Evening Star Newspaper, February 2, 1930, Page 65

Veterars of The American Legion. Meetings this week: February 3—Victory Post, Vie- tory Auxiliary, Vietory Drum Corps, annual ball, New Willard Hotel, 10 p.m. February 4—George Washing- “on Post, 1441 Rhode Island ave- nue, 8 pm.; Vincent B. Costello Post Immaculate Conception Hall, 715 N street, !nr.m.: Vin- cent B. Costello Auxiliary, Dis- triet Bullding, 8 p.m. Fel 5—Department Mem- bership Committee, Room 420 District Bldg., 7:30 p.m.; Sergt. Jasper Post, Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts avenue, 8 pam.; Kenneth H. Nash Post, Hamilton Hotel, 8 pm. February 6—Jane A. Delano Post, 1337 K street, 8 pm.; Stephen P. McGroarty Post, Dis- trict Building, 8 p.m. Past Department Commander Harlan Wood has been honored by National | Commander O. L. Bodenhamer of the American Legion by appointing him a member of the executive committee of the Fidac, which appointment has been accepted. ‘The constitution of the Fidac provides that between convextions, the Fidac | shall be directed by an executive com- mittee composed of from 10 to 15 dele- gates from each afiliated nation. This executive committee meets at least once Great War L. E. Atkins, and during this period past department commanders will be honored for what they have done to ,ulde and build the Legion through its lormative S, The mi'?.'u for its purpose the con- tracting and re-enlisting of all former post, department and State leaders and veterans who hel) build the Legion during its first e of service, It will seek to locate all veterans who were once !rl!ll\bn:"lst of the gh‘ef'm;léla::: ortune or o mfiuflnmm inactive. Efforts will be made ta not only enroll all prospective members, but to give the public a clearer understanding of the objectives of the Legion. In one of the Western tates the plan is recelving instant and enthusiastic response from those who carried the banner in years gone by. T lication for a change of name of Il?.D..Fglh"A Post, No. 27, to Stephen . McGroarty Post, No. 27, has been u advocate. i"\tdl"chlmr through department head- quarters last week. The post is col pesed largely of employes of the Trea: ury Department, while any ex- service man not already a member of the Legion will be cordially welcomed, those employed in the Treasury Depart- ment are especially invited to affiliate with this post. The late Lieut. Stephen P. McGroarty, in whose honor the post was named, was the son of C. N. Mc- Groarty, an official of the Treasury De- partment. Joseph J. Idler, a charter guarterly and more | member of E. D. White Post, Who was frequently, if, in the opinion of the president, it is es- ential. In execu- tive committee meetings, voting is by nations, each nation having a right to one vote. The secretary general of the Fidac suggested to National Com- mander Boden- hamer that in his appointment of members of the ex- ecutive committee | that he include a certain number of residents of Paris, but at the same time, a preponderance of American residents Wwho could serve more or less in the | capacity of laison agents between the American Legion and the Fidac. The following American Legionnaires, Tesident in Paris, have been appointed to this committee: S. P. Bailey, chair- man; Julian M. Thomas, Sedley Peck, Stephea 8. Szlapka and Albert B. Cude- bec. The balance of the committee will be filled with domestic appointments. The other members of the committee | from America appointed by National Commander Bodenhamer in addition to Past Department Commander Harlan Wood, include Francis E. McGovern, Wisconsin; John A. Elden, Ohio; John D. Howe, California; William Stern, North Dakota. Past Department Commander Wood is a_member of Victory Post No. 4 of the Department of the District of Co- lumbia and his record as a department commander last year made him one of the outstanding commanders of the de- partment since its organization. He has been an active worker in the Legion and it was through his leadership last year that the local department won the Kentucky Membership Darby contest, Which is represented by a )iund-ome Harlan Wood. juarters. Department of the mhcfl:% of Co- lumbia defeated 57 other departments in the Legion in this exciting member- ship contest. It was during his year also that the Hanford MacNider and John G. Emery trophies were won in p campaigns. For the sec- Pertment the Highen momorices! O ment the est “membersh! attained. e Past Department Comdr. Julius I. Peyser of Vincent B. Costelio Post, No. 15, as elected vice president of the Fidac at the annual convention held in Eu- Tope last Summer. De) t Adjt. Howard 8. Fisk has mmkfl, through James F. Barton, national adjutant of the Ameri- can Legion, a copy of the Anglo-Ameri- can 1930 DhryApThe book ugbeun ture of the Prince id gilt lettering and was sent to Adjt. Pisk at the request of Capt. Donald Simson, honorable secretary of the British Em- pire Service League on its visit to this country in December. The Prince of Wales in a letter to Adjt. Fisk says: “My best wishes, 1o all ex-service men. I hope that 1930 Will be the forerunner of many years of peace and progress.” It is written in longhand and signed by the Prince of Wales. The book contains photographs of King Georgs V, patron-in-chief of the British