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Show MRS. O. D. OLIPHANT AUXILIARY'S HEAD Mrs. r i Oliphant, Trenton, N. J., will head trie American Legion Auxiliary Aux-iliary fur the ensuing year. Mrs. OMphant's election came at the close of the most successful and profitable prof-itable convention the organization has ever held. She war. selected from a Held of seven candidates, and on the third ballot secured the necessary majority ma-jority for election: Mrs. Oliphant is one of the best known workers in the entire organization. organiza-tion. She formed the organization in her own state before the national body came into existence. For two years she headed the auxiliary in New Jersey Jer-sey as department president and lias been a member of the national executive execu-tive committee since that administrative administra-tive body began to function. Friends placed her in nomination for the presidency pres-idency at the San Francisco convention conven-tion of the organization. Mrs. Oliphant is thoroughly conversant con-versant with details of auxiliary affairs af-fairs and, with the progress that the body has made annually, should go far with the year' work. During the past year her work as chairman of the auxiliary's national committee on Americanism has caused the signal recognition of her labors that was given her by the delegates at St. Paul. In her report to the convention she defined Americanism as the undying Mrs. O. D. Oliphant. devotion and belief in the United States of America. She said that that spirit had been the background of all progress since the republic was reared from the 13 colonies. Mrs. Oliphant's report presented a plan or program for the work of Americanism during the coming year, and her strong support of this is believed be-lieved to have had much weight with delegates in the final selection of president pres-ident of the organization. This plan provides for an intensive effort to bring about respect for the flag and the national anthem. The program is strong in support of Defense De-fense day, which included indorsement of the full program for national defense de-fense and, an important part of this, the ''Hizen military training camps. Thl- plan stresses continued effort in bef;alf of the foreign born and naturalised immigrant, to include a special effort to bring all foreign born nnd naturalized women eligibles into the organization. A medal award to girls of the eighth grade public, parochial and private schools of the country is a feature of the outlined scheme of work. Another important point to receive attention Is the persistent per-sistent campaign against radicalism, sovietism, communism, pacifism and anarchy. One of the features on which the organization will build its work, under adoption of the Oliphant plan, will be the exte"i:on of good reading through traveling libraries in the counties coun-ties of the nation. "Let us make America ring with the red-blooded Anl-'vicanism of the American Amer-ican Legion Auxiliary throughout the year." May our slogan be, "Responsible "Responsi-ble citizenship. 1776 patriotism and an America safe fnr Americanism." |