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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE
CONTENTS FOR MAY, 1952
PICK UP FOR QUESTIONING (fiction) 11 BY GUY DE VRY
If some people have their way, this can happen here.
WATCH OUT FOR THESE COMMIE SWINDLES 14
As seen by Fred Woltman, Vic Riesel, George E. Sokolsky
and Louis F. Budenz.
50 seconds' brisk massage with tingling If you've ever stopped SHOULD IT BE NECESSARY TO PAY AS YOU GO? 16 Vitalis and you feel the stimulating differ- to pay a toll with your BY ROBERT M. HYATT ence in your scalp—prevent dryness, rout wife actinpr as cashier, embarrassing flaky dandruff. you'll enjoy the article The pros and cons of toll roads and bridges. starting on page 16.
POSTMASTER: Please WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE VOICE OF AMERICA? 18 send copies returned BY P. P. GREGORY under labels Form 3579 to Post Office Box Why we are falling to capture the minds of men. 105 5, Indianapolis 6, Indiana. OUR DIPLOMATIC TRUMP IS UMT 20 The American Legion BY ROBERT RIENOV^f Magozine is the official message for all Americans. publicalion of The Ameri- A can Legion and is owned exclusively by The Ameri- can Legion, Copyright WHAT YOU GET FOR YOUR FISHING LICENSE MONEY. . 22 1952 by The American BY JACK DENTON SCOTT Legion. Published month-
ly at 1 100 W. Broadway, Anglers get a terrific return on their investment. Louisville, Ky. Acceptance for moiling at special rate of postage provided for in THEY GIVE CRAFTSMEN A BREAK 24 Section 1 103, Act of Oct. BY ROBERT SCHARFF 3, 1917, authorized Jon. 5, 1925. Price single copy, Other ttates should follow this New Hampshire example. 15 cents; yearly subscrip- tion, $1 .50. Entered as second cioss matter June EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE 26 30, 1948, at the Post Office at Louisville, Ky., BY IRVING HERSCHBEIN under the Act of March How to plan for the National Convention in New York City 3, 1879. Non-member sub- scriptions sliould be sent to the Circulation Depart- 29-36 ment of The American THE NATIONAL LEGIONNAIRE Legion Magazine, P. O. Box 1055, Indianapolis 6, Ind. EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES SOUND OFF! 4 ROD AND GUN CLUB ... . 28 Indianopolit 6, Indiana 10 seconds to comb and yoLi sle the differ- EDITORIAL AND EDITOR S CORNER 6 LEGION PUZZLE CONTEST 37 ence in your hair far handsomer. healthier- — ADVERTISING PRODUCTS PARADE 8 NEWSLETTER 41 looking. What's more, hair stays in phice 580 Fifth Avenue PARTING SHOTS 64 longer ...stays easier to comb. (Vitalis Hair New York 36, H. Y. Tonic contains new grooming discovery.) WESTERN OFFICE 333 North Michigan Avenue Manuscripts, artwork, cartoons submitted for consideration will not unless self-addressed, envelope is included. Chicaqo 1, Illinois be returned a stamped
Please notify the Donald R. W ;|son. National Commander, I ndionopoMs Circulation Depart- John Stelle, McLeans Long Armstrong, Spo- L. Sears, Toledo, Ohio; ment. Publications boro, Illinois, Chairmon kane, Wash.; Charles George D. Levy, Sum- E Booth, Huntington, Division. P. O. Box of the Legion Publico- ter, S, C; Roland Coc- 1055. Indianapolis. tions Commission; Don W. Va.; Dr. Charles R. rehom. Baton Rouge, W. Emmett, Venture, Logon, Keokuk, lowo; Iniiiana, if you have Lo.; George D. Baron, ond Earl L. Dove H. Fleischer, St. clian;;ed your ad- California, Bethany, Conn.; Her- Meyer, Alliance, Ne- Louis, Mo.; Emmett dress, using notice schiel L. Hunt, Austin, braska, Vice -Chairmen. Safoy, Jacksonville, form which Tex.; Eai I Hitchcock, 22S you Members of the Com- Fla.; Ctovis Copeland, Glens Foils, N. Y.; may secure from mission: Max Slepin, Little Rock, Ark.; Paul Edgar G. Vaughon, St, your Postmaster. Be Philadelphia, Pennsyi- B. Dague, Downingtown, Paul, Minn.; Harold A. sure to cut off the vonio; J. Russell Lar- Pa.; Josephus Daniels, address label on combe, Malta, Mont.; Jr., Raleigh, N. C; D. Shindler,Newburgh,lnd. your Maiiazino and Director of PubttCiitions Advisory Editor Adyerttstn^: Director paste it in the space James F. O'Neil Alexander Gardiner Fred L. Maguire MAIR TONIC provided. Always New York. N. Y. .Wjfia,i;jTic hJtror give your 1952 E.iitein .A in . A/gr. Consmtjrit Boyd B. Stutler +he membership c n r d V^illiamM. OeVitalil and James F. Barton .lumber and both A 11 Ldtio' -1 'Ti d\ . M^r. Indianapolis. Ind. A! Morsholl U your new and your H. J. Prussing, Jr. r ri> PnfitOT old address. Asf A ssOL t,:ie LdtfOTS '60-Secohd Hfortout' Frank Lisiecki Robert B. Pitkin DctToii A a-t . Kep. A Product ol iiii.stol-Myers Editor Joseph C. Keeley Irving Henchbcin John 0. Gillman
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GOOD SUGGESTION officials in Washington, in 1943 and later, to conceal the facts of the Katyn massacre TOBACCO Sir: I have been wondering why you don't SMOKING from the American people. Since I am the tastes better when the suggest to your readers who want to know only civilian whom he mentions by name, SOME FOODS taste bet- "bite" is out! Prince as much as possible about the menace of ter when the "bite" of Albert is specially may I call your attention to some facts communism, that they write to the House mustard, horse-radish treated to insure which he ignores? There is no doubt now sauce is added! against tongue bite! Committee on Un-American Activities, or that the Russians committed the Katyn Room 226, House Office Bldg., ^^'ashing- massacre. When and how Mr. Lane became ton 25, D. C. for the series of pamphlets satisfied of that is not clear. He could not prepared and issued by the Committee on have seen the decisive piece of evidence. "100 Things You Should Know About Colonel Van Vliet's report, before May Communism." 1945; and from his article it seems that he E. Riitledge did not know of it till much later. So far Loii
T Tlie facts may not have reached Mr. Davis so his O.AV.I. coiihl inform Americans of the grisly hoax, but the facts were known VVashin';ton even before they were con- ANY SCOTS IN THE HOUSE? in firmed by Colonel Van Vliet's report, made Sir: state in that You your March issue a to Major General Clayton Bissell in the firm is manufacturing miniature bagpipes. Pentagon on May 22, 1945, two years after That is certainly a cheerful piece of news. the di.scovery of the mass graves. Editors How low can an American company sink in musical debasement? The death screams of pigs arc celestial in comparison to the groans and squeals of those accursed instru- ments. Bagpipes are ignored by musicians unions, desjiiscd by everyone who can't
play them and their music is repetitive, un-
interesting and monotonous. There is one consolation howc\ er. They can't be pla\'ed without kilts.
Tobias J. Fitzpatritk F-80's BETTER THAN CAMELS New Y'ork City Sir: In reading Whitchouse's article, Now That ]Vas an Air iVar, in your January POLE OR LITH? issue, I was struck with the iiijusticc he did
Sir: Arthur Bliss Lane's The Truth About to modern aircraft. I grant him that due the Katyii Forest Massacre in your Febru- to high speeds today''s air battles don't
ary issue was a top-notch article. I should begin to match the dogfights of AVorld • Get P. A. and you'll get more real like however, to point out a slight inaccu- War I, but I say than an F-80 could down smoking comfort. racy so that more Americans will know ten Sopwitii Camels and be little more Prince Albert is the truth about Kosciuszko. Kosciuszko than scratched. A plane with "rifle" fire treated with the patented* "No- was born '\n Lithuania of Litiiuanian par- power and a speed of under 150 m.p.h. is Bite" process that ents. But because he li\'ed when Poland and just a sitting duck for any type of fighter guards against Lithuania were united he is usualh' referred made \\ ithin the last ten \ ears. If not, wh\^ tongue bite! Cool to as a Pole. Arthur Bliss Lane made that don't the allies use ith Camels against and mild — P. A. is Sopw the favorite of pipe oft repeated error when he stated: "Let us the Russian Migs? smokers and roU- not forget that two very brave Poles, John Myers your-owners alike! Kosciuszko anil Pulas] Sir: In \(Hir I'ebruary issue Arthur Bliss office and was I surprised when he told than an/ other tobacco Lane writes of a dark conspiracy among me that tlic autiior was quite correct in 4 • The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 everything and certainly had an authorita- AN OPEN LETTER TO JAMES C. JONES, JR. tive approach. I read that article again. OONT LET Sir: Vour article All's Quiet on the Home Sure makes one happy to learn of authentic Front in the February issue is a timely one. stories and backed by a lad who worked ADDED QUARTS Howe\ er, I wonder if any soldier anyw here at one time. with Bishop ever returned from the wars without that Millard E. Benson YOUR same feeling of resentment towards the BREAK Burlington, N. C. civilian who stayed at home, and who, in BANKROLL... many instances, profited personally, if in- directly, from the fighting. An angle that you missed, however, is the resentment felt by some civilians to- ward the returned soldier. You speak of public enthusiasm in 1945. When I returned from 23 months in MTO I was appointed car commander on a troop train taking returnees to Ogden, Utah. On TITANIA DIAMONDS vs the trip to Ogden I saw troops deliberately at various stops. I protested, Sir: Titania is a synthetic reproduction of overcharged that these chaps were returning the mineral rutile and is not a synthetic explaining I was informed — in effect — diamond as Lester David calls it in your from combat. that it for the troops! March issue. According to the Gemologi- was tough luck Sound you cal Institute of America and The Ameri- A brother of mine called volunteers for can Gem Society I quote a ruling: It is overseas duty "escapists." A sister asked considered unethical for a registered jew- me if it wasn't true that combat veterans SWrTCHTO eler to imply that a stone is a synthetic were adventurers, and did I think that vet- variety of any gemstone other than of that erans were going to "raid the treasury." genuine stone which has approximately the A friend of mine told me that he subscribetl same physical, chemical and optical prop- to war bond issues, got his name in the erties. papers, and then cashed his bonds in. Milton Kranzler Not one of the foregoing showed b\' Chicago, III. word or action that they appreciated what the veterans had done for them. Not one EGGS AT 27< of the foregoing hadn't profited person- ally and materially from the war. Sir: Our National Commander, Donald But remember. Sir, there are many, many Wilson, may know his p's and q's in the LESS OIL good Americans who do not seek to profit ADO Legion but he's way off the beam in blam- from sacrifices, made by the Korean ^Var ing the farmer for inflationar\' trends in BETWEEN CHANGES meat-prices and other farm products. Hun- veterans. And many good Americans do give blood or there wouldn't be at all. dreds of other industries are subsidized by any You know how one man can give a whole the government but where arc all the lavish Constant oil consumption outfit a bad reputation. And evidence of price protections he says the farmer is hav- a selfish, irresponsible attitude on the part can make driving ing? How is it we're losing money with of some civilians could easily give Korean every dozen eggs v\ e sell at 27 cents? In- needlessly expensive. Change to veterans an inaccurate picture. Taxes are stead of reading, "W hen corn is expensive high, very high. And politics are important Pennzoil this summer and meat is too," his article should have stated —political considerations largely determine "—meat should be too" for right now the get quality motor oil that lasts where the tax money goes, how it is spent. farmer's plight is feeding expensive corn National political trends influence inter- Pennzoil is specially to cheap hogs. Just a quick glance at the longer. national political trends — UN action. markets should convince Mr. AVilson that refined from 100% Pennsylvania that the middleman is making much more than Don't think most of us civilians the fanner. don't deplore the state of affairs in Korea. crude oil, with a tough film Evan Nelson But it takes united political action to effect that safeguards your engine Lafayette, Minn. a change. And that means politics, and time. It will take political action to rid our from sludge, varnish and carbon. government of traitors, fuzzy brained in- NEW MEMBER By keeping pistons, rings tellectuals and gangsters. It will take politi- Sir: Although I belong to otiicr vet organi- cal action to force our professional edu- and valves clean and smooth- zations, I now ha\e joined The American cators to stop their phoney liberal-progres- running, you use less oil with Legion because of your excellent magazine. sive-communistic mouthings. It will take It's such a spirited pro-American magazine political action to put the United States on Pennzoil. Change over now! that I read most of the articles. a solid foundation. Gorski Switch to Pennzoil . . . J. J. Another thing — the apathy on the part San Diego, Calif. of some civilians is due, I know, to calling the Korean ^^'ar a police action. Of course THAT WELL KNOWN PROF it isn't and this is becoming more and more apparent to more and more people. Sir: Why do they always bolster the stand- at You will note, if you regularly read ing of Owen Lattimore by calling him "a this Johns Hopkins University professor and Tl.ie American Legion Magazine that The American Legion is doing everything pos- Far Eastern specialist"? As far as I ever sible to repay and help the Korean War sign...(pE8 heard he is not even an undergraduate and never completed more than three months veterans. of college studies. Page Freda Utley! He Please believe that most of us are good has managed to overawe a lot of professors Americans and do appreciate what the GIVES All ENGINES AN EXTRA MARGIN OF SAFETY if Korean AVar veterans have done, and are by concealing his college attainments, ".I - .M ••ml.tr P.-nn. Crude As^n . lyrmrt No any. doing for us and our countr>'. OIL AND LUBRICANTS W. C. Davis Frank R. Young PENNZOIL® MOTOR AT BCTTER DEALERS . . . COAST TO COAST Rochester, N. Y. Haines, Alaska The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 • g THE [ditofsOorner PLAN to SEE THIS MOVIE! It isn't often tliat we urge our readers to go to tlie nio\'ies, but before long your ncigliborhcjod theater will be showing the Paramount Picture My Son John, and it is our fer\ ent hope that every American will see it. Not long ago this film was pre\ iewed at National Headquarters, and what National Commander Donald R. A\'ilson said on that occasion will interest every Legionnaire: "This can be one of the most important pictures ever made," he declared. "Al- tliouglt we are at war w itli communism, there is still confusion and misunderstanding about this menace and how it has been able to make such inroads. My Son John, in sharp, bold strokes, cuts through the con- fusion and sliows what communism is, how it is spread, and its corrosi\ e effects on tlie individual, the home and the nation. It siiows, too, how communism can be met and overcome in the home, the church, the school, and the l.cgion at the Post level. "The American Legion extends congratu- lations to all wiio helped make this picture IKjssible, and to Paramount Pictures for bringing it out. It siiows what an over- whelming force for good the motion pic- ture industry can marshall, and to encour- age the industry to continue the good work I call on all Legionnaires and all Americans to see it without fail." Turn to the National Legionnaire sec- tion for more about My Son John. THEY HAD EXPERTS THEN TOO You probably recall the ai^ticle "The Citizen Soldier" by General Douglas Alac- Arthur in tiie January issue. In tlie course of arranging for that article, ue learned of a quotation which, framed, hung in the General's office. It reads as follows: A ROMAN GENERAL'S OPINION of "MILITARY CRITICS" Liit.jus Aciiiilius I'aulus. a Rinnan Consul, who had been solecled lo conilnct the war with the jMact'donians, BC 168, went out from the Senate- house into the assembly of the people and ad- dressed them as follows: "In cveiy circle, and, truly, at every table, there are people who lead armies into Macedonia; who know where the camp ought to be placed; what posts ought to be occupied by troops; when and through w hat pass that territory siiould be entered; where magazines siioukl be formed; how provisions siiould be conveyed by land and sea; and when it is proper to engage the enemy, when to lie quiet. And they not only determine what is best to be done, but if ain thing is done in any other manner tiian what they have pointed out, they ar- raign the consul, as if he were on trial be- fore them. These arc great impediments to those who have the management of affairs; for everyone cannot encounter in- jurious reports with the same constancy Q • The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 and tirnincss of mind as Fabius did, who chose to let his own ability be questioned through the folh' of the people, rather than to mismanage the public business with a high reputation. I am not one of those w ho think that commanders ought at no time to receive advice; on the contrary, I should deem that man more proud than \\ isc, who regulated e\ ery proceeding by the standard of his own single judgment. W hat then is my opinion? That commanders should be counselled, chiefly, by persons of known talent; by those who have made tlie art of war their particular stud>', and whose knowledge is derived from experience; from those who arc present at the scene of action, who see the country, who sec the enemy; who see the advantages that occa- sions offer, and who like people embarked in the same ship, are sharers of tiie danger. If, therefore, an>-one thinks himself quali- fied to give advice respecting the war which WITH A .22! I MARLIN am to conduct, which ma>' pro\ e ad\ an- cageous to the public, let him not refuse his assistance to the state, but let him come famsd guide and authority on big game huntin: with me into Macedonia. He shall be fur- fishing and wildlifo photography. nished with a ship, a horse, a tent; even his travelling charges shall be defrayed. But if he thinks this too much trouble, and pre- fers the repose of a city life to the toils of war, let him not, on land, assume the office of a pilot. The city, in itself, furnishes THE MARLIN Z9-f<—Only American-Made Lever-Action abundance of topics for conversation; let Repeater—the best all-purpose .22 to be had. Handles as it confine its passion for talking witliin its fast as lightning. Loads 25 Short, 20 Long or 18 Long- own precincts, and rest assured that we Rifle cartridges without adjustment — regular or high-speed. shall pay no attention to any councils but Permits lowest possible central 'scope mounting, thanks to such as shall be framed within our camp." solid top receiver side ejection. Ballard-type rifling, too Livy, ( "Titus Livius) history of rome. and Vol. 7, Book XLIV\ Chapter 22. —just like Marlin's famed high-powers! Translation by George Baker, A.M. -Tilus Livius (Livy) horn 59 B.C., ilirj A. I). 17. THE MARLIN Z^-C— Fabulous .22 Auto-Loader with no- jam action. Shoots as fast as you can pull the trigger. And DON'T ASK US, ASK THEM loads fast! you simply "funnel" cartridges into buttplate. 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And the If you are among those who have noticed smoother the blade, the smoother the this phenomenon, we'd suggest that you shave. What's more—new Safti-Quik write to the publishers concerned. Maybe Wrapper protects fingers. Just hook they aren't aware that Americans would blade onto razor, wrapper slides off. like to know what the Kremlin's serfs in New Magnetized Marlin Blades, this country are up to. 12 BLADES double-edge, 12 for only 25^. Available in U. S. A. and Canada. AMERICAN HISTORY MADE EXCITING ONLY 250 It is often charged that Americans know little about the things that made this coun- THf NAM FINC GUNS try great. One of the reasons advanced for FOR GAMe SINCE 1870 til is is that most history books make prett\' dull reading. Tiiat, however, is an accusa- zMarlin tion which cannot be made against This Is America— My Coumry, a truly stirring two- volume set of books just published by ^^'m. VALUABLE COUPON — MAIL TODAY! H. "Wise & Co. In these lavishly illustrated THE MARLIN FIREARMS CO., Dept. 5-AL, New Haven, Conn. volumes the story of this country's birth Send me catalogue with full informa- and growth are told in the words of tiie tion and photo-illustralions of Marlin Name_ people who made America, in their letters, Guns, plus new cartoon book, "More Fun with Your .22 Rifle," I understand diaries and records — as thrilling as any you will also send me pack of (please Slreet_ adventure yarn. check) single or Magiieli;ecl double-edge Marlin Blades. I enclose The Legion • • American Magazine May, 1952 y 10c for handling. C/0'_ .State. MORE Products I^RADE THAN ANY FAMOUS TIRE EVER OFFERED! A sampling of items which are in process oj development or are coming on the market. Mention of products in no way constitutes an endorsement of them, since in most cases they are described as represented by manufacturers. WHEN THE WEEDS COME UP able is a bumper which runs around the pool, costing :s75, and a cover which sells A gadget tliat attaches to a lawn inoAver for $50. The pool holds 10,000 gallons of and which is supposed to rid the hiwii of water which in turn holds 15 or more weeds with a niiiiinuiin of effort is being people. marketed by the New Haven Garden Tool Co., P. O. liox 1069, New Haven, Clonn. Called the Tee-^Veed, it consists of flexible wires which are mounted on a bar ahead of the cutting reel of the mower. As you push the mower the wires comb the grass and lift long weeds and seed heads u]jright for the mower bhules. The Tee-Weed is $3.50 and is guaranteed to fit all mowers and to 18 MONTH be satisfactory. SIMPLE SUN VISOR Unconditional Guarantee A practical kind of automobile sun visor all — against road hazards which is inexpensive and can be installed by anyone in a matter of moments is the new Filterzone, made by the Filterzone Auto-Vision Co., 641 Lexington Ave., Brook- EXCLUSIVE features in Armstrong lyn 21. Approved by Motor ^ chicle Bureaus Tires add up to one thing: — of all states this visor is made of a heavy More complete protection than any gauge plastic which is mounted on the in- your windshield merely by preising. other tire ever delivered! Tough FOR TEA DRINKERS side of adhesives are necessary, Rhino-Flex construction shrugs off No screws, clips or A new Idnd of tea infiiscr. which nialces and, according to the manuf actm er, they road shock — wear and tear. Heat- an unusual gift item in case >ou arcnr a will not warp, twist or buckle. The price is treated cords keep tire-killing heat drinl line is overloatie SWIMMING POOL FOR NON-TYCOONS FOR THE LADIES Now you ilon't have to be a millionaire iron cords from or a mo\ ie star to own your own priv ate A simple wav of keeping by the Lewatt sw imming potjl. A full-size, lawn-type pool getting tangled is offered Detroit 26. The measuring 27 by 1? feet and ranging from S))ecialtv ( o., 521 Park Ave., the AVatson Iron-Cord three to five feet in depth can now be iiail solution is found in a spring for ^5275. Manufactured by the Bilnor Cor- (.uide, a j)lastic ring encircled by which grips an end of the poration, iMaspeth, L. L, the pool is made steel bracket electric cord runs of 20 gauge \'inylitc and consists of a liner ironing board. The at the right tliat fits tightly into an excavation below- through the ring and is kept 3-ounce masnim ground level. Once in place the pool bc- degree of len>ion bv means of a co]ues a permanent installation. Also av ail- wei gin. The price is $1.50 postpaid. W/ieii. wriiiwj to nmnufactiirers concerning items described here kindly mention tliat yon read about them in The American Legion Magazine Q ' The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 U. S. WINDOW TYPE FLAG « . LI 225 — 2'/2 X 4 foot rayon tatfeta flag, 6 foot pole white enameled with gold-finished ball at top. Complete with holder attachment for window sill. F.O.B. New York City. . .$7.90 L122SB— Same as LI 225 except flag is all- ZELAN JACKET wool bunting with sewed stars and stripes. F.O.B. New York City $8.80 L810—Light weight, water repellent Zelan Jacket. American Legion insignia processed on left front. Excellent for year-round wear. Sizes (36) small, UNMOUNTED U. S. FLAGS (38-40) medium, (42-44) large and (46-48) extra Guaranteed fast color and best quality. large. Available in Oyster (cream) or Navy blue Cotton High Grade color. Be sure to specify. Immediate shipment . $5.95 Size Bunting Wool U. S. FLAG LAWN SETS 2 X 3 feet $ 2.00 $ 5.40 3x5 feet 4.10 10.20 L1230-1—Consists of x 4' rayon taf- 2V2' 4x6 feet 6.15 14.85 feta S. Flag. 2 piece 10' white enameled U. 5 X 8 feet 8.50 22.65 pole and special lawn socket. F.O.B. New 6x10 feet 1 1.20 33.00 City, complete $10.05 York 8x12 feet 18.50 51.50 L1230-2— Same as LI 230-1, except flag is Above prices include delivery charges. Two all-wool bunting with sewed stars and stripes. weeks required for delivery. F.O.B. New York City, complete. .$10.50 MASSACHUSETTS POST CAPS— STYLE 1 LETTERING Post numerals on right-hand side and State name in full on left side below emblem. L1275/D1— Deluxe quality $3.40 L1275/S1— Standard quality 3.05 "T" SHIRT L790— Soft cotton, well made "T" shirt with fast- color Legion blue neck trim. "American Legion" and emblem both processed in blue on front. Sizes: small, medium, and large. Specify size. Immediate ZIPPO LIGHTER shipment $1.10 each $12.50 per dozen. 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Get order blanks from Chesterfield, Box 21, New York 8, N.Y. it because CHESTERFIELDS are much Milder andgive you the ADDED PROTECTION of NO UNPLEASANTAFTER-TASTE *FROM THE REPORT OF A WELL-KNOWN RESEARCH ORGANIZATION Copyright 1952, Liggett & jMvlrs Tobacco FICTION n m The setting for this thought- provoidng story is the brave new world of the fu- ture, complete with its new social order. The Man stood in the center of a dark room, a light shining on his face. The lieutenant was almost invisible. WAS THE afternoon of the investiga- self-assured that it became an intentional others. He folded his arms and glanced ITtion. insult. "I w as detained by the general." up at the colonel with boredom. The colonel, tall, broad-shouldered The words were precise, stinging; for The colonel cleared his throat. and impatient, stood beside an empty a moment, hostility was a living thing "I have asked for this investigation chair, leaning against it with his hip, betw ecn them. so I may hear about the incident of The and waited. A square of sky was visible "Take \'our scat," said the colonel Alan." His \-oicc carried well in the through the barred w indow above him, wearih'. empty room. "W'c all know ivhat hap- illuminating this box-like room. Four chairs stood in the room, three pened . . . but / don't know why! I hap- The sound of footsteps made him already occupied. As the lieutenant ap- pen to care . . . ver\' much! I want the turn, and then the lieutenant emerged proached the empt>' one, one of the answ crs to a few questions before I turn from the darkness of the long corridor men shifted ncrvou K-. He was the in m\- full report. I'll begin with you. which emptied into the room. The youngc .t and the oni\' pri\'ate, self- Sergeant." colonel glanced at his watch. conscious of being twice outranked. The sergeant was a stocky, heavy-set "You're late. Lieutenant," he said There was a major on his left and a man of fort\'. Two half-moons of sweat sharply. hulk'ng sergeant on his right. had soaked through his shirt, so that his "^'es sir." The lieutenant was a hand- The lieutenant sat down, apparently arms seemed separated from the barrel some man. His repl\- was so casual and amusetl b\' tlie rigid formality of the chest. 11 The old man stopped, and then his legs buckled as if hinges had come loose coutiuiietl PICK UP FOR QUESTIONING "Sergeant, you were the very first to they both mean the same. Continue." years, these arrests were monotonously come in direct contact with The Man, "I went to The Man's home," said the similar; only the faces changed. Lately were you not?" The sergeant was sul- sergeant sulkily. "He's a laborer in the even they had begun to merge into one len and ill at ease. "Tell nie how." Village of Q. A woman opened the indistinct blur. "Well, I received written orders from door. I sho\\ ed her the photograph." "I don't know anything about any- yo^i to arrest The Man, sir!" The tone thing," he said. "I've got orders and I'm implied that lie considered the question (The woman was plain, her face hag- obeying them." stupid. gard; her fort\' \'ears had been difficult "Maybe >ou have the wrong one," "Are >"ou s^tre the order said arrest?" ones. She squinted at the photograph. said The Man hopefully. The sergeant unbuttoned his shirt "Yes. He lives here." Her hesitant "Yes, \ es! That's it! The wrong one!" pocket. "I have it right here." He w ith- manner gave every sentence a sense of Desperation animated her. "It's possible drew a frayed and stained piece of the tragic. "He's my husband." to make mistakes. The wrong name on ." paper. "I always keep documents like There was a shuffling of feet, and a a piece of paper, the w rong address . . this!" He unfolded it with pride. "After sallow-faced man, eyes heavy with The sergeant's face was cold, indiffer- twenty-five > ears in the service, I know sleep, looked over her shoulder and ent. Her glimmer of hope died. "It's what's what!" asked: "What's wrong. Sergeant?" possible to make mistakes," she mur- "I'm sure >'ou do," said the colonel The sergeant looked at the man and mured. patiently. "Just tell me if it says arrest." then put the photograph away. "Let's "I have nothing to fear," said The The sergeant studied the paper; pride go," he said. Man. "I've worked for the Party—" drained from his face; doubt moved in, "What ha\e >'ou done?" She put a "Let's go," said the sergeant impa- and fear took over. hand on iicr husband's arm. "\\'hat tiently. "Well ... it doesn't say arrest . . . but haven't > ()u told them?" The Man put his arm around the it says pick up!" Fear was backed up by "What do you want with me?" asked woman's shoulders. stubbornness. "And that's the same The Man. "In a da>' or so I'll be back," he said, thing!" "You know that better than I. Just trying to smile. "They'll discover the "Since when?" come along to headquarters." mistake; the colonel hii/zself w ill apolo- "Since I've been in the army!" The "To headquarters!" The woman's gize and send me liack in his ow n car, "1 ." sergeant's face w as red. can sliow nou voice went dry. "There must be some and we'll laugh about it and . . Her stacks of orders! They say either pick mistake! Only political prisoners are tears made the dream empty, the words up or arrest but they all mean arrest!" taken to headquarters!" false. "I ll be back," he said flatly.) "I see," said the colonel coldly. "W'e The sergeant w as bored. After twenty have two words in the language because ILLUSTRATED BY ROBERT MOORE "I turned him over to the major," 12 1 " " and the sergeant have a lot sighed and shook his head. "And after in common!" all the Party has done for this country!" "Our backgrounds are The Man hesitated. "Sir," he asked different!" said the major, carefully, "does that order say ivhy the offended. colonel wants to see me?" "And your principles?" "Of course not!" snapped the major. The major wasn't quite "Why should it? You know what sure what that meant, cither. you've done and the colonel knows! "W hy," he said, manag- Nobody else has to know!" ing a sickly little grin, "you "But I haven't done anything!" pro- speak as if I were on trial!" tested The Man. "I've not been disloyal! — "It's difficult to sa>' just I pay my taxes and who is on trial nowadays, "Taxes?" The major laughed and ran isn't it. Major?" He turned a hand over the shining dome of his away abruptly. "Now then, head. "D'you think the colonel would the sergeant brought The bother himself with so insignificant a Man directly to you?" thing as taxes? Oh, my good man, real- "Yes, Colonel." The ma- ly!" He reached for an official form jor brightened, now that the and began to write in fiourishmg scrib- conversation had shifted bles. "You'll be taken to Junction K and back to the official. turned over to the lieutenant." He "Tell us what transpired." stopped; an idea occurred to him. "Well, sir, 1 left The Man "Yes," he said, smiling. "Of course! You alone for live minutes. To shall be placed in handcuffs!" And with collect his thoughts, you that he slapped a rubber stamp on the understand." He lowered his order. voice confidentially. "A'ly "But I won't try to escape!" The personal feelings pla>' no major looked up and smiled at the part in matters of this sort. feeble protest. "I'll go peacefully!" con- I am completely impersonal tinued The Alan. "Don't you under- at all times, sir," stand, sir, I iViiiit to see the colonel now ! "I'm familiar with your I must clear myself of whatever it ma>- attitude. Major. Just stick be. Look at me, sir, I'm old and harm- continued the sergeant, "and I never to the facts." less." saw The Man again." "Er — yes, sir. Colonel! Well, when I "Those who appear most harmless," The colonel leaned forward and put came back into m>' office, he was stand- intoned the major coldly, "are always a hand on the arm rest of the chair. ing by my desk. Rather close, I thought, most dangerous." He signed his name "Then you admit being the first to ever for a man under arrest!" to the order. "Handcuffs!" he said with use the word . . . arrest?" finality. "Handcuffs!") It was a question on which the ser- (The major sat down, riffled through geant couldn't hedge. He said: "Yes" a stack of letters, distributed them in The room was silent. reluctantly and the colonel said: various "In" "Out" and "Pending" The blue beyond the barred window "Thank you" and turned to face the baskets, and then looked up. was losing out as streaks of yellow jut- major. "So yoii are the notorious one, eh?" ted across its face. The major was small, heavy-set, and His voice was brisk, sardonic; he was "Then it was completely your own completely bald. He began to cross his enjoying this. "And do you know why idea," said the colonel, "to place The legs, but afraid of a possible reprimand, you've been arrested?" Man in handcuffs?" placed his knees together instead. "No, sir," said The Man. He had "It's a long way to Junction K," said "Well, Major," said the colonel walked three miles and he was tired. "I the major. "I knew nothing about the warmly. "We meet again!" think it's all a mistake." man, nothing about the nature of his "Yes. Yes, sir! We do, sir!" The "A mistake?" The major's voice went crime. The last uprising taught us to major smiled at nothing in particular. high. "Be careful what you say, my beware of the apparently innocent." His "It's been quite some time, hasn't it, good man. To accuse the Party of mis- face was flushed; his voice became loud- sir! takes is to voice political doubt. Thcyt er. "Why, even now there arc under- "Almost four years," said the colonel. can be both unwise and dangerous." He ground forces at work, trying to de- "You were only a second lieutenant fumbled through some papers on the troy the Party's inspiring w ork. then." He smiled. "You've come a long desk. "Can you read?" (Continued on page 50) way!" "Yes, sir. Of course," The major wasn't sure what that "A splendid accomplishment." He meant. held out a letter at arm's length. "As "I ... I had some fortunate breaks. you can see, it comes from Main Head- Colonel. There was a local uprising quarters and is signed by the colonel. -" and The colonel doesn't 7i!ake mistakes." He "— and ten suspects were shot! " The put down the paper and slapped a colonel's voice was almost accusing, "I chubby hand over it. "There's no doubt remember it well!" in 1/ry mind that you're guilty!" He The major fidgeted "I was under "The card will be destroyed, and the orders, sir." man forgotten," continued the Colonel. "You did well by your orders." Once more the colonel smiled. "No hesitancy, no question, merely obedience. You flOCH OUT FOR THESE oritie LABOR WORLD POLITICS VICTOR RIESEL LOUIS F. BUDENZ One ol llif best inioiincd writtis on com- Former manat>ing editor ol the Daily iininisin, Vic