Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-18
LEGION WILL
/! CONTINUE FIGHT
| FOR B0NUSLA|W
Over 10000 Former Soldiers
March In Great Parade
Today.
!Owsley Declares He Will
! Accept Nomination AS
Commander.

Convention Hall, New Orleans
Oct. 1S:-(By The Associated
Press. s.)-Demand for a roll call
''that the world may know where
VIC stand on the bonus question"
followed viva vOct- vote affirm
ing the report of resolutions
committed, which declared the
legion will continue to nght for
the legislation until It 10 enacted
into laws" y,
A division, called for by Conn
mandcr MacNider, resulted in an.
nOuncemcnt that the vote was
unanimous. One delegate who
voted mo" by mistake, cried out
his apology when hundreds Of
delegates cried out "who is hep"
New Orleans. Oct. Ns.-tBy Tn.
Associated Press. )-The American
Legion. following brisk business ses-
sion today, paraded this afternoon.
More khan 10000 men "fell in" for
the parade. and the brisk autumn air,
a contrast to the balmy weather of
the first two days of the convention
lent added zest to the event. r
Through miles ot narrow stone
paved streets, down the broad cours-
es of the %"Vieux Carre' (old town,
established by the Spanish and
veterans of 1918 marched today"
Fluttering bravely in the, autumn
air borne by the men who carried
to victory four years ago. went the
colors. flanked by the sillten col6rs Of
Legion posts from every state, from
Alaska. Hawaii. the Panama Canal
zone, Porto RicoA the Philippine ISL
ands. Great Britain. Africa and China
Owslcy Will Accept.
, The announcement by Alvin NJ.
Owsley of Texas that he would accept
the nomination for the national COM
mandership,> IL it were offered him, ap-.
peared to be crystallizing the senti-
ment of the south.
Mr.. Owsley, a former attorney gen.
eral Of Texas, and ;ehairmsnafor ysars
of the Americanization committeeof of'
the legion. brought in a report this.
week. as spokesman OF the commits,
sion. in which it was declared thatIa a
deliberate effort was being made t6
inject a prO-German account of the
world war into the school text books
in many parts Of America.
The report also contained decla-
ration in favor Of total exclusion Of
immigrants from tho United States
and asserting again the stand of the
legion in opposition to the recognition
New Orleans, Oct. 18.-To the tunes
that sent them from the training
camps to embarkation points and forl
eign battlefields members of the
American Legion, 10000 strong, will
march here today.
From the streets and hotels. from
the convention hall and from commit
tee rooms and state headquarters
where politics and policies we're be-
ing discussed will come the visiting
host this afternoon to impress the
living by their unity and to honor the
dead on the field of battle. Hardly
less important will be the morning
session where policies fresh from
committee rooms will be presented.
The reception accorded by the dele
gates to committee reports is expect
ed to have considerable bearing on the
contest for national officers. Many
large and influential state delegations
are ION the fence" it is LEARNED. walt
jng to see what develops. They have
mo candidate and are not proposing
any trades.
ants for the honor Of national coin
mander are subject to considerable
scrutiny by many of the delegates. i,
is reported.
Kenesaw NJ. Lands. supreme base
ball commissioner, will be speaker
at the morning session of the Legion
in convention hall.
Among the committee reports tina t
are expected are those on military af-
fairs, constitution. internal organiza
tion. naval affairs and finance.
The American Legion auxiliary will
hold brief business session during
the morning. when reports of depart
ments and committees will be heard