Show ARIZONA WORKSHOP FOR DISABLED MEN A workshop lins been opened hy by the american legion and legion auxiliary in tucson ariz whore where disabled ex service men bien who flock to the health giving climate of arizona can earn thing expenses in the workshop the veterans make novelties from desert cactus leather articles copper furniture and other products the articles are made to be sold throughout the united states through the units of the elie auxiliary the place was inspected recently by sirs mrs adalin wright macauley Ua cauley national president of the auxiliary mrs Bla macauley cauley sald said the disabled veteran problem in arizona has been growing more serious every year since the war because ot of the increasing number who go there hoping to be cured of tuberculosis it Is estimated that lucre than are now in the lie state a large percentage of them being disabled there are compensation cases on file in the regional office of the U S veterans bureau in phoenix and 2754 2734 of them fire are active cases many of the disabled have taken their families with them to art ari zone zona and are unable to get work the rhe situation in arizona was de dared at the last meeting of the na executive committee of the legion to be a national one and not a problem to be met by the legion d department part ment of arizona and 2000 all that was then available was voted to b be e turned over to the legion lead head quarters of that state to aid in emer gency cases of relief the auxiliary also planned to assist by establishing a clearing house fr for information at a national headquarters in indianapolis ind where local units in the various states could be kept informed of veterans and their families from those units towns or communities upon the recovery of health the auxiliary unit would ile be informed and work obtained for the veteran as saon soon as he be returned home the legion anil and auxiliary in arl zona have been working with ith limited means to care for or the heavy influx of almost helpless veterans the establishment li lish ment of the workshop Is expected to be a big step in solving the problem the alie shop was made possible i through the efforts of mrs john C greenway widow of gen jobs jolin C greenway outstanding irig arizona arifi world war ivar soldier A substantial building was obtained la in the central part of gueson and equipped with the necessary tools and machines disabled men are given employment for as many hours a day as their condition will permit them to work and the wives of those not uble able to work are gain employment the cactus canes are the most popular product so far that has been turned out by the arizona ME as the shop Is called they are made from cholla cactus which grows on the desert and are tipped with horn fro from an arizona steer tile the lines canes are banded with arizona copper cactus lamps book ends rocking horses hat racks traps made of copper picture frames and rugs are among the other products the Aux auxiliary illary has shown in the efficient handling of poppy day work that it Is capable of the management of the selling end of the business on a large scale it is estimated that more than was realized last peppy day which means that more than poppies were made the preceding year by disabled veterans who received one cent ench each for them the in 1 this work the legion auxiliary provides the finances for the materials out of the proceeds of the poppy sale and the elie money left over after buying tile the materials and paying the disabled the cent each for making them Is ili used in welfare work |