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OLD GRAND-DAD ; 10th NATIONAL CONVENTION THE: AMERICAN LECION SEPTEMBER 1-4, 1958 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS we ASSOCIATQ oaRseLves togqthgr for thg following purposgs To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States ofAmerica; to maintain law and order; to foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism; to preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in the Great Wars; to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation to combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses; to make right k the master of might; to promote peace and good will on earth; to safe- i guard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom /£ fe and democracy; to consecrate and sanctify our comrade- // Jj vSiWk ship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness. Af LA SOCIETE DES LA BOUTIQUE DES QUARANTE HOMMES HUIT CHAPEAUS ET ET HUIT CHEVAUX QUARANTE FEMMES Thirty-Ninth Thirty-Seventh Promenade Nationale Marche Nationale THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY Thirty-Eighth National Convention The American Legion Convention Program PAGE American Legion Auxiliary 35-40 Business Sessions, American Legion Convention 13, 14 Convention Committee Meetings 11 Convention Corporation Board of Directors 33 Convention Corporation Committee Chairmen 34 Convention Corporation Officers 31 Department of Illinois 8 Distinguished Service Medal Recipients 15 Distinguished Guests 16, 17, 18, 19 Eight and Forty 46-47 Forty & Eight National Officers 41 Forty & Eight Convention Program 43 Forty & Eight Parade Orders 44, 45 Governor William G. Stratton of Illinois 6 Hotel Assignments 51-55 joint Opening Session (American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary) 13 Map of Downtown Chicago 56 Map of Parade Route 22 Richard Daley of Chicago 7 Mayor J. National Commander John S. Gleason, Jr.’s Welcome 3 National Contests 20 National Convention Commission 21 National Officers of The American Legion 9 Parade Orders 23, 24, 25, 26 Past National Commanders 4 Patriotic and Memorial Program 11 Preamble to Legion Constitution 1 President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Message 5 Reunions and Dinners 49, 50 Standing Commission and Committee Meetings Schedule 10 FORTIETH NATIONAL CONVENTION record. But yesterday’s strength does For the first time in the nearly forty- Events since that day have proved today’s battles. The organi- year history of The American Legion, both the Nation and the organization not win to zation which epitomizes all that is its National Commander has been which its defenders founded equal in num- given the privilege of presiding over a their roles. Today the United States best in America must grow dedicated National Convention in his own home is the world’s bulwark of freedom, bers, in strength, and in service. As long as The American town. For this honor I am deeply of morality, and law. Within the holds fast to its ideals, the grateful. I am grateful also beyond United States, no other organization Legion who fought for words to express for the cooperation or group has contributed so greatly men and women in our ranks the and unstinted support extended by so to the preservation of American ideals America will find their love of many thousands of Legionnaires dur- and American strength. opportunity to express for our na- ing the past eventful year. The delegates to this Fortieth Na- country and their hopes We are gathering at a crucial mo- tional Convention face many chal- tion’s future. each of you—delegates, guests, ment in the history of America and lenges.o I am sure that their decisions To I wish a joyful reunion. of the organization which we are all will be motivated by the same spirit and visitors— to have you. I wel- proud to serve. When the first Na- of patriotism which characterized Chicago is happy this Forti- tional Convention met in Minneapolis their wartime military service and come you most warmly to Convention. thirty-nine years ago, The American their peacetime service to community, eth Annual National Legion was a new, untested, and