The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1919-09-25
APPEAL MADE FOR
AMERICAN LEGION
September ls 1919

deliver hIs speech Oh the purpose and
the future Of the American Lsgion
also, together with ilr. Abraham as a
delegate from our local Post. and Mr..
Wilbur and DR.. PiHe0. attended tie
state convention Of the Legion
am convinced that the American
Legion, as a national organization,
will do a wonderful amount of good.
both tor Is own members ana for the
nation at large and that il Will regu-
late many national questions and stand
al the back Of many uubllc officer iu
putting down the red flag | am also
convinced that our local Post with d
present membership of 42 and an elIg-
lble list Of four or i've hundred. can do
a lot Of good locally and that We can
have some very pleasant meetings and
social affairs If the eN service men of
the county will take an active interest.
Although You may think now You
would ike To forget the war. the time
is sure To come when you. eN-servIce
man, viii be as anxious to relate your
experiences as are your fathers and
grandfathers of today.
The American Legion is the perma-
nent after the war organization. The
Portland Post has memberhsp of
5000 and there are two men kept busy
at the Liberty Temple receiving apph-
cations. Astoria as a large Post and
they are getting right down to work.
| understand that Astoria had more
slackers than any other town in the
state and the Astoria Post SAYS they
are going TO get every one of them 10
leave town. 1t strikes me that the
Hood River Post Of the American l.e-
gion is we'll qualified to appoint a re-
cepton committee for the reception Of
any of SAID slackers who might wish
to come to Hood River
A membership campaign has been
started throughout the United States
to enroll as many of the 4, 800, 00O eX-
service men and women as possible,
and the state Of Oregon has taken up
the campaign TO enroll as many Of the
81 or 81 thousand eN-service men ard
women who left Oregon as possible,
and Hood River county has been called
on TO capture as many of four or five
hundred who left Hood River AS possl-
Bile
Oregon led all the States in all the
drives during the war, and Hood River
was among the leading counties Of the
state at all times That spelled Amer
icanism for Oregon and Hood River
and that lust what the American
Legion is gong 10 be. 100 per cent
American, and its gong to believe
that the man who wouldn't fight for
his country shouldn be allowed to live
here and that he should be conducted
to the country from whence he came
That THE man who does not speak the
American language, or does not try to
learn it, should be sent to the place
where they speak his language. The
Legion is gong TO try to make il plain
to the employer that the man who left
his employ TO enter the service made a
sacrifice and that on his return he is
entitled to his job again. even though
the employer might be required to dis
charge a Stacker. Therefore, ! see 10
reason why the eX-seryice men and
women of this county should not have
an organization.
Our local Post has membership
committee, but it is composed Of busy
men, and ] am going to ask that YOU
DO not wait until one of them calls on
i1ation i for The ev.eervica ,,a,, and
women its yours, and you are expect
.tuct togethar@ lsoma of No diG,,t do
y,,,ch 6Ghtirr hut ,v, stncL tonatbo,.l
/ Tots sal, tn9athor Ujhot Al ,,,, sa,,3
4 0nr rovt Ieatinn cnn,os M f,.t
Norday nioht nf ortohar Qo,rtncl ~
th. non,t hou.e Officers INV. baan
nnn,inatad and Win he elacted at that
n,antinn Mayhe Won vleren't no,,in
ated fnr IN otEra hSc.,usr Nm unrn', i
q n,.,obar If il = tba nleasr,e If tnot
o,not,ng r,,les viii he snsnandad AMI
fnrther non,inations will bn renewed
~ that !, WON'T ha no.sihIe fn, tba
feu, a. h. yta,p asl.ad ~ o4t tbis org.n.
i1atinn .tartad tn ba aerusej nr nm.
r,,n thinns lie an nroani,at,nr far
vnn and its nm IN vo, t0 Oct in and
bsIn rnn If Rnsiress detornlinirr IN
FStpra nf onr nr@eni2ation WI, NH 1ome
nm for attention at that meeting. Com.
nIitteee ara IN ba annointad CIuh
rooms IF the organization vii he dis
rnssnd W. have ! renresentatjve from
ou1 Posi- TO the national convention.
m, Abraham and we want IN heyin -
,nst,nct hin, in regard n cartain lsais-
Iativo matter tbat il to come bafnre
tha national convention plans far
sncia meatinge during tho winter
months sbould he discussed The gov.
ar,,r,a,,t u.ants to knor uhat the
American euion thinks ahont the nm
nnsad addit;onal bonus nov hefore Fan.