The American Legion 39Th National Convention: Official Program [1957]
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For GOD and COUNTRY, we associate ourselves together for the following purposes: To uphold and defend the Constitution I of the United States of America; to maintain rrrrr law and order; to foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism; to preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in the great wars; to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation; to combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses; to make right the master of might; to promote peace and good will on earth; to safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy; to conse- crate and sanctify our comrade- ship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness. ( 32a. 3cciele deb 2T/ie <jdmeb,icaM 32e^icn £a P/ietdryae deb c daaeaide 22d2e/mmeb 'jdiixilia/t/if 2/{ad (?/a/ieaub ef c J 3(ad (2/awaa<k: THIRTY-SEVENTH daaiatde 23et>t at eb NATIONAL THIRTY-EIGHTH CONVENTION THIRTY-SIXTH PROMENADE MARCHE NATIONALE NATIONALE 1 PAGE American Legion Auxiliary 41-46 Aerial Flyover and Parade 22 , 23 Business Sessions, American Legion Convention 13 , 14 , 15 Calendar of Events 47, 48 Convention Committee Meetings 11 Convention Corporation Board of Directors 37 Convention Corporation Committees 32 Convention Corporation Committee Chairmen 50 Convention Corporation Honorary President and Honorary Vice-Presidents 38 Convention Corporation Officers 31 Department of New Jersey 8 Distinguished Service Medal Recipients 16 Distinguished Guests 18 , 19 Eight and Forty 57-60 Forty & Eight National Officers 53 Forty & Eight Convention Program 54 Forty & Eight Parade Orders 55, 56 Governor Robert B. Meyner of New Jersey 6 Honored Guests 17 Hotel Assignments 64-67 Joint Opening Session (American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary) 13 Map of Parade Route 26 Mayor Joseph Altman of Atlantic City 7 National Commander Dan Daniel’s Welcome 3 National Contests 21 National Convention Commission 25 National Officers of The American Legion 9 Parade Orders 27, 28 , 29 Past National Commanders 4 Patriotic and Memorial Program 11 Preamble to Legion Constitution 1 President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Message 5 Reunions and Dinners 62, 63 Sightseeing 48 Standing Commission and Committee Meetings Schedule 10 2 “AMe/ccwie /o mi/i c ” (oowoo/rts/f4)/n For the first time in the history of The Ameri- can Legion, the National Convention will be assembled in Atlantic City under the roof of the world’s largest convention hall. Once again the eyes of America will be fo- cused upon the Nation’s largest Convention, as key Legionnaires meet to deliberate and consider the important resolutions by which the future course of this great organization will be gov- erned. You have a sacred trust and duty to perform on behalf of your fellow Legionnaires. This is a time to take inventory of yourselves, measure your contributions to your country and to your fellow man, and recapture the faith, courage and self-reliance of your heroic predecessors. As Americans we have hopes and aspirations that are our responsibility to advance. We must be sympathetic to the problems of freedom- loving people all over the world. But we have a sacred obligation to preserve America’s freedom. We will meet the challenge of our times as others did in their day. Our primary responsi- bility-today as then—is to the security of our country and to champion the cause of our Na- tion’s disabled war veterans, and their depend- ents, whose sacrifices made it possible for our Nation to progress. Since the founding of The American Legion some 39 years ago, Legionnaires have faced the same challenge which inspired the founders of the world’s largest veterans’ organization to promise “to consecrate and sanctify our com- radeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.” May it be your guide and inspiration today. By keeping America a land of opportunity, blessed with freedom, under God, you will be helping to insure the better, brighter tomorrow for