Evening star., 1933-08-12
NEW LEGION HEAD
HITS ECONOMY ACT
AS STAIN ON U. S.
Plea for Its Repeal Features
Acceptance Address of
Ex-senator Means.
DISTRICT Department
VOTE COUNTED, 65 TO So
William A. Kehoe Defeats Brother
for First Vice Commander.
Job Trophy Presented.

The stain placed on the Government
Of the United States by passage of the
economy act cannot be washed away
until that act is repealed, former Sen
ator Rice w. Means of Colorado told
District of Columbia Legionnaires last
night in his address accepting the COM
membership of the District Department,
American Legion.
The former Senator, we'll known for
his championship of veterans affairs,
told the delegates to the convention
Its time to stand together" IN the fight
for veterans privileges He said the
new administration would do its best to
help the disabled men.
Besides Means a member Of Victory
Post, the entire so-called Means ticket
was elected last night to administer the
District Departments affairs during the
coming year.
Elected 65 to 5s.
The commander was elected by vote
of IS to So over his opponent, Richard
A. O'Brien of Costello Post; William
A. Kehoe of Sergt. T. Jasper Post. de-
feated his opponent and brother, James
F. Kehoe, Bureau of Engraving Post,
by a vote of u to so for the Office of
first vice commander; Robert A. Ralph,
Bunker Hill Post, was elected second
vice commander over Thomas Mason
jr. End Division Post by a vote of 81
to Sc. and Miss Anne Harkins, Jane A.
Delano Post. won third vice commander
ship from the other nominee, Miss Mary
c hyy
a vote of 70 to 49, Rev. Howard E.
SNYDER was unanimously elected depart
ment chaplain.
Delegates to the national convention
were elected as follows:
Norman B. Landreau, outgoing COM
mander: Comdr Means. Gen Amos A.
Fries, B. c. MacNeil, William N. Nor
rell, Theodore Cogswell, DR.. T. Edward
Jones, Howard S. Fisk and Warren E.
Miller.
Alternates elected were Oscar G.
Jones, Lillian Sawyer. Maurice Gala
han. Nellie Rothwell, W. R. Beall,
Charles O. Shaw H. K Hodgson, Porter
L. Bush and Paul j. McGahan.
Entitled to Nine Delegates.
At present the department is entitled
to send only nine delegates to the ma
tional convention. but it is expected the
membership will be increased before
the first week in October. when the
convention is to be held, so 10 dele
gates will be necessary to represent it.
In that event, it was pointed out, one
of the alternateS will be selected as q
delegate.
Upon his election, Comdr Means was
presented the first commanders badge
in the District and in the country. It
has been worn by his IA predecessors
in the Office and still hangs on the
original ribbon to which it was at
tached when the American Legion was
organized in the District IA years ago.
The presentation was made by Paul j.
McGahan, past department commander.
Job Trophy Presented.
McGahan also presented the "em-
ployment trophy" offered by the de-
partment Employment Committee for
most jobs secured during two-month
lob a-member" campaign just COM
pleted. 1t was received by Mary T.
Weide commander of U. S. S. Jacob
Jones Post. which secured 253 jobs for
ex-service men during the campaign.
Individual prizes for jobs were pre-
sented Misses Lola Browning and
Georgia Monroe. both members of the
winning post, for getting jobs. The
Employment Committee is headed by
John Arthur Shaw.
A resolution protesting "injustices be-
ing done disabled veterans" was passed
by the convention, to be presented at
the national convention. The National
Legislative Committee would be in
structed. under the resolution. to use
every means to procure correction
and liberalization of the provisions of
the national economy act as regards
disabled veterans, and to work closely
in conjunction to that end with COM
mittees of other veterans organiza-
tions"