The American Legion Magazine [Volume 71, No. 3 (September 1961)]

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CRAZY OVER HORSES by Alden Calkins 14 THE HOWS AND WHYS OF OUR NO. 1 SPECTATOR SPORT.

JOBS THAT TEACH IMPORTANT LESSONS by Max Gunther 16 A LITTLE WORK CAN BE HIGHLY EDUCATIONAL.

AMERICA'S HAPPIEST HUNTING GROUNDS by Erwin Bauer 18 WHERE THE GAME WILL BE MOST ABUNDANT THIS FALL.

WHAT'S AHEAD IN TV by Lester Grady 20 MUCH TV ENTERTAINMENT IS NOT THAT, BUT THERE'S HOPE.

AMERICA WILL SURVIVE by Robert B. Pitkin 22 A REFRESHING LOOK AT OUR GREATEST "SECRET WEAPON."

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tion inequities. Here is one for the ''Power-Matic'action book. There are a number of us who lost a leg, an arm or an eye; and for tliat the Government gives us a specific award of S47.00 per month. This • Weighs just 7 lbs. lias not been increased since 19.^2; yet during • Quick-Change Barrels the past 9 >ears pensions for non-service disabled, widows, totally • "Dial-A-Matic" load control disabled, etc. have been increased considerably. It seems that the severely w Here's a top-grade feather- ounded, unless you are 100 percent, are being forgotten. weight shotgun designed for Pat Pomeroy

today's powerful sporting M'hvni, Fill. loads. Although the new "Sportsman" 58 weighs but 7 HIGH-PRICED HELP THROW DEADBEATS OUT fast-handling pounds, it offers Sir: Why don't you publish an article Sir: 1 am writing to express ni\- opin- l)ased on what the Senate investigators exclusive "Power-Matic" ac- ion on the U.N. W'lien anyone belong.s learned about labor costs at Cape Ca- to an organization and fails to pay his tion to soften recoil without naveral? They discovered that an ap- clues, lie is usually barred from the prentice electrician was paid S748 for power loss. Also featured: privileges and/or use of organization 84 hours' w ork in one week, or §8.90 Quick-Change Barrels; an in- property and is denied the riglu to an hour. A journeyman electrician \ote on matters brought before the scribed receiver; "Dial-A- earned S6,694 in three months— $72 a organization. Why sliouldn't the U.N. day, allowing 31 days a month. An- Matic" load control to ha\c a similar rule? Russia and some other worker was paid ,S26,843 in one achieve the maximum in de- other nations are in arrears by large \ear which would have been about sums, and until they pay tliosc arrears, pendable performance with S73 a day if he worked all 365 days. tliey should be denied the right to vote paying a might\- high all 2Va" loads. 3-shots. At We are price to in the U.N. I believe that if all the Iceep our country strong w ithout this your dealer's now in 3" mag- members of the U.N. would back" sickening situation. Where does the eacli other up in this respect the erring num and regular types. responsibility lie? 1 he powerful labor ones would soon roe the line. force of the U.S. is made up in the |olin Jager main of loyal, patriotic and conscien- Imcrlcikcv, N.K. tious men and women. Howe\ er, sin- ister influences undoubtedly played an FACTS REPEATING WORTH important role in strikes that took Sir: The F.uropean and Asian eoiu- place at Canaveral from July 1956 to nuinists have killed about 30 million December I960, causing a loss of 87,374 of their own people for daring to man days of work. It is up to our labor minds. Soviet orkers are speak their w leaders to deliver the goods for proj- treated than in Ala- worse Negroes ects vital to our countrv's welfare, THERE'S LESS RECOIL with the bama; Soviet farmers are a little low er strength and progress. It is up to Sen. "Sportsman" 58's "Power- tlian sharecroppers; the Russians com- McClellan and his committee to find Matic" action. As waste gases pare tlieir low standard of living move a special piston rear- out where the blame should be placed (horse meat status) with that under ward, there is a forward re- for the fantastic wages, work stoppages opposing action on the gun, the Czars but not w ith that in West- and other irregularities. and decreasing recoil to a ern countries; and the communists Ernie Iioriliar- re- TWO SYMBOLS SPORTSMAN" 58 peated in tlie press and over the radio and television if v\ c wish to win rlie Sir: Isn't there a lesson to be learned In \Z, 16, 20 g:uiges cold w ar. from the contrasting visits o( Adlai Nathan D. .Shapiro Stev enson to Latin America and Doug- KrooklyiK N.Y. las AlacArthur to the Philippines? 95^ Stevenson was greeted at worst b>- $139 TRUE PICTURE contemptuous indifference, at best b>-

I'rirr fiiihjcct to Sir: I have seen the film "Operation the upstretched palm. At the .same (liaiitjc without notice*, Abolition" and wliilc it presented a time .Mac.\rthur was hailed by mil- very disgusting spectacle, to say the lions in the greatest outpouring of

least, there was nothing in it that emotion ever accorded an American sliould offend other than a communist in a foreign nation. Why.'' F.ach man

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Stars of Meredith Will- "A Majority of One" completed, Mervyn son's "The Music Man',' LeRoy, with author Leonard Spigelgass, Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, With 'Jubilee' audiences prais- studies Broadway hit, "Gypsy," which LeRoy promenade to strains of '76 ing "Fanny" as all-time great will produce, direct, from screenplay by Spigel- Trombones.' Morton Da Costa film, producer-director Joshua Logan gass. Rosalind Russell, who stars with Alec produces, directs starring cast turns attention to"Act L"Moss Hart Guinness in "A Majority of One," stars also in including Buddy Hackett, biography, adapted for screen by "Gypsy." (Technicolor") Paul Ford, Hermione Gingold. George Axelrod. "Fanny," starring Technicolor'^') ( Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Charles Boyer and Horst Buchholz, is now showing at Hollywood Para- mount. (Technicolor"

"PTBoatl09"comost.i.s. i, . lUi early filming planned for epic dramatization of wartime action in the Pacific. Screenplay by Vincent X. Flaherty is sweeping story of sea war fi'om novel by Charles Donovan.

(SjS) Delmer Daves again directs Troy Donahue in "Lovers Must Learn," Laurence Olivier returns written, produced by Daves, whose to WB Banner in "Term of "Parri.sh"is currently showing nation-wide. Trial" directed by Peter Glen- Daves' forthcoming "Susan Slade" ville, produced by James Woolf also is receiving critical acclaim. who also will profluce "L-Shaped Room," directed by Jack Clayton to star Leslie Caron. Jean Kerr's great New York stage success, "Mary, Mary," joins notable Broadway hits "The Music JEAN KERR'S Man," Majority One,'' WONDERFUL N{W COMEDY "A Of "Gypsy," "Camelot," "The MARY, MARY Devil's Advocate," being produced by Warner Bros.

Warner Bros, studios prepares to welcome Bob Hope, signed to star in "Critic's Choice," hit New "Vbrk play, being written for the screen by Valentine Davies, to be produced by Frank Rosenberg. WARNER BROS. A MILESTONE JUBILEE OF FILMS IN PUBLIC RELATIONS machines were on the w harves, but the

latest word is that the machines are going to the Soviet, regardless, hy executive order.

.\nd it w ouid iiavc been a stupid miner indeed who would have authorized the

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can States. is Saving! and Loan Association This the gent who consorted BRINGS YOU INSURED for years with red riffraff and whose se- EDITOR'S curity clearance had to be suspended by the Atomic Energy Commission. But if the equally notorious Owen Lattimore DIVIDEND C O R |n E R Compounded can be permitted to go to strategic Outer Semi-Annually Alongolia at this stage, there's ample DONNER'S BLITZEN precedent for the Oppenheimer tour.

BOOK I M A I S GI TTING a lot of ClltllUsi- A CENSORS AT WORK astic attention from a certain clement Un- HAD AN ARTICLE about the Oh iiipics these days is a thing called "The WE on our schedule for ne.xt month, amcricans," written by one Frank J. Don- ncr, billed as a "constitutional lawyer." but, unfortunately, we won't be publish- In his book- Air. Donner sets fortii his rea- ing it. Censor trouble. If you wonder how- sons why the House Un-American Ac- come censors have anything to do w ith tivities Committee ought to be abolished a piece about the Olympics—so do w e. srraiglitaw ay, fonhwith, and without de- But the United States Information ia>'. One of those who recently acclaimed .\gcnc\' got into the act with some blue- pencilling, it was Gore \'idal, described as "author, and because of their meddling IFTS critic and playwright." AA'riting in the we rejected the article. FOR SAVING INCENTIVES Nl'-lV Y'ork HcraUi-Trilruiie as a pinch- The piece told how the Soviet Union hitter for columnist John Crosby, Mr. effectively exploited the Olympics for

\'idal w rote a \ critable hymn of praise propaganda while Uncle Sam, as usual, 1962 West- inghouse al)out tile book. He also took occasion was made to look like a chump. The 19" TV to tell why he too thought the HUAC author for some reason submitted it to Portable the USIA, where a blue pencil was run yours free ought to be done aw ay w ith. But we are with sure that .Mr. X^idal's reasons for disliking through a couple of sentences which some $5,000 of Murrow's merry men obviously found account. the HUx\C are not tiie same as Mr. Don- ncrs. The Congressmen, after all, did hurt distasteful. W'e is Carrier Mr. Donner's ego. When Donner was don't know what the penalty Portable called i)efore the Committee, witnesses for def>'ing a USIA censor but we're Air Condi- going to risk it so you can make up \ our tioner swore that he had been a communist, and yours free when asked about his acti\ ities he could own mind about this kind of idiocy. Fol- with lowing are the two deleted sentences: $7,500 think of nothing better to say than some- account. thing about tlie Fiftii Amendment. Tbis shows pathetic complaceiicy and iiiJifference to an biiportaiit American ON TO WASHINGTON activity and an almost appalling lack of Westing- appreciation, or knowledge, of Soviet house A(;o, during the election cam- Stereo- Aw'AR propaganda effort in sports. phonic paign, we heard a great deal about "All over the world," David Lawrence Console "depressed areas" and the urgent need yours free says, "the prestige of the United States with for doing something about them. A few goes down as Russia's goes tip." $7,600 w eeks ago one solution w as advanced by account. Draw your own conclusions. the administration; Move the unemployed • Matched Luggage, 3-pieee en- somewhere else. Congressman Daniel semble yours free with $2,000 THE RED YAK account. Mood (D. Pa.) w iiose northeastern Penn- • Shetland Scrubber-Waxer-Buffer syhania district was affected described OiiSERVERS AT KRUsiicHEv's rcceiit sabrc- with account. yours free $1,500 the plan as one of the most ridiculous rattling session in Moscow reported • Atlas-Aire Barbecue Grill with of, re- off an impressive array of Electric Motor yours free with things he had ever heard but we that he show ed $650 account. spectful))' disagree. A\'e think the un- long-range jet bombers, mammoth heli- • 3-Piece Towel Set yours free cmplo>ed miners ought to be offered copters and workmanlike rockets. At the with $100 account. jobs in W ashington where thc>' would time of the show there was also some • Ceramic Table Lighter yours free with $25 account. ha\ e a chance to direct foreign polic)'. speculation concerning a new Soviet se- MANY MORE FREE GIFTS. W hat suggested tiiis idea w as a recent cret weapon, a neutron bomb of fear- report from Belgium concerning coal. It some power. All Gifts Subject to Rules and Regulations of the Association. seems that one aspect of our foreign aid Actually, the Soviet's secret weapon to communist Poland is to give that coun- is that don't recognize it for Offer void where prohibited by law. so simple we rr\ about $40 million in credit for tiie what it is. It's simply talk, millions and SAVE BY MAIL most modern mining maciiiner>'. Some of millions of words of talk in the form of Postage Paid Both Ways the machiner\' has already been deli\ ercd. invective, demands, ul- First Union Savings and Loan Assn. Russian argument, fool- 6901 Belair Road, Balto. 6, Md. Now , thanks in large measure to our timatums, threats, accusations, etc., which Enclosed is $ with which to ishness, ct)al from Red Poland is starting the ingenuous refer to as negotiations. open my account. to flooti into Western Fiirope. Diverted by waving red jawbones, we NAME W e also l)elie\e that the miners would have literally immobilized ourselves while lia\ e been a lot smarter than the wizards the communists have gobbled up still ADDRESS w iio authorized siiipping to the Soviet more areas of earth. And thanks to an- Union the intricate machines for making other marathon gabfest we have allowed CITY ZONE.. STATE. bail bearings which the communists so our nuclear defenses to remain static, even

The gift of my choice is tlesperateK" w antcil. Senators Doild, Fast- tiiough it is hard to believe that the So-

lanii. and Keating stopped tiiat when the \ iets ha\ e refrained from testing.

^ • THE AMERICAN LECilON MAGAZINE • SEPTEMHER 1461 BRIEFLY About BOOKS

The Black the Gray & The Gold, b\ Nor- man R. Ford. DouBiEDAY & CO., $4.95. A novel about a scandal at West Point, one w liicli threatened one of its basic codes, tlie Honor System.

Constitutions and Constitutionalism, edited by William G. Andrews, i). v.\x nostranu CO.. $1.50. Texts of the principal constitutional dt)cunients of France, West Ger- many, The Soviet Union, and Great Britain.

Sweeney Squadron, by Donald J. Plant/.. DocBi.EDAY & CO., $3.95. A novel about the American Air Force in A\'\\'2, and a fighter squadron from its training days in Florida to its disintegration in the Pacific. RECORD ATTENDANCE. Nearly 19,000 share owners attended the 1961 annual meeting of A. T. & T. This was the largest attendance ever recorded by any business. There Who Promoted Peress? by Lional Lokos. was full and free discussion of many matters — evidence of democracy at work. liooK.viAii.K.R. INC., $2.95. A documented review of the famous case involving a communist dentist who was promoted after his background had been exposed. Senator Now . . .2f000,000 Bell Telephone Share Owners AlcCarthy's position in the matter is shown in tlie testimony.

Ashes to the Taste, by Ircna Penzik. uni- IN versity PVBi.isHERS, $4.95. The niece and A NEW MILESTONE DEMOCRACY former secretary of a leading Polish diplo- mat describes her disillusionment with communism, and discusses the communist AND AMERICAN BUSINESS elite here and in Poland.

Off My Toes, by Elsie Masterson. mtti.e, beneficial in- iiRo«-N & CO., $4.50. The story of a trans- The ownership of the country's have an important, planted cliffdweller who moved to \'er- largest business by over two mil- terest through the holdings of their mont. lion people is a dramatic testimo- insurance companies, pension nial to the American economic funds, investment companies, un- We Were Only Human, by Peter Ustinov. system. Here, for all the world ions, savings banks, etc. LITTLE BROWN & CO., $1.95. Somc drawings to see, is democracy at work. wliich pro\ ide a shock treatment about tlie Without the money A. T. & T. Nazi era. The result is a communications share owners have put in the service of increasing value to The Profile of Coinniunisni. The Anti- both business, you could not possibly Defamation League, 95c. A "fact-by-fact the public and business and a vital have the telephone service you primer" on communism, explaining strat- element in national defense. enjoy today. Nor would there be egy, tactics and technicjues of the red work and wages for over 730,000 conspiracx". The owners of American Tele- phone and Telegraph Company employees. The Edi^e of the Sword, by Netanel Lorcli. stock are people in all walks of life, This year alone share owners c. p. Putnam's sons, $7.95. The stor)- of in every section of the country. have furnished $961,000,000 in Israel's war of independence, 1947-1949. A great many are small share new capital by subscribing to The Scientific Approach to Career Planning, owners. About 290,000 own fewer A. T. &T. stock. by M. C. Cobb, lantern press, $3.95. A shares. are than ten 42% women. Given the opportunity to plan study of the avenues of occupation open to An additional 31'/( are joint ac- career-seekers today. boldly for the future — and with of counts, generally in the names earnings on a level that makes The Coming Tests with Russia, by Walter husband and wife. More than such progress possible — you can Lippniann. little, brown & co., $2.50. The are telephone employees. 300,000 be sure that we will make further story of a meeting between Nikita Khrush- chev and the columnist. In addition to the direct own- contributions to the growth and ers, many millions of other people security of the nation. If yoji ii-isb to order any of these books, send check or money order made out to The Bookmailer, Inc. Address: 209 East 34th St., Neiv York 16, N. Y. Books n-ill be BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM sent postpaid.

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More Features More Value More Gun! Two new pieces of federal legislation— one on Liousing and one on Social Security—are worth a close look. One or both may affect your family. Here's BY ANY a fast sketch of the pair: SHOTGUN GENERAL HOUSING: The Federal Housing Administration now is in- STANDARDS suring longer and bigger loans on new dwellings. ITHACA GIVES • On homes costing up to $15,000, FHA hereafter will insure mortgages for 35 years (40 years, if you're considered a "hardship" case). Terms: 5^4% MORE FOR interest; V2% for insurance; and a 39c down payment. • On more expensive houses, the insurable ceiling has been raised from YOUR $22,500 to $25,000. Terms: Same interest rates and insurance fees as above, MONEY but the down payment must cover lO^r of any part of $5,000 over $15,000. and 25% of the last $5,000. • Meanwhile, improvement loans for existing houses will be insured for FEATHERIIGHT® WEIGHT 20 years up to $10,000. Terms: No more than 6% plus insurance fee. Inci-

America's lightest all- dentally, in order to qualify for this type of loan, you must make an improve- steel sliotgun. Lets you ment that actually increases the value of your property; just a new paint travel tarther, point job isn't enough.

taster, tinisti fresher. Detailed information on these programs is available from your private lender. He's the fellow who supplies you with the money (the government is in the picture mainly to safeguard the lender's outlay).

RAYBAR' SIGHT SOCIAL SECURITY: New benefits— as well as new deductions from your Gives you amazing gun pay—are in the making. Thus: pointing ability under any • Men may retire at 62— instead of 65— if they are willing to accept a per- shooting conditions. Lets manent cut of about 20'' f in their pensions. (Working women have had this you lead faster, more privilege for some time.) accurately. • The minimum benefit has been raised from $33 to $40 per month. • Widows will get 82 1/2% of their deceased husbands' benefits. The figure hei etofore was 75';<' • Payroll deductions will rise Vh% on Jan. 1 (or a maximum of $6 per

year) ; for the self-employed, the hike will be 3/16% (or a maximum of $9). Consult your nearest Social Security office for any further clarification. • • •

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ITHACA.I t H A A NEW rYOllltII K C NEW O By Edgar A. Grunwald

• ^ THH AMERICAN I HCJION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 1961

ONCE UPON A TIME there was a young army private who lived in a palace and exercised a brief, / Was a Mermew of heady authority over several hundred thousand civiHans, including Milton Berle, John Jacob Astor III, Woody Herman and Danny Kaye.

I was the private. The place was a building called Grand Central

Palace, and during World War II it served as the induction center for the entire New York area.

During the greater part of 1943, I served on the Palace induction detachment. All of southern New York's draft boards sent their raw

material there, and it was a busy building, processing something like 2-million men during 1942-1945.

Recently, I had occasion to be reminded of that period of my life.

The government is once again a tenant of the Palace. This time it's

the Bureau of Internal Revenue, and I was called back there to discuss my tax return. I had been acquainted with the Palace before the war; as a child, I'd been taken there to watch the annual sportsmen's show with its woodchoppers and flycasters and displays of camping equipment. .Shortly after the war, the Palace became an exhibit hall again until

the New York Coliseum was built. In that interim period I attended the annual flower show there. It was my only postwar visit prior to the recent one. The place has changed. It did me little good to tell

the tax man that I had been with the Feds myself 18 years ago, and had in fact performed my duties o.i practically the very spot we were sitting .... The Palace Guard slept in long tiers of doubledecked bunks on the fourth floor. The fourth also housed the infirmary; its beds were filled From 500 to 2,500 selectees poured through this with "holdover"' selectees who were awaiting the results of tests to building every day during WVV2, en route to war. determine their fitness for army duty.

The Palace is a big building; the fourth floor also contained an orderly room, two latrines, a sizable day- I room for the enlisted personnel, an office which served as detachment head- quarters, and a walled-otT area which was given over to a detachment of rookie cooks and bakers who were learning their trade by practicing on the induction staff three times a day, and on the selectees at the noon meal. We rose at six and were at our posts on the main floor 50 minutes later, having — in the interim — washed, shaved, dressed, swept up, made our bunks, stood at attention for a counting of heads, and breakfasted. At seven a.m., or 0700 as the profes- sionals used to say, the selectees started to turn up in ragged batches at the main entrance on Lexington Ave. We proc- essed between 500 and 2,500 a day from Maybe they didn't read yoiu' innermost thoughts, As everyone knows, if thev could look < le; draft boards all over the city and outly- but they took a good squint at your innards. through yom- heatl, they could still use yo ing counties. An MP took charge of each group as it entered, leading it up quently hard to pronounce he was the knowledge of German artillery qualified the broad flight of marble steps inside the right man to read the roll call. him to give literacy tests to selectees. I entrance and bringing it to stand un- After they'd all signified their pres- never knew.) Like most of us. Rosen- easily at a corner of the high-ceilinged ence to Cpl. Stahl, the selectees ran a berg had been classified fit only for lim- main floor. Here the selectees responded gamut of civilian typists stationed under ited service, and. by virtue of punctured as their names were read by a singu- the big Roman-arched windows that eardrums, flat feet, etc., so we were—at larly sonorous corporal named Phil front on Lexington Ave. I don't recall least until someone from higher-up in- .Stahl, who in civilian life had been a what the typists typed, but one of them stituted a periodic scraping of the bottom radio announcer. .Since the station he married a member of the Palace Guard of the barrel, and lo! the crippled began worked for played mostly classical re- named Sgt. Rosenberg who had been an to walk, and even to dig slit trenches at cordings of works composed or con- artillery ofliicer with the Spanish Loy- places like Attu and Kiska. ducted by people whose names are fre- alists in 1937-39. (How his unique After receiving their draft-board pa- 10 By NICHOLAS BRECKENRIDGE

An ex-private who helped to induct thousands of GI's tells how you looked to him.

L a E\ crybody seemed to ha^e questions. Some- Early in the game you were told what was One thing called for was plenty of patience, times it was possible to get an answer. expected of you, for the immediate future. paperwork, and the knack of standing in line.

Upsadaisy! Anyone who coidd pass this gi uelling test Army chow. Some of the men allowed as how At this solemn moment, it was no was considered capable of marching 30 miles a day. they had never tasted anything quite like it. fooling. There were no wisecracks.

pers back from the typists, the selectees cal, he was sent back down to the main mine the basic intelligence of illiterates. straggled past three desks behind which floor and sworn in. If he failed all these tests, the selectee sat privates who were members of the If a selectee had gone no further than was directed upstairs for the formality so-called Psychological Investigation grammar school, he was led to a funeral of a physical examination before being

Team, on which I played. We qualified chair in one of the many cubicles that sent home. "Turn right at the door," for the "psychological" definition by vir- constituted our examining rooms, and Sgt. Sam Aarons instructed us to tell tue of having attended college. handed a pencil and a simple multiple- these men, "and go past the three doors If a selectee had graduated from high choice literacy test. on the left. Then turn left around the school, we psychologists sent him down If he failed the literacy test, he was corner, and right again through the first a corridor which led to the stairs that sent to another room where other psy- door you come to. Then continue along

took him to the third floor for his physi- chologists administered pictorial and the wall, and keep going 'til you see the cal examination: If he passed the physi- block-counting tests designed to deter- (Continued on page 46)

11 By EDWARD TOMLINSON

NiTED STATES cconomic policies in Latin America are threatening the free private enterprise system and encouraging State socialism. For several years both Republican and Democratic Administrations have been pouring out hundreds of millions of dollars in loans and aid to the various countries. Much of this money has been used to help build and inaintain government- owned business and industry. Such practice imperils the safety of some $9 billion uorth of private U. S. investments, We gave >i\25 million to iJie Cihile's huge Huachipato steel already imder fire from the leftists and Vargas dictatoishij) to .build mill near Concej)cion was made comnninists from Mexico to Arszentina. this Volta Redonda steel mill. possible by loans of U.S. monev. What We Have Lost IN Latin America

How American taxpayers and investors are exploited to build state socialism.

