The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-16
AMERICAN LEGION
CAMPAIGN PLANS
MEETING SUCCESS
New Team Captains Named.
Consider Use of -Four
Minute" Plan-COmmittee
Reports Cooperation

With renewed enthusiasm the vari-
Gus captains of teams in the member
ship campaign OF the American legion
met again at / o'clock at the Southern
club yesterday. They will meet again
at the same hour today and at every
noon hour this week.
Ben Ray and Dr. CASTOR Rogers, who
selected as team captains yesterday by
Judge Horace Wilkinson. the chairman
of the membership campaign.
Morton Simpson reported that every
big advertiser in the city had gladly
accepted the suggestion of running a
slogan to join the American legion in
| their advertising copy. In all of the
advertising copy of the large adver-
Users yesterday in all three of the
daily papers the slogan, "All ex-sol-
diera ex-sailors and ex-marines, join
| the American legion now" appeared
I Judge Horace Wilkinson appointed
I DIR. CASTOR Rogers as chief of the ball
| loon squadron. DIR. Rogers duties will
be to prepare a programme for local
| theatregoers. DR., Rogers stated that
| in New York the "four-minute men"
were behind the American legion and
| before every show a speaker appeared
and made a short talk on the ideals
of the American legion, while, when
the audience went out workers in the
| lobby issued the famous American le-
gion gold button and got the appllca-
ton blanks signed. The plan in New
| York was great success and thou
sands of members Joined.
! 'sThe same thing can happen in Bir-
mingham," said Dr. Rogers, 'and as
| am still resting I do not mind start
ing something that will get fhe re-
| turned service men together. Surely
just the consciousness of belonging to
| the one great order OF ex-service men
| should be enough for the fellow just
out of uniform. The sense of security
and power that will come to him from
| feeling that he belongs with a mem
bership of 100000 strong should help
| his morale considerably.
| Finance Officer Frank NJ. Dixon was
practically deluged with money yes
| terday as the team captains showered
| him with the dues they had vollectcd
Today Judge Wilkinson has assured
! the Southern club that 40 men Will he
! present for the luncheon
IT was stated yesterday that all whf
Joined the American legion would DC
1 entitled to the American legion buttor
| and a years subscription to the Ame~
lean Legion ma gazine. which is pub
lished weekly. and which is MAKING
such a decided impression Throughout
the country with its clear-cut policy
of standing out for the things that tht
x-service men want.
1t was stated yesterday by Judge
Wilkinson that there will be groa
mass meeting next Sunday Afternoon
at 2 o'clock at the Colonial theatre
A committee called on Manager Franz
Hammond of the Strand theatre an
he gladly turned over the Colonial the'
atre to the returned soldiers. Man
ager Hammond also assured the ooy'
that advertising slides would be run
at every performance of his theatres
for the remainder of the week adver
Using the mass meeting for next sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock.
.Tt's the least thing I can DO SAT-
Manager Hammond $50 YOU boys Jus
come ahead and I'll do everything tina
is possible to give you publicity,
meeting place and in fact anything
that is in nv line"
The American legion has been IS
sued charter by the Congress or tn
United States.