Empire Service League; Presi- ient Herbert Hoover; the Prince of Wales, patron of the British Empire Bervice League; al of the Fleet Earl Jellicoe, grand president of the |®) British Empire Service League: the late | fpy FPield Earl Halg, founder of the league; Gen. John J. Gen. Charles G. Dawes, Ambassador to Great Britain, and Sir Esme Howard, British Ambassador to the United States. It also contains rosters of various ini- zations of veterans; statistics regarding the World War and photographs of his- toric scenes during the days of the World War. Written in gold lettering across the face of the cover is the in- scription “Lest We Forget” and the | signature of the Prince of Wales. John Thomas Taylor, vice-chairman of the national legislative committee of the American Legion, reports that mat- ters affecting the disabled have been much to the fore on Capitol Hill during the past week and that problems of the disabled World War veterans who @re uncompensated and their depend- ents as been the chief question under discussion. Heart: have been con- tinued in the House by the committee on World War veterans’ legislation and the committee on expenditures in the Government departments, the former concrened with relief measures for the ‘World War disabled and the latter with | the consolidation of all existing agencies | affecting the veterans of all wars. The Legion is requesting Congress to enact the Reed-Wainwright bill, which provides for the creation of a competent | commission, representing the Senate, Fouse, capital, labor, the industries and other elements of national life and busi- ness, to study the proposal of the Legion 1o enact into law the fundamental prin- | ciple of “equal service for all, including capital, the natural resources of our country, labor and man power, in time | with special privilege or profit Because of opposition developing to | the Williamson consolidation bill, as | written, representatives of various vet- erans’ organizations are proposing a measure to provide a department of veterans’ affairs under a director gen- eral, to which would be_transferred the Veterans’ Bureau, the Pension Bureau and the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The plan would not disrupt any existing agency, although the director general would be em- powered to co-ordinate any of them and 10 report to the Congress recommenda- tions for their consolidation. Representative Royal C. Johnson, Legionnaire of South Dakota and chair- man of the House committee on World War veterans’ legislation, has assured Vice Chairman Taylor that the Legion vill receive hearings on the $20,000,000 new construction for hospital re- quested by the Louisville convention, ich was not included in the Rogers bl recently enacted. The naval affairs committee of the House is holding hearings on the Brit- ten bill for an appropriation of $3,- 200,000 to rebuild the Naval Hospital in this city and enlarge it to 500 beds, 300 of which would be for the use of vet- erans of the World War. | department adjutant for many years, 1s post commander. An auxiliary has recently been organ- ized among the wives and other rela- tives of members of the post and eligible woman employes of the Treasury De- partment. The women plan to hold a card party at an early date in order to cultivate closer acquaintance among themselves and the members of the post, and are anxious to co-operate in every way in carrying out the aims of the post. The Athens Post, in Greece, was or- ganized .about three years ago, and is composed of men, most of whom disabled, who returned to their native land seeking health, and are now, un- der the immigration laws, unabie to come back to the United States. Since the organization of the post they have not only carried out the principles of the American Legion to help disabled veterans, their widows and orphans, -as- sisting them in any way possible, but have also built up an educational pro- gram teaching, through lectures in Greece, the idea of Americanism and humanitarism for the great help that America was to Greece in the great war of the Revolution for Independence, 1821 to 1830, A letter from Watson B. Miller, of field representative and also for his health. Harry Mauricides, adjutant of the Athens Post, states in a separate letter to Comrade Photis that the Greek gov- ernment has decided to grant free land to the Athens Post to erect an American Legion memorial building in Greece to serve all American veterans and Ameri- can citizens who visit Greece. Among other interesting things that the Athens Post has done is to erect a marble monument to American Philhellens of the Greek Revolution of Independence In 1821. This will be placed close to the national monuments of the Greek heroes of 1821 on the celebration this year of the centennial of Greek inde- pendence. The Greek ministry of public instruction has asked all the school su- f[perintendents to inform all 5-honl teach~ ers of this drive and to urge all pupils to contribute toward this fund. A simi- lar drive will start among school chil- dren of Greek descent in the United States soon. All American veterans and American citizens who visit Athens are invited to call at the post club house &t 20A Voulis street, suite 25, Athens, At the regular meeting last