| Show ADDS addo TO LEGIONS J 1 IJ ath commander of minnesota department has way of doing things that gets results under the direction of A 11 vernon commander of th tile silone sota department of the american legion that state has become one of the strongest ft L legion e I 1 I 1 0 a departments in the country C commander orn M a n d e r vernons Ver Vert lons theory I 1 la s th that s success u cc es s ato c comes oma s to t the h e L legion e in proportion to the service it gives to its members and to the state in carrying out this policy he has built up a legion service bureau which handles one thousand ex service claims a month and a department branch of the american legion news service early in 1921 when the federal board for vocational education prepared to send representatives to sixteen centers in the state to examine disabled veterans the authorities were handicapped by a lack of publicity commander vernon prepared twenty thousand large posters and placed them on every billboard in the state this was supplemented with information to every newspaper in regard to where every disabled man should report to receive compensation vocational training and medical treatment when an unexpected number of veterans ep enlisted listed for vocational training mr air vernon appealed to business men to place the men in their establishments the merchants and manufacturers responded with a good will and all the vocational students were placed to good advantage |
