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BRAINWASHING, AMERICAN STYLE by Alfred Kohlberg 14 WHY MANY AMERICANS THINK ALONG THE COMMIE LINE.
ICE FISHING . . . MADE EASY by George S. Fichter 16 A MILLION PEOPLE ARE DOING IT.
OUR NEWEST ALLY -SPAIN by Edward Toledano 18 DOWN-TO-EARTH INFORMATION WITHOUT HYSTERIA.
NEW RECORDS FOR '54? by Arthur Daley 20 PROVING THAT THE HUMAN BODY IS A MARVELOUS MACHINE.
PIN-UPS OF THREE WARS by Walter Brooks 22 YOUR AGE MAY DETERMINE YOUR CHOICE.
GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR TV SET by Robert Scharff 24 SOME POINTERS THAT WILL MEAN BETTER ENTERTAINMENT.
GOD'S SMUGGLER by Vernon Pizer 25 WHY MANY RUSSIANS ARE BEING SAVED FROM GODLESSNESS.
THE LEGION IN PICTURES 26 THE CAMERA BECOMES NOSTALGIC.
NEWS OF THE LEGION 31 Features
SOUND OFF! 4 PRODUCTS PARADE . . 8 NEWSLETTER 29
EDITOR'S CORNER . . 6 ROD AND GUN CLUB. .28 PARTING SHOTS ... 64
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WHAT A rEAST OF READING PLEASURE
You Get Every Book on This Page in One Giant Pacicage Ira Levin WILL YOU ACCEPT the gigantic — bargain pictured above? Just look buf you must act NOW! A KISS BEFORE DYING what you get: ALL of these full- Of three wealthy sisters, only one Ngaio Marsh Rex Stout sized NEW books! Enjoy each ex- was left for Bud to marry. "Faith, ." SPINSTERS IN JEOPARDY THE GOLDEN SPIDERS Hope . . he mused, "and now citing novel . . . then display them
Charity." If this failed . . . well, proudly on your bookshelf. In pub- ^'our French train halts near an Laura had four million bucks and he got away with murder before — lishers' editions old chateau. You peer through the they sell for $19.75. an inviting smile. She visited Nero TWICE! Why not again.' w indow — and see a MURDER! But YOLI get all SEVEN for ONE Wolfe - and was MURDERED Your train moves on. THEN you DOLLAR with membership if you right afterwards. Then THREE learn that the chateau is the place The tockridges act now! DIFFERENT MEN offered to pay YOU'RE on your way lo rtsit! $5,01)0 to hear her last words! STAND UP AND DIE
Eric Ambler Ed. by Ellery Queen Timothy Gates dis- George Harmon Coxe covered a beautiful THE SCHIRMER INHERITANCE THE LITERATURE OF CRIME UNINVITED GUEST female corpse by a A freak accident touches off the Breath-taking collection ot suspense lonely road. Then spine-tingling search for an heir to and mystery tales by Sinclair Lewis, When Julia read that her ex-hus- he made the bigycst |.^,0()0,(l()(). Here's the smash-hit Kipling, Dickens, Huxley, Ring band had inherited a fortune, she MISTAKE of' new book bv the author of A Cof- Lardncr, Hemingway, and 20 other concealed her new divorce decree his life. He ni- for Dnnitnos . I fin . til and Journey into great authors! A big book worth . and boarded his private yacht. jormeJ he I'H Fear. Then S3. 50 in publisher's edition. MURDER stepped in . . .
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THE RELAXATION YOU DESERVE release enroll me in tne Dollar Mvsterv Guild and rush me these new books. Later, I'll send onl.v $1.00 (plus a few cents jK)stasel lor the entire p;n-ka;^e. Here s the amazingly simple and Stout. Ellery Queen .ind Aj;atha ENROLLMENT BONUS — 7 FULL-SIZEO BOOKS lor $1.00 popular plan of the Dollar Mystery Christie These are described to mem- STAND UP AND DIE • THE GOLDEN SPIDERS Guild: Each month the editorial bers well IN ADVANCE. You take A KISS BEFORE DYING • UNINVITED GUEST board selects two top- only those you like; no more than THE SCHIRMER INHERITANCE • SPINSTERS IN JEOPARDY THE LITERATURE OF notch new books—often four a year if you wish. If you don't CRIME New book bargain will lie descril>e(l lo month In the authors like Rex want a book, simply tell the Club. me each by t lub's advance bulletin. "Mvsterv (iuild Clues." The puri-hase ol It will not be sent. You pay post- additional selections at onl.v SI.OO each (plus few cents for ship pinu'l is entirely man nothing; bills are due only voluntary on my pai't. Whenever I don't want a book I will notify you. and it won't be sent. I need take only four after you examine your selections. selection,s a year — and I (Tiay resijrn any time after arceptlntr foin- selections. NO-RISK These latest novels cost S2.50 to GUARANTEE: II not delighted. I can return books in 7 days and membership will be cancelled. $3.00 in the publishers' editions. But only (ple.i.^e print) members pay ONE DOL- Name , LAR each ( phis a jew cents for shipping) for their hard-bound Street and No large sized volumes! Best of all, if City Zone State you join now. you get SEVEN new iSaiI Same oITer in Canada: Address Dollar Mvsterv Guild (Canada) books for ONE DOLLAR! Send BondBon< Street. Toronto 2. Ont. Good only in U.S.A. and Canada the coupon roday. CURRENT HISTORY
Henry Steele Coniniagcr, who writes
liistor\- books, is back in the United States after haviiig been, in a sense, lend-leased to England to teach Britons some of the finer things of life.
The reason we know Hank is back is because he recently composed an article for the Neiv York Times Sunday Magn- ziiie. Often when Hank pens a piece
for the Sunday papers it comes up in the form of an essay on academic freedom in the book review section. (He's for it.) This time, though, he came up with a new subject—guilt by association. (Seems
he's against it.) Since the Tbiies appears to have strong feelings on the matter. Hank's article was given the all-out treatment. It m as tricked up w ith a garish cartoon showing a bru- tal hand with a whip lashing out over a lot of faceless people— possibly book re- \'iewers or Fort Alonmouth radar experts. As for the words that went with the terrifying cartoon. Hank spelled out sev- eral thousand of them to the effect that a person should not be judged by the company he keeps. It was an interesting though somewhat pedantic effort, and in
all likeliliood it proved the point tt) Hcnrj' Steele Commager's complete and utter satisfaction. Ho\\e\cr, we suspect
tliat not man\" others \\ ill buy Hank's bill of goods, l o most Americans, when a guy spends a lot of time w ith bums he's likely to be considered a bum. Especialh' A Light Forever Burning if he makes it a practice to talk and act like a bum. ^^'hcn a young lady moves into Poll)' Adier's w ell-publicized House, A Voice That Is Never Stilled most people must be forgiven if rhe\' assume that she isn't roosting there to stud\- histor\ or bird-w atching. So, excn though poor Hank's heart might bleed for the sad sacks who ac- Night comes on and spreads a blanket of darkness npon (luired a deep rosy hue because they sleeping cities and towns. Here and there a lone policeman. w ent steady with communists, he's likeh' to find himself in a relatively small com- In the distance a clock tolling the liour. pany at the Commager wailing wall. Going from the general to the specific, In the dark silence of the night there is one light forever wc were interested in the follow ing state- ". burning ... a \'oice that is ne\'er stilled. That light is the light ment in Commager's article: . . a com- mittee that can hire a man w ho imagines in the telephone exchange. That voice is the voice of vour se\ en thousand Ct)mmunists among the
telephone. Its very presence gi\es a feeling of security and Protestant clcrg\- is capable of an\ thing."
of nearness to ever\ one. It so happens tliat Dr. J. B. .Matthews, to whom Commager is referring, said nothing of Whatever the need or the hour, the tcle]3hone is always the sort. His words were: "nuring the same seventeen-year period rcad\' to scr\c \ ou — quicklv, dependably, and at small cost. the Communist Party had enlisted the support of at least sc\ cn thousand Protes- tant clerg\ men in the same categories — BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM part)' members, fellow-travelers, espio-
Local to serve the conivniiiity. Nationwide to serve tJie nation. fL^^ nage agents, part\ -line adherents, and un- witting dupes."
THE AMHRICAN l_L(;i()N MAGAZINli • lANUARY, 1954 That's a far cry from accusing all seven thousand of being communists, and it is indeed strange to find a man w ho works as a historian taking a pedagogical prat- fall like that. We must say we're disillusioned — or shouldn't we be?
STUDY IN RED
Year after year millions of dollars are spent on the study of cancer, heart dis- ease, etc., that people better pro- so may top THE LE MANS 24-HOURS (Franco) saw ( h SKIiUING 12-HOtlU RACK was won by tect themselves against such scourges. pion-equipped oars take the first seven place U.S. road-racin;; team of John I' itch-Fhil Walters record times for tliis event. in a Cunningham. And that is as it should be. But so far as we can determine little money is spent on the study of com- munism and how best to fight it. Our great universities, which teach e\ crything Again in International Racing from folk-dancing to diaper-pinning, ig- nore the subiect in tlieir ponderous cata- logues. Our rich foundations, • which squander millions on the most frivolous CHAMPIONS POWER THE WINNERS! projects, can't spare a dime for studies that might expose the red menace. If think that education in >ou com- [f MANS GRAND PR/X GBRMANY GRAND PRIX MONTE CARtO fND/ANAPOIlS PAN-AMfR(CAN munism is not necessary, read your news- GRAND PRIX HOLLAND GRAND PRIX PORTUGAL RIO DE JANEIRO GRAND PRIX GRAND PRIX ENGLAND papers, listen to the radio and keep squint- GRAND PRIX ITALY GRAND PRIX NAPLES GRAND PRIX TURIN GRAND PRIX MARSEILLES GRAND PRIX SICILY ing at television. Catch the big wheels GRAND PRIX BELGIUM GRAND PRIX FRANCE GRAND PRIX PARIS GRAND PRIX PAU MILLE MICUA in action, with mouths open. The biggest GRAND PRIX DES SABLES D'OIONNE GRAND PRIX COMMINGES GRAND PRIX SWITZERLAND SEBRINC GRAND PRIX LABAULE GRAND PRIX RHEIMS GRAND PRIX MONACO SAO PAUlO GRAND PRIX of wheels. How else can you explain their silly speeches, the strange alliances the>' make witii communists and red causes, the aid and comfort they persist in giv- ing the Kremlin? Those people aren't communists, and some of them are stoop-sliouldercd from Phi Beta Kappa keys and otiier honors.
Even so, to use the \ ernacular, just how dumb can such jieople get? We therefore urgentlj- recommend that the study of communism be made com- pulsory in every high school and college. (And please let's not have a faculty made up of communists and fellow-travelers.) \ OF I'AIN another victory for the ri in 1st —ail team cars using Champions. Equally important, we'd like to see simi- lar courses for everyone holding public office, and candidates for same; for busi- ness tycoons, clerg>men, editorial writers, news commentators, etc., etc., etc. iMaybe then we can make some head- w a\' in the fight against communism.
IN A NUTSHELL
"There is more involved here than the charges against one man. This situation THE GRAND PRIX OF EIFROI'K (France) in THE INUIANAIHJLLS 'f.dO" won by Bill has a background of some thirty-five which the Ferrari team again triumphed with Vukovich using Champions— as were all the cars Mike Hawthorn the victor. finishing this race. years of infiltration of an alien ^\'ay of life into what we have been proud to call our Constitutional Republic. From Sicily to Indianapolis and from Monte Carlo to Mexico ... in Big Time "Our American way of life, which has racing no two meetings are alike. Cars, drivers, languages, rules —everything flourished under our republic and has changes except the fact that: YEAR AFTER YEAR THE 'WINNERS USE nurtured the blessings of a democracy, CHAMPION SPARK PLUGS! Here, once again, is overwhelming evidence that has been brought into conflict w ith the wherever power, performance and dependability are essential Champions are godless forces of communism. designed and engineered to make every engine including yours deliver its "These Red Fascists distort, conceal, — — best. real satisfaction see misrepresent and lie to gain their point. For motoring your nearby Champion dealer today. Deceit is their very essence. This can CHAMPION SPARK PLUG COMPANY, TOLEDO 1, OHIO never be understood until we face the realization that to a Communist there WORLD'S FAVORITE are no morals except those \\ hicii furtiier the world revolutitin directed by iMos- cow." /. Edgar Hoox'er testifying before the Senate Internal CHAMPION Security Subcommittee, \oventber 17, 1953. SPARK PLUGS
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Jolinin had A> alk on llio slopes ot* Mount Meade, and soon He thought bitterly ot what they were saying downstairs. lie had lo make (he trip again. By DONOVAN FITZPATRICK THE WAY up froiii Ncw York he'd told ALL himself he N\ asn't going to stop, wasn't ' going to look at it or think about it — not until tomorrow. But now, w hen they came to the narrow, rutted road that angled sharply from the state highway, Johnny Wyman pulled over to the side of the road and stopped, just as he had know n he would. He sat for a moment gripping the wheel, feeling his stomach tighten. Full night had fallen; a cold moon coasted through cloud- scud to lay a shifting pattern of light and shadow on the bleak \'crmont hills. To the left the great bulk of Mount Meade towered darkh' against the lighter sky. It was this mountain, where he had walked so close to dcatli, that Johnny Wyman had to face again. But not yet, not for a minute. He lit a cigarette and turned to Nora. "Want to go on into the village, or shall we have dinner at tiie lodge?" "The lodge . . . you didn't stop just to ask me that." "I want to get a look at the Saucer." "He wants to look at the Saucer," she said, as if she were talking to some- one else. "The mark of a real sincere skier," she w ent on, her voice tight. "He studies the trails night and day, figuring how to cut two seconds from his time. For this he gets a silver cup, or a pretty blue ribbon — or maybe a broken leg — "Take it easy, honey." He'd been ex- pecting the outburst. During the long drive thc\''d carefully avoided any men- tion of the race, but the tension and the unspoken words iiad been there, loud as a shout. He started to speak, but Nora interrupted wearily: "Never mind, Fve heard it all before." She drew the heavy tweed coat closer around her. He rolled down the window and looked up at the mountain. The upper part of the Diavolo trail was lost in shadow, but the Saucer stood out clearly in the moon's light. The Saucer — the closed end of a gorge on the south slope of the mountain, a sheer WALL of FEAR wall a quarter-mile wide and nine hundred feet high, and so steep it seemed not perpendicular, but concave. Its face was studded here and there with boulders that stuck out of the snow like huge chunks of coal. Halfway down the wall he could see the boulder he'd cracked up on, and almost without knowing it he touched the jagged scar on his forehead; he felt a slight tingling, as if a nerve had been cut. The gash was by now almost healed, but the fear in Johnny Wyman was still raw. He turned his eyes away, shivering as cold drops of sweat ran down his ribs. "It's frightening," Nora said. "So terribly steep." "They don't come any steeper," he said, trying to bring a measure of lightness to his tone. "Good to see you, Anders. How's the new job?" Anders "Johnny, do you hnve to run Diavolo tomorrow?" recently had been made chief instructor at the ski school at "That's what I came for." He started the car and turned Bromasen. onto the side road, past the weathered sign that read PINE Anders grinned. "My boys and girls are expert at making GORGE LODGE. He drove automatically, lost in memory the sitz/ihirk. You are racing tomorrow?" "A^'hat do you think I came for?" "Today we had a thaw, and now it gets colder. Diavolo w ill be chopped up like a cabbage salad. \'ery bad, I think." "Oh, fine," Nora said. "See you later," Johnny said. "W'e haven't eaten yet." The Pine Gorge Lodge catered mostly to skiers, a hardy bleed, and ignored such luxuries as bellboys. Johnny car- ried their bags upstairs. He left Nora in her room and went on dow n the hall. His room was typical, he thought. Bed, dresser, chair, a basin in the corner. Someone had left a cake of paraffin on the dresser. A full color photo of Sun \'alley, torn from a magazine, hung from the cracked mirror. He washed in \\ atcr of dubious warmth and pulled a loose sweater over a wool shirt. Nora w ouldn't be read\' > et, and he sat on the bed, a man of middle height, twenty-seven years old, with a skier's compact l)od\', and he thought with a kind of bitterness that he had little heart to face the gang downstairs. The word was out. Wyiuari, they were saying, has lost his guts. Last week, at Tuckerman's, Johnn\ had finished tenth in a field of t\\ eh c, braking cautiousl\' at every turn and prac- ticall\' crawling down the Headwall. He hadn't known about the fear inside of him w hen he started, but he knew of the crack-up. He had come rliundcring down the Saucer, about it w hen he finished, and so did c\ cr\ ()ne else. M'ashed cutting across the slope on a tra\ crsc. The loose slab of ice, ///), they said. Start thinking about getting hurt and you're lightly dusted with snow, in\ isible, lifted him as if he'd done in big-time skiing. He rose abruptk' and left the room, been shot from a catapult and he shot sixty feet through the thinking that the fear would not be erased until he again air, sky and earth in a sudden whirl, and slammed into the ran the Saucer. And maybe not even then. boulder. The people at the bottom, they said later, could At his knock Nora called, "Give me fifteen minutes." hear the splat as his body laid out, spread-eagled, against the "See you downstairs, then." rock. When the Ski Patrol got to him they thought he was The lounge was a big. two-storv room w ith a balcony dead; but Peter, the patron saint of skiers, had been on on three sides, a bar and dining room at one end. He paused Johnny's side. Now, three weeks later, there was little to in the doorway, letting the noise wash over him. Usually show but the gash on his forehead — and the fear inside of he found it good, this casual, slightly roughhouse atnu)sphere, him that didn't show but grew and corroded. And tomor- but tonight he wanted no part of it. He saw a crowd of row he had to face the Saucer again. people he knew in front of the fireplace — Anders, CJordie The lodge appeared, lights from its big w indows spread- Sturdevant, the AVilder twins, Jean-Paul C^agnon. And Stacy ing pale yellow rectangles on the snow. TIic tires made small, Judson. Johnny fingered his forehead absently. Stac\' would sharp reports as thc\' broke the churned up, icy crust of be the big w heel now, after w inning the Inferno last w eek. tlie parking lot. He unstrapped the skis from the rack on He went over to the bar and ordered mulled red w ine. top of tile car and they walked across the yard. Alusic from Carrying the drink carefully, he threaded his way through the juke box inside sounded faintly. the dancers and joined the group at the fireplace, hoping Anders Nelsson, hunched in a baggy turtle-neck sweater, that Nora wouldn't be too long. stood on the porch studying the thermometer. "Johnny," Stacy, a stocky kid of twenty, planted himself in front of he said. "And Miss Bennett." Johnnv. "Hev, Wyman. I didn't think vou'd be around this Johnny dropped the skis in a rack and shook hands. week." 12 " " from Pico to Aspen to Mount Hood not?" He gripped the glass. One crack, he thought, ILLUSTRATED faces and the and \ ()u get this in the face. BY JOHN and back again. The same McOERMOTT same talk and the same tired old jokes. Stac> said aniiabh . "After that spill you took — figured for a you'd call it cjuits for the season." Their food came and they ate There w as no malice in his tone and Johnny relaxed. time in silence, and then Nora pushed Stacy was a hotshot, a craz\- kid \\ ho'd ski dow n the her plate aw ay and .said, "Johnn>', how side of the Empire State Building on a dare; the kind long does this go on?" of downhill racer who won — if he finished standing up — "What go on?" by sheer headlong plunging. Stacy was short on form but "It isn't only weekends. You spend more than six months a year skiing. long on courage; and that, johnny rcllected w ryh , w as an enviable asset. Don't you ever get enough?" He sipped his drink and listened to the chat "I like to ski, 1 suppose." ter. Gordie Sturdcvant and Ncal "You don't have to race. For these Wilder were arguing about w hether kids I can understand it, but you've got \()u the Headwall at Tuckerman s Ra- a trunkful of medals. When are vine was tougher than the Saucer. going to relax?" "The Saucer's rougher. Alorc "I'm not exactly ready for the w heel rocks," Gordie said. He was an- chair—" other hell-for-lcather skier who had Their attention was caught b\' a com- a sw ath at Dartmouth. motion in the grcjup b>' the fireplace. "True, true," Neal said. "But the Head- Gordie Sturdevant stood up on th big, wall's longer. You got more time to fa" Ieather-co\ ered couch, bounced a few down. How about it, Wyman?" times, then dashed out of the room and "Why ask Wyman?" Stac\- said. He appeared a moment later on the high railing. struck a pose. "Ask me. Can I help it if 1 balcony and climbed on the took the Inferno last week?" The dancers stop])ed. The railing w as "You're a good parlor skier, I think," a good tw ent\' feet above the rtot)r. Anders said. "If \ ()u have forgot- "Gor-cf/V, don't do it," a girl sijuealed. ten, Johnny holds the record Gordie reached up and patted the here." roof above his head. He looked at the Stac)' laughed. "Until couch below, then leaped olf the bal- " tomorrow . cony. Johnny felt An "Oh-h-h" from the crowd as he dropped through the air and hit the couch squareh'. He bounced four feet in the air and came dow n on the floor, under control, going into a low bow. Applause, shrieks momentarily drowned out the music. Nora looked at Johnn\. her eyes stormy. "He said it for me. That's what you're competing w ith — wild, craz\' kids who don't care whether they kill themselves or not. Jolinny, I'm afraid. — The trail w ill be ic\- "Look, honey, that crack-up was a fluke. I've taken dozens of headers — everyone does." "I can't take it any longer, w atching you. This is my last week-end." "I'm sorry." hand on his shoulder Nora said, "Come on; I'm starved." "There's something else," Nora said. "It isn't onl\' the They took a table near the bar. After they had ordered, danger. Your father isn't going to live forever; some day Nora said, "Was Stacy giving you the treatment?" you'll have to take over the business. 'S'ou're no kid an\- — "Last week's win went to his head, that's all. Let's talk longer, Johim>'. You're becounng a " She hesitated, about v'ou. You're prettier." Nora wore a simple black shrugged. sweater; against it her skin shone like ivory. Her dark hair "Ski bum?" he said evenh'. "That's a nasty expression." was long, and on her wrists and around her throat was the "Well, what else?" she said, coloring slighth'. "There's hammered silver )ewelr\- she designed and made. no future in it, Johnny. Not for you — and not for us." She She sipped the Martini the waiter brought and glanced pushed back her chair and rose. around. "The same old faces, Johnn\'. The skiers and would- Johnn\' said, "I'll be looking over the trail in the morning. be skiers, and the ones who don't ski but who look good Want to come along?" in the native costume." She gestured toward the couples "I don't know. Maybe." She seemed about to sa>' more, engaged in a kind of jittcrbugging in their .stocking feet. then changed her mind. "Good night. "We're getting a little old for this sort of thing." "Good night, Nora." He watched her move across the He smiled without humor. She was twenty-four, but he room, thinking that what she really had said was "Good " knew what she meant. Our on the slopes it was still good bye. most of the time, but the rest of it w as w earing thin. He was beginning to feel like an old man around most of the THKv TOOK a beginner's trail the next morning and fol- people at a place like this. The same faces, all right. The lowed it up the mountain to a rest hut ami then cut across little of snowbirds that i hardy band followed the circuit to Diavolo, then worked dow n the ( Coiithiiicd on page 4S 13 The term braiiiwasliing came out of Red China but the process is widely used in the U.S.A. — with lies to replace By ALFRED KOHLBERG ganda is fed to them filling their brains what, formerly, they knew to be the truth. Remember that! is phrase to our language, ALTHOUGH "brainwashing" a new Brainwashing is not propaganda. Brainwashing is the proc- it is an old communist practice. In fact, it is the most ess of scrubbing out something that is already known. Propa- ' important weapon in the Soviet arsenal. Without brain- ganda is what follows — to fill in with what the communists washing, communism could not exist. want to have believed. The term was introduced into our language in 1951 by For many years most of us have become accustomed to Edward Hunter in his book, Braivivasbiiig in Red Cbma. the thought that the Chinese are clever. And they are. But, But long before that, 160,000,000 Americans (including you in this matter of brainwashing they are amateurs by com- and me) were being put through the mental wringer — with parison with our American communists, if it is possible to the editors of some of our most widely-read newspapers, use the word American in that connection. and magazines, being among the most thoroughly scrubbed Let's look at a few examples of brainwashing by our own of all. communists. These washboard experts get their orders from Last spring, when I \\ as in Formosa, and in Hong Kong, Moscow. They then brainwash the fellow-travelers who, I managed to talk with several Ciiinese and two missionaries in turn, brainwash the Liberals who, in turn, brainwash us. who had been through the horrifying process. Again I say — and I say it again because it is so important is quite simple, and forceful. The — The Chinese method • brainwashing is washing out what we already know. It person to be brainwashed is held in prison. Here he is sub- is a form of deliberately created forgetfulness on a given mitted to torture, to strong lights in his eyes, day and night, topic. This is the step that precedes propaganda. to death threats, to semi-starvation and to constant demands An example of brainwashing is the hullabaloo about book that he confess, and accept the scrubbing that is being forced burviiij^. \\c know, and realK' we still know when we stop upon him. to tiiink about it, that no books have been burned in the In the end, many succumb; and then communist propa- United States. Anything can be pubhshed here, including scores of pro-communist books. As a matter of fact, the Communist Party operates two publishing houses in New York, and no one interferes. IDaiiII\y Wcoirlkceir If any communist books have been taken from publicly-supported libraries, that is not book burn- ing. I am sure you will agree that you have the right (12 PkffM) Prir« 5 . YoHi. niur» (inUt Mt^i^ihtmn u but one muiifaljUon ol the cfaatn i when he told Dartmouth students: "Don't join the Hi ofl h> Iht ncttdent. himscU. wbrn ht promiilgiled that Ai Nufpmhrrg Decreoi - the io-c»lJed "Loyalt> book burners." Wall StT«n tycoooa wbo oianipuUte him. Since then, the newspapers have contained all sorts arthyismj Owen Lattiniore ^McC of stories about book burning. To me, this is an ex- the term "McCarthyism" was Owen Lattimore. ample of an almost perfect job of brainwashing. First to use — The next day the Daily IVurlie) started circulating it. Clerg>'men, educators, politicians even the Presi- 14 ) — dent of the United States — have been roped in to do the But, some among us have been brainw ashed ot this know l- work of coniniLinists in w ashing out \\ hat w e know to be edge and, in its place has come s> mpath\' — inserted there true. by communists, in preparation for the propaganda stage. Another example of American brainw ashing is the use of McCartbyis'iii is another example. the words guilt by assoc 'mtioii. The very term is a communist device. It was first used We ahvays knew that certain associations impHed guilt. Alay 3, 1950 by Owen Lattimore, when testifying before a The old proverbs, "Birds of a feather flock together," or Senate conmiittee. The next morning the Daily Worker "A man is know n by the company he keeps," remind us splurged it in headlines over an article by its political editor. that we always knew that if we ran around with certain Whether Lattimore got the idea from the Daily M'^orker, individuals we were classed w ith them. Further, the law- or vice versa, I do not know . recognizes conspiracy as a special category of crime — and What AlcCarthy started out to do was to expose com- the individual who joins a criminal conspiracy is legally munists in government, w ith plenty of loud uproar about guilty, even if he, himself, commits no crime. it. That is w hat he is still doing. He has carefully kept out We know that the communist movement is an illegal of investigations of communists in education, or the press, conspiracy. We know that the heads of the Communist or the stage, movies, radio or television, or religion, or labor. Party in this country have been iailed. I may be wrong, but my personal opinion is that nearly half of our population believes that Senator McCarthy is attacking religion, academic freedom, freedom of the press, civil liberties, free elections, the President of the United States, our THEY SET AMERICA'S POLICY IN THE PAST foreign policy (if any), labor unions, the theatre, NO FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS etc. He is accused of book-burning, witch- yff^ asliington's Farewell Address, Sept. 17. 