The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-25
oN0l IVES AND HYENAS. NOT C0NVICTS"- C 0.P. S0L0NS
LOCAL LEGIONAIRE POINTS OUT
REASONS FOR LEGION ACTIVITY
IN BOOSTING AMERICANISM DAY

Wade II. LaIioon. chairman OF
the AmcrIcanlsm committee of Ray
mond 7. Hurst post OF the Am
erlcan Legion. today made state
ment In which he outlined the ren-
sons undertaking the call for a gen
eral Observance Of Amerlcanlsm day
here on April rs. which day Is be-
Ing observed by Legion posts over
tho entire country. Mr.. LaBoon'H
statement follows:
"Many people are wondering why
the American Legion IL 40 husiiy
advocating AmerIcanlsm day.
Underlying all other reasons.
and there are many. Is our desire
TO educate the forcIgn-born element
OF our land TO the Importance at
tachod to our flag and traditions
and the part II has played In se'
curing liberty, security and demo
cracy. 10 those who have been fore
cd 10 our shores by oppression and
tyranny. While such have been
coming others have come and come
with sinister motives. with no IN
tentions OF spreading any OF our
good and wholesome doctrines, nut
on the other hand have come 10
tear down what we have been a cen
tury and a half building.
"DId not the kaiser threaten our
Ambassador In 1916 and tell nm
that he had more than 5OO.oo0 re-
serves in this country who would f'y
IN arms at a moments notice from
bimq And not only Germany Dut
many other foreign countries have
their system of spies and propa-
ganda in our country and they VIII
go TO any extreme to stir up striie
and discord among our people ana
,bere are those of us who are ma
tural.born Americans who are reaay
IN rive a listening ear to such.
Such as this is what faces us To-Day
but the thing that brought apou'
tho thought of enlisting all good
c,,;zens in our fight for America
was that gigantic mass-nee,ihs
a.,,od nv one Meiriek. editor OF
|
the Fatherland', German he"'
naper published in New YORK. y
meet In Madison Square dafaen
Nv II was called under pretehs'
80 rrotesting the presence oil co'
ored troops being placed along Vh'
r pbipe when in fact there had peei
: noro there for some time pryor u
,ho time the meeting was caiie'
and in fact never but hanoiui
, A. tbis meeting the English wer'
{ h,ssed the French were Kissed am
q ,ho Americans were Kissed ana
@o,,d almost say that old GLORY
!. wos bissed. 1t was then that ou
national commander hastened
Nv, York and started the educf
t. tional program and as a result Jus
q three weeks after the German mass
t meeting, the greatest mass mee'ii,
o ever held anywhere was hoiu
n Madison Square Garden new ~,
and was Americas answer 10 III
challenge. ;,
pTbis was the beginning ana !"
ask YOU to help us carry IL y
in Many of you will rememper u
e draft rebellions in the eastern pa
A. of This state in 1917 and mig
IN add that we have a sect right no
It. IN Grady county who deem it a o.
C. grace and an infringement on the
v. roIip;oue scruples to be called up'
&C. - nav respect to our flag. the Ill
&C. thot stands between them and s
IL very, poverty and hunger.
lb- "Now can you wonder at the sta
IN we have taken to bring this gre
country Of ours to as near loo !
cont American as possible?
1--WE ask your aid and support
this commendable undertaking a
feel that by so doing we are OF
ho,ninp TO carry on the princlp
m which this government v
| founded"
w. II. LABOON,
n Chairman Americanism Con