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...Government's leprosarium at Carville, La., went American Legion National Commander Frank Nicholas Belgrano Jr. to address the 28 leprous members of the Legion's Carville Post...
PREPARE FOR FLOOD OF PROTESTS FROM OVERSEAS VETERANS WHO WILL RESENT USE OF TITLE "LEGIONARY" WITH NAME OF JAMES E. VAN ZANDT UNDER CUT P. 14 MAY 20 ISSUE TIME. AS NATIONAL COMMANDER VETERANS FOREIGN WARS, VAN ZANDT REPRESENTS NATION'S OVERSEAS VETERANS. TITLE "LEGIONARY" APPROPRIATE FOR BELGRANO BUT EXTREMELY MISLEADING AND ERRONEOUS FOR PROPER IDENTIFICATION OF VAN ZANDT...
Naturally Commander James E. Van Zandt of the VFW had as his field generals in the Senate not only the loudest inflationist, Elmer Thomas, but the loudest demagog, Huey Long. Legion Commander Frank N. Belgrano Jr. had Post-Commander, now Senator, Bennett Champ Clark as his floor leader. The two forces were opposed to each other because of rivalry, and because the Legionaire-Senator Clark, who is no end proud of his parliamentary astuteness, knew well enough that there were four to six pro-Bonus Senators, willing to vote for the "sound" Vinson Bill who would not vote...
Then the roll was called on the Patman Bill the ten Senators who had voted to substitute it for the Vinson Bill flopped back to vote against it as it was approved 55-to-33. So Legion Commander Belgrano retired from the gallery in glum defeat. Commander Van Zandt of the VFW left the gallery in triumph and proclaimed a "decisive victory." But it was decisive only as a victory of the VFW over the American Legion. Senator Robinson and his Administration friends were left, grinning, in possession of the field, sure that the President's veto could...
...time thus gained veterans were to put pressure on the President to sign the bill, on Senators to gain the necessary votes to override a veto. Commander Van Zandt asked "a million Americans''* to demand the Patman Bill's final enactment. Commander Belgrano, beaten but wishing to retire from the field with the honors of war, called on Legionaries for similar demonstrations. Telegrams at the rate of 250 an hour flooded Washington, 15,000 were delivered at the White House one day. And Father Coughlin who takes credit for having defeated the World Court, tried his influence...