Evening star., 1921-02-07
LEGION HEADS HERE
TO WORK FOR VETS
viii Push Americanization
Work, Act on K. of C. Offer
and Fight Army Bill Cut.

Representatives of twenty organ1-
cations of national scope who are
interested in Americanization work
will meet in Washington March 10 10
draw up a co-ordinated program Tor
such activities, according to an an
nouncement made here today before
the national executive committee OF
the American Legion, meeting in the
Washington Hotel.
The announce ement was made py
Henry J. Ryan of Boston. chairman
of the legion's Americanization com
mittee. who said there were at least
5000 dfsloya1 teachers in educational
institutions in the United States who
should be removed, of which some
1000 were in colleges and un1ver-
stiles.
Organisations Pushing Work.
The organizations which are now
doing AmericaniZation work inde-
pendently, and which TIE American
Legion hopes to unite in way tnat
will prevent duplication of effort, in
Dor, Salvation Army, Knights of Co
lumbus. Y. NJ. c. A, Y. W. &. A.,
American Red Cross Boy Scouts Of
America, National Security League.
Women's Roosevelt Memorial Asso-
citation and many large fraternal
orders.
A report was given showing that the
Army appropriation bill. as passed by
the House, is so small that 40 per
cent of the authorized strength OF
the National Guard will be prevented
from taking any field training next
summer, and a resolution was ADOPTED
empowering National Commander F.
W. Galbraith and the legion's mili-
tary policy committee to press the sit
nation on Congress. The report was
read by D. Markey Of Frederick. Md.
silent ON X. of G. Offer.
The question Of accepting the offer
of SIS 100000 by the Knights Of CO.
lumbus with which to build a
memorial in Washington to those who
died in the world war will be laid be-
fore the committee by Commander
Galbraith either late TO-DAY or Some-
time tomorrow.
Every one of the fifty-five members
of the committee has received scores
of letters on the question. some urg-
ing that the offer be accepted and
others asking that it be rejected. but
the members will not forecast their
action.
clause in the offer which provides for
q ioint control of the memorial build
ing. and it is understood that there is
some objection to that feature,
Hone to Aid 1000 Ill Soldiers.
The chief business of the committee
during it's three-day meeting here will
he in the interest of the $4,000 war
veterans who are now in hospitals,
and whose number is increasing at
the rate of 1900 a month.
1t is reported that at least $4,000 Of
the number are in hospitals unsuited
to care for such patients, and that
in come cases men with mental dis
orders are in hospitals for the crimi-
nal insane. The tentative program
of disqualification mapped out by the
legion would call for an appropria-
ton of $S5,000,000, not all of which
would have to be appropriated at
once, however.
Members Of the committee said to-
day that the legion had not receded
a foot from its stand in favor Of ad-
iusted compensation for all men who
were in the service during the war.
T.ne executive committee decided to
dsnaunce the action Of Secretary Wilson
of the Labor Department in publicly
unholdins the action of his assistant
I,nmis F. Post, in deportation cases.
The subcommittee investigating Mr..
pnst's record in this connection was
directed to draw up suitable resolu-
tiOns. :.-