| Show SH SHALL LJ- LJ GIRLS BE ADMITTED Membership Question Looms Before Officials of Legion Some Legion Some Y V Workers Present Claims A question before the officials om- om c dials als of the American Is that of eligibility to membership Just where Is the line to to he e drawn Shall U. U for Instance those Attie little i sisters of the army the Y girls be admitted to full membership I Although at present they stand without without with with- out the pale there are arc some who believe believe believe be be- lieve they should be taken in Some of the girls themselves have very modestly presented their claims claims' The following Is an excerpt from a le letter er from Miss Same Sallie Lou Massey of Meri MenI- Me Meridian i dian lian Miss to the national com commander minder mander I am just one of hundreds of T Y girls at home bome now wearing pretty clothes which dont don't seem quite right after having worn the uniform In France we ve cooked kept house handed banded out magazines and papers ant an J danced I hundreds of kilometers we danced danced- all aB of which Isn't so much I J know but the spirit behind It made us feel that we belonged to the men of the A. A E. E F P. P and anal they to us Has all nil this tills comradeship comradeship comradeship com com- been shed with the uniform I We have watched with high hopes the I development of the American Legion and and a- a In your splendid achievements y J 9 ti f r. r Sh A iq ri a y Sallie Lou Massey t those hopes are being fulfilled Why Is the Y girl who was one of you In France J left out Is not affiliation with the American Legion the Ule only way by which we can carry carryon on and keep the spirit that was ours In France Miss Massey served nine months In France She r received a n citation for courageous work among the troops during the S Influenza epidemic In the theall tall all RII of ot 1918 |
