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Show LEGION AND THE UNEMPLOYED j Organization Discourages Parades and Stunts to Attract Attention to the Jobless Men. In assuming responsibility for the care of Jobless ex-service men M throughout the country thej American Legion, through Its national na-tional unemployment unemploy-ment committee, has sent out the following messages mes-sages : "To the Public Hire the soldier. sol-dier. He may have been rest-less rest-less at one time, but he is steady now. "To Municipalities Municipal-ities Start now public works which you may have planned to put jfi. until next spring." "To the Soldier Don't float around tie yourself down to a community nd stick to your Job when you get ne." The Legion's unemployment committee's com-mittee's survey revealed that about 300.000 veterans of the World war -ere out of work and many of that Bumber in actual need of food and Jhelter. In its appeal to the 11,000 Legion posts to assist In giving relief K the needy ex-service men the com-nittee com-nittee discouraged charity soup titchens and bread lines. "Our bud-lies bud-lies must have food and shelter with-nt with-nt degrading their manhood or our sountry," the committee declared. Parades and "stunts" to attract attention at-tention to the unemployed are discoursed discour-sed by the Legion. The employment jommlttees of the local posts are tsked to bring the needs of the ex-ervlee ex-ervlee men directly to the attention f the employers and demand preference prefer-ence for America's defenders. The tmployer must be convinced that the restlessness noticeable among some ervlce men at the close of the war as disappeared. In Boston a parade of Jobless ex-iervlee ex-iervlee men was headed by Frank xreemfall, a New England doughboy, rearing four decorations for bravery n France. Legionnaires with Incomes have een asked to adopt an unemployed rnddy and take care of him until he inds a Job. |