Ricsel specializes in labor \\ oiker, Lonis F. Biidenz has been invalu- problems. His cohiniii a[>|)ears daily in the able in exposing the people and policies New York Mirroy and 170 other newspapers. iinohed in the connniinist conspiracy. So.Mi: iHREE years ago, when oi'ders I HERE is NO mystery about the main \\ ere received by a special courier hope and drive of the communist from Coniinforni headquarters in conspiracy throughout the world Ikicharest, the American communist today. Just pick up any leading red party swiftly revamped its labor net- publication which is giving directives work—ordering its larger cadres to split up and send to the comrades, and the chief aim of the Soviet dic- their best workers, their most lo>'al "apparatchnicks," tatorship becomes clear. "The Pact of Peace! The untlerground. Pact of Peace! ' features the headlines in every issue Immediatel)', communist sections were cut down of the Cominform's w eekly organ, w hich comes into to three and hve man cells. A new chain of com- this country to direct the red tactics and techniques. mand was linked up. The revolutionist — for that's The cry of "peace" is to be used in every country, w hat he was now, frankly a revolutionist in the full and specifically in the United States, to bring about sense of fanatical Leninism — in the center of a cell new surrenders to Stalin. i 14 COMMIE SWINDLES CULTURE RACIMIELIOIOX GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY FRED WOLTMAN Since 1917 George E. Sokolsky has seen Winner ol a Pulitzer Prize for his work in communism in action at first hand. His exposing communism, Fred Woltman is an column appears daily in the Hearst acknowledged authority. He is on the staff newspapers and in 300 other papers. of the ISew York World-Teleeram and Sun. VNY altogether sincere persons lEN A NEGRO leader was bombed believe that resistance to com- to death in his Florida home last munistn cultural penetration in- Christmas night, it was commu- volves impairments of freedom of nism that came out ahead. speech, freedom of press, freedom of The reds at once moved in. Their thought. They are held in a tight vise by slogans, vast propaganda netw ork broadcast to the world that some of them devised by the communists themselves. this was America. Although it revolted the nation, Their intellectual difficulty is that they rarely, if the outrage was made-to-order. The communists ever, define their terms. everywhere cashed in on it for all it was worth. Take, for instance, the slogan "Academic Free- For high in the Kremlin's current strategy for con- dom," which these days attracts so much excitement. quest is the exploitation of racial and religious differ- Nowhere in our Constitution or in the laws of our ences in the United States. Every act of discrimina- country is such a term as "Academic Freedom" men- tion against minorities henceforth is to be used for tioned. It is not a legal or a philosophic term. It is fomenting discord on the home front. Of far greater an invention of professors and others who, when they importance, it's to be used abroad — to influence, en- see the word freedom, often confuse it with anarchy. rage and win sympathy among hundreds of millions What is involved is the right of a professor to in- of non-whites now in ferment in Asia, South Africa, vestigate data, to search for knowledge, to write or India and elsewhere. This is the new strategy. And speak on the assumption that a scientific approach the value of the weapon to communism is incalcul- to the truth must not be hindered by superstitions able. and popular resistance. Already the communist party has exploited it with However, it is possible that a professor, like any a vengeance. Take a look at just a few recent Daily other human being, may not be free to teach the Worker headlines: "Racist Violence Spreads in U.S." truth, as he knows it. He may be an intellectual "Miami Hebrew School Blasted." "Death for Negro prisoner. He may be disciplined by a power stronger Rapists; 16 Months for Whites." "Negro Navy Vet than himself that binds him to falsehood. When he Killed in Sardis, Ga., for Failing to Say 'Yes, Sir'." is not free to be truthful, how can we respect his Many of the incidents are exaggerated or outright claims to "Academic Freedom"? fakes, for the communists have perfected the Big Lie Let us think in terms of a Marxist professor who of Hitler. Many, unfortunately, happened. What- is required by dialectical materialism to teach that ev-er the facts, however, these are the messages the man is a creature controlled by his environment; that communist party is flashing around the world. he is a product of an unending struggle for existence; The murder of Harr\' T. Moore in Florida, and that his nature changes as his environment forces of his wife who died later, fit perfectly into the (Continued on page 44) (Contimied on page 44) 15 TOLL RATES PASSENGER CAR .50 TRUCK .50-1.50 3US 1.00 MOTORCYCLE .25 arity of toll roads is that without getting into jams. SHOULD IT BE NECESSARY TO Like it or not, the old toll gate, relic of Colonial days, is back in operation on a huge scale. FEW MONTHS ago I Ijreczed over A thorough investigation of the sub- that vanished in America as canals and A the 3 2 7-niile-long Pcnns>'lvania ject reveals that we motorists face a railroads burgeoned, has turned up Turnpike, paid my $3.25 at the situation that needs explanation. Our again bright and shiny. Unquestionably, western terminus, and continued on a country seems to have gone toll-happy. pay-roads are here to sta>'. free road into Ohio. It was my first toll Twenty-eight states are considering Like the penny, the subject of toll road experience, the first time I'd ever toll legislation, and 18 have already roads has two distinct sides: for and paid to travel over a highway. The passed it. Right now we're paying to against. Both sides provide logical and drive itself was exhilarating and I didn't drive over nearly 1,000 miles of turn- convincing arguments. This is an un- mind the fee. I live in a Western state pikes, expressways, parkways, through- biased report of both. Take your pick, that has no toll facilities, and know I ways and freeways — and current plans whether or not it does any good. will not have to dig down in my nor- of several states indicate another thou- First off, the question arises. Why mal home driving. sand miles in the near future. this sudden swing to an outmoded and Or will I — later on? And how about Yep, tomorrow's highway blueprint historically detested system of highway the fellow who lives in an area where is plentifully criss-crossed with pay-as- financing? Advocates of toll roads he must pay tolls in his everyday driv- you-go roads. Like it or not, the old quickly answer, among other things, ing? Just what is this toll business? toll gate, bad penny of Colonial times, that there are actually no free roads in 16 Tolls made roads and bridges possible in the old days. Here's an old toll gate on the Cumberland Road. "Since World War II we have de- veloped a motorized economy such as no one dared to predict. And our high- way construction has not kept pace. In 1949 we built six million new motor vehicles and 20,000 miles of new high- ways. Stretched bumper to bumper, six YOU OO? million cars reach just about 20,000 miles. In 1950 we built eight million new motor vehicles and 20,700 miles for new highways — not enough new roads this country; that we're paying toll at to provide parking space for the new By ROBERT M. HYATT every gas station. vehicles." Alaybe you haven't considered it in Needles continues: "Not much over this light, but there it is. We pay several ten years ago we could build \\ liat was We buy our roads twice, once with gasoline cents tax on every gallon of gasoline, then a modern highway for §50,000 a taxes and again when we stop at toll booths. and that tax, we've been led to believe, mile. But conditions have changed. goes to build and maintain our high- Traffic densities and motor vehicles to- way system. That all of it doesn't, and day demand something much better. wh\', will be shown later. The forces Under present conditions, proper high- against toll roads counter by stating that ways cost from $300,000 to %1 million tolls merely place an extra tax burden a mile — and even more." on the motorist, do not assist in the Engineer Needles claims tiie public construction or upkeep of the roads in does not build a toll road except to pro- general, and enrich only a few indi- \ ide a modern traffic artery w hich is viduals—the toll road operators. needed beyond question and which can Here is the case for the toll road and be financed by no other means. why it is claimed to be the only sensible The italics are mine, but they cast solution to our mounting traffic prob- grave doubts on the efficiency of our lems and the hiriiiediate construction of present system of high\\ay administra- badly needed highways. In the last tion and financing. Take the figures August issue of Civil Evgiveerini:,, compiled by E. E. East, Chief Engineer Enoch R. Needles, of the New York of the Automobile Club of Southern firm of Tammen & Bergendorf, high- California, which takes a favorable view way engineers, says: (Continued on page 59) 17 No expense is spared to give the Voice the finest technical facili- Sidney Sulkin, chief of the Washington branch, standing, con- ties such as this "curtain" antenna shown in scale model form. ducts a briefing session where staff members get assignments. WITH THE VOICE OE The saddest aspect is that the State Department doesn't seem to know what it should be telling the peoples of the world. By P. P. GREGORY EUROPEANS know Icss about baseball than Americans know about cricket. Yet during the World Series the en- tire world was treated to a steady flow EDITORIAL NOTE: of reports about the Yankees and the Giants, and about Di.Maggio and home The Voice of America operates battle going? Our State De|)artment, runs. Powerful Voice of America trans- with a staff of 1600. Most of them which operates the Voice of America, mitters using a Niagara of electrical work in New York, but there are 30 insists that we are doing well, that energy talked about baseball in virtually staff members in Washington and our broadcasts are convincing the every language. How would you like 86 overseas. world their best interests lie with to hear detailed reports about a British These ])eoj)le have the job of sell- the United States. But there are cricket match? ing the rest of the world on the many disturbing indications that all American official propaganda tells United States. To this end they pour is not going well. Even Senator Wil- Europe how the Grand Central and tens of thousands of words into liam Benton, not usually critical of Pennsylvania stations in New York are Voice microphones every day, and the State Department, has gone on big railroad stations, how such and such j)owerful transmitters direct this record advocating that an outside a train leaves the station or comes in at flood of verbiage to all |>oints of the agency o|»erate the Voice. a certain time, how one train goes to globe. The main targets, of course, What follows is another view Long Island, and another to Richmond. are nations under Stalin's Iron Cur- which indicates that the Senator Would you like to hear all about Char- tain, or nations threatened by his doesn't go nearly far enough. It is ing Cross Station in London, or about fiftli column or the Red Army. presented by a former European the outgoing and incoming trains of the In this battle for men's minds we newspaper man of many years' ex- St. Lazare Station in Paris? all have a stake. On the outcome perience in ])ropaganda work. For When the Eighth Avenue bus ter- our own fate may de|)end, as a na- obvious reasons he writes under a minal in New York was opened to the tion and as individuals. How is the nom de plume. public, European radio listeners heard from America how commuters between New York and New Jersey will pay 18 tlier proof that American civilization to put clothes in a Laundromat. But lacks spiritual values. the truly sad aspect of the otherwise The price that is being paid by silly procedure is that the State Depart- American taxpayers for such propa- ment doesn't seem to know v\ hat it ganda is high. Last year, the American should be telling the world. propaganda budget amounted to 190 The Voice of America doesn't have million dollars. This money was used to persuade the peoples of Europe and for the entire official information pro- Asia that America is rich and pow erful gram, which is under the contrt)! and and has an enviable standard of living. direction of the Department of State, This is so well known that, if the bars and consists of the following media of were let down, Europeans and Asians information: The Voice of America, b>' the millions would swarm across (which broadcasts daily in 46 languages); the oceans and into America. What these the Wireless Bulletin, \\ hich presents a realistic people want to know is just huge amount of information daih' what is America going to do, now that tiirough more than a hundred American it has assumed leadership of the West. diplomatic missions abroad to the local How are we presenting our case? press and radio; The Motion Picture Last December, you may recall, Raymond Swing, employed by the Voice Division, which through short films Vishinsky at a United Nations meeting as a political commentator, has long presents the American way of life; the in Paris accused the United States of been known as an ardent left-winger. Cultural Centers overseas which give supporting anti-Soviet elements in Rus- This broadcast will tell Germans about the Third National Stamp Show. Target: Radio listeners in an Iron Curtain country. less, will save time, and will have a bet- the local populations an opportunity to sian controlled areas. \\'hat happened? ter ride. Not even all New Yorkers learn something about America. In spite of the fact that Congress had would have been interested in all the One might laugh off some of the silly openly adopted a bill appropriating one details that were beamed overseas in all and amateurish programs that the million dollars to help anti-communist those languages. United States sends abroad, but there elements, the official American reaction American official propaganda over a is an underlying lack of propaganda was that Vishinsky 's charges were long period of time told people in for- know-how that is anything but amus- groundless. Of course this is the story eign countries how to use such things ing. Obviously, not many Ukrainians or that the X'^oice of America beamed to as washing machines, refrigerators, auto- Poles or Czechs are going to risk their the peoples of the world. Not onh' did matic dishwashers, etc., in spite of the necks to listen in and learn that they this give the communists a chance to fact that most Europeans never saw such can catch a bus to Englewood, New point out that the United States was machines, and never felt any need for Jersey, every hour on the hour. Nor lying, but it completely flabbergasted using them. Even worse, they consider will there be much clandestine word- listeners to the \'oice of America. Here so much emphasis on machines as fur- of-mouth discussion of the proper way (Continued on [mge 54) 19 " An educator shows why in a world beset by unbalance and disorder IR DIPLOMATIC TRUMP IS BY ROBERT RIENOW PERSON or group of persons in the United States is PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Noqualified to promise the youth of this land that they NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE FOR TEACHERS may lead easy-going, placid lives free of the disloca- tions and discomforts of military demands. We do not live in that kind of a world. The question today is not: "Shall we, or shall we not have a decisive military program for the On Tuesday, March 4, Tlie House of Representatives buried it to coniinittee young men of America?" There is no such choice. The the enactment of UMT again, sending back without facing the issue — as National Coinniamler Donald R. question is: "Just what sort of decisive military program Wilson had warned. Seldom has the nation's dignified press told w ill we put into effect? off legislative cowardice as it did editorially in the days that The United States is destined to cultivate its military followed. When the parliamentary maneuvering was over, elec- power, to build itself militarily now and into the unfore- tion year donothingness had had its way on a grave matter ol seeable future. This has been decided for us by the political national safety, and most \oters were none the wiser as to where condition of the world and our position of world leadership their representatives stood. in this era of confusion. The military obligations of Ameri- In the end, the many friends of UMT and national pre- can youth are more dependent upon the actions of a howling paredness in the House and Senate could not be separated from mob in a Near Eastern capital than upon the unrealistic their foes. By amendment and counter-proposals the UMT Bill deliberations of domestic pressure was twisted into a shape where not even its best friends could groups. tell it. Not the only, but the most open and destructive and evasive trick was a counter-proposal by Representative Charles Yet the opponents of Universal Mili- B. Browiison of Indiana to put UMT in the high schools — an tary Training have transported the implausible mixtme of national defense with state and local debate to a Xever-Never Land where institutions. the self-deluding issue is this: Shall our In the House, 13'} Representati\ es \oted for the lethal Brown- young men live their normal lives — son dodge being added to the Bill. Then, along with some real go to school, take a job, attend college, UMT supporters, nearly all of them voted to send UMT back and set up house with the girl down to committee as an unwise measure with the clianges they the block — uninterruptedly, or shall had made in it. But — there having been no roll call on adding they suffer the inconvenience and the the Brownson proposal — there is no official record of these 133 rigors of military training? ringleaders of legislati\e evasiveness. In mitigation, it should be added that many Congressmen Such visions of normality are born later said the maneuvering had stripped them of any wise of wishful thinking unrelated to pres- choice, and at press time for this issue a possibility appeared ent realities. One consideration, and that UMT would be brought back out of connnittee again dur- only, one must mold our conception of our military estab- ing this session of Congress. EDITORS lishment: What type of armed forces will best support the mission to which our nation is committed? To debate UMT without reference to the military requirements of our posi- tion in world affairs is self-deception. The sound approach of southeast Asia. The\- form a belt along the undcr-belly is to review the state of the world and our role in it and of Europe and of the So\ iet Union. Our present-day world then to determine which military program meets our diplo- crisis rests on the juxtaposition of peoples moved by new- matic requirements most effectively. felt nationalism and a Great Power hungr\- for expansion. American interest, and in the long run that of the whole ^\'ere these forces separated in space or time w e might relax. world, rests on stability. There are two disruptive forces AVhat has all this to do with the issue of Universal Military w hich challenge that stability and promote disorder, which Training in the United States? Simply this: if America, as are violent, uncompromising, unless confronted with supe- the world leader, cannot bring order to this disorderly rior power. They are: world communism guided by the globe, it will shortly become a Communist world. This Kremlin (which is actually Russian imperialism), and the observation does not mean that we have to pre-judge or new nationalism of backward and hitherto subjected peoples. veto demands of backward peoples for independence, but The world is passing out of the era of colonialism into some only that we must control and guide them constructively new order of things w here all arc bidding for equaiit\'. These as wc have done in the Philippines and in Libya. On the two movements are related, not in spirit, but geographicalh". other hand, the world is too explosive to let irresponsible Look at the map. Where do the people live who are nationalist movements break up established trade channels, struggling for freedom, for the right to set up their own w allow in hate campaigns, and in their excesses and weak- governments? They extend in a band from .Morocco in nesses fall into Communist hands. northern Africa into the Near East and on to the jungles The current tensions and unrest may not pass over for 20 foreigners than Americans — it makes little real difference. But whatever its composition or authority, American or collective, the military force upon which our foreign policy depends will be only as efi^ective in the eyes of the aggressor as the immediately available reserve power behind it. The VAST respect for police, any kind of police, is really a regard for the power behind them. In the world today that means especially the military manpower of the United States. American youth are that potential military manpower. There are, under the circumstances, three modes of or- ganization of that manpower to choose from: (1) a profes- sional army; (2) a selective service system; and (3) a trained militia, or what is in modern terms called universal military training. How does each of these fit, or fail to fit, the speci- fications that American world leadership demands? (1) Suppose we entrusted our security to armed forces of four million career men? We need only mention that a large professional army violates the dearest traditions of our country because it gambles with the very thing we are con- cerned about saving — freedom. Our forefathers feared the dominance of the professional soldier in society, his inter- vention in democratic politics and the vested interest he creates. This is the kind of militarism the continent of Europe has experienced. For our purposes here we can overlook this point. It is not quite so easy to ignore the huge cost of a pro- fessional army and the economic strain it puts on the coun- try. It takes and keeps, let us say, four million men out of productive work and draws on other workers an estimated $3500 a year to maintain each man in the standing forces. In plain words, a large professional army is not only incon- sistent with the traditions established by Washington, Jeffer- son and the great leaders of the past, but it is also too ex- pensive to support unless we want our economy to smash. This point is pertinent, for the international situation im- poses upon us a test of endurance as well as of strength. Basically, the peculiar needs of our foreign policy in this modern world are for armed forces with speed of mobiliza- tion to deter unannounced aggression, with elasticity of numbers to meet big and little contingencies, and with twenty years, if then. The Soviet doctrine of world revo- capacity for maximum expansion drawing on the full re- sources lution is as potent and dynamic as ever; the Cominfornn, of manpower. The professionals can be kept alert; like a blowfly, lays its eggs wherever a political sore is fester- they have speed. Within defined limits they are or can be ing. To expect the new nationalism we see rising in northern elastic. But they will not impress an opponent with their Africa, in the Near East, in Southeast Asia to settle down, numbers. How would four million professionals, half of to crystallize, in less than the short span of a generation, is them over thirty on their way to retirement, and able to take a remarkably optimistic view of social evolution. to commit but a part of their strength in any single action, The challenge of these two forces pins on the United States, impel respect? How does such a limited combat potential collectively with the West, a role of world policing. (even adding the possible support of our Western allies) We have both a negative and a positive interest in patrol- stack up against Russia's reputed 8,000,000 man army plus the ling the world. Negatively, we seek to contain communism. troops her populous satellites have ready? Positively, we require an interlude of world order, insured Finally, if full scale military operations were called for with our own power and that of our friends, until states- because our international situation had deteriorated - if the manship can bring us some guarantee of peace. In the mean- police were in real trouble — we time, it is imperative that we recognize that so long as any should need a much bigger force people can gain by aggression they will use aggression. On _^ than the high-priced professionals this tinder-box globe the sparks of riot fan rapidly into war. could give us. -\ ^ -^^^^1=^ When the chips are This long period of unrest will demand of us that we fight flown, as General Douglas Mac- "^iK /w^^P^L a limited engagement in one place, prevent an outbreak in Arthur explained so forcefully in JTi) ^^^^^ another, stop the revolutionary forces of the Soviet Union ^ recent issue of The American [( ^S^^^ from upsetting the equilibrium of the world. To these ends ^^^^,^^jBj»^ Legion Magazine, it is the citizen- we cannot use our saturation weapons. They are inappro- ^H^^^^B^ \ soldier we depend upon. So we priate. situation will skilled The call for police, for and \ come to selective service. well-equipf>ed patrols, mobile combat teams in limited num- j^H^ (2) Selective service is a fair and j bers—something to squelch disorder and put down threats a^Hj^^^^^F / equitable way of mobilizing the to the peace. These police may push ashore under the flag ^^Hh^^P^ manpower of a nation to a full-scale of the United Nations, the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- ^^IH^^ ^^ar. It is fair only so long as it s tion, or its Pacific counterpart. They may number more ( Continued on page i } 21 What you gei for your fishing ucense money Your fees pay big dividends in well-stocked streams and lalces. By jack DENTON SCOTT ONE DAY last April a fisherman stood stream but it would even be possible to Most hatcheries have three central on the banks of the Shepaug River tell you approximately how many there functioning units: brood fish ponds, egg in the state of Connecticut pulling were. Fishing in the United States has hatching baskets, and rearing j)onds. off chest-high waders. Large wet spots become so tremendous a sport that na- The female fish that are ripe are were beginning to show through near ture alone and unassisted would not be "stripped" or milked of their eggs. This the armpits. Sweat spots from the hard able to supply the demand. The 48 process merely consists of gently mov- work involved treading on slippery peb- states have taken over a part of the job. ing the hand from the front of the fish's bles in a swift stream and avoiding a wet Millions of dollars taken from fisher- belly to the rear in an easy, squeezing and perhaps dangerous fall. He was men for licenses are literally put back motion. The eggs squirt out by the cursing his luck, the sovereign state of into the streams through the state thousand. Then the same process is used Connecticut and fish in general. owned and operated fish hatcheries. with the big male fish. His life stream Another knight of the reel nearby Most states maintain several hatcher- is called milt. Carefully the milt and the was slipping into hip boots. He hadn't ies located at strategic points, usually as eggs are stirred together to insure fer- even started. near the popular fishing waters as pos- tilization. Then they are washed and "Get any?" he said, anticipation run- sible. A fish hatchery is not unlike any placed in the hatching baskets, sus- ning the words together warm and laboratory where scientific experimen- pended in troughs of running water. friendly. tation is done. Many of the hatcheries Each basket is separated by riffle tins "Two lousy fish! Not worth taking hold brood fish in special ponds for egg to break the current of the water. The out a license for; there aren't any fish production. These fish are selected for eggs need moving water to make them in that stream!" Mr. Sweat snarled. their productivity, vitality, and their hatch. A constant temperature is the Now, oddly enough Mr. Sweat was fast growing traits. In some ways a next step. The water is maintained at wrong. Not only were there fish in the hatchery resembles a large poultry farm. 55 degrees. If it varies the hatching 22 THESE OPERATIONS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST OF THE FISH YOU CATCH il STATE OF MAINK STATK OK PKNNSVLVANIA STATE OF WISCONSIN Stripping of roe and milt from the fish is the beginning The closeup shows the "eyed" stage, In these carefully attended jars eggs are of the process. For this purpose, fish selected have high the first physical characteristic seen. being raised. Water temperature and move- productivity, vitality and are fast growing. In some Dead eggs are removed from the ment are critical factors, as is the removal cases brood fish are raised in special rearing ponds. hatching baskets with a suction syringe. of dead eggs which can contaminate tanks. STATE OF MICHIGAN GEOHGF. D. ANDIU;WS STATK OF WISCONSIN Just a part of the elaborate and Hand tanks, boats, trucks and Colorado's latest tank trucks. The plastic tank Rearing fish isn't all of the expensive equipment necessary airplanes are used to stock (top) is used mainly as an educational de- job. They have to be protected for preparing food for the young streams. Here a boat is being vice at fairs and schools. The one below can from such menacing killers fish. Here carp is being canned. used for planting lake trout. carry a thousand pounds of fish for ten hours. as the lampreys shown here. STATE OF NEW JERSEY process stops immediately, and all is lost. The end result. Well stocked streams and lakes throughout the country bring Five days after the eggs are deposited in b«g turnouts such as this one on the opening day of the fishing season. the baskets they attain what is called "the tender stage." The slightest bang or jar will immediately kill thousands of the embryo fish in the delicately membraned eggs. At this stage the hatchery worker starts to re- move the infertile eggs. They are white in color and rapidly grow the death fungus which if allowed to spread will destroy all the good eggs. In twenty-five long and nervous days, the fish hatchery men who are mother-henning the eggs detect two black spots which are large in relation to the egg. They are the fish's eyes and this period is appropriately (Continued on page 62) EDITOR'S NOTE: Grateful acknowledgment for additional pho- tographs to the Fish Sc Game Departments of New York, "Wyoming, Idaho, West Virginia, North Dakota, Minnesota, Connecticut, Ken- tucky, Florida, Oregon, Missouri. Ernie Young, Mary and Edwin Scheier teach the art of Some of the steps of pottery malting, as demonstrated by blinded war vet. pottery-making to people of the state. Mary Scheier. The finished product is a graceful pitcher. Up New Hampshire way, a group of people got together to give a hand to others. The annual Craftsman's Fair. By ROBERT SCHARFF WANT TO live in the country? Want to be your own boss? That is what Sumner Holmes, young World War II vet, wanted. Tired of a hum- drum life in the city of Boston, he and his wife purchased a small farm in the foothills of the beautiful White Moun- tains of New Hampshire. Failing in his farming efforts, he turned to his hobby David Campbell, director of the Fair. Sumner Holmes in his attic workshop. of woodworking for a living. In two short years he has turned out thousands of small trains, boats, cars, etc., from his attic workshop that have been sold throughout the United States and In recent years handicraft and the work, found a handicraft occupation Canada. creative arts have received increasing that was both healthful and remunera- What makes this success story differ- attention and interest throughout the tive. Craft work also offers the oppor- ent from another one? This can be United States. A major factor in this tunity for part-time income or a chance quickly answered by seven words: rise, of course, was and is the occupa- to be your "own" boss. league of New Hampshire Arts and tional therapy program in our Army The problem facing most would-be Crafts. For through this organization and Navy hospitals. Through this train- craftsmen, however, is how to sell their the successful story of Sumner Holmes ing many veterans of both wars, who products. Unless a person has large sums and 360() other residents of this stare because of wounds and shock were not of money behind him or has a ready is made possible. able to go back to their accustomed marker, rhe operarion ma\' fail. In Neu 24 Fred Wilman, a retired business man, makes a bracelet for two youthful admirers during the Fair. At right are some of his products. lars, some tea and an idea started the tutes the League. Each group elects its League. In the little town of Center own officers and determines the local Sandwich, a group of women under the policies. An unpaid governing council leadership of Mrs. J. Randolph Coolidge, and officers are elected at the annual the with idea, held a sale of of the to the Legionnaire Fred Brown spends his woman an meeting League determine spare time turning wood plates. hooked rugs made by the local towns- policies affecting the groups as a whole. people. Stimulated by the success of the A full time director and a merchandis- rug sale, Mrs. Coolidge rented a small ing staff help to keep the League run- Hampshire, however, the craftsman has store for twelve dollars a month and ning smoothly. the entire facilities of the state behind sold other craft items made in town. The League is primarily a supervisory him. Through the League of New By serving afternoon tea, the rent for agent and allows each of its members to Hampshire Arts and Crafts, whose the store was earned. Small membership go his own way and run his own headquarters is at 205 N. Main St., Con- dues and a tiny commission were the affairs. Many of the workers sell their cord, New Hampshire, the first state- entire obligations of the craftsmen for products individually but they never sponsored handicraft organization in the selling of their wares. forget the agency which first allowed the country, products of her craftsmen News of the good work being accom- them recognition. are sold almost everywhere. plished by the Sandwich Home Indus- Through the aid of the State Board The League is no sporadic "arty" tries, as the shop was known, reached of Education, Federal funds and Vet- movement. Its aim is, as David R. the late Governor John G. Winant's erans Administration, the League spon- Campbell, Legionnaire and League Di- ear. When he heard how a widow had sors classes throughout the state in wood rector, puts it, "to help New Hamp- sent her son to college from her "rug carving, metal work, jewelry, weaving, shire people to help themselves" by en- money," of another who was able to needlework, pottery, early American couraging the skills that live, as no- pay the mortgage on the old homestead decoration, and other fine crafts. League where else, in American hands. New with her weaving savings, and of the teachers travel to their classes all over Hampshire people too are justly proud man whose basket-making gave him a the state throughout the year, through of the crafts that flourish throughout steady income, he felt more and more rugged north country winters, and the state. Even the smallest villages, that there was a field in the state as a muddy springtime. In these classes eager tucked away in spots that are well-nigh whole for such work. Therefore, in pupils learn new techniques, elements inaccessible, have their craftsmen, May, 1931 he appointed a commission of good design and most of all, what working diligently to supplement an in- of representative men and women of is most readily saleable. come derived primarily from farming the state to look into the educational The formal classes are only one part or some other occupation, entirely di- and economic possibilities of arts and of this education program. Private in- vorced from crafts, or less often