The American Legion Magazine [Volume 72, No. 2 (February 1962)]

THE AMERICAN 15c . FEBRUARY 1962

MAGAZINE

There is a rank due to the United States

among nations which will be withheld,

if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness; if THE RED WALL we desire to avoid insult, we BY JAMES WAKEFIELD BURKE must be able to repel it; if we PAGE 12

desire to secure peace , . , it must be known that we are at all times ready for war."

GEORGE WASHINGTON, Fifth Annual Address to Congress,

Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. S, 1793

An African Alamo ''What constitutes the bulwark of our own BY

liberty and independence? It is not our BRIG. GEN. FRANK L. HOWLEY (Ret.)

PAGE 18 frowning battlements, our bristling sea

coasts .... Our reliance is in the love

of liberty which God has planted in u^. Ttff BIG fSSUE

Our defense is in the preservation Should the United States take direct unilateral action of the spirit which prizes liberty to halt communist penetration as the heritage of alt men, in of Latin America? all lands everywhere." PRO CON Rep. BOB WILSON Rep. CLEMENT J. ZA8L0CKI (R. Calif.) (0. Wise.)

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against another and against its will, an act clearly forbidden by the Charter. We have opposed such action in the past by our closest friends as well as by others. We opposed it in Korea in 1950, in Suez and in Hungary in 1956, in the Congo in I960, and we do so again in Goa in 1961...

"But what is at stake today is not colo- nialism. It is a bold violation of one of the most basic principles of the United Na-

tions Charter . .

"The fabric of peace is fragile and our peace-making machinery has today suffered another blow. If it is to survive, if the United Nations is not to die an ignoble death as the League of Nations, we cannot condone the use of force on this instance and thus pave the way for forceful solutions of other disputes which exist in Latin America, Africa, Asia and POLICY Europe. In a world as interdependenx as DHE QUESTION ARISES on occasion as ours, the possible results of such a trend to whether the material published in are too grievous to contemplate." The American Legion Magazine is always Legionnaires particularly will applaud in conformance with the stated policies of this stand, as they applauded the job done The American Legion. by Mr. Stevenson in lining up support to Such a question has arisen in connection keep Red China out of the U.N. with portions of the article, "Senator Ful- bright — The Man and the Memo," written EXCITING READING by Irene Corbally Kuhn, appearing in the RlHocKED BY the doublc-quick march of January edition. §^ events in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, many Americans who The Book of Knowledge In this instance, the answer is "NO." The policy making bodies of The Amer- were once apathetic about communism now want to all the ican Legion are its National Convention know about this Kremlin- has answer! and the National Executive Committee. run conspiracy. There are some fine books on if All the answers ! Anything that would However, the National Commander, as the the subject but you want some ex- occur to children, everything that will executive head of The American Legion, cellent behind-the-scenes information we is urge you to obtain and read the fascinate them. It's a world of knowl- its official spokesman with respect to the some of enunciation of the policy, reports issued by governmental agencies edge directed to the young: colorful or policies, adopted by either of the above mentioned charged with investigating communist men of history, art, animals, poetry, bodies. subversion. All these reports are inform- the human body—even things to make The National Commander has repeated- ative and some of them are as dramatic as and do! of Knowledge is a The Book ly emphasized to the press, to Legion and any paperback whodunit. curious child's reward, a bored child's to civic groups, that The American Legion Some recent titles will give you an idea delight, a gifted child's challenge. has not, acting by and through its Na- of what is available: "The Truth About tional Convention and/or its National Ex- the Film 'Operation Abolition'," a report SEE FOR YOURSELF. SEND FOR THE FREE ecutive Committee, adopted any resolution of the House Committee on Un-American "MINIATURE" BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE or policy wih respect to the specific issues Activities. "The Bang-Jensen Case," ' The relating to the General Walker case and Fair Play for Cuba Committee," "Export This free 24 page full color booklet certain of its ramifications, with which this of Ball Bearing Machines to Russia," and contains actual pages of science, his- story deals in part. "Cuban Aftermath — Red Seeds Blow tory, art, stories, quizzes, things to South," by the Senate Internal Security make and do and other informative WELL PUT Subcommittee. You can get these and and entertaining features taken .di- DHE ACTION of the sanctimonious Jawa- many other booklets on communism for rectly from The Book of Knowledge harlal Nehru and his anti-American a few cents from the U.S. Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C. itself. Give it to your child and see Minister of Defense Krishna Menon in Indian troops to crush tiny Goa, how eagerly he reads it. Send for it sending while the Chinese Reds actively threatened WORTH REMEMBERING today. It's free and it's wonderful! DECEiviBER 7, last year, Mr. Edgar them in the north, has given a lot of people HN J. second thoughts about India's leaders. Hoover received the Criss Award for THE BOOK OF They particularly wonder about Nehru, his services, and on that occasion he made whom they had looked upon as a sincere a few remarks concerning enemies to our society. We believe the following ex- KNOWLEDGE pacifist and a dedicated man. cerpts are especially pertinent. opens the door to success We believe that Adlai Stevenson, ad- dressing the U.N. Security Council, ex- "Those who follow the road of appease- ment do not know the true meaning of FREE 24 PAGE FULL COLOR BOOKLET pressed the reactions of all Americans to THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE® India's brutal aggression when he said: freedom. They do not comprehend the The Grolier Society Inc. misery of communist enslavement. You 575 Lexington Avenue, New York 22, N. Y. "Here we are, Mr. President, confront- will not find their cheap slogans on the Please send me the color booklet described above. ed with the shocking news of this armed attack and that the Indian Minister of lips of the Hungarian refugees, the East There are- -children in my family, ages - Defense, so well known in these halls for German patriots nor other freedom-lov- his advice on matters of peace and his ing peoples who have escaped from be- Name tireless cnjoinders to every one else to hind the Iron Curtain. Address seek the way of compromise, was on the "Nor do you find their apologies in the border of Goa inspecting his troops at writings of great American patriots such City -Zone- the zero hour of invasion. as: Patrick Henry, who asked the search-

'Is life dear, so County State "Let us be perfectly clear what is at ing question, so or peace American Legion 2- 62 L | stake here, gentlemen. It is the question sweet, as to be purchased at the price of " A publication of Grolier Inc. © 1962, Grolier Inc. of the use of armed force by one state chains and slavery?'

