The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-10-16
LEGION IS JUST
STARTING FIGHT
SAYS MAC N|OER
National Commander Says swell r.
nanced Attack" on Bonus Has
Given Temporary Setback;
Says Law VIII Pass.
FLAY ADMINISTRATION
ON CAUSE LONG DELAY
Successor for MaoNder 10 Being
Talked; Election to Come Friday;
New Orleans Gives Royal
Welcome TO Delegates.

wow Vii'ut1f wv Ahf iht hh't-
lean Legion has "only just started
10 fight for adjusted compensation.
lIanford MacNidcr. national COM
mandor OF the organization. declared
in addressing the opening session
OF the Leglon's third annual con-
yentIon here today.
The legislation will pass. Mac
Nider said. "because Il Is right, and
right always prevails"
"A great well financed attack by
interests which we cannot help but
feel are sirdid and selfish, has giYen
us one little setback" ho said. "But
those who represent the people In
Washington are with us by great
majoritics."
Next 10. the bonus, care OF tho
disabled Is uppermost in the minds
of the lcgionnaires and sharp criti-
cism of the governments activities
Is certain.
To Criticize Sawyer.
Brlgader General Sawyer. the
presidents physician, viii come in
for criticism for his part In the adj
ministration of government relief.
The national rehabilitation COM
mittee Of which A. A. Sprague is
chairman, already has placed before
the convention a report In which
the construction OF hospitals by the
government is called tragedy for
the sick, discredlt to the govern
ment. and an affront to the Ameri-
can Legion"
Members OF congress are con-
demned for "endeavoring to locate
hospitals where they cannot be
used"
President Harding, the report as.
serts, has neglected since June to
act on the requests of the bureau
for creation of a cooperative COM
mittee on rehabilitation.
The presence Of c. II. Forbes,
head of the Veterans Bureau,
brought the charge from same quar-
ters that the administration was en-
deavoring to suppress criticismi But
Forbes emphatically declared his
visit had nothing to do with politics
and that he merely sought to CO.
operate with the legion in rehablli-
tation program.
To Push Candidates.
Several candidates for the post OF
national commander, to succeed
MacNider, are being actively push
ed and legion politics are seething.
SO far, apparently no candidate has
the advantage. Those prominently
mentioned include w. Il. Deegan,
New York; L. A. Sprague, Illinois;
Joseph Thomas, Pennsylvania; Al
vim Owsley, Texas; Emmett O'Ncal,
Kentucky and Thomas Swale, Wash
ington.
The election will be on Friday.
It was estimated $4,000 legion
naires were in the city as the con-
vention opened
AL tidbOldlp piOt1idhl w. Sh'~A
tainment has been prepared Tonight
is French night" with visits to the
French quarter and street dancing
with New Orleans girls dressed in
the costumes of Normandy.
New Orleans welcomed the visi-
tors royalty. But the town is not
open as Kansas City was last
year or Cleveland before that. Scores
of federal agents, including some
of the crack enforcement officers Of
the federal organization. have come
to the city determined to clamp on
the lid.
| At the opening session addresses
Of welcome were to be delivered by
Andrew j. McShane, mayor of the
city, and Governor John M. Parker,
and national officers were to report.
| A larger number of men are in
attendance than at any previous
convention and the auxiliaries are
holding separate meetings.
LA Societe Des 40 Hommes Et 8
Chevaux"-4O men and horses
were holding an independent meet
| ing.