sup- crafts. The League, as it is known to- struction, as much as limited funds al- porting themselves entirely by their day, was established the next year. low, is given to people unable to attend handiwork; and there are many others Although started and financed at first classes. Such is the spirit of the League with whom craftwork is a pleasant avo- by the state, the craftsmen with the that frequently a craftsman teacher will cation, to be followed in their spare help of many volunteers, run the League donate the time. The exhibitions held time; and still others, disabled or re- and its thirteen shops. Groups similar during the year by the League, and by tired, for whom the crafts have a very to the original one in Sandwich are de- its guilds and groups, present educa- definite therapeutic value. velojjed in different parts of the state tional material in a vivid manner. The A few hand made rugs, twelve dol- and their affiliated membership consti- (Continued on page SI) 25 East side. West side*. Legionnaires will give New York City top priority in this year's vacation plan, since it will be the setting of a National Con- vention that is expected to outshine and outpull the 33 National Conventions to date. BY IRVING HERSCHBEIN sHiNKiNG ABOUT your vacation, and downtown. Before we tell you of the corner of the island. As a result it in- having trouble deciding where to go many wonderful places you can visit, tersects each of the avenues about every this summer? We have the answer let us show you how easy it is to get ten blocks, creating the squares as they for you right here. Don't miss the op- about. are called. Times Square is the inter- portunity to attend the 34th Legion North of 4th Street the city is laid section of Broadway and 7th Avenue. National Convention and at the same out in a gridiron pattern. Running east The only thing about the subway that time see the sights of New York City. and west are numbered streets and has changed since you were here last is An outstanding attraction in its own numbered avenues go north and south. the fare, which is now ten cents. In re- right, New York this summer, at the Fifth Avenue, which lies almost in the turn for the increased fare, the city has peak of the vacation season, will play center of this geometric pattern, divides provided free transfers between the host to the 3,000,000 members of the the city into east and west. three lines at major meeting points. Legion. The avenues are numbered startmg Supplementing the subways — and All indications point to an even great- from First Avenue on the east to more convenient for short trips — are er show than those of 1937 and 1947 Twelfth on the west. The only devia- the bus routes. Every avenue from First when the Legion literally took over the tion in the pattern is that between Third to Tenth is serviced and with the ex- city, so you won't want to miss this and Fifth Avenue, three named avenues ception of the Fifth Avenue bus lines, Convention, which starts on August have been introduced. They are, from which charge 12 cents, the fare is a 25th. Let us whet your appetite for the east to west, Lexington, Park and Madi- dime. Free transfers are given to the feast of sights, restaurants, museums, son Avenues. To travel north and south crosstown routes, which of)erate over theaters and stores you have heard — uptown and downtown — the fastest the larger streets such as 14th, 23rd, about, and to make life easier we'll give way is the subway. There are three sys- 42nd, 49th and 50th, 57th and 59th you some hints for getting about New tems which serve the outlying boroughs Streets. York quickly and easily. and come together in Manhattan. They The last of New York's once large Physically the city is made up of five are the I.R.T., B.M.T. and Independent system of elevated lines, the Third boroughs and like most visitors you'll Lines. You will find subways running Avenue El, offers limited service daily spend most of your time in one of them on Lexington, Sixth, (the street signs and none at all on weekends. — Manhattan. This island, 1 2 1/2 miles call it Avenue of the Americas but New Despite its size New York has only long and 21/2 miles wide, is the heart of Yorkers still insist it's Sixth Avenue) two railroad stations, Pennsylvania Sta- the city. Here, in the southern half are Seventh and Eighth Avenues, and tion at 33rd Street and Seventh Avenue most of the places visitors want to see. Broadway, in addition there is one short and Grand Central Terminal at 42nd To New Yorkers anything north of east and west subway line, the shuttle and Lexington Avenue. If you come to 59th Street is uptown, and this section which runs between Times Square at the Convention by train, you will prob- is almost completely residential. South Broadway and 42nd Street and Grand ably arrive at one of these stations. Both of this street can be found the stores, Central Terminal at Lexington Avenue are handy to the hotel and theater dis- theaters, buildings and sights that bring and 42 nd Street. tricts and easily reached by subway or over 100,000 visitors each day. If you're puzzled about where Broad- bus. From 59th to 14th Street is generally way fits into the scheme of things we'll Most of New York's attractions are considered midtown and the rest of the explain. The street begins at the south- conveniently grouped. The theaters can island from 14th Street to the Battery — ern tip of the island and runs roughly be found between 43rd and 50th Streets the southernmost tip of the island — is from the southeast to the northwest (Continued on page 46) 26 and Sh. oo O Q, 00^550= ' ' =(^,0u p n n ^^''sfricf _ (. \ , /'"^ Rociic Latin 1 y2^fc ^ ^ Quarter ^ HAPPENING IN NEW YORK Waldorf-Astoria AUGUST 25-28 Many of the hit shows on Broad- way will run through the summer months. Because of the small thea- ters, tickets must be bought in ad- vance. Here's a list of such shows mm with their price range and box office address. Write now for your tickets enclosing a stcnnped, self-addressed envelope. Send check or money order; do not mail cash. GUYS AND DOLLS-Robert Alda, Vivian Blaine, Sam Levene in a riot- ous musical comedy based on Damon Runyon's stories. $1.80 to $6.60. 46th Street Theater, West of Broadway. THE KING AND I-Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical version of a best-selling book and excellent movie, Pennsylvania Station' I now the top show on Broadway. $1.80 Hfiuiiiiw; I to $7.70. St. James Theater, 44th 23rc/ Sm Street, West of Broadway. PAL JOEY — A revival of the show critics say changed the American theater. Vivienne Segal and Harold Lang star in Rodgers and Hart hit. $2.40 to $6.60. Broadhurst Theater, 44th Street, West of Broadway. SOUTH PACIFIC-Still going strong with a new cast headed by Martha Wright and George Britton. $1.80 to $6.00. Majestic Theater, 44th Street, West of Broadway. TOP BANANA — A wild comedy starring Phil Silvers in the closest thing to Burlesque in New York since St. Patrick's Cathedral the days of Mayor LaGuardia. $2.40 to $7.20. Winter Garden, Broadway and 50th Street. Many top radio and TV shows ema- nate from New York. You can get tickets directly from the broadcasting Washington Square x companies listed below. Guest Relations Department National Broadcasting Company Holland 30 Rockefeller Plaza 7 ) ^^/SJSk I New York, New York Tunnel 00 Ticket Division American Broadcasting Company 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, New York Chinatown ill Columbia Broadcasting System 485 Madison Avenue New York 22, New York During Convention week the New York Yankees will play at home. Their schedule is: August 24, 25— Detroit Tigers August 26*, 27-St. Louis Browns August 28, 30, 31- Trinity Church Qb)^ Washington Senators *Night Game Tickets can be had by writing: — Yankee Ticket Office Statue of Yankee Stadium Liberty Bronx, New York Enclose a self-addressed, stamped en- .J® velope and add 25 cents for handling. Be sure to specify game desired. Prices for reservetl scats are $1.75 and $2.00. Box seats are $2.50 and $3.00. 27 Legion Rod and Gun Club By JACK DENTON SCOTT IF YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING IDEA OR SUGGESTION OUR OUTDOORS EDITOR magazine is a thought-provoking one. It might be possible for the handle bars of a CAN USE ON THIS PAGE, HE'LL PAY OFF WITH SHELLS, CARTRIDGES, LINES OR LURES. bicycle to resemble a deer's horns but it is highly unlikely that the animal's antlers this isn't let's slip food or their neighbors aren't right. These Althuugh gun weather, would be nickel plated. this this with letter from fish are then placed in water where they into page month a "A proper solution would appear to be Thomas A. from New York can live happily, grow fat. ... It takes one McCammou that all existing rifie ranges and rod and whopping big cord of pulpwood to help City: gun clubs adopt a program whereby "This has been posed at produce the powder necessary for 90,000 problem my N.R.A. training in marksmanship and office," he writes. "We are well agreed on rounds of Garand rifle ammunition. proper range procedure be given to all who the answer I thought maybe you would and wish to obtain hunting licenses. Further- like to present it to the readers of the more, a short course in the proper identi- "Legion and Gun Qub" column. Rod fication and habits of common game ani- duck is flying on a calm day, at hfty "A mals should also be included. At the end of miles per hour twenty-five yards out directly a program such as this, an N.R.A. qualify- across the front of your blind. On shooting ing certificate should be issued toward the this duck you lead him a certain number purchase of a license. The certificate should Here are some helpful hints for the fish- feet. following weekend you are in of The be reinstated every year the expedient ing fraternity from a couple of readers of by blind but there is a twenty-five mile the same of participating & Richardson of Clinton, in an arbitrary number of per hour crosswind. Along comes a duck ROD GUN. Jack indoor programs. increased cost of Missouri notes: "If you are fresh out of The flying twenty-five miles per hour with the operation to the ranges and clubs could be sinkers, cut in appropriate strips empty twenty-five mile per hour wind on his tail tooth-paste or shaving cream tubes and wrap met by raising the license fee to $5.00 and some distance out. The question is how having the State turn back part of it for around line. For that offensive and linger- of a lead must you use to shoot this much each person so trained. Trainees also ing odor of fish on pans and hands, rinse may same as when he was flying fifty duck? The be expected to for their ammuni- either or both with vinegar." Tony Sallazzo pay own miles per hour, or should it be more or less? tion and for the use of range facilities. from Bolivar, New York, says, "With trout "Here is our answer: You lead the duck "The use of the single shot rifle should season open in some states and about to (he same number of feet you lead the duck be encouraged if not made mandatory. The open in others, it is important that all of shot the calm day. The proof of this you on psychological effect of knowing you have your tackle be in good shape. Look it over is, suppose the second day of hunting on only one bullet take itch carefully for defects, such as missing or would the out of the lights on a pole twenty-five yards duck fingers. sharp tops and guides on rods. Be sure line many out in front of the blind. To shoot him you wear hasn't caused razor sharp edges which "The safety of our woods is not a politi- have to correct for windage and shoot into cal issue but a question of saving lives. will cut your line. Also check your lines A the wind behind him. This distance you definite program of training in the for bad or weakened spots. Many prize proper shoot behind him is, in reality, equivalent use of firearms toward the purchase of a winning fish have been lost because these twenty-five miles per hour whether it be to license things were not taken care of." hunting would be welcomed by in- wind speed or duck speed. Therefore the More from Tony: Hint for worm dunk- telligent sportSTnen as a form of life insur- flying hfty miles per hour in still air duck ance." ers. "Carry the wigglers in a glass, wood would lead twice the distance allowed for Carlyle Grayson or plastic container. You'll find the duck on the windy they'll end the windage and L. Gra7it up much livelier and be greater fish-getters, E. Post ^1225 day would be lead the distance for windage than if you tote them around in the old plus an equal distance for the twenty-five "I just read your column concerning the tin can." miles per hour it is flying. man who was killed while riding his bicycle Thanks Tony and Jack. Your words may "I would like to hear what some vets during deer season. put plenty more fish in the pan. versed, say, in Aerial Gunnery think of my "Evidently we humans are not consid- solution." ered as important as the deer. Should I ac- Confused? 1 guess we shouldn't be. The cidentally shoot a doe I would be subject confident McGammon seems to have the to a very stiff fine. Why not a fine for problem nicely worked out. No comment shooting humans say of $1,000 or $1,500 from this corner until the answers are in plus revocation for life of the offender's from the aforementioned aerial gunners. hunting license.' 1 will bet that some of the carelessness would cease." Wonder if many of you remember the Elvin W. Cross incident mentioned in the February ROD & GUN of the man riding the bicycle being IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS OR QUES- mistaken for a deer and killed? At the time TIONS CONNECTED WITH THE OUT- we mentioned it, we asked for reaction from DOORS: hunting, fishing, dogs, etc., don't you. Response has been overwhelming—and hesitate to send them on to THE OUT- intelligent. Here, for the information of you Odd facts department: Fish need rescuing. DOOR EDITOR, AMERICAN LEGION guys who use guns, are a couple of opinions. Select crews of conservation workers in many MAGAZINE. We will do our best to help. of our states spend nearly all of their work- "The article concerning the careless use Please enclose a stamped, self-addressed en- ing hours netting fish from ponds where the of firearms in the February issue of your velope for reply. 2g * The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 . The Xational^^ Legionnaire coming out of Korea every day, it was Lower House Relies on Vet Groups to Carry no time to close the reception desks of the VA and force the beneficiaries to try to find their own way. This action VA Contact Load; Makes Big Cut in Budget would only foul up the rest of the VA staff with misguided questions and poor- National Rehabilitation Conference Reveals Reasons For ly prepared or misdirected claims. Legion Strength and Effectiveness in Service to Veterans Result: false economy and impaired service. By ROBERT B. PITKIN Nobody rose to deny those remarks. Associate Editor, The American Legion Magazine Instead, Representative Phillips of Cali- fornia (26 years a Legionnaire) and in weeks have following, others, Two events recent The and spoke sup- Subcommittee Chairman Thomas (20 the value of The porting the McGrath restoration: tended to dramatize years a Legionnaire) offei-ed evidence to to Representatives American Legion to the public and McGrath, Van Zandt show what a huge part of the advising well (Pennsylvania), Canfield disabled veterans; as as the value (New Jersey), of disabled veterans and their depen- of the existing relationship between vet- Klein (New York) , Brooks (Louisiana), dents and survivors is already being Armstrong (Missouri) , erans organizations on the one hand Price (Illinois), done for the taxpayers by the veterans Morris and the Veterans Administration as a (Oklahoma), Mrs. Rogers organizations. Phillips and Thomas ex- single veterans agency on the other (Massachusetts), Rankin (Mississippi), pressed the thought that the veterans hand. Furcolo (Massachusetts), Crawford service officers outside of the VA could, (Michigan), Fulton In the House of Representatives, on (Pennsylvania), perhaps, relieve the Federal government Ostertag March 21st, much of a spirited debate (New York), Philbin (Massa- of the entire remaining contact obliga- chusetts), on VA appropriations for the coming Donohue (Massachusetts), tion. Busbey (Illinois), year revolved around how much more Elliott (Alabama), The two men were practically alone. Multer of the taxpayers' money could be saved (New York), Ross (New York), Most other Representatives thought the Green (Pennsylvania), by leavhig more of the VA's advisory Javits (New veterans organizations and the state York), Kearney service to veterans up to the service (New York), Lane service agencies were already carrying (Massachusetts) officers of the veterans organizations. as much of the contact load as they What they said in effect that with In recent years VA hasjiad as many was could. In view of the one-third cut in 18 million living as several thousand "contact officers" veterans and more the original Budget Bureau contact at one time. Years ago it was found service recommendation, and in view of helpful to the VA operation to have a the testimony of many veterans organi- staff of men who would give general TEN BEST BOOKS zations as to the part of this public information and advice to individual j \ obligation that the 5 million organized veterans, many of whom are easily con- X Allen Willand, Director of The veterans were already assuming for the ^ fused, to put it mildly, on VA premises. i Legion's National Americanism Com- > public and the 13 million unorganized mission, This advisory service is a practice that ^ has announced that the re- s veterans, the McGrath amendment car-' search specialists of that division X any large organization or firm that ^ ried the day on this item, and the addi- s consider the following ten titles the deals with the public finds absolutely X tional cut was defeated. necessary. s most important and efTeetive books > i combating subversion currently pub- J "Vested Interests" Cut in Contact Service \ lished. A new and revised recom- s about the only part of the ^ mended book list is being prepared X That was Several months ago the Bureau of the X did and will be shortly issued. Colleges X veterans service appropriation that Budget recommended to Congress that s and well-equipped libraries in larg- \ not take a terrible drubbing by the the VA contact service be cut by about X er cities should carry most if not all ^ House on March 21, if a one-third cut a third for 1953. That cut would reduce of these very important books. If s I is not indeed a drubbing. But that is X they do not. find out the total VA contact staff in the nation why. The fact ^ another story. that these books may have been X to 1,526 men and eliminate 200 contact J The interesting thing here is what either ignored or unfavorably re- offices. To achieve this the Bureau of X \ happened, when the chips were down, * viewed in the usual book review J the Budget suggested that Congress re- X circles exposed in Irene Kuhn's arti- * to the rumors we've been hearing about duce the VA contact budget to about X cle in this magazine for January s the alleged "vested interests" of the $7.2 million. X 1951, should not be accepted as suf- X veterans organizations. When it came fieient When a House subcommittee on ap- X reason for excluding them. X to parceling out tax money, the services See that these propriations under Chairman Albert ^ books get into your X freely given by the veterans organiza- i libraries. — Thomas of Texas thought the matter Remember hooks are > tions within the framework of a single block-busters in the tvar against » over, it considered eliminating the con- ^ veterans agency proved to be a vested k communism: % tact service entirely, but finally brought interest of everybody in the veterans Z The Accused, Alex Weissberg, X in a bill reducing the nationwide VA organizations. On this, there was no X Simon & Schuster, $4.00; Commu- contact service to i 300 men and cutting * nism and Christ, Rev. Charles disagreement. Citizens Committee for Lowry, J out 343 contact offices, by slicing nearly X Morehouse-Gorham; Brain Washing \ the Hoover Report take note. $6 million more off of the contact X in VA Red China, Edward Hunter. Van- \ The other event of recent weeks il- budget. X guard Press, $3.00; Communism \ lustrating the unique opportunity for Versus the Then the fur began to fly. Represen- X Negro, Rev. William > service in the relationship between the Nolan, Devin-Adair, tative Christopher C. McGrath, of New \ $3.50: God and > Legion and a single veterans agency, Man at Yale, William Buckley, Jr., X York, offered an amendment at the re- I was the annual National Rehabilitation Regnery & Co., $3.50; / Led Three quest of The American Legion that I X Conference, sponsored by The American s Lives, Herbert Philbrick, McGraw- would restore the contact X at the Hotel Statler in Washing- budget back X Hill, $3.50; Realities of World Power, Legion up to the J 4 to Budget Bureau's original one- ; Col. Kieflfer, McKay; Shanghai Con- s ton, D. C, March March 7. third reduction. Representative Davis i spiracy. Gen. Willoughby, Dutton * Nearly 500 national, state and re- S of Georgia offered a compromise amend- $3.75; While You Slept, John T. X gional veterans service officers — Legion s Flynn, ment, about halfway between the Devin-Adair; The Yenan X and public — came in from every state Budget Bureau reduction and the s Way, Eudocio Ravines, Scribners, i in the nation to attend the five-day X $3.00. X Thomas subcommittee's slash, and the meetings. debate was on. They fired questions at top officials The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 • 29 ! of the Veterans Administration and the Armed Forces regarding the handling "Alert America" Exhibit Touring Country, of the claims and rights of veterans, servicemen and their dependents. For the first time in the history of these Legion Called On to Aid Defense Convoy annual meetings, VA Administrator Carl R. Gray forsook his formal ad- Spearheading a national Civil De- ship of Valley Forge Foundation, sub- dress to the Conference and instead took fense "Alert America" campaign to stantial public service contributions of his place on one of the VA panels and revolutionize public thinking about the equipment, exhibits, materials and per- let the service officers cross-examine citizen's responsibilities and dangers in sonnel by Government agencies and key him. modern war, three motorized units of industrial concerns were made. The Na- The service officers sought, and some- ten 32-foot trailers are touring the Main tional Security Commission of The times got, reasons for VA and military Streets of America. These three con- American Legion is co-operating in this regulations and practices that had been voys carry dramatic action exhibits campaign. Legion Department Head- you, Mr. difficult to understand in the field. with a vital, urgent story that quarters and Posts in each of the States In other instances they called the Citizen, are Civil Defense. That you still on the convoy itinerary have been attention of top VA and military panels must act now, before it is too late, or alerted to extend all possible support to abuses of and misinterpretations of America will not have the Civil Defense and cooperation. top-level regulations and directives by program it so badly needs to help keep The goal of the "Alert America" cam- to save our lives and our outlying offices and divisions. the peace and paign, presented in the form of realistic freedoms Instances were cited of VA officers exhibits is to inform and convince 150 direct sponsor- blocking the rights of hospitalized vet- Organized under the million American people of the grim erans to file claims. Other instances realities of today's threat from foreign were cited of various boards making- aggression, physically and ideologically, officers had come to the wrong place and decisions beyond their authority that and of the use of modern terror weap- would never find a right place. were prejudicial to individual vet- ons. The exhibits are educational in that Neither the Administrator nor any of erans, and of servicemen being per- they are aimed to instruct citizens on his assistants had been in a position to • suaded to sign waivers of rights that what they must do to protect themselves parry any comment with : "This isn't they did not necessarily clearly under- if war comes. It is designed to so inform entirely up to us, you understand. De- stand, in return for quick discharge. them that self-protection will become as tails must be worked out with Agencies Such a meeting would be nearly im- instinctive with the man on the street A and B, and I understand that Mr. it soldier in combat. possible, and utterly fruitless, were Q as is for a skilled over in Ag-ency Z is apt to throw a It is also — de- there no centralized authority in vet- a recruiting campaign roadblock in our path." signed to convince all that Civil De- erans affairs or in the Armed Forces. Constant improvements in VA service fense is the duty of every citizen. For As it was, the representatives of indi- come out of these rehabilitation confer- its final goal, the aim is to help State vidual veterans in the field could and ences every year. In fact the VA officials and local Civil Defense authorities to did lay veterans problems squarely in leain instinctive things about their enlist some 15 million men and women the lap of the top national officials, operation in the field which they can volunteers in the growing home-front whose responsibility and authority was as get from no other source — since their for Civil Defense. clear. army own field staffs lack the independence, At no time did the VA officials pass by virtue of their subordinate positions, * Experts in Charge the buck to other agencies. to speak as openly and frankly (and The various themes in the "Alert Pledges of Cooperation bluntly) as the service officers of the America" exhibits are spelled out with veterans organizations speak up. actual equipment, film strips and three- On several occasions heads of various Only because VA is one single agency dimensional pictures. In addition to the VA divisions said in effect: "Mr. Jones, responsible to the veterans is it possible main exhibit other features will present the instance you cite in Tennessee is to effect these extremely useful man-to- rescue truck demonstrations, radiologi- clearly contrary to regulations, and our man meetings each year between the top cal equipment, and exhibitions of non- office in your ax'ea will receive clear men in veterans affairs and the repre- classified special weapons. instructions to make its practices con- sentatives of the individual veterans, The National Defense Department form to our regulations and the intent without any doubt or confusion as to furnishes some of the personnel to man of Congress." who is responsible for what. We know the convoys, and experts to demonstrate In other instances they said, in effect: of no other such effective relationship the use and possibilities of the weapons "Mr. Smith, please bring this case in this colossal government of ours. those on the home-front must deal with straight to us after this meeting is over, The Conference was another living if war comes. The Legion's National and if further study bears out your con- example of how right ex-President Headquarters urges not only coopera- tention that it was handled improperly, Hoover was when, as President, he tion with the "Alert America" convoys, we will correct it and straighten out pulled all veterans affairs into one but asks the Legionnaires and their our field man." agency in 1929, and how wrong his ad- families look in on the show. Not once, during the VA panels, was visors were who persuaded him to re- Convoys will be in New York State, a complaint from a service officer in the verse that position when he was head at Rochester, April 22-25; Buffalo, field answered with such a familiar and of the Hoover Commission in 1949. April 28-May 1; Binghamton, May 5-7; paralyzing bureaucratic evasion as: We are of course, back again talking and New Y.ork City, May 13-19. "Well now, we do our best in these mat- about the Hoover Commission pro- The New Jersey dates are Newark, ters, but you must understand that part posals of 1949, and current proposed May 22-26, and Trenton, May 29-June 2. of this affair is under the jurisdiction legislation based on them, to put vet- Chicago, Illinois, will see "Alert of Agency X, over whom we have no erans insurance in one government cor- America" May 3-9, followed by a tour control, and after all we have to get poration, veterans medicine in a sepa- of Wisconsin and Minnesota extending along with . . those fellows . etc." rate government depaitment, leave VA from May 9 to June 6. Where the service officers suggested as a pure paper-work outfit, etc. Other convoys will tour the South- changes in top VA policy itself, the The two recent events cited here go west and Pacific Coast States, exhibit- answers from the VA were as definite together. The effective assumption of ing at Phoenix, Arizona; San Diego, and unequivocal. Whether the VA's public obligations by the veterans serv- Los Angeles, San Francisco and Oak- answers were pleasing or displeasing to ice organizations, as revealed in the land, California, from May 5 through service officers (and both kinds of an- debate in the House, is only possible June 7. This tour will be extended to swers were had), there was at least no when they have a coordinated veterans Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Wash- doubt as to the finality of the answers; agency to work with, as revealed in the ington, between June 14 and 30. Watch no feeling that the veterans service rehabilitation conference. the local newspapers for exact date. 3Q • The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 ance and help. Prayer is necessary for Activity in "Back to God" Move men who desire salvation and who need Year-Round peace of soul and heart to carry forward their mission in this present life. Prayer Planned at Department Chaplains' Meeting is the language of men to God. When man speaks it properly, God listens. Often there are no words, but God hears. A blueprint for making The Ameri- Major General Charles I. Carpenter, Sometimes the sweetest prayer is an can Legion's Back to God program a Chief of Chaplains, U. S. Air Force, offering of the soul to God in silence. year-round activity is being presented and Chairman of the Board of Chap- And God in filling of the heart with to the organization's 17,400 Posts by lains, Department of Defense, was prin- hope, silently, is His sweetest answer. Department Chaplains. Heart of the de- cipal speaker at the conference banquet. Of all languages, prayer is the most tailed plan, adopted by the recent Con- Saluting The American Legion for eloquent and powerful. When invoked ference of Department Chaplains at launching its Back to God program. by the lips alone, God does not answer. National Headquarters, is an interfaith General Carpenter warned that "na- Prayer is of the heart. "spiritual Bill of Rights" which under- tions which have become militarily "The family is the basic unit of so- scores the role of religion and prayerful strong, but lacked spiritual armament, ciety. It is the 'atom of civilization' family life as bulwarks of our Ameri- have walked the road to destruction and which must not be split or destroyed can heritage. eventually have gone down to oblivion." with dire harmful effect to the nation. National Commander Donald R. Wil- "This is the day when America must The nation which has wholesome family son, in keynoting the Chaplains' Con- be spiritually strong if America is to living is a virile nation. The well-being ference, declared that the decision to live," General Carpenter declared. of a family will depend upon the practice make the Back to God movement a great "Yours is a crusade for God. It is a cru- of religion and prayer by its members. religious revival "is going to be made sade in which God is interested. It is a Father, mother and children need to in the hearts of individual Legionnaires crusade in which you must grow with worship God as individuals and as mem- who must be reached through their local God's blessing and with a knowledge of bers of a family group. TJirough the Posts." Commander Wilson singled out His constant companionship," he said. practice of family prayer there is de- the chaplains as the key men "upon A "Declaration of Devotion," empha- veloped a partnership of faith and hope, whose vigilance and continued efforts sizing the need for integrating religion tolerance and mutual love, which sus- the eventual success of the vital pro- and family life, adopted by the Chap- tains and keeps the family together. gram will depend." lains' Conference is being hailed as a "Being conscious of the basic value With National Chaplain O. G. Birke- classic interfaith statement of purpose of these elements — religion, prayer and land presiding, the Chaplains' Confer- by The American Legion's clergymen- family life — in our dedication to God ence included 29 specific recommenda- veterans. The combined effort of chap- and Country, we Legionnaires realize tions in its Back to God blueprints lains of Catholic, Jewish and Protestant how true are the words of the poet, wherein The American Legion can en- faiths, the Declaration states: 'More things are wrought by prayer courage regular attendance at church "Religion is the bond by which men than this world dreams of." or synagogue, daily family prayer and rightly relate themselves to their Cre- devotions, religious and the training of ator. It includes the sum total of all children. things to be believed and to be done in "Blood for Defense" Urge Committee Direction the service of God. It is that part of the In a blood donor drive on March 21, virtue of Justice upon which the moral- Schlitz Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Post Chaplains The Department urged that ity of individuals, families and nations No. 411 turned in 302 pints of blood the National Executive Committee of is based. Its basic concern is with what taken from Schlitz Brewing Company The American Legion create a perma- is right and not merely with what is employees. Another record is claimed: nent National Commission on Religious useful or pleasant. In short, it is a vir- for 14 consecutive years the Post has Emphasis and recommended that paral- tue, a thing that makes men good. gone over the top in membership, and lel committees be activated in all De- "Prayer is an act of religion by which now with an enrollment of 430 is the partments and Posts. Chaplains would men worship God and petition His guid- largest industrial Post in its home city. head this committee structure on all echelons, but influential laymen also would be named as members. 