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An onslaught ofanti-gun legislation threatens our right to bear arms. By Dan Peterson 24

AMERICA'S CRISIS OF THE SPIRIT

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S OUR Legion embarks cuts? We can't. America must decide on its 75th diamond whether or not it wants to be continu- jubilee year, there has ally engaged in military commitments never been a more press- across the world. If so, our military ing need for carefully should be built up, not torn down. chosen priorities. The 3. No more Somalias. Somalia's post-Cold War world is civil war was and is a war we can't being restructured and we win. Under the guise of peacekeeping, now have eight major America was again sucked into anoth- issues that require our attention and er country's civil war. The lessons of action. Somalia are that U.S. troops should 1. Keeping the Department of never be placed under foreign com- Veterans Affairs (VA) competitive mand unless approved by Congress, in the proposed national health-care and that the President should have system. The Legion has done more to clearly defined goals when sending keep VA strong within the proposed U.S. troops abroad. We must get out national health-care system than any of Somalia now. other major veterans organization. 4. Protecting POW/MIAs. Anoth- While we haven't signed on to Presi- er lesson of Somalia is that U.S. troops dent Clinton's health-care plan yet taken prisoner during peacekeeping and we won't until all the details are missions are not given POW states and spelled out—I am encouraged by the Nat'l. Cmdr. Bruce Thiesen the limited protection that it offers. direction charted for VA. In fact, They are instead considered political many suggestions made in the ments for all enrollees from health prisoners or hostages and have no Legion's own health-care plan, An alliances. defined legal rights. Only POW status American Legion Proposal to Improve • Medicare will reimburse VA for gives the protection of the Geneva Veterans Health Care, are part of high-income, nonservice-connected Conventions and obligates U.S. forces Clinton's initial plan overview, includ- veterans. to mount rescue operations. Rules for ing: • Federal government appropria- American captives who are not called • No veteran will have fewer bene- tions will cover the remaining cost of POWs are ambiguous. fits than under current law and each all care for service-connected and low- 5. Getting a GI Bill for Gulf War may have more. income veterans. veterans. GI Bill money for full-time • VA will guarantee all standard • VA will retain all reimburse- students must increase from the cur- benefits to veterans who chose a VA ments from health alliances, Medicare rent $444 per month to $777. The cur- plan. and other plans. rent GI Bill accounts for less than 42 • Service-connected and low- As our country moves toward percent of the average cost of a state income veterans will not pay any cost national health care, we must remain college tuition in 1990-91. Veterans for their care if they enroll in a VA committed to a competitive VA. from previous wars received benefits plan. 2. Maintaining a strong national that covered almost 100 percent of • Service-connected and low- defense. Cumulative defense cuts their college costs. Gulf War veterans income veterans also will continue to totaling $44 billion by 1995 may place deserve the same. receive free VA care for services such our national security at risk. I am con- 6. Passing a flag amendment. The as long-term care and treatment for cerned, in the shadow of troop reduc- Legion has successfully helped 33 PTSD. tions totaling 500,000, that we seem states pass memorializing resolutions • VA's role in national medical anxious to commit our remaining to protect the U.S. Flag from physical education and research will continue. forces to settle the affairs of other desecration. Since the Supreme Court

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Packwood diaries, CIA veterans are ously as it hunts down Nazi collabora- Congress should live under the laws it calling for a thorough congressional tors from World War EI. creates, and that includes health-care investigation into claims that hundreds reform. of Americans were recruited by the Less Help For Killers The conservative Heritage Founda- Soviet KGB during the Cold War. But With the crime issue refusing to go tion has joined feisty liberal Rep. Pete the odds are that such an investigation away, expect a big congressional push Stark of California in calling for mem- will be too hot to handle because the to eliminate federal funds for 20 state bers of Congress also to be covered charges could touch Congress itself. and regional "death penalty resource under the new health-care system. But Larry Sulc, a 23-year CIA veteran centers" that help death-row killers Stark wants to go further and has intro- who runs a private think tank, the appeal their sentences. duced a resolution urging members to Nathan Hale Institute, is among those Most of the criticism of the centers enroll in the cheapest plan available calling attention to the largely unpubli- has come from Texas, where the Texas under the system. This way, Stark cized allegations in a new book, The Resource Center has intervened to post- insists, Congress has an incentive to FBI: Inside The World' s Most Powerful pone pending executions of several correct problems of poor quality and Law Enforcement Agency, by former notorious killers. In the latest case, the service. Washington Post reporter Ronald life of Frank McFarland was spared just Meanwhile, provisions for "guaran- Kessler. moments before he was to be put to ty funds" in the Clinton plan are draw- The book claims that in the last death for fatally stabbing a woman ing attention from all concerned. The decade the KGB recruited "many hun- more than 50 times and leaving her National Center for Public Policy dreds of Americans and possibly more body in a church driveway. Research has concluded that these spe- than a thousand [American] spies," In Congress, Rep. Jack Fields of cial funds would set the stage for Texas has introduced legislation to cut another savings-and-loan disaster Washington-based Cliff Kincaid Washington support for the centers, because they provide a government writes for Human Events and other while Sen. Ernest Hollings of South bailout for health plans that become publications. Carolina has been the strongest critic of insolvent.