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© 1962 Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co., Milwauliee, Wis., Brooldyn, N. Y., Los Angeles. Cal., Kansas City, Mo., Tampa, Fla. SHIPMATES who get great pleasure and profit from condemning all television. Mr. SIR: I have just read in tlic DeceniluT Miksch states that he is "forced" to issue of The American Lei^ioii M^k- watch commercials. My TV set has iTziiic the story "Transfer at Sea, " by several handy switches which I use Walter B. Stevens. It interested me whenever something not to my liking very niucii as I was on the same boat. comes on. A\'hen it w as hit, and Sgt. Davis made A. George Koplovv, his transfer to the tanker, I w as just 15 Rock Island, 111. feet behind him. I can assure you that we will never forget it, and our trip sir: I had to buy a new TV set with back to Bermuda. 1 often wonder how remote control so I could cut out all many of those bo>'s are alive today. the commercials. The name of our ship was the Urii- F. L. Mii.i.ER, fiiuiy. I traveled on it to North Africa, Fredonia, N.Y. and then went across Africa to the Far East. Raymond N. Gardner PREDICTION Fisher, III. SIR: I'd like to make a prediction, one that may come true before this appears TRUE REPUDIATION in print. Yesterday I read that 13 Ital- SIR: Now that Khrushchev has repudi- ian airmen with a UN mission had ated Stalin and all his works, it is time been massacred by rebellious Congo- that the Free West demand that count- lese savages, followers of the commu- ries which were taken over by Stalin's nist Gizenga. UN military leaders then gang be liberated, including East Ber- flew here from the Congo demanding lin. If in the eyes of Khrushchev all Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. After more troops and equipment. They'll the things that Stalin did were wrong seizing these countries in 1944, vio- get them, of course, but in view of the then taking over countries that did lating international law and every- past actions of these same UN officials not belong to the U.S.S.R. was wrong thing decent, the reds arrested 250,000 I predict that this bcefed-up army will too. Anton Bartush, to 300,000 intellectuals of Lithuania. move not against Gizenga's murdering Minneapolis, Minn. They were loaded into cattle cars and savages but against Moise Tshombe's shipped to slave labor camps inside orderly, anti-communist regime in Ka- PLUS RUNNING WATER Russia and remote Siberia. These slave tanga, which the central Congolese laborers often did not get food or government, now pretty much in the sir: The November issue has a fine drink and many died of privation. In hands of the reds, is trying to over- article by Gil Paust entitled "Ihe Wjrkuta many died in an inhuman throw. Of course the United States New Sports \^'agons." As a proud way. will go along and as a result we will owner of a 1961 Volkswagen Camper Anthony- D. Yuknis, soon have another communist nation I must correct Mr. Paust on one or Chicago, III. to deal with. two items. First, you can get one from Al Kline the showroom with running water— TV PRO AND CON Long Island City, N.Y. 20 gallons of it. This item is standard equipment, not an extra. Secondl>', sir: Three cheers—oops! better make All but the last part of Mr. Kline's pre- the ice box is the optional extra, not it one big cheer—to W. F. Miksch for diction came true before his letter was the tent and awning. Aside from these his article in the December issue: set in type. items, hats off to iMr. Paust for a good "TV: Arc You Watching It Alore The Editors job. Dave Cantrell, and Enjoying It Less?" I believe his Post 28, Okinazva comments express the view of 99 per- TRUE COLORS cent of the TV viewers in America. MILITARISTS Richard H. Beisel, SIR: I've been reading about those Baltimore, Md. modern Benedict Arnolds who say SIR: In "Tojo, Man of War," in the they'd rather be Red than dead. This December issue, Ralph R. Taggs has toothpaste sir: The TV set in our home has for reminds me of the old given us excellent material on milita- a number of months been relegated slogan: "I wonder where the yellow rism and war advocates in Japan. to an unused upstairs bedroom. The went." Now I know. However, anyone familiar with Amer- commercials became too embarrassing A. Kowalski ican history knows that Japanese ad- Brooklyn, N.Y. to look at with company present. No vocates of war had their counterparts longer do we sec a symphony pro- here in America. F"or instance, Henry gram, for example, broken into by DEEP AS SNOW L. Stimson, Roosevelt's Secretary of some hooligan telling us about the War, entered in his diary on No\'em- SIR: I do not have one of the great particular qualities of toilet paper, or bcr 25, 1941, this thought: "Our prob- minds of the space age but in my laxatives, or the need for less bathing lem was to maneuver them into the humble opinion Russia's "testing" of by using underarm deodorants. position of firing the first shot with- the super-megaton bombs is that coun- John W. Alcorn, out allowing too much danger to our- try's first sneak attack in a semi-hot San Francisco, Calif. selves." This quotation can be found war. Our only defense against this is in the Pearl Harbor Repons as w ell for us to start "testing." We should SIR: What we need is "fast, fast, in- as in General Wedemeycr's book, select a position in the Arctic where credibly fast relief" from the shotgun "Wedemeyer Reports." the prevailing winds flow directly sales pitches that ambush us from Henry R. Korman, over Russia and Siberia, and use dirty every pau.sc between the acts. Yes, Longvieiv, Wash. bombs until radioactive dust is as deep Miksch, old pal, wc are watching it in Moscow as their winter snows. more and enjoying it less. Except for MEN AT WORK Name Withheld a few ball games and news programs, Hempstead, N.Y. SIR: At the 22nd Communist Congress I'd junk the old TV set. Khrushchev declared that unemploy- Perc Grover, ment has been eradicated in the Soviet St. Petersburg,, Fla. Letters published in You Said It! do not necessarily represent the policy of The Union. So true. In the Baltic states, American Legion. Name withheld ij re- the Soviet Union has done a terrifying SIR: The anti-TV article forces me to quested. Keep your letters short. Address: Sound Off, The American Legion Maga- job in banishing unemployment in air my pet peeve— self-styled experts zine. 720 Fifth Avenue, New York 19, N. Y.

