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Show SCHEMES TO COLLECT DUES Novel Methods Are Being Employed to Induce Legion Members to Pay 1922 Assessment Novel means employed by American Legion posts to get in membership dues early In 1922 are causing comment com-ment in every community where a post is located, according to reports to Legion national headquarters in In-dianapolls. In-dianapolls. Around the top of the list is the story from South Dakota. A post is offering each service men who pays his dues before a set date a biscuit baked by the newest bride in the post women's auxiliary. Three of the biscuits being distributed contain cash prizes in coin 820, $10 and $5 in gold. The biscuits may not be broken open until the night of the post banquet when they will serve as cards of admission. Early recipients of biscuits bis-cuits declared they could not judge from their weight whether they contained con-tained gold pieces or bricks. Out m Kansas a post gave its finance officer carte blanche in collecting collect-ing 1622 dues early. A few mornings later Legionnaires were being routed out of bed at 4 a. m. by members of the committee who refused to let the slumberer go back to bed until he bad paid up. The various state departments depart-ments of the Legion are in a hot contest con-test for the honor of being the first to send In the complete dues of the membership. |