The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-19
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Two ful! Minutes of Supreme
Applause Crecls Lands
Statement for Compen.
sniiOn.
10000 March in Parade


4 Its.--OiY 4. - The American Legion.
following Il business session today.
marched in parade this afternoon.
I More ilhn 10000 men fell In"
| fluiterina IN the autumn air. borne
I by the men who cirrled them % vic.
tory four years ago. went the nation.
~ col0ra. fanhod by the flkon colura
~ legion posts from every state, from
Alaska. Hawaii tho Panama cannl
zone. Porto Rico, the Philippine
Islands, Grent Britain. Africa and
china. u,
] Exclude Immigrants.
I Tho report also contained a declsra
/ tlon jn vor Of total exclusion of I'm.
migrants from the United States.
| Domand for n roll call that the
world may Know where We stand on
Y The bonus question" followed viva
I yoce affirming the report of
resolutions committee which declared
the legion Will CONTINUE TO fight for
I the legislation until Il IL enacted into
\ lnw."
! A division. called for by Commander
! MacNlder. resulted ~ announcement
\ tlint tho vote was unanimous. One
deieg1tc Who voted mo- by mistake
/ cried out his apology when hundreds
/ " delegates yelled out, who is her"
4 Lands q. KS Vote.
Kenesaw NJ. Lands, commissioner
of Organized baseball, former federal
4 district judge IN Chicago and ayowed
/ friend Of service men, told the con.
vcntIon their stand Of adjusted com.
peDfatlon was based on Justice.
Following Commissioner Lands
speech the convention session od
journed and tho veterans left for the
annual legion parade at 2.
The report of the convention on ma
tIonal legislation. passing percentage
\ OF law as against a pension system
was re1d by John Thomas Taylor, Its
chairman
Expose War ProHteers.
Exposure of war profltcers' was
declared another duty Of the legion
~ Mr.. Taylor's report, which wss
hppplfu III lib tUtUctY.
a dramatic recitation OF the Star
| SpaDgled Banner" by the commander
OF tho George Washington post OF
Washington, y. c.. opened the legion
session today.
Greetings from the British Legion
signed by tho prince Of Wales and
Gen. Haig. commanderin.chief OF the
British army. were brought by Mai
| J. u. B. Cohen, member Of the British
parliament.
Capt. James Dinklns Of Mississippi,
assistant adJntant general Of the
United Confederate Veterans, brought
tho greetings Of his organization and
Of hts chief. Gen. Julian Carr
Tho assembly arose TO It's feet with
Il roar when Judge Lands reached
the platform
Nail Few Lies.
zone reason ] am glad to be here
today" said Mr.. Landis. "is 10 nail
n few lies about the American Legion.
] have had some experience with per.
1urers"
| h' JhuRf iplu VI HIS tlD1ls 10 gel
! an eXservlce man job, and how he
was refused ON the ground that the
veterans are "fighty." lie corrected
| that opinion, he said, and added but
II ! had gone through what that man
did would have been shot every day
for fiightiness.
81 can tell you the truth on this
thing that has been misnamed. II
| Is called the bonus. Back in 1917
| there had been tumult on this earth
! for two or three years. We haG
/ war. The bunch Of fellows who de.
clded that war decided we must havc
soldiers Then they decided we
must pay The soldiers.
Two Full Minutes.
"0ne said its n bad tLigg to over,
pay soldiers, ana he decided on $40,
| Ninety'six million OF us~Yere unani
nous for $50 month"; We went
back 10 work and strange 10 sav
things doubled aud trebled In price
Here the judge announced with
/ emphatic sluwness.
II am for adjusted compensation"
and drew two fun minutes u suprom.
applause