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Show (Copy for This Department Supplied by the Ainerloun I.pRlon News Service.) PRAISES LEGION'S CITIZENSHIP WORK Congratulations have been extended by John Hays Hammond, national chairman of political education of the National Civic Federation, to Frank C. Cross, director of the National Americanism commission of the American Amer-ican Legion, for the Legion's efforts to stimulate Interest In the political duties of citizenship and to bring dormant dor-mant voters at times of election to the polls. The Legion has joined with the National CIric Federation In urging a. more actlrlty In politics. "Iu thanking the American Legion for Its wholehearted co-operation with the department on political education of the National Civic Federation," said Chairman Hammond's message, "I want to congratulate It upon the enthusiastic en-thusiastic and efficient manner In which it Is organizing the work. "It Is particularly fitting that the Legion's Americanism commission should perform this highly Important service, since no better Americanism work could be undertaken than the arousing of our citizens to a realiza- 0 iilllft John Hays Hammond. tion of the necessity of participation In the functions of government." Commercial, civic, patriotic and social so-cial organizations in all parts of the country have pledged their support to the nonpartisan movement. Not only does the campaign aim to Induce indifferent voters to go to the polls and register their opinion at election elec-tion time, but also it proposes to interest in-terest more citizens in their political parties, to get them to take an active part in party meetings where candidates candi-dates are designated and platforms formulated. A vigorous campaign is also being conducted to stimulate interest in practical prac-tical politics on the part of future voters. vot-ers. Work is being conducted among the 3,000,000 high school . boys and girls, the 100,000 or more university and college students who are graduated gradu-ated annually, the 1,000,000 boy and girl scouts, and the 200,000 boys of the order of De Molay. "The vote of the private citizen alone can save us from becoming a corrupt democracy," Mr. Hammond declared, de-clared, stressing the Importance of the movement. "Public indifference spells calamity." Mr. Hammond is a mining engineer, International financier, lecturer and civic leader. He served as special ambassador am-bassador of the United States and the personal representative of the President Presi-dent at the coronation of King George I V of Great Britain in 1911. Earlier in his career he was one of four leaders of the reform movement in the Transvaal Trans-vaal in 1S95-90 and following the Jame-6on Jame-6on raid, with which he was not in sympathy, he was sentenced to death. He was released after the payment of a $125,000 line. |