Evening star., 1937-09-16
LEGION TO FIGHT
'JUNK|NG' At 40
Announces Campaign to
Show Employer Value
of War Veterans.
~ the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, September 16.-Aner.
lean Legion headquarters today an
nounced a concerted campaign against
the "junking" of men over 40 in the
Nations employment scheme.
The plans were disclosed by Forest
q. Cooper of Indianola. Mass. chair
man OF the National Veterans EN-
ployment Committee, and will be laid
before the annual Legion Convention
here next week.
The Legion will furnish every en-
ployer In the United States" booklet
showing "the economic value in terms
OF maturity of Judgment, ability and
dependability of World War veterans,
Cooper said.
Pointing out that most of the Ma
tion's 100000 World War veterans
are In the age groups above 40, Cooper
said the Legion believes it is unfair
to junk a man, to call him obsolete. to
say he is not needed, when he passes
the age of 40"
This battle" said Cooper, will be
waged increasingly until industry recop-
nfzes the fallacy of discarding worker
IN the very prime of his usefulness"
Session to Be Peaceful.
The business sessions of the Legion
convention opening here Sunday night
Will be comparatively peaceful. with
minimum of controversial issues
TO be debated, it was indicated
today by an inspection of more than
900 resolutions received at national
headquarters.
Not one of the 600-odd resolutions
from State departments concerned a
proposal for general pension for
world War veterans. Demands will
be made, however, for extension of
Government protection" for widows
and orphans of these veterans.
Principal resolutions expected to be
approved support the Legion-spon-
sorted universal draft law, now be-
Tore the National House of Repre-
sentatlves; an increased child welfare
program and strengthened American
program emphasizing the need for
national youth training.
Other resolutions propose ADEQUATE
national defense, neutrality laws to
keep the United States out of foreign
wars, rehabilitation of the disabled,
and an intensive campaign for high
way safety.
Against War Profiteering.
The universal draft law, which has
been Legion mandate since the New
Orleans Convention of 1922, would
draft labor, as we'll as fighting men.
during any conf1icv in which the
United States participated, and would
be aimed at abolishing war profiteer-
ing.
The youth training program will
recommend that boys of high school
age throughout the Nation be given
an intensive two weeks training in
government at State capitals. This
movement already has been declared
successful in two States.
For national defense the Legion will
demand standing army Of 165 900
men, with $4,000 officers, a navy sec
ond to none, National Guard of
2o5,000 men and an Air Corps of at
least 1858 planes of all types.
Ask 4s Paid Drills.
For the National Guard the Legion
will ask for 48 paid armory drills an
nually with is days of field training.
Also sought is reserve corps of l20,-
600 oficers available for active duty.
with training for 10000 officers an
nually, and an enlisted reserve of at
least 100000 men.
Appropriations will be asked to
place in full effect the act author
izing the training of 1850 reserve
air serving officers for five years. The
G. NJ. T. G. would be continued pro-
viding training for $4,000 youths
annually
To combat juvenile delinquency the
Legion will continue its campaign to
stamp out marijuana smoking by
youths in their teens and an active
campaign against use Of any habit
forming drug.
Campaigns for national commander
already were under way today, the first
avowed candidate arriving, being
Daniel Doherty Of Woburn, Mass, who
set up headquarters at the Hotel
Pennsylvania.
Gotham Blaze Of Color.
Legionnaires, rolling into Gotham
BY the thousands for q week OF cam
araderie and convention, found mid
town Manhattan blazing today into an
everexpsnding riot of patriotic color
reminiscent of those days, two decades
ago. when they went away to war.
Thousands Of yards of red, white
and blue bunting, augmented by hun