At the annual convention of the American Legion at San Francisco four major aims were enunciated in his keynote presidential address by Alvin M. Owsley, retiring National Commander. These were:
1) Hospitalization; 2) Reliabilitation; 3) Adjusted compensation (Legionese for the soldiers' bonus) ; 4) Americanization. All of them, according to Commander Owsley, have been measurably advanced during the past year.
That the bonus will pass the next Congress with more than the two-thirds majority necessary to override the President's veto seems assured, according to preliminary announcements of the voting intentions of...
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