Under the aegis of his "Alliance For The Paper deplores the fact that peoples' homes also have been taken Progress," President John F. Kennedy Castro has taken over labor unions, the over. Most of these institutions were has adopted policies even more generous educational system, courts, newspapers, made possible out of private gifts and and certainly more liberal in this direc- radio stations, and other civic and cul- contributions dropped into collection tion than any of his predecessors. tural institutions. But it never once men- plates by millions of people throughout The mere rhetorical protests of the tions the more than $1 billion worth of this country and Cuba. Eisenhower Administration over Fidel American-owned sugar mills, factories, The White Paper recounts what its Castro's wholesale confiscation of commercial distributing companies, author calls ""Castro's program of the American properties in Cuba were sad- power plants, telephone companies, first months" he was in power. Specifi- dening enough. But the utter silence of hotels, and other enterprises, along with cally it speaks of '"schools built, medical the Kennedy regime on the subject and countless millions of dollars worth of clinics established, new housing con- the apparent sympathy of some of its privately-owned Cuban properties that structed, beaches and resorts opened to spokesmen tor the ""original objectives'" were seized. the people." and particularly to "early of the island's communist dictator arc Probably the most brazen theft of all projects of land reform. No future gov- downright alarming. was the seizure of all the U. S. banks in ernment," it adds, ""will dare turn its The Administrations "White Paper the country, and the confiscation of de- hack on these objectives." on Cuba." said to have been written by posits, savings accounts and safety de- No proof or evidence is offered that Arthur .Schlesinger, Jr., former Harvard posit boxes containing stocks, bonds and the ""program of the first months" was professor, not only declines to admit that even personal jewelry of Cubans and actually accomplished. Considering the

Castro is or ever was a coininunist, but foreigners. It should be noted that Castro confusion, disorganization and turmoil completely disregards the huge economic was more polite when he came to Cana- that existed throughout the first year it losses of U. S. citizens as a result of the dian and other foreign-owned financial would have been something of a miracle

Cuban Revolution. 1 he White Paper's agencies. He ""bought" them, but quite for the Fidelistas to find time to design,

chief quarrel with the bearded despot is some time after plundering the U. S. gather materials and carry out such a

that he ""has betrayed his own revolu- and Cuban jirivate banks. formidable program. It would have re-

tion, by delivering it to the Sino-Soviet Nor does the White Paper mention quired nothing less than genius to have

bloc," and it pleads that his ""original that several million dollars' worth of accomplished all these things even in objectives" must be preserved and car- American-financed and operated church the two and a half years they have been ried out. schools, hospitals, orphanages, and old in power. J2 "

I'crlKips the host rclutation of the al- legation that these accomplishments

took place is contained in an article by Max Frankel in The New York Times Magazine on Apr. 30 of this year. Mr. Frankel did not write from hearsay but from intimate knowledge of every sec-

CUBA

The present situation in Cuba confronts the

Western Hemisphere and the inter-American system with a grave and urgent challenge. This challenge does not result from the fact that This Texaco refinery at Santiago, largely American-owned, was one ol Caslro s tholts. the Castro government in Cuba was established by revolution. The hemisphere rejoiced at the over- throw of the Batista tyranny, looked with sympathy

on the new regime, and welcomed its promises of political freedom and social justice for the Cuban people. The challenge results from the fact that the leaders of the revolutionary regime betrayed their own revolution, delivered that revolution into the hands of powers alien to the hemisphere, and

transformed it into an instrument employed with

F-irst page ol our White Paper on Cuba. Said to be the work of .\rthiir Schlesing- er, Jr., it endorsed the revolution and implied that our government no longer defends free private enterprise abroad.

tion of the island as well as from per- ta\j)a\crs Castro's grab ol this 1 rttport Nickel plant will be paid for by U.S. sonal acquaintance with Castro and his hierarchy. "It was." says the Times correspondent, "after two years of totalitarian de- velopments that Fidel, speaking in the ECONOMIC AND MILITARY ASSISTANCE EXTENDED TO LATIN AMERICA FROM 1946 TO 1960 relative security provided by Communist military and economic aid. quite mock- Total Loans and Total

Name of Country Other Economic Aid Military Aid Grand Total ingly revealed the inevitability of it all. in All Countries $4,057,300,000 $389,800,000 $4,447,100,000 He (Castro) recalled riding triumph Argentina 454,300,000 6,200,000 460,500,000 into Havana in January 1959, and see- Bolivia 191,200,000 500,000 191,700,000 ing the cheering throngs, not only of Brazil 1,224,000,000 152,500,000 1,376,500,000 peasants and workers, but of middle- Ciiile 324,900,000 39,700,000 364,600,000 Colombia 223,800,000 25,700,000 249,500,000 class property owners and even some Costa Rica 68,700,000 68,700,000 rich people." He laughed," says Mr. Cuba 41,400,000 10,600,000 52,000,000 Frankel, "at these 'pseudo-revolution- Dominican Republic 2,700,000 .6,100,000 8,800,000 aries, for they did not know the fate Ecuador 66,800,000 17,500,000 84,300,000 El Salvador 9,900,000 100,000 10,000,000 that awaited them.' Guatemala 115,900,000 1,500,000 117,400,000 As far as the "agrarian reforms" ad- Haiti 74,900,000 5,500,000 80,400,000 vertised as the parceling out to the peas- Honduras 33,800,000 1,100,000 34,900,000 ants of large American and Cuban- Mexico 595,200,000 4,800,000 600,000,000 Nicaragua 40,900,000 1,600,000 42,500,000 owned estates and cattle ranches are Panama 58,600,000 58,600,000 concerned, Mr. Frankel says. "These Paraguay 39,000,000 500,000 39,500,000 became really a method of organizing Peru 283,100,000 51,200,000 334,300,000 cooperative farms run by the govern- Uruguay 49,100,000 23,200,000 72,300,000 Venezuela 35,300,000 38,000,000 73,300,000 ment-appointed managers, a program of controlling prices and produce which required exertion These figures do not include the loans made cial contribution of $100,000,000 to Chile before long the of by the Export-Import Bank prior to 1946, or for reconstruction of the earthquake area. government control over distributors those made for the fiscal year beginning Neither have we taken into consideration and large manufacturers, their policies, July 1, 1961. They do not include economic loans made by the World Bank, credits from and finally, their personnel." assistance or military aid prior to 1946 or the International Monetary Fund, the aid ex- for the fiscal year of 1961. tended by the U.N. or the Organization of "The urban reform." [which would Nor do they include the $500,000,000 ap- American States, to all of which the United provide homes for the working classes] propriated by Congress last May, nor the spe- States is the largest contributor. the Times correspondent continues, "was simply the seizure of developed real (Coiitimted on patje 44)

13 By alden e. calkins

^-gi^ ORSERACiNG IS the No. 1 spectator sport in the United States, \\ \ w easily outdistancing such widely attended, read about and argued over competition as baseball and football.

If this is surprising to you, you have ample company. Somehow, most persons think of horses as coming in a poor third after the two "human"sports. But horscracing holds the top spot because so many people take a deep personal interest in the sport because of the bets they place on the nags. Three billion dollars were wagered on

horscracing last year. More is certain to be chanced this season. Incidentally,

since the season is practically year 'round, horscracing has another edge on other spectator sports. The billions bet on the ponies are assuredly not hay, but

the horses thrive on it while the bettors experience varying results. And if anyone seriously objects to such goings-on,

it's quickly pointed out that racing paid $258 million last year to the 24 States with legalized betting, the sum being the States' share of the tracks' mutuel play. Another three billion and more today represents the capital that has been poured into plant and equipment of a type which permits racing in a style to

which it and its patrons have become accustomed. Several million more have been furnished by concessions at individual tracks and these concessions provide the bettor with a bit more luxury and grandeur. .Sometimes the concessions have represented the difference between profit and loss at these costly racing emporiums. Horscracing, with almost 60 million fans, far outdistances baseball which, including the All-Star Games and the World's .Series, attracts only half that number of spectators. All types of college and pro football draw only 25 million a year. Automobile racing (and this

Yonkcis Raceway, a .1i2(),000,()0() ]>Ianl, is an oiitgiowili of the old Empire City "flal" track. 14 Big tracks in urban centers have built and then Baseball, football and other sports are being enlarged their pari

gested, high-priced areas. Fifty cents a car is the usual parking fee; a dollar provides preferred space nearer the main attractions, while some tracks have left the this fast-growing attraction. at post by chauffeur service which, for $1.50, deposits the owner at the desired spot and picks him up afterward. Special buses, extra subway trains, additional com-

figure is estimated whereas the others are official) pulls something like 30 million through the turnstiles. These three sports operate only during a portion of each year which gives them an obvious handicap, attendance-wise. With many thoroughbred and harness tracks drawing anywhere from 25,000 to 50,000 spectators a day (with slightly lower totals for most major nighttime trotting raceways), a new problem has

been spawned. That is, how do you get those fans to a track, park them quickly and comfortably, and then get them on the way home at the end of the session?

This swank dining room at \onkcrs Ratfway, overlooking the track, seats 1,400. Another dining room can seat 600.

muter trains, new parkway entrances and exits, as well as other traffic conven- iences created by local and State authorities, help to relieve the strain on public

roads at prime racing hours. It is appro- priate to remind drivers who get caught

in racetrack congestion that if their nerves become frayed they get a good return in millions in taxes paid by the sport. Many people might say, how come?

That is, how did this many-headed "monster" evolve into a lucrative source of tax revenue — one which has an unlimited future. And can't horse racing somehow survive and prosper as a "sport" without truly astronomical wagering?

Above, the famous track at Goshen, N. Y., where the Hamble- Taking the second question first, the tonian used to be run. Below, the track at the Du Quoin, III., answer is both yes and no. For thorough- State Fair which is now the setting for the Hambletonian. (Continued on pa^e 47)

15 By MAX GUNTHER

"YL^ E IS A TALL young man in his ir \ midtwenties, neatly dressed, with ^ a poise that must come from some deep reserve of self-confidence. His eyes are alert and intelligent. His

speech flows easily and is flawlessly grammatical. He works for one of the nation's largest life insurance companies. He has just earned a business- administration degree at night college; and this fact, together with his other attributes, has been carefully noted by his executive superiors. They consider him a young man of great promise. From among the huge mass of employees under them, they have marked him for "grooming up." His future looks virtually unlimited. Talking with this young man today and looking at his bright prospects, one

finds it hard to believe the depth and darkness of the abyss in which he groped 10 short years ago. At the age of 15 he

When a student's attention begins to wander and he shows signs of resenting the work and discij)line good schooling calls tor, a "drop-out" may be in the making.

junior year in high school, his entire who showed signs of drop-out fever. educational program was drastically re- The results, even this early — to use the arranged. Instead of attending classes words of one delighted St. Louis edu- full-time, he alternated each week of cator — are "heartwarmingly good." school with a week of work at a paying The New York work-study program

job. is guided by a tall, dark-haired former

That was all it took. The rearrange- English teacher, Grace Brennan. Work- ment of his program was followed, quite ing closely with her is another onetime quickly, by an equally drastic shift in English teacher, soft-spoken, scholarly his attitudes, feelings and philosophies. Gerald Hilton, who pays special atten- He became a lover of learning. tion to the program's efforts for poten- All this took place as part of a broad- tial drop-outs. Teenagers who lose interest in school and based project that New York school "A youngster will sometimes drop out drop out become delinquent problems. authorities refer to as Cooperative Edu- of school because the family needs his cation. The idea of letting youngsters earnings," says Hilton. "Just as often, belonged to a gang of teenage delin- work parttime was first tried in the city he drops out because he doesn't feel quents in New York City. He was the in 1915. The basic thought back then happy or fulfilled in school. Success at despair of his teachers at school. He was to work out a more useful kind of almost every level eludes him. His had no interest in learning nor con- schooling for kids taking industrial arts grades are poor; he feels himself a fail- fidence in his ability to learn. He and his and other nonacademic courses aimed ure; he stops trying and his grades fall friends were what educators call "anti- at immediate employment, rather than still lower. He wants to get out of this students." They had no concept of edu- college, after high school. Since then, unhappy environment. He may feel that cation's value, thought of school as a however, the project has expanded in the only way to command respect is to waste of time and looked upon teachers many diverse directions — and possibly get a job and become independent of

as enemies. Most were marking time the most exciting direction is the dosage the school authorities." until they reached the minimum legal of employment to prevent youngsters In St. Louis, school superintendent age for dropping out of school. from dropping out of school. Philip Hickey and his colleagues notice The remarkable turnabout in this .Several other cities across the coun- these tendencies particularly among young man's fortunes resulted from try have been trying the same medicine. children of low-income families. Like

some simple but powerful medicine ad- Notable among them is St. Louis, where most other big American cities, St. Louis ministered by the New York Board of last year, under a special Ford Founda- has to absorb a steady influx of people Education: A dose of employment. tion grant, a work-study program was from farm regions and foreign countries

When he reached 1 6 and started his started with 574 teenage boys and girls — people who, in many cases, have been

16 wildered and bitter. He'll spend his life wishing he'd finished school when he had the chance. He'll be a tragic figure, doubly tragic when you reflect that, as Jobs Teach he lines up for his meager unemploy- ta ment-relief check, there'll be industries everywhere scrambling and fighting to hire skilled workers.

Try to tell all this to a school-quitting youngster today, though, and the IMPORMT Lessons chances are he'll put it down as just another grownup's lecture. "Talk won't often change a made-up mind," says Gerald Hilton. "But an active experience How part time jobs are being used to give students will." He refers to the experience of employment. Last year, in six St. Louis a better understanding of the value of an education. high schools and six New York high schools, boys and girls who seemed on the verge of quitting were sent out to work at paid jobs around the city. The administrative details of the two cities' projects differed, but the hopes and theories were about the same. As both

cities see it, these are the gains in store for a school-disillusioned youngster in his parttime employment:

( I ) He comes into contact with practical, clear-thinking, working adults. Their views about life are likely to be radically different from those of a teenage gang. Working alongside the adults, the student listens to their talk and absorbs their ways of thinking. He ma\ hear them talking about education. Some may be going to night school or college, or taking correspondence courses. Others have plans for their chil- Joseph Furey divides his time between Jolincll iMtCline, ot St. Loiii.s, dren's education. The youngster comes Brooklyn H.S. for Automotive Trades sj)ends a week in class, then to understand that, in the adult world. and a job. He rates highly in both. he works a week in a bakery.

disappointed in their economic succe^ to date and have come to the city to seei. better things. Many are people who failed even to reach high school, lei alone graduate. Many, too, are people who don't fully understand the uses of

education and don't respect it. Unless a youngster's parents respect schooling and drum that regard into him, he isn't

likely to think much of it either. In the eyes of St. Louis school officials and the Ford Foundation, any such anti-

school attitude is a menace not only to the individual youngster's happiness in later life, but also to the nation as a whole in terms of wasted manpower. There was a time when the unschooled C;harles Boylan, an ofh( ial ol CJiase .Manhadan Bank. e\|>lains < rcdii lo IMiilip Braune could find unskilled jobs fairly easily. who works |)art lime in the bank. \t riglii, Fhili|> ai W'illiain llouaid Tall H.S. But in today's rapid technological advance, machines are taking over many Thus the youngster who drops out of schooling is viewed with great respect. of the simpler jobs — and even some school may find himself, as an adult, (2) In practical, real-life situations, semi-skilled jobs — that used to be per- cast adrift from the surging mainstream he sees what education can do for him. formed by men and women. On farms, of modern life. He'll become part of the He notices that Joe, who quit school in factories and offices, there's less and hard core of unemployed, and maybe early, works as a floor-sweeper and less room for the uneducated worker. unemployable, people. He'll be lost, be- (ConlimiccI on pa^ie 48)

17 America's Happiest Hunting Grounds

Good hunting is promised for fall, and here's where it will be best.

By ERWIN A. BAUER terious in their habits, too, so an enter- them are predicting a pretty good hunt- prising Minnesota biologist attached a ing season for 1961. But let's look at the OON AFTER THE FIRST SettlCfS thumbnail-size radio transmitter to a predictions in detail.

waded ashore at Plymouth Rock, captured bird, released it and then fol- Ring-necked pheasants were intro-

it's recorded, a number of them lowed its wanderings electronically. duced into Oregon from Korea long be- went hunting. Before returning to the .Many critters from beavers to brown fore the current generation of hunters Mayflower, they found a happy hunting bears have been live-trapped in Rube ever went afield. They spread quickly ground where they shot deer, turkeys Goldberg-like devices for transplanting across the northern half of the United and grouse. And they also started a colorful and exciting tradition. This fall, over three centuries later, a record 20 million Americans will go hunting again. Clad in red coats and caps, they'll invade golden fields and forests across the land. Although they'll find less game than their Pilgrim ances- tors, they'll unearth enough to keep them busy from opening day to the final hour. And in between they'll "harvest" everything from ptarmigan and turkeys to Rocky Mountain goats and jacksnipe. "The truth is," a well-known, globe- trotting sportsman said recently, "that no other sportsmen in the world have it nearly so good." Except for the few who can make the long trek to Africa. American nimrods will find more game and a greater variety of it than hunters anywhere else on earth. Although it's hard to believe, a few species of game are even more plentiful than in primitive times. And best of all, unlike most other parts of the world, our game belongs to everyone and it's riiis caiii|) ai Fort Poik pioxcs that thf dcci in .Montana ai t- big and pU-ntiliil. available to every sportsman. But our amazing crop of game nowa- days is no more an accident than a from overpopulated to underpopulated States, multiplying in fertile valleys and bumper crop of wheat in Kansas. In- areas. They're even importing strange on the plains until they became our most stead it's the work of wildlife biologists game birds from as far away as Pakistan popular game birds. And the word is

who toil around the clock in nearly every and Tanganyika to help fill hunters" bags. that they'll be numerous this fall com- State to produce more game for the gun. The good results of ail this are obvious. pletely across their normal range from just as soil technicians produce more But the first thing any wise hunter northern Ohio to the Pacific coast. corn for the market. Sometimes they do hunts is a good spot for game and here But a serious pheasant hunter's best it in curious ways. again he can rely on the modern biolo- bet by far will be the Dakotas. particu- The migrations of ducks and geese, gist. Each year in each State, these men larly in northeast .South Dakota where for example, used to be hard to follow make spring nesting surveys and game the crop of ring-necks approaches pre- so they simply painted a few ducks with censuses from which they can accurately World War II abundance. Besides a great bright red, yellow or orange for easy estimate the fall game population. Now, number of birds, visiting hunters invari- identification. Ruffed grouse arc mys- with this information at hand, most of ably find that farmers in this region are 18 friendly and that Western hospitality is no myth. Many of them ofTer room, board, and topnotch hunting territory at very modest rates. Probably Huron and Aberdeen, S. Dak., will be the centers of the liveliest shooting, but actually the abundance of pheasants spills over into Nebraska. Iowa and southwestern Minnesota as well. The great popularity of pheasant hunting and the inten- sive land development in some parts of the country have combined to create a bonus for shooters the modern commercial shooting preserve. A typical preserve is a place pen-raised rather than wild birds) in completely natural pen-raised wild birds) in completely natural surroundings.

That black bear was bagged near the Minnesota-Ontario border.

For worthwhile trophies such The experts say that pheasant as this Dal! shee|), a trip to will be |)lentiliil, especially Alaska is a good investment. out where the tall corn grows.

Ifs evident that shooting preserves are here to stay because about 500 of them are now in business in 40 States. Some are expensive and operate on a members-only basis. But others cater to the average budget and, depending on the services provided (such as guides, dogs, cleaning and freezing game, clubhouse facilities, even jeeps or riding horses), their fees run from $10 or $15 to $75 per person per day of sport. Most of the preserves are close to big cities which makes them handy for the sportsman with only limited time to spare.

Although most preserve shooting is for pheasant, many

Out for quail, these hiniters and their dogs ti ii\t l afu ld in style. of them also provide great sport (Continued on page 42) 19 By LESTER C. GRADY there's far too much crime and violence ing of crime and violence on action being shown every night. shows and westerns has had much to do "fTT^ HE PEOPLT. OWN the air. They More than 50 percent of prime eve- with the increase of juvenile delinquency. own it as much in prime evening ning time is devoted to shoot-em-up west- Have you ever really noticed the over- I time as they do 6 o'clock Sunday erns such as "Gunslinger" and "Bonan- abundance of blood-and-thunder west- morning. For every hour that the people za" and to bang-bang action shows of the erns during the week? There isn't a night

give you — you owe them something. 1 "Peter Gunn" and "Michael Shayne" they aren't featured. Loads and loads of

intend to see that your debt is paid with variety. Just count the number of killings them are shown, without letup, and more service." during any week on action shows such as are being made. They'll be out of the Those words of warning were dra- "Surfside 6." "Naked City," "Twilight same mold as "Wagon Train," "Chey- matically given by FCC Chairman New- Zone," "Perry Mason," "Danger Man" enne." "Rifleman." "Wells Fargo," "Bat ton N. Minow in his straight-from-the- and "Hong Kong." The total will amaze Masterson " or "Have Gun, Will Travel." shoulder speech to the National Associ- you. The parade of murder, crime and vio-

ation of Broadcasters. Jn it he lashed out at TV as a "vast wasteland" and de- manded immediate improvement of its

programs. He made it alarmingly clear that the FCC intends to use its lethal weapon — the renewal of licenses — in getting the networks and individual stations to telecast better programs.

" You must provide a wider range of

Newlon N. LeRoy Minow Collins

choices, more diversity, more alterna-

tives. It is not enough to cater to the nation's whims — you must also serve the nation's needs," ordered Minow. The withering criticism was mostly aimed at TV's endless "procession of game shows,

violence . . . blood and thunder, mayhem, violence, sadism, murder. Western badmen. Western goodmen, private eyes, gangsters, more violence and cartoons." There is a growing demand for better TV LcRoy Collins, president of the Na- tional Association of Broadcasters, made

it clear that, "the basic commitment of

the TV industry is to advance the public

good and if any program is an influence entertainment and you'll be seeing changes. for debasement and contrary to public welfare, regardless of how popular, in

my opinion, its public broadcast cannot be justified." The networks and stations, individ- And so will the variety of ways the lence in westerns and private eyes is so ually, arc doing their best to heed the kill ings are done. By gun. knife, strangu- endless from Sunday to Saturday, that warnings, but the majority of the pro- lation, poison, unmerciful beatings— just except for Perry Como. the few comedy grams for 1961 were already set and about every known homicidal method. situation shows. Jack Benny, Garry there's little that can be done about ap- If a character isn't murdered outright Moore, Ed Sullivan, Red Skelton and preciable improvement until 1962. he's so badly mauled and mangled, he Lawrence Weik, it simply crowds out all The TV industry knows the FCC can might just as well be dead. possibility of introducing any new kind get tougher and that programs must be Naturally, with private-eye or mystery of program. upgraded to ward off possible govern- programs, it's a case of follow-the-leader. But since these are the kind of shows ment regulation. General mediocrity of If a particular bit of mayhem was sen- viewers prefer, there will be more of

shows could warrant it. Unquestionably, sational on "Alfred Hitchcock," there'll them than any other kind. It's impos- there's too much reliance on established be something similar on "77 Sunset sible, claim the networks, to give a diver- Hollywood formulas for westerns and Strip" or one of the other shows. Yet sity of programs, while advertisers who private-eye adventures. What's worse, many viewers believe extensive telecast- pay the bill play it so safe. They won't 20 Hallmark's "Macbeth" won five awards, reached a huge audience. But most sponsors play it safe with this sort of thing.

take chances. They won't gamble on westerns or action shows: "Cheyenne," can't get sponsors for the costly ones it something new and original. They'd "Rifleman," "Wyatt Earp," "The Rebel," already has on? rather imitate or duplicate sure bets like "The Real McCoys," "The Detectives" All too frequently local stations pass "Gunsmoke" or "The Untouchables." and "The Law and Mr. Jones." The up network "blue ribbon" public-affairs Don't give them something untried. And ABC network, with a solid lineup of programs to run old westerns or thrillers, how can you blame the advertiser's crime, violence and westerns during its complete with local ads that provide rev- stand? prime evening hours has no public-serv- enue, rather than show unsponsored "Gunsmoke," with more viewers than ice programs on a regular basis. It fea- public-service programs which do not. any other program, has in excess of 35 tures exactly what Minow deplored but Owners of these stations forget that

percent of the nation's 50 million TV it gained more new viewers and new their obligation to the viewing public is sponsors this past year than NBC and more important than their obligations to CBS. the stockholders. But they'd better watch Few advertisers, unfortunately, are out. Station licenses are issued for "the willing to forego high ratings for high- public interest, convenience and neces- quality programs. If the public will not sity" and all programs are now being watch them why throw money away? checked accordingly. The networks and Why should CBS, for instance, put on local stations are as interested in im-

more public-service programs when it proving the quality of programs as the

critics. But it's economically impossible

to put on high-quality programs if you can't get money from sponsors to pay for them. It's like the husband who comes home from work and hears his wife announce she has changes in mind to improve the appearance of their home. New curtains, (Continued on page 37)

This is a clock-color TV-stereo radio set of the 1970's as visual- ized by RCA. Compare it with the coni[)any's current color TV set shown on this issue's cover.

sets tuned in to it every time it's shown. Andy Griffith just barely beats out "Wagon Train" for second place and

"Have Gun, Will Travel" is a close fourth. Not far down the preferred list Quality programs became possible is "The Untouchables," leading all the when small stations turned to high- crime and violence shows. Is it any won- fidelity records. Above is equip- der advertisers want westerns on top of ment used by New York's WQXR. westerns and private eye after private This idea may be applied to TV by eye? means of television tape. At right is RCA's transistorized tape unit. For example. Proctor and Gamble, largest buyer of TV time, runs nine nighttime programs of which seven are 21 AMERICA WILL SURVIVE This sea oi faces is part ol 567 Legion-spoiisoicd boys wh<» ran their own state and local governments for a week at Fargo, North Dakota. What force can stop the kind of youth you

see at a Boys' State?

