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_ Come To The , . . tavcndish Tea Wednesday, Aug. t Cavendish Beach A '

(CAWNPORB) 5|; as ever. Grand as ever. A good time expected. Come and bring

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‘friends.

ports of various kinds for all ages. High Class Chicken Suppe Ice Cream, Temperate Drinks and Fruit. Bathing, Base Ball m, Fancy Goods. Visitors to the Island cordially welcomed.

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pmsgloh, I am glad ito say that two new branches have been formed. Que in Kensingtorr and one in Motgglie. Both of these branches are in a thriving country and have [me numbers of err-service men ‘iéidraw from. This [makes a total 91 nine branches on the Island. The continuance of this happy pie of affairs depends entirely upon the membership of the Can- |dlan Legion and on the activity oi the various branches. While the pm-inelal Command can co-oper- m and endeavor to give every pos- uble. assistance, in the final an- . flygig the work of securing, new

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‘pital entries and other army docu-

during such service, shall be pen- sloned in accordance with the dis. abling condition existing, or for the disability arising from the aggra- vation of pro-war conditions which exists, excepting in the case oi ag- gravation oi a pie-existing disabil- ity with a, man who saw service in France when he is entitled to pen. sion to the full extent oi such dis- ability." This provision would ap- pear to be quite ample to cover any legitimate claim for pension. In the case of loss of‘ limbs or oi other disabling wounds, or of dis- ease contracted on or aggravated by service, of which there ‘are hos-

ment-ations, there is little difficulty when the disability still persists in proving the connection of the pres. ent condition with war service. But

members rests with the indiv‘dual

members of the Legion, and I ap- peal to you that you go back to

_ branches and give this all im-

‘ant matter even greater con- ridcrntivn than it has received in the past and not be satisfied until we have reached a state of affairs where the Legion is representative of one hundred per cent of those

ulgible for membership,

Penny Dev

This is one oi the major activi-

where men have broken down in the post war years from diseases ioi slow onslaught and slow pro- lgression and Where there is no re- i cord oi a definite incident, on serv- iice to show service origin of the idisability, then it is a complicated flask to assemble facts and opin- ‘ions to ensure justice being done. To any person with even a per- functory knowledge of the rigors of active service during the Great; War, must come to a moral con- viction that a large proportion oi

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i-illlslnwutuesaugnier ofa man who could have and should- have seen service overseas. I don't ' blame the Federal Government for i this as much as I do the repre- i aentatlves of the district.

“another appointment was to be made and the Department oi Pen- i slons and National Health did not even notify the Provincial Com- mand oi the impending appoint- ment. The ruult was that a young i non-returned man was appointed; What are the facts in the above; case? The Federal representative- wrote down to the President oi tlic Poll Committee requesting that a‘ name be submitted to him for the appointment. The chairman oi the local Poll Committee was neither, a returned man, although he should have been, nor were his sympath- ies with them, although he made his money when you men were wel- tering in blood in France, The rc- sult was the inevitable appoint. ment of the non-returned man. _ The above are only two of the: many instances that came to-my; knowledge. . ' I cannot conclude these remarks} without dlsclaiming any personal interest, or any politics, for tile Legion, as you well know, is non- political and non-sectarian, and lot it ever be so. We should and do put the interests of the Legion above all petty politics, but nevertheless. the situation is not entirely satis- factory, as there appears to be an attempt at evasion oi the‘ principles under which preference is given, which, oi course, in ‘itself consti- tute evasion oi ihe law. It must be distinctly stated that this situ_ ation is not common bllt it arises with sufficient frequency to cause

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DA N GIN G 9 to 12 Beach Grove Inn

MONDAY EVENING

‘Admission 50c It's a Gyro Dance

Tt“ nual Convention of the Prince Ed- ward Island Provincial Command of tile Canadian Legion, B.E.S.L., as-

in the , v.' t oi the Province. Above presented by T. E. Mac- Nutt, chairman of the Resolution

Committee, and adopted.

