Show BONUS FIGHT JUST BEGUN WAR WA R VETERANS AT ANNUAL GATHERING ASK ONLY FOR JUST DUES report criticizing president and dr sawyer on treatment ou of disabled veterans veteran approved by commander new kew orleans la while his buddies shouted and stamped their approval retiring national Coom commander mander hanford 1 opened the fourth annual convention of the american legion here monday alth a militant declaration that the soldiers bonus fight has only just began from out of 0 the long ion hard battle lie and his aldes aides directed unsuccessfully to put the adjusted ndji isted compensation bill over the top at washington macnider asserted that no one man untouched by biar nr without kith or kin to those who served no one group financial or otherwise can stand be tween the wishes i of the Amer american fenn people and the fulfillment of what hat they believe to be a just obIl obligation gation ite he made no direct reference to the toto oto by president harding arding II of cf the me ale cumber fordney bonus measure nor to the little group of 0 senators who sustained the veto but lie he left no doubt as to whom lout lie he referred as lie he carefully aimed ench each of his barbed verbal shafts at the opponents of adjusted compensation for the nat nations ons ex service men A great well financed attack by interests which we voe cannot help but feet feel are sordid and selfish has given us one little setback set back but those who to rep present the people at washington ire are with us its by great majorities raenid er added as lie ho dwelt upon the passage of 0 the ey hill bill by ft vote of to 7 in the house an and d 47 to 22 in the senate we haie bate only just started to fight lie he said the adjusted compensation linis legislations lations Is IB right we wa know it Is right and right always prevails in america it la Is not a question of raising the necessary fund A maxi maximum mull annual payment of is not even an appreciable fraction of a i national budget that is I 1 s simply camouflage thrown us to hide the real issue it Is a qu question eastlon of promises unfilled a question of whether the man who offered fils s life to lie hig country in time of need Is to be left with the feeling that his country Is 18 unjust and ungrateful that la Is not for the good of the nation that Is not the desire of the alie people back home and in a republic their will will III be carried out it is our task and we shall it upon the condemnation of tile the national governments care of sick and disabled world war veterans and the criticisms of Press Ident harding and his personal physician brigadier gen eral charles E D sawyer chief coor co or dilator of the federal board of hospitalization contained in the page report made public previously by A A sprague of chicago chairman of tile the legions national rehabilitation committee macnider stamped life ills unqualified approval |