'The confer- ence urged that adequate funds be pro- vided by the National Organization, De- VA Service to Vets Menaced by Sharp Cut partments and Posts to advance the Back to God program. Resolutions submitted by panels In Operating Funds; Legion Makes Protest headed by Very Rev. John Twiss of Quincy, Massachusetts; the Rev. Allan Appropriations reductions to a degree sonnel "can be accomplished only by: Brown of Daytona Beach, Florida, and not experienced since the infamous 1. Closing large numbers of beds, pro- Rabbi Jerome Rosen of Leavenworth, Economy Act of 1933 were included in rated throughout the country; 2, clos- Kansas, were adopted by the conference H. R. 7072 as that bill passed the House ing older hospitals where operating as a whole. The panels urged that on March 21. This bill, carrying appro- costs, coupled with unsatisfactory sani- schools or clinics for Post Chaplains be priations for the Veterans' Administra- tary and safety conditions, require ex- held annually at District and Depart- tion for the fiscal year starting this com- tensive rehabilitation and where staffing ment Conferences. It was also suggested ing July 1, cuts $610,000,000 from the problems are exceptionally difficult due that individual Posts offer a suitable appropriation for 12 months requested to isolated locations; or 3, delay in award or recognition for those children by VA. opening or not opening new hospitals." in the community who are most faithful Administrator Carl R. Gray, Jr., has For the first time since the Economy in their attendance at Sabbath or Sun- told The American Legion that "a re- Act of 1933, an appropriation cut day schools. duction of 6,280 personnel in the medi- adopted by either branch of Congress The Chaplains' Conference urged cal and hospital programs" must be put will have a demoralizing effect upon Posts to arrange for community-wide in effect unless the amounts cut are re- both service-connected and non-service- display of the new American Legion stored. H. R. 7072, as it passed the connected veterans. poster available from Washington House, makes no allowance whatever for The American Legion, led by National Headquarters and gave its enthusiastic personnel necessary to staff 20 new hos- Commander Donald R. Wilson, is mak- endorsement of the religious posters, pitals scheduled to come into operation ing a vigorous effort to see that the "Teach Children Religion" and "Family by July 1, 1953. harmful effects of H. R. 7072 are elimi- Dinner Table," available from the General Gray is authority for the nated before final passage of the bill Thomson-Symon Co., Terre Haute, Ind. statement that such a reduction in per- by Congress. The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 '31 Chris Moran Dies in Tokyo New York Plans to Care Royally For 34th Christopher P. Moran, of New York, prominent in Legion affairs on the Na- 24-28 tional level, died suddenly in Tokyo, Legion National Convention, August Japan, on March 11 while on a world For the third time in its 34 years, The with the Legion in other auditoriums. tour with Mrs. Moran. Decorated vet- American Legion will hold its annual The Forty and Eight will meet in Man- eran of both World Wars, he retired National Convention in New York City. hattan Center, 8th Avenue and 34th from the New York National Guard The dates are August 24-28, and already Street. with the rank of Colonel. The body was plans are well advanced to care for an The Statler Hotel (formerly the returned to New York City where .outpouring of Legionnaires and their Pennsylvania) has been selected as the Legion services were held in Kings- families from all over the nation — the National Headquarters hotel. bridge Armory. Final services were held world, too, for delegates and visitors The annual big event, from a specta- at the Church of St. Nicholas of Tolen- from Legion Posts in many foreign tor's point of view, at a Legion Conven- tine. New York City, on March 25, and countries will be present. tion is the big parade. This event which the body laid to rest in St. John's ceme- The New York Convention Corpora- will highlight the 34th National Con- tery, Middle Village, with full military tion at its organization meeting named vention is being planned as one of the honors. National Vice Commander Legionnaires prominent in business and most spectacular ever staged by the or- Thomas E. Paradine represented Na- civic life to direct the affairs of the ganization. It will move up Fifth Avenue tional Commander Donald R. Wilson at Convention. Department Commander on August 26 — perhaps all day — and in the final I'ites. James V. Demarest was named as addition to the mammoth crowds that President. Elected as Corporation Vice will line the Avenue many millions of Legion Memorial Forest Presidents were Leo V. Lanning, Al- other Americans will see the glittering 100-acre American Legion bany, member of the National Execu- pageantry of the thousands marching A Memo- rial Forest is being created near Mid- tive Committee, and William J. Dwyer, for America through a coast-to-coast dlebranch, just Canton, Cortland, Chairman of the National television network. north of Ohio, by an incorporated American Legion Finance Committee. Edmund J. O'Keefe, The colorful competitions by bands, New York City, was named as Treas- drum and bugle corps, marching units, Forestry Association. The tract was urer, and Thomas E. Paradine, Roslyn, firing squads, etc., will be held at se- deeded to the Association by the Dia- Long Island, will serve as Secretary. lected stadiums on Monday, August 25. mond Portland Cement Company, Mid- Department Judge Advocate Samuel N. The Convention will come to a close with dlebranch, and in time it is expected to Birnbaum, New York City, was selected the election of officers for the next year yield proceeds for the purchase of more as General Counsel. on the evening of August 28. land and timber. The project is a joint effort of the 20 Posts in Stark County. Offices Established Post Runs Stock Car Race Track The American Legion 1952 Conven- Youngster Joins Bushy Run Post No. 260, Claridge, Up tion Corporation, to give it the full title, Pennsylvania, seems to have something Newark Valley (New York) Post No. has established its offices at 500 Park new in Legion activity — the Post owns 1541 claims a record of getting mem- Avenue, with National Convention Di- and operates a stock car dirt race track. bers as they come out of service. An rector W. Walter Neeley, Clarksburg, The racing season will open May 30, instance — J. Charles Sirowatka was West Virginia, in charge. All corre- and Service Officer Andy Reger prom- discharged from the Navy on February spondence in reference to the Convention ises thrills and spills in great plenty. 13; signed up three days later. should be addressed to the offices: 500 Park Avenue, New York 22, N. Y. Efforts to make New York City the REHAB VICE CHAIRMAN DONATES FIRST BLOOD AT PARTY site of the 34th annual Convention were undertaken in May of last year through the city's Convention and Visitors' Bureau, with which the Convention Cor- poration is working in close alliance. It was not until January that a decision was made — and an early date selected, leaving short time for preparation for such an event. The August dates were determined upon to meet a seasonable lull in visitors— hotel reservations could not be secured at dates in September or early October, which have become the traditional Legion National Convention months. The Convention will open on Sunday, August 24, according to plans thus far formulated, with registration of dele- gates and visitors and the annual non- denominational Memorial Service. The first session will convene on the morn- ing of August 25 at Madison Square Garden, held jointly with the American Legion Auxiliary and other affiliated or- ganizations. All other business meetings When First National Bank Post No. 985, Chicago, Illinois, set up a blood donor will be held at the 71st Regiment party, John S. Gleason, Jr., currently serving as Vice Chairman of the National Armory, Park Avenue and 34th Street. Rehabilitation Commission, was the first volunteer and gave the first pint of blood. This follows the plan of session housing But he was not the last. More than 700 officers and employees of the bank gave at the 1947 Convention. blood as a part of the program to send whole blood to wounded and disabled combat The American Legion Auxiliary will men in the Korea area. Under the Post sponsorship, the Red Cross spent three hold their business meetings at the days at the bank. Legionnaire Gleason, formerly National Executive Committeeman Commodore Hotel. The Forty and Eight for the Illinois Legion, was General Chairman of the drive. In the picture above, and Eight and Forty will hold their an- Chairman Gleason (right) displays his contribution to Post Commander Al Gustaf- nual national meetings concurrently son and Nurse Betty Schultz. 32 • The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 amendment also defeated all the amend- "My Son John" Has a Great Message for All ments which the Armed Services Com- mittee had offered when it first pre- sented the bill to the House. Americans; Legion Chaplains Preview Film The bill was now in a condition where further study could be seriously pro- of all It is no secret that The American posed, since it had been stripped Armed Services Legion has been critical of more than 1 of the fruits of the a few motion pictures and the people MY SON JOHN Committee's earlier studies. the who have contributed to them. The A motion to recommit the bill to Cast for further Legion still is, for that matter. At the Armed Services Committee same time we intend to give credit Lucille Jefferson Helen Hayes study was carried. John Jefferson Robert Walker reaction of the press to where credit is due — and a great deal The general Mr. Stednian Van Heflin the bill was scarcely of credit is due to everyone who helped the handling of Dan Jefferson Dean Jagger in complimentary. Said the Washirigton the production of My Son John. Dr. Carver Minor Watson Post, "The opponents of UMT rigged A few anti-communist movies have Father O'Dowd Frank McHugh such a parliamentary snarl that the come out of Hollywood in the past, but Ruth Carlin Irene Winston never had a chance to look at the this is probably the first that will get Ben Jefferson James Young House ." bill on its merits. . . a rise out of the reds. The reason, of Chuck Jefferson Richard Jaeckel amended National Commander Donald R. Wil- course, is because it's going to hurt Bedford Tod Karns action as a them by showing how they implement son refused to accept the Produced and Directed by defeat. "We are going to win this fight their cynical, ruthless dishonesty. Leo McCarey for UMT," said Commander Wilson on Worse, the portrayal is such that the Adaptation by John Lee Mahin March 7th. "The American Legion has message will sink home. For the first Screenplay by Myles Conolly not pushed a specific UMT program time a four-star movie shows how com- and Leo McCarey closer to adoption in all the 33 years munism can affect an average Ameri- during which it has supported this prin- can family and involve it in tragic con- ciple. The recommittal is a temporary sequences. delay brought on by parliamentary A special kind of talent went into the OPPONENTS OF UMT SEND maneuvering which resulted in sending making of this film, to simplify and BILL BACK TO COMMITTEE it back to committee on a technicality. dramatize a message that could easily "We intend to continue to support have become involved and dull. This tal- Action on Universal Military Train- this legislation in greater strength than ent came from many people, but much ing was postponed, possibly for the bal- ever. Every factor of national prudence, of the credit goes to Leo McCarey, the ance of the current session of Congress, economic necessity and down-to-earth producer and director, and the star, when on March 4th the U.S. House of ." realism is on our side. . . Helen Hayes, who portrays the mother. Representatives sent the UMT bill back This is Miss Hayes' first film in sixteen to the Armed Services Committee. Post Owns Burial Plot years, and once again it looks as though Although recommittal of the bill had she has earned an Oscar. been widely predicted, the initial action Back in the confused days of 1920 High on the credit list too are Van to start a recommittal was defeated when the veterans of WWl were get- Heflin and the late Robert Walker. when Speaker of the House Sam Ray- ting back into civilian life, Chicago, Heflin plays the part of an FBI agent burn (Texas) called upon the legisla- Illinois, had something of a problem in and Walker is cast as the son who "went tors to face up to an issue that had been caring for vets found dead. No provi- communist." Also deserving of praise is studied about as much as any committee sion had as yet been made for burial, could study anything. Thus, for a few Dean Jagger, the Legionnaire father - but North Shore Post No. 21, .young and and school teacher. hours, the question of bringing UMT vigorous, found the answer. Under the into existence verge of Let it be understood that My Son seemed on the leadership of its Commander John V. John is not just an anti-communist actually being voted on by the House. Clinnin (now Major General, Retired) propaganda movie but excellent enter- Then followed a series of parliamen- the Post bought a burial plot to care tary gyrations. First the House made tainment. In this respect it differs for its own members and also for the markedly from most previous anti-red itself a committee-of-the-whole for the stranger veterans who died in their purpose of entertaining amendments. efforts made by the motion picture in- area. The plot served for years, but Representative Carl Vinson, Chairman dustry. We understand that other pro- eventually was filled. Last year an ad- of the Armed Services Committee, of- ducers are now readying films exposing ditional 20-grave plot was purchased by fered an amendment to limit to a communism, and if they can meet the UMT the Post. definite number of years, not to put standard set by My Son John there will and be reason for cheering. it into effect until Selective Service Police Post Challenged should cease. The latter would have the Because the film has a powerful re- claim of effect of making UMT a substitute for Mildly aroused by the ligious message (without preaching) it the draft, committing practically 100 Chicago (Illinois) Police Post No. 207 was previewed by the National Chap- percent of the first few classes of to being the largest of its kind. Adju- lain 0. G. Birkeland and 25 Department UMT trainees to induction into the Armed tant Freeman P. Calvert of Los Angeles Chaplains at the Chaplains' Conference Forces on the expiration of their train- (California) Police Post No. 387 has held at National Headquarters. All of challenged the Windy City unit to a them were profoundly impressed with ing. Finally, Representative Charles B. friendly contest. Adjutant Freeman the picture. Brownson, of Indiana, offered a sub- points out that the 1951 enrollment of Incidentally, when you go to see it, stitute for all amendments. Brownson's Chicago Post was 2,711, while the Los take your family or some friends. amendment would have provided for Angeles coppers rolled up a membership universal military training in the public of 2,736— an even 25 more than Chicago. Posts Pay Fraternal Visits schools. But in handing out the challenge, Ad- Twenty-five years ago an exchange The House, still acting as a com- jutant Freeman warned that the Los of fraternal visits was established by mittee, voted to add the Brownson Angeles Post had enrolled 2,758 - or 22 Henry H. Houston, 2nd, Post No. 3, amendment to the bill — 133 Represen- more than in 1951 — for 1952 member- Germantown, and Frankford Post No. tatives voting "aye." ship year. 211, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — two The House then ceased to act as a big Keystone State units. The custom committee and, as a legislative body, Andrew Lawrence Post No. 644, has been continued unbroken and on considered the Brownson amendment. Swoyerville, Pennsylvania, presented a May 5 Houston Post members will pay This time the amendment was defeated. pneolater for use with the Borough's their 25th annual visit. The chair ruled that the defeat of the new community ambulance. The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 • » Application for Membership in THE AMERICAN LEGION RECEIPT THE AMERICAN LEGION 19.. Name Post No.. Street Address 19. City Zone State City State $ American Legion Dues RECEIVED OF.. Occupation Amt. Rec'd. "pRiNTNAME'lN'W (Following addi'l data absolutely necessary for NEW members:) Renew'g Member ( ) _ PRINT STREET NEW Member ( ) Branch of Service Service Serial No. ADDRESS Reinstatement ( ) - - Date of Enlistment Date of Discharge CITY ZONE STATE Character of Discharge ..to cover Post, Dept. and National Dues, Do you subscribe to the principles of any group opposed to our Amt. Received 75 cents of which is for a year's sub- scription to The American Legion Mag- form of government 7 azine. I hereby subscribe to the provisions on the reverse side hereof. Renewal NEW Member Secured by _ Reinstatement (Applicant's Signature) Occupation (This stub to be immediately delivered to Post Adjutant or Finance Officer, together with dues you receive from member, in Secured by _ _ _ order that official membership card can be promptly issued to Your official Legion membership card will be delivered promptly such member.) to you by your Post Adjutant. I Clip this membership application and carry it with you — your vet neighbor may only be waiting for an invitation to join up REVIEW OF CHILD WELFARE Birthday Shower Is Planned for National FINDS APRIL PEAK MONTH Commander; Say It With Membership Cards April has become a peak child wel- fare month in The American Legion, it Maintaining a consistent lead of 100,- are out in front with an enrollment of was found by the Legion's National 000 over the same date last year, the 82.82 percent of quota. Notable is the Child Welfare Commission at its annual Legion membership is going a long way fact that every one of the 10 Depart- spring meeting at National Head- to regain the ground lost in 1951. Con- ments included in this area is over the quarters in Indianapolis, April 17-19. tinued activity in membership enroll- national average of 69.48. For many years April has been ob- ment is urged by the Membership and Running neck to neck are the areas served as American Legion Child Wel- Post Activity Committee at National under the direction of National Vice fare Month and partial reports of this Headquarters. Commander Oscar Rohlff, the western, year's activities disclose an expanding National Commander Donald R. Wil- which has tipped over the national aver- interest in all phases of child welfare son will celebrate the anniversary of age with a percentage of quota of 70.37. work, according to National Child Wel- his birth on May 17—a birthday shower National Vice Commander Audley H. fare Chairman, Dr. A. H. Wittmann of is planned. Membership cards, new or Ward's southern division, at the March Philadelphia. renewals, make the best sort of offering 27 tally, was just under with a percent- "In addition to our well-established and Posts throughout the country are age of 69.17. That is a difference of just programs of direct aid to needy children asked to make a special effort to give a little more than a point which could of veterans and of using the strength of our National Commander a shower of be cured by the magnificent membership The American Legion in community cards. The more the better. projects of all kinds for children, the performance in Georgia, Tennessee and Many Posts have pledged a certain growing emphasis on religious and Louisiana. number, and many have set new quotas spiritual welfare of children has struck for themselves. Membership is the life- a responsive chord throughout the blood, and the Legion to accomplish its Legion and Auxiliary," Dr. Wittmann objectives legislatively and as a service "I PLEDGE TO VOTE" PINS said. organization must be strong in members. READY FOR LEGION UNITS The April meeting of the National Another i-ed-letter event in the mem- Child Welfare Commission also re- bership effort is the annual Air Mail - Metallic lapel pins bearing the viewed the work of five highly success- Roundup, which will be observed on May Legion emblem on the reverse part ful Area Child Welfare Conferences 1. Distinctive award for participating of the tab and the legend "I Pledge held during the past winter. Recommen- front in this Roundup this year is a bronze to Vote" on the have been pre- dations to be passed on to the National pared for quantity to propeller blade to every Legionnaire distribution Convention were agreed on and tenta- Legion units through the Emblem who enrolls five members (new or re- tive objectives for the coming year's Sales Division. Samples of the at- newals) between the Legion's birthday, up. tractive pin have been sent to all work were drawn March 15-17, and 1. May Department Headquarters for dis- Dr. Wittman also pointed out that an- Certification of the individual Legion- tribution to Posts. other factor making April an important naire's effort will be made by Post offi- By means of consolidating all child welfare month is that it marks the cers to their Department Headquarters. orders through National Headquar- end of the child welfare report year. ters a favorable price has been ob- The bronze propellor blades will be All Departments of the Legion, Auxi- awarded to qualifying tained. Posts or other units may pur- Legionnaires liary, 40 and 8, and 8 and 40 are now chase on the basis of $4 per 1,000, through the Department Headquarters. annual prepaid. Purchases must be in mul- making plans to compile the In the several areas assigned to Na- tiples of 1,000. Send orders direct to child welfare report, and in a short time tional Vice Commanders, the 10 mid- National Emblem Sales Division, each post, unit, voiture and salon will western Departments under the super- The American Legion, P. O. Box be requested by the respective Depart- vision of National Vice Commander 1055, Indianapolis, Indiana. ment organization to file a report of its F. Adolph Biemer, Winona, Minnesota, * » » * * ^ » child welfare work for the past year. 24 * The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 information from LCDR Harold Seward Lewis, Reunion Committee, NY Athletic Club, 180 Cen- USN. 548 East 82nd St., New York, N. Y. tral Park South, New York City. 199th Ordnance Depot Co.—3rd annual reunion, 353rd Infantry— 33rd annual reunion, Wichita. OUTFIT REUNIONS Lima, Ohio, June 20-22. Info from James S. Kans., Aug. 30-31; Lassen Hotel. Info from Ruda, 1746 Hopkins Ave.. Norwood 12, Ohio. John C. Hughes, Secy., 829 East Ave. B, Hut- 163rd Inf. Regt., 41st. Div., (WW2)-Annual chinson, Kas. 3rcl (Maine) Infantry Division, (WWl, WW2, reunion, Chicago, 111., June 28-29. Write Richard Evacuation Hospital 13, (WWl)—Annual re- Korea) — Reunion, Boston, Mass., July 10-12; L. Dickerson, Secy., 4931 N. Ridgeway Ave., union, Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 30-Sept. 1; Secor Hotel Bradford. Contact David H. Cann or Larry Chicago 25. III. Hotel. Write Leo J. Bellg, Secy., 808 Ash St., Packer, Hotel Bradford, Boston, Mass. Co. E, 115th Inf., 29th Div., (both WWs)-Re- Toledo 11, Ohio. 3rd (Spearhead) Armored Division — Reunion, union, Elkton, Md., June 28-29; State Armory. 7 1st Seabees— 3rd reunion, St. Louis, Mo.. Aug. Philadelphia, Pa., July 31-Aug. 2; Bellevue- Details from Paul C. Dennis, 104 Stockton St., 29-31. Info from B. D. Mackey. Secy., Wapello, Stratford Hotel. Contact John D. Goodin, Presi- Elkton, Md. luwa. dent, P. O. Box 457, Johnson City, Tenn. 714th Railway Operating Bn.-Reunion, Colum- 114th General Hospital, (VVW2)-2nd reunion, 6th (Red Star) Infantry Division Association, bus, Ohio. June 20-21; Hotel Chittenden. Info Wilkes-Harre. Pa., Auk. 30-Sept. 1; Hotel Sterl- Pennsylvania-New Jersey Sector—Annual meet- from R. W. Dupuy. 264 S. Warren Ave.. Colum- ing. Details and reservations from Jesse Hobbs, ing:. Philadelphia. Pa., May 25; home of Conti- bus, Ohio. 412 E. 8th St., Chester, Pa. nental Post No. 263, The American Legion. 5151 Hdqrs. & Hdqrs. Co., 2nd Bn., 194th Glider 17th Infantry and Auxiliary— 20th national re- Wissahickon Ave. Details from John T. McGlone, Inf., 17th Airborne Div.— Reunion, Pittsburgh, union, Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 3-5; Southern Hotel. 4808 Greene St., Philadelphia 44, Pa., or Lisle Pa., June 27-29. Contact Otto Kazmaier, 422 E. Write Geo. W. Crawford, Natl. Adjt., 1917 Over- T. Horton. 1861 Ferry St., Easton, Pa. 18th St.. Erie, Pa. look St., Pittsburgh 14. Pa. 24th (Victory) Infantry Div. Assn.—Annual 15th Engineers, (WWl)—35th reunion and pic- 977th Engineering Maintenance Co.— 7th an- reunion. Columbus. Ohio. Aug. 15-17. Informa- nic. West View Park, Pittsburgh. Pa., .July 12— nual reunion. Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 15-17. Write tion from Kenwood Ross. President, 1387 Main eats served by Mothers and Wives of 15th Engi- Herbert C. Lunt. 3500 Fifth Ave.. Beaver Falls, St.. Springfield, Mass. neers. Information from Mrs. W. F. Duncan, Pa. 41st (Jungleers) Infantry Div. Assn.— Reunion, Secy.. 1238 S. Braddock Ave.. Pittsburgh 18. Pa. 1 8th Depot Supiily Vet. Organization, Air Sup- Seattle. Wash.. June 20-22; Benjamin Franklin 104th Transportation Corps, (WWl) -Reunion, ply Div.— Vth annual reunion, Fort Wayne, Ind., Hotel. Info and reservations from Dr. Kenneth Moline. 111., July 4-6. If interested write Frank Aug. 16; Van Orman Hotel. Info from Earl C. Binkley, Chairman, 920 SW 152nd, Seattle 66, A. Salogga, 1221 13th Ave., Moline. 111. Klingenberger, 1 102 E. McKennie Ave., Fort Wash. USS Arkansas—2nd annual reunion dinner. Wayne. Ind. 33rd (Yellow Cross) Infantry Division Assn., New York City, July 5. Contact Sal. LoPinto, 556th Eng. HP Bn.-Reunion, Chicago, 111.. (both WWs) -Reunion. Chicago, 111., June 13-14. 201 Foster Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., for complete Aug. 31. Info from Gordon C. Bridges, 1200 W. Write George D. Radclifle, 508 Morrison Hotel, details. Eddy St.. Chicago 13, 111. Chicago, 111. 313th Infantry Assn., 79th Div.—3rd annual Chemical Warfare Service Vet. Assn.— 16th an- 80th (Blue Ridge) Infantry Div. Assn.-Re- reunion. Cleveland, Ohio, July 25-27; Hotel Stat- nual convention and reunion dinner, all CWS union. York, Pa., July 31-Aug. 3; Yorktowne ler. Info from Carl M. Hess, Secy-Treas., 2628 vets. New York City, 24-2S. Contact George W. Hotel. Info from Luther W. Smith, Chairman, Talbot St., Houston 5, Texas. Nichols. Secy-Tieas., RFD 4, Box 425A, Kings- York, Pa., or Harry F. Collette, Res. Secy., 302 Lovell General Hospital— Reunion, Boston. ton. N. Y. Plaza BIdg., Pittsburgh 19, Pa. Mass., July 4-5; Hotel Touraine. Write Manuel Co. E, 395th Inf.— Reunion, Columbus, Ohio, 92nd (Buffalo) Infantry Div. Vet. Assn., (both Moniz, Jr., 66 Oaklawn St., New Bedford, Mass., Aug. 15-17; Southern Hotel. Write Robert A. WWs) — 10th annual reunion, Chicago, 111., July for info and reservations. Richardson, 1213 F"ifth Ave., Selma, Ala. 31-Aug. 3; headquarters, 5745 So. State St. 478th AAA (AW) Bn., ( WW2)-Reunion in 437th Troop Carrier Group, Hqs. 83rd, S4th, Write J. L. Carter. Natl. Commander, 6223 ^ July. Write Joseph E. Goehman, 192 Panna. S5th, 86th TC Sqdrns.-Reunion, Fort Wayne, Indiana Ave., Chicago, 111. Ave., Rochester, Pa. Ind.. Aug. 8-10; Van Orman Hotel. Write Sid 94th Infantry Div. Assn. -3rd annual reunion. 9fl4th FA Bn.-Reunion, New York City, July Rice, 139 Superior St., Michigan City, Ind. Chicago. 111.. Aug. 8-10; Hotel Sherman. For 4-6; Belmont Plaza Hotel. Details from Anthony 256th Engineers (C) Bn.— 3rd annual reunion, details and info write A. E. Rodriguez, Secy., 741 Giammaria, Secy., 198 York, Chicago, III., Aug. 30-31; Hotel Sheraton. Info Briar Avenue B, New Place. Chicago 14, III. N. Y. from Harold B. Pensinger, 63 Linden Ave., 99th (Checkerboard) Infantry Div.— Annual re- Greencastle. Pa. Crane-Burns City NAD— Reunion, all Navy and union. Cleveland, Ohio, July 18-20; Hollanden C, Rwy. Operating Bn.-Reunion, St. Marine personnel this station, Bloomington, Ind., Co. 730th Hotel. Info from Richard Byers, Chairman. 11205 Reserva- Aug. 29-31. Details from Dale Dickson, Secy- Louis, Mo.. Aug. 22-23; De Soto Hotel. Whitmore Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, or from Assn. tions and information from A. F. Massing, 5720 Hdqrs., Treas., RR 2. Terre Haute. Ind. c/o James A. Fennie, 100 Rosary Ave., Hallows Ave.. East St. Louis. 111. Retreads, (Vets both and Lackawanna 18. N. Y. WWl WW2)-Re- 302nd Naval Construction Bn.—5th reunion, union, Boston, Mass., Aug. 1-3. Contact Ross H. 4 th Marine Div.-5th annual reunion, San Harrisburg. Pa., Aug. 1-3; Harrisburger Hotel. Currier, Chairman, 108 Mass. Ave., Boston 15, Francisco, Cal., July 10-12; Hdqvs. Marine Mem- Info from Calvin Dunn. Secv., Box 592, Follans- Mass. orial Club. Information from Louis Ruppel, bee. W. Va., or Harry W. Price, Jr., Pres., 135 American Ry. Transportation Corps, (both Chairman. Editor Colliers Magazine, 640 Fifth W. 3rd St.. Lewston, Pa. Ave., New York 19, N. Y. WWs and Korea)— Reunion, New York City, 142nd Aero Squadron, (WWl) — 15th anniial re- 24-28; 26th (Yankee) Infantry Div.—Annual national Aug. Hotel Plymouth. Reservations to be union, Ferndale. Cal.. Aug. 21-23. Write Com- direct with hotel. convention, Gloucester, Mass., June 26-28. Write made Info from Gerald J. Mur- mander J. F. Roberts. 433 Eugene St., Ferndale, ray, Chester H. Grant. Convention President, P. O. 1526 Linden St., Scranton. Pa. Cal. Box 261, Gloucester, Mass. Society of American Legion Founders— Annual USS Kidd, (DD 661)-4th annual reunion. Bos- 29th (Blue and Gray) Infantry Div.-34th an- Dinner, New York, Aug. 23; New York Athletic ton, Mass.. Aug. 15-17; meeting, banquet and nual reunion. Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 29-Sept. 1; Club. Contact William H. Mclntyre, Chairman dance 16th with Medford Post No. 45. American Benjamin Franklin Hotel. Info from John Kay, Legion. Medford. Shipmates write Harold F. Treas.. 214 Glendale Rd., Upper Darby, Pa. Munning, 310 E. 8th St., Kewanee, 111., for full Co. D, 313th Ammunition Train, 88th Div., info. (WWl)— 3rd annual reunion, Yankton, S. Dak., 1563rd Engineers— Reunion, New York City, May THE AMERICAN LEGION 31-June 1. Write Mrs. Clark Harris, Secy., NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS Sept. 24. Complete details from Edward Pelo, Idana. Kans. 46 St. Johns Place. Brooklyn. N. Y. 38th Inf. Regt. Assn.— Annual reunion. New INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA Co. D, 272nd Infantry— Reunion, Philadelphia, York City. May 30-31; Hotel New Yorker. De- FEBRUARY 29, 1952 Pa., Sept. 1-2. Info from Jack Kaplan, 1731 N. tails from A. H. Zindel. Secy., 558 West 193rd 32nd St.. Philadelphia. Pa., or Nick Etze, 511 St.. York New 33, N. Y. ASSETS Washington St., Mt. Pleasant. Pa. USS Ancon (AGC 4)— Reunion, Boston, Mass., 355th Infantry, Cash on hand deposit 860.974.42 (WWl)-Reunion, Kearney, May 31; Hotel Touraine. Contact Al Schlicting. and on ...$ Receivables 390,844.00 Neb., Sept. 13-14. Write C. W. Hill, Box 405, 197 Lake View Ave.. Cambridge 38, Mass. Inventories 466,711.07 Kearney. Neb. 354th Ambulance Co., S9th Div., (WWl) -3rd 314th Infantry. (AEF, WWl)-34th annual re- Invested Funds 459,482.11 annual reunion, Lincoln, Neb., May 10-11; Lin- Permanent Trusts: union, Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 26-28; Ritz- coln Hotel. Write Billy Wolff, 1831 0«St., Lin- Carlton Hotel. Details from Charles M. Stimpson, coln, Neb., for Overseas Graves Decoration info and reservations. 2537 East 14th St., Brooklyn 35. N. Y. Trust Fund $ 256.897.59 3rd Port Transportation Corps—6th annual re- 18th Special Seabees Assn.— Reunion, Indian- union, Employees' Retirement Atlantic City. N J., May 24-25, Ritz- apolis, Ind., Oct. 3-4; Lincoln Hotel. Write War- Carlton Trust Fund 1.237.794.83 1,494,692.42 Hotel. Info from Archie C. Harshaw, ren Haley, 453 Green St., Tipton, Ind. 5011 Osage Ave., Philadelphia 43, Pa. Real Estate, less depreciation . . . 914.602.71 43rd General Hospital— 4th annual reunion. 45th Evacuation Hospital—6th reunion, Eng- Furniture and Fixtures, less Grassy Hill Farm, Derby, Conn., Sept. 7. Reser- lishtown. N. J.. May 30; Main Brook Inn. Details depreciation 306.184.32 vations before Aug. 10. Write Henry Jacobson, from Walter Cyak, RD 1. Englishtown N. J. Deferred Charges 77.880.77 Guilford, Conn., or James Franconi, 559 Legion 474th AAA (AW) Bn.-Reunion, Philadelphia, $4,971.371.82 Ave.. New Haven, Conn. Pa.. May 31; Penn-Sheraton Hotel. Contact Steve Cirino, 6526 Landsdowne Ave., Philadelphia 31, Pa. LIABILITIES, DEFERRED REVENUE Signal Service Co. C, 829th Signal ; Service Co., AND NET WORTH 6662nd, and Signal Service Co., 3195th-10th an- niversary reunion. Columbus, Ohio, May 31-June Current Liabilities $ 182.858.62 COMRADES IN DISTRESS 1. Details from Kenneth Smith, Jr., 907 London Funds restricted as to use 158,858.58 Rd.. Cleveland 10. Ohio. Deferred Income 1,408,249.11 US Base Hospital 37, AEF-33rd reunion din- Permanent Trusts: Co. B, Platoon 4, CBMU, 559th Heavy Duty ner. New York City. May 17; Hotel Abbey. Con- Overseas Graves Decoration Equipment, Seabees— Will anyone who knows tact B. J. McAfee, 305 Eighth Ave.. Brooklyn, Trust $ 256,89.59 present address of K. K. Kahley, or W. R. N. Y. Employees' Retirement Browning, (formerly Cedartown, Ga.), or any- 28th USN Construction Bn., (Seabees)— 4th Trust 1,237,794.83 1,494,692.42 one who knows about Jatnctf Overton Hinlcle annual dinner-dance. York New City, May 24; Net Worth: being sick or in hospital, please write. Widow Hotel New Yorker. Write Louis Koch, 719 Grand Restricted Capital: needs help to obtain pension. Mrs. J. O. Hinkle, Ave.. North Bergen. N. J. Reserve Fund . . 23,464.13 Greenbrier, Tenn. 989th Treadway Bridge Co., Army Eng., Restricted Fund 17.939.98 Hdqrs. Sqdrn., Marine Air Group 44, Mojave. (WW2)-Reunion. White Citv. Kans.. May 4. Reserve for construction Cal.— Urgently need to locate Wallace R. ,Mc- Contact Billy Fitzsimmons, Rte. 1, White City, Kans. Wash. Office.. 780,294.40 Pearson, who was with me on board the USS General C. G. Morton on trip from San Diego 643rd Real Estate 80.000.00 Tank Destroyer Bn.—Annual reunion. to Guadalcanal, 1944. and who will remember New York City, at 901,698.51 34th St. Armory. All former injury I received in boxing match. Please write. members invited. Unrestricted Capital: Details and info from John A. Norman E. Watson, Black River Falls, Wis. Wesenberg, Excess of Income over E.xpense 23 Linden Blvd., Brooklyn 26, N. Y. NCTC, Camp Quoddy, Maine-Need to locate 2 months 825,014.58 1,726,713.09 USS William D. Porter, (DD 579) -Reunion of men who were working with me in machine sui-\ivors and shipmates. New York City June $4,971,371.82 shop when I injured my back, winter of 1944-45, 14; at 8 P.M.; Hotel Empire. (Embassy Room.) particularly Dewitt. Brown of Texas, and the Reservations, $5 including tax and tips, and ( Cotiti inieO o}t iKif/e :iG) The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 • 25 Wharton (Texas) Jr. College Wins 6th Annual MISSING IN KOREA National Hoop Tourney Run by Rishel Post 68 (Use of this column is restricted to the Korean battle area, and to person- nel lost or 16-Team Meet in New Arena at missing as a result of mili- tary action. It cannot be expanded to Hutchinson, Kansas, Drew George Stott Dies in Sleep include "missing persons" generally. 5-Day Gate of $25,000 George H. Stott, Vice Chairman of the National Convention Commission of 50th AAA, Btry. A, Gun Bn., SP - Wife of M/Sgt. Albert L. Barber would like to hear from Wharton Junior College, of Wharton, the Legion, died in his sleep at his home his service comrades who were at Chosen Reser- Texas, nosed out Hibbing (Minnesota) at Larchmont, New York, on March 8. voir on Dec. 10, 1950, when he was wounded — Junior later died. Circumstances of death not known. College to capture the sixth an- Long active in Department and National Mrs. Albert L. Barber, 24 Hamilton Ave., Lynn, nual National Junior College Basketball Legion affairs, he served as Department Co.' C, 38th Inf., 2nd Div. - Will comrades of championship at Vice of in 1946- Hutchinson, Kansas, Commander New York Pfc. Robert G. Cutler, missing in action since on March 22nd. The Texas team, under 47, and as a member of the National May 18, 1951, in vicinity of Mig-gal, S. Korea, please write his parents. Mrs. Daylon Cutler, 15 Coach Johnnie Frankie, outlasted a field Convention Commission helped set up Whitney St.. Norwood, N. Y. of 16 junior college teams that had the initial plans for the 1952 Convention Hq. Co., 10th Corp. — Will men who have any information about M/Sgt. Edward J. Bucholtz, weathered their regional eliminations in York City. Funeral services New reported missing in action since Nov. 29, 1950, and moved into Hutchinson for the five- were held at St. John's Episcopal at Hagaru-ri. please write his wife. Mrs. Ethel F. Bucholtz, 424 E. 61st Ave., Vancouver, Wash. day tournament, which sponsored in his city. was Church home Co. D, 32nd Inf., 7th Div. - Pfc. Arthur W. by Lysle Rishel Legion Post 68 under Klcppe was reported missing in action at Chosen Reservoir, Dec. 2, 1950. Will anyone who knows Commander Robert S. Gilliland, and by Virginia Committeeman Dead of the circumstances of his missing status please Hutchinson Junior College and the Na- write his parents. Anna and Andrew Kleppe, W. Marshall Geoghegan, Chase City, I., tional Junior College Athletic Associa- Saxon Ave., Bay Shore, L. N. Y. Virginia, National Executive Commit- Co. A, 38th Inf., 2nd Div. - Will anyone who tion. knows of my boy. Pfc. Thomas R. Pembic, miss- teeman for the Department of Virginia, ing at Panmegi-ri, S. Korea, May 18, 1951, please Guy E. Holt, Jr., and Bud Obee, of died in a hospital at Ashboro, North write. Mrs. Thomas Pemble, 2310 N. Perry, Lysle Rishel Post, are, respectively, Peoria 3 111 Carolina, on March 13 as the result of '- d' 201 - Chairman of the General Tournament AGPS Will men who knew Pfc. an automobile accident near that city Robert H. Prentice, reported missing in action Committee and Tournament Director. since Dec. 16, 195i, please write his parents. on February 26. Mrs. Geoghegan died P. W. Prentice, RD 2, Arab, Ala. It was the fourth time that Rishel on February 29 as a result of the same Co. C, 7th Cavalry Regt. — Will anyone who Post had acted as tournament sponsor, knew of my son Pfc. Charles H. Steele, miss- accident. Funeral services were held on ing in action since Sept. please write. Mrs. and the meet was the first of the tour- 6, March 15 at the Episcopal Church at M. L. Steele. R 1, Box 555. West Columbia, S. C. neys to be held in Hutchinson's new Co. B, 38th Inf., 2nd Div. — Will appreciate Chase City. Dr. G. Hunter Wolfe, 8,000-seating-capacity sports arena. The information about 1st Lt. Roger B. Kirchofer, Abingdon, has been selected to succeed reported missing in action May 18, 1951, or other arena was financed by a bond drive men of Co. B. Write his wife, Mrs. R. B. Kir- Committeeman Geoghegan on the Na- chofer. 