A resolution was also passed ask- ing that the Provinces be represent- ed on the new Canadian Pensions Commission.

Also one regarding section 73 oi Pension Act relating to the benefit of the doubt.

Executive Dinner

. V Guests at the executive dinner ilast eening included His Honour Lieutenant Governor Dalton, Hon. lDr. W. J. P. MacMillan, Acting Premer, and His Honour Mayor Bteavart. Comrade T. E. MacNutt, past president oi the Legion, act-:

scmbled at Charlottetown, desires once again to place on record its loyalty to our Patron-in-Chief, His Majesty the King and the Empire

spared to rule.

Prince of Wales. Resolved, that annual Convention oi the Prince Edward Island Provincial Convention of the Canadian Legion, DES L. assembled at Charlottetown, respectfully desires to express its greetings and best wishes to our Patron and Comrade His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and again wishes to congratulate cur Patron on his continued interest in the cause of Empire Trade and the closer unity of the British Common- wealth of Nations. '

Governor ‘General. Resolved, that llllS annual Convention of the Prince Edward Island Provincial Command of the Canadian Legion, B.E.S.L. as- sembled at Charlottetown, desires to

embarrassment to returned men; place on record its respects to I-lis The more publicity such acts ogiExcellcucy Lord Bcssborough our any individual of the House of Grand Patron and Governor Gen- Qommom is given, the 1955 pkely oral as representative of His Majesty

those who are generally classified

13 he to evade the pfgvisigns o; the: the King, and trust that his tour oi civflsgy-vtce Act duty in Canada will not only be

ed as Loastmaster, and extended at cordial welcome to the guests. The: toast to the King having been; duly honored, Comrade MueNutti emphasized the fact that in these

day of get-rich-schemes, selfishness

and evident desire by many to get

everything rossible out oi the

country and government instead of

siving onc's best to them, there was| room for such an organization as‘ -the Canadian Legion, with high’ ideals of loyalty to King and Em~. pire learned in time of war. Re-

turned men as a. whole were not

numbered among the wealthy;

their profession did‘ not bring

them wealth in war days and on

discharge they found it difficult to -ba rc-cstablishcd. World depression

and ivar dsabllitics are still prob-

lems to be faced. Legion members should endeavor to carry on and

work for the unity and develop- "IQM 0f the province, the Domin-. ion and tho Empire.

To the toast “Canada and the Empire," Comrade W. J. MacDon- ald replied in appropriate tcrms,i stressing the peace-time duty of, returned men to their country and;

ments have inind.

Concluding, he congratulated the Legion heartflyon tho success of their first official executive ban- quet.

consistently had in

Mayor Stewart

Responding to the toast “Our City," His Worship Mayor Stewart said the Legion members did well to honour the capital city with their presence at their convention banquet. The history and progress of the city were referred to, the speaker declaring the achievements of our returned soldiers had brought added honour and fame to {he city and Province,

Charlottetown, lie pointed out, was tlic_ third oldest city in the Dominion, only Qucbcc and ilulifax taking precedence over us in this respect. "We are all proud of our city and we hope it will continue to grow and flourish," he said. His

I ' w r curs. “How many of us are giv-, i _ '1 Worship concluded by wishing iliei n‘ y ‘mime an‘

Legion a full measure of success.’

He trusted they would continue. The glory its members had shed upon their native Province vxould never rile.

PRESIDENT MATS ADDRESS The toast to “The Canadian Le-

gion and the British Empire Sorv. ice League” was eloquently rc-

‘sponded to by President Fred F‘.

ltfuy and Past Presidents Dr. A. B. liiartiil and James Iicirrliilzrrr.

"First 0f all," said President May, “let me say ‘Thank you vcry much‘ for the great honour that you have today given me in electing mc your Provincial Presizleilt for the com- ing year. When I recollect the many good men and true have preceded inc in this position and office, I sincerely hope and trust that you shall not find me wanting.

