Show SPEED IS DEMANDED I DY BY i I lEGION MEN I Changes in War Risk Payment Payments Pay Pay- I ment ments and Vocational Training Urged I. I r WASHINGTON Dec 18 Speedy 18 Speedy action was demanded of ot congress on all aU matters affecting the governments government's dealings dealings with former service men In resolutions adopted last night by national and state officers of ot the American legion at the conclusion of ot ofa ofa a n three-day three conference with of officials I cia Is of ot the war risk Insurance bureau The resolutions also warned congress pt pf the imp Imperative necessity of ot providing providing pro pro- viding relief for tor men who have met with Injustice through the Inadequacy of ot laws under which the pr present In Insurance insurance in- in and compensation regulations are administered Throughout the afternoon session an evident spirit of ot concern was evinced that the power must be bo exerted If it the nation Is not to undergo again the burden of pension payments The pension system was characterized by delegate after delegate delegate delegate dele dele- gate as unnecessary and unjust and andas as adding a burden on the coming generation which the taxpayers of ot I these years should shoulder I ANNOUNCE LEGION VIEWS A At t the conclusion slon of ot the discussion delegates summed d up their views of needs pf Qt the former service men as demonstrated by their study of ot the situation as follows The Watson Vatson and Sweet bills blUs should be passed by congress forthwith The bureau of war risk insurance federal board for vocational education and the public health s service es service es especially I the sections of ot the two latter agencies agencies' dealing with service ex-service men should be combined under a single head and one representative of the I unified agency should be placed in each state I REMOVE LIMITATIONS The following modifications re regarding regarding regarding re- re garding insurance sho should ld be adopted Premiums should be payable through the local Restrictions Restrictions Restrictions Re Re- based on relationship of beneficiaries should be removed The amount of the insurance under both term and converted policies should hould be payable at the option of the applicant in a lump sum or otherwise and If the applicant has exercised no option then at the option of the beneficiary A partial disability benefit should be paid under all policies That all aU disabled persons having war risk Insurance while in the hospitals hospitals hospitals hos hos- or while receiving benefits under the war risk insurance act or while receiving training should hould have havethe havethe havethe the payment of ot all aU insurance premIums premiums premiums pre pre- remitted during the continuance continuance continuance ance ance of their disability and training All men receiving vocational training should have their maIntenance ance ance- pay In full and a vocational training official should be perm permanently per per- m stationed at every hospital where disabled service ex-service persons are being cared for to give personal and individual information INCREASES ASES DEMANDED Substantial increases In all aU the pr pre present sent ent rates should be granted Immediate Immediate Im Im- mediate te liberal and effective action should be taken on all claims Persons suffering from tuberculosis should be considered as totally disabled disabled dis dis- during the continuance of the disease and as ac ac- ac- ac cordingly Hospital facilities at present provided provided pro pro- vided are inadequate and congress should make a far tar more liberal provision provision provision pro pro- pro pro- vision for same |