Iowa Amvet (Newspaper) - September 1, 1979, Des Moines, Iowa THE IOWA HISTORICAL SOCIETY STATE HOUSE DES IOWA IOWA AMERICAN VETERANS OF WORLD WAR KOREA AND VIETNAM SEPTEMBER 1979 29 id ministration chastised for excluding veterans from Camp David domestic summit conference Chastising Carter the for Ipf veterans input from the agenda the Camp David domestic 4SS National Commander Ted Leszkiewicz called the omission a glaring example of the official White House attitude of benign neglect towards the 30 million veterans in this In a statement issued July Leszkiewicz said he noted a vast array of political and economic leaders as well as spokesmen for nearly every major interest group who were invited to the Camp David meetings for con last he not one person even remotely connected with veterans affairs was I am concerned that the President would even consider ignoring the interests of over 14 percent of the Continued on page 6 Commander Wirkler will visit Iowa City Medical Center October 17 Commander Page Wirkler will be visiting the Iowa City Medical Center on October 1979 at We are looking forward to a large delegation of and Auxiliary to attend this Anyone interested in taking part in this presentation and tour of the Iowa City Medical Center please contact Robert Box Des Iowa Iowa veterans band together to raise money for memorial to servicemen Dear Fellow lowans The Veterans of Iowa banding together to raise money for a memorial for the ser We have three sculptors working on a proposed statue of the American Doughboy to commemorate the Veterans of World War We are estimating this project to cost somewhere around The Iowa Veterans Council will select the appropriate memorials depicting the World War Korean and Since we are receiving no federal funding for this are looking to the Veterans of their friends and the ser vice organizations for These are the organizations we are looking to for help American World War Marine Marine Corp League and the Iowa Veterans Affairs We have received generous support from the American Legion As we well to get anything done it takes great amounts of Wed like to be able to get this project un derway by but since we have no funding we are looking to the generous support the People of With these statues we can create an everlasting memorial for those who gave so much to their Lets let the World War I Veterans know we Send your contributions to Ivan Redinbaugh Box Route 21 Iowa 51559 Lawrence Kopel Iowa 50120 Picture of suggested World War I Statue to be placed at the Iowa Veterans Home ACROSS THE DESK OF THE STATE Since my last time really has flown Had a good time at the Horseshoe Tour but they did not shorten the distance between stakes for Next was a full house for the 3rd District meeting at It was very hot but I can stand when and Auxiliary show up in such The held at Post 2 Des was well attended and some older problems were discussed and ironed out which I think will help all Many thanks to Post 2 for the dinner and entertainment on Saturday night and for hosting on Next came National Con vention at We had 20 and Auxiliary at the One thing can assure Iowa your delegates were in attendance at the sessions and it didnt take prodding from Items hotly contested extending cutoff date for membership and ad More detail will be available at Iowa is one of six pilot states where renewal reminders will be mailed three times from If these pilot states prove successful it will be ex to each date Iowas only problem that the correspondence will be sent to last years 7879 membership chairman as these were the names that were put into the Each Post will have to inform their last year mem chairman to cooperate with this years chairman so it will go Renewals is PAGE WIRKLER State Commander where our membership has fallen down in the so lets all work together and show what Iowa can really On September I had the pleasure of awarding at the Auxiliary Sponsored Sports held at the Mental Health Center in These patients really put out and it was truly a wonderful day Congratulations to Marian Speck and her ladies My wife and I were able to attend the 10th of ground for Clintons Post 28 Home on Met a number of old and many new Commanders Recognition Dinner will be Sept 29 at Red Cedar will be Sunday 30 at the same Dont forget to get a renewal or new member today Page Commander Help Help During the last State Executive Committee meeting it was suggested that we ask the Life Members to contribute or more to the General Fund to help pay off a loan that the Iowa Department incurred several years The Iowa Department would ap any and all Please make your check payable to Iowa Department earmarked LIFE MEMBERSHIP and mail to Iowa Box Des Iowa FUTURE DATES TO REMEMBER September Recognition Red Cedar Iowa September Executive Committee Meeting Red Cedar Iowa October Recognition AMVET Post Iowa November District Post 83 Iowa December Iowa