our children. I am confident that you, as dele- gates assembled in solemn conclave, will for- mulate a responsible program of service to the Nation which will be reflected in a stronger organization dedicated to service to our fellow man. t *3)ante/ NATIONAL COMMANDER 3 /9/9-/9S7 "FRANKLIN D’OLIER ROANE WARING Pennsylvania 1919-20 Tennessee 1942-43 "fFREDERIC W. GALBRAITH, ]R. WARREN H. ATHERTON Ohio 1920-21 California 1943-44 "tJOHN G. EMERY EDWARD N. SCHEIBERLING Michigan 1921 New York 1944-45 HANFORD MacNIDER JOHN STELLE Iowa 1921-22 Illinois 1945-46 ALVIN M. OWSLEY PAUL H. GRIFFITH Texas 1922-23 Pennsylvania 1946-47 JOHN R. QUINN JAMES F. O’NEIL California 1923-24 New Hampshire 1947-48 "JAMES A. DRAIN PERRY BROWN Texas 1948-49 District of Columbia 1924-25 GEORGE N. CRAIG R. McQUIGG "JOHN Indiana 1949-50 Ohio 1925-26 ERLE COCKE, JR. "HOWARD P. SAVAGE Georgia 1950-51 Illinois 1926-27 DONALD R. WILSON "EDWARD E. SPAFFORD West Virginia 1951-52 New York 1927-28 LEWIS K. GOUGH "PAUL V. McNUTT California 1952-53 Indiana 1928-29 ARTHUR J. CONNELL "O. LEE BODENHAMER Connecticut 1953-54 Arkansas 1929-30 SEABORN P. COLLINS "RALPH T. O’NEIL New Mexico 1954-55 Kansas 1930-31 J. ADDINGTON WAGNER HENRY L. STEVENS, JR. Michigan 1955-56 North Carolina 1931-32 LOUIS JOHNSON PAST NATIONAL COMMANDERS BY West Virginia 1932-33 VOTE OF NATIONAL CONVENTIONS "EDWARD A. HAYES "BENNETT CHAMP CLARK Missouri—Presided at Illinois 1933-34 Paris caucus, March 1919 "MILTON FOREMAN FRANK N. BELGRANO, JR. J. Illinois—Chairman, Executive California 1934-35 Committee at Paris RAY MURPHY "HENRY D. LINDSLEY Texas—Presided at St. Louis caucus. May Iowa 1935-36 1919 HARRY W. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT, JR. COLMERY New York Kansas 1936-37 ERIC FISHER WOOD DANIEL J. DOHERTY Pennsylvania—Temporary Chairman Massachusetts 1937-38 and Secretary at Paris caucus STEPHEN F. CHADWICK Washington 1938-39 HONORARY NATIONAL COMMANDERS RAYMOND J. KELLY Michigan 1939-40 "GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING MILO J. WARNER "MARSHAL FERDINAND FOCH Ohio 1940-41 ^Deceased U. LYNN STAMBAUGH fKilled in auto accident while serving as Commander North Dakota 1941-42 JElected by Executive Committee to fill unexpired term 4 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON July 24, 1957 TO THE AMERICAN LEGION: It is a pleasure to send greetings to my fellow Legionnaires assembled in their Thirty-ninth Annual Convention. The Nation recalls your wartime service as a courageous example of responsible citizenship. As this same spirit is manifest today in your home communities from coast to coast, the se- curity of our land and the free world is assured. Best wishes for a memorable Convention. 5 P 'Wotw ’tfi/c/e ,/((<>t/rwt GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY HONORARY PRESIDENT THE AMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL CONVENTION CORPORATION H * U . r, F T QpyH'. t- o X T R K ^ T MeyNCB pOBEf»oTT bW Gove« N ° cers an° ^ Convention To « ^on NatiW dd-lgbted America W- “ a* ° m°l „a „as a« i«K"»Sii UOTB 01 A»3 om to all greetsgreeting*SS; ;2g ,, earnest cerelyrely Sta glnstnce «* — In our ?jSU, P«* 5 th Jerseyv WhilewniJ** of HeVHevi they vg1 sites. trust hist^ and a* P beaches thehe legion nation. «•We ?2 t 1^°A?° 19>(7 fateful ity of «*^ that the X am desir f earnest the ^ is our andf°t trihutiou u3 others. fed1*** y°u all <*“ alltl Wmy x have gyrpass . £or to --h sw t - « very P tegionnain 0^’ sincerely y Governor ,195T June 7 6 £TAe tjtf/Amavi MAYOR ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY ntf*1 19'? 1 1$! del*** paXVdel ttpaJV d®r ifS ^a ^icaXl TorvYetv^, ** *•*»«* «** «dic HIT® *der- oox com®®1 do pear id®3 c di-on. ** cotflYOO i '"’’" o**^? -r *ex-‘dc^lurv0ux 1 {®t 3 0i= w \n-l9X did do do er C3^ Sep*la^ aoV^Ltd •be in\ 3 a X a ^® «-** etvi°^ or ore &$ w .veti- 3^ c S£> idea1 °^_idies £0^®* ve **' TRore * oce& fee1 a9 Ve j 3 **:&* *? e . 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STAY WALTER LEWIS Vice Commander Vice Commander Vice Commander Pennsylvania Maryland Tennessee GAYLOR M. CARL R. REV. BERNARD W.