TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND; MAY 23, 1920
LEGION WILL HELP
RID Uli OF REDS
$300,000 Fund to Be Raised
to Carry On Fight.
BETTER LAWS WANTED
Hcvlsion ol Immigration Require
ments and Deportation Pro
ceedings Demanded.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, May 22. The American
Legion, at the close of a four-hour
executive session ol its executive com
mittee, today was pledged to lend its
actual as well as its moral aid to
the movement to rid the United States
of "reds," and steps were taken look
ing to the raising of a fund by volun
tary subscription of American Legion
members to finance the Legion's part
in promoting a. real Americanization
movement.
At its session today the executive
committee gave full approval to the
action of the Legion conference held
in Spokane May 7 on call of National
Commander I'Oiier, in which dele
gates from Washington, Idaho, Mon
tana and Oregon were present. Spe
cifically, the executive committee
placed its indorsement on the Spokane
resolution, which reads:
"We recommend that the national
executive committee of the American
Legion be and hereby is authorized to
assume the responsibility of the
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American Legion participation In as
sisting in the solution of the present
problem occasioned by murders of
members of the Grant Hodge post of
Centralia,' Wash., and also in assisting
in the solution of any other problems I
which may from time to time arise,
and which may properly be within
the sphere, of the American Legion)
action."
9300,000 to Be Raised. '
The active instrumentality for car
rying forward this programme of the
Legion will be the national commit
tee of the Legion, of which Colonel
Arthur Woods of New York is chair
man. At the disposal of this commit
tee will be placed the funds raised
by contribution of Legion members.
A contribution of 25 cents a member
is thought to be adequate, as this
would raise upward of $300,000.
The Legion's programme, as mapped
out today, in confirmation of what
was done at Spokane, calls attention
to the fact that there are both state
and federal laws making it an offense
to preach the overthrow of the United
States government by force or vio
lence, and make it an offense to be
long to organizations preaching such
overthrow. The programme declares
that the communist party is such an
unlawful organization," and adds that
the I. W. W. belongs in the same cate
gory. Speakers to Be Sent Oat.
Another of the Spokane declara
tions indorsed and adopted today by
the executive committee of the Le
gion reads:
"That the national Americanization
committee be empowered and directed
to employ and send throughout the
nation speakers charged with the duty
of giving publicity to the vices and
fallacies of the doctrines of such or
ganizations as are formed in violation
of law or whose doctrines are con
trary to the principles of good gov
ernment." The circulation of litera
ture of this same character by the
Legion Is also provided for. Other
steps which the executive committee
recommends be taken are the fol
lowing: ,-
Recommending that congress and
public sentiment demand a stricter
enforcement of existing immigration
laws: that the immigration laws be
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With an Elaborate Atmospheric Setting
revised to make it Impossible for
an immigrant to remain in the United
States longer than seven years unlese
he becomes a citizen; that enforce
ment of the deportation laws be
transferred by songress from the de
partment of labor to the department
of justice; that Immigrants be re
quired to learn the English language;
that uniform state laws be adopted
making it a crime to teach or advo
cate or to be a member of any or
ganization which teaches or advo
cates overthrow of government by
force or violence, or the destruction
of property; thatyfederal enactment
of like character be . obtained, and
that the use of the mails be denied
to publications advocating . the fore
going offenses.
OVERSEAS MEN FAVORED
Executive Positions in Montana Le
gion Slay Be Limited.
HELENA, Mont., May 22. The com
ing convention of the American Legion
in Montana, to be held in Livingston
in June, is expected to reach a deci
sion on the plan, broached at the
recent convention in this city of the
adjutants of the posts of the state, to
limit important executive positions
in the Legion to overseas men.
The Legion, in the state was or
ganized shortly after the War and at
the time, the officers, some of whom
had not been abroad, stated their in
tention of stepping aside when the
overseas men were in a position to
assume their places.
HAWAI1ANS MAY GET LAND
House Passes Bill to Aid Race Re
ported Dying Out.
WASHINGTON, May 22. The hous
today passed a bill setting aside ap
proximately 200,000 acres of land in
the Hawaiian islands for homestead
purposes available to native Ha
waiians only.
The territorial legislature urged the
step, which was expected to rehabili'
tate the Hawaiian race, said to be
fast dying out.
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PASADENA ENTERS FLOAT
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rose: festival parade.
Entry Brought About Through
Visit or EC. R. BlauTelt to Of
ficials In Sonth.
