| Show The American Legion National i Legislation 7 J The ne special session of the congress has hag adjourned and the members have gone home for the Christmas season I After two months of strenuous labor the thc senators and representatives es ha c com- com completed comI I I plated one piece of legislation and that th-t I was as to appropriate to pay their transportation charges back home to toI meet their constituents The Presidents President's I four point program Is still In the air all alland and seems to be destined for a crash when the landing field Is reached The American Legion has urged upon I the congress the passage of a universal sen service Ice act since the year 1921 At the session of congress which meets January Janu Janu- January January ary 3 3 1938 1038 tho the Legion will use all Its Us power to ha c the bill bat passed and be be- become become become come a part of the law of the land The act will wm provide for universal service In time of war with equal service for alland all alland alland and special privilege for none Money and men will wm then be on an equal foot- foot Ing It will wm make It Impossible for any anyone anyone anyone one group of people to again profit at tho expense and misery of any nay other i Our national commander Dan Doherty and our department commander Ora Bundy urges that every legionnaire communicate with our congressional delegation by personal contact by let let- letter letter letter ter or wire urging them to support the Universal servile service net act In Senator Elbert D. D D D. Thomas Thomas' radio i address of November In discussing I Ithe the profits derl derived cd from the newly mined domestic silver and Its relation to agri- agri agriculture agriculture 1 I. I culture states states- That the United States government has In Its possession worth of dimes quarters halves and dollars out of which the U U. 5 S. S A A. Amade Amade I made a n profit of 75 Now certainly certainly certainly a portion of this huge sum was wis received from the domestic production and out of one of ot the natural resources I of ot Summit county Is It too much then for this county to ask the United States to return a small portion of ot this money to Summit county cou ty as a grant forthe for forthe forthe the purpose of or assisting In building our proposed civic center The Frank E E. E Peterson Post of or the American Legion urges all Its members to contact all the members of our congressional delegation f urging them to support legislation which I will appropriate funds to continue the j I Works Progress Administration I The local post of the thc American LeI Le Le- Le Legion I gion glon Is actively engaged In the develop develop- develop I developing j Ing Its tract of ground at Kimballs Kimball's Junction Already we have one foot root and one 40 foot sign board erected on an anthe tho the tract Our property being located at the Junction of highway 40 and high highway high high- highway way and over which most of the tourist traffic entering the Intermountain tain country comes this Is avery a very valuable valuable valuable able place for national advertising l gh- gh way 40 will within a n year be bc oiled the entire distance from Denver to Salt Lake bringing In 1938 much additional traffic W. W J J. BARDSLEY Commander Post t No o 14 1 American Legion n I |
