Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-10-12

were selected as members of the
national executive committee.
! Resolutions to endorse speeches
by Governor McKelvie and John G.
Mahcr, ex-state president of the
Legion, failed to carry. Governor
McKelvie's speech was criticised as
being nothing more than 4 defense
of his code bill and Mr.. Makers
talk could not be endorsed because
it criticised the regular army, dele
gates said.
| Delegates to Convention.
Delegates to the national conven-
ton next month at Minneapolis
were selected as follows: First
| congressional district: Guy c.
Chambers, Lincoln; A. F. Larrivee,
Lincoln; I. B. Mowry, Tecumseh;
| Aubrey burberry, : Plattsmouth.
From the Second congressional dis
trict John A. Sullivan, DR.. E. c.
Henry, Charles F. Mclaughlin. T..
]. Mcclure, Allan Turkey, Robert
! Dunlap, Earl Kiplinger, Hird Stryk-
er, r. ]. Madden, Leverett Goodin,
Morley Young, Sam Reynolds. John
Shannon. Allan Turkey and II. {:
Long, all of Omaha, were elected
as delegates.
John T. Bressler, Wayne; DR.. l..
Start, Harrington; A. Rcherson,
Walthill;. Frank Warner, Norfolk.
and Z. Elmer, Laurel, were elected
from the Third district. c. R. Shell
ly, Fairbury; D. D. King, York; w,
II. Halves, Fairbury; J. Brewster,
Beatrice, and M. Schmerka, WILDER,
were selected from the Fourth dis
triot ,.
Men to attend the convention
from the Fifth district are John
LAWYER, Hastings; Vern Felker.
Hastings; Herald Prince, Grand
Island; Earl M. Cline, Nebraska
City, and DR.. J. Gresham, Hast
ings.
Ed P. McDermott, Kearney; Max
Cook, Lexington; Ralph 0. Canada,
Bridgeport; Roland Rodman, Kim
ball, and E. L. Meyer, Alliance, will
represent the Sixth district.
John Maher of Lincoln and Ralph
Coad~ of Omaha will attend the con-
,vention as delegates at large.
The state executive committee
was selected as follows: Ducky
Holmes, Nebraska City; George
Hilligan, Lincoln; Clinton Bronze,
Omaha; William Richie, Omaha;
Deane Francic, Schuyler; E. ].
Meyer, Madison; J. Fisher, Bea-
trice; Edward Goodrich, Fairbury;
Harrald Price, Grand Island; A.
E. Apperson, Clay Center; J. NJ:
Fitzgerald, Kearney, and DR.. Paul
Gersel Kimball.
heated discussions of resolutions,
submitted by the resolutions COM
mittee, marked the morning session
of the American Legion state con-
vention.
Universal military training was
the chief subject for dispute. A
resolution submitted in favor of
forced military training of Ameri-
can youths was finally adopted.
John G. Maher, acting chairman,
declared that the state delegates
should not pass ON SO important a
resolution, but refer it to the ma
tional convention Of the Legion at
Minneapolis next month.
Opponents Reply Quickly.
His speech brought heated replies
from several delegates, who insisted
that the general army staff would
force a military training system on
the country, which would develop
an autocracy.
An amendment to the resolution
was finally offered by Anon Ray
mond of Omaha, to the effect that
military training should not be un-
der the control of any exclusive mil
itary organization.
The resolution on military train
ing as passed reads:
BE it resolved, That the Ameri-
can Legion of Nebraska favors as
the backbone of system of national
defense, based on the democratic
principles of the obligation Of every
citizen to defend his country in
time of peril, system of universal
military training. We believe the
details of such a system should be
left to congress, but we favor such
control thereof as will make, mill
tary training a factor in the Ameri-
canization of the youth of the land;
make the obligation to serve insep-
arabic from the privileges of citizen
ship, and show the removal of the
civilian army thus created from
every faint of militarism and from
complete control of any exclusively
military organization"
Oppose McKelvie Speech.
A resolution to put speeches by
Governor McKelvie and President
Maher on record was bitterly con-
tested. A number of delegates
contended that the governors
speech to the convention Friday
was simply a defense of his Code
bill.
President Makers speech was
criticised for its reference to the
"narrowness" of West Point grad
yates.
= A resolution was passed unani-
nously to deport aliens who claim
ed noncitizenship as cause for ex-
emption.
The convention also recommend
ed that so-called conscientious OBJ
jectors be investigated regarding
their release pardon, restoration to
duty and honorable discharge with
pay and allowance.
Woman Member Silent.
Resolutions pledging the Legion
to maintain the graves of dead who