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Show LAUDS SPIRIT OF MEMBERS Hilton Brown, Jr., Post No. 85, of Indianapolis, Composed of Union Men, Applauds Expose. The Hilton U. Brown. Jr., Post No. 85 of the American Legion at Indianapolis, Indi-anapolis, composed mostly of members of organized labor, recently adopted the following resolution: "WHEREAS, Several members and prospective members of the Hilton U. Brown, Jr., Post (No. 85, Indiana) American Legion, have been asked by outsiders to drop their membership in the legion or to refrain from making application for membership because ot the imagined incompatibility of membership mem-bership in the legion held simultaneously simultane-ously with membership In a labor organization or-ganization ; and, "WHEREAS, Most of the members of the aforesaid post are also members mem-bers of labor organizations in the printing trades; and, "WHEREAS, It Is fair to assume that they have been able to find out by experience whether there Is anything any-thing in the oath or obligations ot either their union or the legion which in any way interferes with or compromises com-promises the objects of the other In its particular field of activities; and, "WHEREAS, The members of rrie aforesaid post regret t lie credence given to false rumors that the legion is In any way committed to a policy at variance with a cordial and wholesome whole-some attitude toward all stanch American Amer-ican citizens eligible to membership; "THEREFORE, Be It Resolved. That the Hilton U. Brown, Jr.. Post (No. 85. Ind.) American Legion, condemns con-demns the miscreants who have falsely defined Its attitude toward free thought and free action within the limits of t lie law. and applauds the spirit of its members and prospective members who exposed the Insidious practices of anti-American agitato, and stood on the rights of free men." |