Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-09-24
GERMAN F ARMER IN
BAD WITH LEGION
Mcdford People Resent Article Print.
cd In New Record-Hcraid. Defend
Ing Action Of Germany


September rs. credited to the James
town Journal, jamestown, New York
defending Germany In attacking
France. and lntimating that In fight
ing against the kaiser. the United
States bet on the wrong horse. y
caused the local post OF the Ameri.
can Legion. at a meeting to demand
that the Y. M. G. A. at once identify
Miss Annie IDunderdale, a Y. ". c.
=. worker. quoted as authority for
the statements in the article.
The article. according TO the edi-
tor OF the paper, was presented by L.
Neidermeler. wealthy German
American farmer living near Jack.
sonville, The editor explained he
did not want 10 publish the interview
but as Mr. Neidermeier controls a
ma Jority OF the stock OF the paper
he felt Obliged TO do so.
4 committee from the legion call
ed upon MIR. Neidermeier and de-
manded an explanation. Mr.. Neider-
meier maintained he was loyal
American. had a son in the United
States army. but that he was op-
posed to the legion for meddllng In
matters OF this sort. II such tactics
were persisted In. he said he would
not allow his son to Join the organ.
llation, ....-
The legion passed resolutions con.
demnlng as un-American the action
OF Neidermeier, in submitting the ar.
ticle ad the local paper in printing
II and requesting the resignation OF
Mr. Neiddrmeier as director OF To-
cal bank and his resignation from
any other Office he may hold. The
resolutions we're presented TO the
Jackson County Businessmen's asso-
citation at their meeting and were
Immediately and unanimously In
dorsed by that organization.
The merchants went farther and
drew up resolutions OF their own, de-
claring as long as the paper in Ques-
ton continued to print such articles
the association would withhold all
advertisifG endorsements and any
merchant who advertised in II would
he considered as un-American as the
paper
The following resolution was
adopted by the executive committee
OF the American Legion:
Whereas. Mr.. l., Neidermeier has
caused certain Objectionable matter
to he published In the Pacific Record
Herald, newspaper published in
Jackson county. Oregon. and
Whereas. such publication is
deemed by this committee to be un-
American and detrimental to the
peace and welfare of this community
and the United States, and
Whereas. Mr.. Neidermeier is at
present a director OF the Farmers
and Fruit Growers bank OF Medford,
Oregon, and
Whereas such banking institu-
tlon Is In the nature OF public cor
poration, the purpose Of which is to
directly further the welfare OF the
community and nation. and
Whereas we are OF the opinion that
a man who Is unaAmerican should
not hold a position of trust in such
an institution.
Now therefore we the executive
committee Of Medford Post No. Is
OF the American Legion demand that
the resignation of Mr.. Neidermeler
as Q director of the Farmers and
Fruitgrowers' bank OF Medford Ore.
gon. be requested by the board oil
directors and stockholders OF such
bank forthwith.
And he II further resolved that the
secretary Of this organization be in.
structed to mail a copy of this reso
luton to the president OF said bank
and that a copy also be furnished
the press"
Medford, Ore, Sept. 24.-L. Neid