■r-r- _i: » n in i 'inrnrT^llHT FEBRUARY, 1944 ce Staff POSTMASTER:The PLEASE DO NOT SEND Natio NOTICE egionnaire ON FORM 3578 If a notice has already been sent to the publishers of The American Legion Magazine, Dedicated to the the Firing Line rhlcago. III., with respect to ■ copy similarly addressed. •&>*• Vol. 10 Indianapolis, Intl.. March, 1944 No. 3 79 SENATORS SPONSOR LEGION 8. SLONEKER BILL OF RIGHTS FOR WAR VETS IADES IN Quick Passage by Upper House House Moves Toward Senatorial Action Presages Like Prompt Action on Bill ITRESS Is Forecast for Revised Measure As support for a revised Amer- House Progress, Says Atherton ican Legion Omnibus Bill of National Legionnaire Rights for War II veterans be- to conduct a general Solid Support of Legion and Friends in Field Results gan to assume landslide propor- National Commander Reports That House Has Not Had ns column, it will in Breaking All Legislative Records of 169 Years tions in the Senate, Representa- Opportunity for Full Consideration; Continued 0 assist In locating tive John l-:. Rankin, of Missis- i statements are re- When 79 Senior Statesmen Co-Author sippi, chairman of the House Support Necessary; Must Not Relax ort of various claims. Revised Omnibus Bill of Rights Committee on World War Vet- Until Bill Becomes Law 1 be directed to the erans' Legislation, Introduced a bilitation Committee new omnibus measure. Incor- can Legion, 1608 K Breaking 1G9 years of United States Senate history with an porating the amendments agreed National Commander Warren H. Atherton, of The American Washington, D. C. unprecedented show of strength, The American Legion secured upon by Senator Clark's sub- Legion issued the following statement at the conclusion of the :tee wants informa- 79 Senators as (sponsors of its revised. Omnibus "Bill of Rights" committee. He began public Senate sub-committee hearing on the Legion's Omnibus Bill: erans who know of hearings on this bill on March for World War II veterans when it was introduced in the Upper 10, exactly two months after the "The fact that 79 United States Senators have agreed to spon- ■miry, lnt Division.—Alex- House by Senator Bennett 0. Clark of Missouri, a past national sor and co-author the re-introduetion of The American Legion asetl, served as a private date of the introduction of the nit His widow wishes to commander, on March 13. The new bill is S. 17G7. original Legion omnibus bill In Omnibus 'Bill of Rights' brings tremendous satisfaction to me. comrades who recall the Never before has a single piece of legislation been thrown the House. "It means that regardless of party, more than three score of -c! In 1918; also anyone into the senatorial hopper with such^ As this Issue of The National ness when returning from ■^the most experienced legislators in 0 Mrs. Francea Mlzer, 52 an overwhelming support. This Legionnaire goes to press, Chair- the United States have recognized ston, Pa. record-breaking endorsement by man Rankin had not yet com- the proposed law as sound and rkman, 60 Rea Avenue, more than two-thirds of the 96 Consideration pleted his hearings. National Strong Support necessary. , who served on the USS members assured swift passage by Legislative Director Francis M. "It means that the leaders of our < locate any of his .snip Sullivan was optimistic regard- the injuries he received the Senate just after this issue of Of Legion Bill Given Omnibus government, many of whom have ulder and eyes while on The National Legionnaire went to ing swift developments in the served most of their adult lives in bay of the above-men- press. House. However, he asked every national office, "-realize the im- mentions particularly the Legionnaire to watch the daily it'n j, i in in Vincent Derrah, The revised bill included all the Is Commended Bill for Vets portance of the problem and the press, and if favorable action does uguatlne. Frederick Wil- main provisions of the original bill value of the proposed remedial n S. Mather and George introduced January 11, except the not quickly materialize, to re- legislation. Colmery Expresses Thanks double their efforts to strengthen New Jersey, Boston, War mustering-out pay title, which was "It should be an augury that the rell, now hospitalized in support from the home sectors. pital, Bath, N. Y., wishes enacted separately. Incorporated To Senate Committee for Dads Join in Calling members of the House will likewise Boyce, who was a mem- only in the new Omnibus Bill were be impressed by the equitable and i Mallet Reserve,^ French Favorable Action For Enactment fair measures proposed to aid the the veteran or John A. certain clarifying amendments to Roll of Co-Authors of • Officer, The American make the measure workable. disabled and to help the demo- 1 Ave., Mlneoln, N. Y. This