The American Legion Magazine [Volume 59, No. 3 (September 1955)]

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WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT RED CHINA by Rodney Gilbert 14 THE SYSTEM IS THE SAME AS IT IS IN RUSSIA.

HOT FISH IN TUBE 4 by Comdr. William J. Ruhe 13 A TRUE STORY AS EXCITING AS ANY FICTION.

THEY PUT WHEELS UNDER EVERYTHING by Lawrence M. Hughes 18 CONCERNING THE FRUEHAUFS AND HOW THEY'VE CHANGED THINGS.

HUNTING AT YOUR PRICE by Raymond R. Camp 20 A PLAN WHICH CAN HELP THE HUNTER AND THE FARMER.

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jj| Ammunition Expert Letters published in Sound Off! do not necessarily represent the policy of The American Legion. Unsigned letters will not be considered- Try Our New Shell Name withheld if requested. Keep your letters short. Address: Sound Off, A revolutionary development in shotgun The American Legion Magazine, 720 Fifth Avenue, New York 19, N. Y. shells, the Federal Standard Magnum 2% inch shotgun shell has many of the advan- THANKS they war widows?); no porch railings, tages of the 3-inch magnum. This 254 inch carriage on a crowded porch; a very Magnum, loaded with No. 2 or No. 4 shot, is Sir: This letter is about five years late, poor way to display the flag; grass available for all American standard shotguns but the article in the June issue on the needs cutting; hydrant and light in- — 12, 16 or 20 gauge chambered for stand- — GI Bill finally lit a fire under me. I am ard 2?4 inch shells. It produces denser pat- efficient; frame house; branches scrap- one of many who went to and gradu- terns in the large shot sizes and is as easy to ing roof, etc. True, it all makes us ated from college under the GI Bill. (ire as any standard shell. At the same time, appreciate our modern ways of life, Had it not been for this Bill, I would hunters report they get better results with but, with all the possibilities of an fewer cripples. information about not have the good job and opportuni- For further attractive, patriotic cover, why pro- this new shell, write me, Harold Russell, ties that I enjoy today. I would deeply long in children's minds that fire- c/o Federal Cartridge Corp., Foshay Tower, appreciate it if you pass along to Mr. works, etc., be labeled "The Glorious I will send Minneapolis 2, Minn., and you John Stcllc my heartfelt gratitude. our Federal fact sheet, "Interesting Shotgun Fourth"? Fred W. Basserman Mr. Stavisky's article brought out Facts and Figures". Try Federal Standard Chicago, III. some shocking facts telling how other Magnums for a new experience in shooting. veterans organizations opposed this Mark It with Your Cap Bill, but The American Legion had the When you drop bird in thick cover and a guts to see it through. I am afraid mark where it fell, walk straight to the place many people have no idea of what where you think it landed and drop your The American Legion has done for cap or handkerchief. Using this mark as the them, but here is one does and center of a circle, locate your bird. who once again my thanks to one and all Ask Permission who made this possible for me. I WANTS LIE DETECTOR TESTS When you see a likely piece of lakeshore or wonder what shape things would be Sir: I've had much to do in trying to marsh for duck hunting, or what looks like a in had it not been for this Bill. From service-con- good cornfield for pheasants, drive in to the establish my claim for what I have observed, the number of owner's home and ask his permission. Despite nected injuries, and my efforts, due to the trouble farmers have suffered from heed- highly trained, skilled technicians faulty records of service personnel, available to the United States is less hunters, they are usually ready to give a now proved to be of no avail. I think the fellow who seems to respect their property tremendous, and in this age of nuclear proof of service-connected disabilities rights an opportunity prove that he is to fission they are indispensable. could be established by having each what he seems to be. If you plan to hunt, John F. Tienken, Jr. claimant take a lie detector test. you must be patient, understanding, willing Bellingham, Wash. William Sudia to cooperate with and to meet the farmer and abide by what he tells you Cleveland, Ohio PRICES GO UP, UP, UP

A&ttte+KJ^/t-- Only you can Sir: The steel strike boosts the price NO ONE IS EVER GUILTY of steel, the boosts the price of GAW Sir: I have a very strong impression FIRES! automobiles. You and I, the consumer, PREVENT FOREST that I have been getting a pretty thor- take it on the chin every time this television The above reminder tells a grim story every ough brainwashing in a lot of happens; I predict cars will cost ap- hunter should heed. When you light a pipe, programs in recent months. Time after proximately SI 00 than they cigar, cigarette, or a camp fire, remember to more do time after time I have squirmed now. like this? put it out. A moment's thought and care Do you No? Then through TV shows which prove that save your favorite hunting ground. PROTEST, protest, protest! Would it do may it is wrong to accuse anybody of any- Heed "Smokey's" warning. any good if we consumers would thing. The story line is that the main picket the union offices? is the Free to Hunters Or character gets a little off base, then manufacturer at fault? It's about time The information-packed booklets in color, everybody else—law enforcement of- that a "How To Bag The Upland Flyers," and consumer representative sat at ficers, friends, neighbors, and families the bargaining "How To Get Your Duck," are published by table with the indus- —looks upon him as guilty of sonic Federal Cartridge Corp. in the interest of trial leader the labor it and leader. As terrible crime. Hysteria mounts, the better hunting and better sportsmanship. is now, the consumer's interests arc unfortunate victim is about to be given They are free to all who hunt ducks, pheas- being totally neglected. the works, when somebody finds out ants, quail, grouse, doves, wild turkey, etc. Ed Batzner Send your name on a postcard to me, men- that it was all a terrible mistake. In Milwaukee, Wis. tioning which one of the booklets you want, view of all the malarkey we are get- or both, and I will see that your free copy ting about alleged violations of civil

reaches you promptly. Harold Russell, Fed- APPALLING rights, I am just cynical enough to eral Cartridge Corp., Foshay Tower, Minne- have cell Sir: The cover of your July issue ap- think that the propagandists apolis 2, Minnesota, Dept. 85. pealed to me but also appalled me to members hard at work writing and be reminded of the pitiful living and selling this junk to the networks. This who-struck-John business is a bit too FEDERAL social conditions still not completely remedied. Among the things wrong pat to suit me. Marjorie Moore FEDERAL CARTRIDGE CORPORATION | w ere fireworks; 5 women, 2 men (are Brooklyn, N. Y. FOSHAY TOWER, MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. 4 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 1955 5

NO MISTAKE

Sir: I was certainly surprised to see

what I think is a mistake on the cover

of the July issue. My husband and I read the magazine from cover to cover and enjoy it lots, but has there been a mistake in the display of a flag on

the porch when the street light is on?

As this is a military magazine I feel

that one of us is wrong. Mrs. Charles Smoyer Versailles, Mo. TPublic Law 829-77th Congress, Chap- ter 806-2(1 Session; H. J. Res. 359 contains the following: "Sec. 2. (a) It is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flagstaffs in the open. However, the flag may be displayed at night upon special occasions when it is desired to produce a patriotic effect." Editors Browning

For three generations the underlying principle in the

manufacture of Browning guns is not "how cheap nor HUSTINGS how many" but "how good" can guns be made.

Sir: It is wondered if certain promi- Smooth, finely fitting parts minimize wear; function is nent office-seekers realize how ridicu- positive, dependability assured. Special steel, hand- lous they are making themselves. Re- cently there has been an exodus of fitting by craftsmen, meticulous hand-finishing, and politicians from this country. Invari- artistic hand-engraving produce guns that become ably these characters turn up in key lifetime possessions . . . for a lifetime of pleasure . . . spots in Europe and the Middle East, for you. selling themselves to the natives as though those people were American Examine a Browning. Be your own judge. voters. Maybe the politicos think that these tactics will wrap up the votes of certain minority groups; or maybe they just want to tell their non-constituents what they intend to do about that awful McCarran-Walter Act. In any case, it's pretty transparent—and cheap. I intend to vote for candidates who want to represent Americans and in many models and in every specification for American interests, and who indicate that by making their appeals to us, not Hunting, Trap, Skeet to our sisters, their cousins, and their aunts and uncles overseas. BROWNING AUTOMATIC- Arthur Anderson The Aristocrat of Automatic Shotguns. 12 or 16 gauge (5-shot) from $1215" Brooklyn, N. Y. Lj

RUSSIANS VS. GREEKS AUTOMATIC Sir: Anent your recent mentioning of BROWNING DOUBLE The New, Completely New Shotgun ancient authors, and referring to the 12 gauge (2-shot) from $123 present friendly advances of the Rus- sians, we are reminded of "Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes," from The Aeneid of Vergil. The translation: "I BROWNING SUPERPOSED fear the Greeks even bringing gifts"; The Optimum in Fine Shotguns foes are to be mistrusted even when 12 or 20 gauge (over-under) from $236 they make friendly advances. With 2 sets of barrels and luggage case from $435 Howard O. Benner Allentovm, Pa. Prices subject to change without notice.

CRITICS REVEAL THEMSELVES Sir: The letters regarding the article Browning "The Freedom the Professors Forgot" IhjJi IDcafet were interesting and revealing. Could anyone except a red, a pinko, or a Write for descriptive literature and name of your nearest Brown- stinko lash out as Lebo did? As for ing dealer— Browning Arms Co., Dept. 39, St. Louis 3, Mo. 2nd Lt. Kreuter, he seems to take the Please specify literature desired: "Automatic-5 Shotguns," "Double Automatic Shot- guns," "Superposed Shotguns," "Automatic Pistols," "Shotgun Luggage Cases." (Continued on page 43) ft THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 1955 • 5 Peak Performanci

IN another of the pharisaical editorials for which it has become famous, The New York Times recently attacked The

American Legion because it had ques- tioned some of the publications used by the League of Women Voters. In view of recent disclosures before the Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security, telling of the operations of a communist cell made up of New York Times employees, you'd think the Times would know better. If the Times management can't spot commies on their own payroll,

Instant they certainly don't qualify as experts. Choke Which reminds us that when we published the article "Why You Buy Books That Sell Communism," starring the Times Book Review section, a number of people wrote to Arthur Hays Sulz- Less berger, Times publisher, asking how New Recoil come. His curt reply was that there were Stevens II no commies on the Times, and it was WITH his business to keep it that way. Slide Action One thing in the testimony dealing SAVAGE ADJUSTABLE CHOKE with the cellmates of the Times amused Repeating Shotgun us. One Times reporter was obviously It's all new, in design, in features, in ap- suffering from a form of amnesia, since merless — 12, 16, 20 ga pearance. It's the Stevens 6-shot, 77-SC he couldn't remember a single one of his $6975 slide action repeater with Savage Super- fellow employees who had attended the Choke — the world's greatest repeating red meetings. There was only one per- shotgun value. Here's a pump gun with a son he could recall, and that fellow was lightning-fast, dependable action, for all dead. In view of this very bad memory with kinds of shooting at all ranges. And it's shown by a Times reporter, together wondering gracefully streamlined for faster, surer han- a few other things, we keep about the Times slogan: "Get it in the dling. It delivers peak performance in the Times and get it right." held, in the blind, at the traps — helps make you a better all-around shot.

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erties Union, it is amazing how this outfit has the U. S. Army under its thumb. Even 12 - 16 - 20 - .410 gauge more amazing when you consider that This popular double barrel shotgun offers you fine Stevens the ACLU started in business as an outfit mechanical features, lop dependability and traditionally hand- to aid draft dodgers in World War I. some design at a moderate price. recall that last month all prices subject to change Anyway, you may we told how the ACLU was so upset over a book issued by the First Army, telling Write for free shotgun catalog how to spot a communist, that it was in- Savage Arms Corporation strumental in getting the Army to sup- Chicopee Falls 10, Mass. SAVAGE STEVENS FOX Firearms press this publication. This of course is not "book-burning," which is a practice engaged in only by people that the ACLU doesn't like. Now we learn the Defense Department has ruled that ROTC stu- lONN dents need no longer take a loyalty oath; but, curiously, when this ruling was made, the ACLU was immediately notified. In VAUJe) view of the ACLU's expressed gratifica- OF tion, it could be they planned it that way. KEEN (AND

Another government agency which seems to be doing what conies naturally is the United States Information Service, which spends a lot of American tax money telling our overseas beneficiaries about this big, fat, capitalistic goose that lays golden eggs for them. The USIS in line of duty IS is now circulating a booklet in French PM which tells that the U.S.A. isn't really a capitalistic country at all. It tells the French that, thanks to the guaranteed annual wage and other modern improvements, we now have something much better than that ./orlfOXJ old-fashioned, nasty capitalism.

But the French, like many others, are not entirely persuaded. In the same story which told about The American Economy, Beyond Capitalism, the following line appeared: "United States officials conceded that the large sums spent in this way [American aid} had failed to win any substantial number of French workers from communism." However, if you think this failure means that we are going to stop pouring money abroad or even cut down on the number of booklets belittling our free enterprise system, guess again. If there's any cutting to be done, our officials can always find ways of economizing on such things as veterans' benefits.

If you're a true "liberal" you'll have no truck with that Davy Crockett feller. The New York Post, which carries the torch for what some people call the intellectual set, has come out with a series of articles debunking "the king of the wild frontier:' Another left-wing paper, The Daily Worker, has also come out against Davy.

A news story date-lined June 28th reported that the Progressive Education Association had gone out of business. We would have sworn that this outfit folded years ago, when an indignant public first realized how much damage this Dewey- Kilpatrick-Rugg-Watson-Newlon type of teaching had done to our children and our schools. Alaybe the PEA is dying all over again for a purpose. The clue may be in a New York Times story in which even Ben Fine conceded that parents all over the country were up in arms over today's teaching. All this somehow reminds us of the way certain stores used to "fire" an employee to satisfy an indignant customer. When the customer would leave, the "fired" employee would return to work via the rear door.

John Crosby, a student of social signifi- cance in radio-TV, whose essays appear in (Continued on page 60) NATIONAL DISTILLERS PRODUCTS CORPORATION, NEW YORK

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VERSATILE, twin-engine Convair airliner is used in three military models: cargo LOW-SLUNG Lockheed C-130 is first Air Force transport designed for turboprop carriers, evacuation aircraft, and flight crew trainers. All have P&WA engines, power. It has 4 Allison T-56 turbines of 3750 hp each. Also shown is a Navy Hamilton Standard propellers. R7Y-1 Super Constellation. —

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Modern Air Power is more important giants that are ready and able to establish tary aircraft are to be the best wherever than ever to national defense. Every citi- lifelines of vital military cargos anywhere. they may fly. zen has a right to know where the nation's Along with progressively better fighters, America's vital military aviation is be- Air Power stands today, and what must be bombers and other aircraft, America's new ginning to benefit from just such long- done in years to come to keep it strong transports are second to none in perform- range programs. If carried forward, with- and fully modern. ance, in quality and in safety. out wasteful stops and starts, these pro- Working together, your armed forces But quantity production of military air- grams of continuous research, development and the nation's aviation industry are planes cannot alone assure air strength. and production can maintain adequate, creating tremendous new air strength. It Continuous programs of aviation research modern Air Power at the lowest possible includes powerful transport planes, such and development, as well as production, cost to taxpayers. With such strength we as those shown on the opposite page, swift are necessary if future generations of mili- may one day achieve lasting peace.

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ENGINEERS: We need experienced engineers in many categories. If you are not engaged in national defense work, write to our Personnel Dept., stating complete qualijuations. Taking a "break" during a practice session, the Caballeros' Post Commander John Myers takes the salute from the "brass" look on while musical director Al Mura checks off a massed colors carried by the Caballeros. Two of the flags contest scoring sheet. Practice emphasis is on those items represent the National and Department of New Jer- which count most heavily in official contest scoring. sey American Legion Championships won by the Corps.

Champions are made

And into the making of a prize -winning drum and

bugle corps goes the hardest kind of work, and lots of it.

NEX r to the big parade itself, the ing for the title don't get the same paigns overseas has keeled over in a most colorful event at an Ameri- thrill that the 30,000 spectators do from dead faint. Even the "Caballeros" of

can Legion Convention is the final the massed pageantry. By the time the Post 199, Hawthorne, New Jersey — competition for the National Drum judge's gun barks to start the Finals, three time Legion Champions — are not and Bugle Corps Championship. Every the Corps are concerned only with the immune to the tensions that come from year thousands of knowing Legion- 15 minutes they have in which to dis- competing in a jam-packed stadium. naires reserve the first night of the Con- play their ability. This year's contest is even more im- vention to attend the five-hour-long The noise of the crowd, the weather, portant than usual to the Caballeros. In display of crack musical and marching and the intense preparation for the big 1951, they won their first national aggregations from all over the country. night all take their toll. Many a rugged American Legion title on the same Unfortunately, the 13 Corps compet- Corpsman who has survived tough cam- (Continued on page 44) 12 Concerts—both the formation and the playing— count heavily on the judges' score sheets. Above, an indoor practice session with Musical Director Mura conducting. On facing page, the same formation with the Caballeros out in full uniform.

The color guard steps out on the entry maneuver.

THIS IS WHAT THE JUDGES LOOK FOR:

A Precision of pivot while in motion. A Space between ranks and straight files. I "Dress" while marching or standing. Uniform height and slinging of drums I

Contest rules do not require the color guard to perform. However, their participation can add points to the score. Above, Color Guard Captain George Smith checks alignment of the colors. HOW THE "PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT" CONTROLS 500,000,000 CHINESE

Red China says it has an army of 10,000,000. But half of these are rural militia, without uniforms and with only one rifle to ten men.

ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN McDERMOTT

Using the wonderful red system of grain collection, the government exports its meager food stocks to Russia for arms.

Farmers who owned a few acres were slaughtered in the presence of frightened mobs, ushering in the new order.

all these things the rulers of ina are sure that they can a deal which will get them the United Nations plus dip- As in Russia, slave labor camps flourish and omatic recognition by the an efficient spy system keeps well filled. them U.S.A.

Labor unions are government agencies through which discipline is enforced and penalties inflicted. )

Whatyou shouldknow about

In the Kremlin's plans, China is a base for world conquest.

What happens there has a direct bearing on all our lives.

By RODNEY GILBERT

MfaEN it appeared, in the late winter months of 1954, that of orthodox communism in Russia than the contemptuous VW Red China might make good on repeated threats to Marx had had 70 years before. Lenin's wishful thinking was attack Formosa, and seemed likelier still to make a in a different direction. He believed that World War I serious attempt on the offshore islands, most Americans dis- would leave much of industrialized Europe in such economic covered for the first time that there was a "crisis" in the chaos that there would be spontaneous revolutionary move- Far East. The Korean War never rated that; it was just ments everywhere, and that the bolsheviks, from their a first-class nuisance. But the truth is that Moscow's Chinese Russian base, could then capture these as they had the operators presented the world with a "crisis" when their Russian revolution, and turn them into communist con- Manchurian armies occupied Peiping and the rest of North quests. Beyond this, the capitalistic castles in the rest of China in the summer of 1949. That looked like a crisis for the world would presumably collapse like a series of card China, all right; but the reds even then promised to develop houses. it into a crisis for all Asia, and then, into a world crisis. Lenin suggested about 35 years ago that they could do just that. They believed him; they saw how it could be done, and they went to work at it. In 1949, our policy makers in Washington flatly refused to see that the communist conquest in China involved any serious threat to this country's interests, to the security of our position in the Pacific, or to the peace of any other part of Asia. It would be time enough to appraise that conquest when the dust had settled, said Secretary Dean Acheson. Meanwhile, all the members of the Truman- Marshall-Acheson coterie, including a small army of apolo- The communist path ot empire leads gists for the Chinese reds, were getting too much satisfac- to America in this roundabout way. tion out of observing and abetting the discomfiture of Chiang Kai-shek to give a tinker's dam about remote con- Those hopes of Lenin's were just as completely blasted sequences. in the first few postwar years as were those which Karl Even now, it isn't very clearly understood in this coun- Marx had pinned on revolutions in Europe in 1848. Those try that, as the supreme dictatorship in the Kremlin sees with long memories for obscure doings may still know it, China is communism's fairly well established base for something about the brief ascendancy of Bela Kun in Hun- world conquest. Yet, that is the first thing that every Ameri- gary, from which that thoroughly bad character fled to the can should know about Red China, and the one thing he Soviet Union where he distinguished himself by directing should never forget. In the red scheme of things, Europe a massacre of White Russian prisoners in the Crimea, and is an area in which we are to be kept worried, bemused, finally ended up in one of Stalin's execution cellars. Others and agog. But China is their base; Asia is their field of will remember the brief burst of fireworks let off in Ger- action — and Africa is just beyond. How come? Let's ex- many by the Spartacus League, the total mopping up of plain. which was followed so shortly by the assassination of Karl When the bolsheviks "stole" the Russian revolution in Licbknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. Then came the terrific November 1917, and proceeded to win control of the whole Pilsudski backfire against Stalin's ill-advised promotion of Czarist empire, Lenin had no more faith in the development ( Continued on page 52 15 Hot Fish IM TUBE i

Halfway out of the tube, a jammed

torpedo was armed for explosion.

he lookout's sudden frantic cry, "torpedoes," like the far-off wail of a police siren, drifted down to the wardroom.

