The American Legion Magazine [Volume 68, No. 5 (May 1960)]

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This Is The Story Of How A Man Built A '200 Investment Into A Mail Order

Business Now Doing Over '3,000,000 Yearly. It Could Be Your Story, Too.

It Could Be Your Path To Financial Security And Independence

by MAX ADLER, Chairman of the Board, Spencer Gifts, Inc.

ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.—A little NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED o\er twelve years ago, I decided Why am I so willing to help you get into I was tired of working for other the mail order business? Why am T offering people . . . tired of waiting for a valuable franchise for which I could charge tiny raises . . . tired of worrying you a big tee? Well, I love my fellowman as about losing my job. I decided to much as anyone else, but I'm a businessman into heck with it! I decided to go —not a philanthropist. I am offering a limited business for myself. number of franchises because I have decided I had no experience in the this is the fastest, most practical way to expand business I chose. All I started my own business! I expect you to sell merchan- with was $200. My friends called me an out- dise and make money right from the start, and and-out fool, and perhaps I was. But today, I expect to make money right along with you. the mail order business I started with $200 CATALOGS BEAR YOUR NAME has assets of over $1,000,000! If you qualify as a Spencer Gifts franchise What has this got to do with you? Plenty, dealer, you will operate yoiu- own mail order Yoo Stock No Inventory. Poy for Only What You Sell! if you, too, want to start your own mail order business UNDER YOUR OWN NAME. This conveyor system— one of the most modern in business ... be your own boss . . . and start Spencer Gifts will serve as your wholesaler, the mail order industry— assures prompt handling making money, from your home. If this is supplier, shipping department and warehouse. and service in a warehouse containing generally what you want, you can learn from my ex- Spencer Gifts will produce catalogs—the between $200,000 and $500,000 worth of new perience—and without the blood, sweat and basic selling tools of any mail order business mail order products depending on the season of teiirs it cost me to learn how to run a suc- —and you, as an independent franchise the year. Every item stocked has been tested and cessful mail order operation. You can rely dealer, will circulate these catalogs to sell the proven for merchandising value. We ship your 0!i the fact that I know what I'm talking products they contain. order to your customer promptly. about when it comes to mail order. Here is The catalogs, WITH YOUR NAME the record. It speaks for itself! PRINTED ON THEM, are prepared by want prompt service when they order by mail. skilled mail order advertising copy writers, Therefore, a well-run, money-making mail

. . . a $200 GREW INTO BIG BUSINESS artists, layout men and printers each order retail business must carry a large stock, his field. The cat- I began my mail order company in 1947. highly-trained specialist in at all times. Spencer Gifts generally carries an fraction As of April 30, 1959, the end of our last alogs are yours at a price which is a inventory between $200,000 and $500,000. fiscal year, my company—Spencer Gifts—had of what it would cost This means you don't have to invest one assets of $1,070,272.72*. My modern mail you to produce them penny for merchandise in advance! YOU order plant has 63,000 square feet of space, yourself. Our tremen- WON'T HAVE TO SPEND ONE CENT contains one of the most modern conveyor dous volume makes FOR MERCHANDISE UNTIL YOU GET systems in the industry, and a branch of the this low cost possible. PAID BY YOUR CUSTOMERS! U. S. Post Otfice. I employ up to 350 people, And just as Henry depending on the season. My $200 investment Ford's mass-produced YOU WON'T HAVE TO SHIP ORDERS has come a long way! automobiles were far Handling, packaging, mailing—the whole better, as well as job is taken off your hands—handled promptly A FRANCHISE DEALERSHIP FOR YOU! cheaper, than any car and efficiently, as only a big modern shipping produced by hand, so department like Spencer Gifts, can do it! Now, I am ready to help you make money with What's more, your orders are shipped with in mail order through my new independent our catalogs are far any your own labels on each package. Your cus- franchise dealership plan. I won't promise superior than your name and amateur i tomers get to know you, as a mail order you'll make a million overnight. This is not produced by address here retailer, not Spencer Gifts. one of those "get-rich-quick" schemes. It is a practical, sensible plan that will enable me SALEABILITY OF Catalogs Bear START EARNING MONEY to expand my business and help you get a .'*'°|"^ ITEMS PRE-TESTED l^".""^ FROM YOUR HOME! good solid start in your own mail order busi- ... This IS typical or the With Under one of our plans, an initial invest- nes^ at the same time! Even my 12 beautiful catalogs that will get started in successful years in ,he ment of less than $50 you Spencer Gifts, a large, successful, well- invest- mail order and the mail order business. Your the mail order business! This small established retail and wholesale mail order help of an expert riame will be printed ment may be the turning point of your life. organization, can and will offer these special- staff, I can't always right on the cover. And the information is FREE! ized mail order methods and guidance. The tell in advance what Remember, as a franchise dealer. Spencer mail order business is one of the greatest is going to be a "best-seller" and what will Gifts will invest in the merchandise, package potential growth businesses in the country. be a "lemon". The customers make the final and ship for you, advise you—step by step Obtain one of the franchises that I am offer- want to decision on this! With the volume of business —as your business grows and you ing, and you're really getting in on the big expand. ground floor! I do, and the solid foundation of my organization behind me, I can afford to pre- FRANCHISES LIMITED! ACT NOW! full details, sample catalog and franchise HARD WORK? INDEED IT IS! test the merchandise that will appear in your For catalogs. applicotion— All Free—Send this coupon NOW . . . I told you before that this is not a "get- For example, my big Spencer Gifts catalog, rich-quick" plan. Anything worthwhile in life printed by the millions in the course of the takes ettort. I used lots of elbow grease, shoe leather year, month after month, offers up to 1,000 SP£KCai6/ffS and determination, and you will, too, if items I think have a good chance of selling WHOLESALE DIVISION you expect to succeed. You just can't sit back in volume. Out of this number, perhaps 25% E-9 Spencer BIdg., Atlantic City, N. J. and expect to make a success without effort. will be out-and-out flops. About 50% will be For mstance, I have in my instructions an medium to average. 25% will really hit. From pFRff—Ala// Coupon Now/— easy method of personal selling, which when this cream-of-the-crop 25% top-selling items, combmed with mailing catalogs, should build spencer GIFTS, Wholesale Division your mailmg list are the items that are selected for your E-9 and profits faster than mail- Spencer Building, Atlantic City, N. J. I ing catalogs alone would catalogs! I do. Yes, I want to make money in mail order! NO INVESTMENT IN STOCK Please send me FREE, without obligation, *Certified staleiiienl by M. Olesker I & Co Spencer Gifts does it for you! Send no complete details on the Spencer Gifts Dealer CP.A., Atlantic City, | N. J. money until your customers pay you. People Franchise Plan, a sample catalopr and franchise application. No salesmen will call. i

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"1""* '," ^"°"«''= City, N. J. containing 63,000 square feet Entire contents 1900 Speticer Gifts, ll'li .'on-^"^" 5''tf of space and a © U.S. Post Office. Hundreds of employees are kept busy filling orders from mailings of Spencer Gifts catalogs. Atlantic City, N. J. LOOK AHEAD! HERE COMES JAMES STEWART

THE AMERICAN LEGION

Contents for May 1960

THEY NEVER FORGET 11 A DEMONSTRATION OF A LABOR OF LOVE.

THE SAME HOUSE BUT DIFFERENT! 12 PRACTICAL HOME IMPROVEMENTS, WITH A MORAL.

THE CLAY PIGEON by Joseph Curreri 14 MIRACLES STARTED HAPPENING AFTER THE PLANE WAS HIT.

THE DEADLIEST WEAPON by Arch Whitehouse 16 OUR NEW SUBS WILL PROBABLY CHANGE SOME LONG-HELD NAVAL CONCEPTS.

FLORIDA, THE FISHINGEST STATE by George X. Sand 18 FEW PLACES OFFER SUCH A VARIETY OF FISH.

GOING TO RUSSIA? by Charles W. Wiley 20 HOW TO FIND OUT MORE THAN THE GUIDES ARE SUPPOSED TO SHOW YOU.

GARDENING MADE EASY 22 GASOLINE AND ELECTRICITY MAKE IT A CINCH TO HAVE AN ATTRACTIVE YARD.

NEWS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION 27 Features

SOUND OFF 4 ROD AND GUN CLUB 38 PRO & CON 24

EDITOR'S CORNER . 6 AMERICAN LEGION NEWSLETTER 2S

PERSONAL AFFAIRS . 47 SHOPPER 48 ABOUT BOOKS 8 PARTING SHOTS 56

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Martin B. McKneally, Ncttonal Commander, The American Legion, Indicnopolis 6, Ind. The Americoii Legion Publicotions Commission: Fleischer, St. Donald R. Wilson, Clarksburg, W. Vo. (Chairman); mond Fields, Guymon, Oklo.; Dave H. Dan W. Emrnett, Oakdole, Calif., Earl C. Hitchcock, Louis, Mo.; Herschiel L. Hunt, El Compo, Tex.; George Keokuk, Glens Foils, N. Y., and Morris Meyer, Slorkville, Mis:. D. Levy, Sumter, S. C; Dr. Charles R. Logon, Wash.; Lewis E. (Vice Choirmen); Norman J. Biebel, Belleville, III.; Iowa; John K. MacPhee, Spokane, THROUGH THE ORIENTl Alliance, Charles E. Booth, Huntington, W. Vo.; John Cicero, McCray, Tuscaloosa, Alo.; Earl L. Meyer, Ind.; Beniamin Swoyerville, Po.; Roland Cocreham, Baton Rouge, La.; Nebr.; Harold A. Shindler, Newburgh, J. T. Whitlock, Lebanon, E. J. Cooper, Giaccville, Flo.; Clovis Copeland, Little B. Truskoski, Bristol, Conn,; Ne^vYol k, N Y, (Ccnniltanl). Rock, Aik,; Paul B. Dague, Oowningtov.n, Pa.; Roy- I' v- Edward McSweeney,

Puhlnhn. James F. O'Neil

II 'est Co.jsi Au\ . Kep. From the novel that Aisl. to Pnbhihcr A It Edtlor AJyfrlitirig A/jrij^f.' WilliamM. OeVitalis Blanchard-Nichols Assoc. thundered to the top Frank Lisiecki Al Marsholl 633 S. Westmorcl.ind Ave. of the best-seller list! Los Angeles 5. Calif, .Midrl'tstern Adv. A/;-r. A fioctute Editors and Editor Charles H. Smith 1^ ^ co-starnng Edward W. Atkinson 900 Third St. Joseph C. Keeley ^ William J. luddy San Francisco 7. Calif. LISA LU • GLENN CORBETT • HENRY (HARRY) Southeastern Ad\. Rep. Circulation Manager MORGAN with FRANK SILVERA • JAMES BEST The Dawson Company Editor Editorial A isistanl 1206 Ch

How would you like to catch more fish it became one of the largest selling fish than you ever caught in your life? How lures in Europe! Soon its fame spread to would you like to catch fish when they're 25 foreign lands! From all over came in- not biting for other fishermen on the credible reports of how Vivif caught fish. lake? How would you like to never come Vivif holds British recoi'd in England. HOW VIVIF WORKS! home empty handed? It has made amazing catches in Australia, Fish have never seen anything like this lure I've fishing for twenty -five Denmark, France, Germany, South Africa been over before. It attracts fish from far away by its years. I've tried just about every kind of and Canada. vibrating tail that sends "sound waves." It is the world's most lifelike lure in the water. lure I've ever seen in a store or in an Last winter I started importing Vivif Fish can't resist it . . . and when they grab advertisement. And just like you, I found to America. I gave it to expert, experi- the lure it "feels lifelike"— doesn't warn them

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Sir: This letter is written to tell > ou new 22 autoloader w iiat our Post here in Oelwein did about the loyalty oath attached to the National Defense Education Act. unsurpassed Members of Ross Reid Post No. 9 prepared and circulated a petition accuracy among our people, confining the signing to adult, responsible citizens. It was a truly inspiring experience to • Weighs just 4 pounds find the great majority w iioleheart- edly in fav or of tiie oath, .As a matter • Chip-proof, warp-proof of fact. 204 citizens signed and only three people declined. were vo- • 3-point bedding Many ciferous in their opinions about those • No lubrication who refused to sign the loyalty oath. Several persons, after signing the pe- EYEWITNESS tition, asked to carry a petition and Here's a major advance in rifle get ailditional names. \A'e have for- Sir: As a former member of the Bomb making. The same strucliiral- warded our petitions to Senators Alar- SiiLiad, Detective Division, New York nylon used in industrial niaciiin- tin and Hickenlooper. Cit\^ Police Department, I was greatly ery has been used to create a gim Marion R. Vaigason interested in the article "The \'car slock that is chip-proof, water- Oelwein, loiva proof, oil-proof and warp-proof. America Saw Red" in the February Revolutionary integration of issue. 1 was present when the Wall WE WHIMPER stock, ordnance steel barrel and Street bombing occurred. I arrived nylon receiver means friction- at the scene w ith fire apparatus and Sir: A\'lien Theodore Roosevelt was free steel parts ride on nylon subsequently worked, w ith others, for President of our country, his policy bearings. There's no break-in two N'cars to solve the crime. ,\mong was: "Speak softly and carry a big period, no need for lubrication. otiier tilings at the scene, we found stick." Today our foreign policy is The resulting accuracy and effi- pink sheets, hearing the headline different. We whimper, and instead of

ciency has never before been ob- "Anarchist I'ighters." I joined the a big stick our leaders carry a fat w al- tainable in an autoloading 22. Bomb Squad in 1914 and took an ac- let when dealing with either friend or Mohawk Brown and Seneca ti\e part in running down German foe. This goes for both parties, who (ireen stocks have clean, sharp agents w ho were sabotaging our plants seem convinced that you can buy checkering, white inlays. Maga- and placing bombs in our merchant friends if you only give them enough zine holds fourteen 22 long rifle \ essels. I w as in W ashington w ith billions. cartridges. At your dealer's now. W'iiiiani J. Fl\ nn, head of tiie U. S. Edward Evans Secret Serv ice, the morning after the Chicatro, III. home of Attorne>' General Palmer w as bombed. The Department of Justice WHY PATRONIZE REDS? w as not equipped at tiie time to handle Sir: I urge evervone who loves this such matters, hence the activ ities of great country of ours to boycott any the New ^ Ork Cit>' Police. motion picture written by an author Valentine W. Corell who has hidden behind the fifth West N. field, I. amendment and any motion picture

in which there is an actor who has A LIFETIME OF RIFLE PUN- LOYALTY OATHS done the same. I compliment our Na- ISHMENT was concentrated in in the Remington laborato- Sir: 1 am a charter member and a tional Commander for his stand ries to test the Nylon 66. Past Commander of Pitterle-Beaudoin this matter. I believe it w ould help if The gun was rapid-fired for of red 5 hours without a jam. The Post No. 189, and I have a 40-\ear you would print the names Freeze Box, Heat Box, Rain membership pin. 1 am also a graduate authors and actors. Box and Dust Box produced Kinsman severe weather conditions, of the Law School of the Univ ersity AVilliard O. but failed to clog the action. Miiss. of Wisconsin, but I certainly do not Brockton, feel proud of the attitude taken by tiie majoritv' of the Board of Regents COMPARISON of our University in their objections NYLON 66 Sir: In "Editor's Corner" for Alarch to the U)\alty oaths required under you speak of dirty pictures, meaning the National Defense Education .Act. movies. I agree entirely with your I wish to e.Npress my emphatic ap- $5295* statements. Of late, the movies emplia- proval of the editorial appearing in size bad taste, sex, and violence. I • rricp stibjrct the February i.ssue. to wonder what ideas young people get change without notiC9» AValhue Thaiier of life — not to mention the embarrass- \ratertoiLJ>, \l'is. ment that the elders suffer — w itness-

Sir: It is most important that the loy- ing these pictures. Then, too, what

:ilt>' oath remain as a requirement for impressions do people in foreign coun- this aid to students, nor only to assure tries have of us when such movies arc

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INDICATE NO. RANCHOS AT $10 EA. -TOTAL ENCLOSED »- PHOENIX TITLE ft TRUST CO. HOWL OF ANGUISH IDEAL! NOT LONG AFTER The American Legion announced that it was disturbed because certain movie producers said that ^ they had no objection to hiring commu- . . . for hunters nists, a lugubrious howl of anguish went up in certain quarters, as though on signal. That eminent but unofficial custodian EDITOR'S of the peoples' rights, Patrick .Murphy Malin, voice of the American Civil Liber- ties Union, issued a manifesto to tiie press CORONER stating that Stanley Kramer "had struck an important blow for civil liberties." How a w illingness to put communists in

strategic jobs helps civil liberties is hard to INNOCENCE understand, but that's what the man said. . Teaming up with Alalin in this v\as . for farmers AND mi N sonic hapless individual Now one Alickey Levine who, whenever the points a gun at a friend, pulls the opportunity presents itself, speaks for a trigger, and blows his unfortunate com- precious little group that calls itself the rade to eternity. ^M•^en the police arrive, . . . everyone who finds American \'cterans Committee. Levine the gu> with the gun is usual!)' haiihling: "1 again trundled his well-worn mimeograph the weather wet and didn't know it w as loaded." machine up to the firing line and let go Stanley Kramer, the movie producer, w ith a resounding "pop" at The American the going tough! seems to have tiiat same ingenuous quality Legion. Bravely, he mimeoed this death- in handling items that are loaded. For less prose: "The time has long passed one thing, he seems to be unaware that when we can permit the Legion with im- his latest movie. On the Beach, spells out punity to terrorize American citizens." a message that is perfectly attuned to the He also said he would sue if the Legion Soviet's s\'mphony of propaganda — that doesn't toe the line; so if you see a few opposition to red tiireats and demands furtive characters eyeing your Post, watch will result in the destruction of the world. out. And be particularly careful if you've But Kramer's sublime obliviousness is been out terrorizing any American citi- nothing new. Years ago he lectured in the zens. Those fellows could be the mem- Peoples Education Center, a school in Los bership of the AVC, getting ready to Angeles. He subsequently said that he pounce with a subpoena. was not aware that this was a communist Pat and Alike, plus a number of like- center of learning and his first appear- minded people, found a powerful ally in ance was his last. Tl.^e New York Times. It seemed that When he was starting out as a pro- anyone who cared to express himself in ducer, Kramer got iiimself a partner favor of hiring commies for movie jobs, named Carl Foreman, who, it turned out, and who opposed the Legion's position, was a communist. But Kramer, being the could be sure of getting his views in print. innocent kind of guy he is, obviously had no inkling of this. No. Not long ago when Kramer was look- 1188 ing around for a writer to do The De- PEACE IT'S WONDERFUL fiant Ones, he settled on Nedrick Young. E don't KNOW where they get the Young had been identified as a commie W but the people oppose money, who before the House Un-American Activities military preparedness, especially nuclear Committee; but you couldn't expect preparedness, seem to have no trouble Kramer to know this, even though Holly- finding funds to buy a lot of advertising. 1. Soft, tan Syl-Mer treated upper wood generalh' was aware of it. Kramer Big-space ads too. And along with their

leather breathes . . . lets heat and did not credit Nedrick Young as a co- ad campaigns, the peace-at-any-price ad- perspiration out . . . won't let author of Tl?e Defiant Ones. Actually, a \ocatcs keep up a constant drumfire of water in. pseudonym, "Nathan E. Douglas," was publicity demanding disarmament. 2. Uppers stay soft for the life of employed. However, we are sure that \^eterans know at least as well as paci- the shoe. Kramer did not do this to cover up the fists that the world would be a much 3. Leather laces. fact that he was using a writer wiio had pleasantcr place witiiout war or the threat been identified as a communist. He has of war, but this is not said to disparage 4. Caulk welt. made it perfectly plain in recent state- the wartime contributions of some of the 5. Uppers Vulcanized to brown ments tiiat he likes things to be open and people whose names grace the pacifist ad- corker sole and heel. ahox eboartl, w itii no hypocrisy. \ ertisemcnts. Some of them did extraor- In his television debate with National iiinar\' w ork in such places as tiie Office Commaniler /McKneally a few weeks ago, of W ar Information.

