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The Magazine for a Strong America Vol. 126, No. 3 ARTICLES March 1989 STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT THE NATIONAL WILL "We should earn a betterfuturefor our children, not burden them with debts. By Mortimer B. Zuckerman 18

IS AMERICA FOR SALE? The rising tide offoreign ownership raises grave questions about what might

happen if U. S. resources were needed tofight a war. By Steve Salerno 22

DEBUNKING THE MYTH OF DECLINE

We sometimesforget howpowerful our country is. ByJames R. Schlesinger 24 SPACE ODYSSEY: THE NEXT GENERATION 22 A space station, a moon base, and an expedition to Mars head NASA's goals. 26

THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF PANAMA

Only ifPanama is prosperous and strong will U. S. interests be protected. ByAmblerH. Moss Jr. 28

CAUTION: THESE STRUCTURES MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH Many ofthe nation's bridges, highways, mass transit and water systems are in dangerous condition. By LesterDavid 30

CURING AN AGE-OLD PROBLEM This artificial bladder could help thousands ofAmericans. By Edward Edelson 32

A SENSIBLE ENERGY SOURCE FOR THE NUCLEAR AGE

"Without reliable, reasonablypriced energy sources,

ourpresent standard ofliving is apt to become a dim memory. By Dr. EdwardTeller 34

SHAPING THE FABRIC OF THE NATION Bom out ofthe ashes ofwar, TheAmerican Legion has served the nation and its veterans with distinctionfor seven decades. 40

AGENT ORANGE: THE FINAL BATTLE Part 1 ofafive-part series examines the significantfindings of TheAmerican Legion and Columbia University Study on Vietnam Veterans. 42 DEPARTME NTS

BIG ISSUES Should Congress Pass The Uniform Product Safety Act? 16

COMMANDER'S MESSAGE 4 YOUR AMERICAN LEGION 20 VETERANS ALERT 50

LETTERS 8 VETERANS UPDATE 36 PARTING SHOTS 76

DATELINE 12 LEGION NEWS 44

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IT'S ABOUT TIME!

"When people ask me, Why 3 million, Sparky?' I tell them

that a strong, growing membership is the key to ensure that no veteran or his family will ever go without the compassionate, competent care he needs and has earned.

HILE many organiza- the "right thing to do" is about eating the government tells him that his GI tions are struggling to oatmeal. These slogans catch our atten- educational benefits have expired. It maintain their mem- tion because they touch something deep makes me angry when a veteran's bership. The Ameri- in each of us; because they are aimed at widow needs to beg for help because can Legion has just the very core of what our nation has there is no longer an adequate burial completed four con- always stood for. They capitalize on a allowance for those who served their secutive years of pervasive and deeply felt sense of pride country with distinction and honor. growth unequalled in America and respect for the moral After talking with thousands of since the end of underpinnings that made her great. Legionnaires and other veterans, I've

World War II. As we observe our 70th If you're not selling big-ticket mer- discovered that I'm not the only one anniversary this month, we are within chandise or pitching food, some people who's angry. A lot of us are angry, and striking distance of marching into try to tell you that patriotism, honoring for many that anger becomes rage when our Baltimore National Convention commitments, and doing the right they realize they're helpless to right the

3 million members strong. It will take a thing, merely because it is the right wrongs they see. One man or woman little extra effort by us all to achieve this thing, are subjective and outmoded alone can do little to affect gov- 42-year high, but I'm confident that we concepts — simplistic ideals that have ernmental priorities or have an impact will do just that. little relevance in our sophisticated on our nation's legislative agenda.

As I travel the nation and brag a little world. That's a bunch of baloney, and That's another reason I thank God

about the great things the Legion is every veteran knows it. for The American Legion. Though I

accomplishing, I'm often asked to alone can do little, I can do much with describe our marketing plan or elabo- makes me angry when many of the the strength of an army of millions at

rate on the secrets of our success. I have ITideals I value are scoffed at, and such my side. People ask me why reaching

to confess that we have neither. There's things as showing respect for our flag 3 million members is so important. I no need to market a belief in helping are considered hokey or old-fashioned. tell them that the history of the Legion

your fellow man, and it's surely no Well, I think it's about time we do is replete with examples illustrating the secret that there are a lot of people out something about that and some other power of numbers and the strength of there who still cherish traditional Amer- things, too! unity.

ican values and want to be part of an It makes me angry when I meet a In the dark days of the Great Depres- organization founded on the ideals they veteran — a poor, sick veteran— who sion, tens of thousands of veterans were hold dear. has been turned away from a VA hos- angry because they saw injustices And what are those ideals? Certainly pital because he's not in the right cate- being done to our doughboys who had paramount among them are the belief in gory to get help in times of budgetary gone from "defenders of the nation" to

a strong national defense, an adequate cutbacks. It makes me angry that our beggars on its street corners. They were education for all of our children, a job government can choose to ignore those outraged that widows and orphans of

for every veteran who wants to work, sacred commitments it made when our those who didn't return had no one to and help for those veterans and their country was at war. help them. They were appalled that a

families who can't help themselves. It makes me angry when a Vietnam man who gave a leg, or an arm, or a Even Madison Avenue recognizes veteran, who has been struggling with lung so that American ideals would such ideals. "The heartbeat of America" rehabilitation for 10 years, tells me now survive, had few medical options so

is not about selling cars, any more than that he's got his head screwed on right that he, too, could carry on.

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And The American Legion was troubled region as democratic govern- collective strength that our voices are angry. But we mustered the full force of ments weaken. heard when we speak on the vital issue our strength and helped plan the Vet- They may be surprised, but The of national defense, whether talking erans Administration. We then per- American Legion isn't. Deploying our about SDI, a two-ocean Navy, a suaded Congress that it was, indeed, own strength, we studied and visited revitalized Coast Guard or one of the the right thing to do. Central America. We met with the myriad current defense concerns. When When the United States was getting White House, the State Department, we see our country taking the foolish ready to readjust to a peacetime and key members of Congress. We care- path of unpreparedness, our collective economy with the end of Word War II in fully assessed the situation and pro- anger will overcome the counsel of sight, millions who had made peace posed a Central America peace plan those who would have us believe that possible were angry that they had lost the desire for peace is somehow on a educational and economic oppor- higher moral plane than the duty to be tunities while serving on the strong. battlefields of the world. The Legion A strong, growing membership— was angry too, yet our strength pre- roster of veterans 3 million strong— is vailed and the GI Bill of Rights was also the key to our continued success in born. Anger was mobilized and trans- ensuring that neither veterans nor their formed into the greatest social readjust- families will ever go without the com- ment program ever conceived— a pro- passionate, competent care they need gram that to this day, thanks to Legion and have earned. efforts, is still creating prosperity for all I recently heard a Vietnam veteran, Americans. who suffered from terminal cancer million? Why strength? Why 3 Think because of exposure to Agent Orange, back to the early 1950s when Navy say: "I died in Vietnam, and I didn't veterans and shipyard workers were know it." I was angry. My heart went contracting rare forms of cancer. They out to him and his family. Shortly there- suspected that the had its roots in cause after he did die. His death was a to deadly their continual exposure tragedy, but our government's unwill- asbestos dust. government wasn't Our ingness or inability to come to terms accept such far-reaching prepared to with his problem— and the plight of liability, so veterans suffered alone, thousands like him— is more than frightened and angry. The Legion's tragic. It's a national disgrace. millions were angry too. We mobilized Nat'l Cmdr. H.F. "Sparky" Gierke We in The American Legion are our anger and pioneered governmental doing something about that, too. Five accountability in the landmark Frazier years ago we decided that enough was case. An entire generation of veterans 'I GET ANGRY, enough. We were mad as hell and we suffering from asbestosis received care weren't going to tolerate governmental and compensation because The Ameri- AS I'M SURE YOU indifference anymore. We, in coopera- can Legion had the strength to inter- tion with Columbia University, vene and prevail. DO, WHEN I HEAR launched our own study of Agent The examples are endless. Today, Orange, PTSD and VA responsiveness more than ever, the strength of our OF A REDUC- to the needs of those it is supposed to united membership adds urgency to our serve. demands and commands respect when TION IN VA we deal in the legislative and national Just recently I reported our findings security arenas. to Congress, and today we are HOSPITAL BEDS.' action. have taken the I hear a lot of talk these days about demanding We first steps in providing clear scientific how threatening the situation is in Cen- deal with these problems tral America. Many of our fellow citi- direction to zens are surprised that the communist and establish liability. We have blazed a dictatorship in Nicaragua has not com- that made sense. They're listening to us trail where not even the VA or the Cen- to tread. plied with either the spirit or the letter now, and we hope it's not too late. ters for Disease Control dared of the Arias Peace Plan. Many are Whether farmer or nurse, executive We've marked that trail and left a path angry that Congress chose to deploy a or clerk, artist or truck driver, every for them to follow. The strength of our catchy slogan — "Let's give peace a Legionnaire graduated from a hard, membership will ensure that they do. chance"— rather than take the decisive tough school where DIs were our pro- Even as Congress studies our report, action necessary to really promote fessors, war was our curriculum, and we have applied for a grant from the peace and democracy in Central an honorable discharge was our di- Agent Orange Class Assistance Pro- America. Many are surprised that our ploma. The lessons we learned about the gram to enhance our nationwide net- national security is now in jeopardy importance of a strong national defense work of service officers. Our aim is to because a Soviet proxy exists 1,500 are too soon forgotten by those who reach every Vietnam veteran affected miles from our border. They're sur- never felt the terror of the frontlines. by Agent Orange, or other problems, prised the tensions are mounting in that It's only because of the Legion's and make sure he will be on record to

MARCH 1989 5 receive the treatment and compensation American Legion sure hasn't. Our of our children and youths? We spon- deserved. membership has given us the strength sored more than 60,000 Boy Scouts, Such suffering, however, and the to ward off this dismantling ploy thus sent 30,000 young men to Boys State, anger it often causes, knows no genera- far. Ever-growing numbers are needed, awarded more than $2 million in schol- tional boundaries. The cost of caring however, if we are to finally prevail. arships, and donated countless for those who have borne the battle is It makes me angry that 26 percent of thousands of volunteer hours in this part of the price that we, as a nation, those standing in unemployment lines pursuit in 1988 alone. must be willing to pay for the defense of are able-bodied veterans who want to We know what the people of this our country. work, but can't find a job. I find it nation can do working together, and we

Just as our strength was important unbelievable that Congress assesses the do it— not just talk about it. when we were on active duty, and just situation and then approves the Vet- When people ask me, "Why as our American Legion's strength was erans Job Training Act without appro- 3 million Sparky?" that's what I tell essential to effect the passage of land- priating the funds necessary to put it them. No, membership is not the ulti- mark legislation in the past, it is prob- into operation. Great legislation, but no mate aim of The American Legion; ably more important that we are strong bucks. service is. But membership is a very today as we fight to reverse the erosion Those who defended our country important tool. It fuels the enthusiasm that is tearing at the very heart of the to initiate innovative programs. It pro- VA medical system. This commitment vides the power to carry out far- is nothing more than recognizing the reaching mandates. It furnishes the delayed cost of war. Can we afford to be inspiration to achieve results of lasting a nation that signs the peace treaty and benefit to our communities, states and then forgets those who won the peace? 'I nation. And it provides the funds to do, when I get angry, as I'm sure you I'M MERELY make the realization of worthy aims I hear of a reduction in VA hospital possible for the benefit of all Americans. beds, VA medical staff shortages, and ASKING YOU TO No other single factor can take its veterans being turned away because of place as a symbol of the unity of veter- VA budget shortfalls, poor planning, or TELL A VETERAN ans, the Tightness of our causes, and the both. At this very moment, some of the strength of our collective influence. It is oldest, sickest and poorest of our com- WHAT WE DO. the first thing we are judged by in the rades are being denied medical treat- eyes of the non-veteran public. Con- ment because of a $1 billion deficit in TELL A VETERAN gress, and those veterans who are not the VAs medical-care budget. members, but would be if someone Alone, these veterans can do nothing WHY WE DO IT' asked them. about their plight; but we, united You probably know several of them 3 million strong, certainly can. And we yourself, and that's the objective of my will. The entire infrastructure of the VA message to you. We in The American is crumbling even as the new Depart- Legion understand the heartbeat of ment of Veterans Affairs is being shouldn't have to go begging for America. We know what is the right created. The VA medical system is the training and jobs. It's no wonder we're thing to do, and we do it. But the only catastrophic health insurance policy upset. But working together, 3 million way we'll be able to continue with the promised to our veterans when they strong, we will correct this travesty. effectiveness born of strength is if we answered our nation's call to arms. We hear a lot of talk these days about recruit into our ranks the millions of

Sure, it wasn't a written contract, the government correcting the prob- veterans who believe as we do. but it certainly was a moral contract. lems in our educational system, about That accomplished, there is no limit Now government budget gurus are try- the government's concern about the to our horizons, and no end to the good ing to figure ways to merge your VA rearing and development of our young work that will carry on into the next health-care system with social health people. Some seem to think this is a generations. programs. If they were to succeed, vet- new idea, but The American Legion You made The American Legion what erans would be denied the specialized sure doesn't. Where was our govern- it is today. Now I'm asking you to help system that was created to tend to their ment when we recognized the need make it what it will be tomorrow by special needs. more than 50 years ago? Where was the signing up just one new member

Maybe these gurus have forgotten, or government when The American between now and June 1 as we prepare never learned, that the VA system is Legion, using our combined strength, to march into Baltimore on September

also the Federal Emergency Manage- united to do something about it? 1 . Perhaps you'd rather give a friend or

ment Agency's back up in the event of a I submit that there is no finer pro- relative the gift of a Legion member- national disaster like that we witnessed gram of civic instruction anywhere ship. That's okay too, and there is an in Armenia. Maybe they don't know than our own Boys State and Boys application and instructions on the that there are not enough military hospi- Nation programs. What organizations adjacent page. tals to treat our wounded in the event of other than The American Legion and I'm merely asking you to tell a vet- war. Maybe they've forgotten that the The American Legion Auxiliary have eran what we do. Tell a veteran why we VA medical system is a vital training the combined strength to spend more do it. Tell him or her how it's made ground for a large percentage of our than $35 million of volunteers' money possible. nation's doctors and nurses. last year to promote worthwhile pro- That's all it takes. We don't have to Maybe they've forgotten — but The grams for the wholesome development market these values. We live them.

