Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26

| in attendance this year and many
| important problems will confront the
| world war veterans when the con-
| vention opens. The growth Of the
BILE progress has been made in the
organization since the convention
held in Minneapolis last November.
| At the close of that convention the
organization had approximately 1000
| posts, distributed among fifty depart
| ments. Up to the present time 9,709
| posts in seventy departments have
| been organized. During the past nine
months 1889 units in the Women's
Auxiliary have been formed.
will be a deliberative body, in which
| the delegates will be called upon to
| judge various debatable problems to
( be brought before the organization.
| The District delegation has prepared
| a schedule of resolutions. which have
been adopted by the department. for
presentation to the national body.
Subjects Covered by Resolutions.
| Some of the resolutions to be pre-
scented include the following:
Advocating the early passage Of the
Wason bill by Congress at the next
session, affecting the wounded and
disabled ex-service man.
Advocating such action as viii
grant to the wives. mothers, sisters
and daughters Of the men and women
who were in the military or naval
service of the United States either an
organization resembling that of the
| legion or that the national constitu-
| ton be amended relating to Women's
auxiliaries.
Advocating. the official recognition
| of previous commanders Of the vari-
Gus posts as past post commanders"
dvocating the passage by Con-
gress of bill making lynching and
mob murder an offense against the
| United States.
Endorsing the work Of DR.. William
| c. Rucker Of the public health serv-
| ice for his service rendered to the
, wounded and disabled ex-serv1ce men.
[ Advocating corporation between
the Federal Board for Vocational
Training and the ex-service man.
| Advocating the crediting of service
in the world war as double time on
service records, as in previous wars.
| Advocating making permanent the
increase in pay provided at the last
Isession of Congress for the Army
Navy and Marine Corps.
| Advocating the placing of painting
jof Miss Jane A. Delano, whose body
was inferred in Arlington National
iCemetery. last week. in the American
lsection of the Pantheon de Ia Guerre,
las representing the American nurse in
| the world war.
| Expressing approval and apprecia-
ton to Congress for it's constructive
action in lettering conditions in the
various hospitals and soldiers homes.
| Political Issues Possible
There remains but little doubt that
the question OF politics will be one OF
| the most important issues at the con-
commander, arrived in Cleveland
| few days ago after tour of legion
posts in the United States. and one of
the first propositions presented to
L. - Z.
visited was an Interpretation of that
clause of the national constitution
relating to public Office. The clause
referred to, and which will be dis
cussed at some length. reads as fol-
lows:
THE American Legion shall be alb
sutely non-political and shall not be
used for the dissemination of partisan
principles or for persons seeking pub
lie Office or preferment. No candi
ELECTIVE public office shall hold any
office in the American Legion or in
any department or post thereof"
AS forerunner to the presentation
of the matter the convention Ma
tional Commander D'Olier has APP
pointed a committee on amendments,
composed of Daniel F. Steck of Iowa,
chairman: R. A. Adams. Indiana, and
Emmett O'Neal of Kentucky. with in
lstructions to prepare and consider the
cooJSSe' iS'Si SAAiSo ShS <AIuSTlCdH
Legion was organized in this city,
March 7. 1918. stress has been laid on
1.-THE fact that it was non-political
organization. A number of resolu-
| tions. however, have been prepared
and are to be submitted for considera-
ton at this convention.
Declaration on ID. C. Suffrage.
Another resolution which will be
| discussed at a meeting to be held to-
day by the District delegation win
be that OF suffrage In the District
of Columbia. The matter was discuss
ed at a meeting Of the delegation
Thursday night last. but action de-
ferred until the entire delegation and
the chairman was present to discuss
the question. It is quite probable that
a simple resolution favoring national
and local suffrage for the District
with representation in the electoral
college will be urged.
The delegation representing the Dis
trict is expected to arrive In Cleve-
land this morning at $40 o'clock, A
meeting of the entire delegation has
been called for II o'clock this morn
ing, which will be presided over by
Chairman James A. Drain. The head
I quarters of the District delegation
will be the Hollenden Hotel The daily
sessions Of the convention will be
held In the Hippodrome. on Euclid
avenue.