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its various departments, both at Ot- tawa and in the various Pruunces.

the spirit of Communism would b. nipped in the bud and that the Can-

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He referred also to difficulties in, adian Legion would stand behind"

connection with the Pensions Act, which the Legion had been able to straighten out satisfactorily with the Dominion Government. 80 percent of the returned men in Canada Comrade Geo. Sherran happily drawing pensions had seen service, responded to the toast “The Ladies in the trenches, he explained. Pen-i Auxiliary," whose splendid organize. sions claims had been flagrantly‘ tion he said, was perhaps the mosl abused in the United Status, but this important factor in Legion activi

the authorities in doing so,

Ladies Remembered

did not apply to Canada. Member- ship in the Canadian Legion lie valued beyond any other distinction, he declared. ' Comrade James J, Imlglltlzcr, past fprcsident, reviewed briefly tllc fac- [tors making zlcccsszlry Great Bri- tain's entry into tllc War. ; Christian principles must prevail ‘ to overcome that grccd and ecliisli- ness which are at the liolaom oz ull the depression today, and Legion members had a responsibility in Lilli; i connection. He urged tin: they rc-

I nlcmbcr the spirit manifested in the

ing anything like that. =cl".'icc io- iiuy?" ha asked. He quoted from the "Legionary" i and from a speech of a lnembci- of i the Conservative House of Commons, indorslllg the Lmglons attitude with respect to pensions payments to war vetmtlnsI i Ile also expres- sed his appreciation of the cf- ‘lpresscd his appreciation of the ef-

,tles. He instanccd the work done ‘ by the Auxiliary in the sale oi pop- ‘pics aliil providing financial assist- , aucc for ilistresscd returned mei.

and their families.

cnlluisia lvuliy of the work of the

local Auxiliary", which numbered ,inuny ouwtandliai: and enthusiastic wuriuu‘

‘fir. idlilai. Lo the Press was res [lofldfli to by Ztfessrs. Reuben Mac- Donald and liknni: Walker.-

Tlle function concluded with the National Anthem.

At tile rvuliioll bilallfillfi} were . iillulilltu were serv- MUUNUIL was in

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{the chair. dilfif‘. who spckc were Qfujzw Ur ' Eli zincrs, X18“ Pl" it; Ur. Martin, icizriiig; 1' .4. llzv. Dr. ti. M

Lcguie; Captain L. A. Moore, Sum- ,illL'l‘Si(iL§ lion. I-l. F MRICPIICC‘, Moj- lur C. C. 'l‘ilonul.>'.n, .\iu.‘>Sl‘S Willlan" Hughes, and l’. J. Morrison. Sev- Icral selections wer: played by the

ties of the Legion in this Province. The sale of Poppies, as you know, must be handled by the Branches through the Provincial Command. This, as you know, is a very com- mendable entenprise, for it not only gives employment to our disabled comrades in the Vetcraft Shops, but it also keeps the minds of our ‘fiilple fresh with the memories of lacrlflces made overseas.

as “Broken Down," Burnt Out." or t t H H, d I u b t w-premnturely aged," are as much] ‘There is not a member of the P19115341 ° ‘"159 ‘in “m Y» u

‘war casualties as the men who lost Legm“ ‘m P-EJ- “h” ‘mes “m”: also Wm see a sun greater unity legs o, arms Bu, as the yea“ pm ‘agree with the principle that the illrevelwvl the Empire-

