The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 3, 1936, Page 11

- 3 S— * IS OUTLINED ADJUTANT FRANK E. SAMUEL, ! . Bonus Paid, National Defense Program Approved by|Sid Raynor, First Depar Congress; Moved Forward Rapidly and Consist- | ently in Child Welfare Work; Service Rendered| in Times of Disaster; Legion Does Great Work in| Flood-stricken Areas. BY FRANK National Adjutant of The American Legion As we approach the close important that we consider those things which have been accomplished in order that we the ney W nay be s: AMERICAN LEGION PROGRAM Legion year which shortly is to dawn. hout intending to seem boastful, I believe it properly d that no other organization has such a compre- (oo 0 e ive program as The American Legion. eny field of public interest, save only those which are litical by nature, in which our organization is not interested. cepteq by the Department Conven- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, SEPT. 3, 1936 DEP ARTMENT ~ MEMBERSHIP REPORT GIVE BY NATIONAL ment Vice-Commander, Tells of Enrollment } BY SID. C. RAYNOR First Department Vice, Commander E. SAMUEL At the Department Convention held at Seward last year the Quota Membership Committee placed the Department quota for the year 1936 at 898 members. An average was made of the past 10 years for the quotas for the Posts that were in existence that long, and a quota preceding year's membership for the newer Posts. As soon as the quotas were ac- of another Legion year, it is may chart a sound course for 1 doubt if there As citizens, it is proper that we should manifest this broad o second Department Vice- interest in the welfare and progress of our nation. Commander Stanley J. Nichols, of ~ Inevitably, however, the close of each administrative vaigez, and myself entered into a Legion year, which occurs with thg termination of our Na- friendly contest between the two tional Convention, leaves us with important objectives yet divisions of the Department, Nichols to be obtained. Not infreque ntly conditions have changed sponsoring Southeastern Alaska, during the period prior. to a convention which do not warrant composed of the Posts south of the reiteration of approval for items in the previous program. Guif, and myself heading the Posts As a rule, however, the general program of The American of Southwestern and Interior Al- Legion remains much the same. Benus Paid In this year, under the guidance of National Commander Murphy, we have been particularly fortunate in carrying forward our program. The full payment of the Adjusted Servee Certificates has been accom- | plished, and thus we have put be- hind us a most controversial ques- fion. Our national defense prograrh has been approved by Congress to a highly substantial degree. And we have met success elsewhere in the legislative field. In the mean- time, we have moved rapidly and consistently to the fore with our great child welfare, Americanism ond other activities which require little or no legislative action The traditional readiness of The n Legion for service in time ter was put to a severe test during the early spring,-and was not found wanting. Floods of un- precedented proportions swept a zen states, while in at least six more, twisting tornadoes cut wide paths of destruction. In every state, The American Legion was the first crganization to be on the scene, making rescues, providing shelters for the homel feeding the hun- gry, and -extending relief wherever it was needed. This is but another instance of the kind of work The American Legion is accomplishing. Strong American Program What our program shall be in the Legion year which begins as the Cleveland Conventon ends, is entirely in your hands and the hands of the other departments. The mandates you adopt will form the basis for the actions of the Na- tional Convention, which is the supreme legislative body of The American Legion. I do not know what your decisions may be, but of this T am sure: they will be sound and proper, maintaining the high standard which has made our’s the greatest of all organizations of war veterans. Thus, we look forward confidently to another fine, strong, American Legion program. Your part in the work that is ahead will not end, however, with the adoption of your department mandates and the development of the final structure in Cleveland. If the success which has attended our this year, and in previous to be continued in the com- ing year, it is essential that we have a strong, united membership, unsel- fishly and devotedly supporting the program you will adopt. The great- ness of The American Legion is not made by one man, or any small group; it is made and maintained by some 1,000,000 World War veterans, working together with the same spirit that carried us to victory in 1918. Membership Growing Our membership for the current year is progressing at a rate which indicates that we may establish a new