The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-14

where Legionnairies murdered
four union men for the crime of
wanting to organize a labor
union"
Mr.. D'Olier issued a statement in
which he warned members of the
Legion against taking the Law into
their own hands or interfering
with public. officials. AS has al
ways been true of fine words from
Legion officers, the statement was
accompanied by no adequate dis
culinary action against the offend
ing posts or individuals. Probably
less because of admonition than of
tagging interest in socialist bait
ing, there has not been so much
direct interference with meetings
of the party lately, but the custom
is far from ended. AS this article
is in preparation, news comes from
Minot, North Dakota, that lecture
by Kate Richards O'Hare, to have
been given on June IS, 1921, was
called off, the local Legion post
having passed a resolution that it
was ready "to take whatever action
is necessary to prevent her appear
ance or lecture.
Fought Non-Partisan League.
Opposition to the Nonpartisan
League and the Industrial Workers
of the World, in regions where
those organizations are prominent,
was carried on by American Legion
members.
1t will be recalled that the first
conference of the committee of 48
in st. Louis was almost prevented
because Legionnaires heard that the
nonpartisan league was to partici-
pate. A resolution of protest was
adopted by a committee represent
ing all the Kansas City posts, and
according to a dispatch from the
st. Louis to the New York Times:
Give men, each wearing the
button of the American Legion,
called about noon at the investi-
eating bureau of the Department
of Justice, in the Federal Build
ing, They said they had notified
the management of the hotels
that the Legion would prevent
the holding of the convention if
the government should fail to act
in the matter"
When more was learned of the
character of the committee of As
(Which contained many former
Roosevelt progressively the opposi-
ton of the Legion was withdrawn,
but the original attempt to intimi-
date the hotels and dictate to
agents of the Federal Government
remains.
Active In Kansas.
On May %, 1920, T. B. Kelley, as
chairmen of the Vigilance Com
mittee" of Argonne Post, No. 1870,
Grand Bend, Kansas, wrote to
George Klein, an organizer of the
Nonpartisan League:
"This is to inform you that at
meeting of our post here last
night, at which seventy-five mem
bers were in attendance, besides
several members of the GAR,
Spanish American Chamber of
Commerce, a decision was unani-
mously reached that the Non
partisan League demonstration
would not be tolerated at Elm
wood next Tuesday. We do not
desire any violence, and so take
this means of informing you of
what we intend to do.
ga delegation from here. con-
sisting of the above and many
more, and all Legion, and other
good loyal citizens from st. John.
Strafford, Macksville, Hoising
ton, Claflin and Larned will be on
hand, as advertised, or in any
other way.
IF you will inform us that the
meeting has been called off. it
will prevent the need of our
making trip to your town"
The Nonpartisan League did not
press the issue at the time, but in
January of this year it resumed its
attempt to organize in that part Of
Kansas. The Salina County post
OF the Legion objected at once and
was supported by the State exec
utive committee. F. w. Galbraith.
then national commander, properly
ordered the Kansas Legion to call
off its talks, reminding the men,
bers that their organization was
supposedly non-political There
upon, the membership organized in