Show elk leader raps communists for sabotage efforts charging the communist party with brazen effrontery in efforts to sabotage the effect of freedom tram train lafayette A lewis los angeles adorney and grand ex alted acted ruler of the benevolent and protective order of elks in a state ment to N F burger exalted rul er of local lodge no 1673 has de dared the elks eagerly accept this communistic challenge he has directed the 1474 local lodges with more than members to redouble our efforts in support of this train and its sacred docu ments in every city where there is an elks lodge at the recent national conven tion in portland oregon the order emphatically and enthusiastically endorsed the american heritage freedom train our order is corn com posed of men in every walk of life every party every creed rich and poor said mr lewis but we all are one hundred percent A me ricans in our order no place for communists in the united states we believe in america we believe in our constitutional form of government a government neither to the right nor to the left but straight down the middle of the road we pledge our entire ef fort to prevent these saboteurs from defiling the clear stream of american life 4 the brazen effron trey of the educational department of the communist party through its memo on the freedom tram train dated august 29 1947 cannot remain un challenged the purpose of that foreign directed group is to sab otage dotage the great objects of the free dom train and to make it appear that the only supporters of the A merican constitutional ca form of government are its big business backers As americans and elks we re dedicate our resources to the ful willment fill ment of the noble purposes of this freedom tram train carrying with it throughout america the sacred documents which secured and guar our freedom and american heritage mrs joyce taylor chief tele phone operator at the thoele tooele branch has accepted a promotion and will go to brigham C ty there to act in the same capacity it was revealed this week by wallace thompson manager of the local office mrs taylor will be replace ed by miss ellen amtoft it of too ele mrs taylor has been employ ed in tooele thoele for the past few years |