Show One V AMERICAN AI A H IA I Copy for This Department Iu Supplied by the tb Am American rn Legion N New Service REED JOHNSON ACT BENEFITS VETERANS PasS Passage se of ot the World war veterans net act commonly known as ns the Reed need Recd Johnson Johnson bill and Its subsequent amendments has hns benefited nearly one onehundred onehundred on hundred thousand service ex men and their dependents according to the na na- na national rehabilitation committee of or the American Legion lelon which has been tole fol- following fol following lowing developments closely since tince the th passage of ot the bill In 1924 4 Awards or Increased compensation have hav been made on disability claims and death claims Shortly otter after the passage of ot tile the acta act a special unit of or the United States veterans bureau hureau was established In Inthe inthe Inthe the Washington onice to conduct InI a I general of ot all ull claims on onIlle Ille to ascertain where benefits under the new law were payable Although the bureau received new claIms sUbsequent to the lie passage of or the th oct act It Is Ig Impossible to estimate the exact number of ot claims claim tiled directly as ns a sult L result of or this tills legislation the largest larest part of ot which dealt with the payment ot of benefits where claims had hall already ben been med filed There were on July 31 1 1920 20 compensation claims of ot veterans pend pend- pendIng pending pending ing adjudication In the veterans bu- bu bureau bureau bu bureau reau Including Its 54 regional or field offices On the same date dale there were a active the disability awards or claims on whIch compensation was being be- be bein b bing ing in ing paid In various arlous amounts or of whIch were permanent and total cases und and permanent partial disability ity cases cacs ca es Compensation was being paid on death claims In May ot of 1924 the total disbursements for tor disability compensation were 3 as compared with In lu June of 1920 a n monthly in- in increase In Increase crease of ot approximately |