Kramer sliowed his altruistic nature by Still, we til ink these people are being RANGER emphasizing that he intended to hire l)oorl>- advised. W'iiy spend all this money people regardless of "past political affilia- selling peace to people who believe in i HEAVY DUTY SHOES f tions." How did he arrive at this conclu- peace and who are not hellbent on sub- sion? "1 have struggled a great deal in jugating the rest of the world? If these "THE GREATEST NAME terms of my conscience," he declared. peace-minded people were huckstering That may be. But now that Kramer has meat baloney, would they place their ads IN WORK SHOES" piiuied his conscience to the mat, we in the Vegetarians Digest? For name of your dealer write: think he ought to come out of the fog. We'd like to suggest that they pick Othcrw isc the commies who go on his some more logical media — newspapers ENDICOTT JOHNSON pa\ roll are likeK to take ad\ antage of him such as Vravda and Izvestia abroad, and and make him look like a prime chump. orker here at Endicott 1, N. Y. The W home. g • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • MAY I960 ! NOW! A FLORIDA INVESTMENT YOU CAN MAKE WITH CONFIDENCE Oituu|e Couiity Clci^

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the Stars" . . . MEETS ALL THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS the greater Orlando area, with o year 'round tem- decade, hove located in the Triangle to give logistic OF THE FLORIDA MINDED. peroture of 71,5 degrees and Its recognized leadership support to the nation's vast missile program. Some of OS a retirement oreo, is one of the Sunshine State's the big, big reasons why the Sunshine State hos in- CHECK THESE VITAL FACTS most healthful. creased its population 60% in eight years, ore industrial expansion, in the fields of electronics, metal- FLORIDA IS IN NO IMMEDIATE DANGER ... of run ttte heort of dollor bvildirtg, working, chemicals, paper, plastics, construction and

ning out of "usable land" . . . but it makes sense development ond hoi iing boom areo good the garment fields. Coupled with the consistently fine

that the influx . amazing of population and industry . . climate, the Located almoil midwc y between Oria nd Cape Cano. location of Orange County Acres . . . ALL FOLLOWING THE SUN ... ore constantly forcing veral, on Stole Highv. 50, whicti almost midway between Orlando and Cape Canaveral,

prices up . . . for /ond In esiohlished areas . . . through largest gain in traffic on State Highway No. 50, which has shown the largest Slote of Florida over th yean the simple law of Supply and Denriand. per cent goin in traffic of any major rood in the State of • located direcHy adjoining limilar unimproved acreage Florida over the last seven years ... is onother BIG WITH AN ASKING PRICE OF $750 AND UP PER ACRE FIRST AMERICA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION is sin- INVESTMENT ADVANTAGE you enjoy. IN LARGE TRACTS (wholesale prices, over 1,000 Acre cere that Orange County Acres is an excellent specu- Trocti). lative Flortdo investment. The land was purchased at REMEMBER! YOU TAKE NO RISK IN SENDING $10 • Located between State Highway No. 50, the Florida Cooit- large tract prices, and is being sold in 1 % Acre In- to reserve your 1 '/. Acre Estate County to-Coost, Eatl-West Highway, and Stale Highway No. at Orange vestment Tracts at a per acre price comparable to prices 4 20, 17 miles East of Orlando, 1 8 milet West of Acres. We will send you complete, certified in- asked for 1,000 acre tracts in the immediate vicinity. Tiluiville and the Allanlic Ocean, 24 milet South of formation . . . that you can evaluate at your This is not land Sanford, and 26 milet Northwest of Cocoa. "JUST 50 MILES AWAY" from a leisure. In fact, we INVITE COMPARISON — and "GROWING COUNTY" ... LAND IT • 60' MINIMUM ELEVATION (U. S. Geodetic Survey). OR WHERE RAINS ask only that YOU BE THE JUDGE. If you are not • In the heort of Florido's famed "Golden Triangle, where ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS ... ON AN ALKAU FLAT satisfied that this is excellent investment op- many of the notion 't defenie dollars are spent. ... we consider Orange County Acres on investment an • Accets'tble by conventional oulo. NOW! No need to loke NOW WORTH EVERY PENNY OF OUR ASKING PRICE portunity, EVERY PENNY OF YOUR RESERVATION an "air boat" or "mule Irain" to the properly. ... on terms you can afford . . . and we ore selling DEPOSIT WILL BE IMMEDIATELY REFUNDED. it at rock-bottom prices ... in 11/4 Acre Investment Tracts of approximately ORANGE is 54,450 $q. ft. . . . so thot COUNTY ACRES located in BOOMING RUSH RESERVATION COUPON TODAY when . . ORANGE COUNTY, which has shown a 114% increase development comes . YOU GET THE AD- in population in less than a decode. Populotton forecasts VANTAGES OF YOUR INVESTMENT! ORANGE COUNTY ACRES a division of Firsiam^rica indicate that this county will hove a permonent popula- AD 60008 1939 Harrison Street Development Corporation Hollywood/ tion of 375,000 by 1970, compared to o federal census ORANGE COUNTY ACRES Florida AL-2201 of 115,000 in 1950. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT REASON a division of FOR INVESTMENT IN THIS COUNTY ... as the most Enclosed is my $10 reservation deposit on important single factor to consider when buying Florida I Va Acre Tracts. (Reserve as many os you wish.) Please real estate as on inveslmeni for future profits ... is rush complete details, including maps, photos, etc. location of the lond in AN ESTABLISHED GROWTH I must be convinced thot this is on excellent speculative AREA. Florida investment ... or my reservation deposit will be refunded — for any reason whatsoever, within 60 days. NOTIFICATION OF PRICE INCREASE REFERENCES: Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce NAME On June 30, 1960pricet on each 1 1/4 Acre Investment HoMywood By-The-Seo Ctiomber of Commerce Tract at Orange County Acres will increoie $100. Thus, by Greater Orlando Chamber of Commerce ADDRESS tending your reiervotion deposit today . . . you con SAVE $100 on the purchote price of this premium property. Dory Auerboch Reolty Co., Realtor CITY STATE BRIEFLY About THE BOOKS

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FOR THE PAUSE THAT REFRESHES Lloyd Douglass and Gaylord Ciale direct operations from cemetery chart (center, background) as comrades place flags on graves.

Vermont Legionnaires Show

How 3'/2 Million Flags Appear on

Vets' Graves on Memorial Day.

By ROBERT B. PITKIN

THE LITTLE Wcst Branch Ceme- INtery of Stowe, Vermont, in the shadow of lofty Mount Mans- field, a group of Legionnaires here demonstrates an annual labor of love. Dawn of each Memorial Day re- veals anew a sea of American flags waving brightly over the graves of men and women who once wore the uniform of our country in time of war. To the passerby on Memorial Day, the flags are "just there," appearing as "naturally" as the first violets in the spring woods. But of course someone remembered to put them there. Who? On a given day, in the week before Memorial Day, working parties of Legionnaires and other patriotic groups from coast to coast leave their day's chores without fuss or fanfare to make the flags bloom anew. Thus, in Stowe, the Legionnaires meet at the home of Post 64. They gather up the flags that forethought has already provided, take along the chart of veterans' graves in each local cemetery that a member has kept through the years, quietly perform their mission and as quietly return to their day's work, almost before they've been missed. Just so, in every state, in every town, others who never forget make the bright new flags to wave over V/2 million veterans' graves each Memo- rial Day. ^ Fifd 1 .111.11, gassed in WWI, hands down Memorial Day tradition to little Duane Perry, son of Post Commander Wayne Perry whose job kept him away. 11 THE SAMEHOUSE

ot to that attractive aj>- but Conversion carport garage, Proof an addition of a bay-tyi>e pictiue pearance can be achieved with- window and an attractive white out extensive alterations. Here fence set this house off from the addition of a garage and others of the same basic design. shrubbery are chief changes. itterent.

This strikingly beautiful house, originally identical to all the others taste and planning are exercised to transform "tract" homes into in the develojjment, illustrates the fine results possible when good the equivalent of custom-built (and more expensive) d>vellings.

A tastefully restyled entranceway adds to A smart di i\ e^va^ and altered lool — sim- the distinctive appearance of this house. ple but elfective — set this house apart.

A cupola and a flower box contribute Windows, shutters, walk — all different to the charm of this colonial garage. from the original — add individuality.

This view of n . i>l <>ik Im .ws land- scajjing and attention to detail that exemplify the j)ainstaking care devoted to these homes. Luxuriant lawns that feel like thick velvet carpeting underfoot are typical of this development. 12 .

Tiie houses shown on these j)ages looked like this basic nioiltl winn ilic) wcic- new.

How applied imagination turned some mass-produced

houses into homes of individuality and distinction. The addition of a simple rustic lamppost c;m s^reailv enhance a Iiouse's appearance.

HE BOOM in housing since World War II has been marked by many T:innovations, one of the most significant of which is the emergence of the mass-produced home. These "development," or "'tract," homes were the only ones many an ex- GI could afford. But with the efficiencies and advantages of mass production there were accompanying drawbacks. Obvious- ly, such houses could not be as different from one another as custom-built houses. The owner of this house added a Rool 11 caiiiiciit. window, and bi ilk \ ciiciT Many critics claimed that the very l>l('. garage and topped it with a sun deck. make this house dilferent, more \ ,1 I U.I sameness of the houses would make the developments drab, dull, and eventually ugly. Others felt that the new developments would become suburban slums. But these people did not reckon with the average American's individuality. The homes shown on these pages reflect that individuality perfectly. All of them were the same when they were built — same layout, same design, same color, same everything. But they did not remain so for Icing. The houses pictured here are located in Levittown, New York; they were built in 1951. Originally they sold for $9,000 to S9,500. Today some of them sell for as high as $17,000, thanks largely to im- i i iiiilii\ Bow window and p.i m i w Ik ( ihe carport was) give this house beauty and provements made by their owners. door, bencli. lamp, and (olor — all grace and distinction. They are houses that obviously reflect The scheme add the pride of their owners, and they would fit perfectly into any small town in America. Some of their owners have made their own alterations; others have hired the work done. In every case the alterations have improved the appearance of the house while proving that Americans will find a way to express their individuality.

PHOTOS BY DONATO LEO THE Clay Pigeon By JOSEPH CVRREM Tiin SHATTERING cxplosion, as a cannon shell smacked into the By all rights none of the men in the C-47 should middle of the fuselage, jolted our C'-47 aircraft. The Clay Pigeon staggered and floundered. She settled down slowly, and 1 felt the life go out of her. The have survived when life went out of the plane. middle of the fuselage was blazing with a roaring fire. The paratroopers shoved and elbowed toward the open door in wild disorder, like a panicked herd of tremendous jerk of the blossoming chute. Second Lieutenant Andrews was our sheep. I froze and my blood seemed to I jumped at 400 feet and lived. copilot. I didn't know much about him; stand still. One by one, I saw them jump. I lost no time in shedding my chute he always maintained a line between The static lines swiftly opened their and half-ran, half-stumbled to the shelter officer and enlisted man. chutes. But the plane's trailing flames of a nearby wooded area. My heart Staff Sergeant Harry Tinkcom, mild reached them, like a giant, fiery hand. I thumping, I dropped to the ground in mannered and scholarly, was our radio watched in pure horror as their chutes an exhausted heap. I cleared the sweat operator. He didn't look like a soldier. were ignited like a torch. from my eyes; and as my breathing He was a man of 30, the oldest of our The shock of seeing those poor boys eased, I began to look around. Then, crew. In civilian life he was a genuine in flames stunned me. .Suddenly a crisp through the trees, I saw a plane crash. college professor. voice screamed: "What'll we do, Joe?" It exploded with numerous small blasts And I was the flight engineer.

Turning around, I saw that it was Harry, that sent billows of smoke into the air, We were a smooth-working crew, and our radio operator. I didn't know how informing the Germans in the area that •we had great pride in our ship. We named he got through the fire. The inferno pre- another American plane had crashed. her Clay Pigeon, as if by thus publish- vented us from reaching the flight deck, "They'll be after me soon," I thought. ing her indifference to catastrophe and and our intercom was out; so we had no I knew it must have been the Clay her willingness to surmount it, we were way of contacting the pilot or copilot. Pigeon, and I gave up hope for the pilot defying our enemies. The Clay Pigeon Fearing that the doomed aircraft might and copilot. already had distinguished herself on explode at any moment, 1 shouted, The Clay Pigeon, carrying 18 para- D-Day, June 6, 1944. Jump!" Harry didn't waver one second; troopers and a crew of four, had taken But now she had fallen under a terrific he jumped and disappeared into space. off that morning — September 17, 1944 German barrage. I found myself on the

I was sorry that he had left me. Fear — from an airdrome in Southern Eng- ground, as helpless as a frightened bird now took a grip on me. I had never land. We were part of the 82d Troop that has lost its wings. Then I discovered jumped in my life. The planned altitude Carrier Squadron, 4.^6th Troop Carrier that I had no gun. In my haste to jump, from which we were to drop the troops Group, and we were to fly behind the I had neglected to grab it. "Now I have was 750 feet. But by that time we must German lines in the ill-starred invasion nothing," I muttered. There I was, all have been at 450 feet. We were losing of Holland. This was going to be the alone, unarmed, and in enemy-held ter- altitude rapidly, and 1 knew I couldn't biggest airborne operation in history, ritory. I asked God to help me. wait any longer. Through a sheet of fire, even bigger than that of D-Day. One r was only a flyboy, and I knew noth-

1 jumped. thousand planes were to participate and ing of infantry tactics; but 1 knew that

I felt myself plunging like a bullet were to drop more than 1 1,000 airborne I couldn't stay in the area. I was des- into space. Making sure not to suffer the troops. perate. After aimlessly moving about in same fate as the paratroopers, I waited Our pilot was First Lieutenant Bras- the strange surroundings, I came upon to pull the cord. I must have hit the sesco, an intense, taut-nerved man. To a large clearing. Peering through the ground just a moment after the chute my eyes, he was the greatest pilot in the brush, I spotted a shabby white farm- opened, because all J remember is the world. As a man, he was much more. house. I noticed no Germans. I waited 14 I jiinipcd through a sheet ot fire and [)lunged like a bullet.

in tense silence, like there contemplating my fate.

a dog. Suddenly a Suddenly I heard footsteps and voices. boyish-looking civilian German and Dutch sounded alike to me. came out and looked up in- Which was it? My heart beat out the to the sky. He appeared to seconds. The door swung open and I

be a Dutchman. Should I ask crawled to the furthest corner. for help? Taking a gamble "Come out, my friend. There are no

on his being friendly, I cried Germans here." Beautiful English, and out in my high school the most welcome words I'd ever heard.

French. I walked toward I came out and gazed upon a priest.

him. Eyeing me cautiously, "Father," I gasped as I broke down. he motioned me into the "I can understand your fear, my son," house. He directed me to remove my he consoled me. "You are among friends, uniform and get into a farmer's outfit. and we will help you. Our people are Then he led me outside to his bicycle, very happy to see the Americans. We seated me on the handlebars, and we will defeat the Germans. God is with us."

rode off. I was like a young child in his He introduced himself as Father hands. Gyspers; and his friend, who had hidden

I kept trying to guess where he was me in the haystack, as Adrian.

taking me. To friend or foe? I had to "Come with me," Father Gyspers trust him; there was no other choice. said, "and I'll reunite you with some of Soon we entered a small village. As we your friends." cycled past some Germans who glared As the three of us headed into the

coldly at us, I tried hard to act the part woods. Father Gyspers told me that an of a dumb farmer. American plane has crashed nearby. He Stopping at a red brick house, my led me to where the plane had cut a friend, or captor, spoke to a brisk, de- swath through the forest. The only rec- cisive civilian who seemed to be a lead- ognizable part of the plane was the tail er. He quickly led me to the backyard, section. The numbers, 2100672, on the toward a haystack. Uncovering a hidden fin hit me. "That's my plane!" I cried. opening, he beckoned me to get in. It The Clay Pigeon was a smoldering was a camouflaged air-raid shelter, wreck. Its torn, charred, and broken cleverly made to resemble a haystack. body littered the area. Tears filled my

For hours I lay in the darkness of the eyes. I bit my lips and choked up. Then

shelter. "These people must be inform- I saw two bodies, burned and mangled

ers," I thought. "No one risks his neck beyond recognition — my pilot and co- for others. I've found that out." I sat (Continiied on page 36)

Three of the men ^\ho helj)cd save the survivors: .Adrian, Father Gyspers, and an unidentified farmer.

I Ills pHture was made when Ciurreri, Lt. Andrews

111(1 Lt. Brassesco (1. to. r.) were hiding in Holland.

All that was left of the ill-fated Clay Pigeon. 15 The Deadu^^Weapon

Our new hit-and-run submarinesn'an change the entire pattern of war.

By ARCH WHITEHOUSE their depth charges or homing torpedoes. But the Skipjack always eluded them. lURiNG WIDE-SCALE NATO naval She darted away at speeds no other sub- operations in the Mediterranean marine had shown before. She huddled last summer one atomic-pow- at depths no sonar device could pierce. ered submarine, the U.S.S. Skipjack, The surface sailors had been trained played havoc with the free world's to trace conventional undersea craft, surface fleets. Within the first six hours diesel and electrically powered subs of the exercise this new high-speed, deep- that are limited to a submerged diving devilfish had — according to the speed of less than eight miles per hour. rules — sunk every NATO aircraft carrier None of these had dared go much deeper

that had tried to find and destroy it. than 400 feet. But the Skipjack, uncon- While the U.S., French, British, and cerned with such limitations, raced Italian naval experts had worked with about at "more than twice 400 feet" and commendable cooperation, employing at speeds which have been blue-penciled the latest antisubmarine warfare weap- by Navy security. Not only that, she had ons, the Skipjack revealed many serious a new sleek hull form that allowed ma- flaws in our ASW (antisubmarine war- neuvers more suggestive of acrobatic fare) defense program. Although she flying than the submerged wallowing of

was limited to the narrow confines of the a U-boat. To this I can attest, for a short

Mediterranean, the Skipjack was never time later I took a cruise aboard the found or fully tracked until, obvioush Skipjack and actually "flew" her for a tiring of the one-sided contest, she elect time. I sat. at an aircraft-type yoke con- ed to come to the surface — and asked trol and guided her through a series of for her mail. flightlike maneuvers that included swift Aghast at how easily they had been turns out of a 40° bank. At the speed we thwarted by this upstart weapon. Navy were making, it was difficult to believe officials responsible for our antisub- any depth charge or homing torpedo marine operations eventually let out a could ever register a hit. howl that could be heard from the Brit- This information about a new kind of ish Admiralty to the Pentagon. The cry was for new equipment, additional aircraft carriers, more efficient tracking systems, a new system of pay to en- courage highly skilled personnel to stay in the service, and atomic submarines that could hunt and track down other atomic submarines.

