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Show VETERANS FOR SMITH Say Hoover Ignored Disabled Soldiers; Attack Red-Tape an(J Bureaucracy! Cits Governor's Record. Endorsing Governor Alfred E. Smith as a tried and true friend ol the ex-service man. a group of former soldiors of national reputation, led by General Henry T. Allen, former Commander Com-mander of the Army of Occupation, has formed the National Democratic Veterans Organization, to direct a campaign on behalf of the Democratic candidate among the veterans of the country. Among those who attended the am meeting of the organization in New York were General Edward A. Logan of Boston, Commander of tne wew England Division in the world war; Major General John P. O'Ryan of New Yoflf, Commander of the 77th Division; Divi-sion; Major Bernard Ryan of Albion, N. Y.; Commander B. C. Kay and former for-mer Commander William Jones of the Veterans of Foreign Wars; Major William F. Deegan, former Commander Command-er of the American Legion; Col. J. Monroe Johnson of Marion, S. C; Col. John Noonan of Springfield, Mass., and James J. Hoey, vice chairman chair-man of the Democratic National Committee. Com-mittee. Replying to the "specious arguments" argu-ments" of Republican speakers that Governor Smith had been unfriendly to war veterans In criticizing the alleged al-leged economy of the Republican Administration, Ad-ministration, General Allen said: "Governor Smith in his speech of acceptance, instead of finding fault with the appropriation for aid of disabled dis-abled war veterans, approved them. What he did criticize is the intolerable intoler-able ed-tape, technicalities and bureaucracy' bu-reaucracy' which has marked the administration ad-ministration of these funds under Republican Re-publican rule. "In his speech of acceptance, Mr. Hoover completely ignored the plight of the disabled war veterans throughout through-out the nation. "That Governor Smith's fullest sympathies sym-pathies are with the war veterans and that he believes they deserve the fullest full-est measure of assistance from a grateful Republic, is shown by the fact that under his administration as Governor Gov-ernor of New York State he signed Jegislation providing a liberal state bonus; special recognition under state civil service laws; providing an annual an-nual grant of J500 a year to blind veterang of any American war who are residents of New York State; and an appropriation of $10,000,000 for a state hospital for the sole care of New York's disabled veterans."..." |