The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-09-21
COMMANDERS KING SENDS GREET
INGS TO LEGION VETS.

Stafford King of st. Paul, Mime
sofa Legion state commander elected
at the recent Austin department con-
vention, in his message to "The Goph-
er Gang" outlining the aims he will
emphasize during his term of office,
says:
II remind you, my comrades of the
Legion, that at Austin we reverted
again to the fundamentals of our orr
ginal platform. "A Jew was nominated
for commander by Catholic; a
Catholic by a Protestant minister;
and a Shriners nomination was Sec
Onded by Catholic priest No in
tolerance was there. There was no
thought of rank nor class nor creed.
There was no bitterness. And when
the vote was pOlled you had elected
me to be your commander.
Il promise that my administration
shall be honest, sincere and without
prejudice; that it shall have all can
give it i'm energy and ability. It's sue
cess, however, depends entirely upon
your commander I need support and
advice, and your labor for our Legion.
I ask you for these things; feel that
they will be given me. I am but your
representative, the head of your or
ganization, for the success of which
yours is the final responsibility.
"The program of the Legion must
continue; its unfinished work must be
completed; its scope of activity must
be extended. The Legion has arrived;
it has accomplished much; you and I
must see to its progress
"Our first thought and effort is for
our sick and disabled. The Govern
men of the United States expends
more than a million dollars day for
them 1t is for us to see that the
greatest good is had for every dollar
expended. Nor can we be unmindful
of the wives and families of these
disabled men. They should not suffer
thru the disability of him who, had
he not served our Country and our
Flag, would have provided in full for
them.
LET us be faithful then to our OBJ
legations of service to them thru the
United States Veterans Bureau, thru
the Minnesota Legion Hospital As
ISOLATION and our local Legion SER
vice officers.
I'm the training camps and on the
field of battle men died that we might
live. Each year the roll call of alb
sent buddies grows in length. He who
was with us in the morning is gone
with the setting sun. Let us make
especial effort then to keep Memorial
Day holy day rather than a holiday.
Let us honor our dead even as we our
selves want to be honored; and let us
mark their graves that none may go
unhopored nor unremarked.
"Men and women serving as we
did, and do, realize that life is short,
and its length of service limited. We
have but a single beat in the heart
of time, and we are gone. Then in
deed we must build for the future.
1.-THE boy or girl of today is the
man and woman of tomorrow. Let us
help them. Let us continue our edu-
cational work, that they may be wise;
let us continue our program of physi-
cal education, that they may he
strong; let us continue our American
ism program that they may be will
ing to accept their responsibilities of
citizenship; let us foster clean, con-
structive, competitive sport, that they
may know and accept the true tenets
of craftsmanship
"And let us, in the name of gen.
erations yet unborn, retain some por-
ton of Outdoor Minnesota for them;
for their health, for their happiness,
and that thru the association with
nature they may know the greatness
of God and His gifts to mankind.
"For ourselves let us be jealous OF
our record of service, loyal to one an
ether and prideful of our Legion Let
us know it's accomplishments, study
its program, plan for its progress. Let
us use our ritual understand its Siglli-
ficance, and inspire new members in
it's service. Let us ever remember that
even as we stuck together then We
must stick together now. Let us be
honest in our ass Citations one with
the other, tolerant of our comrades
opinion and endeavor, knowing that
only thru understanding and united
effort can we build worthwhile struc-
ture. To these ends I pledge you the
best that I have; and ask your best
from you"