(b) It condemned the action of the I.W.Ws., the Anarchists, and
the International Socialists.
(c) It protested against certain nefarious business concerns who
are employing men in uniform to peddle their wares.
(d) It recommended that Congress should take steps to reclaim
arid, swamp and cut over timber lands and give the work of doing
this to ex-service men, and give the land to them when it had
been made available for farming purposes.
(e) It demanded of Congress the same disability pay for men of
the National Guard and National Army as now pertains to those in
the Regular establishment.
(f) It initiated a campaign to secure to service men their
rights and privileges under the War Risk Insurance Act.
(g) It demanded that Congress should deport to their own
countries those aliens who refused to join the colors at the
outbreak of the war, and pleaded their citizenship in other
countries to escape the draft.
(h) It undertook to see that disabled soldiers, sailors and
marines should be brought into contact with the Rehabilitation
Department of the Government, which department helps them to
learn and gain lucrative occupations.
(i) It authorized the appointment of a competent legislative
committee to see that the above recommendations were effectively
acted upon by Congress, and that committee has been appointed
and is now at work.
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