1796. "It is hunting, anti-Semitism, anti-Protestant- * " our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances ism and, according to Supreme Court with any portion of the foreign world. . . . Taking care Justice William O. Douglas, of impos- always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, on ing "a black silence of fear"" on the a respectable defense posture, we may safely trust to whole country. Others who make this temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies." same charge are Eleanor Roosevelt, MONROE DOCTRINE Senator Lehman of New York, and still others w ho say they are liberals. Monroe Doctrine, a passage from the State of the The This leftist propaganda has succeeded Union Message by the President at the commence- with so many people only because the\' ment of the first session of the 18th Congress. The mes- first had their brains washed clean of sage was dated Dec. 2. 1823: what they — "We owe it therefore to candor, and to the amicable knew at the time that relations existing between the Unitd States and those McCarthys was after the communists in (European] powers, to declare that we should consider government. Nothing more. any attempt on their part to extend their system to any Who among you remembers that the portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and cleansing of our government of the safety. . . . With the Governments who have declared their independence and Alger Hisses was the original purpose maintained it, and whose independence we have, on great consideration and of McCarthy? Who among you knows on just principles, acknowledged, we could not view any interposition for the that the Senator has never moved out purpose of oppressing them, or controlling in any other manner their destiny, of this field? by any European power, in any other light than as the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition towards the United States." Who is really against getting rid of communists in government? OPEN DOOR POLICY Why? Constantly ^W^hc Open Door in China. This M>as a Circular Letter we hear people say they dispatched by Secretary of State John Hay in the fall approve McCarthy's goals, but not his of 1899, 'with changes in the various letters dictated by methods. 1 have know n the Senator for various concerns, to the following governments on these some time, and have watched him close- dates: London, Berlin, St. Petersburg, September 6th; ly from the beginning. My judgment Tokyo, Nov. 1 3th: Rome, Nov. 17: Paris. Nov. 2 1st. is that I approve of his methods, but In all of them appeared the following: "This Government not of his goals. Personally, I think his . . . hopes to retain [in China) an open market for the commerce of the goals are too restricted. world, remove dangerous sources of international irritation, and hasten I would like to sec him spread out and thereby united or concerted action ... in maintaining the integrity of China." follow the trail from the reds in gov- ernment into all other fields. THEIR ACTIONS WASHED OUT PAST AMERICAN POLICY To illustrate, I w ould like to see him go into the trail of Owen Lattimore and the Institute of Pacific Relations, and the atom spies, into the University of California Atomic Laboratories and into the Far Eastern Studies Depart- ment of that L^niversity. You see, I was born in San Francisco, and this gives me a personal interest. These three items — book burning, Edwai Julian H.^S'adki^h guilt by association and McCarthyism have occurred right under our ver>' ( Continued on page 42 15 Even if the tlierinonieier is close to zero \<>n can ice fisli ill coniloi't by tiaiilini^ with you \ arioiis conveniences ol home. When yon dig your holes >ou pull \oui house over them, light u|) and take it easv. By GEORGE S. FIGHTER even have a resident doctor available. Ice shanties come in all sizes and shapes, varying with their owners' M\Ni!F, Yoi_ believe that fishermen dating, indeed, but keep in mind, by all w hims and capabilities. liave their big inning in the spring, means, that she's capable of doing the Some are simple windbreaks. Old suffer a slump in summer, and then same to you. She shows no partiality and automobile hoods or packing crates lapse into a long session in the armchair lea\ cs it entirely up to you to take care serve the purpose well, but inost wind- until the next spring rolls around. of >'oursclf. breaks are made of canvas stretched Brother, if that's the way you look at A good percentage of ice fishing, tightly over a two-by-four frame, gen- it, you're mistaken. Worse than just be- though, is done from the comparati\e erally hinged so that w hen set up they ing \\ rong, you're missing some fishing comfort of heated ice shanties, virtu- form a might>' convenient \^-shaped fun w hich a million or more indulge in ally eliminating long or dangerous ex- corner to tuck >'ourself into when the every year. And you might as well posure to the elements. That's right. wind w hips across thfi wide-open lake. join in. AMiere last summer there were boats, The hinged-type, too, can be folded for True, those shining blue waters of the the lakes are now dotted with houses- easy transporting from place to place North's summer vacationland are now whole villages, in fact. "Shantytow ns," on the lake — or from home in the trunk transformed into ice-roofed hideaways perhaps, but they're not tiny tow ns at of your car. for fish, but whole legions of hardy all, their residents often numbering in But as soon as > ou settle your efforts hook-and-liners chop their \\ ay through the thousands. .Mayors are elected and on a particular lake, you probably won't to get at them. Winter-caught fish, city councils organized, and some ice- be satisfied until you can go at the game they'll testify, are tastier, their flesh town residents carry on regular busi- from inside a regular ice shanty. firmer — and once more. Dame Nature ness while they keep hard at it — catch- An average ice shanty measures 4x4 ciuick-freezes them the minute they're ing fish, that is. In one fortunate village X 6 feet in size and is mounted on sled out of the water. She's very accommo- along Lake Erie's southw est shore, they runners. It is lightweight, constructed 16 How a million or so fisherineii are ha\ iiig fun calcliing fine-lasCing fish. ALLISON, ouTnoon rHOToc;RAPnp;Rs leactjt; First step is to giioss wlici t" the To get rid of the ice that is h'ke- Another hole is necessary for the fish are and dig a hole. You ly to Ibrin you employ a pan that bait. In this miniature lake they use a pike with a flat tij). looks like a j)rospecior"s sieve. sia) lively, are ready when needed. T!KV\I1T.T)S. OHTO PIOPT. OF WIJ.Il LIFE Success story. This big fellow was taken with a s|>ear when he made a j>ass at an icy decoy. Oh, it can happen. A few years ago on Lake Erie, for example, a whole block of ice crowded with fishermen and their shanties broke loose and began drifting out into Another reason for the popularity t)f ice fishing is that there's plenty of companionship the lake. According to Lou Campbell, of the either of ply w ood or of canvas over a ice and tied to the shanty with a heavy Toledo Times, fishermen fairly poured frame, and there's a good roof which is rope. Also, your shanty should have a from their shanties and jumped the gap slanted or gabled to keep the snow from good door and a padlock so that it can fast separating them from the main- piling up. A coal or a charcoal burner be locked during your "visits" at home. land. E\ en so, quite a few w ere trapped warms the inside, as well as the cf)ffcc. Several states now require you to paint until their drifting ice island was caught soup, and other victuals carried along your name in large, legible letters on by snag lines. After everyone in sight to tide y ou through a day of fish catch- the sides of the shanty and sometimes had vacated the hazardous hunk of ice, ing. Alost important of all. there's a also on the n)of so that the owner can the Coast Guard made a final check — hole in the floor directly o\ cr the hole be identified quickly by patrols. and in a shanty in a far corner they in the ice through \\ hich \ ou do your One last item: Make certain your found two fishermen still preoccupied fishing. shanty is mounted on floats. Then in with their sport, still unaware of the You anchor your shant>', a mighty case of a quick thaw, you aren't likely danger to which they had just been important feature \\ hen the wind gets to lose your shanty and its equipment. exposed. up to gale proportions, with ropes tied Or if you should happen to be in it at There's no end to the ingenuity dem- to stf)nes or \\ edges secured in crevices the time of the breakup, you increase onstrated in the construction details cut in the ice, or by means of a pole your chances of making it back to shore of an ice shanty. Part of it, perhaps, is placed crosswise in the hole under the again. {Co/itiiL'ied oil page 50) 17 Our newest auiu^30[ We are oeClhig" l)ijses in return for economic aid. Is the deal a good one lor the I nited States? Sjjain's Foreign Minister Martin Artajo and U.S. Ambassador James C. Dunn sign the 2()-vear pact at .Santa Cruz Palace. looks over his shoulder for suspi- cious eavesdroppers. The poverty Valcntia, Spain's ihiid in existence for centuries, he ex- largest city, is a thriv- plains as ominous results of a dic- ing, modern nieliopolis. tator's despotism. Since the fault must lie \\ ith General Franco, the The liandsJiake hetvveen-^ American is startled to discover Senoia Peron and Gen- that most Spaniards seem to ap- eralissimo Franco which prove of their leader. This fact many Spaniards be- comes as a shock. How can an op- lieve had lata! results. pressor be admired? An Andalu- sian acquaintance put it this way: ''We are just beiiiiiiiinii to approve of him. General Franco is like a By EDWARD TOLEDANO nvan swinging in the air holding on to a rope w ith his teeth. That fool w ill soon give up, people say. Noniist; i\ SPAIN is (luitc w liat it seeiiis. A riyoioiis dic- Hut the man keeps turning, accelerating his speed. The tatorship exists. Yet try to keep a Spaniard from coni- people hold their breath. The man w hirls at a dizzier speed. nicnting caustically on anything from priests to politics. The crow d applauds. Still tw isting in the air, the man lets Half the countr) is unproductive. It is a tribute to the go and lands gracefully on his feet. The crow d shouts out. Spaniard's capacity for work that he can even extract a That's how it is with Franco. He's w hirling faster than ever bare li\ eHh()od. And > et he w ill take off three hours for l)eforc. We're beginning to approve." lunch and look at life calmly. In the censored press onh Do the Spanish people really look up to the Caudillo? foreign new s dealing \\ ith anti-comnumist activities is played In the first place most Spaniards find it easy to blame their up; the rest is sports, especialh' bullfights. The slightest item country's troubles upon external forces, as if a perverse fate critical of the regime keeps newspapers in censorship for had stacked the circumstances of history against them. In days. Nevertheless, Spaniards seem informed on political 1936 the Civil War almost wrecked Spain. "There was and economic matters. especiall>- in relation to the U.S.A. killing and destruction just for the pleasure of killing and A Spaniard knows more about us than we do about his destroying," a sergeant who had fought on Franco's side country. An American comes to Spain w ith preconceived told me. 'A^'e don't have Arab blood in us for nothing," notions. Being in a dictatorship countr\ he Hgurativeh he went on with a w r\ smile. "Then, there were the for- IK eigners — they also contributed to tlie destruction." Few Spaniards know why "foreigners" ever came into the act. Then, in 1939, World War II crashed upon Europe and cut off Spain's sources of trade. And, as if that were not enough, a devastating six-year drought scorched the crops and dried up the power-supply in 1945. In spite of the Job-like afflictions rehabilitation pro- ceeded at an amazing rate. Today, Spaniards mention these past events with ori- ental candor. But when they talk about the attitude of Such water jmwer projects as the Garcia Rodriguez Dam Western nations during this period a stinging resent- are ol the utmost importance in Si)ain's economy. ment enters their voice. They really get emotional. Tiic boycotts and ostracism practiced upon them rankle deep- 1\', "It is very well for American and British business- men to come over now," a Madrid industralist told me, "now , that we have pulled ourselves by our own boot- straps out of the mess we were in. A few j'ears ago v\ her we realh' needed you, your answer was boycott. Our cities were destroyed, our currenc\' worthless, we had the worst drouglu in decades. But no, you wouldn't help us because we iiad a dictatorship, we had Franco. What are )'ou doing with Tito, now? He receives Marshall Plan aid, he is invited b>- the Queen of England. Isn't he a dictator, and a communist one at that? You talk about our censored press. Don't >'our large advertisers affect the polic>' of your newspapers?" Without going into the moral issues, I explained that Tito was active!)' helping us against Moscow and that he was situated in a vcr\' sensitive spot, the periphcr\' ot the Iron Curtain. As to the advertisers influencing the press, that was a matter betw een two commercial enter- This is not a picture of a gas station just off Main prises. A department store might possibly influence a Street, but one hjcated in the central part ot Madrid daily paper. But it was ne\ er, as in other coiuitrics, the State, the Government that imposed its w ill. For more than a decade Spaniards have considered themselves living in Eurojie's doghouse, in \ igo, tradi- tional center of the fish-canning industry, a distinguished canner long in the trade explained, "The world was de- termined not to do business w ith us. Sometimes w e'd go as far as signing a contract, then at the last minute, just as wc started making deliveries, some objection was dis- covered and the order was canceled." Neglect, bt)ycott and the hammering of the Western press (Spaniards call oiu" newspapers "loaded" and are incensed) began to present the Spanish people w ith a read\ -made ralh ing point. The process described !)>• m\' Andalusian acquaint- ance as "beginning to approve of Franco" became the direction followed by a highh' nationalistic people in the face of an indifferent world. The Spaniard sought focus for his pride. Not that Franco is acclaimed as a hero or as a mart> r. On the contrar> , he is considered a slow -moving Ciallego w ho shrew dl\' outw aits his enemies. His portrait indicates Cieneralissimo The mingles Ireely with his jteople at soc- a corpulent man with veiled eyes and a poker-face. Ac- cer matches being held in Madrid's Chamartin Stadium. cording to those who know him, his talent is a brand of double-talk that makes sense only when he starts getting Attention is being given to public health. This tuber- his own w ay. The qualities he is granted are the bourgeois culosis sanatoriinn in Guadarrama is new and modern. virtues: "He doesn't drink, smoke or have mistresses. Ah, if onl\' those around him were as honest as he is!" But somehow the average Spaniard feels important — he gets the feeling tiiat the countr\' is being run for hi///. alone. For a people long held incommunicado this is a necessary balm to self-esteem. For a people accustomed to corrupt rulers, it is an unexpected satisfaction to con- sider one individual, at least, above dishonesty's traffic. This does not mean that corruption does not live close to the Caudillo. Some of his friends have fattened cf)n- siderably on the privileges of a controlled econonu'. Nor does it mean that he is beyond frequent self-aggrandizing. \\'hen you flick the radio of your car, you get, "Viva Franco, Arriba Espaiia" at the [Cuiitinued o/i page 60) 19 Records >4 1936 OLYMPIC GAMES -BERLIN for '54? • BY ARTHUR DALEY Mechanical and electronic linici-, capable of nicasming lOOths ol a Just when nuiiiy poople lliiiik we have reached Hie Hinit in track records, alon*^ come some sii|) WILLIAM cvRiis was kiiow 11 as Father strong and swift. He came barreling Bill. Hut there was nothing father- down the straightaway with iiis long, l\ about him. One of the founders pow erful strides and the timers snapped World Records Perfect Records World Records of the Amateur Athletic Union, lie was their watches as he tore through the of 1934 as of 1934 of 1954 an autocrat and his wDrd was law. tape. They looked at their watches and Otherwise he ne\er would iia\e dared then they looked again. Thc\' blinkctl 100 ynrdi 9.45 9.135 9.35 the strange arbitrary ruling in disbelief. All of them had caught make and 100 meters 10.3s 10.06s 10.2s he made w hen Bernie Wefers broke the Wefers in the then incredible time of 200 meters 20.5s 20.05s 20.2s world 100-yard record moi'e than half 9'':^ seconds. Imperiously Referee Curtis a centur\' ago. ioincd them to mark down their find- 220 /otds 20.6s 20.18s 20.2s In those ancient da\s the record was ings. 400 meters 46.2s 46.2s 45.8s 9% secfinds. Biit Wefers was \'oung, "That's ridiculous," he roaretl. "I won't allow the record. No man can 440 yards 47.4s 46.455 46s run that fast." 800 meters Im 49.8s Im 46.7s Im 46.65 But an aw fill lot of sprinters since LONG-TIME RECORD HOLDERS 880 yards Im 49.8s Im 47.35s Im 48.65 then have run an aw ful lot faster. What l ather Bill shoidd have realized — l)ut 1,500 meters 3m 48 8s 3m 44.78s 3m 43s didn't — is that ex ery record is made to Mile 4m 06.7s 4m 01.66s 4m 01.4s be broken. The impossible of > ester\ ear 3,000 meters 8m 18.4s 8m 05.9s 7m 58.85 is the commonplace of foda\\ It almost would seem that there are no limits to Two miles 8m 59.6s 8m 44.2s 8m 42.8s man's speed or endurance or agility or Three miles 13m 50.6s 13m 33s 13m 32.45 muscular strength. 5,000 meters 14m 17s 14m 02.36s 13m 58.2s Kroad jimi|) and 100-meter rec- (trds set in 1!).'5() by [esse Owens are Six miles 29m 36s 28m 31.5s 28m 30.85 aiiion^ oldest surviving records. 10,000 meters 30m 06.2s 29m 17.7s 28m 02.6s Only other long-time world mark I High hurdles 14.2s 13.82s 13.5s I is (ilenn Hardin's .50.fi setonds Y lor 100-meier lundlcs, set in l!);ifi. 400-meler hurdles 50.8s 50.4s 50.6s Shot put 57 ft. V32 in. 57 ft. V)? in. 59 fl. 23/, in' Javelin 249 ft. 8^16 in. 256 ft. 10.32 in. 263 fl. 10 in! High jump 6 (t. 9% in. 6 ft. 11.22 in. 6 II. IP/j in Discus 171 ft. 113/4 in. 182 ft. 1.44 in. 194 ft. 6 in. Hammer 189 ft. 61/, in. 200 ft. 8.28 in. 201 fl. 1.3 ii Pole vault 14 ft. 4yg in. 15 f!.1.8 in. 15 ft. 73/4 inj Brood jump 26 fl. 21/8 in. 27 fl. 4.74 in. 26 fl. 8% ir;' Hop, step, jump 51 fl. 7 in. 54 ft. 8.28 in. 53 fl. 2.59 1! 20 second are now used to establish accurate records. Olymjiic Games in 1952 used 441 timers and chronographs. The record-breaking pace may slow IMPOSSIBLE - SO THEY SAID 20 YEARS AGO someday to a hardly discernible crawl. Bur never will it stop because the "un- breakable" nvark set by one superman will e\ entuall\' be shattered by an even greater superman. Once upon a time, for instance, the fabled Four-Minute Mile was an unattainable dream of gossamer fragility. Now it is a robust reality, lurking just around the corner. Who kno\\s? It may even spring into being during the about-to-begin indoor track and field season. That's how close it is. Yet the average sports follower must be convinced deep in his heart that there just has to be some limit to hu- man effort, a barrier beyond \\ hich he cannot climb. But it's been my experi- ence during a quarter century of fol- lowing track and hekl w ith reportorial intensity that such is not the case. There are no limits. Brutus Hamilton made that discovery himself and the personable Hamilton is as knowledgeable a man as ever lived. A decathlon star on the 1920 Oh inpic team, he went on to become one of the nation's best coaches at the Univer- sity of California. In 1952 he received the supreme honor of being named the head coach of the American Olympic team. No man can outrank him as an expert or student of the sport. Back in 1934 Brutus became intrigued by a decathlon scoring table devised by a group of Finnish mathematical physi- cists. They drew up energ>-, expectancy and fatigue graphs. They applied the evasive mathematical laws dealing with physiological compensation. Following their formulas with tedious scientific exactness, Brutus drew up a table he called "The Ultimate of Human Effort." It was a ver>- clever piece of work, especialh- since he used the then w orld Bob Richards, Olympic champ, has Both Parry O'Brien, world's shot records as his guide in arriving at his often topped 15-foot mark. Warmer- put recf>rd holder, above, and Jim (Continued on page 44) dam holds record at 15' 7^/4". Fuchs have passed record ol 19i!4. 21 lavoi ite among ^VVV 1 doughboys. even in these days of low-tut gowns. with servicemen far from home. Which was your favorite |^]J}a|Jlj|) By WALTER BROOKS «LL Vols of tlire(* wars will find tlieir favorites in tins selection of beanties. picivRi',s have changed but any was generally true that they complained imaginary Aliss Lace, Milton Caniff's THi: veteran of WW I or II visiting a from a spot several thousand miles back lusciously-drawn glamor girl, gave the l)unkcr at the front in Korea or a of the shooting. Objections have dimin- real-flesh characters a run for their rent or barracks back behind the lines ished so much that today the official money. Hers was a combination of would recognize his old friends, the service newspaper Stars & Stri()es prints spicy dialogue and revealing gov\ ns and pin-up girls. The names and faces may a small pin-up each day. to many she was a real live doll. escape him but the figures won't—the Why do the servicemen go for pin- The older brother of the boy in long-legged, eye-filling, i)athing-suit- ups? There are almost as many reasons Korea may not recognize the names of clad American girl. perhaps as there are pictures. Mostly, the current crop of beauties but he The brillianth' colored reproductions we suspect, because having seen how knows the pleasant feeling of looking have a distinguished ancestry. Not too the other half of the world lives and at their pictures. Marilyn Monroe runs far back, it's true, but the doughboy of what they look like, the GI wants to high on the list of favorites but keeping World War I did enjoy feasting his see a really beautiful American girl. her company are newcomers such as eyes on Ann Pennington, Bessie Love, Jane Russell and Chili Williams, Betty Marilyn Stone whose picture in Stars Mary Fickford and the Dolly sisters. Grable and Esther Williams were the & Stripes brought one of the greatest Even in 1918 there were those who ob- girls of WW II who excited interest mail floods in the history of the G. I. jected to such "vulgar displays" but it wherever their pictures appeared. The paper. the end 22 • »• (.1 (li'iiiiiiuls loi her |>ictiiif The inosi lainoiis bathing smt helped make Jane Russell in the world — model Chili a top Jlollywood attraction. Williams' polka dot ensemble. m Toni Se\en was one ot a group ol beauiitui models and actresses who made the pin-up so popular in WW 2. IN WORLD WfkR 2 Snappy dialogue and revealing gowns such as this one, made r Miss Lace a popular pin-up even if she did exist only on paper. IN KOREA ^ Marilyn Stone, pin-uj> star of Stars & Sti il>es. in her popular pose. Betty Grable ranked high Esther \\'illiants, an o(i(>,ian(liri^ swiimner, New war, new favorites. on the list. Her face, had the face and figure that made the Marilyn Monroe is num- figure and legs were Gls think ot her as the uirl back home. ber one with today's Gls. a cameraman's dream. 