Show B BUSY SY COUNTING NEW NOSES Recent Membership Push Will Wili Require Re Re- quire Time to Decide Total of New Faces Added There are two reasons why It will willbe willbe be Impossible for some time to announce announce announce an an- the total of new members obtained ob oh- tamed in the Legions Legion's recent membershIp membership membership member member- ship push The first Is the Inevitable lapse lapRe of ot time necessary to get individual ual uni al figures from nearly ten thousand Legion posts In all nil parts of ot the coun comma country try try and and In some parts of other coun coun- tries The second Is the fact that willie the push closed officially on May 22 the enthusiasm accumulated and concentrated on that week of effort has spilled over the edges and gone right on effervescing The full story of the push the push the met meth meth- 1 oils used all nil the way from somebody's Ingenious idea to everybody's solid hard work can work can perhaps never be told Governors of more than thirty states gave ga whole-hearted whole endorsement to the push and the resulting publicity was of Immense value In directing attention attention at at- to the Legions Legion's effort Governor Governor Gov Coy John JoInt H. H Bartlett of ot New Hampshire Hamp shire for Instance Issued a proclamation tion exactly as on on Thanksgiving In one sense reads the time proclamation this is Is- Isan an exclusive affair as In the nation only four million and In New Hampshire only eighteen thousand m men mn n and women are eligible for mem mem- Yet In a wider sense the time puh as It is designated ted carries a a powerful appeal to all Americans who wise cherish our national traditions tradition |