those on public relief rolls
with dependents are given first pref
erence and those on public relief rolls
without dependents next choice. There
are at the present time 70 vacancies
for white veterans and SO vacancies
for colored veterans who are resi-
dents of the District of Columbia.
Unemployed veterans Who are on re-
lief and desire to enroll should apply
to Logan Purcell, room 1874, Veterans
Administration.
Prominent among the 125 veteran
organizations which will hold annual
reunions during the Seventeenth Ma
tional Convention at st. Louis in Sep
TENDER will be members of the Balloon
Corps.
1t was in st. Louis on the day war
was declared against Germany that
Albert Bond Lambert, a veteran bal
loon pilot, called together several pilot
friends and established the first Army
balloon school, organized as the Mis-
souri, Aeronautical Society American
balloon companies took part in every
major engagement.
Membership in the National ASso-
citation of American Balloon Corps
Veterans is not confined to observers.
as enlisted men frequently served in
the baskets. One. Sergt. Harold O.
Nichols of the 7th Company. was
awarded Distinguished Service Cross
The regular meeting of Bunker Hill
Post, No 81, will be held Tuesday at
8 pm. at the Hay Loft Club, 1926 Mas
Sachusetts avenue.
Delegates and alternates to the de-
partment convention, to be held Au-
gust 8, 9 and 10 at the Mayfower
Hotel, will be elected. The voting
strength of the post will be based on
the current paid-up membership as of
July %.
The post colors were in the process
sion of colors July A. Senior Color
Bearer Harry Charles Bair and Acting
Junior Color Bearer Thomas P. Roys-
ton in charge.
There will be an important meeting
of the Executive Committee tomorrow
at 8 pm.
Past Department Comdr. Amos A.
Fries, of George Washington Post.
has been elected chairman of the
delegation representing the post at
the seventeenth annual department
convention of the American Legion to
be held at the Mayflower Hotel
August 8, 9 and 10.
At the meeting of the post last
Tuesday night in Musicians Hall,
HOS Sixteenth street, the following
were elected to attend the conven-
ton: Delegates. Post Comdr. Howard
E. Snyder, Past Department Comdr.
Amos A. Fries, Past Comdr. Howard
S. Fisk, present Department Adjutant
and Past Comdr James j. Murphy.
post adjutant. Alternates: Past
Comdr. Wallace Streater, First Vice
Comdr Ray NJ Lanigan, Past Comdr
Charles Demonet and Second Vice
Comdr. Harry A. Coope.
Convention Committee assignments
were announced as follows: Rules,
Snyder; credentials, Murphy. and
resolutions and constitutional amend
ments, Fries.
One of the most important matters
receiving the attention of the mem
bers was the decision to reduce the
annual dues from $40 to SIS per year
starting with the new 1886 member
ship year on October 20 next. The
reduction was voted in view of the
recent disposal of the club house and
a drive will be started to round up
former members of the post and new
eligibles.
Several amendments were adopted
tn he presented for action in cOr-