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Show Eviction Of B.E.F.SeenAs Burning Issue AUDITORIUM, Portland, Ore., Sept. 13 Boos and cheers were mingled at the opening session of the fourteenth national convention of the American Legion Monday. After Josephus Daniels, former secretary of the navy, had been applauded in an address in which he appealed to the Legion to go into in-to politics to aid in "making democracy safe for the world," the legion delegates listened to Patrick- J. Hurley, secretary of war in the Hoover cabinet. Hurley pleaded for non-partisanship and urged the legionnaires to place "patriotism above politics." Although boos and cries of "How about the bonus?" were heard when Mr. Hurley stepped to the platform, loud cheers went up as he concluded his talk. t Mayor James M. Curley of Eos-ton Eos-ton was given a tremendous ovation ova-tion at the conclusion of his address ad-dress as he 'declared that some World war veterans who went to Washington, D. C.r "to plead for that to which they were entitled, were shot down like dogs in our national capital." National officers of the legion declined comment on the possible outcome, should a resolution condemning con-demning the administration in the bonus army affair come before the convention. At least one state department, Pennsylvania, has placed such a resolution on file, condemning eviction of the bonus forces and declaring "the president of the United States . . - . -handled the whote situation in a regrettable manner, which contributed to this incident." ' ' |