Beaver County News | 1922-01-27 | Page 7 | Legion Worker in Congress

LEGlCr. WORKER IN CUNGfiiSS Hamilton Flah, Jr., One of Writers of Preamble to Constitution, Seeks Increase In Compensation, Tho preamble to the constitution of the American Legion has been called one of tbe simplest, sim-plest, most effective effec-tive and beautiful pronouncements In Oio English language. lan-guage. Three men wrote It In St. Louis, Mo., in 1019 aud It never has been, nor probably never will be, chuuged. The men were John Green- way .of Arizona, Judge Davis of Oregon and Ilamlltou Fish, Jr., of New York. Mr. Fish ls now In congress helping help-ing to pat Into effect the policies recited re-cited by the preamble ho helped write, Uo has a bill pending to Increase tha compensation from $'20 to $S0 for the nurses of blind, legless, armless and totally disabled ex-soldiers. Ho Is an ardent advocate of reclamation of land through Irrigation, to encourage ex-service ex-service men to take up fanning as a vocation. At Harvard he was captain of tha yarslty football team. In France he led a company of negro soldier In tha Fifteenth New York Infantry and received re-ceived the Croix de Guerro for bravery.