Show Ogden Will dill Buy y Flowers ers To Assist Disabled Vets lith V it Their Theis Relief Relied Claims Cl i s r rA i fYr A M a u r Y 1 A 9 ln e June Lh- Lh Ige Is one of oC hundreds oC n sInge and screen stars who ho arc ely assISting the for Cor the rho An M- M Haut c ot of oC the rho Disabled American 1 Veterans of oC the tar nr which Is to be held In several titles anti towns loons throughout the the l on Argonne dIY day September 2 v NEXT TEST Saturday will bo be Argonne 1 day and also Forget Me I 1 Not Nol Nolday day In Ogden On Oa that day dap forget nots me me nots will willbe willbe be sold In Ogden n to help ralso n a fund for Ifie Lh Disabled American Veterans The drive deice In Ogden will be con con- conducted conducted con conducted ducted under the five management of Sirs Irs J U Eldredge dredge Jr ot of the Ogden Osden Service Star legion lesion who as citizen chairman and nd Dr John 10 I Vest eat commander of Weber chapter No 4 1 Disabled Veterans Veteran The The rhe National Dank Danle of ot Commerce bas Is been selected to act as depository tory lory and will count all funds so- so o and make maio distribution of o the mone money Of Ot the funds coll collected here bere the expenses ot of the drive willbe will willbe be ducted by the bank bani then the tho I chapter will receive e BO 60 per Pcr cent of othe I the tho balance balane the state tate department 15 6 per pcr cent and national tern ten 25 Po per f cent The The reason reDson why the Disabled AmerIcan are aro to the citizens for tor funds Is given as Collo follows c vt CASES AlUSe The federal veterans bureau Is caring for tor disabled soldiers whose aces caces have been boen brought to the bu bureau bu- bu bureau's reau's reau attention Dut But new cases of dIsability aro are arIsing as a result of In the war These cares must bo be brought broucht to tho go gov sov v- v attention There Thero is red tape to be unwound before the needed federal help can be given tho rho man In n need o of ot care That Th t Is Isa a the tho Disabled American Yet Yet- eln ec nc work worle comes In They press tho claIms of ot the disabled for gov- gov I relief relict But Dut money moncy la la need need- needed ed cd to carryon carry on the rho work Hence Hance tho rho Forget Forget Me fe Not drive Passage of the tho Johnson bill by congress In the closing days d ys of ot the thelast thelast last session so liberalized certain eX- eX ex cx laws lava that according to vet veteran et crane eran bureau figures figure approximate approximately I ly more veteran of oI the tho World nar ar ire etc now eligible to re receive benefits from the tho government than worn ere at nt this time limo last year Speaking on this subject at are a re recent cent meeting ot of cx ox men menI General John V Y national I commander of tha tho Disabled Dl Amer Amer- American Icon ican Veterans one o of the agencies for the tho passage of o the tho Johnson John bill said Bald Ald Our organization Is fa 1 faced laced with witha I n 0 probable greater creator contact problem Problem problem lem than ever before betor because of othe the liberalization of ot certain pro provisional vIsIons visional of ot the law One Ono ot of our prin prIn- prIncipal principal rin cipal activities lies Ilea In our contact through our liaison service which la Is composed of ot 7 78 18 specially traIned officers and abd whose work Is sup sup- supplemented supplemented sup supplemented by the tho elective of our out units unit with the disabled ex ex service man who docs does not know that ho he Is entitled by law to com com- compensation compensation or hospitalization PUNT FUND DEPLETED Because of ot this It Is 1 Imperative that our Not Forget For Not Me Not drIve which Is to be held not on nation September 26 6 Argonne day bo ba a aIn greater success than over In past years year ears our organization has the generosity ot of the Knights nights of the Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross and other agencIes aswell ns as the public Our treasury during the thelast thelast thelast last three administrations benefit benefit- led benefit ted fed front from the live K of C war chest cheat fund to the extent of more than This money mon y was con con- contrIbuted contributed to assist us in n maintainIng our liaIson service and would all probability be forthcoming agaIn were warn It t not for the rho fact that the fund Cund has his been depleted However the K K IC ot of Q Co C must realize the tho value of our work worle or they would not have h contributed last year car and ad additional this year Sear ear after afler their war r chest fund food has his been expend expend- expended expended ed cd continued the commander SHOULDERS DURDE The D A V starts this year ye without knowledge of where It-i It fl- fl fl tl Is to come from however we havo nade a a step forward by waking malting our membership shoulder lis administrative expense Roughly speaking We wc must obtain for or this year alone to assure us that our work will be carried on as well welle as e In the past and In this statement I do not take Into consideration the extra load mentioned that our service sen ice will be called upon to problem carry It II I could carry tho the lem tem of the tho D A V the problem ot of the disabled veteran and our attempt at tempt to assist them to every cit citizen izen izon of o this nation we sue would not have to call tor Cor or assistance by sell sell- sellIng sellIng sell Ing Not Forget Nota It Is the iho am em am- am ambition of our our- organization to dl- dl di dl divorce vorce itself from a 0 street selling I or appealing bod body bodi and we we will realize that ambition However we i wei must have hav Immediate assistance and the Not Forget drive is fa nn and nationally recce sized charitable undertaking so we weare weare are aro forced to rely this year ear again upon this method or abandon n a apart apart part of our work ork Through our chapters and officer we are aro at t t tempting to acquaint the public with tho purpose of o the iho thoD D D A V Vand and present to the public rete conr-rete examples o of our accomplishments Our books bools are ire open and we solicit the lh Interest of ot every very American cit citizen izen CLAIMS CL Commander In cIting the work of ot the body of men he rep rep- represents rep represents resents quoted some soma Interesting fix ure urea ures r tho disabled problem problem lem lam which follow Since Sine signing of tho the armIstice 1 veterans have hav applied to tho rho government tor for Of this number the veterans bu- bu bureau bureau bu bureau reau has ha rejected or disapproved the claims of These fig fig- figures fig figures ures prove the tho absolute necessity of ofa an a such ouch as s the D A AV V Surely Sure fully 10 60 per cent oC at theca thelle rejected claims are aro legitimate and If It the tho claimants claimant are nee given riven ad Tica ad-Tica vice and expert opinion In Ing their cases c se and nd tiling filing evidence laity Cully 60 BO per cent of ot the above fig figure ure ore will become wIll active sev Forty en thousand six nix hundred twenty twenty- twenty three wenty thrEe World orld war oar veterans aro ara ro re rc re calving compensation from the gov- gov government gov government because of tubercular dis- dis disability dis disability ability of these theBe tubercular patients are r rated as permanent to total tal cal cases Last year between rIve flue and and six thousand nd disabled vels dIed I ApproxImately SO 60 per cent teat of men n were drawIng compensation at atthe atthe atthe the time of death the other 50 60 percent per cent nt had had their theft claims reject reject- rejected ed For thousands the war w r will never nev never organization er be over oyer and we wo as an lion tion h hale ha ve dedicated ourselves our olves to help make meko the thc last list days of our comrades as cheerful and as ns pleas pIcas pleasant pleasant ant as possible Tha Tho government go rot has provided nobly our legIslators havo been boen sympathetic and goner geneI ous cener-ous ous still atilt till there are classes yet to be provided for Cor but our problem Is s concluded the speaker not so much In getting legislation but In having tho dictates of the rho law car car- carried carried ried out so that the they will reach Into Intoe ery every ery val vale hill hilI and anti village ie and anti rive the rho beneficiary his legal lecal deserts |