23 entire living room when conversation, reading and televiewing must share the same quarters. A TV receiver shouldn't hog the living room, yet it must be placed where its screen's viewing arc ma>' be seen from the greatest number of seats. For this J'cason, corner placement is good because it gets tile set out of the way and usually allow s \ ou to arrange furniture so your family can watch it at a comfortable distance and angle from the screen. Another advantage of corner location is that it lets \'ou walk through the rest of the room or talk or read there w ithout the watchers' getting annoyed w ith you. T\^ addicts frown on people w alking in front of the set, just as you do when someone stands up in front of you at the theater. Alosing chairs around the viewing area helps to hem in the TV section. If the floor plan of \our home allows, the re- ceiver can be put on a turntable (or on turntable- topped furniture) and swung around to face the living room or the dining table, and maybe the kitchen, den or porch. If the walls of the house are so constructed, the turntable can be built into the wall between rooms, or, if you want to go that far, a section can be cut out of the wall as illustrated here. The turntable can be built of %-inch ply- wood and the necessary hardware can be purchased at your local lumber yard. To get the most out of their receivers, some set- owners place them on casters and push them around, instead of moving furniture. But, since a television receiver is heavy and delicate, bumping it around How to get the most from too much w ill cause repair bills. Another cause of trouble with such an arrangement is due to the long lead-in wire a movable receiver needs. If \"ou YOUR TV SET try to coil this lead-in w ire behind your set w hen you don't need its full length, it often sets up an clectromatic force that can distort your entire pic- ture. It is more practical to apply concealed, free- whecling casters to the bottom of the furniture. If your family can't agree on when to read, w hen Voii may hny flic host scl on the market n. talk, and w hen to look at television, that's your cue to move the set to a place apart from the living room. If you have a separate room for television, furnish it to function in as many ways as possible and spoil i(s c'IV it carefulh'. you can make it serve as several other some of (Im' IIIlislakrs described liere. useful functions — den, guest bedroom, children's playroom, and family dining rot)m — at various By ROBERT SGHARFF hours of the day. You can make a direct investment in comfort of the home if you transform waste space in a base- o\v i iiAi television is here to stay — or at least over 20 ment into a place for teleview ing, games, dining and relaxed million set-ow ners think so — the question is, are you conversation. A successful basement room need not be N {getting is the most from itr You can buy the best receiver elaborate and is not difficult to make, if the basement dry on the market, but unless > ou take into consideration such and has adequate ventilation. Unless the room is reasonably factors as placement in the room, lighting, seating arrange- dry, a successful job is difficult, if not impossible, to achieve. ment, view location and installation of antenna, it can be Such remodeling is very inexpensive too — not even con- a dismal failure as far as maximum enjoyment is concerned. sidering the pleasure such a room gives. The large panels of i'irst, whether > ou are just planning on getting a receiver insulation board, plywood, plasterboard or hardboard are oi- have had one for years, you must make up your mind as easy to work — cutting and fitting can be done without ma- to where is the best place to put it. Before you decide, ana- terial waste and the installation and nailing require a mini- Is /e > ()ur famii\ "s habits b\- asking y ourself these questions: mum of time and effort. Since most basements are of Is \ ()ur TV audience intimate — one or two persons — or is masonry construction, it is recommended that a framew ork it the whole family plus guests? How big is the room? of 2x2 or 2x4-inch lumber be placed along the walls to \\ here are the w indow s located? receive the panels. If necessary for the strengthening of the The largest percentage of sets purchased today ends up finished surface, furring may be applied. in the living room. Study the si/.e and arrangement carefully It is a simple matter to locate and install wall partitions to see how to keep the television set from taking over the to inclose the heating plant or laundry. This framework PHOTO BY BENN MITCHELL can be made of 2x4-inch lumber. {Continued on piiKc ^6) 24 GrOD*S Pastor Basil A. ^^al<)f "The Bible is the one thing that can sustain the people." How a courageoiis minister is fighting godlessness in tlie Soviet. By VERNON PIZER sweeping across the wharf at THi-.KE WAS a Stiff breeze the small East Coast port as the last cargo net, bellied out with the weight of a score of sturdy cartons, swung up on the deck of the Finnish freighter. When the net had disappeared over the rail, the sparc-franncd man who had been intently \\ atching the entire operation turned to the ship's captain beside him on the pier. The breeze ruffled his feathery, snow-white goatee as he spoke. "That may not be the biggest shipment you are carry- ing but it is surely the most valuable; guard it well. After you are on your way, I shall fly to Finland and will be on hand when you arrive. Then my real work begins: smuggling the shipment through the Iron Curtain to the very heart of Russia itself. God grant I will be a good smuggler!" It wasn't sacrilegious, or even unusual, for the would- be smuggler to ask for God's help in his undertaking, for the shipment he has pledged himself to spirit into the center of tiie red orbit consists of Bibles. The man himself is Pastor Basil Andreyevitch Malof, Director of In devious ways these Bibles will penetrate the Iron Curtain. the Russian Bible Society of Washington, D. C. As this is written, Pastor Malof is somewhere in Central Europe matching his wits against the communists' in his deter- turned his back, but not his heart, on Russia. He began mination that the people of Russia shall have the Bibles a trek of virtually every country in Europe, preaching which the Soviet regime denies them. As you read these as he went. And, by clandestine means, he maintained words. Pastor Malof will be, in his own words, "either constant contact with the preachers he had left in Russia, a dead failure somewhere along the road to A'loscow or encouraging and advising them. a live success safely back in Washington." If past per- With the 1917 Revolution came a flood of refugees formance is any indication, Pastor Malof will succeed seeking sanctuary from the bolsheviks, who had seized in his bold venture; he has already succeeded in spiriting power in Russia. Penniless and almost without hope, vast 81,000 Bibles into Rjissia, breaching the borders at several numbers reached France safely. Because they needed points. him. Pastor A4alof went to France to care for his people. Overcoming grave obstacles to bring the Word of Simultaneously^ he established a church in Paris and a God to the Russian people is no new thing for Pastor bustling, free kitchen which served the refugees. For Malof. With remarkable single-mindedness of purpose he many of them. Pastor Malof spelled the difference be- has devoted virtually all of his seventy years to the tween life and slow starvation. spiritual well-being of the people of Russia. Almost half But while he worked to help those w ho had succeeded a century ago, in 1907, he estabhshed the first Protestant in escaping bolshevism, he worried about the millions Church in St. Petersburg. The following year he founded who were trapped within Russia. Through tiie clandes- the first Protestant Church in Moscow itself. Toda\% his tine channels he had established. Pastor Alalof heard of St. Petersburg Church, "Dom Evangelia," is a commu- churches sacked, clergymen persecuted, and Bibles de- nist dance hall; his Moscow church is musty and grimy stroyed. The new rulers sought to stamp out religion from inattention. and its leaders. At that very point w as first planted the His influence over the people had grown so great by seed which today- is blossoming forth in Pastor Alalof's 1914 that the czar's government regarded him as a threat latest smuggling venture. When the reports of the red to its own power. Early that year he was arrested on attacks on religion were grimmest, he solemnly dedi- charges never announced and was sentenced to exile cated himself to the task of fighting back, but he would from Russia. With his wife, Barbara, who is still at his fight with the one weapon he knew best and trusted side supporting him in ail he undertakes, Pastor Malof most — the Bible. Pastor Malof (Continued on pane 58} 25 THE LEGION IN PICTURES ... OLD PIX SHOW HOW LEGION GHEW IJoys ol yesterday made today's aviation. Building a home for the Legion, San Benito, Texas, mid-Twenties. Aviators Post, N.Y.C., lield this show in 1929. 26 Street signs in Woodstock, 111. were put up by Legionnaires in one "let's do it" operation. You tell us the date. THESE OLD pictures of the Legion in action raise interesting questions. What happened to the 1928 captains of the Junior Baseball teams of Oakland (Cal.) and Worcester (Mass.) shown with the late Judge Landis? What do they do for a hospital in St. Charles, 111. today? P'or an ambulance in Elkton, Md.? Did the boys in the model plane show of 1929 fly in WW2? What docs San Benito's post home look like now? Do the street signs still serve in Wood- stock, III.? Are there enough horses in Northfield, Vt. to relieve a flood on the Mad River at Moretown if the roads wash out? Anyway, it's still the same old Legion at heart. As 1954 dawns, its strength and vitality lie, as ever, in the humble virtues of community service, willing manpower, a working membership, programs of action, and a devotion to the common, rather than the diverse, interests of Americans. I palm ji>l> on h<»s|)ital they ran for St. Clharles, 111. 1!)2(). Northfield, Vt. Legionnaires hauled flood -relief supplies over mountain trails to inundated Moretowii, Nov. 1927. 27 Alrlioiigli the sli;irp winds of |;inuary By jack DENTON SCOTT A while back we discussed w a> s of re- blow- cold and tlic spruces and hemlocks moving porcupine quills from dogs who are hooded in snow and the pheasant, if the Januar>' jimjams have >'ou feeling were unfortunate enough to have been grouse and woodcock seem to have van- morose and if you and your favorite gun flaileil by those dangerous characters. It ished, don"t despair. There's still time for need winter exercise, give the quail and seems that this is a subject of real inter- sonic good shooting. The Fisii and A\'ikl- (!o\ e situation the once-ovcr. You won't est among Rod & Gun Club readers. J. lifc Scr\ ice. rhar agenc>" in Wasiiington be sorry. W'alon AIcElroy of Ashtabula, Ohio, has riiar tries to keep a finger on what's going another suggestion that you might memo- on in the wildlife world, just announced rize: Four a few spoonfuls of acid vinegar that approximateh- 22,000,000 quail are on the embeddeil quills; repeat procedure bagged hunters e\ er\' > ear. And in mt)st in ten minutes. AVait about fifteen minutes of the states w here the little bobw hitc hangs riien pour any kind of oil over the quills his hat, the season on iiini edges \\ ell into and watch the results! The acid removes |anuar\ . I'or example, in the Carolinas, the tiie lime from the quills and they simply I lie ilog is also a must for picking up those Ice fishing as described by (ieorge S. R. |. Christiansen, believes in comfort for singles that \ ()u knock dow n. It's true that I'ichtcr in this issue is working itself into sfiortsmen. "A pleasant wa\" to make Nour much of the southern quail sections arc (luite a sport. The ardent fisherman won't noon ten-minute break in the field more posted, renteil in tremendous blocks 1)>' w ait imtil spring and has found a way to productive," he says, "is to carr.v an extra sportsmen who ha\ e more money than they make e\ en the uninspiring month of Janu- pair of socks along in your hunting coat. have milk of human kindness. But b\' w rit- ar>- a great one for dunking a line. Sporting .\fter you've eaten lunch, change your ing to any of the southern departments of goods stores and manufacturers have co- socks and give your feet a break. During conservation, which are located in the operated: For those of you who are not these cold months, you know that the ac- \ arious states' capital cities, > ou can find handy with tools, convertible ice-fishing tion of walking makes your feet perspire. areas w here nou can hunt, unhampered by houses with stoves, and other conveniences Tow ard the end of the day, it's the men postings, rented acreage, or no-trespassing have found their way to the sports market. who wear the same pair of socks who signs. Hut the big brains have yet to come up with become footsore. The two-pair-man is Another sport that is good for w hat ails an invention or a solution for the prob- still going strong." that shotgun of xours, is dove liunting. lem that all fishermen dislike: Fishing with He also suggests that the man leaving Sometimes called, "the poor man's quail gloves. After a few catches, gloves be- on an extended deer-hunting trip have his shooting," do\ es and do\ e-shooting arc come sopping wet and several changes are teeth checked b\- his dentist before raking termed by experts, the fastest sport and necessary. off. There's nothing like a painful tooth- the (]uickest game bird in this country. S. R. Schwonek of Cleveland, Ohio, be- ache to botch U|> a trip in the woods. l)o\ es are high, tricky flyers and test the lieves tiiat he has this problem whipped: lliat pertains reserx e of the best shots. The dove, which "Olive oil is one of those necessar\' things ir you have an iiiuisiial idea lisliiiii;: tliat is luipliil to is considered a migratory bird, is under \-ou take along when you go ice fishing," l<> hunting or one federal law and restriction. It is my favor- lie says. "Coat your hands well with the lellow rea«l<'rs ol this cohunn, send it alons^. it, He'll willi ite bird. I can piondb" sa>' that I've missed oil and \ ou'Il find that it will keep them If we can use reward you a more ilo\ es than any other type of game from chapjiing even if you dunk them in liinilinii; or fishing atiessory. Address: OUT- bird. The ilo\ e season usually ends in most the coldest water. I'x e been doing this for nOOR EDITOR, Rod and Gun Club, The southern states around the middle of Janu- \ ears and it realh works. It's like w earing Xtiitrictm Lcs^itm Map^atiiir. .">8(( Fiftli .\^e- .'>(>, ar\\ So some of > ou still ha\ c time. a pair of rubber gloves." nne, New \(>rk New York. • • 2fi run AMERICAN legion magazine JANUARY . 1954 : HOSPITALS FOR NON-SERVICE-CONNECTED: down is the current value, not the face value. . . . "Average Under new order, VA requires that veterans of all wars net income" must include the average total amounts seeking hospital treatment for non-service-connected received from all sources, wages, salaries, fees, commissions, ailments must furnish detailed information as to their bonuses, earnings other than wages, dividends, interest financial status. . . . The law governing hospital admission annuities, retirement benefits, rents, gifts, public assistance — and treatment for the non-service-connected is not changed and income from profession, business or a farm. . . . it provides that any veteran of any war in need of hospital Separate income of wife or children may not be included. or domiciliary care who is unable to pay from his own ... In reporting wages or salary, only the "take home" pay funds shall be furnished such service if a bed is available. and not the gross wages should be reported, deducting . . . The new form required to be filled out (Addendum to amounts withheld for a retirement plan, income taxes, social VA Form 10-P-lO) is for the purpose of determining security, etc. eligibility for hospitalization under the law. . . . Whole point In commenting on the VA order calling for a financial of the new requirement hinges on the inability of the statement from non-service-connected vet-applicants, applicant to pay hospital fees . . . . Rights of receiving National Commander Arthur J. Connell declared that the treatment, when beds are available, are not affected. . . . policy of The American Legion is to support the program Addendum to the regular form—most probably brought about of hospitalization for service -connected veterans who need by pressure of loose charges of wholesale "chiseling" by such care, and for the non-service-connected who need care vets who are able to -pay private doctors and hospitals from and are unable to pay for hospital treatment. . . . He con- their own means — calls for detailed statement of current tinued: "There has been considerable criticism of the VA earnings and property holdings. . . . The five questions posed because of unsupported charges that many veterans who in the addendum are could aff^ord to pay for their hospitalization have been treated 1. What is the total current value of your property, in VA hospitals. . . . American Legion investigations do not both real and personal? find any basis for supporting such an accusation. . . . The 2. What is the current amount of your ready assets, in American Legion supports and will do its utmost to protect the form of cash, bank deposits, saving bonds? the program of hospitalization for veterans. The Adminis- 3. If you own real property, what is the approximate trator of Veterans Affairs has taken steps to tighten the amount of the unpaid mortgage or other indebtedness procedure and protect those who have entitlement to owed thereon? hospitalization under VA auspices. ... I believe the new 4. What are your average monthly expenditures, procedure should be given a reasonable trial." including your mortgage payments and all other personal expenses including your expenses for your dependents? 5. What was your average monthly net income for the PART III PENSIONS — CORRECTION: last six months from all sources? In defining the disability requirements for non-service- It is pointed out in VA Circular No. 11 (November 4, connected Part III pensions (Newsletter, November, 1953) 1953) that all information given on the addendum is it was incorrectly stated that in order to become eligible a confidential. ... It also says that "this addendum may be veteran at 55 must be rated 60 percent disabled, with one used in no way whatever to deny hospitalization to a veteran disability accounting for 30 percent; at 60, rated 50 percent as the law specifically provides that the statement under disabled, with one disability accounting for 30 percent. . . . oath of . the applicant . . shall be accepted as sufficient No single disability ratings are required after 55 . . . . Briefly, evidence of inability to defray necessary ." expenses . . . here are the requirements set out in age brackets : A veteran Another paragraph of the same Circular 11 says "No less than 55 years old must be rated by VA at 60 percent investigation of such cases shall be made or requested at the or more disabled from a single disability, or 70 percent for a local level, and no report of them will be made to any combination of disabilities, of which one is ratable at other Government agency or offical, except as authorized by 40 percent or more. ... At age 55, he must be rated 60 percent Central Office." disabled from one or more disabilities, with no percentage Definition of terms to fix financial status are clarified requirement for any one disability . ... At age 60, a 50 by VA. . . . Personal property includes such items as motor percent rating for one or more disabilities, no single percent- vehicles, business fixtures and equipment, etc., but does age. . . At age 65 it is required that one disability of 10 not include personal items such as household furniture, percent be shown. ... To be eligible for the non-service- clothing, jewelry, . . . etc. Value of savings bonds to be set connected Part III pension at any age the applicant must 29 meet the other conditions in addition to degree of disability cent — is "problem" mail. . . . These letters do not give full of income and employability. information and in order to reply VA must search through records and files to identify the Veteran or his claim. . . . * * -'f All this results in delay and fault-finding, with VA the goat VERMONT EXTENDS K-VET SERVICE BONUS: because faster replies are not forthcoming. . . . For faster The General Assembly of Vermont has amended the service when writing about a claim or about insurance, be Act of 1951 providing a bonus for its Korean vets. . . . careful to give your full name and address, preferably Original law provided for payment of bonus for service printed or typewritten over your signature; service serial between June 27, 1950, and June 30, 1953, (Newsletter, number; if VA has allotted you a "C" or claim number, give October, 1953). . . . Amendment extends the period of that too. It is one of the most important numbers in VA's compensable service to June 30, 1955. . . . Rate is $10 per filing system. ... If your letter is about GI life insurance, month up to 12 months, payable to persons residing in give policy number. . . . This information will enable VA Vermont at time of enlistment or induction into the Armed to identify your claim out of the millions on record and Forces. . . . Eligible vets get applications from Murdock A. thus speed up a reply. Campbell, Adjutant General, Montpelier, Vermont. * -f * NORTH DAKOTA BONUS DEADLINE NEAR: OKLAHOMA'S CROSS OF VALOR FOR POWs: February 17, 1954, is the deadline for receiving applica- State of Oklahoma has created something new in military tions for the North Dakota WW2 bonus. . . . Eligible vets decorations — a Cross of Valor, with diploma, to be awarded who have not applied, write the Adjutant General, Fraine only to Oklahoma citizens who were prisoners of war in Barracks, Bismarck, North Dakota, for application blanks. WW2 or in the Korean conflict. . . . Act authorizing the decoration was enacted by the Legislature at its May, 1953 session. . . . First presentations were made by Governor ARMY TO DECLARE MISSING MEN "DEAD": Johnston Murray in early November. . . . Qualifications for More than 4,000 American soldiers missing in action the decoration are: ... (1) Was a resident of Oklahoma at in Korea will be declared "officially dead" in January. . . . time of entering service in WW2 or Korean War ... (2) That Names of men who have been missing more than a year will military service was performed during one of the wars . . . be transferred from missing to the death list, in accordance (3) Was made and officially listed a captive by the enemy with the Military Missing Persons Act which provides for . . . (4) Was honorably discharged from service. . . . "presumptive finding of death" after being listed as missing Oklahoma veterans or next of kin of deceased veterans for 12 months. . . . Meanwhile, Army investigating teams who are eligible should write Governor Johnston Murray, will continue search for information about 2,300 additional State Capitol, Oklahoma City. . . . Give identifying data, GIs who have been missing in Korea for less than a year. . . . name, serial number, service unit, and dates of capture Air Force, which has 670 men missing, declared 170 dead and release. during December. . . . Death notifications will be sent next of kin of men declared dead. . . . Ruling automatically cuts K-VETS MAY EARN OUTSIDE MONEY: off pay and allotments which next of kin have been receiv- K-vets attending school or college under the GI Bill may ing, but information will be given on available survivor's take jobs and earn money outside of school hours. . . . Any benefits, chief of which is the $10,000 indemnity payment money earned will have no effect on the GI allowance paid on the life of each dead soldier. . . . Army action in declaring by the Government. . . . These earnings need not be reported the 4,000 men dead will boost the American death toll in to the VA. . . . But there is a ceiling on vets' earnings in Korea to 29,600. on-the-job or apprentice training. . . . When a trainee's earnings, plus his monthly GI allowance, exceed $310 a month, VA scales down the allowance to bring the total MASSACHUSETTS AMENDS PARAPLEGIC LAW: Amending and liberalizing the Act of 1949, eligible within the $310 monthly ceiling. . . . The original WW2 GI paraplegic veterans of Massachusetts are entitled to a $500 Bill had a ceiling for all, but under the Korean GI Bill the annuity from State funds under an amendment effective $310 ceiling is for job trainees and does not apply to veterans since September 1953. . . . Legislation defines of in the classroom. 23, degree paraplegia, and requires that the claimant was a bona fide :|: * * * resident of Massachusetts at time of entry into service and PAYMENTS FOR RIFLES AND AMMUNITION: since release under other than dishonorable conditions. . . . Ordnance Depot officials report that delays occur in If in doubt about eligibility, write Office of Commissioner delivery of blank ammunition on order of Legion Posts of Veterans' Service, 15 Ashburton Place, Boston 8, because . . the remittances are improperly made. . All Massachusetts. remittances for ammunition (and rifles, when available) should be by postal money order or certified check, regardless of the amount, made payable to the Treasurer of the CYPRESS HILLS NATIONAL CEMETERY FULL: Further military burials in Cypress Hills National United States. . . . List of Ordnance Depots by areas was printed in the Newsletter for November, 1953. Cemetery, Queens, New York, were discontinued on Decem- ber 1, 1953. . . . Grave sites have been exhausted. . . . Ceme- tery was established in 1862; it will be maintained in HELP . . VA HANDLE ITS MAIL LOAD: perpetuity as shrine to 18,000 veterans buried there. . Of the monthly average of 10,500,000 pieces of mail Burials in New York area will be made in Long Island received by VA, about 1,500,000 — or approximately 14 per- National Cemetery at Farmingdale. 