The Bozeman courier., 1925-02-11
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Copy for This Department Supplied by the
American Legion News Serviee-)
ON "THREE-IN-ONE"
MEMBERSHIP PLAN

'The membership machine Of the
American Legion is all oiled up for
1929" is the way Frank Samuel, di-
rector Of organization and member
ship at national headquarters of the
Legion, characterized the unprece-
dcnted preliminary activity and spirit
of rivalry between units in the 1925
membership race.
The fundamental plan for getting
members from now on will he based
ON a "three-in-One" combine, accord
ing to Mr.. Samuel. The American Le-
giOn, auxiliary and 4O-and-S, play
ground society OF the Legion, working
as a single interlOcking, Intervening
and inteFcOntesting "three-in-One"
membership machine, will seek out,
ferret out and run down members
wherever and whenever there are per-
sons eligible for membership in the
Legion. Details for handling the
"three-in-One" membership contests
will vary In different communities, but
the Idea will be the same always; that
Is, Of creating a lively spirit of con-
quest among the Legion and auxiliary
and the 40-and-9 I'm signing up men,
hers for the Legion. The "three-in-
one" contests are formed with mill
tary units, baseball teams, dirigible
races or any other units where the
element Of competition is present.
With "three-in-One" voice the na-
tiOnaI leaders of the Legion, auxiliary
and 40-and-S have issued the call to
arms to their respective LegiOns. Jim
Drain. national commander Of the Le-
giOn, thundered. "The least you can
30 and still rate LegiOnnaire with
character excellent Is your renewal
and one new member. 1t is your duty.
Do il nOwr' Mrs. o. D. Oliphant, ma
tiOnal president of the auxiliary, de-
termined "The most practical way In
which the auxiliary can justify its ex-
Istence as a powerful supplementary
force Of the Legion is by getting out
In the field and getting new members.
We will do it," George DObsOn, chef
de chemin de fer Of the 4O-and-S, COM
manded, Get back Of the Legion
membership drive with the personal
touch the 4O-and-S can supply and
each VOyageur sign up squad of
members for the Legion. Every man
IN the 4O-and-S is hereby made a cor
poraI with the objective of taking
seven members into the Legion to I'LL
out the squad. Go get 'em!"
With such cooperation between the
three great bodies Of the Legion the
membership machine has been "hit
ting on all four" throughout the width
and breadth of the land Departments
and posts are going to have more
members signed up for 1925 in a short
time than they had for the whole
year of 1924 II reports reaching ma
tiOnal headquarters are any criterion
Last year at this time we had NJ
1924 membership cards; today w
have more than $500 cards paid VI
and received from ia posts" was tht
bulletin from the department Of nll
nols reaching headquarters by Novem
Der IL. Again, cat this date (NOvem
her 10) a year ago we had just 2
members for 1924 paid up; we nov
have the first thousand members 70
1925 paid up" from Michigan. So
goes throughout the Legion, belliger
ent and bristling with membership
competition-the gist Of bulletin
these days read: eve beg to advis
that we have just passed our 1872
membership and are herewith apply
Ing for citation from national head
quarters"