The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-31
BONUS ISSUE
NOT SETTLED,
SAYS emery
Legion Commander, in Ad-
dress Opening Nation al
Convention, Says People
Are Court Of Last Report.
SHOWS ACHIEVEMENTS
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KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. 31-The
issue of national adjusted compensa-
tion for the ex-service man has not
been at all settled, John G. Emery, ma
tional commander of the American
Legion, declared here today in his ad-
dress opening the third annual con-
ventian of the legion
such means as were used last sum
mer to beat adjusted compensation
cannot ultimately succeed" Command
er Emery told the legion Nothing is
settled until it is settled right. :.
THE American people are the court
of last resort and wherever the Amer
lean people have by the ballot passed
Judgment on the matter of adjusted
compensation that judgment has been
an endorsement of the legion's stand.
Il cannot conceive of congress so
derelict in its duty, so unmindful of its
just obligation to those who served
their country at great financial loss.
or so blind to the wishes of the people
as to be misled again into refusing
to adjust the economic balance be-
tween the man who went to war and
the man who did not"
Reports Gain in Strength
Commander Emery reported that "in
the face of adverse industrial condi-
tions, which have hit the ex-service
men harder than any other class. the
legion has gained in strength and its
financial position has steadily i'm
proved"
He suggested that the political
clause in the legion constitution,
which will not permit any one who
holds or is seeking salaried elective
public offices to hold office in the LIE
gion or in any department or post
thereof be extended to include ap-
pointive offices. He added that he
felt that mo person in public life, in
community. state or nation, should BE-
allowed to speak for the Legion, and
that the Legion must be allowed TO
continue to speak for itself, when is
sues involving service men are con-
cerned, and then in terms which all
the world will understand"
Commander Emery paid high trib-
ute to the late commander. Frederick
w. Galbraith, Jr, who was killed in
an automobile accident. He said his
one aim had been to carry through
the great program which Commander
Galbraith had left unfinished.
Points Out Service
A notable public service OF the
past year, Commander Emery pointed
out, was the Illustration of a nation
wide German propaganda campaign
in the United States" this, he said,
was to start with a series of Rhine
Horror" meetings.
THE notorious propagandist, Won
Mack believed he had so cleverly
concealed his motives that he asked
Galbraith to speak at the first Rhine
Horror meeting, at Madison Square
Garden" Commander Emery said, .as
YOU remember, Galbraith did not wait
that long before he spoke. He TOLD
Won Mack on the spot what he
thought of him and his project. The
Legion prepared Immediately TO or
ganiZe counter demonstrations where
ever the pro-Germans might carry
out their pre-conceived program.
Most of these meetings were never
held, however, for Won Mack abandon
| ed his scheme after one disastrous al
tempt at Madison Square Garden"
Discusses Unemployment.
The greatest legion achievement OF
the year, Commander Emery said,
was won for the disabled service men,
its vigorous efforts resulting In crea-
ton of the Veterans bureau.
THE last national work undertaken
by the legion has been for the relief
| of comrades who are unemployed. ;"
Commander Emery continued. "lt is
a duty of the legion to extend every
aid to these comrades and a duty
which | know the legion will not fail
| to perform" he said.
| Abroad, Commander Emery reported
that movement was on foot in
France to consolidate the numerous
veterans associations there into one
united and effective body. "It is a
singular tribute to US that the name
proposed for the new organization is
Legion francaise,' he noted. TN
Great Britain, too, the American leg
ion is the pattern after which the ex-
service groups are being reformed and
brought together under the name of
f., the British legion.
Tomorrow morning. he continued,
''there will be called to order in Kan
sas City, another great convention, a
convention which means the dawn of
a new day in the making of better
America The Women's Auxiliary of
the American Legion, with possibil-
tiles unbounded, is about to become an
accomplished fact, independent and
self-governing, worthy compatriot of
the legion"