    [House Document 106-7]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

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             FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND AUDIT OF THE AMERICAN LEGION

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                                 COMMUNICATION

                                      from

                       THE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE
                        COMMISSION, THE AMERICAN LEGION

                                  transmitting

    THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 80TH NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN LEGION,
     HELD IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, FROM SEPTEMBER 8, 9, AND 10, 1998, AS
      WELL AS A FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND INDEPENDENT AUDIT, PURSUANT TO 36
                                   U.S.C. 49

     February 2, 1999.--Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and
                             ordered to be printed

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                        U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
    54-290                     WASHINGTON : 1999

                             LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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                                           The American Legion,
                                      Washington, DC, January 20, 1999.
    Hon. Dennis Hastert,
    Speaker, House of Representatives,
    Washington, DC.
        Dear Mr. Speaker: In compliance with current public law we
    herewith transmit for printing as a House document a financial
    statement and independent audit of The American Legion,
    proceedings of our 80th annual National Convention held in New
    Orleans, Louisiana, from September 8, 9, and 10, 1998, and a
    report on our organization's activities for the year preceding
    the convention.
                Sincerely,
                                            Steve A. Robertson,
                             Director, National Legislative Commission.