I was out of the wardroom and rac- ing for the conning tower as our submarine began to shudder under a sudden burst of speed. The Sea Dragon, charging batteries on the moonlit surface, was a sitting duck for a stalking, submerged enemy submarine. Lieutenant Luther Johnson, the Offi- cer of the Deck, shouted a frenzied command to the helmsman, "Right full rudder," as I clawed my way up the ladder to the conning tower. The swing of the Sea Dragon was agonizingly slow. I had the feeling that we were hanging in space enticing the torpedoes to crash into our sides. The bow seemed to pause in its swing as

though the Sea Dragon were slipping The cast of the story. Standing left to right are Lt. Hoskins, "Smoky" Manning, on a tractionless ocean. Yet she slowly the author, Capt. "Pete" Ferrall. Seated are Rollo Miller and Luther Johnson. turned parallel to the tracks of the on- coming torpedoes. "They're passing down our port side," Johnson yelled excitedly. ning tower, "the day you get scared later when he and Miller played crib- The phosphorescent streaks behind we won't be around to collect the bets." bage he repeatedly miscounted his tlie two well-aimed torpedoes had It sounded like a prophecy. hands. Miller had to frown hard to given Johnson a few seconds of warn- At top speed the Sea Dragon headed prevent a pleased little smile from ing — just enough. away from the invisible submerged Jap showing.

I looked over at Hoskins, our First submarine. For the rest of the night The Sea Dragon, under Captain Lieutenant, to see his reaction. He there'd be no chance for another sneak "Pete" Ferrall, was one of our most shrugged his shoulders with indiffer- attack. aggressive U.S. submarines. But sitting ence. "We had a fish go right under Later in the wardroom, Hoskins on the surface finishing a battery charge our bow when I was on the Saury — mockingly told us, "This isn't as bad as had made her as helpless as a soldier

it was set too deep," he said with a when I was on the Saury — we had advancing across an open meadow to- broad, white-toothy smile. several subs chasing us all through the ward a woods full of snipers.

"One thing about you, Hoskins," I Java Sea battle". Sub versus sub was certainly the nas- heard Rollo Miller, the Engineering Of- Miller gritted his teeth. tiest game we played during World ficer, mutter from the back of the con- Nothing seemed to faze Hoskins, yet War II.

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A torpedo hit anywhere in the Sea The Sea Dragon was patrolling sub- of the enemy sub. If he had a moment Dragon would have finished her and merged off the entrance to Rabaul a of regret for having to destroy men of every man with her. It was deep in day later when the Jap skipper decided a kindred service he didn't show it as Saint Georges Channel, off Rabaul, over to head back in to port. The gray haze his voice steadily ordered, "That's your 2,000 fathoms to the bottom. of dawn had begun to lighten the hori- final bearing. Commence shooting." The Jap sub that had launched those zon when our skipper picked up the Chief Quartermaster Bueb began fir- two torpedoes had scurried out from Jap sub through the periscope. It was ing the four-torpedo salvo with four- Rabaul the previous day to hunt us December 20, 1942 — a memorable day. second intervals between each fish. down. So Captain Ferrall headed back So sure were the Japs that the en- In rapid succession three torpedoes for the harbor entrance to trap the trance buoy to the harbor marked the jumped from the Sea Dragon's bow. An enemy sub on her return to port. zone of safety that the small deck aft instant before the firing key was closed "They'll be so eager getting ready for of the bridge was cluttered with tiny to fire the fourth torpedo, an aerial liberty that they won't be keeping much shapes in their dress white uniforms. bomb exploded directly above our sub. of a lookout as they enter the harbor," Captain Ferrall steadied the peris- The bomb knocked out light bulbs, he told us craftily. cope's cross hairs on the conning tower ( Continued on page 61 17 By LAWRENCE M. HUGHES When you've been boxed in behind a great gray monster on a narrow, winding road, you may have spent too much time reading on a rear name- plate the word Fruehauf. In the past 15 years the number of trailers in this country has quadrupled. When a crawling caravan of truck- trailer combinations has ganged up to make you late for dinner or to keep you from cutting loose in the new car, you may have blamed Fruehauf. When a rut cracks your springs or sacroiliac, you may damn not "those trucks" for ruining the roads the rest of us pay for but — because one name has made a deeper dent in your mind — you may damn Fruehauf. The Fruehauf folks have done a lot to make their name remembered. Among the 150 companies which now produce the trailers which the trucks pull across America, Fruehauf Trailer Company of Detroit has turned out, in 40 years, nearly as many as all the others combined. And over four dec- ades Fruehauf has done more than anyone else to promote both itself and the motor transport industry. The big three of the company — Roy Fruehauf, John S. Coleman, Harry R. Fruehauf. Instead of being damned by the rest of us, the truck-trailer people think they rate some kind words for the job they are doing, despite difficulties, in delivering our goods. They point out that were it not for their gasoline-powered work horses, you'd have no dinner to come home to. You wouldn't even They put wheels have a new car. A broad-shouldered, barrel-chested individual named Roy Fruehauf, president of the $200-million-a-year Frue- hauf company, says that "everything America eats, wears and uses travels under everything today, at least part of the way, in trucks and trailers."

At one or more, or all, stages—from field, forest, and mine to mill and fac- How the Fruehaufs with their trailers tory to your corner store—motor transport totes three-fourths of our freight. Over three million miles of rural roads have revolutionized America's transportation.

The old blacksmith shop where August Fruehauf built the first trailer, shown above. The vehicle is still in use.

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these carriers today serve 25,000 towns and villages which the 222,000 miles of railways don't reach. And because, as the Fruehaufs pointed out before the first truck was built, "a horse can pull more than it can carry," the trailers or "wagons" continue to take more of the motor transport load. In the last 15 years, w hile the number of trucks on the road has doubled, the number of trailers has quadrupled. A trailer would seem to be a simple thing. The type you see oftenest is a rectangular box or van on wheels. But to meet the very varied needs of more than 100 industries — and then of the armed services and other governmental agencies — the Fruehauf people can come up with 1,700 combinations of 14 basic types. A single trailer may cost from $2,000 to $18,000. The stuff inside a Fruehauf may be animal, vegetable, or mineral. It may be solid, liquid, or gaseous. It may have to be kept boiling hot or at 20 degrees below zero. That dinner you arrived late for was brought from distant farms in such forms as beef on the hoof in ventilated trailers, milk in tank trailers, grain trailered to the miller and then flour trailered to the baker. The car you drove home in was made possible by trailers in both distribution

and production. In getting the 15,000 parts for it from 6,000 suppliers, truck-trailer schedules enable the motor car man- This launching platform lor jet planes is a Fruehauf product. ufacturer to keep his assembly lines moving with only a few hours of parts on hand. After final inspection, the car

you ordered is taken hundreds of miles to your dealer in a haulaway. As for being responsible for "traffic congestion" and "ruining the roads," the truck-trailer people show that the

main reason for both conditions is that the number of motor cars in use expands much faster than the highways on which they roll. (Demand for motor cars of all types probably will continue to grow so rapidly in the next 10 years that even the proposed $101 billion federal-State highway-build-

ing program will be inadequate by the time it is completed! But of some 60 million vehicles now using our roads, only

about 1 in 7 delivers goods. More than 50 million are passenger cars — including buses, taxis, and passenger trailers or "mobile homes" — as compared with 8.5 million trucks of all types and 600,000 truck-trailers. The motor carriers

ask: "What causes more damage — 1 vehicle weighing 20

tons or 20 vehicles weighing 1 ton?" (Even a "small" passenger car today weighs IV2 tons.) And the trailer makers

and users add: "What causes more congestion — 1 truck

pulling 20 tons in trailers, or 5 trucks hauling 4 tons each Every State has its own regulations on trailers, and at weight sta- without them?" tions such as this a check certifies that there are no evasions. In addition, the truckers point out that they pay one- third of all taxes and fees intended to maintain and develop Railroads now carry trailers piggyback, relieving highway congestion. highways. One of their main gripes (and maybe yours too)

is that some $250 million of the money thus raised is spent (Continued on page 56)

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The big fellows get around, and pay the States for the privilege. Hunting at your

Weary of playing host to hunters who are care- less or worse, farmers are doing more posting. Price

Farmers and hunters both can benefit from this practical plan.

By RAYMOND R. CAMP signs to trees and fences on their land. We are no longer THREATENED w ith a shortage of open hunting land; hunting is on its way out! Public we HAVE that shortage. It has created You'll hear this plaintive phrase a serious situation, and one that can be shouted or whispered in every remedied only by two individuals — State. I've heard it for more than 25 the farmer and the sportsman. Unless years, but I've always managed to get these two get together and work out a in my share of hunting, although the compromise that is satisfactory to both, competition has increased tremen- and in the very near future, we will dously. However, add one word to that no longer be known as "a nation of phrase and you have a statement that hunters." is open to no argument. "Free" public The posting problem did not arise hunting is not only on its way out, it overnight. It has been on its way for has practically disappeared in many areas. Free public hunting, in the full sense of the term, has a future only in those States having State or National forests of sufficient area to provide adequate

hunting. So far as 1 know, there is not one State where such public lands are adequate in both size and character. A As more land is posted, the pressure be- few provide adequate big-game hunt- comes greater on property still open. ing, but the upland game hunter—and he comprises approximately 70 per cent years, and its recent impetus can be of the hunting fraternity — seldom finds attributed to the tremendous increase the kind of hunting he seeks on "public in the number of hunters since World lands." Small game, and this takes in War II, coupled with a proportionate pheasants, quail, assorted members of increase in the number of individual the grouse family, and rabbits, flour- hunters who confuse liberty with li- ishes only on the farm or the farm mar- cense. The handwriting on the wall gin. This cow, with shotgun pellets in her has been apparent to many individuals foreleg, was another hunting casualty. According to the latest census figures, and groups for more than ten years, approximately 14 per cent of our popu- and efforts have been made in almost

lation is engaged in farming. It is estimated that farmers a score of States to persuade State fish and game agencies constitute about 20 per cent of the total number of licensed to formulate and put in operation a farmer-sportsman pro- hunters. Therefore, simple arithmetic informs us that about gram. 80 per cent of today's hunters are trespassers. However, A few eastern States made tentative, fumbling moves in anyone who has used his eyes and his head while driving this direction, but it is safe to say that there is not one of through rural areas during the past five years realizes that these programs worth its weight in used shotgun shells.

the number of trespassers is being reduced daily. Farmers So far as I can determine, and I have spent a lot of time are growing weary and wary of playing host to an army and effort in trying, there is not one State with a sound, of hunters. Several million have invested a few dollars for workable, farmer-sportsman program in the planning stage. printing and a few hours' time in nailing "No Trespassing" During the past two years I have talked, in some instances 20 PHOTOS BY DON ATO LEO

owner is obliging. I'm obliging, too, when an occasional hunter drives in the lane and asks permis-

sion to hunt. But it's reached the point where I'm overrun by these hunters." A4ost of the farmers I met had long lists of grievances, and none of them trivial. In each instance damage done to fences, equipment, farm buildings, and stock was costly. In most cases this damage, was done by individuals who tres- passed without permission. Those who stop at the farmhouse to request permission to hunt normally conduct themselves like sportsmen and

not like vandals, if only through fear of reprisal.

Actually, there is no sound reason why the farmer should serve as host to every passing hunter without receiving something in return. Many sportsmen, having been granted permission to trespass, and having had a good day's sport, stop at the farmhouse on their return and drop off a pheasant, a grouse, or a pair of rabbits. Such men usually find a warm welcome when they return. Unfortunately, the average hunter does not follow this generous practice. The game, he

Share your bag with the farmer, and you will be invited back.

at length, with farmers in a half-dozen States. In no instance could I find the slightest justification for blaming one of these farmers for posting his land.

In some instances I wondered why they had waited as long as they did to put up the signs.

Many of those with whom I talked posted their lands primarily for protection, some for privacy, and a few as a means of adding a slight increase to their income. This increased income was attained by permitting trespass only to those who "boarded" at the farm while hunting, or who were willing to pay a dollar or two a day for hunting rights. The opinions expressed by one farmer seemed to cover the feeling of the majority.

"My farm is my business," he explained. "It is just as much a business as the textile mill in town. If people kept wandering in that mill, sitting around on the tables, and eating their lunch on the looms, production would fall off and the owner would lose money. For the same reason, hunters who wander around on my farm, shooting guns that disturb my hens and cows, cut down on my farm's production and cost me money. Now, suppose someone comes up to that millowner and asks to be shown through the mill. If a few of these sight-seers turn up, the mill-

Under this system the farmer tells the hunter where game may be found and where it is safe to shoot.

The purchase of vegetables, eggs, or poultry can benefit everybody.

will tell you, belongs to the State. If the farmer wants his share, let him take out a license, buy a gun and shells, and shoot his own game. During the past six months countless individuals and groups, impressed by the increased posting, have evolved an assortment of farmer-sportsman programs. Most of them are impractical. A few are (Continued on page 49) 21 I've got to spend every nickel of this MILLION DOLLARS!"

. . . John Steele told his wife

and so was born the legend of Coal-Oil-Johnny

John Steele and some of the oil wells that deluged him with money he did not want.

excess of $90,000 a year. Her death was devil-may-care steel blue eyes, and he destined to put him on the front pages wore the classic uniform of an oil field n march 18, 1854, John W. Steele's of newspapers, to make him the most teamster with an air of distinction. He foster mother attempted to start a talked-about man of his times in the carried a vicious blacksnake whip, long fire in her new kitchen stove by two years it took him to satisfy a com- and cruel, but he never touched his the use of kerosene. She succeeded so pelling urge to spend the money. team with it. When he wanted them to admirably that her funeral was held the John Steele wasn't much. He was of strain their collars when a wagonload following Friday. By this simple and medium height. He had blond hair. of oil barrels dropped into a rut, he tragic prelude, Mrs. Cubbertson Mc- simply sat back and cursed the horses Clintock, at her home near Rouseville, in a loud, amiable baritone. The horses Venango County, Pa., set off a curious understood and gave him their best. He chain of circumstances that ranged earned as much as $15-$20 a day haul- from the dramatic to the ridiculous. ing oil, pretty good wages for a young- She died as the result of the fire, but ster. He dutifully turned the money the grim and gaunt old board house over to his foster mother, and she gave on the hillside survived. She became a him a little spending money. He and statistic and the richest lady ever buried his wife, Eleanor, lived with Mrs. Mc- in the Ashbury Cemetery — a fleeting Clintock, and lived comfortably. honor, and one she never craved. He didn't smoke. He didn't drink. She made her adopted son, John He even went to church. Surrounded Washington Steele, 20 years of age, the with the wicked and spurious oil indus- sole heir to property worth a cold mil- try that made men poor or indecently lion dollars, the earnings from oil wealthy in a few days of bad or good wells located on the 250-acre farm on luck, he looked upon the passing scene the west side of Oil Creek in America's His pranks reached such a state that with the cynicism of brash youth. pioneer oil field. The income was in Eleanor went back home to her parents. After Mrs. McClintock's funeral, he 22 )

and Eleanor sat alone in the front parlor of the bleak old house. Ever and anon, John's eyes turned speculatively toward an iron safe in the corner, very impressive and topped with a crocheted doily the late owner had made for this express purpose. They were waiting for his guardian, a lawyer appropriately named William Blackstone. His carriage arrived. It was raining; a cold wind rode down the Oil Creek valley. A neighbor unhitched his horse, led it

into the barn, blanketed it, and Lawyer Blackstone, a man with a big belly, spindly legs, long grey hair, and a toothy smile, puffed into the parlor. "A hell of a nasty day," he remarked, shedding his wet mackintosh. "If you don't mind me saying so." He lowered his bulk into a plush rocking chair in front of the safe, dragged out a thin

He found several bundles of bills, tossed fineries. New wells were being drilled. them on the table. They counted the "Mrs. McClintock was a dammed money. John and Eleanor Steele were smart woman," he said. "She didn't have astonished at the amount. It was well a red cent invested in these oil proper- over $200,000 according to some his- ties. She just leased the land, exacted

torians, but Steele said it was only $24,- one-eighth of the oil produced. I hope, 000. Also there were government bonds, Mr. Steele, you will be as smart and as oil lease arrangements with at least six provident as she was. You're going to oil producers who had drilled oil wells be a mighty rich man, and may God on the farm. help you!" Slowly, with the utmost deliberation. For a year, the Steeles lived quietly, Lawyer Blackstone read the will. It was took only a little of the money Black- as simple and direct as the woman who stone held in trust for them — enough

had signed it. John Steele, provided he for groceries, a new dress for Eleanor, was not of age at her death, was to be new boots for John W. Steele. He still taken care of generously. Blackstone didn't drink or smoke; he still attended was to act as his guardian, until he was church. But his eyes were narrowed Learning that the Gaylord Minstrels 21, then virtually the entire assets of and he was more observant than usual. were being disbanded, he bought them. the estate were to be his. He noted that the oil people who came Blackstone came to his feet, grunted, into fortunes didn't seem to have much

and walked over to a rain-drenched fun out of it. They drank, gambled,

black cigar and thoughtfully kindled it. window. Down a barren hill there stood played the fool with the sisters of the "Let's see what's in the safe, and then a crop of gaunt oil derricks, steam from featherbed sorority who flocked to the we will get down to business," he said the engines spurted upward, blue smoke oil fields; they boasted, whooped and through a cloud of blue smoke. He from the boilers belched into the rainy hollered, made fast friends one day, pulled a paper from his inside pocket, sky, walking beams churned endlessly lost 'em the next. A^ost of them were read it carefully, spun the combination up and down. Wagons waited to be either drunk or recovering from ghastly

of the safe, and swung the door open. loaded with barrels of oil for the re- f Continued on page 46 23 IID» you know your

Tliese pictures showing what our organization does and what it stands

1. Since 1925, Posts, Units, Salons, Voitures, Departments, 2. American Legion membership is 2,800,000. What is the and the National Organization have contributed how much potential membership, counting all eligible veterans? to child welfare? L 4,300,000 2. 11,350,000 3. 21,000,000 1. $4,001,396 2. $15,312,812 3. $117,755,695

5. This impressive building is the National Headquarters of 6. The above picture has to do with an important function The American Legion. It is located in: of our government and of The American Legion. Which 1. Washington 2. Indianapolis 3. Chicago one?

1. Executive 2. Legislative 3. Judicial

9. The American Legion has long advocated National Secu- 10. Members of Boys' Nation, "graduates" of Boys' State, go rity Training. How do Americans generally look upon to a major city to get further practical experience. What this idea? city? Indianapolis 1. 75% oppose Legion stand. 2. 20% agree with Legion. 1. New York 2. Washington 3. 3. 75% agree with Legion. American Legion •

for raise some questions for you to answer. see page 63 for answers

3. These Auxiliares helping out at the VA Hospital at Port- 4. Our Junior Baseball program has turned out many fine land, Oreg., are some of how many Auxiliary members? players. How many of these graduates are now in the 1. 450,000 2. 976,251 3. 1,350,000 major leagues?

1. 78 2. 213 3. 12,000

7. American Legion Posts can be found in many communi- 8. Service officers handle thousands of cases each year. To ties at home and overseas. How many Posts are there? be eligible for this American Legion service one must be:

1. 891 2. 17,136 3. 165,008 1. A dues paying member. 2. A member at least 10 years. 3. An honorably discharged vet or dependent or survivor of a vet.

of The 1 1 . Experts maintain that the best way to build up member- 1 2. Seaborn P. Collins, the National Commander

ship in an American Legion Post is to: American Legion is a native of: Dakota 1. Go after every eligible -et. 2. Have a good program. 1. Texas Q 2. New Mexico 3. North 3. Encourage potential leaders lo assume responsibilities. Offense: When passes Tailed to score against Arkansas in the 1955 Cotton Bowl Game, Tech's players suggested power pla\s.

At GEORGIA TECHyouneed

Coach Dodd expects his players to use

(heir own judgment on the football field.

By ROBERT L. (BOBBY) DODD as told to JIMMY JONES

f you witnessed the game itself or several Tech bowl teams as a player,

followed it on television, you saw thought an end sweep with the Razor- the play. backs' defense bunched on the goal line It was Georgia Tech's ball, fourth would be the thing. But we dared not down and three yards to pay dirt in dictate now, for the strategy we had the third quarter of the Cotton Bowl devised for this game had backfired Came last New Year's Day at Dallas. miserably in a scoreless— for Tech, any- Three rugged yards of real estate to way—first half. Twice wc had marched cover and the University of Arkansas downfield to set up first downs inside leading us 6-0. the Razorbacks' 10-yard line. Each time Over on the Tech bench we held our we had seen our chances go glimmer- breaths. Fourth and three and his team ing, once when Mitchell missed a field trailing with nearly three fourths of goal, and later when his successor. Bill the game gone is one of the toughest Brigman, was trapped on a fourth down calls for a quarterback to make. The pass attempt. temptation to send in a play was acute, As the teams resumed play, Mitchell, but Wade Mitchell, our fine sopho- instead of fading to pass, gave the ball more signal caller, had brought his to sophomore halfback, Paul Roten- team to the very threshold of success berry on a pitch-out, and went on out by superb generalship. To question his to block the Arkansas halfback himself. judgment now did not seem the fair Rotenberry, a hard runner, cut sud- thing to do. We decided to leave the denly for the goal line, bowled over decision to him. However, I wanted to Mitchell, who was still working on the give him time to think things over, so halfback, ducked under an Arkansas

I sent in a substitute with a message to line backer, and scored. Mitchell's extra call time out. point put us ahead, 7-6. Soon after the

Personally, 1 thought the situation kick-off, we scored again, this time with called for a pass. Frank Broyles, our Mitchell sneaking over from the one Georgia Tech Coach Bobby Dpdd's backfield coach, who had quarterbacked and tacking on the extra point w hich system counts on players who think. 26 )

Defense: A powerful U. of Georgia team gave Tech a tough time last fall. Above, Tech holds the Bulldogs to no gain.

