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Show WORKER FOR LEGION BUDDIES Robert G Simmons, Nebraska Cor-gressman, Cor-gressman, Has Done Much for Ex-Sernice Men. Robert G. Simmons, congressman from Nebraska, Is a democratic sort of a chap, and doesn't hesitate to tell about it. He kreps a Holstein cow, drives a popular touring car, and hobnobs hob-nobs with his neighbors, particularly those who are members of the American Amer-ican Legion in his home town of Scotsbluff, Neb., where he has made his way up to the position he now holds. Simmons was born in a sod house on a western Nebraska homestead, sixty miles from a railroad. His early life was like that of any youngster young-ster of the western country. He had to help earn his way by farm labor. - s .-. v I I .: I v - A Robert G. Simmons. Janitor work, messenger duty and odd jobs. When he attended college at Hastings he mowed lawns, washed dishes and tended furnaces to pay his expenses. He entered the military service in 1917 at Fort Omaha, Neb., ns a private pri-vate first class, but when discharged in 1919, had been elevated to the rank of second lieutenant, air service. Mr. Simmons is a lawyer, and was county attorney at the time of his enlistment. He served one term as commander of the Nebraska department of tiie American Legion, during which time certain legislation favored by the Legion Le-gion was successfully enacted. He was active in securing the passage of a law establishing a $2,000,000 endowment endow-ment fund, Income from which is expended ex-pended by the American Legion In the state for the benefit of needy ex-service ex-service men. Interest in the affairs of the ex-service men of the nation Is a deep concern of the Nebraska congressman and he expects to devote a great deal of time to the Legion's program for relief of disabled. |
