The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-10-10
OUT THE sLACKERs

WEDDING OUT THE SLACKERS
The American Legion, the organi-
cation of the young men who fought
for the freedom of the world, the
young men who served in the army,
navy and marine corps, is doing
= splendid work in wedding out the
slackers" and holding them up to
public ridicule and shame. The alien
Stacker who refused to do military
duty, and withdrew his application for
naturalization must go back to the
country from, which he came. The
American Legion demands this and
congressman, rank towards as most
of them are when it comes to taking
a stand against any foreign element
which may have voters in their con-
gressional districts, will be confronted
with the choice between the American
Legion vote and the foreign vote.
As the Legion will be thoroughly or
ganized and will make it a point to
record and publish the votes on all
such questions, there can be no doubt
that rigid deportation laws will be
passed and enforced,
But the alien Stacker is not the
worst type of Stacker we have. Some
of the very worst are American born
and reared. There are the slackers
who refused to buy bonds, who hoard
ed food, who did many unpatriotic
and selfish things The slackers who
secretly hoped that Germany would
win and who fought and hated Ameri-
cas- allies.
Down in Oregon the Legion has
searched out and is making it tropical
for young man, the very worst kind
of Stacker. His father is a wealthy
banker, who owned much land. The
boy was educated in the University of
Oregon to be banker. 1t had been
planned that he would take a posi-
ton in the bank. when he finished
school, which he did while the war was
on and about the time the United
States entered the war. He was of
draft age, physically fit, but his
father took him out of the bank and
put him on a large farm the bank
owned. He then made claim to ex-
emption as the necessary head of
necessary industry. The local draft |
board refused to allow this claim, and |
it was APPEALED to the district board. |
The young man had an uncle on that |
board and the finding of the draft
board was reversed and the young
man was exempted as the manager of
a farm.
The war ended on November IL,
1918. Four days later the equipment
this young Stacker had used on the
farm was sold at auction and he went
back to his place in the bank He
was only the head of a necessary in
dustry" while there was danger of
having to fight.
Now the American Legion has ta-
ken the matter up. 1t may not be
able to convict any one of fraud,
1AI II LIDS SHoWil W Ilie WOIlu, W Llldt |
young mans former friends and
leighbors that he was a Stacker of
he very worst kind and he will go |
through life with the brand of Bene-
Iict Arnold upon him.
This is only one of scores, yes hun
lreds of cases the Legion has brought
o light and it has just begun But
he man who failed to do his duty
vhen the freedom of the world was
threatened is going to have hard
ledding while the Legion is active in
erecting out the slackers
AMERICA, THE GREAT POWER.
Japan, the little nation with "cockyi
otions" of her greatness, at one time
egarded by many flighty persons in
lis country as a great menace to the
nited States, hastens to assure us
lat she is very DESTROYS of cooperat-
g with the United States in Siberia,
! elsewhere, and issued commands
her army officers to work and co
3erate with the American forces in
IBERIA This hastily arrived at de-
sion came as the result of a gentle
mt that the United States will stand
} foolishness from the little brown
en-.
italy threatened to defy the allies