Arizona republican., 1920-10-18

low a few selfish individuals to rra the policies and politics of this countryE The time is here when the politicians and all creeds are going to hear what the people think and the people are to be heard through the voice of the ex- service men and women of these Unit ed States because they are the people That is a confirmed fact because 1t took world war to prove It.
 Too many of the people are torset- ting the sacrifices made by these men and women. The reason IS, no ooupe' because these patriots have not adVo- cated this and that but have entrusted the issues with those who are seeming ly falling down on the job.
 Rut these men and women who have suffered the tortures of hell have not forgotten that cry from the ploooy ! fields of France. Harken to the
 words. that are known to the hedrt of every ex-service man and woman
 and every American;
 If ve break faith with those who died They will not sleep
 | Though peoples grow
 In Flanders fields
 DO you suppose that these men and women are going to allow this cry to | fall on deaf ears? Do you suppose that these four million men and wo- men are going to sit idly by and no' | have a voice in their own govern ment? DO you suppose that some
 twenty million votes this fall will mol
 be influenced in a great measure oy
 what these four million men and wo-
 men think and say? If you do ther
 you are devoid of mentality.
 The American. Legion is vitally in terested in politics but not along any partisan lines. The members of the organization are both Democrats an6 Republicans and will naturally vot' accordingly. That is not the issue however, the issue is whether the policy of the candidate is for or agatns the ex-service men and women. Thos'
 that are opposed to the true Ameri
 canism as propagated by the ex-ser
 vice men and women are going to ge
 sufficient publicity to defeat them il
 every community. This is not a brag
 It is the honest truth and is exactl,
 as it should be because the ex-servic men and women are asking for nothing
 but better government and they vii
 get it. Therefore. what the Americai
 Legion has done, is doing, or will d
 pertains only to policies and not poll
 tics. Get that straight.
 The national convention of tn
 American Legion just held at Cleve
 land went on record favoring the four fold plan of adjusted compensate | legislation known as The America Legion Bill for Compensation" passed the house of representatives b a vote of 2S9 to 92 indicating that W have but 92 misled politicians. Tn convention also endorsed land legisla ton from S1 states. of the union in cluding the Arizona request from th } Frank Luke Jr. Post of Phoenix. 2 These two requests and no more ar
 being submitted to the people of tn
 United states for action. Briefly the - are as follows:
 First:
 l. Adjusted service pay based o ( length of service: or
 l 2. Adjusted service certificates ms 7 turing in twenty years. based 0 9 length of service: or
 4 a Vocational training, or a 4. Farm or home aid, or J 5. Land settlement. for which : states have already made, throug Q their state legislatures. provisions ft n corporations. and
 s Second:
 . l. That the sick and disabled [ . given every attention possible !, this. their trying hour of need, fC e the services they have rendered the f country.
 q This is all the American Legion n fighting for and we are of the opiniC
 that tfjs should be done without dela c The American Legion is trying t enlighten the public to the fact tn, t policies and not politics is the issl f with them. One virtue. if no other n assured these men and women men l. bers and that is. that American idea, q American teachings, and Americ, m talk shall prevail throughout the enti m United States of America befo ,e another world war is fought. Wi ,o this in mind. no condition arising . the future is going to change the a "a titude of scnne four million men a, .s women unafrafd of war and all of '. hellishness. unafraid of petty. narro !, selfish individuals or groups. The - Americans who fought for right a justice are now banded together as S steel. and woe be unto those " 7u seek to disrput at this time. the m, or wonderful and most representative ( 10 ganization of Americans in the hfstc C. of our country-The American Iegi, II JAMES E. SELLERS D. Frank Luke Jr. Post No. 1. IS American Legi he October 10th, 1920.