The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-25
Here is the actual record Of all he said:

R. Gregg Cherry "Boys, l don't believe there is
anv Legonnaire that needs to get excited about res
olution you know bring down more resolutions ana
carry less of them out than any organization know
off, Now Fellows, don't think any of you Fellows
want to show dsrespect discredit any of your Post
Commanders and Officers from over the State Person
aly don't care it don't make particle OF difference
to me- but have selected men year IN and year out
to put your Department thru, and they have put 1t
thru in pretty good shape. One of the men is already
sleeping, and that on the platform mere yes
terday has of the tongue and will doubtless be
sleeping before meet again And there isn't any rea
son to get alarmed about these fellows. There ism
Past Department Commander here, who has spent his
life and money and everything else for whole year
for this Legion that would then undertake to under
mine it! Do you mean to say that every Past Com
mander that has served this Legion OF ours-not
yours but it belongs to me and 1t belongs to you
do you mean to say that those Fellows don't deserve
anything? From the floor: "No, No, nobody doesO.
Now men, just thing let's geth this argument
straight Now my friend here talking something
about having fifty times many votes as you have
got; why you know he has got seventeen votes down
there in his Post Now there isn't anything to that We
all came here friends and comrades and we are go
ing away as friends and comrades, and we are going
to bring the Legion back to wherever it meets next
year in the manners as it is this year Now Com
rades, l am asking you to sustain the Committee IN
this proposition; because know this, that there is
coming Immediately following this resolution which
National organization is. And that is exactly what
ought to have. am not asking anything for myself
but asking that you do not by your vote imper1l
the rights of every Legionnare here Do you feel that
George Freeman, Wiley Redman, Albert Cox, John
Beasley and those Fellows who have given their time
and their labor and their money and their effort and
their leadership and ability to the Legion and put the
Legion where it is now do you believe that they ought
to be ousted out here and given slap in the face with
proposition Of that kind brought here by
on the floor of this convention before, by
some that don't even know except by reputation,
by a man that comes from place. small place. and
VINO is leaving wrong impression and wrong wild
yells from the floor, much confusion) Department
Commander Let there be ORDER Gentemen). Now
feows that the only issue that is involved here in
ths proposition that this Department shall be placed
on the same basis as the National Department. and
whenever you put this Department on the same basis
as the National Department, think. Gentlemen we
are right You can't go bad wrong on that proposition
ana appeal to you to sustain the committee report
mere and after that to adopt this resolution that is To
be offered putting the North Carolina Department ex
actly on the same basis the National Organizo+ior
as to votes think that is clear to you and when vor
vote on THIS proposition ask you to give us vote
OF confidence on this proposition. wild Yells)"
Transcript of the official proceedings of the Twelfth
Annual convention of the North Carolina Department
OF tne American Legion, held in Wnston-Salem AL
gust z4-zo, 1871, which is file in the Department
oina eA'' " VI O"i-
VOTE FOR
GREGGCHERRY