This oflicial dismay is quite under- standable. The surface navymen had gone into this annual exercise with what were considered the latest in attack carriers, the most efficient electronic The ' iipsiart weapon" that aroused tracking devices, modern antisubmarine the (lisinay of surface navymen. aircraft, and hundreds of highly skilled Rear .Vdnn'ral William T. Raborn dis- A.SW operators. The carriers were sheep- hoping to delect the skulking undersea cusses a model of a ballistic missile dogged by high-speed destroyers, each boat; but they never found the Skipjack. submarine «ilh ilie C:hiei of Na\al equipped with powerful radar and sonar Twin-engined Grumman S-2F search air- ()])eralions. .Vdmiriil Viieigh A. lJurke. apparatus; but even these naval grey- craft directed theirmagnetic-air-detection hounds that had always hounded enemy (MAD) instruments and dropped sono- undersea war came to me as the result of U-boats were "sunk" before they real- buoys designed to lay a workable pattern a cruise that the Navy invited me to take. ized an enemy submarine was in their of detection around every suspicious First I went aboard the aircraft carrier area. Helicopters hovering at 30 feet area. While this was going on, other fly- U.S.S. Saratoga, which took me into the lowered sonar-balls on lengths of cable, ing attackers awaited the signal to drop Mediterranean. Then, to make the re- 16 Using the most effitient equipment, the ships and planes were unable to locate the deadl) submarine.

1 whether any of turn trip, went aboard the U.S.S. Lake with our Polaris ( 1 ,200-niile-range) mis- order.) It is not known

Chciinplain. These attack carriers were sile, is probably the deadliest weapon in these Soviet subs are atomic powered,

part of the HUK (hunter-killer) Group our military inventory. This, from a but it would be unwise to presume that of the U.S. Sixth Fleet. During these writer who for more than 30 years has none are. The Russians already have a trips and a short cruise aboard the Skip- proclaimed the virtues and values of the very efficient nuclear-powered icebreaker jack 1 naturally picked up data and de- military aircraft, justifies some explana- that they have proudly displayed to Vice tails that come to few civilians. More tion. Admiral Hyman Rickover, father of our

important, I was offered every opportu- It is one thing to cruise aboard a mod- atomic submarine fleet. The United nity to see and record what took place in ern aircraft carrier as an observer, to States has no exclusive hold on the nu- such exercises and was given full per- share the rare comforts of the vessel, clear reactor, any more than we had on mission to publish my findings. meet hundreds of skilled personnel, and the atomic bomb or the various missiles Today 1 am convinced that the modern witness antisubmarine operations that and guidance equipment necessary to atomic-powered submarine, if equipped were apparently carried out with dis- attempt probes into space. It is painful

patch and precision. But it is something to think about how far Soviet scientists

The control co(kpit of the Skipjack is sim- of a shock to learn later that all this na- are ahead of us in the rocket field, a sci- ilar in many wa\s lo ihai ol a last airplane. val display was in vain. That our hunt- ence first explored by Dr. Robert H. and-kill tracking aircraft and our elec- Goddard, an American physicist who tronic guidance equipment have not kept was experimenting with space rockets pace with the development of the target as early as 1916. But their success adds they were designed to destroy. credence to Premier Khrushchev's re- Our attack carrier commanders are cent declaration that Russia has at least frankly worried, and at the present time two atomic submarines in service. are unable to remedy the situation. Of Last November 18 Admiral Jerauld

even greater concern is the recent report Wright, then commander of Allied forces of Admiral Arleigh Burke, Chief of Na- in the Atlantic, told NATO delegates val Operations, that Russia has some 450 of the growing menace from Soviet mis- submarines and that we can put only 110 sile-firing submarines. According to the into action. (But we have 26 more on (Continued on page 42) 17 By GEORGE X. SAND

FRUSTRATED winter visitor to THEFlorida was obviously peeved. He'd packed his fishing tackle and FLORIDA hurried south expecting to catch Florida lunkers — and plenty of them. Instead, he'd quickly discovered that Gulf Stream trips for sailfish and other big ones were quite beyond reach of his limited budget. He'd had to content himself with barracuda, grunts, bream, and similar small and far less exciting catches made spas- modically from bridges, piers, and roadside canal banks. "You natives should be shot for putting out all that chamber of commerce pap about your wonderful Florida fishing," he growled at this writer, brandish- ing a publicity brochure. " 'A fisherman's

paradise,' it says here. 'A sun-kissed peninsula that offers 3,750 miles of tidal coastline, longest in the U.S., thrusting into the Caribbean for over 400 miles to separate two exciting tropic oceans where at least 40 well-known game fish await you "out front" at all times on both Why you should be sure to pack your tackle coasts. " 'Florida, a state of 58,560 square miles, with one of every 12 inland acres fishable, that you can't travel 30 min- so when you attend this year's National Convention. utes in any direction, from any starting point, without encountering productive fresh water,' " the man continued scorn-

fully. " 'There are over 30,000 uamed This article is written to spare fishing home, to enjoy several excellent Florida lakes — with 188 of these located within Legionnaires similar disappointment fishing sites en route. These are found " the limits of one smaller city alone.' when they attend the Legion's 42d along all three of the major highways

"It's all true," I told him, trying to be National Convention, at Miami Beach, that lead through the long State: gulf

patient. "But if you can't afford guides — October 15-20. I have lived and fished coast, central Florida, and Atlantic coast or find someone willing to show you how, steadily in Florida for the past dozen routes. No fancy tackle is necessary. when, and where to go — you simply years (there are comparatively few Bring your favorite (but not ultralight) can't expect best results during the usual natives in this popular State). In the bait-casting, spin, or fly rod — and, if short winter vacation, the worst time of course of travels in search of fish possible, one medium-heavy stick to use

year to fish in Florida, incidentally. throughout much of the world, I have occasionally from boat or ocean beach.

"As a stranger I would probably have found no consistently better or more Let's take a look at those three major

the same difficulty were I to visit your accessible fishing for everyday anglers. routes south through the State. home State and try to catch a muskie or Those driving to the convention GULF COAST TO MIAMI BEACH a salmon, regardless how many there should, if possible, leave a day or two via Pensacola, Panama City, Perry, may be in the water." early, or take a little extra time going Tampa, Sarasota, and Fort Myers (U.S.

Casting into a school of silver kings provides many thrilling and icnsc monienis. Your prize catch may go on display here. 18 tropic sea sudden scarlet when they at his ocean pier. Roy has hold as many surface after chummed bait. as 13 world fishing records at one time. There is fine October surf casting, There is also good Gulf fishing south- ocean-pier and inlet-jetty fishing at ward from Panama City to Tampa, Panama City Beach for cobia (ling), red- notably lor sea trout, redfish, snapper, fish (channel bass), croaker, biucfish, sea- sheepshead and king mackerel. How- trout (weakfish), other species. Cast ever, accommodations and rental boats plugs, feathers, spoons, or fresh bait to are not abundant unless you follow one these. Roy Martin, the town's affable of the secondary roads from U.S. 19-98 young mayor, is a willing source of free to such waterfront towns as Adams information. Write, phone, or visit him Beach, Steinhatchcc, Cedar Key, and Yankeetown. Guides fees are about $20 daily. Skills rent for $2 to $5, the latter including motor. At Crystal River and Homosassa you can catch sheepshead, snapper, and other species right in the deep fresh- water springs that spawn the glass-clear

river and send it winking and flashing on its way through a golden sawgrass marsh to the nearby sea. Tarpon winter here. The leaping silver kings prefer the

springs to the colder ocean. This is dra- matic light tackle sport, using top-water Fisli tralfu is olteii heavy beiieatli or medium-running plugs. bridges vou will find all over Florida. The Punta Gorda-Fort Myers area 98, 19, 41). If you like exciting yet makes a good second-night stopping economical deep-sea fishing from a large place for those driving down this Florida boat (about $8 per day, which includes west coast route. This is ideal skiff-fishing everything except bait and lunch), then and wading country — with emphasis on the 50-foot "headboats" of the Panama Variety, both in methods that can be used City area are for you. Rates for chartered and fish that can be caught. Trolling, boats in the area are $75 per day, which drifting, casting with bait or with spin can be shared by up to six persons; out- or fly tackle goes well here. Expect man- board skiffs rent at from $10 to $15 per grove snapper, snook, sea trout, mack- day. This Florida panhandle coast off erel, and other typical salt-water species. the main tourist trail offers: Serene, deep- These swim in the passes between the blue Gulf of Mexico waters; hieh sand sea islands from Boca Grande to Cap- tiva, and over the lee shoals and grassy flats of Charlotte Harbor sound behind A small boat can produce a big (Continued on page 40) dividend such as this billfish.

Ciasliiig oil ilu- lir.K li i^ol luck\ angler a liO-poiind .snook.

dunes and sweeping virgin beaches (the

(sugarlike sand of which is the world's whitest); and just about every major Florida game fish. These include huge 50- to 300-pound amberjack and War- saw grouper that frequent the reefs and wrecks in this area, and large schools of

big red snapper that seem to stain the II von like deluxe lisliing \vheie big ones abound, tharler boats aie .mailable. 19 By CHARLES W. WILEY

ITH AN EVER-INCREASING emphasis on a "thaw in the cold war," more and more Americans are visiting the Soviet Union. Estimated at 10,000 in 1959, the number is expected OMG TO to increase in the future. Many Legionnaires will make the trip, and they have the responsibility to avoid being used as tools of the communist propaganda machine. What travelers to the U.S.S.R. should watch Most American travelers to the U.S.S.R. — except those on Government — or private business go for one of three for, and what they should watch out for. purposes. Some go only for a vacation, and a few rare individuals are in search of knowledge. But the commonest mo-

tive, unfortunately, is to gain prestige in

the tourist's social circle and local com- social and economic problems in the citizens speak of them. In most cases it is munity. A week in Moscow "qualifies" United States." the well-indoctrinated Communist Party

him as an expert on both communism While it is true that these subjects are member who berates foreign visitors with and the Soviet Union. Press and tele- sometimes mentioned to American trav- the Kremlin line. The average Russian

vision interviews, speaking appearances elers, this fact is less significant when usually knows better or doesn't really

before civic and church groups, etc., are consideration is given to which Soviet care; but most travelers seldom have

This Zil car, wliicli the Russians invented after studying When the proktariai has to gel around, plans ol the old Packard, transj)orts Soviet brass in style. this motorized droshky serves as a bus.

rewards for making the trip.

(There is. of course, one other large group — the communists and fellow travelers making their pilgrimage to a bolshevik mecca. But they are outside the scope of this article.) Most of the articles and speeches by American travelers returned from the U.S.S.R. contain nearly identical views

and information — much of it foolish, misleading or false. "The Russian people are proud of

their achievements . . . they want PEACE."

Every human being is proud of his achievements; all peoples want peace. This type of "news" can hardly help us to understand the U.S.S.R. better, neither can the observations that "young lovers can be seen in the parks."

"Russians are worried about Ameri- Imposing and gaudy is Soviet architectiue. iNol so well piibliii^ed I^ iu>\^ th< can imperialism . . . they are appalled at This is much-publicized Mosrow University. Kremlin gets its buildings built 20 tions." Or, as one woman put it: "They don't ask me about Little Rock; so I don't ask them about Hungary." Although arguments may be ofTcrcd for the policy of avoiding any real issues,

those who follow it have no right to report — as most do — that everyone in the U.S.S.R. supports the government. In a police state the local citizens cannot be expected to run up to passing tourists and announce their opposition to the regime.

While it would be equally misleading to report that the people in the Soviet Union are ready to storm the Kremlin

in the near future, there is widespread dissatisfaction and some very strong op-

position to the regime. There is a sim- mering discontent, especially among the youth, that may someday save the free world. But the visitor certainly cannot

discover it by avoiding the subject. To explain how to get honest public opinion inside the U.S.S.R. would re-

quire a textbook by an expert. Here I can cover only a few lessons learned during a short stay behind the Iron Curtain. First, the traveler must not overesti-

mate the language barrier. It is far less difficult than most people imagine. Except for routine questions, the visitor should never use Soviet guides as interpreters. They all cither work for. or report to, the secret police — and every-

one knows it.

It is not too difficult to find an English-

speaking Russian who is willing to act as an interpreter. (One afternoon in Mos- cow, for example, a 16-year-old student translated half a dozen conversations for me. I'd met him in a bookstore, and he was happy to help. Admittedly, his Eng-

lish was far from perfect, but it did the job.)

In the absence of an interpreter it is (CoiUiiuted on paf^c 44) oiuisis >>^^ alining ovei .Moscow ^^ill bring back pictures ol scc-nic spois. But ihcv won't get in;iii\ Mos(oav shots like this.

the opportunity to become friendly with Ivan, the man in the street. This taiiure to distinguish between the communist ruling circles and

the 97 percent of the population who are not party members is a basic

error in Western thinking. It is encouraged by the misleading reports of many tourists.

We often hear and read that there is no sign of opposition to the government inside the Soviet Union. The attitude of many tourists explains these false reports.

In talking to dozens of such tourists in the U.S.S.R., I discovered that

it is rare for Americans to discuss with a Soviet citizen any topic that is likely to draw out evidence of opposition. Most of these visitors were

shocked when asked if they found many Russians listening to the Voice of America, or what opinions they had heard about Boris Pasternak. Their shock turned to near-horror when asked if they had discovered many people who supported the Hungarian or Tibetan revolts. In almost identical words came the indignant replies: "I certainly don't know about

those things. I didn"t ask any questions that could cause embarrassment." And then, proudly: "I came here as an emissary of good will for the American people and didn't bring up subjects that would lead to fric- 21 Ways and means of taking the drudgery

out of gardening and making it fun.

XHE TROUBLE WITH having a yard is that grass, flowers, shrubs— and weeds — all have a habit of growing at about the same time. Furthermore, that time is usually when most people would rather be doing something besides looking after

growing things. However, the situation is not by any means as

bad as it used to be. Thanks to gasoline, electricity, and even

waterpower, it is now a simple matter to keep your yard looking neat and attractive without wasting much time and energy. Here are a few of the tools that will make gardening a pleasure, You save encigy in luo ways uith this Toio and your hardware or garden supply dealer can show you \Vhii lwind rotary mower. Starting the motor many more. ^ is a (inch with (he .S])instart, and tut grass

is \ atiunnetl up antl dej)Osited in the l)ig bag.

One of the most tiresome and time-consuming chores a gardener has to Gasoline-j)owered lawnmowers made grass cutting easy; coj)e with is hedge trimming. But with an electrical trimmer, such as and now, with this electrical starter available on the this Black 8c Decker outfit, the job can be done in a fraction of the time. Lawn-Boy, no effort is required to start the mower.

You don't have to own a forest to This domesticated flamethrower, made b) Root-Lowell, If you don't think this Caddy Hose justify having a chain saw. This Rem- will burn weeds, eliminate siimips, and do other chores. Reel is a labor-saver, you've never ington Bantam will pay off if yoiu- It produces a 2,0()0-degree flame, l)urns kerosene, and hauled a 50- or 100-foot length of place, even though small, is wooded. requires approximately one gallon of fuel per hour. hose around a yard on a hot day. 23 PREStNTING BOTH SIDES OF BIG ISSUES FACING THE NATION

THIS MOXTH'S SUBJECT: Should The Panama Canal Be Internationalized?

(PRO) Panama has about 1 million (CON) Internationalization of the people who are very poor and about 50 Panama Canal is not a new idea, but a families who are very rich. It also has long-range Soviet objective. Since the the Canal Zone with about 3,500 Amer- Suez crisis of 1956 the communist con- icans, rich relative to most Panama- '1 spiracy has made internationalization

nians. Thus, the U.S.A. offers a natural 4 I of the Panama Canal a prime aim, in target. This, I think, is the real ex- order to wrest control from the United planation for the anti-American dem- States and thereby destroy the vitality onstrations of last November, and so of the Monroe Doctrine. goes deeper than Panamanian desires to fly their flag Supporting this communist line for destruction of in the zone or dissatisfaction over employment. United States authority over the Canal Zone have been As long as Panama remains an oligarchical society, certain persons high in political life in our country, there will continue to be unrest there. As long as the some university professors, and a few radical piopa- U.S. presence in Panama remains so overwhelming, gandist periodicals. there will be agitation, regardless of U.S. concessions. The agitators have made repeated demands for Pan- The end result would be to hold the Canal Zone by ama Canal "multilateralization" under the Organiza- force or to withdraw completely. The first alternative tion of American States and "internationalization" is perhaps militarily feasible, but today impractical under the United Nations. None has shown an ade- politically. The second alternative is also distasteful quate knowledge of Isthmian histoiy or of the and would not solve any of Panama's problems, none problems involved in the construction, maintenance, of which are basically related to the canal. operation, sanitation, and protection of the great waterway. It would be a mistake, however, for the United States to adopt a liard, no-appeasement, no-concession atti- The Panama Canal was constructed in an area of tude. It would invite a repetition of the November in- endemic revolution, political instability, treacherous cidents on a grander scale and hasten the day when the terrain, heavy rainfall, oppressive climate, and un- U.S. would hold the Canal Zone only by force. precedented disease. These tremendous problems wei e overcome at vast costs borne solely by the United Should the situation continue to deteriorate, as now States. seems likely, we would do better to explore fundamen- tal changes that would reduce American presence and Those who foimulated our Isthmian policies under- enable us to share with others the political liabilities stood these problems and guarded against endangering inherent in maintaining the canal. One means of doing the enterprise from lawlessness, disorder, or failure of this would be through internationalizing tiie canal and the indispensable sanitary measures, by securing e.r- thereby multilateralizing the problems. chisive sovereignty over the Canal Zone for the United States. Were the Canal Zone to become a plum for Both the Oi-ganization of American States and the Panamanian political exploitation, it would not be United Nations offer mechanisms. The U.N. seems possible to maintain and operate it with efficiency or preferable, as the canal's importance is worldwide. with toll charges that are just and equitable. The details of what is ultimately worked out are not The reasons for exclusive U.S. control apply today jiow so important as willingness in the United States with even greater force than 50 years ago. Dramatized to explore the idea objectively. The idea will no doubt by attempted mob invasions of the Canal Zone last No- strike many Americans as heresy or worse. A calm vember, the dangers have mounted, making political appiaisal, however, will reveal this proposal to be stability imperative for the safety of the enterprise. more mei itorious. The militaiy value of the canal has been greatly reduced by missile development. Ade- The only tangible result of Panamanian agitations quate, foolproof safeguards to protect our own basic for "nationalization" has been to adv'ance the cause for interests would, of course, have to be written into any "internationalization, " which would be an abandon- international agreement. ment of the vital transportation asset of the United States and of the majoi- protective agency for the It is important that the initiative come from the security of the Western Hemisphere countries—par- United States. ticularlv those of the West Indies and Latin America.

24 • THE WILRIC AN LttilON MAGAZINE • MAY 1960 . . " " .

