Show PREACH TO GET MEMBERS ministers to aid in bringing the amer amei lean ican legion family number to some one at the national headquarters with a flair for statistics has fis wed out that four thousand sc nuon on the american legion will be delivered in churches all over the land on sunday slay alay 16 part of the work wor of posts of the legion in the membership campaign I 1 to be waged may 17 to 22 ushe e has been to enlist the support of clergymen of all creeds they have been requested to at least make mention of the legion in their sermons noDs of the sunday preceding the drive many rabbis have signified signI fled their intention of doing this in sermons delivered saturday may 15 it has not been hard to win the support of these clergymen because the vast majority already are arc enthusiastic legion supporters one minister of a prominent and fashionable new york city church fairly leaped at the suggestion ue he declared he be would not only preach an entire sermon urging eligible parishioners to join but would call on every enery man and woman to lend active aid in the campaign in some way lie ile insisted lie he was going to roll up tip his shirt sleeves and get into the campaign himself 6 elf even going so far as volunteering to speak from a sop box boi in union square legion leaders expect to get one million new members at least this would bring total membership well above the two and a halt half million mark and would assure the legion a majority of ibe be former service men and women ftc f the land the drive Is entirely a post and member affair a campaign of ct the rank and ille file posts are assigned quotas to reach and will be graded on percentage of efficiency Dart ments also will be so graded national head quarters will give first and second prizes consisting of stands of colors to leading departments |