Show UTAN PLAN P LAN IS LEGION PROPOSALS Department Commander Booth Sees Great Possibilities for Future With Assistance of American Legion Cooperation What is the most constructive worthwhile concrete project that the American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary Au can undertake for Cor this community for this tins year This question will be asked by ev- ev ever every ev every ery er post and auxiliary unit in Utah February during the ten days das between February 12 and 22 as a result of the of a community betterment program at a recent meeting of the department executive committee The Legion recognizes the need of cooperative civic betterment pro programs it was vas announced and the American American- Americanism Americanism Americanism ism committee of the organization has a plan to be kno known n as the Utah Plan flan for the purpose of operating co-operating co- co cooperating operating with the citizens and or- or organizations organizations or organizations in a wide state-wide program of community service The They w will I ask for suggestions covering their com cont- com com- community community programs for the ensuing year It is our hope that the posts of this state slate wilt will take up and carry through to a successful conclusion conclusion at least one worthwhile project each yar ar or one which may be undertaken for fora a period of years it was stated by T TD D Martin chairman of the Ameri Ameri- Americanism Americanism committee Legion in Earnest The American Legion is in ear ear- earnest earnest ear earnest nest in this proposition and the 1925 annual 1925 annual convention of the organization which meets this year in Brigham City will be asked to authorize an- an annual annual an annual nual trophies and awards to posts with outstanding records for community com com- community community service Mr 11 Martin declared Department Commander John E Booth of the Legion and Mrs Irs C J JM M L Trotman auxiliary department president are arc very enthusiastic over the possibilities of sucha such a plan worked on a wide state-wide scale They call at- at attention at to the value to the state in having seventy-five seventy legion posts and thirty hirty Auxiliary units work wort- worting working or more Auxiliary wor j ing to give give worthwhile worth concrete ser service vice ice to their respective communities for the Ilse next fifty years The adoption of the Utah Plan came as a result of the attempt of department officers to put into practical practical practical operation the resolution of the national convention in San Francisco Francisc urging posts to undertake an Ameri Ameri- can ism program of concrete value value- value in other words do away with willi abstract theory and do something which improve their communities In presenting this his plan for the con con- consideration consideration con consideration of th the citizens the Legion recognizes recognize that most communities are arc clubbed to death with with various or- or organizations organizations or organizations each seeking to launch or complete some pet pct scheme Under the Utah Plan it is not the time intention of the local post to inaugurate a pro pro- program program program gram which the they will wilt selfishly ca call their own They want to undertake a program upon which all organisations organizations organizations can agree and will allwork all work t I- I complete They hope to tn launch bunch a L program for the town which will Le be Leof beof beof of sufficient magnitude e that all club churches and citizens will wilt unite in their efforts to assure success Wherever practical the thc organization of community councils will wilt b be urged Th se councils are arc to be composed of the mayor of the city and representatives of every e organization po organization po political religious civic and ami fraternal tI Its purpose will be to decide upon the program programs to be adopt adopted cd and mem mem- members members bers of the council will wIIl in turn tinge its adoption b by their respective or- or organizations organizations or organizations A civic league within the Utah Ulah de- de department de department Americanism committee hl ha li been set up and it is engaged in com com- compiling compiling compiling piling information which ts will aid com cont- communities in iu planning and developing civic projects The civic league will wil wilhe he able to 10 give information on practically practically practically er e every act activity ity known or to te fur fur- furnish furnish fur furnish nish data ta which will enable them to 10 find the proper authority on the par particular particular titular project in question Many Legion posts of the state tats have already completed or are arc starting work on many worthy projects proc is and among the more commendable of these include the work of posts and auxiliary ry units in the Carbon county mine disaster the pla playground ground pro projects projects of Provo and Spanish Fork the Cedar Cedar City annual Rodeo which brine brill several thousand visitors to the oil cit the memorial built by the Vernal aux aux- auxiliary auxiliary aux auxiliary unit Logan posts post's public skating skating ing rink and man many others Under the Utah Plan legion officers hope to have han all posts at work andIn and in cooperation with wills all citizens A A- A referendum A-referendum referendum ballot has lias been pr pre pre- prepared pre prepared pared by the Americanism committee for the u use e of citizens in sU submitting suggestions to the Legion and officers are urging that every one il ii- ii in interested in the time development t of II tie town lown take advantage antage of the llie H opportunity opportunity to develop a operative co civic grogram |