KENTUCKY BONUS PASSES: already collected a bonus based on WAC duty COVERS VETS OF 4 WARS: may now receive extra for previous WAAC

The Kentucky veterans bonus law has duty. . .For more definite info, and applica-

passed the legislature and was signed by Gov. tion form, write : WW2 Compensation Bureau ,

' . to veterans Dep t of Mi litary Harrisburg, Pa Combs on Feb. 20. .The bonus goes Affairs ^ of four wars — Spanish-American, World War ...Deadline is next Dec. 31, but early

One, World War Two and Korean Conflict. . . applications are solicited by the Bureau. The bill passed with some modification of the provisions as reported in "Newsletter" BEWARE or ROADSIDE "NUT GAME" in March. . .Residence requirement is WHEN DRIVING TO CONVENTION: "double" .. .Vets must have been Kentucky When driving to the National Convention residents when entering service and for 6 at Miami Beach this fall, pay for what you months prior thereto, and Kentucky residents buy and eat rather than join in a little on Nov. 3, 1959 (last Election Day) .. "sporting proposition" to roll a ball or toss Provisions are included to pay certain some dice which "might get you a free meal beneficiaries where veterans are not now (or bag of pecans) or even $300 in a few living. . .Rate of bonus is $9 a month for minutes ."... Quite a few ""hospitable" stateside military duty during the specified roadside business establishments on main service periods, with maximum of $300 if no routes to Florida are fleecing tourists of overseas duty. . .Rate is $15 per month for ready cash in such games. . .The games, of overseas duty, with maximum of $500 for any course, are crooked. . .probably protected by combination of stateside and overseas duty. local law-enforcement corruption. .. The Where a veteran died in service in particular games now thriving go under line of duty, the bonus paid an eligible

such titles as the "game" ; the "nut game" ; beneficiary will be the maximum ($300 if no " . "300"; "26"; or 10-Win " . . . But the name foreign duty; $500 if any foreign duty) and and the game can change overnight. . . the normal requirement of 90 days active Remember that the way to break even in these duty need not apply. "sporting propositions" is to refuse to No applications will be honored before play them. . . Better to^ be a "poor sport June 1, 1960, and final deadline for filing than a "broke sucker . is Dec. 31, 1961 .. .Periods of honorable military service recognized for bonus purposes in the four wars remain as stated SENATE COMMITTEE SHELVES in March "Newsletter." Forms for filing may DANGEROUS WORLD COURT BILL; be obtained from: Administrator—Veterans By vote of 9 to 7, the Senate Foreign Division, Department of Military Affairs Relations Committee on March 29 shelved a Commonwealth of Kentucky, Lexington^ bill that could have let the World Court rule

Kentucky _^ on U.S. internal affairs . . . The bill would

have repealed the Connally Amendment , under WAAC SERVICE MAY RATE which the U.S. can block the World Court

EXTRA PENNSYLVANIA WW2 BONUS: from deciding our domestic affairs . . . Certain WW2 service in the WAAC is now Thousands of public protests to Senators recognized as bonus-earning military urging defeat of the bill preceded the

service by the State of Pennsylvania. . . vote. . .The March 29 action probably ends Those who were on WAAC duty, and then danger of Senate approval of the risky

this session of Congress. . . In continued in the WAC when it was formed , may measure in be entitled to additional bonus based on February, the Legion's National Legislative their WAAC duty if they entered service from Commission had listed defeat of the bill as

Pennsylvania. . .As "Newsletter" understands one of five items of great legislative this, it would mean that women who had urgency.

THE AMERICAN LEf.ION MAflAZINE • MAY I9ft0 • . : ; " " " , .

LEGION LIFE INSURANCE American Legion Insurance Plan, American PLAN PAID $284,000 Legion National Headquarters, P. 0. Boxl055,

DURING FIRST 21 MONTHS Indianapolis, Indiana. . .This special life By March 4, 1960, bereaved families of insurance plan is available only to members Legionnaires had received $284,509.33 in of The American Legion, and is a privilege of benefits derived from the Legion's low-cost membership available on a voluntary basis. life insurance plan for its members . . .That was 21 months after the plan first went into LEGISLATORS STRESS effect in May, 1958. . .During that time the CARIBBEAN COMMUNISM number of Legionnaires covered by the plan IN TALKS TO LEGION: has ranged between 35,000 and 40,000, or Meetings of The American Legion's about one member in 80. . .Had all eligible National Foreign Relations Commission in members been insured, total benefits to Washington at the end of March were high- survivors of Legionnaires might have lighted by warnings from members of Congress amounted to close to $20 million. that Communist penetration in Latin America, On March 4, there were 35,953 members and especially the Caribbean, are of currently insured. . .They pay a flat $12 a current critical concern. .. Some quotes: year ... Instead of increasing the yearly Sen. George D. Aiken (Vt . ) , member_^ payment with age, as with most term Senate Foreign Relations Committee ; insurance , the amount of insurance is reduced "... The rioting of recent years has , in my with age and the yearly payment stays at a opinion, been as much against Latin American flat $12 . . .The amount of insurance for $12 governments as against the U.S.... The a year ranges from about $4,000 for younger communists want to cause the downfall of Legionnaires to a vanishing point at age 70, those governments, and chaos, so that they when term life insurance for $12 a year is can erect the sort of government they want."

. .Up St_^ (N. Y . impractical. to age 70, the amount of Rep. Katherine George ) _^ insurance available for $12 is extremely member . House Armed Services Committee : low in cost for each age bracket ^ "Communism is on our doorstep in Cuba, in The Legion plan of life insurance is Panama, in the Dominican Republic, in Haiti straight term insurance, furnished by group . . .They have built these nests all through insurance in some states and by individual South America, and particularly in the

. policies in others. . .Its practical meaning Caribbean. . to Rep. J. (Pa. members does not vary greatly from state Daniel Flood ) ^ member. to state, but there are minor differences in House Appropriations Committee : "There is its details due to differen t state insurance no doubt that the developing target for laws... These differences prevent spelling communists is thf^ Caribbean area. . .Cuba is out the precise details to all in any short the offshore base for hemispheric attack. . statement Panama is the jugular of hemispheric defense

The amount of insurance available to . . . The plan has been set up for generations younger Legionnaires at $12 is substantial the battle order has been drawn."

. . .Even the reduced amounts at higher ages Rep. Flood urged that... "All these provide a supplementary family protection movements must be embraced by the Monroe at low cost which tends to defeat the effect Doctrine ... Communist infiltration is as of inflation on the other insurance and much a weapon and agent of a foreign power " savings plans of members, and which has been as is a landing party. . . a boon to many bereaved Legion families in Rep. Ross Adair ( Indiana) , member the first 21 months of the program. Hous e Foreign Affairs and Veterans Affairs All yearly $12 payments become due Dec. Committees "If there should be a change in 31, which permits this magazine and other the treaty with Panama, it should be by Legion publications to publish annual treaty, not executive action. You (the renewal reminders that apply to all insured Legion) do perform a great and valuable members, minimizing the danger of lapse by service by giving your honest American oversight .. .Members who become insured Legion opinions to your legislators. We need after Dec. 31 make a pro-rata payment for the people like you. We need organizations balance of the calendar year (you'd only like yours . pay $6 the first year if you became insured You Chan Yang , Korean Ambassador : "It is when there were only 6 months left to the more important than ever that the Legion calendar year) . . .Legionnaires wishing keep Americans alert to the dangers con- complete details may get them by writing fronting them.

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first time, the dinner will be open to Miami Beach Plans For Largest male and female alike. Tickets are now available on a first come — first serve basis. Legion Convention Since 1937 The convention sessions and the meetings of the various nat'l commissions and committees will be held in Miami For the first time, Miami Bcacli, the Miami Beach's Flamingo Park except Beach's new multi-million-dollar Exhibi cit\- of superlatives, will host a national the Choral Contest. It will be at the tion Hall. Largest in the .south, the huge tonxention of The American Legion Fontainebleau Hotel. hall .seats 15,900 persons for conv ention which promises to be somewhat of a su- Here's a da\' by day schedule of the purposes and is completely air condi- peilatixe itself. The 1960 conventicm — events already planned: tioned throughout. It is centrally located the Legion's 42nd — will he held at the, Wed., Oct. 12 — Natl Commissions for all the hotels on the Beach aica. world famous Florida resort city Oct. and Committees start meeting. Nat'l Hd(|s. staff officers will \w ]5-2(). Sat., Oct. 15 -Contests .start. opened on Oct. 10 in the Exhibition Under the leadership of Larry Hoff- Sun., Oct. 16 — Memorial Services Hall. man, present Florida Dep't Cmdr and (a.m.). Sr. Drum & Bugle Corps contest The Conv ention C^orporation fjfRces are president of the 1960 Convention Cor- finals (p.m.) now open in the Delano Hotel. poration, the \arioirs committees are Mon., Oct. 17 — Natl (.'onxention The piesidential nominees ol both the jilanning to handle the largest Legion parade. Democratic and lU'publican pailies will

Nat l Convention since the hig one held Tucs., Oct. 18 thru Thurs., Oct. 20- be invited to address the convention in New York City in 1937 — the largest Con\ention business sessions. delegates. ever. Tues., Oct. 18 - Nat'l Cmdr's Dinner At tliat one, some -)i million specta- — (p.m. — at the Hotel Fontainebleau). tois watched 200,000 Legionnaires Wed., Oct. 19 -All States Dinner marcli in a parade that lasted for IS (p.m. -at the Deauville Hotel). .solid hours. It had started at S:58 a.m. Every conceivable tv pe of first class one day and lasted until 3:00 a.m. the hotel rooms will be available — and for next da\'. The Legion had taken o\er all pocketbooks. Rates will range from hlase New York. $3.00 to $21.00 per day. Well o\ei The whole 1960 convention and its 25,000 rooms are already under contract associated acti\'ities will be held at to the Legion. Miami Beach, with one exception. The The Fontainebleau will be the Le- Senior Drimi & Bugle Corps contest gion's Nat'l Hdqs. Hotel. The Auxiliary's

finals w ill be field in the city of Miami's Nat'l Hdfis. will be at Deauville Hotel. RodcK Bvndine Stadium — the scene of All of the Auxiliary's business sessions the annual New Year's Da\' Orange will be held here as will (lie All States Bowl football classic. The stadiimi seats Dinner.

59,000 jieople and is the largest struc- The Nat l Cmdr's dinner will be held

ture of its kind in the southeastern U.S. in the Fontainebleau 's spacious ballroom All other contests will be held at with a seating capacity of 3,800. For the

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ExliiI)iiion — Convention sessions and commission hm ( ini^s w ill be held here. Fabulous Miami lieadi — looking south.

THE VVinRIC.W rEGION NrvGAZINF. • MAY 1%0 • 27 . Legion Offers $100 for Best Flag Photo

Fifteen other prizes, possible sale of non-winners

Herewith, your American Legion motion. Our own staff photo on this page by the Boy Scouts of America. Mag(izi)ie announces a $100 photo con- captured a moment when all visible mo- Any one of these photos might have test for members of the Legion family tion contributed to the sense of action been a contender (but they are all in- — a contest that emphasizes the Ameri- of "Advance the colors." The famous eligible for this contest) can flag and closes July 31. Iwo Jima flag-raising photo is a classic Flag Day, Memorial Day and July 4 If you are a member of the Legion, use of a sense of motion to one effect. are coming — plenty of chance for you or the Auxiliary, or the Sons of The All these examples also stress the to see, or pose, just the shot to put you American Legion, >'Ou may win $100 simplicity that marks many fine photos. in the running for the $100 prize. for a 5x7 or 8x10 print (or a Polaroid) Distracting or irrelevant elements that So read the rules and save tlie entry of an original, unpublished, black-and- would weaken the effect have been min- form on the opposite page. Without the wliite photo in which the American flag imized or avoided. Note the effectiveness form (or a facsimile) no entry will be is a feature. of simplicity in the example supplied us eligible. You may be an amateur or professional photographer. Your photo may be Photos That Suggest Possible Winning Qualities new or old, as long as it is unpublished. Besides the $100 cash 1st prize, there are 15 other prizes, and any contestant maij have a chance to sell us his print too. We will keep all entries. No national magazine uses more flag photos than this one. If we have a future use for your entry we'll make an offer for publication rights at that time. On top of our own first prize of $100, U.S. Camera Publishing Co. has put up 2nd to 10th prizes of the 364-page "U.S. Camera 1960" photo annual, appropri- ately entitled "The 50 Stars of the U.S.A." Annin and Co., America's oldest and biggest flag maker, has put up 1 1th to 16th prizes of its Executive Desk Set, a handsome flagstand with an 8x12 inch, 50-star U.S. flag for your desk. What sort of photos will be contend- ers for the prizes? knows? es- Who The STRONG SYMBOLISM: Martin .Miller .is< d SHEER BE.\UTY: Dr. Ernst Paulsen caught sence of a contender is that it has an ilag to enforce Statue oi Liberty 's symbolism. beauty of flag, sky and wheeling gulls. impact that can't be spelled out in advance. It can be candid or posed and have that impact. Generally speaking, standout photos stress one or more (lualities that can be applied to literally thousands of different subjects and situations. Some (not all) of those possible qualities are illu.strated in this issue. Some tell a story. The larger photo on page 11 tells a story, and might have been a contender if it had been taken by you in black and white. Some stress sheer beauty. The photo on this page by Dr. Ernst Paulsen, of Jamestown, N. Y. caught the beauty of our flag again.st the sky with gulls wheeling around it. The gulls are the "extra" that raise Dr. Paulsen's photo above just any shot of the flag against the sky. Some emphasize strong symbolism. The photo on this page by Martin Miller, of Silver Spring, Maryland, caught the symbolism of the Statue of Liberty. Miller raised his i)hoto above others of that statue by inc luding the flag to rein- force the same symbolism as Miss Lib- erty's. UNIFIED MOTION: All visible motion supports idea of advancement of colors in Some stress a sense of unified force or this staff plioto of drum and bugle corps contest at 1959 nat'l Legion Con\ention.

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Rules of 1960 Flag Photo Contest Sinatra Hires Disciplined Communist 1. $100 prize for best photo in which one or more Americon flags are a feature. 2nd to 10th prizes; U.S. Comero /960 photo annual. Uth to 16th As Writer to Do Motion Picture Script prizes; Annin & Co. Executive Desk Set stand of

colors. Opinion of judges is final. Latest movie producer to decide that lating Maltz by name to communist and you will support the writing of U. S. communist front activities. 2. Black and white prints only. No color. Except scripts communists your 10% his name only for Poloroid, only two print sizes are eligible, movie by with In perhaps of them

either 5x7 or 8x10. All Polaroid sizes are eligible. box-office pennies is Frank Sinatra. came up in passing reference, wiiile

All entries must be unmounted. It was announced on March 21 that about 90% of them contain specific testi- Sinatra had hired Albert Maltz to write mony on his activities. 3. Limit of 5 entries from one person. Each print the script of the movie "The Execution Some of the testimony is that oi gov - must be accompanied by official entry form on this of Private Slovik," which Sinatra is re- ernment investigators, more of it is by page (or facsimile) fully and legibly filled out, ported planning to produce and direct former communists who knew Malt/, in mailed to the address on the entry form. in Europe next year. the party, and got out when they woke

Maltz, like Dalton Trumbo (used as up to its treasonable nature. Soine of it 4. Photos must be mailed flat, postmarked before a script writer currently in Kirk Douglas' is from documents bearing Maltz' name Aug. 1, 1960, received before Aug. 9, 1960. Entries

will not be acknowledged and no queries regarding "Spartacus " and Otto Preminger's "Ex- as sponsor of identified subversiv e mo\ e- them will be answered. odus") is one of the original "Hollywood ments. Still more of the testimony is by Ten" who were isolated by federal in- non-communists who did battle with 5. Contest open only to members of one of the vestigators as ringleaders of communist red infiltration in movieland. three organizations listed on entry form. But na- penetration of Hollywood in the 1930's One of the last, Karl Tunberg ( we tional employees of the Legion and its affiliotes and 1940's (see April, 1960, Ameiicayi apologize for inadvertently listing his are not eligible, nor are photographers who have Legion Magazine). name as "Richard" last month), was sold photos to this magazine on assignment. Sinatra was one of the cheer leaders president of the Screen Writers Guild in that day in 1947 the "Ten" on 1951-1952. 6. No prints will be returned. If you lock negative when put and wish to retain copy, make copy before sub- a Roman circus in Congress without in- Tunberg, in lengthy testimony, de- mitting entry. For purposes of filing or other non- voking their constitutional rights — for scribed the organized battle that was commercial disposal (but not publication) all prints which Maltz, Trumbo and the others necessary to prevent a clique of com- submitted become the property of The American did time in a federal pen. munists from gaining control of tiie Legion. We must apologize to readers for our Guild. inability to give them all the facts in this Tunberg named Maltz along witli 7. All publication rights to $100 winner occrue to short space. The whole story of commie Trumbo and a few others as members The American Legion. Publicotion rights to winners infestation of Hollywood before the of the communists' "first in that of 2nd to 16th prizes accrue to the Legion, but only team"

in connection with announcement of contest results. "Ten" and their lielpers were kicked struggle. Publicotion rights for any entries, not covered out by popular request, fills more than The first official appearance of Maltz' above, may be bought by the Legion by future 3,000 pages of testimony. name in connection with subversive ac- agreement with contestants. But this does not bar Here is a too-brief rundown on Maltz, tivities in the United States dates back their selling prints from some photos elsewhere all from U. S. Government documents. to House hearings in 1938, when he was after winner is announced. By 1954 there were 195 different an east coast writer, not yet in the movie

pages of Congressional testimony re- world. (Maltz is Brookh ii-born, a tjiacl- 8. Photos must hove been taken by the contestants,

not previously published, not currently accepted for

publication, not being considered for publication

elsewhere before Sept. 1, 1960. ENTRY FORM FOR 1960 FLAG PHOTO CONTEST 9. Judges may require negative, model release, or

caption material (if needed in their [udgment] be I 1

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I My signature Date I SIMPLICITY: Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Ex- plorer Scout (If you send more than one entry, make facsimile of this form for each), and part of flag make whole I j effect in tliis photo lent us b\ Boy Scouts. I ^1 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • MAY l%0 • 29 - . .

POSTS IN ACTION MALTZ; SIN.\TRA In it, Maltz attempted to rebel against (Cotitiiiiu'd from jircoiou.s page) party discipline and asked for freedom Items from our 1 7,000 posts. Tliosc of most from the Communist Party to write with- Heiieral interest and widest •icoiirapJiieal spread uate of Columbia University, 1930, and are selected, iiitli apologies for the litindreds out using his writings as a weapon of the Yale drama school ) of otiiers that are so hindltj reported to the His Among the neaily 200 references, we communist psychological warfare. editors. for freedom" was short find Maltz in 1940 spon.soring agitation "standing up li\cd. Part>' sent against any preparation for possible war The U. S. Communist top leaders to Hollywood. raked Trained Crew — Post 36, Valier, Mont., against Hitler. That was the Soviet line They Maltz over the coals for his insubordina- presi'iitc'd the town with a modern am- for U. S. communists while Hitler and tion. Maltz, having to bulance as a community service project. Stalin were dividing Poland up between Whereupon choose between freedom and commimist The post furnishes a trained first aid them. dictation of his writing policies, chose crew to operate the aminilanee at all Lack of preparation for war in the dictation. wrote a article, for times. United States, largely influenced by He new Tlie first article. pacifist agitation such as Maltz sup- Worker, retracting his Here briefly, is some of the 1951 and School Aids — Post 261, East Detroit, ported (in such organizations as the 1952 testimony relating to Maltz' com- Mich., in the past year presented 400 so-called "National Federation for Con- munist background in Hollywood: .safety patrol helmets, .380 class room stitutional Liberties" of f940) was partK Mr.s. Anne Raij Frank, radio trriter flags and large flag staffs and standards responsible for the sufferings and inade- and wife of a writer: Identified Maltz to the cit\ 's schools. quacies and sometimes defeats of our as an elocjuent leader of "6 or 7" com- troops in the early days of World War munist meetings she attendi'd - "all Hospital Help - Post 309, Dundee, Fla., 2: at Pearl Harbor, Wake, Midway, but one at the home ol Dalton i lumbo gave $325 to the Legion Hospital for Corregidor and Bataan, Buna-Gona, in Be\ erly Hills." Cripjiled Children. Guadalcanal, Macassar Strait, North Africa. Clifford Odet.

