American Legion Telegram to RCMP
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Office of the Commissioner Ottawa
March 31st 1924
URGENT.
Sir,
I quote below [a telegram] received with respect to Doukhobors settling at Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A. [...]
March 30th 1924.
Commissioner
R.C.M.Police
Ottawa.
Kindly send me any information regarding the Doukhobors you can They are contemplating settlement here and we are striving to gain information regarding them Are they desirable Write fully any information will be appreciated.
American Legion Post Eugene Oregon
and I shall be glad if you will kindly take what action you deem necessary in the matter.
I have the honour to be,Sir,
Your obedient servant,
[Signed]Cortlandt Starnes
Commissioner
The Deputy Minister Department of Immigration and Colonization Ottawa, Ont.
Source: Library and Archives Canada, RG 76, Vol. 185 File 65101 Pt. 11 Reel C-7340, Cortlandt Starnes, American Legion Telegram to RCMP, March 31, 1924, March 31, 1924.