| Show Arden Stewart Heads Le Legions Legion's ions ion's Utah Dept Arden Stewart of Vernal was elected Utah Department Commander at the close of the American Legion state convention here Sunday MR STEWART former Department 1st Vice Corn Com mander succeeds H C Mc Shane of Salt Lake City The new commander said that the convention was a 11 great success and not one person went away with bad feelings lie Ill estimated that about members of Utah Legion and Auxiliary attend attend- attended ed cd the three day convention Featured speaker was Char i i iles les L Bacon Dacon National Corn Com mander of Kansas City Mo who spoke at the Auxiliary banquet Saturday evening and at other meetings A AT THE HE BANQUET he commended those who had prepared and arranged the dinner lie He disclosed that duro dur log ing his term of office he has traveled miles and andI I visited many foreign nations He fie said that the Legion has hasin increased in membership and has created a sound public opinion Commander Bacon Dacon averred that the honor and prestige of the US is bound up the country's position in Berlin and we are as ready to fight now as ever HE SAID THAT when the President of the United States takes a firm stand we should be behind him lie He expressed pleasure that troops had been sent to com com- commented the Cuba has been n a problem for many years He forecast that Castro is hound bound to be kicked Gut cut sooner or lat er Time The US Commander saId that a problem of thIs kind does docs not go away and said that the Legion would back backup backup up the President In a naval blockade or a military en en- en engagement lie cited the calling up of National Guard units as a wise move and said that it caused Khrushchev to back up WE FACE MORE MOnE complex changes today tha 1 when the Legion was for he said Continued oni one 8 Legion dead Continued from page 1 and went on to say that the strength of the Legion is b in inthe inthe the local organizations As long as it is necessary to remind the people of their responsibilities as long as there are children widows and veterans of wars there will be a Legion he stated Commander Bacon referred to Communism as atheistic and said It was determined to destroy us Lets let them theme kl V t Jt goal Ii HII III- III defeat of Imperialistic domination of the world he emphasized If Khrushchev exchanges Moscow for Berlin he nor his grandchildren will live to realize such a move One thing to prevent war is to be prepared as Khrushchev rec- rec he said I WOULD PREFER war rather than to condemn my children to Communism he stated and we can survive if we keep our heads and de- de develop develop patience lIe believed that our basic faith In God Is involved in our survival lIe quoted from Tom Pay Pay- Payne ne that those who wish to en- en enjoy enjoy joy the blessings of freedom must endure the sufferings of fatigue We would serve our nation well if we did not sound off on matters in which we are not informed he warned To do those things that our minds and hearts tell us is what is going to keep Am Am- America erica great he averred COMMANDER Bacon Dacon said that the Legion has contributed ed much to America to in its 43 years and this should be a prelude to what lies ahead He fie said we must stand for 1 1 Peace 2 Preparedness 3 The American Way of Life 4 Law and Order 5 Religion in Its broadest sense Another national I officer in attendance was J Lloyd Llod Wig Wig- nail nall who spoke at the Satur- Satur Saturday Saturday day afternoon business ses- ses session session sion OTHER SPEAKERS in- in included eluded State Commander Mc- Mc McShane McShane Shane and lInd General Maxwell E Rich Utah National Guard Commander In private conversations General Rich who recently had visited Ft Lewis Wash cited Vernal National Guard I Unit as outstanding and singled out Capt Nelson Mar Mar-I Mar shall Commanding Officer for plaudits |