6 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE I NEED YOUR H|a| All of us care about ^kl our fellow veterans, about our national security and the future of this country. That's why we joined The American Legion. But, just caring isn't enough any- more. The American Legion needs your help. Here is what you can do! Tell a veteran that he or she can make a difference by becoming a member of The American Legion. Then ask that person to join us. Maybe he or she is a friend... a neighbor.. .a relative...or someone at work. There are millions who will say yes if we ask, because they understand how powerless one lonely voice can be. As your National Com- mander I have set a goal of three million members this year. Because I know that there is no limit to what we can do.. .if we do it together. To help a new member If you will sign up just one join, complete the appli- new member, I will send you our crossed American and cation below and mail it American Legion flags lapel pin. Wear it with pride...because with $17 new member it proves you care a htde more than most. dues to National Head- It means you care enough about your fellow veterans, quarters, or contact your about terrorist threats to our national security, and the local post. quality of life in America to do something. NOW! r c Special offer for new members only .5 -a O I I YES, I'll help my fellow veterans by becoming a member of The I "a — American Legion. I certify that I served at least one day of active 5 £*

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Bit more elated if he were witnessing the A Too Much? signing of legislation that would have returned of the I get heartburn from some of your VA many benefits veterans hospital articles. Two recently were have lost in the past eight years. By that "Serving 22 Million People a Year" and I am referring to lost benefits, avail- "VA Hospitals 'To Care For Him Who ability of veterans' hospitals, and let's " not forget the paltry $250 burial fee that Shall Have Borne The Battle. ' One of the articles stated that nine so many veterans' survivors had veterans get good care for each one who received in the past, but is not available doesn't. Don't you think bad care for to the present survivors. 2.2 million veterans per year is a bit too Ralph R. Brown high? Cedar Falls, Iowa You say "the VA medical-care system has stood as testimony of the nation's CHAMPUS appreciation of the sacrifices of its warriors." That's probably not too far Retired military people are automati- off the mark as the nation seems to have cally placed on Medicare at age 65. little appreciation for veterans since the This is not in keeping with the entice- Korean War and much less since Viet- ments that are used in recruitment. nam. The government, over many When placed on Medicare, military years, has developed a strange attitude: retirees will be forced to participate in will If it's a deadbeat, help it; but, if it's a the Medicare program, which

veteran, gore its ox. I understand Gen. require Medicare premiums, as well as MacArthur was deeply moved by a the deductibles that are required. In dying pilot in the Korean War who addition to this added expense, the in asked him: "Whose side is Washington supplemental premiums the form of a on?" If Mac were living today, he could surtax will be placed upon them, which properly ask the same question and add a sizeable amount to their medical include a surprisingly large portion of expenses. the civilian population. We strongly resent the enforcement Leo O. Cunningham of a transfer to Medicare from CHAM- Treynor, Iowa PUS. It demands unfair deductions from retirement checks, and is getting increasingly more expensive. Bitter Memories James C. Phelps NEVER BEFORE — has pure gold been added to perhaps New Orleans the most beautiful of all United States silver coins — The Thank you from my heart for your Walking Liberty half dollar. article, "The Human Costs Of Viet- Our bi-tone process by which 24 Karat gold is applied to Child Porno Law coins with extreme precision, creates a magnificent two nam" (December). After reading your quality silver tone of precious metals. These high and gold I understand son's article now why my Because so many editorials and coins are fashioned by and are available only through letters are so bitter. . . he was a medic Cartwheels, Inc. of Wilmington, Delaware. articles in The American Legion with the Berets. He has his mas- 1 permanently seals Green Our exclusive coin cover, Lenscote 1 , Magazine have expressed concern for and protects these authentic coins. The necklace, ter's degree in psychology and was the nation's children, I am compelled to complete with a 14 Karat gold filled 24" chain is $139. always a wonderful son. He lost his The money clip at $79. is generously covered with pure inform you about legislation adopted only son and his wife. I haven't seem 24Kgold. last November. If possible, we would like to send a date meaningful to but I do him since Mother's Day 1980, The Child Protection and Obscenity you between the years 1934 and 1947. A numbered hear from him every now and then . . . of establishes Certificate of Authenticity comes with each piece and all Enforcement Act 1988 he is in and out of the VA hospital in are gift wrapped. We guarantee a full refund, if on receipt, safeguards to protect our innocent chil- you are not completely delighted. Price is subject to Palo Alto, Calif. dren by strengthening our federal change. Marion E. Wright obscenity and child pornography laws. OVERNIGHT DELIVERY AVAILABLE Kennesaw, Ga. Some of the features of the new law makes Dial-a-Porn a felony; CARTWHEELS, INC. Order TOLL FREE children for 2500 Grubb Road 800-441-7666 Lost Benefits criminalizes the use of Wilmington, DE 19810 purposes of producing pornography;

In the December issue I read where includes forfeiture of real and personal Send Necklaces, Money Clips, _Date Nat'l Cmdr. H. F. "Sparky" Gierke had property for those convicted; and Check Enclosed $ . Charge DC, AE, MC, VISA $_ signing historic legisla- expands the law to interstate traffic of Card # witnessed the of tion that created another Cabinet obscene material. Exp Date- . Telephone # bill, President Name office. When he signed the are step closer to Address I and other veterans would have been Reagan said: "We one

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coin... an America free of the degrading and died in combat in Italy. I have a brother dehumanizing effect of obscene mate- buried in the National Cemetery in rial and child pornography." Georgia. Original 1916-1947 Thomas A. Walsh I volunteered for military service, Roslindale, Mass. traveled torpedo junction aboard naval "Walking liberty" vessels in the Atlantic, landed under fire on the islands of the Pacific, made Silver Half Dollars Joy Of Red Tape two landings on Okinawa with the Marines, and I am now a member of the I sincerely enjoyed John Rickey's Association of Survivors of the First series, "The Free Enterprise Patriot." Marine Parachute Regiment and still This piece does much to point out the proud. I never met an insurance com- bureaucracy and red tape that discour- pany carrying a rifle and I have never ages so many good companies from seen fields of white crosses signifying wanting to assist the U.S. military. The the total sacrifice of any corporation. series makes it plain why only the very Again, your analogy is degrading. rich and influential industries continue Patriotism never has been involved in to bid for defense contracts. an insurance contract. The relationship I believe that a copy of this series of veterans to their government should be required reading for every congressman. involves different promises and dif- ferent premiums. When I volunteered Dana C. Jackson for service, I was not aware that I was a Virginia Beach, Va. notch baby and neither was I aware that you were a crybaby worrying about Booze Blues doing too much for people that you can never do enough for. Your so-called I commend you for devoting six and professionals in the Social Security to one-half pages in the January issue field, referring to golf-cart money, must Special offer. International Coins & the serious problem of alcohol abuse. be the same unelected and overpaid shows the Currency, Inc. is offering a supply of Your honest assessment bureaucrats who have decided to indulgence classic U.S. Gov't "Walking Liberty" serious problem of alcohol abolish the appeal procedure for Social in also demonstrates the silver half dollars at a special "new America and Security. Opposite your article is an misconceived belief even among some customer" price. Many numismatists advertisement for medicare-approved university academics that alcoholism is and collectors rank the walking and veterans-authorized electric carts. social misconduct. The social miscon- Liberty as America's most beautiful The illustration doesn't seem to be a duct of a drug user could lead toward golf also read on page silver coin. Today the 1916-1947 cart. You should continual drug abuse and a disease that 10 the quote of Supreme Court Justice originals are a vanishing American can ultimately debilitate health. Vet- Rehnquist. Since Congress has man- treasure — even fewer survive than erans seeking or needing health care aged to vote against a pay raise and get Morgan silver dollars. should be entitled to their VA benefits. a "yes" result, I hope that your "no" Very Fine quality. Each coin is We all are in agreement that alcoholism vote concerning Social Security will 30.5 mm, contains 12.5 grams of is a health problem. result in a positive appreciation for the .900 silver and comes in very fine Liam Davis dwindling number of survivors. quality. Prices are as low as $9-95 Rohnert Park, Calif. Rodney A. Culbertson

each in discount rolls of 20: in- Greenville, S.C. dividual coins, $14 each; 10-coin Social Security half roll, $115 (save $25); 20-coin Fouled Up Tide discount roll, $199 (save $81). Limit The article in your November issue 3 rolls per customer. (#7767). First that asked: "Should Congress Take The I read with interest the article "Battle come, first served — while supply Cap Off Social Security Retirement Report: Tarawa" (December). What victory a greater feat lasts. 30-day "no questions asked" Income?" prompts this response to the made this Marine in of refund privilege. congressman who said no: than it was is that someone charge Your comparison of Social Security timing of the tide fouled up. It was darn To order by credit card, call toll- to an automobile insurance accident near suicide when those brave Marines free 1-800-451-4463 — 24 policy insults all veterans. My wife had to wade in from where their Hig- hours a day, seven days a week. served honorably as a WAVE in Naval gins boats grounded. An inquiry was Or mail your check or money order Intelligence. Her brother was lost at sea initiated concerning the miscalcula- to International Coins & Currency, while serving in the Navy. My mother tion, but was never pursued. Inc., 11 E. State St., Box Dept. 218, had four sons serve simultaneously in Joseph Amadio Montpelier, 833, Vermont 05602. the military during war. My first cousin Jeannette, Pa. Add $5 for postage and handling.

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Born In America and is designing a new class of fast and silent attack sub- marines. The Soviet torpedo arsenal is "imposing" in all On the first day of 1989, the population of the United aspects, the study said. States reached an estimated 246.9 million, an increase of 9 The newer subs, according to the study, will likely percent over 1980, according to the Census Bureau. encourage the Soviet submarine commanders to be more The latest figures show about 2.3 million more people in aggressive and permit torpedo attacks to play an expanded the country than last year, and similar growth is expected by role in war. The report recommended that the United States Jan. 1,1990. should develop a defense system that will destroy incoming The record population expansion occurred during the torpedoes.

"baby boom" years, 1947-1961 , increasing at an annual rate of 1.7 percent. The expansion rate between 1984-88 was Defense Industry Takeovers considerably less with an average annual rate of 1 percent. Defense-minded legislators are taking a jaundiced view of The Road To Jail the wave of Wall Street takeovers of major American corpora- tions. They are worried that some military industries are Broken homes and drugs are the two major factors why being grabbed up not only by corporate raiders, but also by juveniles land in jail. That's part of the findings of a 1987 overseas companies. Such mergers, in effect, give foreign Justice Department study of youngsters held in long-term industries control over basic and technological supplies state youth correctional institutions. required by the Department of Defense. Seventy-five percent of incarcerated youths came from Concerned legislators forced an amendment to the 1985 one-parent families, and more than half disclosed that a Omnibus Trade Act, authorizing the White House to block family member had been imprisoned at least once. Also, 60 takeovers found to be of potential harm to our national percent revealed they had taken drugs regularly, including security. Investigation into the takeovers already has begun. heroin and cocaine. Half of these juveniles began the habit by Some lawmakers want Congress to take even tougher action. the age of 12. Many of the confined youths had long criminal back- grounds. About 20 percent said they had been arrested at Dangerous Water-Scooters least 10 times before; 40 percent had been jailed more than In the interests of safety, federal and state governments five times. have compiled a long list of regulations that control nearly The survey also indicated that 40 percent had used a everything that moves on air, land or sea. Next target may weapon while committing offenses. Many of the juvenile well be the water-scooter, a speedy, recreational vehicle in offenders had criminal histories as long as those of adults increasingly involved in mishaps since its introduction about state prisons. 1 5 years ago. Most of the accidents reported to the Coast Guard involve National Service Proposed collisions between the eight-foot-long motorized craft, capable of 40 miles per hour, and other boats. Officials say An innovative college-aid program linked to national riders are getting hurt or killed because of insufficient military or special civilian service has been proposed to seamanship training. Congress. The plan would require young Americans to serve It is estimated that a half million water-scooters are either two years in the military or one year in civilian projects zooming around the oceans, bays and lakes, mostly unregu- to earn funds for college. lated by safety requirements. Sponsors of the plan. Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia, Demand for restrictions on the vehicles also comes from chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee; and Rep. groups opposed to noise pollution. Dave McCurdy of Oklahoma, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, said their legislation would require no Quote Of The Month new funding. Money from the current student loan program

would be used. "Today; or course, we are not strong enough to attack. . . To win Those youths who failed to participate would be ineligible we shall need the element ofsurprise. Tlie bourgeoisie will have to for federal aid for higher education. be put to sleep. So we shall begin by launching the most spec- tacular peace movement on record. There will be electrifying Soviets Favor Torpedoes overtures and unheard of concessions. The capitalist countries, stupid and decadent, will rejoice to cooperate in their own The Soviets have been concentrating on developing a new destruction. They will jump at another cliance to be friends. As breed of torpedo, and have already come up with one that can soon as their guard is down, we shall smash them with our knock an 80,000-ton aircraft carrier out of action, a U.S. clenchedfist. Navy study reveals. Dimitry Z. Manuilsky The study reported that the Soviet navy is replacing cruise In a lecture at the Lenin School missiles on its submarines with more powerful torpedoes, on Political Warfare in Moscow, 1 98

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SHOULD CONGRESS PASS THE UNIFORM PRODUCT SAFETYACT?