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1962 — NEW FISH CATCHING DISCOVERY ILLEGAL IN 6 STATES

By Paul Stag Weekend Fisherman

From ROCHESTER, N. Y., comes news of an amazing fish catching discovery that makes lures or even live bait have such NEW DISCOVERY IN ACTION! an irresistible appeal to fish that it is ac- Two identical worm-baited hooks—but one tually against the law to sell it in 6 states! actually glows brightly in dark water! This is the fantastic new sci- But fishermen in all states except Dela- contribution of modern ence to catching fish. Imagine! Now at last any ware, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Utah, and plug, spinner or lure you own can glow brightly in Wyoming are permitted to use it. the water . . . increasing its appeal to the many sight feeding fish like bass, pike, perch, It will make the lures or live bait you now pickerel, trout, bream, walleyes, crappie, etc. use attract and catch more fish and bigger . . . making it visible through the water to fish fish ... or there's no cost. up to twice as far away depending on water conditions. Read how this discovery will make It works whether you go after bass, pike, your lures and live bait catch more fish and perch, bream, trout, crappie, walleyes, or many bigger fish ... or not a penny's cost to you. other fresh or salt water fish. It works whether you use plugs, spinners, live bait, worms or many other lures, or bait suited to the fish AMAZING TRIAL OFFER you're after. This discovery actually makes your lures visible to fish up to twice as far See for yourself why this new fish catching away. It "draws" fish to your hook. And it discovery is illegal in six states. Try it on guarantees to make your lures attract fish your lures or bait the next time you go fishing . . . without risking a penny. like they never did before . . . and with the

same skill you will catch more fish . . . catch All that a container with enough to treat all bigger fish . . . without buying a single new your lures and bait up to 300 or 400 times lure or other piece of equipment or no cost costs is just $2.98. Yet it is guaranteed to to you. EXPERIMENT ON BASS make your lures and bait far more effective This is one of the first tests of this new dis- or it doesn't cost you a penny. covery. A group of fishermen from Rochester, Yes, even if you spend up to $2.00 for each A SCIENTIST'S DISCOVERY N. Y. discover for themselves what happens lure . . . even if you spend $20.00 or more for when lures LIGHT in the UP water and draw a rod and reel . . . you must see that equip- For years fishermen have known that light in the big ones from an area up to 40 feet ment catch fish even when other fishermen attracts many kinds of fish. Fish are "drawn" and attract fish like craiy. with the same equipment catch nothing ... in to light perhaps like moths are attracted to These bass are only o parf of the day's catch other words, you must see proof of this dis- a light bulb. Light is so effective at attracting and it's legal fo use this discovery in most covei-y's effectiveness in more flsh, bigger fish many kinds flsh that some of states even out- states. and bigger enjoyment ... or you will have law the use of a light of any kind. tried it at our expense. It won't cost you a penny. Knowing this, a fisherman scientist in It was in the laboratories of one of America's Rochester, N. Y., has spent years trying to largest companies that he found the miracle find a way to make fishing lures light up in ingredient that made his dream come true. SUPPLY LIMITED the water. If lures could "light up" in dark Because what he discovered only not makes However, due to the heavy expected de- water, he reasoned, especially at dawn and every kind of metal, plastic, rubber, wood or fish mand we have only a limited supply available. dusk when are biting best—and in deep cork lure light up in the water it also does — Stores will not have it in time for this season. water where fish lurk during the day—then the same for live bait even a wiggling worm! — Only if you act at once can we guarantee to these lures would not only have the "appeal" Yes! Today for the first time you can make the manufacturers built into them, would fill your order. This advertisement will not but lure . . . plug, spinner fly . . . any any any or be repeated in this magazine for some time. also use an appeal so terrific it is actually even live bait worms, minnows, frogs, hell- — Mail the no risk trial coupon today. banned in six states! But it was not until one grammites, crickets, grasshoppers—light up in evening as he watched fish jumping out of the the water so that they are visible in an area water to grab fireflies that he got the idea for of up to 60 feet depending on local water his amazing discovery. conditions. Anybody can do it. There are no MAIL AMAZING TRIAL COUPON TODAY wires! No electricity! as a result, fishing Why, he wondered, could not lures, even And for the sight-feeding fish like trout, perch, HARRISON INDUSTRIES, INC., DEPT. live bait, be made to light up with a similar bass, 2-Al crappie, kind of "cold light" so that they could be pike, etc., becomes more exciting 250 PASSAIC STREET, NEWARK, N.J. than it's ever been before. You attract and seen by fish at night and in dark waters . . . catch more fish . . . catch bigger fish . . . catch a cold light that would glow as bright as a Please rush the fishing discovery on fish even when fishermen close by are catching new firefly but last hundreds of times longer—up AMAZING TRIAL OFFER. If it does not nothing . . . or no cost! to five minutes at a time! make my lures and bait attract and catch When you fish at dawn or dusk ... in deep more fish . . . bigger fish . . . and make water during the day . . . even at night . . . fishing more fun ... if it doesn't make the times when fish bite best . . . but when my lures or bait LIGHT UP and visible your lures or bait are the hardest to see . . . in an area to 60 feet through the water now your lures will glow in the water. They up you will refund immediately will be visible up to twice as far and more my money without question. depending on how clear the water is. They (Illegal to use in Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, will draw fish like magic . . . and will help Minnesota, Utah, and Wyoming.) you get strikes like you've never seen before. $2.98 enclosed. (Cash, check or money

