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August 22-27, 1959

MINNEAPOLIS - ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA

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Tb uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States ofAmerica; to maintain

law and order; to foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism;

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BOUTIQUE LA SOCIETE AMERICAN LEGION LA DES HUIT CHAPEAUS QUARANTE HOMMES AUXILIARY DES ET HUIT ET QUARANTE FEMMES CHEVAUX 39th 40th 38th National Convention Promenade Nationale iMarche Nationale The American Legion Convention Program

Page American Legion Auxiliary - 43-48 American Legion Auxiliary National Officers 43 Business Sessions, American Legion Convention - 15-17 Calendar of Events - 63-64 Convention Ball 60 Convention Cars 80 Convention Committee Meetings 13 Convention Corporation Board of Directors 31 Convention Corporation Comnr'ttee Chairmen - 32-33 Convention Corporation Honorary Officers 67 Convention Corporation Officers 29 Department of Minnesota 7 Distinguished Service Medal Recipients..... 18 Distinguished Guests 19-22 Eight and Forty - 54-59 Forty & Eight National Officers 49 Forty & Eight Convention Program 50-51 Forty & Eight Parade Orders - 52-53 Governor Orville L. Freeman of Minnesota 6 Hotel Assignments... 72-76 In Memoriam —Joseph H. Adams 24 Joint Opening Session (American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary 15 Map of Downtown Minneapolis 78 Map of Downtown St. Paul 79 Map of Parade Route 34 , 40-41 Mayor Joseph E. Dillon of St. Paul 8 Mayor P. Kenneth Peterson of Minneapolis 9 National Commander Preston Moore’s J. Welcome 3 National Contests.. 25 National Convention Commission 27 National Officers of The American Legion 11 Parade Orders - 35-39 Past National Commanders 4 Patriotic and Memorial Program 23 Preamble to Legion Constitution 1 President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Message... 5 Registration Booths 80 Reunions and Dinners.. 61 Standing Commission and Committee Meetings Schedule 12 Where To Go —What To See 70-71

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2 “Welcome

to the

41st National

Convention!”

"The 4lst National Convention of The American life of the nation. What this 41 st Natiotial Conven-

Legion has returned to the site of its historic first tion does and says will have its effect upon the course convention. In 1919, the organization was a new, of history. unknown, and not entirely trusted force on the "Delegates will be called upon to establish policies American scene. of worldwide import. Their decisions will gu de ”Its major problem was how to rebuild a life of Legionnaires everywhere in the world struggle be- peace a shattering after World War. In 1959, the tween Freedom and Communism. I am confident problem is hoiv preserve to —not just an uneasy peace that those decisions will be based—as they have of nuclear terror but the entire democratic way — of always been—on the simple criterion of what is best life in the United States and the whole Free World. for America.

"It was a dramatic moment when, on November 11, "As National Commander, 1 welcome each of you

1 1919—the first anniversary of Armistice Day— to this grand reunion. In the midst of the serious Legionnaires, many of them still in their service business of the convention, may you find time to uniforms, marched in their First National Convention enjoy the warm fellowship of comrades, new and old.

Parade. There is no less drama as Legionnaires gather 1 When the final gavel falls, it is my hope that ive a 1 for their 41st Convention. will return to our homes, strengthened in our pur-

"During the four decades since its founding, The pose to build a greater American Legion, dedicated American Legion has earned a respected place in the to the continued service of our country.”

V77

National Commander

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t The American Legion 1919-1959

*FrankIin D’Olier Ray Murphy Lewis K. Gough Pennsylvania 1919-20 Iowa 1935-36 California 1952-53 ^Frederick W. Galbraith, Jr. Harry W. Colmery Arthur J. Connell Ohio 1920-21 Kansas 1936-37 Connecticut 1953-54 ***John G. Emery Daniel J. Doherty Seaborn P. Collins Michigan 1921 Massachusetts 1937-38 New Mexico 1954-55 Hanford MacNider Stephen F. Chadwick J. Addington Iowa 1921-22 Wagner Washington 1938-39 Michigan 1955-56 Alvin M. Owsley Raymond J. Kelly Dan Daniel Texas 1922-23 Michigan 1939-40 Virginia 1956-57 John R. Quinn Milo J. Warner John S. Gleason, Jr. California 1923-24 Ohio 1940-41 Illinois 1957-58 * James A. Drain Lynn U. Stambaugh District of Columbia 1924-25 North Dakota 1941-42 Past National Commanders by *John R. McQuigg Roane Waring Vote of National Conventions Ohio 1925-26 Tennessee 1942-43 *Bennett Champ Clark *Howard P. Savage Warren H. Atherton Missouri—Presided at Paris caucus, Illinois 1926-27 March 1919 California 1943-44

*Edward *Milton J. Foreman E. Spafford Edward N. Scheiberling New York 1927-28 Illinois—Chairman, Executive Committee New York 1944-45 at Paris *Paul V. McNutt John Stelle Indiana 1928-29 *Henry D. Lindsley Illinois 1945-46 Texas—Presided at St. Louis caucus, *0. Lee May 1919 Bodenhamer Paul H. Griffith Arkansas 1929-30 Pennsylvania 1946-47 *Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. *RaIph New T. O’Neil James F. O’Neil York Kansas 1930-31 New Hampshire 1947-48 Eric Fisher Wood Henry L. Stevens, Jr. Perry Brown Pennsylvania—Temporary Chairman North Carolina and Secretary at Paris caucus 1931-32 Texas 1948-49

Louis Johnson George N. Craig Honorary National Commanders West Virginia 1932-33 Indiana 1949-50 *General John J. Pershing *Edward A. *Marshal Ferdinand Foch Hayes Erie Cocke, Jr. Illinois 1933-34 ^Deceased Georgia 1950-51 **Killed in auto accident while serving as Commander Frank N. Belgrano, Jr. Donald R. Wilson ***Elected California 1934-35 by Executive Committee to fill West Virginia 1951-52 unexpired term

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Corporation-produced missiles have been fired since we entered the field in 1952, and the batting average for successful firings is over 90%. CHRYSLER CORPORATION Preston J. Moore E. A. Blackmore NATIONAL XATIO X Al, A Dll TA NT COMMANDER Wyoming Oklahoma

Rt. Rev. Msgr. John J. Twiss NATIONAL CHAPLAIN Massachusetts

John W. Collins James C. Bangs Robert Charles Smith C. D. DeLoach James B. Kerrigan NATIONAL NATIONAL NATIONAL NATIONAL NATIONAL VICE COMMANDER VICE COMMANDER VICE COMMANDER VICE COMMANDER VICE COMMANDER Pennsylvania Idaho Louisiana D. C. Missouri

Ralph B. Gregg Francis Polen : Mrs. Charles A. NATIONAL NATIONAL TREASURER Herbert JUDGE ADVOCATE Indianapolis NATIONAL HISTORIAN Indianapolis New Jersey Meetings of STANDING COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES

41st Annual National Convention of The American Legion

Minneapolis - St. Paul, Minnesota

Economic Commission: Executive Section. Public Relations Commission: Executive Section. 9:30 a.m., August 21 and 22; DAV Hall, 116 9:30 a.m., August 21 and 22; Cleveland Room, S. 13th St., Minneapolis. Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis.

Americanism Commission: Executive Section. Emblem Committee: Executive Section. 9:30 a.m., August 21 and 22; Indiana Room, 9:30 a.m., August 20 and 21; Room 222, Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis. Minneapolis Municipal Auditorium. Child Welfare Commission: Executive Section. Rehabilitation Screening Committee: August 20, 9:30 a.m., August 21 and 22; Michigan Room, 21 and 22; Room, 246, Minneapolis Municipal Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis. Auditorium. Internal Affairs Commission: Executive Section. Contests Supervisory Committee: Executive 9:30 a.m., August 21 and 22; Illinois Room, Section. Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis. August 21, 22 and 23; Grand Lounge, Territorial Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Finance Commission: 9:30 a.m., August 21 to

August 27 inclusive; National Adjutant's Suite, Convention Commission: August 21 to 27 inclusive; Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis. Vermilion Room, Curtis Hotel, Minneapolis.

Foreign Relations Commission: Executive Section. Distinguished Guests Committee: Executive Section. 9:30 a.m., August 21 and 22; Minnesota Room, 9:30 a.m., August 21 to 27 inclusive: Distinguished Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis. Guests Suite, Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis. Legislative Commission: Executive Section. Resolutions Assignment Committee: 9:30 a.m., August 21 and 22; Dubonnet Room, Executive Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis. Section. 9:30 a.m., August 21, 22 and 23; National Headquarters, West Hall, Minneapolis Municipal Rehabilitation Commission: Executive Section. Auditorium. 9:30 a.m., August 21 and 22; New York and Washington Rooms, Leamington Hotel, Education & Scholarship Committee: Executive Minneapolis. Section. 3:00 p.m., August 23; Solarium, Curtis Hotel, Minneapolis. National Security Commission: Executive Section.

9:30 a.m., August 21 and 22; Twin Cities Room, Group Insurance Committee: Executive Section. Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis. 9:30 a.m., August 21 and 22; Parlor A, Publications Commission: 9:30 a.m., August 21 and Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis 22; Chicago Room, Leamington Hotel, National Executive Committee: 2:00 p.m., Minneapolis. August 23; East Room, Curtis Hotel, Minneapolis.

12 CONVENTION COMMITTEES The following Convention Committees will be com- Foreign Relations: 10:00 a.m., Sunday, August 23; posed of one delegate from each Department. Com- Minnesota Room, Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis. mittees will hold their initial meeting at the times Legislation and Rules: 10:00 a.m., Sunday, August and places shown below. Subsequent meetings will be 23; Dubonnet Room, Leamington Hotel, held at the call of the chairmen. Minneapolis. Americanism: 10:00 a.m., Sunday, August 23; Indiana Rehabilitation (Claims and Rating): 10:00 a.m, Room, Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis Sunday, August 23; New York Room, Leamington August Child Welfare.' 10:00 a.m., Sunday, 23; Hotel, Minneapolis; (Hospitals and Medical Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis Michigan Room, Services): 10:00 a.m., Sunday, August 23; Constitutional Amendments; 10:00 a.m., Sunday, Washington Room, Leamington Hotel, August 23; Iowa Room, Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis. Minneapolis. Security (Military): 10:00 a.m., Sunday, August Credentials and Internal Organization; 10:00 23; Twin Cities East Room, Leamington Hotel, a.m., Sunday, August 23; Illinois Room, Minneapolis; (Naval): 10:00 a.m., Sunday, Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis. August 23; Twin Cities West Room, Leamington Economic (Employment and Veterans’ Hotel, Minneapolis; (Aeronautic): 10:00 a.m., Preference): 10:00 a.m., Sunday, August 23; Sunday, August 23; Chicago Room, Leamington

DAV Hall, 116 South 13th Street, Minneapolis; Hotel, Minneapolis; (Merchant Marine) : (Other Economic Matters): 10:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., Sunday, August 23; Milwaukee-

Sunday, August 23; DAV Hall, 116 S. 13th Detroit Rooms, Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis;

Street, Minneapolis. (Civil Defence): 10:00 a.m., Sunday, August

Finance: 10:00 a.m., Sunday, August 23; Wisconsin 23; Cleveland Room, Leamington Hotel, Room, Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis. Minneapolis.

to m® ® « H AW A 1 1 nd the SOUTH PACIFIC Headquarters for the LADIES S. S. LURL1NE S. S. MATSONIA

AUXILIARY Weekly sailings to Honolulu from San Francisco or Los Angeles of the American S. S. MARIPOSA S. S. MONTEREY Legion Sailings every 3 weeks from San Francisco and Los Angeles on 42-day South Pacific cruises to Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, Samoa and Hawaii. On 7th Street between Nicollet Modern Matson liners are spacious, beauti- and Hennepin fully-appointed and air-conditioned throughout. Avenues Famous for cuisine and service.

. Let your Travel Agent help you plan your trip

cService• as usual. during construction of the GREATER RADISSON—your hotel of distinction in the heart of downtown Minneapolis.

13 Enjoy yourself. Have a Pepsi.

Any sociable occasion calls for the light refreshment preferred by today’s trim, active people.

Be sociable, have a Pepsi

The refreshment

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Continued OFFICIAL PROGRAM 41ST NATIONAL CONVENTION THE AMERICAN LEGION

The opening of an American Legion National Convention is packed with drama.

The American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary

Tuesday, August 25, 1959

8:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. CONCERT—National Championship Memorial ADDRESSES OF WELCOME:

Band, Harwood Post No. 5, Joliet, Illinois Hon. Orville L. Freeman, Governor of Minnesota 9:00 a.m. Hon. P. Kenneth Peterson, Mayor of CALL TO ORDER—-Preston Moore J. Minneapolis (Oklahoma), National Commander Hon. Joseph E. Dillon, Mayor of St. Paul ADVANCEMENT OF COLORS—Color Guard, Robert G. Hansen, Commander, Department Commonwealth Edison Post No. 118, of Minnesota, The American Legion Chicago, Illinois Judge Levi M. Hall, President, American SOLO The Star Spangled Banner, Morton Downey, Legion 1959 Convention Corporation Official Soloist

INVOCATION—Rt. Rev. Msgr. John J. Twiss 10:00 a.m. (Mass.), National Chaplain RESPONSE TO ADDRESSES OF WELCOME— CALL FOR CONVENTION—Emil A. Blackmore Harry W. Colmery, Past National (Wyoming), National Adjutant Commander, The American Legion

15 10:15 a.m. W. D. Maxwell, Managing Editor, The NATIONAL CONVENTION MEMORIAL Chicago Thibune SERVICE Charles E. Wilson, Chairman, Industries Invocation—Rev. Feltham S. James, Advisory Committee, Advertising

Past National Chaplain Council, Inc. SOLO—There Is No Death—Morton Downey, David Lawrence, Editor, U.S. News & Official Soloist World Report Memorial Address—Rt. Rev. Msgr. John Twiss, J. 12:30 p.m. National Chaplain REPORT OF NATIONAL COMMANDER Lighting of Convention Peace Candle MOORE Benediction- Taps 12:45 p.m. PRESENTATION OF THE AMERICAN 10:45 a.m. LEGION’S DISTINGUISHED SERVICE INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS MEDAL 11:00 a.m. Presentation By: Seaborn P. Collins GREETINGS: (New Mexico), Past National Mrs. Charles W. Gunn (Oregon), Commander

National President, American Legion Response: The Hon. Robert S. Kerr, Auxiliary United States Senator from Oklahoma Ray D. Marshal] (Pennsylvania), Chef de 1:00 p.m. Chemin de Per, Forty and Eight PRESENTATION OF DEPARTMENT The Hon. Hubert H. Humphrey, Senior MEMBERSHIP AWARDS United States Senator from Minnesota REPORTS OF CONVENTION COMMITTEES C. M. Tribur, Director, Civic Relationships,

Boy Scouts of America 1:15 p.m. W. W. Eschelman, President, National CREDENTIALS AND INTERNAL Education Association ORGANIZATION Sumner G. Whittier, Administrator, LEGISLATION AND RULES Veterans Administration 1:45 p.m. 12:00 Noon ADDRESS—The Hon. Richard M. Nixon, PRESENTATION OF MEDALLION TO THE Vice President of the United States CITY OF CHICAGO, the city in which the 2:15 p.m. 1958 National Convention was held SALUTE TO COLORS AND RECESS Presentation By: John S. Gleason, Jr. 7:00 p.m. (Illinois), Past National Commander NATIONAL COMMANDER MOORE'S Response By: James P. Ringley, Representing DINNER TO DISTINGUISHED GUESTS the Mayor of Chicago Address By—General Lauris Norstad, 12:15 p.m. Supreme Allied Commander, Europe THE AMERICAN LEGION MERCURY Place—Hall of States, Hotel Leamington, AWARDS Minneapolis

Wednesday, August 26, 1959

8:45 a.m. Rt. INVOCATION— Rev. Msgr. John J. Twiss CONCERT—National Championship Memorial (Mass.), National Chaplain Band, Harwood Post No. 85, Joliet, Illinois REPORTS OF CONVENTION COMMITTEES

9:00 a.m. 9:15 a.m. CALL TO ORDER Preston Moore — J. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS (Oklahoma) National Commander SALUTE TO COLORS 9:30 a.m. THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER FINANCE

16 9:45 a.m. Claims and Rating ECONOMIC Hospital and Medical Services Employment and Veterans Preference 12:30 p.m. Other Economic Matters SECURITY 10:15 a.m. AMERICANISM Military Naval 10:45 a.m. Aeronautics and Space ADDRESS Merchant Marine Gen. L. L. Lemnitzer, Civil Defense Chief of Staff, U.S. Army 1:00 p.m. REPORTS OF CONVENTION COMMITTEES INTRODUCTION OF DISTINGUISHED GUESTS 11:15 a.m.

