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The Magazine for a Strong America

Vol. 120, No. 4 April 1986

A R T I C L

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO "MADE IN THE U.S.A."? 12 Are high-quality goods at reasonable prices "Made in the U.S.A."? By Jay Stuller

FOREIGN TRADE: OUT OF BALANCE AND OUT OF HAND 14 Three simple moves could retrieve the nation's fair share of world trade. By Stuart F. Feldman

U.S. FOREIGN TRADE NEEDS NO MAG I NOT LINES 16 Good old American ingenuity is better than tariffs, says a corporate CEO. By Allen E. Murray

CONSERVE AMERICA'S JOBS 17 A union leader says U.S. workers need import restrictions to survive. By Sol C. Chaikin

AFGHANISTAN: CRIES IN THE WILDERNESS 18

The Soviets' "silent" slaughter draws little Western response. Why? By Sen. Gordon J. Humphrey

SOUTH AFRICA: WHAT IS AT STAKE FOR THE WEST? 20 Loss of South Africa's minerals and sea lanes could jeopardize the Free World. By Steve Salerno ORGANIZED CRIME: A DEAL AMERICA MUST REFUSE 22 The public fights mob control of legitimate businesses. By Victor Lasky NAVY ARMED GUARD: UNSUNG HEROES 24 Out-gunned and out-manned, heroic high-seas fighters battle the U-boats. By Justin F. Gleichauf

WHAT WE WON IN VIETNAM 26 Was the fall of Saigon the last hurrah ofAsian communism? By George Gilder

VETERANS FEEL THE PINCH 32 Gramm-Rudman-Hollings forces cuts in health care and education.

ARTHRITIS: SOME COMFORT, NO CURES 54 Medical science continues its search for an arthritis cure. By Paul Martin DEPARTMENTS

BIG ISSUES Should We Ban Polygraph Testing In Private Industry: 10

LETTERS 4 VETERANS ALERT 36 LEGIONNAIRES IN ACTION 41

COMMANDER'S MESSAGE 6 LEGION NEWS BRIEFS 38 ORBEN'S WORLD 46

DATELINE WASHINGTON 9 VETERANS ADVISER 40 PARTING SHOTS 56

VETERANS UPDATE 28 THE COVER What's the future for labels saying"Made in U.S.A."? Photo by Bud Osborne, Audio-Visual Assoc.

The American Legion Magazine, a leader among national general-interest publications, is published monthly by The American Legion for its 2.6 million members. These military-service veterans, work- ing through 16,000 community-level posts, dedicate themselves to God and country and traditional American values; a strong national security; adequate and compassionate care for veterans, their widows and orphans; community service; and the wholesome development of our nation's youth.

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grew from a barefooted youngster to a misspent on wrenches, etc. , they begin four-star general in command of Euro- to wonder. Was it worth it? Would they pean forces in World War II. That's advise young people to enlist?

What to Expectfrom GRH Rep. Parren J. Rep. Norman D. Mitchell, D-Md. Shumway, R-Calif. career-military Legionnaires. "It's no longer The congressmen's names in the LEGION clear what was In their haste to comply with GRH, March Big Issues: Should We Impose promised to military would-be budget cutters are reacting with What Ever Economic Sanctions on South Africa?, happened To retirees and who all the finesse of surgery by chainsaw, rip- made the promises." ping and tearing at every program that looks were inadvertently transposed over the That statement, easy to cut, regardless of the consequences. wrong photos. Rep. Mitchell supported If* headlined in a weekly So much has been said, so many threats sanctions; Rep. Shumway opposed them. publication serving made to cut so many programs, that Also in that issue, U.S. Senate list- several branches of few veterans understand how Gramm- ings for Tennessee on p. 34 were mis- the armed forces, Rudman-Hollings will affect them. printed and should read Jim Sasser (D) mirrors similar What does GRH mean? How does it affect and Albert Gore Jr. (D); on p. 35, the statements about cuts in benefits for reti- you? What programs have been cut? What listings for Maryland should be Parren rees and other veterans after the Gramm- programs will be cut? What can you expect J. Mitchell (D) and Michael D. Barnes Rudman-Hollings deficit reduction act was over the next five years? You will find (D); and in Michigan, it should passed. Such statements may or may not answers to these important questions on be Rob- portend badly for our 600,000-plus former pages 32-33. The Editors ert W. Davis (R). We sincerely regret these errors.

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Wholesome Families: A Legion Priority Vital to the Nation

a matter of weeks The American This is why we must begin to pay far Legion and its Auxiliary will con- closer attention to the possibility that clude another year in what has veterans' children who previously had INbecome more than a half-century of assistance from outside sources may turn children and youth programs. Since in greater numbers to The American April is American Legion Children Legion so they may remain in a stable and Youth Month, we should reflect home environment. briefly on the success of our efforts, To adequately prepare for such a look at where we stand today, and pre- demand, which could result from budget pare for the future. cuts in domestic spending programs, we In our most recently completed pro- must continue to expand the basic

gram year, June 1, 1984, to May 31, 1985, framework of The American Legion: the Legionnaires and members of our affil- local post. iated organizations spent countless hours By broadening our base of support, and nearly $24 million in support of chil- we can enhance community awareness dren and youth programs and activities. of our programs—particularly those that This brought expenditures by The directly affect veterans and their American Legion and others to more families. than a half-billion dollars since 1926. We must enlist active support of vet- However, in this time of nationwide erans who want to contribute their time fiscal austerity, we must examine how and resources for the betterment of their budget reductions could increase the Nat'l. Cmdr. Dale L. Renaud comrades' lives. demand on our resources by veterans' Fellow Legionnaires, it is time to make families in need of financial assistance. the American family home and the health another massive thrust to increase our One of the budget-cutting measures and well-being of future generations are membership. It is vital to our efforts to reduced the funding for the "Chapter 35 essential to a safe and secure nation, protect veterans rights and benefits. We Program," or the Survivors and Depen- The American Legion acts as the last can't afford to lose the momentum gained dents Educational Assistance Program, bulwark when there are no other in 1985, a year in which we witnessed administered by the Veterans Admin- resources available to provide a veter- the single largest increase in member- istration. The reduction stemmed from an's family with the basics of life—food, ship since 1946. mandatory cuts imposed by the Bal- clothing, shelter, an adequate educa- In the past few weeks, we initiated a anced Budget and Emergency Deficit tion and other necessities. major program with a goal of achieving Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman- Funds to operate the program come 2.8 million members for 1986. Many areas Hollings). In essence, the VA was forced from earnings from The American of the country were targeted last month

to reduce educational benefit payments Legion Endowment Fund, which was for the kickoff, which coincided with The by 8.7 percent. established in 1925 as a perpetual trust American Legion's 67th birthday. It's just another example of how vet- to ensure continuing Legion services to I urge you all to renew your recruit- erans benefits are being systematically veterans and their children. ing programs by letting your fellow vet- eroded and, this time, at the cost ofneedy But the annual amount of money erans know how essential their veterans' children forfeiting their edu- actually available to the National participation is in our mutual concern cational opportunities. Americanism and Children and Youth for "those who have borne the battle" Therefore, in addition to the three Division for assistance to veterans' chil- and their families. major areas of national concern in dren, is quite small when compared to Our birthday celebration in March, American Legion children and youth the cash outlay for children by Ameri- with its rededication to all of America's programs (Missing Children, Teen Sui- can Legion posts and departments. veterans, rightly should be followed by cide Prevention and Drug Abuse Pre- In fact, if our national headquarters our observance of April as Children and vention), we also address the plight of had to provide all the funds spent Youth Month. Help protect our most needy veterans' families with our Tem- annually by posts and departments, its precious legacy: our youngsters and their porary Financial Assistance grants. budget for Temporary Financial Assist- right to fully develop their potential. The grants support and maintain the ance would be exhausted in just a few Unify the veterans in your community health needs of eligible children. Fol- days. Grants to date have been approx- with membership in The American lowing our belief that the integrity of imately $2.8 million. Legion.

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corporate laboratories. Those accomplishments recently were A Tax on the Boob Tube? brought to the attention of the House by Rep. Doug Walgren Television has long been blamed as the source of poor study of Pennsylvania. habits among America's school-children, and one federal law- Among the inventions produced by NBS scientists are a maker said he has tuned in to a solution. new type of electronic beam gun, five times more effective Sen. Max Baucus of Montana has proposed a tax on tele- than its closest rival; an automated high-precision "capaci- vision manufacturers to fund two scholarship programs: one tance bridge," used in laboratories around the world; a test for top high school and college students and the other, a sum- system for linking computers on an international network; a mer fellowship program for math and science teachers to device for measuring thin films needed in the construction of improve their skills. The student scholarships would require semi-conductors; and a device to measure chemicals for med- each participant to take a teaching job for two or more years ical, environmental and industrial analysis. in return for the free tuition. Baucus said each program would cost about $100 million a year. The sum would be raised by imposing a 2 percent tax Beam Me Up, Chris on the manufacture of TV sets. Baucus said television is a The year 1992 is the 500th anniversary of the discovery of major problem facing teachers, who compete against the 15,000 the Americas by Christopher Columbus, and some members hours children spend in front of the tube by age 16. of Congress are saying the sky's the limit in observing it. However, Baucus said the thrust of his proposal is to improve They want to celebrate 1992 as International Space Year, in the quality of teaching and the education of American school- which the United States and the USSR would undertake joint children to meet the future competition with other industrial- space explorations. ized nations. The concept would include not only the Soviets, who are already thought to be considering a special space shot in 1992 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Russian Revo-

Abusing the Elderly lution, but also Spain, which is thinking about launching a

It took Congress nearly a century to pass legislation against satellite in memory of Columbus. Other countries also might child abuse, but it won't take that long to deal with the abuse be involved in the celebration. of America's elderly. A growing block of senators and rep- Sen. Spark Matsunaga of Hawaii has urged the U.S. gov- resentatives have apparently been aroused by testimony ernment to move ahead with plans. "An International Space revealing the rampant mistreatment of senior citizens and Year won't change the world," he said, "but at minimum, want to solve the problem. these activities help remind people of their common humanity The first step would be to create a national task force that and their shared destiny aboard this beautiful spaceship we would be given nine months to report back on its findings call Earth." and recommendations. Congress could then take effective counter-measures According to some estimates, 5 million Americans may be The "Aye, Ayes" Have It spending their "golden years" in a veritable reign of terror, A joint resolution in the House and Senate calls for the often at the hands of their own families. return of the former presidential yacht, Sequioa. "Abusers of the elderly are silent, methodical killers. They The Presidential Yacht Trust, along with the Naval His- destroy dignity, trample hope, deny dreams, lay waste to the torical Society, recently determined that the Sequoia should spirit and otherwise physically or mentally brutalize our sen- be returned as the President's own vessel. The resolution ior citizens," said Sen. Mark Andrews of North Dakota. says that the trust will donate the ship to the U.S. Navy by Detection of abuse is often difficult because of the fear of Nov. 15, 1988, as a gift from the trust and the American reprisal. Studies have shown a victim is most likely to be a people. 75-year-old female, in poor health and financially needy. An endowment would be established to cover costs of future operations and maintenance at no cost to taxpayers. Legis-

lation is also expected to be introduced, recognizing Sequoia's Setting the Standard historical importance and protecting it against future disposal.

Rare is the day on Capitol Hill when federal employees reap kudos on the floors of both legislative chambers, but on one such day the National Bureau of Standards found itself Quote of the Month basking in momentary glory for its efforts on behalf of Amer- "//modern weapons make war unlikely, had we not better ican science and commerce. keep them until we havefound the political means ofmaking The little-known agency has won eight research awards in war unnecessary? competitions that pitted it against many of the nation's top E. B. White

APRIL 1986 9 -

Should We Ban Polygraph Testing In Private Industry?

Rep. Pat Williams, D-Mt. Rep. George Darden, D-Ga. The use of polygraphs by ABA The U.S. Commerce Depart private employers in HI hi ment has estimated that America has reached YES jk employee theft annually epidemic proportions. Of the more than P. inflates product costs in this country by 2 million tests given each year, 98 percent $40 billion to $50 billion. Additionally, are administered in private industry. In drugs stolen from the nation's pharma- the past 10 years alone, tests have tripled cies kill 350,000 people annually—more in number. than twice the number who die from tak- The victims are thousands of workers who are intimidated, ing drugs that are illegally produced. or wrongly denied jobs, fired or shamed by these gadgets. This is graphic evidence of the need for business to have

These so-called lie detectors simply don't work. They mea- adequate tools—including the polygraph— for screening sure increased pulse rate, heart beat, perspiration and other employees in positions of trust. Admittedly, the polygraph physical signs of anxiety. However, scientific studies have can be abused; but thoughtful state and federal legislation concluded that these machines do not detect lies. can control that abuse.

Many companies know it's possible and profitable to run That is why Rep. Bill Young of Florida and I proposed their businesses without polygraphs. They rely on traditional "The Polygraph Reform Act" to preserve the polygraph option management practices—up-to-date records, careful employ- for business. ment interviewing procedures and loss-prevention systems. It also will set minimum federal standards for its use and However, an alarmingly large number of employers are encourage states to set their own standards. using polygraphs to screen job applicants, survey worker Our bill would require polygraph operators to complete honesty or check merchandise theft. training courses certified by the Department of Labor. It also

Those uses are precisely when lie detectors are most prone includes a bill of rights for persons taking polygraph to error, according to one of the most exhaustive studies of examinations. polygraphs by Congress' Office of Technology Assessment, Testing would be voluntary; the person could halt the test which found that the range of these machines for detecting at any time. guilt varies widely from 35 to 100 percent. Questioning could not involve a person's sexual activities,

Regulating polygraphs is no solution. Twenty-three states unless the job under consideration was in a nursing home, already control their use; however, their statutes provide not day care center, hospital or similar facility where that infor- protection, but a patchquilt for abuse, with companies skirt- mation would be important. Also forbidden would be ques- ing the laws by hiring or testing their workers out of state. tions about racial attitudes, political beliefs and attitudes Federal regulation would put a strong stamp of approval toward labor unions. on devices that clearly do not work. Congress would be Polygraph test results could not be the sole reason for fir-

snookering the public into thinking all is well, that the exam- ing someone or denying employment. There would be stiff iners are properly trained, that the machines are accurate. penalties for violations of the law.

The remedy is a national prohibition of polygraph use on As district attorney in Cobb County, Georgia, I found the workers by private employers for pre-employment or polygraph effective both in protecting the innocent and iden- employment testing. I have introduced HR 1524, to do that. tifying the guilty. Statistically, it has exhibited an accuracy The courts routinely rate of 94 percent—more refuse to accept poly- reliable than eyewitness ^ testimony. graphs as evidence YOUR OPINION COUNTS, TOO of This reliable investiga- because their inaccu- Senators and congressmen are interested in constituent view- racies. We need to extend points. You may express your views by writing The Honorable (name), tive tool can and should be that same sensible stan- U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 20510, or The Honorable (name), U.S. preserved while simulta- of Representatives, Washington, D.C. 20515. dard of justice to Ameri- House neously protecting the can workers. basic rights of citizens.

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and value still in doubt?