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU? order). Send Postpaid. I save all COD charges. Full money back guarantee. i ' * Simply this. Now YOU can get more out of V ' fl 4 jKM JH^^I fishing than ever before. Now YOU can attract Send COD. I will pay postman $2.98 plus fish, bigger fish than ever in and catch more COD postage charges. Full money back your life so long as you use the right bait and guarantee. know how to fish. It is GUARANTEED or you pay not one penny. It means now no longer need you come back empty handed. It means you can often catch the fish that are "not NAME biting" on worms, bugs, plugs, spoons, canned bait, flies, cut bait or spinners by making them light up in the water. It means you can successfully troll, cast, or still fish. It means ADDRESS FISH COULDN'T RESIST you can go out after and come back with large- These 8 pike couldn't resist the appeal of the mouth bass, smallmouth bass, pike, pickerel, scientist's new discovery. They were "drawn in" perch, bream, trout, walleyes, salmon and and hooked before they knew what hit them. many of the sight feeding salt water fish and CITY ZONE STATE. The annazing story of this new discovery has do it time and again—or your money will be already been printed in newspapers. Fishermen refunded at any time. This discovery is already CANADIAN CUSTOMERS: Order from I have already sent in photographs of their re- catching fish for delighted fishermen. But test Harrison Tackle Company, 539 King St. I ' markable catches, two of which are shown here. the magic power of this discovery yourself W., Toronto, Ontario. without risking a permy. INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP YOU WITH EVERYDAY PROBLEMS

When you get to wondering how much it's going to cost you to live this year, add about 1% to what you spent last year. That's how government experts are figuring costs of the basic items that feed, clothe, shelter, trans- port, and service your household. To put it another way: Most consumer prices are expected to stay about where they are; the fractional upturns probably will come in the food and service categories. ^ ^ ^

One thing you can be pretty sure isn't going to cost any more for a while is gasoline. In fact, as things shape up now, you may be the happy winner in a huge price and marketing war developing among the petroleum companies. • Because availability is a key factor in the sale of gasoline, many of the lai-ge marketers — Phillips, Indiana Standard, Humble, Gulf, etc. — are expanding their territories. This is setting up a much stififer competitive Let's take pattern everywhere. • As part of that pattern, cheaper grades of gasoline are appearing. Gulf, a peek at for example, has a new Gulftane priced about 2i;- below its "regular" grade. Humble meanwhile has an Enco Plus line that's cheaper than its premium grade. (In the shuffle, the super-priced, super-premium grades seem to be the gasoline fading out of the picture just about entirely.) • Not to be outdone, the so-called "independent" chains and stations — whose chief weapon is price — are cutting still lower to stay alive. of 1966 • And to top it all off, auto makers are recommending that regular gas is good enough for about 80% of the cars produced today. In the next 10-15 years, motor-fuel

requirements will climb steadily in Two petroleum products gaining in popularity right now are 1) the both quality and quantity. By 1966, multi-grade oils and 2) gasolines with anti-stall additives. Here's how they it will take a 103.5-octane to satisfy work: 95 percent of the new cars. Multi-grade oils, which are supposed to eliminate seasonal changes, are For years, Brand Name oil com- medium-to-heavy lubricants fortified with oil-soluble resins (technically panies have used research to bring called "viscosity index improvers".) Purpose of the resins is to keep the oil lively enough so that motor will turn over readily in cold weather. you the best possible petroleum your Anti-stall additives are synthetics called "freezing point depressants." products. Yet when they develop a They break up ice that forms in the carburetor so that the formation will fine, new motor oil, gasoline or lu- flush away harmlessly. bricant — they don't stop. They go ^ ^ ^ right back to work to find a product What will your pay envelopes look like this year? If you're an hourly that performs even better. Brand worker in maufacturing, you may get 6^ to more per hour. For office Name oil companies spend the workers, the hike appears to be about 3% per week. Money- wise, the pattern doesn't differ great deal from the year before. money and the time to give you a Two things to bear in mind, however, are: products you can trust. 1. In early summer, the steel union will start bargaining for a new con- Count on Brand Name companies. tract. As many times before, this is a touchy situation. They're leaders — in new products 2. Unemployment figures (recently between 6% and 7% of the labor force) ideas— quality course). —new and (of are a bugaboo. They keep raising these chilling questions: What will be the They're the authorities on style and fate of the millions of youngsters entering the labor force? What further iashion. Look closely at the ads in effects will newer, more efficient machinery have? this magazine. You'll see what we -k -k -k mean. Notes of the month: HOME MOVIES: Technicolor Corp. says it is going to take a lot of the LOOK FOR tricky mechanics out of home movie-showing by 1) processing any brand of 8-mm. film so that it comes back to you in a special Magi-Cartridge, which StflDENCE can slip into a $100 Instant Home Movie Projector without fuss or BRANDj 2) you NAMES threading. In short, the system does away with reels, sprockets, etc. Techni- color is now maketing the new device, and adds that any film that's already k SATISFACTION > been developed can be repackaged to fit its machine. INTEREST RATES: Technically, news that the government will let com- BUY LEADERSHIP BRANDS mercial banks raise interest rates on savings accounts to 4% may not matter much to you; but practically, it means that the returns on your deposits — Brand Names Foundation, Inc. no matter where you have them — have a solid new floor under them. 437 Fifth Avenue, New York 16, N.Y. By Edgar A. Grunwald

