Show why I 1 back the legion the american legion Is the spontaneous growth of the sentiments of 0 the service men its creed represents the thought ot of all it is essentially a civilian organization it Is concerned primarily with the welfare of 0 the united states and ot of its individual members among the thousands who aided in the early stag stages ot of its organization there was absolute accord in the following principles first the organization should be nonpartisan non partisan concerning itself possibly with policies but never w with ith maz partisan politics second its membership should be composed of service men and women regardless of whether they served overseas or were unfortunate enough to have their duty keep them in this country third it should be really civilian and in its councils general and private admiral and gob would be treated on the same basis through all of its actions the doctrine of americanism stands foremost by it the impulses of patriotism generated in the great war will be crystallized and preserved tor for the future good of the nation its fields of 0 useful activity are bounded 0 only ill y by the desires of 0 its members there theis has been much talk about the Dol bolsheviks the I 1 W W and the ed flag socialists many people have expressed fears concerning the attitude of our army or these menaces there Is no need tor for such fear the strongest bulwark we country can have against lawless anarchy is ia this society composed of service men the service man having given up himself to the country intends to see that this country which he loves comes to no harm it has been the policy of the am I 1 have come in contact with it to play the game with all the cards on the table tabia the service man willu will not ot tolerate any other form of organization lie ito wishes at all times i to be able not only to tell angiono anyone wh what ai he Is doing ba but equally to io bable to jand but anything that the tha organization ion tiron gb some other 1 branch may be doing to an anyone yone who knows service man athis this Js absolutely normal lie Is square aad will not associate mouse himself f with an organization ld unless I 1 it I 1 is 3 square C thy reab on not RC ij i r F 7 tive alve part in the affairs ot of this organization iza tion is that through it they can express themselves in its ranks they find the men who have done the same trick that they have done and with whose ideas they are thoroughly in sympathy they can make the organization what thy they wish and I 1 have no tear fear for or anything that the organization may do so BO long as they take an active interest in it so tar far I 1 have spoken mainly ot of how the service man can use the organization for or the benefit ol of this country of course this benefits him but there are other more practical e methods of 0 helping the service men aich which the organization Is using or may use it if its members so desire at this time there Is a re employment bureau in addition there is ia the war risk insurance department I 1 part ment tor for handling questions ot of allotments insurance etc in many I 1 ot of the communities club houses are established which will form the meeting places where the thought ot of the community is interchanged and its opinions crystallized in addition to these activities when have been organized already it lies within the he power of the legion leg 1 0 n to institute ins t j tute a aya y tern tem ot of benefits tor for old age disability etc and a legal department whereby the best basi legal advice may be available there would be men to undertake such work as detailed above not from the point ot of view ot of the hl hired employee serving his alg employer but rather from the point 0 of view V 1 ew 0 of I 1 one comrade helping another ca comrado comrade in the history ot of the ot of the tha american legion la is I 1 as clean is as a hounds tooth for all the statements I 1 have avo made above there is a I 1 guarantee intha actions ot of the caucuses c composed of men drawn from every avery ghate tato ln in the union ual on ot of every checol au d race ac 0 oi every walk jn lifo hat you find 1 in the country in no j VEn llou esol i in the confession of faith adopted at the paris caucus the same principles are set forth As a member of the Ame american i legion I 1 feel I 1 am a member of the body which most truly represents one hundred per cent americanism theodore roosevelt jr |