ByJay Stuller

S is often the case with urban folklore, the tale that made the school-yard rounds in the 1950s carried at least a remote germ of truth. Japan, went the rumor, had built a new city—or perhaps renamed an old one, depend- ing on who did the telling— and called it Usa. The Japa- nese could then legally stamp the inferior products manu- factured there "Made in USA," better enabling them to foist the shoddy goods on beginning to perceive as American-made goods, the the American public. "bungling" American Japanese swept into West- definitely The tale con- manufacturers. ern markets during the 1970s. tained accurate elements. Although the image of Japan today produces three- Mother warned that if you "bungling" American work- quarters ofthe world's VCRs, bought a toy made in Japan, ers and managers has single-lens cameras and it within week. would break a improved remarkably, along motorcycles. It builds a third It usually did. with the quality of products of the world's cars, 40 per- if had However, Usa made in this country, the ails cent of the TVs and con- existed, the Japanese would of U.S. manufacturing over structs halfthe ships launched have closed it, or again the past decade are obvious. each year. Moreover, cloth- changed the name to some- High labor costs, poorly ing from Taiwan, shoes from thing like Sonyville, some- motivated workers, out- Technical Director Dr. David Italy and German industrial time in the mid-1970s. Wise dated, inefficient factories Pittle: "When you climb into equipment and autos also merchants that they are, they and bad management com- a Toyota or Honda, you can have taken a chunk of busi- wouldn't have let consumers bined to make the "Made in simply feel the difference. The ness from American manu- think that a quality stereo, USA" label more of a warn- Japanese cars are tighter, facturers. television or small auto had ing than an inducement to shift better, handle better and While optimists point been built by what many were buy. America began manu- are consistently some of the to America's clear lead in facturing second-rate goods, finest autos we've seen over high technologies—including A frequent contributor to this just as Japan approached the the years." chemicals, aerospace, tele- magazine, San Francisco- heights of quality. With a devastating pack- communications, computers based journalist Jay Stuller The disparity appeared age of what was widely per- and areas that require soft- covers American economic most evident in automobiles. ceived as better quality and ware and service—compla- and social issues. Said Consumer Reports a lower price than similar cency is foolish. Harvard

12 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE "

Sociology Professor Ezra are usually rational, con- "THE PUBLIC'S Vogel said of the Japanese: sumer decisions. Whether "We used to think they could this will compel Americans to PERCEPTION OF QUALITY make junk, but not good buy a $12,000 Detroit car if products; then they could it's not as good as a $12,000 IS OFTEN AS IMPORTANT make radios and transistors, Toyota, simply for patriot- but not big things like tele- ism, is doubtful. AS ITS REALITY." visions; then they could make But images can be compel- televisions, but not automo- ling. The increasing use of the biles; then automobiles, but currently powerful cipher, not high technology. The lat- "Made in USA," illustrates est phase has us saying they how some American mar- We're **saying it's good qual- Cadillacs and Chevrolet aren't creative enough to be keters are fighting imports. ity, and it's better than what's Caprice cars were sitting good at software, and they The general public's percep- produced offshore." outside General Motors' Clark can't handle the service sec- tion of quality—and who or Images are critical because Avenue Assembly Plant in tor. I wouldn't bet on that." what is behind the product- they can linger long after the Detroit, awaiting repairs However, American busi- is often as important as the reality has changed. "A per- before shipment to dealers. ness is not giving up in either reality. son who bought an American "What really blows the minds technologies or certain man- car with lousy quality in 1978, of people today is that we "While the it ship cars if don't ufacturing areas. the Inter- and who replaced with a won't we are moving ahead CONSIDER prod- the quality right," Japanese national Ladies Gar- good-quality foreign have in some areas they've tar- ment Workers Union uct, is not likely to go back to explained a GM spokesman. geted very heavily," ex- (ILGWU) commer- American cars anytime soon," "There is no doubt that 10 plained Irving Leveson, an said Ted Sullivan, automo- years ago, we'd have shipped cials, with the chorus singing economist with the Hudson tive group manager for the those cars." "Look for the union label, " an Strategy Group, a conserv- Inc., M. L. Douglas, president early effort to fight cheap Data Resources ative think tank, "we've been organization. of United Auto Workers clothing imports. While this research "What able to advance on a much difference does it make if a Local 22, said the cars would might appeal to loyalist union broader front." The great car is 10 times better this year Continued on page i-8 members, it held a different decline in quality U.S. man- it last year if the message for a great mass of than was ufacturing coincided with the doesn't perceive it." consumers. It said, essen- customer HOMEMADE— Appealing to mass of Baby Boomers American car-makers are tially, "pay more for goods patriotism, trade unions have entering the job market; now marked with ILGWU labels trying to clean up their act. mounted "Buy American" experienced and skilled, this of faulty campaigns. so we can have higher wages. Recently, rows group is reaching its most It was no way to tap hearts productive years. and pocketbooks. Moreover, other winds of A more recent effort, a slick change are blowing. In ways $40 million ad campaign set that are concrete and sym- to run over the next three bolic, "Made in USA" is years, is backed by the acquiring more positive Crafted With Pride in the associations at the expense U.S.A. Council. The nearly For of foreign-made goods. 300-member group, com- example, American consum- prised of textile makers, cot- ers are beginning to make fun ton growers, a major soft of Korean and Taiwanese drink company, the ILGWU telephones that seem to break and others, is running print by the fifth call. From such and televised ads featuring seminal notions can flow the likes of Bob Hope, Don major modifications in Johnson, Diahann Carroll, American buying patterns. O. J. Simpson and Cathy Lee Crosby. Flashing clothing or imHue it IMAGES are currently the home furnishing labels that mainstay of this trend. say "Made in the USA," the Miller Brewing is adver- celebrities affirm, "It mat- tising its beer as being ters to me." "Made the American way." The pitch is much more Chrysler is running a catchy visceral and far-reaching than jingle that maintains "The the ILGWU's. Sean Driscoll, pride is back, born in Amer- a senior vice president with ica." That such lyrics have the ad agency handling the virtually no literal meaning Council's account, said: is irrelevant. They are meant "We're selling the idea that to provoke emotional it's important to buy Ameri- responses, linking the nation's can-made clothes, and we're resurgent patriotism to what not saying it's because ofjobs. ROBERT GRAVES MAJOR IMPORTS—Many U.S. buyers favor FOREIGN TRADE cars manufactured in Japan. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Until recently, foreign trade was a relatively small percentage of our econ- OUT OF BALANCE omy. In 1960 it was about 7 percent, today it is 15 percent. Our trade still is small compared to the percentage of many of our trading partners, espe- cially Japan and Germany. What really AND OUT OF HAND hurts American workers is the loss of manufacturing jobs, in part, to low-wage countries. Imported goods' share of our tough and decisive action. The Gramm- domestic market in a number of specific By Stuart F. Fcldman Rudman-Hollings approach to budget industries far exceeds the overall 15 deficits merely sets the stage for action. percent figure of GNP. HE budget deficit, Amer- Because we've been unwilling to tax America is the world's largest single leading economic ourselves to pay for all the money Con- economic system. Our 230 million peo- Tica'sproblem, has a twin that gress keeps spending, or to cease ple freely exchange goods and services needs equal attention—the spending it, the total federal deficit has without internal trade barriers— unlike trade deficit. Although 93 soared to more than $2 trillion. Federal percent of the nation's spending as a percentage of GNP has workforce is employed and climbed to almost 24 percent, from a the gross national product traditional 20 percent. Taxes and other has never been bigger, the sources of federal income have remained budget and trade deficits constant at about 19 percent. We have may be undermining our economic to make up the difference by borrowing foundations. to cover the deficit. The results are Recent administration actions sug- higher interest rates and a relatively gest that our leaders are coming to grips strong economy, which benefited from with these issues. We can't be sure, extra government spending and the tax however, until both the executive branch cut of 1981, giving American business and the Congress take consistently hard, and individuals more money. But high interest rates discourage business Stuart F. Feldman is a Washington, investment and drive up the value of the D.C., attorney who specializes in pub- dollar in relation to foreign currencies, lic policy issues, including improve- thus reducing sales of American goods, CRAFTMASTERS—Most Japanese prod- ments in government operations. both domestically and abroad. ucts reflect meticulous craftsmanship.

14 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE JAPAN IS A PRIME CAUSE, BUT THE US. MUST SHARE MUCH OF THE BLAME

the European Common Market. Our high trade growth and boosted the econo- become perhaps the world's premier wages and standard of living, while mies of all trading partners. Many manufacturers. Rarely doing initial making our products expensive, also give economists and world leaders said they research, and often using ours, they our workers great purchasing power. believe that the Great Depression was constantly improve their manufactur- The energy crisis of 1973 was an eco- so severe, in part, because of the high ing methods and machinery. They have nomic turning point as we spent tariffs imposed on foreign goods by the learned much from Americans and increasing amounts to buy OPEC oil. Smoot-Hawley Act of 1930, which dealt American companies. Indeed, some of The crisis accelerated inflation, which a devastating blow to world trade. The their enlightened ideas about manage- many believe was started by the way postwar prosperity, which free trade ment-employee relations and lifetime the Vietnam War and the "Great Soci- made possible, produced enormous employment were spawned here and ety" of the '60s were financed—seeking wealth for ourselves and our allied trad- were always practiced by some of to have both guns and butter by bor- ing nations. Not only did we advocate America's best corporations, such rowing and by printing more money. such policies, but also we followed them, as IBM. Our businesses and unions failed to erecting far fewer barriers to foreign Japan's government and business stay competitive as the world changed. goods than did other nations. The U.S. leadership insisted on quality goods as Management agreed to excessive wage government aggressively led the world a survival strategy. Before World War increases, raised prices unnecessarily in cutting trade barriers, first in Pres- II, Japanese goods often were shoddy: and focused on short-term objectives. ident Kennedy's round of trade talks and the "Made in Japan" label was a reason Dividends were paid out of capital. then in successive rounds under sub- for avoiding a product. American buy- Industrial plants were allowed to run sequent Presidents. ers now eagerly buy Japanese autos, down without replacement. The leaders cameras and electronic goods. This hap- of big unions demanded and received ENTER JAPAN pened, in part, because Japan unfairly wage increases far greater than pro- Japan, one of the biggest benefici- kept other nation's products out of its ductivity gains and negotiated con- aries of free trade, is a nation which domestic market so that it could develop tracts that stifled growth. Meanwhile, trades to survive because it lacks almost its manufacturing. The main reason, our European, Japanese and Third all natural resources. America's rela- though, was because the Japanese World economic rivals built more mod- tionship with Japan reveals our current saved—they have the industrial world's ern plants and often worked harder than inability to plan for long-term goals and highest savings rate—and invested in we did, while the world's economy illustrates our strengths and weak- the most modern plants and equipment. became interdependent. nesses, particularly those in our politi- Besides their excellent manufactur- Examining the labor and manufac- cal system and economy. The Japanese ing capability, smart and well-trained turing patterns of the steel and auto- have worked together as a nation to Continued on page kh motive industries from iron ore to a finished car reveals some startling facts. The Japanese in 1983 produced a single car with 100 man-hours, while the United States expended 190. American auto workers were paid $8 an hour more than their Japanese counterparts. The auto industry and the unions tightened their operations from 1981 to 1985 after Japan agreed to voluntary quotas. There is still much to be done. The recent Chrysler contract with the auto workers contained liberal wage increases and little relaxation ofthe work rules that block productivity gains. Such actions harm the long-range health of the auto industry. As a country, we have yet to devise either a set of policies or a world view that enables us to compete in a rapidly changing and interdependent world economic environment, where our wage level is so much higher than our competitors'. WORLD FREE TRADE SYSTEM The free trade and monetary policies that the United States has championed CHEAPER LABOR— U.S. fabrics are often shipped overseas to increase the profit margin since World War II have spurred world through the use of factories with low-wage workers.

APRIL 1986 15 U.S. FOREIGN TRADE NEEDS

Mil. I MIT LINES

Protectionistic tariffs would be no more effective than the Maginot Line, says this corporate CEO.

By Allen E. Murray • Inl930,theSmoot-HawleyTariffAct imposed the highest tariffs in this coun- HH^H EM EMBER how impene- try's history. President Herbert Hoo- B^^^^B trable the French thought ver approved the legislation over the 111 their Maginot Line of protests of more than 1,000 American I B defense was, and how economists. Within two years, 25 coun- tries that traded with the United States I -^fl quickly the Nazi blitzkrieg retaliated with tariffs against b in 1940 breached and out- American goods. European nations fell deeper into I flanked this wall of steel and the Great Depression and couldn't pay I I concrete? Four years later, ^^^B the invading Allies did the their debts, including some $11 billion I^HH same thing to the sunken owed to the United States. pillboxes and tank traps of the Ger- • In 1934, Congress did an about-face mans' Siegfried line. and gave President Franklin Roosevelt Historically, walls have done poorly and Secretary of State Cordell Hull the as defenses. Yet today, we're hearing authority to negotiate new bilateral trade an outcry to "Build a wall!" within our agreements. The United States prom- example, that import fees or quotas on own country—to combat foreign eco- ised to cut its tariffs by as much as half petroleum products are vital to main- nomic competition by curbing the flow for any other country that would do the tain the domestic refining industry we'd of imported goods. Demands for tariff same. The result? By 1939, the United need in wartime. But that's a smoke- walls or other protections are being States had negotiated more than a score screen. As an oilman, I know that com- of pacts. heard from the steel, auto, electronics such trade U.S. exports almost petition in the marketplace—not concern tripled and imports nearly doubled from for the nation's security— is the real and other industries. I regret similar 1932 levels, oil demands are being made by people in even though the Depression reason some people are demanding my own business: petroleum. continued. protection against imports. As a result of this pressure, we're Like the economists who warned of Admittedly, the United States oil beginning to see a slow erosion in Smoot-Hawley's repercussions in 1930, industry is going through a major America's long-held position as a cham- most of today's knowledgeable eco- restructuring because of lower demand pion of free trade. The government has nomic experts reject protectionism: It and the current worldwide surplus of responded to cries for protection by simply doesn't work. Answers to the both crude oil and petroleum products. jawboning foreign manufacturers into following pertinent questions will tell you As a result, U.S. refining capacity is so-called "voluntary quotas" that limit why. down 17 percent since 1980, yet our their exports to the United States. More "Will trade barriers save American country still has enough capacity to refine arbitrarily, Washington has imposed jobs?" No, the opposite is true. If we 15.5 million barrels of crude oil daily. "trigger price" mechanisms to shield exclude foreign products, our trading That remaining capacity is still enough U.S. steel, and "multifibers" agree- partners will retaliate by excluding U.S. to process all the crude oil produced in ments to protect U.S. textile makers. products, and that means we lose more the United States, plus any emergency Like the Maginot Line, walls to inter- jobs. What will save American jobs and crude pumped out of the Strategic national trade only look attractive. But create new ones is more trade. Petroleum Reserve, and still have left just examine history to see that build- "Will high tariffs equalize compe- over three million barrels a day of workers and capacity. the national security argu- ing trading partners— not walls— is a tition between American So better answer for America. their lower-paid counterparts over- ment simply doesn't hold up. seas?" Again, no. American wages are Only if we maintain our clean record high because of high productivity and against protectionism can we effec- efficiency. We simply can't match some tively take tough positions against unfair Allen E. Murray is very low labor costs elsewhere. What trade practices by others. As a nation, president and chief we can do is develop new markets in our salvation will continue to be through operating officer of areas where American know-how results healthy trading relationships, increased Mobil Corporation in superior products. That sort of offense productivity and our ingenuity—not and president of is truly a good defense. through an "us-vs. -them" mentality that Mobil Oil Corpor- "Will protectionism benefit national mires us in shortsighted protec- ation. security?" I've heard it suggested, for tionism.

16 AMERICA'S JOBS

Faced with a collapsing A colleague of mine visited a typical By Sol C. Chaikin apparel plant in Indonesia in January. market, garment and tex- He was shown designer jeans manufac- tured for a prominent American brand NE million apparel and tile workers believe they name, which retail in the United States textile jobs have left the must be protected by for between $40 and $45. The Indone- United States because of sian manufacturer received $5 per pair. imports and a million more establishing fair import The wages averaged 30 cents an hour. are in jeopardy. These jobs quotas on foreign goods. As these anecdotes illustrate, imports have been lost to workers are no bargain to American consumers. who are among the least In addition, there is a hidden cost of able to overcome the imports. Historically, apparel and tex- trauma and distress of ruled by dictatorships of the right and tiles have offered a first employment unemployment. left, workers who seek better working opportunity to women, new immi- The apparel and textile industries use conditions are regularly jailed and tor- grants, minorities and indigenous state-of-the art technology, comparable tured, in a conscious effort to keep stan- Americans in small communities. These to that of any modern producer. Apparel dards of living at the lowest level. workers have been either the sole sup- workers are self-motivated by a piece- Who benefits from low-wage imports? porters of their families or have supple- work pay system that rewards high Not the American consumer nor the U.S. mented the income of their spouses. productivity and there is a long history manufacturer and the overseas worker. When these workers suffer unem- of supportive cooperation between Only the importer and retailer gain from ployment of apparel and textile workers and employers. American because bloated price markups on garments made imports, they cannot readily find jobs styles, designs and patterns, the fruit with low-wage labor. elsewhere. New jobs are not being cre- of our creativity, set the worldwide The Wall Street Journal (March ated in urban ghettos or in rural areas. standard. 19, 1985) reported that a typical Third World The Congressional Budget Office The garment industry is an example country produces men's shirts at a cost estimates that each 1 million Americans of competitive capitalism. Its 15,000 to American importers of $5 each. The out of work costs the federal govern- individual entrepreneurs compete daily shirts retail for $20 in this country. For ment $29 billion a year in lost revenue for a share of the consumer's dollar. a few cents more to the Third World from lost taxes and increased expendi- Why can't domestic industries com- producer, a shirt with a designer label tures for supporting the unemployed. pete with imports? Why have imports retails at $30 here. The International Ladies' Garment grown at an average rate of 19 percent Workers' Union believes that the gov- in each of the past five years, while the HARD HIT—Shoemakers are among the ernment of the United States must domestic market has risen only 1 per- groups who have lost thousands of jobs address its responsibility to American cent a year? to low-wage Imports. workers, employers, taypayers and Why have imports captured more than consumers. A rational policy of fair trade 50 percent of the American apparel is the first step to preserve those market? jobs now left to us. Central to this policy are Production cost is the answer. In an negotiated import quotas providing for industry where labor is the single larg- global allocation of imports into the est production cost, American garment United States from all exporting nations. workers earn barely $6 an hour—under These quotas would establish a definite, $8 including fringe benefits. They can- but generous, portion of the American not compete with comparable wage lev- market for imports at about 40 percent, els of 16 cents an hour in China, 63 cents twice the level allowed for cars or steel. an hour in South Korea, 12 cents in When developing nations have Bangladesh, $1.18 in Hong Kong, or $5 achieved a higher standard of living, and a week in Sri Lanka. their wage scales are no longer attrac- In many apparel exporting nations tive to importers and retailers, only then will American garment and textile man- ufacturers be able to stand on their own feet. Until then, quotas for apparel Sol C. Chaikin is president of the imports are a key component of a rational International system of fair trade. Import restric- Ladies' Garment tions are the only effective and fair way Workers' Union. to head off disaster for the apparel industry and its workforce, and to pro- tect the American standard of living. from their families by deceit or force, then shipped to Russia for Marxist AFGHANISTAN indoctrination and training. They learn to fight and to spy for the Soviets. Many of the children who are not plucked from their war-torn homeland are killed and maimed by bombs, disguised to look like toys, which explode when curious chil- CRIES IN THE dren pick them up. The Soviets have destroyed food supplies and irrigation canals, burned orchards and wheat fields, and massacred livestock. They have WILDERNESS hospitals bombed and executed or imprisoned the doctors. The United States has dragged its feet on providing aid to the Afghans. Con- While the world watches in stony silence, gress has secured some U.S. support Soviet troops their for the freedom fighters, but the State continue barbaric Department has thwarted increases in campaign of murdering an entire nation. aid. When aid was finally authorized for 1985, the State Department took seven months to allocate a paltry $6 million to relief agencies. Congress recently pening. We are led to believe that the appropriated an additional million By Sen. Gordon J. Humphrey $15 Soviets are losing their resolve and that for- humanitarian aid despite more IX years ago, Soviet tanks the freedom fighters don't need our help. reluctance from the State Department. rolled into Afghanistan and Gorbachev leads us, like the Pied Piper, Without the congressional initiative, began a campaign of gen- with his pretty songs of "peace offen- there would have been no new money ocide that has killed some sive" and "troop withdrawal." at all. one million Afghan men, What was once a pastoral nation of Many of the volunteer medical and women and children. proud farmers and villagers has been charitable organizations aiding wounded Approximately four mil- transformed into a bloody battlefield Afghan freedom fighters and refugees lion have fled from their where some 118,000 Soviet troops com- say the funds promised by State country, mainly to Paki- mit unspeakable torture and murder. Department officials are not arriving on Millions have is said I stan. more "A whole nation dying," a timely basis. been driven from their homes, forced Mohammed Eshaq, a resistance leader The Afghan freedom fighters need into internal exile, leaving one third of from Afghanistan's Panjsher Valley. He military and humanitarian aid more the original population of 15 million. and scores of other refugees, resistance desperately than ever, but Congress The numbers are staggering to com- fighters and victims were interviewed cannot provide that assistance by itself. prehend, but the war still goes largely extensively and quoted in two human The administration must live up to its unnoticed by the rest of the world. It is rights reports by Helsinki Watch and rhetoric and its promises. a closed and silent war—the Kremlin has Asia Watch: "Tears, Blood, and Cries" The current administration has said succeeded in hiding it from civilized and "To Die in Afghanistan." Eshaq that free people have a moral obligation people everywhere. described in one report the fate of two to support those willing to fight for their Moscow has a long-range view of the elderly brothers in his village during a liberty. The brave freedom fighters of war—to outlast the freedom fighters. The communist incursion: "The Russians Afghanistan have been fighting—and Kremlin has referred to its colonization came, tied dynamite to their backs and dying— for six years. It is hard to imag- campaigns of the 1920s and 30s in what blew them-up." The Soviets tie up men, ine a more compelling cause for our is now Soviet Central Asia as a model women and children, pour gasoline on support. for the current strategy in Afghanistan. them and burn them This is the calculating, steamrolling alive. Refugees have nature of the communist machine. It's testified that the com- hard for Americans to understand that munist soldiers system- kind of strategy. Because we misunder- atically enter households stand the nature of the war, and because and execute all the the facts are not out in plain view, we inhabitants, including fall prey to characterizations of the war women and children. as a "stalemate" where not much is hap- Pregnant women are disemboweled with bay- onets. Entire families and villages are herded Sen. Gordon J. into their homes, which Humphrey of New are then blown up and Hampshire is chair- burned. Parents are man of the Congres- executed before their sional Task Force children's eyes. on Afghanistan. Thousands of Afghan children are separated