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the clearing was the five the far end of the clearing. A glint of ans do not realize they have it. (For a nTcrumpled figures on the sunlight off gun metal caught the point list of symptoms, see box Page 16.) ground. It was the patrol man's eye. Without hesitation, the From the time men fought with missing since last week. young sergeant raised his weapon and spears and swords, persons suffering Everything was deadly fired. from psychological problems after still except the thick-bod- For a moment there was silence. combat were considered weak, inade- ied black flies on the corpses. "Char- Then came a faint cry. He cautiously quately trained or suffering from poor lie" had no reason to stick around, but moved toward the sound of the cry morale. and peered over the blind of jungle It wasn't until World War I that Ken Scharnberg, an assistant editor plants, staring down into the face of a researchers began to realize combat of this magazine, wrote "VA Research: little Vietnamese girl. A pre-World itself was the catalyst. Yet, no one We All Benefit," in the September War II Thompson submachine gun lay knew exactly how it affected people. issue. beside her. She was no more than 8 or Please turn page

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By the time the Korean considered an anxiety disor- Combat related stressors linked to War began, doctors had learned the der caused by some form of traumatic PTSD include witnessing first-hand importance of treating stress symp- experience. This experience is called a things that fall far beyond what could toms immediately to reduce or prevent be considered normal human experi- long-term traumas. They treated GIs ence. Often, these are life-threatening on the spot in field hospitals and sent SYMPTOMS OF PTSD experiences. For instance, a GI could them back to their units. suffer trauma if he was the sole sur- are the symp- Troops fighting in Vietnam, how- BELOW common vivor of a mine explosion or ambush. toms of post-traumatic stress ever, posed new problems for doctors. Nor is it a normal experience to crawl disorder (PTSD). The number of combat stress victims out from the rubble of your home after Psychic numbing: An inability to "feel they treated was at an all-time low a tornado has struck. These experi- feelings." compared to previous wars. But fight- ences may trigger PTSD in some, but Helplessness: Feeling powerless ing efficiency also declined, and for not in others. Everyone is susceptible over one's job or life. no apparent reason. Doctors didn't to PTSD, yet everyone has a different Depression: Sadness, dejection, know at the time the symptoms simply stress level. were being suppressed. The combat hopelessness, intense guilt. Are victims of PTSD insane? Aggression or suspicion: Fighting, stress symptoms that seemed to show "Absolutely not!" says Friedman. fear of crowds, intense suspicion of up so readily in World War II and "People tend to think of the mind as others. Korean veterans did not surface until separate from the body. It is not." Like Anxiety/panic attacks: Often intense years later in Vietnam veterans. the heart or lung or any other organ, and unexplainable; sometimes trig- Indeed, it wasn't until 1980, five years the brain is an integral part of the gered by ordinary things such as aro- after the Vietnam war ended, that VA body, Friedman says. It can suffer ill- mas or flavors. researchers finally identified PTSD. nesses ranging from mild to extreme. Nightmares: Usually involving past While PTSD has become the catch- And like most illnesses, it can be treat- experiences; often with sweating, all term for the traumas of war, the ill- ed. shaking, screaming. ness has been given many names over According to Friedman, the doctors Flashbacks: Intense reliving of a trau- the years—combat fatigue, war neuro- in Korea had the right idea about matic event; easily triggered. sis, shell shock, battle shock and more. prompt treatment of PTSD. The faster Physical complaints: Anxiety-related During the Civil War, for instance, it treatment begins for a trauma victim, headaches, backaches, sleep disor- was called nostalgia because of the the better the chances of preventing ders. overwhelming desire of the veteran to PTSD. This was proven in the Gulf Startle reaction: Permanent combat return home. War. After troops there were exposed alert; one is constantly on guard, star- The various names for the illness to traumatic events or sights such as tles easily, sometimes with violent — have often confusion. bodies strewn along the highway to caused For reactions. example, after THE AMERICAN Kuwait City they went through Avoidance: Rejection of people, activ- — LEGION MAGAZINE printed a story on debriefing sessions almost immediate- ities associated with war experiences, ly. result not a Vet Centers, "They Aren't Just Rap including normally pleasurable ones. The was only lowered Centers Anymore" in April 1993, one rate of PTSD, but faster and more Recurring/intrusive thoughts: Often WWII veteran commented, "I feel effective treatment for those who did interferes with employment. sorry for those guys with PTSD, but suffer trauma symptoms. Selective memory: Forgetting trau- you haven't seen anything until you know that the more experi- matic experiences while remembering "We see a bad case of combat fatigue." ence in war, the bigger the likelihood minute details. That comment reveals more than of combat stress," says Friedman. Veterans who exhibit any of the one man's confusion over what to call And some of the most serious vic- symptoms listed above should seek combat stress. PTSD is not limited to counseling immediately. Visit a Vet tims of PTSD had for many years been Vietnam veterans alone. Center, a VA regional office, a VA ignored by VA. 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op PTSD, given enough enjoy interpersonal relation- This occurred despite VA's own stress. ships. Research Triangle study conducted According to many VA Much like POWs, women from 1984-1988, which surveyed hun- experts, many WWII veter- veterans were largely ig- dreds of Vietnam veterans. The results ans suffering from PTSD nored by VA when the sub- of the survey showed that female vet- immersed themselves in ject of PTSD came up. Joan erans suffered from depression at a their jobs to suppress their Furey, a researcher based in rate two to three times higher than problems. But once they Palo Alto, Calif., is an expert their male counterparts. retire, those long-buried marks of on female PTSD. Furey, an Army Furey says women are less likely to PTSD emerge. nurse during Vietnam, says VA was come forward with their problems. "Retirement tends to exacerbate the slow to realize that a Combat Infantry- One major reason is "VA has a male- symptoms," Sutker says. "As we get man's Badge was not a prerequisite dominated image," she says. In the older, we become less able to fight off for PTSD. There were between 8,000 past two years, many veterans and the symptoms." Without work to focus and 11,000 women, mostly nurses or even some lawmakers have accused on, all the old memories of trauma Red Cross volunteers, who served in women of looking for special treat- come flooding back, she says. Vietnam. According to Furey, ment from VA. "This isn't special Sutker also notes a marked differ- researchers estimate about 21 percent treatment," argues Furey. "It's a mat- ence in how each generation deals have PTSD. ter of equity." with combat stress. World War II vet- Still, if exposure to combat causes erans with PTSD tend to focus on IHILE women did occasionally PTSD, how can women who are work, whereas some Vietnam veterans seek help at VA Vet Centers, it barred from combat justify their suffering PTSD often opted for self- was not until July 1993 that VA claims? medication, exhibiting problems with opened its first inpatient treatment for "Most women who served in Viet- alcohol or other drugs. Korean veter- women veterans. Until then, women nam as nurses were 22 to 25 years ans with the disorder fall somewhere veterans going to VA for help often old," says Carolyn Beisler, a social in between, choosing both methods. met with sexual discrimination and worker at the Vet Center in Louisville, For some, the method of dealing with open resistance. Ky. "Many had never worked in a the problem was extreme. hospital, but they were Studies show that there was expected to function immedi- a higher than expected rate ately." Beisler, a Vietnam of suicide among Korean Navy veteran, is the chairper- POW survivors in the years son of the VA Readjustment following the war. Counseling Service, Women Sutker says the mores Veterans Working Group. She and ethics of the times says many of the nurses in seem to play a major role in 'Nam were unprepared for the how veterans deal with the endless parade of maimed and problem and who seeks mutilated bodies. help. At one time, psycho- According to Beisler, nurs- logical problems carried a es and medics were exposed heavy stigma. Among to situations far beyond nor- World War II and Korean mal human experiences. This War veterans, there was a alone was enough to qualify reluctance to seek mental as a stressor, she says. health assistance. "The stig- Beisler backs her claims by ma still exists," Sutker says. citing studies of nurses and "But many are so tortured other noncombatant veterans by their problems that even- in Vietnam and Desert Storm. tually they seek help." Military women working in One exception, she says, intelligence and communica- is Vietnam POW survivors. tions handled endless lists of "Most were pilots and a casualties. Also exhibiting pilot is taught control at all unusually high incidents of costs. To admit psychologi- PTSD were noncombatants cal problems, such as exposed to extreme stress PTSD, conflicts with the such as GIs who retrieved image of the military man. bodies in the field and those That is, mental problems who worked in Graves Regis- are for women and chil- tration preparing the corpses dren." The truth is, she for shipment back home. HIDDEN VICTIMS Doctors have ignored the most serious says, no matter who you But women veterans were PTSD cases—ex-POWs, says Dr. Pat Sutker, a VA are, will sap your subjected to another kind of PTSD researcher specializing in Korean and WWII POWs. ability to be creative or to Please turn to page 70