Though many do not believe it, it is Took the Fifth Amendment when a.sked New Flags - Post 3, Roanoke. \'a., has the polic)' of the Communist Party to if he signed a petition for Maltz to run presented the Roanoke VA hospital 52 require its wrileis and other "artists" to for directoi- of the Screen Writers Guild new .50-star American flags for use in use their "art" as a weapon in the com- after Maltz was sentenced to prison. Ivonl of all buildings and along th(> drivc- munist propaganda war — in movies, in Richard Collins, screen writer (testi- \\ a\ s of lh(> hospital groimds. plays, in novels, in painting, in sculjiture, fied voluntarily): Regarding the Neio in articles. Mas.ses article b\' Maltz, Collins said

Norwegian Outpost — Post I, Portland. Maltz himself established this fact - Maltz voluntarily reversed his stand Ore., has thirty-seven post members li\- and today's nai\e pioducers and com- when the Daily Worker and the Com- ing in Norwa\'. The>' have been signed mentators who don't believe it need only munist Party attacked him. U]) due to the salesmanship efforts of refer back to the famous Maltz contro- Btidd Seliidberg, writer (testified vol- post member Jacob Wormstrand, who vers)'. untarily): The communists attacked has since returned to his native land. The last time he was a Hollywood Schulberg's book What Makes Sammy The Norwegian group holds major get- script writer, Maltz wrote an article lor Run? and tried to disci])line his writing. togethers on July 4 and Veterans Day. the communist magazine Nrio .^/fl.w.s. Schnlberg then broke with the party.

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Maltz called him and advised he was (Communist front groups that solicited 10,000. The highest average number "too impulsive in wanting to soK e the money from Robinson). of bags i)er member of team or league whole thing over night." But Schulberg Stanley Roberts, screen writer (testi- submitted will win the top prize of a stayed out for good when he realized it fied voluntarily): When asked to sign complete baseball park (less land) or was really true that communists writers petition for Maltz to run for director of $20,000 in cash." must serve communism in their writings. Screen Writers Guild in 1949 he "knew Contest closes Aug. 31, 1960. Martin Berkeley, screen writer (testi- perfectly well" by then that the petition Any American Legion amatem- base- fied voluntarily): Identified Maltz as a was of red origin and he did not sign it. ball team or league (for youngsters not member of a branch of the communist And so the testimony goes for page o\'er 18) wishing to take a crack at the party he was in, and of a communist after tireless page. big prize (or one of 85 other prizes, clique in the Screen Writers Guild. Lately, Maltz, who has ne\'er availed from electric scoreboards to catchers' George Beck, writer (testified volun- himself of any avenue to renounce his gear) will find needed info in a Kraft tarily): When Maltz surrendered his cjuarter of a centiuy of massive identifi- advertisement in this is.sue. freedom as a writer to party discipline, cation with world communism, has car- Beck " lost his inclination to get out pe- ried on his activities in Mexico — where titions and lug books for the party," he Sinatra signed him up to write the script HEALTH CLINIC: said. Beck gave Congress a detailed for "The Execution of Pri\ate Slovik." description of the Hollywood gathering Local Pride Built U at which Maltz was brought in line by BULLETIN For more than 20 years, the elderly, national communist leaders. Hol- Many the sick, the lame and the halt of the As this issue went to press, it was an- h'wood writers were present. Beck said. County, N.C., nounced that Frank Sinatra had dropped northern section of Iredell They got long lectures from strangers health clinic Albert Maltz, due, Sinatra said, to moral attended the once-a-week from the national Communist Party on pressure from the public. in the Harmony town hall. how to write their scripts to serve com- was upstairs, inadequate Meanwhile, you will still be asked to The room munism. heat. There were even sev- bless at the box-office the works of some and hard to While Maltz submitted, many others fallen of Maltz's old colleagues by patronizing eral cases where persons had present had their eyes opened at last. after being vaccinated. such films as "Chance Meeting", "Spar- down the steps Leo Townsend later testified vol- (who A local physician had declared the facil- tacus, ' "Inherit the Wind, " and "Exo- untarily) fell asleep while Maltz was ities then in use as dangerous. dus," all of which were discussed here iieing disciplined, and Beck stumbled citizens of this community de- last month in connection with Dalton "The over him on the way out, said Beck. Har- Trumbo, Ben Barzman, Joseph Losey, serve better health facilities," said Micliael Blankfort, screen writer (suh- With this, Millard Lampell and Nedrick Young. mony Mayor O. A. Dearman. l)oenaed witness): Took the Fifth the mayor announced that a sum of about Amendment when asked if he was at a $6,000 would be needed to construct a meeting in Maltz' home July 7, 194.5 to JUNIOR BASEBALL: new community health center. discuss the "Duclos letter." a$20,000Ballpark? There was no intention to ask for (The Duclos letter was tlie start of the Want financial assistance from the state or fed- cold war. In it, Stalin, speaking through Does your amateur youth baseball eral government because the estimate the French communist Duclos, re- team (or league) want to win a com- for a health clinic by their standards nounced the WW2 "friendship" of Russia pletely equipped baseball park (or $20,- would cost in excess of $15,000. with the U. S.; abrogated the Teheran 000 in cash for its use if it can't use a "It would be a local project with ev- agreement with President Truman on park)? eryone taking part," determined the continued peaceful "coexistence"; re- Kraft Foods is offering such a prize, town leaders. jected Earl Browder as head of the Com- in a national contest. And the winner Here was an ideal opportunity for the munist Party in the U. S. because he won't write a jingle or "25 words or less North Iredell American Legion Post 113 supported "coexistence." ", . . . it will win in a completely measur- to perform a service for its community. William Z. Foster, as a supporter of able way. Said the Legionnaires of the post, "Let the cold war, took Browder's place as the There's no hidden commercial aspect the county provide the health clinic serv- top U.S. communist as a result of the to this contest. ices, we'll provide the building." letter.) Duclos It is frankly and openly commercial. Thus the campaign to raise money for Dr. Leo Bigelman, Los Angeles phy- As long as all sorts of prizes are given the project was underway. sician (subpoenaed witness): Took the by manufacturers to help sell their prod- This was no easy ta.sk to accomplish Fifth Amendment when asked if he at- ucts, says Kraft Foods' announcement, in a hamlet of less than 500 persons. But

tended meeting at Maltz' home July 7, Kraft is going to do the same thing but the Legionnaires were imbued with en- 1945 to discuss Duclos letter. in a "promotion designed to benefit com- thusiasm. Leo Townsend, screen writer (testified munities rather than individuals." They eagerly planned a huge barbe- voluntarily): Repeated stoiy of Maltz re- Hence a national sales promotion that cue dinner, a parade, a square dance, a canting his plea for freedom in his writ- gives a chance "for amateur baseball beauty contest and a public auction. The ing in New Masses. Named Sam Sillen organizations to secure a large sum of enthusiasm of their efforts rubbed off as communist national leader sent to money or expensive equipment." like magic on the people of the sur- to Hollywood get Maltz back in line. The contest is called "Win a Com- rounding area. Robert L. Richards, writer (subpoe- plete Baseball Park or $20,000 in Cash." More than 2,500 persons were fed at naed witness): Took Fifth Amendment Contestants will be either amateur the barbecue that was originally planned when asked if he signed petition for baseball teams or amateur Ijaseball. for only a 1,000; over 5,000 persons Maltz to run for director of Screen Writ- leagues. What they'll do to try to win lined Harmony's main street to view the

ers Guild. is set forth as follows colorful parade; and, as one person put Edward G. Robinson, actor (testified "Amateur baseball leagues or teams it, "the dance turned out to be the rock'n- voluntarily): Mentioned Maltz and will compete in collecting Kraft Caramel 'est, roUin'est, biggest and best'est that Trumbo among "sinister forces who and Kraft Fudgie bags. Each league or has ever been or ever will be in this were members, and probably in impor- team will collect as many bags as possi- town."

tant positions in these organizations." ble, whether it is 10 or ioO or 1,000 or When the evening was over, the Le-

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gion counted $4,800. The remainder of service-connected disabilitv and death American Legion Dep't Ser\ ice Officers' the $6,000 goal came easy. The attend- compensation, urged for the extension Assn. ing iMiljHcity of Post 113's all-out drive of the CI loan program for WW2 vet- CEOUGE i\. CKAiG, formcr Indiana Gov- for funds had carried far afield. Private erans, and expressed opposition to an\ ernor and Legion past Nat'l Cmdr contributions were sent in from as far furthei- curtailment of VA services (1949-50), named president of the Au- away as Toronto, Canada and Miami, through workload consolidations. dio-Dynamics Corp., Washington, D.C. Fla In the meantime, more than 700 ser\ w. w. HUSTED, past cmdr of the Dep't T<)da\', the citizens of Nortli Iredell ice officers and rehabilitation experts of Wyoming (1944-45) and a member County, N.C. have a beautiful new were attending tlie Legion's 37th Annual of the Legion's Nat'l Public Relations health center in Harmony to administer Rehabilitation Confeience, March 1-4, Commission, selected as Laramie's "Cati- to their ills. also at the nation's capital city. zen of the Year." Proud are the Legionnaires of Post A considerable part of the four-day SIDNEY L. GELBEH, of HollyWOod, I 13 ol their contribution to the commu- conference was spent on a discussion of Calif., named as Dep't Cmdr of the Cali- nit\'. And proud is the commimitv of fornia American Legion by the dep't Po.st 113. executive committee to succeed C. S. "Steve" Foote, who resigned, on Mar. 26. REHABILITATION: A. EUKE CRISPE, member of the Le- >\ ar's l)ela> ed CosC gion's Nat'l Americanism Commission, elected president of the Vermont Bar "Life is a very short period l)etween Assn a ljal)y's laugh, the roar of battle and a E. HOY STONE, JR., Lcgiou Nat'l E.xe- white cross. In history it is but a day, cutive Committeeman from Soutii hut that day can become a day of wrath Carolina, appointed a member of the to an ungrateful nation, wrathful not so South Carolina Vocational Rehabilita- much in terms of a neglected soldier, tion Board by Governor Ernest F. Hol- hut wrathful for the reason that it has lings. forgotten a primary obligation." The words diifted out into tlie loom Nat'l Rehab Climn Nat'l Robert .\kCurd> , and the assembled audience listened Died: Au\iliar> i^icsidcnt Mrs. Alexander Gray, with attentiveness to Martin B. Mc- Nat'l Cmdr McKiifally and Rep. Olin Teague. Blue:. c;en. eowaiu) n. w. .mccahe, Kneally. Nat'l Cmdr of The American Chmn House Veterans Affairs Committee, cmdr ot the first American Legion post Legion, as he spoke on the cost of vet- conler on \eterans legislative matters. in Italv and a tormer Nat'l Executive erans adjustment and rehabilitation pro- Committeeman (1926-27) from that grams and the underlying principles for the new pension law for veterans with dep't; in Charlottesville, Va., on Feb. 15. the conduct of these programs. non-service-counected disabilities, PL .\HTHUH H. CLARKE, past Dep't Cmdr The occasion was the Legion s Animal 86-211, which takes effect July 1, 1960. (1947-48) and Nat'l Executive Com- National Rcliabilitation Bancjuet held at Because tiie new law contains a number mitteeman (1953-55) of the Michigan the Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, of radical amendments of existing pen- American Legion, former member of the D.C. on Mar. 3. sion legislation, some of the provisions Nat'l Economic Commission, the Nat'l The Nat'l Cmdr called attention to contained in the Act will have to be in- Housing (Committee, the Nat'l Member- the fact that the annual Federal expend- terjneted and administered by the \'et- ship and Post Activities Committee; in itures for veterans programs, expressed erans Administration for the first time as South Haven, Mich., on Mar. 8. as a percentage of our yearly gross na- various situations come to light. JOHN J. SCOTT, veteran Steubenville tional product, have remained almost In winding up the conference, the (Ohio) newspaperman and a former constant for close to three-tjuarters of a Legion's .Nat'l Rcliabilitation Commis- member of the Legion's Nat l Distin- centiny even though the veteran popula- sion adopted a recommendation which guished Guests Committee (19.50-59): tion has fluctuated wideK in that time would, with NEC approval, put the in Steubenville, on Mar. 2.

"As long as the principles upon w hich Legion on record as opposing any and .\Li5Eirr w. LEON II Aim, past Dep t om' veterans programs are based remain all attempts to inject the element of Cmdr of the Illinois American Legion sound," he said, "the cost will ne\er be "need " into the compensation program (19.55-56) and present chmn ot the out of keeping with the nation's ability by means of schedule changes or aboli- Nat'l Sons of The American Legion to pay. In reality, the cost of tliese pro- tion of lower rating payments. Committee; on Feb. 29. grams is a delayed cost ol conducting The Commission ajiproved some 10 WILLIAM E. KEITH, iiianagci of the war." recommendations. Briefly, the\' ask for Chicago \'A office and a lormer member Three da\s earlier, in the Caucus tlie correction of certain iiiecjuities in the of tiie Legion's Nat'l N'cterans' Prefer-

Room of the Old House Office Building, overall veteran rcliabilitation progiam. ence C>oinniittee ( 19.50-55); in CJhicago,

Cmdr McKneally had presented Tlie NEC approval is needed to make the III., on Mar. 7. American Legion's Nat'l Rehabilitation recommendations official Legion polic}'. MArTnE\v n. xanu'in, lormer Dep't Legislatixe program to the House Vet- Cmdr (1919-20) and Natl E.xecutive erans Affairs Committee before a packed PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Committeeman (1922) of the Alabama liou.se of visiting Legionnaires and oit. \v r\i-iu;D ovEniioLSKii, cliief medi- American Legion and a member f)f the go\ernment officials. This Committee, cal advisor of The American Legion Board of Directors of The Aiuei icaii Lc- chaired by Rep. Olin Teague of Texas, ^at'l Rehabilitation Medical Advisorv' gionWccklij ( 1919-20) ; in Birmingham, commended McKneally for his reason- Board, awarded an lionorarv' Doctor of Ala., on Dec. 18. He was a charter mem- able and comiMchensive statement on Laws degree 1)\ Ceorge Wasiiiiigton ber of the Legion and a delegate to the \ eterans matters. University, Washington, D.C. St. Louis C^aucus in 1919.

In his statement to the powerful House E. J. CALLAGH.\N, director of Mon- F.\THEH CELESTiNi; lu 1 I LI'., former committee, the commander emphasized tana Veterans' Welfare Commission. Dep't Chaplain of the \\'isconsin Anieri- the need for increases in the rates of Helena, Mont., elected president of The (Coiitinticd on pa'^c 34)

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Tick-tock . . . tick-tock . . PEOPLE I (Continued from page 32) j can Legion and a former member of the \ Legion's Nat'l Law and Order Com-

j the mittee (1951-53); in Milwaukee, Wis., whiskey |

on Feb. 19. 1 ORAL E. PALMATEEK, past Dcp't Cmdr \

(1937-38) and Nat'l Executive Com- ! that didn't watch the clock mitteeman (1943-45) of the Oregon 1 American Legion and a member of the Nat'l Sons of The American Legion

j Mar. 2. Committee; on i MAJ. GEN. WILLIAM G. PRICE, JR., j ...seveji long years! one of the founders of The American j Legion, a charter member of the Le- j gion's Nat'l Military Affairs Committee ! and a member of the Legion's Nat'l De- fense Committee; in Philadelphia, Pa., ; on Feb. 25. K. "pat" noonAN, former Dep't JOHN i Adjt of the Missouri American Legion j

(1921-23); at Fairfield, Mo., on Feb. 1

24. .

HAROLD G. EDWARDS, paSt Dep't ClTlclr , (1926-27) and former Nat'l E.xecutive Committeeman (1927-28) of the Michi- gan American Legion; in Sag Harbor, [ N.Y., on Mar. 9. ;

MICHAEL J. AHERN, of Illinois, former i member of the Legion's Nat'l Counter-

Subversive Activities Committee ( 1953- i

55) and the Nat'l Accident Prevention !

Committee at the time of liis death; on 1

Mar. 12. !

s. St. J. FLEMING, a member of the ; Louis Caucus in May 1919; in Natchez, Miss., on Mar. 21. ; HON. LEROY E. MATSON, associate justice on Minnesota's State Supreme Court

and a former member of the Legion's . Nat'l Distinguished Guests Committee (1958-59); on Feb. 28. , THEOPHILUS MECKEL, paSt Dep't Chaplain for the Minnesota American

Legion (1945-46); on Feb. 29. \

RUSSELL A. SUMMERS, Dep't Historian j for the Nebraska American Legion; in '