BRAINS as wellas BRAWN

THE PLAYERS WHO center, who is good at diagnosing de- MAKE THE SYSTEM WORK fenses. brilliant guard < Right Halfback Franklin Brooks, junior Jimmy Thompson agreed. "I noticed that we didn't have any trouble getting 4 and 5 yards when our fullbacks were hitting up the middle," he pointed out. Billy Fulcher, another guard, and the veteran fullbacks John Hunsinger and George Humphreys were in accord. Quarterback Mitchell also thought we were wasting time throwing passes and running the flanks. "They're set for our passes and wide stuff," he said. "Let's stick to - the middle, and we'll pull this one out of A Quarterback the fire yet." Wade Mitchell What happened in the second half? Mitchell switched his attack inside the tackles and began hammering at the Left Halfback Hogs' middle with straight power plays, Paul Rotenberry alternating Hunsinger and Humphreys with some timely licks by Rotenberry as well as our aerial game. and Jimmy Thompson, another sopho- After taking stock at half- more halfback, and Dickie Mattison, Left Guard time, we decided that there sophomore fullback. This player-con- Franklin Brooks was but one thing to do — ceived strategy paid off with touch- helped us to win a hard-fought game, discard our carefully planned strategy downs in 10 and 8 plays, respectively. 14-6. and try something else. In these days of These highlights from our latest bowl We had planned to wage a vigorous constantly changing defense alignments victory are not mentioned in any effort pass offense against the Razorbacks, a coach is frequently confronted with to disparage Arkansas, which presented whom we had believed to be vulner- such a decision. We then asked the a fine, well-coached, and well-balanced able to this kind of attack after a pre- players to make some specific sugges- team with speed, power, and the plays game study of films of their games. But tions — a practice we encourage at to match. They probably would have the Southwest Conference champions, Georgia Tech. The comments ran beaten us, too, if we had stuck to our coached by Bowden Wyatt, were any- something like this: original plan. thing but suckers for the overhead "I think their soft spot is in the middle With one-platoon football back in game. Inside the scoring zone they had of the line," ventured Larry (Brahma) vogue it is more important than ever managed to choke our running plays Morris, our captain and Ail-American ( Continued on page 58 27 September, the sad month of the poets, By JACK DENTON SCOTT Remington announces a new match rifle doesn't strike us at all as melancholy— at in .22 caliber for precision shooting. It's least where fishing is concerned. All of the If you want to tote your fishing rods on called the 40X, and is completely new from salt water species are still waiting to be your car, hark to the words and sketch of butt plate to muzzle. It is the first produc- taken, plus bass and panfish in streams Thomas P. Ramirez, 211 Ashland Avenue, tion rifle ever made with built-in bedding country-wide. And the shooting season Fond du Lac, Wis. device. The 40X has bedding tuning screw s beckons. Some States are thinking of those "Using 1/8" or 3/16" wire, bend it in which may be adjusted with a small screw gunning days ahead by trying to initiate the shape shown in the accompanying il- driver. This adjustment is one feature that means of doing away with hunting acci- lustration. Cover the ends of the wire with has been missing in production models. dents. The Conservation Department of rubber tape to prevent the wire from New York State is sending out a plea for scratching the windows. Adjust the wire so sportsmen to send in guns that have blown that the ends fit snugly on the windows. up. It feels that these faulty firearms will Be sure, when bending the wire, that you graphically demonstrate the need for safe make allowances for your tape, so that handling of firearms to the more than there will be clearance between the prongs The trigger movement is internally ad- 20,000 new hunters under 21 in New York for the plate glass. justable to minimum length of 5 to 7 thou- State who'll be required by law to get HOLOfRS CUPPCO Ot/£B WIMPOWS sandths of an inch. The trigger pull is ex- formal firearms safety instruction before ternally adjustable to whatever weight they may obtain their first hunting licenses shooter desires by positive click adjust- this fall. ments; each click equals about !4 pound. The Department's Division of Conserva- The adjusting screw will not shoot loose. tion Education wants such tangible evidence for use in scores of exhibits and other demonstrations throughout the State.

Seems we pulled a couple of unforgiv- "The bamboo poles are first tied together ables in the July issue. In the full-length at both ends with a broken rubber band panfishing article the captions under the cut from a discarded inner tube. Then a Another feature is the distance of 10.6 Crappie and Bluegill pictures were rubber band of the same material is tied inches between scope blocks (instead of switched, and we've heard a few indignant in a girth hitch around the poles at their the usual 7.2 inches) with 6 clicks instead roars over our naming Moosehead Lake, in center, and stretched to the door handle. of 4 per inch at 100 yards. Maine, as the largest lying within one State. (Use two such bands, tied together, if Other valuable features are incorporated To settle all arguments on the latter score necessary.) This will hold the poles per- w hich Remington claims make the 40X the we flipped to page 524 in the 1955 World fectly steady even when the automobile is perfect .22 caliber target rifle. It comes Alumnae, to the section called "Largest traveling at high speed. I have used my w ith or without Redficld Olympic sights Lakes in the U. S. by States." Here's the holders for six months and have not noticed in standard and heavy barrel; priced as answer: Great Salt Lake, in Utah, is first any damage to the window glass." follows: with an area of 1,500 square miles and a Model 40X-S1 shoreline of 350 miles. Many of you are still fishing for bass. standard barrel with sights $125.60 For the record, we reprint below the Heed the words of Dick Cooper, 2154 Model 40X-S2 excellent illustrations of the Bluegill and Athens Avenue, Redding, Calif., on how standard barrel without sights $ 95.35 Crappie drawn by Janet Roemhild, w ith to cook 'em: "Fillet your bass, and cut Model 40X-H1 proper identification. them up into 1-inch cubes. Dip the cubes heavy barrel with sights $137.15 in pancake batter, and deep fry them in Model 40X-H2 about four inches of grease until done. We heavy barrel without sights $106.90 use plain shortening—Crisco or Spry." Remington also has brought out custom made .22 caliber match cartridges for rifles World championship goose calling con- only. Made by Remington and Peters, these test October 2 at Missouri Valley, Iowa; cartridges feature close tolerance brass Julius F. Muller Post, American Legion, cases and a new rim shape for improved co-sponsor. Many valuable prizes, including ignition. The bullets are micro-measured a $1,000 U. S. Savings Bond for first place. to insure complete consistency and uniform Entry blanks from any game warden in high-precision performance. Other new ui.i T.cii.r. any State. No entry fee. Exhibition of features. trick and fancy shooting and trap shooting. For further information write Henry P. Retriever dog exhibition. Write Wm. Baer, Davis, Remington Arms, Bridgeport, Conn. American Legion, Missouri Valley, Iowa. If you have a helpful idea that pertains Snowy Crisco, mentioned an item or so lo hunting or fishing, send it along. If we ago, has another unsuspected use. Mrs. can use it, we'll reward you with a hunting James E. McDonald, Tazewell, Tenn., says: or fishing accessory. Address: OUTDOOR "Soak your fishing line in melted Crisco. EDITOR, Rod and Gun Club, The Ameri-

I've found that fish love the smell of it and can Legion Magazine, 720 Fifth Avenue, CKAI'I'IF, come flocking around your line and bait." New York 19, New- York.

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Admirals smiled when, in 1921, he claimed air power could sink battleships. Josephus Daniels, the Navy secretary, said he was "prepared to stand bareheaded on the deck of a battleship and let General Mitchell take a crack at me with bombing airplane."

But in an actual test, the most heavily armored dreadnaught ever built sank in minutes under the sledge-hammer blows of the world's first 1-ton bombs — bombs built to Billy Mitchell's order. Mitchell was used to disbelief. In World

War I, Pershing called his idea for dropping infantry by parachute absurd. "Experts" laughed when he talked of putting cannon in planes, scoffed when he predicted air speeds way in excess of 200 miles. In his early fight for a strong air force, Mitchell saw very dark days. Yet he never lost faith in the American people, nor they in him. For they recognized his clear fore- sight and great fighting heart as part of the real American spirit.

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GOV'T TIGHTENS VA AND pointments result in a lower record of achievement in the FHA HOUSING LOAN TERMS: counselling service, and misuse of VA staff time and talent .

On July 30, the Federal gov't, through the Veterans . . . Congress, reviewing the record, may then cut counselling

Administration and the Federal Housing Administration, budget and staff, thus reducing the service. . . . Since most acted to tighten up some of the more liberal aspects of of those who break appointments actually want the service ,

gov't home loan guarantees. . . . VA-guaranteed home loans they are urged to keep all appointments possible , and since July 30 require at least a 2% down payment, and notify VA in advance if it is necessary to break an the longest period for paying off such a loan is set at 25 years . appointment. Similar tightenings were affected in the FHA program. Since April, 1953, VA had had no down-payment requirement , and many low-cost homes had been purchased PRESIDENT SIGNS LAW GOVERNING LEGION under VA guarantees without any down payment. . . . MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY FOR VETS: Since the same date, loan repayment had been possible on KOREA On July 26, President Eisenhower signed an act, now a 30-year schedule. known as Public Law 178, 84th Congress, setting a cut-off The new action was taken because, in the opinion of date for Korea-period service, after which military service the Executive branch of the government, extremely easy since 1950 would not qualify veterans for membership home-buying credit threatened to inflate home values,

in The American Legion. . . . Under the act, military service threatened the stability of the mortgage market, and after July 27, 1953 will not qualify for Legion eligibility. tempted prospective home-buyers to over-extend their credit.

... It is the date of the Korea cease fire. . . . Traditionally, The new provisions do not apply where the VA had American Legion membership has been reserved for persons issued a certificate of reasonable value before July 30,

who were on active duty during time of war . . . . The act or where requests for appraisals were in VA hands before was in line with Res. 162 passed by the 1954 Nat'l Con- that date. . . . Nor do they apply to GI guarantees on

vention, American Legion. . . . Act of Congress was necessary loans for purposes other than home-purchase. in order to amend The American Legion Charter, issued by Average price of homes on which GIs made no down

Congress. . . . Rep. Francis Walter introduced the bill in payment has been $10,500. . . . Down payment on such a the House. home would now have to be at least $210 , if bought under

VA guarantee. . . . Average down payment on all Gl-loan houses bought last year was $1,100. . . . 40% of the new houses and 20% of the existing houses were bought CONGRESS GOES HOME; DID OK without down payment. BY MANY LEGION MANDATES The 1st Session of the 84th Congress, narrowly controlled in both Houses by the Democrats under a Republican Administration, adjourned on the evening of Tuesday,

VETS CAN LOSE VA COUNSELLING SERVICE August 3, 1955. . . . Skipping the claims that will be made BY NOT KEEPING APPOINTMENTS: for political effect by the two parties as to the achievements Veterans Administration has been disturbed by in- and failings of the session, and as to how much of the creasing number of vets who make appointments for record reflects to the credit or discredit of Congress and/or counselling service and guidance in relation to their edu- the Administration, or one party or the other, it can fairly cational or vocational rehabilitation goals, then do not keep be said that on most important issues the Congress was the appointment . . . . Sometimes vets show up at a later cooperative with the Administration and vice versa. . . . date and hope to be squeezed in for counselling at a time On smaller issues the two parties exercised their oratorical when they cannot be. . . . VA does not seek to deny and legislative powers to needle one another, and the usual counselling service to those who have broken an appoint- amount of legislation was shaped up for political purposes.

ment. . . . Yet failure to keep appointments can have the . . . Scandals in government during the year were not effect of reducing the service. . . . Too many unkept ap- absent but ran below what has been par for the course in

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 1955 • ^ recent years. ... It would seem that, for a while at least, eligibility for Korea-period vets. . . . Favored by Legion.

the nation higher level of respectability . . . Passed. has enjoyed a , leadership and dignity on the part of persons in the national

government in both parties . ... It was a year of low HIGH AND LOW SPOTS political blood pressure and few ulcers caused by Washington IN TKE LEGISLATIVE YEAR:

doings. By and large it was a fair year for Legion mandates, Due to the vast amount of American Legion resolutions progress of Legion-approved bills, and the failure of Legion- bearing on legislation, a complete summary of how all opposed bills. . . . Legion specialists in various fields were Legion mandates made out in the 1st session, 84th Congress generously heard by the various committees of Congress, cannot be compressed in "Newsletter." ... A representative and they in turn well represented the Legion before the summary follows, however: national legislature.

1. Bill to raise income ceilings controlling eligibility The passage of the Reserve Forces Act was a milestone

for Part III pensions. . . . Initiated b> Legion. . . . No in many ways even though its actual effect is speculative

action. . . . Bill rests in House Vets Affairs Committee. at present. . . . The initial action of the House in May,

2. Bricker Amendment, to amend U.S. Constitution to leaving the bill in committee after considering it on the restrict the power of treaties to control internal affairs of floor, is usually sure death for any bill—and similar action

U.S. . . . Supported by Legion. . . . Did not come out of had been death in the past for earlier versions of this long-

Senate Judiciary Committee during session. standing Legion-supported legislation. . . . Yet the bill was

3 McCarran-Walter Act, present law controlling im- brought out again , and after a series of compromises which

migration into U.S. . . . Legion opposed weakening of Act. (surprise!) improved it in many ways, it passed both Houses. ... In the government, credit must go to President . . . No action on several proposed bills to weaken the Act .

Eisenhower , first President to make a personal plea for the 4. VA appropriations. . . . Legion urged adequate

revival of a buried reserve bill. . . . More credit must go appropriations. . . . Final appropriations fairly satisfactory. to the leaders of both parties in both Houses, and to the . . . Additional and very satisfactory appropriations added

for first time in many years to renovate and modernize Armed Services committees of both Houses . ... In The VA hospitals. American Legion, most influential civilian group supporting the bill, Nat'l Commander Collins and his special NST 5. Statehood for Alaska and Hawaii. . . . Legion committee (Granville Ridley and Past Nat'l Commanders favored. . . . Passed in Senate but defeated in House. Perry Brown and Erie Cocke, Jr.) worked tirelessly for 6. Military pay increases. . . . Favored by Legion. passage of the bill, as did the Nat'l Legislative and Nat'l . . . Passed . thousands of letter-writing 7. Extension of VA home loan programs, WW2, beyond Security Commissions and Legionnaires and Auxiliaries. ... If an effective reserve 1957. . . . Favored by Legion. . . . No action, probably

program can be created under any law short of UMT , the will pass in next session. Pentagon can create one with this bill. 8. Hardy Bill to rewrite benefits for survivors of Among the more sensitive sore spots on the present persons who die of service-connected causes. . . . Approved national scene, in the realm of the Legion's interest, there by Legion with reservation it may offer amendments based remains the unsolved problem of the circumventing of the on experience after bill is in effect. . . . Passed House, due

Veterans Preference Law in Civil Service . . . . The for Senate consideration in next session. American Legion is satisfied that through devious methods, 9. Back pay from Army for Philippine Scouts of WW2 some of which are technically legitimate and some of covering period of disorganization in Philippines while islands which may not be, the laws on the books regarding preference were under Jap occupation. . . . Favored by Legion. . . . for veterans in government employment continue to be No action. . . . Held in House Armed Services Committee

sidestepped . . . . The Legion's Economic Commission con- without hearings. tinues to represent veteran employes of the government in

10. Renewal of draft law for four years. . . . Approved

appeals of cases which, if simple justice prevailed , should by Legion. . . . Passed .

never have come up in the first place ; continues to get final 11. Service-connected hospitalization for U.S. citizen

decisions on appeals that are consistently negative . ... In veterans in Philippines and for Philippine Scouts. view of fact that negative decisions, palpably contrary to . . . Approved by Legion. . . .Held in House Vets Affairs

the intent of the law , are often backed up by technicalities Committee without hearings . that are sound from a guardhouse lawyer's point of view, 12. Home building and housing rehabilitation program it is clear that the Congress must be persuaded to revise for personnel at U.S. Air Force installations. . . . Favored the laws under which such technicalities now prevail. by Legion. . . . One bill passed, another pending. 13. Reserve Forces Act of 1955 (NST) to create a better 5fc $ % system of maintaining and manning a better trained U.S. riRM SELLS, DEVELOPS EQUIPMENT FOR TKE DISABLED: military reserve . . . . Top Legion legislative mandate for

1955. . . . Bill passed by both Houses, President's signature The Fascole Corporation, 40 E. 40th St., New York 16,

- anticipated at presstime for "Newsletter." . . . Effect of N. Y. specializes in the sales of standard and newly de bill speculative (see full story on following pages.) signed equipment needed by persons suffering serious 14. Various bills to protect Civil Serv ice employees disabilities, and in the development of new equipment in from cutbacks via arbitrary pay downgrading and re- that line. . . . Handicapped persons may write the firm for

classification. . . . Supported by Legion. . . . Final action its catalog, which lists and illustrates the different aids pending in session. next offered, with prices. . . . Firm may also be contacted regard- 15. Congressional approval of cut-off date (July 27, ing possible merchandising of new gadgets designed to 1953) for military service earning Legion membership meet special needs of the disabled.

32 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 1955 NEWS ofThe American Legztton

and Veterans' Affairs SEPTEMBER 1955

Congress Passes Reserve Bill; nothing of the Defense Department, and simply gives it some devious but workable tools to build a healthier and more Its Success Is up to Pentagon equitable reserve if the Department chooses to use them. The Department Late in July, the two houses of Con- estly sought by President Eisenhower. has not exercised much diligence toward gress finally passed a version of what The present bill, while it does not building a strong reserve with the tools is known as the Reserve Forces Act of come up to all that either the Legion or at hand in the past (with some justifi- 1955, a bill which has theoretically de- the President had asked, goes farther cation). Nor has it encouraged the sort vised a system for providing a larger, than any previous bill, and marks the of legislation that would guarantee a better trained, and more equitably furthest point of advance in the direc- reserve build-up. chosen military manpower reserve for tion of a sound and equitable trained re- If the Defense Department will be the U. S. Armed Forces. serve in the 37 years that The American zealous to make the most of the new The bill went to the President, who Legion has worked for such a program. bill, its complex provisions could be (in the 2nd week of August) had not The new bill was rescued from what welded into a potent tool to do the best signed it. He probably would sign it, normally means sudden death, after job of building a reserve that we have though it is not the bill that the Presi- being in effect recommitted without ac- yet seen. dent, or anyone else, asked for. tion by the House in May. If the Department chooses to do The bill is the fruit of an endless se- Weaknesses of the bill will be seen otherwise, the bill can add up to a round ries of compromises. below. For all its weaknesses, it con- zero. It contains some elements which The tains the strongest recognition yet given With the draft act extended for four American Legion has sought, and takes by Congress of the need for the actual years, Defense can make out for its im- some steps (which could be puny or setting up of that effective, continuous mediate manpower wants without lift- potent depending upon their adminis- reserve training system which The ing a finger to use its new reserve tool. tration) toward making the sort of re- American Legion has long sought. The bill will test the depth of the De- serve that the bill attempts to provide. Whether or not anything will come of fense Department's desire to create a Creation of a better reserve bill was the better features of the bill, should the sound reserve, and in that sense it gets the top legislative objective of The President sign it, is up to the Defense the Congress off the hook on this touchy American Legion during the legislative Department. subject for a while. year just closed, and it was also earn- The bill is weak in that it requires One section of the bill has teeth. It

TENTH AMERICAN LEGION BOYS' NATION — WASHINGTON D. C. — 1955

At left (above) the President and Vice President of the 10th President Eisenhower tries out a Rototiller given him for his annual American Legion Boys' Nation congratulate each Gettysburg, Pa., farm by the 94 boys of Boys' Nation. Boys other, following elections in Washington, D. C. Vice-President came from 46 States and the Canal Zone, spent July 22-29 in is Kenneth R. Jennison, Carthage, Mo. (left). President is Washington and at University of Maryland campus, person- right, ally inspected Federal government under Legion auspices. Doug J. Hopper, Glendale, Calif, (right). In pic at

