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Show .uhu5 FOR EX-SERVICE MEN Uommhnder MacNIder Is Originator of Plan to Aid Men In Need of Assistance. Huddles who nro "broken .In health nnd battling their way through red topo for their Just disability compensation" will be tho beneficiaries of n big rotating ro-tating fund, detnlls of which arc being be-ing worked out ot national headquar"-lers headquar"-lers of the American Legion. The fund Is designed to provide loons, without security and nt n low rate pf Interest, to ex-scrvlce men In every state who are In need of assistance. assist-ance. Commander MncNIder, who originated the plan, says that such n provision Is of vital necessity In order thnt worthy men mny keep their self-respect self-respect during n period of financial stress. Ex-soldlcrs who do not need tho ready cash provided by tho government's gov-ernment's payment of adjusted compensation com-pensation lurvo' signified their willingness willing-ness to turn over their bonus to the fund. Hundreds of lustnnces of sick nnd wounded ex-service men falling back on charity while their claims were being be-ing reviewed lire shown by Legion veports. Tubercular victims whose condition has been brought on by poison poi-son gns-or exposure have gone to snnl-rtnrlums snnl-rtnrlums In the West and have been denied Immediate treatment nnd be-coiul- public charges, It Is declared. Some- help for these men dining the period of readjustment Is of prime lm-pbrtnnce, lm-pbrtnnce, according to Mat-N.der. - f b |