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Show AracsN LEGION Copy tr Thin Department Supplied the American LEion Nw Service.) IS SECRETARY OF AUXILIARY Miss Boss B. Wetherholt oj Ohio Receives Re-ceives Important Position in National Organization. Miss Bess B. Wetherholt of Gal-MpolK Gal-MpolK ".. has recently been appoint- ed national sec-re sec-re t a r y of the American Legion Avxiliary by Dr. Kate Waller-Bar-rett, n a 1 1 o a 1 president of the org a n 1 z a 1 1 o n which is composed com-posed of mothers, wives, sisters and daughters of Legion Le-gion members and men who died in thf. service. Miss tiess B. Miss Wetherholt Wetherholt. drew" national attention at-tention when the membership of the Ohio Auxiliary was trebled during the first ten months she acted as secretary secre-tary of that department. During the same period the number of local units was doubled. Miss Wetherholt was secretary of the Ohio department with headquarters at Columbus from the time the department was formed until she assumed the national office. The Ohio Auxiliary was also notable In its efficient work for the relief of sick and disabled soldiers In the hospitals hos-pitals of that state during Miss Weth-erholt's Weth-erholt's term of office. She has also been president of the auxiliary unit at Galllpolis. Miss Wetherholt was educated in the public schools of Gol'-ipolis and la a private school at Cincinnati. Following her graduation from the latter Institution she engaged In legal work. During the war she served in the statistics section of the ordnance department In Cincinnati. Her spare time was spent In organizing chapters of the American Red Cross. Three brothers of Miss Wetherholt were World war fighters. ENTITLED TO THE POSITIONS Commander of Portland (Ore.) Legion Post Asserts Ex-Service Men Should Have Preference. The ex-service man who has equal, or better qualifications for a city gov ernment position Is entitled to preference pref-erence in appointment appoint-ment or election, according to James J. Cross-ley, Cross-ley, of Portland, Ore., commander of Portland post. No. 1, of the American Amer-ican Legion. Carrying h I s theory into action, ilr. Crossley was Instrumental In Jas. J. Cross. ey. the organization of a committee in his post charged with the duty of seeing that all veterans of the World war received re-ceived a square deal in obtaining municipal mu-nicipal positions. Working in close co-operation with the mayor and city commissioners, men and women recommended recom-mended by the Legion have been named as municipal .bulge, superintendent superintend-ent of the women's bureau of the llce department and chief clerk of the park bureau. In many cases ex -service men have ied the list of applicants for position. hi the civil service examinations, according ac-cording to Mr. Crussley. In the examination ex-amination fVir chief clerk of the purls hiireim, Albert Itufner, an ex-service man, finished first. FOR THE ENGLISH 'LANGUAGE President of Returned Sailors' and Sol diera' League of Australia Urges Co-operation. On 'he eve of American Education week, during which the American lyi-glim lyi-glim urged that importance of ability to read and write the English language should be emphasized. Alvin Owsley. Lerton national commander, received a telegram from G. J. C. Dyett. pros Ident ef the Returned Sailors' aixl Soldiers" Sol-diers" league of Australia, stilting Hint the "continued close to-opernlinn ol Enrlish-spenking peoples is the only mfegiijird to the peace and happincsi f humanity." Mr. Dyett, who bronght the greetings greet-ings of his organization to the recent Legion national convention In New Organs, Or-gans, recently saiied (or his home. Replying to a message from Com. msnder Owsley to Australian ex-er-lce mm, Mr. Dyett stnted: "I profoundly appreciate the sentiments sen-timents conveyed In jour message t Anstralian soldiers which abmluterj coiitcide with those uttered In my address ad-dress at the Legion national convention. conven-tion. I desire to reiterate our admira-oo admira-oo of American soldiers and the s!d-otre s!d-otre friendship of the people of Amor ten, and trust for continued Nose co ojMVStioo of Engllsh-speaking people; U the only safeguard to the peace anC tappiuess of humanity." Fins IS BACK iN hOSPITAL Past Commander of California Depart, ment Incapacitated as Result of Recent Campaign. In a Los Angeles hcspital lies Euron B. Fitts. past cominuniler of the Cal- f: - 4 , 4. ' Buron R. Fitts. veterans. . In eilorts to obtain ob-tain