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Show HIT OBJECTORS Mountain Delegates Ask Legion to Oppose an Honorable Discharge. By J. LEO M EE HAN. (Staff Correspondent.) ST. LOUIS, May S The American 1 Legion caucus meeting here wil be asked tomorrow to go on record as opposing the , granting of honorable discharges to con- j scientious objectors who would not per- i form full military duty. A resolution j asking that such discharges be denied ! conscientious objectors and that those j already issued be revoked has been prepared pre-pared tonight by the Idaho delegation for introduction on the floor of the caucus cau-cus tomorrow. Utah delegates have agreed to support the resolution, which will be presented to the resolutions com- , mittee by Major C. M. Booth of Poea-tello. Poea-tello. Utah delegates held a caucus this (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) WESTERN MEN HIT 'OBJECTORS (Continued from Page One.) afternoon and selected its members of national oommlUet;. Thev are: Executives, Execu-tives, baldv. in Kouort.on. fait 1-ake. and I loyal UousiHii, O-d'.-n ; credentials, James G. Woolley, fait Lake; finance, Harold K. f moot, f ;-!t Iikc; name, L. J. fceiey, lit. yi-jasant; organization, D-K. D-K. Khlverg, Ogden ; constitution and bylaws, by-laws, Ray f. McCarty, fait Lake; publication. publi-cation. J. Leo Meehan. fait Lake; resolutions, reso-lutions, Loyal Douglas. Os;den; next meeting place, Fred Torge.nJ-cn, Eph-ralm; Eph-ralm; emblem, Charles Parsons, fait Lake; permanent headquarters, J. C Knudson. Brigham City. Utah delegates are supporting California Califor-nia for tiie convention, which is to be held in Novernoer. Lieutenant f moot of the Utah delegation, delega-tion, addressed the weekly meetim; of the St. Louis Rotary club today, 'tiling them of the great preparations being made for the national Rotary convention conven-tion in fait Lake and urging them to eend a big delegation. J le was as.- u red H. Louis w ouid have a big n presentation presenta-tion in Utah next month. Western delegates as a v,holc are most favorably impressed with the spiri t of the caucus and feel confident that foundations foun-dations are being laid lor a powerful nonpartisan organization that will represent repre-sent every man who wore the uniform in the Luropean war. ST. LOCIS, May S. Major Henry D. Lindsley, of" Dallas, Texas, was electe J chairman of the American Legion today. Running against Major Lindsley, was Sergeant Jack Sullivan of Seattle, Wash., i t lie candidate of the "buck privates." Sullivan's name was withdrawn when the state of Washington was reached in the voting and at his request Major Llnds-! Llnds-! ley's election made unanimous. The vote at the time was Lindsley 630; Sullivan 209. Major Lindsley, who was decorated with the distinguished service medal, was formerly mayor of Dallas. He will hold office only until the next convention, conven-tion, which probably will bo in November. Novem-ber. Sergeant Sullivan -was unanimously elected first vice chairman and Seaman Fred n. Humphreys of Uoswell, N, M., was chosen second, vice chairman over Chief Petty Officer J. F. Goerke, of New-York. New-York. A third vico chairman, some member mem-ber of the marines, will be elected tomorrow. to-morrow. Lieutenant Colonel Eric Wood of Washington was elected secretary. Dele-gntes Dele-gntes urged the nomination of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, who declined saying he "had no desire to hold office In the organization," but wanted to be simply a booster. Formal announcement was made today to-day by delegates from the far west that they will endeavor to have the convention conven-tion take some definite action concerning concern-ing the I. W. W., and Bolshevism. Sergeant Sullivan presented a resolution resolu-tion which will bo ric ted upon tomorrow requesting that a petition be sunt to congress con-gress urelne drastic laws to curb I. W. W activities. The resolution says In part: "Whereas,, There is an element living among us who mistake liberty lib-erty for license, free speech for anarchy and who by their actions and speeches and radical papers would revolutionize this government, and make this land of freedom a land of free love be it resolved, "That this convention petition congress that all members of radical organizations such as the T. W. W., Bolsheviki and kindred organizations be deported c that a stop be put to the printing of their literature and that any one,. found guilty of distributing their literature be deemed guilty of a criminal offense." The caucus has received notice from the George Washington National Memorial Memo-rial Association of Women's Clubs that it Is willing to turn over one floor of Us buldlng In Washington including an auditorium seating 1,000 persons to tho American Legion for its permanent use. Action on the matter will be taken later. The report of the committee on "creed," which has been adopted by the temporary executive committee and placed before the convention, states that the American Legion has the following definite purposes: 1 To inculcate the duty and obligation obliga-tion of citizenship. 2 To preserve the history and incidents inci-dents of our participation in this war. ? To cement the ties of comradeship formed in service. 4 To protect, assist and promote the general welfare of all soldiers, sailors and marines and those dependent upon them. 5 To encourage the maintenance of Individual and national efficiency to the end that the American people shall never fail In their obligation to humanity. 6 To maintain the sacred doctrine of undivided and uncompromising lovalty to every principle for which the American nation stands in the belief that that doctrine doc-trine should be the guiding principle of the everyday life of each citizen. The caucus does not intend to elect permanent officers, but will appoint an executive committee to govern the organization or-ganization until a convention can be, held some time (n November when permanent perma-nent organization will be effected. Voting at the caucus Is on the basis of I congressional representation of states, each state being entitled to twice as many votes as it has congressional representatives. |