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THIS WAS THE END. Max's OHc re- gret was that he had brought Luise out of East Berlin. This is the story of two who tried. into it. If he didn't give up, they'd shoot them down Hke dogs. He stood there, ready for the worst, watching the two men approach with drawn pistols. One was his archenemy, Betriebspar- "coffee break." Once a day the whistle be nazis. Only Leo Hardt wore the dirt- teisekretcier Leo Hardt, who had fol- blew and everybody filed out for Soviet- colored uniform of the Soviets. He lowed him from Rethenau and finally style calisthenics. Max Roeder remem- snooped on everybody, made reports— tracked him down at the Red Wall, bered what his brother Armin used to always looking for a gold star from his which the communists had thrown up say, before he defected to the West six Soviet bosses. Hardt was a cold, ambi- between East and West Berlin. Behind months ago: "It's just like a prison. The tious petty party boss, remaining haugh- Hardt was a Volkspolizei, his jack boots whistle blows and everybody marches tily aloof from everybody, and all too glistening in the August sun. Luise clung out for a breath of air—so they will have frequently showing a basic cruel streak to Max's arm. Better dead than face what strength to finish the day's grind in the in his Teutonic nature. Max was well " the reds had in store for him. He lunged glorious workers' 'Paradise!' Max took aware that he was Hardt's special anti- at Hardt, driving a fist into the red's the letter from his inside pocket and re- Semitic target. stomach deflecting the commie's gun. read it for the fifth time. It was from Max was about to fold the letter and

In the instant of explosion Max saw Armin. The letter told of the good life put it back into his pocket when it was clearly, like a technicolor flashback, all in West Germany, of the freedom one snatched out of his hand. Leaping to his the events that had led to this tragicomic enjoyed there. The letter ended with feet he faced Leo Hardt, who had ending of the trail to freedom. "and nobody here asks what political stepped silently into his office behind It began three days ago, the plot to party you belong to, and what religion him. escape. But it really had its beginning you embrace. The fact that I am Jewish "Why aren't you on the parade years ago, when the Soviets first forced makes no difference whatever." grounds?", Hardt demanded. their way of life on East Germany. Last The last line held him. The fact that "I'll thank you to give me back my Saturday morning Max was sitting in his I am Jewish makes no difference what- letter." crude litde cubbyhole of an office back ever. Max had no illusions about why Hardt sneered. "From a girl, maybe? in Rethenau, a manufacturing town of Leo Hardt hated him so much. Anti- Ach so! The Madchen in Potsdam!" 30,000 people 60 kilometers from Ber- Semitism was rising in East Germany "It happens to be none of your busi- lin. He was a minor foreman in the elec- and Betriebsparteisekretaer (Factory ness," Max snapped. His fierce dark eyes trical factory. He knew he should be out Party Secretary) Leo Hardt, who occu- met the steel blue eyes of Hardt levelly. on the "exercise grounds" but maybe he pied the next cubbyhole office to his, His hand was meaningfully outstretched. wouldn't be missed. In the communist was typical of the new generation would- Hardt contemptuously handed back work world there was no such thing as ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN McDERMOTT the letter.

12 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1962 "Luise . . . Max here. I'm coming in times before? Tomorrow, though, he'd tonight. I'll take the seven-thirty. Meet be free. No more looking over the shoul- me at the station? Fine! Till then, mein der, no more guarded talks on the tele- Liehling." phone. He'd persuade Luise to defect Max cradled the receiver harshly. He with him. Together they would escape hoped the noise cracked Leo Hardt's the iron claw of the communist regime eardrum. He was sure that Hardt was and make a new, wonderful, free life in listening. Let him eavesdrop. After all, West Germany. He glanced at the cal-

it was only a date. Hadn't he gone to endar on his desk. It said den 12, Au- East Berlin to see the same girl many gust, 1961.

"I shall make a report to the Central Party Office," he said turning on his heels. "Good!" Max called after him. "But knock next time you crash into my office." Max's mind, not fully decided until now, suddenly snapped closed on a tremendous decision. He reached for the telephone, rang the office in East Berlin On an impulse he drew caricatures of Khrushchev and Ulbricht on the wal where Luise worked.

That evening he put on two pairs of trousers, two shirts, a sweater underneath his jacket, and stuffed his pockets with personal belongings. He was about to drop the quarter-full bottle of cognac in the wastebasket, but on second thought

drained it in two long swigs. He sailed out of his little room over the Konditorei

in high spirits. In East Berlin it was just a simple matter of walking through the Brandenburg Tor into West Berlin and never returning. Thousands were getting

away with it, why not Max Roeder? On the way to the station he passed the factory. An impulse, born of his new exuberance, caused him to turn into the entrance. The guard on duty, recogniz- ing him, unlocked and opened the gate. Standing in the middle of his little office he laughed. Giving in to long smoldering impulse, he proceeded methodically to vandalize the place. Emptying the desk, the files, he dumped the torn and scat- tered papers in a corner. He broke off the legs of the chair, smashed the desk and piled the pieces on top of the mess. The gun exploded. Max bent Hardt's arm back but the pistol would not fall. (Continued on page 38)

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1962 13 Air contaminators in Los Angeles County, tons per day

oxi M ilfur O itals v» 1—

49 34 5716

109 n 256

392 55 2428

550 100 8400

By LESTER DAVID NEARLY EVERYONE is Squinting at the skies these tense days and wondering how much radioactive debris will be showered over us. The fears mount, the debates wax hot- ter — and meanwhile another menace to the air we breathe, more immediate in

its deadliness, grows steadily worse.