greatest of American Le- Speaking with a voice filled with Revised Omnibus Bill Joining in the general demand bilized to fit themselves back into ilth, 422 Hamilton St., gion legislative victories in the emotion, Past National Command- Joining as co-authors of the re- for the enactment of legislation to the daily life of their communities. erved on the USS Anlwa. er Harry W. Colmery, of Topeka, "Hundreds of thousands of tele- :e any of his former ship- United States Senate came under vised American Legion Omnibus protect the veterans of the current I his trouble caused by the personal leadership of Na- Kans., expressed to United States "Bill of Rights" for World War II grams, letters and petitions from war in certain rights, the legisla- tional Commander Warren H. Ath- Senator Bennett Champ Clark, of veterans, introduced in the Senate citizens throughout the country in- n., 101st Infantry, 2Bth Missouri, and the other members ture of New Jersey, by the adop- dicate the American people want H. Cromer wishes to lo- erton. Serving as an American Le- on Monday, March 13, were mem- served with this outilt gion board of strategy under Com- of Senator Clark's veterans' sub bers of the United States Senate tion of Senate Concurrent Resolu- this law to provide their sons with le time he received burns mander Atherton's direction were committee of the Senate Finance from nearly every state in the Union. tion No. 8 on February 28, called jobs, homes and adequate provi- mustard gas. He men- National Legislative Director Fran- Committee, the thanks and grati A record-breaking total of 79 senior on Congress for action. sions for rehabilitation. lst Lieutenant E. J. Car- tude of The American Legion for "Members of the House of Rep- >h McClonc and Sergeants cis M. Sullivan, National Rehabili- statesmen aflixed their names to "The Congress of the United Arthur Cook. Write Lew- tation Director T. O. Kraabel, its earnest and favorable considera- the revised measure, thus assuring States is memorialized and request- resentatives have not yet had op- e-Commander, The Amer- NatiQnal Rehabilitation Chairman tion of its Omnibus "Bill of Rights' its prompt and certain passage by ed to enact legislation to provide portunity for full consideration of innellsburg, Pa. Robert W. Sisson of Little Rock, at the concluding public hearing the Upper House. Party lines were ample opportunities for educational this measure and will, doubtless, neers.—Joseph S. Primos, March 10. lergeant with this outfit Ark.; John Stelle, former governor cast aside; the co-authors number and vocational training for all hon- want to hear from the mothers and 1016. until June, 1920, of Illinois and chairman of a spe- Appearing as the last witness, 50 Democrats, 28 Republicans, and orably discharged World War II fathers of men and women in the anyone who recalls the cial committee which drafted the Colmery said, in part: 1 Progressive. veterans," says the resolution. An- service on this important matter. ie received when i shell other section asks the Administra- "Those who are interested in the In which he and H. R. bill, and many others. "As you now approach the clos- The senatorial sponsors are: 11. T. Leonard were seek- Behind these legislative front ing of the hearings on this legisla- Alabama—Lister Hilt and John II. tor of Veterans' Affairs and the future welfare of our men and about May 28, 1918. in leaders were the 58 departments, tion, on behalf of The American Bankhead. Federal Board of Hospitalization to women in the aimed services tor. Write R. C. Chat- 12,000 posts and more than 1,200,- Legion I want to express our thanks Arizona—Carl Hayden and Ernest complete the construction of a gen- should redouble their efforts to in- leer. The American Le- form Congress of the popular will Shreveport, La. 000 Legionnaires, the Auxiliary, the and grateful appreciation for the " W. McFarland. eral medical and surgical hospital ■a Infantry.—Charles W. (Continued on page 3) (Continued on page 3) Arkansas—Mrs. Hattie W. Caraway (Conlinued on page 2) and popular desires." th this unit us wagoner and John L. McClellan. to August, 1919; com- passed at the same time California — Sheridan Downey and ■in:; overseas are request- Hiram W. Johnson. fe, Mrs. Ora Adams, Box Illinois Presents Petitions to Colorado—Edwin C. Johnson and National Executive Committee lb, llun Battalion, 26th Divl- Eugene Millikln. oned at LaFert, France, Delaware—C. Douglass Buck. was kicked by a mute, Congress for War II Rights Bill Florida—Claude Pepper and Chas. To Hold Meeting in Washington linat Injury. One of his O. Andrews. m an anti-tetanus injec- to the Veterans' Subcommittee of islative and rehabilitation pro- to locate anyone who Nearly 400,000 Signatures Georgia — Walter F.