FOREIGN RELATIONS 1:15 p.m.

11:30 a.m. ADDRESS—The Hon. Harry S. Truman, Former CHILD WELFARE President of the United States

11:45 a.m. 1:45 p.m. REHABILITATION SALUTE TO COLORS AND RECESS

Thursday, August 27, 1959

8:45 a.m. 12:00 Noon CONCERT SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS OFFICERS: 9:00 a.m. ELECTION OF NATIONAL National Chaplain CALL TO ORDER—Preston J. Moore Five National Vice Commanders (Oklahoma), National Commander (5) SALUTE TO COLORS National Commander

THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER 1:00 p.m. INVOCATION Rt. Rev. Msgr. — John J. Twiss PRESENTATION OF COLORS TO (Mass.), National Chaplain OUTGOING NATIONAL COMMANDER 9:15 a.m. Presentation by Dr. A. B. Rivers UNFINISHED BUSINESS (Including reports Response by Commander Moore held over from previous sessions) 1:30 p.m. 10:00 a.m. PRESENTATION OF COLORS TO ADDRESS—The Hon. Lyndon B. Johnson, INCOMING NATIONAL COMMANDER United States Senior Senator from Texas, Response by new National Commander Democratic Leader of the Senate 2:00 p.m. 10:30 a.m. PRESENTATION OF NEWLY ELECTED UNFINISHED BUSINESS NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE 11:00 a.m. AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY; and ADDRESS— George Meany, President, American NEWLY ELECTED CHEF DE CHEMIN DE Federation of Labor and Congress of FER OF FORTY AND EIGHT Industrial Organizations UNFINISHED BUSINESS

11:30 a.m. BENEDICTION PRESENTATION OF SELECTIVE SERVICE RETIREMENT OF COLORS CITATION FINAL ADJOURNMENT

11:45 a.m. Note: The National Executive Committee will meet

GREETINGS—Hugh J. McGivern, President, within twenty-four hours after the close of the Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans of convention, upon call of the National Com- Canada mander.

17 Marshal Ferdinand Foch Henry Ford Maj. Gen. Frank Parker of France —- 1921 —1944 (Posthumously) —- 1949 Adm. Earl Beatty Gen. H. H. Arnold Charles F. Johnson, Jr. of Great Britain — 1921 —1944 —1950 Gen. Baron Jacques President Franklin D. Roosevelt Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord of Belgium — 1921 (Posthumously) — 1945 —1950 Gen. Armando Diaz Gen. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers of Italy — 1921 (Posthumously) — 1945 —1950 Charles Bertrand Ernest (Ernie) Pyle Gen. Charles P. Summerall of France — 1921 (Posthumously) — 1945 —1951 Gen. of the Armies Hon. Henry L. Stimson Rep. Royal C. Johnson John Pershing —1945 J. (Posthumously) — 1953 —1922 Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz Maj. Gen. George A. White Adm. Robert E. Coontz —1945 (Posthumously) — 1954 —1923 Gen. of the Army Dr. Jonas E. Salk Gen. Josef Haller Dwight D. Eisenhower —1955 of Poland — 1923 —1945 Maj. Gen. Ellard A. Walsh Ignace Jan Paderewski J. Edgar Hoover —1955 of Poland — 1926 —1946 Vice Adm. T. Comte Francois Marie Robert Bob Hope Joel Boone —1956 Dejean —1946 William Randolph of France — 1927 Hearst Charles Stewart Mott —1946 —1956 Field Marshal Viscount Allenby Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey of Great Britain — 1928 Gen. Mark W. Clark —1946 —1957 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis Hon. Cordell Hull —1929 The Most Reverend —1946 Adm. William S. Sims Fulton J. Sheen Lt. Gen. William S. Knudsen —1957 —1930 —1947 Gen. Douglas MacArthur Senator Edward Martin Bernard Mannes Baruch —1942 —1947 —1958 Gen. George C. Marshall Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson Unknown Servicemen of —1943 —1947 World War i. World War ii,

Adm. Ernest J. King President Harry S. Truman and Korea, interred at the —1943 —1949 Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Hon. Frank Knox George Herman (Babe) Ruth Arlington National Cemetery (Posthumously) — 1944 — (Posthumously) - 1949 —1958

18 Honorable Carl Albert Philip R. Bookbinder The Honorable You Chan Yang Congressman, Oklahoma President Ambassador of Korea to the Typographic Service United States Maj. Gen. Leroy H. Anderson King Corporation Reserve Officers Association Honorable Albert B. Chandler Kentucky Roy Anderson Dr. Anthony Bouscaren Governor, Milwaukee, Wisconsin George Hormel Company Victor Christgau E. William Boyer Director Bureau of Old-Age and Dr. Thomas M. Arnett President Chamber of Commerce Suvivors Insurance Deputy Assistant Chief Medical Minneapolis, Minnesota Social Security Administration Director for Planning Veterans Administration Hugh W. Bradley Honorable Clinton A. Clauson John Arnold Director Bureau of Veterans Governor, Maine Reemployment Rights Sebring, Florida Michael Colalillo U.S. Department of Labor Congressional Medal of Frank R. Barnett Adolph Bremer Honor Winner Director of Research Minnesota The Richardson Foundation City Editor Duluth, Winona Herald Jules Collins Ewell T. Bartlett Col. Edwin J. Briggs Society of Composers, Assistant Director Bureau of American Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Commanding Officer Authors and Publishers XIV U.S. Army Corps (Reserve) Considine James F. Barton Bob John C. Brogan New Augusta, Indiana Journal American Executive Vice President General Orval Cook Vice Admiral Wallace M. Beakley, R. H. Gore Company President Aerospace Industries Ass’n USN Honorable Overton Brooks Deputy Chief of Naval Operations Congressman, Louisiana Maj. Gen. Richard Cook Department of the Navy Divisional Commander Philip N. Brownstein 47th Infantry Division Edward Bechtold, Jr. Director Loan Guaranty Service Minnesota National Guard Chief Veterans Service Staff Veterans Administration U.S. Civil Service Commission George H. Cornelius, Jr. Honorable Wilber M. Brucker Cornelius Printing Company Honorable Page Belcher Secretary of the Army John Cowles Congressman, Oklahoma Harry Bullis President Minneapolis Star Minneapolis, Minnesota Rear Admiral Roy S. Benson, USN and Tribune Deputy Commander Arthur G. Burtnett Russell G. Creviston Military Sea Transportation Servcie Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. Evanston, Illinosi Department of the Navy Herman Byer William Croasdale Honorable T. Assistant Commissioner James Blair N. W. Ayer & Sons Governor, Missouri Bureau of Labor Statistics U.S. Department of Labor Paul Cunningham Ray P. Bland American Society of Composers, Director Lt. Commander John P. Byrne 666th Aircraft Control and Authors and Publishers Legislative Projects Service Veterans Administration Warning Squadron Charles E. Curry United States Air Force Prseident Charles F. Curry and Co. Honorable John A. Blatnik General C. P. Cabell, USAF Congressman, Oklahoma Maj. Gen. Derrill M. Daniel Deputy Director Fred Blumenthal Commanding General Central Intelligence Agency Parade Magazine XVI U.S. Army Corps Reserve Hugh J. Casey Milton Boock Secretary Schenley Industries, Inc. Honorable Price Daniel Orleans, France His Excellency Governor, Texas

19 Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Darcy, USAF James Fisk Assistant for Western Hemisphere Norman, Oklahoma Honorable Levi M. Hall Affairs President and Chairman Roy E. Fitzgerald Deputy Chief of Staff of the Board Adminsitrative United States Air Force Assistant to the American Legion 1959 Convention Secretary General The International Corporation Alvin M. David Supreme Council Order of DeMolay Assistant Director Bureau of Walter P. Halstead, President Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Rear Admiral Emmett P. Forrestel U.S. Civil Defense Council Commandant Ninth Naval District Honorable John E. Davis Maj. Gen. Ira Hamilburg Governor, North Dakota Joseph J. Foss Boston, Massachusetts Sioux Gen. George H. Decker, USA Falls, South Dakota Vice Chief of Staff Honorable Harold W. Handley United States Army Hal Foust Governor, Indiana Chicago Tribune Honorable Joseph E. Dillon Robert G. Hansen Honorable William B. Mayor of St. Paul Franke Commander The American Legion Secretary of the Navy of Minnesota Edward Downe New York City Honorable Orville L. Freeman C. J. Harvey Governor, Minnesota Ministry Representative Morton Downey The British Ministry of Pensions New York City Richard F. Frohlich and National Insurance American Society of Composers, William J. Driver Vice Admiral John T. Hayward Authors and Publishers Chief Benefits Director Assistant Chief Naval Operations Veterans Honorable Foster Furcolo Administration Kermit Hedman Governor, Massachusetts Henry H. Dudley Sheriff of Ramsey County Indianapolis, Indiana Daniel C. Gainey Paul Hines James G. Dunton Owatonna, Minnesota Industrial Counselor City of Boston Director Office of Public Services Col. Alex P. Gates Department A. Dana Hodgdon of Defense Special Representative Hodgdon Company Herbert D. Eagle Pan American Airways Vice President Occidental Life E. It. Gaylord Leo A. Hoegh Insurance Co. of California Publisher Daily Oklahoman Director Office of Civil and Maj. Gen. Robert E. L. Eaton USAF Defense Mobilization Commander Tenth Air Force Donald G. Glascoff United States Brewers Joseph A. Eaton Honorable Hubert H. Humphrey Foundation, Inc. President Fawcett-Dearing Co. U.S. Senator, Minnesota Honorable Ed Edmondson Robert C. Goodwin Congressman, Oklahoma Director Bureau of Employment Harris Huston Security U.S. Department of Labor Acting Administrator Honorable J. Howard Edmondson Bureau of Security and Consular Governor, Major Oklahoma M. K. Gordon Affairs Edward Edstrom Madisonville, Kentucky Hearst Newspapers I. C. Iverson Paul R. Greenaway Manager Car Merchandising Dept. Miami, Florida Ford Motor Co., Minneapolis W. W. Eshelman President Maj. Gen. Wallace M. Greene, Jr. Maj. Gen. Carl H. Jark, USA Deputy Chief of Staff National Education Ass’n NATO Standing Group United States Marine Corps Dr. Evan Evans Honorable John Jarman Charles W. Gunn Executive Director Congressman, Oklahoma Portland, Oregon National Aviation Education Council National Commander Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Evinrude Mrs. Charles W. Gunn Jewish War Veterans of the Stuart , Florida National President United States of America Honorable Orval Faubus American Legion Auxiliary Governor, Arkansas Honorable Lyndon B. Johnson A. Finnemore Harry R. Hall U.S. Senator, Texas Director Contact & Foreign Executive Vice President Affairs Service Chamber of Commerce J. Monroe Johnson Veterans Administration Minneapolis, Minnesota Washington, D.C.

20 Roy E. Johnson Honorable Eugene J. McCarthy Lt. Commander Robert L. Murphy Assistant Director, U.S. Senator, Minnesota Bureau of Yards and Docks Public Information Department of the Navy Jack R. McCarthy American National Red Cross Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. Robert M. Murphy R. C. Jones Stillwater, Oklahoma Commission Brig. Gen. Stephen D. McElroy Chairman Corporation Sam M. Myers Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Commander Civil Air Patrol Stillwater, Oklahoma Bolling Air Force Base Richard L. Jones Edward K. Nellor Publisher Tulsa World Col. Paul J. McGahan National Association of Washington, D.C. Honorable Walter H, Judd Manufactures Congressman, Minnesota Hugh J. McGivern Honorable Ancher Nelsen Honorable Joseph E. Karth President Army, Navy, Air Force Congressman, Minnesota Congressman, Minnesota Veterans of Canada Maj. Gen. Joseph E. Nelson Nate Keller Adjutant General, Minnesota Virginia, Minnesota Maj. Gen. Donald W. McGowan Chief Army Division George Nigh George J. Kelly National Guard Bureau Lieutenant Governor, Oklahoma Director of Information Washington Office Wilfred J. McNeil American Bankers Associaion Assistant Secretary of Defense Honorable Richard M. Nixon Department of Defense Vice President of the United States Honorable Robert S. Kerr John F. Meagher U.S. Senator, Oklahoma Vice President National Association General Lauris Norstad of Broadcasters Rear Admiral Charles C. Kirkpatrick Supreme Allied Commander, Chief of Information Europe Department of the Navy George Meany President American Federation William Norwood Honorable Odin Langen of Labor and Congress of Assistant Director Congressman, Minnesota Industrial Organizations Bureau of Employment Security U.S. Department of Labor Gen. L. L. Lemnitzer Anthony F. Merrill Chief of Staff Information Liaison Officer Col. D. R. Nugent U.S. Army Public Services Division Director of Information U.S. Department of State U.S. Marine Corps Honorable Herschel C. Loveless Governor, Iowa Dr. William S. Middleton Frank E. Oberg Chief Medical Director Chief of Fire Department James G. Lucas Veterans Administration St. Paul, Minnesota Scripps-Howard Alliance Marshall C. Miller Arthur O’Beyer Maj. Gen. Arno H. Luehman Assistant Chief Ogema, Minnesota Director Officer of Veterans Employment Service Information Services Francisco B. Offemaria U.S. Department of Labor U.S. Air Force National Commander Darrel Lundquist Cap. Edward M. Morgan Philippine Veterans Legion Vermillion, S. D. Commanding Officer Colonel Daniel O. Omer Malmquist Naval Air Station R. C. Deputy Director Chief of Fire Department Minneapolis, Minnesota Selective Service Minneapolis. Minnesota Arnold Moore Edward L. Omohundro Chief Paul R. Martz Bartlesville, Oklahoma Minnesota State Highway Patrol Chief, Veterans Employment Howard I. Moore Service Honorable Fred Marshall Superintendent of Parks U.S. Department of Labor Congressman, Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota Maj. Gen. Ralph A. Palladino, USA Ray D. Marshall Mrs. Inez Moore Military Executive Chef de Chemin de Fer Stillwater, Oklahoma Reserve Forces Policy Board Forty and Eight Dr. James L. Morrill Rear Admiral H. C. Perkins Joseph Maun President Commander President Chamber of Commerce The University of Minnesota Third Coast Guard District St. Paul, Minnesota John R. Murphy A. C. Petersen Dr. Charles W. Mayo Manager Veterans Administration Director, Division of Postmasters Mayo Clinic Fort Snelling Post Office Department

21 Honorable Robert E. Smylie Honorable P. Kenneth Peterson Judge Betty W. Washburn Governor, Idaho Mayor of Minneapolis Minneapolis, Minnesota Richard K. Sorenson Lt. Commander James C. Watkins William F. Proetz Congressional Medal of Chief, Oragnizations Branch Chief of Police Honor Winner Office of Public Affairs St. Paul, Minnesota New Brighton, Minn. Office Secretary of Defense Dr. Rufus A. Putnam Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, USAF (Ret.) Honorable Superintendent of Schools Thomas E. Whelan Washington, D.C. Minneapolis, Minnesota American Embassy P. C. Spencer Managua, Nicaragua Honorable Albert Harold Quie Sinclair Refining Company Congressman, Minnesota Director of Civic Relationships Sumner G. Whittier Russell Ratigan Administrator James W. Stancil of Veterans Affairs Executive Vice President Chairman Board of Chamber of Major A. J. Wickens Commerce Veterans Appeals St. Paul, Minnesota Qualicum Beach, B.C., Canada Veterans Administration Brig. Gen. Louis H. Renfrow (Ret.) Honorable Tom Steed Honorable Roy W. Wier Washington, D. C. Congressman, Oklahoma Congressman, Minnesota Col. John W. Richardson, AFR Dr. Homer J. Stewart Theodore C. Wiehe President Director Office of Program President Schenley Industries, Inc. Reserve Officers Association Planning and Evaluation Dr. Howard A. Wilcox National Aeronautics and Deputy Director for Defense James P. Ringley Space Administration Research and Engineering Chicago 49, Illinois Ralph H. Stone Advance Research Projects Agency Chief Insurance Director Malcolm M. Willey Dr. A. B. Rivers Veterans Administration Okmulgee, Oklahoma Vice President A. W. Stratton Academic Administration Director Compensation Honorable Chauncey Robbins and The University of Minnesota Pension Service Deputy Assistant Veterans Administration Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson Dr. Alfred J. Suraci Chairman S/Sgt. Donald E. Rudolph Washington, D.C. Industries Advisory Congressional Medal of Honor Committee Winner Advertising Council, Inc. John A. Minneapolis, Minn. Sweet President U.S. News & Lee L. Wilson John F. Rudy World Report Vice President Assistant to Executive Fawcett-Dearing Company Vice President Edward J. Thye Lyle C. Wilson Goodyear Tire and Rubber Northfield, Minnesota Company United Press International Col. Clair Towne Reverend Arthur Rustad USA Deputy Information Maj. Gen. Winston P. Wilson Faribault, Minnesota Services Officer Acting Chief Headquarters, North American National Guard Bureau Robert K. Salyers Air Defense Command Deputy Assistant Secretary David B. Williams U.S. Department of Labor National Commander Cy Tribur Disabled American Veterans Honorable Allejo Santos Director of Civic Relatinoships Philippine Secretary of Defense Boy Scouts of America Honorable G. Mennen Williams Manila, P. I. Governor, Michigan

