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Show B-iHOR EGION'SCHOICE 18 1EADER haries R- Mabey and Mrs. Robert L. Harlin Elected t0 Head Former Service Men and Auxiliary Groups r0rnier Governor Charles R. ;b;v of Salt Lake City, was '-'mously elected depart-I'y depart-I'y commander by the Ameri-",Jl,egion Ameri-",Jl,egion in the fourteenth an-, an-, convention held here last Friday, Friday and Saturday, jwas nominated by Joseph E. ;Son, of Spanish Fork, na-'..'& na-'..'& committeeman. Glen Jen-. T2 0 Manti, who was mention-';j mention-';j as a candidate, seconded the uination, while Scott Mathie-of Mathie-of Cedar City, also suggest- lor the office, moved that the be suspended and the sion be made unanimous. IVashington 0. Boberg of San-commander San-commander of the Jordan -.;(, was chosen department i i-commander by acclamation. jlrs. Robent Harlin of Ogden Tj3 chosen president of the de-;::nient de-;::nient of the Utah auxiliary, triumphing over Mrs. G. D. Rut--ise of Kaysville in the final :;;ion of the convention Sat-.rday Sat-.rday morning. Ogden was chosen as the site :t the 1933 convention, being c:ed over Helper, the only ::'ser city to make a bid for ':e meeting. Important business of the con-ifling con-ifling session of the Legion ii the resolutions adopted, jiong the most important were: Fur immediate payment of the iijusted compensation certifies certifi-es and for the recognition of eer. Tie silver resolution follows: Be it resolved by the depart-( depart-( vent of Utah, American Legion, it the convention realizes with rl informed men and economic econom-ic that there is no necessary nflict between the two pre-ius pre-ius metals, silver and gold; at from time immemorable, na-:b na-:b carrying banners of civiliz-ion civiliz-ion have recognized the im-itance im-itance of their advancement of irrency based on both gold and 'ver. In view of the adverse effect :: the present depression upon of our citizens, and the un-mstioned un-mstioned fact that it is neces-;!r!" neces-;!r!" for the United States to 3d the world into the light of Momic sanity and in view of " further fact that the debase-Wt debase-Wt of silver is- one of the recced rec-ced major causes of our se-J: se-J: present condition, we here-: here-: resolve that silver should be -stored immediately to its for-(Continued for-(Continued on page 2) CONVENTION (Continued from page 1 mer historical basis in the world monetary system and to its rightful po.-ition as a major j commodity, and we hereby com-1 mend suitable action to such ! end upon all I'tah officials, and especially upon the l"tah delegation delega-tion in congress. The Legionnaires, following the example of almost every department depart-ment convention this year, in-tructcd in-tructcd tile delegates to the national convention in Portland next month to hack the move for immediate payment of the bonus, explaining that adverse economic conditions and the large number of unemployed veterans vet-erans made such action advisable. advis-able. Other resolutions adopted included in-cluded : Establishment of a standing veterans' committee in the Unit-ed Unit-ed States senate to further legislation leg-islation designed to aid war veterans vet-erans and their families. Adherence of the I'nited States to the world court. The I'tah delegates to the national convention conven-tion were instructed to work for the endorsement of the world t ribunal. Six-hour day and fivo-d.ay week; because of the lm reas-ing reas-ing progress- of modern machinery, mach-inery, the only way that stun-daids stun-daids of the working men can he restored is to shorten the woiking hours. Inquiry by I'tah department officials to determine the feasibility feasi-bility of a veterans' home and fr.rm art in this state. Appointment of a committee by the national convention to study causes of the depression. Incoming department commander comman-der to adi.pt a program of public pub-lic enlightenment to combat efforts- of the Legion's enemio'. Krvlor-c Malone The I'tah department endorsed endors-ed . the candidal y of (ieiw ge W. Malone of Nevada for national commander. 1). T. Lane of S.t'.t Lake City, in urging Mipport or .Mr. Malone. declared that "The Legion needs a man of Marine's Ma-rine's ability", pointing o.ut tile Nevadan's success hi Washing-Ion, Washing-Ion, li. ;., In obtaining aid for the w.'st and for the war veterans. vet-erans. St. George was ho.-t to between be-tween l.-iMl mid 2000 visitors during (lie three-day s-.sions. and on leaving, all expressed appreciation ap-preciation for the entertainment provided and the spirit of hospitality hos-pitality that prevailed. The parade Friday afternoon was one of the most colorful events of (he convention and brought forth smartly uniformed uniform-ed marchers from many I'tah po.'ts. while Hip liusine.".K houses if 'oiithein I'tah were reprv--en'ed by attractive floats. I'rl.-were I'rl.