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National Executive Committee Meeting National Headquarters, the American Legion Indianapolis, Indiana November 23 and 24, 1939 DIGEST OF MINUTES National Executive Committee Meeting National Headquarters, The American Legion Indianapolis, Indiana November 23 and 24, 1939 TABLE OF CONTENTS Thursday Morning Session Friday Morning Session November 23, 1939 November 24, 1939 3 Call to Order Address by Honorable Paul V. McNutt 46 3 Invocation Presentation of Past National Commander Drain 48 3 Roll Call Presentation of Past National Commanders 48 3 Address of National Commander Contests Supervisory Committee 48 3 Appointment of Subcommittees National Defense Committee Greetings from Forty and Eight 4 Warren H. Atherton, Chairman 50 Appointment of National Officers 4 National Emblem Committee Election of National Adjutant 4 Roy L. Cook, Chairman 51 Address of Past National Commander Johnson 4 National Legislative Program Committee Greetings of American Legion Auxiliary 4 I. A. Jennings, Chairman 51 National Legislative Committee Constitution and By-Laws and Uniform Code of Procedure Frank L. Pinola, Chairman 5 Harry Benoit 52 John Thomas Taylor, Director 6 National Child Welfare Committee National Rehabilitation Committee Glen R. Hillis, Chairman 53 Wm. F. Smith, Chairman, by Paul G. Armstrong, Vice- Liaison with Child Welfare Committee Chairman 25 James R. Favret, Chairman 56 Watson B. Miller, Director 26 Legion Publishing and Publicity Commission Liaison with National Rehabilitation Committee Thomas W. McCaw, Vice-Chairman 57 Leo J. Duster, Chairman 31 Final Report of The American Legion 1939 Convention Corpora- Board of Directors, Endowment Fund Corporation tion of Chicago, and Report of National Convention E. M. Stayton, President 31 Liaison Committee James P. Ringley 58 Law and Order Committee Richard Hartshorne, Chairman 32 Veterans’ Employment Committee Jack Crowley, Chairman 58 Introduction of Guests 34 Report of National Judge Advocate Ralph B. Gregg 60 Thursday Afternoon Session Report of Resolutions Subcommittee November 23, 1939 George D. Levy, Chairman Disapproved Resolutions 61 Sons of The American Legion Referred Resolutions 62 34 T. C. Kasper, Chairman “Token of Peace and Union” Memorial at Andersonville, Veterans’ Preference- Committee Georgia 62 35 Frank A. Mathews, Jr., Chairman Publicity Concerning Convention Committee Reports 62 Report of 1940 Boston Convention Plans Amending Rules for National Contests 63 Harold P. Redden, Executive Vice-President 37 Appointment of Special National Committee to Study Or- National Americanism Commission ganization, Administration, etc., of The Sons of the Jeremiah F. Cross, Chairman 38 American Legion 63 Community House Project 40 Direction to the Emblem Division to Secure and Carry in National Finance Committee Stock a Regulation Department Commander’s Button. 63 Sam W. Reynolds, Chairman 40 Provision for Making Burial Flags Available at Post Head- Resolutions Subcommittee (Partial Report) quarters Located in Foreign Countries 63 George D. Levy, Chairman Permanent Child Welfare Liaison Committee 42 Creation of a Standing Committee on Constitution and By- Foreign Relations Committee 43 Laws 63 National Coordinating Committee 43 To Define a General Policy with Reference to our Pacific Area to Best Serve our National Defense, our Com- Additional Personnel of Rehabilitation Committee 43 merce, and our General Interest 63 Pep-Talks by National Vice-Commanders: Carter D. Stamper 63 Charles Q. Kelley, Arkansas 44 A. D. Harkins 64 H. Elwyn Davis, Colorado 44 Mrs. Eliza London Shepard 64 Matthew J. Murphy, Illinois 44 Committee on Committees Leo E. Ray, New Hampshire 44 David V. Addy, Chairman 64 James B. Fitzgerald, Maryland 44 Cancellation of Post Charters 68 National Aeronautics Commission 44 Cancellation of Squadron Charters 69 Report of National Historian Introductions 69 Thomas M. Owen, Jr 44 Closing 59 Eligibility of National Officers 46 DIGEST OF MINUTES National Executive Committee Meeting National Headquarters, The American Legion Indianapolis, Indiana November 23 and 24, 1939 THURSDAY MORNING SESSION the Legion can take the lead in all of these endeavors and have the support of many organizations and important people of in- November 23, 1939 fluence in America. For the past few months, following the authorization by the The opening session of the regular November meeting of May meeting of this committee, there has been functioning a j - the National Executive Committee, The American Legion, subcommittee of Americanism known as the National Coordinating i; held at National Headquarters, Indianapolis, Indiana, No- Committee. This Committee has compiled numerous statistics. ) vember 23-24, 1939, convened at 10 o’clock, the morning of They have written to other organizations having Americanism pro- 1 grams and have letters from, I think, some 70 or 80 of these or- Thursday, November 23, National Commander Raymond J. ganizations, stating their willingness to support The American Le- L Kelly presiding as chairman; National Adjutant Frank E. gion program in combating subversive influences