General Frank R. Schwengel Honorable Harry S. Truman Marion Williamson Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. Former President of the Chairman United Veterans Affairs Committee David Sentner States Interstate Conference of Washington, D.C. Lt. Gen. W. H. Tunner Employment Security Agencies Luther A. Smith, 33’ Commander Milton Sovereign Grand Commander Military Air Transport Service E. Winslow The Supreme Council of the Superintendent of Police Dwight Van Meter Thirty-third Degree Ancient and Minneapolis, Minnesota N. W. Ayer & Sons Accepted Scottish Rite Harold S. Zeis of Freemasonry Maj. Gen. Ellard A. Walsh (Ret.) Superintendent Southern Jurisdiction, USA Orlando, Florida Indiana State Police

22 Patriotic and Memorial Program

Sunday, August1 23

PATRIOTIC AND MEMORIAL PARADE Dr. Lee Bright, Director Assemb’y: Third Avenue South and Fifth Street, Mrs. Rollie Giedd, Accompanist Minneapolis, 3:30 p.m. MEMORIAL ADDRESS Route: South on Third Avenue to Grant. Right on The Rt. Rev. Msgr. John J. Twiss, National Grant to Auditoruim Chaplain, The American Legion Parade Order: National Color Guard. American

Legion Memorial Band, Harwood Post 5, Joliet, “QUIT YOU LIKE MEN” (Dykema) Illinois. National Chaplain, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Combined Choruses John J. Twiss. Aumonier National, 40 & 8, the REDEDICATION Rt. Rev. Msgr. George Towle. National Mrs. Omar J. McMackin, National Chaplain, Chaplain, American Legion Auxiliary, Mrs. American Legion Auxiliary Omar J. McMackin. Past Fourth District PLACING OF MEMORIAL FLOWERS Chaplain, Rabbi Morris C. Katz. National Preston J. Moore, National Commander, The Commander Preston J. Moore. National American Legion President, Amercian Legion Auxiliary, Mrs. Mrs. Charles W. Gunn, National President, Charles W. Gunn. Chef de Chemin de Fer, American Legion Auxiliary 40 & 8, Ray Marshall. Le Chapeau National, Ray D. Marshall, Chef de Chemin de Fer, 40 & 8 8 & 40, Mrs. A. P. Sundry. Uniformed groups. Mrs. A. P. Sundry, le Chapeau National, 8 & 40 Gold Star Mothers. MEMORIAL PROGRAM TAPS Buglers, Department of Minnesota: C. Kenneth Minneapolis Municipal Auditorium, 4:30 p.m. Beach, Milton F. Juhnke, Dr. Ade Anfinson The Rt. Rev. Msgr. John J. Twiss, Presiding. ORGAN PRELUDE MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER “May each pray to his God for a peace that shall Theodore Bergman, Organist, Department of have no end.” Minnesota PROCESSIONAL OF GOLD STAR MOTHERS “THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC” (Arranged by Ringwald) Combined Choruses Commander’s Color Guard. Commonwealth Edison Post, Chicago, 111. American Legion Escorts. BENEDICTION Marvin Johnson, Director. Honor Guard. Past Rabbi Morris C. Katz, Past Fourth District Chaplain Commanders. Past National Presidents. National RECESSIONAL OF GOLD STAR MOTHERS INVOCATION (Audience please remain standing until retirement The Rt. Rev. Msgr. George Towle, Aumonier of Gold Star Mothers) National, 40 & 8 ORGAN POSTLUDE “LORD’S PRAYER” Victor Bergman, Organist Choruses: Post 15, Sioux Falls, S. D.; Combined (In respect to their memory, may we ask that you maintain a Post 23, Milwaukee, Wis.; Post 54, Indianapolis, reverent silence during this Memorial Program. PLEASE DO Ind.; Post 82, Millville, N.J. NOT APPLAUD.)

Church Services (Within walking distance of the Headquarters Hotel in downtown Minneapolis)

BAPTIST CHRISTIAN SCIENCE METHODIST Second Church of Christ, Scientist First Baptist Ch urch Wesley Methodist Third Ave. So. and Ninth Street Tenth Street & Harmon Place Marquette at Grant Services at 10:30 A.M. Dr. B. Dr. Curtis B. Akenson John Oman Services at 10:30 A.M. I EPISCOPAL Services at I A.M. Gethsemane Church CATHOLIC Fourth Ave. So. and Ninth St. NAZARENE Rev. Harlan Coykendall St. Olaf's Church First Church of the Nazarene Services at I I A.M. Eighth St. and Second Ave. So. South Seventh St. at Twelfth Ave. LUTHERAN Bishop Leonard P. Cowley Rev. Robert E. Harding Masses 6-7-8-9-10 (High) Central Lutheran Services at 10:45 A.M. Fourth Ave. So. at Grant I I :30 and 12:30 Pastors PRESBYTERIAN A. Reuben Gornitzka Solemn Convention Mass Karl H. Brevik Westminster Presbyterian Church Sunday, August 23, L. S. Scheie Nicollet Avenue at Twelfth

10:00 I A.M. Services at I A.M. Services at I I A.M.

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Band Contest: 1:00 P.M-, August 22, Northrop Auditorium and Northrop Field, Univer- sity of Minnesota Campus. No admission charge.

Junior Band Contest: 2:00 P.M., August 22 Northrop Auditorium and Northrop Field, University of Minnesota Campus. No admission charge.

Color Guard Contest: 2:00 P.M., August 22, Delta Field, University of Minnesota Cam- pus. No admission charge.

Junior Color Guard Contest: 1:00 P.M., August 23, Delta Field, University of Minnesota Campus. No admission charge.

Firing Squad Contest: 9:00 A.M., August 23, Delta Field, University of Minnesota Cam- pus. No admission charge.

Chorus Contest: 2:30 P.M., August 23, Minneapolis Auditorium, on West Grant Street- No admission charge.

Motorcycle Drill Team Contest: 2:00 P.M., August 22, Graco Square Ramp, 60-1 I th Avenue N.E., Minneapolis. No admission charge-

Senior Drum and Bugle Corps Preliminaries: 8:00 A.M., August 23, University of Minne- sota Stadium. No admission charge.

Senior Drum and Bugle Corps Finals and PARADE OF CHAMPIONS: 6:50 P.M-, August 23, University of Minnesota Stadium-

Admission to Finals of Senior Drum and Bugle Corps Contest: $1.50 General Admission; $2.00 Re- served Seats. A special coupon in each registration packet may be used to reduce the cost of either General Admission or Reserved Seat Tickets by 50c. Tickets are on sale at all National Convention Information or Registration Booths and also may be purchased on the night of the Contest at the Box Office of the University of Minnesota Stadium.

Immediately before the opening of the Senior Drum and Bugle Corps Finals, the University of Minnesota will

present its Regents' Award to The American Legion Department of Minnesota in recognition of outstanding service to the U niversity.

Miss America (Mary Ann Mobley of Brandon, Miss.) will be an honored guest of The American Legion National

Contests Supervisory Committee at the Contest Finals.

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FORD • • THUNDERBIRD EDSEL MERCURY • LINCOLN • CONTINENTAL MARK IV 26 1959 NATIONAL CONVENTION COMMISSION

MAYNARD K. DR. A. B. HILLSTROM RIVERS Vice Chairman HARRY L. National FOSTER* Commander’s Chairman Representative

T. PAXTON JUDGE FREDERICK HENRY R. CARL R. DONALD M. HARRY K. JAMES P. STEPHENS LAWRENCE T. DEVLIN KRUSE MOSER McSWEEN STINGER RINGLEY E. HOFFMAN

GORDON A. MAURICE DANIEL YV. LYONS STEMBER SHAUB Advisory Advisory Advisory

MICHAEL J. WALTER E. RALPH M. ALFRED P. FLOYD J. LOUIS E. WILLIAM HEALY ALESSAN- GODWIN CHAMIE DALEY DRAGO STERN NEC Liaison DRONI NEC Liaison NEC Liaison NEC Liaison NEC Liaison NEC Liaison NEC Liaison

LOUIS R. A. L. WILLIAM H. ‘Appointed Chairman SHEALY STARSHAIv MILLER to succeed Contests Distinguished National Joe H. Adams, who Supervisory Guests Convention died June 2, 1959. Chairman Chairman Director

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4 ImpaJa Sport Sedan, one expanded visibility—and Chevy s own of Chevy’s full series of Impalas, offers looks and luxury you’d expect only on the most expensive makes. special brand of economy and reli- 5 El Camino combines stunning passenger Chevrolet Division of General Motors ability. Now there’s no reason to car styling with the load space of a pickup. Detroit 2, Michigan 6 Brookwood 4-Door, one of Chevy’s 5 won- want a car that costs more! derful wagons, is just as beautiful as it is dutiful. Officer'A

of The American Legion 1959 National Convention

Levi M. Hall Philip Sieff President and Executive Chairman of the Board Vice President and General Chairman

Vice Chairmen Vice Presidents

J. Peter Devine Carl Lundgren Frank J. Schwietz Dan Foley Ralph A. Olson for St. Paul for Minneapolis 1st Vice 2nd Vice 3rd Vice President President President

Kenneth C. Totton P. Guy Jensen Carlson Heffelfinger Assistant Secretary Treasurer Treasurer

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Philip Sieff Kenneth C. Frank J. John L. J. Peter Devine Carlson Collins Corcoran

Dan Foley Asa A. Eldredge Robert G. Flynn John K. Donohue

Totton P. Ralph A. Olson Frank J. Albert R. Carl Lundgren Heffelfinger Schwietz Shiely

Leslie Myers Bert Count Mrs. Betty Guy Jensen John Alexander Count

31 of The American Legion 1959 Convention Corporation

Publicity, Public Relations Housing Ludwig Roe Frank A. R. Col. R. A. Perrier Chairman Mayer Rossberg LeClaire Chairman Co-Chairman

Erwin F. Northey Chairman Badges & Packets Posts Participation Michael Walter Caligiuri Gruetzman Chairman Co-Chairman

Russell B. M. W. Rathbun Knoblauch Chairman Chairman Distinguished Joseph A. Equipment Guests LeVine Procurement Chairman Contests

Charles B. Mrs. Harold Masseth, Jr. Fretag Chairman Chairman Decorations 8 & 40 Liaison & Floats

Registration

Lorimer J. Finn John V. Green Princell Wilkins Co-Chairman Chairman Co-Chairman

32 Hugh A. Out State Hospitality McDaniel Halls & Seating Chairman Vincent A. Hartwick P. George Mark Booths & Kaisersatt Markson Information McCoy Christensen Chairman Co-Chairman Chairman Honorary Vice Chrmn.

J. Peter John Devine G. Chairman Alexander Insurance Dr. W. E. Chairman Watson 40 & 8 Chairman Ralph Committee Parade Maramen Richard Grant Chairman Chairman Fund Raising Concessions

E. C. Salk Edwin L. Chairman Heath Tickets Chairman Transpor- tation

Women Legionnaires First Aid Miss Dorothy Miss Myra R. C. Dr. R. B. Schultz Boraas Malmquist Schoch Chairman Co-Chairman Chairman Co-Chairman

L. W. Binger Ray E. Chairman Prinzing Finance, Chairman Revenue, Patriotic & Budget Memorial Services

Provost Entertainment Elmer Hillner William Benjamin Harry Given, Chairman Proetz Berger Jr. Co-Chairman Chairman Co-Chairman Karl Vander Richard Grant Horck Chairman Chairman Parade Reunions Stadium

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Parade Information 41st Annual National Convention The American Legion

DATE & TIME: Monday, August 24, 1959 - 9:00 A-M.

FORMATION AREAS: Wayzata Blvd., Kenwood Parkway, Penn Ave. North, Linden Ave. (See Parade Orders, beginning on opposite page for Assembly Areas of delega- tions and other marching bodies.)

PARADE ROUTE: East on Wayzata Blvd., through Parade Stadium, back to Wayzata. East to Lyndale. South to Huron. East on Huron to Harmon. East on Harmon to 12th St. South on 12th St. to Ni co |let Ave.* East on Nicollet Ave. to 4th St. South on 4th St. to 3rd Ave.

POINT OF DISPERSAL: 4th St. and 3rd Ave.

REVIEWING STAND: In the Parade Stadium.

SPECTATOR SEATING: Parade seats $1.50. Tickets will be on sale at Convention Regis- tration Booths in Minneapolis and St. Paul

34 of The American Legion National Convention Parade, August 24, 1959

Parade Chairman Organization and March Time Table and Assembly Dr. W. E. Watson Area Map which are made a part hereof. Honorary Grand Marsha! 1. TIME: (All times in this order are Minneapolis John S. Gleason, Jr. Daylight) Past National Commander (a) The leading elements of the parade will move from the "Initial Point" (Wayzata Blvd. and Grand Marshal Linden Avenue promptly at 9:00 a.m., Mon- Rear Admiral Emmett P. Forrestel day, August regardless of weather Commandant, Ninth Naval District 24, 1959, conditions.) Deputy Grand Marshals (b) The time and place of assembly for each Maj. Gen. Robert E. L. Eaton, USAF department or element of the parade will be

. Commander, Tenth Air Force shown in detail on the Organization and Rear Admiral H. C. Perkins, USCG March Time Table and Parade Map (copy of Commander, Third Coast Guard District which has been malied to each Department Maj. Gen. Joseph E. Nelson Adjutant and a copy of which will also be Adjutant General, State of Minnesota presented to the Department Parade Chair- Maj. Gen. Derrill M. Daniel men at the meeting of Parade Chairmen Commanding General scheduled for July 23rd at 11:00 a.m. at 14 XVI U.S. Army Corps Reserve So. 9th St., Minneapolis.) Omaha, Nebraska (c) A Minnesota Legionnaire will be assigned Honorary Marshals to each department as liaison. He will meet Honorable Orville L. Freeman his assigned department at its headquarters Governor of the State of Minnesota to direct its routing to the assembly area, Honorable P. Kenneth Peterson following unloading. He will direct the Mayor of the City of Minneapolis buses to proper parking at the dispersal area Honorable Joseph E. Dillon and will meet his assigned department at the Mayor of the City of St. Paul dispersal point, Third Ave. So. and 4th St., Major General Ellard A. Walsh, Ret. to direct his department to the parked buses. Past President, National Guard Association (d) Because of the nature of the assembly area, General Philip Bettenburg accurate logistics are paramount. PROMPT- Commander Minnesota National Guard (Retired) NESS IN ARRIVAL AT ASSEMBLY AREA Division Marshals IS OF THE ESSENCE. Commander F. Marcel Carpenter, U.S.N. (e) Three aerial bombs will be fired to indicate Commander Donald H. Ledin, U.S.N. approach to, and starting time; the first at Col. Arthur W. Dern, U.S.A.F. 8:30 a.m., the second at 8:45 a.m., and the Col. John Dolney, M.A.N.G. third at 9:00 a.m. Col. John W. Grant, M.N.G. 2. ROUTE: Lt. Col. John Melcher, U.S. A. J. From the initial point—Wayzata Blvd. at Linden Lt. Col. George W. Stone, U.S.A.F. Ave.—the parade will continue east on Wayzata Lt. Col. Richard D. Salter, U.S.A.F. Blvd. into the Parade Stadium back onto Wayzata Major Robert Schwartz, U.S. A. Blvd, continuing east to Lyndale Ave.—one block Parade Orders right to Huron—left on Huron continuing on to The official parade of the Forty-First National Con- Harmon — Harmon to Twelfth St. — right on vention of The American Legion will be governed by Twelfth St. to Nicollet Ave.—left on Nicollet the instructions contained herein, together with the Ave. to Fourth St. —right on Fourth St. to Third

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Ave., the dispersal place. (2) Between departments 20 yards 3. ASSEMBLY AREA: (3) Between elements of a department (a) Assembly areas are indicated on the Organiza- 10 yards tion and March Time Table and Assembly (e) All bands will play upon entering the Parade

area Map. Stadium and continue to play to its exit.

