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Show AMERICAN LEGION ; ! Shortly following the war. the i! late Presidens Harding, addressing an audience of the Legionaires, in Ohio, had this to say: "Yon are charged with a greateh responsi- y. bility now than you were charged with on the battlefields of Prance. !;! because in your hands it the des- y tiny of the next half century of ; America", ; . I ' j; ; " ; - ;', When we stop to consider and f observe the, many legislative measures mea-sures that have been enacted, through the influence and work of the American Legion, measures v that have had important bearing on the welfare and prosperity of every community in the United 5 states, we begin to realize that the American Legion is a pragressive body, working for the real prin- r o ; cipals of Americanism throughout v the United States, the individual states and the many cities, towns and communities. ; ? : Let us take note of some of the more important undertakings of this body within the last year or so. The National Origins Law, which relates to the control of i-immigration i-immigration and which places a a better guarantee on the jobs of American Laborers, possibly is the most ' outstanding ichievment of the American Legion 1 since Us birth ten years ago. It will be beneficial ben-eficial to every Atoerican family in this country. Next was the pressure pre-ssure brought by the Legion for vthe care of hundreds of disabled reterans who were entitled to hospital attention and not until recently, were they properly cared-for, through the efforts in Washington by the American Leg- ; ion. There is still some unfinished busines along this line that will uoiiu9AU09 x aaojsq paov-d q ' at Louisville that is now in session. sess-ion. ..'-.. ; The Junior Baseball organizat- , ion was another important undertaking. und-ertaking. Thia movement was so efficiently executed that nearly . . oue half million boys all over the eountry received beneficial training, train-ing, giving them a better physical physi-cal makeup and building them into in-to better men. A real public ser. ice. "t Every Legionaire knows what his organization has accomplished in other fields. . He knows what the Legion has done to insure proper pro-per care-for orphans of ex service men and dependent children of , veterans. ' - .-j Here in Bingham we have a comparatively young organization -I with a membership of more than j 13o men enrolled and attending the regular meetings. We have a ' permanent foundation on which I to build an organization which 'should merit the support of every -j man woman and child in this district. dis-trict. ' i ' J ' During the year ending June 30 !3fi families were cared for by the 'Americon Legion during times of t rial and hardship. That is 100 per centrcommunity service. The aim of our post is to render a real pub- . lie service to this community. A , service to the - extent' which no other organization would be in a . ' position to attempt. We have alre-'ady alre-'ady had our first Junior Baseball team, and who can but gree that n real community service was rea- ' lized from it. Plans are now going forward for 1930 for a much more I extensive program of baseball for the boys. ' - . . . 1 No charge will be made for the entertainment.. I The purpose of this article is to give the public the real informat-ionon informat-ionon the Asnerican Legion, espe-cully espe-cully the Bingham Post of thia district, and we desire to convey the idea to the people here that the loeal post is rendering and will ! continue to render SERVICE. The 'same kind of service that was rendered ren-dered ten years ago which meant such a great deal to the country. This community needs the Legion, the Legion needs the community, Jle's get better ecquainted. |
