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Show SHALL GIRLS BE ADMITTED? Membership Question Looms Before Officials of Legion Some "Y" Workers Present Claims. A recurring question before the officials offi-cials of the American Legion Is that of eligibility to membership. Just where is the line to Jie drawn? Shall, for instance, those "little sisters of the army," the "Y" girls, be admitted to full membership? Although at present they stand without with-out the pale there are some who believe be-lieve they should be taken in. Some of tlie girls themselves have very modestly presented their claims. The following is an excerpt from a letter from Miss Sallie Lou Massey of Meridian, Meri-dian, Miss., to the national commander com-mander : "I am just one of hundreds of 'Y' girls at home now, wearing pretty clothes which don't seem quite right after having worn the uniform. In France we cooked, kept house, handed out magazines and papers and danced hundreds of kilometers we danced all of which isn't so much, I know, but the spirit behind it made us feel that we belonged to the men of the A. E. F. and they to us. Has all this comradeship com-radeship been shed with the uniform? We have watched with high hopes the development of the American Legion, and in your splendid achievements r ' Sallie Lou Massey. those hopes are being fulfilled. Why Is the 'Y' girl, who was one of you in France, left out? Is not affiliation with the American Legion the only way by which we can carry on and keep the spirit that was ours In France?" Miss Massey served nine months in France. She received a citation for courageous work among the troops during the Influenza epidemic in the fall of 101S. |