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Fall Meeting

GET OUT OF SOMALIA

AYING respect to fallen tion on this issue," Thiesen said. The calls for the comrades, more than 100 NEC At the same time the NEC was Legion leaders stood in meeting, President Clinton tried to government to bring our silent tribute to Army Mas- send U.S. troops to Haiti to restore the ter Sgt. Gary Gordon and GIs home from East elected government there. "As for the Army Staff Sgt. Thomas J. situation in Haiti, we have many of the Field during the Fall Meet- Africa and urges clearer same concerns," Thiesen said. "I think ing of the National Execu- it was wise for the President to order tive Committee (NEC) in policies for U.S. troops' the ship carrying U.S. assistance Indianapolis. troops back to Guantanamo Bay and Gordon, a Green Beret from Lin- role in U.N. missions. re-examine the situation before com- coln, Maine, and Field, from mitting our people to a country Lisbon, Maine, were killed in |o torn by civil strife. It could turn early October in Somalia and out to be another Somalia." dragged through the streets of However, Thiesen told the Mogadishu. NEC that he agrees with the con- In a move to help prevent the tinuation of the oil and arms deaths of American GIs such as embargo on Haiti. Gordon and Field who serve in m s : Moving from foreign affairs Idl U.N. -commanded missions, the ::f Ok-'' to domestic issues, Thiesen reaf- NEC unanimously passed Res. firmed the Legion's commitment 33, calling for the immediate in its long-standing fight to pro- withdrawal of all American tect the U.S. Flag. forces from Somalia. In addition, "During these past few Res. 15 urged the President and weeks, it has been difficult not Congress not to put American to be conscious of our flag," he forces under foreign command said, "as it is carried into far- without specific congressional away countries and regions by approval. our troops on missions of "The nature of the mission humanitarianism, peacekeeping and role of our U.S. troops is or nation-building." questionable," National Com- Thiesen lauded the 33 states mander Bruce Thiesen told the that had passed memorializing NEC in his remarks to open the resolutions to protect the flag Oct. 20-21 meeting. "American and urged the other American troops have been placed under Legion Departments to push foreign command. In our view, the memorializing resolutions that violates the U.S. Constitu- / through their state legislatures. tion, unless Congress approves." He said the Legion's goal was to Thiesen said U.S. troops should be BANNER SPEECH Thiesen praises get at least 38 states to adopt memori- pulled out because they are not pro- states that passed memorializing resolu- alizing resolutions to show Congress tions to protect the U.S. Flag. tected by the Geneva Conventions if enough support exists for a constitu- they are taken hostage or become tional amendment to protect the U.S. political prisoners during peacekeep- announced. Flag. "Memorial resolutions send a ing or humanitarian missions. Thiesen recounted the Legion's clear message to Capitol Hill what 'we The American Legion has asked efforts in the past year to bring the the people' want and expect from our the President and Congress to create a unresolved POW/MIA issues to the government," said Thiesen. special commission to determine the American people. He cited numerous Another major home front issue status of American troops taken pris- articles conveying the Legion's con- covered by Thiesen was veterans' oner by hostile forces in foreign coun- cern that appeared in newspapers health care. The National Commander tries when the United States is not at nationwide. "The Legion is being credited the Legion with having a war. But, so far, no action has been noticed and given a lot of considera- Please turn page

