The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-12
ASK THAT
BERGER Be
DEPORTED
American Legion Votes to Ask
Federal Authorities to Can
eel Citizenship of
Socialist.
CONVENTION ENDS TODAY
Veterans Pledged to be Non-Politicai
and in Favor of Universal
Military Training for
Youth.
CONVENTION ENDS TODAY
[By L. R. Blanchard, United Press

lBy l.. X. Blanchard, United HreSS
! Staff Correspondent
! MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Nov. IL
The American Legion prepared to-
day for final attack upon the pusl-
neaI before the organization. The
convention will end tonight.
| 1t was to be BUSY day with the
election OF officers coming up and a
number of important resolutions to be
acted upon.
The legion today stood pledged to
| be non-political, permitting no legion
officer OF any rank to hold salaried
elective Office or to involve the legion
/ in politics.
1t stood for universal military train
! ing with distinction against COM
pulsory military service in times OF
peace. The training would not be
under the general staff. A large
standing army was denounced as un-
democratic.
The legion unanimously voted to de-
mand that federal authorities take
proper steps to cancel the citizenship
of Victor Berger of Milwaukee and to
deport him. Congress was asked to
| Investigate the record of Congressman
Voigt. of wisconsin, for having sus-
tanned Berger.
/ The election of officers was to bring
into full play the latent politics OF
the country. There we're dark horses
jby the corral-full to combat with
Franklin D'Olier, Pennsylvania, for
the honor.
An underscurrent of feeling that Of
fcers shall not dominate the legion
made it possible there would be
strong fight for an enlisted man as
chairman.
War Department censured.
TBy L. R. Blanchard, United Press
Staff Correspondent
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Nov. u. =
The war department was censured by
the American Legion here today as
contributing to the spread of anti
Americanism through leniency with
conscientious objectors.
Resolutions drawing parallel be-
tween punishment of violators OF mill
tary discipline and the C. O.'s were
adopted unanimously. Withdrawal OF
the honorable discharges granted the
objectors and deportation OF aliens
among them was urged.
Aliens got rough treatment in reso-
lutions adopted The legion recon-
mended two years of probation for
immigrants, provisions for teaching
them English, no softness for mill
tary prisoners who refused to serve in
the army; the filing of records OF inn
migrants with every naturalization
court.
The "parlor socialist" and bolshevik
were condemned and the justice de
partment urged to act against them
instead of being mere passive evil
dence collecting agency
The legion took immediate notice
today of the attack on legionnaires at
Centralia, Washington, yesterday.
Attorney General Thompson of
washington reported the occurrence,
reading kilograms reporting three
legionnaires killed and three injured
bv fire from headquarters of the /. w.
w. in Centralia.
Cheers greeted the announcement
that one of the attackers had been
hanged and sixteen more captured.
These were more than drowned in
cheers following announcement that
legionnairres had assisted in preserV-
ing order after the attack
Resolutions demanding congress
sional action were adopted at once.
Speakers on the resolution, includ-
ing Vice Chairman Sullivan, of
Wahsington, called for "vigilante
punch" in legal procedure against rad
icals.
The "anti-American propaganda
committee" was expected to follow up
the action with vigorous denunciatlon
of the reds" and luke warm Ameri-
canism.
The legion temporarily sidestepped
resolutions offering the full strength
of posts and the legion in crises de-