in our country, ; i Samuel, acting as secretary. and I think there is a positive need at this time for all organiza- Invocation by the National Chaplain, Reverend Patrick N. tions interested in preserving the fundamentals of our American way of life to join together in an effective coordinated effort to ; McDermott, Iowa. protect our institutions as a free people. Roll call by the National Adjutant showed the following We know that The American Legion has been a consistent leader ■ present: National Commander; National Chaplain; nine Past in the efforts to awaken the people of the United States to the k National Commanders; five National Vice-Commanders; and dangers which have been threatening our country. To prevent any possibility of aggression from foreign sources this organiza- :: fifty-eight Departments represented. There were also present tion of ours is going to continue to urge the need of a modernly t' other National Officers and visiting Legionnaires. A number up-to-date mechanized national defense system, and to obliterate t1 of Department Commanders and Department Adjutants were from our national life these internal forces which seek to destroy : in attendance as visitors. our liberty, which would turn our own liberal institutions against themselves in a class engendered orgy of self-destruction. The The reading of the minutes of the two preceding meetings Legion considered this menace to be a currently realistic menace, ’ was suspended. one which cannot be treated with indifference by the citizens of this country, so I urge this committee at this session to, if feasible, Address of National Commander take steps to take a united action movement by all typical fra- ternal, civic and patriotic groups, in order that the forces of evil, National Commander Raymond J. Kelly addressed the com- you might call them, of subversism, now existing in our country ( mittee as follows: might be forever wiped out of our national life. I think that is the important thing and that is the keynote message which I wish Members of this Committee, I think this would be an appro- to sound for this committee here today. [ priate time for your National Commander to say a few words, i maybe to sound briefly the keynote of this Legion year. I do not I know that you men are approaching this meeting with sin- i believe that ever in the history of The American Legion has our cerity, solemnity, and earnestness. I think there is a possibility : organization faced a more important period. I believe that the that history might be made at this meeting, and so I am happy ; eyes of the nation are upon The American Legion, because of our that we have such a good attendance and I do want to have some : service in the war and because of the conditions in the world at messages here to this committee that will sound further notes II large, the people of this country look to The American Legion along this line. ) for leadership. That is not a guess. That is a conclusion which ) comes from talking with folks all over this country in the past Appointment of Subcommittees i two months. From the letters which I have received from im- * portant business men, from presidents of large corporations, from The following subcommittees were appointed: i ordinary folks, as you might say, and I feel sure that you men in RESOLUTIONS: 1 this committee and the commanders and adjutants and the others 1. George D. Levy, South Carolina, Chairman. in positions of responsibility in The American Legion feel the 2. Ray O. Garber, Iowa. weight of responsibility that is ours. 3. J. Guy Griffith, Pennsylvania. I think there are two or three phases of our program that are outstanding and that must be emphasized. I think the first thing LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM (1939-40): is our position on neutrality, our vow to keep, as far as it is pos- 1. I. A. Jennings, Arizona, Chairman. i sible for us to do so, our country from involvement in this conflict 2. William G. McKinley, New Jersey. i which is raging overseas. I feel that our support of our national 3. Joseph S. Clark, Florida. defense program is vital and important and has the support at this i time, as never before, of the general public. I feel that our Amer- COMMITTEES : ) icanism program with special reference to the effort to be made 1. David V. Addy, Michigan, Chairman. against subversive influences in this country is vital. I think that 2. Maurice Devine, New Hampshire. 4 DIGEST OF MINUTES NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING Greetings from the Forty and Eight your program. Think with me, if you will, for just a moment of the opportunity we have in your Auxiliary to serve. Think that Edward A. Mulrooney, Chef de Chemin de Fer, La So- there are 9,100 units of the American Legion Auxiliary, which ciete des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux, also a member means that we have 9,100 unit presidents, 9,100 child welfare chairmen, in addition to hundreds of district and department offi- of the National Executive Committee, addressed the commit- cers carrying on the program.
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