Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-27
AskEW'S APOLOGY.
ACCEPTED BY THE.
AMERICAN LEGION.
MEETING CALLED By OFFICERS
HANSON POST 10 SETTLE
CONTROVERSY.

A letter ~ apology from ". \. Asl,cw
was read last night tn about one hun.
dred m,mbtrs q Hanson Post No. "a
~ the American Legion. ana tn
ladies' Auxiliary, NJ special called
meeting which was held az the county
court house II, T:aO y. m. and on mo.
ton was unanimously accepted al suf
ficient rcparaiion fcf Mr.. Ask,w's
statement that a committee from thf
various churches should BE- appointed
to have directional supervision over
all social functions which thc American
Legion might hold In the proposed pub
lie library building On the ground That
some IL the younger members II n,
Post miEis, II not supervised commit
lndiscretilns IN the rooms allotted g.
the Legion. This statement was made
To- Joe l.. Pope. managing editor ~ n,
Amarillo Daily News In the presence II
other ciiizens. and who caused It % ho
published In the Sunday edition II that
paper.
The statement which Mr. Askow was
invited % appear before the memhcrs
Of Hanson Post and the Ladies' Auxll
larry to explain waH substantially A.
follows II for one am strictly opposed
to the provision of the proposed cluh
rooms In the Coliseum Building Tor thu
American Legion. except en- the tx
pressed condition that q committee from
the various churchef. both Protestant
and Catholic. shall w. given dircctlou1'
supervision. This committee shall no
pruvc the dances and other social func
tlonH In such club quarters. and shall
supervise The games in which N" "
gionnalres and their guests indulge
An excerpt from Mr.. Popr's editorial
comment read. "Tp,io date. Mr. Askow
il the only citizen Offering any surl
suggestion as the foregoing
Commander ". y. Bates. IN ~ rrlnr
20 the incident. stated that II Air. ~
kew's insinuatlon that thu members oi
Hanson Post needed sap ryision In ~
der 10 prevent misconduct concerned
themselves alone. thrv could al I'd &
ignore Il. hut that since The memhprs 90
the Ladies' Auxiliary would be- the prln
cipal guests ~ the Post ~ any social
functions which might be- held he could
not rest quietly under any inslnuation'
that they. thu wives. the slsi'r7 ant
mothers ~ the cx,scryicc mon. mirh
misconduct themselves Fer that rca
son. he explained. he had INSTRUCTED
Post Adlulant Butcher Thorrc IN ca
n special meeting u the Legion and
Auxiliary members. and invite Mr.. As
kew Co attend and explain just what
basis he had for his statement that tn
social functions o. Hanson Post ough'
20 he supervised. AIR Estes stated TIN
he had been IN telephone communion
ton with W. 4. Askew. and that Mr.
Askcw had begged to be- excused from
attending the meeting on account nj
the serious Illness of his wife. and that /
instead u appearing personally h. ha6
written a letter 81 apology tn Hanson
Pest. which was read II follows
"To Hanson Post No -. the Amcr
lean Legion, Amarillo Texas. Gentle j
Incn--lt was my earnest dcsirc to a.
cept your kind invitation 20 attend vow
called meeting for tonight. hut owiu'
IN Mrs. Askcw's illness Il viii be- im /
possible for me- Co attend. have boon
In almost constant attendance nj he
bedside Tor eighteen nights and | hon
you viii excuse me from personal at
tendance.
However. I wish to make ~, follow.
Ing statement. and ! request tina, II Dc
read In open meeting 81 the Post.
''My remarks were made without my
first having obtained authentic inform
alton. | was afraid that perhaps IA,
younger members u the Legion might
commit some indiscretion
In the rooms allotted to the Legion
Upon enlightenment az to the ideals ~
the Legion. and upon reflection rs 70
Its high personnel. | am 81 the opinion
that no such conduct could ever be
laid at the door ~ Hanson Post
II am indeed sorry that made this
statement and wish To- apologize II
have done any wrong to the Post. At
ter looking over the plans Tor tho ~
creation section Of the library and 60
auditorium. I am sure that this build
Ing viii become our community home
and viii pcrpctuatc the feeling oi
high regard and devotion we all have
Tor our heroes 81 the world war. Sin
cerely your friend.-W. \. Askcw"
4 motion was made by Colonel Evn'
est Thompson that Mr.. Askcw's lettc:
of apology be accepted 10y the Post and
Mr.. Askew 80 notified; 1t WIS carri i
without discussion. \ second motion
which called upon the Post Commander
In have Mr. Askcw's letter published
In the press was also carried unar-
imously. and Commander Estes slater
that with the publication ~ the letter
the incident would be considered as
closed.
Colonel Thompson reported ,o tbs
Post the various steps of the architcc
tural committee. of which he was .
in arriving NJ a selection o.
architects and teutaialvcs plans Tor the
,,,,llt, library and how finally fhtv |