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Show Answer to Legion Charges Editor of tho Lohl Sun Door Sir Knowing your Interest Hi matters pertaining to the wclfnro of our fair city and Its citizens. I ask you to publish the following answer to nn nrtlclo published In your last Issue purporting to havo boon pub-llshed pub-llshed by tho Lohl Post No It) of tho American Legion, wo nro plansod to" noto howovor, that such was not tho caso as sovoral Legion mombors did not ondorso such action and personally personal-ly ofTcred their regrets nt tho.con-tomptahlc tho.con-tomptahlc method suggested thoroln. Tho statements mado by tho writer aro not true ns to facts. It Is n well known fact that all business enterprises must havo a manager, a head, the Smuin Dancing Academy Is no exception to tho rulo, tho mnnngor being Lester R. Smuin an Amorlcan Lcglonalre, nn ox-sor-vlco man from over sens, not ono of tho dratted variety, but a voluntcor, I10 Is tho man to sign up contracts with those who wish dates reserved. Thoso nro tho facts, two weeks prior to Armlstlco dny a representative of Post No. 19 enmo to mo nnd nskod could tho hall bo secured for that night, Novombor 11th, I nnsworod thnt I could not glvo a doflnlto inswor that ho must sco or tolephono tho manager, but ho did not do so Uthough Lester was .down threo limes, spending tho entire day hero )ii election day and could easily havo 39011 seon had they wanted to see him )r mado any effort to do so. Furthor-uoro Furthor-uoro I took it upon myself to personally sco Mr. Leo Goatos and ad-Iso ad-Iso him that It they wanted tho hall hoy had bettor mnko tholr resorption, resor-ption, thoy fnllod to do so and not mother word was spokon about tho nattor, consoquontly whon tho tlmo irrlvcd to nhnounco our dance wo ent ahead bellovlng that tho Legion toys had abandonod their Idea of glv-ng glv-ng n dnnco on thnt date. Tho per-ion per-ion who wrote tho nrtlclo ndmlts thnt hoy nover mado a reservation, such act Is plainly visible to nny ono who vlll carefully read tho artlclo roforred 0 which Is as follows: "Wo tho nombors of tho Post No. 19 American ..oglon, wish to inform tho public that his dato was taken away from us tfter wo bad spoken for it and had tot yot complotcd arrangements with ho inanngomenL" Would nny snno nan say that you can tako away from 1 porson thnt which ho hath not? or sxpect somo ono to entor into a con-ract con-ract for him without authority to do 10, I think not. Tho clrcumstnnco is tho rosnlt of '"'' mi. 1 I I II II i. Inofllcloncy, nogllgonco nnd n total disregard for business rules nnd othlcs which Is pitiful to behold In thoso entrusted with tho management of our local Post. Tho wrltor reminds mo of a spoiled child, who is in his impotent rngo worljs himself Into a fury bocauso somo ono Is not a mind render capablo of nntlclpntlng his wlshos nnd granting them without his asking for what ho wants. Tho nrtlclo la obWously false as to facts and In lUbstnnco Is mnllclously misleading nnd currllous. I fool Justly proud of tho record of my two boys In tho sorvlco sor-vlco of our country, proud of our hall and what little wo havo dono to build up our city nnd of our actions In what wo havo dono In giving all tho support posslblo during tho war to overy good cause, and at nil tlmos to nny and every chnrltnblo and worjthy purposo commonsurato with our, ability so to do, but wo Insist In running our buslnoss to suit our sclvoa nnd not leaving it to ovory mcddlcsonio upstnrt or rattlo bralnod Jacknnpcs to toll us whnt wo shnll do. Lot him como In whatsoovor gulso ho may. Wo approclato our frlonds and tho patronago of tho public. Courto-one Courto-one trcatmont, good clean sorvlco to the 'public under ns liberal torms as good sound buslnoss principles will pormlt Is over our motto. Yours vory rospectfully, J. D. SMUIN. |