Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-03-02
AMERICAN LEGION
HOME PROPOSITION
Matter Considered at the Meeting
Of Delaware Post, Last
Evening.

Delaware Post, No. /, American
Legion, held a meeting last night at the
State Arsenal. when report OF the new
building committee was read by Col. j.
3 Austin Ellison, the chairman. There
are two thoughts in mind on the subject.
One is to have a building to be exclusively
for the Legion and its activities. The
other is to endeavor to secure the erection
of large memorial building that will be
State Arsenal f, as well as the head
/. quarters of the Legion. In either event.
il is thought sufil cient public ground,
conveniently located, could be secured.
The committees report was TO the effe ct
. that a number Of public spirited citizens
/, who had been sounded on the matter
considered the present time inopportune
for a campaign in that behalf, as il is desired
TO have q structure of which the Legion,
as we'll as the city and State will be proud
The thought has been expressed also
that the State, if the matter is left
to the next Legislature, may take n
substantial interest in the matter and
finance the project, or at least help to do
so. At recent session of the Legislature
$4,000 was appropriated toward a new
armory for Wilmington, but as several
hundred thousand dollars would be
required for an adequate building, even
for that purpose alone, the matter has
been allowed to rest. with the hope that q
larger appropriation will be forthcoming
at the next session.
After all of these matters had been
gone over at the meeting last night,
the building committee was instructed TO
continue its work on the prehminaries
and report at such time as it feels that
il is q position to make definite recon-
mendations.
TIE trolleyrnen's union was criti
cized because of its opposition to the
employment OF number of former
service men as drivers on the Peoples
Bus Line. William T. Turner, post
commander and number of the men,
bers stated they were not acting in oppo-
sition to the street car union, but were
defending the former soldiers whose
positions were threatened by the oppo-
sition of the union. A resolution was
passed unanimously condemning state
ments to the effect It at the employees of
the bus line are not organized and that
incompetent pon-union drivers operate
the large buses TO the detriment of other
vehicles. These statements were regarded
as a reflection upon the men who gave
their services in the war. The resolution
stated that the men in question saw SER
vice in the Motor Transport Corps of the
army, some of them in France; that they
have been regularly licensed as motor
drivers by the proper state officials and
that there is no union of motor drivers
10 which they could belong even if they
desired.
A large number OF ex-service men who
are out of employment in this city are TO
be looked after by the post. Captain II. G..
Parker stated today there were about 10
OF them who had made application for
Jobs within a week.
Another resolution was adopted thank
ing David Snellenburg for his gift of the
honor roll tablet containing the names OF
those from Delaware who gave their
lives in the Great War. The tablet was
unveiled February % and is TO continue
in possession OF the legion.
The first April meeting will be La
dies Night. Plans are going forward for
the benefit TO be held at The Playhouse in
April.