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ENTION South Africa and the images that come to mind are those born of the universally condemned white supremacist political system known as apartheid. The riots and other forms of internal strife are reported AFRICA daily in editorial SOUTH almost the neWs, in pleas for stern sanctions, or even a complete U.S. break from the nation. But there is another side to South Africa, one that goes virtually unre- WHAT IS AT STAKE FOR ported despite the fact that its impact on American interests is far more direct and immediate. hard metal alloys; more than half of its circumstances interrupted supplies. The As Rep. Gerald Solomon of New York chromium, used in making stainless same spokesman cited recent adminis- said, "Lost amidst all of the clamor and steel, which, in turn, is used to make tration studies that suggest current rancor attending the public debate about precision instruments and guidance strategic stockpiles would shepherd us U.S. policy toward South Africa is one systems; and just under half of its plat- through all but the most prolonged simple fact: South Africa is one of the inum, which, in addition to its defense crises, "including a conventional war." most strategically important countries uses, is essential for pollution control Not everyone finds reassurance in in the world. [It] is the mineral treasure devices on domestic cars. In an unfore- such statements. Solomon said that the house of the Free World." seen crunch, we might have to turn to export figures are just part of the story; The statistics support such claims. South Africa for nuclear fuels as well. only when one examines total mineral South Africa supplies the United States For the record, the current adminis- reserves does the full extent of South with 44 percent of its vanadium, used in tration has taken a middle-of-the-road Africa's role begin to emerge. For the manufacture of aircraft frames and stand on South Africa's strategic impor- example, the African nation currently engines; 31 percent of its manganese, a tance. An administration official por- holds about 90 percent of the Free key ingredient in the production ofsuper- trayed Africa as important enough that World's total available supply of man- we would want to keep a watchful eye ganese, vanadium and chrome. Steve Salerno is a California-basedfree- on developments, but not so important "Very few people have taken the time lance author who writes on interna- that we would be crippled, or even to seriously consider just how impor- tional relations and foreign affairs. greatly inconvenienced, if worsening tant South Africa is to our own secur-

20 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE ESSENTIAL MINERALS—South Africa holds about 90 percent of the Free World's supply of manganese, chromium and vanadium, combined here with lead ore as vanadinite.

ures and come up with different opin- ions," said Crocker, "but a lot of people don't have all that much background in this particular situation, where this has been my area of expertise for many years

. . . The stockpile issue deserves serious study where South African minerals are concerned." Kassebaum suggested that we bol- ster our stockpiles to enable us to with- SANCTUARY-Hex River Valley, stand a three- to five-year cutoff. She West Capetown, belies Africa's said she feels that this could be done at violence and unrest. a modest cost. "I think this would be a good investment, a prudent form of con- tingency planning." The apparent crux of the issue, as outlined by one of Crocker's colleagues at the State Department, is that "there [HE WEST? are not too many sources to which we could switch in a cutoff." "No congressional fiat can change ity," said Solomon, who went on to quote that," Solomon said, apparently refer- a 1980 House Subcommittee on Mines ing to congressional bills that would have and Mining report: "American depen- us curtail trade with South Africa in dency on South African mineral protest over the nation's racial policies. THE ISSUE—South Africa's racial policies resources is without question . . . Nei- In the past, Solomon said, trade sanc- draw worldwide condemnation. ther the stockpile nor substitution would tions have had ludicrous consequences compensate even in the near term for anyway, most noted when an embargo the loss of South African mineral exports one would deny that there is a risk of against Rhodesian chrome forced us to to the West." some kind of instability developing that buy that metal from the Soviet Union Nor is Solomon alone in his concern. could result in a halt of mineral supplies at ransom prices. Future proposed "There is no question that South Africa to the west." sanctions, which would limit importa- is economically important to the United Skepticism ofthe administration's low- tion of uranium, could well fall into this States," said Sen. Nancy Kassebaum of key attitude extends to the stockpiles same catch-22 category. Kansas. "A cutoff in minerals could cause issue. Chet Crocker, Assistant Secre- In fact, since the sole alternative serious problems in the United States." tary of State for African Affairs, gen- source of these key metals is the Soviet Moreover, in reply to those who feel erally supports the White House line, bloc, some analysts believe that the loss the supply lines would stay open but said he feels that the adequacy of of South Africa as a trading partner regardless of South Africa's domestic our stockpile levels is questionable. would give the Soviets a stranglehold upheaval, Kassebaum said, "I think no "People can look at the same sets of fig- Continued on page b-3

21 MMMM WMM A Deal America Must Refuse

nesses, because of ties to certain labor By Victor Lasky MOB TIES TO unions, have a decided edge over legit- imate competitors. LEGITIMATE "By manipulating the supply and the HEN Paul Castellano BUSINESSES cost of labor," the commission recently was gunned down reported, "organized crime can raise its competitor's costs, force legitimate I outside a New York ARE ROBBING jsteak house last businesses to deal with mob-run com- December, The New AMERICANS panies, and enforce price-fixing, bid- York Times reported rigging and other anti-competitive that the reputed Mafia BLIND. WHAT practices throughout an industry." don had been a faith- CAN BE DONE? The costs are "staggering," the com- ful reader of its busi- mission noted. "Because organized ness pages. Besides crime's exercise of market power is con- being deep into various alleged criminal cealed from public view, millions of con- pursuits, Castellano had many seem- sumers unknowingly pay organized ingly legitimate business interests and, mission on Organized Crime agreed. crime what amounts to a surcharge on like other businessmen, Castellano The commission, created by the White a wide range of goods and services." sought to keep on top of trends in the House two years ago to probe criminal This is a nationwide phenomenon, not marketplace. activities across the nation, has noted limited to a handful of major cities. For Castellano was said to have headed that gangs consisting of other ethnic example, the mob has made inroads in one of the nation's leading crime "fam- groups— Irish, Hispanic, Blacks, Jews food distribution. This has had a major ilies." Nationwide, according to the FBI, and Asians—also have been active. effect on household commodity prices, there are 24 such groups, five of which— Still, because they've been around from fresh fish to hamburger, in cities the most powerful—are based in New longer, the more sophisticated crimi- and towns across the country. York. All are involved in almost every nals can be found in the Mafia, or La Because of mob control of a union in kind of criminal skullduggery imagina- Cosa Nostra ("Our Thing") as it is also Chicago, movie theaters are forced to ble: union racketeering, narcotics, gam- known. That sophistication can be seen put on two projectionists, when only one bling, loan-sharking, prostitution, in the way it has successfully infiltrated is needed, according to an investigator pornography, extortion, bankruptcy legitimate businesses. Castellano, for for the President's commission. The frauds, cigarette smuggling, counter- example, was entrenched in the food, result is that patrons are forced to pay feiting and car thefts. garment, entertainment and jewelry an extra 50 to 60 cents per ticket. Of late, there has been a renewed industries. His fellow "bosses," mean- "Wherever organized crime exists, it argument over whether the Mafia exists. while, are heavily involved in construc- costs every citizen in terms of increased The question was raised by Gov. Mario tion, toxic-waste disposal, funeral prices; and it costs every taxpayer in Cuomo of New York, who suggested that homes, real estate, wine and liquor dis- terms of government funds wasted," said the term is offensive since, he believes, tribution, trucking, vending franchises Attorney General Ed Meese. "Orga- it blackens the name of every Italian- and restaurants. One gangster's son, nized crime pollutes the social American. But crime-fighter Rudolph recently indicted in a complex scheme environment." Guiliani, the U.S. Attorney for the to infiltrate legitimate enterprises and More ominously, the mob has been Southern District of New York, who also mulct them of millions of dollars, poured moving into the multibillion-dollar con- is of Italian origin, said the use of the money into movie production. struction industry across the country. term is merited. The President's Com- Generally, the mob has sought to This has long been an accomplished fact infiltrate less exotic enterprises to serve in New York City, where building costs Victor Lasky edited The American as cash-laundering centers for drugs and are estimated to include a 20 percent Legion Reader—an anthology of arti- gambling, besides operating for their surcharge for the "boys." As the com- cles from this magazine—and is a best- own profits. According to the Presi- mission put it: "In Manhattan, orga- selling author and news columnist. dent's commission, mob-run busi- nized crime, through its influence on

22 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE UNDERWORLD FRONT—S/nce the days of Al Capone, organized crime has infiltrated such legitimate indus- tries as trucking, construction and entertainment. Price- fixing and other illegal acts by mob-run companies sharply increase the cost of living in America.

construction activities and the cartel- of all honest trade unionists. It creates how lucrative has long been a subject of ization of the concrete industry, signif- an environment in which labor, busi- contention among crime experts. But icantly inflates construction costs. This ness and political figures grow accus- most agree that organized crime has been affects the cost of many public and pri- tomed to corruption, viewing it as just netting more profits each year than the vate building projects. It is, ultimately, another cost of doing business. combined earnings of several of the reflected in rents, taxes and other "All of us pay in some way," the com- nation's leading companies. charges." mission reported. The commission noted with dismay These higher rents, taxes and other And we pay plenty. There can be lit- that legitimate businessmen also have charges have a ripple effect across the tle doubt that organized crime is the most played ball with organized crime, deriv- country when they are passed on in lucrative business in America. Exactly ing such benefits as decreased labor higher prices for a host of commodities. costs, inflated prices or increased busi- Over the years, these higher prices have ness. Robert Rispo, an associate of the affected the rate of inflation. La Cosa Nostra family headed by Rus- Also ominous was the commission's sell Bufalino, was quoted by the com- report that the mob substantially con- "AMERICANS mission about his participation in a trols four international unions: the nationwide labor racketeering scheme International Brotherhood of Team- HAVE HAD IT that benefited several Fortune 500 sters, the Laborers International Union companies, labor leasing firms, Team- of North America, the Hotel Employ- WITH ORGAN- sters Union officials and La Cosa Nos- ees and Restaurant Employees Inter- tra. In a commission hearing last year national Union, and the International IZED CRIME at Chicago, Rispo testified: Longshoremen's Association. "Labor AND ARE "In order for the scheme to work racketeering," according to the com- across the country, you have to have the mission, "undermines public confidence WILLING TO cooperation of the union that is involved, in the collective bargaining system and the company that is involved . . . and compromises the reputation and dignity FIGHT BACK." Continued on page 50

APRIL 1986 23 NAVY ARMED GUARD UNSUNG

Out-manned and out-gunned, the gal- lant seamen of the Navy's Armed Guard were tasked with a near-impossible mission: to pro- ON GUARD—/n the early years of World tect U.S. shipping from the U-boat menace. War II, Guard members were issued WWI helmets.

occasion fought a German sea raider to ByJustin F. Gleichauf the death, with both ships going down. The need for protection of supply lines was desperate. Winston Churchill wrote, HITSON Lloyd's luck "The only thing that ever really fright- ran out May 5, 1945. ened me during the war was the U-boat He had survived the peril. . . . the Admiralty shared these sinking of his ship off fears." Britain's situation was indeed Newfoundland in 1943, precarious; it needed one million tons of returned safely from food and raw materials per week just to the deadly Murmansk survive, let alone the massive flow of Run in 1944, but went materiel needed to carry on the war. down with the SS The USSR was in equally desperate Black Point, in sight straits for war supplies. The key was to of land, off Rhode Island. The young provide protection for available ship- Lloyd was the last member of the Navy ping, while building more than was being Armed Guard to die, on the last Amer- sunk—much easier said than done. ican ship sunk by a German torpedo in In World War I, German U-boats had World War II. The war in Europe ended taken a fearful toll of allied shipping: two days later. LIGHT ARMAMENT—The Guards' original More than 5,000 ships, totaling more One of the most dramatic, but least- firepower was nothing more than the .30- than 11 million tons, were sunk. One caliber Lewis machine gun. known stories of the war, is that of the German captain alone sank 194 allied U.S. Navy Armed Guard service. A ships. In the early days of World War were based on a modified 1879 British comparative handful of men, it suffered II, there were not enough escort ves- design for tramp steamers; they were losses far out of proportion to its size, sels, and many ships had to sail unpro- about 8-10,000 tons and had a top speed and to the Navy as a whole. tected. In one six-month period in 1943, of 11 knots. Construction time was four At a time when German U-boats, German U-boats sank 603 vessels. to six weeks, but the Kaiser yards built planes and armed raiders were sinking The U.S. Neutrality Act, passed after one Liberty in the incredible time of 4 allied supply ships faster than they could the outbreak of war in 1939, barred U.S. days, 15 hours. be built, the Armed Guard, dormant vessels from the war zone, but in 1940, By the end of the war, 2,710 Liberty since the end of World War I, was reac- by a bit of Roosevelt sleight-of-hand, ships had been built, of which 943 were tivated and rushed to sea to man guns the United States made 50 old coal- sunk by enemy action. It was during aboard U.S. merchantmen and tankers. burning destroyers available to the this period that "Rosie the Riveter" made Their armament was puny compared British Navy and shifted some 150 U.S. history. with torpedoes and dive bombers, but ships to other flags to keep the vital However, before the "Bridge of Ships" they performed valiantly, and on one supply line open. became a fact, the German High Com- A vast program of ship building was mand revised strategy and began oper- Justin F. Gleichauf, a Maryland free- inaugurated, and by 1943 there were 80 ating in "wolf packs," spread over a vast lance journalist, writes articles on U.S. yards building ships, mostly slow, area of ocean. When a convoy was spot- American history and travel. ugly 'Liberty' ships. The Liberty ships ted, the sub would trail it until joined

