on the retroactivity of the compensa
tion raring table will await the de
j cjpion of the Attorney General of the
, United States, to whom the matter
has been referred.
In June. 1924. Congress directed
the bureau to provide a new rating
table, taking into consideration not
only the man’s disability hut also his
pre war occupetion. This table was
not issued until the first of the pres
ent year, and the bureau has ruled
that it is effective only as of the first
of last January. On the other hand,
the D. A. V. insists that it be effective
as of June. 1924. and under instruc
tion of the sixth national convention
, Atlanta last Sutamer the matter
will he taken into court should the
Department of Justice uphold the
bureau viewpoint.
Out of the campaign which the
:D. A. \. waged for reformation of
| the guardianship system of the Vet
i erans' Bureau has come the forma
tion of a legal council, composed of
outside lawyers, to advise the bureau
on legal matters. The appointments
| are in the hands of the American Bar
| Association, and Volney F. Mooney of
i Los Angeles has been nominated as
i the D. A. V. representative of this
; council.
BLACK FOR ECONOMY
LATEST FAD IN PARIS
Many Person* Discard Colored
j Gowns for Somber Dress as
Result of Plea.
>
B? the Atenr-iated Press.
1 PARIS. October 9. "The great
financial penitence" which successive
i finance ministers from Cal 11aux to
, j Poincare have told France she must
| undergo. Is responsible for the pre
; j dominance of black in day and eve
ning gowns, it is explained by dress
makers. One black dress, they say.
