Show american legion news FACTS NOT OPINIONS the jensen jellson colby post A L held the annual meeting an election of 0 officers friday night in tho the old commercial club rooms in tho the peterson bank building the meeting was nas well attended and in an entirely now new force was elected to administer to the needs ot of the post in tho the ensuing year the now new officers are hanmer peterson commander arthur Y henrie enrie If first vico vice com mander linden johnson second vico com mandor chester H christenson post adjutant I 1 claron jorgensen finance officer G david hanson david lazenby and kenneth hood I 1 executive committee howard publicity agent I 1 6 A complete survey of the shameful neglect and inefficiency attending the caro care of 0 the sick and wounded veterans of the world war was presented january by the american can leggion in tho the form of a memorial to president wilson president elect harding all senators and congressmen gres amen and to the people of the united states through the pi ess and from the mouths of three thousand volunteer legion speakers in addition to tho the summary of deplorable plo rable existing conditions tho the legions solutions for remedy were presented these included the combining lining of oc the bureau of war ar risk insurance tho the federal boain for vocational cat ional education and the public health service under one head responsible directly to a member of the cabinet and the immediate appropriation ot of moneys tor tho the construction st of a large number of hospitals the memorial n was presented to president wilson by john thomas thomar taylor chairman of the legions iia national executive committee and to senator harding by P F W galbraith jr national commander in a conference on oil the goi gm cral situation of the disabled at mariot ohio franklin douer dolier past national commander of the american legion ho has just returned from a trip to the orient recently related details of how he was constantly under the surveillance or of supposed agents of the japanese government during his stay in that country basing basin their action on tho the ridiculous at that mr douer doller was nas in the country to organize american N ot erans into a reserve tho the japanese according to the national commander mado made a practice of searching his bg baggage gage and ransacking his personal papers and effects in almost every stopping place his guide mr douer doller said was in reality a spy the legion official left thi this s country shortly after the second legion convention at which approval of the Calif california ornit japanese exclusion lawz laws was voted and it is believed that the Jara japanese neso fancied that mr DO donera DOU liers era mission was official instead of a pleasure tour kansas members of the american legion ire are in the throes of 0 a struggle as champions of the cigarette the fight is centered at topeka where the local post has urged the repeal of the Kr azas nias law prohibiting the alie sale of cigarettes dr WIl william liani A mckeever of the university of kansas author of the anti cigarette law and leading opponent of the legions stand lias has appealed to tho the ex sol diers to turn aside from the selfish cigarette and come out on the side of christ and kansas and has proposed a debate with the legionnaires on oil the question of the cigarette as a menace legion members in a recent resolution asked governor allen alien to urge the repeal of the anti cigarette cigars tto law lav i russel G creviston assistant national adi will address three hundred adjutants of nebraska posts of the american legion who will meet at lincoln to discuss the blem of organization among the other speakers ahers will be robert G simmons department commander and george fawell jr commander of the lincoln neb post other department conferences scheduled for january will be held at burlington vt palatka pla fla clarksburg Clarks burg W va and columbia S C an interstate conference of the commanders and adjutants of tho the departments part ments of texas oklahoma new mexico and arkansas is in project for january probably at austin texas because its producers were notoriously pro german new york le gionna ires last year waged a strenuous fight against the production of german opera in new york city this winter there will bo be no legion opposition to german opera according to william F deegan department vice commander command cr because it Is produced by americans in conformity with the american legions national policy of encouragement of education william B coloman coleman post of atlanta GL ga has established a a year scholarship in tho the georgia institute of technology major general leonard wood should bo be named as secretary of war in the opinion of petaluma Pot Pet aluma cal post no as of the american legion as expressed in a resolution sent to president elect harding national commander 1 F W galbraith jr of tho the american legion will address the first state convention of the auxiliary 0 of the american legion of vermont which will be held in burlington on oil january 14 the national commander also will attend a conference of post commanders and adjutants and a meeting of 0 the state executive committee will be held at the same time |