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March 24, 1922
Northern Wisconsin Advertiser
Wabeno, Forest County, Wisconsin
What is this article about?
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis of Illinois advocates for a square deal for World War I ex-servicemen, speaking at American Legion posts about post-armistice selfishness and reinstating gassed veteran Joe Harris in baseball.
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FRIEND OF THE LEGION MEN
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis of Illinois Demands Square Deal for the Ex-Soldiers.
"The life of a judge is not all rosewater and violets," Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who recently resigned, swears.
The virile Illinois ex-judge was used to being "between the devil and the deep blue sea," so many were the decisions he was compelled to give.
Much of the latter day vitality of this sturdy pioneer is thrown toward getting a square deal for ex-service men. Judge Landis has appeared before scores of American Legion posts to speak for the cause of rehabilitation and reconstruction.
"During the war I thought the people of America were made over," he said recently, addressing the Bloomington, Il., commerce body. "Everyone got his feet off the ground. Everyone wanted to know, How can I best serve? They gave so that the soldier in the trench could strike his heaviest blow. But with the armistice, all this went down in cold-blooded selfishness. If this isn't corrected, we will have won the fight but lost the war!"
Judge Landis, as baseball commissioner, reinstated Joe Harris of the Cleveland Indians, ruling that his being gassed in the war caused him to do things that he otherwise would not have done.
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis of Illinois Demands Square Deal for the Ex-Soldiers.
"The life of a judge is not all rosewater and violets," Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who recently resigned, swears.
The virile Illinois ex-judge was used to being "between the devil and the deep blue sea," so many were the decisions he was compelled to give.
Much of the latter day vitality of this sturdy pioneer is thrown toward getting a square deal for ex-service men. Judge Landis has appeared before scores of American Legion posts to speak for the cause of rehabilitation and reconstruction.
"During the war I thought the people of America were made over," he said recently, addressing the Bloomington, Il., commerce body. "Everyone got his feet off the ground. Everyone wanted to know, How can I best serve? They gave so that the soldier in the trench could strike his heaviest blow. But with the armistice, all this went down in cold-blooded selfishness. If this isn't corrected, we will have won the fight but lost the war!"
Judge Landis, as baseball commissioner, reinstated Joe Harris of the Cleveland Indians, ruling that his being gassed in the war caused him to do things that he otherwise would not have done.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Heroic Act
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Bravery Heroism
Justice
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Ex Servicemen
Rehabilitation
American Legion
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Baseball Commissioner
World War I
Joe Harris
What entities or persons were involved?
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Joe Harris
Where did it happen?
Illinois, Bloomington, Il.
Story Details
Key Persons
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Joe Harris
Location
Illinois, Bloomington, Il.
Event Date
Post Armistice
Story Details
Judge Landis resigns from bench and uses his influence to advocate for ex-servicemen's rehabilitation, speaking at American Legion posts and criticizing post-war selfishness; as baseball commissioner, he reinstates gassed veteran Joe Harris.