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j If INTHE MEMOUiAL MOVEMENT ;;rilEMPOHARILY, i is olticially announced,lioithere will I’ ;i I’..ill in II- plan for building\n sold’ers* memorial hall in BaUi i m hi an.!II,«a number of community house* at pI!If II * | *the county. The law is such thnt n may ‘h ss.irv to I ive I e.isliil've action lo carryuvsoout the ideas ol the promoters of lie* movement, .and if that is true, no donld Hie necessary j M;] Ihoi'iiv will be granted v, Aeu the legislature ....a \| , miver.es.\\ ile the p'O] !c were prepared lo sanctionthe la nd Issue for the sum of c-,clt;),()0(). no onea 1Tinvision f to oppose any plan calculated to showgmappreciation of the service# rendered by tinliving soldiers, nr.J ail desiring lo nay highesthonors to tho*c others v.ho made the supremesacrlfiec. there was not Inching a wide sentiment to the effect that the proposed e\plt; ndilure, that would, Irom first to last, have costneailv a million and a hall of dollars in taxeswr :lt;•.was far beyond what the soldiers themselvesdesired, and beyond what is necessary to do(IKerawit* •elwheainohonor to the dead and to best advantage tinliving.The Californian has, in a measure, shared thatthought; while it stood ready So support suchtluassf; i iAndnofficial plan as might be agreed upon to builda memorial, il is glad that the matter is tohave some further consideration, and it believessalpn♦that tin* great majority of the people entertainn like sentiment.Certainly the local organizations of the Amcri-can I.egion had 110 such heavy expenditure anditsclalmrnte plans in mind when the idea ol ithisuitable memorial was originally advanced, anddiscussion of the matter with maiiv of the lend-staers, many of tin* most thoughtful members olpnthe organization, bads to the conclusion thati'Cfthey feel that generous recognition would Ikatimmade, and substantial honors paid, il the orig- Linal plans that wen* first proposed should nowfind favor.eoThe idea tlud suggests itself to this paper asthe one best calculated to honor the dead andto benefit the. living is not that which would in-it(‘halt a massive community building and littledlt;community houses over the counlv, buildingsg«which tin* Legion members would share in comfitmon with the rest of the people. Bather wouldthwe see a distinctive edifice creeled for tluniAmerican Legion and placed in control of tlu*posts ol Ibis county, a building with a greatassembly hall that would Ik* a source of perilpcttial revenue to the Legion, thus making theibuilding largely self supporting, but which otherwise would he a soldiers* building and not acommunity building.Such a structure as we have in mind wouldhe a place for a social club of the best and mostmodern type exclusively for service men, withrooms at the disposal of visiting soldiers fromcounty points, with every convenience and comfort that the best equipped club enjoys. Suchan institution could be made self supporting, ilcould he made a community convenience, inthat its great hall could he used by the public,but il wmild at the same time he a Legion huild-li.1llt;Vaiag, a Legion home, controlled bv the servicemen and operated primarily for and hv them.By some such plan, the memorialwould be a permanent memorial, and il wouldnever, in the years to come, lose ils identity.Now since immediate action on the question isnot called for, since some months must clnpsibefore such action can he taken, there will Ik*ample time for further consideration of ideasin connection therewith.However, in the last analysis, it mav be saidthat the plans that actually find favor with 111posts will he the plans that will lind favor withthe people. Il is fortunate, we think, that thenis time granted for further discussion and furth-ill1 4 t t 4 e l I !lt;t Hi l t I i k I . ^ . I* ** * _ * ML - . * » A A
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Bakersfield Californian
Bakersfield, California, US
Wed, Mar 31, 1920
Page 14
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Clipped by
Steysi G.
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