Tuesday 11 new members were elected as fol- lows: W. R. Hart, U. 5. N.; W. E. Rey- nolds, Lieut. Col. B. G. Ruttencutter, U. 8. A.: Edward G. Dennis, U. S. N. W. S. MacKay, U. Schoenfeld, U. 8. M. C.; 1. A. Denisor , H. B. Gover, J. T. Harper, H. F. Daube, A. M. Herrmann, U.usiun arrangemen ve been made for Victory Post'’s annual ball at_the Willard Hotel tomorrow night. Dur- ing intermission Mrs. Lillian Fairchild Jesso, colorature soprano, will sing, and Victory Post No. 4 Drum Corps will 'zinve an exhibition drill and perform- ce. Plans are now underway for a Vi }’otn smoker to be given in the x;‘:g uture, its suditorium. They will be February 10 and 24 and March d 24 at 8:15 pm, At & recent meeting of the executive committee of the Sergt. Jasper Post, No. 13, the American Legion, plans for the ensuing year were outlined by Comdr. Ferdinand G. Fraser. The formation of various teams, personnel of which will be subsequently announced, to exe-~ cute the scheme of arrangements, has been completed. Capt. Thomas J. Fralley has been ap- pointed by Department Comdr. L. E, Atkins to represent the American Legion at the annual Lincoln day celebration to be held under the auspices of the Republican State Clubs on February 9 at the Metropolitan M. E. Church, Past Department Comdr. J. chairman of the military committee in charge of the arrangements, and dele- gates from the mi ry and Ppatriotic organizations will attend. The next meeting of the gfl will be held at the Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massa~ chusetts avenue, February 5. Comdr. Fraser will preside. The advisory council of U. 8. 8. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, will meet at the home of Comrade Edna Neilsen, 2410 Third street northeast, next Thursday at 8 o'clock. Comdr. Jane M. Breen and a number of the comrades attended the opening session of the Women's Patriotic Con- ference on National Defense on Janu- ary 29 at Constitution Hall. Comdr. Breen, Senlor Vice Comdr. Rose O'Hara and Junior Vice Comdr. Elsie Pinney were invited by Mrs, Rice W. Means to a’ luncheon at the Carlton | yesterday to meet Mrs. Donald MacRae, | national president of the American Legion Auxiliary. This post is leading in the member- ship race in the class for posts having a membership of 250 or more. The post will hold a rummac~ sale in the late Spring and it is requested that all members save discarded closhing and other articles for this rummage. Members of George Washin No. 1, reside in all parts of the world. Lieut. Col. W. E. Noa has sent the post his membership dues from Pekin, China. Another letter was received from Nor- man Kane, Florence, Italy, inclosing his dues. Paris, France, is at present the home of Col. Richard T. Ellis, who keeps his membership in the ploneer post of the Legion. Lieut. Col, Frederick G. Kellond, now living in the Canal Zone, is an active Legionnaire and has already paid his 1930 dues. One letter was received from Lieut. Willlam G. Conrad, supply officer, U. 8. 8. New York, now in Cuban waters. The post finance officer has also sent member- ship cards for 1930 to San Francisco, Calif.; San Antonio, Tex., and many other cities throughout the States where members of the it are now living. The next meeting of the post will be February 4 at the club 1441 Rhode nd avenue. Post, ouse, “A Past Department Commanders’ k" will be observed “t ;‘fl,",‘ States during the mon w&.‘l Disabled American Veterans. committee of mem! the Dis- Columbia A trlet of of the Miller Kenyon is | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Disabled American Veterans, headed by State Commander Claude Babcock, this week completed the work of checking applications for tion in the census wmik 2( this city which will start in the early Spring. The D. A. V. nationally backed an :‘mendm:?t to the eehn‘ius ! ves preferences in t) sbled veterans, so as soon as the local administrator ‘was named the depart- ment entered into an agreement Hoag nish the nominations to fill the pla that would be open in Washington. e explanacion of the situation was sent, by he D. A V. department to every d abled veteran in this city and two weeks ago there was a x'nn.v&s-mecm-.;"‘le the Central High School, under the auspices, at which each of the disal answered a written questionaire. These questionaires have been ru“ at a series of meetings at the drval 2 ment headquarters in the Chmzh‘u Bullding and it is expected that thi week the Washing branch of the Census Bureau will be furnished with the revised list of those who are to take the census here. Following the national policy of the Disabled %merlcan Veterans to h:xe liaison officers from varjous parts of he country come to Washington on probe lems each year, Theodore Lindstrom Of Chicago, George R. Martin of Atlanta, and C. M. Jones of West Virginia have been here this week in conferences in the Washington office of the national organization, Word was received here last week D. C, FEBRUARY 2, brought by the director general. The nm“: of bt.