This is the peril of air pollution. There isn't much we can do about the nuclear fallout the Russians are visiting upon the world, but we can do a great deal about the filth we ourselves are calmly discharging into our own atmosphere. The tragedy is that we aren't doing

nearly enough. Worse still, far too few realize the true extent of the danger. Hear the blunt facts: Medical authorities, including the U.S. Government itself, are now thoroughly alarmed as new reports disclose

London's pea soup fogs have long been famous, but this one took the lives of 4,000 people in 1952. The scene is Trafalgar Square, where even the pigeons were grounded.

Devices such as this can cut down on air pollution. Vapors from crankcase venting system (right) flow to intalte system. A metal plate under carburetor feeds vented fumes Into intal

the frightening scope of the problem. Warns V. G. MacKenzie, chief of the air pollution division of the U.S. Public

Health Service: "The problem is a growing disgrace in our urban communities throughout the U.S. We regard with Pittsburgh as it used to be before After smoke control Both pho- (Continued on page 41) the city inaugurated smoke control. tographs were taken at 1 P.M.

14 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1962 Downtown Los Angeles as it appears when its irritating smog hastormed. Minus thie smog, the city presents a far different and healthier aspect.

POISON %= AIR

The immediate problem is not radioactivity but the polJution we create ourselves. WASHINGTON PRO & CON PRESENTING BOTH SIDES OF

THIS MONTH'S BIG ISSUE:

Should the United States take direct unilateral action

History is repeating itself today for again the United States must take positive action to halt the advance of Russian colonization. We must act today. America is armed morally, economically and militarily to stop the Rep. Bob Wilson (R-Calif.) spread of communism in this hemisphere. No longer Thirtieth District can we wait to see what happens tomorrow. THE UNITED STATES must take The agents of Moscow, Peiping and Havana are dili- direct unilateral action to gently and effectively going about their work in all the halt the communist penetration countries of this hemisphere. We have no alternative; of Latin America. We have a we must intervene or risk the loss of all we cherish responsibility to the people of all the Americas to and believe. prevent encroachments on the sovereignty of any coun- We must take a firm position and be determined in try in the Western Hemisphere. our efforts to thwart the advances of communism in Authority for this responsibility stems from the the Americas. If this means unilateral action in the Monroe Doctrine wherein President Monroe laid down form of economic blockades and the support of freedom the principle that "the American continents, by the fighters who wish to blot out communism in their free and independent condition which they have as- countries, then this is our responsibility. sumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be con- The policies which today guide our international sidered as subject for future colonization by any Euro- relations and masquerade as non-interventionism are pean power." but open invitations to intervention by those who in the past 16 years have million Although the Monroe Doctrine is old in years, its enslaved 800 formerly purpose of keeping foreign encroachment and alien free peoples and have made them the serfs of an athe- istic and murderous ideology. philosophy out of the Americas is as sound today as The American people posi- when it was enunciated in December of 1823. demand affirmative and tive action. It is a significant and often forgotten fact that the The President should firmly and unequivo- cally first part of the Monroe Doctrine discussed American restate the principle of the Monroe Doctrine and relations with Russia. A controversy developed with stand ready to back up this statement with action if Russia in the early 1800's when Russia made colonial necessary. claims on the Northwest coast of America where for It is time for our Government to be responsive to more than a decade a Russian establishment had been what is best for America and not what is best for foreign opinion. located at Fort Ross on the coast of California. It was in July 1823 that the United States said to Russia, "we

. . . contest the right of Russia to any territorial establishment on this continent."

// you wish to let your Congressman or one of your Senators know how you feel on this

big issue, tear out the "ballot" on the facing page and mail it to him >

16 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1962 THE BIG ISSUES

'0 halt communist penetration of Latin America?

the nations of the Western Hemisphere in meeting a CON common threat to our peace and security. This is the course which we are pursuing. The U.S. has made available military and economic Rep. Clement J. Zablocki (D-Wisc.) aid to other American states to assist them, not only in Fourth District strengthening their capacities to defend themselves but also in meeting the more UNITED STATES is deeply against external attack, THE subver- concerned about halting subtle problem of communist penetration by communist penetration of Latin sion and infiltration. from any Latin American America. We are taking active In response to a request to place our military units in a steps to combat the spread of communism in the West- country, we are ready could assist that country to seek ern Hemisphere. But we are doing this jointly with our position in which they out and prevent intervention on the part of communist- neighbors to the South — and I believe that this is the elements in the internal affairs of the request- way in which we should pursue this task. directed landing of armed forces or sup- There are three major courses of action open to us ing country through plies abroad. in this regard. On the one hand, we could ignore the from finally, through Alliance for Progress, we communist threat and do nothing. To my knowledge, And, the are helping the peoples of Latin America to eliminate nobody is advocating such a policy. poverty, disease, illiteracy and other conditions which On the other hand, we could take it upon ourselves the communists constantly seek to exploit. to fight communism single-handedly, intervening uni- are fighting the spread of communism in Latin laterally in the affairs of our sister-nations, deciding We America, and we are doing it together with our neigh- when a communist threat exists and then going in with bors in a manner consistent with our treaty obligations. our Armed Forces to eliminate it. In the case of Cuba, I personally believe that some of those treaties, entered advocates of this course demand that we bomb Cuba into before communist penetration techniques were and liberate the Cuban people through direct U.S. fully understood, should be revised and up-dated to military action. give us more freedom of action in combating the com- We are not following this course. If we did, there munist menace. I will work to this end. But until this would be little difference between our methods and is accomplished, I believe that we should not resort to those of totalitarian communism. We would be impos- unilateral use of force in violation of our treaty obliga- ing our will, and our power, upon our weaker neigh- tions. bors in the name of our own security. Between these two extreme courses lies a third one — the course of joint, cooperative effort on the part of

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE mm OPINION THE U.S. I have read in The American Legion Magazine for February SHOULD SHOULD NOT TAKE DIRECT UNILATERAL the arguments in PRO & CON on the subject: Should the ACTION TO HALT COMMUNIST PENETRATION OF LATIN AMERICA United States take direct unilateral action to halt Commu- SIGNED nist Penetration of Latin America? ADDRESS.

