Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-02-02 | Page 13 | Supports Hospital Plan of Congress

SUPPORTSIIOSFin plan of d$ American Legion Post Approves Ap-proves Appropriation Thre. important subjects were dis-. eossed and acted upon at tha semimonthly semi-monthly meeting of the American legion le-gion held Tueseay nlgbt In the basement base-ment of tha Hotel Utah. Support to the hospitalization bin for an appro1 prlatlon of $SS,0O0.OM to build hospitals hospit-als throughout the country for the car of disabled and sick former service men, now pending before congress, waa unanimously given by tha membership present. , Steps were taken to impress upon the state legislature the advisability of building the proposed stats me-' mortal building. The anti-cigarette bill was swept sway by a storm of protest when It came up for consideration, and aup-planted aup-planted with a resolution calling for the Introduction of a bill prohibiting the manufacture and sale of tea, coffee cof-fee and soup above a temperature of 75 degrees. The resolution upbraided the "self constituted guardians of the public morals" for their most "cordial cooperation" with the service men In the passage of the prohibition bill whldle the latter were in Francs. The vote on tha questioned . revealed s solid expression of opposition without one dissenting ballot. Dr. E. T. Allen of the committee for the relief of the Near East was. a speaker at the meeting. He related the conditions In the sections whera the relief workers are trying to. meet the needs of the Armenian and Syrian refugees. Dr. B. W. Black, commander command-er of the post, extended tha coopeea. tion of the legion to Dr. Allen In 4h campaign during the next two weeks.