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large impact on the administration's "will be remembered not because of of her meritorious service to the United States. proposals to reform the nation's the many offices he held, but how he Res. 7 Encourages Legion Post homes to health-care system. set about the challenges before him. provide access to disabled persons. "When Clinton unveiled his health- He will be remembered not for what Res. 8 Authorizes temporary charters to Post 281 of Toboso, Negros Occidental, Department care plan, 80 percent of what the he did, but how he did it." of Legion asked for was included," In an award ceremony, Ken the Philippines; and Post 64 of Seoul, Korea, Thiesen said, referring to the "Gold Scharnberg, assistant editor of THE Department of Alaska. Book," An American Legion Proposal American Legion Magazine, Res. 9 Calls on Congress to retain full fund- To Improve Veterans Health Care. received a plaque in recognition for ing for the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. "The veterans look pretty good as far compiling and writing the book, Voic- Res. 10 Urges VA not to delay or deny treat- as our part of the plan goes." es: Letters from WWII. The NEC ment to any U.S. veteran if VA provides health Thiesen also gave the NEC a status approved a resolution that authorized care to non-U. S. citizens. report on the Legion's National Emer- similar books about the Korean and Res. 1 1 Calls for the State of Kansas to reim- gency Fund (NEF), which provides Vietnam wars to be published. burse VA for property used to widen Highway 54. help for Legionnaires who are victims Helen Holcomb, President of the Res. 13 Urges DoD and Congress to re-eval- of national disasters. He said the NEF National Auxiliary, spoke before the uate the recommended military strategy, force has given more than $200,000 to NEC and thanked the members for structures and budget levels created in the "Bot- Legion members and Posts affected by their support in the National Auxil- tom-up Review." the Midwest flooding. iary's membership drive. She said a Res. 14 Urges Congress to retain the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine and the Uni- "The NEF is an example of our program has been established to award formed Services University of the Health Sciences devotion to mutual helpfulness in its a pin to every Legionnaire who signs highest form," said Thiesen, who also up three Auxiliary members this year. as a source of career military physicians. credited the Auxiliary for being "on Thiesen also urged Legionnaires to Res. 15 Outlines the Legion's recommenda- the front lines" of assistance during continue their membership efforts by tions for clearly defined policies before commit- ting troops to peacekeeping and humanitari- flood relief efforts. seeking out and recruiting Desert U.S. Representatives of four Depart- Storm and active duty military men an missions. ments came forward during the meet- and women. Challenging Legion- Res. 16 Calls on the government to expedite sale of unserviceable WWII victory ships and ing to present Thiesen with donations naires to renew their commitment to the to use the funds to buy more modern training to the NEF. New York gave $5,000; the organization, he said: "It's time to New Jersey, $17,471.97; Louisiana, get down to work in earnest in this ships for the maritime academies. $1,000; and Puerto Rico, $55. diamond jubilee year." Res. 20 Authorizes the creation of The Ameri- The NECmen took time out from The following program and policy can Legion International Golf Tournament in con- Legion business to remember one of resolutions were passed at the Fall junction with Hartford Holidays Travel. 24 Petitions the Board of Governors, their own. Six days before the meet- Meeting: Res. U.S. Postal Service, to amend administration sup- ing, North Carolina NECman Bob Res. 1 Calls for amending Title 38, USC, to port procedures to allow the POW/MIA flag to be Tart died (See Page 38). In a eulogy, require contractors to hire and promote veterans. flown at postal facilities. Herman Harrington, Chairman of the Res. 6 Urges the President to award the Presi- Res. 25 Authorizes The American Legion to Internal Affairs Commission, said Tart dential Medal of Freedom to Martha Raye in honor apply for membership in the United States o Olympic Committee.

m Res. 26 Urges all Legionnaires to participate

j§ in the youth programs of The American Legion, z Res. 27 Amends the Legion's policy on edu-

cation to include the Legion's leadership role in

promoting the family's responsibility in educat-

ing children. Res. 30 Authorizes the Legion's participation

in another nationwide campaign to raise money

for the Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation and the Legion's Child Welfare Foundation.

Res. 31 Authorizes, at no cost to the Legion, publishing two books—Korean War letters and Vietnam War letters—written by Legionnaires

and their families.

Res. 33 Calls for the immediate withdrawal

of all American forces from Somalia. The complete text of these and other resolutions passed by the NEC may be obtained by writing: Arch- ives, The American Legion National Headquarters, P.O. Box 1055, Indi- RESOLVED Legion leaders, such as Florida's Alternate NECman Robert J. Proctor anapolis, IN 46206. (left) and NECman George L Derrick, want the government to reform its POW policies. By T. Douglas Donaldson

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Our Second Amendment

A new onslaught of legislation and demagoguery threatens Americans' constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

By Dan Peterson Americans to buy, own and use firearms. Generations of American soldiers Resolved by the Senate and House of have endured the hardships of war, Representatives of the United States in suffered wounds, watched companions Congress assembled: "The second article die and sacrificed their own lives, all of amendment to the Constitution of the for a single cause: to preserve this