24 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE by others. In one joint attack in 1942, 42 U-boats sank 22 merchant ships, destroying 161,000 tons of cargo and killing 360 persons, including 51 armed guards. Herb Norch, a former armed guard now living in El Paso, Texas, described a typical wolf pack attack: "Convoys could consist of up to 100 or more ships, spread out from horizon to horizon. Tankers and ammo ships were assigned locations in the center to pro- vide some additional protection, but sub commanders countered by moving inside. Tankers were easily recognized crews generally were from 8 to 24 men, GETTING TOGETHER-SS Jeremiah by their silhouettes, and when set ablaze headed by one officer. Lonnie Lloyd of O'Brien, at San Francisco, is the site of a reunion they lighted a whole area, giving a Raleigh, N. reported that at first men May of the Guard. up C. , better choice of targets. Tankers were received as little as 1-2 weeks training hard to sink, and could burn for hours, before going to sea, and some ships had their ship sank in the North Atlantic or days." creosote poles as "guns." Later, more and they spent 16 days and nights in a Convoy speed could be as slow as 5 effective armament, 20mm and 40mm, lifeboat before they were rescued. knots, and it was easy for a ship to get three-inch 50s and five-inch 38s were The SS James Iredell made it back lost or outdistance its convoy. Strag- installed, and training was expanded to from Palermo, Sicily, after sustaining a glers or damaged ships were sitting six weeks at centers in Brooklyn, New torpedo attack, three direct bomb hits, ducks for U-boats. There was a large Orleans and Treasure Island, Calif. concussion damage from an ammunition area in the mid-Atlantic where no air Armed Guard pay started at a princely ship blown up just ahead of it, and after power could be delivered until late in $20 per month, later raised to about $65, fighting a three-day fire in the hold. the war and it was a happy hunting but far below rates of merchant seamen Norch survived several runs in the North ground for submarines, as was the U.S. on the same ships, who faced the same Atlantic, and unloading ammunition East Coast, where ships were silhou- hazards. under heavy air attack at Anzio beach- etted against lights on shore. Fires of Hazards there were, aplenty. Don head, before being seriously injured in burning ships were a common sight along Geib, Colonia, N.J., was torpedoed twice a Japanese kamikaze attack in the South the East Coast. in five months. Three of a total of 10 Pacific. The Navy Armed Guard had only one survivors from the SS Jonathan Sturges All runs were dangerous, but by far job aboard ship, to man the guns. Gun were reunited recently, 40 years after Continued on page 51

GUNNERY PRACTICE-/* Guard crew of the Liberty cargo ship, SS William J. Worth, fires the ship's 4-inch gun. HO won the Vietnam War? Which side, the communists or Amer- ican capitalists, achieved successes WHjT WE WON IH through the pro- tracted conflict in Southeast Asia? I believe that contrary to most analyses, American troops, fighting a difficult enemy in the face of hostility and dis- sent at home, won a heroic and enduring victory for freedom in the world. Following the American departure VIETNAM from Vietnam, dominoes tumbled throughout the peninsula and the com- munist victors everywhere reveled in If victory in South Vietnam is measured their new power by killing and incar- in economic or political gains, America cerating their opponents. Ultimately, the region's new communist rulers col- is the big winner, according to lectively massacred some two million Cambodians, perhaps a quarter of the government economist George Gilder. population, murdered thousands of Vietnamese, sent half a million to con- centration camps and drove nearly two By George Gilder million into the high seas. Far from launching a period of Amer- ican weakness and decline, the end of the Vietnam conflict unleashed a dra- matic revival of American influence and capitalist power. In previous centuries, power was derived from control of territory—from access to natural resources, from geo- political command of land masses and sea lanes, and from the mobilization of ever-greater numbers of men and machines. A territorial breakthrough such as Hanoi's in Southeast Asia would yield a bonanza of resources, slaves and strategic advantage. National power was essentially quantitative. The historic spoils of war are land and slaves. However, today the key indices of power are qualitative: the creative A NEW BEGINNING—Life in fishing villages offered little preparation for many Vietnam- freedom of citizens, their voluntary ese who came to high-tech America. But they adjusted quickly and already are prospering. exertions, the expansion of their enter- prise and the advancement of their holocaust in Southeast Asia in an effort ductive Vietnamese. Today they man technology. As the communists pursue to gain slaves by terror and consolidate assembly lines and engineering centers their quantitative and geopolitical goals, their control of territory, they gave up throughout high-tech America; they they extinguish freedom, stifle enter- all the main resources of the region. The renew abandoned downtowns, such as prise and stultify technology. Turning first and most obvious resource they lost Silicon Valley's San Jose; they lead their human beings into slaves and land into were those who fled and became known classes in schools from Great Barring- state-run sterility, the communists as the "boat people." ton, Mass. , to Monterey, Calif. automatically lose whatever they win. The key immediate assets of Viet- The first generation of Vietnamese It took them only weeks to lose their gains nam, in the cliche of the time, were refugees is already earning some 10 per- from the Vietnam War. always the hearts and minds of the most cent more than the U.S. median income With modern modes of transport and creative and hard-working Vietnam- and the subsequent generations, mostly communications, none of the crucial ese. By the North Vietnamese cam- penniless and ignorant of English on their sources of power in the modern age is paign of murder and rapine, the arrival, are rapidly moving through closely tied to particular territories. communists lost not only these Viet- American schools and into small busi- When the communists launched their namese, but also millions of other Asians. nesses. The gross national product of Just as the communist victory in Cuba the Vietnamese in America already George Gilder, Harvard graduate and gave the United States many of the most vastly exceeds the national product of former fellow at the Kennedy Institute productive Cubans, the communist vic- Vietnamese in Southeast Asia. of Politics, is an author and leading tory in Vietnam gave the United States The war left behind under Hanoi's government economist. hundreds of thousands of the most pro- command only a horde of slaves in a

26 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE Even socialist India, believed to be eco- nomically stagnant by cultural choice, by 1985 was cutting taxes, exporting food and enjoying a stock market boom. These shifts toward capitalism in China and India dwarf in importance the gains of the communists in barren and primitive areas such as Afghanistan and Angola. Like Cuba and Vietnam, most of the so- called communist advances represent onerous financial burdens for Moscow. The rise of capitalism since the end of the Vietnam War has not been confined to Asia. The leading beneficiary has been the United States. Since 1975, the United States has increased its share of world national product from about one quarter to about one third in 1984. What is not well understood is the role of Asian cap^ italism in this massive upsurge. This huge shift in the balance of economic power in the world was accompanied by CADET— "Jean" Quyen Thi-Hoang Ngu- an increasing shift of U.S. trade and DEVELOPING SKILLS-For most Viet- yen, born in Vietnam during the war, emi- exchange from Europe to Asia, incom- namese refugees, America represented grated and became the first Vietnamese parably the globe's fastest growing freedom and an opportunity to succeed. woman to graduate from West Point. region. Although Asian capitalism is often But since 1980, the U. S. share of world nationwide welfare hotel, fed and treated as a threat to U.S. industry, the manufacturing exports has risen from financed with some $2 billion a year of expansion of enterprise in Japan and 18.3 percent to 19.6 percent, and U.S. Soviet aid. The communists have turned other free Asian countries has given a technology and enterprise have regained the garden nations of Southeast Asia into huge stimulus to U.S. competitiveness the lead that once seemed to be moving a kind of Asian Ethiopia, also reduced and creative energy, while Europe has toward the welfare states of Europe. by communism to starvation and hor- increasingly slipped toward socialist Nonetheless, most observers, who ror. The Vietnam War focused the eyes stagnation and protectionism. Although recognize the gains for the United States of the world and the hopes of the left on the United States is popularly believed and world capitalism since the Vietnam the communist movement in Asia. The to be losing its edge in manufacturing, War, fail to acknowledge the crucial role subsequent horror wrought in Hanoi it has, in fact, been losing its markets of the American military in this dramatized the nature of communism chiefly in an increasingly stagnant and achievement. once again to the world. sterile Europe and the socialist Third For all the mistakes and tragic losses, World. Continued on page 4.7 EANWHILE, in the rest of Asia, capitalism was winning some of

I history's most impressive eco- nomic triumphs. When I was at Har- vard in the early 1960s, the prevailing courses on Asian studies predicted that the Maoist experiment on the mainland would exert a growing magnetism on the countries on the Chinese periphery and particularly on the communities of Chinese living abroad. Even Japan was said to be vulnerable to the appeal of communist planning. Today all the magnetism is going in the other direction. The tiny barren islands in the off-China waters, nearly devoid of resources, have outproduced the mainland and grown five times as fast. Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singa- pore have launched an economic miracle that amazes the world and has led the mainland Chinese to deny Marx, actually declaring that "Marx is dead," and experiment with capitalist freedoms.

EMPLOYER WANTED—Many of "the boat people" had marketable skills and eagerly advertised them. America gained where communism lost.

APRIL 1986 27 VETERANS UPDATE

get the U.S. Government attorney to concede that federal Prisoner of War Medal is approach- The employees under other retirement systems, such as civil ing another step toward becoming a reality—the selec- service and foreign service, are not restricted from receiving tion of a design. On May 30, DoD will select a winning design VA compensation and retirement benefits. from thousands of submissions received by the Army's Insti- The judge, however, dismissed the case, finding that Con- tute of Heraldry in Alexandria, Va. gress may discriminate among groups if it achieves some Officials estimate that as many as 140,000 former POWs, legitimate legislative purpose—in this case, saving money— or their next of kin, could be eligible for the medal, which and if there were some rational basis for designating those was authorized in an amendment to the fiscal 1986 Authori- to be affected. The group plans to appeal. zation Act. Sen. William V. Roth Jr. of Delaware, who spon- sored the amendment, said, "Few members of our armed Veterans with delinquent debts owed forces have suffered as greatly, both physically and mentally, the VA may have a rough time collecting federal income as those who have been taken prisoner by the enemy in time tax refunds. The VA has sent letters to inform debtors that of war. The Prisoner of War Medal, like other military awards, unless they make an effort to pay overdue VA debts, their will identify the wearer as having given special service to his debts will be referred to the IRS for collection. Any tax refund country." due, could be reduced or denied altogether, the VA said. The Institute of Heraldry is soliciting POW Medal designs The toll-free number for making arrangements to repay from the public, the armed forces and veterans organizations. debts is 1-800-626-2912. For Minnesota residents only, the Deadline for submissions is April 30. Submissions should be number is 1-800-692-2121. sent to: The Army Institute of Heraldry, Cameron Station, Debtors have 60 days from the date of the letter to clear 5010 Duke St., Alexandria, Va. 22304-5050. up any outstanding debts or make suitable payment arrange- The Roth amendment says the medal may be awarded to ments before their names are referred to the IRS. The refund any armed forces member taken prisoner and held captive offsets were authorized by the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984. after April 5, 1917, making POWs of World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam eligible. The medal also may be peacetime GI Bill and the veteran's awarded posthumously to a POWs representative, usually The burial plot allowance are facing elimination if the the next of kin. administration gets its way. The administration says it is

proposing to eliminate the new GI Bill because it is no longer 'U.S. Army Air Corps' to the list of Add needed as a recruiting tool for the armed forces. inscriptions the VA will pay for on veterans' grave- Established by the DoD Authorization Act for FY '85, the markers in national and private cemeteries. Until now, program offers higher education incentives to those joining inscriptions indicating service in the U.S. Army Air Corps the military. Once in the program, recruits contribute $100 or U.S. Army Air Forces were added to VA headstones or per month during their first year of military service. In return, markers only at private expense. The changes were made DoD guarantees $300 a month toward tuition and expenses because the two organizations eventually merged to become for 36 months. Recruits in certain job specialties may qualify the U.S. Air Force. The new policy is not retroactive to exist- for even greater educational benefits. ing markers. The American Legion opposes elimination of this program, which is designed to attract high-quality people to the armed People drawing Social Security are forces at a time when the available pool of enlistment-age that if don't receive reminded they their checks they recruits is shrinking. may receive immediate payments in case of an emergency. The Legion also is opposed to any proposal that would Social Security officials defined an emergency as a situation eliminate the $150 payments for veterans buried in private where any further delay in payment would endanger health cemeteries. In fact, Res. 82 mandates the Legion to sponsor or would deprive the eligible beneficiary of food or shelter. and support legislation to increase the burial plot allowance There is a limit of one $200 payment per beneficiary within to $250. a 30-day period. Any remaining amounts due will be paid through normal procedures, but as quickly as possible. The American Legion supports the establishment of a Korean War Memorial in Washing- ilitary-retired disabled veterans lost the ton, D.C, on land provided by the federal government. The first round in their challenge of the federal law that memorial will be created with private funds. Legionnaires prohibits disabled veterans from receiving both military seeking information or wishing to contribute to the memorial retirement benefits and VA disability compensation payments. should contact Col. William E. Ryan Jr., American Battle The Uniformed Service Disabled Retirees, a group orga- Monuments Commission, Korean War Memorial, 5127 Pulaski nized to challenge the law, brought the case before a U.S. Building, 20 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. Court of Claims in Washington, D.C. The group was able to 20314.

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NEW EMPHASIS ON OLD GOAL 'BETTER SERVICE IN LESS TIME* Increased automation and rapid inter-regional communications are major requirements to meet thefuture needs of veterans, says Raymond J. Vogel, the VA's chief benefits director.

American Legion Magazine: what short- and Q» Among frequent proposals to trim the VA budget is long-range changes do you foresee in the Department of a plan to reorganize and consolidate VA regional offices. Veterans Benefits? If this were approved, how would it affect the case load and timely disbursement of benefits? There are several. are concerned first Mr. Vogel: We We are looking into placing regional offices near VA about both short- and long-term modernization. This A means • medical centers, where possible. For the most part, this that we must be more efficiently automated with state-of- would mean maintaining a separate DVB and DM&S activity the-art technology to provide effective and timely delivery with different program directors and without common services. of benefits and services. All of our data bases—compensation, We believe this would provide one-stop service to the vet- pension, education, insurance, identification and records eran community and improve access. location, office automation and others—must be better inte- grated. Certain systems can be managed by our regional offices; Q« How far has the VA progressed in implementing the others must be maintained on a national basis. Veterans Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Of equal importance is the need for VA health-care facili- Standards Act, with respect to Agent Orange and ionizing ties and regional offices to speak to each other quickly with radiation claims? computers and to assure rapid transfer of records through A The Veterans Advisory Committee on Environmental data systems. • Hazards helped develop the new rules and continues to We also will be re-emphasizing our long-standing service advise on changes that might be necessary as a result of goal: to improve the quality and timeliness of service to continuing research. Computerized records of veterans with veterans. dioxin and radiation claims will permit prompt re-evaluation in light of new scientific findings. Q« Since 1979, your department has been reduced by 5,476 employees. How has this affected service to VA Q, Interim benefits are authorized to certain Vietnam beneficiaries? veterans who have incurred diseases associated with Agent A Both workload declines and operational improvements Orange, such as the skin condition chloracne and porphy- • have accompanied staffing reductions over the years. ria cutanea tarda, a disease that affects the liver. How Providing high-quality service to veterans and beneficiaries many claims do you expect will be processed? is fundamental to our mission. We want to ensure that actions A Not many. Regional offices reviewed 25 previously denied to streamline our organization do not deviate from that goal. • PCT and chloracne claims under criteria established by It's a prime consideration in all management decisions. PL 98-542. We re-rated 16 claims for interim disability ben- The VA will continue to improve veteran access to infor- efits (11 PCT and 5 chloracne) and one claim for death bene- mation and assistance in filing claims without the need for fits. None was allowed. Where the claim disease was actually visiting a regional office. Toll-free telephone service is avail- diagnosed, the major reason for denial was that the condition able to all regional offices. Local listings may be found under surfaced many years after the veteran's departure from "U.S. Government, Veterans Administration." Vietnam.

Raymond J. Vogel, a disabled Army veteran and Legion- Q, What are your views about the advocacy role of serv- naire, is the VA's Chief Benefits Director. ice organizations in representing veterans, dependents and

30 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE survivors in submitting YA claims, and as overall watch- dogs on benefits and services offered to veterans? A We appreciate and support the role of service organi- fw£ HAVE taken numerous • zations in maintaining the informal and non-adversarial nature of claims' adjudication and in ensuring due process for steps to sensitize our em- VA claimants. believe that this kind of cooperation is vital We ployees to the special problems and works to the advantage of veterans. We work with The American Legion in training its representatives. offormer POWs.) The role of service organizations recently was cited by the

Supreme Court when it upheld the constitutionality of the $10 fee limitation. The Court noted the comparable success conducted nationwide rating board training on POW issues. rates for attorneys and service organizations in appeals before We require local review by supervisory people of board deci- the Board of Veterans Appeals, but it failed to note that, sions in POW cases and these ratings also are reviewed in unlike service organizations, attorneys may be selective in the VA central office. Priority is given to processing claims cases they pursue on appeal. The quality of representation for former POWs and a film on the POW experience is required provided by service organizations at no charge is beneficial viewing for all DVB employees. We will continue to empha- both to claimants and to the VA. size this nation's obligation to former POWs.