(b) Instructions for each department will be 5. DISBANDING AREA:

furnished by the Parade Committee and will Disbandment of the parade will be on Fourth St. be distributed as here-to-fore indicated. So. at Third Ave. under the direction of the Min- (c) Signs carrying Department Name will desig- neapolis Police Department. The Minnesota Legion-

nate head of each Department assembly point. naire assigned to each department as liaision will

(d) Following departure of Second, Third, and meet and direct his assigned department to its Fourth Divisions, the Eighth, Ninth, and buses (unless the department’s headquarters are

Tenth Divisions will form on the same area. in such proximity to the dispersal point as to

4. ORGANIZATION: make return by buses impractical).

(a) All elements have been assigned to Divisions, 6 . OFFICIAL REVIEWING STAND: each under the direction of a Marshal and a The official reviewing stand will be located in the Parade Co-ordinator. The composition of west section of the Parade Stadium. Elements will these divisions, order of march, time and place render a salute to the National Commander while

of assembly is shown in the Organization and passing the reviewing stand. (Eyes right) March Table and Assembly Area Map sup- Note: (Boy Scout with sign "Reviewing Stand 50 plied to Department Parade Chairmen. yards” will notify proximity)

(b) All Department of Defense units will be 7. ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN PARADE governed by applicable regulations. AND CONDUCT OF PARTICIPANTS: (c) Each Department Commander or appointed With the exception of the police and military and

parade representative will be responsible for naval escort and distinguished guests, eligibility

the order of march and promptness of arrival to participate in the parade is limited to the mem- at assembly area of all the units of his de- bers of The American Legion, the uniformed partment—all units conform to the following bodies of The American Legion Auxiliary and the

distribution and formation. 40 & 8, subject to restriction of the following ac- (1) MASSED COLORS: Eight (8) abreast. tivities which shall be prohibited in the line of All American flags, the department and march post colors of each department and the de- (a) The drinking of or simulated drinking of partment and unit colors of each department intoxicants.

of the Auxiliary will be massed at the head (b) Participants under the influence of intoxicat- of each department delegation in that ing liquors.

order. (c) Use of water pistols and electric shocking (2) American Legion units within depart- devices. ments will march in formations eight (d) Female impersonators. (1) abreast, one and one-half yards between (e) Firecrackers. ranks. (f) Locomotives or box cars with women pas- (3) BANDS AND DRUM CORPS: (As sengers. directed by drum majors). Not to ex- (g) Any presentation or representation either im- ceed eight (8) abreast. moral or in bad taste. (4) AUTHORIZED FLOATS AND AU- (h) Distribution of souvenirs, promotional or TOMOBILES: In single column. No advertising material either from floats or by

unauthorized floats or automobiles will marching units (to do so creates hazard in be permitted to participate. control of children).

(5) No manuevers except for a forward Violators of any of the above rules will be sum- movement. This is a MUST. All vio- marily removed from the parade.

lators will be summarily dismissed from 8. FIRST AID STATIONS: the parade. First Aid Stations will be established at Assembly

(d) DISTANCES: Area, the Parade Stadium, and at intervals of Between divisions 30 yards several blocks along the line of march.

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9. PARKING OF CHARTERED OR POST BUSES Major General Richard Cook and Staff AND TROOP CARRIERS: 47th Infantry Division Band After unloading in the Assembly Area, buses and State Headquarters Detachment, Minnesota troop carriers will proceed to dispersal area under National Guard supervision of the Minnesota Legionnaire assigned Co. C, 1st Battle Group, 135th Infantry

as liaison to a proper parking assignment. The Co. D, 1st Battle Group, 135th Infantry liaison Legionnaire will meet his assigned depart- Co. E, 1st Battle Group, 135th Artillery

ment at the dispersal point (Fourth St. So. and 1st Howitzer Battalion, 151st Artillery

Third Ave.) to conduct it to its parked buses Hq & Hq Battery, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 151st

(personal belongings and all equipment must be Artillery removed from the buses when unloading at As- Battery B. 2d Howitzer Battalion, 151st Artillery sembly Area) Hq & Hq Battery 3d Rocket Howitzer Battalion, 151st Artillery Organization and March Time Table Battery B, 3d Rocket Howitzer Battalion, 151st Letters designate Divisions, numbers following Artillery each letter designtae elements at Assembly Area. Company A, 682d Engr. Battalion Departments will assemble at point designated by 147th Signal Battalion a sign carrying Department name. All unloading Hq & Hq Detachment, 204th Medical Battalion and departure will be regulated by Co-ordinating 14. Company B, 204th Medical Battalion Personnel (all arriving units MUST remain in Hq Company, 47th Infantry Division buses until Division previously assigned to same 47th Quartermaster Company area has departed ) 47th Administration Company First Division Company B, 747th Ordinance Battalion Assemble on Wayzata Blvd. west of Parade Sta- 47th Aviation Company dium east of Waverly Place. — Heavy equipment Assemble at 8:00 a.m. United States Naval Reserve: Departure at 9:00 a.m. Naval Air Station Band 1. Minneapolis and Minnesota Highway Police Naval Air Station Group 2. Grand Marshal

3. Honorary Grand Marshal Second Division 4. Deputy Grand Marshal Assembly point west of Waverly Place—east of 5. Honorary Marshals Penn Avenue. 6. United States Naval Air Cadet Band, Assemble at 8:30 a.m. Pensacola, Florida 1. Division Marshal 7. Division Marshal 2. American Legion 1958 National 8. Massed Service and National Colors Championship Band 9. United States Army 3. National Color and 1958 National 14th United States Corps (Reserves) Championship Color Guard 10. United States Marine Corps 4. National Commander Provisional Marine Battalion 5. National Officers 11. United States Navy 6. American Legion 1958 National Minneapolis Naval Air Station Championship Drum and Bugle Corps Navy Float 7. Past National Commanders 12. United States Air Force 8. American Legion 1958 National Strategic Air Command Band, Offutt Air Force Championship Chorus Base, Omaha, Nebraska 9. Foreign and Outlying Departments 2465 Air Base Group Philippines, Mexico, Italy, Panama C.Z., France, 2456 United States Air Force Float "Miss Fire Fly” and Canada 2456 United States Air Force Crash Truck 2456 United States Air Force Miniature Crash Third Division Trucks Assembly point west of Waverly Place—east of Civil Air Patrol—Girls’ and Boys’ Drill Teams Penn Ave. following Second Division 13. Army National Guard of United States: Assemble at 9:00 a.m.

Massed Colors 1. Division Marshal

37 2. Mississippi Assemble at 10:30 a.m. (extending back to S. Dak. sign) 1. Division Marshal 3. South Dakota 2. North Carolina

(extending back to N. Mex. sign) (extending back to Nebr. sign) 4. New Mexico 3. Nebraska

(extending back to La. sign) (extending back to Ohio sign) 5. Louisiana 4. Ohio

(extending back to Alaska sign) (extending back to Missouri sign) 6. Alaska 5. Missouri

(extending back to R. I. sign) (extending back to N. H. sign) 7. Rhode Island 6. New Hampshire (extending back to N. Dak. sign) (extending back to Indiana sign) Fourth Division 7. Indiana Assembly point on Wayzata Blvd. following Third (extending back to S. C. sign) Division—east of Penn. Ave. 8. South Carolina Assemble at 9:30 a.m. (extending back to Tenn. sign) 1. Division Marshal Seventh Division 2. North Dakota Assemble on Kenwood Parkway follwing Sixth (extending back to Kan. sign) Division north of Douglas Avenue.

3. Kansas Assemble at 11:00 a.m. (extending back to Okla. sign) 1. Division Marshal 4. Oklahoma 2. Tennessee (extending back to Fla. sign) (extending back to Maine sign)

5. Florida 1 3. Maine

(extending back to Mont, sign) (extending back to Ky. sign) 6. Montana 4. Kentucky (extending back to Utah sign) (extending back to Conn, sign)

7. Utah 5. Connecticut (extending back to Delaware sign) (extending back to Ariz. sign) 8. Delaware 6. Arizona (extending back to Penn. Ave.) (extending back to Wise, sign) Fifth Division 7. Wisconsin Assemble on Kenwood Parkway south of Wayzata Eighth Division Blvd. at Waverly Place. Assemble on Wayzata Blvd. west of Waverly Assemble at 10:00 a.m. Place—east of Penn. Avenue. 1. Division Marshal Assemble at 11:30 a.m. 2. Iowa 1 . Division Marshal (extending back to Ga. sign) 2. Texas 3. Georgia (extending back to 111. sign) (extending back to N. sign) J. 3. Illinois 4. New Jersey (extending back to Va. sign) (extending back to Ala. sign) 4. Virginia 5. Alabama (extending back to Mich, sign) (extending back to Calif, sign) 5. Michigan 6. California (extending back to Md. sign) (extending back to Wyoming sign) 6. Maryland 7. Wyoming (extending back to Oregon sign) (extending back to Idaho sign) 7. Oregon 8. Idaho (extending back to Ark. sign) (extending back to N. C. sign) 8. Arkansas

Sixth Division (extending back to N. Y. sign) Assemble on Kenwood Parkway following Fifth 9. New York Division north of Douglas Avenue. (extending back to W. Va. sign)

38 10. West Virginia

(extending back to Penn, sign)

Ninth Division Assemble on Wayzata Blvd. following Eighth Division—east of Penn. Avenue. Assemble at 12:00 noon

1 . Division Marshal

2. Pennsylvania

(extending back to Colo, sign)

3. Colorado (extending back to Vt. sign)

4. Vermont (extending back ot Wash, sign)

5. Washington (extending back to Nev. sign)

6. Nevada AND BUY... 10. (extending back to Mass, sign)

7. Massachusetts

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8. District of Columbia (extending back to Hawaii sign) Sinclair 9. Hawaii

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Assemble on Wayzata Blvd. following the Ninth Division extending to Cedar Lake Road with possible utilization of parallel South Service Road. Assemble at 12:30 p.m.

1 . Division Marshal

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VISIT YOUR LOCAL AUTHORIZED CADILLAC DEALER Mrs. Charles W. Gunn National President

Mrs. Ledgard Mrs. John V. Mrs. Stanley J. Mrs. Juel O. Mrs. Arthur M. Hakes Holliday Autenrith Osmundson Cusick National National National National National Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Central Division Southern Eastern Division Northwestern Western Division Division Division

Miss Fern A. Mrs. Omar J. Mrs. Jane Gould Mrs. Cecilia Bender McMackin Mayer Wenz National National National National Historian Chaplain Secretary Treasurer

43 American Legion Auxiliary

39th Annual National Convention

August 24, 25, 26 and 27, 1959

Minneapolis Vocational High School and Technical Institute Minneapolis, Minnesota

ADVANCE MEETINGS

Sunday, August 23, 1959

9:00 a. m. NATIONAL EXECUTIVE GIRLS STATE COMMITTE Mrs. Walter H. Glynn, Chairman Gold Room, Radisson Hotel Gold Room, Radisson Hotel

9:00 a. m. CREDENTIALS 12:30 p. m. POPPY Mrs. Grover Francis, Chairman Mrs. Monroe Mackey, Chairman Spanish Room, Radisson Hotel Gold Room, Radisson Hotel

10:30 a. m. PERMANENT ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP Mrs. Forrest Erickson, Chairman Mrs. Henry M. Bailey, Chairman Room Italian B., Radisson Hotel Room 329, Radisson Hotel RULES CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS Mrs. Oliver H. Kortjohn, Chairman Mrs. Russell V. Baker, Chairman Room Italian A, Radisson Hotel Room Italian A, Radisson Hotel RESOLUTIONS PAST PRESIDENTS PARLEY Room Italian C., Radisson Hotel Mrs. Rae Ashton, Chairman CHAPLAINS Room Italian C, Radisson Hotel Mrs. HISTORY Omar J. McMackin, Chairman Room 328, Radisson Hotel Miss Fern A. Bender, Chairman MUSIC Room Italian B, Radisson Hotel EDUCATION AND SCHOLARSHIPS Mrs. Leslie B. McKinnon, Chairman Mrs. Leonard Miscall, Chairman Admiral Room, Radisson Hotel PAN AMERICAN STUDY Room 328, Radisson Hotel LEGISLATIVE Mrs. Richard C. Snow, Chairman Mrs. J. Howard McKay, Chairman Room 329, Radisson Hotel Admiral Room, Radisson Hotel FINANCE NATIONAL SECURITY Mrs. Harold S. Burdett, Chairman Mrs. Luther D. Johnson, Chairman Spanish Room, Radisson Hotel Spanish Room, Radisson Hotel CHILD WELFARE 1:00 p. m. REHABILITATION Mrs. Henry Ahnemiller, Chairman Mrs. Alexander H. Gray, Chairman Ballroom, Radisson Hotel Ballroom, Radisson Hotel

44 2:30 p. m. COMMUNITY SERVICE PUBLICATIONS Mrs. Walter W. Andrews, Chairman Mrs. E. A. Campbell, Chairman Spanish Room, Radisson Hotel Room Italian A, Radisson Hotel CIVIL DEFENSE RADIO-TV Mrs. Clarence B. Grund, Chairman Mrs. Paul F. Critz, Chairman Admiral Room, Radisson Hotel Gold Room, Radisson Hotel JUNIOR ACTIVITIES Mrs, Norman L. Biebel, Chairman AMERICANISM Room Italian C, Radisson Hotel Mrs. O. L. Koger, Chairman Room 329, Radisson Hotel 4:30 p. m. MEMORIAL SERVICE

Monday, August* 24, 1959 Hanson, Department President, 9:00 a. m. PARADE Mrs. C. Fred Department of Minnesota 1:00 p. m. REHEARSAL OF PAGES Judge Levi M. Hall, President, The American 7:30 p. m. OPENING SESSION — NATIONAL CONVENTION, AMERICAN LEGION Legion Convention Corporation AUXILIARY Mr. Philip Sieff, Executive Vice President Minneapolis Vocational High School and and General Chairman Technical Institute Mrs. Gladys Lee, Convention Organist BAND CONCERT PROCESSIONAL OF COLORS, NATIONAL PRESENTATION OF PAST NATIONAL OFFICERS AND DISTINGUISHED GUESTS PRESIDENTS: Mrs. Bert M. Count, Convention Chairman, Mrs. John William Macauley Presiding Mrs. Robert Walbridge CALL TO ORDER BY THE NATIONAL Mrs. Boyce Ficklen PRESIDENT Mrs. Robert Lincoln Hoyal Mrs. Charles W. Gunn Mrs. Frederick C. Williams INVOCATION Mrs. S. Alford Blackburn McMackin, National Chaplain Mrs. William H. Biester, Jr. Mrs. Omar J. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, Mrs. Albin Charles Carlson led by Mrs. Melville Mucklestone Mrs. O. L. Koger, Chairman, National Mrs. O. W. Hahn Americanism Committee Mrs. Malcolm Douglas THE NATIONAL ANTHEM Mrs. James Morris Charles C. Fullmer, Soloist Mrs. William H. Corwith Lemstra St. Paul, Minn. Mrs. Louis J. TAPS IN HONOR OF OUR DEPARTED WAR Mrs. Mark W. Murrill DEAD Mrs. Lawrence H. Smith PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF Mrs. Charles B. Gilbert THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY, Mrs. Walter G. Craven led by Mrs. Norton H. Pearl Mrs. Russell V. Baker, Chairman, National Mrs. Lee W. Hutton Constitution and Bylaws Committee Mrs. Hubert A. Goode READING OF THE CALL TO THE Mrs. Norman L. Sheehe NATIONAL CONVENTION Mrs. Willis C. Reed Mrs. Jane Gould Mayer, National Secretary Mrs. E. A. Campbell GREETINGS BY: Mrs. Rae Ashton

Hon. Orville I. Freeman, Governor of Mrs. Harold S. Burdett Minnesota Mrs. Percy A. Lainson Hon. P. K. Peterson, Mayor of Minneapolis Mrs. Bowden D. Ward

Hon. Joseph E. Dillon, Mayor of St. Paul Mrs. Carl W. Zeller

45 GREETINGS BY: RULES: Mrs. Pat Kelly, Past National J. Junior Mrs. Oliver H. Kortjohn President REPORT OF THE NATIONAL PRESENTATION OF NATIONAL PRESIDENT: PRESIDENT'S PAGES: Mrs. Charles W. Gunn Mrs. H. W. Mende ADDRESS BY MR. PRESTON J. MOORE, Mrs. Jess Edington National Commander of The American Mrs. John More Hadden Legion Mrs. Mildred R. Knoles Mrs. Alan M. Schanel REPORT OF NATIONAL COMMITTEE: Mrs. H. C. McShane RADIO-TELEVISION REPORT OF CONVENTION COMMITTEES: Mrs.. Paul F. Critz, Chairman PERMANENT ORGANIZATION: RADIO AND TELEVISION AWARDS Mrs. Forrest Erickson CEREMONY CREDENTIALS: RETIREMENT OF THE NATIONAL Mrs. Grover Francis PRESIDENT'S COLORS

