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Show . THE DISABLED ARE FAVORED Director of the Government Veterans' Bureau Alms to Give the Doubt to Claimants. Gen. Red Tape, merciless foe of the disabled man, has been almost entirely en-tirely eliminated -""""rw through efforts of the American Le- m 1 gion, in its sue- f cessful campaign E j for the passage fQy-i of the Sweet bill Cj J and the efforts pIL. . A of Charles R, 1 Forbes, director VJSte'' -j of the govern- v v" YA ment veterans' bu- X J$ reau. f"fV j Himself a vet- jid eran and a Legionnaire, Le-gionnaire, Mr. Forbes has adopted a policy of seeking out the disabled man, Instead of letting the disabled maifs claim find Its way into a pigeon hole via the route of red tape. The government put an end to divided di-vided authority in its dealing with ex-service ex-service men with the appointment of Mr. Forbes as head of the veterans' bureau. This bureau dispenses the Insurance, looks after hospital care and the difficult task of restoring disabled men to their former earning capacity, or creating them anew through vocational voca-tional training. Mr. Forbes' policy in dealing with compensation claims of disabled men and women gives the doubt to the rlaimnnt "No claim," says Mr. Forbes, "shall be disallowed unless the uisallowance is Imperative, and doubts are to be decided in favor of the d:s-nbled d:s-nbled man or woman." |