Q* What is being done to educate DVB employees on the Q« Excluding monetary constraints, what do you con- reality of PTSD and that claims for service-connection of sider the most serious problem facing the Department of this disorder should be handled in a fair and compassion- Veterans Benefits and what do you see as the solution? ate manner? A We need to upgrade and modernize our data processing A We require our rating boards and authorization people • systems. For some time we have been challenged to do • to consistently apply all laws, regulations and proce- more with less. This is the environment in which we work dures that guide the adjudication process. We expect our now, and in which we must continue to work. We want all employees to handle all claims in a fair and compassionate benefits delivery systems to be responsive to the needs of manner. Several directives specifically pertain to PTSD; our our beneficiaries, to have an ongoing capacity for expansion, rating board training sessions in 1983 and 1985 included mate- to be fully integrated with one another, to allow for a greater rial on PTSD; and we are also prepared to assist the veteran degree of regional office involvement, and to reduce paper- in verifying reported stressors. work. Most important, we want to be more efficient, more We are collecting statistics on PTSD claims as part of our accurate and more timely. To achieve this will require intense Special Issue Ratings system. As this project is in its infancy, dedication on behalf of our staff and the resources to design the best source of data on PTSD claims is the listing of cases systems that meet the needs of the veterans. in which the veteran is receiving disability benefits. The majority of the first 13,000 cases awarded service connection STATE-OF-THE-ART—High-tech computers will eliminate or for PTSD were Vietnam-era veterans. In another 1,230 cases, reduce time-consuming paperwork and provide faster and more it was determined that the veteran's PTSD was not related accurate processing of veterans' claims. to military service, but the veteran was paid dis- ability compensation for other disabilities, or was found to be entitled to a non-service-connected disability pension. We believe these figures show that we are properly handling claims for PTSD.

Q* Many former prisoners of war believe the VA is not responsive to, and concerned about, their problems and entitlements to benefits. Do you feel more needs to be done to sensitize VA employees to POW needs? A The VA recognizes that former POWs have • difficulty establishing claims because of the lack of medical records during internment and insufficient records of examination after their

return. For this reason, special consideration is given to former POWs. Since the passage of the "Former Prisoner of War Benefits Act of 1981," we have taken numer- ous steps to sensitize our employees to the spe- cial problems of former POWs. We require rating boards to consider the lack of availability of med- ical records and to give sufficient weight to what examining physicians have to say. We also have

APRIL 1986 31 IKE lions and March weather, the Gramm- Rudman-Hollings balanced- budget plan blew in with

roar March 1, forging a trail of reduced benefits and pro- grams for America's veter- ans in such areas as health care and education. The national deficit- reduction plan forced the Veterans Administration to cut $234 million from Veterans Feel its $26.6 billion FY '86 budget, curtail- ing many of the agency's programs. Another $196 million in outlays ear- marked for short- and long-term VA projects also was cut. The law, which surfaced as an amend- ment to the debt extension bill late last ""PINCH year, is designed to eliminate the nation's mind-boggling $220 billion deficit by forcing annual reductions of $36 billion cuts each of the next five years. If Congress Budget mandated by the Gramm-Rudman- and the administration fail to approve a Hollings amendment have reduced veterans budget that accomplishes spending tar- gets during any of those years, auto- benefits in health care, education and matic across-the-board cuts will be other areas. But the worst may be yet to come. triggered, with domestic and defense programs sharing the forced reductions. But the controversial law has not gone unchallenged. Opponents of GRH won icies that curtail exorbitant spending at tion is growing and aging, and will face the first round in the courts in February all levels, it has repeatedly pointed out the problems that come with age." when a federal judge's panel in Wash- that VA spending over the past decade ington ruled the automatic budget- has been minimal compared to other EDUCATION, TRAINING cutting provision unconstitutional. The agencies. "The VA has exercised pru- Veterans attending college or receiv- judges allowed the March 1 automatic dent spending measures and has been ing vocational training under the Viet- cuts to proceed until a final decision by an example for others," said Nat'l Cmdr. nam-era GI bill found something missing the Supreme Court. Dale L. Renaud. from their monthly allotment checks

Implementation of GRH came on the The VA announced a hiring freeze after March 1. Benefit payments to those heels of President Reagan's proposed immediately after the bill was signed enrolled in education and training pro- FY '87 budget-a budget with deficits into law. Because of the budgetary roll- grams were reduced 8.7 percent. Sub- no greater than $143.6 billion, a half- back, the agency said it will lay off sistence payments for veterans enrolled billion below reductions required by the employees in the Department of Vet- in vocational rehabilitation were rolled balanced-budget law. The administra- erans Benefits, Department of Memo- back 13.1 percent. tion also recommended dismantling the rial Affairs, Medical and Prosthetics For many veterans, the reductions peace-time GI education program and Research and other offices. imposed by GRH will make it difficult Small Business Administration. to meet tuition fees. A spokesman in The American Legion was not opposed HEALTH CARE VA's public affairs office in Washing- to the GRH until lawmakers unveiled Of the funds slashed from VA's FY ton, estimated 500,000 veterans and plans that would have frozen cost-of- '86 budget, $85 million comes from med- active-duty persons enrolled in educa- living adjustments for veterans receiv- ical care. tional programs will feel the pinch. ing compensation and disability pen- Under the law, direct health-care cuts The new law also affects handicapped sions, while Social Security and other are limited to 1 percent for FY '86, but and disabled veterans, whose grant programs would be exempt. Without the will increase to 2 percent for each of the payments for specially adapted housing exemption, Legion officials argued, the four remaining fiscal years. The result? were cut from $35,000 to $32,660 per law would break with the government's Limited care to a growing population of person. Maximum grant payments for promise to provide certain benefits vet- veterans, fewer facilities and the elim- automobile and adaptive equipment also erans earned in return for their service ination of programs tailored to meet were reduced from $5,000 to $4,600. to the nation. Lawmakers later decided unique problems faced by veterans. to exempt veterans compensation and GRH also spells bad news for several HOME LOAN GUARANTY pension from any automatic cuts in GRH. thousand employees in the Department As mortgage interest rates plum- Consequently those veterans received of Medicine and Surgery. Full-time meted in 1985 and early 1986, a record a 3.7 COLA hike for FY '86. Equivalent Employment (FTEE) will number of veterans scrambled to take Military, federal civilian and some drop an estimated 9,300 workers from advantage of the reduced rates to refi- railroad retirees did not fare so well. the payroll, many of whom are veterans. nance loans, or reinstate loans they had Their 1986 COLAs were cancelled. "Health care is one of the major areas obtained through the VA home loan While the Legion has long maintained of our concern," said Renaud. "The trend program. Also, a record number of ini- that the government adopt budget pol- is apparent that our veterans popula- tial loans were processed.

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Acting VA Administrator, Everett Alvarez Jr., announced in February that the home loan guaranty program would MAJOR CUTS continue to operate without restrictions until it reaches limits set by GRH— EDUCATION -8.7% HEALTH CARE-1% current debt ceiling expected to be $11. billion by April 1. (As we went to press, HR 4130, which raises the home loan guaranty program to $18.2 billion [minus the 4.3 percent GHR cut], and would carry the program to Sept. 30, awaited the President's signature.) Alvarez said he knew of several pro- posals in Congress to raise the initial loan commitment and permit the pro- gram to operate until the end of FY '86. "The VA fully supports a legislative remedy to this problem, providing the Congress will also allow VA to imple- ment a 2 percent loan funding fee asked for in its FY '87 budget," Alvarez said. "This also will allow the VA to meet its future deficit reduction goals." VA's action was the result of under- estimating loan activity for 1986, which come," said Sen. Warren Rudman of grave. Burial benefits, which have been has dramatically escalated because of the New Hampshire, co-author of the bill. eroding in recent years, will be reduced it's lowered interest rates. Call it fiscal irony, And almost certain Rudman will get another 10 percent, including allow- perhaps, but the rates began to drop at no argument from military, federal ances for burials, plots and head- the time Congress was coming to grips civilian and railroad retirees, whose stones. with the deficit problem and looking at purchasing power is expected to "Although in some areas, veterans received preferential ways to solve it. decrease nearly 25 percent between FY treatment under "I'm not saying Gramm-Rudman was '86 and FY '90 if their COLAs are cut GRH," Renaud said, "there is nothing instrumental in lowering the rates, but each year. to prevent the administration or Con- it certainly contributed to it," said James In a letter written to Sen. Ernest gress from approving deeper cuts dur- Nalitz, director of the VA home loan Hollings of South Carolina, another ing the normal budget process. regional office in Washington. sponsor of the controversial bill, offi- "And while we support the need for Nalitz said he didn't think the bal- cials of The Retired Officers Associa- cuts to achieve a balanced budget, those anced-budget law would have much tion said, "The impact on retirees and cuts must not come from veterans' pro- effect on first-time VA home loan appli- their survivors is severe . . . This is a grams," Renaud said. "We are unwav- cants, although the VA initially planned devastating financial blow to military ering in our belief that veterans have to limit each veteran to a loan maximum families whose primary, and often only, borne more than their fair share of of $90,000, down from $135,000. In Feb- estate is their retirement pay or the budget cuts in the past decade, and we ruary, the VA changed its mind. Survivor Benefit Plan." shall continue to fight for the integrity But a second fiscal irony comes into GRH even follows veterans to the of veterans' earned benefits." play with the home loan program under GRH. A memorandum from the Mort- gage Bankers Association of America WHAT THE 'PINCH' REALLY MEANS said, "A curious result of the impact of Gramm-Rudman-Hollings—if it reduces Following are the major areas of the • Education and Vocational Ben- the actual number of home loans guar- FY '86 VA budget affected by the efits-$917 million, reduced $39.4 anteed by the VA—will be that the fed- Gramm-Rudman-Hollings balanced- million eral deficit will be increased, not budget law implemented March 1. • Major/Minor Construction— decreased." Items reflect the new reduced bud- $644.3 million, reduced $27 For example, when home loans are gets and the amounts cut. million made, veterans pay a 1 percent user fee. • Direct Medical $8.5 bil- Care— • General Operating Expenses— Thus, if fewer loans are granted, that lion, reduced $84.9 million million means fewer dollars will be returned, $745 million, reduced $32 • General Medical Care-$760 mil- thereby increasing the deficit. Because of special provisions in the lion, reduced $32.7 million "The home loan program has been one balanced-budget law, the 4.3 per- • of the few government agencies to Medical and Prosthetics cent reduction mandated for all non- actually generate money rather than Research-$189.2 million, defense agencies did not apply to the reduced $8. 13 million spend it," said Renaud. "Not only that, full $26.6 VA budget. the program also has a favorable and • Medical Administration—$53.5 About $14.5 billion in veterans significant effect on commercial rates," million, reduced $2.3 million disability and compensation pay- said Renaud. • Special Therapeutic and Reha- ments were exempted from the bilitation—$2.32 million, reduced reductions. Direct medical care was OTHER EFFECTS $100,000 cut only 1 percent. GRH is a "bad idea whose time has

APRIL 1986 33 GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR LETTERS TO CONGRESS

"As a citizen and taxpayer, I hate to • Know where your letter is going. Get take your time, and I'm sure this prob- the name and address correct. Check ably won't get past your secretary, but the appropriate government listing in I'm mad as hell about the tax situation your local phone book and call if you are and if you don't make it right, I won't in doubt. vote for you next time." • Discuss only one subject in your letter and be brief. If you are writing about a bill, list its title and number if you know HE above letter commits them. every sin possible in the • Polite, courteous approaches are more "how to communicate with effective then threats to withhold votes. your congressman" book. • Be reasonable. Make sure what you Writing a letter to your are requesting is possible. T congressman or senators • Be timely. Suggestions or requests for can often have the effect of action on a particular bill may have more rolling out the big guns to effect if they arrive just after the bill blow away a problem, or it has been introduced or is still in com- can produce all the fizzle of relating how the campaign against mittee. Requests become more difficult a wet firecracker. Getting results from interest-withholding legislation a few to accommodate when they are made your letter, congressional staffers said, years ago sent such a volume of mail to just before the final vote by the Senate generally depends more on knowing Congress "it broke everything down" or House. what not to say, than what you do say. and the staff struggled with the deluge • Remember to write when you approve Letters that are insulting, vague or that spread through every room of their of a public official's actions, not just when threatening are poor ways to get results office suite. you disapprove or want a favor. How- from elected officials, whether they be Hill and other congressional staffers ever, don't write every week—this is in Congress, statehouses or in city hall. said that handwritten postcards receive not "Mom" or your son at college who Elected officials, depending on the size more attention than those that are post- needs to hear from you on a regular basis. of their constituencies, have different age paid, bear a pre-printed message • While your main contacts in Congress methods of handling their mail, but all and only need the senders' signatures. are the senators and representative of make a point of reading either summa- Kathleen Harrington, administrative your district, you also may write to the ries or large amounts of their daily mail assistant to Rep. Nancy L. Johnson of chairman of a committee that is working so they know what concerns the folks Connecticut, said an important addition on legislation of interest to you. back home. Correspondence seeking to letters is an explanation of how a bill • Include your full name, written clearly, assistance with personal problems- or issue would personally affect the and your address and phone number to Medicare, Social Security, veterans writer. "Writers need to make that per- help the staff with follow-up communi- benefits—receives the special attention sonal connection, if it is appropriate. We cations. of key congressional staff members who want to get to know about their lives. • If you are writing about an issue that keep "the boss" informed on the prog- It makes the letters more meaningful," will affect you, your family, community ress of individual cases. she said. or livelihood, explain that clearly in your Congressmen, senators and their aides Johnson receives letters from all over letter. Personal information is impor- said that brief, handwritten letters the nation because of her assignment on tant in gauging what a legislative pro- expressing the person's feelings about the House Committee on Veterans posal would do if enacted. a particular issue or bill are most favor- Affairs. While congressional courtesy • Your congressman often is a valuable ably received. dictates that she refer letters to the friend to help with problems or ques- Mary Kay Hill, a staff member in the appropriate member of Congress rep- tions involving the agencies and depart- office of Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyo- resenting the letter writer, her staff ments of the government. He can help ming, said extra consideration is given notes the views expressed about vet- cut through red tape or resolve prob- to handwritten letters because they erans issues, regardless of the writer's lems, but be sure to include all pertinent require effort from people to sit down, home state. information and copies of relevant doc- organize their thoughts and put them Although offices process mail differ- uments or letters to help the staff with on paper in a logical, coherent manner. ently, two constants prevail: Elected your case. Postcard campaigns, on the other officials like to hear from their constit- • Regardless of political affiliation or hand, are less effective. "Something that uents; and written messages from home personal preferences, your influence will is mass produced, that everyone on are regarded as key tools to measure be greatest with the representatives and Capitol Hill is getting, does not get the the will of the people. senators from your own district and same attention, although there are Washington staffers offer the follow- state. Letters written to congressmen exceptions. Sometimes just the sheer ing advice to help get your message from other states are forwarded to your numbers gets attention," Hill said, across: state's members anyway.

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0133 ert, 92 Magazine St., Newark. NJ 07105 (201 ) 589-8885 "C" Btry., 774th F.A. Bn. (Sept-Cleveland) Rawl Ransom. 6th US Inf. Regt. Assn. (July-Jefferson Barracks. MO) Paul 463rd AAA AW Bn., 79th Inf. Div. WWII (Oct-San Jose. 757 S. ONeil St., Frankfort. IN 46061 (317) 659-3316 Smiljanich, 4069 Green Park Rd., Mehlville, MO 63125 CA) Hugh Branscome. 8300 Riverside Dr.. Punta Gorda, "C" Co., 393rd Regt. Inc. 99th Div. (July-Dayton, OH) Her- (314) 544-3395 FL 33950(813) 639-3604 bert Netter, 7840 Alton Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46268 (317) 8th Arm'd Div. Assn. (July-Philadelphia) Henry Rothen- 463rd Service Sq. WWII (Sept-Nashville. TN) Edward Ellis, 872-6563 berg, 180 N. LaSalle St., Rm. 2101, Chicago. IL 60601 321 Clearfield Ave.. Norristown, PA 19403 (215) 539-9086 "C" Co., 712th R.O.B. WWII, Korea (Aug-Lexington, KY) (312) 236-2305 472nd AAA AW Bn. (Sept-Bloomingdaie. IL) Edwin Kwiat, Frank Blodgett, 1109 N. Poplar, Wellington. KS 67152 (316) 10th Arm'd Div. Vets Assn. (Aug-Ortando, FL) James Revell. 838 Victory Ln.. Justice, IL 60458 (312) 839-0475 326-3516 10433 S.W. 99th Terr., Miami, FL 33176 482nd Med. Coll. Co. Sep. (Oct-Columbus, OH) John Sutula, "D" Btry., 165th AAA (July-Columbus, OH) Jim Holt, 2287 -3080 13th Airborne Div. Assn. WWII (July-Charlotte, NC) Chuck 936 Engineers Bldg. . Cleveland, OH 441 14 (21 6) 861 Ashley Dr., Columbus, OH 43224 (614) 471-6486 Beckman, 420 S. Ashe St., Southern Pines, NC 28387 548th AAA AW Bn. (June-Kalamazoo, Ml) Clyde Dunham. "D" Co., 116th Regt., 29th Div. (May-Salem, VA) George (919) 692-7574 2128 Banbury Rd., Kalamazoo, Ml 49001 (616) 345-7411 Kobe, 27701 Murriet Rd., Sp. 127, Sun City, CA 92381 14th Arm'd Div. (NY Chapter) (May-Syracuse, NY) Howard 555th AA AW Bn. (Aug-Rapid City, SD) Lyle Jensen, 402 (714) 679-7982 Prentice, 250 Chesterton Rd., Rochester, NY 14626 (716) Glenn St., Box 317. Wall. SD 57790 (605) 279-2116 "D" Co., 409th Inf., 103rd Div. (Sept-Tupelo, MS) Herbert