Seward, Nebr., on Jan. 15. i

MICHAEL B. HURLEY, past Dep't Cmdr ! of the Minnesota American Legion

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- 5tli & 7tli Ariiiv Traiisporlalioii Assii (E.T.O.) 512th MP (3rd Army VVW2) - (June) Ralph R 45th & 14.1rd l ake Charles Aero Sqds (WWl) (July) Bill Homer, 7357 Brous Ave., Phila- Weis. 639 Fourth Ave.. Aurora, 111. (Mavl Samuel II. Paid, 540 E. Gravers Lane, delphia 15, Fa. S37th Engr, L.P. Co - (May) Hjalmer C. Hokan- Philadelphia 18. Pa. 9th Bomb Di* (W ACS) - (July) Mrs. W. L. Smith, son. C'okato. Minn. 832nd Engr Avn Bn (WW2) - (July) Joseph Morse. 805 West Alpine, Siloani Springs, Ark. 554th OM Ry Co - (July) Ervin Whitlield, 7410 50 East 42nd St.. New Yotk 17. N. Y. 9th Inf — (July) Daniel Quinn, 412 Ureyory Ave., Madison St., Hanunond, Ind. Rapid City AFB WACS, Co B - (July) Miss Mar- Weehawken, N. J. 776th lank Destroyer Bn (WW2) - (July) Mrs. Al- cella Fischer, 7400 Dempster, Morion Cirovc. III. 18th Ry Kngr (WWl) - (June) Robert H. Graham, bert Liegl. R.2. Central City, Iowa. 11«6 Monterey Ave., Berkeley 7, Calif. 796th Forestry Engr, Co B (WW2) - (June) H. B. 21st Ent;r Avii, Co D, 2iid Bn — (June) George Hardin. 345 North B St.. Tulare, Calif. Hecker. .^07 Susquehanna Ave., Lansdale, Pa. 817th Tank Destroyer Bn — (June) Ed Clemmen- 26th Inf (W Wl & 2) - (June) Angelo J. Mantenuto, sen. Hilltop Dr., Churchville, Pa. 200 Huntington Ave.. Boston. Mass. 847th Ord Depot Co (WW2) - (June) James C. COMRADES 39th Sig Heavy Construction Bn — (June) William Fields. 214 Maple Ave., Sanford, N. C. Saverse, 10 Grant Rd.. Dorchester, Mass. 874th Airborne Engr Avn Bn - (July) W. Kenneth (W'W'2) - (July) Stockdale, Bo.x 344, Snyder, IN 4lst Inf Glen 1505 Elmwood Ave., DeKalb, III. DISTRESS Shelby. Mont. 899th Tank Destroyer Bn - (July) Edwin C. Ryd- 42nd Div (W Wl & 2) - (July) R. Allen Gibbon.s, man, R #2, Gowrie, Iowa. Readers who can lul|) (liosc (oiiiiailfs ate P.O. Box 342, Roanoke, Va. 963rd F.A Bn - (July) Louis J. Nazzaro, P.O. Box urged to do so. 52nd Engr Ry Trans Corp — (July) George H. 411, Georgetown, Conn. niii the rei|iiest ol Eckrole, 71 Poplar St., Kingston, Pa. 1127th & 1400th M F - (July) Frank Farina, 1001 Notices are at Tlic 67th Sig Bn, Co A - (July) Leo F. Scaglione, 122 Serrill Ave., Ycadon. Pa. Aiiieritaii Legion Nat'l Keltabilitalion Com- Harvard Ave., Staten Island 1. N. Y'. 1620th Service Unit (Camp McCoy Hosp) - (July) mission. are not acei pled otiier X4th Airdrome Sqd - (May) William J. Smith, Bill Haldv, 619 13th St.. So. Virginia, Minn. They liom 2I2.A Fuller Drive. New Millord, N. J. 1689th Engr Combat Bn, Co C - (July) Leo sources. 98lh FA (later 6th Ranger Inf) - (July) Lawrence Vrchota. 1643 Euclid Ave.. Berwyn. III. (l.iims Henderson. 201 K.v. Ave.. Providence, Ky. Ambulance Service Assn (WWl) - (July) Charles Readers wanting Legion help with 99th Inf - (July) Jacob P. Hayes, 1051 Tabor Ave.. L. Winkler. 5979 Drexel Rd.. Philadelphia 31. shoidd tontaet their hual service olliters. Davton 20. Ohio. Pa. 104th Cav, Troop C - (May) John E. Renninger. W.\C Detachments, Fort Hancock & BASH - .Ser\ice odiceis unable to locale needed Winding Rd., Poltstown, Pa. (June) Mrs. W. J. Billings. Rt. 1. Box 271, Port witnesses lor claims de\elo|)ment should lOSth .\A.\ AW Bn - (July) T. D. Wilkins, Jr . Norris, N. J. refer the matter to the Nat'l Rehabilitation .'02 Lime St., Blacksburg, S. C. 135th Inf & 1st Minnesota Assn - (May) Joseph P. Commission through normal diannels, lor lleck. 6206 No. Chovven, Minneapolis 22, Minn. Navy lurther search belore relerral to this cohinni. I36tli A.\.V Bn, BIry A - (June) Harvey H. Hage- 5th Marine Div - (June) Mai. J. R. Fisher. USMC nau, 445 East Tenth St.. Fond du Lac, Wis. 5th Marine Division Headquarters, Washington. 152nd Inf Service Co, 38th Div (WW 2) - (June) DC. Oscar A. Baer, R 2, Wolcott, Ind. 91st Seabces — (May) L. E. Meyer, 24 Canipau Army 184th Ord Depot Co - (June) Joe Wolfe, P.O. Bo.x Ave.. Grand Rapids. Mich. Ollog 64th (I'OW Camp), Lnbin, i'oIaiid-Janies .'05. Kincaid, 111. 302nd Scabecs — (June) Harry W. Price, Jr., 135 W. Copes, Rte. 1. Pioneer, La., a prisoner in (his 196th Gen Hosp - (June) Dr. Charles Bush, 6104 Third St.. Lewistown. Pa. camp during WW2 from Feb. 1942 to June 1944. River Rd.. Bethesda, Md. Cape May Section Base & Wissahickon Bks — Wishes to contact a Lt. Col. Algier and a Lt. 204th AA,\ Bn, Btry D - (July) Michael Soski, 217 (June) Arthur Jordan, 7370 Henry Ave., Phila- Kennedy, also prisoners in that camp during E. Si.\th St.. Port Clinton. Ohio. delphia 28, Pa. same period. Claim pending. 209th F.\ (WW'2) - (June) Jack K. Enibrey. 1717 U,S.S. Indianapolis - (July) Dr. Giles McCoy. Poplar St.. Winlield, Kans. Boonville, Mo. 213th CA (AA)-(July) Charles R. Young, 908 Motor Torpedo Boat Base if 7 - (May) H. B Navy Walnut St., Lebanon. Pa. Tubbs. Pomerov. Iowa. 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RUPTURED? pilot. Dispirited, my tongue paralyzed the British were on the offensive and by what I had seen, I tearfully left the that the Germans were retreating and YOU CAN NOW BE FREE scene. Father Gyspers promised a Chris- we were right in their paths. We decided tian burial for the two men. to stay hiddden and wait for the British FROM TRUSS SLAVERY After having gone a little further in- to reach us. to the woods, we came upon a clearing. Adrian said that he would scout the Surely you want to THROW AWAY There, to my happy surprise, was Harry. area and warn us if any Germans came TRUSSES FOREVER, be rid of grasped each other in ecstatic joy. near. he and Father Gyspers dis- Rupture Worries and be able to again We Then work, live, play and enjoy life's "Joe, you son of a gun!" he exclaimed. appeared silently. The crew of the Clay activities in the manner you desire. "I knew you'd make it." Pigeon was now alone, and each of us Why should you put up with wear- Then he led me to two men who were tried hard to preserve the illusion of ing a griping, chafing truss the bal- lying on the ground, and I received the calm. it will ance of your life? If you do, shock of my life. There, alive, were our The second and third days found us necessity but through not be through pilot and copilot. moving to other areas, as Adrian warned choice on your part. "No! It can't be!" 1 mumbled. But us when the enemy retreated our way. treatment of The NON-SURGICAL Lieutenant Brassesco spoke, and it was "This man really loves what he's do- reducible Rupture has been fully recog- definitely his voice. He shook my hand, ing," I thought. I marveled at the Dutch. nized by medical authorities for many years. The successful treatments per- and his grasp was real. I blinked a few "Good men," I yelled without speaking, fected by the Excelsior Medical Clinic times and after 1 rallied from the shock, "good men and brave!" research and the have been through 1 looked at him in awe. None of us could sleep at night. The technical knowledge acquired through " "B-B-But I thought you - terrible feeling of isolation would chill years of experience in the treatment of Rupture. Brassesco gave his story. Unable to me as the cold night air settled over the bail out, he and Lieutenant Andrews forest. thoughts wandered toward The NON-SURGICAL treatments My used by the Excelsior Medical Clinic had no choice but to ride the plane down. home. Those terrible words "Missing in require no painful surgery, hospitaliza- Andrews, thrown clear of the plane Action" would crush my aging mother. tion, anesthesia or long period of con- when it crashed, blacked out. Brassesco, The fourth day, as if our difficulties valescence. suffering two broken legs and cuts and were not great enough, the underground These treatments are so certain that burns, was dragged out of the flaming handed a German prisoner over to us. every patient accepted for treatment is cockpit by members of the Dutch under- Now, in addition to our other problems, given a Lifetime Certificate of Assur- ance. Treatments usually take but a ground. The two bodies at the plane must we had to watch him. We made him short time and the have been two unfortunate paratroopers understand that he was to sit very still. | cost is reasonable. RECTAL- COLON who had been unable to jump in time. We guarded him closely at all times.

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torted. "Quick, Harry, let's get busy and I ran to Adrian and shook his hand, Jig in." and there was something in lhat hand- Harry and I quickly dug two fox- shake that words could not describe. LAW CTIinY L>*Knlly traineil men win higher posl- OIUUI HIAT nUITIL.UnMF holes. We carried Brassesco and helped 1 never forgot those people. After the tions and bipjTt^i' success in busint'Sil and piihlic life, Oi eater opportunities now than ever before. We Kuide vou slsi, by step. Vutftcun train in spare time. Def.ee i.f, Andrews (whose back was bothering war I sent them gifts, 1 but somehow LL. H. We turni-h all text material, includins valuable !4-volum«l Ijiw I.iliiary. Low cost, easy terrris. (iet full details. -Law Training him) into one of them. Grabbing couldn't do enough for them. for Leadership" and -'Evidence" books I'KEE. Send NOW. ACCREDITEU MEMBER. NATIONAL HOME STUDY COUNCIL branches and underbrush, we covered The years passed and in February LASALLE EXTENSION UNIVERSITY, 417 South Dearborn Street A Corresnontlcnce Institution, Dept. 5361L. ChiciKO 5, III. them completely. Then Harry, the 1953 Holland was struck with a dis- prisoner, and 1 scampered into the other astrous flood. Many Dutch people lost and camouflaged ourselves likewise. We their homes and were in dire need of ACCORDIONS!^ OFF! weren't a minute too soon. About 30 food and clothing. The world turned 5 DAY FREE TRIAL- Easy Terms Huy diri-. t fr,.m world's largest exclusive Germans walked into the area, came sympathetically toward that tiny coun- r. S.J u« 50% og li. tan t Italii ver feet us, built nodel s 6 DAY EKEE TRIAL. within 20 of and a ma- try. My concern for those people was D.juble Kuarantee. Trade-ins accepted. Hc.nus Kifts. Easy terms. low as $10,(10 chinegun nest! My heart felt as if an deep. Here was my opportunity to dem- morithlv, FREE Catalog and-Low Uis- i MiiMt i.rice.- Write today to iron hand had clutched it. onstrate my gratitude to those wonderful ACCORDION MANUFACIURERStWHOLESAlERS OUTLET. DEfT. A.50. 2003 WEST CHICAGO tVEIIUE. CHICAGO 22. IILIK05 Then, suddenly. 1 remembered. We Dutch people who had befriended me. • had a German right there in the foxhole I posted a large sign on our shoe- ^.^ d«]LUlJj5LiiF with us. One yelp from him and we were repair shop window, which read: goners. With my knife at his throat, I "We will collect any old clothing, $100 FOR^"i^^P^ RESALE: made him understand that one sound blankets, or shoes for Dutch flood PACKAGE OF 10^^144 Pkgs. $93.60 from him would be his last. relief. We boys will never forget the Satisfaction Guaranteed Send Check or M.O. to: My brain whirled frantically, seeking, Dutch underground. It is our turn CREVE COEUR SALES CO. with no real hope, some Hollywood-style now!" p. O. BOX 98 ST. LOUIS 41, MISSOURI means of escape; but we were hopelessly The response was tremendous. Sym- trapped in our ready-made grave. I * pathetic and kind people rushed to help LOOK FOR asked myself: "How do you explain to a me in my drive. With the help of my mother that her son has died for his friends, customers, and just kind people, THIS EMBLEM country?" 1 collected two truckloads of clothing, Breathlessly and in tense silence, we blankets, and shoes. Through the Dutch

waited to die. Then I heard someone consulate, I saw that my Dutch under- moving around near us. and 1 called ground friends and those in need were Appearing throughout tlie Na- upon God again. aided. tion, in store windows of 25,000 Someone crouched right beside our The wonderful display of sympathy, foxhole. I sat motionless, hardly breath- kindness, and understanding renewed Legionnaire owned establish-

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It will not twist your ing to get better concealment under our drag . . . yet It's adjustable. line. This is the reel everyone In the family can brush, the crouching Kraut crashed right afford, and so designed to make everyone an into our foxhole! Again and again I expert ... in minutes! Has all metal gears, anti- plunged the knife upward into his body, reverse crank. Rich black and gold aluminum anodized frame and cover. Complete with » - » with frantic, superhuman strength. He |» 10 lb. test monofilament line. Weighs 7 oz. ^J,7J lay quite dead, on top of us, half in our Only one of 25 (op quallly Branson reels. Sold everywhere. foxhole and half out. I replaced our shelter-giving, lifesaving branches; and, in a cold sweat, lay in wait for the on- slaught of his buddies. But they were busy saving their own necks — and were soon retreating, routed by the British BRONSaNnome bedlam of fire. The BIG Write lor FKCC Full Color / BRONSON REEL CO., BRONSON, MICHIGAN Fishing reelt "FISHING HANDBOOKIDBOOK" Co. in We remained hidden as the firing con- / Division of Higbie Manufacturing THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • MAY I960 • 37 Step Right into a Big Job Like THIS ROD AND Up to $100.00 a Week as a Starter • Quick Promotiorts • All Business, 6UN Traveling CLUB Expenses Paid For the man icilh an interest in the great outdoors. • Here's You'll How NOW ON THE MARKET is a machine RICHARD A. DECKER, 600 Greenfield, Qualify in a few tliat can he used to run a lawnmowcr f)r a Maumce, Ohio, sends in a few ideas. He Weeks. This year writes: "On the big lakes during the large more than 25 milhon Personal secretary boat. auto accident claims will have to be settled! No Aladc by American Ciiain and Cable Co., May fly hatch in June, both white and black wonder Auto Claim Ad justors are so greatly of Exeter, Pa., tiiis combination package of bass are feeding on the surface. Any small needed. No wonder big insurance companies pay 2':-hp. engine, matching lawnmower, and spinner or spoon trolled without weight is as much as $450 a month to start, often provide the fall on a private office, a secretary and a car for per- outboard motor assembly retails for about effective. Later in summer and sonal use — all expenses paid! That's why the SI 50. the same lakes schools of white bass can money -making opportunities in this field are The "Outboard Mower"' is the engine be located by watching for large flocks of so great. If you have just an average educa- di- sea gulls. The gulls are feeding on the huge tion you can go far in this exciting new pro- from a rotary mower, which has been fession. Let me teach you at home by mail. In rectly connected to a standard propeller schools of shiners that the bass ahva\ s fol- few weeks you learn to a can enough get on the assembly. The engine can be dismantled low. Any white lure is good, even a strip of road to a five-figure salary. You can either work from the mower shell with ordinary hand- white cloth. for yourself or for a big, reliable company. No need to change your location. No tedious of- tools and made into an outboard trolling "For channel catfish and bass, try cutting fice hours! You owe it to yourself to find out motor. half-inch-widc strips of liver, leaving the all about this interesting profession. Just mail The motor has proi)elled a 2U()-lb., 14-ft. membrane along one side and using it with coupon today and I will tip vou off to a real short cut to big money! ERIC P. IVIcNAIR, boat carrying three men whose average a night-cra\\ ler harness. The action resem- Dept. 175. LIBERTY SCHOOL of CLAIM weight was 175 lb. at speeds ranging from 4 bles small eels. INVESTIGATING, LibertyviUe, Illinois. to 7 miles an hour. "An effective remedy for chiggers is 5 , SIMPLY MAIL THIS COUPON NOW! 1 Write to M. Robert Wilson, ACCO percent tannic acid and 5 percent salicylic Eric P. McNair, President, Dept. 175 Division, Chain acid in rubbing alcohol. Let your druggist LIBERTY SCHOOL OF CLAIM INVESTIGATING < Power Products American LibertyviUe. Illinois Exeter, Pa., for more in- mix it. Pat it on before scratching. It will | and Cable Co., Tell me how I can become an Auto Claim Investigator, i stain. can also use it on our dog for Please send me your bitr FKK E Portfolio, "20 Steps to I formation. You ) Success" and show me full details on how to get started. summer eczema." | My Name j LONE STAR BOAT COMPANY ofl^ers a Address large line of aluminum and fiberglass boats, j both types recommended for fresh and salt City Zone State I \\ ater use. The company offers sport runabouts, such as the 14-foot Capri at $485 and the I'll Send You This Handsome 16-foot Holiday at 55895; some accessories CHARLES BRENNAN, 820 Vine St., included, some extra. Lone Star also makes Adrian, Midi., sends in a novel idea for SAMPLE CASE- FREE fishing boats, such as the 12-foot Little bottom fishing. Ciiarlie sa> s: "I have an old Fisherman at $209 and the 15-foot Voyager and Show You How to Make alarm clock that I wind up and put in a Up to $30.00 in a Day (with center seat and live well) at S519. WRITE for this FREE Tailorine plastic bag. I tie it tight, so that it's water- ^^umpleCasepackedwith lODbeau- Boat trailers are also available. The 12- titul, bi(f-value suit and overcoat proof, and I fasten it to an old piece of tiibrics. Take orders from friends, to 14-foot 4-inch Road Spirit sells for SI 49, tt^llow- workers, others, for fine vulMmn line and drop it overboard where I am ^V^. . -^^B quality, made-to-measure clothes. and the price includes winch, fenders, anil r ^^-4 J^SB^ Pocket big cash profits in advance. fishing. The ticking apparently brings taillights. The 18- to 23-foot Road Master ^JSS"^ (or you to itet your own clothes without Ic cost. No curious fish around. My baited hook is i499. experience is needed. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. is priced at For complete illustrated SEND NO MONEY. Rush your name, address, and alio— todayl dropped nearb)-, and I get my share of pan PIONEER TAILORING COMPANY, Dept. F-1005 catalog and price list, write Lone Star Boat CONGRESS & THROOP STREETS CHICAGO 7, ILLINOIS fish." Company at 1930 E. Main St., Grantl Prairie, Tex. ONE OUTBOARD MOTOR that caught EAT ANYTHING our eye recent!)' is the 2-hp. Shrimp made b\- West Bend. It has enough power for WITH FALSE TEETH small skiffs and rowboats. Sailboat skippers can use it as an auxiliary when the wind

EASY TO ilics down, and it will help duck hunters USE STRIPS get to the blinds. The Shrimp runs for two

hours on five pints of fuel, and is priced at .'$125. For more information and literature, write West Bend Aluminum Co., Hart- Trouble wiili looie plates that slip, rock or cause ford, ^^'is. sore gums.'' Try Brimnis Plasti-Liner. One applica- PHIL ABELE, 7416 Kemp Road, Dayton tion makes plates fit snugly without powder, paste or cushions, Brimms Plasii-Liner adheres perma- YOU WILL LIKE Uorrocks-Ibbotson's 31, Ohio, .sa> s that the fish you catch live nently lo your plate; ends the bother of temporary little booklet called Fishiii' Facts more longer if placed in a burlap bag instead of applications. With plates held firmly by Plasti- for Liner, YOU CAN EAT ANYTHING ! Simply lay Fisi.yi/' Full. It's free and contains got)d in- on a stringer. But Phil has an extra gim- .soft strip of Plasti-Liner on troublesome upper or formation on bait casting, fly casting, and mick. He places a piece of marine plywood lower. Bite and it molds perfectly. Hasy to use, tasteless, odorless, harmless to you and your plates. spinning. Includes instructions and pictures or metal at the bottom of the bag to keep Removable as directed. Money-back guarantee. At on how to do all three. Also tells \ ()u the sides extended. He claims it prevents your drug counter, SI. 50 rcliner for one plate; how S2.5(), two plates. Plasti-Liner, Inc., Dept. AL-6 to tie a few basic knots. Contains snapshots the fish from suffocating. You hang the 1075 Main St., Buffalo y, N.Y. of good catches. AA'rite to I lorrocks-Ibbot- bag over the side of the boat and drop BRIMMS PLASTI-LINER son Co., 20 Whitesboro St., Utica 2, N. Y., your fish in as you catch them. Keeps THE PERMANENT DENTURE RELINER for your free copy. predatory fish from stealing your catch too.

