Leaders of the American Legion meet in Washington to talk national defense. The National Defense Committee of the American Legion met in Washington today to consider the national defense measures now before congress. In the photograph, left to right: (front row) Col. William G. Mitchell of Virginia; Col. Charles B. Robbins, Assistant Secretary of War; Brig. General Roy Hoffman of Oklahoma; chairman; and Brig. General Albert L. Cox of North Carolina.. Back Row, left to right: David L. Shillinglow of Chicago; Dr. C.V. Spour of Benton Harbor, Mich.; and John Thomas Taylor, Vice Chairman of the Legion's National Legislative Committee