2207 White initiated by the Legion Post. The Oak Rd.. Raleigh, N. C. tional Executive Committee. Co. I, 21st Inf., 24th Div. - Will men who $25,000 gate receipts tended to justify knew Walter R. Baker please write. (Member the Post's venture. Fitzsimmons Post No. 225, Greenfield, 111.) Miss- ing since July 12, 1950. Have a prisoners picture It was in 1949 that Rishel Post first COMRADES IN DISTRESS we think he is in. Mrs. John C. Baker, Rock- sponsored the national junior college (Continued from paye 35) bridge, Illinois. Battery D, 82nd AAA (AW) Bn. — Pfc. John tourney that had begun in 1947 and had Chief in charge of the shop. Charles W. Swartz, A. Allen, Jr. reported missing in action Kunu-ri R 2. Stanberry, Mo. operated at a loss during its first two area, Dec. 1. 1950. Will anyone who has informa- USS Hickman, (WWl)-Need to locate Capt. tion about him jMease write his father, John A. years. The meet was held in the Hutch- Muller, Pharmacist Mate or shipmates who re- Allen, Sr., Peak Island 8, Portland, Maine. inson Convention Hall (capacity 2,000) member me receiving head injury in shaft alley, Co. A. 38th Inf., 2nd Div. — Will anyone who 1918. Treated on board in sick bay and at Port has information about Capt. Albert K. Mathre, during 1949, 1950 and 1951, and showed of La Pallice, France. Statements needed for reported missing May 18, 1951, later reported claim. a slight profit during those years. Joseph Jacobs, 212 Beach 67th Street, killed May 18, 1951, please write his mother. Mrs. Averne, N. Y. Albert J. Mathre, Cambridge, 111. Encouraged by the growing interest, Gilligan, USS (DE 508)-Will men aboard ship Co. F, 19th Inf., 24th Div. - Will anyone who while patrolling off coast Rishel Post started the bond drive for of Okinawa, April to knows anything about the circumstances that led July, write, 1945, please especially members to the capture or death of 1st Lt. Clyde P. Pad- the new arena in 1950, and concur- whose CQ station was on the starboard aft 40 gett, Jr., on Jan. 3, 1951, please communicate rently contracted with the National mm. Statement needed. A. J. Samela, 770 Barry with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde P. Padgett, Ave., Mamaroneck, N. Y. Sr.. Walterboro, S. C. Junior College Athletic Association to Wadsworth Veterans Hospital—Need to locate Co. A, 8th Cavalry Regt. — My son, Pfc. John Dr. Smith who operated on me this hospital; be- hold the meet there for at least 5 years. H. Oetjcn, was reported missing in action at lieve he was transferred to Iowa. Need state- Gate receipts in Unsan on Nov. 2, 1950. To date I have had no 1950 were $11,622, with ment for service-connected disability. .Joseph C. word about him; I hope to reach some of his Frogge, 31171,^ No. 9th St., St. Joseph, 15,000 spectators. In 1951 spectators Mo. comrades who can give some clue to what hap- Machine Gun Co., 148th Inf.— burned Was by pened to him and his present whereabouts. John numbered 17,000 and receipts amounted mustard gas in Baccarat sector, and wounded in J. Oetjen, Shohola, Pike County, Pa. to $12,500. In the new arena, this year, left leg by machine gun bullet in the Argonne; Co. I, 7th Marine Regt., 1st Marine Div. — will any comrades who remember me and my receipts were doubled. The Post partici- Parents of Pfc. Frank J. Venditti would like to wounds please write. I need statements to com- hear from service comrades of the circumstances pates in the gate only to the extent of plete claim; records lost. Christopher J. Rooney, of his death, reported killed at Kotari, Dec. 5, 702 Danforth St.. Syracuse, N. Y. defraying its expenses, plus a small 1950. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Venditti, 22 Dalton 51st Artillery, Fort Eustis, Va.-Will officers Ave., New Dorp, Staten Island 6, N. Y. margin to operate the local American and men of Hdqrs. Btry. wlio served with me Battery 99th — during early part of 1924, please write. Especially C, FA Bn. The parents of Recil Legion Junior Baseball program. reported Nov. Cpl. Fuller, Cpl. Cherry and Sgt. Jarrett. Ernest P. Arwood, missing 2, 1950, at Winners of National Junior College Borgna. 304 Clarkson Ave., Jessup, Pa. Unsau, North Korea, would appreciate hearing from service comrades anything about USS Washington, (WW2)-Need to locate who know Athletic Association's tourneys to date him. or from mothers of boys who were with Alexander Graham Potter, believed to have lived this battery. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Arwood, Duffield, are: 1947, Compton (California) Junior in Mobile, Ala., who was stationed on ship at Va. College; 1948, Marin College (Kentfield, San Pedro, Cal., in September, 1945, and was in charge of detail of loading provisions when Co. K, 19th Inf., 24th Div. - Will comrades of Pfc. Gary R. Wilson, reported missing at Chipo-ri, California) ; 1949, Tyler (Texas) Junior an accident occurred to a shipmate. Will anyone North Koiea, since April 1951, please write College; 1950, Los Angeles (California) who knows his present address please write E. 23, W. Mercer, Veterans' Service Officer, Kearney, to his mother. Mrs. Viola W. Hallman. Rte. 4, City College; 1951, Tyler, and 1952 Neb. Box 77, Rock Hill, S. C. S3, 34th Infantry, 24th Div. - Will any com- Wharton (Texas) Junior College. British Hospital No. 12, Rouen; Base Hospital 5, Dommiers; Evacuation Hospital 18, near Ver- rade or officer having knowledge of Sgt./ Id. Top teams in this year's tourney, dun—Will anyone who remembers Nurse Mar- Donald F. VanDiiie, missing in action since July after Wharton and Hibbing included: garettc Louieae Sullivan at these or other sta- 15, 1950, please write his father. H. A. VanDine, tions in France, WWl, please write—help badly 20 Madison Ave., Ramsey, N. J. 3rd, Hannibal LaGrange (Missouri) needed. Nurse Sullivan was known as "Mother," 9th Infantry, 2nd Div. — Information is sought Junior College; 4th, Joliet (Illinois) "Texas Red," and "Tex." Now 81 years old and about my son, Sgt. Robert B. Yonts, medical aid almost blind, she is trying to find someone who man, reported missing Nov. 30, 1950, in vicinity Junior College; 5th, Garden City (Kan- can furnish statement of her service overseas. of Kunu-ri, North Korea. Please write. Mrs. Roy sas) Junior College. Other teams came Records destroyed by fire. Write Margarette E. Yonts. Box 77. Neon, Ky. Louiese Sullivan. 240 Tegner Drive. Wilmar. Cal. Co. F. 38th RCT, 2nd Div. - Pfc. Allen (Bud) from Utah, Oklahoma, North Carolina, USS Mahan— Will men aboard this ship in T. Mnddy listed as missing May 18, 1951, in Iowa, Missouri, Washington, Kansas, July. 1919, at Ponta Delgada, Azores, (when the vicinity of Kunum-gol. Will anyone who knows NC 4 flew over) please write. Statements needed. about him please write his sister. Mrs. Arkansas, Howard Kentucky and Georgia. Leon Brisbois. 37 Harl>or Street, Salem, Mass. A. Ware. RD 7, Box 305A, Decatur, IlL 2g • The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 ife^jV YOU MAY WIN P^/«|^AS MUCH AS '10,000 "A^-^ 10,000.00 * second PRue WITH A SINGLE DOLLAR DONATION 1952 FORD STATION WAGON or ^2,500 IN THIS EXCITINGLY DIFFERENT (at the election of the contestant) AMERICAN LEGION PUZZLE CONTEST! '1,000 ''POVRTH PRIZB A/^OO *HBK1 SIX PRIiBS each '5 mr m prizes NEWEST- MODEL T-V SETS each retails at $289.95 HOW*^, A NEW KIND OF CONTEST RUN BY YOUR LEGION—FOR YOUR LEGION'S H£MT 200 PRiZiS each REMINGTON RAND ELECTRIC SHAVERS WELFARE AND SERVICE PROGRAM nationally advertised at $27.50 How / You can use everyday common sense to help you solve puzzle clues! Now! You need complete only one simple puzzle to enter this contest! You support your Welfare and Service Program with each entry! HBKt ISO PRiZeS each TELECHRON NO OTHER PUZZLE CONTEST OFFERS PERSONALITY YOU SO MUCH FOR SO LITTLE! ELECTRIC CLOCKS as advertised in Life at $11.95 'An additional 10% of eoth cash prize will be awarded as a special bonus to The American Legion Post designated on tiiter Now—you'nFM £verything on the foHowing Pages the winner's contest entry form. © 1W2 THE AMERICAN lEGlON — IT'S EASY! IT'S FUN! IT'S DIFFERENT! you May Win us AtueA as WfOOO Times Yoar Douaihfi Yes— just a few moments spent in solving this one simple puzzle may win you the $10,000 first prize. Everything you need is right on these pages. Start on your winning solution NOW! HERE IS ALL YOU DO! 1. Read the puzzle clues on the opposite page carefully. Use blank bearing your solutions. Cut along the dotted line and mail your everyday common sense to decide the correct answer to each —with a donation of one dollar or more for each entry blank- of them. Then fill out one of the three partially completed puzzle to The Legion Contest Committee. THAT'S ALL THERE IS forms on the entry blank. TO IT! Sound simple? It is simple! There's nothing tricky about this contest. Now, let your common sense help you win the for- 2. Now stop and reconsider each answer in your puzzle solution. tune you've always dreamed about. Start working on your prize- Are you in doubt about any of them? If so, use the other puzzle winning solutions today. forms on the same entry blank for alternate solutions. There is only one puzzle in the contest—and for each dollar donation you // you've already entered the American Legion Puzzle Contest, get three chances to submit a winning solution. You are not remember you can better your chances with additional entries.' Each contestant Is required to complete the puzzle three times. Just fill out a sec- allowed to enter this contest as many as nine ond and third solution if you are not satisfied with your times— that means 27 opportunities (three on each entry form] first effort. to solve the one simple puzzle. Mail your additional entries today! Act now—you may win as much as $10,000 while helping 3. Fill in your name and address where indicated on the entfly your Legion's Welfare and Service Program. How Common Sense Solved These Smple Clues Carefully study the reasoning applied in answering these sample think out all possible answers to each question before deciding questions. By applying the same type of sound logic, your com- on the one correct answer, if doubts remain send in other sets mon sense can help you obtain a prize-winning solution to the of solutions. Additional entry blanks appear in the February, contest puzzle. Don't rush—your f/rst \mp\i\se may be wrong- IMarch and April issues of the American Legion Magazine. THE CLUE: It's apf to embitter aging employees when the boss THE CLUE: A schoo/-boy mokes the most of his soys he wants to them. usually is acclaimeci by his fellow students. PUZZLE SPACES: PUZZLE SPACES: At first glance there seems to be two correct solutions—TEST or The word BRAIN seems to be correct on first inspection. But stop REST. But using our connmon sense the one correct solution, TEST, to consider, and you realiie there is another possible solution becomes apparent. Aging employees are more likely embittered when BRAWN. If you will recall who received the greatest acclaim from their boss soys he wonts to TEST them when when he says he merely fellow schoolmates— the captain of the algebra team or the coptoin wants to REST them. A TEST would be a reflection on on oging em- of the football teom you will understand why BRAWN is the one, ployee's ability to work—something he would surely feel bitter — logical, common sense answer. The letter should be placed about. A REST, however, carries no such reflection with it and "W" hence ordinarily would not result in bitter feeling. in the blank space. altered words will disqualify the contestant for that particular puzzle only. BE SURE TO READ THESE OFFICIAL RULES Only one prize can be won by a contestant in each contest. In no event will the contest committee enter into any correspondence with a contestant except 1. WHO MAY ENTER: THE CLEAR THINKING PUZZLE CONTEST is as specifically provided herein. open only to residents of the 48 states and the District of Columbia, with the IF TIES: exception of employees of the National Headquarters of The American Legion 5. THERE ARE Five numbered additional tie-breaking pu2zles will be and members of the armed forces (because of the uncertainty of addresses) sent to the tied contestants. The contest judges will first judge the solutions tie-breaking and also any person or any member of his family who at any time prior to to puaele number one and so on to number five, if needed. Should the tie-breaking puzzles result in additional ties, this contest has won FIVE HUNDRED ($500.00) DOLLARS or more, in new sets of puzzles (subject to rules) will until all ties cash or goods, in any other puzzle contest. the same be sent are broken. E^ch con- testant will be required to submit his solutions to each set of tie-breaking 2. HOW TO COMPETE: This contest is based upon common sense, clear think- puzzles within fourteen (14) days from the date of mailing. The tie-breakers ing and logic. There may be several choices as to which word most adequately will be similar in form but more difificult than the original puzzle. meets the meaning of the clues. Therefore be sure to study the clues carefully. 6. ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS OF CONTEST: On entering the contest each con- Study the sample solutions provided for your guidance. Out judges will deter- testant represents that solutions submitted under these rules are his individual mine the correct solution on the basis of common sense, clear thinking and effort without assistance from any person, not a member of his or her imme- logic, and in addition, on the basis of the judgement, skill and taste employed diate family, and that such solutions were neither purchased nor obtained by the contestant. Words must be used in accordance with the meanings and by collusion from any person, group or source. Affidavits to this effect will be definitions given for them in standard dictionaries. required of the winners. The American Legion will not be responsible for 3. THE PRIZES: Total of THIRTY THOUSAND ($30,000.00) DOLLARS in entries delayed or lost in the mail, either from the Legion to the contestant cash and goods shall be awarded as follows: or from the contestant to the Legion. The American Legion will not be responsible for damage or destruction of solutions resulting from an act of FIRST PRIZE .... $10,000.00 NEXT TEN PRIZES (each) God, strikes or war. 20" Admiral TV sets SECOND PRIZE . . . 2,500.00 (each) 7. DECISION OF THE JUDGES:The contestant agrees upon entering the contest or a 1952 Ford Station Wagon NEXT 200 PRIZES Remington Rand electric razors that the decision of the judges shall be final. And that all matters pertaining (at election of the contestant) tho nationally advertised at $27.50 each to the actual conduct of the contest, the determination of the winners, the time THIRD PRIZE .... 1,000.00 NEXT 250 PRIZES (each) limits involved, and any and all measures utilized to determine that the solu- tions were the elTorts of the contestant himself and to FOURTH PRIZE . . . 1,000.00 Telechron Personality electric clocks guarantee equality of opportunity in competing for the prizes shall NEXT SIX PRIZES (each) 500.00 as advertised in life at $11.95 each be in the sole control of the judges and that their decision in all of^ these matters shall be final and conclusive. 4. HOW TO ENTER: For each contribution of ONE ($1.00) DOLLAR in 8. IN THE EVENT OF ANY DISPUTES: The contestant agrees upon entering this cash or postal money order only, the contestant may submit one, two or three contest, that in the event of any dispute, disagreement or litigation arising completed entries. "The maximum number of entries shall not exceed twenty- thereunder, the Laws of the State of Indiana shall govern. No suit shall be seven (27) for each contest. The contest will run for four (4) months. These instituted with respect to a claim for a prize unless notice in writing, stating restrictions shall in no way prevent the donor from contributing more than in clear language the grounds for such claim has been sent by registered mail NINE ($9.00) DOLLARS to the Welfare and Service Program. All solutions to: "The Contest Committee National Headquarters, American Legion, Indian- must be submitted on official entries (or official printed puzzles.) The date apolis, Indiana within two (2 ) weeks after the announcements of the winners. of entry shall be determined by the postmark on the envelope containing the entry; (but in no way does The American Legion assume the responsibility 9. WHEN TO ENTER: A.U entries to The American Legion Puzzle Contest No. 1 for delivery of mail. ) Contestants are required to inform The American must be postmarked prior to midnight June 15th, 1952 and received no later Legion of any change of address. All entries become the property of the spon- than July 5th, 1952 at: THE CONTEST COMMITTEE, Notional Headquarters, sor and will not be returned. AM entries must be in Ink. Pencilled, mutilated or American Legion, Indianapolis, Indiana. Here Are Vottr dues to Pitxz/e No, // ACROSS 5 Unless you are jittery, a should not frighten you, even a dark, night. 1 When enjoying ourselves, we are apt keenly to resent on dreary any attempt to -—— us. 6 After marriage, women often discover that their hus- 9 Space. bands are not as as they seemed. 10 What any "angel" hopes for. 7 Young career girls are apt to dislike men who strive to be with them. 11 Hands that are soiled with can sometimes repel even true love. 9 Exist. 13 Adieu jumbled. 10 A woman who a man into marrying her often regrets it. 15 A cynical lover sometimes has to resort to to win a wordly lady. 12 We are apt to be irritated by people who find our amusing. 16 Question. 14 The fact that it is an often intends to mislead 19 A tyro Thespian usually starts with a part. us as to its true value. 22 To excessively can destroy the balance of even a 16 Make ill. strong-minded man. 19 A true gentleman is apt to prefer a young lady 23 It is wiser to dismiss . than to rely on it. for a wife. 27 Discontented workers often tend to be 20 Sometimes it may take daring and courage to break 29 A wise man will tread slowly on finding that his repu- a tation has unaccountably 25 Today, more than ever, a university is cautious with 31 severing State rev. The —abb its . 32 Women appear more easily excited than men by 26 Gourmets highly seasoned food to insure good 34 In contact with. eating. 38 A prisoner sometimes has to work hard for his 27 Tie jumbled. 39 A scoundrel often turns a woman's head with 28 A town in France taken by the Germans in 1914 and of lies. retaken by the French in 1918. DOWN 29 the people. 2 Handy for a true barbecue. 30 Often has deceptive innocent appearance. 3 Concerning. 33 Obiter dictum—abbrev. 4 The more sophisticated a man, the more he is 35 Border state—abbrev. about woman's fickleness. 36 Born in San Francisco. THIS IS YOUR OFFICIAL ENTRY BLANK FOR LEGION PUZZLE CONTEST No. 1 THE CONTEST COMMITTEE, Name AMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, DEPT. A4, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Address- I understand that my entry will be judged on the basis of the best solution submitted by me, and I agree to accept the rules Cify. -Zone State. of this contest and the decision of the judges as binding upon me. Enclosed you will find my contribution of $1.00 or more in ( cash money order) American Legion Post No.. 1 3 E P 'r E 's S E P R E 's S H E 'P R E S S 9 i R A O R A O R A O 'h T R 1 M E H T R 1 M E H T R 1 M E 13 E \ E D "I u E '^A D "l u E E D "I u 1 1 n Q 1 1 IS IS 17 15 R S E s 'a "s K "Y M L R S E S A s K V M L R S E S A "s K V M L 20 R "b "P A R A "b "P A R "P A D 1 1 ieo» 1 R L L U M O R 1 R L L u M O R 1 R L L u M O R 14 25 14 E L S L E L S L E L S L I* "1 S N o E T S 1 N O E N T S N O E T it JO W A E D N A E D N A E D N 31 V T O K B V T O K S A N V T O "O K s A 13 IS M M "O ^'R M "b 'R "O "R M M A R D N S E P A R D N S E P A R D N S E P CUT ALONG DOTTED LINE AND MAIL THIS COUPON TODAY WITHOUT DELAY — Every dollar you donate Helps Support Our Great Cause.., THE AMERICAN LEGION WELFARE AND SERVICE PROGRAM With each dollar or more you donate, you The American Legion Welfare and Service Program supports gain a chance to win $10,000—and, at the all of these vital activities. Our responsibility to the Vet and same time, lend a helping hand to hospital- the community in which he lives has never ended! Your help ized vets ... to needy children ... to widows is needed now—send your donation and entry form to the and orphans of servicemen killed in action Legion Contest Committee without delay. ... to the proper education of your children ... to the exposure of dangerous Communist elements in America and countless other ALL THESE IMPORTANT PROGRAMS BENEFIT important jobs The Legion's Welfare and Service to more than 100,000 di:obied veterans with claims each year Service Program is doing in your community. • Assistance to widows and orphans of veterans and servicemen * Regular, So don't wait! You may win a fortune in cash, a luxurious government-approved inspection of care and treatment of patients in Station big screen Admiral television set, 1952 Ford Wagon, a veterans hospitals • Social and welfare work for needy children • Good- a famous Remington Rand electric shaver citizenship troining for youth * National program of boys' baseball, with —any of the 470 big prizes may V-e yours more than 1,000,000 participating * Promotion of American history and when you donate a single dollar or more to Constitution study through contests for school children • College scholarship our great cause. Remember, we must never awards * Promotion of Boy Scout work • National marksmanship training relax in the tremendous task of attracting • Providing expert advice and counsel on veterans affairs end national funds for our programs of VETERAN'S REHABILITATION, CHILD WEL- security to government and government agencies * Promotion of better FARE, NATIONAL SECURITY and national security • Study and exposure of dangerous communist and * AMERICANISM. Every contribution to fascist elements in America And many others . . . dikii't Dehy-Mait your Cmmon Sense Answers Today To The Legion's PUZZLE CONTEST LET COMMON SENSE HELP! SOLVE ONLY ONE PUZZLE ENTER AS MANY AS 9 TIMES! YOUR LEGION BENEFITS! You don't have to be an ex- If you alone successfully An additional one dollar or This new Puzzle Contest pert! It's fun to enter this solve It, you'll win the more donation gives you an gives you a chance to win simple entertaining contest $10,000 First Prize. In case opportunity to submit 3 more huge prizes while supporting that lets your plain everyday of ties, additional puzzles solutions to the one puzzle a worthy cause. Every time common sense help you come similar to the original in in the contest. If in doubt you enter, your donation up with the right answers. form but more difficult- -will about any answers, better carries forward the urgently Always remember that you be submitted until all ties your chances with additional needed work of the Ameri- will be judged on the basis are broken. entries. can Legion's Welfare and of your best solution. Service Program. CONTEST COMMITTEE AMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS Dept. A4, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA Veterans MAY, 1952 A DIGEST OF EVENTS WHICH ARE OF PERSONAL INTEREST TO TOU education or training, which must be in normal progression More money was loaned to veterans for GI home loans of the course authorized. . . . Vet students who have en- during 1951 than during any year since the program went titlement must file their applications for additional educa- into effect in 1944. . . . The principal amount of these loans tion or training on or before the date of completion of the made by private lenders in 1951 was $3,614,000,000, which authorized course, or within a 30-day period immediately is approximately a third of a billion higher than the previous following the completion of the course. ... It is further peak year, 1947. . . . But although the principal amount provided that following completion of the course the vet made by private lenders was the highest on record, the must actually commence pursuit of the additional course nurnber of loans was the third highest. . . . Due, of course, on the first date as of which enrollment in the course is per- to increased cost of building, building materials and housing mitted, or within 30 days, whichever is later. . . . Attendance ready for use. . . . Home loan applications, says VA, are during normal summer vacation periods is optional for those now running at approximately 25,000 to 30,000 per month. veterans in study in schools organized on a term, quarter GI home loans are available to eligible WW2 vets and or semester basis. . . . Important to GI students who have to unremarried widows of WW2 vets who died in service entitlement: The new regulations provide that in cases or as result of service-connected disabilities. . . . For loans where vets have been denied the right to resume training made by private lenders (banks, organizations or individu- under the old regulations, the applications may be re-opened als), VA is empowered to guarantee the lenders against and reviewed. . . . Cases now pending certification of appeal loss up to 60 percent of each loan, with a maximum on this issue will be handled un'der the revised and liberalized guarantee of $7,500. . . . Minimum down payments are regulations. required on the GI home loans under credit control require- ments of the Defense Production Act. . . . These down payments are less than for non-GI loans. . . . Eligible Bureau of Reclamation announces the opening to veterans and unremarried widows in the permitted class homestead entry of 4,030 acres of public land on the Yuma- have until July 25, 1957, to apply for guaranteed GI home Mesa Division of the Gila Project in south-western Arizona loans. . . . Area is divided into 27 farm units. , . . Preference is Direct loans from VA : Under a law approved in 1950 given to war vets. Spanish-American War through WW2. . and extended through 1951 (appropriation pending for If interested in homesteading, write District Manager, 1952) VA is authorized to make direct Government loans Lower Colorado River District, Bureau of Reclamation, to eligible veterans for purchase or construction of a home Yuma, Arizona. . . . Applications must be filed by 2 p.m.. (including improvement of a farmhouse). . . . This provi- projects May 20, . . . Or if interested in other homestead sion applies in areas where the VA finds that private mort- which may become available soon, write Bureau of Re- gage financing at 4 percent is not available, . . . Through clamation, Department of the Interior. Washington 25, D. C. the end of 1951 VA had made 16,788 direct home loans, amounting to nearly $108,000,000, to vets in the areas where private lenders will not accept 4 percent interest. . . . However, since most of the remainder of the $150,000,000 Change in VA regulations, issued March 14, makes revolving fund for direct loans has been reserved for loans reinstatement of USGLI term policies easier — and reduces in process, funds currently available are extremely limited. the premium payment required. . . . Under new regulations, ... In fact, VA reports, in most areas the direct loan funds USGLI 5 -year term policies may be reinstated upon the are exhausted and loans cannot be until a made new payment of two monthly premiums, one for the month of appropriation is authorized. ... In any event, if in need of lapse and the other for the month for which the reinstate- a loan for purchase or improvement of a home or farmhouse, ment is effective- . . . Insured vet must submit application see your Legion Service Officer or consult the Officer Loan for reinstatement within the sixty-month period after lapse, at the nearest VA Regional Office. and furnish evidence of insurability satisfactory to VA. . , In the same order, authorization was given to reinstate the total disability income provisions attached to a 5 -year term Change of regulations by VA grants 30-day grace period policy under the same terms and conditions as the life if between completion of one course and taking up additional insurance. . Talk to your Legion Service Officer your 41 term policy has lapsed, or consult the Insurance Officer at rived from liquidation of German and Japanese assets be the nearest VA Regional Office. used to pay the claims of our own veterans. ... In con- cluding his testimony, Assistant Director Stevens paid a * * * * high compliment to the present War Claims Commission NO MORE RECEIPTS ON GI INSURANCE! for its efficient handling of the POW claims for the $1 a day VA says it plans to stop mailing out receipts for ration money — which was paid from the Alien Property premium payments on GI insurance. . . . This statement funds. was made by Assistant Administrator H. V. Stirling to a ifc ^ t{c }fi House Committee looking into possible economies in the VA CHANGES REPORTING OF HOSPITAL CASES: VA operation. ... It is estimated that eliminating the VA has announced an important change in the method receipts wiU save the VA more than $1,000,000 each year. . . . of reporting the status of hospitalized vets. . . . Under the Plan seems sensible — vets will continue to receive notices present method a hospitalized veteran is classified either as the of premium payments due and will be thus advised of service-connected or non-service-connected. . . . The service- continuity of their policies. connected classification is not applied until the case has been adjudicated, but until adjudication is made the vet S{C !{! ^ ^ is carried as non-service-connected. . . . Such a method of HEARING THE END OF WW2: reporting has given rise to unwarranted criticism of the VA The U. S. Senate, on March 20. ratified the Japanese hospitalization program since the true status of the hos- Peace Treaty negotiated at San Francisco last September. . . . pitalized vet is in many cases not reflected. This brings us one step nearer to the technical end of WW2, Under the announced change in methods those hospi- though the shooting war ended nearly seven years ago. . . . talized will come under five classifications. ... (1) Those Senate debate was brisk, but vote to ratify was overwhelming adjudicated service-connected (hospitalized for treatment — 66 in favor to 10 against. . . . With the action, and almost of service-connected disability and those under treatment a part of the peace treaty, was the ratification of mutual for such a disability and a non-service-connected disability). security pacts between the United States and the Philippines ... (2) Those with compensable service-connected disabili- and Australia and New Zealand aimed at keeping peace in ties under treatment for non-service-connected disabilities . . Relations Committee the Pacific. . The Senate's Foreign only. . . . (3) Those under treatment for a disability where in approving the Japanese Peace Treaty specified that U. S. claim for service-connection is pending, or is under appeal. ratification would not recognize Russian claims to the . . . (4) Those under treatment for non-service-cormected former Japanese-held territories or imply approval of the disabilities where the veteran is classified as totally and Yalta agreement. permanently disabled for pension purposes. . . . (5) Those total ^ *i* without service-connection where claim for permanent rating for pension purposes is pending. Under this grouping CITIZENSHIP DAY SET FOR SEPTEMBER 17> there would be a further breakdown to indicate those who President Truman has signed legislation designating have not filed a claim for a pension. September 17 of each year as "Citizenship Day". . . . The Changes made conform generally to recommendations resolution changes the date of the annual celebration of made by the Legion's National Rehabilitation Conferences "I am An American Day" from the third Sunday in May to at its 1951 and 1952 meetings. ... It is the belief of those "Constitution" day which is September 17, and designates who requested the new method of reporting by classifications occasion as "Citizenship Day". . . . The day will be the of hospitalized vets a truer picture of the reasons why vets used to recognize those who by naturalization or by coming go to VA hospitals will be presented. of age, inherit the rights and accept the responsibilities of * * * * citizenship. 655,000 NEW VETS SINCE START OF KOREA WAR: * * * * Veteran population of the U. S. has increased by more LEGION URGES POW COMPENSATION: than 655,000 since the start of the war in Korea June 27, 1950. , . . Armed Forces have discharged men into civilian Pending in Congress, under Legion mandate , is a measure (H. R. 3719) to award compensation at the rate life at the rate of nearly 35,000 a month— a very large of $1.50 a day to former prisoners of war (WW2) for each percentage of whom also saw service in WW2. . . . While day they were held under inhumane and below-standard the average is 35,000 a month, the discharge rate is stepping up. ... It was 55,000 in January, the latest month for which conditions. . . . Other specifications are "treated with undue severity to the detriment of life and health, or were required figures are available. * * * * to perform labor for excessive hours without adequate compensation". . . . Such payments to be made from the ARMED FORCES DAY SET FOR MAY 17: Alien Property funds now held by the U. S. Government, Armed Forces Day will be observed on May 17. . . . and are in addition to the $1 a day payment made from Established in 1950 to take the place of the anniversary the same funds for below-standard rations. . . . Charles dates which had been celebrated by the individual services, W. Stevens, Assistant Director of the Legion's National the designation of a single day is in line with the unification Rehabilitation Commission, appeared before the House of the Forces. . . . The 1952 observance is keyed to the theme Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of March "Unity — Strength — Freedom." . . . Secretary of Defense 20 to urge favorable action on the measure. . . . He pointed Lovett refers to it as "a timely opportunity to demonstrate out that the U. S. had transferred some $165,000,000 of the close working relationship of the Armed Forces, give the tax-raised money to Germany and Japan to carry out public a broad view of the nation's defense strength, and commitments of this nation under the Geneva Convention emphasize the democratic ideal to which our efforts are for enemy prisoners held by us. . . . Urged that money de- dedicated." 