Show i J After Twenty-five Twenty Years fel It was wason on April 1917 i Just t twenty twenty- tt lJ 1 two years ago today President t Wilson Wilso n n with the consent of the congress de declared de- de deJ deI ne I dared d war on ea Germany because of the th e 1 EI J Ib sinking of American ships on the high hig h Z seas It was then that the newly passed passe d dl i draft law began to operate and the local loca l ti 1 draft board was sending men to the th e le military training camps Some of these thes e draftees returned home and were soon soo n I married and are now the fathers of o nf f rapidly maturing sons and daughters Again these men face tace another threatened threaten fJ Et I world war more deadly than the first firs t The e average age of ot the service ex ma man n nt Is Ss six forty-six years It Is not they who will wUl wilsons l L II J be drafted this thisbe time but It Jt will wUl be their sons eons It will be these these boys who will be e the first to go to training camps an and J Ill tho the first to meet the enemy in n deadly y combat Should our legionnaires pay a second time In the European war game Should the United States a second time tim e tJ sit in the poker game of European Europea n en politics 1 Il l The rhe president has hall mad made it clear he h e wishes to enter the game pame and will take tak takI e a n hand If It the American people will I provide the chips The chips to be your you sons and In Inmany many cases your daughters daughter sl I I The president took the Initial plunge In Into In- In Into into J J I to the game without consulting the th e American people and Is how now seeking to t carry them Into his new adventure A few tew months ago he began calling names name s I because uso of the the anti se antl-se of the Nazi government Soon perhaps he will wilt J I walking around with a n black eye or a bloody nose asking the people of 1 United States to avenge the Insult I j The American Legion yields to no one J I in patriotic zeal but we should stop look and listen before we put any chips into a poker game We should mind our fJ own awn business protect America by having haring an army and navy so strong that no nation or combination of nations could t j invade our country with any hope of success The Legion advocates the uni uni- universal versal draft both of money and of men We would let no slacker stacker or war bride escape We Ve would make no war million million- sires aires J. J We advocate the preservation of ot peace by taking the profit motive out of of o war w warThe The local I post of the American Legion has Just received an Invitation to attend a meeting of all the posts of District No 3 3 as guests of the Tooele post past on the evening of April The Tooele legion legion- noires are the finest and most hospitable men in the district Joe Hilton district commander urges a n full attendance of all members of the Park City post past The Th e legionnaires of this community are pleased to note the rapid progress J being made with the Legion sponsored Memorial building We hope to see sec a n completed structure by mid midsummer W. W J. J BARDSLEY Adjutant Post No 14 19 14 American AmerI an Legion |