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Show view any suggest ''1s f' universal peace with hope and interest but that Hie Legion will not lie likely to approve ap-prove any plan which is not workable, or which is at variance with what they were taught by their experiences in the mud of Flanders. ! Legion posts in Utah, according to D. T. Lane, state commander. The refendum will be representative and is expected to cover the entire membership. mem-bership. The balloting will be conducted through the local posts of tlu' Legion. Le-gion. Members will be asked to vote only "yes or no" on their acceptance ac-ceptance of the plan, after its publi-j cation by newspapers. j Mr. Lane stated that this mailer i is of especial interest to former service men and that most of them Copyrighted, mm. luu American Leirloo The American Legion membership is in the most healthy condition since its organization, both in Utah and the nation, according to A. H. Dillsy, adjutant of the organization in Utah. Figures received in department headquarters from the posts of the state and from national headquarters show that thirty five per cent more members are paid up at this time than were on the coresponding date of 1923. These figures are not propaganda," declared Mr. Dilley, "They are facts." Lemuel Polles, national adjutant of the legion stated in a letter to Utah department headquarters that, "Enemies of the legion who try to discredit it charging 'failing interest,' 'lac kof program,' or similar reasons are, in the main, foes of adjusted compensation, but their opposition to that recognition of the veteran's service, serv-ice, has but served to unify former service men and women." According to Mr. Bolles, many of the larger posts of the country have announced completion of "Five Hundred Hun-dred Clubs" which include as an especial es-pecial honor the first five hundred men to pay their 1924 dues. Sales of official jewelry, said Mr. Bolles, espacially for Christmas gifts, showed show-ed an increase of three times that of 1922. In three days mail, orders for more than one thousand emblematic emblem-atic belts were received, he stated. A referendum on the prize winning win-ning plan of the Edward Bok Award for the promotion of peace among nations na-tions will be taken among American |