Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-22
STATE CONVENTION
OF LEGION OPENS
Philadelphia Delegation Seeks
to Bring 1926 Meeting
to This City
ONE CANDIDATE FROM HERE
Special Dtspateh to gVestno Psor'c Ledosr

Special Dispatch to EVsnino Pabitc LEDGER
Pittsburgh, Sept. 22.--Organizatior
OF the State convention Of the Depart
ment Of PENNSYLVANIA Of the American
Legion was perfected here this morning
! and this afternoon the 1900 delegates
are engaging in the preliminary work
Of their third annual meeting.
The convention was called to order
by Department Commander Davis j
Davis, Of Scranton, and the invocation
was offered by the department chaplain,
the Rev. II. @. Gresham, Of Allen
town. The address of welcome to the
the City Council, John y. Heron.
Mayor Il. V. Babcock, who was snubbed
by the Pittsburgh Legionaries at the
last Armistice Day celebration. was not
in attendance.
The Philadelphia delegates who made
the trip to Pittsburgh in a special train,
arrived here this morning and promptly
received their credentials.
The representatives of the seventy five
Philadelphia posts won much support on
the trip from delegates from the eastern
part of the State for their movement TO
retain the department headquarters in
Philadelphia. Both Pittsburgh and
Harrisburg delegations are making a
strong effort to have the headquarters
transferred to one or the other Of those
cities.
The convention program calls for the
appointment of four major committees,
of thirty-two members each,
and the Philadelphia delegation, which
is headed by Ii. Eugene Heine and DIR.
NJ. 3. Miller. will name these members
this afternoon.
Nominate Officers Tomorrow
1t has been decided that two dele
gates to the national convention at
Kansas City will Re elected by the dele
gates from each of the congressional
in the State, and as n conse
quence Philadelphia will be represented
by twelve delegates. These will be
elected tomorrow afternoon.
The nomination of officers will take
place tomorrow afternoon. There are
n dozen candidates in the field to sue
ceed Commander Davis. At the present
time the two leading candidates are
Samuel ID. Foster. of Pittsburgh, and
Charles G. McLain, Of Indiana, the
latter being one of the present vice
There is only one Philadelphia cam
iidate for Office in the field, Paul J.
McGahan, the department publicity Of
ficer. is out for election as q vice COM
Alphonso Sproul, Jr., of
who has the support of
Delaware and Chester Counties, Is also
in this race and there are indications
that there will be another candidate
from the northeastern section of the
State.
A preliminary meeting Of the Phila
1elphia Steering Committee, which con-
Sists of II. Eugene Heine, the chair
man of the Philadelphia delegation
DR.. NJ. 3. Miller, the vice chairman
William Fl. Dubarry, the secretary Of
The Philadelphia County committee !;
Harry Powell, John Derwin. William
Fl. Creamer. Jr., Benjamin L. Colder. |
county chairman and district deputy
for Philadelphia Thomas |
Moore. DR.. J. Address and James f. !
Ryan. was held during the journey |
lere.
Philadelphia Seeks Conventions
The Philadelphia delegation will |
make strong representations to the con-
'ention to bring the State convention to |
Philadelphia in 1926 during the Scsqui-
Centennial celebration and is receiving
generous support in the movement to
ring the national convention of the
American Legion to the city at that
ime.
Philadelphia delegation consists Of
he following