Tuesday, / 25 . 1959

30 a. m. CONVENTION RECONVENES Mrs. Jane Gould Mayer Convention Hall National Secretary ADVANCE OF COLORS Mrs. Cecilia Wenz CALL TO ORDER BY THE NATIONAL National Treasurer PRESIDENT PRESENTATION OF NATIONAL Mrs. Charles W. Gunn PARLIAMENTARIAN INVOCATION Mrs. Robert Lincoln Hoyal Mrs. Omar J. McMackin, National Chaplain THE LORD’S PRAYER PRESENTATION OF NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF PAGES Charles C. Fullmer, Soloist Mrs. H. Milton Davidson, New Mexico St. Paul, Minn. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, PRESENTATION OF VICE CHAIRMAN led by OF PAGES Mrs. O. L. Koger, Chairman, National Mrs. Elmer Chelstron, Minnesota Americanism Committee GREETINGS BY NATIONAL CONVENTION GREETINGS BY THE NATIONAL OFFICERS: CHAIRMAN Mrs. Arthur M. Cusick Mrs. Bert M. Count National Vice President, Western PRESENTATION OF CONVENTION Division CHAIRMEN Mrs. Stanley J. Autenrith Mrs. Bert M. Count National Vice President, Eastern ADDRESS: "Road to the Stars’’ Division Mrs. Robert H. Goddard Mrs. V. Holliday J. REPORT OF NATIONAL COMMITTEES: National Vice President, Southern REHABILITATION Division Mrs. Alexander H. Gray, Chairman Mrs. Ledgard B. Hakes POPPY National Vice President, Central Mrs. Monroe Mackey, Chairman Division NATIONAL SECURITY Mrs. Juel Osmundson Mrs. Luther D. Johnson, Chairman National Vice President, Northwestern PAST PRESIDENTS PARLEY Division Mrs. Rae Ashton, Chairman Miss Fern A. Bender JUNIOR ACTIVITIES National Historian Mrs. Norman L. Biebel, Chairman Mrs. Omar J. McMackin CIVIL DEFENSE National Chaplain Mrs. Clarence B. Grund, Chairman FINANCE NORTHWESTERN DIVISION Spanish Mrs. Harold S. Burdett, Chairman Room RETIREMENT OF NATIONAL PRESIDENT'S WESTERN DIVISION COLORS Admiral Room 10:45 a. m. RECESS SOUTHERN DIVISION 11:00 a. m. The American Legion Auxiliary will Room 329 meet in joint session with The American Legion

at Convention Hall EASTERN DIVISION DIVISIONAL CAUCUSES Gold Room Radisson Hotel 8:00 p. m. DEPARTMENT SECRETARIES 3:00 p. m. CENTRAL DIVISION Ballroom DINNER

Wednesday, August 26, 1959 REPORT OF NATIONAL HISTORIAN 9:00 a. m. CONVENTION RECONVENES Convention Hall Miss Fern A. Bender NATIONAL CHAPLAIN ADVANCE OF COLORS REPORT OF Mrs. Omar McMackin ORDER BY THE NATIONAL J. CALL TO PRESENTATION OF DISTINGUISHED PRESIDENT GUESTS Mrs. Charles W. Gunn NOMINATION OF NATIONAL OFFICERS INVOCATION RECESS National Chaplain Mrs. Omar J. McMackin, 1:30 p. m. CALL TO ORDER BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, NATIONAL PRESIDENT led by Mrs. Charles W. Gunn Chairman, National Mrs. O. L. Koger, REPORT OF NATIONAL COMMITTEES: Americanism Committee AMERICANISM THE NATIONAL ANTHEM Mrs. O. L. Koger, Chairman Charles C. Fullmer, Soloist CHILD WELFARE St. Paul, Minn. Mrs. Henry Ahnemiller, Chairman REPORTS OF NATIONAL COMMITTEES: EDUCATION AND SCHOLARSHIPS MUSIC Mrs. Leonard Miscall, Chairman Mrs. Leslie B. McKinnon, Chairman GIRLS STATE CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS Mrs. Walter H. Glynn, Chairman Mrs. Russell V. Baker, Chairman PRESENTATION OF 1959 PRESIDENT OF PAN AMERICAN STUDY GIRLS NATION Mrs. Richard C. Snow, Chairman REPORT OF EIGHT AND FORTY COMMUNITY SERVICE Mrs. A. P. Sundry Mrs. Walter W. Andrews, Chairman Le Chapeau National WOMEN’S FORUM ON NATIONAL PRESENTATION OF DEPARTMENT SECURITY PRESIDENTS Mrs. James Morris, Chairman RETIREMENT OF NATIONAL PRESIDENT S ADDRESS: COLORS THE HONORABLE YOU CHAN YANG RECESS

Ambassador to the United States from 7:00 p. m. STATES DINNER

Korea St. Paul Auditorium

Thursday, August 27, 1959

8:30 a. m. CONVENTION RECONVENES CALL TO ORDER BY THE NATIONAL Convention Hall PRESIDENT ADVANCE OF COLORS Mrs. Charles W. Gunn

47 INVOCATION ELECTION OF NATIONAL OFFICERS Mrs. Omar McMackin, National J. Chaplain REPORT OF RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, UNFINISHED BUSINESS led by NEW BUSINESS Mrs. O. L. Koger, Chairman, National INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS BY Americanism Committee Mrs. Willis C. Reed, REPORT OF NATIONAL COMMITTEES: Past National President LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATION OF COLORS TO THE Mrs. Howard McKay, Chairman J. RETIRING NATIONAL PRESIDENT BY PUBLICATIONS Mrs. E. A. Campbell, Mrs. E. A. Campbell, Chairman Past National President MEMBERSHIP RETIREMENT OF COLORS Mrs. Henry M. Bailey, Chairman ADJOURNMENT RECOGNITION OF QUOTA DEPARTMENTS NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FINAL REPORT OF CREDENTIALS MEETING COMMITTEE (Immediately following adjournment) 1959 National Convention Committee Chairmen American Legion Auxiliary Lost and Found Mrs. T. L. Anderson, National Convention Chairman Chairman Mrs. Paul L. Walker, Vice Chairman Mrs. Bert M. Count Memorial Vice Chairman Mrs. James Walker, Chairman Mrs. M. W. Knoblauch Mrs. Frank Koppel, Vice Chairman Convention Secretary National Chairman’s Lunch Mrs. Marion Hollenbeck Mrs. C. Fred Hanson, Chairman Mrs. Clarence Johnson, Vice Chairman Badges National Officers’ Dinner Mrs. Ernest Baran, Chairman Mrs. Edgar G. Vaughan, Chairman Mrs. June Jacobson, Vice Chairman Mrs. H. J. Lommell, Vice Chairman Decorations and Flowers Packets Mrs. Carl Lundgren, Chairman Mrs. O. F. Condo, Chairman Mrs. H. Helgeson, J. Vice Chairman Mrs. W. H. Berglund, Vice Chairman Distinguished Guests Pages Mrs. Frank B. Christlieb, Chairman Mrs. Elmer Chelstron, Chairman Mrs. Harold Chard, Vice Chairman Mrs. George Kurkowski, Vice Chairman Eight and Forty Pan-American Contest Mrs. Harold Fretag, Chairman Mrs. Harold Forciea, Chairman Mrs. Lloyd Dahl, Vice Chairman Mrs. Roy Meehl, Vice Chairman Past National First Aid Presidents' Dinner Mrs. Frank Lamson, Chairman Mrs. S. C. Lueben, Chairman Mrs. T. Mrs. Marie Sparrow, Vice Chairman J. Clark, Vice Chairman Flag Registration Poppy Poster Contest Mrs. Edward Mrs. Dan Gerdes, Chairman J. Cincera, Chairman Mrs. Elmer Zemple, Vice Chairman Mrs. Elmer Taubert, Vice Chairman Halls and Seating Press, Radio and TV Mrs. Claude E. Morrill, Chairman Mrs. C. R. Alexander, Chairman Mrs. Martha Rosenwald, Vice Chairman Mrs. Phillip Adam, Vice Chairman Histories Registration Mrs. Robert Zengerle, Chairman Mrs. Henry G. Finkle, Chairman Mrs. Einer Johnson, Vice Chairman Mrs. John Christensen, Vice Chairman Hospitality Secretaries’ Dinner Mrs. Edward G. Stoops, Chairman Mrs. Marion Hollenbeck, Chairman Mrs. Wallace Hamilton, Vice Chairman Miss Blanche Scallen, Vice Chairman Information States Dinner Mrs. Elmer Nordlund, Chairman Mrs. L. W. Binger, Chairman Mrs. Carl J. Anderson, Vice Chairman Mrs. J. Pierce Clark, Vice Chairman Junior Activities Display Transportation Mrs. E. A. Kellerman, Chairman Mrs. Carleton F. Boeke, Chairman Mrs. Smith, John Vice Chairman Mrs. Frida H. Farrell, Vice Chairman

48 Ray D. Marshall Chef de Chemin de Fer

C. W. Ardery N. Carl Nielsen Harry W. Wilson John G. Alexander Correspondant National Commissaire Intendant National General Chairman Conducteur National Promenade Nationale Committee

L 40th Promenade Nationale La Societe des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux

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August 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 1959 St. Paul Auditorium, Theatre Section

St. Paul, Minnesota

Saturday, August 22, 1959 Sunday, August 23, 1959

9:00 a. m. REGISTRATION 9:00 a. m. REGISTRATION to All Minneapolis and St. Paul Hotels 1° Main Lobby—St. Paul Hotel and Lowry 9:00 p. m. Hotel 10:00 p. m. MEETING OF CHEMINOTS 9:00 p. m. Radisson, Leamington, Dyckman, Nicollet NATIONAUX, 1959

Hotels, Minneapolis Main Lobby, St. Paul Hotel The Continental Room

Monday, August 24, 1959

9:00 a. m. REGISTRATION

to All Minneapolis and St. Paul Hotels THE AMERICAN LEGION PARADE 9-00 p. m.

Tuesday, August 25, 1959 9:00 a. m. REGISTRATION INVOCATION to Theatre Lobby, St. Paul Auditorium By Aumonier National, Rt. Rev. George Towle m. 9:00 p. All Minneapolis and St. Paul Hotels READING OF PROMENADE NATIONALE 10:00 a. m. MEETING OF COMMITTEE ON CALL PERMANENT ORGANIZATION By Correspondant National Ardery Second Floor, St. Paul Hotel Room 234 GREETINGS Hon. E. Dillon, Mayor of St. Paul 10:00 a. m. MEETING OF COMMITTEE ON Joseph CREDENTIALS GREETINGS Main Lobby, St. Paul Hotel Hon. P. Kenneth Peterson, Mayor of Capitol Room Minneapolis

10:00 a. m. MEETING OF COMMITTEE ON GREETINGS RULES AND ORDER William F. Proetz, Chief of Police, St. Paul Main Lobby, St. Paul Hotel Queen’s Room GREETINGS Kermit Hedman, Sheriff of Ramsey County 2:00 p. m. BAND CONCERT Grande Voiture of North Dakota Band GREETINGS

St. Paul Auditorium Harry Y7. Wilson, General Chairman 3:00 p. m. CALL TO ORDER Promenade Nationale Committee By Chef de Chemin de Fer Ray D. Marshall GREETINGS ADVANCEMENT OF COLORS John A. Curtis, Grand Chef de Gare Voiture 39, St. Paul, Minnesota Minnesota, 1959

50 GREETINGS REPORTS OF COMMITTEES Moore, Stillwater, Oklahoma 1. Credentials Preston J. The American Legion, National 2. Rules and Order Commander 3. Permanent Organization ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMMITTEE GREETINGS APPOINTMENTS, ETC. John G. Alexander, Minnesota Conducteur National, 1959 4:00 p. m. MEMORIAL SERVICES Conducted by Aumonier National, 1959, RESPONSE Rt. Rev. George Towle Chef de Chemin de Fer Ray D. Marshall RETIREMENT OF COLORS RECESS INTRODUCTION OF NATIONAL OFFICERS 8:00 p. m. ANNUAL FORTY AND EIGHT REPORTS OF NATIONAL OFFICERS PARADE Special Parade Orders) 1. Chef de Chemin de Fer (See Commissaire Intendant National 2. 10:00 p. m. BLUE CHAPEAU DANCE

3. Correspondant National Ballroom, St. Paul Hotel Voiture St. Paul 4. Historien National Sponsored by 39,

Wednesday, August 26, 1959

4. Child Welfare 9:30 a. m. MEETING OF ALL COMMITTEES OTHER THAN CREDENTIALS, RULES AND 5. Nurses Training ORDER AND PERMANENT ORGANIZATION 6. Ritual Awards St. Paul Hotel 7. Trophies and (Permanent Committee) VOITURE ACTIVITIES 8. Constitution Continental Room NEW BUSINESS FINANCE Queen’s Room ELECTION OF OFFICERS I960 RESOLUTIONS 1. Chef de Chemin de Fer 2. Sous Chefs de Chemin de Fer Room 234 (6) 3. Commissaire Intendant National CHILD WELFARE 4. Aumonier National Casino Room 5. Gardes de la Porte Nationaux (2)

NURSES TRAINING 6. Historien National

Casino Room 7. Drapeau National RITUAL RETIREMENT OF COLORS Casino Room BENEDICTION CONSTITUTION By Aumonier National, I960 Continental Room ADJOURNMENT CHEMINOTS NATIONAUX 1:00 p. m. CALL TO ORDER MEETING OF By Chef de Chemin de Fer Ray D. Marshall Immediately following adjournment of Promenade Nationale ADVANCEMENT OF COLORS

INVOCATION 7:00 p. m. PROMENADE NATIONALE By Aumonier National, Rt. Rev. George BANQUET

Towle Ballroom, St. Paul Hotel Dress optional REPORTS OF COMMITTEES sale at all Registration 1. Voiture Activities Banquet tickets on door. per 2. Finance Booths, and at the $7.50

3. Resolutions person

51 40fh Promenade National, St. Paul, Minnesota Tuesday, August 25, 1959 - 8:00 p.m. Assembly: State Capitol Approach Area (See Special Orders for States Assembly Streets)

Parade Starting Point: Columbus at Iglehart Reviewing Stand at: St. Peter St. between 6th and 7th Streets

Escort Police of Deputy Chief of Staff The Grand Marshal Robert Chermak William E. Armstrong. Chef de Chemin de Fer, 1958 Ray D. Honorary Grand Marshal Marshall Chef de Chemin de Fer, Harry W. Wilson, General Chairman, 1959 Chefs de Chemin de Fer 1959 Promenade Nationale Passe Ch :ef of Staff George Dobson M. F. "Mike” Jordan, Sous Conducteur National, 1959 Stanley M. Doyle Deputy Chiefs of Staff Charles A. Mills Frank A. Schmidt, Asst. Chief, St. Paul Police Sam R. Heller Don Schaefer, Deputy Sheriff, Ramsey County John D. Crowley Honorary Grand Marshals Fred M. Fuecker William F. Proetz. Ch ef, St. Paul Police Fred G. Fraser Kermit Hedman. Sheriff Ramsey County James O. Sheppard Joseph F. Dillon Mayor, City of St. Paul Edward A. Mulrooney P. Kenneth Peterson. Mayor, City of Minneapolis Ben C. Hilliard, Jr. Ioiin G. Alexander, Cenducteur National, 1959 Oscar C. Lamp Sous Conducteurs Nationaux, 1939 Spence S. Eccles Michael F Mann Sid M. Ferree Donald L. Mulligan John P. Conmy Jackson W. Petter E. Snapper Ingram Roy F. Morgan William D. Lyons Everett Z. Getten Guy Land Harry R. Kerrick Harold J. Riley Clarence E. Smith FIRST DIVISION Harold V. Haines ASSEMBLY: State Capitol Approach Area George B. Boland Grande Voiture of North Dakota Band A1 B. Clarke Marshal J. Earl Simpson Jack D. Wilson William A. Schlupp Sous Chef de Chemin de Fer, 1959 Chester F. Naumowicz Deputy Marshal William E. Armstrong Stafford King Henry M. Green State Auditor of Minnesota C. W. Ardery

