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Show oo LEGION GOES ON ! RECORD AGAINST ANTI-AMERICANS MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. Nov. 12 I leciarations placing the American Legion on record against ant i-Ameri-! can propaganda and activities were I adopted at the legion convention here j this morning Resolutions adopted In elude: Demanding adoption of a federal con- j stuutional amendment barring from , citizenship the American born children' of Oricnt.-ds ;md others not eligible for, citizenship Demanding deportation of alien shirkers and cnem aliens interned during tho war; with selective admis slon of foreigners. Authorizing appointment of a legion committee to spread the teaching of the Legion's doctrine of "100 per cent Americanism." among eierans of the war and aliens in this country'. Leonard Withinglon of Hawaii, former Harvard football star, was au thor of the Americanism program adopted by the conention a.s ihe chief resolution to combat anti American propaganda by teaching American idejilp The convention disked that war department de-partment officials responsible for "len- der treatment of conscientious object -or,?" who were aliens, be .summarily; di alt with ' Ater ;-n hour's stormv debate on the question of dues and supporting American Amer-ican Legion Weekly, the program ;ill-i ing for national dues of $1 with state dues additional was approved. |