-were awarded as follows: ;'''' M. '. A.. "!: rth's Kitl.cl !":-'. r 1 r t : J-'T.ilh wind Sun day school, second, and Pickett Lumber company, third. All of the convention sessions, in both the Legion and Auxiliary Auxil-iary departments, thrilled and inspired in-spired the hundreds who attended. at-tended. Nationally prominent figures in attendance included E. gnapper Ingram, of Los Angeles, An-geles, former commander of the FVrty-and-Eight; Mrs. Malcolm Douglas of Seattle, national vice-president vice-president of the Auxiliary, and John V. Vivian of Denver, vice-chairman vice-chairman of the national rehabilitation rehab-ilitation committee. iMrs. Douglas said. In addressing address-ing the public meeting Friday morning: "There are many in this fair land of ours who would cheer to see the strength of the Legion and Auxiliary impaired. They would rejoice to see the falling off of membership, for it would mean that our organizations organ-izations are weakening and therefore this opposition becomes be-comes more active, it will be necessary for botb organizations to build up their individual units to continue high-minded activities. activi-ties. j "Community service is most im-jportant im-jportant in these days, for it is l such accomplishments that will do much to perpetuate our Le- gion and our Auxiliary, i "Both organizations should lay plans now to perpetuate the ideals id-eals beyond the actual life of the two bodies. For after we are gone, we hope that the monuments mon-uments of the Legion and the Auxiliary will forever be a beacon bea-con to future generations." Deploring the vicious attacks made upon the Legion and its sister organization. Mr. Ingram charged moneyed interests with domineering the enemies of the former service men's group. "The American Legion has never demanded anything of the 1 government that was unfair or I inconsistent", declared Mr. In-i In-i gram. " j "Our men have put on a con-itrnctive con-itrnctive program. We stepped out and got jobs for thousands of unemployed. We have obta;r.ed nearly one million jobs for men and the Legion today stands as Americans greatest aset." George W. Malone. of Nevada, who later was endorsed by the 1 I'tah Legionnaires for national commander, s-aid: "The Legion has not been weakened by the ' depression. In fact, the Legion . and Auxiliary have kept up their strength in spite of adverse con- , ditions. Appealing to the Legionnaires ! to st-and together, John V. Viv- ! Ian declared that "national leg- i islation for the benefit of vet- j erans is now in danger of being i swept away". j Mr. Vivian said the Legion is; facing the most crucial moment ; in its history. "We must take ' heed that all our efforts may not be shattered when congress convenes. L'nless we wage a determined de-termined battle, there will be legislators who will try to deprive us of our hospitalization funds. "If it were not for the Legion, Le-gion, veterans would have lost $4S.000,0O0 in appropriations at the last congressional session. There never was a time when the Legion needed to muster its strength." Otto A. Wiesiey, department adjufar.t. in giving his annual report, listed the following accomplish ac-complish ments: Opening of a veterans' hospital in Salt Lake. Visitation of 567 veterans by American Legion service officers and the obtaining of $10S.S61.18 in compensation for Utah veterans. vet-erans. This work involved 12.-559 12.-559 miles of travel at an expense of $SS9.13. Hospitalization for 105 veterans, veter-ans, 2 5 for major operations and 80 for diagnosis and treatment, at a saving for the veterans of $21,000. Successful administration by the American Legion of $10,000 appropriation for the last legislature legis-lature for relief work and the relief work' of the American Legion Le-gion posts. Posts of Helper. Brigham Cuy, Wellsville. Scipio. JIanti. Beaver, Midvale, Richfield, Spanish Fork and Layton were especially commended com-mended by Adjutant Wiesiey for increasing membership despite the economic handicaps imposed on Legionnaires. The Utah Auxiliary, according to Mrs. E. E. Jenkirs, derlt-ment derlt-ment of Utah president, has one of the outstanding membership j records- of the country, despite i the losses incident to depression and hard times as the Utah organization or-ganization has won this year for the second time, the MacCrae trophy, awarded to the Auxiliary department which exceeds its membership quota. Over-subscriptions of ttah quota for rehabilitation work and the Christmas funds were also reported by Mrs. Jenkins. I Membership awards were made J to the following units: Hia- watha. Springville. Spanish Fork. 'Logan. Farmington. Ogden. St. i George. Fairview. Mer.don. Delta. : Eureka. Lewiston. Midvale. Pan- gniLch. Kaysville and the Earl S. Harper unit. I Provo Auxiliary members won i both music prizes. while the ' McShane trophy for community ! service went to Euieka. The Jen-! Jen-! kins cup for welfare work went i to the Salt Lake unit. Trizes awarded by Mrs. Jen-! Jen-! kins for membership aetiviries-j aetiviries-j went to Mrs. W. D. Shaw. Og-: Og-: den and to the Hiawatha. St. : George and Manti units. I Mrs. Jenkins was presented with a past president's pin at i the closing session of the Aux- ' liary, and a silk flag . was a-i ! additional gift to members who ' praised Mrs. Jenkin's administra- ' tions. j Reestablishment of the kinder- ' garten throughout the state was I urged in a resolution adopted i Delegates to the national con- i vention in Portland were nam- I ed as follows: District No. l I Mathew Compton, Brigham City j William Call, Brigham City ! (alternate); district No. 2 Ha- i rold Ambler, Ogden; E. E. Van i Sickle, Farmington, (alternate' I district No. 3 Clem S. Schramm j Salt Lake; David Thompson ' Park City, (alternate); district) No. 4 H. T. Reynolds, Spring- j Title; Rollo B. Hughes, Spanish I Fork, (alternate); district No. i 5 Joe Fisher Helper; Horace Al- ! Ired, Monticello, (alternate); dis- j trict No. 6 Ferdinand Erickson. I Monroe; Miles Curfew, Salina. (alternate); district No. 7 Hen- 1 ry Pickett, St. George; Bert I Schneider, Oasis, (alternate). ! Delegates to the Auxiliary's r.a- ' tional convention are: Mrs. Jenkins, Jen-kins, the retiring president; Mrs. Harlin, Mrs. J. A. Howell, Ogden; Mrs. Delia Jensen, Manti; Mrs. Henry Pickett, St. George; Mrs. Charles V. Saxton, Kaysviile; Mrs. Hazzel Erlandson, Payson. ' Mrs. Dorothy Culbertson, Provo. |