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 1955 • 33 requires that any person who enters the The American Legion bitterly opposed presently hangs (unenforced) over the Armed Forces after the enactment of the twist given the 1951 law whereby heads of all persons inducted into the the bill shall have a total military obli- Korea vets could be compelled to bone Armed Forces since June 19, 1951. gation of 6 years. up for the next war, if any, while those Nobody inducted into active duty be- After separation from active duty, who had seen no service could go peace- fore the day that the new bill becomes such person must spend the rest of the ably about their business. law will be subject any longer to invol- 6 years in the Reserve. The general public shared the Le- untary reserve training. He may be required to take active gion's view, and the public reaction However, the Ready Reserve status Ready Reserve training amounting to 48 would have been violent had the De- for such people remains. That is, while drill periods, plus 17 days active duty fense Department dared enforce the in- they may not be required to take re- for training, each year— until five years equitable law. serve training, they will remain in the from the date he was inducted into his No such violent reaction could be ex- Ready Reserve for a total of 8 years original active duty, then spend one yeai pected if veterans of peacetime service from their original induction. This in the Standby Reserve. are made to take reserve training after places them in the category first to be Thus a man drafted for two years' separation. However, not everyone may called up in the event of a general mo- active duty could be required to take be expected to wholly approve the con- bilization—a category which may also three years of Ready Reserve training tinuing principle of placing the only be subject to recall in limited numbers after separation. compulsion to train in the reserves upon by the President without consent of Persons who are too remote from re- the very men who have just put in time Congress in a "limited emergency." serve units or who, for other reasons, doing their part to maintain our needs The next, and most advanced yet, of could not take 48 drill periods, could for a standing force. the provisions of the new bill is one satisfy the requirement by taking 30 The principle of double duty is the authorizing so-called NST reserve train- days' active duty for training a year. same, under the new law, as it was ing. NST means National Security Train- This entire provision is roughly the under the 1951 law, though the persons ing, a phrase which the final bill did same one which has applied (for a total involved will not have had war service not use, but which remains a conven- of 8 years' obligation) to all persons on active duty. ient label for describing this provision. inducted since June 19, 1951. Will the Defense Department actu- Under its NST provisions, the bill per- However, not one person who was ally use its power to order future mits the Defense Department to accept inducted after June 19, 1951 has ever servicemen to take reserve training after volunteers who will take 3 to 6 months actually been ordered to take the re- their hitch is up? That remains to be active duty training, and then accept serve training after separation that the seen. There is no other provision in the Ready Reserve training for the balance 1951 law authorized. new reserve bill by which anyone can of 8 years (48 drills, 17 days active duty The Defense Department never or- be ordered to take reserve training with- training a year). The Department may dered any such training. Since most of out his consent. accept 250,000 a year on this basis. those affected were Korea veterans, De- Meanwhile, the new bill cancels the Those who sign up must do it by age fense could be excused for its failure. compulsory training obligation which 18/2, before they are draft-eligible. In-

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34 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 1955 ducement is that they will be draft- leserve participation) added up to four these men can cut short their status as exempt if they sign up in time and carry years. After that he would pass over Ready Reservists (which lasts 8 years out their bargain. Having signed up, into the Standby Reserve, where he'd from the day they were inducted) and training may be postponed until high have no obligations and might be called gain the status of Standby Reservists.

school has been completed, but not later up only in a general mobilization. Since it applies to men who will have

than age 20. Congress put a ceiling of 150,000 a no training obligation at all, it isn't apt Penalties for those who accept NST year on the number who could take ad- to attract anyone. The difference be- and then don't show up for training are vantage of this provision. tween Ready Reserve status and Stand- reasonable. They may be ordered to 45 The provision is a doozy, and no by Reserve status under present laws days active duty training, or placed in trouble would probably be met in get- will not appear significant to those in- the draft for two years' service ahead ting the entire 150,000.' volved, when the Ready Reservist has of all others on the current draft list. It would most certainly broaden the no training obligation. The choice of taking 3 or 6 months The bill provides the usual safeguards active duty training at the beginning of to protect persons from military call-up

NST training is not an option which the where it is in the national interest to volunteer can exercise. It is written into keep them in other occupations. It re- the bill for the convenience of the De- quires that anyone excused from an ob- fense Department, which may choose ligation imposed upon him by the bill any period of training between 3 and 6 on the basis of holding some vital job months for its program. shall be again subject to the provisions This program would really broaden of the bill should he leave that em-

the base of our reserves, if carried out ployment. successfully. For if Tom, Dick, and The bill is not what The American Harry take NST, when they would have Legion asked for. been drafted, then Joe, Ralph, and Os- If the NST training and reserve obli- car, who would otherwise have escaped gation had been compulsory, rather than

the draft, will be drafted in order to fill voluntary, the bill would have fairly the current standing forces require- well satisfied one of the Legion's oldest ments. unfulfilled major policies. However, the authorization by Con- Will It Work? gress of the NST program, even on a Will the Defense Department go all voluntary basis, is a gain in the direc- out to get volunteers into this program tion of the goals for national security up to the maximum? Will NST appeal Nat'l Cmdr Seaborn P. Collins testifies long outlined by the Legion, even to the boys in times of small draft calls? for the Legion in favor of a strong re- though it may be short of a first down. The first question is up to the Defense serve act before Senate Armed Services In fact, if the Defense Department Department, and remains to be seen. Committee, July 7, in Washington, D. C. would build the program to the hilt, The second is strictly for the crystal ball base of military obligation, since for and if it would be filled to capacity by experts. There is no compulsion regard- every man released after one year, an- volunteers, it would be a touchdown. ing NST training— either for the pro- other would have to be called up to The American Legion's actual goal spective trainees to join up, or for the maintain the established level of the has never been any particular program, Defense Department to put the pro- standing forces. but rather a large, well trained, and gram into effect. If this provision were a permanent equitably chosen military reserve. The The only Legion's long insistence on other basic provisions for feature it would probably do more to UMT (com- building a reserve which are in the bill establish a reserve with significant train- pulsory and universal military training) are two that were put in for temporary ing and not too much past active duty has merely reflected the Legion's skep- use. than anything yet passed by the Con- ticism that a program short of that Congress felt that something should gress. would do the job in a fair and demo- be provided to cratic way. supply men for Ready However, this provision is to last only Reserve training The Defense Department, which during the first two until July 1, 1957, approximately two has quietly years of the bill's life. With those now years after the anticipated enactment of opposed UMT by successfully offering in service excused, and with those who the bill. sterile substitute legislation, will be inducted into active duty after Will the Defense Department create now has an excellent chance to demon- the act is signed committed to at least a Ready Reserve training program and strate with the new law that it can build two years' a sound military reserve on a fair basis active duty, there would be accept into it 150,000 men a year who without a two-year period in which nobody have completed one year or more of a UMT. would be available for compulsory two or three year hitch? Who knows? If it fails, then, as Nat'l Cmdr Collins Ready Reserve training. The bill provides the authority. has pointed out, UMT will be the only choice left The Congress wrote two inducements The second stop-gap provision, also to the Congress to establish into the bill to that Reserve whose need the Congress attract Ready Reserves expiring July 1, 1957, will probably be for training clearly recognizes in this bill. during those two empty a lemon even if the Defense Depart- years. The first of these permits anyone ment does its best. It provides that men on active duty to volunteer for Ready discharged after enactment of the new AMERICANISM: Reserve training after at least one full law, but inducted before then (none of year of active duty, and thus cut his whom are any longer subject to invol- Junior Baseball active duty short. untary training) may enlist for one year The 1955 National American Legion Such a person could get out of a two for Ready Reserve training, as described Junior Baseball Finals are scheduled for or three year hitch after one year. He above, and then pass into the Standby Lexington Park in St. Paul, Minn, from would then take 48 drills plus 17 days Reserve. Aug. 30 to Sept. 3. The Fourth District active duty a in year the Ready Reserve The inducement here is that by tak- of the Dep't of Minnesota is the sponsor. until his total service (active duty plus ing some active training drills and duty, The CBS-TV coast-to-coast Baseball

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Game of the Week program for Sept. 10 Any amount needed by a general pub- In addition, the Nat'l Security Com- will salute The American Legion and its lic donor or his or her immediate family mission will publish 6 special issues of Junior Baseball program. in a Bhode Island hospital, within one its regular newsletter dealing with dif- Legion Junior Baseball Director Lou year of making a donation; (3) Com- ferent aspects of Civil Defense, begin- Brissie, former big-league pitcher, will munity cases recommended by Ameri- ning in September. be a guest star on the program. Program can Legion Posts; (4) Local hospitals, The Federal Government has empha- will originate at a Giants-Bedlegs game to replenish hospital supply temporarily sized that increased individual knowl- at Crosley Field, Cincinnati, Ohio. depleted by an emergency; (5) Child edge about self-protection and home Billy Capps, shortstop and Captain of welfare cases not connected with The protection is the biggest must in Civil the 1954 American Legion Junior Base- American Legion. Defense. ball Champions, attended baseball's Hall The bank has the services of the mo- BRIEFLY NOTED: of Fame ceremonies at Cooperstown, bile blood units attached to two hospi- The week of Nov. 6-12 will mark the N. Y. on July 25. tals, each of which makes 10 visits a 35th Observance of American Education Capps saw the Milwaukee Braves- year to Legion Posts. That Post provid- Week, created jointly by The American Boston Bed Sox game, talked to ball ing the largest number of donors each Legion and the Nat'l Education Ass'n players Ted Williams and Ed Math- year earns an annual blood bank trophy. in 1921. ews, and received a scroll attesting to This year, Post 12 (Wickford) and Post William E. Wade, of Post 46, More- his selection as American Legion Junior 43 (Conimicut) tied for the trophy with head City, N.C., had obtained nearly Player of the Year for 1954. He had 135 donors each. 100 members for 1956 by late July. won the award at the National Finals in The bank has working agreements Wade, who joined the Legion in late Yakima, Wash., last year. with the Veterans Service Center of 1954, enrolled more than 100 members Massachusetts, the American Legion BLOOD BANKS: last year. Blood Bank of Massachusetts, the Hart- The New York Chapter of the 36th ford (Conn.) Blood Donors Center, and Another Good One Div. Ass'n will hold Memorial Services the American Legion Dep't of Maine. Another of the many outstanding in honor of the Salerno Landing (the The bank cares for cases of these affili- American Legion blood banks, and one first American landing on the continent ates who need blood while in Bhode Is- which has not been reported on these of Europe in WW2), Sept. 9th, at Ho- land, and they care for eligible Bhode pages previously, is the well-organized tel Martinique, New York, N.Y. Island cases who need blood while in blood of the The Society of American Legion bank American Legion their areas. ^ Dep't of Bhode Island. Founders will hold its annual meeting Oct. 8. at the Casablanca Hotel, Miami The Bhode Island Legion blood bank NAT'L CONVENTION: in the last year supplied more than a Beach, Fla., at 2:00 p.m. Meeting will By July 29, a total of 27 sixth of all the blood used in the State's Departments be followed by reception and the annual of The American 22 hospitals—2,448 pints out of an an- Legion had announced dinner. Information may be had by definite plans nual demand for approximately 12,000 to enter floats in the big writing William H. Mclntyre, 316 W. parade at the Nat'l pints. Convention in Mi- 79th St., New York 24, N.Y. ami, Oct. 11. The blood bank is partially a blood- ^ Amendment of Federal law regulat- The huge float entry, with insurance program, in that donors have more to ing the interstate distribution of obscene come, practically assured that the a priority on blood calls from the bank 1955 matter has been passed by both houses parade would be the most colorful for themselves and their families. Do- in of Congress and sent to the President. many years. nors who participate in the blood insur- Besolution No. 43 adopted by the NEC Many ance program include non-Legionnaires Departments have arranged for in May 1955 supported this amendment. special group transportation to and from and non-veterans—40% of the total do- ^ When Whitey Lockman, American Miami for the Convention, offi- nors having no veteran affiliation. whose Legion Junior Baseball alumnus who cial sessions occur Oct. 10 to Oct. 13. The bank was incorporated in 1948, now plays for the New York Giants, won All Dep'ts can assist members in getting when 300 pints were collected. The fol- $232 on a TV show, he was asked to advance hotel reservations and parade lowing year, 2,200 pints were collected name a charity to which the money box seats. as the result of personal visits to every should be sent. Said Whitey: "Please Post by blood bank chairman James W. send it to the American Legion Junior CIVIL DEFENSE: Bedgate. Since then donations have held Baseball Team at Fall Creek, N.C." at approximately that level. Copies of 4 different, new Federal American Legion Junior Baseball The bank has 4,600 donors registered Civil Defense pamphlets are available games played in Fargo, N. Dak. on Post

I >v name, address, phone number and without charge through The American and Dep't level are telecast by Station blood type. 488 registered donors have Legion Nat'l Security Commission. P.O. KXJB. Nat'l Executive Committeeman rare negative types of blood. The rarest Box 1055, Indianapolis 6, Ind. The Bill Stern, in complimenting the station blood type is AB-Negative. The bank pamphlets deal with protection for the for its coverage, pointed to the fine job lias 12 donors of this type registered. individual in case of nuclear warfare. done by Announcer Jim Adelson in ex- Top priority to use the blood in Bhode They are: plaining American Legion Junior Base- Island hospitals goes to emergency 1. In Case of Attack (dealing with ball program to viewers in N. Dak., S. cases. Dak., and western The bank furnished 250 pints radio broadcasts in an emergency ) Minn. alter Hurricane Carol, last fall, when 2. What You Sliould Know About George P. Soumas, one of the 13 blood was badly needed and prospec- Radioactive Fallout; men who captured the Bemagen Bridge tive donors were pretty much in a state 3. Facts About Fallout; over the Bhine in WW2, is the newly of personal chaos. 4. Six Steps to Survival (dealing with elected Commander of Post 85, Perry, Other priorities for the bank's blood home protection and self-help.) Iowa. Soumas, CO. of a tank company are (1) Any amount needed by an The Legion Commission has under- when he crossed the bridge, is now an American Legionnaire or member of his taken to distribute 100,000 copies each attorney in Perry. family in a Bhode Island hospital; (2) of the pamphlets. The millionth paratrooper to win his

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wings was Pvt. Leo S. Palmer of the 505th Airborne Inf. Reg't. Pvt. Palmer received his wings at a ceremony during MODEL VARIABLE KV Weave COPE POWER the first convention of the Nat'l Air- SERIES 60 borne Ass'n held recently in Washing- 3X to 5X ton, D.C. A membership pep rally will be held ONE SPccfie. . .TWO t-Aiatfnificatictib

the day after the Nat l Convention ( Oct. 14) in Miami, Fla., for Dep't Com- manders, Dep't Adjutants, Dep't Mem- bership Chairmen, and interested Legionnaires. "Hospitality stops" for Legionnaires and their families driving to the Nat'l Convention have been set up throughout the State of Florida. At many of these stops free orange juice will be distributed by local American Legion Posts. A BUNCH OF SMILES

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his children (Harry, Jr.. John, Robert, Louis, and Charlotte) all ex-Marines. C Post 406, an all-woman Post, Fall MONEY MAKING OPPORTUNITY River, Mass., has set up a blood bank, If you are on tlie board of your church, school, lodge, FOR YOU WITHOUT INVESTMENT! club. P.T.A., etc., you will be delighted with our new has entertained and given refreshments No experience needed to act as oar Local MONROE Tables. NOW, at no extra cost, offered Dealer for Master Work Uniform garments. with completely finished tops, highly resistant to to hospitalized vets, has provided par- Every business concern a prospect. Adver- most serving hazards. May be used with or without tising embroidered on garments is a big sales table cloths, as desired. Send for the complete, new (Continued on next page) feature. Stores can'tcompete. You can easily Monroe catalog with direct factory prices and money- earn op to many thousands of dollars yearly. saving discounts to institutions. We supply all Sales Equipment FREE. Write GEO. MASTER GARMENT DIV. MONROE CO., 69 Church Street, Colfax, Iowa 625 WATER STREET LIGONIER, INDIANA AFTER BATH OR SHOWER- RECENT POST DOINGS Flags by asking school authorities to

( Continued) name a pupil who would have nominal year. ties for needy children. Two Post mem- custody of the flag for the school bers were Grand Marshal and Chief of When, in 1924, the new Standard Bear- Staff for the 1955 Memorial Day pa- ers were chosen and took custody of the flags from their predecessors, the cere- DRY rade—the first women ever to be so honored in Fall River. mony was begun. The Standard Bearers march with the Legion in parades on Post 70, Oshkosh, Wis., has estab- C Memorial Day and Veterans Day. In O lished a prize of a $100 U.S. Bond to be addition to the actual transfer, the cere- awarded to the student of Oshkosh State mony includes a brief address about Teachers College who writes, composes Memorial Day or a related topic, a short and designs the best program for radio musical program appropriate to the day, broadcast dealing with Memorial Day. a memorial service (by Post 107) for Post 1451, Bergholtz, N.Y., again C deceased comrades, the recitation of the proves that the Posts that have the Pledge of Allegiance, and the singing of programs, have the members. This Post, the National Anthem. This year 1400 organized in 1946, has consistently en- children took part. Program is modeled rolled more than 100 per cent of its after a GAR program which a Post mem- membership quota, and this year at- ber saw in Rochester, N.Y., in 1924. tained 200 per cent (in late July it had Past Post Cmdr R. A. McCarty has been

] 43 members ) . Post has a dynamic pro- chairman of this activity since its incep- gram of community service activities. tion. Among them: sponsorship of billboards Post 77, Ehrenberg, Ariz., believes advertising the Back to God program; ([ it can end the "biggest little Post" com- donation of $125 to the Cerebral Palsy petition. Post has 116 members; accord- Drive; holding of 7 parties for the chil- ing to 1950 census, population of dren of the township on Halloween (ap- He-man Ehrenberg is 25. children attend, and scent! proximately 800 vandalism on Halloween night has been C[ Seventy members of Post 217, Bau- eliminated in the area). On Memorial dette, Minn., worked 70 hours in the Day 1954 Post broke ground for a new woods recently and cut enough pulp- to raise for home, and occupied it seven months wood $700 the Post treasury. later. All labor was donated by Post C Post 570, Detroit, Mich., dedicated members. its new club rooms in late June. Post \59t was organized 6 years with 15 {[ Four Commanders-Elect of Legion ago mem- 9 OZ ECONOMV SIZE Posts Past Post Commander who bers, now has 128. New Post home will J I and a is now a Dep't of Maryland Executive be made available for Boy Scout and Committeeman work for the same firm, Girl Scout meetings. Certified Builders, Inc., Silver Spring, C Post 450, New York, N. Y. "dressed Md. They are: Auditor Merle J. Buck, up" its observance of the 4th of July at Post 105; Outside Expediter Frank Di- Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, with a Just 3 pairs per day brings you Cesare, Post 196; Gen. Superintendent reenactment of scenes from the lives of 20 weekly! No experience needed. Just show nationally known Cushion Charles W. Cappela, Post 175; Vice two famous Americans: (1) George friends, neighbors, co- jes to President L. E. Hill, Post 68; and Office Washington — delivering his Farewell orkers. 127 styles. Daily Commis- ons Big Extra Cash Bonus. Samples — ; Manager John Rothwell, Past Com- Address (2) Betsy Ross displaying at no cost! Write TODAY for FREE a 13-starred Flag. Catalog and details of this amazing mander of Post 105 and now Dep't of American EXTRA CASH opportunity! Maryland Exec. Committeeman. More C Post 534, Casey, 111., has made an- TANNERS SHOE CO. than 70 per cent of the employees of 614 BROCKTON, MASS. nual presentations of school awards the organization are Legion members. every year since May 1928. Post 38, Baton Rouge, La., this year f[ {[ Post 56, Bloomington, 111., sponsors has 42 teams, organized in 4 leagues, in 71 Junior Baseball teams; more than 925 its Junior Baseball program; approxi- boys participate. mately 740 boys play organized baseball {[ The Post at Cheney, Kans., with the under the jurisdiction of the Post. The aid of townspeople, secured a home site, Register (Baton Rouge's Journal of So- material, and labor for a local polio ciety) devoted much of its July 2 issue victim who is confined to a wheelchair. to a tribute to American Legion Junior Prints The project included a new home with Baseball and particularly to the Junior concrete runways, bathtub on a plat- lllustra Baseball program of Post 38. form, and other conveniences. Gov't Post Cards Post 107, Natick, Mass.. claims that its Memorial observance in the LIFE MEMBERSHIPS: Learn how thousands of business Day men, in every line, are boosting schools, "The Transfer of Flags," is: The citation of an individual Legion- FREE sales in spite of conditions— with admcssafies- printed and illustrated in a few (1) the oldest in the Legion (it took naire to life membership in his Post is a minutes on gov'nt post cards — with amazing place for the thirty-first time last testimonial those who know him best new patented CARDMASTER. Your "today's" by ideas, read by your prospects next morning. spring); (2) the only one of its particu- that he has served The American Le- Not a toy, but a sturdy advertising machine, lar kind; in beauty, built to last for years. Low price, sold direct. and (3) unmatched gion well. Guaranteed for five years. Send name today. in pupil participation, and in effective- Below are some of the life member- SEND NAME ^^^"t^l^Z ness. After having presented an Ameri- ship citations in 1955 recently reported plele, unique adverlisint plans. RUSH YOUR NAMETODAY. CAR DM ASTER COMPANY can Flag to each school in Natick, the by Post officials: 1»20 SUNNYSIDE. D.p«. 33 K. CHICAGO 40, ILL. Post instituted ceremony of Transfer of Jan. 27: George Hinkle and Theodore W. Gibbs

3« THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 1955 ;tnd Robert Rump, Post 94, Clementon. N..I. Feb. 8: William L. Rogers, Sr.. and Howard B. Smith and George Dudley. Post 89. Mullins, S.C. I like to rough it... Feb. 18: George J. Crane and Harold Regan and Dr. John E. Conbov. Post 543. New York. N. Y. March 14: Cliffton A. Kellev, Post 1. St. Albans. Vt. May 7: Bernard A. Tye, Post 166. Detroit. Mich. May 17: Rev. Arthur J. LeVeer. Post 1, St. Al- bans, Vt. May 21: Oscar Berkley. Post 268, Milan, Mich. May 27: Joseph L. Schrager, Post 206. Chicago, III. June 6: G. Chester Amos, Post 665, Buffalo, NY. June 14: Edward J. Fontes, Post 399, San Jose, Calif. Among the many life memberships awarded to Legionnaires, now living, before they were regularly listed on these pages are the following: Harry C. Wade (1954), Post 26, Anniston. Ala. David Adler (1948), Post 11, Fairbanks, Alaska Nicholas Colombo (1931) and M. R. Jolimav (1933) and Edgar A. Strohmaier (1934), Post 399, San Jose, Calif. Thomas J. Peyton (1954), Post 10, Boulder, Colo. Marcel J. Donze (1947), Post 102, Manchester, Conn. Harry Allison Johnston (1937) and Guy M. Pow- ers (1945) and Paschal C. Reese (1949), Post 12, West Palm Beach, Fla. Harry B. Goodison (1948) and Robert Wayne Storey (1948), Post 66, De Kalb, III. Ellis Amick (1954), Post 33, Ruthven. Iowa. Owen Eugene Bowers (1950) and Ralph G. Foss (1952) , Post 9, Machias. Maine. But I like my whiskey Mrs. Mary A. Taylor (1954), Post 162, Berlin, Mass. Robert R. Wright (1950) and Orville Collick (1951), Post 5, Ironwood, Mich. Hugh L. Torbert (1950) and Lyman W. Bush smoother going down V (1953) . Post 120, Highland Park, Mich. William A. Kitchen (1938) and Charles L. Mid- dleton (1952), Post 76. Kansas City. Mo. W. J. Lepage (1954), Post 36, Berlin, N.H. Hugh W. Birch (1954), Post 10, Newark. N.J. D. E. Drennen (1953), Post 64. Marietta, Ohio. Marc A. Stice (1949) and Frank S. Tenny (1950) and Alva J. Hill (1951) and Donald O. Gunn (1951). Post 1, Manila, P.I. F. Vincent McConnell (1953), Post 57, Provi- dence. R.I. William J. Coyle (1919) and Albert C. Deutsch (1919) and Fred W. Llewellyn (1920) and Charles H. Paul (1920), Post 1, Seattle, Wash. James S. McMillen (1954) and Arthur James Hopkins (1954). Post 53, Eau Claire. Wis. Burchard Peter Bernard (1954). Post 69, May- ville. Wis.

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: William F. Niclwlson, Vice Chmn of The American Legion Military Affairs Committee, took office as Mayor of Den- ver, Colo. James W. Doon, former member of NEC from New Hampshire, awarded honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by New England College. Frederick P. O'ConnelL Past Dep't Cmdr of Maine (1950-51) elected Sect'y of Maine Heart Ass'n for 1956, and appointed co-chairman of the 1956 Heart Campaign in that State. With your very first sip, you will realize that Calvert

Frank Carpenter, Treasurer of the has a quality that sets it apart ... a wonderful smooth- State of Maine and a member of The ness going down that lets you enjoy Calvert's deep American Legion, appointed co-chair- mellowness and fine whiskey flavor to the fullest. man of the 1956 Heart Campaign in

Maine. Just compare . . . and you'll switch to Calvert, as Marion Folsom, member of Post 206. millions of others have done! Rochester, N.Y., named Sect'y of Health, Education and Welfare in Pres. Eisenhower's Cabinet. Wilbur M. Brticker, Past Dep't Vice Calvert Cmdr of Michigan (1921-22), appointed Sect'y of the Army. Nat'l, Cmdr Seaborn P. Collins. awarded honorary degree of Doctor of Satisfies Laws by Eastern New Mexico Univer- sity—the first person to be so honored LIKE NO OTHER WHISKEV by that institution. (Continued on next page) BLENDED WHISKEY-86.8 PROOF-65% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS. CALVERT DISTILLERS CO., N.Y. C. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 1955 • 39 1 .

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS COMING EVENTS: (Continued COMRADES ) American Legion. Junior Baseball Maj. Gen. Robert E. L. Eaton, Past Nat'l Championship Finals at Lexington IN DISTRESS Alternate Nat'l Exec. Committeeman Park, St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 30-Sept. 3 Space does not from Maryland (1952-54) will assume permit notices to contact Labor Day, Sept. 5. persons for any purpose except to assist in command of the Tenth Air Force, Sep- Citizenship Day, Sept. 17 establishing a claim for a veteran or his de- tember 15th. Area Membership Conference, Sept. pendents. John R. Stille, Nat'l Executive Com- 17-18, at New Castle, Del. Army from Arizona, reappointed to mitteeman Area Membership Conference, Sept. 3rd QMTR, Co H, Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyo. a 5-year term on Arizona State Veterans' 17-18, at Sioux Falls, S. Dak. -From July 7 to July 10, 1942, I was assigned Service Commission. to quarters because of injured right hand. Annual business meeting and banquet Need to hear from anyone who remembers me, especially from Cpl Died of American Legion Press Ass'n at Bis- Smith, Pvt Ellico, and Pvt Gilmoore. Write me. Henrv L. Flet- Lutlier K. Brice, Past Dep't Cmdr of cayne Terrace Hotel, Miami, Oct. 9 cher, 223 SW. 4th St., Oklahoma City, Okla. Claim pending. South Carolina (1922-23), after a long 37th American Legion Nat'l Conven- 33rd Div., 136th Inf. Cannon Co— In order to establish claim for defective hearing, illness. tion at Miami, Fla., Oct. 10-13 I need to hear from anyone who served with me. Write me, George Washington Lopp, Chmn of Breakfast of American Legion Chap- Kenneth E. Draper, Prince St., Wilton N. H. The American Legion Mausoleum in lains at Miami, Fla., Oct. 11 77th Div, 302nd Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop (WWl)-Need to France. American Education Week, Nov. 6-12 contact anyone who served in this outfit in France in 1918, especially Capt Representative George Berry, Past Veteran's Day, Nov. 1 Edward J3. Cowles (the CO), and Jaffie Cohen, J. Barry (9th Ave. & 40th St.) New Dep't Cmdr of Texas (1947-48), as re- Nat'l Boys' State Conference, Nov. York, N.Y., and Charles Tighe, also thought to have been from New York. Also need sult of auto accident. 12-13 at Nat'l Hq. Indianapolis, In- to hear from anyone who recalls that we found James M. Pruett, Minn., President dianapolis, Ind. that our equipment and trucks had burned while we were on leave. My extra blankets and long-time member of the board of Dep't. Conventions: and clothing were also burned. As a result, my feet and legs were frozen while sleeping The American Legion Hospital Ass'n, Alaska at Sitka, Sept. 1-5 outside. I was cook for the outfit. Write me, Pietro after an illness of four months. Illinois at Springfield, Sept. 1-4 Gaspari, c/o Charles P. Gasparri, 20-30 149th St.. Whitestone 57, N. Y. Floi/d W. Williams, Past Dep't Cmdr West Virginia at Clarksburg, Sept. 83rd Div, 329th Inf, Co F-In order to establish cl im - need to learn the whereabouts of Virginia (1942-43). 2-5 J. of the officer who commanded this company in Dec Dr. W. M. Dickens, Past Dep't Vice Kansas at Topeka, Sept. 3-5 1943 and Jan. 1944. I think he was Capt Randle or Randall. Also recall Lt Rushing, Cmdr of Texas (1932-33). Oklahoma at Tulsa, Sept. 3-5 2nd Lt John F. Cleary (Personnel Officer) who may know his present address. arm Milford Bendiner, Enid, Okla., Past Maryland at Ocean City, Sept. 7-10 My was injured, and the company commander talked Dep't Historian of Pennsylvania (1923- New Jersey at Wildwood, Sept. 8-10 to me about it while on maneuvers about Jan. 10, 1944. Write me, Albert Thomas Wig- 31). Virginia at Virginia Beach, Sept. 9-11 gins, Thebes, 111. 252nd Remount Co-In 1941 I was injured by a horse while at drill at Fort Robertson, Nebr.; both my hips and legs were injured. In the summer of 1942, I had another accident in- IT SMELLS GRAND IT PACKS RIGHT volving a horse, and my hips and legs suffered additional injury; this happened at Fort Bliss, Tex. Need to hear from someone who remembers these incidents or who remembers me. Write me, Fred T. Giesing, 108 McKin- ley St., Jefferson City, Mo. Claim pending. 312th Cavalry, Troop L-On or about June 6, 1918, I was kicked in the groin by a horse I was currying at Fort D.A. Russell, Wyo. I was hospitalized for about a week, and after a 3-day attempt at duty was hospitlized again for about two weeks. I was then discharged. In order to establish claim, I need to hear from someone who served with me or who knows of my injury and hospitalization. Espe- cially recall: 1st Sgt Henry Wendolsky, Cpl Arthur Waite, Pvt Thomas A. Rogers, Pvt James G. Scoles (last known address: Pitts- burgh, Pa.), and Pvt Moffett B. Tolley. Write me, Bert R. Short, Company 20, USVA Cen- ter, Dayton, Ohio. 716th MP Bn, Co A-While playing Softball at Pine Camp, N. Y., in May or June 1949, my • WHAT A FRAGRANCE LOAD SOME MORE IN • • nose was injured. I was treated at the dis- pensary. Need to hear from anyone who recalls THATlS FOR AAE ! THEN YOU'LL SEE the incident, especially from: Bock (of Brook- lyn), Reese (of Pittsburgh), Wm. Wallace (of Mass.) and Mitchell (of Tex.). Write me, Victor J. Pranscavage, 526 Pine Hill St., Min- IT SMOKES SWEET IT CANT BITE! ersville, Pa. Claim pending. 332tst QM Service Co—Need to contact anyone who served with me at Fort Lewis or in the SIR WALTER RALEIGH'S ETO. Especially need to hear from someone who recalls the severe hadaches from which I BLEND OP CHOICE KENTUCKY suffered. Write me. James H. Thompson, P.O. Box 21, Rippon, W. Va. Claim 8URLEYS IS EXTRA-AGED TO pending. 809th TD Bn, Co B—Need to contact someone GUARD AGAINST TONGUE BITE who served with T/Sgt Irvin W. Elliot with this outfit in France. Elliot's left leg was injured, and his widow seeks to establish a claim. Write R. R. Mansfield, Vets Service Officer, P.O. Box 1086, Rapid City, S. Dak. FREE! Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., 159th Depot Brigade, 7th Bn, 26th Co—Need to hear from those 24-PAGE BOOKLET who served with me or who were in the hos-

pital with me from Sept. 21, 1917, until I w;is ON PIPE CARE . discharged, Nov. 22. 1917. Write me, (former JUST WRITE TO: Pvt) Mike Szymczak, 311 Maple St., Zeigler, 111. Claim pending. SIR WALTER RALEIGH, Navy Shelton, Va.— . . JUST HOW GOOD DEPT. A-5, Camp Norfolk, Need to hear from anyone who remembers that I was pulled out A PIPE CAN BE / LOUISVILLE, KY. of pay line and taken to sick bay because of diabetes between Feb. 8 and 11, 1946. Write 40 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SLIMLMRKR 1955 me, (former S 2/c Elmer V. Fleenor, R.D. 2, Pennington Gap, Va. Advertisement CASU 9— In order to establish claim, I need to hear from the following men who served in the Philippines in WW2: SC 2/c Richard Banks- ton and SC 1/c David Banks, who are believed to live in Dallas, Tex.; and Utley, a mailman, who was last known to be working for the Railway Express Co., in Dallas. Write me, James W. Holies, Box 282, McCook, Nebr. From where I sit NOB, Norfolk, Va.—Need to hear from anyone who remembers me during the period Aug. 1945-Feb. 1946, especially from James Tripp, of Tenn. Need proof of tremor of left hand in order to establish claim. Write me, J. D. Joe Marsh Dixon, 1619 Sale Ave., Louisville, Ky. W Sub Chaser 273—Need to contact anyone who recalls that I became ill while at sea on duty in the engine room. Captain Barker wirelessed to the base and was ordered to return to the Bath Beach Base Hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y. Records show that I was treated at this hospital, but do not show the ailment for which I was treated. The trouble is thought to have been caused by carbon monoxide gas. Write me, (former Machinist's Mate 1/c) Robert J. Martin, 70 Granada Ave., San Francisco 12, Calif. Claim pending. USS New Mexico—In order to establish claim, I need to hear from the following pharmacist's After-Dinner Speaker mates, who are thought to have served under Lt (jg) T. F. Wright and Comdr O. W. Grisier: McQuerry, Newberry, Dillingham, Sherman. Southard, Caddell, Naragon, Rhodes, and Donovan. Also need to hear from anyone who Gets His "Deserts" remembers me, especially from those who. like me, suffered "cat fever" on Thanksgiving Dav, 1940. Write me, Bernard Bovin, 1101 Union St., Brooklyn 25, N. Y. USS San Saba— In order to establish claim, need to hear from anyone who served with me "Red" Thomas tells about a dinner from Jan. 1 to Sept. I, 1945. Especially need to hear from the crew that was helping repair party he and his Missus went to in port guide wire winch at sea when the big hook knocked me off the boats down on the Center City last week. He said it was deck. Especially remember Boatswain Beaird; the Shipfitter; Chief Boatswain's Mate Bren- a wonderful party — except for one nen; Chief Boatswain's Mate of the third division; the pharmacist's mate who X-rayed my guest real "know-it-all," feet; and the doctor who looked at my head. who was a Write me, Manley J. Hendrix, R.D. 2, West Blocton, Ala. right from the start.

Air Whatever the subject, this fellow 2nd Reg't, 18th Co, Aviation Service Mechanics- Need to hear from someone who knows of the considered himself an "expert." railroad accident near Orleans, France, Dec. 31, 1918, in which two other men (one of Wasn't quiet about it, either. He told them a sergeant) and I were hurt. We were hospitalized near Orleans after the accident. Especially need to hear from the injured ser- different people what automobile to geant. Write me, (former Sgt) Minott E. Ed- wards, P.O. Box 203, Phenix City, Ala. Claim buy, what books to read—even told pending. 341st Bomb Sqdn and 419th Bomb Sqdn- In order to establish claim, need to hear from anyone some who they "just had" to vote for. who served in these outfits with Lt Alton M. Missimer, of Stowe. Pa., in Italy during WW2. When it came time to leave, this Write Missimer's sister, Mrs. June A. Heist, R.D. 2, Birdsboro, Pa. fellow felt a of 381st Bomb Group, 532nd Bomb Sqdn-Need to must have pang con- learn the present addresses of the following men who were on the same combat crew with science. He turned to the hostess and me in England from Oct. 1944 to May 1945: Lt Instone (Pilot), Lt Taplin (Co-Pilot), Lt said: "I suppose I was a bit outspoken House (Navigator) Sgt Jerry Conlon (Engi- neer), Sgt Jointer (Waist Gunner), and any tonight." Quickly she replied, "Of of the other members of the same crew. Write me, Danford D. Gallagher, 107 W. Garfield, course not. No one could have out- Charlevoix, Mich. Claim pending. spoken you." OUTFIT From where I sit, it's all right to have opinions as long as you don't

REUNIONS try to force them on neighbors. Take Send notices to: Outfit Reunions, The American Legion Magazine, 720 Fifth Ave- those who would deny me an occa- nue, New York 19, New York. Reunion will be held in month indicated. sional glass of beer simply because For particulars, write person whose address is given. they prefer something else. They're Army welcome to their choice but shouldn't 1st Signal Bn— (Sept.) John Secola. Lakeside Drive, to to be "party" to it! Mineral Ridge. Ohio. try force me a 2nd Armored Div— (Sept.) Sec'y., 2nd Armored Div Ass'n, P.O. Box 172, Alexandria. Va.

5th Nebr. Inf, Co A (later 134th Inf, Co A)-(Sept ) Montie E. Lum. Court House. McCook, Nebr. 31st Div-(Sept.) W. A. Anderson, 4913 N. Hermi- tage Ave., Chicago 40, 111. 34th Cav, Troop A & Hq Troop (WWI)-(Oct.) P. K. Frederickson. 527 E. College St., Iowa City. Iowa. 34th Div— (Sept.) 34(h Div Ass'n, Argonne Armory, Des Moines, Iowa. 35-1 10th QM-(Sept.) J. R. ShurtlefT, Humboldt, Nebr. 45th Div-(Oct.) Joseph C. Cherry, Jr., 2803 N. (Continued on next page) Copyright, 1955, United States Brewers Foundation THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 1955 • 4J )

OUTFIT REUNIONS ecker, Onarga, 111. 393rd Bn, Battery (Korean Continued FA A War)-(Sept ) La ( Moine Boggs, Box 215, Frankfort, Ind. THE AMERICAN LEGION Boston Place, Tulsa, Okla. 411th Inf, Co L-(Oct.) John Springer, 1322 W. NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS 65th Div-(Oct.) James N. Robertson, 111 N. Olive Cornelia, Chicago 13, 111. St., Media, Pa. 457th AAA, Battery B-(Sept.) Werner L. Macom, JUNE 30, 1955 77th Div-(Oct.) James A. Lynch, 77th Div Club 132 Whittemore, Pontiac, Mich.

House, 28 E. 39th St., New York 16, N. Y. 526th Ord Co (HM Tank)-(Sept ) George E. Hur- ASSETS 82nd Div (WWI)-(Oct.) Edward C. Ellinger, 82nd less, R.D. 2, Ohio City, Ohio. Cash on hand and on deposit $ 340,827.89 Div Ass'n, 28 E. 39th St., 536th Ord Tank)-(Sept New York 16, N. Y. Co (HM ) Bayard W. Pea- Receivable 186,047.54 86th QM, Co (later 3483rd Ord Co)-(Sept body, 6 Forest St., Baldwinville, Mass. C ) Inventories 417,623.53 Dean Meece, 3628 Academy, Dearborn, Mich. 605th TD Bn-(Sept.) Jess Dixon, 14 Main W. Invested Funds 1.358,325.91 87th Div-(Sept.-Oct.) Donald St., Hartford, F. McCabe, 4229 Mich. Permanent Trusts: Elbridge St., Philadelphia 702nd Bn, 717 35. Pa. TD Co C-(Sept.) Jack E. Knarr, Overseas Graves Decoration 88th MP Co (WWI)-(Sept.) Albert J. Meyer, W. Sixth St., Lewistown, Pa. Trust Fund $ 256,123.35 Cumberland, Iowa. 719th Ry Operating Bn-(Sept ) Milton Jones, C. Employees' Retirement 90th Div, Midwest Ass'n-(Sept.) Thomas J. 757 E. 16th St., Houston 8, Tex. Trust Fund 1,877,607.37 2,133,730.72 Ameson, Box 962, Minneapolis, Minn. 724th Ry Operating Bn (Korea)-(Oct.) John J. 91st Div-(Sept.) Archie Walker, Drawer 2219, Barnett, 6544 Keystone St., Philadelphia 35, Pa. Real Estate 973,972.65

Seattle 11, Wash. 3483rd Ord Co (formerly 86th QM, Co C)-(Sept ) Furniture and Fixtures, 94th Signal Bn-(Sept.) Howard E. Dunbar, 229 N. Dean Meece, 3628 Academy, Dearborn, Mich. less Depreciation 238,256.86 Mulberry St., Mansfield, Ohio. American RR Transport Corps— (Oct.) G. J. Mur- Deferred Charges 100,017.44 101st Airborne Div-(Sept.) Leo B. Conner, 1529 ray, 417 Vine St., Scranton, Pa. $5,748,802.54 18th St., NW„ Washington 6, D.C. Militarv Railway Service Vets— (Sept.) Fred W. 104th Div-(Sept.) Roger Levy, 885 West End Okie. P.O. Box 536, Pittsburgh 30, Pa. Ave., New York 25, N.Y. Retreads— (Aug. -Sept.) Ross H. Currier, 108 Mass. LIABILITIES, DEFERRED REVENUE 109th Engrs (WWI)-(Oct.) Paul W. Flaxbeard, Ave., Boston, Mass. AND NET WORTH 2012 W. Broadway, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Current Liabilities $ 381,077.37 I10th-35th QM-

Lane, Dallas 20, Tex. USS Emons-(Nov.) William Dolasky, 102 Prince- Reserve Fund . .$ 23.852.30 161st Inf, Companies H, I, and MG Companies ton Ave., Dover, N.J. Restricted Fund. 18.684.11 (WWI)-(Nov.) Wally N. Sproul, City Hall. CSS Sante Fe-(Oct.) John J. McGrath, 95-14 97th Reserve for construction

Spokane, Wash. St., Ozone Park. N.Y. Wash. Bldg. . . 28,752.18 209th CA (AA), Battery D-(Oct ) Edward J. CSS Trego— (Nov.) M. A. Garner, Route 4, Box Real Estate 973,972.65 Robena, 56 Salina St.. Rochester 11, N. Y. 87-G. Greenwood. S.C. Reserve for Reha- 254th FA Bn-(Sept.) C. A. Urschalitz, 1306 Shady bilitation 422.240.47 Lane Drive. Findlay, Ohio. Air Reserve for Child 283rd Engr (C) Bn-(Sept.) R. L. Fauber, 601 48th Welfare 36,656.79 St., 4th Air Depot SE., Charleston, W. Va. Group-(Sept.) Bill Williams, 539 $1,504,158.50 307th Inf, Co K (WWI)-(Oct.) Russell Golde, W. Main St., Wilmington. Ohio. Unrestricted Capital: 1375 6th Ave., York 19, N.Y. 306th Bomb Group, Medical Detachment— (Sept.) New Excess of Income 322nd ( Fritsch, Box William F. Drive. FA WWI)-(Sept.) L. B. P.O. Houlihan, 26580 Monticello over Expense 651.084.51 2.155,243.01 324, Hamilton, Ohio. Inkster, Mich. $5,748,802.54 327th FA (WWI)-(Sept.) Chas. A. Campbell, 407 416th Bomb Group, 671st Bomb Sqdn-(Sept ) S. Cherokee St., Taylorville, 111. George Marashian, 154 W. Spruce St., Milford, 342nd Inf, Hq Co (WWI)-(Sept.) John A. Stien- Mass.