By ROBERT B. PITKIN KANSAS At left is a trial scene from the Kansas Boys' State at Wichita. At right, boys acting HERE YOU SEE, in a few refresh- as the Washington State Supreme Court hear a young "attorney" argue an ajipeal. ing photos, the Young America Leading attorneys, judges, peace officers, helped Bo)s' States administer justice. that you never read about in the headlines. They are some of the moral, intelligent, ambitious, alert, earnest, willing, manly, good-humored, respectful, re- sponsible—and sometimes grave—young men of 16 and 17 who, in their mid- fifties, will be among America's leaders in the mystic Year 2000. They were all high school juniors last year. You see them at some of the 49 Amer- ican Legion Boys' States last summer. These are not the young men you in our journalism, All 167 boys at Washington Boys' State observe evening flag lowering. most commonly meet They ran their state on the campus of Pacific Lutheran IL, Parkland. our literature, our arts or our cinema. Our writers, for the most part, have for a generation been too obsessed with young deviates and criminals to see such as these youngsters. But they are worth seeing, because they-and others like them—will provide the spirit and leadership and the faith and the guts and the brains and the heart that will sec America through tomorrow as their fathers and grandfathers did yesterday. Those who know that the United Mail from home for the 350 Legion Energy ou(|>ut is enormous as .'{(K)-odd millions of young men like Boys' Staters at the University of New Mexico youths hohl election rally States has Georgia, at Athens, last Jinie 11-17. on N.M.M.L campus in Roswell, N.iNL (Continued on page 35) 22 847 yoiiiigsters on the iiiovc al Anieiicaii Legion Boys' State on the Rutgers University tanipns at New Uriinsuick, N.J.. last june.

PENNSYLVANIA Uivuled into cities, 340 Uoys" Staters at IndiaiUown Gap Militar) Res- er^aiion, Penirsyhania, hear acceptance speeches ol citizens they've just eletted as their mavors. Foreground group is "Hoak Citv." whose

mayor, lelt. won election, Jmie li.J, aided by campaign manager, right.

Above: Two members ol the \\ .isliiiigioii Si.iic Scm.ik " give earnest advice on the floor to a third Senator whose bill is being debated by the lull "Senate." Right: Minority Leader Peter liingham pre- sents list of nominees as the Maine "legislature" elects members to the Governor's Council at the University of Maine, Orono. 23 J

PRfSENT/NG BOTH SIDES OF BIG ISSUES FACING THE NATION

THIS MONTH'S SUBJECT: Should the United States Government Sponsor a National Lottery?

(PRO) In 1960 my State (New (CON) Should this nation, the lead- York) took in over $96 million in rac- er of the free world, in order to raise ing taxes. By simple computation it revenue, encourage and appeal to the can be deduced from this that the improvidence of its people? That per- American public spent close to $30 haps is the basic question raised by billion on various forms of gambling the introduction in this Congress of — most of them illegal — last year. This H.R. 2007 to provide for Federal lot- is conclusive proof that the human teries to raise funds, to reduce the na- urge to gamble is inborn. Antigam- tional debt and to reduce Federal in- bling legislation merely drives the ac- come taxes. The plan is offered as a tivity underground and puts the profits in the pockets recognition of the "American urge to gamble as an of the criminal undei^world. instinctive and universal human trait." Perhaps the fallacy of this proposal is expressed in that statement My long-standing proposal for a national lottery is by the author. based on the conviction that the Federal Treasury, rather than the gang lords, should be the recipient of this immense amount of money. A national lottery Gambling is neither an "instinct" nor a "universal would yield an estimated $10 billion in revenue after human trait." Gambling is simply a manifestation of the award of prizes and the payment of overhead costs. man's innate desire to acquire money and property. There are two ways to accomplish this objective: First,

industry, is, working, saving, investing and Opposition to my plan has taken the form of vague by that by creating; second, sometimes the overwhelming im- assertions that it would "raise economic, social and pulse to acquire money impels the individual to em- moral issues." This is pure hypocrisy. By this yard- steal, obtain fraud or other methods w'hich stick we automatically condemn the peoples and the bezzle, by are reprehensible or illegal. governments of most of the civilized countries of the world. Forty-six nations on both sides of the Iron Curtain ameliorate their fiscal problems with the The desire to acquire money and property is natu- painless and voluntary form of taxation I urge my ral and legitimate. The method pursued in the acqui- fellow Americans to adopt. Who will be so foolish as sition is the critical test. If the effort is productive of to charge that the economy of West Germany has been social wealth and stability for which the industrious undermined by a national lottei-y grossing $240 million ai-e rewarded, it should be encouraged by the public annually? Can anyone suggest a nation with a greater policy of the Government and its people. If it encour- degree of social stability than Switzerland, where this ages recklessness with people's resources, produces no form of gambling is legalized? Are we to claim a real wealth, provides a reward without w'ork or indus- higher degree of morality in the United States than in try, sanctions improvidence to the point of poverty Australia and New Zealand, where the government- and want, social consequences require it be con- operated lotteries aie an accepted way of life? demned.

It is time we woke up to reality. The director of our Budget Bureau recently predicted that the national A lottery is a manifestation of the less desirable budget may rise to the neighborhood of $120 billion. acquisitive methods of man. The social evils created This frightening forecast can mean not only the end are so widely recognized that all of the States in the of all hopes for tax relief but, worse than that, the Union prohibit lotteries by constitution or statute. imposition of more and higher taxes. The American Should our Federal Government impose this scheme people are fed up with constantly rising taxes. It is in opposition to the moral objections raised against it time Congress faced the facts of life, recognized that in every State in the Union? Shouldn't this Congress the attempt to suppress gambling is as stupid and set a standard which would encourage the more noble illogical as Prohibition and took steps to channel the aspirations of man, rather than establish a standard billions of dollars now supporting the criminal element which is simply a lure to improvidence? Any program into funds for public betterment. which degrades or stultifies the social conscience or idealism of this Government is unworthy of consideration by this Congress or the people.

Paul A. Fino ( R ) Vernon W. Thomson (Ri of Member Congress from the 25th District of New YorK Member of Congress from the 3d District of Wisconsin

24 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 1461 : s 1. . :

1961

MILITARY RECORDS WILL BE TOUGH date is the deadline in cases where entitle- TO CORRECT AFTER OCT. 26: ment to a GI loan was restored after having

Is there an error in your military- been used once. . All unused WW2 entitlement records?. . .It will be much tougher to have is open until July 25, 1962 at least . a correction made after October 26. . .The Korea deadlines The same principles gov't has set that date as an application apply as for WW2 (10 years plus one more for deadline for normal corrections of military each 3 months active duty during Korean records as they would apply to war veterans. War), but not beyond Jan. 31, 1975... Errors in the military records of Deadlines for disability-released vets and veterans can seriously affect their rights restored entitlements are automatically (usually when most needed) if not officially Jan. 31, 1975... All unused entitlements corrected. .. The Oct. 26 deadline provides are open to Jan. 31 , 1965 at least . that

"No correction. . .may be made unless ARMY PUBLISHES HUGE FIRST the claimant or his heirs or legal VOLUME OF KOREAN WAR HISTORY t representative files a request therefor The U.S. Army has published the first of before Oct. 26, 1961, or within 3 years after five projected volumes telling of its part he discovers the error or injustice, in the Korean War. . .It should be noted right whichever is later..." off that the Army has tossed overboard the There is a provision for a correction weasel-worded political descriptions of board to waive the deadline when, in its this great war as a "conflict" or "police opinion, it "would be in the interest of action" and calls it the Korean War . . . In justice .".. .Vets who know of errors that simple justice to history and the men who should be corrected but are tempted to fought in it, it's about time that some delay filing are reminded that the waiver of official body in the United States concedes

the deadline would depend on the board ' that it was a war . opinion, not their own. In many respects the Korean War ranks in

Suggestion from American Legion Nat ' magnitude of U.S. participation with World

Rehabilitation Commission: War 1. . .Casualties (55,000 dead and 103,000 "Anyone who believes an error was made wounded) were less: duration of U.S. hos- in his service records should enter a written tilities was twice as long: million more application before Oct. 26, 1961, onDep't of Americans were under arms ; support by Allied

Defense Form DD 149 (Application for forces in the field was less. . .U.S. logistic Correction of Military or Naval Records.) participation was greater.

. . .Form can be secured from VA offices or The initial Army History— 813 pages with through Legion service officers." fold-in maps — covers the first 5 months of the Korean War, is titled " South to the GI LOAN DEADLINE DATES Naktong, North to the Yalu . " . . .Author is LIBERALIZED UNDER NEW LAW: Roy E. Appleman, who was sent to active duty On July 6, the President signed Public in Korea as a historian after having co- Law 87-84, which liberalizes application authored one of the finest of the Army's dates for GI loans for WW2 and Korea vets. . splendid series of WW2 histories, "Okinawa: In some cases it extends the Korea deadline The Last Battle ."... In brief, the volume to 1975, and the WW2 to 1967. covers virtually every detail of military WW2 deadlines are now 10 years from date action of the Korean War, in 1950, from its of separation plus a year for each 3 months outbreak in June to the point of the surprise of active WW2 duty, but not beyond July 25, Chinese Communist crossing of the Yalu in

1967... Also, if separation was for a November. . .Price $10. . .For sale by Sup ' t of service-connected disability the deadline Documents , U.S . Gov' t Printing Office , is automatically July 25, 1967. . .The same Washington 25, D.C.

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 1961 • 25 . : .

GI LOANS TO IMPROVE 39% OF WWl VETS NOW QUALIFY VETS HOMES: FOR VA CASH BENEFITS: Vets of WW2 and Korea, who own homes with Age and disability are rapidly increas- GI mortgages, can get additional VA guaran- ing the number of World War 1 veterans who tees on "supplemental loans" to do such receive VA Benef its . . . In 1960 a total of things as add needed rooms, make repairs... 178,174 vets of the 1917-18 war were added Guarantee of supplemental loans is avail- to the pension rolls (the net increase was able, says VA : "for alterations, repairs 97,308, as 80,866 WWl pensioners died during and improvements necessary for the protec- the year)... At the end of the 1960 fiscal tion of the property or to substantially year 1,025,730 of 2,673,000 living WWl improve the livability or utility of the vets received military or VA monthly " property. . . .This is true even if the orig- benefits, of whom 851,255 received pensions inal entitlement was fully used to buy the and 173,084 service-connected disability place... Of course the vet must find a lender compensation. .. It added up to 38.4% of all

. . . The VA provides the guarantee , not the WWl vets receiving monthly benef its ... In money. . .Guarantee makes it easier to find 1961 it was over 39%. . .The number is indica- lender by supporting vet's credit rating. tive of age and disability and lessened

income, which are the bases of the awards. . HOW TO AVAIL YOURSELF In addition, 464,839 widows, children and OF LEGITIMATE LEGION SERVICES: dependent parents of deceased WWl vets Many Legionnaires, when in need of received monthly benefits in 1960, and over perfectly normal personal assistance or 200,000 WWl vets received VA medical care information from The American Legion, ...One of the major annual efforts of The address their queries to The National American Legion is to see that adequate

Commander or Nat ' 1 Hq, or The American funds are appropriated to provide these Legion Magazine ... But personal services services, and to see that the governing laws which the Legion renders are organized are adequate for the need... The benefits locally and on the state level . . .Time is lost are under constant attack from other sources while requests aimed too high are bucked back ...Another reflection of the growing need down the line .. .Nearly all such requests of WWl vets for basic benefits is that in should be started with your Post Service 1961, about one-third of the VA budget v/as

Officer. . .Some are in the domain of other for WWl vets, about one-ninth of the veteran officers of your Post... Your service officer population. cannot know all the answers . . But that makes BE no diff erence . . .He knows exactly where to MONTHLY "ADVANCE" SHOULD take any legitimate veterans' problem that SAVED BY ALL POSTS: is beyond his scope. . .The national oganiza- American Legion Post Commanders are tion does not handle any personal problems urged to set up a permanent file of the special of veterans except those referred to it by national Legion publication "Advance."... the state and other department service Its basic circulation is one to a Post. . officers, that have already been worked up It contains much information of permanent locally. value , some of it at such length that it Occasionally veterans have problems of cannot easily be supplied from any office a kind in which The American Legion can of the Legion to a Post that has thrown out assist them, but which, by their peculiar its back issues of Advance . . . Case in point nature, are not within the scope of any A Post recently asked for info on procuring officer of your Post . . .In nearly all such ceremonial rifles and ammunition. .. This cases the proper place to make inquiry is the info is several pages in length, *but went Department (state) Adjutant's Office... to all Posts in the Jan. 1961 Advance — The Probably many members of the Legion do not complicated legislative situation regarding know the address of their state hq...It is vets pension legislation, which any Post suggested that each Post tack the address of may need at any time, and which is also its state hq on its bulletin board, and lengthy, was set forth in the July 1961 occasionally publish it in bulletins, Advance . . .The August 1961 Advance had four newspapers or announcements that are mailed detailed pages on the development of the 1962 to all members . . . Also , the address and phone Oratorical Contest, which your Oratorical number or office hours of the Post Service chairman will find of great value a few months Officer. hence. ..If it's still on file.

26 • IHF, AMERICAN LECilON MAGAZINE « SEPTEMBER 1961 .

ofThe American Legion

and Veterans' Affairs

Dennis P. Gillespie, Youngstown, Ohio; Texan Named President At Air Force, Joseph M. Shanahan, Wash- ington, D.C.; Attoriu'ij General, Peter R. Coneway, Harligen, Texas; Post- Nat'l Legion Youth Conclave rnaster General, Allen D. Carl, Water- loo, Iowa. Jefferson James Jaivis, 17, a student shows delegates from Washington State at Arlington Heights High School, Fort greeted by their two U.S. Senators at the Wortli, was elected President of the Capitol)

1961 American Legion Boys' Nation in First act of Jar\ is' administration was Washington, D.C., on July 25. to pass a unanimous resolution in sup- He was one of 100 boys who will be port of President Kennedy's public pro- seniors in high school in the. fall who nouncement on the defense of Berlin were selected by the 49 American Le- and the strengthening of the U.S. mili- gion Boys' States (see "America Will tary establishment. The President's dec-

Survi\ e", p. 22) to attend Boys' Nation laration was broadcast the same evening July 21-28. that Boys' Nation held its elections. Earlier Jarvis had been elected Lieu- The resolution, plus a football and a tenant Go\ernor of the Texas Boys' sweatshirt for President Kenned\-, were State, to which he was sponsored b\' deli\'ered directly to the White House by the delegates. Here are the other young men who became national officials of Bo\'s' Nation for the next year: FRANK Daemon Pea^ik 17, of Clie\ enne, Cabinet Secretaries: State, Kenneth ) , Wyo., Vice President of 1961 Boys' Nation. Howard, Jr., Manhasset, N.Y.; Agricul-

ture, Richard J. Smith, Albuquerque, Supreme Court: Chief Justice: Mar-

N. Mex.; Treasury. John Otis Mudd, vin E. Brown, Pocatello, Idaho. A.v.vf)- Great Falls, Mont.; Interior, Allen ciate Justices: Lowell A. Margolin, Los Richard Yates, Shelby, Miss.; Healtli, Angeles, Calif.; James M. Weber, Edueation

Moses Lake, Wash.; Armtj, Daniel K. N. Mex.; and Glenn W. Kiger, Jr., Wil- Nordb>-, Rapid City, S. Dak.; Navij, liamstown, W. Va.

JEFFERSON J. Jarvis. 17. cf Fort Wortli, Texas, Prcsidi'iit ol 1(J()1 Boys' Nation.

Business-Professional Post 14, of Fort Worth. Jarvis, president of his high school class, ran on the "Federalist" ticket, and won over his "Nationalist" opponent,

Kenneth J. Howard, Jr., of Manhasset, N.Y.

Vice-President of Boys' Nation is 17- year-old Frank Daemon Peasley, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, an all-around student and class-president at Cheyenne High School, who had earlier carried the race for the Governorship of Wyoming Boys' State. Boys' Nation was headquartered on the campus of the University of Mar>- land at College Park, just outside Wash- ington, and made itself familiar with the workings of the national government STEVE Williams and Roger Fineli, at Boys' Nation from Wasliingtoii, plan with tlieir during its week's meetings. (Photo U.S. Senators, Henry M. Jackson and Warren Magnuson, to boost 1962 Seattle Fair.

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTE.MIUiR 1961 • conditions and instructions: Bowling Tournament for Men, Women of tournament 1. Tear out and take these instructions with you to Den\'er. Legion and Auxiliary at Nat'l Convention 2. Complete your entry in person in Den- ver at Celebrity Lanes, 888 S. Colorado Bl\ d., before noon, Sept. 10. Are >ou going to the Legion's Nat'l Fee includes bowling cost, tourney ex- 3. To complete entry there, be prepared Convention in Denver this September? pense and prize fund. to: (a) give name and address of each bowler (b) Give average for each for the If so, do you, and/or any of your pals All entries (or reservations by maga- 1960-61 season in league where highest es as zine coupon) must be postmarked not wlio are going rather fancy yourseh a\crage (21 games or more) was rolled, bowlers, at least as far as handicap com- later than Sept. 5, received not later than and identify league. petition goes? Sept. 8. 4. Before competing, vour entries must show 1960-61 ABC or WIBC cards and Both a men's and a women's Interna- Prize fund will be returned 100% and Legion or Auxiliary membership cards 10- 1 in contestants will share in prizes. tional American Legion Handicap 5 (1961 or 1962). Pin Bowling Tournament will be held in Celebrity Lanes is one of America's 5. On coupon, circle "yes ' or "no " oppo- Den\er, Colo., at the time of the 1961 swank bowling emporia. It has 80 alleys site "5-nian team." Fill in number of entries in otlier c% ents. Calculate fee for tiie entries American Legion and American Legion (AMF pinspotters) , seats for 500 spec- you make on cacli line. Total the fees and tators, the Celebrity Restaurant, a hof- Auxiliary National Conventions there. send clieck for grand total with coupon. Tournament dates are Sept. 9-13. brau, an Olympic-size swimming pool, 6. Do not include more than 6 different Tournament will be open to members coffee shop, barber shop, billiard room, jjcople on any one entry reser\ ation. 7. Mail so that postmark won't be later of tlie Legion and Auxiliary for 1961 or game room, soda-bar, supervised nur- than Sept. 5. If near the deadline, better 1962 who bowled at least 21 games in sery, a pro-shop and parking for 500 airmail, as Sept. 8 is last day for receipt in an American Bowling Congress sanc- cars outdoors, 100 cars underground. It's Denver. tioned league (men) or Women's Inter- open 24 hours a day. national Bowling Congress sanctioned Tournament address is: AMERICANA: league during the 1960-61 bowling sea- James R. Hewett, Tournament Secre- son. tary, American Legion Convention Cor- Our Sick Art Unlike most big bowling tournaments, poration, Room 360, Shirley-Savoy Ho- The San Francisco Examiner had fun a bowler may enter the singles even if tel, Denver 2, Colorado. spoofing Boston last June 17. Under a not entered in the doubles or five-man Entries heading "Banned in Boston," it showed team events. In addition to those three Entry forms may be hard to come by a photo by a San Franciscan that had events, there will he all-events prize at this late date, hut a coupon printed been removed from a Boston art exhibit. competition. on these pa

Colorado Boulevard, Denver. fee, will reserve spots on the tournament Bostonians said it could not grace their Handicaps will be based on the differ- schedule for which fee is paid, without Art Festival. Why?" ence between a bowler's highest 1960-61 naming the persons entered or giving According to our San Francisco read- average in a league in which at least 21 other needed information about them ers, their city suffered in this deal. games were rolled, and a 200 score. right now. The entry can be completed "Three cheers for Boston," wrote a Handicap will be 66% of the difference. in person in Denver, at the Celebrity Bush Street San Franciscan. "The photo Entry fee is $25 for a five man team; Lanes, before noon, Sunday Sept. 10. was a flagrant and senseless violation of $5 a person in the singles and in the If )'ou use the coupon, don't fill in the United States flag code. The Boston doubles; $1 a person in the all-c\ents. anything until you've read the following papers didn't have to ask why it was banned, and we're ashamed that anyone did here." BOWLING ENTITY ItESEKVATION FORM The photo was indeed a \ioIation of

the U.S. Hag code. If it made any sense Janu's R. Hewett, Tournament Secietary in any other respect, the explanation American Let^ion C^oiiventioii C<)r|)oration should make interesting reading. ,'!()() Shirley-Savoy Room In the photo a fully dressed woman Denver 2, Colorado lounges on a bed in an affected pose — Reserve spots in the Legion's (men's) (women's) bowling tourney for me, as as if about to get out her lorgnette and indicated below. Entry is made in accordance with conditions published in peer at something — in some sort of a

Sept. 1961 American Legion Magazine, which I've read. I'll complete the pad which is said to be a Jackson Street, entry in Denver at Celebrity Lanes by noon, Sunday Sept. 10. My draft is San Francisco, dwelling. She wears a enclosed lor the entry fee for the reservations I'm asking, made payable to broad brimmed hat. The room is clut- The American Legicm Convention Corporation. tered with enough biic-a-brac to be Victorian. I 5-man team Yes $25 No $00 Total 5-man fee $. The bedspread on which the model

I r sits is the flag of the United States. Not 2-man team _ teams at $10 per team Total 2-man fee $_ | I only does her bottom (demurely clad)

Singles .bowlers at $5 each | Total singles fee $. rest on it, so do her curled up feet. Hang-

j All-events .bowlers at $ I each | Total all-events fee $. ing as drapes over a window in the are or more U.S. flags. Crand Total backgroimd one j (check enclosed) For a while last June, the jihoto was Name (signature] .Name (printed). hung as "art" at the Boston Arts Festival j in Boston Public Gardens. Street address City .State. I Tom Abely, of Canton, Mass., being

• SEPTEMBER I'X.I 28 THE AMERIC AN I EGION MAGAZINE . . something of a camera fiend, visited tlie ticipated in the Legion's National Blood Speech Disorders Boston exiiibit to peek at wliat's new in Donor Program to a degree sufficient to the lens-art field. recei\e official an national citation for The National Hospital for Si^eech When he saw the creation of San 1960-61. Disorders in New York City is conduct- Francisco's bespectacled Gerald Bur- 100% of The American Legion Posts ing a systematic, long-range study of his in participated chard, Ahely blew top. He had spent Maine in the blood pro- neurological blocks, and of the charac- some little part of his life in uniform de- gram, which gave Maine the champion- teristics and leaniing-patterns of people fending the flag "art" to ship for Post participation. which now used In addition, who have them. One segment of the support s of all the model gluteus maximiis. 41% the Legionnaires in Maine study, recently completed, was under- First protested to ears at were registered American he deaf the Legion blood written with a grant from The American Festival itself. donors, which let cop tliat prize Maine Legion (;hild Welfare Foundation. He then pointed the thing out lo too. The hospital is trying to put the un- Peter Pappas, Massachusetts Legion Rhode Island and Hawaii took second derstanding of the syndromes of which Adjutant. and third in the Post-participation functional speech disorders are symp- Pappas blew his cork and called it to derb\'. 85.4% of Rhode Island's and toms on a far more scientific basis than the attention of Boston's Collins. 64.7% of Hawaii's posts had blood donor Mayor they now are. Mayor Collins blew his cork and programs in 1960-61. dialed Diggery \'enn, director of the Art New York and Rhode Island were CALIFORNIA: Festival. runners-up in the percentage of individ- The law was cited, to wit certain pas- ual donors. New York: 25%. Rhode Is- \Miere Did They Co? sages of Public Law 623, of June, 1942, land: 21%. In California, in 1960, a handful of as amended, such as: "The flag should The Florida American Legion got a kids from high schools and colleges, with ne\ er be used as drapery, nor festooned, special award from tlie national organi- tlie usual egghead stereotypes in their drawn back, nor up in folds." zation for its "excellent reporting tech- brains about what The American Legion And again : The flag should not in any nique in the blood donor program." is and stands for, got their names in tlie manner "be attached to, or made a part papers by picketing the state American of any cushion, handkerchief, bedspread CHILD WELFARE: Legion Convention carrying silly ban- Area (^oiirerences ners. They probably went home con- And again: "The flag should never vinced that they'd run terrible risks. touch anything beneatli it" (exceptions Coming This year, word went out that some — to cover a casket, or when stored ) The five annual American Legion more misled youngsters would be organ- Above all: "No disrespect should be Area Child Welfare Conferences will be ized by some more malfunctioning adults shown to the flag of the United States of held in November, December and Janu- to put on the same feat of law courage America." ary. Here are the dates and the states. again. However, being forewarned, the Tom Abely had already called these Cities and meeting halls will be an- California Legion took steps to see them things to the attention of the Festi\ al as nounced later. through the awful dangers of their brave one might speak to a wall. Mayor Collins Midwestern Area: Nov. 2, 3, 4, — deed. may have also mentioned the $15,000 Kansas. An honor guard, composed of Legion- that the Festival gets from the Boston Western Area: Nov. 16, 17, 18- naires of many races and both sexes, City Council to put on its annual show. Washington ( State ) including three Purple Heart veterans, Ma\ ()r Collins most certainly said to get New England Area: Nov. 30, Dec. 1, stood duty to "protect" the pickets from that thing out of there. 2 — Connecticut. their "perils." The special guard carried It got out of there. Middle Atlantic Area: Dec. 7, 8, 9 - a banner stating: "The American Legion Maryland. Picket Protection Honor Guard. For VITAL STREAM: Southern Area: Jan. 11, 12, 13- God and Country Legionnaires have Tennessee. fought in 3 World Wars. We fought Fas- A (>i'iiiisoii Torrent Not every war veteran actually "bled THANKS LEGION FOR BLOOD for his country." Not all were where the bleeding was done, and some who were there led charmed li\es and came out cpiite thankfully unscratched. But hundreds of thousands of veterans in The American Legion have expressed their thanks for coming back ahve by bleeding for their country e\ er since. If there's a bigger single voluntary source of blood donors for humane purposes in the world, we'd like to hear of it. From June 1960 to March 1961 the American Legion in the Philippines alone turned o\ cr 2,500,000 cubic centimeters of blood to the Philippine Na- tional Red Cross, and since 1958, when blood-donating was organized Depart- ment-wide in the Philippines, the total is 3.5 million cubic centimeters—which exceeds all other blood donations to the Philippine Red Cross combined. Of the 58 American Legion state and GEN. ALFRED M. Grucntlier, (r) head of American Red Cross, \ isitcd Legion Hq in other Department organizations, 38 par- Wasliington reccntl\ lo tluink Nat'l CmdrWm. R.Burke for Legion Posts' blood donorsliip.

