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Show UNFORTUNATE MEN DEMAND ATTENTION j INDIFFERENCE AND PROFITEER.. H INQ CHARGED IN FARMING Hj MEN TO 8TATE A8YLUM8 Hj President Hardlno l Appealed To In n Behalf of Unfortunate Soldiers M of Recent Wars to Assist Id H Getting Delter Treatment j Washington, lAtoertliig Unit tho j moro than 8500 mciitnlly disabled fot. Hj n:er servlco men now pl-ircd In stale PH Institutions wcro victims of such "gross m neglect, Indifference and profiteering" H us constituted n "block reproach on H lo honor of tho nation" ,tho Dlsn- H bled American Veteran of tho World H Wur , in n momorfnl presented Monday H to President Harding urged Inunedlnta j action by tho government looking to H tho treatment of nil such cases In fed. H crnl Institutions. Neglect of those M fMM In stnto InstltutlotiM, tho mem. H orinl mid, Is committing to pormunent H infinity jnnny of tho victims who by H timely treatment probably could be j cured. j Describing tho condition of "con. B tract cases of Uils class In tho lnsltu- M tlons of tho stato of Ohio ns typical Hj of iIiono lii"iratlcnlly every stnto," the llH momorlul assorted tho government had "farmed out tho Insane cx.servlco men FJH of Qhlo to stato asylum which uro H notoriously Overcrowded, undennannod H and Inadequately equipped to troat and H euro for thvui," while It has not pro. H Tlifod one fodcml Institution for this M purpose In the state, 1 The Longvlew asylum of Hamilton B- count', Ohio, the memorial said, "Is so H vory mvorcrawded that 2-10 Inmates H sleep on tho floor llko cnttlo every j Of tho mentally dlsablod plnced In W tho Institutions of Uio state, of whom, Hj it was said, physicians beliovo half H might bo cured by treatment, not one, Hj Uio inemorlnl asserted, wns receiving, H "medical trentmont of any kind for H fho mental dLseuses nnd curable ensos H are being dally doomed to pennnnent j Insanity. Nono of tho Institutions, it m wns further asserted, segregate thotr m tubercular patients. 1 , An average profit ofVwo on each pa- H Hent out of tho $5-17.150 annual main- H; teimnce fee paid by tho government B was shown In tho figures for the nine M Institutions of the stato cited In the H memorial, H In hundred of cases, It was assorted, B relatives nra -refusing to conduit men. M tally dlsablod veterans, who might ho' H restord to -usoful citizenship, to coii- m fit'oiw In tllo "contract" nsluun, most H oC which, the inemorlnl said, nro "noth. ! I'1?: more' than lockups." j Congress: wart urged to take, early j action to romdy thu situation. ssssiiiiiVJ . |