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( Continued front page 5 ) line of our own "liberals" in his little tirade. The public seems to be getting wise to the fact that it isn't the communists or Karl Marx who are ruining

the United States. It is the Liberal Intelligentsia, the Brain Trust, who have been running this country too long and running it to ruin and con- Prestolite fusion. We are being jockeyed into position where Big Government can take over the country. M. F. Disney Arlington, Va. HIIEVEL THE BIRD FOR WARD

Sir: The phraseology of Robert S. Ward, in his letter referring to super- BATTERIES patriots, is strictly from liberalism. Has his "reaching maturity" dulled his sense of patriotism? Are the stories of the founders of this greatest nation on the earth to be classed as fairy tales, only for juveniles? It seems, ac-

cording to Mr. Ward, that history is for the birds. Well, Mr. Ward, remember that out emblem is the eagle, and he has been quite a bird. John S. Rathunes Outstanding offensive back of Minerva, Ohio the San Francisco 49'ers says, "My Prest-o-lite Hi-Level Bat- INDIAN-GIVING SUGGESTION tery really delivers full power

starts! It's the most trouble- Sir: Adjutant Deutschle in "Sound Off" for July asks where are the other free battery I've ever used." 17 million veterans who do not belong to The American Legion. Many of us do not subscribe to the Indian-giving suggestion that Legion good works should be spread among only "card- carrying" members of the Legion. The American Legion is a fine organization but so are most of the other veterans' organizations, the churches, fraternal organizations, lodges, etc., that compete for support. Most of us can't afford to give active or even "card-carrying" support to every or-

ganization in our town, and it's no man's privilege to dictate the direction of his neighbor's civic interest. Dr. L. M. Lucas Washington, D. C.

TOO MUCH TO SPEND

Sir: I have just read the article on the GI bill, and would like to air a beef that the veterans in the State of Illinois have had since the fall semester of 1953. I think it is a shame that Illinois needs water only should have to give up paying State military scholarships to its veterans. 3 times a year*. . Of course, $250,000 is too much to spend on an unimportant thing, an im- material thing such as an education of lasts longer, too! *IN NORMAL CAR USE a veteran. Charles W. Miller Normal, III. SEE YOUR PREST-O-LITE DEALER THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 1955 • 43 CHAMPIONS ARE MADE -(Continued from page 12J-

floodlighted field. If they can win ments which are conservatively valued

again on October 10th in Miami's at $5,000. Another $1,000 is tied up in Orange Bowl, they will be the third flags and swords for the color guard. Corps in Legion history to have won The uniforms stay in moth balls the championship four times. on practice nights; and only the in- According to Business Manager John struments and flags are brought to the McAuliffe, the secret of being the best Newark Armory, where on Friday Drum & Bugle Corps in The American nights Drill Master Costello takes over. Legion is simply hard work. The sched- Since even the most intricate maneuvers ule and routine the Caballeros have set are based on the basic movements of for themselves leave little time for close order drill, Costello starts the family and fun. It all adds up to the evening sessions with 15 minutes of fact that you practice all winter, two "Column Right, Column Left — To the Come to Quebec nights a week, compete and parade all Rear, March!" summer, and when fall comes around Then he concentrates on the preci- for Good Shooting you're ready to take on all comers for sion marching and maneuvering which Game of all kinds abounds in the big title. count heavily on the judges' score

the unspoiled forests, in the The Caballeros have worked to be cards. Every turn and step is rehearsed beautiful lakes and mountain champions long enough to be able to over and over until the slightest error districts of La Province de Quebec. Competent guides and comfortable speak with authority on the subject. in timing is eliminated. accommodation will help make Before the war, many members of the The practice emphasis shifts to music your trip a success. present-day Corps played together in on Tuesday nights. Al Mura, who Wfile today lor Iree booklets on hunting in the St. George Cadet Corps — a junior teaches music at Bergenfield High Quebec. Address: Provincial Publicity Bureau, Parliament Buildings, Quebec City, Canada; group then sponsored by the Haw- School, puts the Corps through its elab- or 48 Rockeleller Plaza. New York 20, N. Y. thorne Post. When war came, 74 mem- orate repertoire. Al restyles popular LA PROVINCE DC bers of the Corps went into service. and march music in a Spanish tempo. In early 1946, a dozen of the old Probably the Caballeros' best known group met in McAuliffe's home to dis- number is the Spanish classic "Valen-

cuss the possibility of setting up a Sen- cia," which is always included in Corps ior Corps. Since most of them were concerts, and has become their musical already members of the Hawthorne trademark. Post, the affiliation with their old spon- Except for holidays the drill sessions sor was a natural one. Today, of the go on all winter long. The Corps moves 65 members of the Corps— all of whom outdoors when warmer weather comes. are Legionnaires — 50 belong to Haw- When summer arrives, if the Cabal- thorne Post 199. leros aren't practicing they're either in In the early days, each man wore his a parade or exhibition. old service uniform when the Corps This year from Memorial Day turned out for parades and competi- through Labor Day, the Caballeros will tions. Later, when a batch of surplus appear in 8 drum and bugle corps con- naw trousers came on the market, the tests and 8 parades. The busy schedule Corps bought them. The flaring pants not only keeps the members of the is « Life worth together with white satin blouses, som- Corps away from their families every living in a breros, and red sashes provided by the weekend during the summer, but puts ^ wives and girl friends made a Spanish- a strain on the Corps treasury as well. RICHARDSON looking uniform. The nickname Cabal- It's an expensive proposition to turn 8 leros was suggested by Drill Master out a full drum and bugle corps. Aside Over 40,000 persons are now living in transportation, the Caballeros Richardson Mobile Homes. These thou- Jim Costello, one of the original group. from sands have found the Richardson way 581 It wasn't long before the Corps became figure that it costs them $300 to get of living a happy, carefree, low cost known by its distinctive uniform.The men, uniforms, and equipment "on the way of owning their own home. When they purchased their Richardson Mobile Caballeros knew that fancy uniforms street" for any affair. Adding in trans- Home— regardless of size— they pur- didn't make a championship corps — or portation costs, it is easy to see why the chased a completely furnished, livable home— ready to move into. All of this even a good one. It was three years Caballeros ask for a minimum of $350 at an extremely low cost. For literature before the Corps won its first title. Be- for an appearance. on Richardson Mobile Homes send cou- fore it won that one, the 65 members Unlike many drum and bugle corps pon today. A spent long hours working under Music which have taken their inspiration and Director Al Mura, and Drill Master leadership from one man, the Caballeros Jim Costello. Finally, in September have been much more of a team opera- 1949, they won the Department of New tion. The group has relied on the con- Jersey championship — a title they have tributions of all of its members to make won every year since. it the best of its kind. Within the Post set- I RICHARDSON HOMES CORPORATION By then the makeshift uniform had organization the Corps has its own | Dept. AL, Elkhart, Indiana given way to a tailor-made outfit which up, complete w ith officers elected by

| Please send me literature on the complete cost the Corps $60 each. The simple the Corps members. This businesslike fine of Richardson Mobile Homes. | uniform of the Caballeros is inexpensive operation has made it possible for it to I Name in comparison with the more elaborate survive the normal turnover of person- costumes of other corps. By far their nel without hurting the basic strength | Street. largest investment is the musical instru- of the Corps. State. I City The "strictly business" attitude has paid dividends since 1949. Tightly knit, well trained and equipped, the Corps has run up an almost unmatched record. It includes, in addition to the three American Legion National Champion- ships: the Eastern States Championship, which it won last year in competition with corps from all over the East; a VFW State Championship, won in open competition; Department of New Jer- sey American Legion Championship, held from 1949 through 1954; and other local titles. The Caballeros' best year was in 1951, when they won every contest which they entered. One of the best examples of the at-

THREE TELEPHONE PIONEERS from different sections of the country are shown here. They are Robert C. Price of Williamsport, Pa.; Mrs. Marguerite T. Burns of Minneapolis, Minn.; and Melvin F. Held of St. Louis, Mo. Shown also are emblems of the two Pioneer associations.

*'I don't know. Do you suppose she's planning to drive down a subway entrance?" AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE They're Telephone Pioneers tention to detail and planning which Experience and fellowship of long-term telephone men and have helped the Corps reach the top women are important factors in good telephone service occurred in 1952. MeAuIiffe packed the group off to an air-conditioned motel in northern New Jersey the night Robert C. Price, Mrs. Marguerite telephone companies in the United before the National Finals in New York T. Burns, and Melvin F. Held, shown States Canada is a Pioneer. City. He hoped that a good night's rest and away from together here, are Telephone Pioneers. their families and blistering Each day the active, working Tele- August heat would help the Caballeros They are representative of the phone Pioneers bring over 3H million win their second national title. Unfor- 180,000 men and women who belong years of "know-how" and experience tunately, the planning did not do the to two big and important organiza- to the job. Equally important is their trick and the Caballeros finished second. tions in the telephone business. spirit of service that is so important This year, in preparation for the a part of the telephone business. Miami Convention in October, MeAu- These are the Telephone Pioneers Iiffe took an early vacation, and drove of America and the Independent Tele- By sustaining and nourishing this to Florida in May. Along the route, he- phone Pioneer Association. spirit, they help to insure its con- picked out likely-looking motels, and tinuance and provide a solid founda- made reservations for the Corps to These two organizations are com- tion for greater progress to come. break the long bus trip south. posed of employees who have spent With all the careful planning and a many years in the business, their The fast, courteous, low-cost tele- long hard summer's work behind them, average record of service being well phone service you enjoy today is due the Caballeros think that they will be over twenty-one years. About one in no small measure to the men and ready for the tough competition in out of every four telephone people in women who wear the proud emblems Florida. If all goes as they plan, they the Bell System and independent of the Telephone Pioneers. expect to get back on the bus for New Jersey with their fourth American Legion National Drum and Bugle Corps BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM H Championship. the end

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 1955 • 45 "I'VE GOT TO SPEND EVERY NICKEL OF THIS MILLION DOLLARS!" -(Continued from page 23)-

hangovers. They wore gaudy clothes, moments: "We didn't earn this money, sported diamonds, spent a lot of time Eleanor. It's got to be spent, every last

in oil field bars. nickel of it. Then I'll feel easier, I'll

You, too, can enjoy this kind of He came into direct control of the go to work, I'll stop drinking." money— in your own busines fortune. It was all his, and he wasn't Once, in the bar of the Continental • In small city, Mr. too happy about it. Next he emerged Hotel, opposite the Girard House, he Lemming started his own business, averaged $100 in Philadelphia, started a marathon jag felt he and his nondescript and rowdy a day during first year. and a spending spree that lasted for two friends had been treated shabbily. A Many have succeeded. years, a spree highlighted by curious sensitive soul, he wanted an apology, a For example, George quirks Held grossed $350 in a week. ~W and whimsies. room clerk fired. Next morning, the • How much you earn depends largely on He was a profligate, possessed of a offense he fancied had been done to you. No special skill required. Can start spare mischievous nature, given to oddments him and his friends became inflated, time until full time justified. of strange horseplay. He had learned took on the aspects of personal urgency. No shop necessary. Operate from home. Clean upholstered furniture on customers' how to drink, and he liked the taste He had a tumbler of after-breakfast premises—homes, hotels, motels, etc. Auto of vintage brandy. He enjoyed the cold brandy, strolled into the lobby of the upholstery, too. Profits high. and soothing taste of good champagne, ornate Continental Hotel, demanded • To be free of bosses, layoffs, start your own successful business. Mail coupon today. bought it by the dozen cases, kept it in the presence of the manager or an audi- his lavish quarters in the Girard House, ence with him. The room clerk coldly $END COUPON TODAY FOR FREE BOOK a leading and expensive hotel. had rejected his request. Coal Oil Johnny, VON SCHRADER MFG. CO. He 917 "D" PI., Racine, Wisconsin a nice taste in Havana cigars, the thin angry and indignant, tossed a $20 gold- Please rush your FREE booklet telling how I expensive ones. He never tipped less piece to a gaping bellboy and repeated can start my own profitable, year-round electric Upholstery-Cleaning business. Request than $10, even for a trivial chore by a this request. The manager greeted him incurs no obligation. bellboy. His clothes were expensive, with the natural coldness of a native

Name . usually gaudy and in poor taste; huge son of the City of Brotherly Love, and diamonds blazed on his fingers. He suggested that he depart forthwith. -Zone. -State- grew a decorative moustache, and really Johnny tugged at a packet; he threw settled down to spending his money. down a roll of big bills. "I'll buy the s' to 14' Models from $39.95 incl. freight Gone was the shy, somewhat diffi- damned place, then," he shouted. "I've dent, John Steele. He was proud of the got more money. What do you want title wished upon him by an alcoholic for this place?"

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Johnny stripped the money from the roll and it didn't diminish it appreci- ELIZABETH ably. The manager was caught in his I GREIG... own trap, had to accept the rental. "First Lady of That night, he and his ribald friends Fishing," fly-tier supreme, first planned the party of the year. Early woman elected the next day, a huge sign appeared on to Fishing Hall of Fame by in front of the Continental the sidewalk Sportsmen's Hotel: Club of OPEN HOUSE TODAY America. EVERYTHING FREE EVERYONE WELCOME Coal Oil Johnny installed himself as landlord; his friends acted as bellboys. Never was there such abundant, riot- ous hospitality. The cellars were depleted of their liquids, the kitchens seethed with activity as turkeys and chickens were spitted and roasted, loins of beef were cooked to a turn, hams were baked, barrel after barrel of oys- ters were opened, countless lobsters reddened under the broilers, crown roasts of lamb were roasted, and there were extra-special supplies of Johnny's favorite food: fried catfish and hot waffles, ready for his call.

It was more than a party, it was a memorable clambake, participated in by the elite of Philadelphia society, water- front bums, gamblers, theatrical and Means Good Outdoor Meals, Quick. . ballet troupes. They came, they drank, they ate, they became boisterous and de- More Fun, More Fishing Time structive. Newspaper reporters chuck- led in glee, wrote a running account Satf4 ELIZABETH GREIG of the brawl, sent messengers running

"We ladies take pride in our meals . . . that's with the notes to the morning papers. why my Coleman Outing Pals make every trip. It was a good story; it had drama, ex- 1 like the uniform results, the speed and simplicity citement, color and pagentry. And of my Folding Camp Stove . . . the convenience of Johnny loved every second of it. In

my Carrying Case-Camp Table . . . the extra hours particular did he enjoy the infrequent for fun with my Floodlight Lantern." appearances of the hotel manager, shrill- ing like a banshee over the damage be- Coleman Folding CAMP STOVE gives you hot, ap- ing done. Each time he appeared he was petizing meals in a jiffy. Always plenty of easily regu- greeted with a shower of empty bottles lated cooking heat. Cooks like a gas range. No smoke, from the wild and unrestrained crowd. soot or ashes. Lights instantly. Low cost fuel available Johnny, strangely enough, was partially wherever you go. Folds up, carries like a suitcase. Dur- able, safe. 2 and 3-burner models. sober. When the last guest was gone, Convenient high stand optional. in a pleasant mood, he talked with the manager, had him estimate the damage Coleman CARRYING CASE -CAMP TABLE carries four stools plus done, sharply detected several gross a lot of food and utensils while traveling. Sets up quickly into con- 28" errors of overvaluation, cut the bill 25 venient, square all-steel table, for meals in comfort. Useful at home, as patio or utility table. per cent, paid off the manager in bills.

This was only one episode in the Coleman Floodlight LANTERN floods a 100-ft. circle with brilliant capricious life that he led in this hectic light. Sturdy, compact, lightweight. Lights instantly ... 8 to 10 hours' period. His carriage, gleaming and var- service at a filling. Fuel always available. The finest light for a penny night. stormproof. nished, hauled by spanking teams, was a Safe, painted in the less subdued colors of NEW Coleman Portable COOLER. This new addition will crimson, blue, green, and gold. An imp- add to the fun of your outdoor living . . . picnics, camping, out- ish newspaperman that convinced him ings. Completely insulated on all six sides . . . holds cold longer. his carriage should carry a coat of arms Low "K" factor keeps food, drinks cold, fresh. Curved inside construction for easy cleaning; helps keep box odor-free. Ex- on its doors. The reporter designed the clusive refrigerator-type lid latch opens with finger touch, closes coat of arms, a weird and crazy collec- automatically. Beautiful green hammerloid finish. Three sizes, tion of flowing oil wells, tanks of oil, at lowest prices for comparable quality. and oilfield trivia. Johnny thought the The Coleman Company, Inc., Wichita 1, Kansas design was perfect. The conception as See these carried out by a needy artist was some- Coleman Mail Coupon for FREE Outdoor Book thing he deemed a masterpiece. His Outing Pals THE COLEMAN COMPANY. INC.. Dept. 218 AL. Wichita l.Kans me my free copy of the new Coleman Outdoor Book, coachman drove fast, and the sight of on display at Rush "More Fun on Every Outing." the carriage bouncing over the cobbles Sporting Goods, NAME of Broad Street, filled with tipsy gentle- Hardware and ADDRESS Dept. Stores. CITY .STATE men, given to shouting and gay songs, friends. For months the money rolled gave Philadelphia citizens something to in, and part of it was returned as pay- AMERICAN SEATING smile about. And the carriage was pic- ment against the loan. Sadly, Steele de- tured in the Philadelphia papers. parted for Philadelphia, really got down "I won't tolerate any women in these to the business of spending faster than Folding Chairs rooms!" he said sternly to one of his it came in. alleged friends who thought it would be While he was away from the Mc- best for every a prime idea. "Don't hold with loose Clintock farm, he resolutely refused to women. I'm a married man, faithful too, have anything to do with the oil busi- folding-chair but sort of devoted to a personal proj- ness. Letters relating to it were turned purpose! ect. Ma'am, you git to hell out of these over to his agents. He gambled, but here rooms!" luck was usually against him. He won, Unequaled for He was partially drunk when he is- and his task became greater. durability, sued the edict, but no one doubted his At long last, he solved the problem safety, comfort, sincerity. During the longest, maddest neatly and for all time. He gave power binge in history, he never deviated from of attorney a dishonest friend. The convenience! to this principle. friend acted with dispatch and alacrity. Choice of 4 seat styles— Formed Birch Plywood — Nothing he did in the two-year night- Late in 1866, Steele discovered that he Formed Steel — Imitation-Leather Upholstered — mare of spending ever hurt anyone — was broke. farm and his income and new, luxurious Deep-Spring Upholstered Seat. The but John Washington Steele. He was had been mortgaged and forever lost. MAIL COUPON TODAY | devoted and dedicated to his project — He turned a few assets into cash, paid AMERICAN SEATING COMPANY, Dept. 179-F I the spending of the fortune left him by every bill he owed, gave his carriage Grand Rapids 2, Michigan his foster mother. A friend told that and horses to the driver, spent his last | Please send free FOLDING CHAIR brochure. when he came into rooms in few bills for a ticket to Oil City and I am interested in (quantity) Johnny's | Birch seats Imitation-leather upholstered the Girard House one morning right a bottle of his favorite brandy, and de- Steel seats Deep-Spring upholstered after Johnny had finished his customary parted. By the time the train reached I Name^ breakfast of fried catfish, waffles, and Oil City, the brandy was gone. He I

| StreeL iced champagne, Johnny was holding a whistled as he left the train, curiously

