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Show 1 1 tjm AilfllCit (Copy (or Tuts Uepn rr m-ni Supplied b J th AiTi-vt.Mn L-rrl-n N.-wn Service LAWYER FOR LEGION BUDDIE :t Morton M. David, Adjutant of Colo' rado Department, Gives Up Prac- ' tice to Aid Unfortunates. ,( Back there early iu 1019 when thy boys were straggling back as Individ jj uals. or comlnfu TJ in eroupa or aS outlits, home frone, 6 war, a "buddy" lit jf - 0. Colorado started in lining them uf V , as members o' - ' the American Lf jfN gion. He was oi J Xt ' of Ave others vyl' ;V'ii. saw the need j i' a great organise, R l "on of form ine ' fl service men 2. Kj solve the prtr d lems of reconstruction for the futui an: and to guard the interests of the ru.ate who served and in serving gave i1 tl health and the ability to compete su s- cessfully with normal men. And the "buddy" Morton M. Davi adjutant of the Colorado department tfy the American Legion has been on th job since. He gave up his law practicing to devote all his time to legion nffalriptl And since he did so he has handlr hundreds of legal cases for former rtelal diers without pay. He handles i' to those of men who have not the mo to employ a lawyer, and the ehara.Jol of the cases has ranged from suiWtion recover property lost by too much fttit'iti In some who remained at home, J to boys who went, to divorce cases wbrates the separation seemed justified. fe state The war is no over," Ur. Da-nem has told his buddies, when urged rrinj give more time to his own work, "tlutinn Is yet the big fight to win the figl Se. for the hospitalization and rehablll Cc Hon of our disabled, and for Just 80 1 for those who served and esca'"ow physical disabilities. I can afford- 2; give a few years of my life tF?"0! American Legion I'm young yetJJj The Colorado department has 'J and c remarkable growth since the jperty, group of five initiated Its organizino whai And it boasts every department shall t boast of one or a score of like sphat Prl of the efforts of Its adjutant, ''ect to works from ten to sixteen hours aform ' for the American Legion. Legionn;" cite that kind of effort In answer eP" juestions as to the future of the Auert lean Legion Will it endure? e3 an(j seeps it alive, and growing? state, ' |