30 NEWS LEGION and Veterans' Affairs TREATMENT: $200 Legion Reveals Tragic Cases REMARKS : Veteran single. Lives with sis- ter. Spent savings. Has not been able to AMA Would Deprive of VA Care work for three years. Part III pension is only income. CASE NO. 8 CASE NO. 23 render VA patients to private medicine. AGE: 59 AGE: 57 If the patients couldn't pay them- DISABILITY: Residuals of old spinal frac- DISABILITY: Rheumatoid arthritis selves, the AMA said, the communit\ ture DURATION: Chronic could take care of them. EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR PRIVATE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR PRIVATE But who are the men who would be TREATMENT: NoUC TREATMENT: $5,000 kicked out of VA hospitals? REM.\RKS: Veteran single. Transferred REMARKS: Veteran spent his entire life here from Dayton, Ohio VA domiciliary savings before going to VA for aid. Has Case Histories where he has been for 8 years. No close had 19 operations since 1941. Has serv- Everyone seemed to forget that the relatives, Part III pension is only income. ice connection for heart condition. Has statistics and percentages being tossed no income now except Part III pension. CASE NO. 9 about were made up of human beings. AGE: 58 In surveying some 5,000 VA patients. Case number 23, above, is one of 145 DISABILITY: Cardio-vascular disease; Legion Field Service men brought back veterans hospitahzed lor non-service spinal arthritis the reminder that there were more than connected disabihties who were inter- EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR PRIVATE cold numbers involved in the fight. viewed by American Legion Field Rep- TREATMENT: $750.00 A questionnaire pro\ ided the statis- resentatives at the VA hospital in REMARKS: Veteran is married with two tics, but it was in the short write-up Martinsburg, W. Va., Nov. 9-10, 1953. children. Was in private hospital twice by interviewers that one caught the He is one of 5,000 such cases inter- in 1952. Had to mortgage home to pay tragic story of illness, loneliness and viewed by Legion investigators in VA hospital and doctor bill. Sixteen-year- despair undergone by each patient. hospitals all over the country during old daughter works part time. Again Here are summaries of some of tlie the last two years. sought admission to private hospital but non-service connected cases which the Case 23 is better off than some of his was sent to VA when he stated that he AMA says must be discharged. To pro- fellow patients — worse oft than others. could not pay. Unemployed since 1942. tect the individuals, numbers have been But they have one thing in common. If substituted for actual names. CASE NO. 10 the American Medical Association has age: 66 its way they may soon be ejected from VA Hospital, Clarksburg, W. Va. DISABILITY: Intestinal hemorrhage; cause the \^A hospitals. CASE NO. 6 undetermined The American Medical Association in age: 49 expenditure of FUNDS FOR PRIVATE early November dispelled any lingering DISABILITY: Cardio-vascular disease TREATMENT: $150.00 doubts as to its intentions to force all KXl'KNDITURE OF FUNDS FOR PRIVATE REMARKS: Single veteran residing alone non-service connected cases out of the veterans hospitals. In a pseudo-factual leaflet entitled Die Medical Profession's Stand on VA Medical Care, the AMA said frankly that it was out to destroy every facet of Federal care for non-service con- nected disabled veterans in VA hos- pitals. Under the heading These Are the Basic Qiicstio)is, the AMA got the mat- ter down to one of dollars and cents. The question: Should the Federal gov- ernment continue to engage "in a gigan- tic medical care program in competition with private medical institutions?" There was no attempt to camouflage their intent under the guise of better care nor was there any discussion of the abilit\' of sick and aging veterans to pay the doctor's bill. There was only the blunt demand that the nation give up its historical concern for the men who had fought for their country and sur- Oteen, N. C, vets hospital, when opened in 1925 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JANUARY, 1954 • 3^ in own home. Not able to work for 20 REMARKS: Veteran has not worked steady CASE NO. 11 years. Spent savings in private hospital. since 1919 due to T.B. which is arrested. AGE: 65 They could not furnish blood needed. Has service connection for T.B. Wife DISABILITY: Diabetes Private doctor sent him to VA. Part III has supported veteran since 1919. No EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR PRTS'ATE pension is only income. money to pay for private hospitalization. TREATMENT: $3,060.00 REMARKS: Veteran formerly worked as CASE NO. 13 CASE NO. 61 rural mail carrier but illness forced him age: 68 AGE: 56 to give up the work 9 years ago. Re- DISABILITY: Phlebitis, left leg ulcerated. DISABILITY: Abdominal aneurysm small E.XPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR PRIVATE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR PRIVATE ceives Civil Service Pension in ad- dition to Part III pension. Has been TREATMENT: $25.00 TREATMENT: $200.00 taking insulin for 17 years. REMARKS: Veteran is married. Unable to REMARKS: Veteran is single. Hurt in ac- work for 5 years. Sent to VA by private cident. Was in private hospital for two CASE NO. 15 doctor. Part III pension is only income. months. Transferred to VA July, 1952 age: 68 because of no funds. Has service con- DISABILITY: Cancer of stomach—Cardiac CASE NO. 16 nection evaluated at 10%. expenditure of FUNDS FOR PRIVATE AGE: 61 treatment: $100.00 DISABILITY: Amputation left foot CASE NO. 62 REMARKS: Veteran was formerly a coal EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR PRIVATE AGE: 61 miner. Quit work because of age and TREATMENT: NonC DISABILITY: Fractured femur, bilateral physical condition. Has been sick for REMARKS: Veteran injured in industrial EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR PRIVATE years—no money to pay for private care. accident in Penna. Employer had not TREATMENT: Noue paid for workmen's compensation. Vet- REMARKS: Veteran is married with two CASE NO. 17 eran was brought here by brother when children. Wife ill for long time with AGE: 58 private doctor recommended VA hos- brain tumor. Spent savings. Son had to DISABILITY: Hydro-nephrosis pital. Part III granted in May, 1953. quit school to help support family. Vet- expenditure of funds for PRI\'ATE eran is i\ farmer and receives statutory TREATMENT: $3,195.00 CASE NO. 20 award for arrested T.B. Has small in- REMARKS: Veteran has been in private age: 63 come insurance policy. hospital several times since 1949. Spent DISABILITY: Enlarged heart all money and still heavily in debt with EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR PRIVATE CASE NO. 84 mortgage on home. Wife fractured leg TREATMENT: $200.00 age: 68 April resulting in added heavy medi- REMARKS: Veteran married. Has been DISABILITY: Caidio-vascular disease in cal expenses. No work past 2 years. In- unable to work for 20 years. Spent all EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR PRIVATE surance benefits only paid $12.00 per savings in pri\ate hospital, then trans- treatment: None week toward hospital cost and are now ferred to VA hospital. Part III pension REMARKS: Veteran single. Has been un- exhausted. is only income. able to work for three years. Lives on Social Security benefits. Sent to VA by CASE NO. 19 CASE NO. 21 private doctor. No relatives. AGE: 56 age: 61 DISABILITY: Diabetes DISABILITY: Cirrhosis of liver VA Hospital, Beckley, W. Va. FUNDS FOR PRFV'ATE expenditure of funds for private EXPENDITURE OF TREATMENT: NoilC treatment: $500.00 CASE NO. 4 REMARKS: In addition to diabetes, vet- REMARKS: Veteran married. Savings ex- AGE: 60 eran is totally blind. Spent entire savings hausted on private hospital care. Part III DISABILITY: Cardiac decompensation expenditure of funds for private for doctor trying to regain sight. No in- pension is only income now. tre.\tment: $100.00 come now except Part III pension. CASE NO. 22 REMARKS: Veteran unemployed since age: 59 CASE NO. 27 1933 when he lost a leg in mine acci- DISABILITY: Generalized arthritis age: 61 dent. Has no funds or savings. Only in- — expenditure of funds for prn'ate DISABILITY: Cancer of the bladder come is Part III pension. treatment: $1,000 Diabetes PRIVATE REMARKS: Veteran married with one CASE NO. 8 EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR child. Rents home. Unable to work for age: 75 TREATMENT: $25.00 REMARKS: Veteran sent to VA by private 14 years. Has been aided by Public DISABILITY : Fibrosis-arthritis lack of funds. Un- Welfare. Son, 16, works part time to EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR PRIVATE doctor because of for years and depends upon help in living expenses. Part III pension TREATMENT: $950.00 employed 3 Part III pension for living expenses. is only income. REMARKS: Veteran spent all his savings going CASE NO. 25 for private hospital care prior to CASE NO. 31 age: 63 to VA. Has no income other than Part age: 27 DISABILITY: Paraplegia, mild. Residual III pension. DISABILITY: First, second and third de- gree burns of old spinal injury CASE NO. 9 of funds fon private remarks: Veteran was in private hos- AGE: 54 expenditure treatment: $158.00 ])ital at expense of county welfare. Sent DISABILITY: Cancer of pancreas Veteran is married and has 5 to VA because of inability to pay. Has EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR PRIVATE REMARKS: Welfare been unemployed and receiving Part III TREATMENT: None children. Department of Public aiding family. Veteran originally in pri- pension since 1951. REMARKS: Veteran is married. Has not vate hospital but sent here when it was case no. 52 worked for 5 years due to physical con- learned he had no funds or insurance. age: 60 dition and no income other than Part DISABILITY: Cholecystotomy III pension. Private doctor charged no CASE NO. 33 EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR PRIVATE fee because veteran had no money to AGE: 61 TREATMENT: $20.00 pay. DISABILITY: Diabetes 32 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JANUARY, 1954 EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR PRIVATE treatment: None REMARKS: Veteran went to private doc- tor who advised him to go to VA be- cause of lack of funds. Lives alone in a shanty. Unemployed for 8 years and living on Part III pension. CASE NO. 38 age: 34 disability: Rheumatoid arthritis expenditure of funds for private treatment: $300.00 REMARKS: Veteran has been unable to work since 1949 due to spinal condition. Was refused treatment in private hos- pital because of no funds. Has S.C. evaluated at 10%. Family receiving Pub- lic Welfare. CASE NO. 67 age: 63 DISABILITY: Osteomyelitis, right hip expenditure OF FUNDS FOR PRIVATE TREATMENT: $300.00 REMARKS: Veteran has spent much of last 9 years in VA Domiciliary, Mt. A record j)ost-\\ ^^'2 crowd of 7,000 attended the im|)ressive Armistice Day cere- Home, Tennessee. Intends to return monies at Arlington National Cemetery. Following the laying of the Presidential there. Spent savings for private treat- wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, spectators moved to the Amphitheater ment. Has S.C. for arrested tuberculosis. to hear addresses by Natl Cmdr Connell and Secretary of the Army Stevens. Natl Chaplain Thomas B. Clark pronounced the Invocation and Benediction. CASE NO. 80 age: 60 cause of having had less than 90 days Sent to VA by private doctor because DISABILITY: Arthritis, hypertension, car- service. of no funds to pay private treatment. dio- vascular disease III pension is income. CASE NO. 104 Part only expenditure OF FUNDS FOR PRIVATE age: 54 treatment: $17.50 CASE NO. 26 DISABILITY': Coronary insufficiency remarks: Veteran injured in mine acci- age: 51 expenditure OF FUNDS FOR PRIVATE dent several years ago and has DISABILITY: Rheumatoid arthritis, sclero- worked treatment: $200.00 as janitor since which was last job when derma REMARKS: Veteran was in private hospi- PRIVATE hospitalized. Was in private hospital and expenditure of funds for tal twice this year. Wife also has bad moved to because of no funds. TREATMENT: $5,000 VA health and had surgery costing over REMARKS: Veteran used up all of savings $1000.00. All savings spent for medical case no. 97 and Blue Cross insurance benefits. Part treatment for self and wife. age: 56 of pension goes to support wife and DISABILITY: Anemia; amputation of left VA Center, Martinsburs, W. Va. minor child. No income except Part III leg CASE NO. 13 pension. expenditure of funds for PRIVATE AGE: 64 treatment: See Remarks CASE NO. 33 DISABILITY: Cancer of right eye remarks: Veteran worked as a stock age: 76 EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR PRIVATE clerk in store and lived in shanty in rear DISABILITY: Cardiac TREATMENT: $130.00 of store. Had small income insurance REMARKS: Female veteran. Has no rela- REMARKS: Veteran originally had insur- Trans- which has terminated. Private doctor tives since death of husband. ance for hospital only, which was ex- from dt)miciliary. recommended veteran go to VA. ferred here VA hausted in private hospital, and veteran CASE no. 99 was transferred to VA. Veteran is di- CASE NO. 40 age: 40 vorced and has 3 children who are in age: 64 DISABILITY: Stomach ulcer state home because he cannot support DISABILITY': Dermatitis expenditure of funds for private them. expenditure of funds for private TREATMENT: $1500.00 CASE NO. 16 treatment: $1,000 REMARKS: Veteran works in a lunch age: 60 REMARKS: Veteran spent his savings for room as manager. Has had chronic lung treatment by private doctor before going DISABILITY: Cancer of intestine pension condition with one lung partially re- EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR PRIVATE to VA. Only income is Part III veteran. moved. Wife also has lung ailment and TREATMENT: $25.00 and brother renders assistance to constantly under care of physician. REM.\RKS : Veteran has been unemployed CASE NO. 75 CASE NO. 101 for four years. Wife is in a mental insti- AGF.: 33 tution. Sent to VA by private doctor age: 64 DISABILITY: Multiple fractures both feet. because of no funds. Part III pension Dis.\BiLiTY: Asthma Amputation of right is only source of income. EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR PRIVATE REMARKS: Veteran was in private hos- TREATMENT: $4.00 CASE NO. 25 pital for some time and was moved to REMARKS: Veteran spent most of last 15 age: 80 VA because he could not pay. Still owes years in VA Domiciliary. Has no income DISABILITY: Fracture right femur private hospital and in debt for food and and ineligible for financial benefits be- remarks: Veteran has no close relatives. rent. Has no funds and no income. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JANUARY, 1954 • 33 CASE NO. 79 What To Do With Them and Pres, Mr. & Mrs. Robt Northup; Sr. Vice Cmdr and Veep, Mr. & Mrs. Elmer age: 60 Does organized medicine have a plan disability: Rheumatoid arthritis Howland; Adj and Sec'y, Mr. & Mrs. to provide substitute care for the thou- EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR PRIVATE Robt Burke; Chaplains, Mr. & Mrs. John sand of cases sampled above, if they TREATMENT: $700.00 O'Connell. are ejected from the VA hospitals? It REMARKS: in private hospi- Continuing the pattern at the Post Veteran was has offered no plan, has not shown tal until and insurance ran out. level are these man and wife teams as money where they would go, has contributed Private doctor had veteran transferred Cmdr and Pres: Post and Unit 19, Mr. & nothing constructive, and its leaders to VA. Savings are exhausted and no Mrs. Thomas Bowers; Post and Unit 23, know that community and state hospi- income. Has wife and one child. Mr. & Mrs. Jerry D'Amico; Post and tals are entirely unprepared to handle Unit 27, Mr. & Mrs. Walter Kenney; Po.st CASE NO. 121 the cases. They have ignored the com- and Unit 32, Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Menard. age: 28 pelling fact that private doctors and ]> Post and Unit 162, LowviUe, N. Y., DISABILITY: Fracture right fibula: frac- private hospitals, as well as town and chose Mr. & Mrs. Llo> d Rasmussen as ture right tibia county welfare boards have disposed of Cmdr & Pres for the fourth time. EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR PRIVATE sick veterans by sending them to the ]i Post 55, Mammoth Spring, Ark., elect- TREATMENT: $15.00 VA as soon as they have spent the last ed E. E. Sterling its Adjutant for the REMARKS: Veteran is a plasterer. When of their resources. 35th time. Does the Legion have an- injured was taken to private hospital On June 18, 1952, top Legion Re- other Post Adjutant who is this "old" in and as soon as it was learned he had no habilitation officials and Legion doctors, point of service? money to pay was sent to VA hospital. as well as VA medical men, invited ]> Post 259, Bronson, Mich., is one of CASE NO. 126 AMA leaders to sit down and discover the first to fill its Post officer slots en- age: 56 a better system of veterans care if pos- tirely with vets of Korea. DISABILITY': Compressed fracture of back sible. ]i Post 612, Culver City, Calif., reports EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR PRIVATE The then chairman of the Legion's an increase in membership of more than TREATMENT: $15.00 Rehabilitation Commission, Pat Cliff of 50 percent over its previous all-time REMARKS: Veteran was injured and Minnesota, reminded the AMA repre- high, and attributes it largely to (1) taken to private hospital for one day sentatives that while medical colleges Sponsorship of a vaudeville troupe which and then sent to VA because of inability and individual physicians have made performs for hospitalized vets (2) Co- to pay. Works as a fruit picker. contributions to the development of vet- operation by Hughes Aircraft Company These cases, recent examples from eran care, organized medicine had never in a plan whereby Post dues are de- West Virginia, are typical of the Legion's accepted any responsibility for meeting ducted from members' paychecks. findings in all \'A general hospitals the problems. ]> Post 118, Fort Gaines, Ga., kicked off throughout the nation. The cases in the Said Cliff : "There was no provision its 1954 membership drive by treating TB and mental hospitals are even more for medical care of veterans at the end all members to a free pheasant supper. tragic. of the First World War. There were 7 ]) Lloyd H. Cornwall, Cmdr of Post 1, to 12 thousand beds to care for 334,000 to Kick Paris, France, who introduced corn on How Them Out disabled veterans. When chaos resulted the cob to that country after How does the AMA propose to force we (the Legion) supported the Dawes WWl, was a Knight of the French Legion of these men out of tlie hospitals? The plan Committee report and the Veterans made is beautifully simple. ( up, Honor. 1 ) Dig once Bureau was created. Organized medi- ]> Post Denver, Colo., has begun work more, every charge anyone has ever cine did not come forth with a solution 1, on promises to one of the larg- made against the VA (2) Raise a war to the problem." what be est memorial tablets in the U.S. chest (estimated to be $2,000,000) to Nothing constructive came from that Honor- ing more than 2,100 Denver killed finance the publicity campaign, speakers meeting in 1952, nor was any expression men in both World Wars. and printing costs (3) Under the guise gotten from the AMA as to how to pro- Detroit Districts Assn. put blue-and- of economy, try to make the American vide proper care for the patients whose ]i white canisters in hundreds of business people want them to be kicked out. ejection it sought. establishments in the Detroit area as the Peter Edson writing from Washington Commented Pat Cliff, bitterly: "You in the New York Worhl-Telegnin and are approaching the whole problem on 10th annual "Gifts for Yanks Who Gave" Sun, on Nov. 27, quotes an AMA report the cjuestion of whether the doctor drive got under way Dec. 7. The drive, as saying: "Congressmen are politicians, makes or loses a dollar." with a miniminn goal this year of and many believe that opposing veter- In the following months, the AMA $5,()()0.0(), assures that hospitalized vets are not forgotten. For the hospitalized ans' benefits is political suicide. We continued its mounting attack to dis- must convince vets, the fund ( ) Provides a gift for them otherwise . . . the lodge the non-service patients until — 1 (veterans medicine) program must be last October— the Legion's Nat'l Execu- each at Christmastime (2) Underwrites ." expense of the Assns' annual Cavalcade limited . . tive Committee passed Resolution #25, The theme of the attack was sounded characterizing the AMA attack as to the Vets Facility at Grand Rapids (which provides a big day for the 1,000 by Dr. Edward J- McCormick, Presi- "false," "inaccurate," "incomplete," dent of the AMA, speaking in ' \'ets there) and (3) Furnishes fresh fruit Oklahoma misleading," "conveying . . . false im- City recently, when he called the Vet- pressions," and "detrimental" to the throughout the year. erans Administration a "threat to private public welfare. ]) March of Dimes polio campaign got enterprise." strong support from Legion: What did the fight mean to the pa- 1) Post 135, Wamic, Ore., heads the POST DOINGS: tients in VA hospital beds? Simply this: March of Dimes Committee in its com- if they do not have service-connected ]t Mention in this column (Nov. 53, munity, does the planning for the fund ailments requiring treatment, they must p. 37) of man and wife teams as Post drive and has the responsibility for its s(>ek medical aid elsewhere. But there is Cmdrs and Unit Prexies brought a report success. Last year's contribution: $1300. no other care to be found for most of from Rhode Island's Third District. ]i Post 96, Vale, Oie., ga\e $300 to them in the entire country. Among Third [district Officers are: Cmdr Polio ward in local hospital. 34 • THE AMERIC AN LEGION MAGAZINE • JANUARY, l<)54 ]t Post 154, Wellston, Mo., gave $100 from Post funds; put a sixteen man com- mittee to work for one month, turned over $6,761.46 to March of Dimes. ]> Post 430, Springfield, Mass., spent Fourth of July entertaining the children's polio wards. ]i Post 313, Fairmount, Ind., raised over $300.00 for March of Dimes with a torchlight parade and solicitation of onlookers. ]> Post 134, Morton Grove, III, helped complete a house in town for a family whose mother had been living in an iron lung placed in the living room. Added were two bedrooms and a bath. In ad- dition to the labor, estimated at $3,000, Post gave TV set and whirlpool bath. ]> Post 833, Long Beach, Cal., has 36 of its members working on a year-round project building wheelchairs for crip- pled children. Latest report showed 17 chairs to be built in 1953. Money for machinery and supplies provided by Post amounted to $760. RELIGION: A Greater Program Dept Chaplains will convene in In- dianapolis on Jan. 13-14. The meeting, will dis- their called by Natl Cmdr Connell, Post 1229, Chicago, 111. believes in signing them up in groups. Completing cuss plans for expanding the Legion's membership drive. Post Cmdr Joe Martin signs up eight members of the Henley Back To God program. family on Thanksgiving Day, as Post Adj., Mrs. Evelyn Todd, looks on. The five men In calling the conference, which will joined the Post, the ladies became members of the newly-organized Auxiliary Unit. follow that of the Natl Religious Em- MEMBERSHIP: was being made and provided valuable phasis Committee on January 12, the data for future use. Cmdr announced that the Back To God Still Rising Two ways to get members had classic ceremonies, to be broadcast on radio and illustrations: (1) Ask them. Natl Cmdr TV, are planned for Sunday, February 7. Membership Dec. 1 showed an in- Connell, while attending the Crusade Begun in 1951 by resolution of the crease of 20,912 over the same date last for Freedom conference in Washington, 33rd Natl Convention, the Back To God year. For the fourth consecutive year practiced what he preaches. Meeting program has drawn the active support the Legion continued to grow. Dain J. Domich, president U.S. Jr. of millions of Americans of all faiths There was little doubt that the Le- Chamber of Commerce, another dele- and denominations. gion's voice in national affairs and its gate, he enrolled him as a member of At press time final details of this strong and varied programs were con- Post 1, Tulsa, Okla. year's program had not yet been an- tinuing to attract the veterans of three (2) Make the Legion the organization nounced. Speakers and participants will wars who saw it as their spokesman. for vets. In Calif., Lt. Michael E. de- given in a later issue. Most important factor in the early gains be Armond joined Post 123, Santa Monica. for 1954 appeared to be the well- As a POW in Korea, his only reading Growing Fund planned campaign begun at the St. matter was the Daily Worker and People's Natl Treasurer Glenn Crawford an- Louis Convention and pushed strongly World, both of which screamed abuse nounced on Dec. 2 that contributions by Natl Cmdr Connell. at the Legion. His answer: "If the reds to the Wooden Church Crusade totaled In a two-day conference prior to the say the American Legion is reactionary, $6,565.46. The goal: $25,000 to build opening of the Convention, exjjerts from I figure it's the organization for me." one Church in the name of The Ameri- industry, press and the Legion itself can Legion. prepared Dept officials for the job. Ma- BRIEFLY NOTED: The Crusade, led by radio commen- terials and techniques, proved and test- Natl Security Division released, in tator Fulton Lewis, Jr. is raising funds ed, were made available to the men late October, an historical survey of to construct a chain of wooden churches directly concerned with membership "fringe benefits" provided for members in Germany along the Iron Curtain to campaigns. of the Armed Forces. The study sup- replace those destroyed during WW2. Active promotion of American Legion phes essential background material for In making the initial appeal for sup- weeks from Nov. 11 to 26 followed. Res. 330, 1953 National Convention, port of the Crusade last month, Natl Proclamations by Governors and Mayors; which seeks to preserve benefits pro- Cmdr Connell requested two dollars radio and TV talks by Legion officials, vided by law for sei-vicemen. Distribu- from each of the Legion's 17,200 Posts. newspaper and advertising support tion is iaeing made to Natl and Dept In Seattle, Wash., Post 1 responded with brought the Legion's story to the 20,- officers concerned with this aspect of the largest single donation to date— $100. 