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Show (Copy fur This Department Supplied by thf Amcrtrnn l.etriun News Nor vie.) LEGION MEN IN HOSPITALS One-Third Ex-Service Boys in Institutions Institu-tions Are Members of the Great Organization. One-third of the ex-service men who are confined in hospitals In thirty-two states are mem-jrfSsss,, mem-jrfSsss,, bers of the Ainer- jwUV ican Legion, ac-& ac-& , , X cording to Gerald fe --'Y J. Murphy, direc- ?'' " tor of the Legion's r! C i service dlvlsion' W CT wno bases his re- " port on nBui'es I J& compiled in a na- , jv tional census of A k disabled men ta- tsa -H$lilr 8 "With one-third of the disabled veterans enrolled in the Legion, against one-fifth of the other eligible ex-service men, It is shown that the disabled man realizes the results the Legion has obtained in Its campaign for justice for the sick and wounded of the World war", Mr. Murphy declared. "The disabled dis-abled man has not joined the Legion for the selfish purpose of obtaining his own compensation, for the Legion service serv-ice is extended to veterans, regardless of Legion membership. "Although the principal effort of the Legion is to aid the sick and wounded veteran, national and state legislation, Americanism work and many other projects beneficial to all ex-service men are being accomplished by the organization. or-ganization. These movements are expected ex-pected to result in a greater percentage percent-age of Legion members among those who left the service without physical handicaps." |