Crimes of the American Legion in The Nation excerpt
editorials recount violence by Legion members including a California editor whipped in a prize ring and fined post actions, Dayton victim tossed from a bridge, raids on Communist and socialist HQs, and efforts to intimidate labor, unions, and political groups, with officials disavowing but post actions deemed official.
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The
American Legion
Arthur Warner
Arthur Clark
Carpenteria
California
Legion
Clark
Legion Hall
Justice of the Peace
Post
Frederick Reis, Jr
Legion Robert I
Bentley Post
Reis
Communist Labor Party
Cincinnati
Dayton
Ohio
the World
Oakland
Providence
R. I
Victor Berger
National
Socialist Party
Chicago
Franklin D'Olier
Legion Post
Legion Posta
Waukeegan
Illinois
Bogalusa
Louisiana
Nonpartisan League
Industrial Workers of the World
Committee of 48
St. Louis
Kansas City
Department of Justice
Federal
More
Roosevelt
League
Warner
F. W. Galbraith
Kansas
Elmwood Nonpartisan League members tarred and chased speakers
Leymon warned the group to keep politics out yet the club split and about 200 men tarred and rolled in grass the State organizer and State secretary of the Nonpartisan League. J Ralph Burton and Professor Wilson were escorted from Elmwood. Mr. Galbraith ordered an inquiry, but investigators whitewashed the Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leymon
Nonpartisan League
J. Ralph Burton
United States
Wilson
League
Elmwood
Stubby the War Hero Honored by Pershing
A Boston bull terrier named Stubby, veteran mascot of the American Expeditionary Forces, is decorated as a wounded hero by General John J. Pershing. The piece contrasts Stubby’s ceremony with harsh reporting on veterans' wounds, neglect, and deaths, including Richard's suicide after poor care in a contract hospital.
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Sanfun
Wilton
Stubby
Richard
Pershing
New York “Times
Washington
John J. Pershing
Europe
Thomas W. Salmon
New York
Senate
New York State
Salmon
Iment
Nero
Rome
The Awakening of L. U. 884 Members in War Time
During the war period the L U 884 brothers kept one paramount aim, to boost production so the troops would lacking nothing. The piece notes loyal union sentiment and broad support for wartime efforts, describing the collective focus and solidarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. U. Bra
Brothers of
L. U
Tom Big
Readers' magazines fuel workers' obedience, say Toiler editors
The Toiler argues that employee magazines like Namco Eagle promote passive acceptance of poor conditions. They claim these pieces manipulate workers by appealing to personal warmth and hobbies, keeping them from critical thinking about capitalism and their rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pershing
Stubby
Namco Engle
Natlay
Leonard
Mr. Painter Company Publi
Long- Bell Lumber
Kansas City
Bucharin
Namco
Eagle
South
North
National Defense Committee Aids Prisoners
The National Defense Committee forms to defend workers jailed for pro labor acts and to publicize cases while issuing a weekly bulletin on economic issues. It reports on aid to prisoners, including regular $10 weekly payments, and seeks ongoing contributions to fund relief work, with letters noting recognition from authorities and the broader aim of elevating workers’ conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Defease Committee
Youcentre
New York
Defense
Auburn
Pavie
Jennings
Carl Pavio
Gen. M. Danaif
339
Stone Avenue
Brooklyn
National Defense Committee
What the Scabs Won’t Do Poem Reflects Union Stand
A poem from the Electrical Trades Journal laments scabs and argues workers should stand with their unions. It imagines a scab writing home with pride in crossing picket lines, contrasted with a worker loyal to collective action and solidarity with family. The piece critiques betrayals of worker solidarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hla
Che Kiddips
Jottings on Bolshevism and mutiny across nations
A critique catalogs judicial bias and alleged Bolshevik influence in U.S. courts, notes mutinies in France and Britain with soldiers opposing war, and describes mob violence against Black citizens in Georgia. It rails at capitalists and praises Soviet Russia while detailing a dugout village by displaced Black workers near Chicago and a Labour stance at the American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
France
Illinois Central Railroad
Gale to Be Tried by Military Court on Governors Island
Gale A. Gale, once denied civil court review, has been moved from San Antonio to Governors Island New York to face a military court trial for draft evasion. He was deported from Mexico after editing a Communist journal and had sought civil court transfer claiming non military jurisdiction for an event three years past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicky Arnstein
Wall Street
New York City
Leiaure
United States
Linn A. BE. Gale
San Antonio
Texas
Governors Island
New York
Gale
Mexico
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the Voice OF Labor
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Labor
Voice OF Labor
Labor Movement
North California Ave
Chicago, TN
American Labor Union Educational Society, Inc
Toiler
Molly Dan
Molly
van Sielen
van Oradel
Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
England
Strasbourg
Nantes
Bar-le-Duc
Ruhr
Georgia
South America
Latin America
North America
Holland
Italy
Germany
Soviet Russia
Nataly
Joe Sanders
Jamestown
Addreas City
Teeeesseyeunees
Gaee State
Clark Ave
Tan
Cleveland
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