225-2718 555th Engr. Grp. (May-Ft. Lauderdale, FL) William Burr. Morgan, Rt. 2. Box 348, New Albany, MS 38652 (601 ) 534- 19th Coast Arty. (June-McCook, NE) Lawrence Weskamp, 4721 N.W. 41st Ct., Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33319 (305) 4350 1207 E. 5th, McCook, NE 69001 (308) 345-3395 485-4543 "D" Co., 701st MP Bn. (Oct-Ft. Dodge, IA) Joe Horan, 838 27th Div. Assn. (Aug-Tiptonville, TN) Charles Stewart, 139 557th Ord. HM Co. (Tk) WWII (June-San Diego) Charles N. 22nd St., Ft. Dodge, IA 5051 (515) 573-3633 Countrywood Rd.. Covington, TN 38019 (901) 476-0521 Morris, 6304 La Pintura Dr., LaJolla, CA 92037 (619) 454- "G" Co., 142nd Inf., 36th Div. (July-Elkin. NC) Leo Darnell, 34th Signal Co. (Aug-Watertown, SD) Torchy Ries, 420 S. 2967 Rt. 3. Box 425, Elkin, NC 28621 Lake Dr., Watertown, SD 57201 (605) 886-2176 608th Tank Destroyer Bn. (Sept-Lancaster, PA) Hany Rapp, HQ Btry., 39th AAA Grp. (July-Trafalgar, IN) Walter Lan- 37th Ord. Co. (July-Gettysburg, PA) Tony Gailes, 481 Daw- 317 W. King St.. Lancaster. PA 17603 (717) 394-7942 caster, Rt. 2. Box 52, Trafalgar, IN 46181 (317) 878-5834 son Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15202 (412) 734-3275 611th OBAM Bn. (Sept-Williamsburg. VA) Oliver Lee, Jr.. HQ Btry. & Bn., 226th S/L Bn. (Officers) (Sept-King of 38th QM Co. (July-Greenwood, IN) Ward Buss, 28323 C R 1404 Raven Run Dr., Mechanicsville. VA23111 (804) 746- Prussia, PA) Glenn Davis, 9820 Redd Rambler Dr., Phil- 16 W, Elkhart, IN 46516 (219) 295-7604 8441 adelphia, PA 19115 (215) 934-7109 43rd Engrs. G.S. Vets (Sept-Des Moines, IA) Robert Pine, 630th Tank Destroyer Bn. (Aug-Charlotte. NC) James HQ Btry., 331st F.A. Bn. WWII (Oct-San Antonio, TX) A. C. 1149 Marsh Ave., Ellisville. MO 63011 (314) 227-3113 Oxendine, 11724 Bain School Rd.. Mint Hill, NC 28212 Sanderlin, Box 188, Knippa, TX 78870 (512) 934-2187 46th Engr. Constr. Bn. (Sept-Denver) James Contrada, 45 (704) 545-9985 HQ Co., 106th Inf., 27th Div. (Aug-Marshall, MN) Ray Miller. Woods Ave., Malverne, NY 11565 (516) 593-2106 656th, 771st T.D. Bns. (Aug-Avon, OH) R.A. Wolter, 2674 Box 485, Clearfield, MN 56223 (612) 669-4656 825- ND) 51st Engr. Combat Bn. WWII (Apr-Washington) Charles Akron Wadsworth Rd . Barberton. OH 44203 (216) HQ, HQ Co., 231st Engr. (C) Bn. (Aug-Grand Forks, Attardo, Rear 77 Durkee St., Forty Fort. PA 18704 5484 Lowell Lundberg, 1701 Plum Tree Rd., Fargo, ND 58102 52nd Arm'd Inf. Bn., 9th Arm'd Div. WWII (June-Milwau- 707th Tank Bn. (Aug-Burlington, IA) Bob Martens, 106 Clyde's (701)237-0889 kee) Ed Davenport, 106 Cherokee Rd., Hampton, VA 23661 Dale, Windsor, VA 23487 (804) 242-6836 "N" Co., 301st Ord. Regt., 976th Depot (Sept-Las Vegas, 52nd Combat Engrs. (July-Anderson, IN) George Bayley. 723rd ROB Bn. MRSV (Sept-St. Louis) Guilford Howe. 24 NV) Fred Bower, 3700 Dean Dr., #1602, Ventura, CA Rt. 3, Box 274, Anderson, IN 46011 (317) 642-7688 N. Campbell St.. Indianapolis, IN 46219 (317) 357-8930 93003 (805) 642-7166 75th Inf. Div. (July-Reno, NV) James Warmouth, 6545 W. 774th Tank Destroyer Bn. WWII (Sept-Lancaster, PA) Wil- IV & XI Corps. Arty., HQ Btry. WWII (July-Lebanon, TN) 11th, Indianapolis, IN 46224 (317) 241-3730 liam Hart, 932 Key West Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15239 (412) Pete Swann, 118 Hammond Ave., Lebanon, TN 37087 81st Inf. Div. (Oct-Raleigh, NC) Warren Montz. 805 Main 327-0504 (615) 444-2188 St., LaPlace, LA 70068 (504) 652-6331 814th T.D. Bn. (June-Savannah, MO) Robert DeRoos, Box 81st Wildcat Div. (Aug-Pittsburgh) Robert Schweihs, 2842 97. Springfield, SD 57062 (605) 369-2489 S. Emerald Ave., Chicago, IL 60616 (312) 225-4062 858th Ord. HAM Co. (Sept-Lexington. KY) Malcolm Kenner, 99th Inf. Div. Assn. (July-Dayton, OH) Robert Faris, 1757 728 E. Crawford Ave.. Altoona, PA 16602 (814) 943-4169 Navy Speice Ave., Dayton, OH 45403 (513) 254-1480 1061st Engrs. PC & R (July-Birmingham. AL) James Tate. 100th Inf. Div. (FL Chapter) (May-DeLand, FL) Jan DeBouter, Box 193, Harpersville, AL 35078 (205) 672-2561 41 Spring Lake Ct. So., New Port Richey, FL 33552 (813) 1127th, 1400th MP Cos. (July-Columbus, OH) Frank Farina, 2nd, 4th Beach Bns. (Sept-Norfolk, VA) Waller Bryant, 7620 849-3301 18 Oriole PL, Clementon, NJ 08021 E. 50th St., Indianapolis, IN 46226 (317) 547-2319 101st C.A. Bn. AA WWII (July-Hinesville. GA) Lee Johnson, 1289th Combat Engrs. (June-Buckeye Lake, OH) Robert 37th USNCB (June-Jacksboro, TX) Oscar Boaz, 107 N. Main 1444 Baracoa Ave., Coral Gables, FL 33146 (305) 666- Doyle, 127 Letchworth, Columbus. OH 43204 (614) 279- St., Jacksboro, TX 76056 (817) 567-5795 3025 0326 46th NCB (May-Oklahoma City) W. L. Arnold, 933 S. 68th 103rd Engr. (C) Bn., 20th Div. (June-Marietta. OH) Charles 3184th Slg. Serv. Bn. WWII (July-Elm Grove, Wl) T. J. Ln., Ft. Smith, AR 72903 (501) 452-8820 McFarland, Rt. 1, Box 84, Marietta, OH 45750 (614) 373- McGlynn, 11700 Old Columbia Pke., Apt. 1407. 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Veterans Rights 'Gold Star Mothers' In Re-employment Seeks Members Not Well Known To Roister Ranks /^yOST veterans know that if gave America their sons J~\ / Im they leave a civilian job to rHEYand daughters and wear the / mfJy enter the armed forces, gold star that symbolizes those JL WJL they are entitled by law to maternal sacrifices. They are return to that job at the end of military the Gold Star Mothers, and, since 1928, service. But, according to the Depart- have helped bear the sorrow of others ment of Labor's Office of Veterans' Re- who have lost a son or daughter in the employment Rights, most veterans are line of duty with the U.S. Armed Forces. not aware that additional re-employ- Natural and adoptive mothers are eli- ment rights also exist. gible for membership if they are U.S. Veterans who meet basic eligibility citizens or reside in U.S. territories and requirements are entitled not only to protectorates. Gold Star Mothers had a their old jobs, but also to promotions, membership of 21,000 during the Viet- salary increases and other benefits that nam War, but their numbers have since SPRING TRYOUTS— 4s most American have accrued had they not taken dwindled to 5,600. would Legion posts begin to gear up for the new time off to serve the nation. baseball season, a recent graduate of the "In the Vietnam War, 57,000 men The re-employment rights law cred- American Legion Baseball program, Allen were killed in action and we need to its years of military service to continu- "Big Al" Bullard, hopes to make the Wake locate those mothers of deceased vet- ous service with the company. For Forest University team. The one-armed first erans to tell them of their benefits," said example, if a veteran went to work for baseman, who played for James F. Daniel Betty Bayonet, a Gold Star Mother Jr. Post Greenville, S.C., also plans to a company in 1940, joined the military 3, spokeswoman. try out as a place kicker for the university in 1942, served until 1945, then returned Gold Star Mothers are involved in a football squad. to that company and worked there until variety of projects including volunteer retirement in 1986, he would be entitled work in VA hospitals and fund-raising to pension benefits based on continuous drives to provide vans and comfort items service since 1940. for veterans. DoL officials said many veterans and For further information, contact

employers are unaware of these rights, American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. , 2128 and veterans could be shortchanged in Leroy Place, Washington, D.C, 20008. their pension checks. Further infor- mation on the Veterans' Re-employ- HE scam is back. A news item ment Rights law may be obtained by rfinforming WWII veterans they writing: Office of Veterans Re-employ- are entitled to dividends on GI ment Rights, U.S. Department of Labor, insurance is a lie that has cir- Legion Recognizes culated for years. 200 Constitution Ave. , N. W. Washing- , ton, D.C. 20210. "It's a hoax," said Robert E. Lyngh, Posts and Members director of The American Legion's Vet- erans Affairs and Rehabilitation Divi- 'HE American Legion Maga- sion. "We've seen it every few years since zine is seeking Post of the 1948 and it costs the VA up to $100,000 Month and Legionnaire of the to respond to inquiries." Month nominations. The hoax, which has been printed in Posts should have a well-balanced post newsletters and other publica- array of Legion programs and serve as tions, informs veterans about a recently an inspiration to other posts. Evidence passed bill in Congress that gives WWII of the post's involvement in community veterans a dividend of 65 cents per $1,000 affairs is especially important. GREYHOUND LINES WITHDRAWS of their GI insurance for each month of Legionnaires should be actively sup- FROM FAMILY BENEFIT PLAN service. porting their posts, evidenced by rec- Greyhound Lines no longer offers dis- This year's version of the scam, how- ords of achievement in successful Legion counts to Legionnaires under The ever, has a new twist. Last year, vet- programs and service to veterans. American Legion Family Benefit Plan. erans were told to mail information to Nominations may be submitted by The its participa- company withdrew "V.R. Prosser" at the regional office in post, district or department Legion- tion Dec. 31, 1985. Legionnaires are Philadelphia. This year, they are being naires, to: The American Legion Mag- reminded to remove Greyhound from told to address inquiries to "VA Proces- azine, P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN their list of participants in the plan. sor" at the same regional office. 46206.

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$1000 A Month With Just A Hack Saw! © by Phillip E. Brancato. Sr. 1985 Yes, you can make $1000 a What I Do Do? hours of work is selling for found the right design and month and more with just a I make beautiful indoor/ over $228 in the stores. I can measurements and tricks to saw in your spare time. hack outdoor P.V.C. pipe furni- sell my chaise lounge for the manufacturing of P.V.C. Will I Get Rich? ture. Such as chairs, lounges, anything I think my labor is pipe furniture. I only wish

No, you will not get rich, tables, swings, and all kinds worth. For once, the big that when I started, I could but you can make over $1000 of baby furniture out of manufacturing companies have bought these shop

a month in your spare time P.V.C. pipe; even birdhouses cannot compete with me or drawings and I would have and have a ball doing it. and feeders. P.V.C. pipe you on prices. You will find gladly paid $100 for just one I tried all those "Get Rich" furniture is the hottest selling you will have more orders of them. gimmicks that are advertised, furniture on the market than you want! I willpay you!

that never tell you anything today, because it is unique Where can you buy Yes, I will pay you $25 for your until you've sent them and beautiful and will not rot the P.V.C Pipe? any unique design shop $25, and then you find out or rust and it will virtually You can buy the P.V.C. drawing that I can use in my their gimmicks were not for last a life time. pipe from any local hardware collection and workshop you. Well, I've tried them all Profit Unbelievable! store to start. Plus I will sup- manual. and I'm still not rich. The fantastic part of this ply you with the names and How do you start? All I ever wanted was business is the profit. addresses of cushions and 1) Decide if you like to something I could do in my pipe manufacturers who will work with your hands to spare time with my hands, sell to you wholesale, plus I create things and want to make a little money and en- will supply you with my shop make money. joy myself and not have to manual and six detailed shop 2) Can you afford $12.00 buy $3000 worth of tools or drawings with pictures and for my, shop manual and six merchandise to do it. measurements of six different drawings.

Believe It Or Not designs. 3) Send me your name and Do you need my address along with your I found the most enjoyable check for $12.00 to: and profitable business shop drawings? Philip E. Brancato Sr. working with my hands and Just go look at some of this No, you don't need my P.O. Box 237 AL7 the only tools I use are a nack furniture in the stores and see shop drawings unless you Riverview, Florida 33569 saw and measuring tape. The some of the unbelievable want to save hundreds of (813) 677-6948 really nice thing about it is prices it is selling for. hours of trial and error work Please allow about two any man, woman or ten-year- A chaise lounge that costs and thousands of dollars that weeks for delivery. old can do it. $62.25 in material and three I had to spend before I finally VETERANS ADVISER

Do you have questions concerning your dependents. To qualify for a pension, a veterans benefits? The American veteran must be either 65 years old or LegionMagazine will answer as many older, or permanently or totally dis- as possible in this column. Write to The abled. The determination is made by the American Legion Magazine, Veterans VA and is based on disability that is not Adviser Editor, P.O. Box 1055, Indi- due to military service. anapolis, IN 46206. We regret that we are unable to provide a personal Q* What is the time limit for filing A tiller/cultivator response to each query. for the one-time dental treatment provided by the VA for certain serv- exclusively designed for Q* I am eligible for the old GI Bill. ice-connected dental conditions? small, backyard gardens. Will I lose any of my benefits under — A person must file within 90 days No longer do you have to choose the new Veterans Educational Assist- A* of separation from the service. between a yank-you-along front-tine ance Program? tiller and an expensive, hard-to-guide, — No, if anything, you can gain more Q* May a veteran with only peace- rear-tine tiller. Now there's Mantis . . . the 20-pound wonder that makes every A* educational benefits. If you have time service be buried in a national gardening job a breeze! Mantis starts no break in service since Dec. 31, 1976, cemetery?

with a flick of the wrist. . . turns on a continue to serve three years beyond — Yes, providing the service was

dime . . . weeds an average garden in June 30, 1985, are other than dishon- A* under conditions other than 20 minutes . . . and runs all day on a orably discharged after July 1, 1988, and dishonorable. gallon of gas. have remaining entitlements, then you Mantis tills a full 8" deep, or deli- receive the basic benefits of the old cately cultivates the surface for preci- may Q* What is a Presidential Memorial sion weeding. And, because it's so GI Bill through Dec. 31, 1989. After that Certificate and who may receive one? easy to maneuver, women and older date, you can receive up to half of ben- — A Presidential Memorial Certifi- people (many of whom had almost efits payable under the old GI Bill in cate bears the signature of the given up gardening) find Mantis an A* addition to benefits under the new GI absolute joy. President and expresses the nation's Bill. gratitude for a veteran's service to the Mantis is so easy to guide that you cer- can cultivate right around plants, along country in the armed forces. The I tificate is to next-of-kin of crop rows and up tight to fences . . . Q* May use my VA home loan sent the a without worrying about running into guarantee to purchase a home in deceased, honorably-discharged vet- your growing flowers and vegetables. Canada? eran or, upon request, to a relative or And, with its easy-on/easy-off preci- _ No. The property must be located friend. sion attachments, Mantis quickly be- A* in the United States, its territo- comes a Planter/Furrower ... a Border ries or possessions. Edger ... a Lawn De-Thatcher and Q* When I recently applied for a VA Aerator ... or a guaranteed home loan I was advised superb Trimmer for Q* Are dividends from insurance it could not be processed until I repaid pruning shrubs and policies counted as income when an outstanding debt for educational hedges. qualifying for the VA pension assistance. Is this correct? Best of all, Mantis program? _ Yes. It is the VA policy to recon- Yes, dividends commercial life cile all the what you'd pay for a — from A* outstanding debts to big tiller! A • insurance policies must be reported U.S. government prior to approving a as income under the VA's non-service- home loan application. connected disability pension program. Big Spring Bonus Q* I was denied reimbursement for FREE $41.00 Border Edger! Q* What is the difference between a privately purchased headstone for

' Mantis Manufacturing Co. disability compensation and pension? my husband's grave because I bought r~7V, Mri c I \yywnOO 1458 County Line Rd., Dept. 898 Compensation is paid to a veteran it before his death. Is this correct? Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 _ Please send more information on the A* with a disability that is related to j. Yes. Reimbursement may be paid Mantis Tiller/Cultivator . . . and your military service. While the disability A* for a headstone or marker pur- special FREE Sping offer! need not be a result of performance of chased only after a veteran's death. If Name

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Main Street with the Stars and Dressing up LEGIONNAIRE Stripes . . . preserving freedom's heritage with memorabilia and paintings . . . pledging their OF THE MONTH support for athletics . . . remembering sons' sacrifices . . . and completing the convoy of care.