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • St PTrMBER lOf.l • 29 cists in Italy, Nazis in Germany and 24. Post 1, Tulsa, Okla. - 2,472. LIFE MEMBERSHIPS Communists in Korea to protect your 25. Post 9, Spokane, Wa.sh. - 2,457. The citation of an individual Legion- right to picket." Arrangements were 26. Pest 12, Reading, Pa. - 2,456. naire to life membership in his Post is a made to provide shelter from the bhizing 27. Post 1, Phoenix, Ariz. - 2,435. testmonial by those who know him best sun for the pickets, and coffee was 28. Post 31, Albuquerque, N. Mex. - that he has served The American Le- brewed for them to make their ordeal 2,327. gion well. more bearable. 29. Post 381, Los Angeles, Calif. - Post Commanders or Adjutants are After all these pains, no pickets 2,315. asked to report life membership awards showed up, even though the plans to 30. Post 85, Kankakee, 111. - 2,300. to "Life Memberships," The American baby-sit them had been well-publicized. 31. Post 118, Chicago, 111. - 2,281. Legion Magazine, 720 5th Ave., New It was an awful let-down. 32. Post 47, Fort Wayne, Ind.-2,] 63. York, N. Y. Post number, location and 33. Post 246, Mohne, 111. - 2,042. date of award is requested in all cases. BIG POSTS: 34. Post 131, Chicago Heights, 111. - Receipt of names cannot be acknowl- 2,031. edged. King Sizors at Midyear 35. Post 132, Wilkes-Barre. Pa. - Life Memberships in Maiyland, Ohio

The biggest post in The American 2,017. and West Virginia are only accepted if Legion as of last June 30 was still Ley- 36. Post 26, Minot, N. Dak. - 2,015. received via the Department Adjutant, den-Chiles-Wickersham Post 1 in Den- 37. Post 14, Hanover, Pa. - 2,015. in conformity with state Legion policy. ver, Colo., which those attending the 38. Post 17, Portland, Maine - 2,000. Below are listed some of the previous- Nat'l Convention in September will have ly unpublished life memberships that an opportunity to visit. Denver's big post FOOD DEP'T: have been reported to the editors. They had 8,859 members on well are arranged States. June 30, Biscuits Forever by ahead of two Nebraska runners-up — Are John M. King and T. A. Smith and W. H. Zie- Lincoln Post 3 (7,216) and Omaha Post Here's a sequel to the story and pic- genbein (all 1959). Post 4, Cullman. Ala. Clarence C. Curran (1961). Post 6, San Dieeo. 1 (5,101). ture that appeared here in July, about Calif. Altogether there were 38 "king-size" the fine VVWI Army biscuit which ex- Leon D. Fletcher and Paul Frampton (both 1961). Post 123. Santa Monica. Calif. posts as of June 30. A "king-sizer" has at Sgt Robert Leckrone, of Detroit, has en- Ray G. Kimberlin (1961), Post 223, Maywood, Calif. least shrined in an exhibit case — as luscious 2,000 members. Three Posts that James H. Duncan (1961), Post 271, Los Angeles, weren't on the list at midyear last year as it e\ er was — 43 years after being Calif. Ra.v R. Burgoon and Michael Grenaldo and got into the "giant circle ' — namely: ground out of the mess sgt's assembly Cvril Holmes (all 1961), Post 352, Los Angeles, Calif. line. Joseph F. Ncel Post 3, Macon, Ga. Delia Hart (1961), Post 353. Los Angeles. Calif. Hans Rockholm (1961), Post 368, Angeles, (2,561); Luke Greenway Post 1, Phoe- You see here a photo, rather dim, of Los Calif. nix, Ariz. (2,435) and Chicago Heights another exhibit, this one at the Museum Viola Boysen (1961), Post 379, Oakland. Calif. Byron E. Dunn (1961), Post 10, Washington, Post 131, Chicago Heights, 111. (2,031). of American Wars, 106 ^^^•att Earp DC. The 38 "king-sizers" had a total of George Bush (1959) and Frank H. JIbbens (1961), Post 44. Pekin, 111. 118,816 members on June 30. Jim Burnett and Adam Hohm (both 1961), Post 5X, Belleville, 111. Here are the at 38 midyear, with room Leslie C. Arends (1960). Post 642. Melvin, III. for more before 1961 books close next Ora Abbott and Phil L. Donult (both 1961), Post 686, Elmwood Park. 111. Dec. 31: Elmer Runde and Jerry Stoda and Matt Tim- merman and Ted Timmerman (all 1960), Post 787, 1. Post - 1, Denver, Colo. 8,859. East Dubuque, III. 2. Post 3, Lincoln, Nebr. - 7,216. George H. Grommet (1961), Post 937, Smithton, III. 3. Post 1, Omaha, Nebr. - 5,101. Al E. Miller (1961), Post 5. Mt. Vernon, Ind. Percy Glover and Charles E. Riehl and Roscoe 4. Post 23, Milwaukee, Wis.-4,855. Thompson (all 1961), Post 66, Griffith. Ind. Alfred C. Brown (1961), Post 77. Brookville, 5. Post 1, Memphis, Tenn. — 4,741. Ind. 6. Post 14, Shreveport, La. - 4,243. Herbert Weber (1961). Post 231, Aurora, Ind. Frank W. Brown (1958) and Frank L. Cogen and 7. Post 799, Buffalo, N.Y. - 3,800. Frank J. Daly and John V. MIraglia (all 1959), Post 45. Mass. 8. Post 37. Hunts\ ille, Ala. - 3,522. Medford, Supersupcrannuated Biscuit Charles L. Davis (1951) and Wlnthrop R. Cnfts 9. Po.st 5, Pittsburgh, Pa. - 3,514. (1957) and Edwin H. Lombard (1960), Post 115. — Stoneham, Mass. 10. Post 435, Minneapolis, Minn. Blvd., Dodge City, Kans. If you look Ravmond T. Buck (1960) and Thomas F. Flana- gan (1961), Post 189. Sterling. Mass. 3,199. carefully you will see that there's an old Howard B. Parker and Lewis F. Perry and Dr. 11. Post 15, Sioux Falls, S. Dak. - Army biscuit here too. According to Charles E. Roderick (all 1959). Post 225, Wren- tham, Mass. 3,162. reader Dick Strayer, Dodge Cit\' life in- John L. Buckley (1961), Post 228, Somerset, Mass. 12. Post 2, Fargo, N. Dak. - 3,083. surance specialist, fliis beautiful and Frank Reck and Harry Sutton and Herman 13. Post 5, Cedar Rapids, Iowa — tempting biscuit went uneaten in the Schultz (all 1960). Post 117, Manchester. Mich. F. J. Block (I960). Post 11. Laurel. Miss. 3,030. Spanish-American W ar. Charies F. Zlege (1961), Post 83. Fort Peck. 14. Post 38 Baton Rouge, La.-3,012. got a can of the original Mont. Anybody John Calvcrlv and Dr. .Sidnev Chaves and Dr. 15. Post 35, Oklahoma Citv, Okla. - Uncle Sam bully beef. Civil War vin- Leo Cooper and John F. Doolan (all 1960), Post 19, Bavonnc, N. J. 2,902. tage? Earl S. Keen (1960). Post 466. Blackwood, N. J. Walter Andrews (1960). Post 34. Shortsville, 16. Post 29, Miami, Fla. - 2,836. P.S. sent a The fellow who us photo N.Y. 17. Post 1, Topeka, Kans. - 2,804. of the macaroni Yankee Doodle left on Rov A. Duffus and Clarence Frederick (both 1959) and J. Earl T.vtler, Sr. (1960), Post 238, 18. Post 207, Chicago, 111. - 2,731. his plate in 1776 can go to blazes. But Rochester, N. Y. 19. Post 3, Kingsport, Tenn. - 2,619. while we're on the subject, can you ex- Francis Thew and Isadore I'rfirer (both 1953) and Hugh Lawrence (1954), Post 326, Lake Placid. 20. Post 14, Chattanooga, Tenn. - plain to yoiu" posterity just icJiy Yankee N.Y. ClilTord M. Potter and DeForest W. Truman 2,613. Doodle, when he stuck a feather in his (both 1961). Post 370, Alfred. N, Y. William R. Richardson (1953), Post 398, New 21. Post 3, Macon, Ga. - 2,561. cap, "called it macaroni?" Hint: A Mary- York. N.Y. 22. Post 27, Harri.sburg, Pa. - 2,555. land outfit in the Revolution was called Hyman Goldman and Louis Goldstein and Ernest J. Hansen and Walter J. Kennedy (all 23. Post Nashville, - 5, Tenn. 2,531. "Macaronis" for the same reason. 1961). Post 543, New York, N.Y.

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William Theiirer and Joseph C. Thiirnherr and Carl E. Weber (all 1959), l»i>st 70«. Biillalo. N.Y. Julius Hansen and.Vllen K. Herriek and Charles P. Reilh and Kavmond N. Sherman (all 1961). Post 7.M. Schatihticokc, N.Y. DOING IT THE HARD WAY by E. Seelve Da.vton and Walter J. Stone (both borr l9Hn. Post lOl.S. Amilyville. N.Y. Gusta\e F. Rohrmiller and Henry J. Wickert (GETTING RID OF DANDRUFF, THAT IS!) jT*^^'^^ (both 1961). Post 1019. Albany. N.Y. Al Schensnl and Georce J. Stickney and Joseph S. Weber (all 1961). Post 1124. Bronx. N.Y. Hush J. Nester and C. M. Poole and H. V. Pose.> (all 1961). Post 129. Stillwater. Okla. Jav Palmer and Tom Palmer and Georce Parker and Ben Pharis (all I960), Post 10. Albany. Greg. Burton A. Shupp (1961), Post IS5. Mount Joy, Pa. Mike Kukie (1961). Post 5.18, Pittsburgh, Pa. Frank Dorazio and Francis J. Frelier and David Callu and Thomas L. Hammer (all 1960). Post 544. Mincrsville. F'a. Kobert Jordan and Donald A. Knott and Letmard Maines (all 1960). Post 9()S. Scranton. Pa. Armando Marrazzo (1961), Post 94S, Scranton. Pa. Courtney Whitney (1961). Post I. Manila. P.I. .\ndrew D. (;ruher (1961), Post 6, Manila, P. I. Charles S. Ausustowski and Thaddeus W. Szymkowicz (both 1961), Post XI. Anthony. R.I. Carl Brown (1961). Post 24. Alexandria. Va. Robert Phillips (1961), Post 80, New Richmond. Wis. Dr. I.»le F. Schilling (1958) and Dr. Gale W. Huher (1961). Post 89, Minocqua, Wis.

THE MEMBERSHIP DERBY: Miliiiosota and (Xliers

Here are tlie Departments (and a iew Posts) that were leaders in the American easier 3-minute way for men: FITCH Legion membership sweepstakes iii ri

' market Early in July, the Florida Legion that makes you $217.00 EXTRA competition. Multi-million dollar yours alone. fVIake small fortune even spare needed less than 120 more 1961 mem- each month for just 2 easy orders a day. You feature 195 time. Incredibly quick sales. Free sales kit. iBulb Div.). 114 E. 32nd. Uept. bers to beat the previous year for the fast-selling dress, spurt, work shoe styles for men and MERLITE women. Air-cushion shoes, many other special features! C-ll NewYork 16, N.Y .Monlrealt .PQ tenth time running. It was well over its Sizes 2i/2-15-widthsAAAAtoEEEE. Draw on 200.000 pair /n Canada Mopi Co .lid .371 Dor,d$l stock. Also horsehide jackets. Start now seMing tofriends, 1961 goal with 46,467 members, and it folks where you work. Rush postcard for FREE Outfit would top last year if it could make it MASON SHOE, Dept. G-856, CHIPPEWA FALLS. WIS. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • .SEPTEMBEK 1961 • 3| . " ,

POSTS IN ACTION MEMBER.SHIP DERBY shoe worker in Lewiston, never expected. Items from our 1 7.000 posts. Those of most (Contiiiiit'd from page 31) Part of the citation gi\en him by the aeiicral interest and widest geograpliical spread 46,584. Florida's Legion has increased Maine Legion said: are selected, with apoh)gies for the liundreds in size every year since its 1952 figures "Over a period of years, Mr. Souc\ of otiicrs that arc so kiiidhj reported to the beat those of 1951. editors. assisted by his wife, personally collected Meanwhile, in Alabama, Dadeville new clothes, gifts, toys, candies and Scholarship - Post 209, New York, N.Y.. Post 143 took care of 1962 by turning in many other articles for the mentally re- established a $1,000 college scholarship more 1962 membership cards early in tarded children at the Pineland Hospital tlirough member George D. Full. This Juh' than its 1961 membership. By jump- and Training Center, ha\ing an aggre- year's winner was Joseph Ra])use. NYC ing the gun so fast on 1962, Post 143 gate value of over $75,000. was the first Post in the nation to out- high school senior, who will use it at "A couple of modest means, the Sou- reach its 1961 record for 1962. It New York's C;it\ College. must cys spend most of their non-working be fim, because Post J 43 pulled the time on this project so that the children American VVa>- — Post 34, W'ellsburg, same trick last \ eai-. in the institution will ne\ er feel that the\ time, in hot jjursuit, Post VV. \'a., presented a series of 10 films on This came are forgotten or that they are not lo\ ed. 6, Wrangell. Alaska, economics titled "How We Li\e In which was edged "Untiringly, da\' after day, night after America," to the Brooke Coimt>' Board out b\' a nose hy Dade\'ille as it beat its night, and throughout the year, he de- of Education. Tlie films and stud\' course 1962 quota by July 10, 1961. votes his time to soliciting these articles for high school students cost $600. But the \ er\ first Post to turn in am/ from the residents, merchants and busi- 1962 cards was Post 313, Fairmont, Ind. nessmen in the Lewiston-Auburn area

On June 26 there arrived at Nat l Hq Big Assist — Post & Au.xiliary Unit 123. . . . His unselfishness, devotion, and love 116 cards for 1962 from Fairmont. Owen, Wise, donated over $800 (the for those who have had a hard struggle proceeds from a benefit dance) to Ralph in life, has earned him the right to be RECOGNITION DEP'T: .'" Peterson, a Curtiss (Wise.) logger, who called 'a man among men' . . lost a leg after a logging accident. Tlie Giviiigesl People There are so many Souc\ s, doing so many different things, that the Maine of Peace Reminder — Post 165, Midland, One the greatest riches of the Legion will have no trouble continuing Mich., purchased a new die for the local United States is its wealth of ordinary its Humanitarian Award indefinitely. people their post office cancellation machine. Now who freely give of time and The Louisiana Legion will have no to the all mail cancelled at the Midland post energy impro\e world around trouble finding more Loin's Podraskys office bears the inscription "Pra\ for them. either. Peace." Americans are the "gix ingest people, Podrasky's \olimteer work for Matt as visitors from tes- many abroad have Monaghan Post 359 in New Orleans is tified after witnessing the enormous Loan Equipment — Post and Au.xiliarx not unlike Walter Souc\ 's work in Maine Unit 252, Montross, Va., has the follf)w- — and for it he recei\ ed the M. L. Gehr ing hospital equipment for loan to resi- Blue Cap Award of the Louisiana Amer- dents of Westmoreland and Northum- ican Legion this summer. berland Counties: 3 hospital beds, 3 The "blue cap" of course, is the sym- wheel chairs, 3 paiis of crutches. 2 bol of all Legionnaires, the general mem- walkers, 2 sets of bed rails. bers who hold no particiilar ofTice. The Blue Cap Award, established l)y Train Leaders - Post 799, Buffalo. N.Y., Past Dep't Commander "Mike" Gehr of

has sponsored a si.\ weeks course in .Alexandria, La., recognizes, symbolical-

Labor Management Relations for the 1\ , the unselfish labors of far more "blue past 15 years. Free and open to the pub- caps" than could e\ er be singled out for lic, the course this year includes Indus- indi\idual attention.

trial Etiiics, Public Speaking, Labor Law. Parts of Podrasky's citation arc in- • dicati\e of the whole: Sinn \ College Aid - Third annual $100 "He has repaired countless numbeis scliolarship to a senior at Oceanside- amount of responsiinlitx shouldeied in of bicycles, dolls, toys, etc., which (liis) Carlsbad Junior College from Post 146, American communities by unjiaid Post has contributed to underpri\ ileged Oceanside, Calif., went to outstanding groups and individuals. and needy families in and aroimd New-

student Donald Shoemaker in Ju]\ The American Legion of Maine, and Orleans . . . of Louisiana, have decided that unselfish "He has gi\en unselfishly of his time,

Busy Youngsters — The l)0\s of Scjuad- \ ohmteer ci\ ic workers are so important effort, know how . . . and incurred ex- ron 344, Sons of The American Legion, in their states, and at the same time so pense out of his own pocket without Indianapolis, Ind., made 20 different little recognized, that special attention ever asking his Post or fellow man foi-

presentations of 50-star flags and framed should be called to them. reimbursement . . . Pledges ol Allegiance early this summer. In the photo abo\ e you see the almost "He has repaired and reconditioned

ReciiMcnts were 10 hospitals, several embarrassed face of Walter J. Soucy, ol an untold number of wheel chairs and TV stations and shows, and Indiana and Lewiston, Maine, who was selected b\ crutches and strollers which (his) Post Nat'l H(i Legion officials. Then the the Maine American Legion to receive has loaned to persons in need of these youngsters, under ehmn Sy]\ an Pollard, its first annual Humanitarian Award de\ices, (so that) his Post now has 42

hosted a meeting of Indiana's 1 1th recenth , and upon whom descended, at w heel chairs, 12 pairs of crutches and 10 Legion District. the same time, awards, plaques, and strollers on loan to persons who cannot

citations from nmnerous other Maine afford to bu\' them . . . Rodeo — Post 5, Colorado Springs, Colo., groups, as well as a special commenda- "He has (a) talent for planning par- was again the sponsor of the Pike's Peak tion from the Go\ ernor. ties for underpri\ ileged and vmfortunate

Rodeo, its city's annual big slujw. This was something that .Mr. Souc\', a children . . . He has spent countless

32 • I II! AMERK AN I IXilON MACiAZINE • SEPTEMliER l'»6I , hours preparing and distributing gift Kegional youth baseball tourney at Bill- .\ortii Dakota American Legion in 1937. ." baskets to the needy (for) his Post . . ings, Mont., a year ago. FRANK M. GORDON, Oklahoma, a mem- All the Soucys and Podraskys will WALTER (speedy) TRAMS, retired as ber of Legion's Nat'l Internal Affairs never be recognized. They are too nu- South Dakota American Legion Dep't Commission since 1949. merous. The two of them are s\ mbols Ad]t after 18 years in that position, hoh ALLEN L. HENSON, Dep't Cuidr of of all the other gi\ ers, each according to whittemore of W'atertown, S.D. has Georgia American Legion in 1920-21. his abilit\': the businessmen who ser\e succeeded Travis as Adj't. THONLVs R. GOWENLOCK, of Chicago, a as trustees of community institutions; the DR. nniNG HRiCK, mcdical consultant Legion founder at Paris and St. Louis auditors, accountants, cashiers, bankers, for Legion s Nat'l Rehabilitation Di\i- in 1919. painters, masons, carpenters, lawyers, sion, promoted to Professor of Medicine MRS. J. E.\RL merieii;ld, wifc ol the judges, teachers, waiters, bus drivers, at Georgetown University, Washington, Dep't Service Officer of the California nurses, doctors, publishers, reporters, DC. .'\merican Legion. photograjihers, and so on endlessh', who nix iN L. cowGKR, named chairman of ROBERT E. STEVE.NS, Dep't (aiidr ol can be lound in any American commu- the Kansas State Veterans Connnission. the North Caiolina Ameiican Legion in nity (juietly gi\ ing what they are best at He retired as Kansas American Legion 1943-44. to some cause that is good for their so- Dep't Adj't, after 21 yeais' service in MICH.VEL J. HEALY, of (JllicagO. Hc ciety, that needs what the\' c an do, and that post, in 1957. was Illinois' Legion Nat'l E.xecuti\e can't pay for it. JOHN I. HALL, New York, retired as ( Committeeman 1957-.59. More symbolic awards, witli plent\' of Director of Esso Safety Foundation. He fanfare, to this kind of American could devised Legion's nat'l highwa\' safet\- BRIEFLY NOTED: program in 1939. help dispel some of the gloom of those • Seabrook Farms (frozen foods), who arc blind to how rich their country JA^rES \ . D.\Y of Maine, resigned as Bridgeton, N.J., is the New Jersey win- Nat'l Public Relations Director of The is in selfless nobilitN'. ner of the American Legion's annual American Legion. HEALTH: citation for an outstanding record in hir- ERLE COCKE, JR. ot Georgia, Past Nat'l ing the jihysically handicapped. The Chicago Ollensive l^olls Cmdr (1950-51), named by Pres. Ken- Legion authorizes one such awaid in nedy as alternate e.\ecuti\ e director. In- American Legion Posts in Chicago each state each year to encourage em- ternational Bank for Reconstruction. continue to wage one of the most effect- pl()>'ment of those who ar<' disabled. i\ e wars against polio of any local chap- ters of a civic organization. On July Died • The American Legion s annual guide 14th, Chicago's Lafa\ette Post 159 be- HARRY L. JAXSE-N, iu Clucago. Hc was to college scholarships and career plan- came the 11th Chicago American Legion a Nat'l Field Rej^resentatix e of the Le- ning — Need A Lift? — is "a superb com- Post to conduct Salk vaccine inoculation gion since 1946. pilation" says noted education writer HARRY E. EDBLOM, of Dr. Fine, in his book ''How to clinics in its Post home in cooperation Dcpt Ciudr Benjamin with the Chicago Board of Health, and a total of 1,511 C:hicagoans were inoculated there on that date. Total polio shots given in Chicago Le- The proofis in the puffing ! gion Posts are now in the tens of thousands in America's best inoculated city. Polio continues to be a menace, esi^ec- PRINCE ALBERT has the flavor ially to new wa\ es of children under age 6, unreached by school health programs and espccialK' \ ulncrable to poliom\ c- most favored in the U.S.A. litis.

