The Flag

The National Flag Conference of the American Legion Commission on Americanization met in Washington to adopt a code for the civilian use of the flag. President Harding, Secretary of Labor Davis, Samuel Gompers and others addressed the meeting. Said the President: " I do not suppose there is any law to punish the President should he not stand at salute when the colors pass, but I would not be happy in my official capacity if I did not do it. . . . I have concluded recently that about the dearest picture of the flag--we shall not see it long--is when it is presented or carried by the old veterans of the Civil War. You know, had it not been for them there would not be 48 stars glistening in the field of blue."