M he answer is blowing in the wind JL heir names will be remembered for along Main Street, Danville, N.Y. years to come by library patrons. Members of Danville's Post 87 several Legionnaires at Massillon Post 221, years ago decided to dress up the town Massillon, Ohio, have ensured their with American flags on patriotic holi- days. The idea, spawned by Legion- naire Kenneth J. Bennett, resulted in the installation of flagpole holders and the purchase of the nation's colors. Post members are responsible for the stor- age and display of some 66 flags that line Danville's main street.

•^America's past is preserved in a W.O. "Bill" Johnson military museum housed at Post 357, Ashby, Minn. Uniforms, guns, ammu- community will not forget the town's 38 in the Minneapo- nition, swords and medals are the tell- men who died in Korea. VETERANSlis area use "loyal, energetic, The post purchased a plaque and imaginative and friendly" to installed it in the Massillon Public describe W.O. "Bill" Johnson, Library. Unveiled at a recent public the 90-year-old service officer ceremony, the plaque joined a similar for Business and Professional one honoring local soldiers, sailors, air- Men's Post 332. men and Marines who were killed in Johnson was a charter World War II. member of the post in 1926, post com- mander in 1929, and has been an active member of the post for 60 years. In 1985 *JL he convoy of care that's been roll- ing into Boise, Idaho, has been com- he was honored as Outstanding Service pleted for another year. When Idaho Officer for the Minnesota Fifth District tale signs of the nation's struggle to Legionnaires and Auxiliary members in recognition of his work over the past defend its freedom. In addition, there 20 years. are photographs that detail the history As post service officer, he formed vis- of the post, which was founded in 1919 itation committees of 25 to 30 members by 26 charter members. who make monthly visits to the local VA The background of the museum is a hospital. Until recently, Johnson per- lighted mural painted in oils, depicting sonally visited the VA hospital several a number of scenes from the nation's times each month and called on veter- wars and its military branches. ans in other hospitals or nursing homes. He still keeps the post informed on ^4Lthletes in Colonial Heights, Va., the well-being of its members and is liai- will soon have a roof over their heads son for the post and the families of thanks to Post 284 of Colonial Heights. delivered $28,000 in cash, food and deceased comrades. He personally clothing donations to the State Veter- counsels the families of deceased ans Home, it was the fourth consecutive Legionnaires, assisting them in many year they made the lives of residents a ways after the funerals. little brighter. The state-wide cam- His devotion to the post also moti- paign was no easy task, given Idaho's vates others to be active members. The small population spread over a vast and calling committee he set up notifies every rugged terrain. member of the post's noon-time meet- The program has gained prominence, ings, keeping attendance up and keep- as evidenced by Idaho Gov. John Evans' ing Johnson—who makes many of the The post recently pledged $20,000 that willingness to roll up his sleeves and help calls himself—in contact with everyone will be used to construct an athletic fellow Legionnaires deliver the food and in the post. fieldhouse. clothing to the home.

APRIL 1986 41 GIANT COMRADES IN DISTRESS UES HEAVY DUTY Readers who can help these veterans are urged to do so. Usually an eyewitness statement is needed in support of a VA claim No doubt about it ... as a small engine- INFLATABLE BOATS Notices are run only at the request of American Legion pro, you can cash in on the huge de- Service Officers representing claimants, using Search for mand for qualified men in one of Amer- Witness Forms available only from State Legion Service ica's fastest growing industries. You'll Officers. Please contact CID (number), The American be able to command top hourly rates of from" 2 MAN $38 Legion Magazine, P.O Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206 $25.00 to $30.00 per hour — and that's just for labor. 3 MAN $50 USS Chicago CA-136. Dale T. O'Neil needs witnesses to Plenty of I verify a claim that while aboard ship in Feb. 1946, a case 65,000,000 Small Engines Are In Use Today! of dry goods slid down a ramp striking him on leg causing

That's the official count from the Engine Service Assn. , and 4 MAN $65 it to be dislocated. Contact CID 1 037 one-million new engines are being built each month. With Before Midnight Ammo Platoon, 3rd Marine Div., Ord. Service Co. Paul Foley-Belsaw training, you can soon have the skill and Lawrence P. Stine needs witnesses to verify a claim that knowledge to make top money servicing these engines. For The Next 30 Days while stationed at Fiji Camps, Japan in 1954-55, he was As part of an advertising test, Dunlap Boat Mfg. will exposed to chemical warfare substances. Contact CID send any of above size boats to anyone who reads and 1038 responds to this test before the next 30 days. Each "A" Co., 86th Tank Bn., 3rd Arm'd Div. Gilbert W. Landau Boat Lot No. (Z-26 PVC) is constructed of tough high II needs witnesses to verify a claim that while stationed at density fabric (resistant to abrasions, sunlight, salt & Ft. Knox, KY in Sept. 1951, he was diagnosed as having oil), electronically welded embossed seams, nylon a nervous condition by a psychiatrist before being dis- safety line grommeted all around, heavy duty oar charged. Contact CID 1039 locks, 3 separate air chambers for extra safety (4 air HQ Co., 60th Inf., 9th Div. James Vincent Russo is seeking chambers in 4-man), self-locking safety valves, bow lift- witnesses to verify a claim that while stationed at St. Lo, ing & towing handle and are recommended for marine, France in June 1945. he was wounded in the head and ocean and fresh water recreation, camping, fishing or neck. Contact CID 1040 a family fun boat. Each boat will be accompanied with 312th Fighter Bomber Wing. Frank A. Struck is seeking

a LIFETIME guarantee that it must perform 100% or witnesses to verify a claim that while stationed at Chengtu, NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! it will be replaced free. Add $7 handling & crating for China in 1944-45, he suffered food poisoning from the You don't need to be a 'born mechanic' or have any prior each boat requested. Dunlap Boat Mfg. pays all ship- mess hall. Contact CID 1041 experience. Lessons are fully illustrated so clear you ping. If your order is received within the next ten days can't go wrong, and with our famous 'learn-by-doing' method you get practical hands-on' experience. you will receive FREE a combined hand /foot in- flator/ deflator bellows style pump for each boat re- quested. Should you wish to return your boat you may do so for a refund. Any letter postmarked after 30 days will be returned. LIMIT three (3) boats per address, no Taps Notices mention, whenever possible, those exceptions. Send appropriate sum together with your Legionnaires who have held high national or department name and address to: Boat Dept. #746-B, Dunlap Boat office in the Legion or the U.S. government, or who have Mfg., 2940 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90006. Or attained other forms of national prominence. for fastest service from any part of the country call Daniel E. Lambert, ME Department Commander (1968- 1-800-824-9988 for Boat Dept. #746-B (Calif, residents 69), Department Vice Commander (1967-68), Department call collect 213-735-9363), before midnight seven days Adjutant (1975- ). a week. Have credit card ready. Charles R. Munske, NY St. Louis Caucus and Founders Society. Ligouri A. Dusseau, OH Alternate National Executive Com-

mitteeman (1952-54), Department Commander (1 950-51 ), Department Vice Commander (1949-50). E.C. Sammons. OR Paris Caucus & Founders Society. Don Eva, OR National Executive Committeeman (1969-73), Department Commander (1956-57), Department Vice history . . . Coinage was made Commander (1955-56). G. Ward Moody, TX Department Adjutant (1946-63). When the U.S. Mint produced James Larry Gaines, PI Department Vice Commander (1963- 64; 1974-75; 1977-1978; 1979), Department Adjutant (1980; different Cents in 1982! 1981-82). 7 Nello Sextus Carozzoni Jr., PA Department Commander Vice Commander (1970-71). In 1982, for the first time in history, the U.S. Mint (1983-84), Department Lyle L. Seymour, KS Department Commander (1969-70) Lincoln Cents — due to Large produced 7 different Wallace D. Elterich, DE Department Commander (1968- and Small Date varieties, production at 2 different 69), Department Vice Commander (1966-68). Mints, and a change in metal from copper to zinc. Dr. Carl J. Rees, National Vice Commander (1954-55), DE National Executive Committeeman (1952-54), Alternate difficult to find assem- These 7 Lincolns are very and National Executive Committeeman (1950-52), Depart- ble on your own. ment Commander (1947-48), Department Vice Com- mander (1946-47). For a limited time, you can get all 7 different 1982 Cents, in a special holder, for ONLY $2 FROM LITTLETON! This is a special introductory offer, limit 3 sets per customer. Plus you get the most won- LIFE MEMBERSHIPS derful price lists of U.S. coins in America, along The award of a life membership to a Legionnaire by a with other offers on approval. Adults only please. post is a testimonial by those who know best that such a Full 45 day money-back guarantee of satisfaction. member has served The American Legion well. Hurry for this special low price! Below are listed some of the previously unlisted life membership post awards that have been reported to The Littleton Coin Company American Legion Magazine Dept. LSL278, Littleton, New Hampshire 03561 Walter J. Burk (1965), Post 31, Fort Smith, AR "Serving collectors nationwide since 1945" Walter R. Barker, Michael O. Havey, Arthur H. Nielsen, Percy M. Perkins, Andrew B. Wise (1985), Post 341, Bella 1982 D Vista, AR Send name, address and $2 for each set to: 316 John F. Boetsch (1985), Post 295, Cypress, CA Littleton Coin Company, Dept. LSL278, Littleton, NH 03561 ^Zinc i Chester L. Cox (1985). Post 49, Monticello, FL Carl A. Weigand (1985). Post 345. Naples. FL William Dyer Sr. (1975), Robert Taylor (1976). William E. Poore (1979), Joe Chaffin (1983), Post 492, West Lafay- ette. IN Walter R. Milby (1985). Post 124, Greensburg. KY Leopold R. Lariviere.- William S. Searle, Leopold G. Garneau, Robert A. Boucher, John P. Joncas, J. Edmond 1982 P 1982 D Pinard, George Poirier, Lawrence Villandry (1985), Post Large Date Large Date 26, Biddeford, ME Copper Copper Barry Dunlap, Jerome Dewing (1985). Post 223, Dux- bury, MA

42 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE Unforgettable Videocassettes SOUTH AFRICA Continued from page 21

over American heavy industry similar to that enjoyed by OPEC during the oil embargo of 1973. Administration spokesmen have resisted any comparison between Mid- dle East oil and South African minerals, but other observers find the analogy less far-fetched. Said one, "Oil has more of an immediate impact on the economy, but the loss of minerals would be felt in LEST WE FORGET! the pocketbook, too, and would consti- tute a far more serious threat to national The inscription on the tomb reads "Here security." Spare parts would soon be Additionally, as Solomon observed, Rests in Honored Glory an American Soldier Known but to God". This magnificent tribute hard to come by, and, as Crocker said, "Durban, one of South Africa's most should be in every library and school in the design concessions might have to be important industrial cities, has the larg- U.S. Veterans— you can make this possible. made in order to fabricate the necessary est port in the entire Southern Hemi- parts out of alternative substances. sphere. Similar port facilities now under THE UNKNOWN Western Europe and Japan monitor development at Richards Bay will make SOLDIER events in South Africa with an equally that city and harbor at least as large as Hosted by Jason Robards wary eye. "It would be harder for our Durban within 20 years." Characteriz- This video program is a lasting reminder of allies to deal with a cutoff because they're ing the South African region as "the soft the commitment, valor and sacrifice in the far more dependent than we are and have underbelly of the Free World" in terms service of their country in WWI, WWII, the less stockpiles," said Ashley extensive of strategic preparedness, Solomon said Korean War and Vietnam; those whose Wills of the State Department. This is that the region could be a vital staging bodies were never found or identified; more one reason Kassebaum cited in contend- area in times of crisis. than 78,000 in WWII alone. This poignant ing that the allies should willingly share The State Department has main- story is told through combat footage of battles and numerous interviews. with us the cost of more ambitious tained that it would be impractical for stockpiling. After all, she said, "If a the Soviets to successfully blockade such Also Available: mineral cutoff ever occurs, and we are a large and geographically remote area JIMA the only country with stockpiles, they of water, that there are more logical RETURN TO IWO Hosted by Ed McMahon will want us to share." places for hostile forces to try to cut off Footage from WWII depicts the fiercest and Where NATO is concerned, there is maritime activities in the hemisphere. bloodiest battle the Marines ever fought and an added dimension: sea lanes. The so- Still, Crocker noted that controlling the includes a 40-year reunion with their Japa- called Cape Route, traveled by some Cape route would not be as unmanage- nese enemies. Over 27,000 lives were lost 25,000 ships annually, is the conduit for able a task as it might appear from the during this battle alone. Lest we forget! more than half the oil bound for West- map: "Ships can't go too far south or ern Europe, Solomon said. Other esti- they run into bad weather. The area that THE ANDERSON mates go as high as 75 percent. The Suez ships need to travel in is a narrow chan- PLATOON Canal, which on paper looks like a bet- nel out of the total body of water." A moving portrait of 33 men and their ter route, cannot accommodate super The issue of South Africa's overall vigilance for survival in Vietnam. Carefully tankers. obvious reasons, For Mideast strategic importance takes on added edited combat footage reminds us of moments tensions further magnify the impor- meaning in the context of the growing from other wars. You see these men as tance of the Cape Route. communist presence in the region. individuals and you won't forget them. Though the South African military After viewing these hour-long cassettes

capability is considered formidable, present them to your schools and li- THE LEGION'S POSITION Crocker, Solomon and others said they braries. Let the public be reminded of the commitment sacrifice worry about the nation's susceptibility and of so many. Resolution 481, adopted in Sep- !" tember 1984 at the 66th National to the same kind of guerrilla insurrec- TO ORDER CALL TOLL-FREE Convention in Salt Lake City, reads tion that toppled Angola, where a 1-800-826-3456 Marxist government is now openly in part: I USE CREDIT CARD OR ORDER BY MAIL propped up by Soviet technology and as "Resolved, That we support the | Please checkDM.C.D VISA U.S. Government's policy of con- many as 40,000 Cuban troops. Arr.t # Exp.Dt Qty. @$39.95 Totals structive engagement with South Given all this, are U.S. interests in Unknown Soldier $ Africa, promoting peaceful evolution the region vital enough for us to con- Retun to Iwo Jlma sider protecting them? $ away from apartheid, and urge all The Anderson Plato n $ Officially, Washington prefers to Americans to recognize the impor- Send to Totals $ the possibility. the tant U.S. strategic interest in South downplay However, Name revealing on the subject Africa stemming from its mineral most words may Address wealth, key geographical location, come from Crocker: "We have never City/St./Zip in Africa. When not using Credit Card, enclose check. developed economy and staunch anti- sought military bases South Send to: HOME VISION communist policies." But that doesn't mean we'd stand by 5547 N. Ravenswood, Chicago I L 60640 and let the Soviets have them."

APRIL 1986 43 thrown in the way of imports by the counted on Americans to loudly trum- FOREIGN Japanese bureaucracy, urged on by its pet our dislike of what was happening, corporate clients. For example: All and then do nothing. The result of this American cosmetics, even TRADE those using cynicism, growing from experience, is standard formulas, had to be approved that the Japanese felt that they could Continued from page 15 by the bureaucracy, a process that could practice what we consider to be unfair take six months; and American cars must competition. be tested individually in Japan. With Actions speak louder than words with work force—with close to a 100 percent barriers like these, our exporting com- Europeans. According to Business literacy rate—the Japanese benefit from panies must fight against the odds to Week, Italy limits Japanese car imports a high currency, the yen, that many sell in Japan. At the same time, Amer- to 3,000 a year, while France's line is 3 believe was for years outrageously ican companies such as Chrysler fail to percent of the market and Britain, 11 undervalued. Japanese government make right-hand-drive cars for the Jap- percent. But this is no answer for us, policies helped keep the exchange rate anese market—and that's the side Jap- because we sell the Japanese a lot, espe- low. That exchange rate makes Amer- anese steering wheels are on. We're not cially farm products. If we go too far, ican and other competitors' goods un- totally blameless. our farmers might be closed out of necessarily expensive in Japan. The United States allowed the Japa- Japan's markets.