42 — Watch Out For These Commie Swindles ——— —————— (ContlnuMi from pagM 14 and t5) — —— Labor Spanish Civil War, and Roy Hudson, At that moment, no copper would be gram—all the U. S. could spare were once director of communist strategy in- ripped out of the earth, huge electronic 800,000 tons! side CIO, directed party activity until plants, jet assembly lines, miles of water- So you can watch for some usually recently, you can expect tampering with front, teeming warehouses along the quiet worker suddenly shouting out atomic motor divisions. Similarly at West Coast and hundreds of ships against speeded schedules, or heat in the General Electric's classified atomic, jet would be paralyzed by the sudden twist department, or lack of more comfort- and electronic factories throughout of the wrists of the comrades working able sanitation facilities, or about some New England. quietly now, unknown, unwatched and injustice allegedly done to a Negro It is the careful estimate of scientific unconcerned in our midst. worker. No grievance will be permitted investigators and plant security agents The time for the signal is not yet. to run its usual course. Every slight ex- that there are at least 5,000 disciplined Meanwhile, the orders are for delaying, cuse will be used for an outcry of — communists in the area? just described stalling tactics. "let's stop work . . . let's demonstrate in — and the labor laws of the land are So look out for wildcat strikes. Al- front of the office . . . let's show them such that they cannot be fired even if ready the anti-communist leaders of the they can't push us around . . . we'll strike they are known communists. Firing CIO Steelworkers Union have been the rest of the afternoon." them would be considered an unfair watching with much concern sporadic There will be demands for one and labor practice. Not unfair to the nation wildcats in this, most basic of our in- two day general strikes of all labor to but unfair to the communists, who inci- dustries. speed wage cases through the over- dentally are directed by union leaders Only last winter Philip Murray had loaded Wage Stabilization Board. There long known to be communists but who to peel off his vice-president, James will be outcries against defense prepa- have signed affidavits attesting that they Thimmes, direct him to leave the CIO rations and demands for slowdowns are not — and they haven't been prose- convention and fly south to settle a against the Korean action — protests cuted by the Justice Department. strike no one called or appeared to lead. which blame all high prices, inflation, It would take volumes to describe the There were just pickets — and one of wage controls and regional unemploy- many types of sabotage at which trained the nation's greatest mills lost several ment on our defense economy. party cadres are adept. There are ex- million tons of vital steel production. These tumults will be embroidered plosive pencils, looking like ordinary No one knew how it happened. The with demands for immediate pence in graduation gifts. There is a way of steel union and the management had Korea (on Soviet terms) and demands turning even a common match book into just settled all disputes over the con- for a "five-power peace parley," includ- an incendiary mechanism. There are tract. The union leaders were heading ing Soviet China, of course. In areas ways to rip out key wirings, or drop for their headquarters to prepare re- where scarcity of metals for civilian emery dust into sensitive machines, or ports for their members. They passed production, such as in Detroit, has cre- throw precision machinery off base by the mill gates. And there were the un- ated desperate unemployment now a fraction of an inch. authorized strikers. truly reminiscent of the mid-thirties, At a given signal, at a moment when Of what value to us are these mil- the communist agit-props will demand Moscow's World Federation of Trade lions of tons? Measure their worth by a 30-hour week for 40 hours pay so all Unions is told to dispatch word for dis- the standards of England's needs. When can work. Simple isn't it? ruption, all this and a hundred other Prime Minister Churchill besought Pie-in-the-sky. That's what they holocausts, too, would jar American President Truman for steel essential for offer. war production. the British in their re-armament pro- Watch for it. the end World Politics For it incites the communists to any United States, is the chief hope of the rilla fashion behind the lines of the act, including continued espionage, Soviet dictatorship is admitted by La- enemy to destroy morale and defense. which will advance this "peace." It must ventri P. Beria, head of the Soviet se- It must be remembered that the "report" be remembered that the argument used cret police and member of the Moscow or address given by a leading member of to win the Rosenbergs and Sobell to Politburo. In his address to the Moscow the Moscow Politburo at the anniver- espionage work against the United Soviet on the occasion of the anniver- sary of the Bolshevik Revolution, is a States was that they were only giving sary of the Bolshevik Revolution last dominant order to the communists aid to "our gallant ally," Soviet Russia, November, Beria declared "the jseace everywhere for the next period of time. anyway. A somewhat similar argument partisans" to be the main reliance of Beria's call to the "peace partisans" and in regard to aiding "the Land of Social- Soviet Russia. These men and women, for more of them therefore rings out ism's camp of peace" will produce simi- working in the non-Soviet countries, throughout the world in the commu- lar results. would bring about a vital "weakness in nist ranks, and is carried forward by the But this red crusade goes far beyond the hinterland of imperialism." reds in the renewed activities. the periphery of the communist con- When any American scientist or any That is why this issue has to be faced, spiracy in every land, including our member of the faculty of an American and these "partisans" for Stalin fought own, and is intended to do so. exposed in every community and The college joins a communist peace front, and Cominform's organ reports with care on every college campus. If they are not he or she is thereby advancing the sedi- the various developments in "the Ameri- routed, then American security is grave- tious activities of our Soviet enemy can peace movement," and refers to the ly endangered. The communists always against American security. The very lists of jurists, scientists, educators, and have in mind, in forwarding their "line," choice of the clergymen enlisted in that cause, with name "peace partisan" ad- the possibility of gaining a minimum or great satisfaction. That this undermin- vises us of this fact. A partisan, in mili- maximum objective. If they cannot win ing of American morale, and this ad- tary parlance which the communists the full "pact" of surrender to the vancement of appeasement in the use so freely, is one who fights in guer- Kremlin at the first blow, they plan at The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 • ^2 least through these "peace" cries and The "partisans" are counted upon to of the Kremlin. The American Legion efforts to create hesitation and defeatism achieve this goal, those men and women has shown the way, and it is essential in the American mind. Through that of some distinction who lend their name that other Americans respond. The path means, they will be able to continue and efforts to the communist fronts. It to real peace can be successfully fol- and advance the tendency toward ap- is a test of patriotism today on the parr lowed only by repelling and defeating peasement in certain official circles of an American as to whether he is the false "peace" propaganda of the which has won such great victories for alertly doing all in his community that reds, the great weapon in the arsenal of Moscow up to now. he can to defeat these agents and friends Stalin's psychological warfare, thk eno Culture (Continued from pago 15) him to change; that those who are not and to .say and write what they choose. a religious force. A vast, disciplined, de- capable of surviving in such an environ- The choice is theirs. But those of us who voted body of secret agents was organ- ment must go under; that there can be have children and who care for our ized throughout the world with the ob- no absolute system of ethics or morals; country also have the right of choice. We ject primarily of destroying the tradi- that there can be no God, no conscience, may choose to hold them responsible tions and indigenous culture of each no responsibility to anything but one's for their conduct, to expose their asso- people. In that they were wise, because own mind, limited only by the strug- ciations, to establish that they are slaves they sought to arrange it so that when gling forces that surround him. to a foreign and evil concept of life; that their day came to conquer a country, His students receive a constant bom- they are bound to use their devices of there would be no resistance of the bardment on this, no matter what he expression to spread, often by deceit mind and spirit. Smart slogans appeared teaches. In biology, he teaches that all and wile, their vicious concepts. If they in each country which fitted the char- concepts in the Bible are superstitions. choose their way, we are entitled to acter of the people of that country. In sociology, he laughs at the Christ fight them our way. In addition, a system of fragmenta- myth, as he calls it. In history, he twists In a word, cultural penetration will tion was entered upon, the object of the facts to prove that no moral forces encounter cultural resistance, because which was to break a nation into sects, worked in the development of man; the roots of our civilization are deep creeds, races, classes who are required that all of history is a struggle of class and our beliefs are profound. Although to hate each other, to fight each other. against class, group against group. Noth- some men may lightly reject the funda- One of the advantages of this method ing is true in history except struggle, ex- mentals of the Judaic-Christian culture of fragmentation is that it is possible cept the battle for survival. In philoso- to accept the Marxian concept of man's to attract to communist groups out- phy, economics, government, he empha- subordination to a secular discipline, standing men and women who are them- sizes Marx and Marxism as though they most Americans will choose to reject selves not communists but who hold were the fullness of human thought. He their assumptions and will surely insist views on a particular subject which the criticizes the orthodoxy of the theo- that our children be brought up in the communists fan into a great public issue. logian, substituting therefor the fanati- traditions of their ancestors. These innocents contact the commu- cal orthodoxy of the Marxist, which he That is what the quarrel over "Aca- nist at one point, but in the end, they often calls science. demic Freedom," over the movies, over are absorbed in the communist appara- Our children in the colleges are radio and television, over what appears tus. They provide the party with its taught by these people, who are not in the magazines is about. It is not that great names—men who are excited over free to pursue pure scholarship. They freedom of mind is being contested; it special issues but become assimilated in are not free because they have enslaved is that the slave mind must not prevail the whole picture of a world to be themselves to a partisanship and a dis- in our country. It is that the minds of changed by Marxism. Many of these cipline. They are willing to accept sal- our children should remain free. persons have not the slightest concept aries in American universities— not only Marxism has faced the world for of what they are doing or why. Their salaries and fine libraries and labora- more than a century. W^hile it was only minds are so sloganized as to be nar- tories, bur prestige and respect — and one of many theories of life, it was an cotized. They are, in some respects, they insist upon the right to corrupt the interesting intellectual curiosity. There more dangerous than the communists minds of our children in the political have been many such syncretisms. Marx themselves. interest of an enemy actually at war combined Darwin, Bakunin, Hegel and That is the effect of Marxism on the with our country and our civilization. Feuerbach into a philosophic system minds of those scholars and artists who He assumes that this enemy is to have which might never have mattered more, have become enslaved to Marxism and preference because he accepts the iden- in our lives, than the ideas of V'eblen. therefore are as effective enemies of the tical orthodoxy. Marxism, however, was seeded down United States as though they were Rus- Another problem that affects these in Russia, thus placing at its disposal a sians. They may shriek "Academic Free- learned men, as it does motion picture, country of eventually 180,000,000 souls, dom," when they are caught. We need radio and television people, as well as a government, a treasury, an army. It to meet their slogans by the cold logic editors and writers, is one of respon- ceased to be an intellectual curiosity and that we shall resist the cultural penetra- sibilitj'. These persons have a constitu- became a power. Under Lenin and tion of our enemy as we would resist tional right to believe as they choose Stalin, it took on the characteristics of a physical attack. the end Race-Religion Kremlin's agenda. Almost at the mo- states of this country with "a systema- wide distribution was thereby assured. ment it occurred, a 240-page petition tic campaign to exterminate IS million Then Harry T. Moore was assas- from America was being presented to American Negroes." sinated! And the communists could the United Nations General Assembly This was one of the most preposter- shout, "We told you so." in Paris. The petition was headed: "We ous hoaxes ever perpetrated by the reds. W'hat they neglected to tell the UN Charge Genocide. The Crime Against Vet, under the UN's rules, the petition was that the petition had been fabri- the Negro People." It charged the had to be accepted. It got before UN cated b>' the legal defense arm of the United Stares ( lovcrnmenr and the 4S delegations from 60 nations. Irs world- communists, the C;ivi! Rights Congress. 4^ • Thp Americon Lpqion Magoiinp • May. 1952 A signer was Paul Robeson. Its direct author was the CRC's executive secre- tary, W'ilUani L. Patterson, who man- aged to get a passport to dehver it in Paris. There Patterson announced this country is "a government of lynchers." Less than two weeks later, at the ex- ecutive mansion in Tallahassee, Fla., Governor Fuller Warren entertained an out-of-state delegation of Negroes Cool Operator... because it and whites who'd arrived to discuss combines featherlight, crafted-in the Moore murders. The Governor an- comfort with breezy Nylon mesh. nounced they represented "the highest New, fine-stitched U tip adds in Americanism." Governor Warren to its casual correctness was dead wrong. They were commu- for Campus, Club or Dress. Style 84222 (From ]une, 1932 A.L.M.) nists, as he learned afterwards, the very in any field ... for comfort, value and lasting good looks! people behind the Genocide fraud. Three of his guests came from the Civil Rights Congress. Too late the Gover- nor learned to his regret of the prestige he'd unw ittingly given the perpetrators of the Genocide fraud. The iMoore murder was one illustra- tion of how intolerance plays right into CHyOub the hands of the communists. The same m by PETERS story, less graphic perhaps, can be re- DISTINCTIVE SHOES FOR MEN peated dozens of times, whether it in- volves Jim Crow, anti-Semitism or any other instances of injustice whereby American citizens are denied their rights under the law in a decent human so- ciety. From now on, communist party stra- tegy will concentrate on the Negroes. That serves best the Kremlin's program among what it calls "the colored peoples" of North Korea, China and the rest of Asia. Sure Hit where a Negroes themselves make unsatisfac- sturdy, broad-stitched "he- tory communists. They never went for man" Moccasin is desired. the idea. And the nation's large Negro Favorite of younger men, organizations are on to the communists, and a Campus natural. as evidenced by a pamphlet recently Here's jauntiness plus, published by the National Association combined with the always for the Advancement of Colored Style outstanding City Club People. It's entitled: "The Communist 83247 "quality look." Party — Enemy of Negro Equality." The communists' best friends, al- though the>' don't know it, are the anti- And see the new City Club Shoes comniunists who hate minority groups. with the Luxury-Tted Feature They're the suckers who are handing Also CLASTON SHOES at Lower Prices communism its most potent present- Peters, Division of day propaganda weapon. International Shoe Company SI. Louis 3, Mo. It is they who deserve the Medal of Stalin. THE END The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 • 45 East Side, West Side (Continued from page 27) from Sixth to Eighth Avenues. Some of that. At night lights atop the cabs are west side in the Times Square district, the larger hotels are m the section \\ ith lit onl>' if the cab is empty. for a quick dinner before the theater others between Lexington and Fifth And now that you have the picture and a chance to see the actors, visit from 44th Street north to 59th. Sardi's on 44th Street between 7th and If you're driving from the West to the 8th Avenues. When you have more Convention, the Pennsylvania Turn- time and would enjoy a big meal, Italian pike's 327 miles stretching from the style, Leone's on 48th Street between Ohio Border to Valle\ Forge affords 7th and 8th is the spot. Across Times easy access to the New \'ork ap- Square on 49th Street between 6th and proaches. Tra\ elers from the South \\ ill 7th Avenues is the Headquarters Res- find the recentl>' opened New Jerse\' taurant run by General Eisenhower's Turnpike will serve them equallj well. ex-chef. If you like roast beef, McGin- In any event > ou'll enter the city througii nis's of Sheepshead Bay, on the corner either the Lincoln or Holland Tunnel of Broadway and 48th Street, offers or George \A ashington Bridge if driv- some of the best. ing from the West. Tolls for these fa- If you want something really differ- cilities are 50 cents. If approaching from ent, go north of Times Square to 56th the north, the Hendrick Hudson Bridge, Street between 5th and 6th Avenue to w hich links the upstate and New Eng- Miyako's, a real Japanese restaurant. land parkways to New York, will cost Suki> aki cooked right at ) our table is you a dime. You w ill find it more con- the treat here, and if you can't manipu- venient to park > our car in a garage late chopsticks they'll supply knives and and get around b>' bus, cab or subw ay, forks. if drive, traffic but you do here are some For the light cater — and since it will hints. be August and warm — Times Square Even-numbered streets are one-w a)', has branches of New York's famous eastbound and odd-numbered are w est- "It )oii didn't bring anything, ivliy did you chain restaurants. On Times Square at bound. Most of the axenues arc now conic lionit?" AMEKllAN LECION" IMAGAZINK 46tii Street, the Automat, where you one-wa>' and b>' Conxention time all of can get what New Yorkers consider the them ma)' be. On one-w a\ avenues, best coffee in town. It's more famous of Ncw' York's simple layout and how traffic lights operate on a progressive of course as the place where you drop to travel about let's take a look at the system set for 25 miles an iiour. Because nickels in the slot, watch little windows places you'll want to see and the things of the congestion, traffic violation penal- open for you to pick up >our food. > ou'll want to do. We divide them into ties stiff police ill are and while the w Across the square is Childs, still known iMidtown and Downtown attractions with visitors, probably be lenient don't for its griddle cakes. There are a num- and also group them under restaurants, count on it. Remember that no parking ber of SchrafTt's restaurants, also the hotels, theaters, etc. is permitted during the da>' south of noted Stouffer's places. Their addresses 59th Street. Fines for this and double MIDTOWN are in the phone book. parking at an\' time an\ w here in the ISlight Clubs city are 15 dollars. Because of its year-round transient Cabs are plentiful and cheap. The population. New York ofiPers a variety You can't miss them in Times Square, fares haven't changed since depression of restaurants. They range from quick which is the heart of New York's en- days. Tw ent\' cents for the first i/4 mile lunch counters to the finest continental tertainment district. They come and go and five cents for each 1,4 mile after cuisine, with prices to match. On the with rapidity, but some, such as the No other way of shaving... no other shaving cream gives you closer, cleaner, longer-lasting shaves... and is so good for your skin! Barbasol's big baseball contest offers $25,000 in prizes! Get an entry blank from your druggist TODAY! 4g • The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 Latin Quarter, have been around for years because they oifer good vakie for your entertainment dollar. Prices are within reason at most places, but prac- tically ail have a minimum charge of 13.50 to $5.00 per person. It's a good idea to ask what the tariff is when you call for reservations. The Bal Tabarin on 46th Street be- tween 7th and 8th Avenue has a French atmosphere and its floor show is some- what like those seen in Paris's Alont- martrc. The above named Latin Quarter at Broadway and 48th Street has a big show with lavish costumes and beauti- ful girls. One of the oldest clubs and well known to ex-servicemen who were in New York during the war, is Leon & Eddie's on 52nd Street between 5th and 6th Avenues. For the Latin-American rhythms there's the Havana-Madrid on Broadway at 51st Street. Theaters The first run movie houses line both sides of Times Square from the Para- mount at 43rd Street to the Capitol at 51st and Broadway. The only large theater not in this area is the Radio City Music Hall just a few blocks away at 6th Avenue and 50th Street. In addition to first run pictures, the Paramount, Roxy and Capitol offer stage shows and the Music Hall has the most lavish of all, offering a Symphony Orchestra, Ballet Company, specialt>' acts and the Rockettes doing their famous high kick. For your convenience we've listed on page 14 the legitimate theaters which will be open, together with the shows playing at each. When you get to the city, check these b>' the newspapers. Sightseeing The Gray Line Tours, which con- duct groups in buses around New York, operate from this area. Their repre- sentatives can be found on major street corners and will give you all the infor- mation you want as to rates, time of departure and length of the trip. One of the most popular trips in New Little Leonard Snyder of Phila- average A. T. & T. shareholder, of York is the Circle Line cruise around delphia, Pa., broke all known speed course. But in the number of shares A4anhattan Island. The boats operate records in becoming a part owner of he owns, he's just like thousands from 42nd Street and the Hudson River the Bell Telephone business. and thousands of others. For about and the three hour trip with an experi- Minutes after he was born on half of all the owners of A. T. & T. enced guide will give you a complete December 28, 51, his proud father arc small shareholders, with ten picture of New York City. 19 telephoned the news to his aunt. shares or less. So far we've stayed on the West Side; now let us tell you of some of the places She was so delighted that she imme- The 1,100,000 owners of the Bell to be found east of 5th Avenue. Gen- diately telephoned an order for five Telephone business are people of all erally speaking, the restaurants, night shares of American Telephone and ages, from all walks of life, in every clubs and bars in this area are smaller Telegraph Company stock for the part of the U. S. and quieter than those in better-known new arrival. Thirty-two minutes Thousands of churches, hospitals, Times Square. Most of the city's large after Leonard was born, the stock schools and libraries and three hun- hotels are to be found here as well as was purchased in his name. dred and fifty insurance companies those famous Fifth Avenue stores. Since He's much younger than the also own A. T. & T. stock. many New Yorkers live here and dine out there are even more restaurants than in more commercial Times Square. BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM We might add that a good rule in Man- hattan is that the best is in restaii- food \ The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 • rants and the best drinks in hotels. This Here singing waiters, vaudeville, bur- injector shavers! is not to say that food in hotels or lesque and old movies make for a lot drinks in restaurants are bad, but simply of fun. Does yourskin smart, burn, when that each has its specialt>'. in finding the places for \our late evening entertainment, a simple method For drhiks only you apply lotion after shaving? is to use the many publications devoted Tlie .Men"s Bar or the Rough Rider to this phase of New York life. To Try it on your forehead. Same Room at the Hotel Roosevelt, 45th and name a few, there is the New Yorker, Madison A\enue. The bar "under the skin yet no burn! That's because which confines its listing to the better clock" at the Biltmore is a favorite know n places. Cue, which covers ever>' facial skin is irritated your from meeting place because of its convenience spot offering entertainment or food, and to Grand Central Terminal. The Com- shaving— probably because you're several hotel publications such as muter's Bar in the Hotel Commodore ]Vhere, is distributed using a razor blade ground like a which by hotels at 42nd and Lexington Avenue is good to their guests. These magazines pro- and if nou w ant to go uptown a bit, the penknife and you have to "bear vide descriptions, addresses, prices and biggest drinks you can find are at the down" to shave clean. other helpful information about restau- New A\'eston Hotel Bar at 50th Street rants, theaters, night clubs and places PAL's patented Hollow and ATadison Avenue. G round of interest and coming events in New process makes "bearing down" Restaurants Yorlv. A .street full of them — 13 in number Sightseeing unnecessary. You shave with a ." — called "Steak Row This is 45th be- The biggest attraction in light, light stroke; your face is cool, tween Lexington and Third Avenues. New^ York Some of the more popular are the Pre.ss is Rockefeller Center. This cluster of relaxed— your skin isn't irritated, Box, Danny's Hideaway and Christ buildings houses both the television and is left smooth as a teen-ager's! Cella's. All are good, however, and you radio studios of the National and won't go wrong with an\' of them. If American Broadcasting S>'stems, the You owe it to your face to try >'ou'd like more atmosphere with your aIread\ -mcntioned Music Hall, foreign food, try Tim Costello's on Third consulates, hcad(]uarters of large cor- Avenue at 44th Street, where you can porations, the Associated Press and look at the cartoons Thurber drew on other intere.sting sights. It extends from the walls, and listen to writers, artists 48th to 51st Streets on 5th Avenue and and photographers discuss their prob- west to 6th Avenue. Its subw a\' arcades PAL are lined with shops offering curios and lems. A true Parisian restaurant even to valuables from all over the world. A INJECTOR BLADES the menu chalked in French on a black- board is Le Bi.stro at Third Avenue and guided tour through the whole maze 50th Street. If you're a seafood fancier with the opportunity of seeing a broad- you can find almo.st everything that cast costs $1.40 including tax, or \ ou swims at King of the Sea, Third Avenue can visit the Observation Roof alone and 53rd Street. Baseball fans can en- for 74 cents. There are reduced rates joy an excellent dinner, and get the for children and special rates for groups. lowdown on the pennant races, from For a realh' superb view of New York the "Clown Prince of Baseball" Al and the surrounding communities don't Schacht at his restaurant on 52nd Street forget the Empire State Building. The at Park Avenue. charge to visit the observation tow er is The eating problem in New York ,$1.20 and because it is open from 10 in suggest \ as you will discover is not in finding a morning to midnight we ou visit it after dark. The lights of the city for place to eat but in picking one from 20 59* give York a touch of the magic among the hundreds to be foimd. Your New 10 for 394 • 6 for 254 choice will be dictated b>' your taste that O. Henry must have felt when he in Metal Injectors witli and how much \'ou want to pa>'. One called it "Bagilad on tiie Subway." vault for used blades. last word on food. If you enioy a snack Fit your Injector Razor ever\' once in a while, while walking DOWNTOWN perfectly. around the chy, don't pass up Nedick's. South of \\'asiiington Square, which Scattered all about the chy, these handy is 4th Street and Fifth Avenue, is the little spots offer hot dogs, their famous older section of New York Cir\ . Built orange drink, coffee and sandwiches at before the cit>' planners went to work, reasonable prices. it is a hodgepodge of streets. The area Night Clubs PAL ^^i[,°ND Double Single edge immediatcl>' around the Square is As we mentioned, Ea.st Side night- Greenwich \'illage. Here are some IKJ tor 44for98«: spots in general are smaller and quieter. more interesting restaurants and night- in Zipak dispenser with One exception is the Copacabana on clubs. For ja/z fans there is Eddie Con- vault for used blades 56th Street between 5th and Madison don's on 4th Street we.st of the Square. 4 for 10^ in regular packing. Avenue. A really lavish show with top Here too > ou w ill find a string of res- NEWI PAL Gold Thin Double Edge- stars is the big drawing card here. The taurants and night spots for your en- same low prices \^ersailles on 50th Street between Lex- tertainment. PAL GUARANTEE!-Buy a pack of PALS in the type ington and Tiiird Avenues offers a more The southernmost tip of tiie Island you prefer. Use one, two or every blade in the sopliisticatcd rc\'ue. But if \'ou want the is primarih- the financial, shipping and pack. If you don't agree thai PALS stiave you bet- oldrime atmosphere with real sawdust insurance district. At the Batter) are ter, return the dispenser for full refund. for Statue of Liberty. PAL BLADE CO., Inc., 43 West 57th Street, N. Y. C. on the floor, the Old Knick Music Hall, the boats the 54th Street and 2nd Avenue has both. They leave from Pier "A" from 9 a.m. PM-"The Razor Blade Made for Your Face!" 4g • The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 to 5 p.m. daily and the round trip fare is 70 cents, half fare for children. If Advertisement >'ou've already taken this trip, we sug- gest the cheapest and most enjoyable ride to be found in New York — The Staten Island ferry. Still only 5 cents each way, the round trip takes an hour From where I sit and offers a magnificent view of Upper New York Bay, Brooklyn and Gover- nors Island, headquarters of the 1st Joe Marsh Army. Be sure to take a camera along. There's no night life in this section but there are several interesting places and restaurants we'd like to call to your attention. Fraunces Tavern, \vhere Washington said farewell to his officers, is not far from the Battery at Pearl and Might As Well Broad Streets. You can visit the mu- seum in the building and later have lunch in the reasonably priced restau- "Get In Key" rant on the ground floor. If you go north on Broad Street you will see a statue of Washington standing before Last Tuesday Judge Cunningham the Sub-Treasury building. Here was the first capital of the United States and wanted to go fishing. "Why aren't you the statue marks the spot on which working?" I asked. Washington took the Oath of Office as President. Judge explained how his wife had A few short blocks to the west is trip, his mis- Trinity Church and its historic church- gone on a taken keys by yard where such famous figures in take —and now he couldn't get in the American history as Robert Fulton and Alexander Hamilton are buried. The office. So we went fishing. church faces on \Vall Street, once the Next day, he wanted me to go again. northernmost limit of New Amsterdam and now the financial heart of the I was surprised those keys hadn't world. North of here at 118 Cedar shown up yet. "The httle woman Street is the Olde Chop House, New to she mailed them," the York's oldest restaurant. The menu is phoned say that of an English Inn and you can en- Judge explained. "They're now in the joy game in season cooked by recipes office, under the mail slot. I'd get 'em over 150 years old. Not more than a few blocks north if I could just open that door. Great is City Hall just Foley Park and beyond little woman, the wife," says the Judge. Square, where the various Federal, count on her. Let's State and City courthouses and office "You can always buildings create an imposing view. To go fishing!" the northeast of the square is China- town and while not as picturesque as From where I sit, we can use toler- you may expect it offers excellent res- ance like the Judge shows for his taurants and curio shops. From our brief listing you can see wife's absent-mindedness . . . and she that New York City offers everything shows for his habit of lighting out for and anything you want to see or do. And we have touched on only a few of the fishing hole at every opportunity. the places. He can't see why she likes tea, and You'll find New York a wonderful place to visit and have fun, and New she doesn't share his taste for a glass Yorkers aren't too bad either. One last of beer. But they get along fine! Learn- tip—if you want directions ask a police- man, bus driver or subway guard. It ing to respect other people's ways will might be just your luck to run into a ^''open the door" to happier living. native of the Bronx when you want di- rections for Brooklyn, and rather than admit he really doesn't know, he'll send you off on a wild goose chase. Have a good time and when you come back for the next Convention—soon, we hope —let's see if we can't find some other in- teresting spots we had to pass up this Copyright, 1952, United States Breicers Foundation time. THE END The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 • Pick Up For Questioning (Continued from page 13) "No speeches. Major! " interrupted even bother myself with politics. All I the colonel sharply. "The \\eekly fo- want is to be left alone!" rums are quite enough." "I'll give you that chance," said the "I was only acting in the line of lieutenant pleasantly. "Our prison cells duty," concluded the major. may not be the cleanest, but they are "Clever," said the colonel softly. certainly the loneliest! You'll have a "Congratulations! Is the line of duty chance to give N ourself a much needed going to be your line of defense?" self-examination, and see precisely "I don't need a defense!" Perspira- where and how you have failed the tion glistened on his face. "There are Party!" existing regulations one can interpret He dropped the cigarette to the floor; for any unusual situation." He paused; it lay there like an accusing eye.) the colonel's silence encouraged him. "After all, sir, the safety of the Party The lieutenant closed his notebook is more important than the physical dis- with a snap. comfort of one, insignificant reveille, I turned him over to the SOME STYLES individual." "At ^f. TO SIZE 10 "Insignificant?" The colonel's voice private." He indicated the >'oung man WIDTHS AAA TO EEEE was a bare whisper. "Is that your next to the sergeant. "I told him the opinion of people, Major?" prisoner was dangerous and that his at- The major was stubborn. "Compared titude of confused innocence was prob- Umapp Shoes to the Party, what is the individual hut ably only a sham. He would have to insignificant!" be watched ever>' step of the way. I "And that, of course, includes you also instructed him to walk the prisoner too. Major, doesn't it?" to headquarters. That's in accordance The size you need ... in the styles you want The major swallowed hard. "Yes," with regulation 274-B, issued last Mon- ... at factory -direct prices for Men and he said. "That includes me too." day, aimed at the conservation of gaso- Women! Over a hundred smart styles. For The colonel walked away and stared line due to our armament policy and Dress, Sport and Work ... all with Knapp up at the barred window and the square the anticipated northern maneuvers." Cushioned Comfort. Permanent record kept of your size and style. Mail coupon todjy of slowly yellowing light. "I lectured on that regulation yes- for free style folder and the name of your "Tell us about Junction K, Lieuten- terday," said the colonel quietly. He local Knapp Shoe Counselor. ant," he said. scufi^ed at a splinter in the floor. "Lieu- The lieutenant flipped the pages of a tenant, by what strange method of rea- a*44£^_FOR_FREE COLORFUL FOLDER notebook. He spoke calmly and with- soning did you assume the man to be KNAPP BROTHERS SHOE MFG. CORP. out hesitation. "I had received instruc- a political prisoner?" Brockton, Massachusetts Dept. 18A tions earlier from the major so I was "It was obvious!" said the lieutenant. Name (print) fully prepared. I was to guard the pris- "He claimed headquarters had made a oner and deliver him to you. loyal Party member never Address He came mistake. A into my office, dragging his feet. He voices such an absurd assumption. One City State could have been tired, or he could have must have faith, one must believe even been doing it for efi^ect. A lot of politi- in the face of occasional contradic- cal prisoners try to use age as a defen- tions!" sive weapon." He smiled with satisfac- "Your Party logic is commendable," tion. "I'm hardlv a gullible type of man. said the colonel dryly. "Only your con- Colonel!" clusions leave a lot to be desired. But then . . . I'm burdened with a piece of ("You're much older than I had ex- outmoded equipment known as a con- LAUNDERING pected," said the lieutenant. The Man science! That's all, Lieutenant!" VENETIAN BLINDS stood in the center of a dark and empty He turned to the private. The private EXCITING NEW room, a single spot-light directly on his rose, wondering whether he should sa- BUSINESS face. Tight handcuffs had made his lute. He was in his early twenties, lean, There is big money to be made cleaning Venetian wrists raw. The lieutenant was practi- lank>-, and very unsure. He executed a Blinds and a permanent, fast growing Lifetime cally invisible except for the glowing slopp>' salute. Business, besides. pin-point of his cigarette. "One \\ ould "Dispense with those tiresome for- An amazingr new kind of busint'ss of your own in a suppose that a man of your age had malities," said the colonel. "How long field that is Rowing like learned discretion have you been in the service?" mad. Millions of Venetian by now. What have Blinds need launderingat you done?" "Two years, sir." regular intervals. With our new patented machine, you can start small —using "Sir," said The Man, "my arrest is—" "Volunteered?" your basement, garage or utility room to begin with. "—a mistake?" interrupted the lieu- "No sir." You can expand as your business increases by leaps and bounds. Income up to S200.00 daily already tenant quickly. "Was that what you "Why not?" being made by others. Small investment for equip- ment starts your own lifetime business—and monthly \\ ere going to say? When the enemy is The private smiled in embarrassment. payment plan permits you to pay for it as you grow. caught, it is always a mistake." His voice "I didn't think I w as fit for militar\- life, F|3pi7 Get all the facts about this sensational imtt newkindof machinethatlaundersblinds became brittle. "It is a mistake. For you! sir." so fast that your charges are unbelievably low. People It always seems to begin \\'\t\\ the old "To judge by what happened," said would rather send blinds to you than do the work themselves. Yet, you make 700 % profit on every blind people nowadays. They remember the the colonel \\ ryl\', "that appears to be you clean- Get names of successful owners near you. gear their to quite true. \\'hat did our compulsory Get details of the full amazing plan without obliga- dead world, can't minds tion. Be first in your territory to start a business that accept the new." aptitude test reveal about you?" has brought $15,000.00 PROFITS the first year to others. Wire today or send name on a postcard "I'm only an unimportant little no- "I was rated politically immature and VENETIAN BLIND LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT CO., INC. body!" protested The Man. "I don't emotionally unstable." 