The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-31
Legion Asks Aid
to Stop Agents
Request Public to Refuse
Purchase of Books and
Other Articles.
Hurts Legion, Venterns Say

Able bodied men, who declare
themselves to be veterans of the
World War, are visiting the city
and making money from merch-
ants, businessmen and residents
through the sale Of magazines
which, they declare, net funds for
the aid RI wounded veterans.
This was declared in letter
received by The Pleasantville
Press today The letter was writ
ten by member of Mainland
Post, No. 81, who wishes his iden-
tity kept secret.
The Legion has more than once
attacked men purporting to be
veterans who sell such literature.
On several occasions they have
had such men escorted from the
Cit. with Il warning to stay away
They declare that such selling
Is harmful to the reputation of
the World War veterans, and that
the money, i'll the greater number
OF cases, is never used for what it
was given for.
Members again ask residents of
the city and Mainland to co-ope-
rate with them in their efforts to
prevent the sale of such literature
here
The letter follows:
Editor Pleasantville Press:
Dear Sir: Frequent complaints
have come to our attention con
cefuing ablebodied men masoue-
rading as wounded eX-soldiers or
sailors and offering books or 9th
CT merchandise for sale at unrea-
soHabie prices These men for
HE most part have never been in
inc service of the United States.
but are sent out by publishing
houses, who furnish a suitable
selling talk about the plight of the
wounded soldiers.
In our personal contact with
these agents, We have been advis-
ed that their earnings range rom
SO to SIS per day-Soft pickings.
And the sad part of it all is THAT
NONE OF THIS GOES TO.
WARDS THE WOUNDED MEN.
The average service man who
has returned to good health or
who is at all physically able to
earn his way in life, has returned
to his routine duties. The ser
vice man who is totally incapaci-
tated for work is being well taken
care of by our Government.
The number of such peddlers
entering community is contin-
gent entirely upon the support
residents of that community give
them as the word is carried along
from one to another.
About two weeks ago three nus
ky, able bodied men did" the
town selling a book called Our
Boys in the Great War This
book would retail for about fiji
teen cents, but they asked, AND
GOT, One Dollar from quite a
few residents before one of our
wide awake Legionaires picked |
them up and had them ordered |
out of town That same evening
the writer saw two of the agents |
dressed up in the tip of fashion,
and escorting two young ladies"
ca out of a cabaret on the board !
walk. Evidently they had a good |
days business.
Mainland Post, No. 81, American
Legion, has gone on record as OPP
posing all such activities which |
tend to fool the public, and it asks
that the citizens of Pleasantville,
and particularly the merchants
cooperate with them in refusing
to support such characters. They |
not only reflect with discredit up
on the ex-service man, but they |
are offering a direct affront to our |
national government III leading |
the public to believe that the |
wounded service man is being |