Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-04-22 | Page 3 | Oddie Raps Vets Bureau

I ODDIE RAPS VETS BUREAU BUM Disagrees With Chairman Reed on Conduct of r I Organization WASHINGTON April 22 Dis Disagreement Dis I lI agreement of ot long lone standing bo- bo bot tween t mn Chairman r Reed nd Sera Sera- Sei a- a tor Oddle of at Nevada the Republican lican Hcan on the th sen senate te veterans veteran ho- ho bureau bu bureau reau InvestIgation committee committo ti tito nto 1 to whether there should be b imme Imm- immediate diate and sweeping changes change In the tho investigation of at tho the bureau tas as tAken Monday to President Cool Cool- Cool idec After listening to the tho senators for some time tim the president took the matter mattor under ads l It ItIs Itis ItIs Is expected that he will wll confer cont with Director Hines Hints before reach reach- fn log Ing r any conclusion Upon It leaving the th White House Senator Oddle summed up his critIcising of at the th bureau burau in this I manner IMPROPER HANDLING IL Improper functioning from the start tart of at the th war risk rink Insurance and the veterans due du to wrong policies Improper organization and Incompetent personnel In the position positions Senator Reed made this state state state- statement ment mont I am nm In n agreement with Sena Sena- Senator tor lor Odd Ie about the results to be obtained but I am not in a agree agree- acree ree mont ment with him on the th methods of obtaining them's them LY emphasized that their disagreement was as ft IL perfectly friendly one n It h ii I fundamental however s as Chairman Reed takes the position that Director Tunes should be b given a 8 free treo hand to nork ork out the th difficulties coun encountered encountered In speeding up claims and In dealing generally with the tho th vet vet- vet veteran crane erans eran On the tho other hand Sena Sena- Senator Sena- Sena Senator Senator tor Oddle holds bold that the director cannot annat obtain the th best results r with his present corps of at assistants