442 N. Seneca St., Dept. 265, Wichita 12. Kansas "Has army life helped to stabilize an illegal question. \\'ell, no matter. I you?" read some of the books in school. Cap- First choice for "I ... I don't know, sir." italism; the exploitation of labor; free- "Tell nie \\ hat happened, and be both dom of ct)mpctition, scjmething like Softball too! specific and honest." that." He shook his head. "From what 1 The private took a deep breath. "The could understand, it must have been prisoner was turned over to me at ten rough. Honestly, the way they write minutes after six, and we began our books now adays! It's a w onder anybody march to headquarters. The air was understands anything." He turned, rest- cool and my pack almost felt light. The ing on one elbow, splitting a blade of old man was dragging his feet. 1 guess grass with his thumbnail. "Only some- he didn't sleep a wink all night. Had I times I get curious. About books we're been in his shoes, / wouldn't have! And not allowed to read, questions for which LOUISVILL so, around nine, I called for a rest." they have no answers." He opened his hand and blew away the grass. "Ah . . . SLUGGER (The private dropped his pack to as long as one makes the best of things, the ground and leaned his rifle against nothing is too bad." And then, afraid BATS it. The Man slumped wearily against to pursue the subject further, he the trunk of a tree, breathing heavily. changed it abruptly. "You have any H & B Softball The private tore up a handful of kids?" The Hillerich & Bradsby Softball grass. "What do they want with you, The man shook his head. "I wanted Rule Book for 1952 is ready at your dealers. Get your copy from anyway?" to raise children for the state. There hiin or send 10c direct to us (coin) to cover mailing. "I don't know," said The A4an. "It's was one child, a little girl. She died; Print name and address plainly. all just one terrible nightmare." after that, my wife couldn't have an- Hillerich & Bradsby Co., Inc., Louisville, Ky., Dept. t-21. A steady hum roared out of the skies, other." black pockmarks spotted the fields, and "Maybe that's why they're after you," a squadron of bombers passed overhead. said the private. "Every man has to ^^^^^^ "Think there'll be another war?" raise children for the State. Either that, JjCKmviUe asked the private. ou get another wife." or > SLUGGER BATS "Has there ever not been a war?" "I happen to love my wife." FOR SOFTBALL & BASEBALL said The A-lan. He sighed, "When I w as "A selfish emotion." The private your age, I used to go fishing on a day rolled over on his back and stared at PRICES SLASHED AGAIN like this. Of course, that was long be- the branches overhead. "Like the books fore the first revolution, . Genuine GABARDINE years before say . . selfishness can lead to the de- the Party." struction of the State." DRESS PANTS For Year-Around Wear "You must be a lot older than I "Love has its values." There w-as a Slight Factory Imperfect vaiuesTo thought," said the private, surprised. Alan's voice. "It teaches catch in The S.Tvc h.ilf Mh.nt you'd p,i.v tlso- $12.95 where! Order 2 pairs s-^x - "AVhy, when I was born, there was only you pity, compassion, respect. I guess still more Ket S2.50 he Free! I mDcrfect ions verv slich the Party." rolled love." do not affect we.Tr. Hard fi He over on his you've never been in Holds crease. Retains p distant. Zipper f stomach. "Tell me," he said anxiously, "Oh, I've looked around," said the Ro pockets Blu i.lprht Brown Dark Br it WAIST "what was like before the Party?" private. "I've been to the accepted to 5i> plal "I can't remember," said The Alan camps; I've had some good times. SEND NO MONEY 1st. 2nd and 3rd color choice Stat hastily. Sooner or later I'll marry, I guess. And (tjelt rrci with 2 pairs, )rice plus small postage The private laughed. "I forgot. That's if I can't find anybody suitable, the pstK IW( LINCOLN TAILORS, Dept. AM-5, Lincoln, Nebr. FISH BAIT GUARANTEED TO CATCH FISH FASTER THAN LIVE BAIT OR RETURN IN 10 DAYS AND GET YOUR MONEY BACK ft, of magic worm-like bait. ' Squeeze out of tube like tooth paste. Secret ingredient attracts fish faster than live bait. Keeps indefinitely, won't freeze or melt, stays on hook in running stream or long cast. Used with success by thousands of fishermen on all types of fish. Ab- solutely harm- JUST SQUEEZE less. No mess FROM TUBE or bother. AND APPLY Carry in tackle TO HOOK. box or pocket. CLIP THIS AD AND MAIL with $1 plus fHICK IOC for postage. Or send $2.00 plus 20c and re- :eive 3 Tubes postpaid on lO day oney back offer. "What do you think you've got there — a jelly doughnut?" AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE ILLINOIS MERCHANDISE MART ^^pt. 7331-A 1227 LOYOLA AVE. CHICAGO 26, ILLINOIS The Americcin Legion Magazine May, 1952 • — What Every medics w ill pick out a healthy vench stretched from one wall to the other. for nie." "The card in our file will be de- "Yes," said The .Man bitterly, "every- stro\ed, and the man forgcjtten," con- of Hearing thing's verj- scientific now, isn't it! tinued the colonel. "But not b\' every- Hard From birth to death, the State and al- one." He looked at each man in turn. w a\ s the State." "Not b>- you, Sergeant, who beyan a Person Should Know "Look," said the private, "the old chain of events by turning c. simple world's dead." The conversation was order into an arrest. Not by you. Major, "CAN I GET a hearing aid without anything in the ear?— without any at- beginning to bore him. "Just face the who placed him in handcuffs and tachment to the head? — that doesn't facts, old man, face the facts." labeled him a criminal. Not b>' you. batteries? need "We killed it with negligence," said Lieutenant, who assumed him a politi- without a cord? The iMan. "It's dead because no one cal prisoner." His voice softened. "And Can I get an aid I can wear so that ever thought it could die. I'm dead, too. not by you. Private; especially not b>' NO ONE will I'm just a corpse searching for a grave." you! Well, The Man is dead. But not I am hard know "You talk too much," said the private. from a bullet! He's dead because he had of hearing?" A new FREE There was something discomforting a hidden spark of righteous indigna- booklet, "What about the old man. "Lean back and re- tion!" Every H eari n g lax. It's such a beautiful day.") The lieutenant rose from his chair, Aid User Should making no effort now to conceal his Know", by the author of a 700- A. WATSON The shado\\ s in the room lengthened. open hostility. "Are you quite finished. page text on hearing instruments, The light coming through the barred Colonel?" the gives you FACTS. It tells the truth window was >'ellow as melted butter. "Yes," said the colonel quietl.w "Con- about hearing aids and will save you private scraped a hand along his gratulations. Admirable restraint on many hard earned dollars. The DON T BUY UNTIL YOU READ chin. your part. But then, the longer I talked, IT! — until you know what every hear- "I remember things ver\' clearly," he so much more firmh' did 1 place a ing aid user should know. continued. "The old man calmed dow n nf)ose around my neck." Just put your name and address on and things got real t]uiet and restful. It It caught the lieutenant b>' surprise. a penny postcard and send it to L. A. For a he lost his self-assurance, Watson, Room 88J, 2 1 North Third got warmer and I—" He hjoked quickly moment Street, Minneapolis 1, Minnesota. at the colonel. "I didn't fall asleep, sir. and the colonel smiled; it was the only Your copy of this valuable booklet pleasant moment of the da>'. I just felt . . . well . . . you know ... a will come to you FREE in a PLAIN "I know what transpired between you WRAPPER by return mail. little laz\'. When I turned my head to look at The Man, he was gone! I and the general earlier," explained the jumped to m\- feet and then I saw him, colonel. "I also know that for the past hobbling over a field, running. He was two w eeks >'ou'\ e been a member of a good thirty >'ards away. I shouted: the Secret Police." He smiled. 'Come back, \'ou fool!' but he kept on "Then this mock trial was rather use- less, wasn't it?" said the lieutenant, re- INVENTORS running. I shouted again; he ran even If you believe th.nt you have an invention, you should find faster. I thought about what would moving a letter from his pocket. out how to protect it. We are registered Patent Attorneys. Send for copy of our I^itent Booklet Protect "How to to if he got away and I put The colonel looked at the private's , happen ' me your Invention " and an "Invention Kecord ' form. No obllKatlon. They nre yours for the asking. m>' rifle to nn- shoulder. Then I fired." perturbed face. "No, not entirely," he McMORROW, BERMAN & DAVIDSON his said. lie^lstered Patent Atttjiiiey?. The private closed eyes. 1469 Victor Building Washington 1, D. C. "I'll never forget it. The old man The lieutenant opened the lettei\ stopped, his head thrown back, and "Orders of the Secret Police, effective then his legs buckled as if hinges had at once!" Authorit\' added a dimension come loose. By the time I got to him, of harsh pride to his voice. "For opin- he was c^uite dead. His blood looked ions hostile to the Party, for utterances very red against the >'ellow stubble of of a treasonable nature, for conduct the field. I couldn't help feeling that he unbecoming an officer of the state, you had run away not because he wanted are hereby placed under arrest pending to escape, but because he wanted to t//e.'" investigation, trial, and conviction!" He looked up like a puzzled child. "Bew are of grow ing old, Lieutenant," "That bothers me, sir. They tell us we said the colonel slowl\-, "for with age have a perfect State. If that's true, then comes wisdom. Beware especialh of why should anyone want to die de- wisdom, for it contains the seeds of liberately? Do you see w hat I mean, treason." He smiled. "Believe me. Lieu- sir?" tenant, I know! Even in our perfect "Yes," said the colonel softh'. "I see State, duty is a poor substitute for hu- A Lift Without a Letdown w hat you mean." man decency. That's the only thing the Before Fatigue "creeps up" on you Outside, the sky was a brilliant splash Party has never been able to eradicate, " take a NoDoz Awakener. Helps you of orange. Lieutenant. Decenc>'! become your normal, alert self in He turned; the private looked up; minutes. Keep a package handy in "Now we know the w hole story," their eyes met. your car ... in your desk ... at home. said the colonel slowh', "except why I At ^our druggist. wanted The Man brought to me." He "Decency!" repeated the colonel. "It USED AND APPROVED BY faced them now, hands behind his back, won't take much more than r/.'.r? to de- vON THE HIGHWAY MILLIONS SINCE 1933 legs slightly parted, rocking on his heels. feat the State!" VON THE JOB "I'll tell >'ou. There was a small error Now the sk>' outside was red; it in our official files. I wanted this Man shimmered bricfl> ; the last stabs of light RAFTER HOURS fMonoz' ®j brought to me so that w e could record crept into the corners of the empt\' AWA K£N£RS his fingerprints for our citizen regis- room; then the light was absorbed b\' tration cards." the darkness and onl>- a cool desolation HARMLESS AS COFFEE The dark shadows in the room remained. the end 52 * The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 Our Diplomatic Trump Is UiVIT (Continued from page 21) deals in big numbers, so long as the one registrant w ho draws the high card in the deck stays home and the other fifty- one head for the reception centers — and then only if there is a compelling reason why, for the good of the nation, the high card should stay home. 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An Indian war-whoop in the dawn and every one of the settlers was grabbing his musket from the pegs over the door. It was on the basis of this experience that George Washington urged that "the citizens of America . . . from 18 to 50 years of age should be borne on the Militia rolls, provided with uniform arms, and so far accus- tomed to their use that the total strength of the country might be called forth at a short notice." We don't have musket wars any The American Legion Magazine ! more. But the war-whoop of aggression nations — respected. It would be ready. comes much more suddenly than it did It would be as large as our manpower 160 years ago. Our need is for militia- pool can make it. It would be as small men, but they must be trained — trained as a particular situation required. to operate radar, to man self-propelling We have been improvising; we may guns, to fire guided missiles, or a ship's have to continue to improvise while we how itzers, to fly iet planes, or to do any make our modern militia ready. But the Is wflo a one of dozens of other complicated disorderly forces of the world we live operations. The principle of UMT is in require more positive patrolling than the militia idea brushed up to fit our our present make-shift plans permit. international needs. Its strength lies not It is an ugly fact that the advance- MOTHER-to onh' in the universality of the six-month ment of mankind along the road to schooling in the National Security justice has been from barricade to barri- Training Corps, but in the reconstituted cade. No matter how high our princi- reserves it will bring about. With 800,- ples, how sound our theories of govern- Millions! 000 >oung men annually building up ment, how beneficial our ideas for the the ready reserves, continuing their betterment of mankind, our counsels part-time training for seven and a half will be heeded only as our legions are years, we could look forward to the prepared. There is just a good chance time shortly when we might muster that with universal military training we our best strength overnight. can make the world hold still long Such a reserve would give America enough to apply reason to its ills. Then the kind of force that would make its our > outh may hang the muskets on the police — or the police of all the western pegs. THE END What Is Wrong with the Voice of America? (Continued from page 19) the United States was doing something The trouble with the A^oice of good for them by tr> ing to help them America, and the reason for its failure, in their fight against the tyrants of the can be found in this conception. It is a Kremlin — and we officially denied it. known fact that nobody has much con- Once again we left with these unfor- fidence in official propaganda. This is Few mothers ever tried harder to tunate listeners an impression of weak- especially so among peoples who never make their children happier and ness and confusion about the United trusted their own governments. What more contented than this particular States. reason would there be for these people man who plays such an important There are many other impressions to believe in the fairness and impartial- part in your life. about America abroad, most of which ity of any official propaganda? Hitler, are completely wrong. Many consider, A4ussolini and the communists have He is the maker of the good for instance, that the present struggle made so much use of propaganda that things America enjoys. He is the against commimism is a fight between everybod>' in Europe runs away from manufacturer whose whole liveli- Soviet for it as fire. hood depends upon your liking, America and the Union from wanting and buying what he has world domination. Many so-called in- If people do not trust official propa- tellectuals abroad are today "neutrals." ganda, one cannot expect it to be suc- to sell. They identify European capitaHsm with cessful even though such propaganda He, and thousands like him. all American cajiitalism, and are con- be handled in a masterly wa>'. But when try to outdo each other in competi- vinced that this country is aiming at that propaganda is based on a coun- tion for your favor ! "dollar imperialism." Also, there are tr> 's foreign policy and has to inter- They make endless effort to bring many who think that the American pret that policy, the results are likely you better products, new ideas, policy is leading toward war. Of course, to be negative at best. finer quality, lower prices, smarter such opinions are not in accordance Foreign policy by its very nature is styles, and greater conveniences with reality. But they are widespread likely to be confusing to the man in They take pride in what they abroad — further proof that American the street, and policy dealing with a make—pride in their names, and in propaganda has not been successful. specific issue is often either non-exis- their family of users—you the con- What are tiie reasons for this failure? tent or muddled. An\- information serv- sumer ! For you. the liuyer, are the It seems to this writer that the main rea- ice w hich tries to do the miracle of ex- boss in this land of brands ! son is the fact that the Department of plaining something that is non-existent, State has too rigid and exclusive control or muddled, can only lead to further over both information and media. The confusion and misunderstandings. Remember the brands you see conception that psychological warfare Furthermore, when America says it advertised in this magazine — €md should be under direct and strict control speaks "with one voice" for listeners buy where you see them featured. of the Department of State is based overseas, many Europeans and Asiatics upon their claim that psychological are inclined to believe that America warfare should be closely connected speaks with one voice at home too. with our official foreign policy. Only The>' get the impression that in Ameri- in this way, they say, can American ca also there is no real freedom of ex- foreign policy be best interpreted to pression but unanimit\' imposed from foreign peoples. Consequently, it is above. People abroad are realistic INCORPORATED added, America must speak "with one enough to know that a nation can- voice," which means of course that the not speak "with one voice" on all issues X NON-PROFIT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION propaganda should be strictly under at all times. A government which says 37 WEST 57 STREET. NEW YORK IV. N. Y'. official control. it can speak in this way is to them an 54 • The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 undemocratic one, and are they \\ rong? Would you listen to your favorite sta- 22 CALIBER It should be added that when propa- tion with the same interest if it offered ganda depends too much upon officials, you nothing but a series of unknowns? "working through channels" and "ob- It might be asked, what about com- CARBINES serving protocol," precious is munist propaganda? It is official too, and time cer- \SMALL PRICE tain to be wasted. 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Ask your doctor about it. country and the people, even when more independent character proves that Suppository form — also tubes with per* tliese portrayals are not completely fa- criticism leveled at our propaganda was forated pile pipe for easy application. *Pazo Ointment and Suppositories 1^ vorable. Since the real aim of psycho- justified. THE END 5g • The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 They Give Craftsmen A Break AMAZINC COMFORT — NO SPECIAL FITTING (Continued from page 25) RUPTURE-EASER For MEN, WOMEN and CHILDREN guilds theniseh es ha\ c been organized Hampshire and moved there. Through for educational purposes, \\ ith programs the help of the director, Jess Black- covering the subjects of design, tech- stone's birds carved of wood became niques, materials, and marketing pre- a steady seller. sented by speakers and by discussion. If you should visit the little village And the chance for craftsmen in one of Monroe, in the northern part of the field to know each other and talk over state, on a Alonday night, you would common problems is inv^aluable. find most of the housewives in the base- "This craft teaching program has ment of the school house. On closer in- proved a necessity in order to accom- vestigation you w ould see these women Pat. Pend Double $495 plish our purpose of helping to aug- hard at work on woodcarving trays, A sironE. form- fitting washable support. Back lac- Ini; adjustable Soaps up In front. Adjustable leg ment incomes," says A. Cooper Ballen- dishes, bowls, etc.—for here is the Alon- strap. Soft, flat groin pad. No steel or leather bands. Unexcelled for comfort. Also used as after tine, president of the League. "Cjreat roe Women's Craft Club. "We started operation support. Mail orders give measure around the lowest part of the atjdomen and care is given to the selection of teachers back in 1947 with sixteen women all in- state right or left side or double. (Note: Be tur« to give both lize and tide when ordering.) of superior training and ability. In com- terested in woodcarving," said Airs. We prepay postage except on C.O.D.'t. petitive markets, only good craftsman- Harriet Hinman, the group's director. Over 300,000 Satisfied Users! ship can survive. Whenever possible, "Working with the League, which fur- 10 Day Trial Offer Money-back guarantee If you don't gel individual instruction is given to han- nished us instructors, we advanced to blessed relief. D»lay may be serious — OROfK TOOAVf dicapped persons and others living in a point where we can now design and PIPER BRACE CO. areas \\'here there are no classes." work on our own. ^Ve meet every 811 Wyandotte Dept. AL-52 Kansas City 6, Mo. When a craftsman-student's work has Alonday to solve special problems, dis- a LEOPA RD reached degree of professionalism, it cuss new techniques and have a social SATIN-LIKi 095 is submitted to a jury. From the League's time. The women have fun pursuing RICH-rONf EACH DESIGN beginning, the jury system has been their hobby, and make it a prf)fitable Seat Covers one of its most important features. Be- one too by selling their carvings through Auto TERRIFIC VALUE! New, ,lt.'luxL- RICH-TONE my- sides the local all all the of the jury that passes on shops League. Our mem- Ui i.il luuks like LEOP- ARD FUR, Kives beauty articles made by the local members be- bership has increased to thirt>'-six mem- and distinction lo your car. Adds new life to fore old. worn interiors. Pro- they may be accepted for tlic local bers, also." tects new car uphoIster> .lust. Kiinie. sUiins. grea&e. shop, there is a state jury which en- Young people of the State of New Tuuj^li, durable, resists crack- e tailoi ed appearance. For ALL deavors to give ALL vcai s. ALL makes ;ind models. NO pins! No constructive criticism Hampshire are encouraged b)' special No sewing! Ingenious SNAP-TITE featiue. Just SNAP jiffy; Best of all: they're only 2.95 foi as to design, workmanship, and sale- classes taught to Girl and Boy Scouts, icar cat. SPECIAL! Pail- for front and rear, only 4.95. Send no ability. This is why ) ou will find no 4H clubs, and other \ outh groups. A imney. I'ay price pln-^ postaK*' on delivery <»r send check If iniinev ordci- lor free dclivorv and SAVE! Mention car make, model & year; also if front seat is full front oi gimcracks, no trashy novelties. The fine example of the progress of this SPLIT coupe front. Try lO days at our risk! Guaranteed u -atisfy or monoy back' RUSH! jury also studies the market to prevent youth movement is fifteen-year-old CONSUMERS MART, Dept. 158E-150 overproduction of certain items. From League member Roger Kramer, of 131 West 33rd St., New York 1, N. Y. group discussions come new ideas, sug- Bridgewatcr. By selling his animals gested by volunteer scouts who visit carved of wood cut from nearby for- various sections or range ests, his through mu- he helps handicapped father tli Science's New Midget Miracle, ^ ..e Presto Fire Extinguisher, seums and colonial records. support their family. says W. F. Wydallis, Ohio. till cle.ii Am a ns: liny new extinguisner "There has been no expectation of The most colorful event of New fast as 2 seconds, Guar- ..iiieed 20 veaisl Sells for only making all the members of the League Llampshire's gay season is the s i.«(8! Write for FRKE Sales Kit. No summer ivurlite Industries. Inc.. Dept. 295. .6lh Street. New York 3, N. Y. I If entirely self-supporting through handi- League's annual Craftsman's Fair, usu- i.-ul^ir Presto to use as a denionsi r>o. Monev hack if you wish.) craft alone, but mainly of helping them ally held early in August. Like a gypsy supplement other earnings while ex- caravansary, the craftsmen of Ne\\' HemaPmitable periencing at the same time the joy of I lampshire gather for five days to sell creative activity," iMr. Campbell states. and displa\' their wares. For many of Busims ruEE "No, the League ma\' not be big busi- rhem it is the one time in the ear when } MON£yMAKING OPPOKTUNITY FOR YOU ness, but the scheme has \\ orked so well they can meet in a group. They flock in WITHOUT INYeSTMEHT.^ No experience needed to act as our Local that its $8,000 sales in 1932 have now from the lakes and mountains, the cities Dealer for MASTER Work Uniform garments increased to $150,000. Of this amount and farms, for five glorious days of Every business concern a prospect Advertis- ing embroidered on garments is a big sales three-fourths is paid to the craftsmen, comradeship and united effort. feature You can easily earn up to many thousands of dollars per year We supply all \\hile the other 25 percent goes for There is no church-bazaar atmos- Sales Equipment FREE Write , 20.; ltgoni«r. operational . MASTER GABMfNT CO DtPT expenses." phere at the fair; here is where >'ou can A\'hat t>'pe of people make up the see all the crafts in the making; the organization of the League? Just every- loom in action; the delicate art of the ^7tUm/u>c Folding day Americans, such as housewives, silversmith; the more noisy shaping of BANQUET farmers, people in retirement, or young the worker in pewter and copper; and J^^^ men who want to make a living or sup- the blobs of clay becoming jugs and plement incomes by working with their bowls under the potter's skillful touch. Direct Prices To hobbies or special talents. One World \'^isitors from many states come to see, American Legions AVar II vet, for example, liked to study admire and ask questions. ATore than Clubs. Lodges Hotels the habits of birds. \Vhile in service in 20,000 attended the fair last >'ear and Societies Service Clubs Germany, he learned to whittle to ease purchased some $22,000 worth of crafts Schools, Churches his mind while under trying experi- shown there. ences. Soon, he found himself w hittling The excellent work being done by the WRITE FOR the shapes of German land birds. his well kno\\ n CATALOG On League has attracted many Manufactured by return to the United States, he heard craftsmen to Ne\\' Hampshire. Among THE Tflon/lOC- COMPANY of the work of the League in New these are ex-Army Air Corpsman Ed- 69 CHURCH STREET COLFAX. IOWA The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 • 57 win Scheier and his wife Mary. Tiiis working shop in the basement of his BUY DIRECT -SAVE young couple are among the top names home. It was back in 1934 that Mr. Wil- Immediate Delivery AM Items UP TO 85% DISCOUNT in the field of contemporary American man started working at what was at prizes in first just metal Portable LIGHT PLANT pottery; they have won more a pleasant hobby of PUSH BUTTON START the annual Ceramic National Exhibi- work, but later turned out to be a 5110 to TOO watts UO-IJO ¥.-t.O eye. A.C. Cowered by a sturdy dependable, easy start- tions than any other person or couple steady occupation. He happened to hear 1 in air cooled ' hp, gas enK'ne . No wirinar «, i neceBsary, just plUK in and operate. Plenty of current for any oil burner, freezer, in the United States. Their work is also that the New Hampshire League of brooder, pump, emergencv litrhta.etc.which require up to 700 watts. Ideal for Civil De- in fense. Fire Depta: trailers & camps. Com- part of the permanent collections of the Arts and Crafts was holding a class plete with Voltmeter and built-in winding to rhar^re 6 V. auto batteries. Wt .HSIbs. P'uMy Metropolitan Aluseum of Art and the metal work near his home, and enrolled if (fuaranteed . Be prepared war or storm knocks CIA'^ i^fl out power lines. Re^'. value ^X-^^-i^W Weare World's largest direct factorydistributors of light plants Museum of Modern Art in New York, in it. His progress was rapid, and in the -ii<-^ 1.. tiHiiil more-bnt better/ All up wattH. Yoif can pay you can't buy the Art Institute of Chicago, the Cleve- following year when the mill he worked EXTENSION CORD Mtt-m 16) 40 ft. heavy duly, made of Bpe. land Museum, the Walker Art Institute in was closed, he took up metal work cially insulated No. 14 2-conductor wire. So tough that you can drive over it and y.-t flexible and easy to handle. Resists oil. in Minneapolis, and many other mu- seriously. grease or water. K.xtenda electricity up to 4IIII ft. without voltage drop, U.-*e indoors or seums throughout the country. Like all It is a rare and happy individual who out. Complete with heavy rubber plug and outlet. Wt. 2'-. lbs. Usually $4.50-SpeciBl 40 ft. 51.99: *\.mh: 2-40 ft, and 1-20 ft. (total 100 ft,) . . . S4.9S of the other well known craftsmen of has the ability and good sense to do 100 fout U-nvrth iune piece) S4.85 Send 10c lor Big Surplus Catalog. Free with order the League, the Scheiers are constantly what he really enjoys, and Mr. Wilman All items brand new-Prices f.o.b. Chicago area Money back guarantee. Send check or M. O. working with beginners to improve the seems to be an example of that phe- Dept.GO-A, Burlington, Wis. Master Mechanic Co.. design and quality of their articles. nomenon. Retiring at a rather early age The state has used its arts and crafts from regular emplo>'ment while still RUPTURED? service to help rehabilitate veterans of active and enjoying life, he is his own both wars. "We have plent\' of evidence boss at work which has proved pleas- NEW HOLOEASV APPLIANCE for MEN or WOMEN. Soft— Flat Pad—No steel or of rehabilitation in the workings of our ant and, what is more, quite profitable. heavy pressure. Washable. FULL PRICE $ service," Arts ONLY $1.00 single $2.00 double. Send remarked Mr. Campbell. The League of New Hampshire money with hip measurement. Order to- "Ernie Young, sightless veteran of and Crafts has given many people a new day — Delay may be serious. MONEY- B.'\CK GUARANTEE. 