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The American Legion Magazine [Volume 56, No. 6 (June 1954)] . 50 SEE PAGE 14 THE AMERICAN BRITAIN'S ANTI -AMERICAN CAMPAIGN SEE PAGE 18 LEGION THE Gl BILL . MAGAZINE TEN YEARS LATER V N E 19 5 4 e Surest Words inWhiskey...Seven Crown eajjram's and be Sur 7 CROWN. BLENDED WHISKEY. 86.8 PROOF. 65% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS. SEAGRAM-DISTILLERS CORPORATION, N. Y. " THIS DOLLAR BUYS MORE TODAY than it did in 1925! Compared to 1925 It's your gasoline dollar. It buys you such a healthy value because: 1 . Gasoline has improved tremendously in quality. In fact, two gallons of today's gas- oline will do the work of three gallons of 1925 fuel. 2. Gasoline prices (less taxes) are only Today's slightly higher than in 1925. Today's gasoline is so much better it not only drives today's heavier cars at higher speeds and gives good mileage . asoline TT* \ but has the extra power left over for power steering, air conditioning, radios, signals, extra lights, heater fans and all the other power -consuming "automatic" devices that make your motoring safer and more comfortable. You get this wonderful value for your gasoline dollar because U. S. oil companies are continually developing new and better ways to produce better low-cost gasoline. And practically every refiner uses "Ethyl" antiknock compound to further step up octane ratings. So no matter how you figure it, you get " ! better a bargain every time you say , Fill'er up 2,000,000 petroleum people are doing a great job! ^ i/et theprice [less taxes} Because Americans have enjoyed a bountiful sup- ply of petroleum products at low cost for so many years, the average person is likely to take for grant- ed the wonderful service performed by the U. S. is onlij slightly higher! oil industry. To give this splendid record the rec- ognition it deserves, this message is published by ^iTTx ETHYL CORPORATION, New York 17, N Y. |L*tty manufacturers of "Ethyl" antif* •/. compou d wBBBm^l used by refiners to improve gasoline. ! Vol. 56 No. 6, June 1954 Keep cool THE AMERICAN IH.IOX with a Colt when the heat is on LEGION MAGAZINE Contents for June, 1954 Cover by Frank McCarthy KIDS ON WHEELS (tiction) by John D. MacDonald 11 OLT THERE ARE SOME THINGS WORSE THAN BEING AN OUTCAST. BRITAIN'S ANTI-AMERICAN CAMPAIGN by Henry C. Wolfe 14 BEHIND IT ARE PEOPLE LIKE OUR OWN LEFTISTS. POLICE POSITIVE SPECIAL VACATIONS EVERYONE CAN AFFORD by Pete Sturges 16 IF YOU THINK OUTDOOR FUN IS BEYOND YOUR MEANS. THE Gl BILL -TEN YEARS LATER by Peter Duffield Bolter 18 A SAMPLING OF BENEFITS SHARED BY MANY. HOW THEY PLAN THE CAR YOU WANT by James C. Jones 20 THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN FOLLOWING YOUR NOTIONS. HOW CHEFS ARE MADE ... by Herbert Mitgang 22 IF YOU'D LIKE A JOB AT THE RITZ OR THE PLAZA . TOUGHEST JOB IN BASEBALL by Arch Murray 24 ABOUT THE GUY MANY FANS WANT TO KILL. CHEERS FOR MISS SACKS by Angela Calomiris 26 ONE GIRL DOES ALL THIS FOR HOSPITALIZED VETERANS. length: 8 3,4" with 4" barrel. Weight: .38 Special, 23 o:. Sights: Fixed type, ramp NEWS OF THE LEGION 33 style, glare-proofed. Trigger: Grooved. Hammer Spur: Grooved. Stocks: Colt- wood Plastic, checkered. Finish: Dual Features tone blue or nickel. SOUND OFF! 4 PRODUCTS PARADE 8 NEWSLETTER 31 EDITOR'S CORNER . 6 ROD AND GUN CLUB. .28 PARTING SHOTS 64 Manuscripts, artwork, cartoons submitted for consideration will not be returned unless a self-addressed, stampud envelope is included. This medium-weight Colt has been The Americon Legion Magazine is the official publication of The American Legion and is a favorite for years because it com- owned exclusively by The American Legion. Copyright 1954 by The American Legion. Pub- lished monthly at 1100 W. Broadway, Louisville, Ky. Acceptance for mailing at special rate bines balance, accuracy, power and of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of Oct. 3, 1917, authorized Jan. 5, 1925. Price jingle copy, 15 cents; yearly subscription, $1-50. Entered as second class matter June 30, safety. Standard service arm for 1948, at the Post Office at Louisville, Ky., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Non-member subscriptions should be sent to the Circulation Department of The American Legion Magazine, many police