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Show American UfflON (Copy for This Department Suppliers by the American LprIoii News Service.) WOULD PR03E LEGION CLAIMS International Association of Rotary Clubs, Shocked at Reports, Orders Nation-Wide Survey. Aroused by charges of the American Ameri-can Legion that the government has failed In Its duty toward disabled veterans vet-erans of the World war, the board of directors of the International Association Associa-tion of. Rotary Clubs has ordered a nation-wide survey of the situation "to prove whether American Legion reports are based on hysteria or upon actual facts." The Rotary organization has indorsed in-dorsed the Legion's consolidation program pro-gram for the relief to the disabled and will support the Legion's efforts to obtain its enactment into law, according ac-cording to Chesley H. Perry of Chicago, Chi-cago, secretary-general of the Rotary clubs' organizations. "The 50,000 American business and professional men who form the 800 Rotary clubs of the United States, have started out to gather the actual facts in their respective communities with regard to the manner In which the United States government is handling the cases of disabled ex-sol-dlers," Mr. Perry stated in a letter to F. W. Galbralth, Jr., commander of the Legion. "The Rotarians have been shocked by. the disclosures made by the American Ameri-can Legion regarding the circumstances circum-stances surrounding the rehabilitation of Uncle Sam's disabled ex-service men. Each Rotary club Is appointing a special committee to investigate conditions in its community and report re-port to the cluh. Every club will then report to the headquarters office of Rotary in Chicago. The result will be that from 800 communities in every part of the United States will come evidence of business and professional men to prove to the American people whether or not the American Legion reports are based on hysteria or upon actual facts so revolting and heartrending heart-rending as to cause the whole American Ameri-can people to rise In their might and do justice to the men who sacrificed themselves for their country." The Legion's national commander asserted that his organization will welcome the Rotary Investigation. "I hope its findings will be given the widest publicity," he said. "It will be found that the Legion has not overstated the case In any particular." |