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Show , o THE LEGION'S ATTITUDE The American Legion is receiving considerable unjust criticism criti-cism for the action taken at their recent convention in Detroit relative re-lative to the eighteenth amendment wherein they passed a resolution reso-lution asking that congress subtmit the question to a vote of the people. It merely voiced the sentiment of millions of Americans who have become tired of hearing the prohibition argument hashed hash-ed and rehashed. Many of the delegates took the staand that prohibition is not a question that comes within the purview of the Legion. The majority were of the opinion that to consider anything that creates disrespect for law and our institutions comes not only within the rights of the Legion, but clearly within its duty. It is certain that a national referendum will put a stop to the arguments that the Eighteenth Amendment was passed by a minority min-ority vote. If the prohibitionists are sincere in their statements that the great majority of our citizens are dry, they should not fear a national referendum. What with the Legion, organized labor, the Ajnerican Bar association and other organizations favoring a national vote on this mooted question, the American Legion should be commended for their part in bringing the question before the people for a referendum. |