{u new uenq_" according to woul e ment of Ve Affairs althougl t this time, its head would not be a cabinet member. that William J. Murphy of California, national commander of the Disabled American Veterans, would come here February 25 to the annual din- ner of the former service men who are NOW members of the Senate or House ©of Representatives. For two weeks the veterans' com- mittee of Lh‘e":!uuu has_been conduct- hearings upon the Rankin bill to "h nd the time of '.h:n ‘&mt:::p%n e p! \w_gove! - en‘l‘\’:' Bnnr'::l l:nd‘t% include chronic constits ases. D;k‘;:;g:‘ tg:':he Disabled American Veterans have appeared in support of this legislation and it is hoped to soon open hearings on the johnson bill which contains the various other amendments Which the D, A. V. has proposed for re- lief of the disabled. Rainbow Division Veterans. ‘The members of the D. C. Chapter, Rainbow (42d) Division Veterans pre- sented an engraved gavel to its presi- dent, Walker H. Colston, recently when he was again re-elected to serve an- other term of office. Maj. M. Manning Marcus, former national vice president, made the presentation on behalf of the chapter. e Virginia Chlr'er has_extended to the District of Columbia C! invitation to attend their annual dinner to be held in Roanoke, February Maj. Marcus, Capt. Neagle, Lieut. Purcell, Lieut. Jackson and Capt. Cols- ton have ified their intention of at- tending and request other members who can be present to communicate with Comrade Marcus at once. Comrade Harold B. Rodier announces prominent guests and speakers will af tend the next meeting which will be held in the rainbow room of the Arlini ton Hotel February 15. At the last meeting Gens. Mann, Menoher and Reilly attended at the solicitation of In colaboration with the represen- tatives of the various other recognized organizations of veterans of all wars, representatives of the Disabled Ameri- can Veterans have assisted in the draft- Ing of a law to bring under one head the Veterans' Bureau, the Pension Bu- reau and the National Homes for Dis- abled Soldiers, Under the Willlamson bill all these agencies would be transferred under au- thority granted the President, but or- glawmlveber-m have ofleredl ld?;xeb:'g; ul to name a general over all three whose duties would be to | Comrade Rodier 3 work out a plan of co-ordination and| Capt. Harvey L. Miller, departme: later on bring about _consolidation | commander, Veterans of Forelgn Wi 5 through obtaining favorable action on |Commander Harry L. Hooley, an Congress on plans would be | other officers of Front Line Post, V. will also t Colston. The council of administration, Dis- trict of Columbia department, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will meet in the board room of the District Building tomorrow at 8 pm. Many matters of importance are scheduled. An important business meeting of the Overseas Military Band, Drum and Bugle G sEreet. Wednesday. Several vacancles in the officer personnel of the corps will be filled, amendments to the by-laws will be taken uj 1930—PART FOUR, w. dent ‘The proposal of the Disabled Ameri. can War Veterans th: partment furnish complete World War service records the initial request of the Veterans’ Bu- Teau, ims of the disabled veterans, was st_week approved by Director Frank T. Hines In of War. ‘n D. A. V. stressed the point that by fur- nishing all available data in lnltefln: the first inquiry the Government wouls not only save money by preventing many later requests for additional tes- timony, but would improve the service to the disabled. On orders from Secretary Hurley the D. A. V. plan is now being studied in 8, | the War Department. take at Parish Hall,| and that the committes would work - T limxm.h :”ld N ltrm’ln.'flbmr! 12 ishoulder to shoulder with and subsidiary . prfo jto,the V.'F. W. national legislative com- kh‘-‘h‘ ¥ o dy“\‘"lru{-gfiey‘. am: President Bessie Hanken addressed of Foreign Service, and Mrs. Bessie Han- | the commfttee and expressed her con- M | ken, national president of the V. F. W. 7 , were 'as] e axt of inat, woek stterding: th gomon'l Patriotic Council for National Defense and mak an ing trips to Baltimore preparatory to the 1930 Fhir at the War De- in photostatic form and its - future. Commander-in-Chiet Duft expressed his appreciation of the committee and his confidence in its fu- ture value to the Veterans of Foreign ars. Capt. Bettelhelm urged them to sup- port all legislation in favor of mv‘:l parity, mational defense, R. O. T. C., C. M. T. C, Navy and Marine Corps Reserve. The committee drafted a reso- lution along these lines for presentation to the Women's Patriotic Council on National Defense. He unged the com- mitbee to support nationally, through State d ents, county councils and individual post activities, the World War service pension bill providing for pen- sions rgr di;.blodmverzemm, their wid- ows and orphans, including cases where service connected ““bturgy cannot be proven. He also uyged the to similarly suppout the Knutson bill for increased Spunish-American War (Continued on Tweifth Page) age) Distributors Perfect Circle Piston Rings CREEL BROS. 1811 14th St. NNW. Decat to be used In adjudication of a letter to the Secretary the original recommendation the " -first fl- National Encampment, to e 31"."“ in the Monumental city in Sep- tember. . The first meeting of the newly created national legislative committee of the Ladies’ Auxiliaries was held Tuesday evening. Natfonal Chairman Clay Keene Miller presided. 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