Show I wO worl 1 lh GION ION WAS LUCKY LUCY j T I IN 1924 CONGRESS ion ad n outlining the achievements of ot tho the tonal Ional legislative e committee of or themay the themay may Legion during the first ses ses- of P D n of ot the Sixty eighth eighth congress John JohnI omas Taylor Talor vice chairman D of the tho I stated that eight measures 30 10 I major importance were enacted it I gely through the efforts of ot the LeHe Le Le- n. n He declared 1921 1924 was the most year In the history of the theat nOt at gion In carrying out policies bob ie eight Legion sponsored Legion sponsored bills j l de ide laws were the adjusted com com- j fn bill the creation of the com com- I n nj on World war veterans' veterans legisla legisla- ar aro n m of ot the house of ot representatives i I Johnson nd Johnson wd-Johnson bill affecting more than disabled veterans and their de de- Ill indents the Langley Fernald-Langley bill anre ane an an- te re e the construction of fireproof costing and con con- ining 2350 beds provision for a asa sa sa training school for blind vet- vet tro ans at Evergreen Md the Fred Fred- L lans s bill providing a fire fire- j oot hospital containing beds at ate em e nta Monica Calif Call house resolution resolutionS resolution'S S 'S Ig g a survey surrey and Investigation t World war veterans' veterans hospitals and andi i Idlers' Idlers homes provision for the S 'S s n of permanent stone crosses in r cemeteries and the war bill bUl to distribute the vast It Amount aunt of ot war material captured anai and ana i from Germany German lb ible Other measures which tIle the Legion approved ap ap- proved roved oved and extended its Influence ward enactment were the es a on act of 1924 which restricts and I IUS Immigrants and excludes tiie me the constitutional amendt amend- amend ent t to prohibit child labor which r bw w goes to the states for ratification important provisions of the Reed- Reed bill are extension to January af n o a th h ti o n f au nut t- t o 1 vv U Ul me UH e presume IH on V VI latic service co connection for y CI a es S from the former period of three bars ears after I 1 discharge a provision rich lich will allow veterans to im Irn- P. P connect their disabilities ra ith the service and thereby recel t. t compensation free care I id d treatment in government go hospitals la r an any veteran of any war or r rU on since 1897 without regard re ard to the h ture iture or origin of his disabilities rei re re- i that compensation cannot be t f or discontinued without three threes s 5 oaths oaths' notice to the disabled veteran tOl ra war risk insurance is automatically automat automat- I ally reinstated retroactively ely where at ates es eIs e time of lapse the veteran had s S' S ent unpaid compensation due him to toi i i t vive his insurance the Ule rating of ot dis dis- and awarding of compensation t pd hospitalization was ordered de- de awards of compensation nor disability can now be made in the lel eh L d. |