000,000 veterans. national security. Posts and Legionnaires can send their Natl Field Service representatives Hospitalized Veterans Writing Project contributions to Natl Treasurer, The followed up the campaign with a survey announced, in early December, its 8th American Legion, P. O. Box 1055, In- of membership promotion in every Dept. Annual Natl Writing Contest for hos- dianapolis 6, Ind. Weekly reports showed what progress pitalized veterans. Last year over 200 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JANUARY, 1954 • 35 patients won prizes in 18 writing cate- eligible. Members pledge themselves to 1947, author and writer on political | continued membership and continued science. ! gories. Included again in this year's — awards are prizes to be given by (1) personal activity for the Good of the General Robert E. Wood use and Post 209, N. Y. for a short short story Legion. Club's first president is A. W. DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS PROPERTY—Chrmn of Board of Directors, Sears, Roebuck & and (2) Legion AuxiUary, Dept of Illi- Hewett, of Boulder. Pointer, former Quartermaster nois for story or article by any vet hos- ]i Dept of Georgia announced on Nov. Co., West S. pitalized in 111. or whose home is in that 19 that Augusta will be the site of the General U. Army. and ij State. 1954 Dept Convention. Nine thousand Ben Moreell—WATER resources — of the Unique feature of contest is free help Legionnaires and AiLxiliares are ex- POWER development Chrmu in preparation of material. Professional pected to attend the sessions, July 16-18. Board and President, Jones & Laughlin {' Admiral, ( Ret. , mem- |i writers will assist VA patients who write In making the announcement of the Steel Corp., USN ) to Hospitalized Veterans Writing Proj- Convention, Dept officials also reported ber scientific advisory committee, Natl I ect, 919 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago a record high membership of 57,770 Security Resources Board. Stewart — budget and ac- 11, lU. members. J. Harold counting — Member of Task Force on ]> Dept of Kansas bought a mg loom WASHINGTON: Business Enterprises, first Hoover Com- and skeins of yarn for John Parchman, | Topeka, Kans., who is confined to a mission. President, 1949-50, American Convention ( )f'ficials wheel chair with multiple sclerosis. Institute of Accountants, was Captain, i Officials of the 1954 National Conven- in assigned to inspection of Parchman, a WW2 vet, is now earning USN WW2, tion Corporation were named in mid- ' enough to supplement his VA compen- costs. December. Top figures: sation and support his family. The Joseph P. Binns—subsistence— Hotel President, Herbert Jacobi, Past Natl equipment costing $32.5 was bought J. executive, former Colonel, Army Air Vice Cmdr. using money from the E. B. Schikowsky Force. Executive Vice-President, Robert A. agencies—Part- Endowment Fund which is administered Paul Grady—LENDING Bunch, Past Dept Cmdr, District of by the Dept. ner, Price, Waterhouse & Co., N. Y., Columbia. Chrmn of corresponding group in first ]\ Next-of-kin of 37th Dev. Veterans The Convention, Aug. 30-Sept. 2, Assoc. of WW2 can have a free copy Hoover Commission. first Legion Natl Convention to be held of the Division History by sending their in Washington, D. is expected to be LEGISLATIVE: name, address and relationship, together C, a record breaker in all respects. Big at- with the name and unit of the man in Busy Year Ahead traction is the opportunity for Legion to P. Walker, 37th Div. the Div., Frank November 20 the Natl Legislative families to visit nation's capital and the On Vets Assoc., 5620 Brinsted Ave., Day- Division its of i centers of historical interest published summary the ton,^Ohio. many in and around Washington. legislative program for 1954. The pro- 1 was urged in mid-November ]t Legion resolutions Because the City has a large transient gram is based on adopted at by Natl Cmdr Connell to support peti- the 1952 New York Convention, 1953 population, it is well equipped with tion to President Eisenhower opposing St. Louis Convention or interim meet- hotels, and Convention officials say that seating of red China in UN. Petition is they are already assured of ample space ings of the NEC. being circulated bv the Committee for In some cases legislation has already for all who will attend. One Million, 36 W. 44th St., New York been introduced into the 83rd Congress 36, N. Y., which will supply copies on Another Job to implement these official legislative request. mandates of the Legion. ]i Record attendance of 250 was regis- Legionnaires were interested in other The NEC at its October meeting tered at Area "E" Child Welfare Con- announcements which came from Wash- grouped the most important objectives ference, Portland, Ore., Nov. 5-7. Mrs. ington in late Nov., (1) Appointment under the broad outlines of ( 1 ) benefits Harry Gray, Le Chapeau National of of Natl Cmdr Arthur Connell to the J. to veterans and dependents (2) veterans 8 & 40, presented a $3,000 check to newly reactivated Public Advisory Board preference (3) national security (4) Natl Vice Cmdr "Tiny" Reed. Money for the Foreign Operations Administra- foreign relations (5) Americanism. will be used by Natl Child Welfare tion headed by Harold E. Stassen. Following are the major active legis- Division to meet needs of tubercular- (2) Line-up of soon-to-con vene 83rd lative mandates on Americanism. Man- contact children of veterans. Congress which shows 291 Legionnaires dates on other subjects will be listed in ]> Fort Worth (Texas) Safety Council in both houses.— 230 Representatives, future issues. has sponsored a movement to have every 61 Senators. Legion Post in state support legislation (3) Chairman of seven Task Forces of AMERICANISM MANDATES: to eliminate hazard of discarded ice- the new Hoover Commission were an- Aliens exempted as such from boxes. Recent wave of child deaths from nounced in early November. Two — Military Service shall not later be- suffocation in unused iceboxes and re- Medical Service and Civil Service and come eligible for naturafization. frigerators throughout the U. S. brought Personnel — drew veterans' attention be- Deny Social Security numbers to on drive to prevent further accidents. cause recommendations by these groups illegally entered non-citizens. On Nov. 14, the Colorado Dept Exec- will have direct effect on veterans bene- utive Committee authorized formation fits and preference. The chairmen: Oppose legislation designed to of a state- wide "Past Commanders Club Chauncey McCormick — medical weaken McCarran-Walter Act of Colorado." 13ept Adj M. L. Lyckholm SERVICE — Chicago business executive, (P.L. 414. 82nd Congress). A.E.F. vet, active in many national and reports that the club is being organized Prevent illegal entrance at Mexi- organizations. to utilize the experience of past com- city can border. manders in Colorado for Legion service. Harold W. Dodds— ci\ il seiu ice and Oppose over-quota admission of Any Colorado Past Commander — of a PERSONNEL—President of Princetion Uni- displaced persons, refugees, etc. Post, District, Area, Department or Na- versity, advisor to Latin American coun- tional — who remains a member in good tries on election procedures, member Preservice naturalized U. S. citi- standing of a Colorado Post would be Commission on Universal Training, zenship of veterans. 3^ • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JANUARY. 1954 Designate September 17 as "Con- stitution Day." Eliminate subversive activities in VA educational programs. Oppose Federal control of Public From where I sit Schools. Oppose General Firearms Regis- tration Laws. ly Joe Marsh Clarify Public Law 829, 77th Con- gress—Flag usage and etiquette. Repeal Laws discriminating against American Lidians. Urge increased appropriations for National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice. Investigate American Civil Liber- Cream Whips ties Union. Commend and support House and Main Street Traffic Senate Committees investigating subversive activities. Oppose importation of certain Big traffic jam in front of the office films. last week. Thought everybody in the Outlaw the Communist Party. county was coming in to buy The COMMUNITY SERVICE: Clarion, but they weren't. Long-Range Project Seems a 5-gallon can fell off Whitey In late Oct., Coleman L. Nee, Cmdr, Fisher's truck, spilling cream all over Dept of Mass., put all 436 Posts to work the street. Our cop on duty, Tiny on one big community service project. Its aim: to reduce the gruesome toll of Fields, halted traffic so Whitey could deaths and injiuies on the state's high- pick up the can. Tiny was about to ways. By eaily November thousands of wave the cars on when a kitten ran drivers and pedestrians signed the had out and started lapping up the cream. pledges which appeared daily in the newspapers. Cooperating with the Le- Well, traffic piled up, but Tiny paid gion a d newspapers was the State Reg- heed. Light changed green tliree istry of Motor Vehicles which relaxed no its rigid rule against stickers to allow times. After the kitten had enough, the safe driving pledge to be affixed to Tiny waved the traffic tlirough. rear windows. The pledges were addressed to Dept From where I sit, this was just a Hdcjs. There tliey were directed to the Post nearest the pledger's home and fol- "Tiny'' demonstration of the way peo- lowed up with a personal call by a ple in our town are. They're usually Legionnaire in uniform. He delivered the window sticker and congratulations pretty considerate and tolerant when for the signer's cooperation. you come down to it. If one of our PLEDGED neighbors prefers a temperate glass of to beer to his friend's coffee at dinner- HIGHWAY SAFETY Mas&achueetis time, it's just each to his own taste Registry ol Motor Vehicles American Legion and everything's just "smooth as Record American - Advertiser cream" between them. State officials, religious leaders of all denominations and civic officials praised the Legion and the project as an in- valuable contiibution to the welfare of the State. Natl Legion in its Programming jar Legion Leaders recommended the cam- paign as one for every Post in the Nation States Brewers Foundation and called it "one of the best American Copyright, 1953, United • • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE JANUAK'* , 1954 37 ' " ' Legion public relations jiiogiams to program for patients. In a letter to T. O. wli^tever your particular tastes it is my come to our attention." Kraabel, Director, Natl Rehab Commis- guess that you will find a lot of stuff Across the country Posts reported new sion, Boone recalled the Legion's assist- here that will feel good on your literary and interesting projects. ance in VA hospitals, "from the very palate. Del., . . ]i In Lancaster, Pa., Post 34 aroused by beginnings of The American Legion ]> Wilmington, News-Journal—". the disappearance of shade trees from itself." for every American home and should be the city's streets and the lack of a me- He pointed out, however, that in re- a must for every library and school." morial to the dead of WW2 began a cent years the Auxiliary has been supply- ]> Variety — . militantly anti-commu- campaign to plant trees as a living me- ing most of the volunteer workers in nistic . . . pridefully affirmative on morial. hospitals. Their work has been greatly American values. needed and appreciated but, the Direc- ]> Pittsburgh Press — "The list of authors tor says, "There are times when men — one of the most imposing ever com- ." patients want — and need — to talk to piled in one book. . men. There is an opportunity in every Veterans Administration hospital in the country for the men of The American Legion to provide helpful personal ser\ - ices for the veteran-patients. The Legion has a representative on the Veterans Ad- ministration Voluntary Service (VAVS) Advisory Committee at each Veterans Administration hospital. This volunteei committee, composed of men and women from the communities adjacent to each hospital, plans with the manager and his staff for the volunteer program for Post 60S got one of its best-known the patients. members, movie star Brian Donlevy, Typical of the work referred to by out with a shovel to help install Boone is that of a special committee of Legion Safety signs in Malibu, Calif. Post 4.50, New York. Its members, when visiting members of their own Post in VA ]> Post 16, Lewiston, Mont., gave the hospitals, make a point of looking up local hospital two wheel chairs and a other patients who have not had a hospital bed for public use. Lee R. Pennington visitor for some time. ]) Forks, Wash., Post 106 gave $100 to As a follow-up to these calls the>' AMERICANISM: assist in the purchase of an infant aii' contact relatives or friends and urge lock at the local clinic. them to visit the patients. Now Division (iliicf ]> Post 202 built a Post Office for Belle In Bronx County, Auxiliares notify Natl Americanism got a new Di- Glade, Fla. On land adjoining their own Div CJounty Hdqs of Bronx Legionnaires rector on Nov. 23 Lee R. Penning- building. Legionnaires constructed a when they have seen in hospitals. County ton Allen Willand Post Office to Government specifications VA succeeded B. who then passes word to Posts who see to it resigned. Pennington, veteran FBI in- and rented it to the Post Office Depart- ment. that Legionnaires visit these men. spector, has a long record of Legion activities including a four-year stint ]) Post 1.53. Indianapolis, Ind.. contrib- BEST SELLER: (1948-52) on the Natl Americanism uted $1,600 to civic group raising funds Commission. for improvement and expansion of city's One week after publication — Armis- served as Federal Bureau of In- hospital facilities. tice Day — Hawthorn Books aimounced He a printing vestigation liaison with the Americanism ]> Burlington and (>'olfe\ County, Kan.sas, second of fO,00() copies of Commission and was currently Legionnaires are raising fimds to pro- The American Legion Reader. Book NEC member from the District of Columbia. vide hospital equipment for the new stores throughout the country were Pennington, with Coffey County Hospital. The equipment clamoring for copies of the Legion's who was the FBI since 1929, retired in order to accept to be a living memorial for Past Natl compilation of the best material from his Legion position. FBI Director Vice-Cmdr Ray S. Pierson and his wife, its own Magazine. J. in the both killed in an auto accident. Pierson The Dept of Penna using the Me- Edgar Hoover, complimenting Legion appointment, was a member of the State Hospital Ad- morial Book Plan was distrilniting copies on the praised the visory Board. to public and parochial schools through- new Americanism head for his "achieve- state. ments, loyalty and devotion to duty and ]> Post 633, Seaman, Oiiio, giows corn on out the With Christmas coming a compelling urge to serve his countiy." a five-acre field recently purchased. shoppers bought copies as gifts for Le- In making known the appointment They use the crop for their weekly pop- gionnaires and non-Legionnaires alike. Natl Cmdr C-onnell also announced re- corn sale and the proceeds are to be Most enthusiastic .sendoH for tlu' opening of the Legion's Un-American used to tuin the field into a commumty book came from Hearst papers in a recreation area. strong editorial calling the Reader "A Activities office in Washington. significant book for all who love REHAB: ." PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: America. . Other re\ iewers praised ( ) The line- Jol)s, honors, activities: Lee Kemper, VAVS* I up of outstanding contributors (2) the Past Cjndr Dept of Kansas, appointed In mid-November, tlie VA's Medical strongly jiro-American material. U.S. Marshal for Kansas . . . DutUeij A. Director, Joel T. Boone, asked the Le- ]> New York Times — "This, in short, is Wliite, Past Cmdr Dept of Ohio, "eur- gion for more men to man its volunteer ." an impressive potpom ri. . rentlv NEC member, named Executive "Veterans Adiiiinistiation Vi>Iiiiifaiy Service 1> in — ". Hass the Clhieago Tribune . . Officer of Manion Commission on Inter- 3g • TUE AMbKlCAM LEGION MAGAZINE • JANUARY, 195-1 Governmental Relations . . . Val. S. CJirisfcnscn, Past Cmdr of Wyoming, eleeted mayor of Cheyenne . . . Past Natl Cmdr Ray Murphy awarded gold medal for "outstanding achievement in the field of insurance" by Assoc. of Cas- ualty & Surety Companies . . . Past Natl Vice-Cmdr Edward ]. Kclhj appointed Administrative Assistant to Natl Cmdr Connell . . . Natl Foreign Relations Com- mission Chrmn Rogers Kcllcy represent- ed Natl Comdr at dedication of Falcon Dam near Laredo, Texas. Legion was only civilian organization offically rep- resented at dedication of international project by U.S. and Mexican Presidents. James H. Pfister to be Ass't Adj Dept of Louisiana under Adj Matt Monaghan. Died: Oct.-at Rapid City, So. Dakota. Turner M. Rtidesill, Past Dept Cmdr So. Dakota. Currently Vice Chrmn Con- stitution and By-laws Committee he had been NEC member from So. Dakota in 1941-44 ... At Anaconda, Mont., Wil- liam Emmett Walsh, Vice Cmdr Dept of Montana . . . No^^—at Newman, Calif., State Senator George Hatfield, NEC member from Calif. 1924-26, holder of many Natl Committee assignments in Legion's early years and sponsor of veterans legislation. Distilled COMING EVENTS: Dates of meetings and conferences LondonDry and reminders of national contests an- nounced since last issue: Gin ]\ Natl Legislative Commission to OISTIIIEDJ. BOTTLED IN IHt USA BY 1 THE DISTILLERS COMPANY LIMITED meet in Washington, Jan. 27-29. Annual ^ L I N O f. N NEW .) f H 'i e V Legislative dinner honoring members of Congress will be held on opening night of sessions. ]\ Natl Rehab Conference at Statler Hotel, Washington, March 2-5. Precon- ferenee meetings on March 1. II NEC spring meeting al Indianapo- lis, May 2-4. Commission, committees as called, April 28-30. ]\ Post History Contest for 1954. Prizes totaling $500 will be awarded in two groups. ( 1 ) For Posts chartered prior to 1944 (2) Posts organized in 1944 or later. Contest closes Aug. 15. A bulletin, Outline for a Post History, can be had from Natl Historian, Natl Hdqs, Indianapolis 6, Ind. ]] Natl Americanism Div reminded Depts and Posts of 11 Natl trophies and urged early planning of campaigns for awards in fields of membership. School acti\ities, Americanism, Boy Scouts, Junior Baseball and marksmanship. Rules and descriptions of competitions from Natl Americanism Commission, BECAUSE OF LIQUEUR QUALITY and HIGH PROOF (94.4) The American Legion, P. O. Box 1055, Indianapolis 6, Ind. DRINKS NEVER TASTE THIN WITH GORDON'S GIN 1[ Americanism Division also an- nounced that Yakima, Wash., would be site of 1954 Junior Baseball Natl Finals • LINDEN, N. J. 100% NtUTRAL SPIRITS DISTILLED FROM GRAIN GORDON S DRY GIN CO , LTD . and Natl High School Oratorical Finals would be held at Los Angeles, April 7. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JANUARY, 1954 • 39 iij^i.i.'B'im^ SECURITY: at 1075 Gerard Ave., Bronx 52. N. Y. Help Airfield, Korea. April 13, 1951, please write NATIONAL needed to establish claim. Also needs to con- Marvin K. Collins, at Sylvester, Ga. Informa- tact the man who was corporal of the guard tion needed to establish claim. Airj)<)>\ cr when the accident occurred. 12th Armored (Hellcat) Div., 66th A.I. Bn. Co. C — Need to contact doctors, nurses or other A series of six 15-minute radio pro- servicemen who remember me in hospital in grams, "Air Power in an Age of Peril," Nancy. France. Feb. 1945 or Lincoln. England, April 1945 with bullet wound in right leg. sponsored by Tlie American Legion, was Need help to establish claim. Write Ervin MISSING Flovd Chcatuni, R.R. #1. Effingham. 111. radio stations begin- broadcast over 500 29th Div., 116th Inf., 1st Bn.. Co. C, Bomb Dis- posal Demolition Team. (St. Lo, France) Jiil.v IN KOREA ning Nov. 1. The programs were pro- 1944 — Need statement from men who recall duced in cooperation witli tlie Aircraft injury to Robert P. Daly while outfit was 25th Div., 35th Inf. Regt. Co. A-PFC Richard P. pulled back at St. Lo. or recall his hospitali- Swanson, a POW since ,'uly 20. 1950; reported Industries Association and designed to zation at a base hospital in England. Recalls to have escaped. No word ever received from him. Will anyone who knew him please write furtlier public understanding of air pow- a Capt. Hawkes. the crew of a plane dubbed "Patches." a Paul B. Jones (called "P.B."). his parents. Mr. & Mrs. Peary Swanson, En- er's vital role in our national defense. and a "Shepski." If these or others will write, field. Minn. claim may be established. Write Mrs, Robert 7th Inf. Regt., Co. B-PFC Erwin W. Klienschmidt Program mf)derat<.)rs were Natl Se- P. Daly. 9061 j North Beaudry Ave., Los missing in action since Sept. 26, 1952. Any curity Commission Director, James R. Angeles 12. Calif. information on the circumstances of his dis- Fort MtClellan, Alabama, 1944-45 — Anyone who appearance would he greatly appreciated by Wilson; Natl Cmdr Connell; Chrmn, remembers Frank Watson being injured while his parents. Mr. & Mrs. August Klienschmidt, on a night patrol during basic training in early Arenzville, III. Natl Pu])lic Relations Commission, 1945 please write him at Coushatta, La. Need 1st Cav. Div,, 8th Cav, Regt,, 3rd Bn., Co. L-Cpl. Thomas E. Paradine; Chrmn, Natl Se- help to establish claim, especially from Leroy Dougall H. Espey reported missing near Yalu W Liltlejohn or Frank Loory who were with River on night of Nov. 1 or 2, 1950. Please ciuit\' Commission, Seaborn P. Collins; him when he was hurt, or from Capt. Merriel write any word about him or his whereabouts and William Doyle, Chrmn Aeronautics who had charge of the dispensary. A Sgt. to his mother, Mrs. Agnes Espey, 320 E. Brown or other members of the 1332 G.S., McCanns Blvd., Elmira Heights, N. Y. Committee. 2nd Bn. in England may recall his being on 4Sth Div., 179th Inf., Co. I-Cpl. Schrader E. the sick list there because of the same com- Lndttig reported missing June 15, 1952; con- plaint. firmed dead July 1953. His parents, Mr. & Mrs. Elmer C. l.odwig. Box 47, Risco, Mo., wish to contact someone who served with Navy him in Korea. 2nd Div., 23rd Inf. Regt., Co. L-PFC Hugh H. COMRADES AROU #4, Base Hospital, Gnam. 1945-Need help Bailey reported missing near Hangye. May 18, to establish claim, especially from Lt. Comdr. 1951. No word since then; not on POW list. Wilson who was at the base hospital when Those having any information about him and IN DISTRESS the details of his disappearance please write I was a Seaman Second Class there. Write Elbert C. Lcdford, Route #1. Middleton. his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Hugh G. Bailey, Army Tenn. Indian Sprinus. Tenn. USS Iowa (WWD—Would like lo hear from any- 46Ist Inf. Bn., Co. A-Sgt. David Flight reported 8th Div., 28th Inf., Co. 1. - C laim pending for one who was aboard from August 1918 until missing July 14, 1953 in the Kumsong area. ex-Sgt. Theodore R. Helniinski, niy husband, February 1919, especially from those in the Anyone who served with him please write hospitalized 2' 4 years and now at VA hospi- First Division under Lt. Caffee and Ensign Lorenz E. Ernst, 27 Parley Ave., Jamaica tal Montrose. N. Y. Need a buddy to come Flynn. and who remembers me as a Seaman Plain 30, Mass. forward who remembers his hospilalization in First Class. Please write George C. Darrah, A/IC Wayne E. Lewis— Missing with crew of B-26 France in 1944. Write Mrs. Mary Helniinski. 1302 Northern Blvd., Independence, Mo. Need that failed to return from mission March 22, 60 Carlton Ave., Brooklyn 1, N. Y. Claim help to establish claim. 1952; plane piloted by Capt. Cecil W. Brand- important to him and family, including 3 small sted. A returned P(jW reports having seen children. Lewis at Camp No. 2. Anyone having infor- 4025 Si);nal Service Group, 12th Co. Headquarters Air mation about him please write his parents, — Anyone who knew Giles H. McBrooni dur- Mr. & Mrs. Tom C. Lewis, Paloka, III. ing April, May. June and July. 1944 at Camp 5th Air Force, 8th Fighter-Bomber Wing-Anyone 1st Cav. Div., 77th Field Artiller.v-Cpl. James W. Crowder. Mo., where he blacked out and fell knowing about C-47 that crashed at Kimpo Farmer killed near Paekchon. Oct. 13. 1950. off a telephone pole, please write his widow, Those who knew him please write his mother, Mrs. G. H. McBroom. 1144 Kirkland Ave., Mrs. Iva M. Frvar, 5708 W. 45th St., Gary, Nashville, Tenn. Need evidence to establish Ind. pending claim. THE AMKRK AN LEGION 34th Inf, Regt,, Co. A-William K. Higgins re- lOth Armored Div., Ilth Tank Bn., Co. A - Need NATIONAL HEADQUARTER.S ported missing July 20. 1950. Last seen de- to contact Robert Cole or anyone knowing fending Taejon. Anyone who has information OCTOBER 31, 19.)3 his address. Cole, who lived in California about him please write his mother, Mrs. Wil- prior to entering service, knows of my being liam Higgins, Marine Trailer Park, Dunedin, wounded when our tank was hit on way to ASSETS Fla. Memmingen. Germany. Write Ravmond K. Cash on hand and on deposit. . . . $ 347.220.39 Air Force— 1st Lt. Robert H. Laier, Sabrejet pilot, ' Cook. Box lis, Avon Park. Fla. 440,780.88 shot down June 19. 1951. Reported lo be 78th Div., 3inth Inf., Co. B - Members of this Inventoi'ies 375.080.19 POW .August 1951. Servicemen in Japan heard company in January 1945 who knew him 659,193.03 him speak over Peiping radio Nov. 1951. His please write Robert L. Chamberlain, 109 Permanent Trusts; parents. Mr. & Mrs. Paul Laier, Route 2, Morning Side Drive. Chattanooga, Tenn. Overseas Graves Decfiratioii Cozad, Nebr.. would appreciate hearing from Statements needed lo establish claim. anyone, especially returned POW's. who know 30th En$;ineers Topocraphieal TInit — Those who Em))loyeeb' Retirement or who have heard anything of him. recall the truck pinning Clinton Case against Trust Fund 1.272,32.'5.3fi 1.528,291.25 29th Inf. Regt.-PFC Donald R. Dickinson cap- the loading platform while on a ration detail Real Estate 973,972.65 tured July 27. 1950; known lo have survived in January 1942. please write him at 1204 Furniture and Fixtures. the death march; last seen boarding a train Hohlfeldcr Rd., Glencoe. III. Claim pending. 262.908.71 en route to Manchurian border. Anyone hav- 2nd Armored Div., 41st Armored Inf. Rest.