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Show HIKE TO NATIONAL CAPITAL Plan Suggested by Kansas Committeeman Committee-man to Tell Lawmakers What Legion Men Need. "Join the army and walk around the world!" Do you remember that slogan? Doughboys whose weary feet ate up the kilometers kilo-meters on the other oth-er side and the miles on this side s o paraphrased the advertising of the recruiting service during the war. But walking walk-ing won the war. "Let's keep it up," urges W. F. Kurtz, Kansas national na-tional executive committeeman of the American Legion. Le-gion. "Let's walk to Washington and tell them what the Legion wants for its disabled and for its whole membership." member-ship." According to Mr. Kurtz' plan, delegates dele-gates from each state department of the Legion would hike overland to the nation's capitol, arranging their schedules sched-ules so as to meet on the White House steps on the same day. However, he would permit representatives from the other side of the Rockies to ride the cushions across to this side. Legion posts along the way would feed and shelter the hikers. "I'll lead the way, and outwalk anyone in the Legion," the K.-rnsas pedestrian declares. |