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Show LEGION CLOSES with mr RAP CHICAGO, Sept 29 (INS) Chi-' cago was returned to its citizens today as the last of some 250.000 visitor brought by the 1939 national na-tional convention of the American Legion departed for their homes, most of them not to meet again until the 1940 convention in Boston. Bos-ton. The four-day Chicago contention, conten-tion, which ended yesterday, proved to be one of the most important im-portant In the legion's 21-year history. his-tory. Meeting as guns boomed once-again in Europe, the veterans pledged themselves In a series of historic resolutions to fight against any Involvement of the United States in the new war. They demanded: de-manded: That the United States maintain strict neutrality in the European conflict That congress remain continuously continu-ously In session to protect that neutrality. That the nation's armed foices be expanded immediately to insure in-sure the sovereignty and integrity of the country. Want Isms' Outlawed On the domestic front, the legion le-gion demanded: That congress outlaw the Communist Com-munist party, the German tund fwH all I1"'11"' arganitmtinnm That congress provide tor the registration and identification ot aliens. That congress put an end to all immigration until unemployment in the nation has dropped to less than 1,000.000 persons. In other resolutions and .ipeernes of leaders, the legion condemned all "isms," praised the roundup of spies by the FBI and demanded stronger alien deportation .aws. As national commander to iJi-ceed iJi-ceed Stephen F. Chadwick ot jje-attle, jje-attle, the legion elected Raymond J. Kelly, 45-year-old corporation counsel of the city of Detroit Vice Commander The five new vice commanders elected were Matthew J. Murphy of Chicago, Charles Kelley of Little Lit-tle Rock, Ark.; H. Elwin De.iJ. Pueblo, Colo.; Leo E. Ray ot Gor-ham, Gor-ham, N. H., and Joseph B. Fitzgerald Fitz-gerald of Chevy Chase, Md. The Rev. Patrick McDermott of Atlanta, Iowa, was elected chaplain. chap-lain. Mrs. William H. Corwith ol Rockville Center, N. Y, was elect-I elect-I ed national president of tna wo-1 wo-1 men's auxiliary by acclamation. I Mrs. Albert Greenlaw of Augus- ta. Me, was elected national chap-I chap-I lain of the auxiliary, i Reelected were Mrs. Gwendolyn I Wiggin MacDowell of Story City, Iowa, national secretary, and Mn I Cecilia Wenz of Indianapolis, national na-tional treasurer. In his first interview tolay as national commander, Kelly pledged I himself to carry out the mandate of the legion to work for neutrality. neu-trality. " . |