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Show 12 A NATIONAL j DISGRACG. ! J Mnn whn io.nl ii.it would have died 1 on the battlefields ol France, or been" S p ruirmeinly crippled, bed it not been g -or mk ijw rican soldier? now known a- "d cabled veterans." They stopped the enemy and his bul-9 bul-9 lete. That shortened the war-ended fi ii before more of the folks back home I were drawn Into the casualty lists. The lucky ones who came through the war uninjured aro enjoying peace. I But the war goes on forever for the 3 dl-abled soldier. 5 In most cases, his battle will last k until his death. 8 And it is a battle thai he is ficbting S largely alone, g More than three ears have passed 2 inco ihe armtMice 2 The ditabkd vm iiu'ians, far from I enjoying I be comforts that are righth theirs by all laws of decency, again are compelled to fight for lair, square treatment by the national government. ( I The details of this fight are being told In the DOW! columns of the Standard Stand-ard Exam in r The si'uiiiioii djSCjOJAS gross neglect aDd an almost criminal .-tupldity In mishandling the disabled soldiers. It is becoming an old stor. And it is shadowed by talk of "national in gratitude." There is. however no iugratuiwle. The American people are fully aware of the tremendous debt they owe their crippled and maimed war heroes. The American DpQpll s'mnl ready to fOot the bill for whatever is necessurv to give these men a square deal. Responsibility for this national disgrace dis-grace Ifl BOmewhera i" V:.shinplon Tot will call the kettle black The I buck will be passed freely between I congress anil ihc Veterans bureau I The unscnipulous will coin political I capital out ol the situation. I After all is said and done, the real I trouble is nothing but red tope and I stupidity. I'. is unbelievable i ha t any I American official or repredentai i l I voluntarily throwing obstructions in Ii th illaahli il votnrnTlll' nrilb. I What is needed in Washington is little common sense. In all the history of our republic. I there never has been as black a dis-1 grace as the neglect of disabled veter ans. The public, reluslnc to believe that Uncle Sams efficiency has fallen to zero. il niand; SI Man, fa.-t and thorough. |