52 N. Carl Nielsen, Commissaire Intendant National FIFTH DIVISION Aumonier National Rt. Rev. George Towle, ASSEMBLY: State Capitol Approach Area Harry W. Wilson, Historien National Abe Bodaness, Drapeau National Marshal Preboske, Sous Chef de Chemin de Fer, 1959 la Porte National John J. Harold J. Taylor, Garde de Frank P. Fields, Garde de la Porte National Deputy Marshal H. P. "Pat” Goodin, State Senator, Minnesota SECOND DIVISION Deputy Chief of Staff

ASSEMBLY : State Capitol Approach Area Joe Zimmerman Marshal Band John M. Hobble, Sous Chef de Chemin de Fer, 1959 22. West Virginia Deputy Marshal 23. Georgia Martin A. Nelson, Asso. Justice, Supreme Court, 24. South Carolina Minnesota 25. Kentucky Deputy Chief of Staff 26. North Dakota Col. Paul Calder 27. Maryland Band 28. Connecticut 29. Tennessee 1. Illinois 30. Virginia 2. Pennsylvania 31. Colorado 3. Ohio 32. Oklahoma THIRD DIVISION 33. Maine 34. New Hampshire ASSEMBLY: State Capitol Approach Area 35. Arizona Marshal 36. South Dakota E. Al Walz, Sous Chef de Chemin de Fer, 1959 37. Montana Thomas Gallagher, Asso. Justice, Supreme 38. Arkansas Court, Minnesota 39. Alabama 40. District of Columbia Deputy Chief of Staff Idaho Robert Fitzgerald 41. 42. New Mexico Promenade Nationale Drum & Bugle Corps 43. Vermont Voiture 468, Akron, Ohio 44. Rhode Island

4. Indiana 45. Wyoming 46. 5. New York Utah 6. California 47. Delaware 48. 7. Wisconsin Nevada 8. Iowa 49. Alaska 50. 9. Michigan Panama 10. Massachusetts 51. France 52. Germany FOURTH DIVISION 53. Okinawa 54. Mexico

ASSEMBLY : State Capitol Approach Area 55. Hawaii Marshal 56. Bermuda Percy A. Shipp, Sous Chef de Chemin de Fer, 1959 Deputy Marshal SIXTH DIVISION V. Rensch, District Robert Judge ASSEMBLY : State Capitol Approach Area Deputy Chief of Staff Marshal

M. J. Wallin C. H. Russell, Sous Chef de Chemin de Fer, 1959 Band Deputy Marshal Robert "Bob” Hutchinson, 11. Missouri Minnesota First Cheminot National, 1920 12. Florida 13. North Carolina Deputy Chiefs of Staff 14. Washington William Wallace Richard "Dick” Berry 15. New Jersey J. Voiture Minnesota 16. Texas 57. Host Grand — 5th Street between Market 17. Nebraska DISBANDING POINT: Streets 18. Louisiana and 7th 19. Mississippi Disbanding Committee 20. Kansas Frank A. Schmidt, Don Schaefer, Kermit 21. Oregon Hedman, and Division Chiefs of Staff.

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Salon National La Boutique Des Huit Chapeaux et Quarante Femmes 38TH ANNUAL MARCHE August 21 and 22, 1959

Radisson Hotel Minneapolis, Minnesota

Thursday, August 20 — 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, August 21 — a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, August 22 — 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Friday, August 21 Pre-M arche Committee Meetings CHILD WELFARE Miss Rosemray Kirkhoff, Chairman Admiral Room— 10 a.m. to Noon NATIONAL JEWISH HOSPITAL Mrs. Uene Cox, Liaison Chairman Admiral Room— 10 a.m. to Noon CREDENTIALS Mrs. Charles Van Ness, Chairman Room of La Secretaire Nationale— 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS Mrs. Thomas McManus, Chairman Italian Room A— 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. FINANCE Mrs. Ellen Lou Warren, Chairman HISTORIES AND TROPHIES DISPLAY Friday and Saturday Spanish Room PARTNERSHIP Mrs. William J. Schlau, Chairman Italian Room C— 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. PERMANENT ORGANIZATION Mrs. Paul Staats, Chairman

Italian Room A— 11 a.m. to Noon RESOLUTIONS Mrs. Howard Simmons, Chairman Italian Room B— 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

54 RITUALS AND EMBLEMS READING OF CALL TO LA MARCHE Mrs. Omar Cadorette, Chairman NATIONALE 1959 Room 329— 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. READING OF MINUTES OF LA MARCHE RULES AND ORDER NATIONALE 1958 Mrs. James Collins, Chairman GREETINGS Italian Room B— 11 a.m. to Noon Mrs. Clara Pott SCHOLARSHIP Le Chapeau, Departemental de Minnesota Mrs. Harold Hartenbower, Chairman GREETINGS Room 328 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. — Hon. P. Kenneth Peterson, TROPHIES AND AWARDS Mayor of Minneapolis Mrs. B. F. Updike, Chairman Mr. William Miller, Italian 11 a.m. to Noon Room C— National Legion Convention Director REHEARSAL Mrs. Bert Count, La Concierge and Pages National Auxiliary Convention Chairman Gold Room 10 a.m. to Noon — Mrs. C. Fred Hansen, Department President, Department of Minnesota Pre-Marche Pouvoir Mr. Robert G. Hansen, Department Commander, - - Radisson Hotel Admiral Room I p.m. Department of Minnesota Divisional Caucuses Mr. John A. Curtis, Grand Chef de Gare, 10:00 p.m. Forty and Eight Eastern Division Gold Room Mr. Randel Shake, Southern Division Italian Room A National Child Welfare Director Central Division Admiral Room GREETINGS Western Division Room 329 By Demi-Chapeaux Nationaux and Northwestern Division Italian Room C Introduction of Chapeaux Departementaux La Marche Nationale Mrs. James Gleason, Eastern Division Slepegrell, Southern Division Mrs. Harry J. Radisson Hotel - Gold Room Mrs. I. A. Schulte, Central Division Opening Session Mrs. Albert B. Nelson, Northwestern Division Mrs. Walter Johnson, Western Division August 21 - 7:30 p.m. GREETINGS PROCESSIONAL OF NATIONAL OFFICERS, By Le Chapeaux Nationaux Passes Chapeaux National Passe, and Distinguished Guests Mrs. Harry Kehm CALL TO ORDER Mrs. Walter L. Davol Mrs. A. P. Sundry Mrs. John A. Gordon Le Chapeau National Mrs. Hugh McClung PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mrs. Charles Seymour Mrs. Claude Golding Mrs. George Murphy La Concierge National Mrs. Ellen Louise Warren INVOCATION Mrs. Dee P. Davis Mrs. James Casserly Mrs. Valentine Delies L’Aumonier Nationale Mrs. Edsel Swanner

"FLANDERS FIELD” Mrs. Crawford J. Mortensen

Mrs. I. A. Schulte Mrs. A. D. Craig Le Demi-Chapeau National, Central Division Mrs. Lowell C. Allen "AMERICA’S ANSWER” Mrs. Leo C. Colton Mrs. Walter Johnson Mrs. Robert Haws Le Demi-Chapeau National, Western Division Mrs. Raymond Chenault THE NATIONAL ANTHEM Mrs. Herman Edwards ROLL CALL Mrs. Otis Aaron Mrs. George G. Speir Mrs. Ray A. Stratton La Secretaire-Caissiere Nationale Mrs. Robert C. Snow

55 SALUTE TO THE LEGION F0% FORTY YEARS OF DISTINQUISHED SERVICE

At this 1959 Convention, American Legionnaires can look back proudly on four decades of high achievement in veterans’ welfare and in zealous support of education, youth work, health activities, and above all, patriotic vigilance to preserve America’s heritage offreedom.

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56 Mrs. M. Stephens Hunnicutt CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS Mrs. Bess E. Harrison Mrs. Thomas F. McManus Mrs. Mayro Cox FINANCE REPORTS OF SPECIAL MARCHE COMMITTEES Mrs. Ellen Lou Warren CREDENTIALS NATIONAL JEWISH HOSPITAL Mrs. Charles Van Ness Mrs. Mayro Cox PERMANENT ORGANIZATION PARTNERSHIP Paul Staats Mrs. Mrs. William Schlau RULES AND ORDER J. RITUAL AND EMBLEMS Mrs. James Collins Mrs. Omar Cadorette NOMINATION OF NATIONAL OFFICERS SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATION OF NATIONAL PAGES Mrs. Harold Hartenbower Mrs. Edsel Swanner TROPHIES AND AWARDS Chairman of Pages Mrs. B. F. Updike Mrs. W. P. Moore MEMORY BOOK CHAIRMAN Mrs. Roy Jackson Mrs. W. M. Reese Mrs. Luther Durham GREETINGS Mrs. Mary Lewis Mr. Preston Moore Mrs. Joseph Delpha J. National Commander, The American Legion Mrs. R. H. Greger Mrs. Charles W. Gunn Le Chapeau Personal Pages National President, Mrs. Clyde Finley American Legion Auxiliary Mrs. Andres Frazier Mr. Ray S. Marshall Mrs. Hannah Lawton Chef de Chemin de Fer, Forty and Eight La Secretaire Personal Page Mrs. Henry Ahnemiller LES MARECHALS National Child Welfare Chairman, Miss Edna Mae Unfer American Legion Auxiliary Mrs. Eugene Holland REPORTS OF NATIONAL OFFICERS Mr. Arthur Wilkie National Grid Welfare Chairman, Mrs. A. P. Sundry, Le Chapeau National The American Legion Mrs. George G. Speir, Mrs. Alexander H. Gray La Secretaire-Caissere Nationale National Rehabilitation Chairman, Mrs. John A. Gordon, L’Avocate American Legion Auxiliary Mrs. James Michelet, L’Archiviste Nationale Mr. O. Laubenthal Mrs. James Casserly, L’Aumonier Nationale J. Director of Child Welfare, Forty and Eight Mrs. Claude Golding, La Concierge Nationale Mrs. Jane Gould Mayer Mrs. Ray A. Stratton, Editor, "Hat Box” American Legion Auxiliary RECESS National Secretary, Mr. Philip Houtz Marche Session Executive Director, National Jewish Hospital August 22 - 9:00 a.m. Mr. Ed Wieland INVOCATION Assistant Director, Child Welfare Division, Mrs. James Casserly The American Legion L’Aumonier Nationale MEMORIAL SERVICE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mrs. James Casserly Mrs. Claude Golding L’Aumonier Nationale La Concierge Nationale RECESS FOR LUNCH

PRESENTATION OF MARCHE COMMITTEES Marche Reconvenes 1 :00 p.m. By the National Marche Chairman REPORT OF RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE Mrs. Harold Fretag Mrs. Howard Simmons REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES AND ADDRESS INTRODUCTION OF AREA CHAIRMEN Mrs. William H. Biester, Jr. CHILD WELFARE UNFINISHED BUSINESS Miss Rosemary Kirkhoff NEW BUSINESS

57 RATIFICATION OF ELECTION OF Mrs. W. W. Sparrow DEMI-CHAPEAUX NATIONAUX Mrs. Raymond Tschummi ELECTION OF OFFICERS RULES AND ORDER Mrs. James W. Collins, Chairman PRESENTATION OF NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS Mrs. O. H. Robinson

SONG Mrs. R. L. McCalla, Jr. RECESS Mrs. Fred Gilho LES MARECHALS - August- 22 7:30 p.m. Miss Edna Mae Unfer Marche Nationale Banquet Mrs. Eugene Holland PAGES Ball - Room Radisson Hotel Mrs. Edsel Swanner, Chairman Mrs. W. P. Moore ENTERTAINMENT Mrs. Roy Jackson INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS Mrs. Luther Durham PRESENTATION OF LE CHAPEAU Mrs. Mary Lewis NATIONAL PASSE PIN Mrs. Joseph Delpha By Mrs. Mary Haws ADJOURNMENT Mrs. R. H. Greger JUDGE OF ELECTION Mrs. Franklin Sickle August- 24 - 9:00 a.m. TELLERS Post Marche Pouvoir Mrs. Raymond Hall Mrs. C. L. Sonnantine - Admiral Room Radisson Hotel Mrs. Bernard Hershorn MARCHE OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER Special Marche Committees Mrs. William Reese

CREDENTIALS 1959 Marche Nationale Mrs. Charles Van Ness, Chairman Mrs. W. E. Zingerle Local Committees Mrs. Ann Andrews Departmental of Minnesota Mrs. A. L. Laque DISTINGUISHED GUESTS CHAIRMAN Mrs. Leo C. Colton, Chairman Mrs. Harold Fretag Mrs. Mary Haws VICE CHAIRMEN Mrs. Harry Kehm Mrs. Lloyd Dahl Mrs. Mrs. Harry Wilson C. J. Mortensen Mrs. Val Delles LA SECRETAIRE Mrs. F. Mrs. George Murphy J. Quandt Mrs. Hugh McClung AIDES TO LE CHAPEAU NATIONAL Miss Mrs. M. S. Hunnicutt Josephine Dorwart Mrs. Bess Harrison Mrs. Alta Ott Mrs. Raymond Chenault Mrs. Imogene Smith Mrs. Mayro Cox Mrs. Marian Washburn AIDES TO L’AUMONIER NATIONALE PERMANENT ORGANIZATION Mrs. I. Schriber Mrs. Paul Staats, Chairman Mrs. Iola Henke Mrs. Fred Berckhemer Mrs. Henry Monkemier Mrs. Loretta Oliger BADGES Mrs. Mary Oxley Mrs. Ernest R. Baran RESOLUTIONS Mrs. Robert Flynn Mrs. Howard Simmons, Chairman BANQUET Mrs. Lewis Unfer Mrs. Richard Grant

58 Mrs. John Corcoran Mrs. Glenn McCarty BANQUET DECORATIONS Mrs. Russell Peterson Mrs. W. H. Berglund BANQUET RESERVATIONS Mrs. Roy Erickson Mrs. Ward Deveraux Mrs. Arthur Ridgeway

FIRST AID Radisson Hotel nurse on duty 8 hours a day HALLS AND SEATING Mrs. Marie Chenery Mrs. T. H. Keeler HISTORIES AND SCRAP BOOK LUXURY DRIVING Mrs. E. Bartz ...True Economy HOSPITALITY ANTI-RUMBLE GASOLENE Mrs. Howard Kramer Mrs. Ross Knoss Two great new Cities Service gasolenes now offer you the fin- INFORMATION—LOST AND FOUND est in luxury driving while pro- P. Sullivan viding the superior engine pro- Mrs. J. Mrs. Cora Olson tection that gives the only true economy. And no other gaso- Mrs. R. W. Braun lenes can offer more miles per INSTALLATION gallon than Cities Service Mrs. Joseph Pott Super 5-D and regular-priced Milemasterl Mrs. Ed Mattsfield SOLOIST CITIES SERVICE OIL COMPANY Paul, Minn. Mrs. Alvin Wickland 500 Robert Street St. LES MUSICIENNES Mrs. Lester Anderson For Your Convenience Mrs. Arthur A. Teska For the convenience of American Legion and TROPHIES Auxiliary members attending the National Con- Mrs. Harvey W. Wilson vention, National Emblem Sales will maintain CENTRAL DIVISION BREAKFAST three sales booths during the entire period of Mrs. Arnold Gomberg the reunion—from August 20 to August 27. Most frequently needed items of uniform. Legion PUBLICITY and Auxiliary jewelery, and other organizational Mrs. William Copley supplies will be on hand and available for RECEPTION purchase. REGISTRATION Location of the three sales booths is: Miss Blanche M. Kurtz Leamington Hotel Lobby, Minneapolis Mrs. Walter Dahl, Sr. Radisson Hotel Lobby, Minneapolis Mrs. William Traub Minneapolis Municipal Auditorium Mrs. Roy Holman Mrs. Fred M. Howland Sales booths in the Leamingotn and Radisson Mrs. R. V. Kammier Hotels will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Mrs. Freeman Rogers The booth in the Municipal Auditorium will open Mrs. Maude Herbert at 9:00 a.m., but will close at approximately 5:00 Mrs. Helen VanAuken p.m. each day.