TOWN STATE

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1962 17 AX African Alamo

Thousands of savages milled outside the church awaiting their chance to finish them.

By BRIG. GEN. FRANK L. HOWLEY (Ret.) Mucaba. The two cars turned as quickly as possible but not quickly enough to GREAT PEOPLES HAVE their mo- Then strange sounds drifted up from save the lives of four of the occupants ments of truth when their the huts at the edge of the village. Be- — they were killed outright and chopped courage is tested and they cause terrorists from far away had up. One of the soldiers, who happened measure up to the ordeal. Texas had its stirred up fighting and killing at a near- to be a Negro, was captured by the mob I Alamo in 1836. Portugal had its Alamo by farm, the residents of Mucaba had but before they could torture him to last April at far-off Angola in tempestu- requested and received a radio trans- death he escaped into the tall grass and ous Africa. The name of the fortress is the village church of Santa Maria in the small coffee growing community of Mucaba. When I flew into what is left of the

town I had my troubles, too. Two planes attempting to land before me had cracked up on the rock-littered alley which served as a landing field. Other planes flying low had been hit 18 times by terrorist rifle fire from the elephant grass surrounding the village. But the

Dornier 27 in which we were flying, is a remarkable little plane, able to fly 180 miles an hour or land on a tiny spot at 35 miles an hour. Also, Captain Mas- carenhas, trained to fly in Texas, does wonders with a plane. As we bounced to a jolting stop, approximately 50 whites, blacks, and mixed came to wel- A Portuguese family brutally massa- come us. They were all that were left of cred by the howling mob of terrorists. the heroic defenders of Mucaba who, one dreadful night, stood off a howling, The author with a woman whose baby screaming, dancing, shouting, clubbing, was beaten to death and whose hus- knifing mob of frenzied savages bent band was chopped up at Mucaba. - upon murder. That night of nights last April had mitter and two soldiers for protection. begun quietly enough. The light of the Also, some of the men had taken to

sun just snapped off as it does in the carrying sporting guns at night. So, when tropics — no twilight to warn of the shouting was heard, eight men in two darkness. The Portuguese blacks, whites cars drove out to the native village to and mixed (mixed because for 400 years see what the trouble was. They were the Portuguese have made no distinction met by two thousand frenzied terrorists based on race) were in their 26 stucco, who had already killed many in the vil- red tile roofed bungalows. They had no lage and driven the others with them to warning of the horror in store for them. massacre all those in the village of

18 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1962 Armed with clubs, knives and guns the savage tribesmen fell upon their victims with murderous frenzy.

found his way back to the little church. husband, who rushed to the rescue, was In the darkness the screaming terrorists, Meanwhile, the other car had warned chopped up with the knife-like catangas many of whom had been drugged by the village and the villagers had fled and left for dead. When this woman told something resembling marijuana, at- their homes to gather in Santa Maria's me of the sad story, she blessed herself tacked the church again and again with sanctuary, where the stout walls would each time she mentioned her daughter their great knives, with clubs and with protect them and the kindly statute of and explained that, though they had in- rifle fire. Some carried old muskets St. Mary on the altar, look after them. tended to rape and then murder her, she loaded with powder and rock. Again

Some didn't make it. One of these was had managed in the excitement to es- and again the stout-hearted defenders a 20-year-old wife. The screaming mob cape. drove back their would-be executioners, tore her three-year-old daughter from But I am getting ahead of the story. sent messages over the radio for help, her arms. They stomped and beat the and prayed their own prayers. Overhead, child to death at the mother's feet. The ILLUSTRATIONS BY DOM LUPO through the night, planes from the nearby Portuguese base of N'gage circled, hopeful of being able to locate the church, but they were denied any chance to help because of the low clouds that are usually found in that area at this time of year. This story would be more cheerful if

I could describe these natives as savages who had reverted to an older day, a day of witch doctors and dancing as

I, in previous years, have seen in the moonlight of the upper Congo. The fact

as I learned it, however, was that though the scene was like something out of

Dante's "Inferno" it was not lighted by the light of the moon. The clouds prevented that. It was lighted by fires started by the frenzied savages who, in the ex- were not above killing each The little church at Santa Gen. Howley on the church steps citement, Maria after the attack ended. with defending farmers of Mucaba. (Continued on page 44)

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1962 19 Once upon a time subscription salesmen were youths working their way through college. Today the approach is far more imaginative.

By W. F. MIKSCH

AM BY NATURE a trusting person, I but lately I've started to wonder. Now and then I make a trip to New York. As I get off the train, I am subjected to signs informing me that McGoo's Magazine now has 12,000,000

readers, and the implication is that they all own bevies of high-finned cars. On

the station ramp I see a glaring billboard pointing out that Luck has 10,000,000 rich readers. And a bit farther on I find other placards telling all and sundry that Grime boasts 5,000,000, Tidy House- sweeping has 11,500,000 (and going up!) while Cellar Life For Young Mar-

rieds is rapidly approaching 7,500,000. Having read that all advertising men commute from palatial estates in upper Westchester and Connecticut, my im-

pression is that these messages are not for me, but for them. But I wonder if they know as much as I do about those astronomical figures and how they are obtained? Do all these millions rush out once a week or once a month to toss their silver on news- stands? Do they get their magazines by sending $2.69 for a 66-month subscrip- A SUBSCRIBER tion plus a set of the Encyclopedia Zanzibar? Some do, of course, but I personally know the whole story back of the figures that are flaunted in the faces of the men who buy space (at, say, $30,000 a page) in these periodicals. Sounds Off ^

The magazine business looks strange and different to the man behind the doorbell.

