Show BUSY COUNTING NEW NOSES recent membership push will require time to decide total of new faces added there them are two reasons why it will be impossible for some time to announce the total of new members obtained in the legions recent membership push the first Is the inevitable lapse of time necessary to get individual figures from nearly ten thousand legion posts in nil all parts of the country and add in some parts of other countries the second Is the fact that while the push closed officially on may 22 the enthusiasm accumulated and concentrated on that week of effort has spilled oer the ed edges and gone right on effervescing the full story oft of the lie push the methods used all the way front from ingenious idea to solid hard work can perhaps never bs be told governors of more than thirty states gave wholehearted whole hearted endorsement to the push and the resulting publicity was of immense value in n directing attention to the legions effort governor john 11 bartlett Eart lett of new shire for instance Is issued su sued a proclamation exactly as on thanksgiving Dg in one sense reads the proclamation this Is an exclusive affair as in the nation only four million and in ili I 1 N new e hampshire only eighteen thousand men and women are eligible for membership ber bersh ship lp yet in a wider sense the pud lub as it Is designated carries a powerful appeal to all Ameri catis who cherish our national tradition |