Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-30

When the national executive COM
mittee of the American Legion meets
at the Raleigh Hotel on February :.
S and g. public interest will center
chiefly in its action on the offer of
$5,000.00e by the knights of Columbus
with which to build a war memorial
in Washington, but that particular
matter will occupy only small part
OF the three-day session.
This will be the first meeting of the
national committee since last Septem-
Der and it will find a large accumula-
ton of business awaiting action
LENDERS of the committee from the
northwest are expected to press the
proposal for an American Legion me-
mortal in Centralia, Washington state,
in honor of the marchers who were
shot down by radicals there during
the Armistice day parade, in Novem-
Der. 1919.
The policy to be pursued in connec-
ton with the Legislative program dur
ing the Sixty-seventh Congress also
will come up. and probably will &C.
casion more discussion than any other
feature of the meeting. The national
legislative committee will meet on
Saturday. February S. and it's report
will aid the executive committee IN
reaching decision as to what should
be done. The Rogers bill, providing
for a consolidation Of the work of
bureau, the public health service and
the Fordney bill for adjusted COM
pensation are the foremost matters
now under consideration.
AS for the s5,000.000 offered by the
knights of Columbus, the general i'm
preston Is that it will be accepted
and that the quest of a site will be
taken up with Congress. Suggestions
have been made that the site on the
Mall near 9Th street. set aside by Con-
gress for the proposed washington
memorial, might be used If some ar
rangement were made with those re-
spensible for that project.
Entertainment by Veterans.
An entertainment with varied
program is o be given under the aus
pces of the state department of the
Veterans Of Foreign Wars the even
ing of March 16, the details having
mental meeting held in the Metro
politan Bank building last Wednes-
day night.
Capt. Joseph B. Much. chairman of
the entertainment committee, prom
ised there would not be dull mo-
ment during the evening. The pro-
gram will be announced shortly and
will include vocal and instrumental
music and dancing.
In addition to the other features,
the story of Haiti, from the day when
Columbus first set foot on it until the
present time, will be the subject OF
an address by Capt. s. J. Seckelmann..
4 number of pictures covering the
entire history of the island, including
the French occupation and the revo-
luton, have been collected by Capt.
Seek elmann and will be shown for
the first time.
Beginning next month, regular meet
ings of the departmental officers will
he held the first and third Wednes-
day evenings of each month.
VIII Hear Youngest Member.
The youngest member Of the House
of Representatives., Clarence J. Nc
Leod of Michigan, will be the guest
of George Washington Post, No. i. of
the American Legion at its regular
meeting in Community Service Hall
next Tuesday evening. Representative
Mcleod was in the service during the
war, and has taken a very active part
in pressing Legislation of interest to
former service men.
The principal event in March of in
terest to members of this post will
be the banquet the evening Of the
18th. concentrating the second ami
versary Of the founding Of the post.
Col. e. Lester Jones, first post COM
mander. is chairman of the commit
tee on arrangements, and he has as
sured Commander Howard S. Fisk
that the speakers will be men of