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The Twin Cities Reunions and Dinners Because of their geographical po- sition, the Twin Cities, Minneapolis Society of American NATIONAL and St. Paul, dominate a vast area, COMMANDER'S DINNER Legion Founders stretchnig from western Wisconsin, Saturday, August 22 across the Dakotas and Montana, to the far-off Rocky Mountains. It DISTINGUISHED GUESTS Business Meeting was almost fore-ordained then that Tuesday, August 25—7:30 P.M. 2:00 P.M. they should emerge as centers for Hall of States Minneapolis Athletic Club rail and truck transport and whole- Leamington Hotel Reception—5:00 P.M. saling. And, because they are by Ticket Only Dinner—6:00 P.M. far the largest cities in the area, Entertainment courtesy of the Twins naturally fell heir to the American Society of Composers, Historian's position of retail trade centers. Authors and Publishers National Breakfast The basic industry during the American Legion Auxiliary early history of Minneapolis was Wednesday, August 26, 8:00 A.M. flour milling. This was due chiefly STATES DINNER Dubonnet Room to the vast area of wheat in Minne- Wednesday, August 26, 7:00 P.M. Hotel Leamington sota and adjacent states and the P. Herbert, St. Paul Auditorium (Contact Mrs. Emily J. cheap, handy power supplied by St. Hotel Leamington) Anthony Falls in the Mississippi American Legion river. Later, diversified agriculture Press Association National Chaplain's increased the importance of other Sunday, August 23 Breakfast products in relationship to flour North Shore Room milling, but Minneapolis remains Monday, August 24, 7:30 A.M. Pick-Nicollet Hotel 64 Dubonnnet Room Continued on Page Business Meeting 2:00 P.M. — Hotel Leamington Dinner 5:30 P.M. The Lakeland Room Air Force Pick-Nicollet Hotel Army, Navy and Veterans in Canada 20 & 4 Meetings United States Chapter Cadre Meeting Luncheon Nicollet Birchwood Room— Hotel Sunday, August 23, I 1 :30 A.M. Minneapolis Athletic Club Friday, August 2 I —8:00 P.M. The Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans Sunday, August 23 — I :00 P.M. You honor us . . in Canada also invites delegates and National Bivouac visitors to visit its booth in the Legionnaires are known Lakeland Room— Hotel Nicollet Municipal Auditorium Saturday, August 22—9:00 A.M. around the world as de- Banquet—7:30 P.M. Department Secretaries' fenders of the American Women Legionnaires Dinner way of life. Headquarters— Registration American Legion Auxiliary We are honored, there- Hospitality Room Tuesday, August 25, 8:00 P.M. fore, to be associated with John W. Thomas and Co., Fourth Floor, Minneapolis Forty and Eight you in your effort to pro- Mon., Aug. 24; Tues., Aug. 25; Promenade Nationale vide insurance for your Wed., Aug. 26 Banquet families. HIGH FASHION STYLE SHOW Pick up tickets when you register Wednesday, August 26, 7:00 P.M. Your interest in protecting Ballroom those who depend on you National Yeomen (F) St. Paul Hotel Luncheon and Meeting (Dress optional. Tickets $7.50) is another example of 33rd Annual Reunion your belief in the Ameri- Wednesday, August 26 Eight and Forty can way of life. Minnesota Room, Marche Nationale Donaldson's, Southdale Banquet OCCIDENTAL LIFE (Contact Ada Hosford, Insurance Company of California Sheridan Hotel) Saturday, August 22, 7:30 P.M. (Underwriters of the American Legion Assembly 12:30 at Ball Room Insurance Plan) Sheridan Hotel for Radisson Hotel Transportation to Southdale Minneapolis

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Friday, August 21 Sunday, August 23 9:00 a.m. Start American Legion 9:30 a.m. 8:00 a.m. of National Convention Parade Meetings of all Standing Senior Drum and Bugle Corps Commissions and Committees Preliminaries, University of (See Pages 34-41) Stadium Eight and Forty Post Marche (See Page I 2) Minnesota Pouvoir, Admiral Room, Radisson 10:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Hotel Pre-Marche Eight and Forty Firing Squad Contest, Delta 7:30 p.m. Committee meetings Field, University of Minnesota Legion Auxiliary Opening Session, American (See Pages 54-55) American National Executive Committee Legion Auxiliary National 1 :00 p.m. Meets, Gold Room, Radisson Convention, Minneapolis Eight and Forty Pre-Marche Hotel Vocational High School and Pouvoir (See Page 55) 10:00 a.m. Technical Institute 7:30 p.m. Initial meetings of all American La Marche National, Eight and Legion Convention Committees Tuesday, August 25 Forty, Gold Room, Radisson

(See Page I 3) 8:30 a.m. Hotel 10:30 a.m. American Legion Auxiliary Advance meetings of American National Convention reconvenes, Saturday, August 22 Legion Auxiliary National Minneapolis Vocational High 8:00 a.m. Committees (See Page 44) School and Technical Institute Junior Drum and Bugle Corps

I 1 :30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Contest, University of Minnesota Army, Navy and Air Force Opening Session, American Stadium Veterans in Canada, Luncheon, Legion National Convention, 9:00 a.m. Minneapolis Athletic Club Minneapolis Municipal Eight and Forty Marche 12:30 p.m. Auditorium reconvenes, Gold Room, Advance meeting of American 10:00 a.m. Radisson Hotel Legion Auxiliary National Meetings of Forty and Eight

1 :00 p.m. Committees (See Pages 44-45) Committees (See Page 50) Band Contest, Northrop 1:00 p.m. I 1 :00 a.m. Auditorium and Field Junior Color Guard Contest, American Legion Auxiliary 2:00 p.m. Delta Field, University of Convention recess to meet in Color Guard Contest, Delta Minnesota joint session with American Field, University of Minnesota 2:00 p.m. Legion National Convention in Junior Band Cantest, Northrop National Executive Committee, Municipal Auditorium Auditorium and Field The American Legion, East 12:45 p.m.

Motorcycle Drill Team Contest, Room, Curtis Hotel Presentation of American Legion

Graco Square Ramp, 60 I Ith 2:30 p.m. Distinguished Service Medal to Ave., N.E., Minneapolis Chorus Contest, Municipal Senator Robert S. Kerr, Auditorium Municipal Auditorium Afternoon 4:30 p.m. 1 :45 p.m. Election of National Eight and Memorial Program, Municipal Address by Vice President Forty Officers for 1959-60, Gold Auditorium (See Page 23) Richard M. Nixon, Municipal Room, Radisson Hotel 6:50 p.m. Auditorium 5:00 p.m. Senior Drum and Bugle Corps 3:00 p.m. Society of American Legion Finals and Parade of Champions, American Legion Auxiliary Founders, Reception and Dinner University of Minnesota Stadium Divisional Caucuses, Radisson Minneapolis Athletic Club Hotel (See Page 47) 7:30 p.m. Monday, August 24 Opening of Forty and Eight

Eight and Forty Marche National 7:30 a.m. Promenade National, St. Paul Banquet, Ballroom, Radisson National Chaplain's Breakfast Auditorium Hotel (See Page 61) Continued on Page 64

63 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Continued from Page 61 National Commander's Dinner to American Legion Auxiliary States as the center of the flour milling industry and is the largest cash Distinguished Guests; Address Dinner, St. Paul Auditorium grain market in the U.S. by Gen. Lauris Norstad, Hall of Forty and Eight Banquet, Today, Minnesota’s largest city, States, Hotel Leamington Ballroom, St. Paul Hotel Minneapolis, has become a diversi- 8:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. fied industrial center, with 1310 manufacturing plants. It is a world Annual Forty and Eight Parade, Convention Ball. Sponsored by center for linseed oil products, an United States Brewers Foundation. St. Paul (See Pages 52-53) important center for the manufac- Prom Center on the Midway ture of 10:00 p.m. jewelry, apparel, dairy and food products, iron and steel pro- Forty and Eight Blue Chaoeau Thursday, August 27 ducts, animal feeds, furniture, pot- Dance, Ballroom, St. Paul Hotel 8:30 a.m. tery-, mill work, confectionery pro- ducts and artificial limbs. American Legion Auxiliary Wednesday, August 26 National Convention reconvenes, On the other hand, while St. Paul, the capitol city, was characterized 8:00 a.m. Minneapolis Vocational High by no single industry, such as flour National Historian's Breakfast School and Technical Institute milling, during its early days, it (See Page 61) 9:00 a.m. soon began developing as a key 9:00 a.m. American Legion National manufacturing and distributing cen- ter. American Legion National Convention reconvenes, St. Paul is redolent with the Convention reconvenes, Municipal Auditorium flavor of James J. Hill, the justly Municipal Auditorium 10:00 a.m. named “Empire Builder,” who by Address by Senator Lyndon B. American Legion Auxiliary founding the Great Northern Rail- National Convention reconvenes, Johnson, Municipal Auditorium road, helped to open the Great

Minneapolis Vocational High I 1 :00 a.m. Northwest. St. Paul today is the headquarters for not only the Great School and Technical Institute Address by George Meany, Northern but also its competitor, Municipal Auditorium 9:30 a.m. the Northern Pacific Railroad. 12 Noon Meetings of Forty and Eight St. Paul has 950 manufacturing Election of National Officers of industries, and it is also the home Committees (See Page 51) The American Legion for of the nation’s largest law book Morning 1959-60, Municipal Auditorium publishing firm; one of five largest publishers of farm periodicals; the Address by Ambassador You Morning nation’s largest manufacturer of Chan Yang of Korea to Election of American Legion advertising specialties; and the num- -American Legion Auxiliary Auxiliary National Officers for ber one maker of refrigerators. The National Convention, 1959-60, Minneapolis Vocational city is headquarters for one of Minneapolis Vocational High the largest manufacturers of lum- High School and Technical ber and other forest products; School and Technical Institute Institute and the home base of sprawling 12:30 p.m. Afternoon Minnesota-Mining and Manufactur- National Yeomen (F) luncheon ing Co., the largest maker in the National Executive Committee, U.S. of surface-coated abrasives and and meeting, Donaldson's, The American Legion. (Probably pressure-sensitive tapes. Southdale immediately following Both cities are the hubs for in-

1 :00 p.m. adjournment of Convention) Please turn to Page 69 Forty and Eight Promenade

National reconvenes, St. Paul Auditorium

1:15 p.m. ' ‘^'1 Address by former President t s‘ Harry S. Truman, Municipal Auditorium Meet Your Friends at . . . Afternoon CHATEAU de PARIS Election of Forty and Eight National Officers for 1959-60, man «om St. Paul Auditorium V'JL’k

64 Twin Cities Memories 1919 Minneapolis 'Welcome LEGIONNAIRES

TO MINNEAPOLIS

AND ST. PAUL

BEST WISHES FOR A SUCCESSFUL

Less than a year old, The American Legion marched 4 1 ST NATIONAL CONVENTION down Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis in its first National Convention Parade on November 11, 1919, the first anniversary of Armistice Day.

YOUR FRIENDLY 1924 St. Paul PHILLIPS 66 DEALERS

In 1924, the Legion returned to the Twin Cities to hold its sixth National Convention in St. Paul. Above, massed Legionnaires from Iowa parade past the State Capitol.

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Legion assembled in St. Paul for its 6th National Convention in 1924.

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A group of combat veterans were swapping experiences

during lights-out in an Army hospital ward when the conversation turned to the distinctive As I sat next to a WAF officer, waiting for a meeting sound made by the German 88 shells. to begin, I was reading an article in a news magazine

‘ I remember one night in France,” said a sergeant describing the difficulties the Army and the Navy were who had been awarded the Purple Heart. “We had just having in determining the regulation height of their started to sack out when them 88 ’s began zeroing in on female members' heels. Pointing out the article to the us. Everybody headed for the slit trenches — everybody WAF, I asked, How high do you like your heels?” but me. I couldn’t get out of my sleeping bag! The “Oh,’ she replied, “about six feet two!” zipper was stuck tight and I could hear the 88 ’s walking Maj. Richard R. Thuma, Jr. closer closer.” and (APO 125, New York, N. Y.) A sympathetic silence came over the darkened ward. -Dr -Dr -Dr Then an anxious voice asked, “What did you do?” To fill out the regimental boxing team, a “Man,” the sergeant replied, “don’t ever let anybody GI was pre- vailed upon by his buddies to enter tell you that you can’t run with a sleeping bag on!” the divisional tournament. He had never been in a fight in his life Edward P. Reilly (Niagara Falls, N. Y.) and looked forward to his first bout with ill-concealed -Dr -Dr -it panic.

When he came back to the barracks after the fight, at’s just a sample from Reader’s Digest fun- he was in terrible shape. “You poor guy,” said the GI filled feature, “Humor in Uniform.” But read on . . in the next bunk. The young soldier was taking his girl on a tour of “That’s not the half of it,” gasped the boxer. “I gotta the Army base. The couple approached a rifle range fight again. I won. just as a group of trainees fired at a line of targets. The YN2 Dqnald l Gunnels (FPO, San Francisco, Calif.) girl, frightened by the sudden noise, flung herself into the soldier’s arms. Visitors and soldiers standing nearby Dr -Dr -Dr smiled. The girl blushed and stepped back, saying, “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to get so frightened.” These are actual anecdotes contributed to Humor in Uniform” by readers. “Oh, that’s all right,” the GI said with a grin. “Now This feature is let’s go and watch the heavy artillery.” just one of more than forty timely articles and features you’ll find Thomas Lauenstein (Hazlet, N. J.) each month in Reader’s Digest.

-Dr -Dr -Dr Pick up your Digest today. It might be one of your most enjoyable experiences of the Convention The men waiting to board the troopship were told —an adventure you can repeat every month! they had 30 minutes until loading time. They fell out, unstrapped their packs and relaxed. As often happens, For humor, for inspiration, for education, over the whistle blew five minutes later. In the rush, equip- 21,000,000 people buy each issue of the Readers ment was scattered, tempers flared and shouts re- Digest. It’s the world’s most widely read magazine sounded: “Where’s my entrenching tool?” “Where’s my pack?” At the peak of the confusion, tension was broken when one man asked meekly, “Has anyone seen my hand-grenade pin?” R G 3 (jUrshdlton, Pa.) —

Honorary Officers of The American Legion 1959 National Convention Corporation

Orville L. Freeman Governor of Minnesota

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P. Kenneth Peterson Dr. James Lewis Morrill Joseph E. Dillon Mayor of Minneapolis Pres., University of Minn. Mayor of St. Paul

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The Cover Painting The Host State

The cover painting for the 4 1 st Annual American As nearly everyone must know by this time, the Legion National Convention Program was inspired by proudest boast of the Minnesotan is that his state is

the return of the Convention to Minneapolis-St. Paul the land of 10,000 lakes. Even so, residents of the

the site of the first Convention in 1919. It depicts North Star State should be applauded for their reserve, the Delegates Badge of that first Convention beside since the state is actually dotted with more than 11,000 the 1959 Badge. The draped red, white, and blue of them.

bunting and The American Legion colors add a patri- Blessed with this water playground, Minnesotans otic flavor to the design. long ago learned the high art of entertaining, caring for According to the artist, Robert Geissmann, the and feeding vacationing families from other states and French would call the style of this type of painting foreign nations. The tourist business ranks fourth as a "trompe ToeiL” In the United States, it is sometimes wealth-producing activity, behind agriculture, manufac- called "magic realism.” turing and mining. Mr. Geissmann, during World War II, was art director for the Army Air Force Combat Film Unit. Two years ago he was given the U.S. Air Force Excep- Convention Exhibits tional Service Award for his work in establishing an Legionnaires, their families, and friends are en- art program which is recording for posterity the couraged to visit the exhibit booths in the Minneapolis worldwide activities of the USAF. His own paintings Auditorium. Advertisers in The American Legion have been widely shown and have brought him a number Magazine are well represented and you will find the of awards. exhibits interesting and educational. He was born in New Washington, Ohio, and had Introduce yourself and feel free to ask questions or his major schooling at Warren, Ohio, and at the request information. School of Fine and Applied Arts, Ohio State Univer- Included among the exhibitors are: sity. Major advertising agencies are included among Texaco his clients today. Seagram 7 Crown Seagram’s Posts Angler’s Paradise American Tel. and Tel. Remington Arms Liggett and Myers Norelco Gordon’s Gin

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Many Legionnaires and their families plan a Minne- sota vacation following the adjournment of the National MILWAUKEE Convention. The state’s more than 10,000 lakes offer unexcelled fishing. l

Looking Ahead Continued from Page 64 St. Paul Auditorium numerable truck lines, and both The National Convention Com- are leading wholesale centers, serv- The St. Paul Auditorium, which ing the vast openess of the Upper mission of The American Legion is will be the scene of the annual Midwest. Minneapolis boasts 1,634 already making plans for the next States Dinner of the Legion Auxil- wholesale distributors, St. Paul has Conventions. iary on Wednesday evening, August three annual National more than 600. best for reunions in 26, is one of the largest and Dates and sites Both cities enjoy excellent de- buildings of its type in the I960, 1961, and 1962 were ap- partment stores and specialty shops equipped proved by the National Executive which have the enviable position of United States. attracting shoppers from four states Committee, on the recommendation Located at the immediate edge of and a portion of Wisconsin. Because of the Convention Commission, at the city’s downtown business district, of this Nicollet avenue in Minne- three blocks of the its spring 1959 meeting. They are apolis has become a sort of Fifth within two and auditorium is Miami Beach, Florida Avenue for the entire Upper Mid- two largest hotels, the west. of entertain- October 15-20, I960 adaptable to a variety Denver, Colorado A new entry into the Twin Cities ments; an ice hockey game may be commercial picture is the booming convention, September 6-14, 1961 played one night and a industry. The two towns electronic the same Detroit, Michigan circus or concert occupy already rank as the fourth or fifth area next day. August 26-30, 1962 largest electronic center in the Pop Concerts, These assignments were made sub- country. St. Paul’s Summer staged in the main arena each July ject to the provision that the "cities The cities always were a major center for production of hearing and August, have gained national shall satisfy the minimum require- aids. During World War II, the attention as unique summer enter- ments of the National Organization skill of their residents became na- housing and tainment. A regularly scheduled pertaining to adequate tionally recognized because of amaz- Pop Concert and Ice Review will be facilities prior to the execution of ingly low reject rates in precision a feature of the States Dinner. the Convention Contract.” product manufacturing.

