Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1932, Page 8

A-8 « BONUS FOES FACE FIGHT IN LEGION Chattanooga Greup Formed to Oppose Payment Until 1942. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., October 1.— One hundred veterans of various wars, most of them members of the Chat- tanooga posts of the American Legion, met here this week and formed the preliminary organization of the “Amer- ican veterans,” for the purpose, accord- ing to their statement of principles, of | protesting against the cash payment of | bonus until due, to battle against | Communism and to oppose further| bonus marches to Washington. The immediate cause of the move- ment was the announced intention of | a Communist-backed ex-service men's organization in Chattanooga to organ- | ize a bonus march to Washington as| soon as Congress meets in December. Chattanooga contributed a large num- ber of men to the former bonus army, though they denied Communist asso- ciations. The new march, however, is being fomented by a widely advertised | Communist group with a public office on the ground floor of a building on a downtown street. Leading Citizens Join. The new organization was sponsored by Col. Cordon Johnston, commander of the 6th Cavalry, now encamped at Fort Oglethorpe, near here, but drew into its ranks many of Chattanooga’s | original American Legion organizers and its most able leaders during the dozen years the Legion has been ac- tive here. The list includes Dr. Alex Guerry. president of the University of Chatta nooga, who served overseas; past L glon Comdrs. Ray Seagle, Radeigh Crumbliss and Maj. Phil Whiwaker; George Fort Milton, publisher of the | Chattanooga News; Adolph Shelby Ochs, general manager of the Chatta- nocga Times; George H. Patten, Chat- tanooga's most active philanthropist and charities leader; Jo Conn Guild, general manager of the Tennessec Electric Power Co.; Col. R. H. Kimball, capitalist, recently retired from the Regular Army; John B. Steele, chief physician for the Volunteer State Life Insurance Co., and S. L. Probasco, | president of the American Trust & Banking Co. The anti-bonus group, hopelessly out- | voted in the local posts, recently took | their fight to the State convention and | their spokesman, Carter Lynch, head of the local Natfonal Guard unit, was | hooted down. He is among the charter | members of the American Veterans. Whether the organizers of the veterans will continue their memberships in the Legion post has not been determined, | but a number of posts in smaller cities near Chattanooga have announced that | any of their members who enlist with | the new group will be dismissed. Appeal to Patriotism. On the bonus issue, the American | Veterans “believe that those who have | shown their loyalty in time of war by placing themselves unreservedly at the | disposition of the Government should | show an equal loyalty in time of peace | and devote themselves faithfully to the | preservation of those things for which they fought.” Cash payment of the | bonus at this time, they say, would be | class discrimination in favor of one | group, some of whom are in need, to | the neglect of others equally in need. They praise the patriotic service and principles of loyalty contained in the | record of the American Legion, but are | “definitely opposed to the organized ac- | tion of veterans in seeking improper | financial aid from the Government, such as the cash payment of the bonus | before it is due and costly benefits to veterans who suffered no disability by reason of their service.” A diversion in the conferences pre- | ceding the organization was provided by Sam E. Whitaker, attorney, present | commander of the largest local Legion | post. Mr. Whitaker refused to join the | new movement so long as he is com- | mander of the Legion, but expressed | sympathy with its aims. He said in a | public statement that he served his | country in the World War for patriotic purposes, without thought of financial | rew that the Legion agreed to ac- | cept cash payment of the bonus in 1942 and in demanding payment now is v lating its contract with the Gover ment, and that to demand it during the present economic stress is still fur- ther fraught with danger to the Gov- ernment. Mr. Whitaker wished to fight the battle out inside the Legion, but the rank and file overwhelmingly out- numbered the anti-bonus group. The American Veterans seek to be- come a Natien-wide organization and a number of representatives of groups in the East and Southeast were present at this week’s meeting. It is consid- ered certain here that the bitter feeling of the bonus advocates will make it im- practicable for members of the Ameri- can Veterans to maintain their mem- bership in the Legion. (Copyright. 1932.) EDWIN F. HILL GETS KIWANIAN HONOR International Publicity Chairman- ship Covers 1,900 Clubs in U. S. and Canada. Edwin F. Hill, president of the Wash- ington Kiwanis Club, has been ap-| pointed_publicity chairman of the Ki-| wanis International, comprising 1,900 clubs in the United States and Canada, according to an announcement last | night by International President Carl E. Endicott. Hill, who is information director of. the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Companies of the District, Maryland, Virginia and West Visginia, also is district chairman of Kiwanis educa tion for the Capital areg, in which ar located 48 clubs. In the latter capac#® he has at- tended many Kiwanis Club meetings in nearby States and as a result of his having attended 10 meetings in five days in different towns, the “Two-A- Da; ction of the Washington Ki- W s Club was chartered. Members who attend two regular club meetings | from start to close of the same day are eligible for membership. Before becoming affiliated with the local club, Hill was a member of the Charleston, W. Va, club, where he also was chairman of publicity. A native of Orange County, Va., he came here in 1925 as information director of the telephone company and subse- quently was chosen president of the Jocal club and director of Kiwanis pub- licity in this area. MUHLENBERG HONORED Wreath Placed on Statue by Lu- ther League. As a Bicentennial gesture, the Luther League of the District of Columbia | made a pilgrimage to the Capitol yes- terday afternoon and placed a wreath on the statue of Gen. Peter Muhlenberg, who served with distinction on the staff of Gen. 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