—Any- 99.066.83 ing information about him please write his one who served in Germany in 1944 with Ha^le Benham, 1155 Larkin $4.lii)2,.51 40 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JANUARY, 1954 — 7rii Div., 32nd Inf., Co. A-Pvt. Thomas J. Tnrner missing near Chosin Reservoir since Dec. 2, 1950. Anyone knowing anything about him please write his aunl. Miss Ada King, Route 1, Box 300, Jasper, Ala. She would especially like to hear from Lt. Johns of her nephew's company. DRAW Camp 1, No'rlh Korea-Cpl. Louis Sonnier, Jr. re- ported to have been captured and held in Camp 1, North Korea, and to have died Feb- ruary 20, 1951. Anyone having any informa- tion about Cpl. Sonnier, ME! especially those who were POWs with him, please contact his mother, Mrs. Ozile S. Sonnier, Box 413, Morse. La. TRY FOR A 38th Inf. Regt., 3rd Bn., Headquarters Co. - Rudolph J. Lambert reported missing in Korea Feb. 15, 1951. Word of his status received FREE ART IVIarch 1, 1951; more recent info indicates that he escaped from a prison camp. Anyone SCHOLARSHIP having information about him please contact his father, Johnnie J. Lambert, 119 S. Madi- son St., Thomasville. Ga. Complete 2-year Scholarship 19th Inf. Rcgt., Co. G-CpL Blair Lewis, Jr. re- Including drawing outfit — ported missing since July 31, 1950. Reported to have been in the battle of Chinjui or to Worth $295,001 have been in that area. His mother, Mrs. Blair Lewis. Sr., 1331 School St., Indiana, Pa., will appreciate hearing from anvone who Draw the girl and try for a knows anything about him or what happened scholarship from Art Instruc- to him. INC. tion, Inc., world's greatest home ART INSTRUCTION. 2iid Inf. Div., 23rd Inf. Regt., Co. K-S/Sgt. Studio I234«500 S. 4th •Minneopo/is 15, Minn. out if Gordon L. Hannah declared missing Jan. 28, study art school! Find 1951; later reported to have died while in a you have profitable art talent. Please enter my attached drawing in your Korean current contest. (please PRINT) POW camp. Those who knew him dur- You've nothing to lose every- ing confinement please write Edward F. thing to gain. Mail your draw- Loughrea, Veterans Service Officer, Grand Rapids, Minn. ing today! Age 24th Div., 19th Inf., Co. C-Cpl. John E. Warrick missmg north of Taejon since July 16, 1950. AMATEURS ONLY! Our students not Anyone, especially returned POWs. knowing eligible. Make copy of girl 5 ins. high. anything about him please write his mother, Pencil or pen only. Omit the lettering, Mrs. John A. Warrick, 419 N. Broadway, 7r»n#> Cmtntv Scottdale, Pa. AU drawings must be in by February *54. Winners notified. 2nd Div., 9th Inf. Regt., Co. K-lst Lt. CIvdc L. 28, None returned. Wallace reported missing Feb. 12, 1951. Listed by communists in Aug. 1953 as having died in their captivity. Anyone who has any in- formation about him please write his wife Mrs. Clyde L. Wallace, 1508 Fifth Ave., Dodge City, Kans. Favorite Knife 1st Marine Div., 7th Marines, 3rd Bn., Co. I— KOREA — Conimanilo knife of PFC Theodore Clarence E. 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APO or FRO air mail, add 80* per knife. Dealers 921 Highland Ave., Beaver SEND fit, comfort, style inquire. Falls, Pa. Calif, resid. add S'o state tax. S9 0(S iiaziii lo O.St. Postpaid ^O.^^ FOR .nly FKEE Isf Marine Div.-Lt. Col. Arthur P. Chidester, captured in North Korea Dec. 1950, has not FREI PASADENA FIREARMS CO., 55 Sports BIdg. KING-SIZE, INC. been released. Anyone, especially any returned CATALOG POW, who has seen him during the past 972 E. Colorado St., Pasadena 1, Calif. 346, Brockton, Mass. three years or who knows anything about him please notify his mother,' Mrs. Lydia Chidester, 3020 Kelly Highway, Ft. Smith, Ark. Hq. Korean Military Advisory Group (KMAG), assigned to 9th South Korean Div.—Capt. Forget a Christmas Gift? Baxter L. Baker, Jr. has been missing since May 18, 1951, after load-block engagement near Hyon-ni. Reported hospitalized by his Chinese captors June 24, 1951. No word 'since All the Overseas Issues of then. His parents, Mr. & Mrs. B. L. Baker, Sr., 2200 Beverly Drive. Charlotte 7, N. C, will be deeply grateful for any information about him. 31st Inf. R.C.T., Co. C-Cpl. Robert K. Mathis missing since Oct. 14, 1952. His parents, Mr. & Mrs. Dewey Mathis, Woonsocket, S. Dak., The St^rs and Stripes would appreciate hearing from anyone who knew him, especially from returned POW's, and particularly from a Chicago serviceman who is thought to have known him. of World War I OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE A.E.F. Bound in One Complete Volume OUTFIT In this unusual compilation are 568 pages of soul-stirring Iiistory written in true doughboy style. Wallgren's famous cartoons; Baldridge's sketches; the letters from REUNIONS Henry's Pal to Henry; the buck private's ideas on how to win the war, and what he thought of it; gripping, convincing and understandable editorials; the Dizzy Sector; Army divisional histories; verse and letters from readers — everything, word for word and line for line as originally published in France from Feb. 1918, to 13, 1919. .Society of the 3rd Inf. Div.-35th annual reunion, 8, June San Francisco, Calif., July 15-17; Hotel Sir They belong in the homes of World War I veterans or in Post Rooms or Club Ilonses Francis Drake. Info from Jerome Sapiro, 785 of Veterans' Organizations. Market St., San Francisco, Caif. X4th (Railsplitters) Inf. Div. Society—Annual con- TO CLEAR OUR SHELVES, THEY GO AT vention, Philadelphia, Pa., August 23-25; Hotel Bellevue-Stratford. For details contact Frank Pennington. Convention Chairman, 101 E. FIVE DOLLARS EACH! Marthart Ave., Havertown, Pa., or Bernard Grimm, Exec. Secy-Treas., P.O. Box 229, Sent By Book Mail Prepaid Covington, Ky. 94th Div. Assn.—4th annual reunion, Cincinnati, THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE CORPORATION Ohio, July 8-11; Hotel Sheraton-Gibson. Write A. R. Rodriguez, 614 Oakdale Ave., Chicago, P. O. Box 1803, Washington 13, D. C. 111., or Charles Misner, Reunion Chairman, 333 Knox St., Westerville, Ohio. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JANUARY, 1954 • BRAINWASHING, AMERICAN STYLE noses, right before our very e>'es. But disappeared. General /Marshall and Gen- washed out of our minds is the Open tile field of foreign policy has been the eral Eisenhower were the Chiefs of Door Policy, which we followed to- most rewarding field for the brain- Staff during that period of destruction. ward China for nearly 100 >ears. But washers. Who ordered such destruction? We Truman, iMarshall and Acheson com- The biggest brainwashing job of all have never been told. Instead of be- pletely w ashed it out of our minds. In in the foreign polic\- field was the ing told, the whole memory of it has fact, in 1950, when China had fallen to United Nations. been w ashed out of our brains. As a re- the communists, Acheson stated our How nian>' of us remember that the sult om- sons and our brothers died pohcy was: "Let the dust settle." L'nited Nations w as organized in Wash- unnecessarily during the early months That dust has settled quicker than ington on Januar\' 2, 1942? This docu- of the Korean War, and we were un- an.v of us could have expected on 142,- ment, called The Declaration of Wash- able to properh- arm the Koreans for 000 Americans in Korea. The Open ington, was signed b\' 26 countries, many months. Door Polic\% if followed, would have including Russia, Britain and the United Some more examples: completely prevented the Korean War. States. It was the over-all organization In his Farewell Address George The A4onroe Doctrine is another. Can that won the war, and it was set up so Washington laid down what was to be you remember the last time you heard we could run it. That made sense be- American Policy for nearly a century it mentioned? cause we were the major contributor in and a half. He said: The two most important points of men, money and w capons. "It is our true policy to steer clear the Monroe Doctrine were that we The new United Nations, organized of permanent alliances w ith any portion would not permit the extension of the territorial in San f rancisco in 1945, Mas partl\- of the foreign w orld; so far, I mean, as possessions of an>- European power in this brainwash, (to wash out the menior>- we are now at liberty to do it; for let hemisphere, or the ex- tension of the previous United Nations) and me not be understood as capable of of any European system of gov- ernment in this partly propaganda, (designed b>' its patronizing infidelity to existing en- hemisphere. That architects Dean Acheson, Alger Hiss gagements. Taking care alw a\'s to keep Doctrine was washed out at and Julian Henr\- Wadleigh for pur- ourselves by suitable establishments, on Chapultepec b>- Stettinius, whose top advisors poses still largely unrcvealed). a respectable defensive posture, we may w ere Alger Hiss and Laurence safely Duggan. At Chapultepec, It is my opinion that if w e don't get trust to temporary alliances for we changed the Monroe out of our present entanglements — and extraordinary emergencies." Doctrine from a straight- out declaration into a consultatix get out of them soon — we ma_\' find We observed W'ashington's advice e pact w ith 20 other nations. ourselves in an all-out war with the for 148 years. Since that was done, and because e Soviets under U. N. direction. It will We fought in tw o world w ars w ith- w have forgotten and because be a war that will be as disastrous, on out making any permanent alliances. we cannot act alone, we see Bolivia and Guatemala a big scale, as U. N. direction was on Since 1945, in addition to our United taking over the a small scale, Soviet system - and, to in Korea. Nations compact, we have made alli- show how compIetcl> our brains have Another brainw ashing job lionc on us ances with more than 20 nations, and been scrubbed, wc are making new concerns the destruction of vast stores on the most ambiguous terms. These al- (italics mine) loans to Bolivia. So, you of arms following A\'orld Way II. liances are for tlurations of from 30 to see, this business of giving financial aid In his 1948 report, Herbert Hoover 50 \'ears. to the communists did not cease with stated that the arms of 71 out of our 89 Another of our traditional foreign the retirement of Air. Truman and Mr. divisions at the end of the \A'ar, had policies which seems to have been Acheson. I have been in Asia, and I have been in Europe. As an American business man I have furnished employment to people on both continents, although mostly in Asia, for more than 40 > ears. 1 ha\ e seen the European and the Asian people, and I have seen them in their shirt sleeves. I know that, as a people, the\' do not w ant to be under any ob- ligation to us. I know that, as a people, they are as proud of their own land, as w e are of the United States. I am not of that select group that has all the answers to all the problems of the world. But, 1 do know the>' are problems that will never be answered b\' idleness, or by war, by government give-away programs, or by brainwash- ing, of which the Institute of Pacific Relations is another example. Founded in Honolulu in the early nineteen-twenties, the good purpose of the Institute was to bring better under- standing among the peoples of the Pacific. "Wasli (lay! ExcefXing for the Chapters AMERirAN LEOION MAC.AZINF; representing China, Japan and Soviet Russia, w hich w ere supported and con- 42 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JANUARY, 1954 . ! trolled by those governments, the Insti- means for obtaining information, was Why let a tough job tute was a voluntary organization made not befuddled by the IPR, what excuse has the chairman of a very large com- up of Chapters representing Australia, give you a chronic Canada, France, The Netherlands, Eng- pany for accepting untruthful informa- land, hidia and the United States — in tion to the disadvantage of his own addition, of course, to China, Japan company unless, as I have said, his brains and Soviet Russia. were tlioroughly scrubbed? 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Bracer is the garment that gives lirm support to the Naturally, I do not include all edi- kind of timn's early objectivity, the Institute soon had muscles that aren't supporting yoii. Helps relieve all newspapers, nor you feel less tired. Helps you . . such a good name that it was exerting tors. I do not read backache, helps great influence on various governments, do I read all magazines. And, too, some Look better, too. helps pull your stomach back to its natural editors I know are alert to the com- Bracer and especially the government of the position. Helps you stand straighter and taller. Its control is knit of cool, elastic cotton. United States. Communists began mov- munist conspiracy to take over wide waist band 'I'ube-weave leg straps can't curl or bind. Attached are not alert. ing in so that in rlic late thirties and in of the world. 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That I Address. is exactly what I did in my own little Do they say that whatever its faults, I Yyity - Stale.. business; and if I, with relatively small communism has improved the lot of THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JANUARY, 1954 • 43 the Russian worker? If they do, some- ally of Hitler during the first two years "The Declaration of Washington" body is trying to wash out of your of World War II — and fought on our signed on January 2, 1942. There is mind that studies based on communist side because it could not do anything nothing to negotiate. statistics show that Russian workers else, after Hitler broke his agreement After you have absorbed a load of average 40 percent less purchasing and declared war on Russia. To be re- what the "experts" were putting out power today than tliey had in 1913, membered, also, is that Stalin kept his just a short time ago — and are putting when they were under the Czar — and non-aggression pact with Japan almost out today — remember that the Legion these statistics do not include the more to the day of Japan's surrender. has been w arning against communism than 15,000,000 Russians in slave-labor Do they say we must show our wil- for more than 30 years. camps. lingness to negotiate with the Soviets? Personally, I think the editors of The Do they say that Russia was our war- If they do they are trying to scrub out American Legion Mngciziiie will be in- time friend and ally? If they do, they of your memory that everything the terested in hearing from you, telling are trying to get you to forget that Russians argue about today was settled, what you found. under Stalin, Russia was the friend and and agreed to, in the Document called THE END NEW RECORDS FOR '54? (Continued from page 21) table of ultimates. The records of 1934 shorter) has fallen. The 400-meter hur- sustained pace and for both the hard- he placed alongside his table of ulti- dles mark also has survived. Perhaps ware heavers and jumpers who keep mates, the records of the indeterminable these distances are not run often enough adding new refinements to the mechani- future. the world over. Both his broad jump cal mastery of their arts. iMost of Hamilton's ultimates seemed estimate and his hop, step and jump But the main reason w hy the sport so fantastically out of reach that most estimate have held up. Why? No one never will have any limit, any ultimate footracing fans scoffed openly. knows. of human effort, is psychological. As "The guy is nuts," they said. "He's However, it is not especially difficult soon as a record is broken, the athletes dreamed up records no one ever could to understand why records are always immediately set up the new one as break." being broken and why they always will their next target and the old record, Had he? be broken. Naturally, there are certain which once seemed unattainable, Twenty > ears later Hamilton's tabic ph>'sical improvements in equipment, a promptly comes within reach of many. of "ultimates" seem so conservative that broad statement which embraces better /Many years ago that psychological a bj'stander wonders why he was so re- tracks with faster surface textures along phase of record-breaking was brought strained. Of twenty-six "Perfect Rec- with better running shoes of lightweight graphically to my attention by Herman ords" that he offered only eight have kangaroo. There has been a vast im- Brix, the shot-putter from the Uni- endured while the other eighteen have provement of training regimens, espe- versity of Washington. Perhaps you been shattered in outlandish fashion. cially over the distances. The boys know him better under his stage name Yet so carefully did Brutus plot his learned plenty from the Smorgasbord of Bruce Bennett, a name that's becom- tabulations that he even went to the Swifties from Sweden who practice by ing increasingly distinguished on movie extreme of splitting the fractions of loping through the pine-strew n lanes of and television screens. both seconds and inches into hundredths the forests. There has been an improve- Here's an approximation of a conver- of parts for the sake of greater accuracy. ment, too, in techniques. This goes for sation I once had with Herman or Perhaps this is as good a time as any the runners w ho travel at a faster, more Bruce. The figures I cite are inaccurate for you to pause and study Hamilton's but they at least serve to illustrate the intriguing table of "The Ultimate of point I want to make because the im- Human Effort." It appears on the op- portant thing is not the figures but the posite page. It will give you a better general idea. grasp of tlic aw csome progress the track "When I entered the University of and field athletes have made in the past Washington," the big blond told me, two decades. "I wanted to be a shot-putter like my Not a single one of the twenty-six brother. My one ambition as a fresh- world records of 1934 is a w orld record man was to break his freshman record in 1954. The oldest ones on the up-to- of 42 feet. I did. So I immediatclx' raised date list w ere made in 1936— 100 meters my sights a little higher. M\ next ob- and broad jump !)>- Jesse Owens and jective was to break iiis school record 400-meter hurdles by CJIenn Hardin, of 45 feet. while an even half dozen arc no more "Once I had done that, I began to eye than a few months of age. the Pacific Northwest record of 47 feet. There is a certain significance in the Then I wanted to break the Pacific fact that half of the Hamilton ulti- Coast Conference mark of 49 feet. Then mates to survive (which means four) I aimed for the intercollegiate record arc all sprints— 100 yards, 100 meters, of 51 feet. Then it was the American 220 \'ards and 200 meters. A sprint is so record of 52 feet. l-inalK' I was able sliort tliat the margin for improvement to take aim at tiic world's record of is infinitesimal at best. Yet even there 53 feet and nothing would satisfy me Mel Patton's 20.2 for 220 \'ards is only until I'd broken it." two-one hundredths of a second below Can you see the part psychology the "Perfect Record" for the distance. played in the career of Herman Brix — More incomprehensible is the fact or Bruce Bennett, if you prefer? Each that Hamilton's HSO-\ard record has step he took gave him the confidence "Let'.s get together!" survived all onslaughts, 800- to take the next step. Brix was big, but his AHEUK AN LEGION MACAZINK meter record (w hich is only eight yards strong and gifted. He won national and 44 • TUE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JANUARY, 1954 . Sworn statement from Charles Lemming reads: intercollegiate clianipionships and inexorable finality how swift is the business gained a place on the American passing parade. "After starting my own , I'y9 avaraoBd _ . Olympic team. He once held the world In order to appreciate that 1952 race _^ _ ,_ ,, , record. in the proper perspective, I'd like you But if his brother's top mark at to accompany me to Berlin and the \Vashington had been 45 feet instead of Olympic Games of 1936. For sheer 42 feet, he'd have hit 45 just that much magnificence these Games probably will Not everyone does as well sooner. never be matched. And performance Mr. Lemming owns 2 machines When 1 first started to cover track, kept pace with the grandiose setting. In • In small city, Mr. Lemming started his own only tw enty-three events sixteen new Olym- few milers could break 4:20 and business, averaged $100 a tied. rhe extraordinary ones could break pic records were made and another day during first year. Many / have succeeded. For ex- 4: 15. But once Paavo Nurmi got down Five of these marks also were world ample, George Held grossed near 4:10 the gang moved down the records. $350 in single week. scale \\ ith him. 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It demonstrates with that never will be broken." *Pazo Ointmcnl and Suppositories.® THE .\MER1CAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JANUARY, 1954 • 45 I should h;uc known better. There advance. McMillan woke up another tance had been low ered by Haegg and are no unbreakable records. lap later. As they whirled into the the other Smorgasbord Swifties in their Now let's flip the calendar sixteen homestretch Lueg was in front, fol- close approach to the Four-Minute years to Helsinki in 1952. Here was a lowed by Bartel, Bannister and Mc- Mile. Hence Bartel & Co. ran many sec- Held of 01\ nipic 1,500-metcr finalists Millan. The American was beginning to onds faster in 1952 than they'd have which was utterly lacking in distinc- give with a finish reminiscent of Whirl- dared try in 1936. tion. It had no Lovelocks, Cunninghams away. Every once in a while some superman or names to conjure with. It was a field Lueg turned his head to see where comes along and offers a record which of nobodies. Bartel was. Before he could swivel back, seems too fantastic ever to be chal- Even A\'erner Lueg of Germany was the Luxembourger had shot past him. lenged. That was the case when Jack not well known. He'd sprung up from But so had iVlcMillan, who ran the last Torrance, the man-mountain from nowhere in a pre-01\mpic meet to run hundred yards at the sprinter's pace of Louisiana, tossed the shot 57 feet ';.-i2 the distance in 3:43 to equal the world ten seconds flat. The only question left inch. He broke the world record by record jointly held by Haegg and Len- at this point w as w hether iMcMillan had something like four feet. It was true also nart Strand, both of Sweden. However, enough running room left to win. The when Cornelius VVarmerdam pole that one performance didn't mean that tape kept approaching fast and the fal- vaulted 15 feet 7% inches. They left he was another G under the Wunder tering Bartel had just enough left to everyone far behind. Pursuers were to Haegg. make it, the Oh nipic champion by less remain unnaturally far behind because The only other "name" in the race than a yard. the w ar interfered. was Roger Bannister of Britain, whose And w hat was the winning time of But because a 57-foot shot put was chief claim to fame was that he was a this comparative unknow n? Hold > our obviously possible, the musclemcn be- London medical student just as Love- hats, boys, because this w ill knock >"ou gan to creep up. \\'hen the ultimate of lock had been sixteen years previously. over. It was 3:45.2, a new Olympic human effort had seemed to be 53 feet The other supernumeraries in the cast record. McMillan was caught in the or thereabouts, all of the world's top- were nonentities like Patrick el Alar- same figures in second place. Follow- notchers bunched at 52 feet. After Tor- brouk of France, Rolf Lammers of ing them Mere Lueg, Bannister, Mar- rance had shown the w ay, the 54-footers German\-, Joseph Barrel of Luxem- brouk, Lammers, Aberg and Ericsson. and 55-footers began to emerge. Soon bourg, Olow Aberg of Sweden, Ingvar You won't believe this but Ericsson in Jim Fuchs was up to 58 feet and just Ericsson of S\\ cden and Bob McMillan, eighth place was timed in faster figures last summer Parry O'Brien touched 59 a reformed steeplechaser from the than Lo\ elock had made w hen he es- feet 2% inches. The 60-footcr is just United States. tablished his "unbreakable" world rec- around the corner. As the experts studied the field, they ord in 1936. Warmerdam's mark no longer is safe. looked pretty glum. This could be a Are you beginning to get the idea? It He was the world's only fifteen-footer very dreadful race in very dreadful seems ridiculous that eight finishers in for the longest w hile. But Bob Richards time. But it was a ver\' exciting race. 1952 should be faster than the incom- has drawn others past the magic divid- Lueg set the pace for most of the way parable New Zealander had been in ing line w ith him and you'll yet be see and iMcMiihin, the American, manfully 1936. In other words the eight had run ing 16-foot vaults before you're much brought up the rear after a terrific the equivalent of miles ranging from older. Even the E.uropeans, who used struggle witli Barrel, the Luxembourger, 4:02.2 for both Bartel and McMillan to to think 12 feet was a mighty vault, are for last place. an approximate 4:04 plus for Ericsson. getting close to 15 feet. At the hah\\ay mark Bartel aroused The only explanation has to be that Similarly, American javelin throw ers himself from his slumber and began to the psychological barrier for the dis- used to consider a toss of 210 feet pro- digious. But they learned the art of spear-throw ing from the Finns and not long ago we had the spectacle of Bud Held of the San Francisco Ohmpic Club setting a world's record of 263 feet 10 inches. The Irish once had a corner on the market of hammer-throwers. That's when the likes of Ryan, Flanagan, Mc- Grarh, McDonald, Mitchel and other foine broths of boys dominated the sport at 1X5 feet or thereabouts. Then the Germans took over and now we have a Norwegian, Everre Strandli, heaving the weight 201 feet 1.3 inches for a world record. Significant, too, is the feat of Walter Davis of Texas, the Ohnipic champion, setting a new world high jump record of 6 feet 11 inches. There are no limits to field e\ent records because technique is of such paramount importance and new tech- niques may someday supply superior performances with the same expenditure of effort and skill. But track events can- "Hcllo, Mother. The children and I have leir jolni a^ain . . . 