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y DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS' MONTHLY, MAY 27, 1958 WHOLE NUMBER 914 -.....,...--,~ -~~ .~........,-.-~."..,..--~...,,,--~-.,, .... ~,. '''''''''.,.. ,,... ----""""'------ .,..,...., A V Membership Nears "'''AMess(lge FO"T Me,!Ulritd Day '" "' Hogan Blasts V A's Rulings DO/OOO-All-Time Hight We Will Not Forget by :aneiS ~aJ.-dinal .~P~~~Jl CINNATI, Ohio-"With only 412 more members needed His Eminence, F .. Resulting From Claims Review f May Day, it is a certainty that the DAV will exceed last 's membership and there is a good chance for the organiza Protests VA's Proposed Changes to exceed its 1958 quota by passing the 200,000 mark for the In Official R,ating Schedule time in history," was the comment of National Commander EMORIAL DAY! Our prayers of gratitude incense the Alabama Widow I E. Frederick Jr. as he studied the membership records of WASHINGTON, D. C.-The National Director of Claims, 51 state and 1899 local units during a brief stop at National M heavens for those whose lives have bought our Named DAY Cicero F. Hogan, has presented to Olin E. Teague, Chairman dquarters here this month. freedom upon the altar of war's cruel sacrifice. Forget of the Veterans Affairs Committee of the House, briefs "on fifty additional cases submitted as further evidence of the and Rhode Island should have no the valiant dead? We can not bt'eathe one breath or live Sign Them for Life difficulty in joining the Red Ban- Mother of Year vicious results of the 1954 Review which is apparently con erobel'ship figures available to ner Corps. Ohio, Indiana, Wash one moment which has not been bought by their heroic CINCINNATI, Ohio-An Ala- tinuing. In our opinion, and almost without exception, these commander aIld those pUbliSh- I ington, Oregon, North Carolina, bama widow who travels more than severances of service connection are not in accordance with n this paper reflect the Chap- California, Illinois, Mississippi, blood. We can not, we will not forget. 200 miles each week to perform Department and National to- Pennsylvania and New York can voluntary services for hospitalized the law or the regulations and directives of the VA. They But what of the living heroes, the four million who as received at Headquarters climb the hill by putting on a few disabled veterans has been named are what we are pleased to call 'percentage severances' - DAV Mother of the Year by the decisions accomplished under pressure in an effort to meet . of May 1, 1958. While only pounds of extra steam but it will wear the wounds of selfless struggle, the living veterans members are needed to pass be very difficult if not impossible I Disabled American :Vete.ra~s na- I the 'percentage of severances' demanded by Central Office." tional headquarters III CmClnnatl. L Still D· d d year's mark the DAV needs for Maine, District of Columbia, disabled for our sake, who daily die the living death of A xilia y Member aw lsregar e ~ UTe 2693 more members dur- Virginia, West Virginia, Alabama, pain? Shall they have no part in our l'emembrance on this She is UMrS. r Mary Wilson, 45, I "These additional cases. are of- plans to .drastically revise the. of May and June to "Go Over the South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, widow of a World War I veteran fered as evidence that entitlement hClal ratmg schedule. We believe . " with more than 200,000 in Arizona, and Nevada to build up hallowed day? These are they who with virile valor faced and mother of a deceased Korean I under the law, applying the es- the recommended changes ~ortend family before June 30, 1958. enough steam and energy and de- disabled veteran a resident of Mo- 'I tablished and accepted policies greatly harmful e~fects In the y 210 more annual members sire at this late date to be classed the advancing foe, with calm courage stood their ground, bile and an active member of the and directives of the VA, based pres~n~ compensation program. needed to pass last year's mark in other than the "also ran" cate- with forthright fortitude bore the wracking wounds Pri~hard, Alabama, DAV Auxili- on equity and justice, is still being Prelurunary ru:afts of some of the 31,375 and 202 more life mem- gory. These 30 states need a com ary. Her selection symbolizes all disregarded. Indeed, 'p~rce~tage p~oposed reVISions have been fu~ are needed to pass last year's bined total of 4054 to equal 1957. and won the victory that America might live