The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-31
GOVERNOR CROSS DEFENDS TEACHERS
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| going out of the way to ask q SChool- teacher to take another oath"
 Shortly after the governor deliv- cred his attack on any such rcBo- luttonS or laws, U. 6. Senator Fran. ciB T. Maloncy took the rostrun and said:
 "I am not fearful of what School- teachers may do. And don't think we need fear 70 much about com muniSm."
 Take Leading Part
 Gross told the LeglonnaireS that "Connecticut and tho United States expects you will take in the affairs of state and country C leading part. You have the background and the training to do 70. ft iS your fault if you don't take the stand or position expected of you"
 Former Dean of the Yale graduate school, Cross commended the Legion for increasing It's membership dur. ing tho past year and encouraged 1t to further member drives in the coming year.
 He praised tho group for its serv- ices during tho great flood in March.
 with the cooperation from all parties represented in tho general assembly,, tho governor said, T have bcne able to do something. I have tried without being a Bchool- teacher to carry out some Of the ideals of my early life as q School- teacher"
 Pensions Proposed
 PenSionB for widows and depend- ents of veterans who died aS q rec suit of war service to be awarded when payments from war risk in- surance end, is urged in a resolution adopted by the 18th annaul conyen- ton of the Connecticut American Legion late yesterday.
 Unanimous approval was given q resolution submitted by Leonard J. Maloney, urging the state depart- ment Co make q drive during the coming year for employment for veterans and callnig for further re- mobilization work among veterans.
 A resolution to return World war nurses of the National War Nurses association to their former status in the legion and to allow them the use of legion embleinB was rejected without debate.
 Forty and Eight
 The Forty & Eight, fun.making branch of the legion Is holding It's annual convention today. Legion political dopestcrs predict Bernard Alderman, Rockville, will be chosen grand chef dc guerrc. Edward Hyatt, Essex, Howard Roland, shelton, and Edward Braun, duilford, are .Gn- gagged in Q three -cornered flight for grand chef de train. Elmer Lind qulst, Hartford, will be unanimously elected grand Conducteur, it was rec liably reported,
 Eight and Forty Meets
 The Eight & Forty, of the auxil- iary is also in annual session and indications are that Mrs. Anne BaB- set, West Haven, will be elected grand chapeau with second place going to Mrs. Blanche Pitney, 0las. tonbury. A contest over the post of historian of the legion has devel- oped. Andre 5chenker, professor of history at the state college and the present department historian, Ed- ward OConnor, Watertown, arc both being heavily supported.
 Past Department Commander Kenneth Cramer, rehabilitation chairman. in his annual report, urged the United States Veterans hospital at Newington be increased an additional 100 to l25 beds. Such an enlargement, he said, would bring its capacity to 500 beds.
 O60,00O Members Expected
 Harold L. Hummer, Madison, Wis, assistant national adlutant of the legion, representing the national of- ficers, told the convention yesterday that by the close of the present le- zion year, membership in the coun- try will be 950,0OO, the second high est since the peak year of 1881 when i,053, 900 was reached.
 Chairman John A. Reitermeyer of the Americanism committee re- ported communicate activities stead- fly increasing in Connecticut. Feit- emeyer commented on "the commu- nistic penchant for new organiza- tions, and these. each with high sounding title, we sec spawned with great rapadity by the American branch of the communicate interna- tionale." He advocated combating this spread through education. | Rmwwa axyfatf~s. a..A s.n.m.a ft,.aw