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BOB RUSSELL, Box 147, Cedar Bluff, DAVID E. TERRY, R.D. 3, Alt. Gilead, V^a., tells us: "A pair of ladies' flat-heeled Oliio, writes; "1 airive home from work rubber boots that w ill just fit your stock- about 4 p.m., w hen tlie sun is beginning to Enjoy ing feet makes the most comfortable mocas- set. I like to spend a couple of hours before sin you can find. As a bonus, they keep dinner shooting woodciiucks and crows. your feet warm and dry in any weather. A good percentage of my shots were into the feel of They're extra silent too; tliat helps in the sun. I used to get a reflection on tlie stalking game." front lens of my scope. It was caused l)\' the angle of the sun, and it frequentl>-

made me miss. Sometimes I couldn't locate the target at all. (1 use a Weaver K-10 scope.) "I I'ound that a piece of radiator hose, sold at any garage and most filling stations,

makes a good reflector. I use 3 a piece '

inches long and 1 ! : inches in diameter on

the inside. I carry it in my pocket and put

it on the scope when I need it. You can get REX GIBBONS, 20807 Thornlake, Arte- radiator hose in an\ size to fit your scope. sia, Calif., knows how to get rid of foxes Try it if you're troubled with sun reflec- when they are bothering the chickens. Rex tion. It works." says: "Buy a two-pound can of rock carbide put out by the Union Carbide Co. SLAMS! Find the den of the fox. It's usually a hole in the side of a hill or ridge. Generally there are one or two exit holes. Pour about a pound of carbide into the biggest hole. Beauty and the feel of power (You may have to dig a pocket about a . . . plus the finest in golf club foot down inside tlie hole.) Pour water on the carbide, and the fumes will begin to design and craftsmanship . . . penetrate the den. Then strike a wood recommend the 1960 Grand match and, standing clear, toss it into the Slams. hole. You will create a small explosion, and CHET MILLER, 4241 E. 99th St., Cleve- Mr. Fox will probably come tumbling out May we suggest that you drop land 5, Ohio, sends in an unusual idea for of an exit hole, dead.'' making your spoon lure more attractiv e to into your Sporting Goods deal- fish. ers and examine them yourself. Chet offers: "Remove the treble hook r- - It FREE from the split ring that such lures have, If. 1960 Full Color l ake a minnow and cut his head off in back

of the gills. Thread the minnow 's head on the eye-end of the hook so that the eye- end protrudes from the minnow's mouth. Then put the hook back on the split ring. The smell of the minnow causes fish to MIKE RHOADES, of 3639 Adie Road, strike. This rig doesn't interfere with the St. Ann, iMo., has an idea for overnight action of the lure. Try it. It works for me." catches. He suggests: "Attach a large hook C. L. 1720 Bright to heavy-duty fishing line and tie the line DAHLSTROM, of Drive, Hialeah, Fla., offers four sound ideas. to a limb overhanging a riverbank. For bait, advises: save shrimp or mullet bait find a small frog and hook it through the He "To back, under the backbone. Hang the frog from the attacks of small fish, salt them the about half an inch above the w atcr so that night before. This makes the bait tough." also leaving fins it can splash. By morning you'll either catch He recommends the on a whopper of a fish or a big snake." fish until the fish is cooked. Then he pulls them off w ith his fingers. He mixes ashes with grease to clean his LARRY HARMON, age 14, of R.D. 2, frying pan. Then he wipes it with a wad Olney, 111., has an idea for a cheap minnow net. Larry suggests: "Take an ordinary of grass and rinses well. gunny sack (burlap bag to some of you) To keep live bait (for example, grasshop- pers and crickets) kicking longer, he puts and slit it down one side. Cut the bottom them in a Alason jar with a piece of rubber out. Take two poles or narrow slats of Shrinks Hemorrhoids cut from an old inner tube stretched across wood about five feet long and nail the the top and fastened with a band. gunny sack to the poles. There you have rubber New Way Without Surgery a cheap and efficient minnow net." F. C. BARBER, of 1930 Ocean Beach Stops Itch -Relieves Pain W. BEAVER, 4609 N. Western Ave., Highway', Longview, Wash., gives us a practical idea for cleaning fish, game, and For the first time science has found a Chicago, 111., has some news for boat- new healing substance with the astonishing stained game bags and clothing. He offers: owners: "At the end of the season most ability to shrink hemorrhoids and to relieve boats are an evil-smelling mess. The water "Set up some old laundry tubs in the back- pain — without surgery. yard and use the flexible plastic pipe In case, while gently relieving can be pumped o\ cr the side but the resi- new case after to pain, actual reduction (shi inkage) took place. due sticks to the decks like glue. connect them to running water." The Most amazing of all — results were so remedy begins when you first enter the sea- — Jack Denton Scott thorough that sufferers made astonishing son. First dump a handful of soap powder statements like "Piles have ceased to be a problem!" into the bilge. The soap will melt and form If you have a helpful idea tliat jiertains The secret is a new healing substance a coating around the globs of dirt and to hunting or fishing, send it ahjng. If we (Bio-Dyne* ) — discovery of a world-famous grease, and the normal sloshing of the bilge can use it, we'll rewanl you with a hunting research institute. water will act like a washing machine. or fishing accessory. Ad

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • MAY 1960 • 39 5

FLORIDA, THE FISHINGEST STATE (Conthiiu'd jrom po>^c IV)

these islands. You'll find fine spinning est largemouths. Unlike Northern big- the opposite. There are plenty of fishing

and fly rod sport on these flats. (A friend mouths, these Cracker bronzebacks re- camps, and free information is available of mine has caught 45 different species produce several times each year and all along the way. Boats with motors rent

here on spinning bucktails alone!) grow so large it became necessary to for about $7.50 daily; guides, $10. Ample guide, boat, eating, and sleep- place them in a separate record class lest 'Gator" sea trout (weakfish in excess ing facilities are available in this area. they repeatedly outclass annual contest of five pounds) are common in the Titus- Ask. for latest tips. Don't overlook the entries from elsewhere in the U.S. ville-Cocoa area as you swing over to possibility of connecting with a big In "bass alley" you will also find the Atlantic coast en route to Miami permit at Boca Grande. The world's speckled perch (troll small plugs or Beach. These virtually landlocked weak- record 42 '/6 -pound permit was taken spoons past their grassy beds, or use fish breed and grow fat on the Indian here in 1953 by drifting a live crab minnows for still-fishing bait), bream and Banana River grass flats and can be

(favorite permit bait) on nine-pound line. (bluegill). and shellcrackers. taken — in weights up to about 1

It is an easy three-hour drive from Adopt the Southerner's easygoing pounds — with Northern bait or spin or Fort Myers to Miami Beach via U.S. 41 manner and fish these waters leisurely. fly tackle. Use slow-sinking lures, re- (the Tamiami Trail), a road that leads Some fishermen prefer to wade with a trieved leisurely over these shoals. Small through the heart of Florida's famed fly rod and cast at least twice, often three pigfish are best live bait. Gary Bennett, a scenic Everglades, if you wish to stop times, to the same spot. 215 pound ex-marine sergeant who is

off at Marco or Everglades City, you can Plenty of accommodations, boats, and Cocoa's mayor, is a good man to ask take a whirl at some of the State's best guides are available throughout this area when, where, and how best to catch year-round snook and tarpon fishing. at reasonable October (pretourist-season) these big trout. (A week prior to the

Snook and largemouth bass are found rates. Write the Florida Development October full moon is excellent, inciden- in the brackish canals that follow close Commission at Tallahassee for free in- tally.) alongside the Tamiami Trail eastward to formation. (Or chambers of commerce And don't pass up Sebastian Inlet, 50

Miami. These can be fine fly waters, too. at Leesburg, Orlando, Lake Wales.) It is miles farther south. You can drive right with the extra advantage of little to ob- approximately 450 miles from the State to it on the beach for fine surf and jetty struct one's backcasts on the highway line to Miami Beach along this fresh- fishing. Expect channel bass, snook, sea shoulders. But if water conditions are water fishing trail; so you can plan your trout, tarpon. not right in the Glades, fishing here may stops accordingly. The Jensen Beach-Stuart area offers prove poor. ATLANTIC COAST TO MIAMI a good autumn blend of fresh- and salt- CENTRAL ROUTE TO MIAMI BEACH via Jacksonville, Palatka, De water sport in the St. Lucie River and BEACH via Lake City, Ocala, Leesburg, Land, Sanford, Cocoa. West Palm Beach "out front" in the Atlantic. Stuart has Lake Wales, and Clewiston (U.S. 47, (U.S. 17, Fla. 46, U.S. 1). The upper, or earned for itself the title "Sailfish Capital 441, 27). This could aptly be called "bass Jax-Sanford portion, of this route fol- of the World." if you haven't suflicient alley." In this central Florida series of lows the St. Johns River ("river of many members in your party to split comfort-

lakes with their maze of connecting lakes," the Indians called it ) , a waterway ably the usual $65-$75 per day fee for a creeks and canals — all of which waters that ofi^ers unparalleled Florida river chartered boat, try renting an outboard drain imperceptibly southward to merge, fishing and scenery. Sometimes the St. skiff for $5. Then if the weather is serene via the Kissimmee River, into Lake Johns is a mile wide as it flows through (as it usually is), run out through the safe Okeechobee, the State's 720-square-mile grassy meadows dotted with cattle and inlet nearby to troll your own bait (bally-

fresh inland sea of black bass — are cabbage palms; at other times it's barely hoo). If the sailfish be "balling the bait"

found the Country's biggest and fighting- an easy cast from one live oak bluft" to (i.e., rounding up schools of doomed pilchards and other small fry to feed on) near the mouth of the inlet, as they are wont to do, you'll see a sight not to be forgotten.

Feel free to seek advice. This region is

noted for its friendliness to visitors. Cap- tain Ronnie Hill is an expert on fishing in this area. He can be reached at 629 South California Avenue in Stuart. He docks his boats at Anchorage Marina in

Rio, a little settlement just east of Stuart, on the St. Lucie River. The Stuart Cham- ber of Commerce offers an interesting, free illustrated booklet on fishing around Stuart. From here to Mimi Beach expect to encounter the great fall schools of southward-migrating bluefish and mackeiel,

especially if a brisk northeast wind is blowing. When they are hitting, the glut- tonous blues can be caught right among the breakers with practically an\' type of tackle, even handlines. In fact, this writer has seen women and children walking the strand, picking up sacks full of the flopping fish that actually beached themselves while chasing the fleeing

40 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • MAY 1960 fingerlings. Jupiter, Juno Beach, and U.S. mainland, this habitually over- lake's grassy "hayfields" you'll find what

Boca Raton — all situated along this looked "frontier"' is the only American is probably the world's largest concen- route — are habitual "hot spots" for two- region having true tropical flora and tration of big largemouth black bass (to to five-pound bluefish in October. There fauna. Trees bear such strange names as 20 pounds). The water is ideal for the will be no ditticulty in determining when mastic. Joewood. and wild dilly in this wading angler too. since it remains at ihe fish are in: you ll see dozens of cars land of the alligator, swimming rabbit, waist depth for miles. Rental skift's are rushing beachward. windows a-bristle and giant orchid. Complete modern available at camps scattered along the with the telltale long surf rods: or parked lodging, skifl" rental, and chartered boat southern and western shores. And you hastily along the ocean highway, AlA. service are available at Flamingo under can return to Miami Beach the same day. Don't expect the ultimate from Mi- U.S. Park Service auspices. Few people Space prohibits a detailed account of ami Beach's fishing unless you can afford — including most Floridians — realize what fishing wonders await Legionnaires a Gulf Stream charter boat and go for that big tarpon can be taken here year in the famed Florida Keys. It's a 156- sailfish, wahoo. kingfish. dolphin, and round in the headwaters of the Shark. mile drive from Miami Beach to Key similar ocean species. (About $75 daily, Lostman's, and other rivers. West (at the very bottom of the island but it can often be split among as many While this flooded mangrove maze re- chain) and along the way you'll find as six passengers.) Even then, brisk on- mains a completely virgin region. Park many, many friendly people offering am- shore fall winds often play havoc with Service rangers have nevertheless marked ple facilities to help you snag your share Stream fishing. Each fall-winter sea.son, an easily followed boat trail through of the 6()()-odd varieties of fish reputed to however, visitors take many snapper, these once-hazardous fish-filled waters swim in these waters. Again let me cau- sea trout, ladyfish, blues, and similar for those adventuresome enough to try it tion, though, not to expect the ultimate. small fish intermittently and less ex- alone. The rangers also lead "boata- Remember that uncounted thousands pensively by using rental skiffs on Bis- cades" of rental skiffs from the Flamingo have fished here before you. You will cayne Bay (south end is best) or from the dock at regular intervals. become exasperated to observe big several bridges that span the bay. Skif- It makes a long day, but if your budget snook, amberjack. and other species fers can enjoy good bottom fishing in warrants it you can drive back to your swimming lazily beneath you through nearby Government Cut (inlet) and in Miami Beach hotel that same evening. the tepid waters under the Overseas the finger channels south of Key Bis- Except for the already-mentioned Ta- Highway bridges and not giving a sec- cayne when conditions are right. Head- miami Trail canal west of the city (U.S. ond glance to your bait even when you boats (about $5 per day) bring in 41), there is practically no fresh-water lower it temptingly but inches from their grouper, yellowtail, and other reef fish fishing of note in the Miami Beach area. noses. (Some of the finest Keys fishing is by trolling and drifting over offshore But a hundred or so miles north via U.S. enjoyed by visitors from these bridges at reefs. Boats and tackle of every descrip- 27 is the Clewiston-Moore Haven area no cost other than gasoline and bait — tion are available to accommodate the of Lake Okeechobee. Here, in the big but only when tide conditions are right.) many thousands of anglers who visit here each season. There is practically no surf fishing in this highly developed area. A better bet would be to share rental of an outboard skiff ($5 to $10) with a companion or two (to make the trip both safer and more enjoyable) and scoot southeastward past Cape Florida to the ill Sands and Elliot Key area. It's an easy 3()-minute run from Rickenbacker Causeway and is made behind miles of solid reefs that afford ample protection from the nearby open Atlantic.

This is a sweeping area of turquoise flats and narrow, lime-gieen channels. "My 'big eye' takes me every- And it's still unspoiled because it re- where in the Great Lakes area, mains inaccessible by road. Expect to NEFF see bonefish and permit "tailing" (feed- photographing all species of fish. MORT Famous Outdoors TV Moderator ing) on the sandy, grass-mottled shoals Naturally, I'm looking for action Detroit, Michigan here. Barracuda, crevale jack, sea trout, shots. One lure consistently gets occasional tarpon, and similar Florida me this action, Sonar. Those three holes do it. For shore casting, or fish swim in the deeper waters on both slow trolling, I use the back hole. For dropoffs, sloping banks or sides of the little chain of islands. undercut ledges, the center hole does it. And for deep-down lunkers, Visiting Legionnaires should bear in mind that the farther they can carry the forward hole gets 'em. I'm not a one lure man, but Sonar comes their fishing rods from the beaten trails mighty close to doing the job." in Florida, the better will be their chance FOR ADDITIONAL EXPERT TIPS, SEND 25c FOR HEDDON CATALOG to enjoy top fishing. It can still be done. For instance, if several men were to rent a car, they could drive 7.5 miles south- westward via Homestead (U.S. 1 and If he doesn'f have Sonar, write Fla. 27) to Flamingo in Ihe Everglades JAMES HEDDON'S SONS National Park. There they can enjoy sea trout, snook, redfish, and tarpon fishing Dept. 171 in an inspiring tropic wilderness that remains as unspoiled today as when early DOWAGIAC,

Spanish explorers first found it. MICHIGAN Located at the very bottom of the

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • MAY 1960 • Always make it a point to seek local In these Keys, particularly, remember Jim Sumpter — a veteran fisherman, de- advice about how, when, and where to to avoid the crowds whenever possible. spite his title — will make it possible for fish. Armed thus, many a fishing visitor Down at Little Torch Key, for example, you to share charter fees (about $75 has spared himself guide fees and has in- Woody Mock will rent you an outboard daily) on a sport cruiser going to the stead parked his car alongside the Over- skiff and give detailed instructions how Marquesas Keys, a beautiful South Sea seas Highway and successfully fished the to fish the Content Key area (half a Island-like atoll. 20 miles farther south nearby bonefish flats. (Any flat in the dozen miles westward in the shallow in the blue Gulf. There you can walk

Keys is a potential bonefish flat — but Gulf) where the average tourist seldom beaches seldom trod and fish for big you probably cannot recognize it as ventures. tarpon, snapper, and many other seldom being sufficiently protected or otherwise Again, 30 miles farther south at Key disturbed species. suitable, as a guide can.) West, chamber of commerce manager Tight lines. Legionnaire! the end

THE DEADLIEST WEAPON

( Coiithiind fioin jtfilit' 17) report, they are equipped with homing gous to a small boy with a bent pin, a speed; so she can dive to depths where torpedoes, fire missiles with atomic war- piece of string, and a willow stick trying present-day sonar equipment will not heads, and are designed to withstand the to hook a tuna. penetrate. Once at this safe depth, the blast of atomic depth charges. It would Radar will in most cases find a sub- nuclear sub can race away at high speed be childish deception to presume that marine if the sub will only poke its peri- and soon be out of range of sonar instru- none of these submarines is atomic pow- scope or snorkel out of the water; but ments. Again, she is not limited to the ered. And it might be well to realize that atomic subs simply dive to some out-of- crawl-speed of the old-style electric mo- if Russia has one atomic submarine, plus range depth and stay there, well clear of tors. She can race at top knots for days. a Polaris-type missile that can be fired the electronic probes of radar and sonar. In spite of the annoying antics of our from the depths of the ocean, the whole The U.S. Navy has some interesting nuclear submarine fleet, the Pentagon free world is in trouble. antisubmarine equipment looped about Navy believes our aircraft carrier force However, the U.S.S. George Washing- its surface vessels and HUK aircraft. For is a great deterrent to the submarine ton, a nuclear submarine and something instance, there is MAD (magnetic air- menace. They argue that it can move at of an undersea battleship, was commis- borne detection), which is used aboard high speed to any part of the world; and sioned on December 30, 1959. She dis- conventional fixed-wing aircraft and since the greater part of our globe is places 5,600 tons (almost twice the which will record the presence of any composed of water, naval vessels can weight of the Nauiilus), is much longer metal body in the water when the plane steam anywhere and carry out strategic than a football field, and has a beam of passes over it. It will, that is. if the metal and tactical warfare. They can fight 32 feet. This is the first U.S. submarine body isn't too deep; and in shallow water brush-fire wars rapidly. specifically designed to handle the Po- the MAD gear is just as likely to pick up In this setup the Polaris-armed atomic laris missile. In action she will carry 16 a submerged wreck as an enemy subma- sub is a powerful offensive weapon. It of these solid-fuel nuclear-nosed missiles rine. can be used immediately — on the decla- that, according to Navy experts, have a Sono-buoys are electronic cylinders ration of war or at any time. It is not range of between 1,200 and 1.500 miles. that are dropped in a circular pattern likely to be blasted out of action, since

The George Washington will be able to in a suspicious area. If there is a sub- it is always on the move. cruise submerged for months and marine below, the closest elements of In a talk with Rear Admiral Alfred R. provide an undersea but highly mobile the sono-buoy pattern will begin trans- Matter, commander of Carrier Division missile base no enemy can count on de- mitting signals and thus set up a pre- Twenty, aboard the U.S.S. Lake Cham- stroying by any form of sneak attack. cise position for the aircraft killers to plain, I learned that our present subma-