in the whole mothers throughout the nation of severances and reductIOns sup- rushed the DAV. We are now. m erceding law and regulations is, the process of caref~lly studymg total of 65,375. Of 1899 Chap- If all 30 would make the effort ness and unity of freedom's peace. These are the fOUl' e 963 have exceeded last year and climb the hill the DAV would apparently, still the objective," the proposals and w~.ll report to 320 of them have equaled or go over the 200,000 goal with a million who rode into the valley of death and endured the Mr. Hogan said. you soon our analYSIS and reac ded their 1958 quotas. As of gallop. These states and their re The briefs with the accompany- tion to these proposed revisions." I there were 936 chapters quirements to reach the Red col- maiming blows of bitter conflict that the wounded world ing letter were delivered in person Gives Teague DAV's Views eh had not as yet equaled their umn follow: might be healed by the blessed balm of liberty. by Mr. Hogan accompanied by Mr. He also gave Chairman Teague Chester A. Cash, Assistant Di- a list of proposed changes or re totals. S. C., 7; Hawaii, 11; Al"k., 12; With sorrowful heart often have I.seen them-those rector of Claims for the Disabled visions in the 1945 Schedule for Late Rally Urged Tenn., 16; Wis., 18; Nev., 30; N. J., American Veterans. The following Rating Disabilities submitted by 34; R. 1., 37; Colo., 38; Wyo., 38; once crllshed upon the battlefields of Europe, broken upon day the same information was way of protest over these proposed mmander Frededck and all La., 44; Ia., 45; Ore., 47; S. D., 57; brought to the attention of the changes in the Schedule by the bers of his staff are making Ariz., 84; D. C., 101; Wash., 103; the broad Pacific's isles, tOIn asunder on Korea's heart Administra tor and other officials VA. "We believe that a cursory effort to encourage every Miss., 103; Me., 104; Ind., 119; breaking hills. Proudly they will carry their scars of battle of the VA during an hour-long examination of the VA's proposed pteI' and Department to put Va., 145; N. C., 151; W. Va., 181; conference. changes will readily explain our a late recruiting rally in an Pa., 299; TIl., 309; Ohio, 321; Cal., to the grave, yet wonder they must at our unmindfulness. DAV Deeply Concerned apprehension and at the same time to get all units over their justify the DAV's action in con 328; N. Y., 346; Ala., 399; and Shall they, then, be forgotten on this day of memories '! Mr. Hogan also advised Chair June figures. The best way utah,527. vention assembled demanding leg o after new or inactive mem Iman Teague that, "The DAVis islation that will bring about a Shall they who bled to save us all not know the thanks also greatly concerned over the , according to Past Command 9th District Leads 'freeze' of the 1945 Schedule as ohn Golob of Hibbing, Minn., and help of those they saved? proposed manner in which the VA now written," he concluded. · g May and June is to sell In the District race, the 9th Mrs. Mary Wilson on the DAV, collect $10.00 as passed last year during April and America, God-blesseil land, embrace your injured who are dOing a magnificent job year's and next year's dues will be one of the first to have soldier sons. In the blessed Name of Christ, Whose wounds send in the ten bucks as a all its states flying Red banners. in helping disabled veterans re Clark Urges Action On payment on Life Member When Iowa gets 45 more members were borne for us, hold out your hands to console, to turn to normal living. that way to get him for at the four midwest states can start Mrs. Wilson was selected for strengthen, and to heal our veterans disabled by the the DA V national award on the t these two years and he .can plowing for the 362 needed for their quota. Now the 8th, 1st, 9th, brutal strokes of war. Take to your heart those occasion of Mother's Day. me a full-paid Lifer if he pays Hospital Activities Bills Mandated By DAV 14th, 10th, and 5th have passed or $10.00 a month until the whose hearts poured OLlt their purpk blood for ce of $90.00 is cared [or. He their 1957 figures even though From her home in Alabama, Wis., TIl., R. 1., Me., Iowa, Ark., Mrs. Wilson travels once a week Letter To Teague Asks Early have until June 30, 1960 to us, for peace, that freedom's holy light might to veterans' hospitals in Biloxi and that balance. S. D., N. C., and S. C., have not never dim. Gulfport, Mississippi, where she Consideration Of Vital Legislation yet made their goals.