SHIP AND TRAVEL Standard Oil Dealers UNDER THE AMERICAN FLAG! throughout Mid-America The American Legion and the United offer you a kind of States Merchant Marine have an iden- new tical purpose—to serve our nation well. The ships of our Merchant Marine, built Travel Information Service in American shipyards, manned by Americans, are the ONLY vessels we can depend upon as a vital arm of our When you’re away from home and need in- nation's defense. formation, just remember . . . "As you travel AS YOU Ship and travel under the American — ask us.” Standard Oil Dealers have direc- Flag . . . tories and maps to help you locate almost SUPPORT YOUR MERCHANT MARINE! anything —lodging and eating places . . . local TRAVEL streets . . . state parks . . . historic sites . . .

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69 LEGIONNAIRES! Get this free identification card with your personal photo

During the convention, Calvert Reserve has arranged to have a battery of photographers, equipped with Polaroid Cameras, on hand at the Minneapolis Auditorium. They’ll take your picture and give you a souvenir Identification Card, just for the asking!

Look for the Calvert Men. Our booth is #18.

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Suppliers for fhe American States Marine Lines is devoting its utmost efforts to assisting our Legion grave marker, gavel, the application of nuclear bell and other items Government in the important task of pioneering

power to merchant vessels that unite the nations of the world in

peaceful trade. Hotel Assignments 8 AND 40 ARKANSAS Radisson NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS Hotel Maryland Hotel 45 S. 7th St., Minneapolis 1346 LaSalle Ave., Minneapolis Leamington Hotel FE 3-2181 FE 3-0231 10th St. & 3rd Ave. So. (Adjutant: E. A. Rice) Minneapolis 40 AND 8 FE 3-6161 St. Paul Hotel Parkway Hotel NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS 363 St. Peter St., St. Paul 1501 LaSalle Ave., Minneapolis OFFICE CA 2-4114 FE 2-8481 West Hall Buckingham Hotel Minneapolis Municipal OFFICIAL DELEGATION 1500 LaSalle Ave., Minneapolis Auditorium HOTELS FE 3-1331 E. Grant & 3rd ALABAMA FE 9-8401 Maryland Hotel DISTINGUISHED GUESTS 1346 LaSalle Ave., Minneapolis HEADQUARTERS FE 3-0231 WELCOME Leamington Hotel (Adjutant: Lawson M. Lynn) 10th St. & 3rd Ave. So., Mpls. LEGIONNAIRES FE 3-6161 ALASKA ANNIN & CO. NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS Leamington Hotel Flagmakers STAFF 10th St. & 3rd Ave. So., Mpls. to the World Mark Twain Hotel FE 3-6161 Since 1847 (Adjutant: Joseph M. Briones) 1030-2nd Ave. So., Minneapolis FE 6-8373 ARIZONA AUXILIARY Calhoun Beach Hotel Radisson Hotel 2730 W. Lake St., Minneapolis 45 S. 7th St., Minneapolis WA 7-9951 FE 3-2181 (Adjutant: Clayton B. Orth)

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72 CALIFORNIA Andrews Hotel 4th St. & Hennepin, Mpls. 'Wai&i&i FE 2-2222 (Adjutant: Gordon A. Lyons) Here you’ll enjoy Polynesian CANADA cuisine and exotic beverages in a setting as Hawaiian as the beau- Nicollet Hotel tiful Islands themselves. Nicollet & Washington Ave. So., Minneapolis FE 3-3177 Hotel Pick-Nicollet (Adjutant: Murl J. Ellison) An Albert Pick Hotel COLORADO Boulevard Motel 5637 Lyndale Ave. So., Mpls. Newest and Finest in Minneapolis TA 5-4488 (Adjutant: M. L. Lyckholm) CONNECTICUT Guest House Motel 704-4th Ave. So., Minneapolis FE 5-2234 LEGIONNAIRES WELCOME TO (Adjutant: Charles L. Parker) DELAWARE "America's Friendliest City" Leamington Hotel 10th St. & 3rd Ave. So., Mpls. # FE 3-6161 (Adjutant: William R. Marvel) HOTEL LOWRY DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Andrews Hotel HOTEL SAINT PAUL 4th St. and Hennepin, Mpls. FE 2-2222 Saint Paul, Minnesota (Adjutant: Franklin H. Britton) FLORIDA Normandy Hotel 405 So. 8th St., Mpls. FE 3-0223 (Adjutant: Ernest A. Rowton) FRANCE Nicollet Hotel Nicollet & Washington Ave. So., Minneapolis Best Wishes FE 3-3177 (Adjutant: Clifford C. Seeley) For a Successful Convention GEORGIA Hotel Francis Drake 10th St. & 5th Ave. So., Mpls. From the FE 2-0561 (Adjutant: Maurice T. Webb) HAWAII Nicollet Hotel ENDICOTT JOHNSON Nicollet & Washington Ave. So., Minneapolis FE 3-3177 SHOE CORPORATION (Adjutant: Orvel T. Shonk, Sr.) IDAHO Cross Keys Motel 5812 Lyndale Ave. So., Mpls. TA 7-4058 And Its Family of Workers (Adjutant: Lou Babb) ILLINOIS Lowry Hotel 339 Wabasha St., St. Paul CA 2-6611 (Adjutant: James S. Gwaltney)

73 INDIANA 4025 Hwy. 7, Minneapolis 45 So. 7th St., Minneapolis “'Radisson Hotel WA 6-6575 FE 3-2181 45 S. 7th St., Minneapolis Minikahda Motor Lodge (Adjutant: G. Y. Fails) FE 3-2181 3924 Excelsior Blvd., Mpls. (Adjutant: Frank J. Myers) WA 7-7731 NEW YORK Dyckman Hotel MINNESOTA *Leamington Hotel 27 So. 6th St., Minneapolis 10th St. & 3rd Ave. So., Mpls. “'Nicollet Hotel FE 2-7244 FE 3-6161 Nicollet & Washington Ave. So., (Adjutant: Maurice IOWA Minneapolis Stember) Nicollet Hotel Curtis Hotel FE 3-3177 Nicollet & Washington Ave. So., 10th St. & 3rd Ave. So., Mpls. (Adjutant: Carl Granning) Minneapolis FE 3-5144 Minnesotan Hotel FE 3-3177 (Adjutant: R. J. Laird) 2nd Ave. So. & Washington, Curtis Hotel ITALY Minneapolis 10th St. & 3rd Ave. So., FE 6-5344 Mpls. Nicollet Hotel FE 3-5144 Northgate Motel Nicollet & Washington Ave. So., 2526 Minneapolis Hwy. 8, Minneapolis NORTH CAROLINA ST 1-7407 FE 3-3177 Andrews Hotel Aqua City Motel (Adjutant: Carmine Casolini) 4th St. & Hennepin, Mpls. 5739 Lyndale Ave. So., Mpls. FE 2-2222 KANSAS TA 3-5247 (Adjutant: Nash D. McKee) Curtis Hotel MISSISSIPPI 10th St. & 3rd Ave. So., Mpls. NORTH DAKOTA Curtis Hotel FE 3-5144 Dyckman Hotel 10th St. & 3rd Ave, So., Mpls. (Adjutant: Kenneth Young) 27 So. 6th St., Minneapolis FE 3-5144 FE 2-7244 KENTUCKY (Adjutant: Frank W. Chambers) (Adjutant: Jack Parkway Motor Court Williams) MISSOURI 4757 Hiawatha Ave.. OHIO Nicollet Hotel PA 9-8314 Nicollet Hotel Nicollet & Washington Ave., (Adjutant: Ray A. Beyer) Nicollet Minneapolis & Washington Ave. So., Minneapolis LOUISIANA FE 3-3177 Dyckman FE 3-3177 Hotel (Adjutant: Kenneth Cruse) 27 So. 6th St., Minneapolis (Adjutant: Joseph S. Deutschle) FE 2-7244 MONTANA Hastings Hotel OKLAHOMA (Adjutant: Lawrence J. Centola) 32 No. 12th St., Minneapolis Leamington Hotel MAINE FE 3-0521 10th St. & 3rd Ave. So., Mpls. Claude Hotel (Adjutant: Chester K. Shore) FE 3-6161 455 St. Peter St., St. Paul (Adjutant: Auty Ray Tyner, Jr.) CA 4-4877 NEBRASKA Hastings Hotel OREGON (Adjutant: James L. Boyle) 32 N. 12th St., Mpls. Continental Hotel MARYLAND FE 3-0521 68 So. 12th St., Minneapolis Lakes and Pines Motel (Adjutant: Warren E. Baker) FE 3-5441 1801 Hudson Rd„ St. Paul NEVADA (Adjutant: Maurice E. Druhl) PR 1-5595 “'Admiral Hotel PANAMA C.Z. (Adjutant: Daniel H. Burkhardt) 312 S. 8th St., Minneapolis Nicollet Hotel MASSACHUSETTS FE 3-5232 Nicollet & Washington Ave. So., Vendome Hotel (Adjutant: Victor F. Whittlesea) Minneapolis 17 So. 4th St., Minneapolis Hotel Francis Drake FE 3-3177 FE 3-3421 10th St. & 5th Ave. So., Mpls. (Adjutant: W. L. Ney) (Adjutant: Peter E. Pappas) FE 2-0561 PENNSYLVANIA MEXICO NEW HAMPSHIRE “'Ryan Hotel Nicollet Hotel Parkway Hotel 402 Robert St., St. Paul Nicollet & Washington Ave. So., 1501 LaSalle Ave., Minneapolis CA 2-6301 Minneapolis FE 2-8481 (Adjutant: Daniel W. Shaub) FE 3-3177 (Adjutant: Frank N. Sawyer) Capri Hotel (Adjutant: Harry Wright) NEW JERSEY 9 W. 7th St., St. Paul MICHIGAN Holiday Motor Hotel CA 2-0393 “'Biltmore Motor Hotel 812 No. Lilac Dr., Minneapolis PHILIPPINES 5212 Hwy. JU 8-4665 169, Minneapolis Hotel Francis Drake WE 9-2601 (Adjutant: Morris W. Kuzbyt) 10th St. & 5th Ave. So., Mpls. (Adjutant: Lisle H. Alexander) NEW MEXICO FE 2-0561 Lakeland Motor Hotel Radisson Hotel (Adjutant: Jose J. de Guzman) the job he holds never existed before

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i PUERTO RICO SOUTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE Nicollet Hotel Calhoun Beach Hotel Fair Oaks Motor Hotel Nicollet & Washington Ave. So., 2730 W. Lake St., Minneapolis 2335-3rd Ave. So., Minneapolis Minneapolis WA 7-9951 FE 6-4391 FE 3-3177 (Adjutant: Wilbert F. Vaughn) (Adjutant: Joe F. Hudgens) (Adjutant: Rafael Rojas Lozano) TEXAS RHODE ISLAND SOUTH DAKOTA St. Paul Hotel Dyckman Hotel Curtis Hotel 363 St. Peter St., St. Paul 27 So. 6th St., Minneapolis 10th St. & 3rd Ave. So., Mpls. CA 2-4114 FE 2-7244 FE 3-5144 (Adjutant: G. Ward Moody) (Adj’t: F. Vincent McConnell) (Adjutant: Walter S. Travis) UTAH Admiral Hotel 312 So. 8th St., Minneapolis FE 3-5232 (Adjutant: Dean C. Hall) VERMONT *Frederic Hotel 45 E. 5th St., St. Paul CA 2-1701 (Adjutant: Ray Greenwood) Commodore Hotel 79 Western Ave. No., St. Paul CA 6-1061 VIRGINIA Park Plaza Hotel 1700 Hennepin Ave., Mpls. FE 5-1101 (Adjutant: Charles L. Kessler) WASHINGTON * Anthony Hotel 806 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis FOR FE 3-1423 AND (Adjutant: Fred M. Fuecker) Camfield Hotel MODERN 812 Marquette Ave., Minneapolis EXPRESS FE 3-1541 WEST VIRGINIA PASSENGER FREIGHT Minnesotan Hotel 2nd Ave. S. & Washington Ave. SERVICE Minneapolis SERVICE FE 6-5344 the (Adjutant: Tommy E. Jones) INDEPENDENCE 24 modern cargo and CONSTITUTION liners servicing WISCONSIN Sheridan Hotel sail the U.S. NORTH ATLANTK 1112 Marquette Ave., balmy Sunlane Mpls. PORTS to the FE 3-4133 from New York (Adjutant: Robert Mediterranean, G. Wilke) to Europe and Portugal, Spain, WYOMING the Mediterranean Hampshire Arms North Africa, calling at 900-4th Ave. So., Minneapolis Algeciras, Cannes, Black Sea, and FE 2-1451 (Adjutant: S. J. Madia) Genoa, Naples. U. S. ATLANTIC PORTS * Asterisk indicates Headquarters for those Great Vacation tip: to the Red Sea, Departments which are housed in more Fall & Winter India, Pakistan, than one hotel. Sunlane Cruises For Ceylon, Burma. information pertaining to state dele- gation call the Department Adjutant at the appropriate Department Headquarters AMERICAN EXPORT LINES hotel. Information on individual dele- gates and visitors is not available at Na- tional Headquarters or at the Convention 39 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 6, N. Y. Corporation offices.

76 Municipal Auditorium

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The Minneapolis Municipal Auditorium, scene of T The American Legion’s 4lst National Convention, August 22-27, 1959, was completed in June, 1927, at a cost of $3,150,000. Its Main Arena has a seating capacity of 10,000.

Continental Can Company9 The Auditorium is the home of the famed Minne- Inc. apolis Lakers of the National Basketball Association. The auditorium theater boasts a concert organ with more than 10,000 pipes, considered one of the out- standing organs in the United States.

Memorial Stadium

The finals of The American Legion’s Senior Drum and Bugle Corps Contest—the spectacular "Parade of Min- Champions”—will take place in the University of nesota’s Memorial Stadium on Sunday, August 23. and The stadium itself was erected "by members friends of the University to honor the men and women of Minnesota who served their country in time of war. setting for It, thus, provides an unusually appropriate the pageantry of the highly-trained musical groups of the world’s largest veterans’ organization. Completed in 1924, Memorial Stadium seats 60,000.

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on the tenders a vote of thanks to the

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St. Paul, Hopkins, and

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Where to Register, All of us at Buy Parade Tickets, Naf-ionaH Castfes? Tickets

Eight Information, Registration and Ticket Sales Booths are main- tained during the entire period of the Convention for the conveni- ence of delegates and visitors. You can register, buy tickets for par- ade seats or for the Finals of the National Senior Drum and Bugle Corps Contest, or find the answer to your Convention questions at any of these booths. In Minneapolis, booths are at: Minneapolis Municipal Auditorium Leamington Hotel Curtis Hotel Radisson Hotel extend a Warm Welcome to Nicollet Hotel

In St. Paul, they are at: St. Paul Hotel Lowry Hotel THE AMERICAN LEGION Ryan Hotel Registration Committee Head- 1959 CONVENTION quarters are at the 1959 National Convention Corporation Offices, 14

South 9th Street, Minneapolis 2, Minnesota.

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Mark Twain holds fo rth at K1 aprotns Tavern

Wit flashed when Mark Twain spoke and his favorite Kentucky bourbon, Old Crow, flowed during convivial evenings at the famed Elmira, N.Y. tavern. According to an intimate biography, the beloved humorist once ordered 25 barrels of Old Crow to assure his supply at Klaproth’s.

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