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American LegionCommander’s Talk iAt Grand RapidsfB? Unlt*f1Grand Rapids. Mich., Juno 25.—' The Uniter! States la the rir.hest. prize of the apes, the creditor ofthe universe, and la safe nnlv so]Ions as the world knows it 1s[ ready and prepared to defend Itself. John R, McQuHj* commander ot the American tjogion, Raid in an address here today.“America is the richest nation on earth'*, McQuigg declared. “Our national wealth, insofar as it can! he computed. haa heen estimated; at $350.000,000,000; a sum so vastthat the human mind cannot jrraBp It, TVe are not only the richest nation, but at the present ] time we are the bankers of the world,The American Legion haa nopatience with those well-meaning but misguided people who even now are making strenuous efforts to palsy the arm ot America and deprive hr of the small defense we ! now have. Thev sot much store in courts and Hague tribunals, and that In well. But let us re-j member that neither courts nor tribunals can accomplish the impossible.So long oa- the nations of the earth are striving for trade and wealth and commercial advantage; so Ions as human nature remains substantially as It is; long an world peace is in the making, it is our duty to assist by Bound methods of our own determination in speeding the day when swords shall bo beaten into plow .shares and spears into pruning! hooks and nations shall learn toiwar no more; but In the meantime let us have a care and pro-I vide the necessary means, such as we now have in the national defense act, to make sure that no harm comes to the temple of llherlv our fathers have here budded.
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Evening Chronicle
Marshall, Michigan, US
Fri, Jun 25, 1926
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