Empirc. There was little need, he u said’ m-enlargc on Canadazs pa“; The Canadian Legion, to which

in the GI“, war. Two achievb t you and I both belong, can be lik- mems in which Canada has cried to a pair of scissors, which

the difflculty increases of proving Legion is a body which cannot livcl D°mhli°n Presidem- Rfimlved» ‘the relationship to w“ service o! [mm use]; and that a large part that this annual Convention of the ‘such conditions. Realizing this fact,‘°t the success of the Legkm d5‘, Prince Edward Island novlncm Parliament wrote into the act m pends upon the degree oi co-opep, Command of the Canadian Legion 1930 a "clause providing’ ernotwith_lfltillfl which exists between the B, E. S. L., assembled at Charlot- standmg anything, in this “t, mHLgglon, fhg responsible goveynmgnt tBtOlVll desires t0 P1300 on T800111 any appumwn m. mush", megbodles of "the country and the pub- its connotation and approval of applicant shun be entitled to the lio in general. I want to make it the sp endd efforts of the Doinin-

‘been the pioneer were cued’ lsexpectedto dogood work. Ev-

-n l y h f t cry good pair of scissors, in order 1.031391%’, eriszlglcsiijeul jeizgggolfiertzf, to do the work to which tllcy are iment, which promoted the “m, set, must consist of three ivorking and Strength 0f the mnpfie Eng parts, viz., two cutting blades and secondly’ Comedermon first o} thef a. strong connecting bolt. 'I'lic first

’ blade may be called Leadership. -four Provinces and then of all the-

‘ forts oi.’ Hon. J. A. Macponald, ltflvqlcanfldiu“ ugion Band. and a W" “F; rilgélg: étiifitglgilisl-glggfkcénuior“,cal solo was rendered by Mr. Benj. o m‘ c ' i s! al"DO§l‘Oll. Several veterans present ‘CI also voiced the conviction thtlhgnw NHJ.I_Ji,‘.UIIS of S“? danciixg‘

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REV. G. CARLYLE WEBSTER AHNISTEIL. PROF. LOUIS U. THOMPSON-Organist ilmi Clloirlcudcr.

MORNING WORSHIP

_ 11.00 a. u. Theme: "THE comm; or uarrnn TIMES."

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Sabbath School will meet at l0 O'clock.

7.00 P. M.

Theme: “SACRED AND INSPIRING MEMORIES."

Solo-Miss Frances Wood. Rev. Geo. E. Ross, l).D., of Ottawa, 0nt., will be the speaker for the day. “Remember the Sabbath Day to kccp it Holy."

Exod. 20:8.

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Publicity

I “but ‘in thank our newspapers ivr the splendid help they are giv- i "us in rendering full accounts

ur activities during the year.

ido not: think that the Legion has my particular desire to see its name and activities press-agented ncessively, but the fact cannot be rainsailtlthat it is a very necessary thing that we should let the ex. wrvlce men and the people oi this Pmvince know Just what the legion is, what it stands for, and what it is doing, together with a reasonable setting forth of its pol- icles and the, reasons thereof.

The Legionary

Our official publication, ‘The lcslonary" is not receiving the lllllmrt it deserves in this _Prov_ ince, Its circulation has treblcd in "try Proirlncc -since ‘the first of ‘he Year. It is now under new "Wlflgement and this management wmllrises men distinguished in the "t-‘ivsllflper and business life of the "unify and all of them are ex- soldiers. The responsibility rests on

mbers of the Canadian Legion

et behind the new management

benefit oi the doubt." This added clause would seem to give the ne- cessary latitude to deal with any claim for pension but there was one element which entered largely into its application and that ele- ment was the human fear oi error -error, which in this instance would entail enormous expenditure to the country. Therefore, when cases were tried beforo the Tribun- al here, they were invariably turn- cd down‘ by the Pension Board in Ottawa after waiting perhaps for over a year for the decision to be given. The Government, therefore, with the Counsel of the Canadian Lgion abolished both the Pension Board and the Tribunal and cheat. ed a new lower court, known as the Canadian Pensions Commission, with a personnel of from eight to twelve. Mr. Sherran will pass around the pamphlet which you may read, for it is too long to en- umerate the various clauses of this Legislation. I believe we have now the best Pension Act of any nation engaged in the Great War. I be- lieve that the Governments of this country, both Federal and Provin- cial, have always been prepared to listen with interest and to give consideration to any proposals which we have seen fit to make on

Ind make the Legionary o. power- iul influence‘ in the national life Iii this country, which as a right ‘W811i to be.

