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Show 75 fie AMER1CM! 0.11(11 tCopv for This lWvnrtuicitt Supplltut b th American I. it Ion Nawi Service.) TO HELP COMSAT ILLITERACY American Legion Auxiliary Colled Upon by National Chairman to Aid in Educational Work. Under the lo:uUrstilp of Mrs. J. F. Valid of Lincoln, Neb., thousands of ft m tnembers of tla Amerlean Legion Auxiliary assisted the Legion In Its Amoriean Kiluea-tlon Kiluea-tlon week pnv-grani, pnv-grani, leeeinlier ;t to 0, Inclusive. Mrs. It a I r d Is chairman of the auxiliary's national nation-al Americanism eommlsslon. A p p e it I ing to i h e iinxlU.irv'g Nirs. J. t. oaira. 1)X) lm.ut'ei-s. Mrs. I'.nird made the following statement state-ment : "We, who gave our sons, brothers and husbands to battle for the enlightenment enlight-enment of tho world, are deeply Inter-es;ed Inter-es;ed In the Legion's efforts to com-bat com-bat illiteracy and ignorance which liave boon revealed as one of our principal prin-cipal sources of national danger. "The war draft tests, showing that our men from twenty-one to thirty-years thirty-years of age wore six per cent Illiterate Illiter-ate and the subsequent discovery that the Lulled States stands eleventh iiinot g the groat nations In point of literacy have alarmed the good voin-ea voin-ea of this country nn they are eager to remedy this deplorable state of alTV.Irs." Mrs. Laird also pointed out that -2.A per cent of those examined for the l:-.i:"t were found to be physically nnlVt and urged that the relatives of veterans vet-erans assist the Legion In Its program to Install playgrounds ar.d to estub-i;?h estub-i;?h facilities for physical exercise anions school children. Among the principal activities of the auxiliary women during American Ed-lu-ation week was a campaign urg'ng the Importance of regular visits to U.e schools. |