high record by the time the books close in December. Whether we do reach unprecedented heights, or only approach them, it is still not enough. There are many thou- sands of World War veterans who are eligible to be members of The. American Legion, but who are not members. When our splendid, un- selfish, progressive program is made .known to them, I am confident that they will become valuable members. So, as you enter upon the impor- tant duties of your department con- vention, I ask you to keep these things in mind: That it is you who are fashioning the future of our American Legion, and that though you build well now, it will be for naught unless your interest and your effort are carried into the forth- coming year, in support of that which you will create. } ——e i IMMIGRATION: Close all immi- | gration for ten years; immediate de- portation of aliens belonging to sub- versive groups, destitute aliens, aliens of illegal entry, and eompul- sory finger printing of all persons in the United States. ———— NATIONAL DEFENSE: Mainten- ance of progress made in the last session of Congress, with essential improvements in this session nec- essary to safeguard the- peace of America, aska. —i It was agreed between ourselves that the mark of 1000 members be GR‘EAT PLANS ARE set for aska to be signed u Yy BEING MADE FOR onvention time o stmeme i Sy CLEVELAND MEET tember. 1036 To mention the activities of the CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 3. — WO in the contgst would be unnec- With the eighteenth annual nation- €ssary as I know Stanley has been al convention of The American Le- working diligently at his end and gion only two weeks away, tens of has made many personal visits this thousands of Legionnaires .from y to the Posts in Southeastern coast to coast, their pulses already Alaska, which has helped a lot in auickened by the joys of anticipa- pis drive, tion, are making happy preparations to swoop down upon Cleveland for one of the greatest reunions of Am- erican World War veterans in his- 2 As to myself, T had to depend on the mails for contact, and The Al- aska Legionnaire, our department o1y ezine. Letters were written to By highway, railway, skyway and °ach Post immediately to bring in waterway the Legion hosts, more the membership by Armistice Da than 200,000 strong, will converge upon this hospitable Great Lakes metropolis from every corner of the land to make the welkin ring here for four great days—September 21 to 24—with jubilation over this year’s achievements, with fun and frolic, with reminiscences and recol- lections, and with the mighty tramp of their feet as they'll march in what may be the greatest Legion parade ever held. ——————— UNIVERSAL DRAFT: A firm de- mand for legislation in this session of Congress, providing equal service for capital industry, and manpower, with special privilege or profit for none, in time of war. Legion! ALASKA _ MEAT €O, "Featuring Carstens’ Products” Our Best Wishes to the AMERIC/ Exclusively mate touch with canned salmon buyers. E. B. McGOVERN, President L. A. PETERSEN, Vice-President E. C. WEBBER, Treasurer National Food Brokers’ Assn. GREETINGS TO OUR LEGIONNAIRE FRIENDS IN ALASKA! Northwestern Livestock Corporation Arctic Transportation Co. Lomen Commercial Co. COLMAN BLDG., SEATTLE and NOME, ALASKA 17th Annual Convention CANNED SALMON ‘and then continued on until De- cember 31, when Valdez Post No. 2 won the Traveling Membership | Cup, having signed the largest per- centage of its quota up to that time! |of any post in Alaska. Contact was kept up by mail with the Posts by both officers and by May 31, 1936, the passed its quota of 898, having reached a membership of 906. Again Valdéz Post No. 2 comes in t- land wins the mid-year membershlp| trophy by having a percentage of 207.1 per cent. | With the last month before the | Convention at hand, the officers of | the Department have formed a Quo- ta Drive for August, and it is hoped that by Convention time every Post in the Department will be over 100 per cent, To this end I have written eachi Post in my section a letter urging them to make that 100 per cent for the Convention, and incidently, as-| sist me in winning the Department Vice-Commanders’ Membership Contest. With the effort put forth by the contestants and the Posts, it is pleasing to note from the statement of percentages of 1936 for the De- partments, from National Head- quarters of The American Legion, that our Department of Alaska has rated three stars, indicating that the Department has surpassed its 1935 membership and also the 1933 quota. In closing, I want to compliment every Post in the Department for its splendid membership activity, and to those Posts not having reached the top, we say, “Better | work next year.” - D BIDS CALLED FOR TO MOVE LEDGE OF ROCK IN HARBOR AT SITKA Sealed bids will be received un- til 3 p. m. September 18, and then publicly opened, for