| Show LEGION ASKS FOR NO BONUS sars service men merely seek assistance from government in 0 overcoming coming financial one of the biggest gu ques time now a 9 the site attention tion of the american L legion peg toa ties lias to do with till the alie a adjustment of comer of the S ex service A tee man and ad all tile members member throughout the country hem have hem been ask to ed to BIG aid through their cone res igdal retire colt c olt 1 in A A fic curing rl IS the its ease enact to ment ol of lh the ig legion a a ahle T the h 0 b bill i 11 which A tile the le legion glon la Is bindom in ing g ein blaces land settlement whereby wherein fineou foi mer service jr men on nn ad women receive for eaic day of service to appl y on tile purchase pur imm chabe lont of land ad and ad go government eve m r at projects or loans tor for buy ing big equipment home aid with 2 for each day of AS service ovive to apply on tile the purchase of a home or fatal farm ve timaly valuing training with tor for each I 1 day ON of service to be paid as aa long limit as a the recipients are obtaining education from tile the go government or a cash 11 earn coin sensation pensa pens tion thim of 1 50 for far each in day or of service to be paid within a year after th the approval of the bill speaking peaking la in connection with till what the national executive coun committee of the american I 1 ebion gio regards sia as a fair treatment for ex servie a men as 1 above outlined d franklin D national na tlona alor commander of tile american legion said mid tha th v rm helming majority of ex service serles men feel strongly that fin tins government ones we no obligation to all 11 as persona 0 as a who be were else tom handicapped dipped elt either buddy bodily or financially because of in mi tary or 1 naval I en during the recent at nar or th the american legion representing over one willi ex cor service ori me men an and women n spoke pole very plainly on this point at fi its A national e corn estloa last no na vember bolor although this obligation to tile dis allied men li di all bodily was naive universally IN acknowledged it A S special P 1 1 meeting of tile AI american le gm gion 1 in washington during december over a year after the signing of 0 the armistice roul tice to secure satisfactory ac tion by congress tor far the diRa disabled bled won man to the rod end that he would no longer be an object of private charity but could it live on his increased compensation III al low lowance r th the avenge man an he has been out of t ilia I 1 service V one year A an and outside of till sixty silly dollars which hardly bought miah him a civilian outfit b he 0 has received no aid from his government 1 in over VU running coming the incidental to his service the Aine america legion asks aids for no DO bonus been wants at M no basma that sounds too much like a lift gift or a present from the go government v amment it merely asks aks the gove government meet to in belot the ei service fee f man in overcoming A some an of the finan fillon via cial dl disadvantages advantages incidental to his military or naval allies it A asks k that each of the four tea in SZ tares tance suggested shall hall only be US as liberal its as is consistent with still the welfare of the whole country the Amp american rican legion asks nothing g in I 1 A it ita adluh I 1 in dorest at the expense pc as of at the country count do s but at the same A time does e not f feel that this obligation to ex service men unit and women should br bo al altogether pass ed by at U tills IS it time and ad all 11 economas A I 1 ing 19 done at the expense of the ex service atee aice men it if legislation I 1 Is wisely framed covering lead land settlement home old aid rod and vocational tri aing hig every ev ery dollar 1 in vested by the government will bring ultimately great returns to the country by making the ex service man a better vitt citizen seve and ad greater pr producer duccos and will increase the wealth of the nation over A having batted wafted over a year car it 1 la not gocr unreasonable to now new expect some action showing shelling that the interests of the ext ex service men have not been altogether forgotten all that the american legion aska ask Is as bliem treatment AS aa la is nt ent with the welfare of III the a w whole country that li 19 fair to the OX ex service man and at the a same time just be as dav to the entire nation a aa well y ee I 1 IA HENRY D LINDSLEY upon whom the MM minneapolis con can bention at im of the ih am american legion CO conferred the till of if pa part national CO com mander I 1 |
