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Show ADDS TO LEGION'S STRENGTH Commander of Minnesota Department Has Way of Doing Things That Gets Results. Under the direction of A. H. Vernon, commander of the Minne- i V i sota department of the American Legion, that state has become one of the strongest Legion depart-in depart-in ents in the country. Commander Vernon's theory is that success comes to the Legion Le-gion in proportion to the service it gives to its raem- bers and to the state. In carrying out this policy lie has built up a Legion Service bureau which handles one thousand ex-service claims a month and a department branch of the American Legion News Service. Early in 1021, when the Federal board for vocational education prepared pre-pared to send representatives to sixteen six-teen centers in the' state to examine disabled veterans, the authorities were handicapped by a lack of publicity. pub-licity. Commander Vernon prepared twenty thousand large posters and placed them on every billboard in the state. This was supplemented with information to every newspaper in regard re-gard to where every disabled man should report to receive compensation, vocational training and medical treatment. treat-ment. 1 - When an unexpected number of veterans enlisted for vocational training. train-ing. Mr. Vernon appealed to 20,000 business men to place the men In their, establishments. The merchants and manufacturers responded with a good will and all the vocational students were placed to good advantage. |