furnishing all labor and materials and perform-' ing all work for dredging approx- imately 3,400 cubic yards of loose material and removing approxi- ,mately 3,500 yards of ledge rock in Sitka Harbor, Alaska. Further in- formation on application to the U. S. Engineer Office, 412 Federal Building, Seattle. - D Try an Empire ad. We offer the packer aggressive, reliable sales promotion service devoted exclusively to Canned Salmon — a service predicated on years of customer confidence — having at our command a competent nation-wide associate-broker sales organization in daily inti- McGOVERN &8 McGOVERN ARTHUR McGOVERN, Vice-President E. GUY WILSON, Secretary Codes: Calpac, C.F.C.A., Armsby’s; Western Un- ion, Bentley’s, McGov- ern’s Private LARGEST EXCLUSIVE CANNED SALMON FACTORS IN THE WORLD MEMBERS: CABLE 3S. Association of Pacific ‘.G(‘)“],)lgff”_ ; Fisheries Pacific Canned Salmon Brokers Assn. Department | \Greetings to Convention Here from Former National Vice- President of Auxiliavry’ Unit BY BETH LAUBAUGH Former National Vice-Pr | dent, Western Division, Ameri- | can Legion Auxiliary. | Greetings Sourdoughs! * 1 How many years ago, was it? | Since that time officers of the Am- | FORWARD COMMUNITY SERVICE REPORTS With the 1936 American Legion year drawing to & close, the Nation- Ioricfln Legion and Auxiliary have‘i ?,igA,;m;;:{ ;)‘;:;: S‘“‘"m\‘\ll\;l,o(n th: (;:)Ir]: {made their annual visits to your | ward immediately ti P o Territory but none of them, I know. service r el y e of 3 »| munity service reports to their res- have any happier recollections than i i bl pz;c_txl\e‘ department headquarters, ! You folks up there may not knowl x(;,l,(;]‘ l]’\‘“::;(l]!\]xulxh:‘l]:“m i it but to this cheechako (how is| ) {that for memory?) the most im-| These reports serve nov only as pressive thing about your land of | Permanent records of the achieve- rain and skeeters is the good fel- Me€Nts of posts this year, but also as lowship of the Legion and Avxili- | the basis on which the Commission {ary. You see I had been traveling|2Wards the annual citations for about the northwest speaking on | COmmunity ser |service and duty, making such a|©f 2316 pos |serious business of membership. | f—— | Then I came up there and found i those things would surely follow if {the spirit of fellowship dominated (the organizations. It was a new thought to me and I've never let g0 of it. | | In sending you greetings at this | | time my heart is full of longing to | {come back and play with you, and ‘:I think—perhaps—sometime. | May you keep alive within your | hearts the beautiful spirit of fel- | lowship and ever extend the wel- {coming hand to the weary, restless | Wwanderers from “down below." \ Faithfully, l Beth Laubaugh |ALASKA EDUCATORS | i FORMER VETERANS as cited. S— Among the various veterans con»‘ g {nected with the school system of Alaska, are George Beck, Superin- tendent of Schools at Petersburg, | A. B. Phillips, of Juneau, Glen Ro- gers, superintendent at Seward, and R. V. Puette, who heads the school at Ninilchik, this year. 4 . Canneries I FALSE PASS, ALASKA HAWK INLET, ALASKA P VPP e. In 1935 a total| the HOTEL Where ALASKANS Meet Greetings to Alaska Legionnaires from ALL VARIETIES OF CANNED SALMON 'MEMBERSHIP NOW " CLOSE TO MILLION| | In seven months flat, The Ameri-| can Legion has reached and passed its 1936 membership quota and, with constantly accelerating speed, is| | now headed down the stretch | toward the unofficial goal of a mil- lion members. After reaching the of 895961 late in July, the official membership duly certified at Na- tional Headquarters was 922,214 on August 4, or more than 26,000 above the quota originally fixed for the| entire current year. More than 5,000 additional cards were in reserve, awaiting only formal tabulation to be added to the official lists. - GIRL DRUM MAJOR CLEVELAND, Sept. 3. — When | she leads her proud corps down broad Euclid Avenue in Cleveland on Tuesday, September 22, during The American Legion’s big parade at its 18th Annual National Conven~ tion, Miss Priscilla Eveleth, 17-year- old mascot of the Winter Haven (Fla.) Drum and Bugle Corps, is bound to attract attention as she twirls her two batons. Three-time state champion and winner of the first award cup in St. Louis last year as the best mas~ cot in the parade, this pretty Florida college girl is heralded as just about the “struttin’est” drum major in the jear’s quota | business. ARMISTICE DAY: Make it a| et national holiday. L f [OFEE DRI PSP REHABILITATION: Immediate | restoration of additional benefits to OTHER MANDATES: Firm sup- the disabled, and adoption of legis~ port with prompt fulfillment of lation guaranteeing government every mandate of the St. Louis Con- | protection for widows and orphans vention, of deceased World War Veterans. CARRY ON ... LEGIONNAIRES | Packers and Brokers Main Office DEXTER-HORTON BLDG. SEATTLE, WASH. Rl e CE P e P R TR