The American Legion Weekly [Volume 4, No32 (August 11, 1922)] . uldknow and understand, and most of the veterans doknow them and understand them. They know that the things they fought for in thatwar they have not obtained. They know the worldhas not obtained universal peace nor financial andeconomic stability. They know that the burdensof taxation resulting from that war have not beenlessened nor fairly distributed as they should be;they know that foreign trade has been practicallydestroyed with consequent loss to business and in-dustry, resulting in general unemployment; theyknow that the who
The American Legion Weekly [Volume 4, No32 (August 11, 1922)] . uldknow and understand, and most of the veterans doknow them and understand them. They know that the things they fought for in thatwar they have not obtained. They know the worldhas not obtained universal peace nor financial andeconomic stability. They know that the burdensof taxation resulting from that war have not beenlessened nor fairly distributed as they should be;they know that foreign trade has been practicallydestroyed with consequent loss to business and in-dustry, resulting in general unemployment; theyknow that the whole process of reconstruction hasbeen delayed through vicious partisanship for parti-san political purposes. From the standpoints of the idealism for whichthey fought, of the material interests of the countrythey love and of their own personal interests, theyhave every reason to take an active part in politicalaffairs for the betterment of conditions—not as aclass, but as citizens who have already proved theirdevotion to their country. AUGUST 11, 1922 PAGE 9. Photo Paul Thompson ©Harris Ewing Phoo Campbell Studios In the opinion of expert observers the election of at least two ex-service senators in November is certain, Brookhart in Iowa andReed in Pennsylvania; the election of Arentz in Nevada is probable, and the election of two, Emery in Michigan and Parker in Missouri, is possible. conscience of the Grand Army of theRepublic. And it was clear that, tothe Chief Executives mind, the mantleof the G. A. leadership and re-sponsibility was now upon the sturdyshoulders of The American Legion. Will The American Legion, and,through the Legion, the 4,800,000 ex-service men of the World War, be aspowerful from this time on as theG. A. R. was after reconstruction wasunder way? Will those chapters in thenations life—social, economic andpolitical—that are to be written inthese years of reconstruction and read-justment be measured by the yardstickof the Legions conscience? Can t
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