Rep. Bill Richardson, D-New Mexico Rep. Henry Waxman, D-California

Many months of intense The Uniform Product effort were spent in the Safety Act proposed to 100th Congress to explore YES NO assert federal control over the causes of, and solutions to, the the law of product liability, a legal area product-liability problem. It became that traditionally has been under state clear early in our hearings that this jurisdiction. country is faced with a "crazy quilt" pat- Many of the legal terms in the bill are tern of conflicting product-liability laws. defined or used differently from closely These conflicting laws among states related terms in state statutes and court create "mixed signals" for product safety and result in cases. But the legislation provides no clear guidance as to unnecessary and substantial legal costs that affect interstate how those terms should be interpreted. and foreign commerce. That uncertainty hurts those who Undoubtedly, there would be varying interpretations in self-insure and those who insure commercially thousands of lawsuits across the country, resulting in great The current product-liability system is harmful to the confusion in the law. Which long-established state interpreta- consumer. Costs of products are needlessly pushed up by tions would ultimately be sustained by this statute, and what amounts to a "product-liability tax." This tax revenue, which overturned? No one can say with any conf idence.

however, ends up more in the legal system than it does in the The Uniform Product Safety Act creates a federal product- hands of needy victims. Consumers also are hurt because of liability system that would greatly restrict victims from the conflicting messages sent by our current product-liability seeking compensation from product manufacturers and

laws. If any of us were manufacturing a product today, we sellers. In so doing, it fails to strike an appropriate balance

would find it impossible to conform to rules that conflict and between the interests of manufacturers and those of consum-

are ever changing. ers. Moreover, I believe the bill would inject more confusion Our hearings helped us discern what key issues needed to into the current legal system. be addressed. We learned that state statutory approaches to In addition to its anti-consumer bias, the legislation fails this topic work fitfully at best. If my state, New Mexico, to accomplish the business community's two most important

enacted a product-liability law, it would provide some sta- stated objectives in pressing for federal product-liability bility for goods that are ultimately sold in New Mexico. legislation: uniformity and reasonable insurance rates. However, a high percentage of products are shipped out of The goal of uniformity simply has been abandoned. the state, a practice common to all states. State solutions Because all efforts to standardize defenses were defeated, often create the worst of all possible worlds: they reduce the product-liability law under this legislation would continue to rights of people to sue in the state without producing any vary widely from state to state. Also, the special protections benefits to or for the businesses that operate in those states. from liability afforded to large manufacturers would be

During the hearings it became obvious to us all that we denied to small manufacturers. This could place small needed a federal uniform product-liability law soon. But the businesses at risk in many product-liability suits, while

difficult issue we faced was how to fashion it into law. permitting large corporations to escape responsibility. We worked toward the development of that law in the spirit The provision on insurance data collection is designed to of compromise. We consulted with consumer groups, the assess the causes of the liability insurance crisis and deter- AFL/CIO, law professors, business groups and attorneys and mine whether these modifications of tort law will have any came up with a proposal that would reduce legal costs, give effect on its availability or cost. While the legislation recog- clear signals about product safety and create additional and nizes the importance of this data collection on the federal

needed standardization in our system. Although the bill level, it fails to allow the Department of Commerce to gather failed passage in the 100th information from insur-

Congress, I am optimistic ance companies, thus COUNTS, TOO that a uniform product YOUR OPINION making an accurate assess- in constituent view- safety bill will move rapidly Senators and congressmen are interested ment of this problem points. You may express your views by writing The Honorable (name), through the committees impossible. For these U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 20510, or The Honorable (name), early in 1989 and will reasons, I am unable to U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. 20515. become law this year. support this legislation.

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States is nearing $1 trillion, and more than 3 million American workers now answer to foreign bosses.

a joint venture with Mitsubishi. By Steve Salerno Even "The Encyclopedia Americana" is published, these days, by the French. America is up for grabs, with no Pillsbury Doughboy HE apparent end in sight. If the above is kneaded the now by examples are unsettling, consider the British. Armco, America's overall trends. fifth largest steel com- Foreigners already control 12 per- pany, is half-owned by cent of all manufacturing jobs in the Kawasaki. Firestone Tire United States. More than 3 million & Rubber has become the American workers answer to foreign property of Japanese- bosses — almost 1 million to the T owned Bridgestone, a Japanese alone. The British are longtime foe. Three quarters of the gobbling up real estate and publishing skyline in downtown Los Angeles looks houses faster than you can say, "Let's west to Asian ownership. Office space make a deal," while the growing Dutch surrounding our seat of government in presence in the oil industry threatens to Washington is 25 percent foreign- crowd out homegrown competitors. occupied. Tokyo's Aoki Corporation Comics poke fun at our neighbors to the has established a partnership with BILL DAVIDSO north and south, but those neighbors Tishman, one of New York's top con- may yet have the last laugh; wealthy struction firms. Citibank, the largest OUR SYSTEM Mexicans and Canadians hold the U.S. bank, sold about half its Man- mortgages on perhaps $150 billion hattan headquarters complex to ENCOURAGES worth of American assets. By 1995, Japanese investors in 1987. Lee Japanese interests will own as much as Iacocca, whose admonishments to CONSUMPTION a tenth of all U.S. assets. Total foreign "buy American!" anchored Chrysler's investment in the United States is climb back to health, has now announced AT THE careening toward $1 trillion.

Steve Salerno is a California-based free- EXPENSE "The past 10 years is a story of sys- lance journalist whose articles appear in a tematic destruction," said Bill David- variety of America's most respected OF SAVINGS/ son, University of Southern California magazines. business professor and a noted

22 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE authority on Japan, which poses the turing and trade-related industries. Case in point: In Hawaii, Japanese biggest threat. "As it stands now, our Their system discourages spending on speculation has so inflated the price of defeat is pre-ordained." consumables and provides select housing that Hawaiian residents are, in In trying to explain the phenomenon, people with a tremendous amount of effect, denied an opportunity to own media analysts tend to blame the U.S. investment capital at incredibly attrac- property in their own homeland. trade imbalance. Davidson, however, is tive rates." Among other things, the Japanese want among the experts who believe that the Since the Japanese investor needs to the land to build 30 sumptuous golf real problem is one of cultural budget a much smaller amount to courses and resorts. State officials fear priorities. Japan's war chest full of cash service his debt, he can afford to invest that their constituents may soon has been amassed largely through the far more capital than his American become a servant class to an emerging deep-seated savings ethic of its people. counterpart. (Imagine how much more Japanese aristocracy. A Japanese worker salts away 17 per- house you could afford if you could find Similarly, in parts of San Diego and cent of every paycheck — about triple mortgage money at 2 or 3 percent.) San Francisco, entire developments are what is saved by the average American. becoming rental tracts as Asian Equally significant is what we do THERE are no comparable long- interests buy up blocks of new homes with all that money we fail to bank. "We term goals in the American system. for investment purposes. spend, they invest," explained Rep. "Such constraints are incompatible Please turn to page 68 Stephen Solarz of New York, a leading with our notion of the free market," analyst of American trade policy. "As- Davidson said. In other words, "We sume that tomorrow morning, you buy don't like to tell people what they $1,000 worth of Japanese products, should do with their money." while a Japanese businessman buys If anything, Davidson argued, "Our $1,000 worth of American real estate. system, through its tax structure, Five years from now, the $1 ,000 worth encourages consumption at the expense of products will be all but worthless, of savings." Small wonder that so many and will need to be replaced with more economists feel we are destined to of their products — which by this time remain a debtor nation with little equity probably cost $1,500. This gives the in our own country. Japanese investor more money to buy more real estate." Solarz noted that the story doesn't end there. During the five-year interim, that original $ 1 ,000 parcel of real estate would surely have appreciated in value. Thus the Japanese buyer gains "still more equity to draw on to buy still more property. It's a self-perpetuating proc- ess." The wisdom and frugality of Japanese financial habits are actually built into that nation's economic policy. "Their master plan is to win in world commerce," Davidson said. "The Japanese system is structured to guarantee success in world markets. All resources are channeled into manufac-

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other nations in innovation and the ain. As production in these countries

ByJames R. Schlesinger growth of productivity. And it is driven was restored and grew, our relative by the widely advertised loss of jobs, position inevitably declined. Not only N THE last year, the the decline in the manufacturing base was that position unsustainable, but we I question, "Is America in and the tenaciousness of the trade did all that we could to prevent its being I decline?" has become deficit in the face of a sharp decline in sustained. We bent every effort to help- I something of a fad. In the dollar exchange rate. ing rebuild the economies of damaged I part, this notion has been All of this is contrasted to the good allies, former enemies and, subse- I stimulated by Paul Kenne- old, postwar days of American domi- quently, nations of the underdeveloped I dy's book, "The Rise and nance. For example, we emerged from world. We even tried to extend aid to the I Fall of the Great Powers. World War II with 50 percent of the Soviet Union and its satellites, but were WBmJm | But the interest is driven world's gross product. Today, the United rebuffed in that quest by Stalin, likely to by more than one scholarly work. It is States has slipped to roughly 25 percent the regret of his successors in the driven by a concern about the vast fed- of world output. Moreover, in those ear- Kremlin. eral deficits of recent years and, con- lier days we possessed a monopoly on sequently, the immense growth of the nuclear weapons and, for a long time I T IS scarcely logical to feel nostalgic

national debt. It reflects apprehensions thereafter, a substantial preponderance in I about an era that we sought so hard to regarding the deficit in the balance in strategic forces. In recent years, by con- I bring to a close. Moreover, if others trade, the necessity to borrow stagger- trast, former President Reagan regularly were to catch up with us in terms of ing sums abroad and the dramatic shift stated his belief that in every significant output and living standard, it would be of the United States from a great category of military power, the United astonishing if we were able to maintain creditor nation to the world's largest States is inferior to its principal foe. so sizable a technological lead. Yet as debtor. For a nation still on top of the world, the mood of American society swings,

The decline argument is also driven it is a pretty gloomy assessment. Even we sometimes mourn those lost days of by a belief that our competitiveness has given the well-known American pro- immense material advantage. It is then

declined, that we are lagging behind clivity to exaggerate, I believe it is that we may grow giddy with talk of grossly out of proportion to the facts. American decline. James R. Schlesinger, a former Secretary The first point to bear in mind is that To be sure, that relative decline, of Defense, is counselor to the Center America's dominant position after the some of which was both desirable and for Strategic and International Studies war was an unnatural one. It reflected unavoidable, has in the last quarter- in Washington. This article is adapted the substantial destruction of Germany century gone further than we might from "America at Century's End, " pub- and Japan, the devastation of Europe — have liked, reflecting a kind of indiffer- lished last year by Columbia University including European Russia— chaos in ence on our part— a lack of diligence Press. China and the impoverishment of Brit- and a lack of discipline. Other countries

24 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE have been more industrious than we recent setbacks, It can no longer achieve more or less have been; their growth rates in invest- whatever it desires, as it could in the ment and innovation have been more postwar years. Its wishes are no longer impressive than our own. American the United States fiat around the world. Moreover, our goods have, to a large extent, lost the decline may have been somewhat more reputation for quality, and also, for a rapid because of our follies — the time, appeared over-priced in relation still is the leading demobilization of forces after World to those of other countries. War II, the long Vietnam tragedy, the Perhaps we should have done better, self-indulgence and lack of discipline in but we have not done all that badly. For world power and economic matters, particularly in a nation with 5 percent of the world's recent years. Nevertheless, the United population, 25 percent of the world's States is the leading world power and output does not seem miserably small. will remain so. will remain so. Similar conclusions seem appropri- In categories other than military, its ate with respect to the military balance. advantages relative to its chief foe, the It would have been impossible to sus- Soviet Union, remain immense. Even tain the military edge that the United military— and the latter was more guer- with respect to military power, we may States had acquired by the early 1960s. rilla than orthodox — and all at the have been inclined to exaggerate Soviet As the Soviet Union built up its strategic margin of America's interests. The Rus- strength— a reflection of the psycholog- forces and acquired a counterdeterrent, sians will surely want to shun the Viet- ical climate of the late 1970s and early the wholly secure position that existed namese example and avoid any testing 1980s with the all-too-easy chatter when the United States could devastate of our military capabilities. about "the Soviet geopolitical momen- any foe without significant fear of What we see is a picture of relative tum," "the window of vulnerability" retaliation disappeared. decline, which was unavoidable given and "the shifting correlation of forces." But the United States has immensely our unnatural and unsustainable posi- The United States has the economic impressive military capabilities. In tion at the close of World War II. This capacity to provide its citizens with a some categories, these may be inferior decline has been going on for a long high, and increasing, standard of living. to the Soviets' , in other categories they time, though it is just recently that we Its capacity for innovation remains far are significantly superior. The Soviets have been obliged to notice it. This more impressive than current wisdom understand this quite well— no doubt relative decline may, indeed, continue, would have it. Its competitiveness is better than we do. The North Viet- but it will do so at a much reduced rate. - improving. If it does not use it injudi- namese may have been prepared to test The United States is no longer eco- ciously, the United States will have the America's military capabilities, but nomically a preponderant power. It is military power to help sustain a reason- their challenge was more political than no longer militarily a dominant power. Please turn to page 60

MARCH 1989 25 Interview

ACE ODYSSEY THE NEXT GENERATION

As America's space program regains momentum, NASA scientists prepare for the moon, Mars and beyond.

They know the United States can ill afford the Soviets widening their lead in space.

OR the past three years, James C. Fletcher has been

helping America 's space program bounce back from the painful memories ofChallenger. A research scientist with several years' experience in the

aerospace industry, he is in his second tour as the NASA administrator, having served previouslyfrom 1971 to 1977. He first came to NASA from the University of Utah, where he served as presidentfor seven years. In this exclusive interview, Fletcher

outlines the nation 's future plans in space.

American Legion Magazine: in returning America to space, NASA has overcome some real problems since the Challenger tragedy three years ago. Where do we go from here? James C. Fletcher: We have two planetary probes coming up— one to Venus next month and another to Jupiter in October. Then there's the Space Telescope, a long-awaited program that's set for December, and the Space Station program.

Q. NASA has plans for the Space Station, a moon base and an expedition to Mars. Which is the priority? A The Space Station is first. You can't really do much beyond the Earth orbit without having a permanent

station in space. It doesn't have to be permanently manned,

but it probably will be before we're through. Then it will be used as a habitat for people to learn to live in space, and this

means science and it means production, material processing

26 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE SPACE HOME-Americans will learn to live in space aboard the McDonnell Douglas Space Station Freedom, to be launched in 1996.

and it also means just learning how to cope with zero gravity.

