The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-12-05
Would Break The
American Legion

American Legion
Bismarck, N. d. Dec. 5. An effort on
the part of the Socialist leaders of the
Legislature to break up the strength
of the American Legion in North Da.
kota was launched through the med.
ium of the. socalled Worlds War
Veterans incidently established pre-.
cedents for all time in the state halls,
when the League voted to invite Les:
ter P. Barlow, an organizer for the w.
W. V. to address a joint session on
Friday afternoon
Barlow, who has invented a number
of pieces of war fighting apparatus
used by the air service, used the air
craft scandal as a means Of working
his audience up to high resentment
at the administration and by means of
the same generalities and innuendOes
and unsupported assertions then in
formed his audience that the American
Legion is controlled by Big Business.
The speaker was very familiar with
the aircraft scandal with which every
one is more or less familiar Going in
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| during the recent war, and by innu-
endo intimated that the American
Legion countenanced such raw steals.
He failed to mention that over 60 per
cent of the national delegates were un-
der the rank of sergeant and of their
own volition elected commissioned
men to the national offices, nor did he
mention that buck private is COM
mander Of the North Dakota Legion. a
! buck private is secretary and the ma
jority of all officers and members of
committees non-commissioned men.
He also carefully avoided mention
ing the fact that the original Worlds
! War Veterans organization was dis
solved by vote of its convention and
| the American Legion recognized as
the one service organization.
| The cause of its resurrection i'll
North Dakota is easy to fathom.
While the national organization is sS.
tinct, the Worlds War Veterans has
| been maintained in Minneapolis by
Van Lear and other socialists and is
| working as an adjunct of the Non;Pars
tisan League. . :, i :ss.8EEe. .sSs
A bill has been, introduced n&the
house providing for the establ blishMent
of an. Office. of the World War Veterans
in the state capitol bull line. This
| originally carried a provision for .an
office for American Legion as well
Ibut The Legion b officerss insisting that
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Joker which. would have permitted the
socialists to spread the colored report
IL kINr In sS1 h0yu nj.
tue Of such proffered office in the capi-
tol building. -
Harry Hopkins, employed in the
Land Commissioners office is head of
the new Bismarck World War Veter-
ans, and Art Young, Deputy State
Treasurer, has been acting secretary.
MAGAZINE MAKE FINE READING,
Bismarck, N. D. Nov. 28-Number l,
Volume / of Magazine North Da-
kota its resources and, it's opportun-
tiles" which, IT. is announced .fwill be
published monthly by the North Dakota
immigration Department, John H.
deputy; and C. G. Boise, executive sec.
retary, made its appearance Saturday.
Sandwiched in with some very excel.
lent truthful boosts appears the clever
Townleyized propaganda which it was
predicted would be cropping out, when
the immigration appropriation bill was
fought on background that 1t provided
money to pay League organizers ex.
penses ip other states: One finds an
article which has as its keynote plta
for investment in state where
"double-dividends" are possible thru
the possession of state mills, elevators
etc., intimating that such industries
are already in operation.
Three full pages; Of the 16 in the
pamphlet are given to q. discussion OF
North Dakota's Progressive Laws"
A few paragraphs selected at random
will indicate the tenor of this league
propag ganda; =: j.. -;
There has resulted campaign Of
misrepresentation and misinformation
that is deplorable and almost unbe-
Hevable."
"In North Dakota taxes are higher
this year than last year. Some of
this increase has been caused by the
fact that the buying power Of dollar
has greatly decreased in recent years.
The pamphlet does some juggling
with figures in respect to grain grading
sale of cream and the hail insurance
legislation. ignoring completely the
item of cost, the authors Of the immi.
grafton department sheet reconcile
themselves to the increased taxation
by saying 1.-THE total saving to the
farmers of the state on these three
items alone under the new wheat grad.
ink law, under the hail insurance law
and under the cream testing and regu-
latory laws, would be $20,790,000 or
over four times the total tax levy for
1919 for state purposes"
LOCAL ITEMS
On one of our tables at the rear Of
our store you will find 20 per cent
off table which consists of Mems and
Boys caps, all kinds Of knit goods,
Woolen socks etc., at 20 per cent of.
Economy Store.
If it's a photograph for Christmas,
order now. You may have to disap
point the family ii you wait. Come in
and let us demonstrate the. ."Arwall". j