Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-16
Local Veterans Meet Nation a l
Legion Adjutant, Who Pledges
Full Support Boulder Dam Bill

Pledges of support for Boulder
CANYON Dam and the All-American
canal, resulted from the visit. of
Cal Mousseau, Harry i. Foster and
S. G. Carey, to Long Beach Thurs
day and Friday, where, in com
pany with Congressman Phil Swing,
the Legion men presented the dam
proposition to an enthusiastic meet
ing of eXservice men who were on
hand to greet Lemuel Bolles of
Seattle, national adjutant and one
of the founders of the American
Legion.
The valley men met with a great
reception, the way for which was
paved by the distribution of sew
eral lugs of the finest Imperial
Valley grapes, which showed the
Legionaires what can be done here
in the way of agriculture, and
"sold' them solidly on the need
for the opening of more land, for
the benefit of ex-service men, re-
suit that will be accomplished by
the completion OF the dam and canal.
Through "a chain of circumstances,
Cal Mousseau was given a chance
for long chat with Adjutant
Bolles, in the course of which it
developed that the adjuntant s wife
and the Imperial County Clerk were
old schoolmates, and with this ad-
vantage, Mousseau drove home his
arguments in inducing the adjutant
that the Boulder Dam project should
have place in the program of the
Legion s national convention in Oc-
tober Though rather late in pres
cnting this question, the adjutant
promised that everything would be
done to give it a place on the pro-
gram and pledged his support to
endorsement of the proposition by
the convention. Mousseau s efforts
were ably seconded by Harry Eos.
ter.
Prominent Men Present
In addition to Adjutant Bolles
several other men nationally known
in Legion affairs were present at
the meeting in Long Beach. Among
these were +. j. Eivers of Seattle
national head of the "Forty and
Eights' composed of leaders in
Legion work, who pledged his sup.
port and that of his organization
TO the valleys interest.
Another leader in Legion work is
Mrs. Carroll Marks of Los Angeles
national vice president of the Leg
ion Auxiliary, and probably its next
president, who declared her organ
ization will be solidly behind en-
dorsement of the dam project by
the convention.
Mousseau and Foster addressed the
meeting which was attended by the
commanders of every post in Los
Angeles county, and were backed W
by Congressman Swing, who gave q
brief outline of the Swing johnson
bill and urged the Legionaires tC
support it. Congressman Lineberger
from Los Angeles, a member of the
Legion, paid Congressman Swing 6
tribute for the work he has done
in behalf of the eX-servicc man in
connection with the Swing Johnson
bill and urged complete endorsement
of this work by the state and ma.
tional conventions.
Disabled Veterans Meet
Following the meeting at Long
Beach, Thursday afternoon, another
meeting was held in Los Angeles
at the Disabled Veterans Club, and
here again the meeting was turned
completely over to discussion of
Boulder Canyon dam and the All
American Canal.
Adjutant Bolles expressed his
regret at being unable to accept
the invitation to visit Imperial Val
ley at this time. but promised he
would do so at future date.