Q. How will the Space Sta- tion be placed in orbit? Alt goes up in 15 to 20 pieces. The Space Shuttle has to put all these pieces in place, and I'd say it will take between 15 to 20 launches to put the whole thing together. This includes the habitation module where people live, the lab module where they do their research, and the Japanese module, which is partly an experi- mental laboratory and partly an observatory. Also, it Q. When does all this happen? includes the European module, which is mostly micro- The first part of the station will be launched in early gravity, then there are nodes, which are backed with experi- A. 1996, and it is scheduled to be assembled in 1997. It ments. We'll have a lot of animal experiments, and probably will take about two years under current plans. a centrifuge to give a feeling for what happens with artificial gravity. Then along the booms we'll have scientific Q. It has been 20 years since we put that first man on the payloads— some looking up, some looking down at the Earth. Please turn to page 62 SPACE STATION FREEDOM

BOB Thompson doesn't pretend close enough to Earth to deal with designed as a foundation for the space that he can list all the benefits the situations that may come up." program for the next 10 years." nation will receive from his com- He said that the fact that "you can The price tag is $6.7 billion, of pany's high-flying space station. physically separate liquids much which Douglas' share is $2.6 billion. Thompson, vice president and gen- more accurately and exotically" in The project will be international in eral manager of McDonnell Douglas' space than in Earth's gravity bodes scope, involving Japanese, Canadian space station program, has been in the well for advances in medicine. He also and European interests, as well as top business long enough to know that the said he thinks the celestial environ- American contractors such as Boeing, rewards of futuristic projects such as ment will be a boon for research in GE and Rockwell. this often don't reveal themselves crystal communications and the Plans call for the station to be until things are well under way. development of revolutionary metals. assembled, using pre-fab segments, "If somebody in one of the earliest The station will accommodate up during 15 to 20 missions of the aeronautical research labs told you to eight people at the outset, but is revitalized space shuttle. back then we'd be flying across expandable. A modular design per- "We think there's no reason why country or around the world in jets mits enlargement of living quarters the shuttle can't continue to be used," that were designed as a result of work and lab facilities. The basic structure observed Thompson. "You don't give that was done there, you'd have never is that of an "open truss," which up because of one disaster." believed it," he said. Thompson compared to "the long The nucleus of the station will be Thompson, however, is quite natu- boom that is used to suspend freeway operational after about six missions, rally enthusiastic about the potential signs." On each end of the 600-foot the first of which is scheduled to take of Space Station Freedom. "It's a boom are solar-power collectors; at place in 1996, assuming that Con- wonderful platform from which to see the center are mobile-home-like gress keeps funding the project how to live in space," he said. "Inter- dwellings. through the intervening years. planetary travel entails being in space "We very carefully selected the "We need to be committed to the for at least three years. The best way architecture," said Thompson, noting idea over the long haul," he said, "or to prepare for that is to be in space for that the station has been in devel- else we might as well make up our three years, but in space at a point opment for more than 25 years. "It's minds to get out of space."

MARCH 1989 27 Commentary

THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF

There are two additional and critical Delvalle, was regarded in Panama as a Noriega or no issues at stake: How can we obtain puppet of the PDF. Panama's genuine cooperation in com- The Noriega government began to Noriega U.S. batting illegal drug trafficking aimed at destabilize when, in June 1987, retired interests dictate the U.S. market?; what long-term Col. Roberto Diaz Herrera alleged pub- policy can the United States adopt that licly that Noriega was involved in drug that the United will be most conducive to democratiza- trafficking, election fraud, corruption States should tion and stability in Panama, upon and the assassination of a political which everything else depends? opponent. lift the economic The origins of Panama's crisis began sanctions on a few years back. Following the ratifi- February 1988, relations with the cation of the Panama Canal treaties in INUnited States turned sour after Panama before 1978, our relationship with Panama Noriega was indicted by federal dis- improved markedly. Good cooperation trict courts in Florida on charges of it is too late. developed between the United States drug trafficking and racketeering. Later > and Panamanian military forces. Gen. that month, Delvalle's attempt to dis- Omar Torrijos, the country's "strong- miss Noriega on television backfired By Ambler H. Moss Jr. man" since 1968, established a trend and Delvalle instead was ousted by the toward democratization, which in- national legislature. He currently is in cluded the return of political exiles and hiding in Panama under U.S. protec- OR well over a year, the restoration of freedom of expres- tion. Delvalle is still recognized by this Panama has been plunged sion and of political parties. country as president. A series of into a deep economic and After Torrijos died in an air crash in economic sanctions imposed against political crisis and it is 1981, his former military intelligence Panama by the administration, with essential that the new ad- chief. Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega, congressional support, have had devas- ministration act to protect assumed command of the Panama tating effects on the Panamanian econ- our military base rights in Defense Forces in 1983 and controlled omy but have failed to dislodge Noriega. the Panama Canal, which the country's politics from behind the In March 1988, a U.S. State Depart- F will pass to Panamanian scenes. certification recognizing Delvalle ment control in 2000. Nicolas Ardito Barletta, hand-picked as president enabled his agents in by Noriega to be the official-party can- Washington to block all funds in the

Ambler H. Moss Jr., U.S. ambassador to didate won the 1984 elections. The United States of the National Bank of Panama from 1978 to 1982, is dean of opposition charged fraud. Barletta, a Panama. The move led to the collapse the University of Miami's Graduate professor from the University of Chi- of Panama's profitable banking center School of International Studies. A lawyer cago and well regarded in the United of more than 120 banks, $35 billion in and former career foreign service officer, States, was removed from office by deposits and 7,000 quality jobs, all

Moss is a life member of Post 1, Panama Noriega and his close associates one gone and probably never to return. Canal. year later. His successor, Eric Arturo Other sanctions included the with-

28 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE holding of Panama's share of the canal In May, negotiators from the State UNEASY STREETS— For the most part, Noriega has not interfered with U.S. tolls, about $6 million per month. The Department met with Noriega's repre- bases operating in Panama, although move was arguably a breach of the sentatives and discussed possible con- anti-Noriega demonstrations are fueled could set a ditions for the general's departure from Panama Canal Treaty and by U.S. support. bad precedent. power. The press reported, based on In April 1988, the administration good inside sources, that Washington invoked the International Emergency was prepared to drop the indictments. tions and the State of the Panamanian Economic Powers Act, which prohib- The deal was never closed. It is not Economy, attributed much of the coun- ited more than 400 clear, however, that try's rapid economic deterioration to American companies in failure of the talks was the sanctions. It also emphasized, Panama from making due to a clear rejection however, that Panama's own internal any payments to the gov- RENEWING by Noriega, as then Sec- political situation had started the ernment of Panama. retary of State George decline by the second half of 1987. The order made it U.S. base Shultz told the press. Moreover, for several years there had almost impossible for The reason might have been a steady loss of confidence by the the companies to func- rights has been a reaction to the private sector in Panama's economic tion, as it literally cov- become more intense U.S. pressure to growth, on which its future stability ered any payments to complete the talks depends. The root of the problem was public authority that a important before President Rea- political— continued behind-the-scenes company must make to gan's trip to Moscow. control by the military of the country's since the do business: social secu- Various press stories politics and the reversal of a previous rity payments, taxes, Sandinistas last August, based ap- trend toward democratization. Where water, telephone, elec- parently on administra- did Noriega fit in? tricity bills and even have come tion leaks, stated that Although most "old Panama hands" postage stamps. Washington was plan- will agree that the problem to power. country's The American Cham- ning some unspecified was institutional, the focus of the ber of Commerce in covert action. Other- Reagan administration in 1988 cen- Panama protested that wise, there were no new tered largely upon Noriega. Yet, for American companies developments in the many years, Noriega was considered were being used as an Panama crisis for the useful by various U.S. government instrument of foreign rest of the year. agencies. Long before his assumption policy. The chamber called the measure A Panamanian consulting group of command of the PDF, he had been "ill-conceived and misdirected," and headed by oppositionist economist the intelligence chief. His habit had "U.S. companies are closing down Guillermo Chapman prepared a report always been to be as useful to as many because of the restrictions." It added last July that predicted a 27.2 percent "gringos" as he could— his client list that the overall effect would be to decline in GNP for 1988. A report of included the Drug Enforcement Admin- "hasten the demise of the private sec- the U.S. Congressional Research istration, the Central Intelligence tor" in Panama. Service dated Aug. 27, 1988, U.S. Sanc- Please turn to page 66

MARCH 1989 29 I^H OT king ago. on a wet and windy Sunday, a bridge on

1 1 the New York State Thru-

I I way near Amsterdam col- I 1 lapsed with a roar,

I I plunging cars and a

B I tractor-trailer into a rain- B swollen creek. A week trmWM/M later, when weary rescue workers gave up their search, the grim toll of victims stood at 10 lives lost. Less than 200 miles away, a 100-foot section of a Connecticut Turnpike span had cracked and fallen a few years ear- lier, hurling four hapless vehicles into the river. The toll that day was four These Structures dead, three critically hurt. These disasters are shocking remin-

ders that the country is facing a problem that not only can cost many more lives May Be Hazardous and injure numerous others, but also stifle economic growth and lower the quality of life of every American. The harsh facts are that the nation's bridges, highways, mass transit, waste- To Your Health disposal plants, water systems and other facilities crucial to progress and financial strength are in a deplorable and, in far too many cases, dangerous By Lester David condition. Once the envy of every country on Earth, the public works that make up facilities comes from the findings of a improvements, the basic underpinnings

our infrastructure have been allowed to special committee appointed by Con- of its well-being and economic growth." reach an advanced stage of decay or gress. After a two-year investigation, Here is the cause of their concern and overloading. As a result, bridges fall, during which hearings were held across what the council uncovered during its roadbeds crumble, water mains burst, the country, the National Council on investigation: sewage systems fail, airports jam up, Public Works Improvement reported to • Disposal of hazardous waste. In a and harbors become overburdened and the President and Congress that "The report card on the state of public works,

polluted. quality of America's infrastructure is the council gave toxic waste disposal a The latest evidence that the country barely adequate to fulfill current "D," the lowest grade on its list. Dec- has sadly neglected its magnificent requirements, and insufficient to meet laring that only a fraction of the toxic the demands of future economic growth waste produced annually is being and development. treated safely, the committee warned, Reliable transportation, clean water, "A massive backlog of poisons needing and safe disposal of wastes are basic cleanup projects faces the nation." elements to civilized society and a pro- • Sewers and solid-waste disposal. The

ductive economy. Their absence or antiquated sewer system, much of it 50 failure introduces an intolerable risk of to 100 years old, got a "C." In many hardship to everyday life, and a major cities, pipes overflow during heavy obstacle to growth and competitiveness." rains, flooding basements with sewage The council is not the only voice water. In Des Moines, for example, deploring the crumbling systems and millions of gallons of raw sewage cas- warning of the consequences unless caded into the Des Moines River after a

swift action is taken. line collapsed. • Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas said, Solid-waste facilities got a "C- "America is falling apart, literally. In minus." Among the states facing dis- many ways the problem is as serious as posal crises are New Jersey, New York, the budget and trade deficits." Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode • According to Sen. Patrick J. Island, Ohio and Pennsylvania, while Moynihan of New York, "New mechan- isms for financing the much-needed Veteran magazine writer Lester David is COMMON OCCURRENCE-/* worker pre- work must be done to rehabilitate and the author of 13 books and more than pares a stretch of 1-70 for patch work. expand the nation's public works 1,200 articles.

30 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE the situation is only slightly better in sadly inadequate for today's needs. the south and west. Now 1 8 1 million vehicles pour onto the The nationwide problem was high- roads, about 250 percent more than in lighted last year by the ludicrous case of 1960. the traveling garbage scow, which The result is horn-honking, nerve- sailed from port to port for 155 days in racking congestion. At rush hour, for a fruitless attempt to unload its 3,200 example, the Long Island Expressway B R I DG EWO R K - City inspectors last year tons of refuse. Nobody could handle it. to the suburbs has been dubbed the closed New York's Williamsburg Bridge Finally, the returned to Islip, "world's longest parking lot." I- barge Route because of a corroded support beam. Long Island, which had originally 93 from the Massachusetts Turnpike to turned it away. the Charles River in Boston can match seaplane rides rather than hitting the

• Bridges. According to the Depart- it, and so can 1-70 west of Denver in ski roads. The council's grade for the coun- ment of Transportation, about 42 per- season. Just as bad are the routes from try's roads and highways? A "C-plus." cent of the 574,000 spans on the coun- Miami to northern points, Sarasota to • Aviation. Despite a sharp rise in the try's highways are either obsolete or Tampa, Princeton to New York and the number of travelers, no major U.S. dangerous. The Federal Highway Beltway around Washington, D.C. airport has been built since Dallas-Fort Administration reported that 23 per- Worth in 1974. Some have been cent of these are unsafe for all vehicles If CONDITIONS are terrible outside enlarged, but no new ones added. heavier than cars and light trucks. I the cities, they're even worse inside The FAA estimated that over- What's even more scary is that in Iwhere gridlock paralyzes traffic, crowding cost airlines an extra $2 many rural areas, drivers of school costing untold billions in loss of work billion in operating costs in a recent buses are ordered to stop and let the and gasoline, and adds more fumes to year and that passengers lost more than children walk across for fear the old the already polluted air. Perhaps, even $3 billion in lost time. wooden structures might topple. worse are the miles and miles of rutted Moreover, the air contol system, cur- In New York, a hole the size of an and pot-holed streets in desperate need rently undergoing a $16 billion moderni- automobile was found in the pavement of repair. zation, needs "substantial upgrading to of one of the city's bridges. Last year, Communities across the nation are maintain safety," says the council, which the 80-year old Williamsburg Bridge grasping for solutions. Some cities have awards aviation a grade of "B-minus." was closed to traffic for months dipped into the past and reactivated ferry How did America get itself into this

because it was unsafe. services. On Long Island, frustrated mess? The reason is not enough money • Highways, roads and streets. Many of homeowners in the posh Hamptons, are has been allocated to improve the leak- the highways, built decades ago, are shelling out $190 per trip for 90-mile Please turn to page 70

MARCH 1989 31 u N 0 u commanded the 95th division of the Army Reserve in Oklahoma. For Reynolds, Massad's operation was also a significant chapter in the story of an operation designed to save thousands of Americans from the acute discomfort that results from bladder removal. It's a problem that urologists have struggled with for decades. As the kidneys filter waste products out of the blood, urine is produced constantly and must be stored tem- porarily in the body; the alternative is constant urination. Until recently, storage options BLADDER following bladder removal have been few and grim. One possibility was to implant tubes in both kidneys to catch the urine, which is stored in an SURGERY external bag that has to be emptied periodically. Another was to run the urine through a tube to the colon, which would store the urine internally, but I CURES at the risk of infection and kidney problems.

THE solution was to create a substi- tute bladder, but it hasn't been easy. AqE'Old first in ProWem The attempt was reported 1888, but success has been elusive because any substitute bladder must A substitute-bladder operation performed meet a number of criteria. "First, it should do what you expect Dr. L Jr., by Charles Reynolds an Oklahoma of a normal bladder," Reynolds said. "It surgeon, seems to have solved the problem should be made of a substance within a person's own body that will contract that has stymied urologists for decades. and allow the bladder to be emptied as guided by the pressure gradient of fluid.

