Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-26
DEMANDS NAMES
OF ENEMIES OF LEGION

Captain Charles E. Lockhardt, Yankee
Division veteran and commander of the
New Haven post of the American Legion
has addressed a letter to Treasurer
Frank S. Butterworth Of the legion, call
ing upon him to name the powerful po-
liticials" who, Butterworth charges, are
attacking the state fund for needy vet
Grams of the world war.
Captain Loekhart's letter pointed out
that no one had attacked the state fund
to his knowledge, but that the injunction
brought by him and James D. McKenna
of New Britain was calculated solely to
prevent Butterworth, personally, from
taking pay of $500 a month from the
fund intended for disabled and unfort-
innate comrades who were made to APP
pear in letter by Butterworth to be
victims of the legal action brought
against him.
The following is a copy Of Captain
Lockhart's letter:
Dear Sir: My attention has been
called to letter under date of Jan. IL,
1922, which was sent to practically all
of the posts in this state and in which
you urged Concerted action to help save
the state fund from the clutches of the
politicians who have attacked it and
have tried to destroy it. AS a matter of
fairness 1 am asking you to let me know
Wy w poiiIioiahe aIe anu -ust mHdt
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ioi tiide very ledson thal wanted me
cou!1s 70 ."eclue It Il you were legally
en'i'Leo 70 COW mouth from a lund
"iiion onlE lew shotl NOUNS ago
was SO nearly uepleeea that many sur
ierihs men were turned away from the
| legion headquarters In thls city because
mere We're no 1uncs aVaianle for them
oul 81 .ne $40 lulln. gu are wen
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aO ma 'liile'
YOU coiIslqer the ACT OF TWO OF
soli Ig,ioN n.FiiipTi9 ~ oiSas[eelns WIN
tou aiiu "fnsin lie euesLio,i lesally SET,
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nlo 80 oEel sou. signature
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nesai Sioulus anu which view was sIar-
eu by AT ledst TWO eN-SerVlce men OF
Coiin eV'ictle an atlach On Liie STATE lunu
anu d. dtleihpl ~ uesuroy ~ ne STATE
fund IS not belng attacked. IL IS Delne
protected. 1t Is not going to be destroy
eo- IL Is gong 10 De carried on. Inc
question IS "hether you, man Wh0
was slrohsly opposed 10 'he state grant
ing salary for this very purpose al
the last session OF the leglsiatnre shouio
now receive s5oo mollth from the very
fund which you labored so hard TO pre-
vent salaries being paid for.
: "I hope you will let the posts know
the true situation, now that it has beer
: brought to your attention, and that thi!
, apparent oversight of who the politician.
are will be speedily covered.
off 10 Interesting RI note tho WAY
the situation has sbaned itx,lf The twt
members of the legion who brought +bi
;niunctiop against ,,o, narsonsi11 an,
who axnec+ad tbe courts 70 defnite1,
[ decide the matter and thereby clarity III,
| atmoenhera 70 the hest interasts If al
concerned now End themselves in tho NJ
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t 80 all,7o, Io ~ ntioa 20 r9o
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e money which is involved nor that Il i
: Won as an American Legion officer VIII
g is eniooned nor that McKenna nor nv
/ self nrav ont the Injunction excent a
citizens A perusal of the writ serve
mon YOU will disclose that fact. ON
, thing more. we have approximatelv 10
: 900 ex-seryise men in the state of Con
' nectictrt How MANY of then, do W.
e the rest.
70 send either a cow of the story :
The Fund, or vour letter If Ion - :
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