The border vidette., 1923-05-12
THE AMERICAN LEGION.
National Commander Bares Legion's
Policy in His Tucson Speech.

CllO tH udl VI WulCL
was probably never before heard
in the Old Pueblo, Alvin Nj.
Owsley, national commander of
the American Legion, the worlds
largest organization of ex ser
vice men, last night addressed
an assem- blage of auditors which
packed the state armory to its
fullest capacity, says Tuesday
mornings Tucson Star.
disqualification of the disabled
ex service men. characterization,
regulation of immigration, ma
turalization, and adjusted com
pensation for the ex service
men, Commander Owsley voiced
himself as placing in the front
rank of detectives sought by the
American Legion in his speech
before mass meeting in which
were hundreds of Tucsons most
representative citizens, inclusive
of a large gathering of ex ser
vice men.
Following the mass meeting,
Commander Owsley departed for
Silver City, N. NJ, and Fort
Bayard, where he will address
audiances during the next two
days, and will continue his whirl
wind speaking tour of the coun
try. The national commander
was, prior to the mass meeting,
the guest at banquet of ex ser
vice men and their wives in the
main dining room of the Santa
Rita hotel, presided over by Ray
Jenkins, commander of the Nor
gan McDormott Post. Celora
M. Stoddard, department. com
mander and State Adjutant Os-
borne, were present at both of
these meetings.
Stressing to the fullest extent
the stand of the American LIE
gion for restriction of immigra
ton for a period of five years,
the national commander went
fully into his reasons for this
attitude, involving the class of
immigrants now characterizing
the masses coming here from
Europe. The immigrants of to
day, he said, are coming from
the hotbeds of strife and the
warning nations of Europe, ra
ther than from those regions
which make the best citizens of
America.
Calling upon Tucsonans for
the fullest demonstration of pa
triotism in their fair treatment
of the ex service men and loyal
ty to country, Commander OWs,
ley was time after time halted in
the progress of his eloquent ad
dress by long continued busts
Of applause, while Tucsonans
we're auditors to one of the most
striking examples of oratory
ever heard here.
Yesterday noon in the main
dining room of the Santa Rita
hotel the national commander
addressed a joint luncheon meet
ing of the Rotary and Kiwanis
clubs, chapter of the American
Association of Engineers and
other representative Tucsonans
upon varied aspect of his per
petual theme of true American.
ism.
Reasons why business men
should support the American
Legion, we're set forth, the fore
most one being for the reason
that it is the greatest organiza.
ton OF ex service men in exist
ence. Furthermore, he averred,
the Legion can be made the
greatest friend to industry in the
United States, and it is it's de-
sire to protect business and pri
vate contracts among it's first
OOJectS.
Citing the selective choice
which has given Arizona an ex
cellent citizenship, be referred
to the method of the ten millions
of people on the other side of
this country, who neither speak,
read or write English. Over 600
foreign language newspapers
have been founded in the United
States since the war, be said,
many with the object of spread.
ing revolutionary propaganda.
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