"Second, it has to be lined with mucosa, a lining that does not exces- pital in Oklahoma City, near Massad's sively absorb unwanted chemicals, By Edward Edelson home town of Ardmore. Reynolds had because that would cause a chemical developed a technique that used a sec- imbalance in the body. tion of the patient's small intestine to "Third, when the bladder fills, the IFE looked tough for make a fully functional, substitute urine should not go back up the tubes to retired U.S. Army Gen. bladder. The operation had been per- the kidneys. If it did, it would eventu- Ernest L. "Mike" Massad formed on several patients and seemed ally destroy the kidneys. when the doctor told him to work. "Finally, it should also be attached to last March his bladder was Massad had the operation. His ver- the normal sphincter, the valve that cancerous and had to come dict several months later: "I'm function- controls the flow of urine, so the person out. A veteran of hard ing almost normally now. It's fantastic can be continent through the normal combat in World War II, how well it's working." channel." L Massad knew the surgery For Massad, the artificial bladder Until Reynolds developed his opera- would save his life, but he didn't like operation was the latest chapter in a tion, the closest approach to a substi- losing his bladder. lifetime of achievement that has landed tute bladder used a segment of the Then Massad's doctor told him him in the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. An ileum, a part of the small intestine. about Dr. Charles L. Reynolds Jr., a All-American fullback at Oklahoma Devised in the 1980s, this operation urological surgeon at Deaconess Hos- University in the 1930s, he later earned creates a pouch with an opening in the the Silver Star, Distinguished Service outer wall of the abdomen. The patient Edward Edelson, a science writer for a Cross, Bronze Star and Purple Heart in disposes of the urine by inserting a large metropolitan newspaper, specializes the Pacific, then served as a deputy catheter to empty the pouch periodi- in science and medicine. secretary of defense in the 1960s and cally—the urinary equivalent of a colos-

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tomy. The procedure is a great advance artificial valve using a plastic patch is the hospital with bladder cancer. He's over past techniques, but it does have its sewed in to prevent urine from flowing done seven more since then, including problems, such as the risk of infection back up the ureters. the operation on Massad. All eight because of the opening in the abdom- Reynolds performed his first arti- patients are doing well, with fully func- inal wall. ficial bladder operation in May 1985 tioning bladders, Reynolds said. Reynolds built on that procedure to on 64-year-old Warren Harnsberger, As many as 10,000 Americans a year create his advanced version of the sub- another Ardmore resident who entered could benefit from the operation, said stitute bladder. It's a goal he's Reynolds. The most common been working toward for 30 'IRON MIKE" MASSAD reason for surgical removal of years, starting with a U.S. the bladder is cancer, but the Public Health Service grant operation can also be done to when he was with the Univer- relieve an excruciatingly pain- sity of Texas Southwestern I \lS opinion of the opera- ful condition called interstitial Medical College in Dallas. He cystitis, a mysterious disease has continued that research in tion: I'm functioning almost in which the bladder progres- Oklahoma City, where he is a sively becomes scarred and It's professor of urology at the normally now. fantastic contracts, so that urine has to

University of Oklahoma Col- be diverted out of it. how well it's working. lege of Medicine. Reynolds is the only one in Reynolds' substitute blad- the world doing his version of der is created by taking out a the substitute bladder opera- long segment of the ileum and tion now, but he says others rejoining the severed parts to will soon begin. Last October permit near-normal digestion he flew to Buenos Aires to of food. Sections of the ileum deliver a report at a meeting of are sewed together to create a the International Congress of cylindrical reservoir with Urology. Doctors at six major about the same capacity as the universities will soon start normal bladder. The reservoir doing the artificial bladder then is joined to the ureters, surgery, he said. "It offers an the tubes that carry urine alternative in which the down from the kidneys, and patient can function normally the urethra, the tube that goes rather than wear a bag on his down from the bladder. An side." '

MARCH 1989 33 A would be more cursed than Prometheus. Sensible The secret of an energy source a mil- lion times more potent than fire was kept under double lock and key. First,

the complexity of the topic made it hard to understand even if all the details had been explained. Second, nuclear energy was developed under wartime rules of secrecy so that practically ENERGY nothing could be explained. People first learned about that secret when the bombing of Hiroshima killed 80,000 people. A prior demonstration might have ended the war without further suffering, but atomic explosives tSOURC were used to end the nightmare of World War II. By the time that nuclear energy could have been explained to those sufficiently interested, the emotional association of wartime FOR THE NUCLEAR AGE deaths and nuclear energy was well established. In addition, the new bomb brought the phenomenon of radioactivity to public attention. Radiation has been around since life began, but before 1945, radioactivity was only mentioned in connection with the healing waters of some European spas. With the bomb- ings, the world learned that in truly massive quantities such as 400,000 mrem (milliroentgen-equivalent-in- man), radiation killed about half of the

people exposed to it.

BEFORE pronouncing sentence on the modern Prometheus, let's examine a few facts: People are radioactive. People who sleep alone in a single bed receive less radiation than people who sleep together. We have enough naturally

IMPRACTICAL— Large-scale use of solar energy is too expensive to produce. occurring radioactive isotopes in our bodies to receive 28 mrems each year from that source alone. By Dr. Edward Teller was the first use of energy. Since it The sky and soil are radioactive. could easily go out of control, I suspect A cascade of high-energy particles that objections were raised to its use. from the atmosphere irradiates us con- HE history of mankind is But people undoubtedly told each other stantly, producing an annual dose that thoroughly intertwined about the invention, and its use spread. also averages 28 mrems. The more with the history of its According to myth, fire was not given often we fly in an airplane, and the energy sources. Slave by the gods, but stolen from them by higher the elevation of our home, the labor is undoubtedly the Prometheus. His punishment was to be more that dose increases. The mineral most intelligent form of chained to a rock and visited each day content of the soil also includes natur- energy, though not the by vultures who tore at his liver. ally occurring radioactivity, which most obedient. Human When nuclear reactors were about to T labor is also renewable, become available, I actually believed Dr. Edward Teller, physicist, senior though not inexhaustible. But the most that the scientific contribution would research fellow at the Hoover Institution important purpose of technology is to solve the problem of energy forever. and associate director emeritus of the

relieve the burden of those at the I listened, more astonished than com- Lawrence Livermore National Labora- bottom of the human pyramid. prehending, when one of my colleagues tory, is the author ofBetter a Shield than Fire, which releases chemical energy. predicted that as its originators we a Sword (Free PresslMacMillan, 1987).

34 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE on oil NUCLEAR LAG — The United States, survivors of the bomb- certain probability of and gas is which pioneered nuclear technology, ings in Japan (400,000 harm. But in spite of ranks 15th in the world in its use. to 500,000 mrems), are politically thousands of studies, no correlated with an in- evidence of harm has ever crease of some kinds of risky and been demonstrated for increases our dose by an average of 26 cancer as are the mas- economically so low a dose. The risk of mrems per year, except for regions like sive doses given 15,000 damage from 500 mrem the Colorado plateau where it is two to patients in Great Britain harmful. of radiation is so small four times higher. suffering from a spinal that it would require a Homes are radioactive. Houses help disorder in the early study involving billions shield us from cosmic radiation, but 1950s, who received of people to determine because of their materials, they add an on the average a dose statistically whether or average of 3.5 mrems to our radiation equivalent to about not there was an effect. dose. Exceptions are found in brick 700,000 mrem. In the latter case, the Actually, nuclear reactors routinely houses, which add 7 mrems per year, doses were distributed over time, which release less radiation than coal-burning and for naturally occurring radon, makes them much less damaging than plants. Three accidents have occurred which can be trapped in well-insulated doses received promptly. However, the where radiation escaped; the first, in houses, and thereby add up to 4,000 incidence of cancer was small. For 1957, was at the Windscale plant in mrems a year. Cooking with natural gas example, almost three decades later, Britain; the second, in 1979, at Three (6 mrems) or watching television two-tenths of 1 percent of the atomic Mile Island; the third, in 1986, at (0.5 mrem) also add to exposure. bomb survivors had developed radia- Chernobyl. Exposure to radioactivity, as should tion-induced leukemia. No one was hurt at either of the first be obvious by now, is very much a part The most authoritative report on two accidents. If the amount of radio- of everyday life. An average American radiation, the 1980 BEIR Report, activity released at Three Mile Island, is exposed to 180 mrems each year. stated: "It is not yet possible to estimate which exposed those nearby to a dose There is absolutely no evidence that precisely the risk of cancer induction by of about 70 mrems, is arbitrarily called doses of radiation several times higher low-dose radiation because the degree one unit, then the Windscale accident have any detrimental effects. In fact, as of risk is so low." Current estimates of released a thousand units, and Cher- the old-time spas suggest, a small harm from radiation are derived from nobyl, a million units. A reasonable amount of radiation might even have the known risk of a massive dose of estimate of related deaths among the benefits. radiation. By dividing both the dose people heavily exposed in or near the

Massive doses, such as those received and the risk, it becomes possible to Soviet plant suggests that in the next in a single exposure by some of the claim that a 10,000-mrem dose has a Please turn to page 58

MARCH 1989 35 Veterans update

PROPOSED FY 1000 VA BUDGET "AN INSULTTO VETERANS'

Wgammmm HOCK and dismay testify and raise additional £ f| were the reactions compensation issues that are I of Nat'l Cmdr. addressed in our resolutions." i %mM_ H.F "Sparky" The budget also includes Bjk '^HH| Gierke when he $453 million to support opera- learned of the pro- tions of the Home Loan Guar- I I posed VA budget anty Fund; however, it also * Jm for Fiscal Year seeks to make the origination IfewriB 1990. "I trust the fee permanent and raise it to new administration will not 3.8 percent from its current

support the budget proposal rate of 1 percent. The Legion that has been submitted," opposes any fees charged to Gierke said. "It's an insult to veterans who apply for VA the nation's veterans, and The home loans and blames ques- American Legion cannot sup- tionable management prac- port it." tices and high inflation for the At press time, the Reagan huge deficits in the program. administration's proposed VA "No matter what the VA budget would cut nearly 9,000 calls the fee, it amounts to VA health-care employees, MIXED BLESSING— A/ext year's proposed VA budget making veterans pay for what reduce medical facility con- would help speed up service at VA hospitals by denying is intended to be an entitle- medical care to many needy veterans. struction and deny medical ment," Gierke said. care to possibly thousands of Gierke also was critical of a veterans. budget proposal that would The VA, which will become the voted on each year by Congress. require non-service-connected veterans Department of Veterans Affairs this The OMB claims that indexing to pay per-diem rates in addition to the month, has a proposed budget of nearly would guarantee full and timely means-test copayments. The additional $30 billion to fund medical, compensa- COLAs for veterans receiving compen- charge would apply to prescriptions, tion and other programs for 27.3 mil- sation payments. The Legion, a long- and inpatient and outpatient visits. lion veterans, their families and sur- time opponent of such indexing, points "The Legion has always, and will vivors of deceased veterans. out that through the years COLAs always, oppose a means test and "It's quite apparent that the Office of granted by Congress are more generous making veterans pay for VA medical Management and Budget has no inten- than those tied to the CPI. "Of equal care," said Gierke. tions of correcting the decremental importance," said John Sommer, director Other FY 1990 VA budget requests budgeting that has resulted in seriously of the Legion's Veterans Affairs and included: restricting or curtailing VA health-care Rehabilitation Division, "is that index- • An additional 40 employees in the benefits," Gierke said. "While the ing might eliminate the need for COLA Office of General Counsel to meet the budget proposes an increase of $185.8 hearings before the veterans's affairs anticipated increase in the work load million for the Department of Medicine committees. This would deny The resulting from the Veterans' Judicial and Surgery, it ignores the fact that Legion the forum and opportunity to Review Act. there is already a shortfall of between • $1 12 million for a new medical $600 million and $1 billion in the medi- facility at Palm Beach, Fla. cal budget." THE LEGION'S POSITION • A repeal of the recently reinstated The budget includes $318 million to Res. 453, approved by the 70th travel-allowance provisions to permit fund a 3.6 percent compensation cost- National Convention in Louisville, Ky., only veterans in need of special transpor- of-living allowance, and calls for legis- in September 1988, expressed the tation or those who live 100 miles or lation to index VA compensation pay- Legion's opposition to any efforts to more from a VA medical facility to restrict or eliminate health care. ments to the annual change in the VA receive reimbursements. Res. 286 urges the President and Con- Consumer Price Index. COLAs for VA • A $12.9 million decrease from the gress to provide full funding for all compensation currently are subject to current fiscal year for medical and pros- veterans' programs. congressional hearings and must be thetic research.

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The founders

N EARLY March 1919, said Maurice Lepavsky, a Legion Army Sgt. George W. founder and member of Advertising Bentley, serving with an Men's Post 38, Villa Park, 111. "But engineering purchasing everyone had the opportunity to speak." unit in Paris, saw an item Indeed, both enlisted men and offi- in the Stars and Stripes cers were assigned to various commit- about an upcoming meet- tees to plan for the meeting in St. Louis. ing of AEF servicemen at "The great thing about the Paris Caucus the Cirque de Paris to dis- is that the Legion didn't end after the cuss forming a veterans' organization. fellows came home from Europe," He made a mental note to attend, if Bentley said. "They went on to St. possible. Louis and did their work."