A glance at an atlas or a globe will dis- bomb. Again, this device will work if rine detection system is far from close some 3,000 miles or so of open the submarine stays in the vicinity of the satisfactory, but that it can be improved water from where half a dozen sub- suspect area; but if it has raced away at by boosting the power of certain sonar merged George Washingtons could lob depths no sonar can pierce, all the grim devices. Any such power boost results in these 47-foot-long, 28,000-pound mis- intentions of the surface fleet are wasted. increased costs for equipment, personnel siles into practically any vital area within With the equipment available to our training, and modification. To keep pace the Soviet Union. Given nuclear war- antisubmarine forces today, and the with the times, we shall need atomic- heads, they could deliver a tremendous skilled personnel to operate it, conven- powered carriers. The angled flight deck pattern of destruction. This is not a Jules tional submarines could be knocked off and magic-mirror guidance device have Verne brain wave. A Polaris attack deliv- like targets in a shooting gallery. But aided enormously in bringing carriers to ered from a George Washington could Admiral Rickover has fathered the their present stage of eflSciency. But we be carried out with ease, and the defend- atomic submarine, and this is a weapon are now in a nuclear phase, and aircraft ers could do very little about it. Present- that presents a hundred new problems. carriers will have to be fitted into that day antisubmarine equipment simply It may also turn out to be something of a power category to keep station with hasn't kept pace. You can't probe for a Frankenstein. Let us assume that an other vessels that are being added to the submarine that refuses to surface. Nu- atomic sub has actually been seen. Per- fleet. clear subs do not need to come from haps it has fired a torpedo at a troopship. Most naval authorities, however, deep-water hiding until they replace their At any rate, it has provided definite evi- grudgingly admit that the prime weapon uranium core every 120,000 miles or so. dence of its position. However by the to stop the atomic sub is simply another You can't hope to track an atomic sub- time a tracker plane with its pods of atomic sub — a hunter-killer submarine marine that is probably three times faster sono-buoys has reached the area, the that stirs the imagination, one that tracks (even submerged) than a World War II atomic sub has darted oflf like a barra- down and fights enemy subs at unbeliev- U-boat. There is nothing more pathetic cuda. Since she continues to move under able depths. Only nuclear submarines than a helicopter patiently hovering over the same turbine power used on the sur- can move fast enough at deep levels to the waves as it trails a small metal ball face, and since she does not have to track, identify, and destroy the enemy. at the end of a length of wire in hopes of switch to battery-driven electric motors, The taxpayer today, burdened with finding an enemy submarine. It is analo- she is not hindered by a reduction in the financial loads necessary to keep the

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still possible to carry on discussions. A In the first of the two "average apart- in the building lived under the same con- "conversation kit" should include a pad ments" shown by the guide my wife and ditions. of blank paper, a picture magazine, and the other Americans found an editor and Perhaps the New Times writer was re- a Russian-English dictionary. Drawings, his wife living in three rooms with their ferring to the equality in George Orwell's maps, numbers, etc., are an international two grown children, both college stu- description of a society much like that of

language, and it is amazing how much dents. In the second apartment a writer the U.S.S.R. : "All ... are equal, but some

information can be exchanged by point- for the international Soviet propaganda . . . are more equal than others." ing to pictures in an average American magazine New Times also lived in three A major obstacle to proper evaluation magazine. (Often the advertisements are rooms, sharing them only with his wife. of the Soviet Union is self-imposed by the most useful.) The dictionary sup- One of the rooms in each apartment was many Americans. They seem to forget plies the more difficult words. a small kitchen. Neither of the women that this is the 20th century, and they

With these aids and some imaginative worked. gape at simple achievements as if these

sign language, it is possible to convey The writer lectured his guests on the were miracles. The guides, gaining confi- nearly any thought or question. The big- glories of the Soviet system, stressing the dence as they see the reaction, point out

gest obstacle is finding the courage to point that all live equally regardless of every little sign of modern civilization. try; but when practiced with persever- social position. It is amazing to watch American tour- ance, this system of communication can The "nonaverage Russians" living ists competing among themselves to see be quickly mastered. across the street would have found the who can best laud an ordinary six- or Even more important in getting solid Soviet writer's lecture quite interesting. In eight-story building. And the same peo-

information is a proper approach in the apartment I visited, a man, his work- ple who gush over simple Soviet build- — questioning. It is quite simple for an ing wife, and their two small children ings pass giant skyscrapers in American American to gather a crowd in the Soviet plus, occasionally, the woman's mother cities without bothering to look up at — Union, and from it he must pick a single occupied a single room. They shared a them. person for serious discussion. The tourist small kitchen (an old stove and no re- Most visitors seem blind to the obvi- must get him alone and outdoors. And frigeration) with three other families. I ous flaws that are even admitted in the the visitor must remember that one Rus- was assured by the old woman, who was communist press. Few report, as did a sian will very seldom express opposition there alone, that all of the other tenants newsman who accompanied Vice Presi- to the government in front of another, dent Richard Nixon to the Soviet Union:

and he will not talk in a room where his "Moscow is . . . the only city . . . which opinions may be recorded. builds its slums new." In addition to It is also necessary for the traveler to faults in construction, Soviet architecture convince the discontented Soviet citizen is generally drab; almost all buildings

that he is not an American communist look alike.

nor someone who is likely to betray him A great barrier to seeing the true pic- to the police. ture in the U.S.S.R. is the time spent by

The final step is to ask questions in a visitors looking at factories, youth camps, logical sequence, so that the sen- etc. Articles and lectures by travelers to more By Past National Chaplain sitive subjects come up only after care- the Soviet Union are filled with stories of Monsignor J. F. McManus ful groundwork has been laid. long inspections of industrial plants and St. Wenceslaus' Church Another major error in the free full-day trips to rest homes (always Wilson, Kansas world's thinking is greatly overestimat- showplace exhibits, of course). The visi- ing economic conditions in the U.S.S.R. O God of might and power, tor to England or France wouldn't dream This, too, is encouraged by the false re- strengthen our arms and hearts that of wasting his precious time at factories, ports of visitors to that country. but in the Soviet Union nearly everyone we may be victorious over all that One big mistake made by many Amer- takes the same tours. And they are threatens our countr\', our homes, ican travelers is to gauge conditions on always dragged out so as to leave the and our lives. the basis of "showplaces" shown to them tourist with little free time to see im- while they are taken on the standard () God of love, enlighten us so that portant things or to get away from the

guided tours. And they often compound while we hate evil, we still love those Kremlin's trusted guides. their error by accepting as authentic (Nowhere in history has it been re- the who, in their blindness and ignor- statistics given to them by Soviet officials. corded that an American visitor to Paris ance, persecute us. While touring Moscow with a busload came home to tell his friends of the mod- C) God of beauty, all Thy creation of Americans last August, I had an in- ern machinery at a perfume factory.) teresting experience with the guided tour proclaims Thy loveliness. Teach and Another big timekiller in the Ameri- or showplace technique that is used on guide us so that we may never, in our can traveler's path is the heavy schedule visitors. of cultural events. inter- As we passed a new housing ignorance, wantonly destro\- an\- of While many are project, the Soviet guide suddenly or- esting and entertaining, they nearly al- the works of Thy hands. dered the driver to stop the bus. She then ways involve much more time than is O God of peace, forgive us our asked if the passengers wanted to see necessary. Many things are put under how the average Russian lived. Met with trespasses so that, pure in mind and the heading of culture by Soviet ofificials, an enthusiastic response, she explained soul, we may march courageously in and often Americans are taken to sec- that we could take a chance on picking the army of righteousness. Under ond-rate shows just to keep them busy. an apartment at random and hope that Perhaps even more important, the vis- Thy standard may we oppose ail that the residents would allow us to see it. itor seeing the artificial Soviet world of is evil. Following Thee, may we final- My wife joined the guide and the other ballet and theater easily loses sight of the passengers, while two friends (one of ly enter the abode of eternal peace total picture. The memory of the com- whom spoke Russian) and I went to an- and love. Amen. munist elite crowding into glittering other new project across the street. opera houses is hardly conducive to

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bringing home a real understanding of by Joseph Stalin as part of his monstrous Soviet life. campaign to crush peasant opposition to PERFORMANCE Even to scratch the surface, the trav- forced collectivization. Millions starved IS YOUR PROOF eler must get off the beaten path. With to death.) Those Americans who bring Take the helm of a Chetek wood few exceptions, should avoid the reports that the Soviet Union's only he home lapslrake . . . it's smooth, safe, guided tours that are pushed on visitors. Young Pioneers are the same as our Boy silent and seaworthy! Ten models: u runabouts to cabin cruisers. How? By simply refusing to take them. Scouts should tell their audiences that Free folder from CHETEK BOATS When dealing with Soviet officials, Pavlik Morozov is the example the Pio- 21 Dovre Road, Chetek, Wis. Americans — whether tourists or diplo- neers are told to follow.

mats—must always be firm. The traveler When they can get away with it, com- asking for information, directions, or munist officials will not hesitate to use permission to go somewhere should in- the big lie. A red official in Kiev told me sist on satisfaction. When he is refused, triumphantly: "'Now you've seen lor he should complain long, loudly, and yourself that there is no Iron Curtain." always in front of other visitors. When He'd assumed that 1 had flown to the an official sees that denial will make the U.S.S.R. and would never doubt this others suspicious of his motives, he will claim that he made with such self-assur- often take the calculated risk that con- ance. Unfortunately for the official, I'd cession is less costly to the Soviet propa- come to the Soviet Union by rail and had Smoke for Relief — ganda cause. seen at close range all of the symbols of The informed traveler to the U.S.S.R., the Iron Curtain—the barbed wire, guard who knows what he wants to see, will towers, minefields, plowed strips, and ASTHMA-HA/FEVER often encounter a solid wall of redtape heavily armed border patrols. or "'ignorance" from his Soviet hosts. Knowing the history of the U.S.S.R. try them FREE

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THE AMERICAN LEGUJN MAGAZINE • MAY l')r>() • guides, to see a famous church. It was to miss is the emancipated woman under bating the procommunist and naive views

later that I learned from Marvin Kaig's communism — the picture of Mom out given by so many American visitors to boot; Eastern Exposure that only a few with a railroad work gang or Grandma in the U.S.S.R When speakers of that type hundred yards from the church were overalls laying bricks.) are scheduled to address a group, know- the worst slums that he had ever seen. A trip to the Soviet Union is interesting anticommunists should attend the

Had I known this at the time, I could ing and can be very educational. But meeting. They should bring up the basic have forced the guides either to take the today, oftener than not, the Kremlin is problems faced by the tourist. They group there or explain why they wouldn't. the chief beneficiary. It is the duty of should get from the speaker information Instead, we saw more showplaces. every American who visits the U.S.S.R. about his activities while behind the Iron A final suggestion to prospective trav- to see that he is not used to transmit red Curtain, so that the audience can gauge elers to the U.S.S.R.: Photographs of propaganda. He should spread truth on the value of his report. Many intelligent monuments, historic sites, and show- both sides of the Iron Curtain, and help Americans who have never left the places are nice to have; but save some counter the steady stream of false reports U.S.A. have a far greater understanding film for average houses, street scenes given to the free world by psuedoexperts. of the true conditions in the Soviet Un- showing how the average Soviet citizen Those who never leave the United ion than most of the tourists who have is dressed, etc. (One that you don't want States can also be of great help in com- just returned. the end

American Activities Committee that and asked him for duplicate bills. He was digging deep into "seeds of trea- billed me $90. Neither company paid

son." The 1940's were marked by the over $35; so I still iiad to shell out. I "Sound Quebec, Teheran, Yalta, and Potsdam think anyone will agree that a doctor's agreements. Then, in tiie earl>" 1950's, schooling, equipment, etc., cost money,

young men from farm, shop, and desk but is it necessary for him to get it all off!" were aligned for a fight in Korea, and back in one year or less? many were lost as prisoners. Were not Robert J. Jonart the preceding decades a prelude to Btitte, Mont. (continued front puge 4) conditioning their minds to some ac- ceptance of the way of that enemy? Music Mail. There is not a dirty re- ON WAGES Now, blandly used in the 1960's is the mark or scene in it. term "coexistence." The Communist Sir: I have just read the letter entitled J. K. Holmes Party, a disciplined agent of the Krem- "$1,000 an Hour" in the January issue, Dmville, III. to state that I heartily lin, is in every nation of the world. and wish most Within our own, means to combat agree with that writer. We live in the greatest country earth only because ONE SHORT it have been stripped from the United on States the Supreme Court. Our de- we have always striven for greater Sir; In 1958 I w as adjutant of my Post by production, and we can hope for more and was really tearing into our mem- fense budget of $40 billion is an un- disguised aim for security against, greatness only b>' increasing our pro- bership dri\ e. I got our quota of mem- \Miich is ductivity. We have a higher standard bers, 34. But I was anxious to get one again, the same enem>'. way of living because we produce the more, to beat our five-year average, our nation directed? R. W. Claik things necessary^ to raise our living and to get an award. But I was unable standard. Featherbedding and other to get that additional member. Then Cleveland, Ohio artificial jobs, plus things not pro- last year I got some material from duced, certainly cannot raise living Seagram's telling about the contest for FIRST ASHORE? standards. four Ford cars. 1 started to fill out the Sir: Through the years I have been James M. Brennan blank and I came to the part where I telling my children that I was the first Geneva, Ind. had to fill in m\' card Legion number. enlisted man to go ashore in Siberia That was when I discovered that I during World War 1. Now I am not m>'self had never joined The Ameri- SOME FOR THE MONEY so sure. I was the admiral's cable or- can Legion for 1958! And to think! derly on the cruiser Brooklyn when Sir: There is only one reason that If I had, our drive would have gone it steamed into Vladivostok in Octo- V^eterans Day is being ignored in the over the top! One other thing: I even ber 1917. It was my job to go ashore large communities. Too many Legion went so far as to accuse someone else with letters, telegrams, etc., to the officials in local government say yes of getting my mail, since I not was various consulates when we dropped to those who believe they will lose a receiving The Aiiierican Legion Maga- anchor in a foreign port. Either I went little business for such observance. In zine. ashore first with the admiral's mes- this city the veterans parade at night. Robert Clouse sages, or the chief commissary man Our veterans organizations are losing Eddyville, Nebr. went first. If this chief petty officer is touch with the thing that made them

still alive, I would like to know his possible, the great body of veterans in

REASONS version of the landing. this country. November 1 1 siiould still Joseph S. Cromer be Armistice Day. The \\'orld AVar II Sir: One could not disagree, insofar as Shetdoji, Mo. and the Korean termination dates it went, w ith the brief article "What should be recognized and celebrated We Learned in Korea," in the Feb- HEALTH COMES HIGH as November 1 1 was in years gone by. ruary issue. But to give full pcrspec- The American Legion and the \^et- ti\e to this thesis, it is necessary to Sir: I have worked as a trucker in erans of Foreign \\'ars could change include a facet of history to explain several States and, believe me, I am this quickly and for the good of the fuil>- dishonor that was unknown — glad I have been healthy so far. The nation; and b>- doing so it would re- "in every war but one" — to fighting cost of prescriptions and doctors' calls instill the patriotism of former days. men captured by the enemy. The is high enough here in Montana, but W. J. Howells 1920's were tlie decade of proclaimed in some States it is dow nright ridicu- Detroit, Mich. "debunking" of history. The 1930's lous. And if a man has hospital insur- were the decade of "interlocking sub- ance, the price goes up. It has hap- Letters in not version" in governnu-nt, and a great pened to me. One doctor told me a published Sound Off! do necessarily represent the policy of The part of the avenues of information tonsillectomy for my daughter would American Legion. Name withheld if re- quested. Keep your letters short. Address: were perverted to ridicule sucii invcsti- be f65 until I told him I had insur- Sound Off. The American Legion Maga- gati\e bodies as the House Un- ance coverage from two companies. zine, 720 Fifth Avenue, New York 19, N. Y.

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Despite farmers" complaints about falling income, the price of country property keeps going up and up. So if you're dreaming about getting back to nature -either foi- keeps or just for weekends -bear these down-to-earth facts in mind: • Good rural land no longer is dirt cheap. Prices are rising steadily because (1) Bigger farmers are adding to their holdings, (2) industry is moving out into the wide-open spaces, (3) a lot of land is being bought for When fal.se teeth get on your nerves many investment purposes, and (4) more and more gentlemen farmers and vaca- dentists give special FASTEETH powder. It helps hold teeth in place — helps keep them tioners are getting into the act. from slipping or dropping down when you • Financing country property is no cinch. Usually you have to make a talk—makes you feel more secure. FASTEETH cushions tender gums so you can bite harder down payment of one-third (one-half isn't rare). Mortgage money costs and eat easier, faster with greater comfort. FASTEETH helps you laugh and speak more 5' 2 to 6 percent. clearly without embarrassment. FASTEETH is • Income-producing farms (especially of the cash-crop type) in shipshape alkaline (non-acid). Checks "plate odor" (denture breath). At drug counters everywhere. working order are for serious farmers only — or the very rich. Example: A respectable dairy farm in New York State costs a minimum of $25,000. True, you can economize by shopping around for something less flossv. Real estate men say the best way to do this is to hunt 60 to 100 miles away from big cities. Anything closer is apt to be pretty steep. Nonetheless, country living has its rewards. If your heart is set on it, and Monuments—Markers— Direct to you if class, start your search with these basic tips: you're in the amateur Satisfaction or money back — Lowest • Watch the real estate ads in metropolitan Sunday editions. This will give Prices— Freight Paid. Free Catalog. ROCKDALE MONUMENT CO., Dept. JOLIET, ILL. you a line on prices and places. Also contact the big nationwide real estate 532, firms. Strout Realty, for instance, has a free 150-page catalog. • If you find something interesting, it will pay you to get in touch with the STOPS FOOT ITCH county agent in that area for on-the-scene appraisal and information. KILLS ATHLETE'S FOOT FUNGI • personally seen and inspected it. Don't buy anything until you have Dr. Scholl's SOLVEX relieves itching of Athlete'a

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Here's a bowling bag that will last a lifetime! Made of U. S. Royalite, new miracle material never before available in a bowling bag. The Royal-T Bowling Bag is practically indestructible. It never loses its shape! It has no seams to rip... no lining to tear. Its handsome giained finish is stainproof, waterproof, grease- sliatter 50-STAR FLAG OUTFIT - this new Ameri- CASTING FLOAT - New Bob-O-Matic has proof, mildew-proof, and fracture proof. can drop it, kick it, drag it, can I'las with stars for .Alaska and Hawaii is trigger which automatically sets when fish You bang it any way you want without dam- 3x5 feet, is made of durable fabric with can- bite. May be used as fixed position bob, or age to the bag or the ball. Soil mark.s anil vas side backing. Comi^lete with pole, rope, bait desired depths. Hook sets in will sink to dirt wipe off easily. Colors are bonded — er again. knob and bracket for window or wall bang- seconds can be used over and o\ into material for long-lasting beauty. ing. S3. 79 ppd. Scott Mitchell. Dept. AI.-.5. Comes for SI.98 ppd. from Sporting & Trap- Graceful, "thin-line" design is years Y. 415 So. Bro.ulu.iv , ^onklr^. \. V. ping, Dept. TB-47, Lynbrook, N. ahead in styling. Special compartment for bowling shoes. Molded cup bottom holds ball firmly in position. Attractive "easy- close" latch, luggage- type handles. Name plate identification window. It's a bag you'll be proud to carry for a lifetime of bowling. Only $12.95. Sent postage-paid except on CCD's. Satisfaction guaranteed or money back. Not found in any store—available by mail only.

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