Evening star., 1925-10-05
DRAIN URGES LAWS
TO CURB PR0F|TEER
Would Draft Labor and
Finance Next War, He Tells
Legion Convention.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OMAHA. Eebr.. October 5.-Laws
under which a war might he conducted
with no profiteers and slackers" was
urged by James A Drain, national
comma nder of the American Legion,
in an address before the National Le-
gion convention, which opened here
today.
The SureSt way to preserve peace in
America he said. is adequate prepar-
edness.
The word of the American Legion
has always been and always shall be
pledged for peace he declared But
we know the world cannot have peace
simply by wishing for it and denying
the possibility of war We know peace
must rest upon interna tional justice
and preparedness; international JUS
tice by the best means available-pre-
paredness, based upon a sound mill
tary policy for the country, policy
consistent with its history, it's ideals
and resources.
The American Legion believes
peacetime preparedness for a war
which may be thrust upon the Nation
will on the one hand reduce the proba-
bilities of war and on the other bet
ter prepare US for defense of our
selves if forced into war. The legion
has now a special committee of able
men engaged in making careful
study of peace and the best way to
secure and retain it.
Would Draft Labor and Cash.
The legion believes a wise provi-
sion in peace for the use of all avail
nj, IL
carry forward successfully an un-
avoidable war involves some form of
adequate Federal law by which at
the need of the Nation not only will
there be made availa BILE manpower
to fight. but manpower to work, fac
tory power to produce and manpewer
to finance a war. In short, a way
to carry forward war with no prof
iteerS and no slackerS."
The commander presented a 150-
page report for the period of his COM
membership. He said the past year
had been one o success in all legion
enterprises.
Service to the community, State
and Nation is what the American
Legion says it lives for, and it has
no right to exist as national insti
tuition save through it's capacity to
give that service" he said.
w ltnln lndl service lIS nrSt DUTY,
so recognized from the beginning, is
to the disabled. those men who paid
an extra price for the part they play
ed in the war.
After this duty lies to the orphans
of the veterans, the children of those
whom the war took out of the world
before their normal time. After that
we call Americana or what is more
accurately defined as better citizen
ship with all that these words i'm
ply"
Comdr. Drain warned the legion
naires against participation in pol
itics as national organization.
Hines Reports Progress.
Complete decentralization of it's
work, resulting in greater satisfac-
ton among the veterans. was cited
as the outstanding Accomplishment
| of the Veterans Bureau in the past
year in an address prepared by Gen.
Frank T. Hines, it's director, before
the opening session.
Reporting in detail on the bureaus
| work, Gen. Hines said the decentrali-
zation had resulted in fewer appeals
| to the central office. with claims and
! rating boards travelling from their
district offices to places where there
is concentration Of disabled veterans
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