"I was bored and thought it would be One founder who did attend the St. a good way to kill time," said Bentley, Louis Caucus was Hamilton Fish Sr., 91, a member of Minneapolis' Calhoun 100, of New York. Fish's attendance

Post 23 1 . "But I also was curious to see was more than just as a casual observer ENERGY PLUS- Bentley, 91, still drives what these fellows had in mind." his own car, pushes the lawn mower and as he and two others were tasked with That historic event, held March 15-17 runs errands for neighbors. writing the preamble to the Legion con- was the Paris Caucus, an embryonic stitution. gathering that would nurture The Amer- field hero Sgt. Alvin York and enough "There was a strong sense of decorum ican Legion into becoming America's brass to make even John Philip Sousa and responsibility," said Fish, a largest group of wartime veterans. Two envious, rank had few privileges when member of New York's Kingston Post months later, at the St. Louis Caucus, participants filed into the auditorium. 150. "Teddy Roosevelt Jr. was asked to May 8-10, the American Legion con- Slick-sleeved privates found themselves head the Legion and he refused; they stitution was written. Bentley and 1 on equal footing with generals, with even tried drafting him from the floor other men who witnessed those first one exception. and still he refused," Fish recalled. steps of the infant Legion are the sur- "The enlisted men sat in the balcony "Young Roosevelt turned it down viving members of an august group and the officers had floor-level seats," because he wanted to avoid any criti- called the Society of American Legion cism that he was using his family name Founders Ltd. to get ahead, or that the Legion was a Bentley said the Paris Caucus had all Last Of The First political machine." of the atmosphere of a high-powered, The years have significantly thinned American political convention. "I had MEMBERS of the Society of the ranks of American Legion found- the best seat in the house because I was American Legion Founders ers. But for men such as Bentley, up in the balcony of the auditorium," he Ltd. include: Lepavsky and Fish, their faith in the said. "Many of the boys held up signs George W. Bentley, 91, Minne- Legion and its many works has not identifying the units they served in, and apolis; Vahan Dukmejian, 97, diminished. Both Bentley and Fish there was a lot of cheering." Setauket, N.Y; E.C. Dutcher, 96, often appear at national conventions The chilly, pre-spring weather out- Stockton, Calif.; Fred E. Ellis, 89, and other Legion functions; and Bentley side contrasted sharply with the heat of still drives his car, pushes his own Harlingen, Texas ; Hamilton Fish emotion that occasionally filled the Sr., 100, New York; Harry L. Fos- lawn mower and runs errands for neigh- auditorium, Bentley recalled. "I ter, 89, San Diego; Selmar L. bors. Lepavsky currently is serving as remember a few times there was shout- Jerpbak, 92, Bloomington, Minn.; post adjutant and volunteers at Hines ing and debating, usually over what the Maurice Lepavsky, 91, Villa Park, VA Medical Center near Chicago, where it receives treatment for Legion should stand for and how 111.; William J. Meade, 91, Ran- even today, he should operate. In the end, everyone maladies related to the mustard gas — dolph, Miss.; Dr. Maynard H. was working toward the same goal Mires Sr., 94, Georgetown, Del. exposure he received in World War I. getting the Legion off and running." (current president); Claude B. "Concern for veterans is what drew The mood of the Paris Caucus, and Payne, 89, Dallas; Jack E. Specter, me to the Legion," Lepavsky said. later at St. Louis, was egalitarian from 91, Bay Pines, Fla.; and PNC Erie "That's what's keeping me alive today. veterans the outset. Although there were many Cocke Jr., Bethesda, Md. (honorary To me, caring for unfortunate luminaries in attendance, including member) and their families is why The American Col. W.J. "Wild Bill" Donovan, battle- Legion exists."

MARCH 1989 39 THE AMERICAN LEGION 1319-1888

Shaping The Fabric Of The Nation

Aaron Levy, 307th Within months of its founding, the Infantry, was facing The Legion can Legion was lobbying Congress and the PVT.another six to eight American public to support a four-point months in the hospital, boost of numerous veterans' benefit package that included recovering from war land settlement, loans to buy farms and wounds. He was slipping accomplishments homes, aid to complete education inter- further into debt every on behalf of the rupted by war, and readjustment and day, trying to support his compensation assistance. wife on government pay of nation's veterans Seven decades have passed since the $6.50 a month, after allotment and Legion was founded. Although mere its first insurance deductions. during mention of the name, The American Before Charles W. Smith went into 70 years. Legion, may evoke as many definitions the Navy, he was making $56 a month. as there are Legionnaires, by whatever As a coal-passer during the war he definition, the organization's record of made $36 a month. His wife was forced achievements has left a lasting imprint to live with her mother and bill collec- on the fabric of America. tors constantly hounded her. "My home Foremost among those achievements was wrecked and my health lost," he Government services to help them has been its long-time commitment and said. "When I returned, my bed was all through transitional periods were service to veterans, whether they are I had and that was in a strange house." fraught with inefficiency, substantial Legionnaires or not. Care for veterans, Another soldier was seriously dis- delays in meeting claims and employee especially the sick, the poor and the abled following his discharge. He spent callousness toward the veterans' right disabled, is one of the philosophical almost a year contacting and writing to a square deal. Thousands of brave pillars on which the organization was various government agencies. He got young men, who had fought the nation's built.

many promises that his claim would be war for not much more than $ 1 a day, WWI veterans were faced with many allowed, but never any financial assist- returned home to a life of subsisting on problems, which the Legion leaders ance. Homeless and penniless, he friends, relatives and charity. As of July quickly confronted. In 1920, the finally collapsed in the street and was 1919, The Federal Board of Vocational Legion demanded that the White House taken to the hospital. Education, with its 1,635 salaried investigate charges of shoddy medical These were the times that gave birth employees, had placed in training only treatment for many disabled veterans. to The American Legion. With the sign- 3,973 of the 230,000 Americans dis- Legion founders contended that the ing of the Armistice Nov. 11, 1918, war abled during the war. fractious group of federal agencies ceased for most of America's 2.5 mil- "The American Legion was born out responsible for veterans' programs was lion fighting men, but for Levy, Smith of the ashes of World War I," said Nat'l one source of the problem. Because of and thousands of others returning from Cmdr. H.F. "Sparky" Gierke. "It saw these early Legion efforts, the investiga- Europe with crippling injuries and psy- the raw treatment being forced on vet- tion resulted in the consolidation of all

chological scars, it was the beginning of erans and their families and it didn't veterans' programs under the auspices

their own personal wars. like it. So it did something about it." of the U.S. Veterans Bureau, forerunner

40 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE WHERE IT BEGAN — Observers praised returning Korean War veterans. the agency be upgraded, arguing that a The American Legion founders at the The Legion also has been in the fore- Department of Veterans' Affairs would Paris Caucus for their strong sense of front of Vietnam veterans' causes. The give veterans' concerns a stronger purpose and responsibility. organization was among the first to voice on Capitol Hill. urge the government to recognize the "Perhaps some of the Legion's great- of the Veterans Administration. problems of veterans suffering from the est achievements for veterans are still to The Legion's greatest single achieve- ill-health effects of exposure to the come," Gierke said. "As America's ment, however, was to occur more than dioxin-based herbicide Agent Orange. aging veteran population continues to two decades later, when America once (See related article, page 42.) spiral, so, too, does its health-care again was plunged into another global needs. The Legion consistently has war. The Legion was the chief author of findings of a five-year Amer- urged Congress to adequately fund the 1944 Servicemen's Readjustment THEican Legion-Columbia University medical programs for aging veterans." Act, better known as the GI Bill. That study on Vietnam veterans were By 2000, 10 million veterans will be 65 landmark legislation, written mainly by unveiled by Gierke on Veterans Day or older, most of whom will be eligible PNC Harry Colmery and other Legion 1988 in the nation's capital. The study, for veterans' health-care programs. officials, improved VA medical treat- which surveyed the responses of both The achievements of The American ment and increased the number of VA combat and non-combat veterans, re- Legion, diverse as they might be, all facilities; provided education and voca- vealed that veterans exposed to Agent share one common denominator, Gierke tional benefits; established employ- Orange tended to have a higher rate of said. "They are the direct result of every ment and job-training programs; and certain health problems. The study also Legionnaire who gets involved with a guaranteed home loans to returning found that veterans who experienced particular program — something that veterans of World War II. high levels of combat had greater read- benefits the lives of others." "This stellar accomplishment made justment problems in civilian life and The key to Legion strength always the difference in millions of veterans' often suffered from a number of psycho- has been its vibrant membership, which lives," said W.F. Lenker, chairman of logical problems, including Post- has made it the largest and fastest the Legion's Veterans' Affairs and Traumatic Stress Disorder. growing veterans' organization. When Rehabilitation Commission. "Also, it Another major Legion effort on the books closed on this past member- demonstrated the nation's commitment behalf of Vietnam veterans was its ship year, the ranks of the organization to those who have served in uniform." fund-raising efforts for the Vietnam reached a 38-year high, with more than The Legion's role as an advocate for Veterans Memorial in Washington, 2.85 million Legionnaires.

veterans has not diminished over the DC. , which was dedicated on Veterans "We continue to grow because the years. In the 1950s, a group called the Day 1982. Legionnaires donated $1 .25 Legion is an effective conduit for the Economy League was pressuring Con- million, making the organization the concerns of veterans and mainstream gress to dismantle the VA and turn its largest single contributor to the project. America," Gierke said. We have services over to other agencies. Legion- More recently, the Legion led the endured and will continue to do so naires were able to thwart those efforts charge to elevate the VA to Cabinet because the Legion is not a me organiza-

and, in fact, successfully lobbied for status, which will become a reality this tion. It is, in every sense, a we organiza- improved programs and services for month. For years, the Legion urged that tion."

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MARCH 1989 41 The American Legion and Columbia University Study

THE FINAL BATTLE

This is the first of a five-part by veterans. Some veterans, series examining the significant such as Grimes, have developed findings of The American Legion rare types of cancers; others and Columbia University Study have suffered liver damage, of Vietnam Veterans. The first severe chloracne, chronic pain, installment details the Agent numbness in extremities and Orange findings. Future issues of benign fatty tumors. In addi- this magazine will cover the study's tion, many veterans who served conclusions on PTSD, The Social in areas where the defoliant was and Psychological Scars, Combat, used have fathered children

and Veterans ' perceptions of, and with serious birth defects. experiences with, the VA. The VA was charged by law with researching the Agent Orange connection, but made little progress. The Legion wanted the study in the hands of AS AN Army rifle- an independent agency. The VA man in Cambodia in finally conceded and turned the 1970, Andy Grimes matter over to the Centers for of Trenton, Tenn., HOPEFUL SMILES— Denied VA medical care, Grimes Disease Control in 1983. After received two bone-marrow transplants at Vanderbilt dodged Viet Cong more than four years of study University Hospital, Nashville, Tenn. Beside him is his snipers spending millions of tax- and am- wife, Virginia. and bushes, and edged payers' dollars, the CDC con- his way through cluded there was not enough booby-trapped terrain Andy Grimes did not survive his information to conduct a valid study. where one wrong step could guarantee a latest war. He died Dec. 5, 1988, Meanwhille, the Legion, fed up with ticket home in a body bag. Like other leaving behind his wife, Virginia, and the dead-end government efforts, began "grunts," Grimes welcomed the sight of daughter, Roxanne. Also left behind its own probe. Headed by Drs. Jeanne barren land where jungle once stood was the nagging question of whether his and Steven Stellman, The American

because it robbed the enemy of a place to cancer was directly related to Agent Legion and Columbia University Study hide. The defoliant Agent Orange worked Orange exposure. of Vietnam Veterans was launched to well. "You won't find Andy Grimes' name examine problems faced by Vietnam Grimes returned from Southeast Asia carved on the Vietnam Veterans Memo- veterans, including Agent Orange believing the war was behind him. But rial, but he probably was a casualty of exposure. in 1986, he was fighting for his life in that war, too, said Nat'l Cmdr. H.F. The study's findings were revealed another war: doctors diagnosed him as "Sparky" Gierke. "The tragedy is com- last November and published in the having a rare lymphoma type of cancer pounded by the untold numbers of vet- scientific journal, Environmental in the lower abdomen. Grimes sought erans who also may be potential casual- Research, after undergoing peer review. disability benefits from the Veterans ties of the herbicide." The results discredited the govern- Administration, citing his personal Since 1978, The American Legion ment's claim that there were not physician's prognosis and copies of has demanded that the government enough American troops sufficiently records showing that he had served in determine if exposure to Agent Orange exposed to the herbicide to carry out a areas where Agent Orange was used can be directly linked to consistent and study. The Stellmans examined the extensively. His claim was denied. often unique health problems reported record of spray missions in Vietnam,

42 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE and conducted a detailed survey of caseworker in Chicago, noticed a pat- 6,810 randomly selected Legionnaires tern of recurring health problems who served during the Vietnam era, among veterans who reported having 2,858 of whom were stationed in South- been exposed to a great deal of chem- east Asia. Study participants were ical defoliants during their tours in classified into groups representing low, Vietnam. After extensive research, the medium and high levels of Agent trail led to Agent Orange and its deadly Orange exposure, and 102 of the men dioxin contaminants. who actually handled the herbicide The discovery resulted in a media were placed in a separate category. blitz about the mysterious defoliant and Here's what the study concluded on its possible effects on exposed veter- Agent Orange exposure and the health ans. Researchers were forced to re- effects on Vietnam veterans: examine their earlier conclusions. • Agent Orange exposure was In 1978, the VA, which had not rec- related to conditions such as benign ognized herbicide-related illnesses and fatty tumors, acne occurring during health problems, reluctantly began to adult years, skin rash with blisters and give veterans Agent Orange examina- an increased sensitivity of eyes to light. tions. Since 1986, the VA also has been These symptoms were notably pro- responsible for providing treatment for nounced among herbicide handlers. those who can prove their health prob- • Exposure also was related to an lems are attributable to exposure, a increased risk of miscarriages among requirement that many veterans, the Vietnam veterans' wives. BEFORE AND AFTER — The top photo including Andy Grimes, have found is • The number of complaints of skin is an aerial view of a mangrove forest in almost impossible to prove. problems, fatigue, feeling faint, and South Vietnam before it was sprayed "Andy felt as if nobody in the govern- general aches and colds were signifi- with Agent Orange in 7965 (bottom ment cared about him," said Annette photo). cantly higher among men who served in Grimes, a relative. "He felt his cancer Vietnam than those who didn't. Vet- was related to Agent Orange and he erans exposed to Agent Orange experi- died without ever having that answer." enced increased incidence of those HERBS tape, which documents 9,495 The American Legion, from the out- symptoms. spray missions, including the dates, set, has urged the federal government The study, however, did not examine chemical agents, amounts, locations to conduct a full investigation of Agent the link between Agent Orange and and purpose of the missions. The Orange and its link to cancer and other cancer. "Our study specifically was researchers also examined the U.S. medical conditions. Delegates to the designed not to determine whether a Army and Joint Services Environ- 63rd National Convention in 1981 relationship exists between herbicides mental Support group's records of passed Res. 387, calling for a congres- and cancer, because our study popula- spray missions. Armed with that data sionally mandated survey to study the tion was too small to answer the cancer and the responses of those who partici- problem, and also pledging the question," said Dr. Jeanne Stellman. pated in the study, the Stellmans con- Legion's support of Agent Orange vet- Nevertheless, researchers and other cluded that exposure to Agent Orange erans. medical experts long ago established can be adequately matched by com- "Our study clearly documents that that dioxin agents are carcinogenic, or paring troop movements with spray men classified as having been exposed cancer-causing. Agent Orange contains missions. That finding contradicted to Agent Orange, especially those who dioxin. CDC's claim that Agent Orange expo- directly handled the chemicals, have sure cannot be adequately documented. statistically higher levels of health com- RAIN OF TERROR In an editorial preceding the report of plaints," Dr. Jeanne Stellman said. Between 1962 and 1971, 11.8 mil- the Legion study in the December issue "The pattern of those complaints is lion gallons of Agent Orange were of Environmental Research, researcher consistent with health effects seen in dumped throughout Vietnam, Cam- Dr. Michael Gochfeld wrote: "Such a laboratory animals exposed to Agent bodia and Laos to strip away jungle position (CDC) is unduly narrow. If Orange." vegetation and deprive North Viet- accessibility of high-quality exposure "One important finding of the study namese forces of concealed sanctuaries data were the gold standard, virtually is that there is a definite need for further and staging areas for ambushes. no occupational epidemiology would research," Gierke said. "To date, the

During that nine-year period, Air ever be performed . . . Previous studies federal government has not carried out Force C- 123 cargo planes flew spraying that have calculated morbidity, repro- its responsibility to Vietnam veterans missions in what was known as "Opera- ductive and mortality outcomes for and their families in conducting such tion Ranch Hand." In addition, other Vietnam veterans as a group are subject studies. The Legion will never back off missions were carried out via heli- to misinterpretation. The present paper of this issue until it is resolved." copters, boats, trucks, jeeps, personnel (Legion-Columbia study) explains how For Andy Grimes and numerous ." carriers and by troops in the field, who to avoid the pitfalls . . other Vietnam veterans, there remains carried the defoliant in backpacks. another unanswered question: Do their In conducting the Legion study, the names also belong on the "Wall"? HOW IT BEGAN Stellmans examined the records of the National Academy of Sciences' In 1976, Maude DeVictor, a VA Next: PTSD.