Pioneeis in what is now a tradition of Chicago Legion Posts pro\ iding massive free Salk clinics in their neighbor- hoods under Board of Health auspices are Harold A. Taylor Post 47, Darius- Girenas Post 271, Woodlawn Post 175 and Illiana Post 220 (Amcricou Legion Mdfidziiu', June, 1960, p. 30). Others are Beverly Hills Post 407; Frank Hughes Post 316; Tattler Post 963; Mount Greenwood Post 844; South Shore Post 388 and .'\ustin Post 52.

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS;

NOHMAX M. I. VON, retired from Los Angeles office of Federal Housing Ad- ministration. He is vice-chmn of Legion's Nat'l Aeronautics and Space Committee. .\NTHONY p. DOWNEY, son of singcr • always tastes fresh Morton Downey, seriously injured and • mild, mellow flavor his bride killed in Utah honeymoon auto • cool 'n' steady burning accident. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. STEW.\HT MacDO.NALD, 18, Seattle, Wlnston-Salem, N. C. Wash., signed for big bonus b\' Boston Red Sox. He pitched no-hitter at Legion PRINCE ALBERT TtlE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEI'l EMHER 1961 • 33 PAST40 at cost. Persons in- MEN Be* Accepted Inj the CoUege Your name wholesale of

Choice." Thou.saiids of Legion Post.s terested should contact: James J. Con- Afflicted With Getting Up Nights,

Pains in Back, Hips, Legs, : guidance teachers or student advisors P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis 6, Ind. Nervousness, Tiredness. each year. "I know of no better place to j If you are a victim of the above symp- begin investigating [college] financial • A 100-year-old Legionnaire is John toms, the trouble may be due to Gland- aids," sa\s l^r. Fine. C. Volz, of Post 57, Fowler, Ind. He ular Inflammation. A constitutional Dis- 1 served in with the Canadians. He ease for which it is futile for sufferers WWl j to try to treat themselves at home. 9 Archie Pozzi, Jr., of Carson City, Nev., moved froin Canada to Indiana after To men of middle age or past this has been named chairman of the Le- the war, and in 1928 joined the Legion. type of inflammation occurs frequently. gion's Nat l Contests Supervisory Com- Born? April 21, 1861. It is accompanied by loss of physical vigor, graying of hair, forgetfulness and mittee. He fills the \ acancy caused by often increase in weight. Neglect of the death of the late Richard \'iancour, Inflammation causes men to grow such of W ashington, D.C. old before their time—premature senil- ity and possible incurable conditions. Most men, if treatment is taken in • The President of the United States time, can be successfully NON-SURGI- will be the speaker at the Veterans Day COMRADES treated for Glandular Inflam- CALLY ceremonies, No\-. IL at Arlington Nat'l mation. If the condition is aggravated IN DISTRESS lack of treatment, surgery may be Cemetery for the first time since 1953. by Readers who can help these comrades are the only chance. urged to do so. • E\ er\' State Co\ ernor who is eligible Notices are run at the request of The NONSmWAL TRSATA/I£m to be a Legionnaire is a Legionnaire. American Legion Nat'l Rehabilitation Com- That's 34 out of 50. Fi\ e are WWl \ ets, mission. They are not accepted from otiur nie NON-SURGICAL New Type treatments used at the Excelsior Medical 29 are \V\V2 \ ets, one of whom is also a sources. Clinic are the result of discoveries in Korea \ et. Readers wanting Legion help with claims recent years of new techniques and should contact their local service officers. drugs plus over 20 years research by .Ser\ice officers unable to locate needed scientific technologists and Doctors. • A new scholarship in electronics tech- witnesses for claims development should nolog\' is being sponsored by the Pdiode Men from all walks of life and from refer the matter to the Nat'l Rehabilitation over 1,000 communities have been suc- Island Legion in conjiniction American Connnission through normal channels, for cessfully treated here at Excelsior Island Radio and Elec- Springs. They found soothing and com- with the Rhode tinther search before referral to this colinnn. forting relief and new health in life. tronic Sch(«)l. 1961 male graduates of Rhode Island high schools can qualify Army RECTAL-COLON on tiie basis of a competitive exam. Military Police-791st MP Bat.. Co. C. Spring 1942. EXAMINATION Are often associ- Station Hospital. Fort .lackson. So. Car. Need to ated with Glandu- hear from Captain Pitts or other comrades who recall operation I underwent. Claim pending and AT LOW COST lar Inflammation. Librar\' is • The Air Force Academy affidavits needed. Write me: Leonard E, Gilliam, you arrive These disorders, we When can successfully interested in obtaining published unit Rt. 3. Louishurg. N. Car. here our Doctors who treat for you, at histories from Air Force units in WW2 are experienced spe- the same time we Marines cialists make a com- treat Glandular In- and the Korean Conflict. Any person — flammation. 1st Marine Div., Paris Island. 1947 Need to con- plete examination. wishing to donate copies of these his- tact comrades of Don D. Woodall, at time he Your condition is was patient at Paris Island Base Hospital in frankly explained REDUCIBLE tories for use b\ Academy Cadets and 1947. Claim pending. Write: Thomas R. Fore- man. Deputy Director. West Virginia Dep'l ot and then you decide HERNIA facult\- should write to: Director of the Veterans Affairs. 412 Kanawha Blvd.. Charleston if you will take the Is also amenable to I. W. Va. Librar\ , U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo- treatments needed. a painless Non Surgical treatmen rado Springs, Colo. Treatments are so that we have de mild hospitalization veloped. Full de is not needed— a con- tails of this treat • The Minnesota American Legion siderable saving in ment given In ou expense. Free Book. Au\iiiar\ presented a check for $1, ()()() to Brainerd State School and Hospital Write Today For Our OUTFIT to start a librai \\ The Excelsior Med- REUNIONS ical Clinic has published a New FREE • A complete set of American Legion ^Vith these notices helow, free reunion Book that deals with National Con\ention badges has been notices are suspended iiidellnilely. diseases peculiar to presented to the Detioit Historical Mu- Paid notices are availahle, tiiough rates men. It could prove Base of utmost importance seum for public display purposes by the are high because of big circulation. to your future life rate $18 a line. If interested, write: Outfit Judge John Faust Post 113 of that city. Write today. No ob- Reunions, .\inerican Legion Magazine, 71!(l ligation. .'ith Ave., N.V. 1<», N.\. Say: 'I'lease send • Three Nebraska American Legion EXCELSIOR paid notice info." I)eai\ Base Hospital Medical Detaehm't NAME • The Junior-Senior Drum & Bugle (WWl) - Reunion Sepl-Oct. Details: Henry C. Mades, 453 Colonia Blvd.. Colonia, N..I. ADDRESS Contest musical siores from the 1960 TOWN Natl (^on\eiition in Miami Beach are Navy available in a stereo and monaural re- II.S.S. I.eedstown (,\l"7.tt-Kcunion in November. STATE For details: Fr;ink A. Wiseman. 104 W. X.ird cording ali)uni \\ ith the Legion seal and ") St.. New \ovk 24. N .

• • SFPTEMliER \^t^\ 34 THE .^MFRIC\N 1 IXilON MAGAZINF .

AMERICA WILL SURVIVE -f< iniliiiiied from (xii^f 2J)- YOUR SAVINGS

these—more than ever in its history—are offer of officials to call oflf the review. not content to wallow in self-pitying Read the words of the editor of the reflections on our "decadence." or to East Orei^oniaii (Pendleton, Ore.) on his paint mischievous portraits of our coun- return from Oregon Boys" State at Cor- try. They must be up and about helping vallis: "It would be good for all detrac- our greatest resource—our worthy youth tors of this generation to meet these boys —to develop itself. —who will be the leaders of their gener- Of the young men in high school to- ation." day, you, through your American "Make no mistake about that," the Legion, will have sent 100,000 of the Pendleton editor continued. "They will finest to the 49 Legion Boys' States be- take over. The delinquents won't." fore they graduate (25,000 from junior Or jump to Columbia, South Carolina classes last June, as many from each and read another editor as he writes: succeeding class as they become juniors) "Concern for the nation's future lead-

Yet so great is our supply of young ership fades considerably when your men of this calibre that you, as a Legion- town is visited by such as comprise the N S U R E naire, are under constant pressure to Boys' State convening here June 11-18.

send more and more and more. . . . Under the sponsorship of The Amer- Wise saving means higher dividends with insured safety. Prudential Savings gives you have to give more boys the op- ican Legion . . . this is a . . . model gov- "We both. Watch your account grow faster, under full insurance to $20,000.00 by Security Financial Ins. Corp., chartered expressly for the purpose of financial insurance, and operating under license and supervision of the Insurance Department of the State of Maryland. CONVENIENT! Whether to save or withdraw, we're as near as your mailbox. We are proud of having honored, always, every withdrawal request instantly when requested. FREE Save-by- Airmail envelopes always pay all postage bothFREEways. THRIFT GIFTS

FISHING KIT PHILCO "SLENDER Mitchell .304 SpInnlnR SEVENTEENER" Keel, cross-wind gears, Briefcase thin, "cool ultra-light weight. Glass ch.^ssls'• desl;;n, Scan- rod and tackle box. FREE teiina for perfect recep- with $1,000 account. tion. 17 Inch picture. I'HKE with S5000 .iccount. IIOW DOES A BOYS" STATE CROSS THE ROAD':* In order to nio\e 900 boys and

staff across busy George St. in New Brunswick, N. J. to get to chow on tlie Rutgers U. campus without holding up traffie all clay, Direetor Harold Eaton forms a company front o\ er a quarter-mile long, N. elioiee high school cross as man. d J.'s lumors one 6 TRANSISTOR RADIO \mazlng power and tone. portunity to participate in Boys' State," ernment, operated by selected high Fine tuning & selectivity. I iilly Guaranteed. Leather NADCO AUTOMATIC ase .Old antenna Includ- declared Governor John Patterson, of school juniors from all parts of the state. 200 GOLF CART ed. FIIEE with SI, 000 lu^t.itile steel hag account ickuts, Rold fiiilsherl Alabama, last June. . . . Gentlemen, young and old, in the ap-:m wheel disks, 12 h niuil-free tires. FItEE ""Expand Boys" State, keep developing face of alarming juvenile delinquency th .s I OOO .i. i-.nint.

it,"" the Colorado American Legion was statistics and world crisis, we salute you!"

urged by Gov. Stephen R. McNichols, Listen to ClifT Shaw, whose business is after the Governor had again attended speaking to youth groups for Arkansas Ho .1-, ycU Colorado Boys State and submitted him- colleges, as he tells the Arkansas Amer- nrlggs & St ngln Flngerllp controls. Stag self to cross-examination by the boys. ican Legion Boys' State: "Of all the gered wheels — no lawn ible FItEE with .l;'J,75( scalping. IKKE with $2,50() accotmt. At the same time, the President of speaking engagements I have accepted, unt. REMINGTON ROLL-A-MATIC SHAVER manning bowman the University of Colorado, Quigg New- 1 consider this the number one request."" ''a" electric drill As seen ..n TV. FIIKI FKi:i; uilli S70II arcouni With !* 1 Mint. ( oriij.l. Ie lilt FHEF will ton, asked the Colorado Legion to make It's not hard to distinguish real enthu- ELECTRIC SEWING MACHINE its Boys' State "a permanent part of our siasm from routine politeness. Listen to Complete with attrjictlvt rase. FUEE with *2,50< count. university" because ""it has been a great the real Governor of South Dakota, Gov. .iccount,

Accounts remain In force for 1 ? ear. If withdrawn contribution in quickening the interest of Archie Grubbard, as he invites the boy In less than 1 year, you al^re^^ ti 1 allow the deduc- tlon of gift cost. This olTer Is not made In any state or locality where prohlhit our high school boys in public affairs." Governor of the 1961 South Dakota i'R UDEIS TEA L SA VilS GS It is the boys, quite as much as the Boys' State, John Willcockson, to visit * /.(A/.V, In, . Legion's remarkable Boys' State pro- him. Roon 29, Prudential BIdg., Bolt note 1, Md. gram, which provokes such zeal. handshake and a quick photo for And A ROOM 29, Prudential Savings & Loan, Inc, "zeal" is the only word for what a Boys' the papers? Not so. "Spend the night at Prudential BIdg., 31 W, North Ave., Baltimore I, Md. My choice of FREE GIFT is State inspires in an observer. the Executive Mansion." says Gov. I enclose $ (or passbook) to open Picture Gov. W. W. Barron, of West Grubbard. "Sit through the day with me my account. NAME Virginia, and Mrs. Barron, standing- in the office greeting visitors, seeing the STREET soaked— in a pouring rain to review West mail, hearing telephone calls, learning CITY ZONE STATE Virginia Boys' State at Jackson Mill last what a day as Governor is like." Free Fact-Gift Brochure it29. Scrul lumie mid address today. June 8 when they adamantly refused an Visualize Jim Kee, administrative as-

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMHER 1961 • 35 sistant to his mother, U.S. Representa- Court who, after nine years of bring- his successors as he stepped down to tive Ehzabeth Kee (W.Va.) as, on a mo- ing his bench experience to Oklahoma make way for Kiger: "We have great ment's notice, he gives over last June 22 Boys' State, says that the reaction of responsibilities as youth . . . We are to pinch hit at District of Columbia the boys "overwhelmingly demonstrates" slapped in the face by the force of our

Boys' State, taking the boys personally its "inestimable value." Or to Wyoming responsibilities . . . The training you re- to the floor of the House of Representa- Gov. Jack R. Gage as he says that noth- ceive here will be of great value to you ." tives to hold a session there. ing The American Legion could do throughout your life . . Listen to Wisconsin Governor Gay- would be better for our youth and future The world of this year's Boys Staters lord Nelson identify Wisconsin Boys' than what Wyoming Boys' State is do- is not an easy one for their elders to State as "a powerful influence in starting ing. Or to Maryland's U. S. Senator introduce them to because of the enor- hundreds of young men each year down John Marshall Butler and Attorney Gen- mous difference in perspective. the road to active and informed partici- eral Thomas B. Finan, as they say of They were born about 1944. They pation in government." Maryland Boys' State that it "leaves have no memory of World War Two. Listen to Gov. F. Ray Keyser, Jr.. of no fear for the future with such young The Korean Conflict was a fuzzy news Vermont, as he says that he "cannot men as our leaders" (Butler) and "noth- incident of their early childhood. They recommend Boys' State too highly." And ing does more for the present and fu- recall dimly the Presidency of Harry S.

Truman, but Eisenhower's is the only former Presidency of clear memory. To them, the conflict with communism "always was," for the Bolshevik seizure of the Russian Revolution was "ancient history" at their birth, the Ber- lin Airlift happened before they could read, they were about six when China became communist. The New Deal is about as new to them as Bryan's "Cross

of Gold" speech is to older Americans of today. Herbert Hoover as President

is to them as Grover Cleveland was to WWl vets and William McKinley to WW2 vets. Franklin Roosevelt's first

term is longer ago to them than Teddy's was to WW2 vets. Lindbergh's flight is NORTH CAROLINA: Time out for liorsi' sliOf pitching (k'lt), tiicn back to business Steve Brody's jump from (liiiz/.ing Tluul Eure, N. C. Sccri taiy of St; ito (right), was part of the agenda for 3.50 as ancient as boys al the Legion's North Carolina Boys' State on the U.N.C. campus in Chapel Hill. the Brooklyn Bridge is to some elders. During their entire life, the U.S. has then adds that he has for years been the ture" (Finan). Or to Raul Spindola, per- drafted men into military service, a situ- Boys' State chairman of his Legion Post, sonal representative of President Lopez ation in peacetime unknown to any earli- does anything asked of him by Vermont Mateos of Mexico, as he explains why er generation, and a reminder that in Boys' State—and cites his own experi- he spent a week last June at Maryland every sense but the official one we have ence as a boy at Vermont Boys' State two Boys' State on the U. of Maryland cam- been at war since their birth. decades ago as the earliest impetus to his pus at College Park, to wit: "With a They are the only generation of Amer- own career in public leadership. view to establishing a similar program icans to have lived from infancy to early Hear Gov. Robert E. Smylic of Idaho, in Mexico for Mexican youths." manhood in an aura of continual na- make a state occasion of the meeting of How come such vast enthusiasm for tional peril. No older generation can 270 Idaho youths at Boise Junior Col- America's much-abused teen-agers see their world their way. lege by proclaiming the week of June 1 I among knowledgeable leaders every- But they are not to be pitied for hav- last as Boys" State Week throughout where? ing inherited problems, for each genera- Idaho, and urging all in the state to fol- The young men whom you send to tion has inherited its own, and has had low the "'example set by the Legion." Boys' State don't play childish games its own perspective. Observe Gov. Norman A. Erbe of there. They are vitally concerned with The question before the house is: Iowa, who could have satisfied all obli- the problems of their states and their When you toss out the delinquents and gations with his opening day address to country, and with learning the conduct the self-pitiers, and the attention seekers the 769 boys at Iowa Boys' State, as they of public affairs with reference to their and the deviates, are there some unher- organized at Camp Dodge, but who responsibilities. alded niL'u left to run America tomorrow came back a few days later to work with As a brief example, the West Vir- and hand the tradition of freedom on to them as the boys met in the halls of the ginia Boys' State this year, acting as a their children? state legislature. legislature, passed an 85 million dollar There are indeed, by the millions, and Listen to Prof. J. O. Christiansen, Di- budget and enacted 24 pieces of legis- every Legionnaire should visit his Boys rector of Short Courses for the Univer- lation, including a bill to require that State before he dies to see tomorrow's sity of Minnesota on its St. Paul Campus West Virginia's public schools teach a America today with his own eyes ... to as he says that the Minnesota Boys' State course on "Democracy vs. Communism." know for certain that the vital force is the most outstanding short course held It directed much of its attention to which will see America survive and grow there. Or to Gov. Ross Barnett as he says West Virginia's troubled state economy, is everywhere around us except in our that there is no finer youth program in which Glenn Kiger, successful candidate journalism, our literature and our cinema. the State of Mississippi. Or to Zollie for Boys State Governor, had made a THE END Stcakley, Associate Justice of the Su- plank of his winning platform with the B<).v.s' State photos: Ceoigia — GEOur.lA AMERICAN — preme Court of Texas as he says that it slogan: "Instead of a state among i.EGioN, Atlanta; Kansas Kansas American legion. Topeka; Maine— oscar nelrer, Presque Isle; is impossible to overstate the potential mountains, let's make West Virginia a New Jersey and Pennsylvania — R. B. pitkin, American Legion Magazine; New Mexico — new worth of Texas Boys' State to Texas or Mountain among states." MEXICO AMERICAN I.EGION, Albuquerque: North the United .States. Or to Ben T. Williams, Last year's boy Governor, Dean Carolina — NORTH CAROLINA AMERICAN LEGION. Raleigh; North Dakota — pan olson, Fargo; Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Thompson, now ready for college, told Washington — lee merrill, Tacoma.

35 • Tin; AMHKK AN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMHEK 1%1 WHAT'S AHEAD IN TV

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them?" The advertiser's financial support seen or even how much attention, if any,

is vital to the TV industry. Without it he is paying. A viewer doesn't necessar- there'd be no means of providing pro- ily turn off a program he doesn't enjoy, Trouble with loose plates that slip, rock or cause sore gums? Try Brimms Plasti-Lincr. One applica- grams of any kind. or isn't watching. tion makes plates fit snugly without powder, paste The cost of putting on a TV program Because of these ratings, TV concen- or cushions. Brimms Plasti-Liner adheres permanently to your plate; ends the bother of temporary has continued to increase until it is al- trates heavily on a handful of familiar applications. With plates held firmly by Plasti- Liner, ANYTHING ! Simply lay prohibitive. cost for time, pro- formats. Actually, the rating reports YOU CAN EAT most The soft strip of Plasti-Liner on troublesome upper or duction and talent is at an alltime high. determine the content of most network lower. Bite and it molds perfectly, liasy to use, tasteless, odorless, harmless to you and your plates. Naturally, sponsors want programs with programs. Yet in turn there is no agency Removable as directed. Money-back guarantee. At your drug counter. SI. 50 reliner for one plate; the widest appeal in order to get the to doublecheck the accuracy of the rat- $2.50, two plates. Plasti-Liner, Inc., Dept. AL-1 most people to watch. ing systems. Whatever the services re- 1075 Main St., Buffalo 9, N.Y. A network estimate for prime evening port, good or bad, is accepted as final by BRIMMS PLASTI-LINER THE PERMANENT DENTURE RELINER time, between 7 and 1 1, is $125,000 an the TV industry.

hour. Even broken into quarters, it's still Sen. Mike Monroney (D. Okla.) chal- expensive. To that sum add the costs of lenged program ratings when he de- Smoke for Relief — talent and production and the total ex- clared, "The networks are victims of pense is staggering to all but a bigtime them. Madison Avenue is a victim of ASTHMA-HA/FEVER advertiser with plenty to spend. them. The people are victims of them. The "Barbara Stanwyck Show," which It's a vicious circle made on scattered fry ffiem FREE hasn't too great a viewing audience (app. samples." Sufferers from Asthma ond the dis- 4,643,000), costs $103,000 for each President LeRoy Collins of the NAB comforts of excessive secretions in the nosal passages associated with Hay half-hour program. "Riverboat," a full went further than that when he said, "I Fever have, for over 60 years, found relief by smoking hour show costs $190,000 to put on; am not charging the rating services with quick, temporary PAGE'S INHALERS. Pleas- "Wells Fargo," a half-hour, costs $90,000 corruption or bad motives. But what I ant, inexpensive. and the ill-fated "Dante" cost $120,000 have trouble digesting is that we have For free samples, write for a half-hour show. When a sponsor is no way of knowing up to this time how Consolidated Chemical Co., 835A Cherry St., Grond Rapids 6, Michigan^ spending that kind of money, he wants what they approximates the near report FOR FREE SAMPLES to be sure. To make it easier for him, the truth about actual broadcast audiences." SEND networks put on multiple-sponsored Hall- Ten years ago, Joyce C. Hall of Throw Away That Old-Fashioned shows wherein four or six or even more mark Cards Inc., held out over network advertisers participate and share in the opposition for the kind of programs he production of a program. This method wanted — a quality show six times a year often works out better for the network, to be tied in with the major holidays on too, because there is less dictation from which greeting cards are sent. The "Hall that lails to hold, can le.ld 1" a sponsor. If he's only one of six he can't of Fame" program began in that way. douljle hernia (36';fc of slut' l. ri-i hernias become double) . lENTIRElY DIFFERENT] have too much to say on how the show Since then this quality entertainment healthl Get full facts Full about Miller's patented de.slKiis should be put on. has won more awards for artistic endeav- and materials . . . Condition- \ FlttlnK-Method. Get BALANfKI) \ ~ According to a recent national report or than any other on the air. The Hall- SUPPOKT both sides at no extr i cost. by Nielsen, one of the three major rat- mark two-hour production of "Macbeth" Dept. 53-N. FRED B. IVIILLER Hagcrstown, Maryland ing services in the TV audience measure- recently took five Emmy Awards for the ment field, the 10 shows with the biggest best drama, actor, actress, the direction Make Rubber Stamps for BIG PAY audiences are: and program. In addition, another award Need (1) "Gunsmoke" CBS 35.3 went to president Hall for his staunch more money? Earn $30-$50 "week, spare time, at home mak- i Andy Griffith 29.3 backing of with intellectual ySa- inKrubberstampsforoffices. fac- (2) CBS programs tories, individuals. Hundredsof uaes. Hundreds (3) "Wagon Train" 29.0 substance as well as dramatic appeal. of prospects— ev- NBC erywhere. Kight in your own community. Turn out special stamps for (4) "Have Gun, Will "We try not to annoy people with the names, addresses, notices, prices, etc , in minutes with Travel" CBS 28.5 commercials," states Hall. The fact that table-top machine. We furnisheverythinuaJKiAcJ/j finance unit. Write for free facts. No salesman calls. (5) "Candid Camera" CBS 28.5 more than 4 million Hallmark cards are Rubber StampDiv., 1512 Jarvis Ave., Oept.fl-8-K, Chicago 26 (6) Danny Thomas CBS 27.3 sold every day speaks well for this phil- (7) "The Price Is osophy. Right" NBC 26.7 Programs with relatively small but de- feetorTOES itch? (8) "Real McCoys" ABC 25.8 voted audiences may be more effective Beware! Athlete's Foot Starts Just That Wayl (9) "Rawhide " CBS 25.7 than programs with larger but less de- Get Dr. Scholl's Solvex at once. Stops inten.se itohing ripht ofi". (10) "Untouchables" ABC 25.4 voted followers. The selections made by Instantly kills fungi on contact; The next most popular are National helps heal red, raw, cracked or "My Three members of the Academy of peeling skin. Sold ever.vwhere. Sons," "Route 66," Garry Moore, Jack Television Arts and Sciences were quite Benny, "The Flintstones," Red Skelton, different from the top-rated shows of DrScholls SOLVEX "77 Sunset Strip," and Ed Sullivan. Nielsen, Trendex and Arbitron. Neilsen, Trendex and Arbitron, in If ever TV is to triumph over medioc- Fill Flaws measuring public reaction to programs, rity, the durable Hollywood formats get their figures from monitors attached must go and originality and experimen- In Plywood to TV sets in representative homes or by tation must be encouraged. The most Handles like putty. Hardens like wood. telephone surveys. These polls are purely oft-repeated mistake of TV is not to quantitative and have nothing to do with make full and proper use of the talents PLASTIC WOOD' quality. They may show how many sets of truly gifted artists and writers in the The Oenu/ne -f\ccept No Substitute.

