Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
MACN|DER SPEAKS
TO DICTIONARIES
Addresses Montgomery
County Council as Comrade,
l.. Urging Peace Aid.

Thrusting aside his titles OF ASSIST
ant Secretary Of War. past national
commander of the American Legion
and colonel in the World War Han
ford MacNider addressing the annual
banquet last night of the Montgomery
County. Council os the American
Legion, simply as comrade. urged
upon his hearers to remember that
the Legion had never lost an objective
and that the greatest objective that
Law before them was OF securing per
manent peace for the Enitea States.
MacNider stated that the Legion 8
first duty. that of assistance TO the
disabled veteran, had been accom-
plished, as we'll as economic adjusted
compensation. but in the future the
organization must strive for universal
service legislation, which means that
capital and labor must be drafted
comparatively with the fighting
forces. which would tend TO end war
forever.
Is Principal Speaker.
Mr.. MacNider. was the principal
sneaker at the banquet of the council.
comprising the four Legion posts OF
Montgomery. County and approx
mately 200 members, which was held
in the knights of Columbus Hall. Sill
Yer, Spring, Md.
The Assistant Secretary. of War
emphasized that the Nation regarded
the Legion by the various efforts of
the individual posts more than the
acts, of the national Office. 1T Is in
your hands whether the Legion is
worth WHILE" he concluded: its your
nria n
who did not come back.
Col Claude B. Sweeney. department
commander of the State Of Maryland,
welcomed the council. and stated that
the ties Of nine years ago should pro-
mulgate the proper spirit In men and
their sense of duty. He also stressed
that it was up to the men of the
Legion in Maryland to oppose the
proposed State bonus. declaring the
majority Of the ex-service men did not
need it and that taxes would be great
~ increased. ,
Duty of Posts.
Oliver Owen Kuhn, president of
Montgomery County Civic Federation,
stressed the duty of the posts to the
community and warned them to OPP
pose those on this side and abroad
who would ridicule Americas part in
the World War and her traditions of
free government. He warned them
to fight vigorously all insidious pro-
paganda that is, he said, being con.
stantly broadcast by the Moscow gov
eminent and the ''parlor pinks" on
this side.
cit is the duty of the posts" he
said, "to assist the communities in
which they live, which themselves
Of
David W1nebrenner, Maryland secre-
tary of state, said that one lesson out
Of the great war was that of equality.
"Only ones own talents count he
stated. 1--WE must have learned a
true appraisal of the things that are
true and OF those things that are
false"
Wants Bonus Views.
E. B. coke Lee, past commander Of
the local post, the Cissel.Saxon Post,
No. ii, and speaker Of the Maryland
House Of Delegates, praised the efforts
OF the groups. and stated that he had
the utmost confidence in the posts Of
the Legion. He dwelt upon the pend.
ing bonus bill before the Maryland
Legislature, and said that while he felt
opposed to it's passage. he wanted com.
ment from the individual Legion
raires themselves. He spoke of how
already Maryland had a bill for i'm.
mediate relief to the needy veteran,
and that he had recently introduced
a bill that would care for needy
widows and dependents of all wars,
and that this should. be all that was
needed in the State.
1t was announced that Representa-
tive Fred Zihlman, an expected
speaker. had been called to Frederick.
Frank B. Proctor, commander of the
Silver Spring Post, presided. Refresh
ments. were served by the Ladies'
Auxiliary, headed by it's commander,
Mrs. Margaret Faulcner.
Among the entertainers were Fred
East and William Raymond, assisted
by George Wilson, George O'Connor
and Matt Horn, Camille Little, John
Baldwin. assisted by Steve Clarity,
and the Silver Spring Volunteer Band,
which played throughout the dinner: