Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-06
American Legion.

George Washington Post. No. !, the
American Legion, at meeting ias'
Tuesday evening at the clubhouse
1929 street, inaugurated a movement
to hold the fourteenth natlonal con
vention of the American Legion IN
this city in 1892 in conjunction with
the 200th birthday anniversary cele-
hration of George Washington. rms
post. which is the pioneer post of the
American Legion. consisting of 1850
posts. is the first 10 take ACTON IN inns
connection for holding a national con
yention in this city. For the past
eight years conventions have been
held in the West, South, North ana
Midwest and none of the Eastern cues
have been honored to this extent. a
resolution was unanimously adopted
urging the representative of the post
on the department executive conliniI-
tee to present the resolution at 'he
next meeting of the executive coHl-
mittee. :.
The resolution set forth that it
would be fitting for the natlonal Or
ganization to participate in the ceie-
bration of that illustrious statesman
and warrior by holding the fourteenth
national convention in the National
CAPITAL and thus pay homage to the
'Father of Our Country" On preseh-
tation to the department executive
committee, that committee VIII pe
urged to extend an invitation TO the
national organization to take up the
matter. A.,
The post voted to participate in the
benefit theater party to be nela a.
Keith's Theater. March 10. whlch -
the regular meeting night or the poa.
The affair at Keith's will constitute
the meeting and the post colors VIII pe
7-enresented at that time. The party
is heing given under the auspices OF
the Forty and Eight organization FOR
the benefit of the department Wellare
work.
Mai. Davis G. Arnold OF the United
States Veterans Bureau and W1lllanl
Lillis Pliers, former member OF
Plattsburgh Post, No. 20, were electeo
to membership in the post. MAJ LAWS
Is transferring from Providence X l.
Post No. 1.
THE eighth anniversary of the post
win he celebrated tomorrow night AT
the clubhouse with stag party. me
guests and speakers of the evening
will include Assistant Secretary OF
war Hanford MacNider. past natlonai
commander of the American Legion.
nanartnent Comdr. Amos A. Fries,
Gen. e. c. Brainerd. North Pole eX-
nlorer: Gen. Frank T. Hines. director
Of the United States Veterans bureau
and past Department Comdrs.. watson
b. Miller and Paul j. McGahan'
The committee in charge OF Ine
celebration is in charge or wee
Tomdr. Henry w. Longfellow. A must
cal program has been arranged for the
OCCASION, which will conclude win
the serving of a buffet supper. Inc
most was organized March z. 1919, ana
ia the owner of it's own home.
Victory Post, No. 4, of the American
TApion entertained 700 members ana
friends at a Dutch supper in the Elks'
Hall. e19 III street, Tuesday as pen
eft for the post drum corps. f1aFley
". Speelman, register OF the treasury,
Frank A. De Groot, assistant resiseeI'
Watson B. Miller, his mother ana Nj:
and Mrs. Wolf Smith were guests oa
%ha most Members of the 8 and 40
also attended the supper.
Thomas 7. Luckett headed the gen.
eral committee in charge OF arrange.
ments. Assisting him were Raymond
q. Davey, secretary and treasurer
Harold E. Supplee and Robert Hund-
lev. tickets: r. A. Burke, Eugene Cal
laghan and John McVey, pupiicIty
Mrs. May Thomas, Miss ). Rooerts'
Miss T. Ward, Miss Annie Stout, An
thony Russo and Joseph Workn1an'
Kitchen committee; Mrs. Mary Ken
nerlv service: Cornelius Lanahan and
George Clark, advertising; Miss Ruth
Werheim. assistant secretary; Charles
knight. post commander. and William
Onitz. finance officer, on decorations.
John Kelly. drum corps instructor
started the supper with mess cali.
Commander Charles Knight an
nounced an important meeting VIII De
held Tuesday at s pm. in the Wooo-
men of the World Hall, "a Grant
place. 1t is expected that arrange e.
ments for the annual pilgrimage TO
Arlington Cemetery May 80 will be
started.
Through provisions of a bill just
passed by Congress. members of the
American Legion who go to Paris next
September for the ninth annual con-
vention will be saved approximately
$3.50. 900 in steamer fare taxes, 1t was
announced by Joseph j. Idler, depart
ment France convention officer. me
author of the tax elimination Dill,
which originated. in the House, is Rep
resentative Bacharach of New Jersey.
The removal of the steamship tax is
but one of the several provisions made
nv the France convention committee
of the Legion that will result in an
average saving of SITS each for vet
Grams going to Paris.
The steamship tax measure stipu'
fates that the tax of S. on steamship
tickets shall not apply TO tickets held
by the Legion or auxiliary members
going to Paris for the annual conVen.
fion Of the Legion between June and
September Is, 1927. Holders of the
exempt tickets, however, must have
Identification certificates issued by the
Legion for the nominal sum Of 81 to
those making reservations for the trip
abroad on the official ships. Congress
recognized the Paris pilgrimage as a
sacred expedition and also protected
Gold Star mothers and fathers of vet
Grams in the provisions of the tax ex-
emption bill.