Show ank amp pi nn an lion n notes ni afes the in tor for the of 0 the sixteenth annual convention of the be ate apartment part ment of utah at logan utah august loth nth and loth hat been issued the local post Is entitled to four delegates who wai VM bo be elected at the posts posta next meeting during durina the closing minutes minute ot of the seventy third congress a moed moitt Ced wid aws and orphans pension law was pawed passed and later approved by president roosevelt the law provides provide el a pension ot of 2260 per month for or the widow so 6 00 for the first child and 4 00 lor for each additional child under eighteen to quality qualify under this law the widow must show that her husband had a disability directly connected with service of not less than 30 per cent the law applies to widows or of veterans who ho died prior to the passage ot the act there are now two classes of 0 v bild war veteran widows eligible for pension first widows of veterans who all doltl aal as a result of service connected alls ability a second widows ot of veterans who at t the time of 0 death were receiving 30 per cent disability pay for a directly connected service disability cause of the death immaterial this provision provides only in part tor for the fourth point of the legions legislative program the other three points were incorporated in the law which was passed over the presidents veto earlier in the session cession the fourth point in the legions program provided that in no event shall the widows and dependent children of deceased ex service i men be left without government pro I 1 lection this latter point was eliminated from the independent officers tion bill in the hope that the bill would not meet with a veto however the tha bill had to be passed over the presidential veto the care for the widows and orphans of all deceased ex service men will bo be the next objective of the american legion and a resolution will no doubt be passed to this effect at the department convention in logan next month it Is expected that national commander E A hays will be present at logan and will address the convention W J BARDSLEY adjutant post no 14 |