The Pension Situation

“it Pension Act of Canada says

behalf oi ex-servie/s men oi Can- ada.

Unemployment

This is one of the greatest prob. lcms that confront the Legion. It

i" "Mt. that "any man who suf- fered disability through or on his lenice with the C.E.F. or the ag-

is perhaps well to recall the fact that the ex-servicc men of Canada ‘possess the important privilege of

mvatlon of n pfghwar dtsnbmtyjpfeferéllw in connection with Fed- i._

DEATHS

IICGEOUGH-At Govan, Soak, 0ft

‘"143. 1933. Mrs. Joseph McGeough,

"t9 Gertrude Lannan, Montague, i? .

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mTUiiELL-At Summerside, Aug. i» "=3. Thomas Mitchell, aged aa ""5- Funeral Sunday from his

We residence. {y MEMOR

memory

"fled this life August lth, 1082. n" by day we all do mil he mini: would fall our lnaa Ito 1:1!

Heaven we hope to meet her

DB7 then with Christ to dwell. imm“ 5! tho Iunily.

oral Civil Service employment. Our efforts to impress upon the Gov- ernment oi this fair Canada of ours this principle already laid down and recognized by the Gov- ernment and all well thinking peo- ple have not wholly mat with suc- cess. I believe that the Government ‘of this Province should ernplvl‘ some responsible ex-servico man to co-opernte with the Government in the work oi securing employ- ment for returned men. Further- more, I believe our returned men should be restored to the normal iplace they would have secured had

of our dear no war taken place. I should like ononnn BROWN, who

Ito quote a few facts oi the situ- ation in connection with the afl- , pointment of Postmaster-s and oth- wm 1 will quota you two instances of such out of the man!-

‘Ilherc was to be a new Poet-

‘ 1i! master installed in. Milt! this Y9“

N». D. MacLean

UNDIITAIII

IIILAMIB \

Charlottetown and North Wlitehira Plane Ill

and notice of such was sent to me. This‘ was forwarded on to the Seo- y-etary oi the branch of the local upon. The local Legion acted at once and forwarded two names, (Liberal and-Coilservatlve.) both of whom saw service overseas. to Ottawa Both of those men ‘were mu adapted to fill the position. What was the result? A young girl w” appointed t0 the office and \

very clear to you in this section of my report that I am not suggest- ing for one moment thzitnbecause oi the desire for cooperation the preferences and rights of returned menshould be neglected. We owe it to the memories of those com_ rules, who never came back, to look after those who did.

‘Twas not for pageants which re- fleet The symbol of a nations pride, Nor the mute aspect of respect, ‘Twas not for this they died. Still more, 'twas not that we ' should keep The tenor of our ancient ways, They had high dreams, whose dreamless sleep We trouble with our praise.

Tum not the cynic lip in scorn When we those tragic hopes re- call, Our pledge to forsworn- For which they gave their all.

thcm~our pledge

In conclusion I now cometo a section of my report which neces- sitates some remarks on my part which are largely personal. This convention marks the end of two years of my life which have been devoted to the work of the Legion,

, That Leadership is wlmt you right- ifm P1'e53d9!‘-iihM;.i<t>]!‘ J- RAID". Zligzéniftrixztscfisla‘“Eqgihipfatjrg ly expect from all your officials. M Cu K- Cv '1 1° of m" °i . ' ' And this bln-zie must he keen, <11- the Dominion Executive in behalf 9a: oihthe British Empire “agile: not, and true. in Order to do its of the returned men of Canada, ‘m ° er wurces’ “stratmg the work properly. But this blade will and assure them of our hearty oo- extent and imwer for good m the fail if it h no he co- era lo