The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-01-09
! COMMENT ON WORLD
: EVENTS

The International Labor Office, now
carrying on its work from Montreal,
has issued a study. "The Compensa-
ton of War Victims," dealing with
the attempt of governments to "com-
pensate" men of the armed forces for
loss of eyes, limbs, and other horrible
maimings for which no money in the
world could really pay and for "com-
pensation" to the families of those
killed
The study, the Washington branch
of the LILO points out, is significant
in view of present world conditions.
1t is concerned broadly with an ex-
animation of the general principles
governing medical aid and war pen
sions. 1t describes the essential
features of compensation at the be-
ginning of the present war; the legal
basis of the right of compensation,
the conditions under which this right
comes into play and the benefits guar
anteed. This is followed by four
monographs giving a survey of the
measures in force during the early
months of 1910 to regulate compensa-
tion for war victims in France, Ger
many, Great Britain and Italy.
The Measures of assistance taken
during the early months of the war
on behalf of mobilized men and their
families were primarily concerned
with the most urgent and general
problem, namely that of bringing aid
to the home of men called up for
military service, the study says. Sys-
TENS Of allowances to the families of
mobilized men were introduced or
expanded in all those countries where
mobilization affected a considerable
proportion of the occupied population.
x X
Monetary help to the families of
mobilized men, however, is only one
aspect, and not the most complex one
Of the measures to be taken to give
effect to the principle of national soli-
darity for the benefit of members of
the forces and their dependents, the
ILO study shows.
Thus most of the belligerent coun-
tries have readjusted to present con-
ditions their systems of war pensions.
retaining as general rule the prin-
ciples hitherto in force, but making
certain changes, sometimes of far
reaching kind, in order to take ac-
count of the lessons Of experience.
To the measures of compensation
thus introduced or reintroduced may
be added to the provisions necessary
to ensure the reinstatement of the
war victim in the community, such
as vocational rehabilitation, reserva-
tion for war victims Of certain posts
in the public services, and preferen-
tial or compulsory engagement in
private undertakings.
X X X
Direct from inside Germany, and
free from the hands of any censors,
the Nofrontier News Service has re-
ceived the following report from a
confident known to it as trustworthy.
Opposition to the war is growing
fast in Germany. 1t is especially
market in Berlin, Bremen, Postdam,
Munich and Hamburg. In these towns,
open indifference and even opposition
to the regime are constantly in evil
dence. In Munich anyone who says
"Heil Hitler" when entering a shop
or restaurant is laughed at.
Despite this rising opposition, there
is as yet no real underground organ
ization. A few people risk their lives
distributing literature here and there,
but no powerful organization has yet
been able to buck the efficient sup
preston of the Gestapo.