I City and Zone_ _State_ telegram in his hand and was cursing lighthearted.

with all the fluency and vigor of an "Well, Eleanor," he grinned. "It's all

Oil Creek teamster. over, the money is spent, and I feel "Bad news, Johnny?" the friend better. No more drinking, no more late asked. Johnny handed him the telegram. hours. I'm going to get me a job and more dazzling than diamond* It was from Lawyer Blackstone. It said keep it." that a new well had been drilled on the Brave words, these. To Eleanor, they FREE Booklet McClintock Farm and oil was flowing were a pledge. For John Steele, they at the rate of 400 barrels a day. His meant a little misery. But he was only friend looked at Johnny. His face was 23. He was blessed with a sound con- drawn, there were dark circles under stitution that alcohol had not ruined. yet rost n GEMS' refract! his eyes, his is actually higher than dia- hands shook as he measured He had youth, determination, and a mond-' Brilliantly heauti- ful, dazzling CAPRA out a goblet of brandy. lot of what call guts. His first job Gf M S are hand cut. hand we polished and hand se- ..J I'd . . "Hell, lected . priced within each of all who call that great news!" the was as baggage master of the Rousc- gems. A 1-carat diamond costs you approximately holce selected. 1-carat CAPRA friend said heartily. ville station. He got to work on time, GEM is yours for $24, federal tax included . . . and can be bought in small easy payments. his GET THE FAC7S NOW Steele's voice was low and bitter. was courteous and obliging, saved Valuable Illustrated booklet shows a wide selection of men's and women's rings. Gives full details, including "Look," he replied, "oil is selling at money, was a model of domestic vir- prices and settings . . . shows all CAPUA GEMS actual size. Limited supply, so send today without delay. No a barrel. tue. He winced noticeably when he was charge. No obligation. Get all the facts on CAPRA GEMS $8.25 My royalty of one-

. . . more dazzling than diamonds. SEND NO MONEY eighth means that I will net better than pointed out or called Coal Oil Johnny. CAPRA GEM CO., Dept. AL 95. P.O. 5145, Philadelphia 41, Pa. $400 a day. Damn it, I'm trying to He still had a sense of humor, and usu- spend the fortune left me. This will ally managed to grin. He moved to

make it tougher!" Franklin, successfully operated a meat market, which he sold at a profit. He AERO Often it appeared as if John W. Steele had a genuine talent in the field of ap- moved to a small town in Nebraska, plied spending, a field where normally was hired in a clerical capacity by the SHAVE there isn't too much talent displayed. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail- htherBomb At times, this talent backfired. For in- road, became a pillar of the church. stance, when John Gaylord, often When he died, he was generally called "Low" Gaylord, sadly told liked and respected by the people in Free Book on Arthritis Johnny that the famous "Skiff Gaylord the city and his employers. He owned And Rheumatism Minstrels" were about to be disbanded his own home, even had a small sav- HOW TO AVOID CRIPPLING DEFORMITIES because of lack of customers, ward- ings account in the bank. Explains why drugs and medicines give only temporary robes, scenery, and talent, Coal Oil His career doesn't prove much aside relief and fail to remove the causes; tells all about a which specialized non-surgical, non-medical treatment Johnny instantly advanced $50,000 to from the fact that if you want to get has proven successful tor the past I^G years. Write for- tius 44-pape VWY.V. HOOK today. finance the rejuvenation of the min- rid of money in a hurry, give a friend Ball Clinic, Dept. 560, Excelsior Springs, Mo. strel show. For a while he traveled with power of attorney. Important, per- GOVERNMENT 40 ACRE the show. When sober, he headed the haps, is the fact that his mad spending OIL LEASE street parades wearing a top hat, carry- never injured anyone, that he had the $100. the determination, once Act of Congress gives citizens equal rights with Oil ing a jaunty cane, keeping step to the courage and Co's. to obtain Govt, leases. You do no drilling, yet lively music of the band. He also sold the spree was ended, to reverse the may share in fortunes made from oil on public lands. (Payments if desired) Licensed & Bonded Oil Brokers. tickets, bought advertising, helped to field. He was, judged by any measur- Free Information & Maps of booming areas. Write: design posters, hired special trains, ing stick, quite a guy, this John Wash- NORTH AMERICAN OIL SURVEYS parries for the cast their ington Steele. the end 8272 L SUNSET BLVD., LOS ANGELES 46, CALIF. staged big and

4g • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 1955 HUNTING AT YOUR PRICE page 21)- (Continued from How to avoid "musk-ox hair" adapted for use only by a rod and gun club, so would provide no solution for the non-member. One or two show considerable thought and planning, and are designed for State-wide use, but they involve heavy expenditures and considerable delay. When a State-wide farmer-sportsman program is involved, it will, un- questionably, necessitate an increase in the hunting license fee. However, it is difficult to name any one item on the budget of any fish and game agency that has more immediate importance than the establishment of a workable program of this nature. Examine the budget of any State fish and game agency, and you will find expenditures that could be eliminated in favor of such a program. The major argument advanced by

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That is not the real answer. In most instances the funds would be available by eliminating a few of the unnecessary mtes projects and surveys being conducted Qeorgia... by that agency. However, these projects and surveys call for less work, worry, and thought than the farmer- sportsman program. What argument CegioHMires can be advanced for spending $7,000 on a "Survey of Pheasant Survival Con- ditions in Tippytoe County" if there TO VISIT THE EMPIRE STATE is not enough OPEN land in Tippytoe County to insure even fair hunting? OF THE SOUTH Glance at the annual report of just about any State fish and game agency it a point to see Georgia's natural wonders, her and you will find from one to ten proj- Make ects just as silly and just as expensive. famous beauty spots, her historic shrines, her romantic

What is more, many such projects have resorts, her thriving cities . . . Play her world-famous been completed by other States, and the golf courses. information is available to all. Why spend $5,000 making a survey on the You owe it to your future to see for yourself the un- "Effect of a Browse Diet on the Fer- the untapped resources, the splendid tility of Does" when information is usual advantages, available on this subject from a pre- opportunities offered in growing, prosperous Georgia. vious survey?

If the money is not now available for Visit with us going to or fro . . . the initiation of the badly needed program, sacrifice some of these less important projects. Then, if still more For detailed information write: money is required, face the facts and SCOTT CANDLER, Secretary the sportsmen, and raise hunting the Georgia Department of Commerce license fee. 100 State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia But meanwhile, postings are going up on more farms every day. What can be

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done until such time as a workable reached the point where the hunters button, he explained, was worn by the farmer-sportsman program can be de- were getting more use out of the land hunter on his hat. It served as a "pass- veloped? It may be a year, or even five, than we were, and most of them didn't port" in the event he wandered over

until the program can be firmly estab- even bother to ask if they could use it. on one of the other farms. That permit lished. During that year — and the fol- "Being only three hours drive from was good on any of the 11 farms in lowing four — the urban hunter must the city, the hunters came in by the the co-operative. depend upon the rural landowner. Is carload, and not all of them were what "Some days," Farmer Smith con- there a "stopgap" program that could you might call sportsmen. We began to tinued, "I'll have five hunters in one

be worked out in the interim? Of lose chickens, turkeys, pigs, sheep, and party, so if another hunter arrives I

course there is, and it has proved to send him along to the next farm. be satisfactory to both sportsman and "We don't make a lot of money on farmer in many areas. Admittedly it the deal," he admitted, "but it brought works out to more advantage for the me in enough last season to pay my sportsman interested primarily in taxes on the farm, and I not only didn't "wild" rather than "stocked" game, for lose a chicken, but all of my fences

reasons which will be explained later. lasted through the season, and I didn't The important thing is — it works. I have to put out any fires. When a know of a dozen such programs that hunter applies for a permit, I take down have solved the local "open land" prob- his hunting license number, and the lems, and right now the solution must license number of his car. I always pick be local. up a lot of extra copies of the game The best explanation of the method laws from the town clerk, and if the and operation of this program can be man doesn't know the bag limits I give given by example. And the example is him a copy. a good one, for the area involved is "In the old days, during the deer sea- within 100 miles of New York City, son, we'd always find several illegal where the landless hunter is faced with does and button bucks in the Moods. a real problem. To insure against a Since we started the permit system we flood of hunters descending on this one have found exactly one illegal deer, and "tract," I will provide a "nom de the chances are that one was shot on plume" for the farmer and the town. the other side of the mountain. When we issue a permit we explain that the 1 was on a grouse-hunting trip when "Okay, we'll break our engagement if that's game laws are to be obeyed and that I saw the posting on a roadside tree. the way you want it ... . Waiter separate checks, please." we will do our best to see that violators It was in one of the Catskill counties, AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE are punished. a dairy section of rolling, wooded hills. NO TRESPASSING "We don't have much pheasant shoot- calf. Then, one ing," Farmer Smith concluded, "but Hunting by Permit Only. even an occasional neigh- we have good grouse shooting for hunt- Delaware Farmers Co-Op. night during the deer season, my bor lost his horse. He found him the ers who don't mind a little work, and Apply at farm of there are plenty JOHN SMITH next morning in the orchard near the of rabbits and squirrels, road with a bullet hole between his and better than fair deer hunting. We Obeying the sign, for the terrain eyes. We decided to take in the wel- have quite a few 'regulars,' and some- looked as though it might provide a come sign. times a hunter will telephone us a day happy home for grouse as well as John "Some of us got to know a few of or two ahead and reserve some permits Smith, I turned in a lane marked by a the hunters, those that came in to ask in advance. There have been a few large R.F.D. box bearing Smith's name. permission before they went hunting, times when the hunters with reserva- 1 found a seat on the rim of a water- and we saw no reason why everybody tions couldn't make it, but they always ing trough until the farmer finished should suffer because of a few outlaws. paid up just the same. pitching hay from the mow. He ap- My neighbor figured out the system "I don't know how this system would proached and offered his hand. we've been following, and it seems to work in other parts of the State, but "If you're selling electric milkers, have worked out fairly well for the we're satisfied with it here." cream separators, patent balers, or past two years. For the "big time" farmer, the man tickets to the Odd Fellows Ball," he "We formed a co-operative of the 1 with a hundred cows and several hun- announced, "I don't want any. Now farms in the valley and had the No dred acres, this "system" probably that we have that clear, come on in and Trespassing signs made. Taking in all would have no appeal. The return, be- have a cup of coffee." the farms, we have a little over 3,000 ing rather small, might not prove to be Over the coffee, which would have - acres. • We figured it out that if we an incentive. For the small farmer, how supported a lead weight, I explained turned 55 hunters loose on this much ever, it should have considerable appeal. that I was there to buy, not sell. land at the same time they wouldn't Not only does it bring in a few dollars "What," I inquired, "is this 'permit' get in each other's hair, but we didn't during a period when farm income is deal?" ever expect to have that many at the rather low, but it widens his circle of He took his own time in thinking up same time. Anyway, we decided each friends, and provides him with protec- the answer. farmer would get five hunting permits. tion. Smith pointed out that on numer- "You might say it was self defense," "Any hunter who came this way and ous occasions his permit-holders chal- he finally decided. "Most of us in the saw the sign, could hunt up the farmer lenged hunters who did not display valley got tired of falling over hunters whose name was on that sign. The buttons, and escorted them off the from the time the squirrel season farmer would sell him a permit for a property. opened till the deer season closed. Alost day's hunting for $1.50. This is what Since that time I have come in con- of us have a lot of land that isn't good they look like." tact with "systems" almost similar. One, for much — five acres of woods for Farmer Smith handed me a large for example, used the permit system, every acre of field or pasture. It finally plastic button bearing a number. This but the farmer turned in the proceeds

5Q • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 1955 to the co-operative fund. At the end of the hunting season the fund was di- vided among the members on the basis n A of the acreage of their farms. Another '55 group turned the permit money over BOMBSHELLS tot to the local grange, where it provided ^ a fund for suppers, dances, and similar New for 1955! Features the amazing new entertainments throughout the year. Ithaca Front Sight, Big Beavertail Forearm,

This program, of course, would not Handcheckered Stock, Pistol Gripcap, be effective in every farm community, Exclusive Bottom-Ejection, Left-handed but it requires a minimum of effort and safety if wanted — A whale of a lot of organization to set up, and it does provide a real opportunity for the hunter gun for game or target shooting, all for who is willing to pay as he goes. And only $92.95! A really DELUXE gun, the certainly $1 or $1.50 is a small sum to Ithaca Model 37 Deluxe. pay for a pleasant day's hunting. It will The famous Model 37 Featherlight Re- not appeal to the hunter who insists peater is now only $85.95. Other models that his payment of a hunting license fee provides him with the RIGHT of up to $2,000.00. The only bottom-ejection trespass. Nor is this FREE public hunt- shotguns on the market. Protects the ing, although the cost is low enough shooter and the gun. Ask your Dealer to to put it within reach of any man who show you the brand new 1955 can afford gun, license, ammunition, Ithaca line. and a car to travel to a hunting area. It has one disadvantage, at least in areas where the major game is the State- NEW MODEL stocked pheasant. Most States are for- 37 DELUXE!!! bidden by the game code to release game on posted lands, so the co-operative must have a "natural" supply of game if it is to be successful. There are many areas, fortunately, where even the pheasant is to be found in sufficient numbers to eliminate the necessity for artificial propagation and re-stocking. The permit system has another ad- NEW— vantage for farmers who have no objec- Ithaca Front Sight! tion to providing room and meals for Furnished without extra hunters. I know of many farmers who charge on all new 1955 Ithaca Guns. First major depend upon this for a portion of their change in a shotgun front sight in our three- annual income. Many farmers I met who were members of one of these quarters of a century of gunmaking! Scientific "co-operatives" found that the visiting light-gathering action gives glowing dot under hunters were a good market for surplus any outdoor lighting conditions, dawn, dusk, produce in the form of milk, eggs, po- overcast, rain, fog, dark woods, snow, moon- tatoes, and other items. These items, quite naturally, brought "retail" rather light, etc. Phenomenal gun pointing! Improves than "wholesale" prices. any man's shooting.

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 1955 • §\ WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT RED CHINA •(Continued from page 15) the "bojoivci expropriations" in Poland, Kai-shek had not turned furiously upon model for what is going to happen in which brought Polish armies to the them, thrown out the Russians, and these areas: first Southeast Asia, then Dnieper, and which finally resulted, driven those native reds who escaped India and South Asia, then Africa, then after a retreat of the over-extended the purge into mountain refuges in South America. The process will not Poles, in such a terrific licking for the South China. That set them back more stop until these areas have been liber- over-extended red forces that Poland, than 20 years. But at no moment dur- ated." last of Lenin's high hopes in Europe, ing that time was there the slightest There we have an advance from was beyond bolshevik influence for an- thought in Moscow of abandoning the Africa to South America meaning that, other 20 years. plan. in Moscow's estimation, getting Africa Then it w as that Lenin, looking over A hint at the scope of the plan came into the bag is only a matter of routine the European field where all revolu- out of Peiping immediately after that procedure. There isn't room here to tionary ventures had fizzled and sub- city's occupation by the reds in the tell of the many contributions which sided like wet firecrackers, turned his summer of 1949, when a communist prominent reds have made to such reve- face to the East and made his famous spokesman was quoted by one of the lations of the plan, but when they are remark and prescription for all subse- remaining correspondents as saying: pieced together it is easy enough to see quent communist strategy, that the way "Well, China is won. That means that that the plan is no longer limited to to Paris was through Peking. That plan Asia is won. It's time right now for us getting at Paris by way of Peking. The of Lenin's has never been abandoned, to raise our sights. The communist war plan now is to get to Washington by and never will be until the whole red cry henceforth should be: 'On to way of Peking, and to take over the " edifice comes down in a heap. The Africa!' United States. Didn't Nikita Khrush- implementation of it started at once. That got little publicity and less of- chev six months ago tell William Ran- A few students in North China who ficial attention in this country. But not dolph Hearst and his staff members had been influenced by agents from the much more than a year ago this same that, though war was unthinkable — just wholly phony Far Eastern Republic- warning was issued by a spokesman for "silly" — communism and capitalism based on Chita in eastern Siberia, a American communism, who wouldn't (meaning the Red Empire and the handful in Shanghai, a few who had dare to say two words about com- United States primarily) would con- been bitten by the red bug in Paris munist policy unless it were with the tinue in a state of "competitive co-exist- and Berlin were brought together in authority of the supreme hierarchy in ence" until one or the other achieved 1921, to form the almost microscopic the Kremlin. The man was Joseph total victory. Also, he said, he was bet- Communist Party of China. Russian Starobin, who was for some years for- ting on communism. advisers turned up, and the instruction eign editor of the New York Daily Not long ago our senior diplomatic they brought from Moscow was to Worker, and he had just spent a good man in the Far East was quoted indi- practice "parasitism." This meant that many months in Red China, working in rectly as saying that there would be no they were to get into the vital organs close cahoots with the top men in peace in Asia and no security for any of an existing organization, ruin it, and China's puppet dictatorship. By some part of Asia until we had a "free and take it over. The organization picked rluke, which I have never seen ex- friendly" China to deal with. Because for that was Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Kuomin- plained, he was airing himself at Yale this expression of opinion came in a tang, then wobbling towards extinction University, discussing the backward personal letter, I cannot quote this au- in Canton. Let it be enough here to say peoples, colonial or somehow victim- thority by name, but I can assure the that the job done by the little "para- ized by the "imperialists." He said they reader that he is the best we have on sites," under Russian direction, was so made up half of the world's popula- the other side of the Pacific. If he is marvelously efficient that the com- tion, and of them he said: right, then halting the planned red ad- munists would readily have come into "This half of the world faces the vance on us through Asia, Africa, and control of all China in 1927 if Chiang same changes China did. China is the so on, should start in China and should end with the collapse of the puppet dictatorship which Moscow patronizes in Peiping. Is this desirable in Washington's sight? -Less than two years ago we had official assurance that it was. Early in February 1953, President Eisenhower announced that the 7th Fleet was no longer in the Formosa channel (as known to the seafaring fraternity) to defend Red China against attack by the forces on the islands. Late in January 1954, Assistant Secretary of State for the Far East Walter Robertson agreed with Representative Frederic Coudert,

Jr., of New York, in a closed committee hearing, that it was American policy to keep pressure on the communist regime on the Chinese mainland until it was overthrown "from within or without." This certainly implied that the overthrow of the outlaw gang in Peiping by the armed forces of the "What do you mean, you don't have any film?" recognized AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE government of China in Taipei would have our blessing. But,

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AL-95W Chinese people are now mercilessly conventions in their treatment of our 809 Wyandotte, Kansas City, Mo. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 1955 • gg prisoners is too well-known for me to insane impulse to run amok the Mao for peace. But they never lose sight of review now, but as a way of summariz- gang in Peiping may feel, they can their objective, and, while they have an ing the most important things we create no big-scale disturbance without organization left anywhere, they will should know about Red China, I should Soviet Russian supplies. They don't never quit. The outstanding effect of like to quote our Assistant Secretary of want to start the kind of war that they whatever they do is that "tension" State, Walter S. Robertson, once more. cannot hope to win. But they keep which we hear so much about. While The following are excerpts from a pub- shouting to one another day in and day communism survives in China, we shall lic address that he delivered January 13 out that victory over us is "inevitable," have plenty of tension in Asia. If it of this year: and that through that victory they are seems politic to them to ease it in the "We are confronted in Peiping with going to take over our whole mechan- Formosa area, they will shortly be pro- an arrogant, contemptuous regime of ical set-up and our skilled manpower viding us with plenty somewhere else. hard-core international communists intact — not atomized. So, the winner in this cold war is who have played a gangster role in their The big victory they hope to win is going to be the party to it who can sur- relations with us and other countries, victory in what we have been calling vive "tension" and react to it by mak- the latest example being their senten- for some years the cold war, which ing plenty for the other party. The cing, as spies, U.N. prisoners of war Nikita Khrushchev now invites us to United States ought to be strong held in flagrant violation of the Korean think of as "competitive coexistence." enough and have sufficient moral stam-

Armistice . . . They have thrown our How this is waged we know fairly well, ina to endure all the tension they can citizens into jail without trial, they have for the free world has for many years provide. But Red China has not, for tortured and brainwashed our prisoners been subjected to oceans of propaganda, Red China is not only weak economi- of war, they have blackmailed our busi- political subversion through every pos- cally but is so far from having the good nessmen, they have confiscated our sible medium, moral sabotage on a big will and cooperation of the Chinese properties. They respect no law, divine, scale, economic sabotage, armed gangs- people that the slightest subterranean international or domestic, unless it suits terism as in Southeast Asia, and little noise that might possibly indicate the their purposes to do so. They speak not wars with limited objectives. Here and presence of guerrilla sappers is enough for the great Chinese people and na- there kidnappings, assassinations, and to start an epidemic of the jitters in top tion but for international communism. mob violence are employed; and in lat- party circles. We have not only done

. . . The regime stands convicted by ter years the Chinese communists have very little along this line, but where the U.N. of the crime of aggression. It resorted to such novel enterprises as we have the means to do a lot, as in has not expiated that crime, nor its promotion of international dope traffic. Korea and Formosa, we almost invari- crimes against countless innocent vic- We have one assurance from them ably do the wrong thing — something ." tims of communist malevolence . . that we can accept without hesitation. to comfort the enemy and to dishearten

Now, as for what we are up against: And that is that they will never aban- our friends. Since we are likely to be The Red Empire's supreme authority don the struggle. They zigzag; they in this struggle for a long time, as in the Kremlin has no more stomach retreat and detour; they talk loud and Khrushchev says, it is time that we for an all out atomic showdown than talk soft; they try violent direct action, started learning the elementary rules of anyone else has; and no matter what and if it doesn't pay off, they shriek the game. the end

THEY PUT WHEELS UNDER EVERYTHING (Continued from Page 19) by the various States for other pur- length of a tractor-combination may be By using aluminum, magnesium, and poses. made shorter and then longer again other lighter materials, it has also re- A trailer can treble a truck's working with a three-positioning kingpin. duced the vehicle's own weight. capacity. With the help of trailers, 15 Weights may be shifted from the Fruehauf performs its mass produc- per cent of the trucks today haul 85 trailer axle to the truck axle, and back. tion of custom jobs in nine plants per cent of the tonnage. The truck Fruehauf even builds trailers which, across the U.S.A. (the largest of them makers have long regarded the trailers by simple adjustments, can do different at Avon Lake, near Cleveland) and in as rivals, and have done what they jobs. When a vehicle hauls both ways, Canada, Brazil, and France. More than could to make life hard for them. For of course, its revenue possibilities are half of the orders in the present grow- years they even removed the guarantee doubled. An auto haulaway, for ex- ing backlog are from old customers. on trucks to customers who used them ample, can now be converted easily Some of these customers themselves to pull trailers. They also discouraged for its return trip into a van. have become big businesses. A score of standard parts and connections, so that While increasing a truck's capacity trucking lines today have gross annual one trailer could not serve several types two to three times, the Fruehauf people operating revenue betw een $12 and $50 of trucks. Fruehauf and other trailer say, a trailer outlasts two or three million. One of them recently placed makers, for example, had to turn out trucks. There are other economies. One an order with Fruehauf for 1,300 trail- jobs for both air and vacuum brakes. is that the truck can be hauling one ers.

