The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-10-25
LEGION TO MEET. {. in
ST. PAUL NEXT YEAR
NATIONAL CONVENTION WILL
ATTRACT 100000 VISITORS
TO THE NORTHWEST
AGAINST CLASS STRIFE
VETERANS OF WORLD, WAR
TAKE STRONG STAND-FRISCO
GATHERING SUCCESS

The national convention of the
American Legion in 1924 will be held
in st. Paul. This was decided on
Thursday of last week which was the
fourth day of this years session at
,San Francisco.
In winning the national convention
St. Paul received aid from quarter
. where comfort for a st. Paul cause
is gnot supposed to emanate--from
Minneapolis. The boom for st. Paul
was started unknown to the city by
two Legion bodies in the Mill City.
Minneapolis had the first national
convention, before the days when
Legion conventions were institutions
of such Importance. Under the circum-
stances Minneapolis could not ask for
another convention so soon, but since
the Legion was disposed to favor a
city of the central states, Minneapolis
volunteered to start the boom for st.
Paul.
First there was a resolution by the
Nayy-Maripe post in Minneapolis,
and then Voiture NO. 81 OF the "4O
and S'' of Minneapolis.
Among the high lights Of the con-
-vention were the adopting of a resolu-
lion which condemned any individual,
groups of individuals, or organiza-
lions which creates or fosters radical,
religious, or class strife amoung our
people, or which takes into their own
hands the enforcement of law, de-
Examinations of guilt, or infliction of
punishment, and declaring such to be
un-American, menace to liberty,
and destructive to the fundamental
law of America, and also that the
convention considered such action by
any individual, groups, or organiza-
ions to be inconsistent with the
ideals and purposes of the American
Legion.
The report on Americanism sub
mitted at the convention Oct. 10, was
unanimously adopted, its recommend
atoms includes:
Creating a community and service
bettefment bureau of the national
Americanism commission, an advisory
council and a broad program of COM
fnunity welfare work.
Recommending to the national
finance committee budget of $685.
500. for the regular Americanism
work and $4,000 for the community
work.
Favoring universal physical eddca-
ton, for school children.
Urging the teaching of the sacri-
flee of life for ones country.
Fixing the date for the closing OF
the national essal contest for school
children as April L.
Reiterating a demand for legisla-
ton excluding immigrants ineligible
for citizenship.
Demanding cessation of all immi-
grafton for five years; selective sys-
tenn of immigration, regulation OF
aliens; raised standards of admission
and preference in entrance to famil-
les of soldiers and citizens. -
Asking annual registration of all
aliens in the United States, knowl-
edge of English, civics and American
history as prerequisites to citizen
ship; demanding the exclusion of con-
scientious DIRECTORS and slackers; ces-
station of fraudulent entry; simpfifca.
ton of immigration laws and their
operation.
Commencing posts which cooper
ate with naturalization courts and
asking courts to cooperate with such
posts.
Aei,Asling a law to extend special dis
tpensation in APPLICATION for citizen
ship Of former service men, for five
years from expiration of present law
March "a.
Commenting the American Fedora.
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