Evening star., 1941-08-09
Legion Auxiliary Told
U. 5. Responsibility
To Youth Continues
Should Not Be Put Aside
Even in Time Of Stress.
Security Official Says

Even during an emergency, gov
ernmental responsibility toward the
youth of the Nation should not be
outweighed by responsibilities of the
citizen to the Government, Capt.
Watson B. Miller, assistant director
of the Federal Security Agency, told
younger delegates to the convention
of the American Legion Auxiliary,
District of Columbia Department,
this morning.
II American women especially, he
emphasized. are to step into vital
defense industries as the women of
England have done, the Government
must maintain their health and
teach them the necessary skills.
This already is being done by the
Federal Security Agency, Capt.
Miller explained. through the Ma
tional Youth Administration. Office
of Education and Bureau of EN-
ployment Security.
New Officers Installed.
In addition, Capt. Miller told
members of the Girls Nation, meet
ing in the Commerce Department
auditorium as part of a two-day
auxiliary convention, Federal Sc
curity agents are working in all
crowded defense areas to see that
stress of emergency does not lower
health and recreational standards.
New officers of the Girls Nation
installed this morning were Miss
Mary Eleanor McCabe, president;
Miss Peggy Ann Combs, vice presi-
dent; Marie Combs, secretary:
Patricia Lipscomb and Allie Bell
Wright. color bearers: Elizabeth
Clarkson, chaplain, and Isabel
Doherty. sergeant at arms.
Miss Helen Zaruba, retiring presi-
dent of the Girls Nation, presided
over the morning meeting. Tonight
the new officers will be installed.
Last night 500 delegates. alter
mates and guests heard Mayor T.
Semmes Walmsley of New Orleans.
serving as inspector general and
deputy director of the Once of
Civilian Defense, cite the Legion
and auxiliary as sources of morale
and American principles in the pres
ent defense crisis"
Trophies Awarded.
Achievement trophies awarded to
the auxiliary by Mrs. Wildred Bell
trophies and awards chairman, in
cluded the Ruth Turner American
ism Trophy, to Victory Unit, No. 4;
the Eight ct Forty Dorothy B.
Harper Child Welfare Trophy, to
the George E. Killeen Unit. No. 25;
Mary B. Corwin Community Service
and Unit Activities Trophy, to the
Kenneth Nash Unit. No. 8; Depart
ment History Trophy, to the George
E. Killeen Unit, No. Is: Anna F. FL
lott History Trophy. to the Sergt.
Jasper Unit, No. 13, and Pan-Amer-
ican Study Trophy, to the Kenneth
Nash Unit, No. g.
The Lillian Luther Memorial
Achievement Trophy for outstand-
ing work went to Mrs. Rose Perkins
of the Police and Fire Unit of the
auxiliary. The Helen M. McCabe
Trophy. presented by Mrs. McCabe,
auxiliary president, who presided
last night, was won by Cooley Nc
Cullough Unit, No. %.
Oxygen Tent Accepted.
An oxygen tent for Columbia Hos
pital was accepted by Col N. L. Nc
Diarmid, hospital superintendent,
from Mrs. Edith Landvoigt, chair
man of the auxiliarys Child Welfare
Committee.
Greetings from the Legion were
given by Haywood Saunders, depart
ment commander. and William H.
Hargrave, past department COM
mander.
Music was furnished by the Navy
Band Orchestra, the Capital Civic
Male Chorus of the James E. Walker
Legion Post and by Mrs. Florence v.
Taylor, vocalist.