1 World War II, is one of our finest ex- interest in life, a pride in good crafts- CALIF. A DOLLAR TRUSS Box 812 OAKLAND A, amples of this program." Losing his e> e- manship, better health and happiness, sight during action in the CBI Theatre as well as a financial return. The spirit after spending fifteen years in the Army, of cooperation w ithin this organization BUY WITH CONFIDENCE Ernie took vocational tests at Walter is an inspiration to all, especialh' in to- Reed Hospital which indicated a strong day's world of dissension. A democratic FROM HIS WHOLE LINE flair for the creative arts. He painted undertaking from the first, it has and did charcoal studies before the lo.ss brought together men and women from of his sight, but he had never attempted every walk of life into an enterprise re- potter>\ Through an arrangement with flective of their common effort and the \^etcrans Administration, he learned pride in their work. Other states are basic skills which enable him to carry now organizing and sponsoring craft on alone after only a year's training. programs, but all too few are willing to AMERICAN The crafts service is also ideal for persons in retirement. For instance, one take the chance that New Hampshire of the veteran craftsmen of the League did with their program "to help the end LEGION is Fred S. Wilman, who has a metal- people to help themselves." the MAGAZINE RETAIL ADVISORY COUNCIL IT'S A "LEGION" SHOP WHEN YOU SEE THIS SIGN OLD LEG TROUBLE Easy to use Viscose Application heals many old leg sores caused by leg con- gestion, varicose veins, swollen legs and injuries or no cost ior trial if it fails to show results in 10 days. De- scribe the cause of your trouble and get a FREE BOOK. L. E. VISCOSE COMPANY 140 N. Deorborn St., Chicago 2, Illinois Free for Asthma If you suffer with attacks of Asthma and choke and gasp for breath, if restful sleep is difficult (OflTTMfl/O because of the struggle to breathe, don't fail to send at once to the Frontier Asthma Company for a FREE trial of the FRONTIER ASTHMA MEDICINE, a preparation for temporary symp- tomatic relief of paroxysms of Bronchial Asthma. No matter where you live or whether you have five can't he learn to toss a salad faith in any medicine under the sun, send today "He's been out of the Army years now. Why for this free trial. It will cost you nothing. like the rest of us?" LEGION MAGAZINE Frontier Asthma Co. 741-J Frontier Bldg. AMEniCAN 462 Niagara St. Buffalo I, N. Y. 58 • The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 Pay As You Go? (Continued from page 17) FEET of toll roads. Air. East puts it this way: Roads, while violently opposed to toll Blfklt? "The highway user has been told and roads, tells us that nearly half of the Get FAST RELIEF with rc-told that the fuel tax which he pays highways which receive federal aid are is a toll for the use of the highway. This in serious need of repairs. According to this MEDICATED Powder! toll during 1951 will exceed $13 j bil- them it will take some 20 years and No unmedicated powder can relieve sore and lion, exclusive of the federal tax of I'/o about $60 billion to put our nationwide burning feet as Ammens Powder does! For Ammens contains three famous medici- cents a gallon. This toll will be collected system of roads in "just fair" driving nal ingredients — gives 5-uay medicated skin by some 500,000 condition. men through more care; (1) It soothes, relieves and helps heal irri- than 200,000 gas stations. These are our If the men who handle the funds de- tated skin. (2) Its extra softness protects and modern tolls." rived from gas taxes and license fees — cushions sore skin, and so promotes healing. Its extra fluffy texture gives How have U.S. highways fared from the road building and maintenance (3) cooling relief. For real medicated skin care, get genuine these stupendous toll collections? — cannot be trusted to "put it all Not money Ammens Medicated Powder at any drug coun- well. And the reasons are supplied by in," then the case for the toll road is ter today. the National Highway Users Confer- materially strengthened. FREE trial-size can. Write to- ence, Inc., an organization made up of Here is another factor militating day to Dept. A-52, Bristol- large truck and bus line operators. They against new free road construction. The Myers Co., Hillside, N. J. claim that political expediency is the voters in some states have turned down {Offer limited to U.S.A.) most powerful influence for toll road state bond issues for free road pro- financing. Secondly, the misuse of high- grams. Thus, in order to get roads built, way user funds in the past is one of the some means of financing other than AMMENS chief factors contributing to agitation taxation must be employed. for toll roads. Unfortunately, this di- It does not take a popular vote to ^^^^ Powder version and dispersion continue today create toll road authorities as it does to in many states where good roads are create a bond issue to be supported by needed. Diversion alone, which is the state taxes. The State Legislature can, practice of spending highway user taxes in most states, authorize a toll road for non-highway purposes, is estimated authority and give it the necessary to have cost 93,313 miles of highways powers for raising funds, based on rev- FREE! in the U. S. in a recent 13-year period. enues only. The fact that so many state your free copy of Dispersion has also been costly to the legislatures have authorized turnpike Get nation's road systems, the Conference authorities seems to be evidence that in the popular 44 page points out. Dispersion means spending future a great amount of progress in road funds without proper controls or road financing and construction will be where expenditures are not justified by based solely on the revenues which the SHOOTING need. The hundreds of millions of dol- tolls provide. It will in no way involve OLT MANUAL lars misused through dispersion could state credit or federal aid. pointers how to become have built many miles of needed high- That seems to be one of the clinch- Contains valuable on an expert pistol shooter. Covers target end ways. ing arguments in favor of toll roads — defense shooting. What is the answer, assuming that the that tolls are paid by the cars and trucks old twins. Dispersion and Diversion, which use them, not by the taxpayers. COLT'S MANUFACTURING COMPANY will doubtless be with us for a long Lined up against the toll road are sev- 42 Van Dyke Ave., Hartford 1 5, Conn. time? The U. S. Bureau of Public eral formidable factions. The Depart- GRIFfIN LIATHIRCRAFT KITS Best assortment of tools, materials in U.S. A. I Send 25< (or 114. page catalog, (moo^y refunaed t.rj Ofderj GRIFFIN CRAFT SUPPLIES 5626-LTelegroph Ave., Ookland?, Calif. "«* WIDTHS lOtoie AAAtoEEE Wo SPECIALIZE In LirKo sizes onU' -sizes II) lo 16: widths AAA to EEE. LounKers, Nvlon Mesh. Dress Oxfords. Mocc.isins, HlKh nd Low Work Shoes, Slip- pers. Rubbers, Overshoes. Sox. Enioy the finest fit. comfort, style at amazing- ly low cost. Sold by mail only. Write for FREE Stvle Book TODAY! KING-SIZE, Inc., 898, Bfr^ockton, Moss. PAYS BIG! SEND FOR FREE BIG. ILLUSTRATED CATALOG NOW! No oblif^ation. Graduates report making to noon monthly. Start and run your own business "It's easy enoiis'i to talk like that DP when you have a gun!" quickly. Men, women of all atjes, learn easily. Course covers Sales. Property Manai?ement, Appraising. Loans, Mortgages, AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE hundreds of related subjects. STUDY AT HOME or in our classrooms WEAVER SCHOOL OF REAL ESTATE (Est. 1937) Suite 300, Lavy Bldg. Dept. AL Kansas City, Mo. The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 • ment of Commerce and other federal of toll bridges "where the revenues are bodies oppose the toll road supporters devoted to payment of costs and the in every one of their claims, and charge bridge is to become free when the debt that the idea is "a return to 18th cen- is retired. Toll bridges are almost in- tury thinking." variably constructed where there was The National Highway Users Con- no bridge before. The toll bridge is not ference vehemently attacks the pet con- in competition with a free bridge which tention of toll road boosters — that the consequently gets most of the trafiic. cost of toll roads is borne exclusively The public does not have to support by those who use them and that no one two facilities." is compelled to use them. Referring to the subject of when the Says the Conference: "This conten- major toll roads now operating will be- tion is a particularly specious one. come free, Fairbank said, "In twenty Phrased another way, it amounts to or thirty years after construction, there this—that the toll road has the advantage will be the problem of replacing worn- out surfaces." The American Automobile Associa- WALLV tion, a powerful and valuable organiza- tion celebrating its Golden Jubilee this -<3rtd >\evei* W© +o be PewiMded \Mr i year, takes a dim view of any plan AlerHor'ial ftjtj uias YvA Set aside entiV'e Iq J designed to dig the motorist for more taxes or fees. That means toll roads. Three-A says in explaining why gas and other taxes have failed in providing adequate and needed highways: "The states generally have been guilty of An EMBLEM spending a disproportionate amount of available funds on roads of compara- tively minor traffic significance. There has been altogether too much spending (From May. 1939 A.L.M.) road money where voters live, rather of Distinction than where the trafl^c moves." Expanding further, Three-A says: This attractive auto emblem will in- of forcing those who use a particular "Ideally, the toll highway or toll bridge road to pay for it, instead of making should revert to the state and become stantly identify you wherever you drive. other people who may not use it pay. free after it has paid off its cost and Exact reproduction ofAmerican Legion "Carried to its logical conclusion, this upkeep. However, things don't always contention would result in complete work out like that in practice. In the insignia, 3 inches in diameter, brightly chaos for our road system. Should this New York Metropolitan area, for ex- philosoph>' prevail, those motorists \\ ho ample, revenues from tolls of a com- polished finish with hard-baked blue travel principal highways would object pleted facility are used for the building enamel. No complicated attachments. to use of their highway taxes for any of a new facility and so on, it appears, roads but those roads. The rural resi- ad infinitum." Easily applied to front or rear of car. dent would balk at paying taxes for any While the Legislative Conference of roads but those in his immediate neigh- Ohio Motor Carriers is solidly behind Immediate delivery. borhood which he most uses. This Ohio's proposed 240-mile toll strip, the $1.00 would be a fiscal provincialism which, American Trucking Associations, Inc., if w e had practiced it in the past, would a huge national organization, shouts '^(^4t^^CcC . . , , . I E A C H have throttled our highway develop- "No!" to all tolls. They point out that ment." the trucking industry constitutes 17 complete New and 1952 Combined H. S. Fairbank, Deputy Commission- percent of the total number of motor Legion and Auxiliary catalog will be er of the Bureau of Public Roads, says: vehicles in the nation—there are 8,600,- "This Bureau is strongly opposed to toll 000 trucks—but pays more than 30 per- sent on request . . . Write for your financing . . . The most favorable loca- cent of the highway-user taxes. Why copy today. tions for successful toll road operations should we pay more? they ask. The toll have already been selected. The move- fee for a truck to drive 160 miles over ment will taper off with the exhaustion the Pennsylvania Turnpike runs from of the better prospects." $6 to $7.50—four or more cents a mile. =^"5^ NATIONAL EMBLEM SALES Fairbank brings up a point that has That's how the two factions—for and P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis 6, Indiana had little or no mention in toll road against—stack up. Yet, with most of the propaganda. He writes: "The largest cards against them, toll road planners Ship C.O.D. Remittance enclosed stream of traffic and the most serious are blithely sketching new routes from highway problems are on the main coast to coast and from Canada to Mex- Send 1952 Catalog. routes approaching cities and through ico. These planners have two potent Ship, without delay L665 Auto emblems to: them. No one has yet described a satis- arguments in their favor. First, the auto- factory method of toll collection under ists' apparent willingness to pay extra Name urban and city conditions and it does to drive fast and fairly safely over high- Street not appear likeh' that toll road opera- ways that lack most of the headaches tion will be attempted." Several cities of free roads; second, that tolls are actu- City State have studied and abandoned the idea. ally financing new speedways and pay- Current Membership Card Serial No The Bureau takes a more lenient view ing their upkeep. The Pennsylvania gQ The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 Turnpike, opened in 1940, is a notable not only thote relating to bridges and example of fast and substantial returns. tunnels, which he willingly assumes as MEN! WOMEN! Also the Maine Turnpike, which his responsibiiit)', but also those relating grossed more than $1 million in 1950, to truck terminals, waterfront develop- New Car given two years ahead of estimates. ment, and airport projects, which at Bonus! The Pennsylvania Turnpike was the best provide only passing benefits to the as "opener." After World War U ended, motorist. TAKE ORDERS /or 'EARNED Advertised a dozen states got into the game. The "Do >'ou suppose that the airlines, bus /nationally TWO NEW CARS tempo for tolls is rapidly increasing. operators, truck interests or steamship ... and as much as NYLONS $1 20.00 in one week And so it goes. Yet, \\ hile toll facili- lines would be willing to provide the That's the rxceDtionally line GUARANTEED NINE MONTHS le. ordof Chas.MiM.swith the ties a footing in several credit, establish the collateral finance creat- fHinous Wilknit hosiery line. have gained firm or Sensational Guarantee Olfer of New Chevrolet as a ing a tremendous demand for bonus open to EVEKYONE. areas, dissension is mounting in various facilities to be used almost exclusiveh' Wilknit NylonsI If they run, Send name for facta FREE. wear out or even snap from any .dependinc on quarters. Many motorists in the New by motorists? Why then should the cause whatever. . .within NINE MONTHS. . won- quantity . . . they are replaced FKEE OF CHARGE. No York area are griping about the multi- motorist be used as a crutch on whicli der it's easy to quickly build up line, steady, year-'round in- come. Earninprsstartimmcdiately. Look at these exceptional plicity of "pay" strips they are forced they depend for support?" ligures— Ralph Shearer made $67.11, first week— Mrs. Paul Estes, 512.92— Mrs. Ivey Gentry. $4:i.37. Doria Jensen m ad- to drive over to get where they're go- Toll-weary drivers sometimes ask: dition to making as much as $17.00 in a sinple day, earned two cars as E.XTRA BONUSES. Learn how you can make money ing. A dime here and a half dollar there "\Vhen will toll rates be reduced?" In in your full or spare time without a bit of previous experience. rapidly piles up, especially since one my entire investigation, I found only SEND NO MONEY . . . Just Hose Size When you send for Selling- Outfit. I also send your choice of has to fork over again returning home. one toll facility—the Charter Oak Road Nylons or Socks for your personal use. Don't lose a minute. Kush name on a postal card for full money-makin^r facts It doesn't end with individual bicker- in Connecticut—that had dropped its on Sensational Sales Kit. Send hose size. L. Lowell Wiltttn, Ohio ing; ill-will between conununities has rates from ten cents to a nickel (to a WILKNIT HOSIERY CO., 3325 Midway, Greenfield, flared up in one or two areas of heavy penny for resident commuters). toll concentrations. The New York Whether this indicates that all toll BUY Automobile Club yells loudly at West- facilities, when sufficiently amortized, chester County for forcing folks from will lower their rates, nobody hazards /LEGION\ AT THIS SIGN the city to kick in on tolls. The West- a guess. chesterites shout back that Westchester In case you're thinking that toll roads OF FRIENDLY SERVICE taxpayers have spent millions on roads are something new on the traveler's without getting a dime from New York agenda, take note. England began using State—"so w hy shouldn t we soak 'em?" them about 1345, and by 1800 she had TAKE This wrangle is comparatively negli- toll gates on 23,000 miles of her roads, GOING FISIIIII ? POWER KING gible. The New York Automobile Club good and bad. They faded out around has had the Port of New York Author- 1860, with the passing of the stagecoach. ity under fire for > ears. The Authority But they had a "run" of 500 years! controls many toll bridges and tunnels America's first toll road opened in between New York and New Jersey. 1790—between Philadelphia and Lan- The Club has made frequent demands caster. By 1850, Pennsylvania had 428 for an investigation into the Authority's turnpike authorities going full blast. At light made for fishermen reasons for Here's a not reducing toil rates. the turn of the century there w ere still You need one. A compact, durable electric beam. Uses On February 12, 1949, John R. Cross- more than 1,000 miles of toll roads in lantern that shoots a l/-l-mile ^b^9 two 6-volt batteries. See your dealer soon. less ley, Chairman of the New York-New that state, but w ith few exceptions they DELTA ELECTRIC CO., Marian, Ind. batteries Jersey Conference for Toll Reduction, had vanished by the early 1920s. ". Qelta POWER-KING wrote the Authority: . . You are This is a picture of the toll gate, nox- 12-VOLT ELECTRIC LANTERN forcing the motorist involuntarily to ious oldster, as it begins to swing again underwrite tlie entire port program- today. It's had a lusty rebirth. i he end FOLDING CHAIRS /Fr^-L rOLDING BANQUET TABLES r WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND I.OW DIRECT PRICES | | J. P. REDINGTON&CO. [ DEPT. 197 SCRAMTOM 2, PA.J P T U R E RELIEF. ..OR YOUR MONEV BACK Simple, easy to wear truss made by old surgical house, you risk nothing. Write for free booklet. Don't delay. WEB TRUSS CO. Dept. AL-5 Hagerstown, Maryland Goov I wAvs i^im% GOOD... by itself! /0J5tN»'" GOOD as a mixer with other tobaccos! "I do hope I'm not interrupting your train of thought.'' ^/yRuM& Maple AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE American Legion Magazine • May, 1952- • The g ]^ What You Get For Your Fishing License Money (Continued from pag called the "c\'ed" stage. Three ^^•eeks appropriate streams and the lucky li- this picture which w e are trying to paint. later the eggs hatch and the cycle has cense holder dunks a line and comes up Last year a friend of mine decided begun — the tiny trout is born. w ith a nice shin>- trout. It's not that he didn't much care for the competi- Now is the most critical time of all: simple. tion in trout stream fishing and deter- Artificial feeding. The nurse-maiding. Other jobs such as keeping the rear- mined to stock a stream of his own No two states feed their fish alike, but ing ponds clean and disinfected, w aging w hich ran through his property and they all agree that it is difficult and ex- a constant battle against death dealing ended in a small pond which also be- tremely hazardous to the young fish. microscopic parasites, the never-ending longed to him. For example, small fish choke easih and task of keeping the food fresh and at the He went to a commercial hatcher\', if the food isn't ground finel\', put correct temperature, grading and re- bought 100 fingerlings and fifty 12 -inch through the smallest grinding dyes sev- distributing the fish according to size, trout. The small fish cost him 50^ each eral times, soon after a morning feeding weight and state of health — all these and the big trout a buck and a half per it is possible to see thousands of the routine and wearying tasks are neces- pound. Then he had to buy costly feeds little gu\"s floating to the surface — sar>' to make the planting of fish in your and do a nurse-maid job on the fish that choked to death. favorite streams possible. brings back nightmares even today. I'ish eat man\' times a da\-. The\ are And how is the actual stocking done? They /.nrJ to be fed several times a day, fed often but frugalh'. if too much food Tank trucks, sectioned fish planting and they had to be fed correctly ground is placed in the rearing pond (\\ here the boats, mules and horses and even air- food in a given proportion at a given small hatched fish grow to releasing planes are used to get the fish in the time. It ended up with his losing half size ) it will sink to the bottom and de- proper stream for >()u to catch. Tank of the fish and catching about one third cay, causing pollution of the \\ ater and trucks are interesting gadgets: Insulated of the remainder. Roughly he figured killing the fish. On the other hand if tanks are mounted on two ton (some- that one pound of trout cost him more the fish aren't fed enough the\- become times larger) trucks. A circulating than three dollars. Of course he could \\eak and imdernourishcd and remain a pump draws water through a carefidly have brought this figure dow n consider- dwarf size. screened outlet and sprays it above the abl\" b\' bu>ing both fish and food in Oregon, imdcr the able guidance of water level. This process aerates the quantity. But he didn't want that much. Rcino O. Koski, aquatic biologist, has water, prevents the loss of ox>'gen Just a few for himself. been conducting feeding experiments which is necessary to keep the fish alive. Even so, the cost to the states per with gratif\ ing results, ^^'orking on the Long ago the men who nurse your pound of fish isn't much less. The state theory that healthy, well-fed fish are fish for >'ou found that distribution w as of \\'ashington w hich boasts that its able to w ithstand disease and the usual one of the most important facets in expenditure on fish food is probably parasites even when hatcheries are planting. In Colorado, they found that the lowest of an>- western state came operating at maximum capacit)-, Ore- a w hole season's stocking of trout was up with the figure of $1.25 per pound gon has worked out a low mortality caught within one mile of the point of hatcher\ -raiscd fish! This despite the rate and spanking health\- hatcher\ fish where the fish were initialh' released. fact that last year's crop came to 600,000 for her sportsmen. 'Teed 'em high and Consequently, to give all anglers a poimds. catch 'em healthy," seems to be Ore- break, it is necessar>' to disperse the The picture needs a few more strokes gon's motto. planted fisii. of color. \\'e have been cautioned by Now I suppose you think that this All this adds up to w hat? Tw o w ords all of the state authorities to enlighten ought to about complete the process. could answer that question: ]Vork and _\ ou fishermen about the complex iob All the men at the hatcheries have to money. Let me tell >ou a true story of the fish and wildlife or conservation do is release the well-fed happy fish in that may help to outline more clearly agencies of >'our states. And the hatch- eries are onl>- a part of their program. John B. Moyle, Research Supervisor of the Fisheries Unit of .Minnesota puts the w hole thing neatly: "All of us are basically agriculturally minded, we think in terms of planting corn; corn comes up; corn is harvested. Fine, if we remember that the farmer plows the ground, fertilizes and culti- vates it. This is the principle on w hich fish stocking operated for 75 years. Great success in some places, miserable failure in others. It succeeded where a species of fish was introduced into waters where there was no competition — such as stocking trout in waters that had few fish of an>' kind. It succeeded where there happened to be space and food in the aquatic environment that was not being occupied—such as stock- ing wall-eyed pike in large bass-panfish waters." Get the idea? There's more to this than the mere hatching and planting of fish. A. B. Cook, Jr., assistant chief of Michigan's fish division claims that g2 • The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 "Fish hatching or culture is an impor- Now let's get a little heavy. Let's pile The Cleanest, Coo/est Shaves of Your Life! tant phase of tlie state's conser\"ation up a few facts and figures—some statis- Brand-New, Precision-Made A.C. program, but our activities have been tics. The big state of Penns>ivania w ith ELECTRIC RAZOR inckide all phases ol fish- its shining fleet of 47 tank trucks re- broadened to Only eries management. The tools are regu- leased 406.408,887 fish of several species latory measures, research, environ- in its waters last > ear. Unlike some $J|95 mental improvement, and a program states, Pennsylvania's entire fishing pro- for securing and developing public ac- gram is supported by the fishermen cess sites on lakes and streams." themsehes through the purchase of Indiana is tr\ ing experiments to con- resident fishing licenses. TRY IT— without risking U— trol by chemical means excessive vege- The comparativel\' small state of for 30 DAYS ON YOUR OWN BEARD' tation in streams and ponds, and has Connecticut poured 286,205 legal size Say "goodbye and sood riddancp" to old-fashioned shaving methods! Start shaving the .STKRLING KLECTRIC successfulh' used a combination of trout and 639,423 fry and fingerling way and enjoy the cleanest, coolest, smoothest, most- shaves of your life Toughest whiskers come black aniline d>e and commercial fer- comfortable trout out of its three fish hatcheries. off clean as a whistle . . . and P AST! The STERLING mows "em down like magic! Yes, here's every advantage tilizer. Not believing in a large put-and-take of electric shaving at an Incredible low price . , , only $4.95 complete. You'll save the entire low cost In a few Kentuck\' probably operates the larg- s> stem, Connecticut concentrates much months In blades and shaving cream you don't huyt Not not a gadget. Far from Itl Precision-made. Looks, est fish in a toy, farm pond program the coun- of its activity on rescue work and the handles, performs like razors costing 3, 4 and 5 times Look at these "expensive razor" features , . try. To date the\' have been stocking more! improving of aquatic conditions for na- • 4 precision shaving heads! • Automatic safely tuide-bar. bass and bluegill. This state has helped • Hollow-ground cutting blades! • Powerful 60-cycle motor. tive fish in their natural habitat. • Blades honed in special • Cutting blades chrome plated farmers in digging and preparing farm diamond-honing compound! tor lifetime service. Wyoming, one of the luckier states, • AND MORE! Handsome white plastic case, 6 IL eitension cord, ponds. Toda\' there are 100,000 farm self-starting, self-sharpening, self -lubricating ... all for the with a great natural propagation of fish Incredible low 14.95 price ... and DOUBLY GUARANTEED! ponds in Kentucky: the state stocked in the streams and lakes in the park YOU DON'T RISK A PENNY TO TRY IT! Make us prove It! Send for the Sterling today. When It 25,000 ponds w ith more than It tor If don't 2,000,000 areas, nevertheless believes in the plant- arrives use on your own beard 30 days. you agree that the Sterling Is the shaving value of all time, bass in 1951. Conservation officials refund. con- ing system. In 1950, Wyoming planted return It for an Immediate, no-guestlons-asked It you keep It. you're protected for ONE YEAR by our tinue to improve fishing conditions by guarantee against mechanical detect. Rush your fish, of which 3,273,000 were written 3,358,240 order. Quantities limited. Send only $1.00. Pay postman keeping the ponds clean and placing delivery. send $4 95 with water varieties. $3.95 plus 70c postage on Or trout or semi-cold Fish- order and we ship postage paid! LADIES— NOTE: the the fish in aquatic fast. You'll environment where ing pressure has increased tremendously Bterling shaves underarms, legs smooth and love Itl they have a good chance to thrive. They in this state and at present it seems to be MODERN MERCHANDISE CO. call this program "Fishing in the back- 169 W. Madison St., Dept. 596, Chicago 0., III. the mecca of the trout rodmen. yard," mainly because it has given the Colorado goes one better. The same r lucky citizens of that state opportunity excellent natural conditions exist there for your to fish in areas where it once was im- but even so, in 1951 some 8,898,000 FIBERGLAS possible. boat trout were hatched and released; of this Probably one of the most important number 3,324,000 were catchable fish functions of the fisheries divisions of the over six inches in length. Colorado has LOW COST EASY APPLICATION conservation agencies of your states is 120 people engaged in its fish manage- Give your boat a the fish rescue work. In many cases fish ment operation and the yearly budget permanent all-weather really do need rescuing. Often sport fish exceeds one million dollars. surface in just 4 hours! fight a losing battle of trj ing to live in Easy to apply. Once Indiana is getting up a nice head of ponds and streams where the food is on, lasts for years, steam in her program: Last year she scarce and of the wrong type, or they cuts upkeep cost dispersed 45,000 brown trout finger- to minimum. may be living w ith other t\'pes of fish lings, 47,500 brook trout fingerlings, WRITS TODAY for free literature that are stronger and rapidly destroying and low prUes 110,118 rainbow trout fingerlings, 6,492 them. New Jersey rescued 468,862 of THALCO Dept. L, 765 S, Harvard, L, A., Calif. legal size rainbow and 3,224 catching these fish last year — ever>thing from size brown trout. All of these fish were bass to catfish, and redistributed them Earn '500 CASH transported from Neosho, Missouri and in waters where they would have a plus 24 wood cord Northville, Alichigan. No small task. plus 48 double chance for survival. tables, of cords for your Wisconsin plunked over 25 species decks Ponds, lakes and streams that are lo- Legion Post! No risk. in the total amount of 158,136,376 in her Nothing to pay. For cated in state parks and are open to w aters and geared up a new watershed details write F. W. public fishing are also the center of MATHERS, Dept. A.L., management program on her rivers and much attention and activity these days. Ml, Ephraim, N. J. trout streams. The proper fish are stocked in these Tennessee averages about 100,000 out- waters and nature is given a helping of-state fishermen a >'ear and has some FRONTIER REVOLVERS hand by the conservation agencies. "LOW 600,000 acres of game fish water. Her Massachusetts posts conspicuous signs fmcts director of state and game fish division, ALL NEW CATALOG #2 pointing out its public fishing ground. D.er ONE HUNDRED COlt FKONTIER F'indla>', claims most of her warm Large black John Model Revolvers in Slock. Complcle lino letters, NOTICE, PUBLIC ot Hohtefs. Pofii, Ammo,, elc. water fish die of old age. Even though FISHING SEND 50c fOK BtAUTIfUl All NCW UP-TO-OATC GROUNDS BEGIN CATAIOG. Pfce oi Calofog applied cn fifil pufchot9 excellent the natural conditions are and HV HUNTER. 5666 W. 3rd St., Dept., HERE, are tacked in hard-to-miss spots. 20, the reproduction of fish high, her three This state publishes a magazine or a hatcheries and tw o trout rearing stations Public Fishing Grounds Ciuide. Most turned out 50,000 brown trout and states do. If you're interested in know- DO YOU SUFFER 50,000 rainbow trout last year. ing more about the fishing in state parks This >'ear w hen \ ()u plunk down the and the public fishing grounds in your RHEUMATISM? three or four dollars for >our fishing Sft ARTHRITIS? NEURITIS? SCIATICA? state or in an\- state mereh' w rite to the ----- ^^'fTrifflUiHlTTTH conservation license do it with good cheer. Those agency in that particular which revcds why drugs and state; mark the letter for the attention dollars are being well spent and >'ou edicines give only temporary relief and fail to remove causes; explains a specialized of the Fisheries Division. In nearly personalh' are putting a fish in a stream non-surgical, non-medical treatment which has proven successful for years. Write today. every case the conservation head- with e\"er)' nickel of every dollar. 33 BALL CLINIC. Dept. 560 Excelsior Springs. Mo. quarters is in the capital city. THE END The American. Legion Magazine • May, 1952 • g2 " "It was a lot queerer looking," said the old lad>', "before I cut its mane off." — Al Spong PRESTO A gal takes her tiyiie beautifying Unless she has definite plans, But nothing improves her appearance Faster, it seeins, than a man's'. — F. G. Kernan UNSKILLED LABOR Though paivtii/fi and the likes of me Are not too ivell acquainted, The porch I paint could ncx cr be As bad as I a7ii painted.''' — Avery Giles "My dear sir," he said hesitatingly, "per- haps you misunderstood. I asked tiiat only NO SALE the Board remain." A gangly cowhand was browsing "\\'ell, that includes me," replied the through a department store in Dallas. Final- stranger. "I certainly was ne\ er more bored ly a clerk approached and asked him if she in my life." — Dan Bennett could be of service. "No thanks, ma'am," he drawled. "I LOYALTY reckon not. I ain't never seen so much I could do without." — Morris Past JVIien peojile, ivilli snails and u'itli sneers, Ask "fVhy do you [nil up with Sears, LONG BRIDGE That terrible szeine?" I reply, "Anid Lang Syne — Bridge players ahvays He's a friend I have haled for years!" Im|)lor'mi;ly blubber, — Berton Braley Though it's niidiiight and past, "Let's play one more rubber." A DISJOINTED WORLD Just one more rubber, That's all, beg the wretches. It isn't weakened principles that are ham- But hand after hand, stringing the United Nations — it's weak- "It's germ warfare! They unloosed a guy that rubber stretches! kneed principals. — D. O. Flynn How with mumps against us!" — Richard Armour LION LADY HO HUM WRONG SOLUTION The door to door peddler looked doubt- The country minister ended his sermon full)- at the huge animal K ing on the front A wife was determined to break her husband's habit of and tiien announced that he would like all porch. "\\'hat breed is your dog?" he asked swearing, w hich he not on!)- the Board to remain after the service for the little old lady rocking nearby. would do at considerable length but with a a few minutes. A stranger in the village "I don't reall\- know," she answ cred, "my [lassionate fervor. One da\-, hurting himself while made his way to the front pew and seated nephew sent it from Africa." somewhat chopping wood, he reall>- let with a string of cuss words, himself witii the deacons and ciders. The "It's the queerest looking dog I ever go minister approached him. saw," observed the salesman. loudh' and without sting. Determined to shame him, his wife gritted her teeth and repeated e\er\'thing he said, word for word. The husband stared at her for a mo- ment, then, shaking his head critically, said, "^ ou vc got the right w ords, honey, but no lilt." — Harold Helper RELATIVITY I'm bored to extinction with Harrison; His crude stupid ways arc embarrassin', He's dull as tliey conic. But I'm Iriends with the bum For he makes me feel bright by comparison. — DUU K PoORE WITH THE FIRST MARINE DIVISION IN KOREA A new replacement was walking up a hill to take o\er as guard on a mountain top outpost. As he approached the post, the sentry cried: "Halt! Jacob's?" "Jacob's," was the first part of the pass- word for the night which was "Jacob's Ladder. Staring into the muzzle of the sentry's carbine, the replacement got excited and blurted out, "M . . . my name isn't Jacobs. "If only Maxie could learn what kind of loads to high-jack." is My . . . my name Roberts." He got the hill, anyway. g4 • The American Legion Magazine • May, 1952 — New higher compression in both the new 101 -h, p. Mile- age Maker Six, with overhead valves, and in the 110-h.p. Strato-Star V-8! And both have the Automatic Power Pilot so they deliver all their "go" 'on "regular" gasoline. New Flight-Style Control Panel one of many quality features of Ford's Coachcraft Bodies — blends into the doors in a sweeping curve. Controls are easier to reach, in- struments easier to read. New Full-Circle Visibility New Power-PivotPed- really lets you see where als are suspended from you're going and where above! They're easier you've been. You have the to operate. They give safety advantages of a huge the driver more foot one-piece windshield and a space, eliminate drafty car-wide rear window plus iioles in the floor. side windows that are picture- withiheneMestI window big. Its the Ablest Car on the American Road Once again Ford's first with the newest in its price class! The 1952 Ford is available in more models and in more color Fbrdi and upholstery combinations than New Center-Fill Fueling any other car in its field. In addi- makes gassing- up conven- tion, it is the only low-priced car ient from either side of the to offer three drives: Fordomatic, pump. With no long filler Overdrive, and Conventional. pipe in the way, the luggage compartment is a suitcase Your Ford Dealer invites you to ^| bigger. And the rear license "Test Drive" a '52 Ford today. ' plate is spring-mounted to You'll agree it's the ablest car on conceal the gas cap! the American road! You can pay more, but you can't buy better! W 'ljite sidewall tins {if available), Fordomatic, and Overdrive optional at extra cost. Equipment, accessories and trim subject to change without notice. It's Milwaukee's favorite beer, I'm from Milwaukee, I ought to know!" Famed Milwaukee-born »^Jr piano virtuoso • "Milwaukee is mv home town," says Liberace, shown here • "Blatz tastes so good it's Milwaukee's favorite beer. with his valuable eollctiion of one-of-a-kind piano miniatures. That's quite a testimonial coming from the people living right "Many people I meet on tour are surprised to learn that Blatz, in the beer capital of America. Make your next glass of beer in Milwaukee, outsells every other brand by a wide margin!" Blatz. You'll find it every^^•here. It'll be your favorite, too." Today, taste Milwaukee's finest beer! © 1952. Blolz Brewing Co., Est. 1851 in Milwaukee, Wis.