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country Is threatened by inSldIpus
lnC sinister influences from O. Ind
I'LL borders which WOuld destroy
10 very structure OF our govern
ment.
BE u resolved that every person
holding a place OF public trust and
confidence In the puDlc education
system In both primary and Sec
JndAry higher educational nstitu-
IlCns be- compelled upon assuming
tIai trust To take the following Oatn
- allegiance 70 the constitution.
il do sOlemnly swear Tor affirm
mat / will support aud defend the
constitution OF the United States
against all enemies. foreign and
Domestic: that I will bear true faith
ana allegiance TO the same; that
I take this obligation freely without
any mental reservation or purpose
OF evasion and that / will well and
faithfully discharge the duties or
H. office ON which I am about to
ente.: 50 help me God"
Buy American Goods
The other 100 per cent American
.eSclutlon had 70 do with the fact
ILat ShOddy goods made with cheap
labor are being sold IN competition
with American made goods In this
country. The resolution expressed
the belief that recovery al be bet
ten obtained by buying American
goods. Department OF Texas legion
officials were called upon In thu
resolution 10 ask the national con-
veEtion at st. Louis To inaugurate
a nationwide Buy American
movement.
A third resolution asked that the
proposed veterans hospital for south
west Texas be located at Medicinal
Wells on the Santo Domingo ranch
between Mission and Rio Grande
City.
Still another resolution called on
the newspapers 10 refrain from
mentioning former service connec-
tons when an ex-Soldier becomes
involved In a criminal affair. 10 was
The feeling OF the convention that
the word "~ex-service man" received
too much emphasis In press ac-
counts OF crime where former SOL
diers are involved.
The convention passed a resolu-
ton calling for the decentraliza-
tons OF claims. Those OF living
soldiers can be handled through
regional offices but those or de-
ceased ~ex-Service men are handled
through Washington with consid-
cradle delay. There Is no difference
In the claims and IL the regional
office Is capable OF passing or one
10 Is capable Of passing on y6h@
ether. II was asserted IN the reso-
luton.
Consolidation or the two Texas
regional claims offices at Waco
was opposed BY resolution. Regional
offices now are located at San An
tonic and Dallas and the conSolida-
ton would involve TOO much travel
for South Texans. II was said.
The resolutions committee "a
composed OF Hal Brennan OF La
redo. w. I. williams OF San Ben
ito and Il. III. Murphy OF McAllen.
McAllen won the attendance cup
which has been up for several
years. The torphy and awards com
mittee was composed OF w. II.
Gaines. and OZzie Burke. Harlin-
gen; and Lynn Wright. Weslaco.
Delegates Named
Major Ballanfant OF Mercedes was
introduced as having been az the
original caucuS IN Paris At which
TIT American Legion was organized
W. Frank Workman or WeSlaco.
district committeeman, was named
IA district delegate To the national
convention with WI. L. Williams OF
san Beuito alternate.
IL was brought out that Sam
Jackson Post al san BenitO under
/ Commander w. l.. Williams had in
creased It's membership from 10 10
"a making It a member Of the 400
club" and eligible for lis second
membership citation OF the year.
David ii. Grand. federal place
ment officer. urged that unemploy-
ed ~ex-Service men register with the
National Unemployment Service. II
Ras pointed out that registrations
must be renewed every 80 days 20
keep them active. There has been
some complaint that former service
meE were not receiving the prefer
ence TO which they are entitled W.
del the law but this has De@n
found largely due TO the fAct ulat
they are not keeping their reg4-
tratiOn active. Twenty Per cent or
ti.oSe employed on p. w. a. projects
In Texas we're former service men
N January. February. March and
april. In the Valley this was only
Is per cent in that period and this
cropped 10 eight per cent In May.
b. said.
IL was brought out that legion
mares are 10 call each other bud
dieS instead OF COMRADES IA here
tofore because OF the oGlouS boil
sheviki implications OF the previous
" used name.
Workman remarked at the joint
morning session at the Arcadia
Theater that Harlingen has had
bad luck with It's legion conventions
f. previous time a statewide freeze
cut attendance and this time 10
was floods.
Aoalr made a talk on the cen
tennial In which he said that II the
had not been for the legion that
there would not have been q CEN
tennial for Texas.
AinSworth, department COM
n.ander. said that the legion would
keep on fighting 10 take the profit
out OF war IL will keep fighting for
the universal draft 50 that wealth
a. well as manpower can be con-
Scrlpted W case OF war.
The welcome had been given by
r Polk Hornaday and the response
was BY Mr.. Brennan OF Laredo. pasi
department commando.
Among those introduced were
liars. w M. Jenkins. OF WeSlaco
district committeeman: Mrs. r
K Utley of Harrington, assistant dis