The high yen has been coupled with nese to use these tactics that give it great Lest we blame all on the Japanese, it a host of non-tariff barriers, skillfully advantages. For years the Japanese is clear that we have failed to bargain successfully in our trading with the Jap- anese and other lower-cost producers To Every Adult with a Weak Bladder during the past 10 years. We have acted like the Big Bad Wolf. Japan pushes us Who Refuses to Wear Diapers: to get maximum advantage. We tell them we're going to huff and puff and blow Free trial of slim, trim Tranquility System their house down, only we don't. So they with full purchase price refund by mail. keep pushing us. The danger is that we will one day blow not only their house Designed for men and women with partial loss of bladder down, but ours, too. control who wish to carry on a normal socially active life. Japan's favorable trade balance with the United States, which has climbed Standing, sitting, or participating in sports, the Tranquility from $15.8 billion in 1981 to $37 billion Pad & Brief System is the best way to prevent the embarrassment in 1984, and an estimated $50 billion in of leakage, wet spots, odor. 1985, is only a partial picture. Between '81 and '83 our trade balance with the At the heart of this system is its most effective pad with a less-developed countries of the world unique moisture-locking center that disperses urine so rapidly shifted from a surplus of $3.3 billion to that it can't puddle or flood. Deodorizes it. Locks in every drop a deficit of $33.4 billion. Our present fix is not all Japan's fault. What can we do it absorbs, so it can't leak. about it? Fits into a slim, trim brief that's just like regular underwear, NO SIMPLE SOLUTIONS but has a soft, moisture-proof panel for extra protection. We must get sensibly tough with our Washable, of course. There's no demoralizing, bulky feel about trading partners. We have to do some- Tranquility. It's natural-fit protection. thing simultaneously about our budget deficits, either by cutting government spending or by raising taxes, or both. If we succeed in seriously reducing For Refund by Mail of Full Purchase Price of Tranquility the deficits, we will lower interest rates Starter Kit, please send: and reduce the dollar's value, making 1. Both end flaps from Tranquility Starter Kit. exchange rates more favorable to 2. Cash register receipt with Tranquility purchase American goods and removing consid- price circled. erable pressure on our manufacturers. 3. This coupon. _. „ This offer good until Aug. 31, 1986. The first steps toward improving the Send to: Limited to one request per family. exchange rates were taken by the Trea- Tranquility Consumer Service Photocopies of this form not sury Department, acting in concert with 1200 E. Main St., Dept. AL104 accepted. Void where prohibited. the other industrial nations, especially Somerset. PA 15501-0658 Allow 4 weeks for delivery. the Japanese. Negotiations with our allies over trade NAME (PLEASE PRI barriers must be persistent. We can not threaten the Japanese and other trad- ing partners and then do nothing to back up our threats. We have to play hard- ball, just as they do, without losing our temper and kicking over the world eco- nomic order. Call weekdays 1-800-845-9527 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. EST to get the name of We must recognize our real-world Television the medical supply or drug store nearest you. In Pennsylvania, call I -8 1 4-443-488 1. problems and possibilities. news has an important role to play here, © 1986. DeVilbiss Heallh Care Worldwide. Somerset. PA distributor*. Tranquility is a registered trademark of Principle Business Enterprises. Inc., Dunbridge. OH. manufacturers Patents pending as does the Presidency. Both have failed

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ORBEN-S WORLD

April is when mud wrestling and gar- dening are the same hobby.

There is a big difference between death and taxes. When you die, six months later they don't come around to make sure.

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firms received temporary licenses per- mitting them to install cigarette MINI-DOZER® ORGANIZED machines and video games in town loca- tions. Police Capt. Kenneth Alley, who CRIME decided to run background checks on the Continued from page 23 two companies, consulted with the FBI, the Internal Revenue Service criminal division and the President's Commis- then our (labor leasing) company. It has sion on Organized Crime. to be all three or it won't click. ..." By putting together bits and pieces, Asked what the role of corporate Alley discovered that the two vending "I THOUGHT I'D GO CRAZY" management was in these schemes, firms had been owned and controlled by Rispo declared that "corporate man- other mob figures. More recently, the it PSORIASIS agement . . . would direct us on what firms were reportedly owned by an DOCTOROCTOR DISCOVERS CURE-FREE INFORMATION! wanted done on a certain site." For American citizen living in Panama. 'Was told there d cure. I thought I'd go crazy. Skepti scales Now scales are cal. In 1 month less itching and example, management would complain After his six-month investigation, ally all gone, itching too and I have more pep."

G.B. . . . KS. that drivers were causing trouble. Rispo Alley announced he had uncovered PSORIASIS CLINIC DEPT. AL- 46 RTE. 1 PONTIAC, IL 61764 would have to get "the thing straight- "derogatory information that links these ened out" by replacing the drivers. companies and their officer/owners to Also coming under attack by the com- known and renowned organized crime mission were renegade lawyers who are figures." of orga- $200 actively furthering the goals In denying new licenses to the vend- $10,000 nized crime. Lawyers who legitimately ing companies, the town manager, Ste- CASH TOLL FREE 800-435-5119 PAID represent clients in trouble, even mob- phen J. Atkins, cited a section of the Japanese Military Decorations and Oriental Porcelains sters, were not included in this attack. village code that upholds such action if Also Wanted.

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APRIL 1986 53 UR HEALTH ST Arthritis

JOINT RE- PLACEMENTS MAY PROVIDE it also can strike children and the elderly. By Paul Martin Treatment includes rest, exercise, aspi- A WELCOME rin and other drugs. A third type of arthritis, infectious EAN Hamrick is an attrac- arthritis, can generally be traced to one tive, cheerful 70-year-old RELIEF FOR Chicago resident who of the common disease-producing bac- walks, travels, shops, ARTHRITIS teria that invade the joint. Treatment include irrigation, aspiration, sur- climbs stairs, entertains may gical drainage and the use of an and enjoys life. Just a few PATIENTS. years ago Hamrick, one of antibiotic. Gout is another extremely painful form the 31 million Americans of arthritis that affects nearly two mil- suffering from arthritis, lion Americans, mostly men. It occurs was in constant pain, moved when the body stores too much uric acid with difficulty and rarely left her home. 100 different diseases that cause victims and usually affects the large joint of the "I never gave up," said Hamrick, "but to suffer pain, stiffness and swelling in big toe. Famous throughout history, was unable to do anything because of their joints. Many people are severely gout affected Achilles, Alexander the the pain and crippling of my disease. I crippled by the disease. Its two chief Great, Leonardo da Vinci, Henry VIII, was depressed much of the time. I heard forms are osteoarthritis and rheuma- Sir Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and about joint replacements and decided toid arthritis. Benjamin Franklin along with millions there was nothing to lose and possibly Osteoarthritis, the oldest and most of anonymous sufferers. a new life to gain." common disease of humans, generally Between February 1981 and Novem- affects the hands, hips, knees, lower back ber 1982, Dr. Boone Brackett, an Oak and neck of men and women in their 50s, ADDED to the severe pain, crippling Park, 111., orthopedic surgeon, installed 60s and 70s. It occurs when the carti- and despair that accompany arthri- new joints in both her knees and hips. lage between two bones breaks down. tis is the expense. The disease costs "It's given me a whole new life," The bones rub against each other and patients in the United States more than Hamrick said. "I can do just about any- knobs of bone and hardened pieces of $13 billion annually and accounts for more thing but jog." cartilage form in the joint. This pro- than $1 billion each year in disability Brackett has replaced more than 900 duces swelling, deformity and pain. payments. That's about 15 percent of all hip and knee joints with implants and While doctors recommend special exer- Social Security disability insurance only a small percentage of his patients cises and drugs such as aspirin to relieve payments in the United States. About developed problems. The technique he the pain and prevent the patient from $450 million dollars in VA payments go uses, developed nearly two decades ago becoming disabled, joint replacement has to veterans with arthritis or rheumatic in England by Dr. John Charnley, has become increasingly popular. disease. been a major breakthrough for improv- Rheumatoid arthritis, "the great The many signs of arthritis include ing quality of life for arthritis sufferers. crippler," chiefly affects the wrists and the following: In many ways arthritis remains one knuckles but may occur in any joint. • Swelling in one or more joints. of man's most baffling ills. Early in this Physicians believe the disease is caused • Early morning stiffness. century American physician Sir Wil- either by micro-organisms or by a mal- • Recurring pain or tenderness in any liam Osier said, "When an arthritis function of the auto-immune system. The joints. patient walks in the front door, I feel affected joints are hot, painful, red and • Inability to move a joint normally. like walking out the back door." swollen. In many cases, the disease • Obvious redness and warmth in a Arthritis literally means "joint spreads throughout the body damaging joint. inflammation" and refers to more than organs and connective tissue. If left • Fever or weakness combined with untreated, rheumatoid arthritis causes joint pain. Paul Martin, a World War II Navy diseased joints to stiffen in deformed If any of these symptoms persist, suf- pilot, is a veteran magazine writer who positions. While the disease develops ferers should see their physicians. specializes in health and travel features. mostly between the ages of 20 and 40, Arthritis also affects about 250,000

54 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE EASING PAIN-As Ben Franklin learned, some treatments may relieve gout and other arthritic pain, but no cure has been found.

children in the United States. Juvenile Through the years, physicians have Cold treatments also relieve pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis, frequently a mild tried a broad range of drugs to treat some people. Cold compresses or ice bags condition that causes only limited prob- arthritis, including aspirin, gold treat- wrapped in towels can help numb the lems, can be extremely serious with ments, penicillin, cortico-steroid drugs, affected area and reduce blood circula- symptoms that change dramatically from anti-malarial drugs and imuno- tion so pain is not so intense. day to day. suppressive drugs. Some of them have What can a person do to avoid arthri- JRA manifests itself in inflammation, dangerous side effects and must be used tis? "The techniques for preventing causing heat, pain, swelling and stiff- with extreme prudence. arthritis are simple but not easy," said ness in the affected joint. In some chil- Regular exercise can help keep joints Dr. James F. Fries, director of the dren with long-term joint inflammation, flexible, build and preserve muscle Stanford Arthritis Clinic. "The three the disease also damages the joint sur- strength, and help protect joints from major things you need to do are keep faces. This can cause the kind of crip- further stress and weakness. Improve- fit, control your weight and protect your pling seen in adults with rheumatoid ment may be slow, but those who follow joints." arthritis. Most children eventually get a regular exercise regimen—with the Although the medical profession has well and experience little or no lasting approval of their physicians—generally not found a cure for arthritis, the disability from JRA. are rewarded with easier movement and research conducted during the past few Dr. William J. Arnold, a noted rheu- less pain and stiffness. years alone has shown that arthritics matologist, emphasized three points in Rest, another important factor in need not suffer a life of endless pain. In dealing with arthritis: Get an accurate dealing with arthritis, also helps relieve fact, through the technology developed diagnosis of the type and extent of the pain and inflammation resulting from too in research laboratories, most sufferers disease, get comprehensive treatment much activity. Of course, too much rest are beginning to learn that through that includes all appropriate compo- may lead to stiffness and joint rust. drugs, therapy and exercise, arthritis nents and get follow-up treatment. Heat is an old reliable method to relax can be controlled. For many, it's a new "While few forms of arthritis are cur- muscles and relieve joint pain and sore- lease on life. able, all are treatable," Arnold said. ness. It's especially useful in the morn- THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS GENERAL MEDICAL INFOR- "However, the treatment varies, ings. There are many ways to apply heat MATION AND ADVICE. ALTHOUGH THE INFORMATION depending on which of the 100-plus forms such as hot baths, showers, hot packs, IS BELIEVED TO BE ACCURATE, YOU SHOULD CON- SULT YOUR PHYSICIAN FOR MEDICAL ADVICE CON- of arthritis is present." heat lamps, electric pads or hot air. CERNING YOUR PARTICULAR CONDITION.

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Sweeping Statement Commenting about the apartment of an evicted tenant, a janitor observed: "The last time that woman used a broom she flew somewhere!" —George Bergman

Lost Cause A wife met her husband at the door as he arrived home from work and said, "We're invited to the Hadley's for din- ner. You've got 30 minutes to clean up and argue about it." —Leatha E. Beck

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Perfect house if you're handy with money." Fledgling photographer that I am, when I captured an exceptional shot of dragonflies mating, I decided to try to Views of Life Stately Girth sell it to a nature magazine. I mailed my entry with this comment: "I caught these Old people, it is said, look back and The tailor had just measured the man's dragonflies mating in my blue spruce think of the past; young people look for- waistline. The customer's silver-tongued tree. Would you be interested in shar- ward and think of the future; and chil- wife said thoughtfully, "Harold, dear, ing their romance with your readers?" dren look everywhere and think of isn't it really amazing when you think My slide was quickly returned with nothing. about it: A Douglas fir with that circum- an editor's note: "No, thank you. We -Billy Arthur ference would be 75 feet tall!" don't deal in blackmail." -Kenneth Hall —Bartie Jones Tough Decisions

Senator to colleague: "What I hate is Common Sense when my mail runs 50-50 on an issue and If a young man today can make enough I have to make up my own mind." money to pay for an education, he doesn't —Oliver E. Frazier need to go to college. —Lloyd Byers

Time vs. Time Mind Reader Grandfather to small boy: "I remem- ber when people worried about how A man is never so brilliant as when he takes the words right out of your much it took to buy something, instead of how long." mouth. —James Roman —Arnot Sheppard Jr.

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It's better to let things go in one ear I figured out what's wrong with my and out the other than to go in one ear, finances. I have a microwave wallet and get all mixed up and come out the mouth. a simmer-over-a-low-flame earnings. "Wh y do we keep a bag of dirt in the —Edward Otto -Gil Stern, vacuum cleaner?"

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polyester/50% cotton 16 wale fabric. Features combed cotton and is 1 00% nylon lined. A and matches the collar, cuff and slash pockets, sturdy front zipper, knit cuffs and lighter weight version. Add $4 for XXL. waistband on this contemporary waist, knit-lined collar and belted shoulders with AMERICAN LEGION embroidered in gold jacket. 65% polyester/35% cotton. snap epaulets. AMERICAN LEGION embroidered on left chest. Add $5 for XXL. in gold on left chest. Add $4 for XXL. No. 70495 $43.95 No. 70325 $29.95 No. 70490 $54.95 Matching Cap. Navy only. No. 70936 — Solid Corduroy $7.50 No. 70937 — Mesh Back $7.50 Cap/Jacket Combo. Buy both and deduct $5.

D NEW!! GRAND NATIONAL RACING JACKET. E ROYAL BLUE JACKET. F POPLIN JACKET. Weatherproof cotton/ 100% Nylon Cire shell; nylon lining; knit waistband Heavy oxford nylon with poly- polyester blend with button collar and cuff. and cuffs; full zipper front; two slash pockets with fibre quilted lining. Set in This jacket now available in XXL and XXXL and zipper closure; racing collar with D-ring throat sleeves. Knit collar and cuffs in Tails L, XL, and XXL. Add $3 per jacket for latch and knit backing; fully sewn sleeve and chest with gold trim. Add $5 for XXL. these special sizes. striping with special contrast insert stripe on right No. 70278 $39.95 No. 70230 — Oyster $19.95 chest and right sleeve. Add $5 for XXL. No. 70262 — Navy $19.95 No. 70500 $39.95

SIZE INFORMATION PRICES GOOD THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1986 ORDER FROM: National Emblem Sales, Dept. NA86 S (34-36), M (38-40), L (42-44), XL (46-48). XXL (50- The American Legion, P.O. Box 1050, Indianapolis, IN 46206 52) and XXXL (54-56) are available only where indicated.

is Talis: Available only on Poplin Jacket and indicates Enclosed J . or; Charge my VISA an extra 2" in body and an extra 1 V?" in sleeve length. Card No. Expires

Shipping & Handling — Add to all orders. Please ShipL Merchandise Value Add Name Up to $5.00 $1.50 $5.01 to $15.00 $2.50 Street. $15.01 to $30.00 $3.00

City $30.01 to $50.00 $4.00 $50.01 & Over $5.00 ! CAVALRYPresenting Haband's TWILL Executive Slacks 95 I 2 * 21 Gentlemen, stand by to be amazed! Cavalry Twill Dress Slacks have been a masculine favorite from the Khyber Pass British Cavalry days to the Parade Dress Uniform of the Prussian Palace Guards to the Officers' Club in the Great American Southwest.

Now Haband, the mail order people from Paterson, N.J., have perfected their time-tested 100% Polyester DoubleKnit in a striking Four Star Executive Caliber Cavalry Twill Edition:

L_ DISTINCTIVE 45° •jt TOUGH NO WRINKLE * MASCULINE TWILL RIBS LONG WEAR EXCEPTIONAL 100% EASY CARE COMFORT S-T-R-E-T-C-H NO-IRON WASH & WEAR

SHOP AND COMPARE ! Look around in the expensive shop windows and see what top fashion Cavalry Twill Slacks are selling for. You will probably fall in love with the fabric but be turned off by the price. That's when you should remember there's a Haband — right here, right now— with 1986 Executive Cavalry Twill Dress Slacks in your colors,

your size, at your service and to the rescue ! TWO PAI RS ON LY 21 .95

FIVE COLORS TO CHOOSE, to see yourself at home, no driving around, no shopping necessary. And 100% made in the U.S.A., of course!

Haband's 100% "Fortrel®" Polyester DoubleKnit CAVALRY TWILL p s c 3 for 91 32.50 Only EXECUTIVE SLACKS 2 £ I 4/43.25 HABAND COMPANY IS YOUR SIZE ON THIS CHART? 265 N. 9th St., Paterson, NJ 07530 Waists: 30-32-34-35-36-37-38-39-40-41-42 Yessir! Send me pairs, for which 43.44. Please add $1.50 per pair I enclose $ plus $1.95 toward for waist sizes: 46-48-50-52-54. postage and handling. Inseams: 27-28-29-30-31-32-33-34. Or Charge VISA MasterCard Acct # Exp. / GUARANTEE: // on receipt you are not delighted, return the slacks within 30 days for a full refund of every penny you paid us! 7BK-03C

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