support for the ex-service men's measures before the recent election, Mr. Fitts made one of the grenfest speaking tours ever undertaken in any state, lie made 105 speeches In 152 towns In all parts of California. The physical and mental strain undermined under-mined the health of the Legion leader. In addition, in trying to keep all of his speaking engagements he often used an airplane. One of the planes In which he was riding crashed near ( arp'.nteria, pinning Mr. Fitts under the wreckage and injuring his shattered shat-tered leg. Recovering consciousness In the hospital, he began writing telegrams tele-grams to be sent over California, urging urg-ing the people to vote for the two Issues he had fought for. The measures the Legion hero fought for were accepted by the people peo-ple of California by a 2 to 1 majority. Fatls' sacrifices will mean that California Cali-fornia veterans may obtain farms or homes of their own at a low rate of interest and on easy, long-time payments. pay-ments. Also thousands of acres of California lands provided for by the last legislature will be settled by veterans vet-erans with this aid. Taxation is not Inci eased. The provisions are in nu way a bonus, but every cent ls to be repaid by the veterans with Interest. Mr. Fitts is a deputy district at-ton.ey at-ton.ey of Los Angeles county. He obtained ob-tained national note for his efforts in behalf of disabled ex-service men as vice commander, commander and national executive committeeman of the California department. EX-SERVICE MEM VALUABLE , i Director of Welfare Division of Largo Concern Says Boys Have Lost Restlessness. Men who fought In the V orld war have lost their restlessness and are becoming the most valuable employees of big business establishments, estab-lishments, according accord-ing to Henry A. j Renlnger of Al-lentown, Al-lentown, Pa., director di-rector of the safety safe-ty and welfare division of a large cement company. Mr. Reninger lfornla depart-ment depart-ment of the American Amer-ican Legion, with the knee that was shattered by shrapnel In the A r g o n n e once more In splints as a result of his strenuous activity in the campaign which obtained farm and home loans for needy stated that the Henry A. Ronin-policy Ronin-policy of his com- fler-pany fler-pany was to give every man who went to war his old job or a better one when he returned and that ex-service men are given preference In employment employ-ment which has developed since the war. "There are a number of American Legion members on our safety and welfare committee," said Mr. Renin-: Renin-: ger. "Their service is of the highest order and they have become the hai'd-1 hai'd-1 est workers on our staff." Before Mr. Iteninger and his Legion j assistants tackled the job of reducing accidents among the 5,000 employees i of his company, 75 working days out ! of 100,000 were lost because of acci- dents. This year Mr. Iteninger be-' be-' lieves that the number of days lost will be only 25. Mr. Iteninger is a nember of the Legion post at Allentown and has token a prominent part In the Legion's activities in Pennsylvania. NAKED TO DEAL WITH CRIME H. Findlay French, Representing Lo gion, Elected Secretary Baltimore Criminal Justice Commission. A survey of the courts, prisons, pnr-don pnr-don find parole system, sm-ijil conditions condi-tions :ml nil oilier elements of I he community life henrlnjr upon the pre-venlinn pre-venlinn in id punishment of crime Is part of (lie work of II. Kindhiy French, rprt-n:iy elected secretory of the Haiti-more Haiti-more criminal justice commission. The commission has hocn formed hy the Uallhnnre Ainerfcjui Legion, '?! amber of ( 'ommercc, Hoard of Trade. CU-arln I louse association, Women's Civic league and similar or-i.'an!7atl'ins. or-i.'an!7atl'ins. Mr. French, who Ik American Amer-ican Virion no'lo- nl executive commit--pniaii from Maryland, represents the Legion on the commlss'on. Mr. French has stated that the com mission has received the heartiest CO peration from the similar commission in Chicago, which h;is been in exist--nee for two years, and from Hie Clove-'and Clove-'and commission, which is a ear old. The I 1 1 i more commission, ho sal ti, .ill he unified largely hy the expert-'.'ice expert-'.'ice of Ihese comm ssioii.s. The aim of rhe commission is to :ial;e recommend ;i t ions for improve rnent of the means of apprehending punishing criminals an;! prevent-np prevent-np the conditions t;;:ir hree;j crime. 1 During the World war Mr. Trend? erved with the KiJtt.iefl; diws'rf |