MARCH 1989 43 , Legion news

1983, he was credited with a major role in the passage of Legion Life Member Nominated landmark Civil Service and Postal Service reform legisla- tion, as well as foreign aid As Veterans Affairs Secretary reform. Derwinski, 63, an Army veteran of World War II, DWARD J. As we went to press in Jan- earned a B.S. degree in his-

i D e r w n sk i uary, Senate confirmation tory from Loyola University nominated by hearings on Derwinski were under the GI Bill. President scheduled for early February. George Bush to Nat'l Cmdr. H.F. "Sparky" become the nation's first Gierke said that the Legion Secretary of Veterans Affairs, was looking forward to work- 'Better Times' is no stranger to many ing with Derwinski "to Legionnaires. ensure that the veterans of A life member of American this nation are not short- Full Refunds Legion Post 1160, Chicago, changed." Derwinski was a guest speaker Gierke said that the under- Available at the National Convention funded VA health-care budget Now in Salt Lake City in 1984 and the lingering problems ULL refunds while he was a State Depart- of Vietnam veterans who are available to ment counsel, and he has have been exposed to Agent Legionnaires briefed five of the past six Orange or are suffering from and members national commanders at Post-Traumatic Stress Dis- F of the Auxiliary State Department meetings. order are critical issues that who subscribed to the He has been Under Secretary NOMINEE — Under Secre- require Derwinski's imme- defunct Better Times maga- tary J. of State for security, assist- of State Edward diate attention. Derwinski is a 41 -year zine in 1985. ance, science and technology As a U.S. representative Legionnaire from Chicago. After Better Times ceased for the past two years. from Illinois from 1959 to publishing, Legion litigation succeeded in obtaining an original refund of $9 (60 per- •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••< cent of the one-year sub- scription price) for each subscriber who contacted the Legion. Nat'l Judge Advocate Philip B. Onder- Department Of Florida Leads The Way donk Jr. said that since so few of the subscribers applied for the initial refund, 100 In Legion's National History Contest percent refunds of the sub- scription price are now avail- able.

I HE Department book category. book competition was Post Full refunds are being

I of Florida took The winner of the one- 31 of Fort Smith, Ark. Post made automatically to sub- three of the four year post narrative competi- 284 of Colonial Heights, scribers who have contacted top awards in tion was Post 236 of Va., was third. the Legion. Subscribers who 'The American Sharpsburg, Md. Post 1 18 of National Historian Richard have not filed for claims Legion's 1988 National His- Norfolk, Va., was second A. Stevens, who announced should write to: National tory Contest. and Post 83 of Rison, Ark., Judge Advocate, The Ameri- the winners, said that anyone Florida won first place in was third. can Legion, P.O. Box 1055, interested in participating in the one-year department nar- Wisconsin was second Indianapolis, IN 46205. the 1989 competition should rative and one-year depart- and Iowa, third, in the one- Please enclose a copy of the section ment scrapbook competi- year department scrapbook check the appendix canceled check (front and tions, and Post 8 of Winter category. of the Legion's Officer Guide back) and a copy of any other and Manual Ceremonies for Haven, Fla. , took top honors Second to Florida's Post 8 of correspondence or documen- in the one-year post scrap- in the one-year post scrap- details. tation of the subscription.

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Reagan Signs DVA Intn Law;

Gives Pen to Dept. Of Maine

HE Department Mitchell, a co-sponsor of the of Maine has bill and the new Senate one of the pens majority leader. "No organi- President zation, nationally or in Reagan used to Maine, played a more impor- sign the law that elevated the tant role in this effort than Veterans Administration to The American Legion of the Cabinet. Maine. Sen. George J. Mitchell of "The new Department of Maine presented a framed Veterans Affairs will provide letter and pen from the Presi- services to veterans in a con- dent to Legionnaires during sistent and effective manner, MIGHTY PEN — Sen. Mitchell presents the pen from a ceremony at department retaining the VAs traditional President Reagan to the Department of Maine in recogni- tion of the Legion's efforts headquarters in Waterville. non-partisan approach to to elevate the VA to Cabinet status. From left are: Nathaniel T. Cobb, department "This legislation never providing veterans services adjutant; Mitchell; Earl "Bud" Colby Jr., past department would have been enacted and benefits," said Mitchell, commander; Hercules Roy, department commander; without the support of a member of American and Charles Merrill Sr., commander, Post 5, Waterville. America's veterans," said Legion Post 5, Waterville.

sponsorship of the National Sport-Shooting Program Launched Rifle Association's basic courses in rifle and pistol safety and marksmanship, lllPMIM N ITS contin- post, youth group, school or youth groups don't have NRA instructor training HV M$m uing efforts to club with responsible adult access to a small-bore range, schools and shooting sports f Jan provide chal- leadership may register as an and an air-gun range can be coaches' schools. priSBB lenging activities American Legion Junior set up in classrooms, Legion Sammons said that the nBM^nW for America's Shooting Club. Club member- posts or any enclosed areas main goal is to provide a chal- youths, The American Legion ship is restricted to boys and that can accommodate IO- lenging, competitive activity has established a Junior girls who are 14 through 20 meter firing lanes," he said. for young people. But he Shooting Sports Program, years old. Legion officials are added that the Legion, the which could become one of By registering with the encouraging the junior NRA and other organizations the largest youth sport- National Americanism Com- shooting clubs to organize as working with the program

shooting programs in the mission, a Legion junior Boy Scouts of America hope it will help re-establish nation. shooting club will be able to Explorer posts so they can U.S. dominance in interna- "We encourage posts buy air rifles, pellets, targets receive the benefits of BSA tional shooting competition. throughout the country to and other shooting equipment affiliation, which include free The Junior Shooting Sports organize or support junior at reduced rates. Guides, liability insurance coverage Program was authorized by shooting clubs in their com- instructor manuals, qualifica- and BSA competition oppor- Res. 30, which was passed by munities," said Gary Sam- tion guidelines and awards tunities. Any shooting club the NEC at its fall meeting in mons, chairman of the will be furnished by national that has registered with the October. National Americanism Com- headquarters. Legion will be eligible to Legionnaires and posts mission. "We believe that this Sammons said the junior compete in shooting tourna- interested in the program or air-gun safety and marksman- shooting clubs primarily will ments sponsored by the the Legion's overall shooting ship program will appeal to use .177 cal. air guns instead Legion and other national program should write to many young people who may of the traditional .22 cal. organizations. Shooting Sports Program, not be involved in the small-bore rifles and pistols The Junior Shooting Sports Americanism/Children and

Legion's other youth pro- because of lower equipment Program is part of The Amer- Youth Division, P.O. Box grams." costs and greater availability ican Legion Shooting Sports 1055, Indianapolis, IN Sammons said that any of shooting ranges. "Most Program, which includes 46206.

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^HEY, SPARKY, WE HIT 100 PERCENT'

ONGRATULATIONS to the following post commanders and all their members who helped achieve the 100 percent c goal for 1989. Your dedication, continued recruitment of new members and renewals will ensure our reaching the national goal of 3 million members. —KE "Sparky" Gierke, National Commander.

_ Post City Department Commander Post City Department Commander 114 Coleridge Nebraska Bruce B. Bohlkem 100 Cherryville North Carolina Ralph Childers Jr. 41 Belgiu m Wisconsi n Clem T. Bickler 120 Spindale North Carolina C. H. McMurray 340 Berlin Wisconsin John wahiGrs 529 Holley New York Thomas R. Case 21 Kenosha Wisconsin LylG KruGgGr 1788 LaFargeville New York John Garceau 487 Wsst Milton Ohio Ival Brown 91 Cato New York James Jones 191 Spencerville Ohio Gerald Kill 1 920 Spring Valley New York Eusebio Hernandez 290 Columbiana Ohio Earl Bethard 1 523 Staten Island New York Raymond Priester 58 Somerset Jack Barnes 190 Crawford Colorado Harold Cunningham 202 Medina unio Fred B. Keppers 75 Crestview Florida Jerry Windsor 1 66 Bruning Nebraska Dave Rinehart 78 Milton Florida George D. Brewer 41 Evanston Wyoming Lloyd Lanning 51 Chattahoochee Florida David R. Turnage 78 Big Piney Wyoming Robert S. Thompson 114 Crawfordsville Florida Franklin Roberts 84 Arapahoe Wyoming Rupert Goggles 116 Port St. Joe Florida Arnold E. Daniell 87 Troy Idaho Duane Brower 205 Tallahassee Florida Lucius Frazier 1 06 Donald GrGGn 241 Sneads Florida Dillon Kilpatrick 22 ot. Antnony Idaho Anthony Gardner 302 Alford Florida Quincey J. Heath 1 Mackey Gary LartGr 319 Blountstown Florida C. D. Jackson 1 37 Horseshoe Bend Idaho Wm. S. Hanson 68 Madison Florida D. H. Mays

D >~i 1 1 i-s 1 30 r ouocn Idaho Donald bcktord 215 Jasper Florida Isaac Chandler Jr. 61 Leland R. Stone 224 Cherry Lake Florida Johannes Kersbergen IrTh 1 1 23 D 1 dL K UU Don Tanner 1 53 Lake Butler Florida Ca. d. Hedaish 3 L 1 38 Inkom idano Wiley Blackburn 228 Newberry Florida Willie Smith 49 Em mett a Wallace H. Clements Williston Florida ', 236 Aitred Debeiia br. J° , 55 Pender NeorasKa Arlis Kinning Jr. 347 Lady Lake Florida Frank Gossard 1 02 Tucson Arizona Donald R. Lane 102 Hastings Florida Thomas W. Stevens 436 Wrig htstown Wisconsin Alfred Johnson 250 Middleburg Florida Robert McElroy 1 \A/ashbu rn North Dakota Lyle Lauf 313 Jacksonville Florida Marvin Pafford 426 Sun bury North Carolina James T. Bond 35 Mount Dora Florida A. V. Adkins

1 ittlotnn 425 LI LLIcLUr 1 North Carolina Arthur Rainey 53 Sanford Florida John B. Clark 111 Jackson North Carolina J. D- Carver 80 OT. OIOUQ Florida Loraine E. McGath 1 58 Gaston North Carolina Robert L. Vincent 294 Orlando Florida Moses Anderson 298 We Id on North Carolina vvauer j. wiuiams 331 Orlando Florida James Ludd 1 38 Roxboro North Carolina Hugh Stewart 34 Haines City Florida Sherman B. Williams 295 North Carolina Alonzo Salter 60 rOIK L/liy Florida Charles G. Smith 24 New tSGrn North Carolina Michael Ragan 71 Lake Wales Florida George Cain

A I -, n D LI oil 43 Kinston North Carolina David Desmond 72 Mulberry Florida Alan r. nan 94 LaGrange North Carolina Preston Pate 69 Avon Park Florida h bddie Lebianc 1 27 North Carolina Turner Holland 320 Sarasota Florida Ray L. Daniels

22 oiinion North Carolina Hallie Registor 223 Davie Florida I nomas r. bill 1 39 Chadbourn North Carolina Gurnie Nobles Jr. 253 Miramar Florida Andrew L. Drexler 204 rair diutt North Carolina Paul Bessent 287 Deerfield Beach Florida Elijah Robinson 1 67 Hampstead North Carolina Bill Humble 31 Miami Florida Standley M. Gold 1 37 Lake Waccamaw North Carolina Robert D. Smith 245 West Boca Raton Florida Jack E. Beers 69 Rowland North Carolina Mitchell Walker 258 Greenacres City Florida WaldemarTietboehl

405 Princeton North Carolina Roland Braswell 1 1 Palm Bay Florida William F. Palmer 1 41 Selma North Carolina Hugh Parrish 191 Melbourne Florida Joseph McNeil Jr. 85 Hillsborough North Carolina Clarence Rosemond 318 Port St. Lucie Florida Lloyd Reichow 416 Apex North Carolina Leland Dixon 344 Merritt Island Florida Eugene Gimsley 89 Blanch North Carolina James C. Cook 348 Cape Canaveral- 283 Bear CrGGk North Carolina James Brower Cocoa Beach Florida Dwayne Shildhauer 255 Lexington North Carolina Robert Henderson 110 Port Charlotte Florida Alex McGregor 284 Thomasville North Carolina George M. Bailey 113 Rotonda West Florida Robert T. Jarrett 72 Pine Bluff North Carolina Cecil T. Brewer 338 Cape Coral Florida Arne Suominen Jr. 12 Carthage North Carolina Harrison J. Speer 167 Tampa Florida Johnnie Campbell 177 Pinehurst North Carolina Luther Headan 208 Spring Hill Florida Rodger E. Hinds 301 Concord North Carolina Robert M. Fox 122 St. Petersburg Florida Alice Kirkman 119 Clemrnons North Carolina Alan Smitherman 185 Clearwater Florida L. E. Coleman 394 Mooresville North Carolina Clyde Young 190 St. Petersburg Florida Eddie Roberson 221 Charlotte North Carolina Roy H. Freeman 187 DeLand Florida Julian Robinson 400 Charlotte North Carolina Robert J. Taylor 244 Jeffersontown Kentucky Dean Phillips 256 Blowing Rock North Carolina Hovey Scoggins 401 Wichita Kansas John F. Tiernan 322 Morganton North Carolina Alex Johnson 725 Trey nor Iowa Marvin Atteberry

