The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-10-01
Letters From
The People

LEGION PUBLICsT
CRITICIZE9 @. or O.
Dear Editor-whsn the commit
tee was around trying to get . little
easy money for the American Cities
Bureau they sent an 8. o. 9. to
headquarters: ''send shock troops
to the Loomis building" but head.
quarters was too shrswd. They
knew that NO amount Of "poisou
gas would overcome this plain ulti.
matum, 1. O., 80 long - klamath
Falls Chamber OF Commerce 10 run
by men who work and use every In.
fluencs against the best interests Of
the community and the sx-ssTvios
men. and who never did anything
for the benefit Of the community.
they will not get . cent Of my
money" Shortly after the armis-
tice I gave . note for Q tentative
mem bership to the Chamber Of
Commerce. When they had elected
their president I made them give II
back. because I knew that any Or
ganixstion led By him would never
do anything for either the com.
munity or the world war veterans.
This is' said to show that I had
nothing against the Chamber Of
Commerce. but saw plainly how Il
would be run. and now ne plainly
how II 10 being ussd. Sad 70 say.
there are some World War and Span.
ish War veterans who are still lend.
ing their influence that way.
When the Legion tried 70 ~ The
government 70 make homo for
about 1000 sx-ssrvies men The
Chamber Of Commerce tried TO Oh.
struet In every possible way. and
IL still doing %. They did the
same for . building to honor Klsm.
ath patriotism. When the American
Legion. departments Of Oregon and
Washington. tried to keep the peace
by fostering legislation excluding
races, tho Chambers
OF Commerce did their utmost to
defeat the bills. and through their
influence in Warrington. D. O.. sue
ceeded in doing 20 in Oregon.
We thought these purely local af-
fairs. but National Headquarters Of
the American Legion has st last
awakened to the fact that the Ma
tionsl Chamber Of Commerce wss
the worst foe We had to the nation
NJ bonus bill. ana the American L.
gion Weekly. September 33rd. hes
an editorial under the caption. "Dis-
sention Among the Ranks" which
every veteran. every friend Of sz-
service men, every American who
believes In Justice. decency ana fair
play, should read. find that .
good many Legionaires DO not read
the editorials. That 3 about the
first thing ! do read. not only IN
the Legion Weekly, but in the pa-
pers. After slancing at the head.
lines Of the latest scandal one
should turn to the editorial page.
because the editorial 70 the heart
Of . paper" Il should b . vsry
"appstising" to the msmbsrs OF the
Chamber Of Commerce among our
ex-service men. their wives. sweet
hearts. and to the friends Of q
service men to know that the
Chamber Of Commerce 10 fighting
them with their own money. We
warned our buddiss and friends IN
season and out about this condition
locally. but there are always some
who want to stand in." They tried
to scatter disssnsion In the local
Post: to discrsdit the leaders m
this fight and injurs them in a|
business way whenever possible. eo|
far It has avsilsd nausht. Now
the national organisation finds that
It 10 mp against the same foe. The
question 10. buddies. viii you con.
tinue to furnish money and influ-
ence to an organization that does
nothing for the benefit Of the COM
munity and u always working
against the things that the Legion
stands fort Read the editorial In
the American Legion Weekly. and
think II over.
] DO not believe in dollar patriot