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEI'lEMHER \9bi • 37 Seven Lively Arts. When they are used, even the FCC can make the public watch ular entertainment show should also be they often get a haphazard presentation, what it does not want to. You can't pre- asked to sponsor a share of the not-too- in bad time spots, and their actual worth vent people from switching to a "Lara- popular but necessary public-service is never realized. mie" from a "CBS Reports" or turning shows. Or, as Fairfax M. Cone, execu- Yet the public did not respond to off the set when cultural or public-serv- tive committee chairman of the Foote, many well-presented, high-quality pro- ice programs are offered instead of so- Cone and Belding advertising agency, grams, televised during the past five called entertainment. suggests, have the networks put a lower years. Had they done so, the shows What's more, ail public-service pro- price on public-affairs programs than on would still be on the air, sponsors would grams are not interesting. Many have entertainment programs because the au- be supporting them, and today's pro- limited appeal, Others are too political, diences are smaller. grams would be a lot more diversified. too religious or too regional. Networks Another method is to eliminate the But the public preferred the same old have difficulty getting sponsors for those risk factor by spreading the risk around. fare of shoot-em-up westerns and action public-service programs. A big reason That's usually called the magazine con- shows. is that women viewers aren't especially cept because an advertiser in a magazine These were the shows easiest to watch. interested in them. If women won't may get a choice page in one issue and The public wanted to be entertained, not watch, advertisers won't spend their not so choice a page in another. Adver- educated. Most viewers during the day money. If sponsors are not available, the tisers usually don't tell a magazine where have problems at work or at home and networks then must assume the cost of to place the ads nor do they tell them when they turn on TV at night they want air time for those programs which bring what to publish. Neither should they to relax and escape from worries. A no revenue. have a definite say with TV programs. western is ideal for the plot is not deep If CBS were to drop all unsponsored According to chairman Cone, a net- or complicated, good always triumphs public-service programs and substitute work should offer a variety of shows in over evil. They have action and beauti- sponsored entertainment shows its in- packages of 13, 26 and 52 weeks where- ful scenery, and no other program re- come would increase by millions of dol- in sponsors would by rotated to prevent quires so little mental exertion on the lars. one riding a hit show all season while viewer's part. According to Madison Avenue, the another gets caught with a flop. Both Evidently, the masses believe TV's value of a program depends on the num- then could enjoy the same ratings and foremost purpose is to entertain. And. ber of people who watch it and in turn neither would get stuck. let's not forget, these are the very same buy the product. Viewers who do not Instead of buying just one show^ for masses who elect a President and Mem- want westerns, crime, variety, quiz 13 weeks, a sponsor would be sold 13 bers of Congress. shows and old movies are in the minor- shows, one for each week. They would Enlightenment, they feel, should be ity, apparently and are therefore unrep- include established shows, untried ones, left to educational TV stations. That's resentative and considered insignificant. specials and public-affairs shows. why the networks put on so few thought- Even though this minority does write Closer supervision by the networks provoking public-affairs programs. There and agitate for more diversified pro- could also mean a new approach to com- just isn't a big enough audience for them grams, it has little effect on the advertis- mercials. For example, one company unless it is an extraordinary event such ers. There just aren't enough angry peti- would no longer be the sole sponsor of a as an astronaut zooming into space or a tion signers. Products are sold in millions particular show, but its commericials heated debate between presidential can- of units: complaints are only by the score would be spotted on various programs. didates. usually. Chevrolet would no longer have the The networks can't impose the tastes Perhaps, for the sake of viewers, the Dinah Shore Chevy Show, but instead of the minorities, no matter how elevated networks should have a new way of sell- the Chevrolet commercial would turn or desirable, on the majority of the peo- ing shows to sponsors. For example, the up on a Frank Sinatra program, let's say, ple if they prefer something simple. Not sponsor who gets top ratings with a pop- or on a news special. Just as a magazine advertiser has his ad placed in various sections of the book from issue to issue, so the TV advertiser would be spotted on various kinds of shows. If only the networks could come up HOME with public-affairs programs that have MORTGAGES mass appeal, then the FCC, the advertisers and the public would all be satisfied. When that miracle occurs, TV will be stimulating and informative as well as diverting. The best possibility for better pro-

graming is the increasing importance of videotape which enables local stations to buy quality shows from independent TV producers instead of relying on re- peats and old movies. These videotape programs often cater to special rather than general interests. When videotape

is used more widely, there will be a lot more special-interest TV stations to un- dercut the networks, just as happened in radio. Just as station WQXR in New York City proved that good music, un- ".\ie you an cx-GI? spoiled by annoying commercials, could Tin: A.MKiilCAN I.ECIOX MAGAZINIO build an audience and prove profitable to

a small station, it is hoped that videotape

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will permit individual stations to show Peck, Ava Gardner and Susan Hayward; Earn Ihit high rate quality TV. "What Price Glory" with James Cagney; of dividend and gal ana of thaia volu- inevitability of pay TV has the "There's No Business Like Show Busi- The abla fraa gifts

Theatre Owners of America so con- ness" with Marilyn Monroe and Ethel . . . fram Hilt mad- cerned that they have formed an anti- Merman; "People Will Talk" with Cary am 53 yaor aid . Atiaciolian. Sava pay TV committee which is successfully Grant; "Garden of Evil" with Gary by Mall... and wa stalling the venture with court action. Cooper and Susan Hayward; "The Glass will handia all datoili far yau. that gets roll- Menagerie" with Kirk Douglas and Jane They realize when pay TV MONEV IH BT THC ISlh EARNS ing it could gradually black out free TV Wyman. There'll be other bo\-ot1icc hits FROM THE 1 and movie theatres by having its network starring Danny Kaye, Marlene Dietrich, outbid advertisers for all the best pro- Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, Barbara grams and talent. Furthermore, pay TV Stanwyck, Clifton Webb and James could well bring back the Hollywood Mason. POLAROID CAMERA KIT Free with $3,000 Account star system. studios and the Production NBC reportedly paid $20 million for G.E. CLOCK RADIO of quality programs could be as vast as the first 30 of these prestige films that Free with $1,000 Account in the old days, perhaps as high as 800 will be pitted against such TV stalwarts G.E. ALARM CLOCK Free when opening account pictures a year. as "Gunsmoke," "Have Gun, Will Trav- for $100 o.r more.

A further problem with TV is the con- el" and "Checkmate." None of the films 53 YEARS . 1908-1961 tent of the "screaming, cajoling and of- will be cut so they'll run till shown in CITY SAVINGS ASSOCIATION fending" commercials. full. The cost to the sponsors — and there IQUH 1656 W. Chicago Avanua • Chicago, III. According to the experts, pay TV, to are several in the big-name class — is ASSETS OVER »22,000,000.00 operate successfully, would need at least $30,000 per commercial minute. What one-third of the 50 million sets now in your local movie theatre owner thinks of LIVE SEA HORSES. Order one mated pair of Dwarf species use. the cost to each set owner, this stupendous deal, which will certainly And Living Sea Horses . . . sent air mail from Florida for J3.50 post- apart from installation and maintenance keep even more patrons out of his thea- age paid. We include food and instructions free. Father bears year for pro- is would be about $100 a tre on the biggest night of the week, the younR alive! Easy for you to grams. probably unprintable. TV has given him keep in a poldfish bowl. Hardy. Educational . . . fun for the en- Color sets are at last beginning to headaches already without using tire family. We guarantee Live TV enough Delivery. boom. More are being sold than ever Hollywood itself to destroy him com- riortda Sea Horse Co. Dept. T-5 Box 509$, Miami 1, FU. before. Until a short time ago only RCA pletely. It's ironic that TV, the biggest made color sets. Now Zenith, Magna- factor in Hollywood's decline, should Shrinks Hemorrhoids vox, Admiral, Emerson, Packard-Bell, now bolster its own leadership by using Olympic and Sylvania are turning them the very medium it fought to dethrone. New Way Without Surgery out and the volume production is bring- And what about educational TV? ing down the cost which originally was Sen. Warren G. Magnuson continues Stops Itch -Relieves Pain too prohibitive for the average viewer. to express hope for the establishment of For the fir.st time science has found a However, it's still pretty high, almost a national television network devoted to new healins' sulistance with the astonishing: $500 for a table model, and the chances educational TV. As chairman of the Sen- abilit.v to shrink hemorrhoids and to relieve pain — without surgery. are prices will be about the same until a Interstate and Foreign Commerce ate In case after case, while gently relieving less costly color picture tube can be Committee, he feels such a network pain, actual reduction (shrinkage) took place. Most amazing of all — results so made. would be more elTective than anything were thorough that suffei'ers made astonishing Meanwhile, there'll be more color else in improving the programs on com- statements like "Piles have ceased to be a problem! programs this coming season. NBC mercial television. The senator still plans The secret is a new healing substance promises an increase of practically 60 to put through a bill authorizing Federal ( Bio-Dyne" ) — discovery of a world-famous percent. "The Dinah Shore Show," for grants of $1 million to each State and research institute. This substance is now available in Kxp- example, will be live and in color from the District of Columbia to build and pository or ointment form under the name Hollywood; the "Long John Silver" ad- equip educational TV stations. Enor- Preparation H^. Ask for it at all drug counters. venture series will be in color too, as will mous as it seems, the sum of $ 1 million the Walt Disney series. There will be is approximately the cost of only four as TAX EXPERT Technicolor feature films available more TV spectaculars. Our students earn as much as 000 months preparing income than last season. in 3 short Development of a national education- tax returns in spare time—also operate lucrative Business Tax Service vield- Possibly in another 10 years or so entirely possible al TV network would be HOUR inj; steady monthly lees of S10-$50 per client, year round. Enjoy profes- most television will be in color and all if enough State-owned stations were sional standing in diKnified home-ollice business. No experience necessary. \Vc train you at home and sets be able to receive it. But for the time built. Abraham RibicolT, Secretary of help vou start. Write today for free literature. No iKent' will call. Approved bv Now Jersey Dept. of being it's still that unanswered question Health, Education, and Welfare, who Education. UNION INSTITUTE OF TAX TRAINING, Lakewood, 17C, New Jersey. —who's going to pay for it? earlier opposed Magnuson's bill for State About the likeliest looking change for aid, has had a change of heart and now the better this fall will be the weekly promises the Administration's help in FALSE TEETH BREAK? showing by NBC of ".Saturday Night at building educational TV stations, not on GOOD repair them !^|98 the Movies" which will feature a major, an outright basis, but rather on a dollar- iTFiiTq at home in 8 min. | Arna/.infT I'l-ATK- WELD repairs clear and full-length, uncut prestige film matching plan. from the pink plate.s and replaces teeth. .Simply tiow on — put every holds like new or money 20th Century-Fox roster of post- 1950 Perhaps, if there were a government- together. Works time — back. At />r»'; .'sVorc.'.or send S1.M8 plus22c handljn?lo pictures, the first ever released it devoted 1731 A.Bakersfield, Cahf to TV. subsidized network could be Home Dental Aids Co . Box . Dept.ib It's the costliest investment ever made by to more than educational TV. It could ENJOY STEADY PAY EVERY DAY AS * NBC in any single program venture. But also telecast news and public-afTairs pro- just look at the films you'll be seeing: "A grams which are economically a prob- NURSE Streetcar Named Desire" with Marlon lem for the commercial networks. Let's LEARN AT HOME IN ONLY 10 WEEKS lOnjoy security, indeiHiidcncc and ficcdn Brando and Vivien Leigh; "How To not forget that TV isn't just for those (kiiii money worries. Earn up to SG5.00 a week Marry a Millionaire " with Marilyn Mon- who never went to college. It's also for as a I'raclical Nurse. Age. education not important. .Send for FREE .sample les.son. roe, Betty Grable, and Lauren Bacall; those who did. POST GRADUATE SCHOOL 0F"NURSINC "Snows of Kilimanjaro" with Gregory THE END ROOM 37B9I — 131 S. WABASH, CHICAGO 3, Ul THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 1961 • 39 you raise the rod and start pulling. You

will pull the hook tighter into w hatever is holding it and snap the pole. Instead, lay the rod down, grab the line and pull

straight back on it. When you release it, the line will usuall>' snap back and release

the hook. If it does not you have lost onl\- a hook, not a rod.

A "TRIPLE PLAY" DINGHY w hich can serve as a rowboat, sailboat or outboard has been introduced by the \\'ham-0 Alfg. Co., For the man with an interest in the great outdoors. of San Gabriel, Calif. Called the Hamiltt)n, this model is made of Alarlex poh'ethylene,

and although it is 7 feet long, has a 42-inch AFTER FIRING 64,120 ROUNDS of BOY SCOUT TERRY BRECHBILL, of beam, and can handle a 5-horsepower ammunition, the smoke has cleared and tlie Burwell, Ncbr., reminds us of a \eritable nu)tor, it weighs only 42 pounds. Because winners of the annual American Legion gold mine of information about the great of this it can easily be carried in a station Postal Rifle and Pistol iMatchcs, conducted outdoors, an all-time bestseller in this field. wagon or on the roof of a car. It can ac- by the National RiHe Association, have This is the "Bo>- Scout Handbook," almost commodate three adults and comes equip- lieen announced. Lawrence G. Biorneb\\ 500 pages of authoritatixe information, and ped with a mast holder. The price is S89.95.

Kalispell, Alont., was high man in the in- it sells for $1 w herex er Bo\- Scout supplies With sail and accessories it is SI 29.95. dividual rifle match. National rifle team arc a\ ailable. honors went to American Legion Post 25, IN A RECENT ISSUE we described the

Windsor, \'t., and Gresham Post 30, \ ersatile .22 caliber Alossberg Targo w hich Gresham, Ore. Department indi\ idual rifle can be used as a rifle or a smoothbore, w ith aw ard w inncrs were Penns\ h ania, Oregon. adapters. Here's another way of using such Delaware, Louisiana and Illinois. Depart- a firearm, suggested by John Lindse\' of rifle ment team w inners were Gun Club Halletts\ ille, Tex. Loaded with .22 shot it Post 134 (team 1), Morton Grove, 111.; and can be used to train young bird dogs. Be- iMai. Da\'id AlcKelvy Peterson Post 254, cause of its light report this load will not Honesdale, Pa. In the indi\idual pistol cause the dog to become gun shy. "Pest match competition N. R. Plunkett, Fort birds" such as English sparrows serve as \\'orth, Tex., won first place. American game to be retricx ed. Legion Posts wishing to take advantage of HERE IS A TIP for those w ho may come this event nation-wide may do so by writ- in contact with ticks. Find a bottle with an TO KEEP ROPES from fraying when ing to the National Americanism Commis- opening about the size of a dime, sa\ s E. E. they are cut, H. Aluller, of Danboro, Pa., sion, The American Legion, P.O. Box 1055, Stratron, of White Salmon, Wash., fill it recommends that you first wrap the part Intiianapolis 6, Ind., for their cjitr\ blank. with turpentine and carry it with you. If you are cutting with friction tape. About

> ou find a tick on you, cover him with the three inches of rope should be wrapped in

opening of the bottle, tip it over so he's this fashion and the cut made through the saturated with turpentine, and he'll soon middle of the taped section. relax so you can remove him without pulling his head off to cause infection. The turpentine acts as an antiseptic.

WAX INSTEAD OF OIL is recommended by Ken Blackington, of Camden, Maine, to keep guns from rusting. A light coating WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PIC- of wax on all outer surfaces, he says, is

TURE? If > ()u know ain thing about boats more effective than oil since it does not you w ill recognize several violations of ele- evaporate. nientar)- safety rules in the above illustra- tion. How man>- can you spot.' Correct an- A NEW CATALOG, w hich pictures and A QUICK REPAIR for a broken fishing sv\ers will be foimd on the facing page. describes the complete line of Remington rod tip is described b\ Rod Arnall, of sporting firearms, has just been published Baxter Springs, Kans. All you need is a CAMERA FANS w ho carry photographic b\' Remington Arms Co., Inc. Listing prices safety pin. Cut off the end which can be e(|uipment w hen hunting and fishing should and complete specifications, it is available opened and closed, leaving the end which keep photo light meters as far as possible free of charge from the company. Just has the circle. Bend the two projecting from com|>asses. A light meter can scrioush' write to the Advertising Division, Reming- prongs together and w rap to the broken tip. affect a compass reading c\ en w hen the ton Arms Co., Inc., Bridgeport 2, Conn. The line of course runs through the open- two instruments are an arm's length apart. ing made b\' the circular end of the erst- ^ our best bet is to have a companion carr\' YOU CAN CHASE PESTS from their while pin. the meter if you arc the compass-bearer. holes w ith a little gasoline, according to Bob This reminder comes from N. Noy, Ham- Tucker, Sr., of Houston, Tex. Coons, rab- OUTBOARD ENTHUSIASTS are un- mond, Ind. bits, possums, skunks and snakes can be happih' aw are that litterbugs do not restrict evicted if >ou w rap a rag o\ er the end of their activities to dry land. The results of

AN INGENIOUS STOVE that weighs a hose, stick it in the hole, then pour a their activities are unesthetic at best and (Mils a pound and a half, called the 'La\ kit small quantity of gasoline through the hose. dangerous at worst. One of the most ob- 101 Pocket Stove has recenti)' been placeil The pests, sajs Bob, can't stand gasoline icctionable practices of the waterborne on the market. Using an\' kind of fuel, this fumes and will want out. He further says litterbug is the wa>' he disposes of tin cans Amcrican-mailc unit will burn for approxi- he routed nine rattlesnakes from one hole b>' simply throw ing them ov erboard w here niatel)' 90 ntinures with one filling of its in this wa\' and caught them w ith a fish net they may float for days, constituting a

5-ounce fuel tank. It can also be used in fitted o\ er the entrance. water hazard. Russell J. De Benedetto, of the home workshop since its design permits Port Allen, La., suggests a simple wa\- of its hot flame to be directed much like a IF YOUR FISHING LINE becomes snag- stopping all this. When you have emptied blowtorch. It is obtainable from Pocket ged, sa\ s llaroKi Koster, of \\'a\ land, the can punch holes in the bottom as w ell

Stove, 1385 National Press Building, W ash- iMich., you are likel)' to break \()ur rod if as the top of the can so it will make a quick ington 4, D.C., at $12.95. ) ou do what comes naturally. That is, if descent.

40 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 1961 DOES YOUR POST lia\c a rifle range 6,300,000 DEAD FISH resulted from where hunting rifles may be sightcd-in? If waste matter discharged into lakes and NOW! EAT BETTER, FASTER, so you can perform an important public streams last year, according to the Wildlife MORE COMFORTABLY WIT« ser\ ice by inviting hunters generally to use Alanagcment Institute. The greatest killer your range prior to the start of hunting was industrial pollutants. Agricultural poi- FALSE TEETO BY season. By so doing >-ou will not only give sons placed second as the cause of fish mor- RAISING BITING POWER! these shooters a better chance to get game tality. Other harmful sources were ilomcs- but you'll be promoting safct\- by giving tic sewage, mining operations, pipeline rup- them a chance to familiarize themselves tures, shipping discharges, aiul wastes from with their firearms. It is hardly necessary airfields and diesel pumping stations. to point out that all too many hunters go afield without knowing as much as they AN UNPLEASANT SUBJECT, sewage is should about their rifles and shotguns. the basis of many complaints being di- Usually they do this because it is not easy rected to Senators and Congressmen these to find suitable facilities where sighting-in days, and you might want to add yours. can be done, and this is where your Post Seems that there's a plan under way to build can help out. Incidentally, if > our Post docs a sewage disposal plant on the Mar\ land When fal.se teeth get on your nerves many not have a rifle range, this is another reason shore of the Potomac River right across dentists give special FASTEETH powder. It for considering one. It can help to get and helps hold teeth In place— helps keep them from historic Alount V^ernon. A local public from slipping or dropping down when you keep members. body is moving to condemn the land at that talk—makes you feel more secure. FASTEETH cushions tender gums so you can bite harder point, and it is being the opposed by Acco- and eat easier, faster with greater comfort. keek Foundation, a non-profit organization FASTEETH helps you laugh and speak more clearly without embarrassment. FASTEETH is which is trying to preserv e and protect the alkaUne (non-acid). Checks "plate odor" land opposite A\'ashington"s homestead. (denture breath). At drug counters everywhere.