departments both here P. O. Box 1055, Indianapolis 6, Ind. and abroad, it features Colt's ham- EXECUTIVE AND EDITORIAL S ADVERTISING WESTERN OFFICE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES 580 Fifth Avenue 333 North Michigan Avenue safety can't mer and cylinder lock— Illinois Indianapolis 6, Indiana New York 36, N. Y. Chicago 1, go off 'til you pull the trigger. You POSTMASTER: Please send copies returned under labels Form 3S79 to Post Office Box 1055, Indianapolis 6, Indiana. can have more confidence with this Colt! Arthur J. Conrtell, Mafiono/ Commander, Indianapolis John Stelle, McLeans- Cocreham, Baton Rouge, schiel L. Hunt, Austin, boro, Illinois, Chairman La.; Clovis Copeland, Texas; George D. Levy, FACTORY TESTED of the Legion Publica- Little Rock, Ark.; Paul Sumter, S. C; Dr. Every Colt gun, hand fired at tions Commission; Dan B. Dague, Downingtown, Charles R. Logan, the factory, must pass the most W. Emmett, Oakdale, Pa.; Josephus Daniels, Keokuk, Iowa; William rigid accuracy tests before you California, and Earl L. Jr., Raleigh, N. C; P. Roan, Plymouth, Cull- Penna.; Em-net Safay, can own it. Meyer, Alliance, Ne- John E. Drinkard, braska, ViceChairmen. man, Ala.; Dave H. Jacksonville, Fla.; D. L. Members of the Com- Fleischer, St. Louis, Sears, Toledo, Ohio; mission: Lang Arm- Mo.; Samuel J. Gor- Harold A. Shindler, Newburgh, I nd.; Edgar The Arm of strong, Spokane, Wash.; man. West Hartford, Charles E. Booth, Hunt- Conn.; Earl Hitchcock, G. Vaughan, St. Paul, Falls, N. Y. Her- Minn. Law and Order OLT ington, W. Va.; Roland Glens ; Publisher Managing Editor Advertising Director James F. O'Neil Boyd B. Stutler Fred L. Maguire Eastern Adv. Mgr. FREE! MAIL COUPON TODAY! New N. Y. A if Editor Al Marshall WilliamM.DeVitolis ^ A ss't to Publisher ssociate Editors Western Adv. Mgr. Frank Lisiecki A Robert B. Pitkin Joseph P. Tiernan COLT'S MANUFACTURING COMPANY / Editor Irving Herschbein Detroit Adv. Rep. 612 Van Dyke Ave., Hartford 15, Conn.J Joseph C. Keeley Manager Adv. Sales Assoc. Send my copy of Colt's Shooting Jl| A ilvisory Editor James F. Barton West Coast Adv. Rep. Manual and Handgun Catalog on Alexander Gardiner Indianapolis, Ind. The Eschen Company handguns, handgun shooting, and safety rules. Please notify the Circulation Department, Publications Division, P. O. Box 1055, Indianapolis, Indiana, if you have changed your address, using notice Form 22S Name which you may secure from your Postmaster. Be sure to cut off the address label on your Magazine and paste it in the space provided. Always give your latest mem- bership card number and both your new and your old address, and notify your local Street Post or the Adjutant of your Post. City Zone Sfafe 2 * THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JUNE, 1954 THE FOR HIS 9 o m r\ ing for a day — that's Dad! Every groom likes to be ;ri?//-groomed There's no better way to boost a WL And the best way you can — so why not send him on his way "grad's" morale than to start him out help him celebrate is to pro- with his own Master Barber — the in the business world well-groomed vide happy shaving with this modern, new Remington 60 DeLuxe. and then keep him that way, every modern, new Remington 60 DeLuxe. 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See "WHAT'S MY LINE," CBS-TV, Sunday evenings, presented by the Electric Shaver Division, §f&m!ntj/on_ JfffftcL Bridgeport, Conn. VOTE OF GRATITUDE the news, but today we only read what they want us to; if that isn't Sir: For his frank article, / Was the fascism, I don't know what is. Only a Target, in your April issue, Repre- short time ago I read that the Veep sentative Gordon Scherer deserves a had asked Senator .McCarthy to let vote of gratitude by the many Ameri- up in his attack on communism and cans, like myself, who read the actual to investigate corruption instead. transcripts of these hearings whenever Why? I voted for a change in our possible and "burn" over treatment foreign policy but I am convinced given our Congressmen and Senators, that 10 Dow ning Street is still writing sen ing on these committees. won- We what the Administration facetiously der at a press that has grown so sloth- calls "America's foreign policy." ful or so dishonest that most citizens W.
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