The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-03-09

4 presents the most highly organized
opposition to the bonus by trying To-
separate the cash feature from the
more productive provisions of the biII,
j and by other means, it has done every
thing in its power TO influence its con-
stituent members against the bin. In
spite Of this fact, the vcte shows Al
\ most 2 to 4 favorable
i The Legion despises unfair discri-
1 imination cash and the other features
cannot be separated as the u IS. Cham
bers separated them ii its referen-
dunn" ~.
| On March a American Legion
membership was 1O8, 900 more than on
March a, 1921. New members have
joined ut the rate of &, 500 i day since
Jan. /. These figures have been given
out from Legion headquarters % -
fute the statement that the organisa-
tion is losing members because of it,
stand on adjusted compensation.
I Before the sunset Of the first day,
SOC, 600 daisies were sold IN the Amerf-
can Legion's Daisy Day" driye
throughout Massachusetts for funds
to help unemployed ex-soldierss Four
daisies brought $125.
| Charging that the bonus is attack
ed mot by those who fonghet. but 'sby
| those who profited," the American
Legion at Marion, O., home of Presi-
dent Harding, has appealed to Com
gress to look at the facts ain the light
of pure reason" t -
"It will be blowed up" The police
at Centralia, Wash, received this
| threat against the erection Of the Arm
erican Legion memorial building, to be
dedicated to men shot down by alleged
LW.W. members in 1919.
To attend an American Legion IN
itiation, an Oregon rancher trekked 35
miles-18 of them on snowshoes.
Wounds received In France did not
| check his determination to arrive. =
A member of the American Legion
or it's Auxiliary will sit on every
school board in Iowa, if plans of the
Legion's Americanism department in
that state carry s5
Cash payments ran Fourth IN a re-
ferendun on adjusted compensation
taken by the Elgin, Neb., post of the
American Legion In five townships. AT
Bozeman, Mont, there were no votes
for the cash option.
Repudiating the stand against adj
justed compensation taken by the u.
S. Chamber of Commerce, the Chicago
commerce board went on record In
support of the bill following visit 10
Chicago of Hanford MacNider, COM
mander of he American Legion.
The ex-service men on the beach at
Waikiki needs bonus as his buddy
in this country, according to the Hon
olulu Chamber of Commerce which
has passed resolution indorsing the
American Legion's five-fold adjusted
compensation bill.
Making expenses by selling ehsw-
ing gum, an ex-cavalryman Is waIk-
ing from Chicago to Los AngeSas o.
get q job promised him theza ~Itss
15o0 miles, but jobs ars ssas1s -
says, .....
The longest wireless jump syor
made at zen was recorded when -
steamer American Legion, enterine
i Buenos Aires, picked up meesaxe
from ship o. Honolulu. 1000 miles
distant.
The American Legion has won the
1 first suit N its history, brought % O.
fend It's nane Judgment 81 defanlt
and damages were awarded TIE Lasion
against Francis 81. Shoemaker, IL
legged radical worker, FOR s&atemeut1
made III speech last Decemb4r.
/ Shoemaker WAS quoted . saying tAat
the Legion Il ssuhsidised By Iii -
terests and Opposed = srEan1nol
labor
Armed with fence pickets, doushty
| ex-soldiers Staged bloodless hnlI-
il light u TIE Jersey City stocAyAfds =
Il raise funds for the Americas Legin1E
The nimble matadors had tc ju1p tb
1 fenee On several occasionk
& Disabled emergency o1llcees e -
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