The Milwaukee Leader

CHARGE OF RAW DEALS TO VETS TO BE PROBED

BULLETIN.

By The United Press.

WASHINGTON—Hospitalization of veterans of the World war "is a blot on the record of the administration," Senator Harreld, Oklahoma, declared today in the senate in an attack on the veterans' bureau.

Senator Ashhurst, New Jersey, also joined in the attack.

WASHINGTON—Charges of waste, extravagance, and mismanagement of the veterans' bureau will be the subject of a thorough inquiry, beginning next week.

The senate yesterday adopted a resolution creating a special committee of three members and empowered it with authority to sit during the adjournment of congress.

The committee will be headed by Senator Reed, Republican, Pennsylvania, who won the distinguished service medal as a major in the 311th field artillery in the World war. The other members of the committee will be Senator Walsh, Democrat, Massachusetts, a member of the special committee which investigated the treatment of disabled ex-service men last year, and Senator Oddie, Republican, Nevada.

To Investigate Contracts.

Senator Reed said the policy of the committee would be to work in harmony with Gen. Hines, recently appointed by President Harding to head the veterans' bureau, "as far as it is possible and consistent with a thorough investigation of the serious charges that have been made against the operation of the veterans' bureau."

The senate directed the committee "to investigate the leases and contracts executed by the veterans' bureau or the treasury department, for vocational schools and hospitals, and for the purchase, rentals, and sales of real estate and supplies used or to be used, directly or indirectly, by the veterans' bureau, and the matters and conditions in the premises set forth, and to report their findings, together with recommendations for the improvement of such conditions, to the next regular session of congress."

Complain of Delays.

It is set forth in the preamble that complaints are being made against alleged delay by the bureau in the adjustment of claims for the relief of disabled veterans, and that there has been great and needless delay in the construction of hospitals and in providing proper hospitalization, as a result of which unnecessary suffering exists.