Show SAVE duplication IN VETERANS AIL AID arrangements to avoid tu duplication of work among the elie many malty agencies in ill washington D G C engaged in veterans relief activities has been announced by watson B D miller chair annu of the national rehabilitation committee of 0 the american legion who Is director of a new central index in the offices of the committee tor for the keeping ki of records of the case of every veteran who goes to wa washington abington to take up a claim with the lie government at a conference of representatives of the american legion the american red bed cross veterans of foreign Forc isil wars warr disabled american veterans of the world war and other welfare agencies operating lit in washington it was wai decided that there were too many agencies working upon the same cases at the same game time the plan of of yie like central recording office was approve approved d as the only way in chich to eliminate this duplication of effort under the plan iian approved by the che various organizations a record card on each case contacted conflicted Is sent to the central office for filing with the action taken by the organization noted thereon and in contacting new cases a checkup with the central index will be made before any action Is taken in this yay way it if the case cage lias has been handled by another agency or Is still lit in the hands of that agency the central index will indicate thi arid and the information will prevent the cloud agency from stepping in on the case until the first agency Is finished with it in the past the several or aulza eions have been proceeding IV without any definite system ot of ordination coordination co and tills this lias has resulted in as many as six different agencies trying to obtain I 1 tile ilie adjudication by the united slates veterans bureau ot of tile the same case irstead ir stead ot of assisting in an early set clement ent tor for the veteran tile condition if things resulted in additional delays under the elie new plan for coordinating co the work none of the agencies involved will touch a case that another Is working upon until it lias has been closed one way or another |