The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-02-17

ever watchful eyes l care Tor and
look after the needs and wants of
the manned and disabled veterans
of the great war. With tenderness
and mercy ! minister to them.
With unrelenting strength and pow
err / fight in the legislative halls of
our country for their welfare and
happiness. | turn the searchlight
of pittiless publicity on inefficiency
and unfairness toward former SER
vice man.
/ am the American Legion. l
safeguard those rights and prin-
ciples for which our warriors en-
dured screaming, shrieking hell in
far off lands-for which they gave
anstintingly of their warm life
blood. The constitution of our
country l uphold and will always
defend.
am the American Legion. l am
strong with the strength of youth
and wise with the wisdom of ex-
perience. In my ranks are care
free boys and gray-haired men
millionaires and paupers-statesmen
and humble folk-all banded to-
gether for a common cause.
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great sturdy organization of veter-
ans upon whose far-fying member
ship the sun never sets. My out
posts are established in every land,
in every cline; my banner is I'M
| furled beside the Stars and Stripes
wherever Americans are gathered.
l AM THE AMERICAN LEGION.
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The American Legion Auxiliary is
THE BACKBONE OF THE LE-
GION.
The American Legion Auxiliary is
Your wife-your mother-your
sister-your daughter;
Women who have suffered that
you might succeed;
Who know the bitter sweet of
sacrifice;
The sadness of farewell;
The joy of re-uniting.
Women who know the patient
happiness of service
All too often unremarked and
unrewarded;
Who braveIy sent you forth
Like Spartan mothers did of old
To victory or your shroud.
Who wept not, lest you be
ashamed
Who waited lonely da US for you
Or still are waiting
For those who rest where peoples
blow
Or walk the silent valleys of the
'THEY ALSO SERVE WHO
ONLY STAND AND WAIT"
They know and love you--and
thru you
They know and love the Legion.
You belong to them-and they
to you.
Help them serve NOW
AS they served THEN
God bless them.
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When Legionaires Of America
elected Hanford MacNider to lead
them during 1922 and thus ten
dered him the highest honor and
confidence within their power, they
made no mistake. Not alone is
"Jack" Ma cNider great leader
but better yet, he is loyal one
We are all familiar with the resig.
| nation of Senator Kenyon of Iowa
to accept the Office of federal Judge
and of the appointment of James
| r. Howard to take his place in the
| Senate. Not so many of us know
| that before Mr.. Howard was named
| our national commander was offered
the senatorship, and that in de,
| clining it, Commander MacNider de.
| clared that there should not be the
| slightest reason for any man to
feel that the Legion can be used to
further the political aims of any
party, and that, anyway, he looks
on the leadership of the Legion as
greater responsibility, of greater
Importance to t h e future O 1
America, than the position OF
United States Senator.
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If Congress acts favorably on
legislation now being passed by the
Legion, widows, mothers, and or
phans of those who died in the
great war will receive vocational
training at government expense
Investigation by the Legion shows
that thousands of those dear to our
dead comrades are suffering bitter
ly the lost protection of their loved
| ones. The $25 a month they get
from Uncle Sam is not adequate
for present-day expenses and they
need vocational education to fit
them for business life. Therefore,
the Legion is pleading their cause.
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1t remained for Ray Rossberg of
Crookston, Minnesota's National Lee
glon Committeeman to put over the
Minnesota Official Legion Band of
Il fhn
luth, as official band for the great
national convention of the Legion
to be held at New Orleans next
October. This decision was secured
at the recent national executive
committee meeting at indianapolis
Count on Ray to look after Gopher
interests. Can't you just see the
Gopher boys in their thousands
swinging along behind their Gopher
band in the big national convention
parade way down south next Octo.
Der?
"The best and most efficient
| county Legion organization in the
| United States" is the proud title
| given The Ramsey County Legion
Central Committee of Minnesota by
none other than Dan S. Hollenga
National Legion Director of organi.
cation, in a statement before the
assembled delegates from every
state in the nation, at the meeting
| of state officers held in indianapolis
January 21st. Last year Director
Hollenga made trip through prac-
ticaily every Legion department in
the country. He spent ten weeks
IN Minnesota. And now he holds
up to the broad U. S. A. a Mime
sofa county as the model for all
county Legion bodies to follow
He particularly praised the prac-