Show FATHER MORAN AIDS LEGION Former Army Chaplain Assists In Obtaining Ob Ob- Ob taming Armistice Day Legislation Legislation Legisla Legisla- tion In Minnesota When the Minnesota American Legion state legislative committee commit commit- tee at the openIng opening open- open In Ing of the state legislature a p p. p pointed subcommittees sub corn 5 to pilot Its various bills f th through r 0 ugh the thes s house and senate 1 Father D. D J. J Mo l ran ran of t Farming r s. s r ton was made chairman of ot the Armistice d day a y committee Attacking t the h e ejob Job with Argonne fervor fenor Father Moran Moran Mo- Mo Moran ran obtained the passage of a bill de do- declaring Glaring claring Armistice day a I legal gal holiday as the first piece of Legion legislation enacted into law As army chaplain Father Moran l served ten months overseas He Is an ardent Legion lecturer and worker When he returned from France e in September Sep 1919 1010 and found no Legion post organized In Farmington he headed straight for Legion state headquarters headquarters head head- quarters obtained the necessary blanks and within a established established one of the most active posts In Minnesota |