Weekly journal-miner., 1919-08-20
LEGION PRESENTS ITS PLAN
 BUILD COMMUNITY HOUSE
(From Saturdays Daily.)

to erect as Yavapai county's memor- ial 10 the soldier-dead and emblem of victory for the surviving soldiers, was placed before representative body of citizens at a luncheon yes terday noon, and accepted for con sideration by a committee appointed out of that meeting. Service to the community is the ideal on which the enterprise will be founded, and CO., operation of all interests will be sought to put it through
 Briefly, the plan is to build a struc- ture to house all community activi- ties, plus facilities for athletics, read ing and writing, dormitories, swim ming pool and showers and such other activities as may properly be conducted in such an institution. The plant proposed to be erected will be patterned closely after those put up by Y. Nj. C. A. organizations, but will add to the facilities of such in stitutions by reason of the diversity of interests organizing and directing 1t.
 At the meeting were representa- tives of such organizations as the Y. NJ. C. A., Knights of Columbus, War Camp Community Service, fra ternal organizations and the Ernest Love Post of the American Legion. Provision for the participation of all so-called community organizations was insisted upon in the discussion. The concensus of opinion was strongly in favor of an institution designed to give the service proposed , by the executive committee of the legion; the only diversity of views concerned the manner in which the objects could be attained
 From a number of speakers, the meeting secured good, solid ideas, which will be worked up by the CO operative committees, whose report Is sought to be returned to the gen e-d; meeting at an carly datc-not later than Labor Day
 Chairman C. E. Yount announced briefly that the legion had proposi- ton to make, and called on Com r,ander Southworth to make it. pr Southworth contented himself witt reading the resolution passed by th' executive committee of the legion and telling how it came to be passed He said that the executive committed =. had organized and discussed the tu ture of the associatoin. The ques ton arose whether it would be bet ter to coniine the post activities tc occasional meetings or to go out into the community and begin to mak' the presence of the former servlct rlca's, organizations felt 1t was le cided to dc the latter, and the me norial, dedicated to the honore' dead and devoted to the service O =. the young men and women, becaH' the concrete expression of The ie gicn's ideals.
 H. D. Aitken, the first speaker warmly commended the project, bu raised the point that anything s' devoted to community service shoul' carry provision for the women. E. J. Mitchell pointed out that tn legion provided for auxiliary mem ., bership for women and girls wh had participated in war work of an. class. He said he was conscious O the opposition of many overseas sol diers to the Y. M! (. A. and though that the legion could unite in its be half all interests.
 ]. A. Hope seconded the remark of NIr Mitchell.
 T. c. Norris expressed desire | support any proposition the legio had trusting that the men in the le zion were able to adyaince onl worthy plans. He was glad to Sc an indication of the union of variou struggling organizations and pointe out that the legion had its roots every home, whether that home gay of it's members to the service or no Tt has the immediate, vital strengt to work for the common good" h said. Success is assured if the legio can recruit the strength of hithert annless or antagonistic organization and replace the rather numerot small bodies.
 Robert E. Morrison, representa- the Knights of Columbus, said thel was no doubt about the great nee for such a project. Ii should | formed along social and athlet lines. All being agreed on tni point. there remained only to di cover the best means of attainir the object. He felt that the sent ments of the people toward the fo mer soldiers was such that the would command strong popular SUI port. He said it was a "wonderf plan
 Judge r. o. Smith said the prop sition was void of any strength if did not aim to consolidate contrc Responsibility must rest somewher he said.
 Dixon Fagerberg described the c alition of warning elements amor the ancient canal companies into u ~ ., D.---- Nr,Ita,- NITatar TTcerc' q SC