The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-19
Finds Conditions At Headquarters
 Still Unchanged
State Commander Believes Office of Adiutant Should Be Elective, Not Appointive- -Deplores Politics in M Legion Circles -Adiutant Refused to Send Out
 &y Commanders Bulletin

past year. Criticism is aimed at tht state adjutant's office for lack oi with the commander and praise given where he felt ( was deserved. The report In par' follows:
 Tt is with regret that I find il to submit the following report on department headquar' ters. The department commander last year in his report stated In rel erence to department headquarters very little in the way of construc- tive ideas on behalf of the Legion from it. It is necessary for me to agree with last years de- commander.
 During the past year, consider that the department adjutant rath' CT than cooperating with your de- commander has ofter acted to the contrary. Much hal been said concerning the refusal oi the department adjutant to carry out such duties as shall be as' signed to him by the department under our Bylaws.
 "In order that there will be nc misunderstanding as to the con- tents of the bulletin that the de. adjutant tefused to send out at the request of your depart m ent commander, to all the posts for the purpose of acquainting the executive committed with the attitude of the Legion naires throughout the state upor B certain controversial subject. the following is a copy:
 "Dear Commander: Because of the fact that I have a duty to perform in upholding the Consti- tuition of the American Legion in the Department of Connecticut, wish to bring before your Post the facts pertaining to a restric- ton placed upon Nurses Post No 129 in the town of Newing- ton, by the State Executive Com mittee, which I consider as un- constitutional and void. This IS the only post within our depart ment that such a restriction has been placed upon.
 '1The restriction Is as follows: That no individual who is eligible to be a member of the American Legion may join Nurses Post No 129 unless said individual resides in the Town of Newington. My reason for believing that this re- striction Is unconstitutional and void Is because of the following Eyoyisions in our Constitution Article W, Section 4-'Non-resi- dents of the State of Connecticut may be admitted to membership in Posts of this Department on the same basis as resident rnem- bers.' Section VI-'Any member of the American Legion in good standing may transfer to any Post in this Department provid- ing such transfer shall be ap- proved by the Post to which such transfer is being made Article TX, Section 2-'Any member in good standing in a Post desiring to transfer to another Post with in this department shall be en- titled to certificate as set forth in Article XI. Section 1. and If acceptable to the Post to which he desires to transfer, shall be considered transferred upon mo- Hce sent to the Department Ad- jutant.' (Section I referred to reads as follows: Any member in good standing in a Post re- moving from the Department shall be entitled to a certificate from his Post stating his mem- bership and the duration there- of.)
 You can readily see that by this restriction members of the American Legion who reside in some other state and wish to join Nurses Post No 129 are de- prived of their rights under Arr ttcle ", Section 4 above. Also, members of the American Legion in the Department of Connecti- cut who desire to transfer from any post within the Department of Connecticut to Nurses Post No 129 are prevented from doing ing so by this restriction and are deprived of their rights under the Constitution, Article ", Section 6 and Article xI, Section ? above and likewise the Nurses Post No 129 are prevented from doing so by this restriction and are de- prived of their rights under the Constitution, Article ". Section 6 and Article XII, Section 2 above and likewise the Nurses Post is unable to accept these members of the Legion into their Post be- cause of their rights in the above mentioned Sections of our Constitution.
 T am personally interested only in seeing to 1t that the pro- visions of our Constitution are not violated, because I believe that if our constitution is looked upon as a scrap of paper. and the terms of 1t are allowed to be violated 1t will bring about very harmful results in the future.
 Tt is my belief, as we stated by a member of the executive committee, who voted against the restriction, that right will win out in the end Therefore, l am asking you to bring this mat ter before your post and to vote on the question of restricting any post in this manner.
 Send the decision of your
 post in this matter to my office dL NV II ASyAAhl osAOSr @Ae
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 Keep driving for a good rec ord on membership. peoples and
 Employment. It is because of your splendid cooperation that we are having such a success full year in the Legion.
 Department Commander"
 "The duties of the department are clearly set forth 1T the bylaws. and there Is no pro. vision which gives him the power to dictate to the department com. as to what bulletin the de- pertinent commander may or may not send out.
 This Id the second successive year wherein the department com. mander has considered it necessar, to call to the attention of the de. partment in his annual report de. conditions that exist at do. partment headquarters. However iB stated in Inst year's report. un. der the constitutlon there is moth. ing that the department command. or can do to rectify this situation
 "The office of the department ad' 5utant is of great importance tt 3ho examination. Your department eDmmander feels that for the good Gf the department assInaii groui who may control your departmen