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Show "FORTY AND EIGHT" AIDS LEGION POSTS The Forty and Eight the "playground" "play-ground" of the American Legion. Is proving a valuable adjunct to the parent par-ent organization In many instances. Certain problems arise in Legion posts or departmental organizations that the Legion may not always consistently handle. Then the Forty and Eight steps to bat and pinch-hits for the Legion, Le-gion, usually successfully. This has been true of the organization organiza-tion practically since Its formation by Joseph W. Breen, a Philadelphia!!. In 1921. Originally intended to express the joyousness of the veteran, the society so-ciety has taken over many arduous duties to perform that the Legion has been unable to meet on account of its more cumbersome organization. In recent months this has been seen in a national way. In addition to playing play-ing a prominent part In the child welfare wel-fare program outlined by the Lecrion, Robert J. Murphy. the Forty and Eight is extending contact con-tact for the national officers of the Legion Le-gion by personal visits to many sections sec-tions that the organization leaders will be unable to reach during the year. Robert J. Murphy, chef chemin de fer, or principal officer of the society, has had outlined for him a seven months' tour which takes him into practically every state. Murphy, with a Legion spirit born of association with organization affairs in Iowa, where interest is usually at flood tide, has responded cheerfully to the .task and Is meeting with a splendid reception recep-tion wherever he has gone. Choosing as his subject "The Unpardonable Sin," which he says is just a way of telling the veterans that you can't take anything out of the Legion without with-out putting something in, the Forty and Eight head is speaking before large groups of Legionnaires. Following a trip through the Central Cen-tral West, after national headquarters of the society had been opened In Indianapolis, In-dianapolis, Murphy has been visiting Legionnaires on this extensive tour. He went into the South, covered ten states thoroughly, and in addition to boosting his own organization was the center of much real Legion activity. Next he journeys to New England and will wind up his tour and term of office of-fice with a long trip through the West, ending at St. Paul, the convention city, in the fall. He has been closely associated with Legion affairs since his return from service. He organized a. post in his home town, Nora Springs, la., and served as county commander of all posts there. He was named to the office of-fice in the Forty and Eight, and received re-ceived national recognition at San Francisco because of his advancement of the society's aims. During the war Murphy served as an instructor in the Officers' Training school at Camp Tike, Ark. He was discharged from service with the rank of a first lieutenant of Infantry. |