The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-03-05
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10, 6OSIOu.
The National Commander
seemed to sense a ticklish sit-
uation had arisen, and that
something had to be done to
relieve the tension. A quick
move was mad by Dept. Com.
Charles Collatos, sanctioned
by his colleagues, and repre-
sentatives of William E, Carter
Post, that the Massachusetts
Legion Department Executive
Committee be empowered to
make a drastic recommends
ton of disapproval to the Ma
tional American Legion Exc
cutive Committee when it con-
venes in May. Many depart
ment American Legion Exc
cutive Committees, including
the Department of Delaware,
contemplate protests deploring
National Commander Collins
alleged racial statement. It
/ is also believed the National
Association For the Advance
ment of Colored People will
vigorously make a protest to
the National Dept. regarding
Commander Collins unprovoked
comment on that organization
at Wilmington, Delaware. Sew
eral exhibits of confirmation
that Commander Collins ale
| gedly made the above racial
statement are in the hands of
Commander Stephen Douglass
Of William E. Carter Post, No.
| Is of Boston. Among the exhi-
Commander Collins before an
bits is the speech delivered by
American Legion gathering of
the Dept. of Delaware, and
two letters signed by the Ma
tional Commander address d
to Post Commander Douglass,
neither of them asserted
categorical denial of his al
legged racial statement, which
has been ascertained from a
reliable source.
| AL of the exhibits are in
the process of being reproduced
| for press release; also nation
al and department American
Legion study. Sponsors of this
serious charge against the
American Legion head have
planned, it has been stated,
not to have any appeasement
or back-f1re procedure stall
them in amy manner.
A truthful and unbiased
solution of the above charge
against National Commander
Collins, they claim, is the on
ly answer 100000 loyal Ameri-
can citizens want, which in
cludeS thousands of colored
: legionnaires! The present di-
lemnla of National Conman-
DIVER Collins hinges on his APP
parent unsuccessful desire to
weave personal human dis
junction on whether or not in
ter-racial social equality under
any condition can be imposed
by legislation or Court de-
cisionS. His recent crude ap-
parent attempt unfortunately
backf1red when the Milford.
Delaware, public school desc
gregation question arose at a
press conference during his
visit as a guest of the Ameri-
can Legion Department of
Delaware, Since that memoir
able visit, vast wave OF con-
fusion has followed him lead
Ing to what transpired in
Boston last week, and an ulti-
mate National Executive Com
mlttee censure of the Ameri-
can Legion at Indianapolis
Indiana, at it's next NAV
meeting. The National Com
mander has decided not to
make any denials of press
stories already released Your
columnist gained this in
formation from a personal in
tervieW in Boston. His person.
al public National American
Legion Relations Advisers. we
nave been reliably informed.
keep a "a hour vigil on each
statement Issued for dissemi~
nation to legionnaires, and the
! general public. This seems to.
dure when compared to admi-
be an unprecedented proce-
nlStrations of past National
Commanders, who preceded
National ConAnan6sr e
The above could be deemed
an opening wedge for the lid
TO be lifted an6 a gripping an
sWer requested from National
and present leaders of the
Commander Collins by past
American Legion to smooth
over the apparent nationwide
dlscord already wide spread
against the greatest veteran
organization in the world. The
die has been cast with millions
OF legionnaires awaiting a Just
verdict
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