per- state and nation through The Ameri- haps slightly suspect quantity. The can Legion. For the cause of freedom United States also was freshly and justice must be fought anew each emerged from World War I as an day. unsophisticated and perhaps bumpti- So also must The American Legion rebuilt. The accomplish- ous participant in the hard school of be constantly NATIONAL COMMANDER international power politics. ments of the past have left a noble THE AMERICAN LEGION 1919-1958 * Franklin D’Olier Frank N. Belgrano, Jr. Erle Cocke, Jr. Pennsylvania 1919-20 California 1934-35 Georgia 1950-51 °f Frederic W. Galbraith, Jr. Ray Murphy Donald R. Wilson Ohio 1920-21 Iowa 1935-36 West Virginia 1951-52 “{John G. Emery Harry W. Colmery Lewis K. Gough Michigan 1921 Kansas 1936-37 California 1952-53 Hanford MacNider Daniel Arthur Connell J. Doherty J. Iowa 1921-22 Massachusetts 1937-38 Connecticut 1953-54 Alvin M. Owsley Stephen F. Chadwick Seaborn P. Collins Texas 1922-23 Washington 1938-39 New Mexico 1954-55 Addington Wagner John R. Quinn Raymond Kelly J. J. Michigan 1955-56 California 1923-24 Michigan 1939-40 Dan Daniel “James A. Drain Milo Warner J. Virginia 1956-57 District of Columbia 1924-25 Ohio 1940-41 “John R. McQuigg Lynn U. Stambaugh Past National Commanders by Ohio 1925-26 North Dakota 1941-42 Vote of National Conventions “Howard P. Savage Roane Waring Illinois 1926-27 Tennessee 1942-43 “Bennett Champ Clark “Edward E. Spafford Warren H. Atherton Missouri—Presided at Paris caucus, March 1919 California New York 1927-28 1943-44 “Milton J. Foreman “Paul V. McNutt Edward N. Scheiberling Illinois—Chairman, Executive Committee at Paris Indiana 1928-29 New York 1944-45 “Henry D. Lindsley “O. Lee Rodenhamer John Stelle Texas—Presided at St. Louis caucus. May 1919 Arkansas 1929-30 Illinois 1945-46 “Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. New York “Ralph T. O’Neil Paul H. Griffith Eric Fisher Kansas 1930-31 Pennsylvania 1946-47 Wood Pennsylvania—Temporary Chairman Henry L. Stevens, Jr. James F. O’Neil and Secretary at Paris caucus North Carolina 1931-32 New Hampshire 1947-48 Louis Johnson Perry Brown Honorary National Commanders West Virginia 1932-33 Texas 1948-49 “General “Edward A. Hayes George N. Craig John J. Pershing Illinois 1933-34 Indiana 1949-50 “Marshal Ferdinand Foch ^Deceased f Killed in auto accident while serving as Commander t Elected by Executive Committee to fill unexpired term 4 HOUSE the white WASHINGTON 58 June 26 . ^ Fortieth Nation American Q f For the past tradi- citizenship, V Strengthened y lfare *orl • help to securest around the and o ^ countrymen and spirir, In this convention. a fine o - „ . The Honorable William G. Stratton GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS HONORARY PRESIDENT THE AMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL CONVENTION CORPORATION ©or® SrSCJS or or ield 195® SPR' .June s c ' 00»t»» Jr ‘ 1 C8.s°n • . _ s G J «r - °* colander ““CrM* legion street The Peu»sV lva 700 ®°rth Indian 1 ipdianapol* — of the c-«»» *»«“> * Governor. to *7 As ^tend r u“”,n - »» ------ t o'1 a 00 —c 0®® that, convert! our ^ ^ heritage ° * uglon*. bu3 inesa d he c^uct cur you udful *re M you wfere ^ ^ wi ° ^ „5f «* Cl*- ^oThe &^ssri. - r- — tor itrice 1<ja today .»*—1 - UBgi°”' stay » productive.-sr« that your M "zrzxz-~~ experienc®’ sinc«reiy. good. 6 The Honorable Richard J. Daley MAYOR OF CHICAGO HONORARY PRESIDENT THE AMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL CONVENTION CORPORATION °r, 'Z & 1 19 5 June Z * . Jr ' Qleason, JO wr. 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Chicago loro Office Bloorninqton Child Wei Adjutant Gunn Norman F- - 0 ' Streo F’.rlh. M Dearborn Join O. S. Broad-aY 209 V/. Chicago offic<r Monmouth empioymenf »« w” s „,g~» *»* « „«„ .11 ..... ' =-*"• "‘U 7 a... L baa- • - * «« — *— ll.. .,. 1. “““ erf ... d.ll,b.«"‘ Comradeship, one Yours i« d ^nder James S. Gwaltney ADJUTANT 8 DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS Lee A. Lemos Ramon R. Guas Rhode Island Puerto Rico Vice Commander Vice Commander Harry W. Miller Isadore Levine West Virginia Indiana Vice Commander Vice Commander William A.