Show VETERAN FORGES HE BE TRIED THIEU FORMER DIRECTOR IS BITTERLY SCORCHED BY DELEGATES AT convention nat national lonal commander mcfarland McF artand de livers iver 3 annual address which I 1 Is received with great approval salt sali lake city A A resolution demanding that colonel charles R forbes former director of the united states veter veterans ns bureau who is under und e r two grand lury jury indictments for swindling several hundred thousand dollars fron from the bureau be brought to ape speedy dar trial was passed unanimously tw by the f fourth 0 rth annual convention of the disabled american war V veterans et e rans wednesday at the auditorium the subject of colonel fortes forbes was brought up by national commander mcfarland while delivering his report t port and said that he believed belaev ed forbes should bo be prosecuted at once and that his trial should not be delayed until after the november elections 1 I believe this convention should so go on record as favoring a speedy trial and full punishment for forbes declared and this ibis was met with a vociferous demonstration of approval by the convention ile he was indicted by two grand juries and if he is guilty we should demand the full penalty of the law he said pride in the achievements of ili his organization and modesty as to his own part in those accomplishments marked the annual report of national commander james A mcfarland delivered before wednesday mornings session of the fourth annual convention disabled american veterans of the world war in the richards street auditorium commander mcfarland held that the success of the Diva disabled bled veteran body is due to the untiring efforts of every member of the organization particular credit he be gave to the past mat national ional col commanders and to those members of his own official family upon whom the burden of administration devolved during the past year pleading with the veterans to keep their organization intact he touched upon its growth and its present standing in the nation praise for brigadier general frank T alpes director odthe ot the veterans bureau who id addressed dressed the ibe tuesday session and for his work in reorganizing the bureau was giyen frequent applause interrupted the reading of the report especially marked when he launched into a discussion of the effort made to harmonize relations with every other recognized ex service mens organization |