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Show .THE LEQIOtt IS HI HGRBY Former' National Vlco. ' ' Com.mandef Also Devotes Much Attention to Labor Affairs, Time does not hnng heavily for George I. Berry, president since 1007 l 1 of the Interna- St 1 o n a I Printing Pressmen and Assistants' As-sistants' Union of North America, founder of Press men's Horn e, Tenn., and until recently national vice commander of the American two hobbles:, his' union and his Legion. A veteran of the Spaulslp-Amerlcnn war, he served overseas In the World war with the railroad transportation corps. Ho was In Paris, France, when the first caucus of bcrvicc men, out of which grew the Aiuoilcuu Legion, uas held, and he attended at-tended and was heard from. Being familiar fa-miliar with foreign Industrial conditions, condi-tions, he tepresentcd tho American Federation of Labor at foreign trade union conferences, and after the war was appointed to the government Industrial In-dustrial commission sent to allied nations na-tions to co-ordlnnte Industrial conditions condi-tions with those of tho United States. Ills Legion activities now concern themselves with his role as a nntlonnl speaker for the service organization. |