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& THE AND This largest of Veterans' Organizations faces a very great responsibility now, and in the immediate future. The American Legion can make one of the greatest contributions to the welfare of this great Republic if it assumes that responsibility and I am sure it will do just that. Congress has passed the most comprehensive Servicemen's relief legislation ever passed in the history of this Country. This legislation, ds sometimes referred to as the G.I. Bill of Rights as sthe Services Readeredment act of 1944. Under that Bill, which by the way, originated in the Senate under the sponsorship of Senator Bennett Champ Clark of Missouri, and some