Show american legion the membership ot of tile the local post port of 0 the american legion was at the card party given by the auxiliary at the new park hotel tuesday evening by a fair number of legionnaires everyone enjoyed the hospitality of the unit and were pleased with the prizes won mrs M C oconnor carried home the quilt raffled at the party in a bulletin sent out by the U S department of labor through roy C adams veterans replacement replace men represent dative and quoting a ruling by henry T hunt general council BUT says a in my opinion the ph phase cx 0 men as it competent compe tant and willing they ore am cn j titled teof to be the first employed end and the F last t to be laid off it if the local employ meat officers lire are not showing this preference they are breaking a federal statute 11 the world war veterans are urged to bernand der nand on federal jobs their statutory rights the preamble of 0 the constitution ol of the american legion states for god and country we associate ourselves together to uphold arid and defend the constitution ution ot of the united states of america in a last weeks address over the radio national commander hays called attention to the tact fact that on the continent of europe almost every country Is now ruled by a dictator who had been a participant in the world war note mussolini ot of italy hitler of germany dolfus dokus of austria pasha ot of turkey of russia and the same condition in hungary poland and in the balkan states democracy survives only in britain france and switzerland even these states are threatened with dictatorships the national commander calls attention to the tact fact that the legionnaires and the ex service men in general has taken somo some terrific blows on the chin la in the last few years and still as in other countries he has not seized power and Is continuing the fight for democracy he stands by his confession ot of faith to defend and uphold the constitution ot of the united states the legion Is conservative serva atHe tive and stands for the rule ot of law and not or of personal traits A social revolution seems to be here and the legion gion hopes the change can be brought brought about within the constitution and by peaceful methods and not by violence the president in his message of january 3rd ard says there must be a permanent readjustment of our ways of thinking at the present time a crisis Is at hand band and a disaster impends it if the president cannot secure peace between the contending factions in the industrial world in a recent gathering of business men in washington director general johnson Is quoted as saying in the enforcement of penalties you aint seen yet in the conflict to come someone needs to defend and uphold the constitution of the united states of america W J BARDSLEY adjutant frank E peterson post no 14 24 american legion park city utah march 22 1934 |