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© spiritual gains of those war years ----siould have LEGION EDITION, WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, WEDNESDAY,FEBRUARY 15, 1922 . 11 justifiable, than it is now honored with. Great movements do not spring into full maturity overnight. The Legion is finding "itself; it is Winnetka Weekly Talk ISSUED SATURDAY OF EACH WEEK by LAKE SHORE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1222 Central Ave, Wilmette, Il. |8dINING Its poise as it grows; it is solidifying its judgments and gain- TelePRORE vivo + cvvviv'c vive Winnetka 388 in sancti for its = oF on $ E - Telephone .oviistive cons Wilmette 1920 | 5 or 1is action as it ad vances. SUBSCRIPTION. ........ 200 A YEAR | But in the last analysis the value All communications must be ae. |©I Such a movement is to be deter- companied by the name and address of the writer. Articles for publication should reach the editor by Wednesday noon to insure appearance in current issue. mined not by' the action or inaction of the national body but rather by the developing purpose of the local : 'constituency. Whatever interest Has a eondcrence, cards of | we, here in Winnetka, may have in Legion plans that are being of | entertainments or other affairs where | the ved or frustrated in Washing- (ton, an importance immeasurably an admittance charge will be made or |, : a collection taken, will be charged for | achie at regular advertising rates. greater attaches to the quality and | the purpose of the movement as it "1s to be found in our local commun- lity. For, let us repeat, the funda- | mental motive for the whole enter- |prise is that the men who fought THE GREAT DUTY might carry back, into the villages There was nothing dubious or |gnd towns and cities out of which uncertain about the purposes that | they originally went into the ser- were in the minds of the men who {vice of their Country, the same fine were originally responsible for | quality of service that they so splen- the organization of the American | didly rendered on the field of battle. Legion. America had just com- | That, the men of the Winnetka Post pleted the greatest effort that (are now doing, They constitute an had ever been undertaken in the [important, a vitally important, group course of our national history. It in our community life. They have had been a costly effort--costly in acquired something that they de- direct proportion to the possibili- [sire to give. © They mean to ties of good that were involved in [strengthen and deepen and enrich Entered at the postoffice at Winnet- | ka, Illinois, as mail matter of the sec- ond class, under the act of March 3 1879. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1922 it. The question was, Should |the corporate experience of this America profit by that experi- | place, of which they are an essential ence? Should the moral and part. They present possibilities of inestimable benefit to the last man, woman or child who is here. They be consolidated? Should Ameri- are to be taken seriously. They | must be valued for what they are worth. E. ASHLEY GERHARD. TOO MUCH NECK WORK One of the casualties of the Cary ski meet a week or so ago was the Post Adjutant, Marcus J. Richards. Richards contracted a very serious in- fection of the neck, more commonly designated a carbuncle, and has been in the hospital for some time as a result of the experience. pac Office Phone Winnetka 147-162 Christy Brown - BUILDER REAL ESTATE LOANS INSURANCE 520 Linden St. Across from C. & N. W. Station Residence Phone Winnetka 926 ca at peace develop the elements of greatness which America at war had acquired or become con- scious of ? The American Legion was the answer to that question, offered by certain men who were repre- sentative of the fighting forces of the Nation. However impor- tant had been the service ren- dered their country by the men in the Army, the Navy and the Marine Corps while they wore the uniform of the respective branch- es of the fighting forces, a still more important service remained for those men to render after they returned to civilian life. They, who had been most directly involved and affected by the great Struggle, stood ready to interpret their zeal, their ideal- ism, their high purpose, their love for country into terms of com- mon American citizenship. They desired to continue to serve. It | was their will that they should | organize for this purpose. So it was that, so soon as the | organization had been accom- plished, the ILegion put itself on grind. It had no claims to make on behalf of its constituent member- | ship other than those just claims which any group of American citi- record. The minutes of that first | national convention make good | reading. It sought nothing for it- | self. It had no political axe to | 1 | New and Exclusive Fabrics. 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Tt should studiously avoid the politi- cal pitfalls which had proved the undoing of previous organizations of ex-service men. It should re- main in high purpose what it had become in the moment of its incep- tion--an organization of American men standing shoulder to shoulder to perpetuate in civilian life the gains for which they had struggled in war. It is true that, to the mind of many a man and woman standing on the outside, this high purpose has not continuously been main- stances in which the national lead- ers of the Legion have seemed to be acting on other than purely dis- interested motives. It has become obvious that the original intent of political dissociation has not always been maintained. We are called upon to look with regret at the con- duct of certain Legionnaires while in attendance on recent conventions of the national body. ~All such criticism may be worth | much or little. 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