United States is repealed" nation and the freedoms to which it was dedicated. HE SECOND Amendment One of the most basic of all of to the Constitution is those freedoms is the right of the peo- repealed? What is this, a ple to keep and bear arms—a right fantasy? A bad dream? enshrined by the Framers of the Con- No, it is House Joint stitution in the Second Amendment. Resolution No. 81, now It would have been unthinkable a pending in the U. S. Con- few decades ago, but power-hungry passed laws requiring waiting periods gress. It is one of dozens of politicians are working hard right now before a handgun, or in some states bills aimed at severely to disarm you, your children and any firearm, can be purchased or restricting and ultimately wiping out future generations. Unless these politi- transferred. The National Rifle Asso- the constitutional right of law-abiding cal attacks on our constitutional liber- ciation (NRA) reports that about two- ties meet fierce resistance, the walls thirds of the population of the United protecting our historic freedoms will States is currently covered by waiting- be breached. period laws. Straitjackets on The effectiveness of waiting peri- LAW ASSAULT— your rights are being ods in reducing crime has been zero. There are dozens of proposed at both the According to data published by the bills now in national and state lev- NRA, states with waiting periods have Congress aimed at els. They are dressed seen increases in homicide or violent eliminating the up as "anti-crime" crime rates greater than the increase buying and owning measures, but they for the nation as a whole. of firearms. will affect only those So what is the solution proposed by who obey the law, not anti-gun politicians to the increasing criminals. Some of the state laws have anarchy on the streets? Why, pass a already been passed, and major battles are underway in Congress. Dan Peterson is a Washington, D.C., attorney who often writes on WAITING PERIODS guns and the law. The views expressed Numerous states have already are his own, not those of his law firm.

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such a require- GUN RATIONING ment would di- Some states, such vert police from as Virginia, already fighting real have laws that crime and give limit the number the un- of guns a citizen them may purchase. wanted chore of snooping into the backgrounds of American citizens. If the applicant is turned down by the local police, his only recourse would be to bring suit in federal court to try to get a judge to allow the purchase. Under the Brady Bill, local governments and their employees who did the background check could not be held liable in court. So, even if the police refused an applica- tion for a wrong reason, the applicant might have to spend thousands of dollars in attor- ney fees to vindicate his rights, with no possibility of reim- bursement from the govern- ment. The second part of the Brady Bill would be imple- mented some years in the

future, though it is impossible to say when. The waiting peri- od would be phased out, and instead a national computer-

^ ized background check would i be established. This computer- | ized background check would z apply to all firearms trans- national waiting period, of course.

The principal waiting-period bill is the so-called "Brady Bill," H.R. 1025 and S. 414, being pushed by Sarah Brady's organization, Handgun Con- trol, Inc. The Brady Bill has two basic parts. The first part would establish a national five-business-day waiting period before a handgun could legally be transferred from a dealer to a purchaser. During this five-day period, the Brady NO AMMO— It Bill would allow time for Sen. Moynihan local law enforcement can't ban 9mm, authorities to do a criminal .25- and.32-caliber background check. ammunition, he'd impose a There are serious doubts 1,000 percent as to whether the federal ammo tax. government has the consti- tutional power to tell local law enforcement authorities to do background checks. Be that as it may,

JANUARY 1994 25 one of the rifles used in the National Matches at Camp Perry each year. Sen. Feinstein's amendment has passed the Senate, but will not be con- sidered by the House until Congress returns from its recess at the beginning of 1994. HANDGUN REGISTRATION Some jurisdictions, such as New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Illinois, already have laws requiring handguns to be registered or forcing owners to obtain a permit. The District of Columbia SEMIAUTO BAN— has, for all practical purpos- One bill would ban es, banned handguns since all semiautomatic 1977. That is why it is so weapons from safe to stroll around at night rifles to pistols, in Washington, D.C., and including this Colt New York City. 1911A1 .45. Now some of your con- gressmen want to make the rest of the country equally "safe" by requiring nationwide registration of handguns. Rep. Cardiss Collins of Illinois has introduced a bill that would require ferred through a licensed dealer, not gress are now seeking to ban semiau- each state to set up a system to register just handguns. The computerized sys- tomatics by redefining them as existing handguns. tem would not apply in states with "assault weapons." Penalties are stiff. For example, their own firearms permit systems. Bills pending in Congress ban pos- possession of an unregistered handgun

Despite much wrangling, Congress session and transfer of semiautomatics in your home where it would be "read- passed the Brady Bill and it was signed, by manufacturer's name and model, ily accessible" would be punishable by as promised, by President Clinton. and even allow for more guns to be 12 years in jail, if the handgun were After the bill passed, Sarah Brady added to the list. larger than a .22 caliber. laughed when asked whether she would Bills by Sen. John Chafee of Rhode now stop her gun-control campaign. All OTHERS are even broader. The bill Island and Rep. Sidney Yates of Illi- along Brady has said that her bill is introduced by Rep. William Hugh- nois don't fool around with mere reg- only the first step in the gun-con- es of New Jersey would simply istration. They would ban possession trollers' agenda. Next on their agenda: delegate to the Secretary of the Trea- of handguns outright, except for mem- a ban on semiautomatic firearms, which sury the task of compiling the list of bers of licensed handgun clubs. Under they characterize as "assault weapons." banned semiautomatics. He could Chafee' s bill, members of these feder- include on the list any semiautomatic ally licensed clubs could possess hand- BANS ON SEMIAUTOMATICS firearm that, in his opinion, is not guns only while target shooting at the New Jersey, California and a num- "generally recognized as particularly club's range. The guns would have to ber of municipalities in other states suitable for, or readily adaptable to, remain locked up at the club or be have recently enacted bans on the pos- sporting purposes." That's a pretty stored with the police at all other session or transfer of certain semiauto- slippery test. One man's legitimate times. matic firearms. As men with military sporting arm is another's dangerous experience know, semiautomatic assault weapon. GUN RATIONING weapons fire one round for each trig- The bill sponsored by Rep. Luis One of the slickest stratagems—and ger pull. Fully automatic weapons fire Gutierrez of Illinois is broader yet. It it looks like it is becoming a trend—is a continuous burst with each trigger bans all semiautomatics, both pistols limiting the number of guns that citi- pull. and rifles, and even such old stand-bys zens can buy. Semiautomatics have been with us as the Colt 191 1A1 .45 pistol, which South Carolina has had a limit of for a century and have been commonly served U.S. Armed Forces for over 70 one handgun per month since 1975. In used for sporting purposes as well as years. 1975, its violent crime rate was about military purposes. There are those who Sen. Diane Feinstein of California at the national average, according to are capitalizing on the public confu- has tacked an "assault weapon" ban on FBI statistics. Since that time, South sion between semiautomatics with a to the Senate's version of the pending Carolina's rate has soared far above military appearance and fully automat- crime bill. Her amendment bans 19 the national average. ic weapons, which are already strictly specific semi-autos by name and Despite South Carolina's experi- controlled. Some politicians in Con- model. Included is the Colt AR-15, Please turn to page 44

