The Coconino sun., 1923-06-15

several of the other gentlemen,
who were members of the confer
ence, volunteered their services to
our country in the Spanish-Amer-
lean war;
''In view of these facts may |
not suggests the impropriety of
your letter and the gross inaccur-
acies Of the statements contained
therein and the duty you owe to
4 the members of your organization
who honor you as their represen-
tative, to send them an apology
for the misinformation sent to
them apparently for a political
motive ?"
Says Hunt Playing Politics
This is the letter I received from
the governor OF this state, q man hold
ing office as the direct result Of his
political activity, and this is the letter
that he sent copies of to the posts
Of the American Legion I say to you
that he sent this letter to you solely
and for one purpose only-politics. He
is drawing his salary as governor Of
Arizona because Of the number of
votes he secured and obtained through
political organization at the gem
eral election last November. / was
not elected department commander
that way.
He claims that | made mis-state-
ments of the facts in my letter.
say to you that is false.
Let as get down to brass tacks and
call a spade spade.
( Duane Bird, Thomas Maddox, Louis
E TIL, e n
i way, members of the American Le-
gion, were invited to the conference.
/ And right here let me state that
have the highest regard for every one
I of these gentlemen, and consider them
+ personal friends of mine. In referring
! to them do SO solely for the purpose
I Of disappearing this statement Of the
1 governor.
4 Mr.. Bird, past department COM
mander of the Legion, was not
/ present at the conference, but if he
had been, could you possibly say that
/ he represented the American Legion
and was authorized to speak for us?
Was Tom Maddox authorized to
/ speak for tae American Legion, and
did he represent the American Le-
I gion? Mo- He may have represent
/ ed the previous administration of the
state highway department of which he
was the head, or possibly just Tom
Maddox
/ Was Louis Douglas authorized to
4 speak for the American legion, and
I did he represent the American Le-
! gion? No! He may have represent
ed the governors views on the Colo
Z NJ Abn
/ United Verde Extension Copper COM
I pany, or possibly just Louis Douglas.
4 Was John C. Greenway authorized
! to. speak for the American Legion,
and did he represent the American
Legion? No. He may have repre-
sented the copper companies of which
4 he is general manager, or possibly
4 just John C. Greenway.
+ IF by any chance there was q Cath
olic or q Presbyterian among the in
vited members of the conference, are
we to understand that the Catholic or
the Presbyterian church, as organiza-
tions, were properly represented, and
that such members were authorized to
4 speak for these churches and their
members
How absurd it IS to claim that the
American Legion was represented, and
especially when we have been inform
ed that the American Legion, and its
members, was never even mentioned
ut the conference The governor does
not deny that there were representa-
tives Of various interests present, but
even if there were not does that
change matters any? No!
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Legion had been invited, is it not rea-
sonable to suppose that we would have
heard something about it at depart
ment headquarters
Let's take the governors letter it.
self to find out and determine who, in
his opinion, is the representative Of
our organization. In the closing par
Ggraph Of his letter he states:
The members of your organization
who honor you ast their representa-
tive" He designates me as the repre-
i sentative Of the American Legion. On
this particular point I am willing to
ACCEPT the statement OF the governor
as TO WHO is the representative OF the
American Legion.
Enter McClusky
told his private secretary, Mr.. Nc
/ Clusky, before the governor wrote his
letter to me, that I would have Sc
lected, if invited, as the official rep
resentative OF the American Legion
to attend the conference one Of our
members WHO was recognized as au-
thority on reclamation and irrigation.
Commencing with my first public
speech in Nogales on Armistice day Of
last November, and in all of my talks
since, | came out frankly with the
statement that / was against a nat
! ienal cash bonus, and urged reclana-
tion and lane legislation as the most
/ desirable kind of a bonus for the ex-
service men and women Of the World
war; The time when a cash bonus
would have been Of real benefit, real
izing that it would only amount to a
few hundred dollars per man, was
when they handed you your discharge
papers and you set out to try and find
a job and home.
| want to see you get a permanent
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