ANOTHER FISHING TIP comes from Easy, fast dry, trouble-free Christopher Tucrff, of Anderson, Ind. He uses \\ hat he calls a "neat hook pack." He FINISH makes this out of cellophane, one inch WOOD The complete interior clear m wide, by laying his fish hooks on the stickj^ one can. Wherever paints ore lo/d. side and then covering them with a second FREE linlshing chin lolder. strip, .sticky side down. Hooks, he says, Dett. Boi 2216 Cli. Dept. L remain sharp and do not become tangled. Torrince, . IF YOU LIKE to handle guns but dislike the idea of covering them with sweaty A LONG-LASTING outdoor light can fingerprints, here is a suggestion from Airs. be made from a brick, according to Rick- Jesse R. Evans, of Flcmingsburg, Ky. Get Roberts, Cedar Point, Kan. Soak the brick ACCORDIONS!^ OFF! a pair of cheap cotton gloves, pour a little 5 DAY FREE TRIAL - Easy Terms in kerosene for from 24 to 30 hours and it oil directly on them and then handle the ""t.— ... Boy direct from world's larnest exclu- 611% or , iRjw Bive .ccordion dealer. Save will absorb enough fuel to burn for from Fines! imported Italian makes gun to your heart's content. Instead of mart. : r 30 models. 5 Ihtu t^fe Trial. Llfe- three to five hours. It should be suspended e ifuarantee. Trade-ins accepted, taking a chance on causing rust you'll be ms Ki(t«. Easy terms. Niw aa JIO.OO b\ a wire so that it will not set fire to monthly. Write for big Color CaUloit giving your firearm extra protection. and low wholesale pricea— FREE I anything. Accordion Corporation of America 2003 West Chicago Avenue, Dept. A-91, Chicago 22, Illinois CUSTOM GUNS at reasonable prices can be had from the Kodiak .Mfg. Co.. of North IN CASE OF TROUBLE while hunting or Haven, Conn., which offers a wide assort- on vacation, Charles Jarvis. Sr., of Atco, ment of barreled actions, barrels, actions N.J., suggests that you carry an identifica- RUPTURED and stocks. There's a catalogue available, if tion card that tells where you arc staying BE FREE FROM TRUSS SLAVERY you w rite to P.O. Box 185, Nonh Haven. locally. If you should ha\ c an accident this Surely you w.int to THROW AWAY TRUSSES FOREVER, be rid of Rupture Wor- Kodiak also manufactures the only auto- can help the police wiio otherwise might gripinn, ries. Then Why put up with wearing a iioh_ a loading .22 Alagnum rifle on the market. have to check out the home address given chafing and unsanitary truss. For there is new modern Non-Surgical treatment that js de- Called the Alodel 260, it is priced at on most identification cards and papers. S59.95. signed to permanently correct rupture. These Non-Surgical treatments are so certain, that a Lifetime Certificate of Assurance is given. A CHARCOAL FIRE is sometimes hard DENTAL FLOSS is excellent for emcr- Write today for our New FREE Book that you painful, expensive to get going, panicularly when briquettes genc>' repairs, sa>s Robert Doniinick, of gives facts that may save surgery. Telis how non-surgically you may again are used. However, Stan DeWitt of Rock- man- Chino, Calif., and he recommends that it worlc, live, play, love and enjoy life in tl^ ford, 111., sa>s he has no trouble when he Write toda> Dept H-110:). be included in any sewing kit. Indeed, he ner you desire. — uses the following method: First he cuts Excelsior Medical Clinic, Excelsior Springs, Mo. points out that the handy flat containers of the bottom out of a 2-pound coff^ee can or dental floss, plus a neeiUe or two, make a a can of similar size and shape. Next he fills highl>' practical sew ing kit. The tough floss it with charcoal and pours lighter fluid on v\ orks on canx as, leather and hea\ >• cloth. Borrow BY MAIL it. Then he lifts the can so it is an inch or so off' the base it is resting on and touches P32L3 --i;-;;*'' $600 a match to it. Red coals are soon ready to THAT BOAT PICTURE on the preceding violations ft)r safe Knjov the thirRs you wai do your cooking. The secret is the draft page shows five of rules NOW with n confidenttal produced by the chimney-like coffee can. boating. There are too many people in the LOAN-byMAIL-ffot any amount. $Un).(i(i to JfiOO.OO. I'ay small boat. life preservers are in evi- No back in small monthly inptallments Amount 24MonlM) to fit your paychi ck. Take as Iotik dence. Tying up to a channel marker is ol loan Parmenti MAKE YOUR OWN "barometer," urges as 24 months. No co-makera. Kvery- $ioo S S.93 thing private. No matter where you live, Richard Bacon, of Rogers, Alex. All contrary to regulations. The tw o fishermen , N. rush this coupon. lyoan Order Illank mailed $300 J17.49 have no l)usiness fisiiing in a channel. 1 he envelope. Noohhgation. Act! you need, he says, is some cobalt chloride Freein plain $400 S22.75 BIdg. »500 S27.69 which you can probably get at big boat is endangering life by speeding DIAL FINANCE CO., 410 Kilpatrick your drug - 2. NEBRASKA DEPT. J-92 OMAHA S6O0 $32.49 store. You mix about a half-teaspoonful in tiirough an area filled w ith small craft.

J-92 1 I DIAL FINANCE CO., Dept. NO AGENT a little water and soak a piece of cloth in 410 Kilpatrick BIdg., Omaha 2. Nob. I WILL CALL IMeaae rusb FUKE Loan Order tilank. it. \\'hen it dries you pin it on your hat, If you have a helpful idea that pertains attach it to your fishing pole or fasten it to to hunting or fishing, send it along. If we NAME. any other convenient place. When the can use it, we'll reward you with a check for ADDRESS. piece of cloth turns blue you know you $5.00. Address: Outdoor Editor, The CITY are in for good weather. When it turns American Legion Magazine, 720 Fiftli Amount yoo want to borrow $ — pink it is going Avenue, New York 19, New York. J to be rainy or stormy. I

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER I96I • 4I AMERICA'S HAPPIEST HUNTING GROUNDS

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with quail, chukar, partridges. Jucks. woods and thickets for rulTed grouse. As owned and much of it is posted. But still and, infrequently, turkeys. usual this fall they'll leave plenty of foot- a visitor doesn't have too much trouble "Even grandpa" one wide-eyed pre- prints, but they'll also find a good supply getting permission to hunt, either from serve hunter stated last tall, "never had of birds from New England to northern the landowner or from a hunting club shooting like this." Minnesota. Grouse, or "pats," are also member who leased the shooting rights. Grandpa had tar better wildtowling, relatively plentiful in northern Wiscon- Quail hunters in the Southwest will however, than the current corps ot hun- sin and on Michigan's Upper Peninsula. be pleased to learn that all signs point to ters will enjoy during the 1961 season. And the grouse season in southern Ohio's good gunning for "blues" (scaled quail, Geese are holding their own and will hill country will last for four full months, really) over much of their range, espe- furnish good shooting in such widely beginning in October. Summing up, the cially in west Texas. Elsewhere in the

scattered plases as Cairo, III.; Eagle Lake outlook for grouse is excellent. State, bobwhites are abundant. vicinity, Tex.; Mattamuskeet, N. C, and When sportsmen say "birds" almost Many American boys learn to hunt along the Louisiana Gulf Coast; but it's anywhere in the South, they mean bob- because cottontails are handy in nearby a dilTerent, unhappy story with their white quail. Last year was a good season brier patches or because squirrels are

smaller cousins, the ducks. for birds and it should be at least as plentiful in local woodlots. And as it Perhaps there will be a few more, but good in '61. That's happy news on both happens, these two popular animals still only a few more, ducks than last season sides of the Mason-Dixon line. provide an incredible amount of sport in the eastern half of the United States One particularly happy hunting and delicious meat for neophyte and vet-

this fall. Unfortunately they still haven't ground for quail is southern Georgia eran hunters alike from coast to coast. recovered from a series of poor nesting where President Eisenhower often hunt- The most likely places to find squirrels

seasons in Canada's prairie provinces ed. Another is South Carolina's low- are in the hardwood forests of the South- where most of them are hatched. The lands, that region of the lower Santee east and Midwest. Squirrel populations 1961 Waterfowl Regulations have not and Cooper River drainage where open have a tendency to fluctuate which been established by the Federal Govern- seasons are longer and bag limits more means there are both good and lean ment as this is written, but no doubt the generous on many species than anywhere years. But even during the poor years, seasons will be short, maybe as short as else in the country. What's probably the a sportsman can find plenty of them in 30 days along the Atlantic seaboard and world's best coon hunting, for instance, such widely scattered sections as the in the Mississippi Valley. In addition, the exists right here; there's no closed season Ozarks, in the Appalachians from West shooting of such species as redheads, and no bag limit on raccoons. The deer Virginia southward to North Carolina,

canvasbacks and ruddies will probably season opens Aug. 15 and ends Jan. 1 and in Kentucky's Cumberland Moun- be forbidden altogether. But in any case with a limit of five bucks per hunter! No tains. Look for squirrels also in Missis-

every duck hunter should consult the other State approaches it. In addition sippi and Arkansas pecan groves and in laws before he steps into his blind. there's fair-to-middling hunting for swamps where there is a mixture of tree This year's best duck hunting will no doves, rabbits, possums, wild hogs, bob- species. doubt occur along the Pacific, particu- cats, turkeys and geese, the last at San- Rabbits promise to be plentiful this larly in Alaskan coastal waters and tee-Cooper Reservoir. fall in the belt from Tennessee and Ken- around the San Francisco Bay area. While speaking of the South, another tucky westward to Kansas and Nebraska.

Of all the wingshooters and scatter- fine quail area. Mississippi's Yazoo Del- Year in and year out central Missouri is gunners, none is more serious than those ta, also has excellent mixed-bag hunting. fertile cottontail country.

hard-core sportsmen who tramp the All of the land hereabouts is privately In many parts of the United States, deer hunting becomes one of the most important and colorful rites of autumn. In many crossroads communities, a man is known by his prowess as a deer hunt-

er more than anything else which is good because deer hunting is a healthy, whole- some, hard-to-match sport. Deer are clever, wily and elusive enough as tar- gets to rank them with the greatest of game animals and nowhere are they more plentiful than in North America. In 1961, only a few States will not have open seasons. When you discuss the best deer-hunting areas, you have to include Modoc County, Calif., which is just about the best deer region in a top deer State. An-

other promised land for deer hunters is the Gila National Forest in N. Mex. A part of the Forest, the Gila Wilderness, is a spectacularly rugged and completely roadless area where you travel on foot only—your horse's or your own. But the

mule deer are big and. it seems, everywhere. Local "We (liTulcd not to |)iit it oil' any longer." ranchers and pack-trip out- fitters in the vicinity of Silver City TIIK AMKIlIfAN I.EC.ION MAGAZINK welcome non-residents who sometimes bag

42 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 1961 elk, lions or turkeys as well as deer. few grizzlies and black bears. Wyommg s But maybe Utah has the greatest buck- Thoroughfare Country is superb elk Improved EZO Helps Relieve Pain skin bonanza of all because for the past range, too. of Pressure and Slipping of few years more mule deer have been Wyoming is by far the non-resident bagged here than anywhere else. The antelope hunter's best choice, particu- FALSE TEETH limit is two deer per hunter, as opposed larly if he hunts around Gillete and Chew in comfort with NEW, SOFTER to the usual one per hunter in the East. Lander. In the days of the vast buffalo As a result, almost everyone scores. herds, Americans had unlimited plains EZO DENTAL CUSHIONS Utah's bucks are among the biggest, too. shooting, but now the antelope provides Grips Dentures Firmer, Quicker! It may seem impossible for some un- the only plains shooting which remains. Helps Keep Seeds Out vanishing wil- successful nimrods to believe, but many Except for the rapidly Helps Ease Pressure on Gums of the nation's biggest white-tailed deer derness of Africa, Alaska has the hap- Helps Plate Fit Snug have been taken within an easy half- piest hunting grounds on earth and few Helps Prevent Clicking /ilk lor New EZO Heavy Gauge CiiihionsI day's drive of New York City. The most sportsmen who travel to the 49th State AT YOUR FAVORITE DRUG COUNTER 60c massive whitetail antlers ever measured are ever even mildly disappointed. It's (according to the Boone & Crockett the home of the brown bear, one of the Club, official custodians of big-game rec- world's most formidable beasts and most ITCinNGTorture ords) were taken by Roosevelt Luckey desirable trophies— unless you happen to in Alleghany County, N. Y., in 1939. be a polar bear fan. Both grow bigger Stopped Like Magic There are more trophies where that one than half a ton on occasion. Specific hot- Here's blesstil relief from torture and misery of rectal itch, chafing, rash and eczema with a new came from. spots for browns are Kodiac Island, Ad- amazing scientific formula called LANACANE. This stainless medicated creme kills harmful There are quite a number of areas in miralty Island and the Alaska Peninsula. fast-acting, bacteria germs while it soothes raw, irritated and the East where a hunter stands an ex- In addition, Alaska offers the best inflamed skin tissue. Stops scratching and so speeds healing. Don t suffer ! Gel LANACANE at druggistsl cellent chance of securing venison for hunting for the biggest (on the Kenai the table. The Nantahala and Pisgah Na- Peninsula) moose; the handsome, white LEARN tional Forest of North Carolina are hot- Dall sheep (in the Chugach Mountains spots and here a hunter also has a chance and the Brooks Range); grizzlies, black MEAT CUTTING Truln qulcKly In » siiort \\ et h.s at at black bears, Russian wild boars and bears, goats (in the southwest coastal Toledo for a brlRht future with serurlty In the vital meat bu.siness. Blp i)ay. full -time jobs — HAVE A PHOFITAHTK ruffed grouse. ranges), barren grounds caribou and MARKET OF YOUR OWNI Pay after '>x graduation. Diploma Riven. Job help. Other better-than-average deer areas wolves. The only trouble is that hunting Thousands of successful graduates. Our 38th yearl Send now for big. new

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 1961 • 43 WHAT WE HAVE LOST IN LATIN AMERICA (Contiitued from ji'if^e H)

estate. All tenants were declared mort- sands of workers in this country who their antipathy to private enterprises, gage owners and for periods of 15 to 30 were laid off because the markets in but which already had expropriated years they had henceforth to pay their Cuba are closed to us. many U.S.-owned properties. Perhaps rents to the Government, plus additional Moreover, these big firms all paid the most glaring, not to say tragic, ex- funds to provide for the upkeep of the taxes in the United States on the profits ample of this practice has been the tre- houses." of their investments, which in effect held mondous sums of money (more than

It is unfortunate enough that so many down our individual taxes. Worse still, $150 million) we have loaned or granted of our noted intellectuals, who have the big firms now will be able to write outright to Bolivia in the last five years. visited the island only since the revolu- ofT most of their losses, and the govern- Bolivia, not only had expropriated tion, do not learn that most of the ment will have to find other sources of American oil companies, the foreign- schools, hospitals, and housing they see tax money to make up for the large owned tin mines and confiscated large

had already been built or were under amounts it previously collected from the areas of the best farmlands, but part of construction when Castro came to firms operating in Cuba. This means the American taxpayers' money has gone

power. But it is tragic that the govern- that you and I will be called upon to to help modernize equipment for the ment of the United States, the most make up the difference. mines which politicians have not yet powerful democratic nation on earth, The disparagement of private capital, been able to operate at a profit, and to should be unable to distinguish between native and foreign, in these countries finance agricultural machinery for the

fact and propaganda. also is to be found in the vast financial farms taken over from private owners. Even if Castro had been sincere in his and economic-aid programs we have We also have set up numbers of new

"original objectives," they were still con- dispensed and are continuing to dispense institutions and agencies to continue to trary to every social and economic prin- on an even larger scale in Latin America. support or increase the financing of gov- ciple upon which U.S. institutions rest. Until the last few years most of our ernment projects in Latin America. The His so-called '"social and economic re- loans to the southern republics were Export-Import Bank already has laid out forms" still would have been state- made through the Export-Import Bank. more than $4 billion in the 20 countries dominated or owned. They were the This agency, set up in 1933 during the since it was established, a considerable same old policies that prevailed in Roosevelt Administration, was in the portion of which has been repaid. There Europe when the founders of this coun- beginning designed primarily to finance was outstanding as of the end of 1960 try came to the New World seeking to our foreign trade. But this policy was $2,586,100,000. But the government has establish a free and open society. soon dispensed with, in order to make found that the Export-Import Bank's

By virtually endorsing, at least in the loans directly to various foreign, and policies have been "too rigid." Loans it White Paper, these "original objectives" particularly Latin American, countries. has made are supposed to be paid back of the Cuban revolution, the Administra- In the last 20 years large sums have on time. At any rate, new agencies de- tion has in effect declared to the whole been loaned to governments for upkeep signed to handle "softer loans" were world that our government no longer and even to build state-owned utilities necessary "to broaden the base of eco- defends the free private enterprise sys- in a number of countries. The Mexican nomic assistance to our neighbors." tem abroad, at least in Cuba. Government bought, not to say forced, We established a Development Loan

If this is its attitude toward what has the sale of the Southern Pacific Rail- Fund and more recently helped to fi- happened on the island next door, is it way's lines in the western part of that nance the brand-new Inter-American not logical to suppose that this will be country. Brazil nationalized the prosper- Development Bank to which we are the interpreted as our attitude toward any ous British-owned Santos and vSao Paulo largest contributors. We are also the future takeover or confiscation of U.S. railroad. Peron pressured the British and largest contributors to the World Bank, investments in other Latin American French into giving up their sprawling which has loaned more than $1 billion countries, or for that matter, in any networks of railways in Argentina after to the 20 countries. Then there are the other nation of the world? World War 11. Later we made large loans United Nations, the Organization of No American citizen should deceive to all three countries for the rehabilita- American States, the International himself into thinking that the confica- tion of these properties. Monetary Fund, to which we are like- tion of big American companies and in- Following the war we helped to fi- wise the major contributor, and all of dustrial enterprises in Cuba is of no nance government-operated steel mills which extend millions in credits and as- direct importance to him. in Brazil. Chile and Argentina. Over sistance to the other American nations. It is true that the vast majority of the $125 million went to the Vargas dicta- Over and above all this, the Eisen- big American-owned sugar centrales, torship in Brazil to erect and later ex- hower Administration had asked Con- factories and commercial distributing pand the giant Volta Redonda plant. We gress to grant a special $500 million houses, oil refineries and mercantile es- made loans available to the government fund to help social and economic re- tablishments that Castro took over, were of Chile for the construction of its forms undertaken and administered by operated under such names as the Huachipato plant, and even supplied the Latin American governments. Another American Sugar Refining Co., the credit for Peron to purchase an entire $100 million was requested for the Texaco Co., the Atlantic Sugar Refining mill in this country. Chilean Government to reconstruct Co., United Fruit, Standard Oil, Ford The point is that all these as well as cities and properties destroyed in last Motor Co., General Motors, Inter- other projects the American taxpayers year's earthquakes. These appropriations national Harvester, Goodyear Tire and have helped to finance were and still are were authorized in May of this year, Rubber and Woolworth's. But actually government-owned and operated. In after President Eisenhower left office. practically every one of them was owned many cases they have been playthings Almost immediately Mr. Kennedy by countless private American citizens, for Latin American politicians and high proposed that Congress permit his Ad- as stockholders, who no longer collect officials of governments many of which ministration to borrow some $7 billion dividends. The factories, which pro- came to power by force and were, to say in addition over a period of five years, duced the machinery or spare parts for the least, transitory. at low interest rates, so as to make longer the plants and the companies that dis- Millions have been loaned to govern- range plans for continued aid to Latin tributed the products, employed thou- ments that not only openly proclaimed America.

44 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • •PTEMBER 1961 Without waiting tor the lawmakers to citizens of the United States have spent will. We must by ail means prevent the reach a decision in the matter, the Presi- nearly $3 billion to develop a fabulous communists from dominating the petro- dent assumed that they would consent: oil enterprise, to begin taking over and leum resources of Latin America." All

He urged the Organization of Ameri- asking for loans from this country with of which is another way of saying that

can States to arrange a full-dress Hemi- which to do it. The government of Presi- to prevent the communists from advanc- sphere Economic Conference in Uru- dent Romulo Betancourt has already set ing in this hemisphere we must adopt guay this summer, to draw up and agree up a state oil company to compete with their methods and economic philosophy. on projects and plans for the spending of the foreign companies. Another argument is that by helping these additional billions. our sister republics to develop their own As if all this were not enough to cause primarily for The new funds arc to go any U.S. bank, company or individual industries we help to discourage dicta- of low-cost housing, as as Actu- the construction to hesitate before risking another dollar torships well communism. schools, hospitals, highways and other ally, what are doing is to encourage of capital in the nations next door, the we public services. "Land reform" seems to anti bolster strong-arm governments and Administration is also ready to help sta- be the favorite projects of the dictators of all stripes. No dictator is among bilize, meaning subsidize, the prices of is be the very "New Frontiersmen." This to Latin American export commodities. able to control a country long un- principal means of raising the standard less he can dominate its economy. Every Coffee would be among the first to re- of living. U.S. money is to be used to one of the strong men in this hemisphere ceive such assistance because it is grown help purchase and finance farmlands, that I can remember over a period of 40 in 15 of the countries and has undergone and to construct low-cost homes for the years has been able to do so because he violent fluctuations in recent years. We peasants and working classes. could squeeze the pocketbooks of the have offered to join in any of a number These small loans to individuals are opposition. of plans including the setting up of an to be handled by local building and loan The first thing that such despots as international cooperative to finance or associations, and purely governmental Castro of Cuba, Peron of Argentina, hold oft the market "large stocks" so as agencies, within the respective countries. Generalissimo Rafael Trujillo of the to keep prices up. Unfortunately they will be permitted to Dominican Republic, Marcos Perez .Such a move would be. in ell'ect, join- charge whatever rate of interest they -limenez of Venezuela and the others did ing in an international price-fixing may decide upon. In most countries the when they took over their countries was scheme to bilk American consumers. prevailing interest rates average from 15 to bring all private enterprise under the American taxpayers, out of more mil- to 25, and in some cases, 50 percent. iron fist of the government. Even when lions of dollars a year, since this coun- Oddly enough, when certain Members of they allowed it to exist, it had to pay try does not grow coftee. and is the Congress wanted to stipulate that no tribute to them. world's greatest consumer. loan organization or group could charge Not only dictators but even the so- But if more than eight percent, the Adminis- we are going to finance our sis- called democratic governments in Latin tration objected. So with our approval, ter republics in fixing the price of coffee, America today are, with two or three why not help them "stabilize" the prices the Latin peasants and workers are going exceptions, all left-of-center regimes. to have to put up with the same old of all other basic commodities they ex- The majority of them are working to- port? usurious practices to which they have Won't they ask us to do so? Where ward nationalization or rigid state con- will it end? Not to mention what will it been subjected for 400 years, and the trol of all great private enterprise. cost? usurers are to be allowed to make huge At any rate, it not only has become profits from our money. Among the arguments offered by the more and more perilous to invest money The Kennedy Administration has "New Frontiersmen." or almost any gov- in Latin America, but the fi.xed policy of found still another way to discourage ernmental official today, is that "if we our government to discourage our private enterprise and spend the tax- don't help these governments finance people from doing so, as well as to use payers' money in Latin America. At their oil and other industries and stabil- their tax money to support government- least it has scrapped one of the few re- ize the prices of their exports. Russia dominated economies. the knd strictive policies that had prevented other Administrations from doing so. We now are ready to help finance government oil monopolies— probably one of the greatest of all political boon- doggles in the southern republics. Up to now we had insisted that there is plenty of private capital available in this and other countries for such risky enterprises. We pointed to our own privately administered oil industry as an example. More recently we had praised the government of President Arturo Frondizi in Argentina, which finally had opened its doors to private oil companies with the result that that country now produces practically all the petroleum products it consumes. Bolivia, one of the earliest expropri- ators of private oil companies, got the first loan. Now Brazil, Mexico and others may be expected to crowd the counters of the various U.S. lending agencies to get loans for oil exploitation. Worse, still, we may expect such countries as Venezuela where private

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 1961 • 45 I WAS A MEMBER OF THE PALACE GUARD

( Cofitinitrtl fmni ptiii^e II)

main stairs on your right. Go up tiie soldier, though, always at attention be- tatives and symbols of duly constituted stairs to the third floor." One ot us would side his bunk for the morning rollcall. authority. He beat the rap. Another na- surreptitiously follow the selectee out of His bunk was invariably as neat as a pin, tionally known entertainer approached

the testing room, and if he managed to too, as it had every right to be, since the us with loud and earnest claims that he'd reach the main stairs without undue hesi- gangster slept a couple of blocks away been trying to fight his way into the tation we laid a hand on him and brought at the Waldorf-Astoria. service since Pearl Harbor. He had a fat him back to the room, on Sgt. Aarons' A surprising number of the officers sheaf of papers in his hand. When perfectly sound theory that we were deal- and noncoms at the Palace had used pressed, he shyly permitted us to glance ing with a malingerer, since no one who some sort of pull to get stationed there. through them; they consisted of signed could follow those directions could be so Among their number was one shy and affidavits, mostly in triplicate, from dumb as to fail all those tests. rather simple-minded MP sergeant, the about 19 doctors stating that he had a Inasmuch as the entire induction proc- nephew of a ranking officer. MP's, Pfc's chronic back ailment which might be ess took several hours, draft boards severely aggravated by any form of mili- stopped sending their candidates through tary service whatsoever. by late morning, so by noon or one The Palace conducted business as usu- o'clock we psychologists were usually al in the offices above the fourth floor, finished with the last selectees. and soldiers were not permitted in the The biggest part of the two-story-high elevators except when accompanying a ground floor was given over to a giant wheelchair case some desperate draft

mess hall which served as the student board had sent in to fill a quota. It was a

cooks" laboratory. As a boy I had stood distinct pleasure to us all when one of on the mezzanine high above that broad the civilian elevator operators in the expanse and watched in awe as Canadian building was apprehended as a draft lumberjacks chopped through 14-in. dodger and sent through the induction beech bolts in something under 45 sec- routine under guard.

