Beaver County News | 1924-01-18 | Page 2 | Board of Appeals to Hear Numerous Cases

Board of Appeals to Hear Numerous Cases Reorganization of the Central Board of Appeals of the Veterans' bureau, bu-reau, increasing membership of that body from seven to seventeen in order to expedite cases presented, was first proposed by the American Legion, ofli-cials ofli-cials of that organization declare. About 12,000 cases have been heard annually by the reviewing board, but tlie. Increased membership, it is believed, be-lieved, will 'permit nearly 50,000 cases of disabled veterans to be presented. Another change advocated by the Legion and recently put into effect by Director Frank T. Hines, has been the establishment of a finance division in the bureau and separation of the disbursing dis-bursing and accounting sections.