Evening star., 1934-01-21
High Officials to Speak
At Defense Conference
Meeting Here Soon-American Legion
Auxiliary Is Sponsor

such committee OF the post has been
formed and that corporation has been
started. The award Is incidental TO the
national campaign Of the Legion to
keep schools open during this period Of
economical stress The campaign Is
already bringing good results through
out the country.
The annual conference Of Area B.
Child Welfare officials Is scheduled to be
held February 9-10 at Harrisburg, Pa,
with DIR. Sam A. Loveman presiding.
The other departments Of the American
Legion included in this area, in addi-
ton to the District of Columbia, are {:
Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New
York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West
Virginia.
National Adjt Frank E. Samuel has
advised Department Adjt Howard 8.
convention of the American Legion will
be held October %, %, "a and rs at
Miami, Fla, this year.
At meeting of the Vincent B. Co.'S
tello Post last Tuesday evening, in Odd
Fellows Hall, at which Jewish War
Veterans Post were guests, Representa-
tive Richard M Duncan of Missouri
spoke on veterans problems in Con-
gress. DR.. Hyman D. Shapiro of the
Legion National Rehabilitation Com
mittee gave a resume of the Legion
four point program. Several acts of
entertainment were presented Comdr.
Tatspaugh presided.
The post directed the Resolutions
Committee to bring in an appropriate
resolution at the next meeting In sup
port of a movement to buy American"
and not to buy from bt-defaulting
nations. A committee is being ap-
pointed to arrange for the permanent
setting of the memorial markers on
Sixteenth street and to place IA head
stones that have been furnished for
graves of departed comrades which
have not been given permanent mark
ers at this time.
Stuart Walcott Post, No TO- will meet
tuesday at 8 pm. in the rooms of the
Washington Board of Trade. Final ar
rangementS for the dance and card
party to be held at the Arlington Hotel
on February will be made.
Members of the post who are inter-
ested in athletics are advised to meet
the department athletic officer in room
5l8, Bond Building, at 7:30 pm. Janu-
airy %.
Victory Post, No. 4, at its last meet
ing was addressed by Dept. Comdr
Rice w. Means Oscar G. Jones, post
commander, Is conducting q drive for
100 new members. Representative
Francis H. Shoemaker of Minnesota
spoke on patriotism and his spending
a term in jail for free speech.
The next meeting will be Tuesday
at the Odd Fellows Hall, 419 Seventh
street. Several members of Congress
will speak
Bunker Hill Post met Tuesday eve
ming at the home of Chester Wolfe.
35l6 Thirteenth street northeast, tempo
rary meeting place Of the post
The commander announced the award
of citation by the national depart
ment to this post for attaining at least
100 per. cent of the membership quota
allotted 1t. Presentation of this citation
will be formally made at the next
meeting.
1t was voted to devote the February
meeting to the Legion's supreme ideal,
Americanization. School children will
be invited by the post to submit essays
on this subject for which the post will
C1leI Su4IdDlG prizes 10 GIl6 winners.
Comrade Hamilton, Americanization
officer, is formulating the program. as
sisted by Past Comdr. Ralph and Com
rades Spriggs, Connolly, McCabe and
Tribble.
Harry S. Baker, principal of the new
Taft Junior High School, addressed the
post as its guest of honor and invited
it to hold the February meeting in the
Taft School. j. Fred Chase, chairman
of the Building Fund Committee, re-
ported progress of the campaign.
The commander announced the ap-
pointment of Maj. E. H. Hale as post
employment officer. The next meeting
will be held February 81.
The u S. S. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2,
will hold card party at SIT Eleventh
street southeast, the evening Of jan
uary 81. Prizes have been awarded by
the commander to Comrades Belle K.
Graves and Genevieve Sparshott for
securing new members. A group from
the post shellacked Braille for the blind
on Tuesday evening"
More members are desired for the
bowling group which meets on Friday
evenings at 8 o'clock at the Recreation
Alleys.