Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-03
ADOPTION OF BILL FORMULATE
ED BY NATIONAL LEGION
FAVORED.
WOULD BAR FOREIGN
TONGUES FROM SCHOOLS
Reduction of War Risk insurance
and More Com plete Information
Regarding Dead Soldiers Demand
ed-State Convention Takes Lead
on Question of Delegates Expenses.
Special to Times Republican.


Cedar Rapids. Sept 3.-Resolu-
tons now prepared urging adoption
of the American Legion bonus bill,
the elimination of German and other
foreign languages from the public
schools, reduction Of war risk in
surance rates and for fuller informa-
ton REGARDING deceased veterans are
expected to be adopted by the Iowa
department OF the American Legion,
in session here 1.200 strong.
While the resolutions will not lie
introduced until this afternoon, when
viii come also the election of officers
and an address by National Com
mander Franklin D'Olier. opinion
among the district leaders of the
delegates was that they will be
adopted.
The address of Senator James II.
| Trewin. who welcomed the delegates
to the city. and that of Col, M. a.
| FINLEY. department commander, We're
the features of yesterdays session.
Colonel FINLEY in his address made
plea for justice To the former serv-
ice men ON the bonus question and
urged in turn moderation of conduct
and good citizenship. Colonel Tinley
! objected to the use of the word
l"bonus," but emphasized that the
| former service men arc not asking
lanytning improper In desiring addi-
{tional compensation for their serV-
! ices.
The American Legion of Iowa and
OF the country is behind the bonus
movement" declared Colonel FINLEY.
! Immediate care Of the sick and
needy Is also n proposition that con-
| fronts us. Something must be done
TO see that wounded men are i'm
media tely placed in training"
That the soldier dead shall not
have a paupers grave was tanother
stand taken by the state commander
in his address which met with APP
plause of the convention He urged
that some action be taken at the
convention 50 that the laws Of iowa
will make il impossible for q man
who has served his government to
be buried as a charitable object.
Colonel FINLEY also advised legion
! posts not to take part as organiza-
tons In purely civic matters but
rather to conserve their strength for
! helping former service men.
To Pay Delegates Expenses.
| An important feature of the after
noon session was the motion carried
to place the burden Of expense of the
state delegates TO the national con
vention on the state treasury of tie
legion, rather than to be borne by the
| individual delegates. The molten
provides for railroad and Pullman
fare and IS day. The motion,
argued by Its makers as making the
| legion> convention more democratic
in that poor man was not neccs-
sarily barred, was received with
shouts of applause. altho there had
been some difficulty in getting ii by
an opposing minority. The motion
sets a precedent for district state
and national legion conventions, it is
said.
The session until p. M was occu-
pieN chiefly with reports of officers
and talks by representatives of the
public health service and of the fed
eral board for vocational training
Adjutant John MacVicar, in pre-
senting his report. showed that Iowa
is first in number of legion members
in proportion to the men in the
|service and that in the number of
legion posts it stands fourth, with
New Y@rk, Illinois and Pennsylvania
leading. In annual expense for
salaries, Iowa is the lowest except
ing New Jersey. which has but half
the membership Iowa shows. The
total number of posts in the state Is
now 523, with a membership Of 81
299.
In paid memberships within the
Iowa department. Sioux City stands
first with 1899 members Davenport
second, 1879: Des Moines third
1,136, and Cedar Rapids fourth, with
1,09S
Addresses by Daniel G. Newuuist,
M. E. Head and DR.. A. Perry, repre-
senting insurance vocational train
ing and Red Cross respectively. were
slated for this forenoon, in addition
to the address of National Com
mander D'Olier. The most important
business of the convention, including
election of officers. selection of dele
gates to the national convention and
selection of the next convention city,
together with resolutions and other
reports Of committees, will close the
convention late today.
A contest is expected on several
Of the offices, especially that Of state
ad1utant. Electioneering for favorite
candidates has been going on since
the convention opened yesterday.