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Show LEGION IS MORE EFFICIENT Lemuel Bolles, National Adjutant of Organization, Points to Enthusiasm Enthusi-asm Throughout Northwest. Swinging from Indianapolis through Minnesota to Washington on the Pacific Pa-cific roast in the mk-i 1 nor t h w e s t, and back through California, Cal-ifornia, Colorado and Kansas, addressing ad-dressing a state convention of the American Legion In each of the live states, Lemuel Bolles, national adjutant, has returned re-turned to head-quarters head-quarters with three outstanding impressions, as the result of his trip: These he catalogued as first, a distinct dis-tinct improvement In the deliberations and personnel ; second, one type of American citizen found In each state, and third, general enthusiasm toward educational" work and community service, serv-ice, which, of course, Includes the proper prop-er care of disabled veterans. "The crowds looked the same," he said. "The men acted the same. There is a distinct type, these Legionnaires. They look one In the eye. They are keen and outspoken, self-confident. They constitute the Ideal type of an Vmerican citizen." In speaking of the Improvement In lelegatlons to the state conventions, 'are was taken to explain that sub-iects sub-iects were more clearly defined than In the past, the committees stepped forward with their work In more confidence, con-fidence, the machinery ran smoother, md altogether capable leadership was isserting Itself, more and more. An Illustration was given : "In two states factional fights had )een waged," the national adjutant aid. "They threatened to split the Iepartments, but those fights never got to the floor of the convention. The crouble was Ironed out in conferences. Leaders made concessions, all tor the general welfare and progress of the legion. "The spirit of the elections was 'not the best fellow, but the best man,' and this keynote was struck in each of the five conventions." "There Is no question but what the Legion Is more efficient today In Minnesota, Min-nesota, Washington, California, Colorado Col-orado and Kansas than It was a year ago," he said. Paying a tribute to the Kansas department, de-partment, he told of the American Legion there taking a keen interest In the boys of the state Industrial school, acting as guardians and big brothers. "I was Impressed' by the Independence Indepen-dence of the Minnesotn Legion," he said. "They never have taken a dollar dol-lar from any source. Their department depart-ment Is splendidly organized. They are capable of making their own way without outside aid, and they are doing do-ing it with a vim." Soldier settlement work is a vital program for the legion In the states of Washington and California, along with better citizenship and educational education-al movements, such as night schools. The American Legion there is advocating advocat-ing and pushing through state reclamation recla-mation projects and seeing that former for-mer service men are given preference not only In the work being done, but In the results. In California, soldier colonies are being established. The determination of the Colorado legion to see that the hospitals for former service men In that country are properly maintained was outstanding, also the Legion's declaration that the benefits of that department be confined to American Legion members only and to the disabled, always. Along with this the point was made plain that the Colorado Legion department also Is the best friend of the efficient hospitals. |