Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-13
VIOLENCE AGAINST
). KRE|SLER OPPOSED
District Department of Amer
lean Legion Urges OBJ
SerVance of Law.

At a special meeting of the District of
Columbia Department of the American
Legion held last night in the new quar-
tiers S23 18th street. the local depart
Inent went on record as opposing law
less demonstration in connection with
the concert in this city of Fritz kresler.
the Austrian viOlnist. who is scheduled
to arpear next Tuesday afternoon
TIE matter was gone into thoroughly
y committee was appointed to draft
rrsoiution relating TO the subject The
committee was composed of Frank y.
Connolly who introduced the resolution
chairman: Henry Leonard and Waite
Bruc- Howe The resolution in full
follows.
Test of Resolution.
The executive corluittec Of the Dis
trict OF Columbia Deya.,acnt o! the
Amer can Legion would loo. wiki eN-
trcme disf;.vor and disappro3ation upor!
any lawi-SS demonstration or mob Vir-
1crcc instituted by any persons in the
District Of Columbia. believing as I does
that such action would definitely ind
cate lack OF faith in the established
institutions Of the republic. the funda-
mental purpose of the legion being TIE
preservation of law and cd -
The meeting was attended by the
commanders of nearly every one Of
the twenty organized posts in the Dis
trict. together WITH T. stat! )f ~"
Iartmept commander. T. Lester
Jones. department commander. pre-
sided. with Department Adjutant
Howard :. Fisk recording the min
uteS-
D'Oiicr Makes Address.
While the committee was in session
Franklin D'olier. who was recently
elected national commander of the
American Legion at Minneapolis. sur
prised the meeting by his presence
He was given rousinC reception and
made his first address before any post
of the legion since beinC Inaugural ted
national commander In the course OF
his remarks he took occasion to refer
TO the excellent wor-l that had been
accomplished. He said that 100000
numbers had been enrolled in the OF
sanization up to the present time and
that 2.GCe.U" was the goal for the
coming year.
He told of the fundamental prin
Ciples on which the organization was
founded and what ii stood for. prin-
cipaIiy law and order and 100 per
cent Americanism. He compared the
value OF the American Legion to the
United States and expressed regret
that a similar organization had not
been initiated in England at the con-
cluSion of the war. He alluded to the
100. 01o. t0o patriotic citizens with
HON the members of the legion must
cooperate and who were just as loyal
and patriotic and law-abiding as the
members of the orga nization. At the
conclusion of his address an informal
reception was held.
No Action by Women's Legion.
The American Women's Legion of
the Great War. as an organization.
has taken no action looking to the
pre- ventiou of the appearance OF
Kreisler. according 10 statement
made by the legion's president this
morning.
1t was said yesterday that mem
hers OF the organization are opposed
10 permitting the former officer IN
the Austrian army to play here. as
are members of the II. \. K. and
other patriotic bodies. While admit
ting that such feeling of opposition
may exist in the legion, its executive
said that it is rot known how preva-
lent the opposition is and that no
action in the matter has been taken
by the legion