onds, and as a soldier I would recall this At night, as is the case with any mili-

experience as I looked down on a thou- tary establishment, the entrances to the sand or so draftees attacking their first Palace were guarded. The most desirable army beef. post was at the freight entrance at the After the noon meal, those of us who rear of the kitchen. Late at night the had finished with our induction duties mess sergeant was in the habit of return- reported back upstairs past the great ing to his cavernous kitchen, illuminated sweaty third floor, a maze of plywood now by a single bulb, and easing the

alleys and cubicles which would be filled "I'm not through here yet." hurts of the day by moodily frying up all afternoon with naked men shutlling filets of beef in butter; as often as not, from one specialist to another, as their TIU; AMlJItlCAN I,EX MAOAZINi: he'd throw in a couple of steaks for the identity cards flopped against their guard at the back entrance. chests. OfT duty, we would drink beer at the Back on four, the 1st Sgt. would di- bar in the basement of the Palace, or vide the psychologists into small detach- and Cpl's, all took turns each morning brave the line down at the Park Avenue

ments of housekeepers. You might find seeing that the sergeant's buttons were USO to get theater tickets; it was difficult

yourself cleaning blackout paint ofl' the buttoned, that his brassard was on the not to feel self-conscious about the Sec- very windows you had painted a year proper arm, and that he was placed at ond Service Command shoulder patches before, or scraping the floors clean of the head of the steps leading up from the we wore, which identified us as subway chewing gum deposited by preoccupied street. Sometimes, when a particularly commandos to any other soldiers passing selectees. large or boisterous group of draftees through town. From time to time, higher headquar- came charging up the steps, the sergeant Many of the induction team were na-

ters would galvanize our CO into insti- would panic and hide in a broom closet tive New Yorkers, and 1 still see a fa- tuting a training program, and small for the remainder of the morning. miliar face from those days across a groups of us, equipped with rifles and Occasionally a day would be enliv- street or a restaurant. One can still listen packs, were sneaked out via the back ened by the appearance of a celebrity to Phil Stahl's dulcet tones over radio

stairs and marched down Third Ave. to among the selectees. I was required to station WQXR as he continues pro- the 34th Street Armory, where we would give a literacy test to the late novelist nouncing those unpronounceable names. perform close-order drill. During these Richard Wright, for instance, because he Sam Aarons runs a prosperous liquor marches, we seldom did anything to dis- had had only three years of formal store about a mile north of the scene of

courage the impression of passersby that schooling. I gave the same test to the his wartime psychological glory. Oscar we were marching to a port of embarka- scion of a wealthy New York family. Brand, who used to carry around a pock- tion. Whatever cigarettes and kisses Despite the fact that his papers indicated et alarm clock set to go off at odd times came our way we took as a matter of he had done time in most of the best and places, sings folk songs for a living. course. Eastern prep schools, he did not do near- Another psychologist is a bigtime mo-

There were those among us who felt ly as well as Mr. Wright. And I was privy tion-picture distributor now, and Bobby that being a soldier in New York City to a conversation between a medical lieu- Condon, one of the MP's, is a comedy

in wartime was faintly absurd, but it tenant and a celebrated actor in which writer. must be confessed that there were others the latter gave what surely must have The old Palace Guard has done pretty

who had gone to considerable lengths to been the finest performance of his career well, on the whole, and while 1 hope not

get stationed there. There was one slight- as he described the anguish he experi- to visit there any more, it was kind of a ly overage private who was reputed to be enced in the presence of crowds, uni- pleasant place to live. a bona fide gangster. He was a model forms, deadly weapons, and all represen- THE END

45 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 1961 CRAZY OVER HORSES — (Coiitiniitd from Itat'c !'<) —

bred racing it is a strong no. However, completely rebuilt, and reopened in Sep- ing to note that Santa Anita, north of trotters and pacers not only can survive tember 1959. The face-lifting was not Los Angeles, is one of the four daytime but in certain areas they are gaining done, however, until the night trotting trotting tracks in or near major cities. It ground either with or without betting. tracks started furnishing their patrons is also used by the thoroughbreds. But There are nearly 350 fairs throughout with every convenience, and not merely compared with the fantastic records of the United States, including, ironically, relying on tradition. Aqueduct today is trotting attendance and mutuel handles the one presenting the world's richest not only the most recently built flat track in the East, Santa Anita's average daily and best-known sulky classic (that in the United States, but it holds all rec- crowds totalled a little under 10,000 in doesn't have wagering) which hand- ords for attendance (71,000) and mu- 1960 with an average betting total of somely support harness racing as a sport. tuel handle ($5,560,000) for one day, $720,000. As for the evolution of big-time rac- which shows that the gallopers still have In Chicago, where both harness tracks ing, it did not take place overnight, of the edge when it comes to wagering and operate after dark, crowds averaged course. Both thoroughbred and harness crowds. about 8,000 per day, with a daily mutuel racing plodded along for many years, In the meantime, while the battle handle of $360,000 last year. This would virtually in a rut, until several revolu- raged between harness horses and thor- appear to indicate that the metropolitan tionary changes took place without too oughbreds in metropolitan New York in Midwest and Far West have quite a way much fanfare. the 1940's, an entirely different drama to go to catch up in harness racing as One, and probably the most impor- was being written and played in a vastly well as thoroughbred. tant, was the legalizing in 1940 of pari- diff"erent tempo. While fans at baseball and football mutucl betting in New York State, which The locale was Goshen, N. Y.. 65 games take a deep personal interest in had an electrifying effect on the sport miles northwest of Manhattan, and the sports personalities and follow their ca- throughout the country. The second step event was the Hambletonian Stake, in- reers avidly, there is not much personal was the establishment, also in 1940, of troduced at Goshen in 1930 after four interest in the performers at the race- the first night trotting raceway in a unsuccessful seasons elsewhere. In 1957 tracks. Indeed, most racing fans are not densely populated area only half an hour the Hambletonian was bid in at an in- particularly interested in horses as such. or so from the heart of New York City. creased figure over Goshen (the ante or As participating spectators, and because This represented good timing since it added money was raised from 33 to 45 of the money they wager, they do of cashed in on the record wartime earn- percent) and moved to the Du Quoin, course check the jockeys and the harness ings of a host of fans. And the third 111., State Fair. There it proved it could horses' drivers for the effect they may major development, several years later, emulate the big-city crowds by doubling have on the outcome of the race. But so was the invention and use of the mobile the attendance set at Goshen despite a far there is little evidence, particularly starting gate to speed up the actual start lack of betting and with no large market in highly urban centers, of personal of harness races. like New York City to draw from. "heroes." It's true that an earlier night sulky Going further westward, it's interest- Most major sports can't come even racing plant had functioned somewhat close to furnishing fans with the niceties erratically at Toledo, Ohio, in the de- of dining that the racing world ofi"ers pression-shadowed thirties. But com- its patrons at the bigger, glossier tracks. pared with what Roosevelt Raceway at The average ballpark or college or civic Westbury, Long Island, shaped out of a football stadium offers nothing much ex- former motor race course that failed, cept hot dogs, soft drinks, and indifter- Toledo's half-mile lighted oval wasn't ent coffee in a paper cup. But at the much of a standout. horse track, meals expertly prepared and The initial outlay at Roosevelt was served by nationally known caterers, in- only about $150,000. This investment in By REV. WILLIAM B. ADAMS clude everything even a gourmet might a nighttime trotting-pacing track was a want at a price that is a little less than Department Chaplain, District of Columbia tremendous gamble and at first the track you might pay at, say, the Waldorf- lost money. But it survived to add more Gracious Master, most reverently Astoria. Such fare is an acknowledged than $20-million in facilities to the ini- we thank Thee for the prcservatior "must" at nighttime harness tracks in or tial it cities. Rich con- outlay. And made the running of our Country. We arc great ano near larger American horse people decide they'd better hurry cessions farmed out to caterers permit a powerful, generous and considerate to match it or surpass it—or suffer. track to earn vitally needed thousands because of Thy Benediction. Thy Roosevelt Raceway, the forerunner of of dollars. today's 39 other after-dark sulky speed- protection has surrounded us. Thy The Yonkers Raceway restaurant is an ways, today holds the record for attend- Providence has made us triumphant example of one restaurant which never its must be kept well ance (55,000) and for total bets placed so that we do not fear any enemy forgets that public (2,700,000) during any one evening. satisfied. 1 his swank dining place over- \\ ithout. And that is with Yonkers Raceway in looking the brilliantly lighted Yonkers Now — beseech Thee to pro- seasonal competition (though without We track, seats 1,400, and its furthest table actual conflict on identical nights) with tect us from the enemy within. Be- is only 120 feet away from the oval its $20 million plant. Yonkers is getting stow upon us the virtues of honesty, course. Yonkers has another handsomely close to Roosevelt's impressive records honor, integrity, and truthfulness; appointed room, seating 600, which has even though it started 10 years later. The closed-circuit television so that no one and a sense of private and public new Yonkers Raceway is an outgrowth need let his piece de resistance grow righteousness which will guarantee of the old Empire City mile "flat" track, cold while watching the race. Other con- which was reduced to the half-mile oval that moral courage essential to a vic- cessions, such as programs, parking, and favored by harness raceway. torious future. special police protection, are eagerly Aqueduct, a name revered among In the name of our Lord, Amen. fought for since they share in the golden thoroughbred people, was torn down, tide that marks racing as the biggest of

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 1961 • 47 big business involving sport. plied by special racing sheets which can said it was not as profitable as racing in Concessions such as parking play a give a fan a complete breakdown for any daylight, while 49 others approved the key role in racing finances. Indeed they prominent track operating anywhere in changeover to lights. This year, prob- are often lifesavers. One obvious by- the nation. ably 25 percent of all the fairs will con- product has helped the Kent & Sussex The mobile starting-gate which has duct their trots and paces at night. raceway at Harrington, Dela. show a contributed so much to harness-racing The thoroughbred sport, although a profit. The management does a thriving comprises a fast "getaway" car, on bit dazzled by all this showing, has not

business in manure which it sells to which are mounted two extended fold- yet gotten around to presenting runners mushroom growers of nearby Pennsyl- away wings. The wings spread across under the lights. Several tracks, none of vania. the track as a moving gate. As the car them members of the Thoroughbred

To protect the horses and, inciden- slowly pulls away from the horses, it Racing Association, have used lights, but tally, the fans, half a million is spent folds the gate as it goes. Too few people the TRA. comprising all (45) of the each year by thoroughbred authorities. realize what a revolutionary develop- major thoroughbred tracks, does not

The money is used to guard the four- ment the gate was 15 years ago. With- permit such night sport. legged performers from evil-doers who out it harness racing would still be On the other hand, only four of the would like to insure the money they bet. plagued with the false starts that used 40 firmly-established parimutuel race- Precautionary measures are also taken to bore all but the most rabid fans. ways concerned with harness racing in by the standardbred or harness-horse Today finds the richer stables school- the United States present their programs

sport. Laudable progress has been made ing their horses with their own starting- in the daytime. This is only because these in both types of racing to prevent crime gates which, though smaller in size, are tracks cannot obtain legislative approval and to prosecute promptly in the event efTective. The high acceleration of the for night sport. They are located in Free- that any hanky-panky occurs. cars on which the fold-back wings are hold, N. J., Santa Anita and Hollywood Press coverage has of course had a used eliminates the danger of collisions Park, both near Los Angeles; and Bay

great deal to do with the steadily mount- between horses and gate. And where it Meadows in San Francisco.

ing gains in racing. Whole pages are sometimes required an hour to get a field It is estimated that $40 billion is now frequently devoted to entries, results, of trotters or pacers in motion before the being spent annually on leisure time. In

odds, payoffs and handicappers' pro- starting mechanism was adopted, it now the sports field, racing has no equal as fundities. Quite often this is supple- takes only a matter of seconds. far as spectators are concerned. More mented by narrative-type stories describ- Second only to the starting-gate in persons patronize and, to some extent,

ing in detail what went on and, if it importance to trotting was the introduc- participate in the "sport of kings" than didn't, why not. Radio and TV round tion of night racing "under the lights." in fishing, swimming, golfing, hunting, out the millions of words printed daily A recent survey of fairs shows that only yachting or bowling. Racing is assuredly

in newspapers. Further coverage is sup- one fair which had night harness racing "oflF and running." the end

JOBS THAT TEACH IMPORTANT LESSONS (Continued from pnge 17)

truck-loader. George, who finished high kids under control, but a means of help- authority, carry a chip on your shoulder,

school, is a foreman. Mr. Smith, who ing them grow up happy, respected and and you're out. Schools try to teach this was also a foreman once but who secure in a rough-and-tumble world. monumentally important lesson, but

worked his way through night college, (3) He learns a basic truth: The world they can't always teach it thoroughly is now production manager. Slowly is neither for you nor against you, but enough. In business the rewards and awareness dawns: schoolteachers are rewards or punishes according to your punishments are starkly clear. The man friends, not enemies. Education is not a own actions. Work hard, try to get along who produces well keeps his job and prison term imposed by adults to keep with people, and you're in. Loaf, scorn paycheck. The man who doesn't, doesn't. Nothing could teach the lesson more forcefully. (4) By working parttime, the youngster can at least partly satisfy his wish to earn his own money and be independent. If he was about to quit school to help support a struggling family, the parttime work may lessen the urgency of the situation. (5) Giles J. Smith, who directs the Ford Foundation project for the St. Louis Board of Education, likes to emphasize another gain: "The students feel there is someone genuinely interested in them." In both St. Louis and New York, work-study students are shepherd- ed by special counselors and coordi- nators who hunt jobs, act as liaison between schools and business, keep a close watch on each student's progress in and out of school. The school quitter may hate teachers but may warm to his work-

study counselor, who is removed from the usual classroom environment and

4g • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 1961 who helps the youngster get a paying of his life. At one of their frequent con- and in attendance," he says. "There has job. This close, profitable relationship versations in the counselor's quiet ollicc. been a marked drop in disciplinary viola- with a levelheaded adult may by itself the boy asked a strange question: "Do tions, less truancy, and little, if any, cut-

effect massive shifts in the youngster's you know any place where I can get a ling of classes within the school day." attitudes. Adults, he sees, can be real tattoo taken off?" The counselor Most of the kids are doing much better friends. frowned, puzzled. "I can find out for in their classroom work. Among the These are the hopes and theories. you. Why?" The boy rolled up his few who haven't improved, the problem How have they worked out? sleeve, revealing a tattooed insignia of most often is a deficiency in reading or Statistics give part of the answer. St. his delinquent gang. "expressive skills" (writing, speaking).

Louis took, all the potential drop-outs in Smith also tells of a girl whose ftiture New York is giving these youngsters

its six most troubled schools and divided seemed similarly bleak as she turned 16. remedial training. them into two groups at random. One She was known in the community as a Both New York and .St. Louis match group began the work-study program. delinquent and anti-student. When the each student's job as closely as possible The other group, the controls, continued city put her into the work-study pro- to his .school studies. Industrial arts kids in school as before to allow for experi- gram, the best her counselor could do go into industrial plants, commercial mental comparisons. for her was a dishwashing job; she course kids into business ofiices. School The program started in September simply had no skills for anything more people visit the employers regularly, 1960. By April 1961. the trend was challenging. But on the job, several and the employers often drop in for con- already clear. Among the controls, 31.2 things happened to change the course of ferences at the schools. The youngsters percent had quit school since the begin- her life. are graded on their job performance ning of the program. In the work group, First, she became aware that her low- just as though it were another course in only half as many took the fatal step; ly status as a dishwasher was a direct re- school. In New York, employers are 15.9 percent. sult of her educational shortcomings. asked to grade each student twice a year New York offers a difl'erent kind of She saw that she would spend her whole on six counts; Courtesy, cooperation and statistic. In New York public schools as life on this level unless she herself did loyalty, initiative, appearance, ability to a whole, historically, some 30 to 35 per- something about it. follow instructions, and general job cent leave before graduating from the Second, she met and befriended an performance. twelfth grade. Among those in the Co- adult. This woman told the girl of her Most potential drop-outs in both cities operative Education Program, fewer experiences as a nurse. The girl meas- work half a day, two alternating students than 2 percent quit early. (The far- ured nursing against dishwashing, holding many jobs. In New York, out- ranging work-study program in New counted all the things the one job side the special potential-quitters proj- York includes many youngsters who offered that the other didn't. She decided ect, most work-study youngsters are on aren't potential drop-outs. Thus the she would like to become a nurse. But an alternate-week, alternate-two-weeks New York statistics can't be compared she knew, now, that the world doesn't or alternate-six-weeks schedule. Worker- with those of St. Louis, whose program give you things for the mere asking. To students take a somewhat lighter aca- is set up specifically to save quitters.) be a nurse — to be anything worthwhile demic load than regular students. But by Says Grace Brennan proudly: "Any edu- — you must study. Today she is working eliminating free periods, auditorium cational program with a 98 percent hard in school, determined to rise gatherings and other extras during the holding power is obviously getting toward the top. school day, they manage to end the year through to the boys and girls." In Nev,' York, Gerald Hilton tells of with just about as much basic education But there are other ways besides similar gains in present and future as the fulltime classroom occupiers. statistics to prove a point. Giles Smith happiness. Youngsters in the potential- it takes a lot of courage and more tells of a boy who, at 17, was a chronic quitters group have shown "particular than a normal helping of civic con- juvenile delinquent with all the dreary improvement in attitude toward school science for a businessman to agree to trappings so familiar to newspaper readers of the postwar years. He was failing in school. He led a gang of young roughnecks. He went out of his way to show teachers and other adults that he took orders from nobody. He was surly, slovenly and indifferent. He wanted to leave school and get a job, not realizing he was heading straight for modern civilization's tragic scrap heap, the ranks of the unemployable. St. Louis put him in the work-study program. In his second day at his parttime job he came within an inch of being fired for insubordination to his new boss. The businessman who'd hired him sin- cerely regretted having done so, and only some urgent talking by the boy's counselor, and the businessman's own sense of community responsibility, prevented the experiment with that particular boy from ending right there. Some- how the boy and the businessman stuck

it out with each other. Things calmed down. Then, slowly, they got better. Finally, one day, the boy's counselor enjoyed one of the proudest moments

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hire anti-students, delinquents, truants work-study kids since 1947. Many have ecutive who took an interest in them. and loafers. But both New York and St. been potential drop-outs, though they Many have risen high into the bank's Louis school officials have been pleas- haven't been specifically identified as executive echelons. "I can't think of any antly surprised at the business com- such or handled as part of the special better way to illustrate this," says vice

munity's response to the need for work- drop-out project. The company is de- president Robert Scofield, "than to point study jobs. And in both cities, business- lighted with them. Says assistant per- out that two of our officers first came to men themselves have been pleased at sonnel officer Willard Peck: "We don't the bank as worker-students." the outcome. There have been angry hire them through any feelings of civic About 80 percent of the New York moments, of course. Worker-students duty. We hire them because we want kids stay on, after graduation, with the have been fired; companies have with- them. They're good workers. If we could companies that took them in as students. drawn from the program in disgust. But get more, we'd take more." "This statistic pleases us," says Gerald

in the majority of cases, businessmen The Chase Manhattan Bank is an- Hilton. "It shows that the youngsters and students have come out of the ex- other veteran employer of worker- and the companies become good friends perience with a feeling of startled affec- students. Like many other companies, during the work-study experience. This tion. Said one St. Louis man of his new the Chase encourages its youngsters to is basically what the program is all young employee: "This boy has renewed go on with their educations after high about: helping boys and girls feel suc- my faith in our younger generation." school. Many work-study kids have gone cessful, happy and at home in the adult in New York, the giant Metropolitan to college with the bank's help, gently world of jobs and paychecks." Life Insurance Co. has been hiring but insistently prodded on by some ex- THE END

paragraph is worthy of framing. So\ iet officials refer to us they in\ ari- H. A. Wilke ably use such catch words as "Imperial-

Cbica;ro 2, III. istic," "Capitalist," "Colonial Power,'' etc. iMy suggestion is this: instead of Sir: Congratulations on the article using the word "Satellite" w hy not say "Our Heroes and the Unheroic." AVe "Russian Colony".' Instead of refer- need more of this self-criticism in ring to "Communist Russia," it w ould order to get back on the right path be better and more effective to say which our forefathers used. "Fascist Russia." After all, the Soviet Samuel Terr is not a communist country but a ruth- { Coiitiinicd from pa^c 4 Mexico City less police state, so why not dwell

Sir: I wisii to pa\' tribute to Robert upon this point continuously? If all courageous, strong, principled Ameri- Ricnow. He has given us a true picture publications followed suit, in all prob-

can to \\lioin honor is a meaningful of our nation and the direction she is ability other nations would also label

word. Let Laos, Cuba, Hungary, and travelling. "Fascist Russia" for what it realh" is.

America take heart that the spirit of Andrew J. Beard Herman Mctz General iMacArthur is the true spirit Hattiesbiirfi. Miss. Brooklyn, N. Y. of this countr)' and that eventually Sir: Robert Ricnow abh' covered the that spirit will again be managing the situation as to degenerating moral NEEDS ANTI-RED AMMO affairs of tlic United States. standards of the American population. Tim Terry Integrity and responsibility have be- Sir: I w as fortunate enough to obtain Sail Miiriiio, Calif. recent Aiiiericaii come little shoit of mere words. a issue of The Legion Parents, teachers and others shun their Magazine. It is a fine weapon to fight POST 39 responsibilities to children, each in communism, the No. 1 and deadliest eneni)- of hunianit\". I w ish to request Sir; I read in "Sound Off!" for Jul>- turn passing the buck to the other in that readers of this magazine be kind that Rodne> Surr>'linc, Chaplain of one form or another. Is it any wonder enough to send me anti-communist Post .?9, Sebastopol, Calif., along with that the younger generation disa\ o\\ s books and magazines, even used ones. Jimniic Roose\elt and a few others, any and all authorit\' and refuses to ^^'e are badly in need of anti-com- w ants the House Un-American Acti\ i- accept an>^ sense of obligation to self, munist literature here. ties Committee abolished. Some of our family, community or nation? N. John comrades were wondering w hat kind Leon F. Denis T. Hrishi MaiigaLvii of a Legion Post this Post 39 is or was. Lyiiv, .Mass. Trivandnim—l J. J. Gauer Kerala, bidia Miami, h'la. OLD TIN GOOSE

Sir: Reference is made to a letter in Sir: The "Tin Goose" article in the the Jul)- issue, signed b>- Rodne\' Sur- May issue was vcr\' interesting. Back THEN AND NOW r\hne, Cliaplain, Post 39, Sebastopol, during \A'\V2 right after the landings Sir: I^ack in the I930's, long before I Calif. Said letter was written \\ ithout in North Africa, we arrived at Rabat was a member of the Legion, > ou the knowledge or sanction of Po.st 39. (if serves right), memory me French fought against \ arious fascist organiza- insinuation Any that Post 39 concurs Morocco. At the airport was an old tions such as the Silver Shirts and the in any way with Rodne>- Surryhne's Ford tri-motor in good running shape. Bund and > ou were called American opinion " regarding the HUAC is licre- After consuming a quantity of "vino patriots. But today when we tiy to l)\ lieiiied. several of us w ent up in this old tin fight the red menace we are called John P. Davis, Coininandcr goose, flew around and brought her in "mudslingers," "character assassins," Sebastopol Post 39 again. There were no mishaps, just a "(irofcssional veterans," "un-American Sebastopol, Calif. good chewing from tiie top brass. fascists" and other w ornout red cliches Never did know if the pilot was li- used to smear anxone who fights HEROES NEEDED censed or not. .Maybe some of the old against them. bunch found out— 1 ne\er did. ^ViIliam Redman Sir: Concerning Robert Rienow 's arti- .Swearingen, " John Jr. East Haven, Conn. cle "Our I leroes and tlic Unlieroic Loiifj; Beach, Miss. in the July issue. This is most tinieh'. but it is a sad commentary on Ameri- Letters published in Sound Off! do not SEMANTICS necessarily represent the policy of The can youth in today. A "What is there American Legion. Name ivithlield if re- it for me" attitude is our nation's Sir: Sometimes it pa>s to emulate our quested. Keet) your letters short. Address: Soiind Off. The American Legion Maga- greatest weakness. Dr. Rienow's closing natural enenn-. For e.xample, when the zine. 720 Fifth Avenue. Kew York 19, N. Y.

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