Word: craige
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Craig came out of the Army in 1945 a lieutenant colonel, marched double time into American Legion politics. As a member of his local post, he went to Indianapolis for the state convention in 1946, and was picked by the Indiana Legion kingmakers, notably Indianapolis Publicity Man Elmer ("Little Doc") Sherwood, to be state vice commander. From that level Craig rocketed to the peak of Legion politics...
...Team Player." Through Tile Manufacturer John A. Stelle, an old friend from Brazil, Craig met one of the national Legion's kingmakers: Stelle's father, onetime (1940-41) Democratic Governor John H. Stelle of Illinois. The elder Stelle immediately liked Craig, took him to see the chief crown bearer of the Legion kingmakers, Chicago Utilities Engineer James P. Ringley. Before long, Ringley & Co. picked Craig as the first World War II veteran to be the Legion's national commander. Says Ringley: "I saw that he was a team player to start with. He's a very...
...year hard-working George Craig compiled a record of accomplishment, as Legion commanders' records go. He launched the Legion's "Tide for Toys" campaign for shipping toys to children in foreign lands, inaugurated the organization's national "Divine Guidance" program, helped to prod several mental health organizations into forming the National Mental Health Association, and got more than 50 national organizations to join the Legion in an "All American Conference" to fight Communism. Says Craig: "I was in this before it was popular to do it . . . I was fighting Communists long before Bill Jenner thought about...
...When Craig moved his Legion strength into Indiana politics, he took quite a few of his friends along, e.g., John A. Stelle is now vice chairman of the Toll Road Commission, and Doc Sherwood is one of the governor's close advisers. The Legion is a powerful force in Indiana, where the state, with tax funds, built both state and national headquarters buildings for the organization. Craig shrugs off his enemies' charges that he is still a puppet of the Legion kingmakers. Says he: "I think the American Legion is the best political avenue for expression of ideas...
...Craig's foes have been vocal about a number of his appointments-both Legion and-non-Legion men. A constant target has been Doxie Moore, 43, a Legionnaire and onetime professional basketball player, coach and supervisor of officials for the National Basketball Association, who is now Craig's loyal, hardhitting administrative assistant. Critics have hung a label on Moore: "Double-Dribble Doxie." As if to accommodate them, Doxie at times double-dribbles. A fortnight ago, without consulting Craig, he sent out a flurry of telegrams, over the governor's name, taking the wrong side on the President...