The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-28

O. Bromley Oman at De PAW Tn
munistic. and accusing the educator
Of bringing in radical and paciist
speakers" who mislead the students
about the realities Of life"
They adopted a resolution that
asked for a 4.doral law requiring
the registration o. All aliens, and
they asked the next Indiana Legis-
lature to pass law requiring all
public school teachers to swear al
legiance to the flag Of the nation.
Legion leaders exhorted the dele
gates to fight organizations that OPP
pose them by molding their
thought" rather than with simple
oratOry. and urged them TO take a
stand against the church IN its
views on preparedness and peace.
Federal Economy Urged
The leaders urged them to join
with the United States Chamber Of
Commerce and the National Econ
omy League to see that a real econ
Cmy IN government IS created, so
that our disabled veterans will not
have to assume the burden Of main
tanning the cOuntry's credit
II was informally stated by state
Legion leaders that this convention
was one of the most cOlOrfuI and
successful Of recent years, and
would do much toward building
membership. which today, they said,
Is Optimisticaliy large.
The Legion resolutions and
speeches drew fire today from one
source. DR.. Floyd I. McMurray,
state public instruction superin-
tendent, interpreted the attack as
being shared by public schools in
the state.
McMurray Answers Charge
He SAID:
Until this office is informed
definitely ana with something more
than hearsay, We Will brand state
ments that Communism, atheism
and anarchism are being taught IN
our schools as ignorance, which is
ineXcuSable in this enlightened day,
or as a deliberate and gross mis-
statement Of facts.
Too many people who ought to
know better are going up and down
the land denouncing our young
people. and if there is a lost gener-
alton in cur day it is not the grow
ing generation"
Other officers elected were:
William Hyland, Evansville. vice
commander of the southern district:
Russell Rhodes, Peru, northern vice
commander; the Rev. Dan Hogan,
kOkOfnO, chaplain: John Ruddick,
Indianapolis, finance officer; Isidore
Levine, La Porte, national commit
teeman: Bruce Peters, Cambridge
City. judge advocate. and Claude
Holmes, Gary, sergeant-at-arms.
Ray Named Delegate
Delegates to the national conven-
tion will be Sheriff Otto Ray, Frank
KOSSa, Jcffersonville, retiring state
commander; A. c. DuddlestOn. Terre
Haute; Lyle Summers, Newburg,
and Dr. Killian.
District commanders elected in
caucuSeS during the four day ses-
siOns were announced yesterday.
They are Harold E. Holloway. Ham
mOnd, first; George Fate, Rensse-
laer, second; Lewis j. Murphy. South
Bend, third: the Rev. Fred R. Hill,
Lagrange. fourth: Charles Samuels,
JOneSbOrO, fifth; Ray TOwnsley,
Danville, sixth: John A. Watkins,
Linton, seventh; Charles Scull, Can
melton, eighth; Martin w. Stein
wedel, Seymour. ninth; Fred Otte,
Cambridge City, tenth; Justin
Shaul, Alexandria. eleventh. and
Ralph Gregg, indianapolis. twelfth.
The Legion and its allied organ
izatiOns opened the convention Sat-
urday and continued through Sun
day, Monday and yesterday with
business meetings, banquets. enter
tainment. dancing and a mammoth
Darade Monday