Show I Ef UTAH PlAN IS lEGION PROPOSAl Department Commander Booth Sees Great Possibilities for Future With Assistance of American Legion Cooperation What is the most constructive worthwhile concrete project that the American Legion and the American Legion Au Auxiliary ilia y can undertake for this community for this year This question will be asked ked by every every every ev ev- ery post and auxiliary unit in Utah during the ten days between February 12 and 22 as a a. result of the adoption of a community betterment program at a recent meeting of the department executive committee The Legion recognizes the need of cooperative civic betterment programs it was announced and the Americanism American American- ism committee of the organization has prepared d a plan to be known as the I Utah Plan for the purpose of cooperating cooperating cooperating co co- co- co operating with the citizens and organizations organizations organizations or or- in a wide state-wide program of community service They will ask for suggestions covering their community community community com com- programs for the thc ensuing year It is our hope that the posts of this state will take up and carry through to a successful conclusion at least one worthwhile project each cach year or one which may be undertaken for fora a period of years it was stated b by T T. D D. Martin altin chairman of the Americanism Americanism Americanism Ameri Ameri- committee Legion in Earnest Time The American Legion is in earnest earnest earnest ear ear- nest in this proposition and the time 1925 annual convention of the time organization which meets this year in Brigham City will be asked to authorize annual annual annual an an- nual trophies and awards to posts with outstanding records for community community com com- service Mr Martin declared Department Commander John E. E Booth of the Legion and Mrs C C. J. J M. M L Trotman auxiliary department president arc are very enthusiastic over overtime time the possibilities of such a plan worked on oil a wide state-wide scale They Timey call at attention attention attention at- at to the value to the state in having seventy-five seventy legion posts and thirty or more amore Auxiliary units working working work work- ing to give worthwhile concrete service service service ser ser- vice to their respective communities for the time n next fifty years The Time adoption of the time Utah Plan came as a result of the attempt of department officers to put into practical practical practical operation the resolution of the national convention in San Francisco urging posts to undertake an Americanism Americanism Ameri Ameri- program of concrete value value- in other words do away with abstract theory and do something which would improve their communities In presenting this Imis plan for time the consideration consideration con con- of bf f the citizens the Legion recognizes recognizes' that most communities are arc clubbed to death with various organizations organizations organizations or or- each seeking to launch or complete some pet scheme Under the time Ut Utah h Plan it is not the time intention of time the local post to inaugurate a program program pro pro- gram grain which they will selfishly call their own They want to undertake a program upon which all organizations organizations can agree and will all work to complete Thc They Plat hope to launch a program for the town which will be of sufficient magnitude that all clubs I churches and citizens will unite in I their efforts to assure success Wherever practical time the organization of community councils will be bc urged tinged These councils are arc to be composed of the mayor of the city and representatives representatives of every organization organization po po political religious civic and fraternal I Its ts purpose w will ll be to decide upon the time program to b be be adopted and members members members mem mem- bers of the council will in turn urge its adoption b by their respective or or- A civic league within the Utah de department department de- de I de-I Americanism committee has been set up and it is engaged in compiling com cony piling information which will aid communities communities com coin inanities in planning and developing civic projects The Time civic l league ague will he able to give information on practically practically practically I every activity known or to furnish fur fur- furnish fur I nish data which will enable them to find the time proper authority on the par particular particular particular project in question Many fany Legion posts of the t tac e have already completed or arc are starting work on many worthy projects and amid among the more commendable of these include the work of posts and nd auxiliary units in the Carbon county mine disaster the time playground pro projects projects sects of Provo and mish Sp-mish Fork the Cedar City annual Rodeo which brings several thousand visitors to the time city city- the memorial built by the Vernal auxiliary auxiliary aux aux- unit Logan posts post's public Y ing ng rank finK ana and many others Under tHe Utah Plan legion officers hope to have all posts at wo work k and in cooperation with all citizens A referendum ballot has been bee pre prepared prepared pre pre- pared by the Am Americanism ric committee for the use of citizens in submitting suggestions to the time Legion and local officers are urging that every everyone one interested interested in in- I in the time development of the time town take advantage of the time opportunity opportunity to develop a operative co civic I l program |