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Show LEGION AND THE UNEMPLOYED i Organization Discourages "Parade and Stunts to Attract Attention to tho Jobless Men. I In assuming responsibility for thej cure of jobless ex-service men; throughout the jjLjggte country the, American Legion,! , ' through Its na-j I -I f tlonal unemploy- ij ' fe y! ment committee, 5Li , J has sent out the following mes- 1 . ' sages : v "To the Public & IfT Tiv Hire the sol- (fi t A dier. He may I f l5" have been rest- Xj St i lcS3 at one "me Jf I - M but -be 13 steady W i I J now-Wi'J'JiA now-Wi'J'JiA "To MuuIc'Pal-1 MuuIc'Pal-1 11 v 1 ltles-Start now I 1 J Public works. f f W i H which you may; have planned to put off until next spring." j "To the Soldier Don't float aroundi tie yourself down to a community! and stick to your Job when you get: one." The Legion's unemployment committee's com-mittee's survey revealed that . about 000.000 veterans of the World war were out of work and many of that number In actual need of food and, shelter. In its appeal to the 11,000 Legion posts to assist In giving relief to the needy ex-service men the committee com-mittee discouraged charity soup kitchens and bread lines. "Our bud-: dies must have food and shelter wlthJ out degrading their manhood or our country," the committee declared. Tarades and "stunts" to attract attention at-tention to the unemployed are discouraged discour-aged by the Legion. The employment committees of the local posts ara asked to bring the needs of the ex-service ex-service men directly to the attention of the employers and demand preference prefer-ence for America's defenders. The employer must be convinced that the restlessness noticeable among some service men at the close of the war has disappeared. In Boston a parade of jobless ex-service ex-service men was headed by Frank Greenfall, a New England doughboy, wearing four decorations for bravery in France. ' Legionnaires with Incomes have, been asked to adopt an unemployed buddy and take care of him until ha finds a job. , |