"
MR. KNOX: "Mr. Chairman, I move you, sir, the suspension of the rules
to a sufficient extent so that we may table the substitutes which have
been offered to the original resolution offered by the committee."
Motion seconded by Mr. Bond of New York and carried.
THE CHAIRMAN: "The question now comes back to the original
resolution."
The question was called for and it was adopted.
MR. ACKLEY: "Mr. Chairman, I have another amendment to offer."
THE CHAIRMAN: "It's too late. The secretary will read the next
resolution."
CHAPTER XI
THE DISREGARD OF SELF
I feel almost as if the next matter under discussion should have not
only a special chapter devoted to it but be printed in large type and
in distinctive ink, for I do not believe that anything so thoroughly
gave evidence of the utter disregard of self in the Legion as did the
flat refusal of the delegates to tolerate what has been called in some
quarters, the "Pay Grab."
The minutes read:
SECRETARY WOOD (Reading): "ADDITIONAL PAY FOR ENLISTED MEN."
"WHEREAS, the financial sacrifice of the enlisted persons in the
military and naval service of the United States in the world war was
altogether in excess of that of any other class of our citizenship,
and
"WHEREAS, the great majority of these persons left lucrative
employment upon joining the colors, and
"WHEREAS, this direct financial sacrifice was made at a time when
men, many of them aliens who thrived in safety at home, were enjoying
the advantages of an exceptionally high war wage, and
"WHEREAS, the service which involved this sacrifice was a Federal
service in defense of our national honor and national security,
therefore be it
"RESOLVED: That the delegates to this caucus of those who served with
the colors in the world war urge upon the members of the 66th Congress
the justice and propriety of appropriating a sufficient sum from the
National Treasury to pay every person who served in the enlisted
personnel in the military or naval service for a period of at least
six months between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, six months
additional pay at the rate of $30.
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