Evening star., 1943-08-07
District legionnaires
To Elect Officers and
Delegates Tonight

night at the final session of the an
nual convention of the District De-
partment of the American Legion at
the Mayflower Hotel The Resolu-
tionS Committee will make it's re-
port tonight.
Candidates for department COM
mander are C. Francis Mccarthy of
membership officer. and John c.
Chase. first, vice commander of the
department and member of Wash
ington Police and Fire Post.
The convention was told last night
by Warren H. Atherton of Cali
fornia that if America should fail
in this present world conflict, gone
would be the rights and privileges
of free men, the union and indi-
vidual ownership of home and farm;
the church and the school and the
town meetings.
Mr. Atherton, who is expected to
be the next national commander of
the Legion, continued that this is
war of all of us. Why then should
men die on New Guinea, Attu and
Sicily while we selfShly, try to get
more for doing less. When liberty
is at stake, all must take less and
do more" .,.f...
In company with Roane Waring,
national commander, he flew $4,000
miles last spring on a detail from
Gen. George c. Marshall to see two
fronts, the home front and the
battle front.
Flemming Speaks.
Commissioner Arthur S. Flem-
ming, Civil Service Commission, told
of the interest of members of the
commission in employment oppor-
tunities after the present war ends.
He said that there was no question
but that preference will be extended
to veterans by both public and pri-
vate employers. The commission, he
said is dedicated to the task of do
ing everything within its power to
make sure that the Federal Govern
ment takes the lead in the develop
ment of sound veteran preference
policy. In referring to the overall
reduction in force program the COM
mission, he said. will see to it that
the veterans of all wars are extended
the preference to which they are
entitled by law He said that of the
3,029 900 employees on the payrolls,
l,650,000 were war service appointees
Capt James C. Clarke and the
members of his guard of honor were
presented with certificates by De-
partment Comdr. Patrick j. Fitz-
gibbons, who in turn was presented
with travel kit by Capt. Clarke on
behalf of the guard
J. Ernest sherwood, past depart
ment commander of Pennsylvania,
spoke on the movement to bring
veterans of the present war into the
American Legion, and outlined
program of activities about to be
launched by national headquarters
Trophies Awarded.
Mrs. Edna P Smith, past depart
ment vice commander and chairman
of the Trophies and Awards Com
mittee, presented trophies to the
various posts as the result of men,
bership records during the past year.
The winners were: s-,-
Mrs. Dorothy B. Harper. senior
trophy - First, Cooley Mccullough
Unit, 1l6 per cent; second, James
E. Walker Unit. 73.5; third, Jane A.
Delano, 1872 per cent. Mrs. Dorothy
Harper, junior trophy-First, Capt.
tai Transit Unit, 143; second, Agri-
culture Department Unit, 142;
Henry c. Spengler. Department of
Agriculture and Belleau Wood, 100
each.
Washington trophy for post with
less than 100 members-First, Bel
leau Wood: second, Columbia and
George E. Walker, 87.5 each. John
Lewis Smith trophy, post of more
than 100 members-First, Capital
Transit, 1898; second, Potomac,
891; third, Police and Fire, 849
Julius I. Peyser trophy. less than
100 MEMBERSHIPS, Belleau Wood,
100; second, George E. Kineen, 1854;
third, Columbia, 937.
Delaware trophy, post over 100
members - First, Capital Transit,
1049 second, Kenna-Main, l04.
Paul J. McGahan trophy, 4-year
average - Cooley Mccullough for
third consecutive year, 90.5. Quen-
tin Roosevelt trophy for larger posts
First, Kenna- Main, 166; second,
Department of Agriculture, 152.
Quentin Roosevelt trophy for
smaller posts, National Press Club,
217. second Stephen P. McGroarty,
l60; third, Gen. U. G. McAlexander,
1873. Frank L. Peckham trophy,
membership 500 or over-First
Sergt. Jasper, $50 members; second,
Vincent B. Costello. 730 members;
third. James Reese Europe. 582
members.
Junior Baseball League, winner in
this area-Vincent B. Costello team,
awarded J. Miller Kenyon trophy.
Sons of American Legion Squadron
development-Fort Stevens Squad
ron, awarded the James T. Fahey
Memorial Trophy, with honorable
mention TO squadrons of Kenneth
H. Nash and Police and Fire Posts.
Nominations Made.
Dept. Comdr. Fitzgibbons intro
duced a number of guests present.
Music was furnished by the James
Reese Europe Post Drum Corps dur
ing the evening.
Nomination of officers were made
as follows:
For department commander - c.
Francis Mccarthy, past department
vice commander, Sergeant Jasper
Post, and John c, Chase, Police and
Fire Post, present department vice
commander.
First vice commander -- Henry
Feine. past commander, Vincent B.
Costello Post, and Joseph A. Walker,
commander, Fort Stevens Post
Second vice commander - Alma
o. Sarton, commander, Jacob Jones
Post. and Everett A. Totten, COM
mander, Kenneth H. Nash Post.
Third vice commander - Edward
j. c. Murray, department rehabili-
tation officer, Government Printing
Ofice Post; Clifford C. Anderson,