The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-11-09
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Serves America :.
The American Legion of Minnesota
serves America by promoting True
Americanism as embodied In the IRE
amble to the Legion Constitution.
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Serves Minnesota
Rv uniting it's home town commu-
mites in the performance OF worth
while work by observing patriotic oc-
casions. organizing home talent enter
tainments. commercial organizations
baseball. football and basketball CLUBS
how and girl scout troups, public hor,
aries village and country agricultural
fair. building parks, roads and TOUR
lists camps and by otherwise encourag,
ing the spirit of loyalty to state ana
home town.
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Serves Its Buddies =.
By securing government justice 1or
81. 900 disabled veterans, work 1or
10000 unemployed comrades, meals
clothing and lodging for $4,000 unem-
nloved buddies and their families, by
protecting the rights of thousands OIL
Minnesota fighters under the state
Soldiers Preference Act, taking the IN
itiative in securing the passage OF the
Minnesota State Bonus, by daily visit
ING. cheering and aiding sick comrades
in Minnesota hospitals, by spending
s50. 600 at Rochester Minnesota In
helping comrades from all over Amer
lea back to health, home and employ,
ment after undergoing vital surgical
operations at the Mayo Clintlc, anu
by planning the erection at Rochester
of a Legion Memorial Hospital to con-
tinue and increase this help and service
Frank And Friendly
"The American Legion occupies one
UNIQUE distinction among veteran S
this or any other way
declare, the editor of the Stars ana
Stripes of Washington, "lt is not a
secret society. 1t has never maintained
any sort of privacy about its af1alrs
throwing open the doors OF its nation
al conventions and of its national exc
cutive committee meetings. Its men,
bership records are published. 1t goes
about it's affairs in the open and the
world is at liberty to know just what
it is doing. The legionaires have a
dislake fro camouflage and hocus
pocus. They have felt from the first
that their American Legion should be
and could be an institution so clean and
straight forward and public spirited
and inspirational that it would have
no use for secrecy. They are still of
that opinion. On this basis the Legion
has only to be certain that it is right
and every advantage is on it's side"
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Its Leaders Lead
Good leadership is responsible for
success of every thriving organization.
In the Legion, men who place their or
ganization above political ambition
and selfish interests are making his
tory for their posts and establishing
prestige for themselves. They suggest
but never drive, always with firm
hand on the throttle. They encourage
and give credit for every
piece of constructive work done. They
make the country boy feel at home in
the post and give him a hearty well
come. That is why the Legion in Min
nesota has a national reputation for
intitave and energy in every line of
Legion endeavor because Minnesota
Legion posts have good leaders with a
loyal membership solidly behind them,
a membership that appreciates their
good work
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The Legion Should Lead
WHAT'S the Legion doing in Mime
sofa? How often is that question
asked? And how many can answer it.
The Legion has done something in
Minnesota. 1t has united the best tai
ent the State had at a time of nation
al crisis. It has established stand
ard of Americanism that is without
foolish exaggeratien and it has refus-
ed to tolerate destructive criticism of
our government institutions. Without
much Juror it demanded and obtained
redress for scores of disabled buddies
and brought about the payment of the
Minnesota State Bonus, thus enabling
ulClt WIN lClG OilC W IlIlCC
years of their lives in camp and trench
to make Roadway toward economic in
It has done many things
that have been good and it has yet to
do anything which can be subject to
question. But there is much more to be
done. There is no reason to become un-
duly excited over any ailment Mime
sofa may have. It's healthy state and
can right itself when necessary with
out much assistance, but there is good
reason to be surprised when any Leg
ion post, in any section, begins to show
signes of decay and lack of energetic
activity. Since the American Legion is
made of the best the state had five
years ago, it is only logical to expect
that the Legion should now produce
the leaders in every civic, state and
national activity centering in your
community, and in majority of cases
take the lead as an organization.
There can be no doubt but that your
city or county has some problem to
solve. 1t may be schools or roads or