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I don't think I want any treacherously icy, bad for downhill what you say — not worth the candle. I lunch." She gripped his arm. "Johnny, racing. ha\ e a job to go back to tomorrow. It please — be careful," she whispered. An hour later they came out of the is more important I teach my classes Be careful, he thought. He remem- \\ oods onto the Flats. In front of them without a broken leg than to win the bered a phrase of Gordie Sturdevant's. the lip of the Saucer curled over into race." "To win a downhill in this crowd," notiiingncss; below, the valley leveled Johnny nodded absently, wishing he Gordie had said, "you've got to ski like like a painting in stark blacks and could afford Anders' attitude. Anders there's no tomorrow." He hoped he whites, skiers moving like flies on a had no need to prove himself. could keep that in mind. white tablecloth. In the distance they "If I were going to run the Saucer," could see a moving plume of smoke as Anders said, "I would take it straight." THREE HOURS later he left the ski-mo- the morning train puffed laboriously "Under these conditions?" Johnny bile at the top of the mountain and into the hills. said. "That's suicide." waded through the deep snow to the He stood on the edge of the Saucer "No. Look here." Anders poled along hut. At this hour the sun had disap- and looked down, and the fear came the rim to a scrub pine, Johnn\' and peared behind a layer of dirty clouds; and burned in him like a hot iron. Half- Nora following. "From here, a straight it w as bleak up here, with a chill wind way down \\as the rock he'd been laid run to the bottom is possible, if you that kept the officials huddled in their out on, and he tensed, living again the keep to the right of that rock." He overcoats. sudden lift into the air, then the shock pointed with his ski pole. "You see, you Inside the hut the pot-bellied stove as his body dipped into the dark \\ ell of would not have to turn." glowed red. A man sat at the phone pain. "But even a little skid <)n tliat ice," connected to the finish line. The single Anders Nelsson roared up in a sw irl Nora said. "It gives me the creeps just room was crowded witii skiers. There of snow. He stood a long time, silent, to think about it." was the usual brittle talk, the jokes inspecting the Saucer. "No good," he "Well, I will not try it," Anders said, nobody laughed at, and then the starter said, finalh'. smiling. "Now, so long." He dropped called Jean-Paul Gagnon, Number 1. "We'll need a rope to get down tliis down a side trail. Clagnon left the hut and shortly Johnny afternoon," Johnny said. Johnny looked again at the straight heard the crack of the starter's gun. "Better to go around the rim toda\ ," schuss Anders had pointed out. On de- He was running number twelve in a Anders said, pointing to the alternate cent snow it wouldn't be too bad, but fifteen-man race; he had another twenty trail, which was less steep, and which today, if a skier veered so much as a minutes or so. He fixed a glass of hot led through the woods around the edge hair off the fall line . . . Yet it was milk, dropped a dozen lumps of sugar of the Saucer. undoubtedly the fastest, if most danger- into the milk and stirred them until "It would add a full minute to \()ur ous, route down the Saucer. they dissolved. time," Johnny said. "Is that w hat you're In the yard in front of the lodge he Stacy came over. "Hey, Wyman. going to do?" said to Nora, "I've got a wax job to What about this lousy icing?" "No," Anders said. "I will not take do. How about lunch in an hour?" "Rough," Johnny said. "You better an\' trail. Tiiis morning I removed m\' "Johnny, this isn't the day to run the drag an anchor." " name from the competition." Saucer. Stacy looked hurt. "Not me. All stops out and let er rip. See you at the bot- tom, kiddo. Good luck." Johnny found the boy's confidence somehow unnerving. He moved around the room, listening to the chatter. The man at the phone said, "Gagnon in four minutes, thirty-two seconds. He went around the rim." Whistles, hoots. That was fast time for the long way around. Johnny doubted if an\'one would better it. The reports began to come in and they were disquieting. Packy Williams cracked up, breaking a ski. Alalcom Wilder made it to the finish line with his face badly scratched where he went off the trail. The next man nc\er fin- ished. J()hnn>' drew on his gloves and pre- pared to go outside. The man at the phone said, "Judson spilled. They say his leg is broken." Johnny left the hut. He stepped into his skis and adjusted the bindings to low hitch. Cold fingers moved in his stomach. "Lester up; \\ \ man on deck." 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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JANUARY. 1954 • 49 — ) EVERY BUSINESS, EVERYWHERE ICE FISHING... MADE EASY Uses BOOK MATCHES (Contimifd fioin page 17 Earn big daily in the spirit of keeping up with the dition to guiding, he runs a regular taxi commissions. Be a ice-house are equipped service to and from the numerous ice direci faclory Joneses. Many represeniative of with siielves for magazines and books, shanties in the Bass Islands area and ihe world's largest exclusive UNION and instead of a hard bench for a scat, without mishap for thirty-five years. LABEL Book Malch manu- an enterprising angler may use an eas\' Then, tw o seasons ago, he drove across lacturer. Pros- pects every chair. Or in case he has a special crav- a weakened spot in the ice, no more where Feature GUmoui Girls. 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California thing, too . . . the \\ ives are more likely spot, a rear w heel dropped in. to do their fishing through a hole cut The passengers and gear were un- in the ice uiitside the shant\' w hiie their loaded as quickly as possible w hile the husbands capitalize on the inside lux- car continued to settle. Within fifteen MAKE MONEY*,' SPARE -FULL TIME uries. minutes, it lay in thirty feet of water. Still other ice-fishing shanties look With the help of the Islanders, Nate LINDO, WATERTOWN, MASS. like — and generally are — converted out- soon had his "little red flivver" dragged houses. Or if you're the out-and-out out of its icy repose. Nate, of course, extrovert — ice fishing fairK' demands became a member of the Exclusive JOHN CITIZEN'S OIL companionship, hy the w a> — >'ou might Dunkers' Club — a membership >ou If you want to know how to file for ci nil lease go in for a community shanty, most should tr>' to steer clear of, he'll agree. on U. 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Crappies, Yellow perch, blue- FREE GUIDE BOOK Proves rock bass, sunfish, bluegills — all of them gills, and walleyes, the most sought- You Can Cut Costs up to 40 % show up at times, the most numerous after fish, move in schools, and it's any- Vitamins are ccsting Americans ovim- tliree liiindred mil- lion dollars a year. It's time folks .should Ije toUl tlie iilain lake-caught fish being the flavorful yel- body's guess where they'll show up facts. Stop taking Vitamin products just on laith, pres- low from one tige and with the mistaken belief that 'high price" means perch. For example, ice fishermen day to the next. Shanty fish- "ciuality." No longer need you pay $4, $0, and up to your on ermen like to confine $15, per 100 capsules for the very same vitamins Sandusky Ba>' caught perch at the their traipsing to Doctor advises. After 20 minutes' reading of this Guide Book you will understand Vitamins as never before, 'iou rate of forty last short distances and long stays. per hour winter. Now will not be fooled again by confusing mysterious labels; pick up any vitamin product and know and then, black bass go on wintertime to be flexible, you wiU be able to So a great many keep if you are getting your monoy'.s worth. Do not spend a book and feeding sprees, too, but ranking to their ice-fishing single penny for vitamins until you get this next equipment in the port- catalog, in which you are sure to find the combination of are now using. the yellow perch in number caught are able classification. vitamins or vitamins and minerals you They read the out- Compare the potencies and the prices and you'll l>e amazed stop buying vitamins blindly. their starey-eyed cousins, the walleyes door columns, listen at the .savings of uii to M'i'r. to the sports an- Send post-card today for free guide book and catalog to: — or "pickerel" as they're called in the nouncers, and keep check VITAJMIN-CJUOTA. Dept. 297, ,HSO B'way, N. Y. S, N. Y., with local or Dept 297. 112,5 Crenshaw I'.lvd., Los Angeles II). Calif. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JANUARY, 1954 • fisliernicn, troni these sources learning — a flag, a bell, or a broadened paddle the implement being a sharpened ht)ok precisch' where the fish are being — which is triggered to swing erect mounted in a sturdy handle. The gaffer caught on tlie day they plan to go out. when a fish bites. If you put out more lies on the ice and watches the water \\ hen you participate in this rugged than one tip-up, you should keep con- directly beneath his "gaffing" hole, out-in-the-open fishing, you'll want to stant check — tapping the stick to keep sometimes covering his head w ith a coat make douhh' certain you are dressed the minnow moving and stirring the or a tarpaulin for better vision. If one warniK'. Put on enough hn crs to con- water in the hole to keep it from freez- of the giant "water hogs" swims within \ince >oiirself that > ou couldn't pos- ing. reaching distance, he moves his gafl^hook sil)l_\ get cold and then add another You cut these holes in the ice with beneath it and then yanks upward la\er just for good measure. It's eas\' an implement known as a "spud," re- sharply. There's nothing slow or un- to shed an item, but it's might)' incon- sembling a crowbar but w ith a flattened productive about this method, either. venient to go home after more when or spatulate end. An ax not only slips Two hundred pounds a da>" is a good you are se\eral miles out on the laUc. dangerously on the ice but also makes average, and lOOO-pound takes have hap- W here \ ou'll be fishing, remember, tlie a jagged-edged hole that will cut or pened more than once. mercur\' ma\' be hanging at the zero fray your line. You also need a sieve Ice fishing of all types is great sport mark or below w ith a raw w ind slashing to remove the piece of ice accumulated on the big rivers and streams, too, the at \'ou from all directions. from \'our chiseling, and a stirring stick methods identical to those used on the \'ou'll need dark glasses to protect or paddle to help the hole from freez- lakes. But in the smaller streams and in > (iur e\ es from the glare of the sun on ing over again. states where the taking of "rough" spe- tlie ice and either earniuffs or a parka Where ice fishing is big business, you cies (the carp, suckers, etc.) is encour- to hide your head in. You'll also want can generally get someone to cut a hole to wear warm boots, and handwarmers in the ice for you. He'll either have are much-appreciated companions on a power-driven saw hooked to his ice- DO YOU HAVE A FRIEND such \ cntures as are certain liquid spirits buggy — or he'll use a tractor and a big the to warm \'our innards when >'ou begin augur. who ought to have a subscription to Legion Magazine? If you send $1.50 to- freezing from the inside out. P'inall) — There's a still more vigorous form of gether with liis name and address to and this is a 'must' — Nou'll w ant a good ice fishing, which may appeal to you — I Ik American Legion Magazine set of ice cleats so that you can walk as it does to me. It's the wintertime ver- Circulation Department without risking an upset with every sion of spearfishing. Generally done P. O. Box 1055 step. from a darkened shanty, the fisherman Indianapolis 6, Indiana And no matter how near to shore \ ou peers through the hole he cuts in the it will bring him a year's subscription. plan to fish or how experienced your ice and spears the fish as they swim companions are, slip a compass into one w ithin range of his ready arm. Where your pockets. allow ed, northern pike and walleyes are of You may never need aged, fishermen have sought new and it — but if a blinding blizzard takes \'ou regular target — and the spearfishermen exciting wa\'s to w inter-fish. all b\' surprise, you and your compass really go after the big ones. In recent One of the most productive is called w ill fast become everybody's pals. years, Michigan has had an open sea- "stomping," a technique especialK* pop- For this nomadic type of fishing, son on sturgeon spearing, and a single ular nowadays in West Virginia. A > ()u'll no doubt use tip-ups and set as thrust of the spear may produce a haul series of holes is cut in the ice, and then lines as the law allows. can in the 15U-pound category. It's custom- many You half of the fishing party ready them- buy them at tackle stores or through ar\' to drop a deco>' minnow into w ater selves with gigs or spears to har\ est the mail order houses, or you can make at the spearing depth. fish that swim beneath. To make action your own. They consist of a wood or On Sturgeon Bay, in Wisconsin, the a certainty, the other half of the fishing metal pi\()t-bar which fits across the ice fishermen developed a new way to party moves off a distance and then hole \'ou cut in the ice, and centered harvest some of their abundant and un- "stomps" back across the ice toward the on the bar is some sort of signal device desirable carp. They "gafi^hook" them. waiting spearmen. As the fish swim in waves beneath them, the "waiters" do their stint. On smaller bodies of water, this stomping or even ordinary ice skating, confined to the central part of the pool, w ill cause the fish to move out into the shallow s. A hard blow on the ice above a fish will turn it belly-up. While it's still stunned, you can cut a hole and drag it out. Make sure such methods are legal in your state before you put them to practice. Thousands of conxerts each Near testif\' to vigorous sportiness of ice fish- ing. At a derb\' held on \\'hite Bear Lake near St. Paul last >'ear, there w ere more than five thousand fishermen on the ice at one time, a greater number than ever fished the lake simultaneoush" during the summer. And no matter where you fish, there'll no doubt be rare, unforgettable moments w hen \ c)in- arms ache from hauling them out. Try it this winter — and you'll find out for yourself. the end 52 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JANUARY, 1954 1 ( Comimied fro7n page 4 ) Sir: ...Co. 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It is Company H, 308th Infan- . . . Hdqrs. Co., 127th Inf., 32nd Div. try, 77th Di\ ision, American F.xpedi- John W. Gerach tionary I'orces. The picture was not Gilead, La. START A taken in I rance in 1917, but w as taken Sir: on debarkation in the United States BUSINESS in 1919. this . . . Battery A, 56th Artillery, C.A.C. John E. Wilcox ^V'iHiam J. Cidlen, Captain Quick Way Co. H, 30S'th Nixon, N. /. Infantry, I hove token in 11th Division 100 mowers in Sir: 5 weeks since I T With both the CO. and the Top got my Foley", ... 4th Platoon, Co. F, 23rd Inf. soys George C. Kick straightening Fred .Swan us out, the mystery Wise. of the iniidentified unit seems to be FOLEY LAWN MOWER SHARPENER Bryan, Texas .start In sp,ar ck (W.SH riiOFIT. over. It is apparently Co. H, 308th In- l<-s up to .3 oi- 1 mowers per liour — tl to sn.o.'i for Iiand inower.s. $.5.tJO to Sir: 99 fantry, 77th Div. To the many, many r mowers. You make '"r profit: FREE BOOK VALUABLE ILLUSTRATEP BOOK .sllows . Inow to stiarpen . . Battery B, 150th F. A., 42nd Div. doughboys who wrote us with power mowers, Foley informa- ailat)le. FREF PLAN Clarence C. Campbell tion about the picture, our thanks. start. Writ.' FOLEY MFG. CO., 103 4 Foley BIdg., Mpls. 18, Minn. South Bend, Ind. Editors THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JANUARY, 1954 • 53 /Is iHK PLANES on these pages show, the American aircraft fighters, ind aircraft in every other category of Air Power, i*- industry has led the world in fighter development since must be continued year after year without interruption if World War I. Development and production of superior American Air Power.is to be an effective instrument for peace. 'a 1. In 1918. France, not America, led in fighter airplane develop- 2. Bv 1926. America's .\oung aviation industry had developed a ment. U. S. pilots, like Ace of Aces Captain Rickenbacker, flew l.iO powerful new air-cooled engine, Pratt & Whitney's Wasp. Rugged and m.p.h. Spads. Though primitive, they represented huge advances over very light, the Wasp produced over 400 h.p., a huge output for its day. the 28 m.p.h. aircraft flown by the Wrights a mere 15 years earlier. A generation of fast fighters, like Boeing's P-12, was built around it. 3. More powerful engines and growing design experience led to 4. The big. rugged Republic P-47 Thunderbolt brought Army Air more streamlined, low-wing monoplanes in the 1930's. Between the Force fighterspeed toover400m.p.h. Built in 1941 around a new 2000h.p. 230 m.p.h. Boeing P-26 (above) and the 300 m.p.h. Curtiss P-36, speed- Pratt & Whitney engine, it became one of World War IPs top fighters. best in ever\- war theater. cutting external struts and In .k'iiil' w in s had disappeared from fishrers. It outflew and outfought the enem>'s •) first ol l.inud Linulies 5. The jel age in America dates from 1942, when the experimental 6. .\s early a.s 1 l.i. iksiun wurk be^.m for the I hunder- Bell XP-59 fighter first flew. Its two small turbojet engines each devel- of North American F-X6 Sabres (above), and Republic F-84 jets. though far out-numbered. Sabres scored a 13 to 1 margin oped 1 250 pounds of thrust. By 1945, 4000-pound thrust turbojets, and In Korea, 550 m.p.h. Lockheed P-80 Shooting Stars (above) were in production. over Russian-made MIGs, while F-84s starred against ground targets. . First of severaJ U. S. A. F. supersonic fighter types in production, North American F-lOO Super Sabre, is powered by Pratt & \\ liitnev's J-57 jet. Can U. S. Air Power Prevent a^r? The answer lies in how consistently America pursues a sound peacetime Air Power policy FROM the Spad of 1918 to the Super Power and to have it ready at the time Only through such a long-range pro- Sabre of 1954, American Air Power of some future emergency, there must be gram can America meet — and even fore- has grown in importance to the stage a continuous long-range program of pro- stall — any emergencies which lie ahead. where its strength or weakness can mean duction of the finest military aircraft the difference between wmning, losing, that can be developed, in sufficient or preventing another World War. To quantities to do the job. UNITED AIRCRAFT succeed in preventmg a war, our military As the Secretary of Defense has said, CORPORATION aircraft — in every major category — EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT "It is especially important . . . that we must be second to none in performance Pratt & Whitney jet and piston engines, organize our military efforts for maxi- and strong enough in nutnbers to dis- Hamilton Standard propellers and aircraft mum effectiveness and efficiency over a equipment, Chance Vought airplones ond courage it starts. aggression before guided missiles, and Sikorsky helicopters. period of years." That is why the Depart- Never before — not in 1918, 1941 or ment of Defense — the Air Force, the 1950 — has America had Air Power of Navy and the Army must have the — Engineers: We need additional experienced en- such effective dimensions when the chips support of every citizen for a realistic, gineers. If you are not now in detense work, write were down. To build this kind of Air long-range Air Power program. Personnel Dept., stating complete qualifications. ) HOW TO GET THE MOST FROM YOUR TV SET ( Continued jroin pogf 21 With a little imagination, it is usually means less cutting up of available space. lighted by placing a lamp near the re- not difficult to conceal or disguise Therefore in many homes and apart- ceiver and to one side or slightly in plumbing pipes and supporting col- ments, television-music equipment is back of it, so that the area around it is umns. Light furring strips nailed to the used as a room divider. For example, a well lighted. This permits you to rest floor joists of the upstairs room may low cabinet containing television, radio your eyes by momentarily glancing serve to support an attractive ceiling of and phonograph may section off part away from the screen. Incidentally, acoustical tile. These are available in of a room; or a corner may be made minor accidents, such as tripping over various sizes, and perforated with small by lining half a wall with radio-TV legs and furniture w hen moving around, holes which absorb sound, cut down on storage shelves, and placing at right are less likeh' to occur w hen the room reverberation and generally improve angles to it a console piano, its back is properly lighted. sound reception of your TV receiver. and exposed side framed with plywood. W^hen placing the receiver light re- For a decorative floor, you may se- In this way you would have a complete flections, which can disturb a picture, lect paint, if moisture is not present, or music corner or alcove. must also be considered. TV screens, asphalt tile. Unfinished concrete floors Regardless of the room you decide like mirrors, will pick up the glow of a will often "dust" unless treated with a upon for the receiver, the source of lamp, the glare of sunlight bouncing off special compound available from your a wall or the flicker of a fire in the fire- building material dealer. Creating a use- place. To check for reflections, place ful TV room in wasted attic space is no a mirror the approximate size of the more difficult than in the basement. In screen w here you plan to locate the set. addition to televiewing, the room can Then look from where people will sit be used as a den or guest bedroom. and see if you get any reflections. Be Instead of letting miscellaneous radio, sure to check both during the day and TV and record storage cabinets clutter at night and keep moving it around un- up any room, all can be grouped to- til there are no reflections in the mirror. gether in one compact and efficient Where and how far back to sit from music wall such as the demountable the screen is difficult to determine. music wall illustrated. Simple, inter- However, most eye doctors agree that changeable plywood boxes hold radio, it is best to view the picture from a dis- record player, records, and television tance six times its height; that is, a re- set. These are stacked on a low plywood ceiver w ith a 16-inch tube, currently table and may be placed in any desired the size most commonly sold, has a pic- arrangement to fit your room. The ture approximately 14 inches in height, speaker for the entire system is housed and the picture should be viewed from in a large box placed at one end of the six times 14 inches or from 7 feet away. unit. It's a simple matter to build the (A 21 -inch tube should be viewed at table and boxes with hand or power 19x6 or 10 feet away.) At this distance tools, but, unless you've had experience, your eyes can take in the whole picture it's wisest to call in professional help w ithout scanning. Of course, you can "Take back whatever you toiitributed. We to wire the set. High fidelity equip- see the picture at double this distance, TV broke our engagement again." ment can be purchased from radio sup- AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE but sitting too far back from it can tire ply houses without conventional cabi- your eyes. If you wish, the proper dis- nets, (see January 1951 issue of The tance from the set can be marked by a lighting will help determine its exact American Legion Magazine for further chalk mark on the rug, a strip of ad- location. The television room should information on high fidelity equip- hesive tape on the floor, or by a row of be neither dark nor too brightly lighted, ment), or you can remove the neces- chairs. but softly lit all over. Probably the best sary components from the old cabinets. In order to avoid distortion of the method of controlling outside light is The built-in storage wall will sit which to use Venetian blinds, slanting them up TV picture, as nearly in front of accommodate a set is a space-saver as than TV to throw the light toward the ceiling the screen possible—never more in a small home or apartment. Sim- 30 degrees off to the side. Too great and thus softly difl^using it over the plicity of construction adaptability and entire room. Never place a set with an angle makes it difficult to co-ordinate mark the design of the striking storage windows or other strong light sources 'or focus the two images received by wall illustrated. The design combines the eyes. Another thing to remember— directly behind it; such bright light vertical plywood dividers which run keep the screen at eye level or slightly keeps the eyes dilated and makes it very from floor ceiling. to Between these are hard to view the picture on the screen below w hen you're sitting down. Look- slipped shelves and box-like units which properly. ing up at a picture is also very tiring. hold drawers, fold-out desk and sec- At night, it is never wise to have the A general bugaboo that has grown up tions with sliding doors. These units room entirely dark when viewing a with T\' is that it causes eye-strain. can be placed in almost any arrange- picture. Eye-strain may result because Watching television in moderation—for ment, and the entire built-in can be of the great contrast between the bright children or grow nups— is no more harm- made to fit your wall space adding, by screen and surrounding area in a dark- ful to the eyes than the movies, reading, subtracting or altering sections as ened room. (Most TV screens are ap- sewing or driving a car. The same rules needed. As shown, there is space for proximately 10 times brighter than a and precautions that are recommended television, radio, phonograph, books, motion picture screen.) The best source for the prevention of eye-strain and fa- writing equipment, magazines and a of artificial lighting is cove type; this tigue in those activities generally apply living room bar. reflects down from the ceiling and to watching TV, too. However, chil- Now that houses are built smaller, doesn't create a glare or reflection on dren tend to sit much too close, inching open floor planning is generally used — the television tube. If cove lighting is forward in the belief they will be able room dividers instead of walls, which not possible, keep the room softly to see more of how Hoppy or Roy 5g • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JANUARY, 1954 catches an outlaw. For this reason, be before making the purchase final. There sANOTHER RAISE! * — * , itTl reptirt two sure that they remain at the six times is no point in investing money in a set Men and vvomon oitcn pay raises iS somullnies three — while sUidylriK with I. C. S. * ^ minimum at all times and never allow that can't operate efficiently enough to That's .iust the heKlnnlnji! You'll bo aiiuiited how fast you progress, how ciulckly you can them to lie on the floor at the foot of give you full viewing pleasure. The re- master any one of 301 fa.sclnaling siibjects. 