The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-31
NOTABLEs ARRIVE WITH
 CONVENTION DELEGATES

Kansas City. October 30,-The equivalent of a war strength division, made up of men from New England to San Francisco, their wives and relatives had arrived here tonight to attend the national convention of the American Legion which begins to- m orrow Included in the hundreds of arrivals today were two of the le- gion's and nations guests from abroad-General Armando Diaz of Italy and General Baron Jacques Of Belgium.
 They reached the city this morn | ing within half an hour of one an- other and were given rousing well l come.
 | Another notable to arrive was Vice President Coolidge, President Hard i inE's official representative. Pro longed cheers also greeted Mir. Cool idge.
 This big mid-western city tonight 9. riot of color and crowds Hun dreds of olive drab and many naval uniforms were in evidence.
 A national political convention 1 probably never developed more cleo i tioneering and lobbying than was witnessed today and tonight State delegations. virtually all of which are here began caucuses and vote l trading.
 Three outstanding points engaged 1 the attention of the legion--the choice for next national commander, selection of the next convention city and a fight to remove the permanent headquarters from Indianapolis. May Name Southerner There seemed to be a general be- 1 lief among delegates that man from 1 the south or west would be the next national commander.
 l New York and San Francisco ap- ] parently come out as the strongest lcontenders for the next convention. ! A resolution voicing an unmistak- able demand for immediate action by i Congress on the federal bonus propo- stion will be one of the principal issues taken up by the convention, 1t was said.
 1 The credentials committee today certified the total convention voting strength at 1,060. New York holds ! the most votes, with total of SO. l Pennsylvania comes next, with 65, and Illinois stands third, with 62.
 Delegates from Alaska, Africa, Chile. the British Isles Canada, Panama, Canal Zone. China, Cuba.
 France, Guatemala. Hawaii, Japan, { MeN1CO, PeTu, =IOilO INiCu anu ul hSS will be seated.
 The alternates will swell the num- Der on the floor more than twofold.
 Women to Organize l About 500 delegates will attend the first national convention of the wom- ems auxiliary beginning Tuesday. at
 which the organization will be per
 fected and possibly new name adopted Another point leaders plan to bring up is eligibility, now limited
 to mothers. wives. sisters and daugh-
 ters of legion members of service men who gave their lives during the war.
 The legion convention will get un-
 der way early tomorrow morning with the call to order by National Commander John G. Emery of Grand Rapids, Mich Welcoming speeches will be made in behalf of Kansas City and the state of Missouri and reports of committees and national officers will be heard
 Vice President Coolidge is the speaker of the morning. At noon me- morial services will be held for the
 late Col. Frederick W. Galbraith, Jr. national commander, killed in mo- tor car accident at Indianapolis last June while on legion business. General .Diaz of Italy, General
 Baron Jacques of Belgium and Maj
 Gen. John A. Lejeune of the United
 States marine corps will deliver their messages to the American veterans in the afternoon and in the evening
 Admiral Earl Beatty of the British
 fleet will address the legionnaires.