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Show j Legion (Copy for This Department Supplied by th American I.Klnn N"w HTvlrf.) BOOSTS COMMUNITY BETTERMENT WORK Community betterment work In all of the 10,250 posts of the American legion throughout the nation is being pronjjjtcd and Increased by u campaign recently launched by the National Americanism commission of the lxglon, which operates a community betterment bureau for advice and guidance to posts In community service serv-ice work. At least one net of unselfish service to the community each year. Is the motto which National Com. John R. McQuigg has laid down for every post In the entire organization. A survey recently made by the Americanism commission Indicated, according to Frank O. Cross, director, that Nome 4,000 Legion posts are now carrying on work distinctly and exclusively ex-clusively of a community betterment character. An additional 2,000 fiosts, ! lie said, are engaged In projects partly for the benefit of the post itself and partly for the benefit of the community, com-munity, according to the results of the mirvey. Where posts are already carrying on community betterment work, Commander Com-mander McQuigg urges that they undertake un-dertake an expansion of their programs. pro-grams. Every post is called upon to Join In the work In a spirited determination deter-mination to do some service worth while for Its local community. A feature of the Americanism commission's com-mission's campaign to Increase this type of work among posts was a referendum ref-erendum held by the post in its local community to give the citizens of the community an opportunity to suggest what, in their opinion, Is the community com-munity activity in which the post can best engage. Some fifty community betterment activities, covering the entire field nnd falling Into the general classes of civic improvement, juvenile nc-tlvilles, nc-tlvilles, education, recreation and public pub-lic education, have been carried on by posts. |