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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JANUARY, 1954 • 57 Wherever possible, work to get a good or electrical installations and power A final word about getting the most signal by means of the antenna itself. lines, all will leave their marks on the from your set: be sure to read and keep Use a booster only when you are sure television picture. Automobile and air- the manufacturer's operational manual that you have the best possible antenna plane ignition systems will cause white w hich goes with your set. The manu- installation in use and still more signal flashes across the screen and in extreme facturer planned it for you in your strength is desired. instances can make the picture jump. language, to be your TV guide to maxi- Another major cause of discomfort Most of these interferences, however, mum enjoyment. And above all, if you when w atching a T\' picture is due to can be eliminated by a trap or shield — w ish to keep your receiver working at outside interference. If you live near a a small device w hich you or your serv- its best with a minimum of upkeep ex- iiospiral, laboratorN', bcaut>' parlor or iceman can attach to your receiver's pense and worriment, don't be a tink- doctor's office, the diathermy machines antenna input. Check the manufacturer's erer or a knob turner. Leave the care they use will cause diagonal lines to run instruction booklet or your local TV and repair of your TV set to the experts through the picture. Neon signs, ele- supply house for the best t>'pe for your — they know what they're doing. vators and other non-shielded motors set. THE END GOD'S SMUGGLER (Coiilimiftt from l>fi!>c 25) pledged himself to bring the Bible to When intimates laud the daring of thirteen children and no bank account. the people of Russia, and he has de- this remarkable accomplishment. Pastor They w ere sure we would all starve to voted all of the years since to the ful- Malof looks at them thoughtfully death." fillment of that objective. through his siher-framed glasses. "The But Pastor Malof is nothing if not " By 1923 the needs of the refugees in Bible sa\ s 'Faith will move mountains,' persistent. After being turned down by Paris had become less acute, and Pastor he sa>'s, his voice firm with conviction. consuls in Riga, Stockholm, Paris, Oslo, Malof felt the time had come to bend "In this case, faith moved a mountain Berne, and Helsinki, he loosed his con- his efforts toward fulfilling his pledge. of Bibles." vincing orator\- on the American con- He went to Leipzig, German)', then If faith mo\'es mountains, it also sul in Ct)penhagen. The consul weak- ()ne of the great publishing centers of moves Pastor Malof. All of his life he ened; he granted the visa in spite of the Europe. Here he would find someone thirteen children and no income. to produce his Russian Bibles. He did From the time he arrived in the not know how it would be accom- United States in 1939 until 1944 when plished; he kneu only that somewhere he established the Russian Bible Society in the great city he would find some- in an old brownstone house in Wash- one who would untlcrstand and help. ington, Pastor Malof traveled the length He walked the streets, from publishing and breadth of the country preaching. house to publishing house. He enlisted He had many friends in American the aid of other church leaders and, church circles and he received invita- indeed, of an\<>ne who would listen. tions to take the pulpit in every corner Eventualh' he found the man he was of the countr>-. Despite this itinerant looking for, a printer who listened sym- life, he managed to educate his children, pathetically, w ho understood, and who and today three of his ten sons are col- agreed to help. Then Pastor Alalof had lege professors and one is a captain in to begin searching ail over again — this the LI. S. Air Force now serving in the time for funds to finance the project. Far East. Slowly, in a touch-and-go battle, he At the outbreak of \Vorld War II managed to raise the \ital capital. By Pastor Malof renewed his own personal day, he was a ceaseless fund-raiser; by war against oppression. His four eldest night, a tired but determined printer's sons he sent to the U. S. Army; one of helper. Finally, the printer and the his greatest sources of pride is that they preacher between them published 81,000 all had fine war records. But he con- Bibles in the Russian language. siders his most important undertaking Now began the dangerous part of was the disposition of the final 10,000 the project — spiriting the Bibles into Bibles he had stored in Latvia. He "Just like my dear old iiiotlier used to make Russia. But Basil alerted his contacts abroad and then Malof, the man w ho — before my old man deserted her!" anxiously awaited the proper moment. knew Russia and knew Cod, had not AMEItlCAN LEGION MAGAZINE come this far to meet defeat when the It came when the Germans invaded Bibles were actually in hand. Gaps w ere Russia and stood before the gates of found in the supposedly impenetrable has felt an inner compulsion to move iMoscow in 1942. Pastor Malof quickly of borders. Exact details cannot be re- forward to new pulpits in new places. sent out instructions. Under cover vealed, even at this late date, because By 1938 the familiar urge had become the chaos and confusion of the inva- many of the ruses and methods used too insistent to ignore, and the tall, sion, all 10,000 Bibles were safely distributed then are still employed successfully white-haired preacher decided to come smuggled into Russia and today. But this nuich can be said with- to the United States. Storing the re- without detection. f)ut endangering the work: through maining Bibles in Latvia for safekeep- After the war, when the Soviet re- ever various underground channels a total ing, he applied for a visa for himself gime became more repressive than of 71,000 Bibles were smuggled into and his family, now grown to thirteen before. Pastor Malof realized that the Russia by 1938. Each Bible was circu- children. "Getting a visa to the States need for Bibles in Russia was at its lated secretly from one to another so was almost as hard as getting a Bible greatest pitch. "For the Bible," says the can sus- that each iv.id scores of readers. For into Russia," he says, chuckling. "The Pastor, "is the one thing that Pastor Malof's peo;ile, the religious American consulate w as throw n into a tain the people in their ordeal and can, It is famine had been reduced to a drought. dither when the staff learned I had in the end, defeat comnumism. • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JANUARY. 1954 the greatest spiritual weapon the free Curtain and he has successfully world has." breached the borders of every satellite In 1946, Pastor Ahilof began the ardu- country ivith all roads leading eventu- RUPTUREEASER ous task of arranging a new printing of ally to Soviet Russia itself. Beyond this, the Bible in the Russian language. This his operations cannot be exposed with- meant raising funds to cover the ac- out danger of jeopardizing this project. Deuble...4.95 tual costs of publication. And for the The Soviet government is, of course, Right or left no first time, it meant making printing aware of Pastor A'lalof's unremitting Side $095 plates of the entire Bible in the new battle to put the Bible in the hands of Required Russian orthography the Soviets had the Russian people. But so far, the in- A strong:, furm-littinc \va>hal)Ie support. Hack lac- ing adjustable. Snajt.s up in front. Adjustable leg introduced. It was a long, difficult job defatigable preacher has been able to strap. Soft, flat groin pad. No steel or leather bands. Unexcelled for comfort. Also used as after but Pastor iMalof persevered. Early this outw it them. "I must always be on my operation support. For men, women ond children. year he had 10,000 brand-new guard," he says matter-of-factly. "I Mail orders give measure around the lowest port Russian of the obdomen and state right or left side or Bibles. can't afford the luxury of relaxing." double. We Prepay Postage Except on C.O.D.'s. Over 700/000 Grateful Users! Carefully, the preacher made his One da\' recently. Pastor Alalof re- 10 Day Trial Offer i\I<.iiey-back yuaiuiuee 11 v.,u don't plans. He re-established his old Euro- ceived a phone call from a lady with lilcsseil relief. Delay may be serious — OftOfR TODAY! pean contacts and arranged for their an engaging and persuasive voice. "Pas- PIPER BRACE CO. 811 Wyandotte. Dept.AL-14. KansasCity5, Mo. help. He set up four strategically-lo- tor," she said, "for some time I have cated depots to receive his precious been an active volunteer worker in WOMEN'S GROUPS: tarn $100^ Bibles and start them, by devious routes, church circles, and I have heard of the $250 or $500 Cash, ^ aiong the difficult trail splendid I plus 24 wood W"""^'^ inn to Russia. One work you are doing. would xjS^' ° Guoromeed by ?\ card tables G"°J°"'"'">y^^ T I of these depots is in Finland, one in like to help; it doesn't make any dif- Housekeep.nKy Your members simply K^P"^ | sell adv. sjiace on the Sweden, one in ference to menial the task is. ^^SlifjoHfiisio'iiS^'''^ H West Germany, and me how ' table tops to local mer- — the foiu'th in France. Will you accept my services?" chants who gladly cooperate. 3 differeiU proven plans to |>ick from. Please note; No risk, nothing to pay, not even freight For what good it may do those who Able to make good use of all the charges. Write for full details to F. W. MATHERS, DEPT.AL. MT. EPHRAIM. N. J. try to make the Iron Curtain a barrier volunteer assistance he can get. Pastor Pastor Malof and his Bibles cannot Malof was on the point of accepting the t!£w Catalog Of Novelties pierce, this much can safely be revealed: offer grarefulh' when, on impulse, he 3000 for amazing catalog of noveltieSt Send 10c the man wlio smuggles tlie of switched from English to Russian. His gifts, 1 als hobbies, fun Word *ers, planes & boats, magic tr joke "tides, unusual seeds, gadget timesavers, God employs no paid agents, is allied caller answered in Russian before she imeras, optical goods, projectors, movies, . ?welry, disguise: , stamps, coins, puzzles^ with no espionage network, takes ref- realized she had been trapped. Without radios, auto & bike accessories, banks, smokers' gadgets, artists* suppi ies, printing sets, motors, knives, billfolds, uge behind the diplomatic coattails of a further word, she hung up and hasn't euns, sports, books, games, ni usic, scientific supplies* ptants, fireworks, offi lusehold items, etc. , from all over world. Rush address & 10c now! no country. The tools he employs are been heard from since. JOHNSON SMITH CO., Dept. 744. Detroit 7. Mich. his encyclopedic kno\\ ledge of Russia "These little indications of interest in and Europe, his quick wits, which have my work don't frighten me," Pastor MAKE $50, $75, $100 preserved him for seventy exciting Malof says thoughtfully. "They encour- and More EXTRA MONEY years, his quick tongue, w hich speaks age me. 'When they lose interest, I will Sell "Lifelike Action" Greeting Cards Show sensationally difTort-nt AM Oi-- five languages masterfully, and his faith. think my work is futile. casion assortments, wrappi ni' v, I ft prift items. Profits to 1 |.hi, From his religious contacts in a dozen But more than commie interest is re- famous products as bonus Win. i n FREE TRIAL outfit of I-'.mIhi. i.,,mi ments on approval. FfiKi', ^.iinpi.-. countries he receives invaluable volun- quired. All of the Pastor's work is Now 1954 Assort- exclusive Name Imprinttd Sl.iiinii- ment of novel Birth- er.v. Notes, FREE .Selling lluiile. day. Get Well Cards teer assistance, but his is the brain which supported by public contributions. NEW ENGLAND ART PUBLISHERS masterminds what is probably the For two dollars a complete Russian North Abington 124, Mass. strangest smuggling operation the world Bible can be published in the name of has ever seen. His area of operatiovs the donor. The project needs financial extends the entire length of the Iron aid and those w ho wish to help can Start As High As $3,795.00 A YEAR MEN - WOMEN /;^™ T"""" Postoffice Clerks- / FRANKLIN INSTITUTE ' -N"! < naiii.'iii l , Carriers / n.n nllcl i Railway Por.tal / Dept. H-62, Clerks / Rochester 4, N. Y. Stenographers Gentlemen: Rush to me. Accountants / FREE of charge. Ii.st of Immigront * u. S. Government big pay Inspectors ^ jobs. Send FREE 36-page Typists ^ book ckscribing salaries, va- Customs Q cations. hour,s. work. etc. Initpectors p Tell me how to qualify for Many Other / one of these jobs. Early Jobs . Veterans / (Jrt fief- / Name ri'cnoe "Some baby talcum, a llierinomctei, a feeding bottle, ami 12 rolls ot 620 film." ^ AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE CoTpon / street TODAY / SURE / City Age? THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JANUARY, 1954 • ^9 — send their contributions to tlic Russian she o\erhearil voices coming from the Bible Society, Inc., P. O. Box 2709, other side. She stopped from a sense of Sell WORK UNIFORMS W'asliington, D. C. caution which had become second na- There is other evidence tliat Pastor ture. As she distinguished the words she BIG MONEY < iMalof's daring undertaking is bearing experienced a shock of amazement, for m fruit. There is proof that his Bibles are a boy's voice was reciting a Bible pas- NCed iiiuiiey? Here's ti nuick. ploi.Hiint reaching forward way to eiirn I it— SIJ the people of Russia and are sage. The woman inched timf or full time. JuBteli . ,, liinilpd selection of TOFl'S EMBROI providing them hope and comfort quieth' and peered through a break in DEHED WORK UNIFORMS — to i rftcres, eervice atutions. fiictorieB, ins tut ions, w hich stores, every biisinesi' mnn ii only that Book can offer. Smug- the bushes. Seated on a stone bench your community. Sales are eaav — profit' are biij because you show more 8tvl«'^ gling a report out of Russia is as diffi- were tw o boys, scarceh" in their teens. more fabrics, more colors, more bI/''" more of everything than any compotiti. cult and as dangerous as spiriting a One was reading aloud from a Bible; TOPS Bible in. Despite obstacles, however, re- the other listened intently absorbed in TOPPS THEM ALL! ports do reach Pastor Alalof. One he the words he heard. \Mien the speaker And the protita are worth the time anfi howl One man made $800.00 or cherishes most reached him via Brussels. reached the end of the passage, the sec- . sinKle Bale! You show tlie l)igKi sat-ecoriomical uniform line MADE EVEN BETTER To appreciate this account, one must ond boy reached for the Bible and feature, like ( he,e. - I Uniforms of realize that while the Soviet regime commenced reading it while the first DuPont ORLON O R LO N I t li:it look and grudgingly permits some churches to youngster listened rapth'. As quieth' I feel like wool. remain open, it forbids citizens under as she had come upon them, the woman eighteen years of age to attend services. left. Her report ended with these PANORAMIC LINE The reasoning behind this ban is that w ords: "I recognized the Bible, Pastor by the time a youngster has spent Alalof. It was one of yours. Bless you!" NEW EMBROIDERY IDEAS eighteen years of constant and complete When Pastor Alalof contemplates the — Cet the (treiit new TOPPS "Pan- exposure to communism alone, the future, he expresses one ambition to or;iiiii(" Line now. See how fast the ouTmmB! fialea pour in . . . see how fust your church M ill be an alien place to him and continue printing and smuggling Bibles profits mount up. Start spare time igh money to make TOPPS your career! he \\ ill reject religion. into Russia. He sums it up in character- TOPPS, Dept. 501, Rochester, Indiana The report which reached Pastor istic fashion: "The Bible says, 'Thy Alalof from Belgium was written by a word is a lamp unto my feet, and a Wake Up woman in iMoscow. Late one afternoon, light unto ni>- path.' We cannot rest she wrote, she had been walking in a until we have brought the light into the To More Comfort large cemetery on the outskirts of the darkness that now cloaks Russia." city. As she came to a clump of bushes. 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The $5 HOURLY Profit . . . tlic faces of this latter group light up Pinta, the painted one, was Eva. And Even if NOW Employed the>' Caudillo's the Santa Maria, Franco's extremely re- whenever spoke of the Alert dealers can gross $S hourly prolit plus on EACH serviceman. "good fortune." Part of this "luck," it is ligious w ife. Eva Peron's trip was suc- $3 We locally train and assist you. operate part reported, lies in a "death-dealing" hand- cessful. Though unhappy over the fact, You can prolitably time while building a permanent shake which, apparentl)', always pulls Franco accompanied Mrs. Peron to the full time business with servicemen. Clean and Mothproof, Rugs and Upholstery the Leader out of tough spots. The airport and cordially shook hands with Duraclean cleans by absorption! No scrubbing, soaking pile stories told are legion. Retailing them her. The rest is history. Eva arrived in or shrinkage. Dirt and grease vanish . . matted rises . . colors revive. Furnishings used again same day. seems to be a favorite indoor sport with Argentina, became ill and soon died. Duraproof protects against moths and carpet-beetles. Makes materials resistant to both. Backed by an Spaniards. One more anecdote brings Franco's International Money-Back 4-Year Warranty. No experience needed. Quickly established. Na- There was a time during World War nn sterious "power" close to home. The tionally advertised world-wide service rendered "in the home." No Shop Needed. We furnish enough II, for instance, \\ hen the Germans Caudillo was never an admirer of the materials to return your TOTAL investment. Terri- tories limited. Write today for FREE illustrated overran France and were sitting at the Truman administration. Consequently, booklet explaining details and Easy Terms. Spanisii border. 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Commercial treaties have been On the highways mainh' British and way, another ally with whom rela- signed with European and South Ameri- German trucks are visible. tions may quickly turn rancid — as ex- can countries to allow a w ider trade. Spain's greatest difficulty, however, perience has proved elsewhere — the Housing projects go up at an amaz- is lack of hard currency. Though the moment w e appear cash in hand. And ing rate. Unlike American dc\ clopments dollar black market lias been brought >'et there arc Spaniards who consider the buildings arc huge, barnlike struc- under control, replacement of parts and the loans long overdue. According to tures—not small units that repeat each equipment is slow and frequenti>- im- ni\' Catalan friend's humorous explana- other in dull rh\ thm dow n a street. possible. The head of a transportation tion, bargaining w ould have been much iMost of the construction is in the company told mc that each of his trucks easier if Spain had two elements — a periphery of towns where, in the open had covered over one million kilo- communist party and a city of w orld spaces, the brick-red walls blend with meters: "Since I cannot replace the appeal. the \'ellow earth and the pale, cloudless whole vehicle," he went on, 'Tve finally "Take the French, for instance," he sky. There is not \ et the black line of managed to get new motors. That's said. "It's easy for them to get U. S. asphalt road to pull the buildings into something at least." The rattletraps loans. They have Paris. Americans get the society of the city. High\\a\'s in laughingly called taxis which bump caught in the spell of Paris — the women, Spain have been classically poor. Only along city streets might have been the Champs El> sees, the Folies Bergeres. the principal arteries — in the north and Fords, Chevrolets or even Packards The rest of France, they think, must those leading to .Madrid — \\ ere ever years ago. be just as wonderful. They don't realize kept up. Now, thanks to the increased Today, these have assumed an that France is like a man w hose body movement of goods by truck and, prin- anon\'mit\' born of much repair and is of rude clay and w hose head is a cipalix', to the large numbers of tourists, repainting. It is said that when a taxi- magnificent jewel — Paris. Then, the roads are kept in fair shape. Ever\'whcrc dri\er dies, his car is buried with him. French have another important asset — > ()u dri\ e painted boards proclaim. The vehicle has been held together by a health)' communist party. So, when- "OBRAS," w hich has the meaning, Alen bits of w ire and pieces of string so long ever a loan is needed, commies are let at AVork. that no one else can recapture the secret loose in the Paris streets to do a bit That Spain is back in the arena of of making the car run again. New cabs of damage. The Americans become commerce is evident b>- the foreign arc out of the question — too many alarmed that this beautiful country is business men seen ever\ where. Ger- dollars. As an energetic Catalan ex- going to be dcstro\ ed. They must do mans, in particular, swarm o\cr the plained, "We can only go so far with something to prevent it. So the>' rush countr\ side. You spot them immediate- our ingenuity. We're fift\' years behind a loan. In Spain we have no such ad- ly in metropolitan hotels. The>' sit in the rest of the world as it is. There are vantages—no communist party, no Paris. groups in the middle of the lobby and two wa\s left for us to get those al- Result— we wait longer for our loans." socialize in guttural tones. In some res- mighty dollars. By some kind of inter- But Spaniards take difficulties with taurants in Madrid the harsh Teutonic changeability of currencies — you go to oriental stoicism. Hardship and priva- sound predominates. These Germans the bank, give them your pesetas, they tion have been lifetime companions. are ex-nazis w ho escaped the fatherland give you dollars. How does the bank Once, in Madrid, at the Ministry of in 1945 or else recent arrivals attracted get the dollars? Through Tangier. Commerce, I asked directions from a 1)\ commercial prospects. Because a Switzerland, any of the international uniformed attendant. Because I was trade agreement exists bctw ccn the two cities; it's up to them. Or else, the other American and could speak Spanisli he countries it is easier to obtain (ierman w a>% by a healthy loan from the said, "I'd drop everything and go to goods, even though American products United States." the U. S. The only thing w e have plenty are more highly regarded. A technician Today, such a loan is close to reality of in Spain is this," he pointed to the in \^igo told me, "I get American maga- — in connection with the forthcoming gold braid on iiis arm. "Unfortunately, zines, so I'm up on the latest develop- U. S. military bases in Spain. Talk in gold braid is not very digestible. Yes, ments in the U. S. Since I can't get dol- Madrid is that the final agreement w ill I'd leave right now for the U. S." I lars from my government to purchase be signed in tlie next few weeks. Span- looked at him in surprise. It isn't often the equipment, I simply cut out the iards do not hide their secret pleasure that Spaniards speak w ith longing about specifications from >'our periodicals and at the hard bargain they've nailed down. America. Nor do > ou meet people, as send them to Germany, asking them to In exchange for the bases Spain will in other countries, who have a sister gi\ c me the closest thing they have to receive //nlitary as well as econojiiic aid. married to a GI, or an uncle living in it." The Volkswagon is becoming the Spain can't go wrong on the deal. For Brooklyn. Spaniards travel little. If they best seller among cars (though in Ma- America, the installations will mean move it is to South American countries. drid there seem to be more Cadillacs added obligation in mone\' and men Nevertheless, they have a real admira- g2 • THE AMEKICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JANUARY. 1954 . nervous tempo rion for the power and efficiency of the nevertheless, of our ow n United States. 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He keeps aJdinn fool to the fire! Tom Tai.lman When the mountaineer turned to renew his sha\ ing, he stared for a moment at the blank wall and then cried out, "Matilda, Tli4> Itool ol All Kvil come here quick, I think I'x e cut ni\ head A \\calth\' hut cldcrl>' woman who hati off!" hccn a spinster most of licr life hati finally Haroi I) Heleek taken the plunge and married a man sonic years her junior. After siie returned home That Would llol|i from her honc\ moon she was telling some 1 don't want a lot of money friends about the trip. I'd be satislied— I vow "And do >'ou know," she relateil, "that If 1 could just afford to live on the third da>- of our iione\ moon George The way I'm living now. won first prize in the Irish sweepstakes?" Ro(;er Dana "Good heavens!" blurted out a girl who W. was listening. "Three days too late!" Dan Benneit llar«ili Woriiw Then there w as the college football coach who bawled out the players and said, "You're pla> ing like a bunch of amateurs." Jack Herbert 1 he 1 cxan pusiied his hat back aiul looked at tiie other carefully. Then he It's a am tlraw led, "VV'al, you sec, where I come Here's something at rvhich I have never from, we learn awful fast that if we don't succeeded, want to get splashed with mud, we always Although I have tried quite a lot: get out of the way of a hawg." And he To sa\ ivilh coniiiclion. "Thai's just it'hat strolled on. I needed," MiEDRED G. Dunham Wlien knowing darned irell that it's not! Richard Armour A Hiii*«' Fart Aboiil all (I g/'rZ'i bathing suit leaiies to a Family R<>!«oiiiblan«M> man's imagination noivaday; is u'hat she The rookie was driving the garbage looks like zi'ilh clothes on. wagon through the army camp w hen one Ae Sponc; of the mules fell over dead. Jumping from the wagon, he ran to where the sergeant 4'l4>iiii Sliavt' w as standing. 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