Show GREATER INTEREST IN ADDING MEMBERS howard P savage national corn com m mander a n d e ot t the b e A american m er i c a u L legion edloe n la 1 a a announcing n n 0 u n rulof r recently e cen ti y t that b a t t the h legion g to 1 L maintaining the lead in member wit was 9 ship over the same date a year ago declared that greater interest has been shown in membership work than ever before illinois tile the national commanders command erg home state and one of the big three was the sixth to exceed the total membership of and la Is striving to get a total of members by the tha time of the convention to be held in paris france in september this goal was set as a tribute to commander savage canada florida alabama indiana and kentucky ivers were the other departments that had gone over t the he top before may 1 florida and canada had exceeded the 1927 quotas set for them by national headquarters M many any contests in membership have been held this year sear and several are still being waged kansas won in a race with oklahoma the contest ending april 30 kansas won a similar contest last year and according to agreement took a kansas jayhawk to the oklahoma capitol building la in which the oklahoma legion has state headquarters the jayhawk will remain in the oklahoma headquarters another year a constant reminder that kansas won tile the contest illinois was leading leaden in the contest of the big bli three new ev york abeln second and pennsylvania third the legion has been aided in its membership work tills this year by many outside agencies in numerous instances mayors and governors have proclaimed legion week and issued statements urging ex service men to renew their membership or it if they never had joined the organization to become affiliated with it many newspapers have pointed out editorially editor lally that the major objective of the legion this year Is community service and urged a large membership in their communities stating that the le gions eions power to do good Is measured by its length and the willingness of 0 ex service men to work unselfishly for their communities thirty one states had bad broadcast of metal legion programs by radio before may 1 and most of them inaugurated membership campaigns or the program was part of an initiation of now new members lit at the close of campaigns |