The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-01-04
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INTENSIVE PROGRAM FOR 1924
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retirement or SCHOOLS, recrea
ton, park and playground facilities;
furtherance of Boy Scout work and
active participation in Scout troop
organization and management; med
ical clinics, municipal music con-
certs, public forums, community
buildings, city planning and all
forms of better citizenship move
ments-in fact after due survey of
local needs, every enterprise which
will further the well-being, health
and happiness of the community"
are among activities recommended
for 1924 by the San Francisco Lee
gion National Convention.
Legion posts throughout the state
already have inaugurated programs
along these lines, and with the adj
ditional impetus which will be given
by the 1924 national convention in
st. Paul it is evident that Minnesota
Legionaires face the biggest year
in their history.
Besides local activities the Legion
is interested in curbing immigration
by putting fve-year ban on aliens.
Posts are asked to interest them
selves in this subject.
As, heretofore there will be
fight against radicalism wherever
elements engaged in undermining
the integrity of the government
raise their heads.
Education along patriotic lines
will be continued, through the Boy
Scout movement, in cooperation with
the schools and in other ways. The
essay contests, department and ma
tional, constitute one example of
what is being accomplished.
Work for the passage of the fed
eral adjusted compensation bill will
continue. Child labor will be the
target for Legion campaigns in
those states where such procedure is
deemed necessary.
Care of disabled veterans of the
war will remain fundamental re-
sponsibility of Legionaires and Aux
iliary units will continue to ad-
minister to the needs of those in
their respective communities.
Department Headquarters, Old
Capitol, st. Paul, is a clearing
house for ideas and suggestions"
relative to procedure. >Adjutant
Stafford King and his assistant Phil
O'Toole are anxious to cooperate
with posts in putting over" the
1924 program, and any questions
will be answered promptly. Speak
ers will be provided through the de-
partment office.
Minnesota Legion Posts, in a
communication from National head
quarters, are asked to delay action
or contributing to ''The American
Committee For Relief Of German
Children. 1t is explained that Le-
gion chiefs have as yet had no OPP
portunity to pass upon the matter
and that it will be taken up at a.
meeting of the National Executive
Committee Jan. IA. Any Post hay-
ing any particular views on this SUBJ
ject should communicate them to
the national committeeman of the
department, Frederic D. Mccarthy,
st. Paul, before the session, which
will be held in indianapolis.
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In New Year appeal for, in
creased Membership Department Ad-
jutant Stafford King points out that
many buddies remain outside the
fold of the Legion and that only
through unity Of action can the aims
of former service men be accom-
plished. Selling talk will get some
of the eligibles, performance more
of them, but the most systematic
and powerful method is to educate
our war comrades to the fact that
in unity there is strength and power,
not only to do good for ourselves
but for home town and country,
Mr.. King says. Show a comrade
what II means IN him and to thnaa