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Show ENTITLED TO THE POSITIONS Commander of Portland (Ore.) Leg'on Pest Asserts Ex-Service Men Should Have Preference. The ex-service nun who has eiiur.l ' or better qualifications for n city gov- rnment insition is entitled to preference pref-erence in appointment appoint-ment or election uccordliic t" James J. Crod.-ley. Crod.-ley. of I'orilar.d, Or-;., coi.iiiander of rortiand post, No. 1, of the American Amer-ican Legion. Ca Tying h I 3 theory into action, Mr. Cmsslev wa.s lV 5 instrumental in Jas. J. Crossiey. i'ne organization of a committee in his P"st charged with the duty of seeing that all veterans of the World war re--.ived a square deal In obtaining municipal mu-nicipal positions. Working In close vo-operation with the mayor and city 'X'mmissiom.rs, men and women recommended recom-mended by the Legion have been rawed as municipal judge, superintendent superintend-ent of the women's bureau of the police po-lice department and chief clerk -of the park bureau. In many cases o.v-service men have led the list of applicants for positions in 'he civil service examinations, according ac-cording to Mr. Crossiey. In the examination ex-amination for chief clerk of ttie park bureau, Albert Itufner, an ex-service man, finished first. |