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The United States cannot lead the world unless we change our cornucopia of permissiveness, argues former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski.

S OUR world spinning out of control? With assertively lead—which requires substantial internal reno- I wars flaring in countries that didn't exist a few vation to provide the necessary moral basis. Or there will mm mm years a§°> and with U.S. politics increasingly be widening global anarchy. J| H divisive, no wonder so many Americans are mm mm ^eeply worried about the future. Q- Are you saying that the United States lacks the The bad news is, "We are confronting a glob- moral foundation to persuade the rest of the world that | al crisis of the spirit and America is not exempt- our way is best? I ed," says Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security A Our society increasingly is one of "permissive cornu- WfariBB adviser in the Carter administration. He says copia," as I term it. Consumerism and hedonism are there is mounting contempt by much of the world for a becoming our societal standards. Freedom is increasingly United States that increasingly is seen to represent little defined as the accumulation of rights and entitlements, and more than hedonism and consumerism. as a license for any form of self-gratification. That, in turn, But there also is good news, says Brzezinski, whose tends to shape the global image of the United States in recent book, Out of Control, outlines the rising global tur- ways that do not benefit us. moil on the eve of the 21st century. "There remains time to act... if the U.S. begins taking the steps to repair itself, Q. Exactly what must America do before we can exer- domestically and internationally," he says. cise persuasive global leadership? Brzezinski, a counselor at the Center for Strategic and A We have—and the world sees—sizable domestic chal- International Studies in Washington, D.C., and a professor lenges. By my count, there are 20, falling into three of American foreign policy at Johns Hopkins University, main categories—economic, social and spiritual. Among explains why America needs "a revival of moral impera- them are: tives" in this interview with THE AMERICAN LEGION The national debt; the trade deficit; comparatively low MAGAZINE. rates of savings and investment; industrial noncompetitive- ness; low productivity growth rates; inadequate health care; American Legion Magazine: Your book pre- poor quality education; widespread urban decay; a greedy sents a disturbing picture of a world spinning out of wealthy class; an obsession with litigation (one-third of the control. Is the United States increasingly impotent in world's lawyers practice in the United States); deepening dealing with it? racial and poverty problems; widespread crime and vio- lence (the United States has the civilized world's highest Zbigniew Brzezinski: There are dangerous trends rate of homicide); a growing drug culture; the inbreeding of at work in America and the world—a global crisis of the social hopelessness (there are several million second- and spirit. third-generation "addicts" to welfare); the profusion of sex- The failure of the former Soviet Union has presented the ual license; the propagation of moral corruption by movies West with an unequaled opportunity to exercise global and TV; a decline in civic consciousness (no longer do we leadership, but we are not capitalizing on it. Effective lead- demand that citizens sacrifice for the state); the emergence ership requires three ingredients—purpose, will, and direc- of potentially divisive multiculturalism (as we de-empha- tion —and they aren't present in today's America. size nationally unifying traditions and values and also our There are two choices before us. Either America can common language, we threaten to balkanize multiethnic

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The list is not in order of importance, but it provides an indication of the breadth and depth of the problems need- ing redress, both for America to renew itself and to reaf- firm our capacity for global leadership. American society: "Our society increasingly Q. Can we make progress on these fronts? is one of 'permissive cornucopia.' Consumerism and hedonism are A With the economic problems, yes. America likely will continue to hold its own in the global economy. I am Pecoming our societal standards. more concerned that we will not be able to cope quickly with the deeply embedded social problems. And I am still Who's to blame: "The hedonism that more concerned about our ability to resolve the cultural became dominant in the '80s is the problems—the loss of values. result of a curious comPination of These deeper cultural problems cannot be corrected by UPeralism and conservatism. public policy, but only by a pervasive social concern and a determination to change. That concern is beginning to World leadership: The only viable develop, but I am very unsure that it is strong enough to alternative to U.S. leadership is global redress these powerful negative trends. anarchy but China might emerge as a

Q. The United States still had a sense of national challenger some years hence. moral purpose into the '70s. Was it in the '80s when we drifted off course? America's image: "One billion Moslems will A The trend has been in the making for several decades. not be impressed by a West that is But it is true that the '80s represented a turning point. perceived as preaching the values of That shows that blame should not be entirely placed in one consumerism, the merits of amorality political camp. and the blessings of atheism. To them, There is a tendency to blame the disappearance of that message is repugnant. strong values on liberals, since they reject a sharp demarca- Please turn to page 58

