The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-10-12
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Oklahoma
That is tire cry vh'rh has been
sent up BY the rluk nud fiIr ~ 'hC
American lsaion membership IA ok.
lahoma ClG has been. adopted 1'
tho official oFgln a. tho eoihioI"
organization In tho state.
While scores ot verbal protests
against tho action or tho state exec
utiyo committee have been made 10
The World, Glenn Condor, former
member OF the state legislature and
a member Of the executive commit
tee OF tho joe Carson post was tho
first Tulsa man % make formal
complaint 20 the state committee.
Condont letter 10 william j. Slple,
state adjujant of the American lo-
glon in oklahoma IL a bitter hdiCt.
ment OF tho action IN selecting llar-
lows weekly as tho official organ
Il do n.i consider" COndonR let.
ted reads. "iilrlows weekly aH an
honorable publication It's standing
Is certainly not above question,
That certain members OF the le-
gion In oklahoma are attempting 10
use tho organization for political pur-
poses appears to be tho sentiment
OF many OF tho memherH OF tho local
post. 81 am absolutely opposed to
any n0tiy politician using the name
OF the legion TO further anyone's per.
aonal political ambitions" said
James ] WeatherR member OF tho
legion yesterday.
That The Oklahoman believes the
legion made mlstnke IN selecting
Hnrlow's Weekly as the official atato
pnper In shown by "A letter written
10 Condor by walter NJ IIarrlgon,
managing editor OF the newspaper,
Following is Eondon's letter to
AdJuinnt siplei
INV Dear Sir--i um Just In receipt
Of bulletin No, 4 trom your office IN
which you quote a reA1luiion passed
by the state executive committee on
September 90 referring 10 the des-
isnation OF Hnrlow's Weekly as the
official Htnte organ Of the American
legion OF Oklahoma
III hasten Ia register. my most om-
phAtic protest against this action ana
10 urge IN all sincerity that further
action under this resolution be held
UP until after the state convention
ON October 81. Upon the fhce OF IL
tho entire propoaltion seems huapi-
cious. Such an important thing ~
the selection OF n state organ Ger
tainly should not be left 20 the judg
ment Of the state executive commit
tee, especially on the very eve or
a representative caucus OF the Nari-
Gus posts of the state.
"out OF the fulness OF my years
OF experience In oklahoma as a
newspaper man and state legislator,
l can state with all tfnnkness that !
do not consider llnrlow's Weekly
an honorable publication. Its stand
ing liz certainly not above question.
While the motives OF the a@cNccutlve
committee may have been absolute
ly honest and so far ns | know there
ia no evidence 20 the contrary, the
fact remains that tho statement con
talned In the resolution to the effect
that this publication ls non par rusah,
unbiased aud the only state paper
that during tho war carried see
ton devoted exclusively to Oklaho-
mas part I'm tho war is aB matter
OF fact, untrue,
81 have tho highest personal re-
gard for the assistant state adjutant
and do not know at this time Whctet
or or not hV IL connected with the
publication that bears his name. !
would not hesitate for u moment to
emphRtlcaily condemn tho motives,
public tactics and professional stand
ing OF some who have hecn aud Tor
oil I know are slill connected with
Harlows weekly
In fairness to Mr. SIarlow him-
self Il seems 10 me that this action
In yary prematuro and lll advised. II
il as serious an Indictment of the
American legion IA this state ns
teough the orgsnizntiou-should have
been used 20 further the political
mbitions OF member or -oiiicial
In the firat place there Us mo- douh'
wide difference OF opinion ne in
whether we should have a state or
gan at all M this time. In the soc
oud place it would Doe extremely dH-
ficult to select an existing puhueh-
ton FOR this mission without get
ting one that is partisan or prrlu-
diced 10 some extent lN an means
this is rfattcr that should nos lcti
10 tho mature Judgment uf 'h" wcnl.
hership .of fhr entire state. a7 rep.
resented hy their delegates ai the
coming state gapcua.
l ana mailing optics - this letter
20 The Ta.a World thv Daily okla.
homan. Mr Horace IpEpn. COME
mnudcr uf J.u carson yn.' u. Tulsa
and Mr. Leo Daniel. too state Vice
commander.
The views F.t forth in f.e f.rsEa-
ing are from my p.rHoHf' ..1u.Uu %.
bur / shall lakr tine whole r.u.oa.
ton before fno local postal ..E mo .-
Ing on Ngducs 'aS r.Eht ut '"" week