Slowly, however, the two groups are trailer while another is being loaded. Some of the company's major cus- getting together on such things as coup- Also, manufacturers of heavy-duty tomers are railroads! The Santa Fe, for lings, air connections, lights, etc. trucks don't build bodies. By the time instance, now operates more road than But the legislatures, if anything, are the buyer has had his body built, he rail mileage. This company and the even harder to persuade. Every State will have paid $6,000 to $8,000 for a Union Pacific, Burlington, and others, has its own limitations on the height, truck, which wears out in 2 or 3 years. each buys more than $1 million worth width, length, and gross w eight of trail- The average price of a Fruehauf trailer of trailers from Fruehauf a year. ers. An interstate trucker, for example, currently is $4,467. Road-and-rail coordination is devel- may carry only half as much w eight in Instead of annual model changes, oping in other directions. The Pennsyl- Maine, Vermont, or Virginia as he may Fruehauf offers improvements as fast vania Railroad has introduced full-train in Michigan. as they arc developed. One objective runs of loaded truck-trailers carried

To meet varying State length re- always is most payload for least dead "piggyback" on railroad flat cars. quirements, Fruehauf has created "elas- weight. In 15 years this company has Piggyback was started by the New tic underconstruction." The over-all increased payweight about 40 per cent. Haven Railroad in 1937 on the Boston-

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New York run. In 1954, this pioneer ucts are at work helping to do the job. piggybacker carried 50,716 loaded In Europe portable launchers are DRIVING TO THE trailers, which brought in more than $2 ready to set F-84 Thunderjet fighter MIAMI CONVENTION? million revenue. planes into action. Fruehauf trailers are Or planning a Most truckers, however, are still the launching base for the guided mis- small operators. In fact, 85 per cent of sile Matador, which is used to train our family vacation? trucks and trailers are in fleets of less pilotless bomber squadrons. In Korea than eight units. Down through the trailers carry food, water, and equip- WRITE years, when the banks would not help ment to the men on guard there. FOR A men to get into this "risky" business, In the Formosa straits and other FREE Fruehauf held the bag for thousands of waters a portable launcher is on duty them. Three-fifths of its sales still are with the fleet. Aboard larger aircraft on time-payment contracts — which carriers this launcher serves as the take- QUALITY COURT Fruehauf now handles through its own off platform for the Navy's guided finance company. missile Regulus. GUIDE BOOK More than a dozen U.S. cities are TO AMERICA'S FINEST MOTELS being ringed with Nike defenses in h'ally Over 400 select motels east of the Mis- a which Fruehauf-built headquarters sissippi River from Canada to Key West unit serves as the brain center. From this INC. Army radar trailer, fighter planes and QUALITY COURTS P. 597-A, guided missiles can be dispatched to 0. Box Fredericksburg, Va. shoot down enemy' bombers. provide adequate, For all such needs Fruehauf tries to PUSH VALVE . . . OUT COMES LATHER! build to last. The "new" life of an "average" trailer may be six years. W We, <\rovSu\(\ After reconditioning, it may be good for six years more — or longer. To keep Fruehauf and other makes of trailers

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"General Blacksmith," August Frue- WEB TRUSS CO. Dept. AL-9 Hagerstown, Maryland hauf was busy shoeing horses and building an occasional wagon, when a De- troit lumberman, F. M. Sibley, asked if Nagging Backache he could contrive a wagon to hitch to a Model T roadster, for pulling a boat Sleepless Nights to northern Michigan. August thought September 1933 A.L.M.) Nagging backache, headache, or muscular aches and he could. This early trailer, a four- pains may come on with over-exertion, emotional up- sets or day to day stress and strain. And folks who wheel platform, still is in service in a eat and drink unwisely sometimes suffer mild bladder And most trailers still are owned by Sibley lumberyard. irritation. ..with that restless. uncomfortable feeling. If you are miserable and worn out because of manufacturers, retailers, and other busi- August discovered that he had some- these discomforts. Doan's Pills often help by their pain relieving action, by their soothing effect to ease nesses to thing. do their own hauling. Prodded by his oldest son bladder irritation, and by their mild diuretic action For immediate delivery Fruehauf Harvey, he began to advertise in lum- through the kidneys— tending to increase the output of the 15 miles of kidney tubes. can let you have some 30 different ber trade journals. Response was good. So if nagging backache makes you feel dragged-

. nights . types. out, miserable . . with restless, sleepless . Among these are vans and reef- For August, it was almost too good. At don't wait... try Doan's Pills... get the same happy ers; livestock limousines; platform, first when an order came in, he would relief millions have enjoyed for over 60 years. Get Doan's Pills today logging, bulk cement, and dump trail- throw a picnic for his helpers and posters; oilfield floats; carryalls; grain and pone production on it until the next I'll Send You This citrus hauls; tanks for milk and hot as- day. But the penalties of progress are Handsome phalt; and twin cylinder propane speed and efficiency. Harvey set up an SAMPLE CASE -FREE butane transports. But the need of cus- accounting system to replace August's and Show You How to Make tomers at any particular of carry ing moment may habit the assets of the new Up to $30.00 in a Day m Mai] coupon for this FreeTailoring range from mobile hospitals; laborato- Fruehauf Trailer Company in his SampleCasepackedwith 150beau- tiful, bitt-value suit and overcoat ries, libraries, and offices to carnivals, pocket. The second son, Harry, helped fabrics. Take orders from friends, fellow- workers, others, for line Quality made-to-measure clothes. aquariums, and launching platforms for August, Otto Neumann, and other ex- Pocket bite cash profits in advance. Because wearing our suits and over* guided missiles. blacksmiths pound out trailers. (Ot- coats brings more orders, we make it easy ) Ket your own clothes without lc cost. No needed. SATISFACTION (ill A HANI BED. In orld II > rill W War Fruehauf designed to's son, Fred Neumann, is now sales SEND NO MONEY. Just nut and mail coupon - today 1 J.C. FIELD & SON, Harrison & Throop Streets 125 different manager of the company.) In time, - types of military trailers. DEPT. C 1605 CHICAGO 7 , ILLINOIS Some current military Harry became not only a production orders are for J. C. FIELD & SON. Dept. G-160S Harrison & Throop Sts., III. mobile laundries, machine shops, sub- executive but all-round associate of Chicago 7, Dear Sir: I WANT A MADE-TO-MEASURE SUIT TO WEAR stations, AND SHOW, without paying lc for it. Rush details and Sample and with Douglas Aircraft, Harvey. Kit of actual fabrics. ABSOLUTELY FREE. a radar trailer for defense against sub- Probably, Harry Fruehauf is the only NAME - AGE - I sonic enemy bombers. one still with the company who has Today wherever America's fighting experienced all its birth and growth men are on duty, Fruehauf-built prod- pains. Quieter than Harvey or Roy, CITY STATE.

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 1955 • 57 nc knows not only how to put the he has been compared with a 30-foot the U.S.A. climbed from 3 per cent to vehicles together but how to sell them. tandem job rushing at you — head on. 16 per cent. Roy believes that his in- He takes a personal interest in the cus- Roy attended Principia College at dustry and company are just starting tomers and their problems, and follows Elsah, Illinois, where he majored in to roll. He intends to see that the com- through personally to see that their football and wrestling. Before gradua- pany volume by 1960 reaches a half- jobs are done right. His deep interest tion, he went full time into trailers. billion dollars. To achieve it he may in people extends from Fruehauf em- Harvey put him to work in service, have to get really tough. ployees to fellow members of The parts, the machine shop, and engineering Old August Fruehauf liked whiskey American Legion, in which he has long before sending him to Chicago as a 22- and poker with friends. Roy drinks been active. Folks never know him five year-old salesman. moderately, and now and then plays minutes before they call him Harry. That was during the depression. Roy cards. But he doesn't take time to frat- When the first trailer was built, kid was paid $100 a month. (He didn't dis- ernize. After planning and selling and brother Roy Fruehauf was only six. cover for a year that a salesman was talking trailers 18 hours a day, he Although August brought the trailer entitled to an expense account.) By dreams them. When "heat flashes" hit

into being, the sons turned it into big round -trip demonstrations covering him at 3 a.m., he must call up his execu- business. Roy says that Harvey "took hundreds of miles over poorly paved tives to tell them. hold of the trailer idea, caught a vision or unpaved roads, he made sales. The The next president of the big trailer of what this useful tool could mean to older brothers moved him to Des concern may not be a Fruehauf. In American industry, and set out to Moines as regional manager. In his first March 1955 Wallace N. Barker, former pioneer it." But all three brothers con- year in that post he opened 22 branches. executive vice-president of Pullman- tributed. All three have worked in all After other promotions, Roy was Standard Car Manufacturing Company

departments. But it may not be an over- brought back to Detroit in 1938 as vice- (which controls Trailmobile! ) was ap- simplication to say that the business has president for sales. A decade later he pointed to the same rank in the Frue- grown on Harvey's ability with figures, was president. hauf company. This "crown prince" is Harry's with production, and Roy's Roy regards himself as a man of des- 10 years older than Roy. Among other with sales. tiny. His associates say: "Always, he things, he served as a 2nd lieutenant

The first Fruehauf trailer was built tackles the impossible. Usually, he of Field Artillery in Word War I, and two years before the first truck was makes it." When he took charge of was a member of the Advisory Com- made — for the U.S. Army in 1917. sales in 1938 (at the age of 29) the committee, War Production Board, in Trucking turned out to be a tough pany's volume was $8 million. He set World War II. way to make a living. The three big a quota of $15 million for 1939 — and The Fruehaufs think they've done

Fruehauf brothers personified it. Harvey made that. Since then commercial sales, their part to get their tough industry

now has retired. During World War II excluding government orders, have been accepted. They encourage their 8,500

Harry was stricken with a serious ill- multiplied 10 times. In 1954 Fruehauf people across the country to get into ness. He tried to retire then, he says, did 40 per cent of the entire trailer in- local civic work. Between customers

but was brought back into the busi- dustry's dollar volume. This year it (and he still likes to tackle the tough ness. He still stays busy as first vice- intends to do 50 per cent of the total. ones himself) Roy talks before finan- president. Roy, now 46, keeps the trail- In 25 years the truck-trailer share of cial, insurance, and other groups on the ers rolling. In build and determination the total ton-miles of freight carried in bright future of this industry, the end

AT GEORGIA TECH YOU NEED BRAINS AS WELL AS BRAWN (Continued from page 19) that coaches teach their players self- cold. We eventually won the game, of all time, "we're playing North Caro- reliance and independence of thinking. 24-7. lina in Chapel Hill next Saturday, and This is particularly true of the quarter- At Georgia Tech we believe not only I don't have a thing in my notebook. back, who has regained his old regal in allowing players to think for them- Can you help me?" stature as field general. It was easier selves on the field, but in permitting Coach Neyland was naturally sympa- for a coach to give instructions and them to give their opinions as to strat- thetic to the scout's predicament, but dominate a quarterback's strategy in the egy in advance of a game. Of course, he had a downtown meeting to make. two-platoon era when players were go- we do not always follow their sugges- "Tell your troubles to Dodd," he

ing and coming in relays. tions, but we find that it helps player said, nodding at me. "He calls all the Sometimes it is on defense that a morale to show confidence in their plays for us, and we won today. He coach needs certain advice from his judgment. An experience from my own ought to be an authority on the Caro- players. A typical example came in our playing days as a University of Ten- lina system."

Sugar Bow l game with the University nessee quarterback probably helped I walked with the late Mack Tharpe of Mississippi two years ago. We knew me to develop this particular view. to a quiet spot on the campus, where that Ole Miss had a powerful running We had just finished playing the Uni- we sat down and reviewed the game. game, and we set a certain defense to versity of North Carolina, at Knoxvillc The next Saturday Georgia Tech held meet it. But the Rebs put in some new back in the fall of 1930, when a scout a superior North Carolina team to a 6-6

plays after the regular season, and w ere from Georgia Tech came into our tie, and I felt an inward glow that leading us, 7-0, at the end of the first dressing room. He had a woebegone stemmed partially from the trust that quarter at New Orleans. We were look on his face and for good reason. Coach Neyland had placed in me and scratching our heads for a new wrinkle En route over the rugged East Ten- partly from pride that my diagnosis when George Morris, another All- nessee mountains, his jalopy had broken apparently had been a sound one. American center, who was calling de- down, and he had missed all but five When the position of backfield coach fensive signals for us, suggested a de- minutes of the game he was supposed became vacant at Georgia Tech the fol- fense we had practiced some but hadn't to scout. lowing spring, the late beloved Bill used in nearly four years. We dusted "Coach," he explained to General Alexander, who was coaching the En- off this almost forgotten tactic in the Bob Neyland, then the Tennessee coach gineers at that time, recalled this act second quarter, and it stopped the Rebs and one of the most successful coaches and offered me the job.

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HOT FISH IN TUBE 4 — (Continued — from l>u«r 17) Zemo Great For

threw large chunks of cork off the wall bow is sticking out of the water." at us, and tossed high in the air the Something had gone wrong up for- Itchy Skin Rash large instrument that Miller used to cal- ward. Although the conning tower, in Zemo, a doctor's formula, promptly re- culate torpedo angles. the middle of the sub, was still 35 feet lieves itching of surface skin rashes, at under the surface, the Sea hat! Miller looked across Hoskins. Hos- Dragon eczema, prickly heat, athlete's foot. Zemo kins shook his head. "It wasn't as bad taken a steep up-angle. stops scratching and so aids faster heal- as the bomb we caught on the Saury. "Back down and flood everything," ing and clearing. Buy Extra Strength Zemo for stubborn cases. Greaseless! That one cracked the toilet bowl in the skipper called down to "Smoky" the officer's head." Manning at the diving station. Aliller scowled. It had all been too easy. You just

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I was a step behind the captain as he waiting for a decision. per his eyebrows. hurried forward to the torpedo room. "Let's go deep and flood out the war- "Build up the impulse air to number A quick check was necessary. The tor- head," I suggested impulsively. "The four tube to the maximum — give it pedo was apparently half out of the exploder might not function." all she'll take, Chief," the skipper or- tube, jamming the outer door. The The skipper shook his head. "The dered. tube was thus filled with engine gas fish sometimes explode when they sink "The firing mechanism will stand instead of water, making the sub light at the end of their run, after missing. about 600 pounds," the chief said. forward. But worst of all, the torpedo Can't take the chance." The skipper nodded his head. was being armed as the Sea Dragon The skipper was groping for a solu- I wondered why the skipper would drove ahead through the sea. tion. During the attack on the Jap sub risk such a high ejection pressure. "What do you think, Chief?" the his only sign of nervousness had been When 600 pounds of air hit the back skipper said as he pushed his way into a missed aim as he tried to butt his of that jammed torpedo it would hurl the narrow space up between the for- cigarette on the chrome ash tray hang- it forward at a terrific rate, might even ward tubes. Sweat poured from the ing over the chart desk. Now his hand break it apart. skipper's body, soaking his khaki shorts shook badly as he tried to scratch a If Hoskins had come through the and open leather sandals — his only match on a soggy paper matchbook. door into the torpedo room at that clothing. Chunks of cork clung to the "We might just keep going and never moment smiling, I probably would glistening mat of hair on his chest. The jolt that fish," I thought. Then I re- have been happy to see that fish go upper part of his body was smeared membered what rough weather would off - with a full-sized WHAM. with periscope grease. do. We'd be blown sky-high with the Smoky reported back to the skipper The chief's shoulders slouched and first heavy pitch of the Sea Dragon. that the boat was well trimmed at 100 his voice shook. "She's probably fully The skipper went over to the talk- feet. armed by now. Any jolt will blow her back speaker and called the control The skipper ordered, "All back emer- up. We can't suck her back into the room. "How is the trim of the boat, gency." tube — there'd be too much of a jar. Smoky?" He said it so easily, but I saw The sub's propellers went into re- And I don't think a diver could dis- his hand shake on the switch. verse, and the Sea Dragon quivered as lodge her from outside." Smoky reported back, "It's O.K. the full power of the motors was Anything that unjammed that fish now, but we've got to make a lot of thrown into the shafts. would set off the warhead, and the speed to hold our depth. I'll have to "Let me know when we're making bow of the Sea Dragon would go with get rid of all that water I flooded in full speed astern," the skipper told it. to get us back down, Captain." Smoky. He followed this with the or- A small fan-like propeller, set in the The skipper muttered to himself, der, "Rig the ship for collision." warhead of the torpedo, revolved as "Well, we can't keep going very long Throughout the Sea Dragon doors the fish moved through the water. Af- like this." were closed and dogged tight. Ventila- ter many turns it released the exploder He glanced up at the depth gauge tion flappers were sealed off. Sea valves mechanism so it could explode the war- which hung close to the escape hatch. were cranked tightly shut. The sub was head when the warhead struck the side It showed 230 feet. Then he flipped prepared for a heavy shellacking. of a ship. Unfortunately, the fan was the talk-back speaker switch and called Captain Ferrall's plan became evi- revolving as the water flowed past the Smoky once more. "Bring her up to dent. W ith the sub backing full speed the jammed torpedo would be shot forward with the tremendous kick of 600 pounds of high-pressure air. The fish would be hurled a few feet forward of the bow before exploding. There might be as much as a second before

it let go.

I looked at the skipper, wondering, "What happens to all of us up forward?" But the skipper made no attempt to clear the men out of the forward room. His next order, when Smoky reported that we were going full speed astern, was, "Stand by number four tube." The chief jumped in between the tubes and put his hand on the firing key for number four.

I took a tight hold on the torpedo skid alongside me. The skipper hunched his shoulders firmly back against the smooth side of a tube. The men had all grabbed for a hand hold. "Fire!" The chief slammed down the key. It might have been a second before

62 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 1955 the fish went off—but it seemed shorter The Sea Dragon was escaping toward than a gasp. the south of St. Georges Channel. The The POST EXCHMGE The shock of the explosion hit the Japs would be hours in getting their For Rates: Write Combined Classified, 1227 Loyola Ave., Chicago 26, III. Phone, BR 4-1903 Sea Dragon like a well-aimed punch bloodhounds out from Rabaul. There BUSINESS- MONEY MAKING OPPORTUNITIES off the empty time plenty to the jaw. Men bounced was for of chatter before YOUR OWN WHOLESALE HOSIERY — UNDERWEAR BUSINESS. Pays torpedo skids. Flame seemed to shoot the Jap destroyers took up the search. you up to 40% profit. No investment, no inventory. Sensational new "Stretch" Nylonsdirectfrom mill Guaranteed runproof. Offer Free-Trial through the tube door into the room Miller came dashing in from the con- pair. Catalog, money-making Plans Free. American Mills, Dept. 474, Indianapolis 7. and engulf it in a fiery red light. 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