1989 Nat'l Vice Cmdr. Ray G. Smith Sr. Nat'l Vice Cmdr. Harvey Holcomb Current Percentage Current Percentage MEMBERSHIP REPORT Department Goal Membership of Goal Department Goal Membership of Goal Maryland 74,000 60,383 81 60 Louisiana 46,000 37,305 81.09 Virginia 42,000 33,315 79.32 Mexico 655 538 80.90 Following is the 1989 Membership North Carolina 47,200 37,314 79,05 Alabama 26,265 20,593 78.40 Report for the national vice D.C. 4,295 3,377 78.62 Tennessee 36,755 28,629 77.89 com- Florida 95,000 72,499 76.31 Arkansas 29,205 22,654 77.56 manders' areas, as of Dec. 29, West Virginia 26.500 20,201 76.23 Mississippi 23,550 17,821 75.67 South Carolina 24,130 18,265 75.69 Kentucky 29,700 21,549 72.55 1988: Georgia 37,500 26,711 71.22 Puerto Rico 11,030 7,755 70.30 France 3,000 1,274 42.46 Oklahoma 34,000 23,628 69.49 Italy 310 0 0.00 Texas 90,500 61,989 68.49 TOTALS 353,935 273,341 77.22 Panama 660 179 27.12 Nat'l Vice Cmdr. Archie Pozzi Jr. TOTALS 328,330 242,640 73.90 Current Percentage Nat'l Vice Cmdr. Thomas L. Gabel Department Goal Membership of Goal Nat'l Vice Cmdr. John P. Tipping Oregon 24.150 19,421 80.41 Current Percentage Idaho 9,000 6,911 76.78 Department Goal Membership of Goal Current Percentage Montana 12,801 9,648 75.36 South Dakota 28.680 25,093 87.49 Department Goal Membership of Goal California 135,000 101,692 75.32 Kansas 55,100 47,210 85.68 Delaware 5,801 4,888 84.26 Colorado 21,500 15,879 73.85 Wisconsin 77,360 66,084 85.42 Connecticut 28,750 23,553 81.92 Arizona 29,975 22,038 73.52 Iowa 80,500 68,073 84.56 Maine 25,700 20,470 79.64 Nevada 5,200 3,754 72.19 Minnesota 128,730 107,828 83.76 Rhode Island 9,650 7,661 79.38 New Mexico 11,910 8,587 72.09 Ohio 144,750 120,711 83.39 Pennsylvania 264,712 206,835 78.13 Utah 7,900 5,640 71.39 North Dakota 28,600 23,288 81.42 New Jersey 74,500 58,179 78.09 Wyoming 8,200 5,828 71.07 Nebraska 64,595 51,544 79.79 Vermont 15,925 12,427 78.03 Washington 35,250 23,151 65.67 Indiana 129,000 102,631 79.55 Massachusetts 67,155 51,975 77.39 Alaska 7,300 4,786 65.56 Missouri 66,525 50,856 76.44 New Hampshire 24,315 17,854 73.42 Hawaii 2,500 1,469 58.76 Michigan 83,750 63,506 75.82 New York 204,000 147,667 72.38 Philippines 5,770 2,634 45.64 Illinois 164,000 123,665 75.40 Canada 650 416 64.00 TOTALS 316,456 231,438 73.13 TOTALS 1,051,590 850,489 80.87 TOTALS 721,158 551,925 76.53

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Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206 The Lone Sailor statue is a dramatic symbol of every St., Harrisburg, PA 17103 (717) 232-4896 person who has ever worn the Navy blue. Now you may 438th Trp. Carrier Grp. (May-St. Louis) Ronald Worrell, Eugene Ashe (1988) Post 30, Sarasota, FL display your own Lone Sailor, which is being issued by the 419 S. 4th St., DeKalb, IL 60115 (815) 756-6582 Dan Armstrong, Joseph H. Damico, George W. Stoy 449th Bomb Grp. Assn. (Oct-Cincinnati) Dick Doweny, (1988) Post 80, St. Cloud, FL United States Historical Society® in cooperation with the 4859 Stanhope Dr., St. Louis. MO 63128 (314) 892-4597 William F. Busch, William H. Conklin (1989) Post 180, U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation. When you acquire a Lone 461 st Bomb Grp. (H) (Oct-St. Louis) Harry Oglesby, 2738 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Sailor, you become a Sponsor of the Memorial on Penn- W. Macon. Decatur, IL 62522 (217)429-6892 Theodore E. Moffitt, Wayne R. 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MARCH 1989 63 ADVERTISEMENT come back someday and help us, but so SPACE ODYSSEY far it has mostly been a one-way flow. Accidental One program from which we will ulti- Continuedfrom page 62 mately benefit is the advanced launch Discovery May system. This is the heavy-lift launch vehicle we will need one day when we go back to the moon and on to Mars. End Obesity public are willing to spend that kind Blocks calorie absorption of money? Q- How does national security SWEDEN — Medical researchers at the A No question about the public. But benefit from NASA programs? University of Kuopio, in Finland, have dis- with Congress, there will be a In two areas: the Space Shuttle, covered for- A (accidentally) a new weight-loss fight to increase our budget while which is still the primary vehicle mula. The new discovery enables an holding the rest of the government for launching sensitive payloads for the overweight individual to lose pounds and fatty within Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Department of Defense; and experi- tissue without dieting or exercise. targets. Scientists made the discovery while search- ments on the Space Shuttle and on the ing for a formula to lower cholesterol. In a Space Station. The Space Shuttle is controlled study of a test group of people, Q. How does NASA's program primarily a space lab where people cholesterol levels remained unchanged but the relate to the Strategic Defense Initia- work in space for short periods of time. doctors were astounded to find that every tive? Are we receiving benefits from We will be doing experiments for all patient who used the formula lost weight. The that research and development, and kinds of national security objectives, published report of this study stated, "A highly vice versa? but they don't involve weapons; we significant decrease in body weight was seen" in Mostly vice versa. We are helping don't expect to carry weapons at NASA patients who received the formula. A The formula was then tested in Sweden at SDI with some of its programs. I for the DoD. I should also refer to tech- Sahlgren Hospital, University of Goteborg. expect some of the technology would nology which, as mentioned earlier, Again, all patients lost a substantia] amount of weight even though they did not change their eating habits. The report detailing this study, published in the British Journal of Nutrition, THE SOVIET LEAD IN SPACE stated: "Body weight was significantly reduced even though the patients were specifically asked not to alter their dietary habits'.' One SOVIET dominance in civil space viding unlimited microgravity time patient in this study lost more than 30 pounds. technology, which offers long- for 20 years. According to one informed source, the term military advantages, was Like the United States and other active ingredient comes from a 100% natural clearly established Nov. 16, 1988, emerging space countries, the botanical source and contains no drugs or stim- with the successful unmanned first Soviets have suffered setbacks; ulants. When taken before mealtime it bonds of the shuttle. Soyuz bringing back two cos- with the food you eat and "ties up" calories, mission new space TM5, preventing their absorption. U.S. apologists maintain that the monauts and an Afghan from Mir-1 A substantial portion of the calories ingested Soviet shuttle is no more than a copy in September 1988, narrowly therefore pass through the digestive system of the U.S. shuttle, which it certainly escaped disaster; and the addition to unabsorbed. The body has to get energy to is, and has no greater capabilities, Mir of two more modules— a badly- replace the lost calories, so it starts to bum which is certainly not true. needed large airlock and a more stored fat. The result is rapid body weight loss. While it well prove to be even advanced microgravity facility— is Extensive clinical tests have verified the safety may of this formula for long-term use. more expensive to operate than the two years behind schedule. The formula is marketed in tablet form in U.S. shuttle, the Soviets really do But what must be the greatest con- the United States under the trade name Cal- have a space transportation system: cern to the West, is the near-impossi- Ban 3000. A firm located in Tampa, Florida, Energyia (the external tank in the bility of catching up with the Soviets has exclusive North American distribution U.S. system) can be used separately in manned space flights. On Dec. rights. A review of the customer files of this to place 100-ton cargoes Vladimir company revealed the names of hundreds of unmanned 21, 1988, cosmonauts people who have lost up to 10 pounds the first in low Earth orbit. That is the equiva- Titov and Musakhi Manarov, week and as much as 20, 40 or 60 or more lent of Shuttle-C, the unmanned became the first humans to spend a pounds overall with Cal-Ban 3000. This is a cargo carrier urgently needed by the year in space. The longest time in golden opportunity for people who are plagued National Aeronautics and Space orbit achieved by U.S. astronauts by fat and cellulite that they can't seem to lose Administration, but which will cost was 84 days in 1974. The Soviets by conventional methods. another $3 billion to develop. already have one cosmonaut with Cal-Ban 3000 is reasonably priced at $19.95 for a 3-week supply and $38.95 for a 6-week But by the time— and if— Shuttle-C 430 days' experience; seven with supply. Postage and handling is $3. To assure is available to help assemble the more than 300 days; eight with more fastest service, orders are accepted by toll- planned International Space Station than 200 days; and four with more free phone only. VISA, Master Card, Amex in 1995, the Soviets will certainly than 1 00 days. We fell further behind and C.O.D. orders are accepted. C.O.D.'s are be well ahead with the assembly of because of the Challenger incident. $2.00 extra. Orders may be placed by calling Anderson Pharmacals TOLL-FREE Mir-2, a much larger and more The Soviets soon will be ready for 1-800-255-5947. During this special phone advanced space station than Mir-1. a Mars expedition to study the pros- order promotion purchasers of a six-week sup- By then 16-day flights will be pos- pects for colonizing the planet as we ply of Cal-Ban 3000 will receive, absolutely sible aboard at least one U.S. orbiter exhaust the resources of Earth. To 24" free, a beautiful double strand necklace of to give Western scientists the oppor- keep the cost down, the Soviets are sparkling Chinese Faux pearls. tunity to perform up to 12 days' inviting Western participation. But Call today to begin the pleasant transforma- microgravity work on materials and who can doubt that as things stand, tion from fat and flab to the slender firm body first expedition to the planets you want! If you fail to achieve a major weight vaccines. But the Soviets by then man's loss you may return the empty bottle for a will have had space stations pro- will be Soviet-led? 100% refund.

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we're transferring to the DoD. We Union puts the major thrust of its yet it was used for civilian activity. In decided to build up NASA's space tech- work into military uses in space? this country, there is a clear separation nology program with the Civil Space A No, I think it is evenly divided. because one is semi-classified and one Technology Initiative and the Path- But the problem is in analyzing is completely open. finder. Both are designed to help the where the military use ends and civilian civilian and military programs. use begins. For example, the Soviets Qa Since the Challenger accident, There is another benefit to consider. now have what is called glavkosmos, do you believe space technology has

A secure country is a country with a which means "commercial." I don't advanced enough to keep that kind of strong economy. For 30 years now, know what commercial means in the tragedy from happening again? NASA has made a huge contribution to Soviet Union. So now their space pro- A No. It could happen again, even the nation's economic welfare through grams are listed as military, civil and though today it is a much safer new technology that private enterprise glavkosmos. In the past the military did vehicle. It is going to be a high-risk is able to translate into new products all of the launch vehicles and all the business for some years to come. We and processes. This is a major reason launches for their space station, which have got to make sure people are on why the United States has been able to was initially Salut. Both the Soyuz and their toes— and that means the whole retain the world lead in such things as Mir are military launch vehicles. Salut organization, not just the people opera- computers, aerospace products and itself was a military launch vehicle and ting the shuttle. medical technology.

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While individual investors from the Far East have been accumulating Amer- ican homesteads, overseas banks and corporation have been busily pur- chasing American office buildings and factories. "It goes against the grain to work for somebody who doesn't salute the flag," one Tennessee business- woman told a CBS interviewer. Noting Front Engine and VW that the foreign acquisitions may deny Jaguar TMBL Models Available future Americans the opportunity to gain corporate ownership, she added, because there is no better value. "We'll have to tell our children that we

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Bureaucrats who staff these offices large enough to stoke fears about what most American corporations rate the have the cash and clout to do what's might happen if U.S. publishing and complex rules and financial strings of necessary to close the deal: they wine broadcasting decisions were made from operating abroad. and dine, offer to build interstates, overseas. In a battle with such unfair ground promise to regrade inconvenient topog- In the end, the issue of foreign owner- rules, many experts are not optimistic raphy. In courting Mitsubishi, Illinois ship in America may be all the more about our chances. If this keeps up, officials dangled about $88 million upsetting because it's too one-sided. warned Massachusetts Institute of worth of incentives in front of the Japan, in particular, has largely man- Technology's business dean Lester Japanese industrial giant. aged to keep out U.S. investors and Thurow, "we'll be treated like Mexico Union spokesmen so far have taken owners. There is a handful of super- and told how to run our country." the pragmatic view, saying they'd firms that have settled in the Orient — Another congressional observer put rather work for a foreign country than IBM, Texas Instruments, John Hancock it this way: Khrushchev said, 'We will not work at all. Still, some domestic — but not many enjoy the kind of auto- bury you.' The Japanese say, 'We will economists see things differently. nomy we grant to foreign investors. buy you.' Either way, we end up losing "We can't allow ourselves to fall into Indeed, "not worth the effort" is how America." a situation where we're exporting too much of our gross national product abroad," said Harvard professor Ezra Vogel, whose book, "Comeback," explores America's current dilemma. "The potential for economic disaster is just too high." Davidson's chief worry? "What hap- pens when they start buying American high-tech industry?" The prediction, he contends, is already coming to pass. 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My inventory is moving, but I'm not! Our Executive Offices stay right here in Paterson where they've been for over 63 years!