Pasadena, Cal., wUI be represented
in the floral parade of the Portland
Rose Festival next month by a float
which has been entered by the Tourna
ment of Roses association, according
to a message received by the festival
association yesterday.
The entry of Pasadena was brought
about through the efforts of H. R.
Blauvel't, vice-chairman of the parade
committee, who recently visited south
ern California and solicited . officials
of the Tournament of Roses to make
an entry.
A large committee of prominent
women working under the direction of
Mrs. Helen Ladd Corbett is creating a
large amount of interest among indi
vidual automobile owners who are be
ing urged to enter vehicles in the
floral parade. The large list of sub
stantial prizes, including both cash
awards and trophies. - is attracting
many entries, according .to Mrs. Cor
bett.
More than 50 business men are so
liciting firms for donations of trophies
and prizes for the winners In the
floral parade. A large number of this
committee have made a moBt credit
able showing and those who have not
yet reported are expected to dq so
some time tnis wee k.
ARMY ENGINEER HONORED
Czeclio-Slorakia Awards AVar Cross
for" Services In Siberia.
LIVINGSTON, Mont., May 22. Colo
nel B. O. Johnson of this city has
received the war cross of Czecho-
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Slovakia, the first soldier not actual
ly in. that service to be so honored.
according to a letter' from him to his
wife here.
The award was made for services
in Siberia, where Colonel Johnson
commanded a regiment of railway
men who co-operated with the Czecho
slovaks in their campaign against
the Russians.
When he enlisted. Colonel Johnson
was superintendent of the Montana
division of the Northern Pacific rail
way, with headquarters here.
Voters Show Little Interest.
HELENA. Mont.. May 22. The reg
istration in Montana for the primary
election of April 23 last was about
191.000. The total votes cast were
50.000. The vote cast at the last gen
eral election was 177.679. It is esti
mated that not more than three-fifths
of those qualified to vote were regis
tered and that only about one-fpurth
of those registered cast their ballots
in the last primary.
Reindeer are more numerous in Nor.
way than horses.
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JUDGE ANDERSON BLAMED
COURT CRITICISED FOR AC
TIOS IX PAROIjE CASE.
Youth, Previously in Trouble, Is Let
Off With Lecture for Latest
Escapade.
Gordon Johnson, son of a prominent
Milwaukie family.' who was principal
in an escapade last year, resulting in
the partial blinding of Joe Bates, son
of Paul C. Bates, was, recently ar
rested with . other youths by con
stables of the Milwaukie district and
arraigned before a justice of the
peace on the charge of having thrown
broken glass bottles and tin cans on
the Milwaukie highway. Young John
son is now on parole for his previous
offense, but Judge Anderson of the
Clackamas county juvenile court dis
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missed the later charge and released
Johnson with a lecture.
Arrested with Johnson on the charge
of malicious, mischief were Clyde
Wade and Allen Mills, the former
being completely exonerated of any
participation.
During play,' about a year ago,
Johnson fired a shotgun at Joe Bates
and several' other boys, one of the
pellets taking effect in Bates' left
eye, resulting lu.the Jose of the optic.
He was taken before Juage Anderson
at the time and released, after a lively
hearing, under the most stringent
terms of parole..
In a letter to Ben Dey. attorney for
Johnson during the former court ap
pearance. Paul C. Bates, father of the
injured boy. upbraids the court for
leniency after the youth had violated
parole.
"I frankly confess my amazement
at the leniency of Judge Anderson of
the Clackamas county court,'' wrote
Mr. Bates. "When the constable ar
rested the boy at Washington high
school and returned with him to the
justice's office, he found the mother
and the scout-master of the Boy
Scouts of Portland using every argu
ment and persuasion possible to' have
him released and from my talk with
the officers referred to the mother
and the scout-master seemed to con
sider the affair as nothing and to
give the appearance of upholding the
boy.
"I am not disposed to pass this in
cident as lightly as the former one.
It merely confirms the original affair
and the evidence submitted at that
time, indicating the boy's incorrigibil
ity and criminal tendencies and while
I was willing to pass up the other
incident by parole, I certainly took it
for granted that the court and the
community had the right to assume'
that should any other occurrence
transpire, while he was under parole,
and admittedly as flagrant a case as
the one Just cited appears to be, the
court would at least protect the com
munity and the youthful members of
the same by putting the boy where he
could do no further damage."
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