The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-07-01

49, - - HNNff| 49, y 49,
es't n Faufe iiaf al were askinl
Ntaf Kind ~ q veterans orsanlzatipn
We should iagr. corresponding 10 ths
q A. u apd the Confederate Veterans
we had aii seen fae wonderful spirit
~ those ln tile service and We thought
q HpHid ~ more than unfortunate n
thar spirit were allowed 20 die out.
a. therefore. was decided 10 form a
great veterans organization 10 which
every peraaa would be- eligible who
was ln service. reaardis - 81 whether
he we're 40 officer or enlisted man. and
whether he served 10 this country or
I4unce.
The movement was started on the
fifteenth o. March. last year. only n
yeaf ago n years tins from that
email beginning Il has become an or
fnnifation With an active organization
b. every state II the Union. with some
tfo posts and membership well
over million
Why u u that the American Legion
10 such = short time has grown ~ rnp.
idlyf The reason L. simply this That
u Was formed FOR the purpose OF
keeping alive that spirit Of service
which w nil know about And that
spirit ~ service h service 20 our coun-
a. and sereier 20 our comrades.
when ~ were over there. We saw
ourselves che radical tendencies In
ffanre. We Heard from officers com
ine from England Of the radical ten
deufics IN England. and we heard
thrre was some concern 10 this couu-
fry ~ 70 what might happen when
ever four million men were demobll-
ixei. We made 40 our minds the FIRST
service Ne should render to cor coun-
~ a. civilians would be 10 see 10 u
that this government. this country
that 10 were protecting against the
enemy. wc would protect against the
foes within.
You have heard great deal about
abe stand % the American Legion for
Law and order That stand for law
pnl order has done more for our eoun-
~ than most Of "a realize
was talking short time ago 20 a
nemher 81 foreign embassy aud he
vas discussing the American Legion.
snd BE- saiJs
~lJ0 you realize most OF the disor. I
d. and lawlcssness IN our country Is
euascd b. ex.serylec men. whereas In
yoar country you have your on serv
iev men putting down la~iessnoss and
disor'ierf~
VAS taking IN Washington In tho
efice ~ the military intelligence Of
he war Department which i connect.
~ siih tho attorney Kcnerals ofiiee
end they both told me that the grvat-
80 central facscr IN curbinr the activ-
iiles u ne reds aud the radicals who
upe,a oversru our government By
fufce vas the American Legion. Those
Who woull cyertarn our government
~ forces know they can only % 80 by
fofcs and The only great group % cit.
isens Who tscoknisc fuiiy the power
81 faree arr the - service mcn who
wrse nxhsinx fercv with forcc. And
vtea thcy appreciated tho fact that
there uere S5no posts throughou, the
gpHnlry ani not locality % any sir~.
lai shat had an American Legion post.
era that d Was = rnflyinx point around
witch lhe ~ srrsiec meu can gather
~ csse n iarlessnesa. and that
ffreaxh a. lsxlon an service men
woaid stop 49, sticnpts Of the rad.
irals that has fufucd the tlda and
made 90 Improvement since last sum.
rer
~ u,s give pea "a lilusfrstion q tho
soaninsss ~ tkeir iadkmsat when
49, steel sifike hsxan IN = town IN
uhia. me posts called q meeflnr and
itef orercsf tfsrir services q tee may.
~ The mayor imrnedlnfcfy swore N
sbogt two tanafva ons hgadrcd be
nrif Ia rv~ssse and the ether hundred
b. pat usirulln9 the r~siasaes ssetion.
Tbs nsss s,as ths iat'og union called
} naeefiux fof ths purpose u drnounc-
nx fhs legion for strike nrcasinx IRE
rad u the Amssicpn Ls<ios pest hap
penef 70 be = unlen man aud he wsni
10 no uestspx snd be explained lsss
Exactly what Trey wsrx aoiox that
ny we're takinx ne part whatever m
re routrorcrsy ard wsre simply inter.
.sfet Ia M profecucp o. their homes
~ thoss % the union workers.
-Yon arr loyal patriotic American
'sIlrens. SO are we We are inter.
'sied IN the same things and there.
ore. this meeting which yos hsve
allied for the purpose OF dencuncing
he American Legion when YOU under
Isand what We are trying 20 do TO