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parts that go into a Williams To customers oround of the 12,000 By Gordon Steinway concert grand. Nearly all are the world, "Mode in made by hand. It takes a year to N A FACTORY in Astoria, assemble the parts into a piano, and the U.S.A." Queens, just across the East meons even then the job is far from done. A River from Manhattan, fore- oroftsmonship ond "voicer" must spend days, using his man Ralf Dalleva urges on finely trained ear to bring the piano's his six-man crew. The men quoiity, thonks to tone and sound to perfection for the must lift a 600-pound strip these businesses. pleasure of those who play it, and of laminated maple, 22-feet those who listen to it. long and absolutely straight. Not many products are made these Using brute strength, they days with the care and craftsmanship bend the wood to fit into a form done, and the last clamp tightened, the that go into a Steinway piano. But shaped roughly like a letter "D". first step has been taken in making a neither does American industry

It takes 10 minutes to force the $62,000 Steinway concert grand piano. deserve the reputation it once had for wood into the form. When the job is That wooden strip —made up of 18 mass-producing products of mediocre layers of maple— is the frame of the quality. Gordon Williams covers business piano. No machine can do what the 59- "The quality of American manufac- for ABC radio. He wrote "Mom, Pop year-old Dalleva—a 32-year Steinway tured goods has improved dramatical- & Co. " in the October issue of this veteran—and his crew can do. ly," says Paul Borawski, executive magazine. Neither can a machine make most director of the American Society for

JANUARY 1994 31 Quality Control. And the payoff is that foreign customers, who once shunned American products, now are buying them in record quantities. The return to quality shouldn't be a surprise, however. We used to be a nation of artisans—skilled with our hands and proud of what we made. If most of industry strayed from that tra- dition, a hardcore of companies remained true to it. They kept making quality products the old-fashioned way by hand. This devotion to quality by a few has helped show the rest of American industry the way back. Old-fashioned quality isn't cheap because handcraftsmanship can't be rushed. Steinway can build just 2,500 pianos a year in the Astoria factory where it has been building them since 1876. Even the cheapest Steinway piano— an upright model — costs $11,500. But some handmade prod- ucts are inexpensive enough that you could buy one with the change in your pocket. All that is really needed to produce old-fashioned quality is a company willing to make the commitment. Give people the opportunity and they will always want to produce a quality product, says Borwaski of the Quality Control Society. Here are some quality, mostly handmade American products recog- nized throughout the world. Some are made by companies that have been around for generations, and some by companies still young:

HICKEY-FREEMAN CO. SUBSIDIARY OF HARTMARX CORP. PRODUCT MEN'S SUITS PRICE $900 TO $1 ,500 What distinguishes a top-of-the- line man's suit from something cheap- er is the amount of handwork in- volved. Company executive vice- president Howard Zenner notes that nearly all of the 120 steps involved in making a Hickey-Freeman suit coat are done by hand. What that means for the buyer, he says, is a better fitting, better-looking garment that also should wear better. Each Hickey-Freeman tailor is a specialist in a particular job: one doing the undercollar, another the armhole, and so on. Some joined the company as apprentices and learned on the job. But the company also finds skilled Euro- g pean tailors and recruits them for its | Rochester, N.Y., factory. 5 DETAILS—Each of the 2,000 saddles Smith-Worthington Everything about a top- Saddlery Co. another. "Boredom hurts quality suit should be makes per year quality," says Economos. It smooth, says Zenner. The involves hundreds takes two years of training button should slip easily of highly before a knife maker can do into the buttonhole. "When detailed steps. every job in the plant. you put your arm through At the top of the knife- the shoulder, the armhole has to have making skills are the master cutlers the least amount of resistance," Zenner such as Harold Buley. Buley joined says. "Your arm just goes through Schrade in 1965 and today is quality without any degree of constraint at all." control supervisor. Part of his job is to make custom knives that sell for as IMPERIAL SCHRADE CORP. much as $600. What makes him a PRODUCT KNIVES master cutler? "Give him a chunk of PRICE $14.95 TO $600 steel and a chink of bone and say, The amazing thing about a pock- 'make a knife,' and he will," etknife is how complicated it is, and Economos explains. how much handcraftsmanship you get SMITH-WORTHINGTON SADDLERY CO. for relatively little money. A three- bladed pocket knife from Schrade of PRODUCT CUSTOM-MADE Ellenville, N.Y., involves 120 hand LEATHER SADDLES PRICE $800 TO $2,400 operations, but sells for less than $20. Schrade's single-bladed Old Timer Clinton Hanks doesn't run the com- model—also mostly handmade—sells pany any more. His 47-year-old son for $14.95. Jim Economos, the corpo- Curtis does. But Clinton, 77, says he ration's vice president for operations, Please turn to page 52 says each blade in a pock- etknife has a different function. So each blade has a different size, shape, thickness and angle. "No machine can hold each blade at the precise angle and sharpen it," he says. Only a skilled worker can do it. Schrade tries to keep the work interesting by frequently shifting knife makers from one job to

CUTTING-EDGE QUALITY— Harold Buley, a master cutler and quality control supervisor for Imperial Schrade Corp., handcrafts custom

knives that sell for as much as $600.

33 Veterans update

HOW THE HEALTH PLAN AFFECTS VETERANS ETERANS who have been denied care from VA may be eligible for "I BELIEVE VA treatment if President veterans will V Clinton's national health- care reform is adopted, according to choose VA Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jesse Brown. as their In a telephone interview with THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE and health-care three other veterans groups, Brown provider outlined the administration's plan and VA's role in it, stressing that VA when the would remain an independent agency.

