| Show CARE FOR ORPHANS AND DISABLED MEN th the american legion w will raise miss a 1 rand fund of or more am for far orphaned children of the world war and indigent and disabled cabled former service to bied an 1 in dmd nation wide campaign to be launched 11 1111 abon it was announced red at 0 cat national onal headquarters O a of the le legion g I 1 recently president coolidge at the latt request oat of nations national commands commander james A drain of the legion accepted the honorary chairmanship of the lesion a sm national committee to raise the fund d the endowment fund program we waa given sethel authorization ahm by the sixth lath na I 1 atonal convention of the legion at bt paul pending s approval ral of the plan by the finance comm committee itam which was waa given at t a meet meeting ng of th the a committee at national I 1 he headquarters dai arter a the urgent need of at raising the ole fund immediately we was pointed out by mark T melice mckee detroit mich who Is a on member ember of the legion s rh child welfare taid to committee rl he do declared I 1 that t ties the existing facilities III t of the legion or caring aph biml for the 0 orphaned and helpless chit dren of far former or service 1 I re men who were war killed or died as a result of at their w war or service elvice are overcrowded at this time th the ne legion maintains maintain children s billet it at otter lake bieh and d h hae a one under construction at A j independence ruepen d buce kar kans there the are children of at dead W world art war veterans w h ho need dead care to r right ht now new nit mr bellee olid bild out of a t total 0 t at ot of 35 85 QUO war wells watts As time goes e a a on I 1 there here wl will I 1 be more these them are veterans t a 8 bureau burea figures fig met just the other day a to man left eft four children at the vot veterans erans bure bureau children ot of a deceased war veteran with a request jr barba that they be cared tor the bureau turned the c ildren children over to us as he some fadow b awe we will aill provide tor far them yet our arment X present facil facilities ain will land aland tor far no expansion p I 1 a in referring as to the proposed fund commander under drain declared th the L le gions a endowment fund campaign will mcdent be a success I 1 we will raise in pon more the than athe the abet it mount amount and the campaign will have bar e a greatly beneficial effect upon open the morals morale of if the leziak ind and increase our bemb membership a hip for far the cambia year to a adi million it members we must most look close to home and see the great underlying all misery caused by the great con met diet V e must at b help to the disabled man Us he I 1 te on our feet obligation and he needs u ua now the AI american legion must oat 11 keep loth faith with it its fall fatten res comrades crade by inith maix the that the in be helpless pless children are not deprived of as the t 1 e opportunities that 1 I are am ri rightfully th theirs e 1 r a because their th 1 fathers were killed fighting for far their mentry country bind up the he wounds of the disabled disable ind and care can to for the widow 8 and orphans orphan roust must be our slogan blame the legion will petition co congress gress to make it a technical change in the recently pa passed 8 ed adjusted compensation act to the effect that former service per persona on may ailet their compensation to biotic patriotic chartered by re congress gm the money to be used for child welfare and disabled veteran care cam the legion would use such a fund to toward tord rd their endowment program it if congress sanctions the proposal le la gion giant officials declared |
