The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-02-27
American Legion To
Push AmeriCaniSm
Maui Post Has Important Part In
Shaping Policy OF New 0rganiza-
ton In TerritOry-Plan To Inau-
gurate And Cooperate In Ameri-
CanizatiOn Activities

At the election OF officers of the ter
ritorial department of the American
Legion, which closed the first conven-
ton of the new order in Hawaii held
in Honolulu this week, Frank A. Luf-
kin, of Wailuku, was elected vice
president of the territorial body and
w. w. G. Moir, was elected member
of the territorial executive committee
to represent Maui Post No. 8.
The Maui delegation to the con
vention took an important part in
shaping and putting through the large
amount of work transacted, and 1t
made something of sensation with
its black and gold trench caps of silk.
These caps were the thought of Frank
A. Lufkin, Maui post commander.
There was nothing like them from any
other post and they made big hit.
The Maui post was represented at
the convention by delegates and 5
alternates and practically every one of
these served in important capacities
on committees. Frank Lufkin was
chairman of the important nominal
ing committee and was also q member
of the resolutions committee; Will j.
Cooper was chairpsan of the Ameri-
canism committee which was respon-
sible for getting adopted series of
highly important resolutions aiming
for 100 percent Americanism in these
islands. Among these was one call
ing for the abolishing of the foreign
language schools; requiring that all
political, international or critical ar
ticles published in foreign language
press be supplied with sworn to trans
lations; candemning aliens eligible to
become citizens who neglect or re
fuse to become naturalized and call
ing upon all American business firms
to give preference to Americans in
employing men in any positions.
Paul H. Townsley, of Lahaina, was
a member of the finance committee;
Robert Won Tempsky, was on the mill
tary policy committee, Frank J. John
son was on the legislation commit
tee; Harvey Raymond was member
of the committee on employment, war
risk insurance and general welfare;
c. G. Pogue, was on the Womans
auxiliary committee.
Strong For Amercanization Work
The keynote of the convention was
Americanization work for these Is
lands, and perhaps the most far
reaching action taken was in the adop-
ton of a resolution creating a COM
mission to work for 100 percent Am
ericanism in Hawaii through the
schools, by printed propaganda, and
by thorough cooperation with every
other agency working for the same
objects.
That this commission will accom-
plish great results is confidently be-
lieved, particularly from the fact that
as chairman of it has been named
Leonard Wilmington, one of the livest
wires in the organization, and who
was largely responsible for the or
ganizing and development thus far of
the Legion in the territory Mr..
Wilmington declined to allow his name
to be used again as candidate for the
position of department commander
with the idea that he would find
larger field in developing the Ameri-
canization branch of the Legion's
work.
The convention elected J. X. Butler
as commander and fixed the time for
holding the next convention year
from next August, in order to get in
step with the mainland posts. The
1921 convention was voted to be held
in Hilo, while the Maui delegation
served notice that it would claim the
privilege of entertaining the conven-
tion in 1922.
The Honolulu post bore the expense
of entertaining all the other posts, and
while most of the time was taken up
with the hardest kind of work, at
which every delegate did his full part,
night sessions being necessary for
many of the committees, time was
found for trip to Haleiwa for lunch
and for the big banquet and dance at
the close of the work on Tuesday even
ing.
The Maui delegation returned home
on Wednesday evenings Mauna Kea.
In it We're Frank A. Lufkin, w. w. G.
Moir r. Won Tempsky, Paul Towns
ley, F. j. Johnson, C. c. Pogue, viii.
j. Cooper, j. Harvey Raymond, Foster
Robinson and A. A. Refs.