If approved by Congress, it would go time into effect in 1998. comes." • All veterans will have access to VA. —Jesse Brown • Service-connected and low- VA Secretary income veterans still will receive free treatment. • Other veterans can choose VA as their primary health-care provider and Brown said that if the veteran chose "This is good news for veterans. pay deductibles and copayments for VA as his medical provider, VA When the time comes, I believe that their care. would refund his premium. veterans will choose VA as their • Service-connected veterans who One aspect of the program that health-care provider," Brown said. do not choose VA coverage still will requires more study is what to do National Commander Bruce receive free treatment for specialized about veterans who do not live near Thiesen, however, isn't quite as opti- needs or for items not covered under VA facilities. Brown said that for VA mistic as Brown. "Improvements in their own plan. to survive, it must be able to compete facilities, treatment and staff all • The Secretary will have the with other health-care providers. require money, one thing the VA has option of providing VA treatment to But with most of the 171 VA hos- been short of for more than a decade," veterans' dependents, but does not pitals located in major metropolitan he said. "Even Secretary Brown plan to do this immediately, if at all. areas, many veterans living in outlying admits he sees little hope of any major Brown says, however, he wants VA to areas would find it difficult, if not appropriations in the near future." be the health-care manager for the vet- impossible, to seek VA treatment, Brown says that money to upgrade eran's entire family, but he plans to according to Legion experts. Brown both facilities and personnel will come contract out dependents' care. said it would put VA "at an extreme from "new funding streams once Brown admitted there was still disadvantage if a veteran has to make National Health Care is approved." much to be worked out. One aspect of a choice about enrolling in the VA "We will also be reimbursed by the plan certain to draw much atten- plan and going 200 miles to get care, Medicare and third-party insurers, plus tion in Congress, according to Brown, when he can walk right down the funds from the health-care alliance for is health-care coverage for employed street to a private hospital," he said. each patient enrolled in our plan." service-connected veterans. Brown said that if VA is to play a In the meantime, Brown says VA Under the plan, a service-connected role in a national health-care system, it will continue to get appropriated funds veteran's employer would pay 80 per- must become competitive and coax for low-income and service-connected cent of the veteran's health-care pre- veterans into choosing VA from disabled veterans, domiciliaries, PTSD mium and VA would pick up the among the array of programs. To do units, mental health-care and research. remaining 20 percent. The veteran this, he said VA must cut down on "While Brown is clearly excited by would be exempt from paying any patient waiting time, improve staff VA's role under the administration's copayments or deductibles required of attitudes and make its facilities more plan, nothing will be in place until other employees. attractive. Brown also expects the fed- 1998," said Thiesen. "That gives Con- A self-employed, service-connect- eral government to lift advertising gress three long years to debate, modi- ed veteran, however, would have to restrictions so that VA can launch a fy or scrap the plan. But, in the war on pay the entire premium just as any media campaign to sell its health-care escalating health-care costs, the first other self-employed person. But, plan to veterans. shot has finally been fired."

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CROSS the na- the toys at a central distrib- tion, Legion- ution site in the flood zone naires helped in early December." A make the holi- Coleman was successful day season in getting Wal-Mart to lend happier for victims of last semitrailers to transport the summer's Midwest flood by toys to sites in Illinois, giving money, toys and Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. Christmas, trees. Putting The response to the toy together this giant holiday collection campaign has present was Bruce Coleman been enormous, according of Post 293 in Purcellville, to Coleman. He says mid- Va., who organized The Atlantic states, including American Legion Families' Virginia, Maryland and Toys for Christmas Cam- North Carolina and the Dis- paign. trict of Columbia, have HO HO HELP Legionnaires from the Department of Virginia Coleman and other pitched in and East Coast collected toys to send to children who were victims of the Great Flood of '93. Legionnaires kicked off the radio stations also helped by campaign by collecting toys plugging the campaign over during The American Le- the air. In addition to naire Dick Hammond of housing and face a variety of gion Department of Vir- Legionnaires, businesses Post 51 in Oakland was problems cleaning up after

ginia's fall conference in and schools are also gather- planning to deliver 500 the flood. So they still need early November. "We're ing toys. turkeys and 500 Christmas assistance," National Com- especially targeting children Other Legionnaires are trees to needy Midwest mander Bruce Thiesen said. of the flood because many continuing to provide assis- Legionnaires. Another way Legion-

of them lost toys," said tance to flood victims. For "People out there are still naires can help disaster vic- Coleman. "We hope to have example, Maine Legion- having to stay in temporary tims is to contribute to The American Legion National Emergency Fund (NEF). POSTS BOAST SUCCESS The NEF has given more than $200,000 in grants to ONE OF the 24 American Legion Posts damaged by the Great Flood of '93 still needs Post Partners to speed recovery. Post 231 of Farmington, Iowa, was flood- victims of the floods, including six Legion Posts. ed by two feet of water and suffered structural damage and equipment loss. "The Post Partnership program shows the Legion's devotion to mutual helpful- Legionnaires attending the eight National Leader- ness," said National Commander Bruce Thiesen. "I urge all Posts to consider forming Post Partnerships with Midwest Posts that need help." ship Workshops answered Thiesen 's call for donations To help out, call Wayne Vanover at National Headquarters, (317) 630-1200. to the NEF by giving a total FLOODED POST POST PARTNER FLOODED POST POST PARTNER of $46,689.50. The follow- ing Departments headed the Post 682, Warsaw, III. Post 85, Arlington, Va. Post 157, Nehawka, Neb. Post 444, Morganhill, Calif. Post 25, Wymore, Neb. list of donations: Post 636, Hardin, III. Post 1029, Island Park, N.Y. Post 161, Wathena, Kan Post and Unit 253, Connecticut $20,480 Post 1061, Hull, III. Post 11, Brookline, Mass. Spotswood, N.J. Post 790, West Covina, Calif. Indiana $6,400 Post Tescott, Kan. Post 790, West Covina, Calif. Post 1971, New Post 342, St. Charles, III. 255, Virginia $5,376

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