You see, I am a man behind a doorbell.

It rings, and I answer it. There on my

threshold is a stranger baring all 83 teeth REACHES in a smile so dazzling it should be viewed only through dark glasses. mmHY "Good day, sir," he begins. "I'm with IVY the group that's interested in the welfare of the young people of the neighborhood—" What do you do with someone who belongs to such a worthwhile group? Toss him off the piazza? Hardly. Every- one should be interested in young people these days if only to keep from getting knifed. "Yes, what about them?" I inquire.

Arriving in New York I am given an entirely different picture of those mass circulation magazines. )

ILLUSTRATED BY BOB BUGG "First let's step inside where the light

is better," he goes on, cocking his

"Well, my name is Rumpelstiltkin-John Rum- Brownie, "and we'll click oft a few test pelstiltkin, and while you've probably never heard shots of you, and—Oh my, what a fine, of me, aha ha ha—" firm chin-line!" "Look," I cut in, suddenly suspicious, "if it's In a trice I have tightened my hair, magazines you're selling—" run a comb through my necktie, and "Me selling magazines? Aha ha ha, our na- sure get a charge out of that tional director will FROM when I tell him! Or perhaps, sir, you've never ITALY heard of the Ford Foundation?" "Certainly I've heard of the Ford Foundation!" I snap. "Then you must know I'm here to give something away. You, sir, are entitled to any four periodicals on this list—" "I knew it! You are selling magazines!" "The way you keep saying that, sir, one might think you are anti-sandlot baseball." "I'm not anti-anything! And what has sandlot baseball got to do-?" "I was coming to that, sir. You see, all I need are the names of 430 more of you good people in order to earn a full scholarship to the School of Tetracommunications at Whistling Kettle Poly- tech—a reward well worth working for, don't you agree?" "Well, yes," I say, by now thoroughly confused. "Only I thought you said something about FULLY AUTOHATIC. EARLY AMERIC»r the Ford Foundation—?" SPLIT LEVEL "That's right. The Ralph J. Ford Foundation. EXOUSt^ SUBURB

Carefully planned surveys prove conclusively that this is Mr. Average Subscriber.

slipped into a sport jacket backwards. "Fire away," I say. Weeks later, while wondering why that television network hasn't sent around its DC-8 for me yet, I receive a postcard from the April Fool Circula- tion Co. in Mockery Hollow, Iowa, thanking me for my subscriptions to Floof, Sheer, Hood, and Graveside Circle. (Today, magazines are foisted on us in bunches, not unlike bananas. Show me the man who subscribes to only one magazine at a time and I will show you a non-status-seeker or, at least, a non-doorbell-answerer.) It would seem that people who sell magazines often invent better fiction than people who write for them. There may have been a time when they came right out and declared they were selling magazines. But now they pose as poll- takers, vote-getters, and bearers of gifts. Today, my wife can answer the door, spend 10 minutes with some fast-talking Just one reason why millions of people are devoted readers of certain magazines. stranger, and come reeling back into the living room with the glazed expression of sugar doughnut. And now you just take this list, sir, and check off any four periodicals—" a that guy selling?" I ask. As Shakespeare, I believe, put it: "A tale told to an idiot." But that's how I get "What was "I don't know," she says, my magazines. It is also how the magazines get those fabulous circulation figures honestly about for their billboards. "but I think he said something Fire Another time I answer the door to find a fellow with a camera slung around his grease for the pole down at the neck. Company." our "You, sir," he says, "are being considered for an appearance on This Is Your Life, About a month later we receive and I guess I don't have to tell you what that means!" (Indeed he doesn't. It's high first copy of Taffy Pull, The Fun Maga- time I was considered for it, my life being what it is. (Continued on page 42)

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1962 21 By JOHN J. KARCH

TRIUMPH of Soviet sports- THtmen," Prime Minister Khru- shchev declared, "means a victory tor the man of the new socialist society, which has already given so much proof of its superiority in the field of science, technology, and culture." The Communist Party leader referred to their victory at the XVII Olympic Games, staged in Rome in 1960 where the Soviet team scored more than 200 points over the U.S. contingent. One of the vital aims of the Soviet empire, publicly announced and repeat- edly emphasized, is to compete successfully with the United States in all sectors of human endeavor, including sports, and thus prove the superiority of the "socialist" system over ours. In February 1960 — before the Olym- piad — President Eisenhower declared it his view that it is not necessary to keep Pageantry marked this opening of a Tournament of Nations at the Lenin Stadium in Moscow. up with the Soviets in all areas, including sports. Less than a year later, after the Olympics, the White House released the "Conclusions and Recommendations of the President's Committee on Infor- mation Activities Abroad" which admitted that "some Soviet sporting victories have had certain propaganda value." How the Soviet Union But the Committee, headed by Mans- field D. Sprague, did not appear dis- turbed, for it "believes that the problem does not justify any fundamental depar- The purpose of international competition, to the reds, is ture from the established American practice of participating in the Olympic Games and other international competitions on a private and amateur basis." the opportunity to show the world that Ivan is superman. Not only the Committee was undis- turbed; no one else appeared particularly

A. Gushchin, Olympic champion, shows The important modern pentathlon was won by this Soviet team at the Olympics

a young Russian girl how to shoot. in 1961. Members of the team are, I. to r., B. Pakhomov, I. Novikov, I. Deryugin.

22 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1962 Russian ego was given a strong boost by gloating press accounts

of Soviet victories, and defeats suffered by U.S. teams.

Exploits Sports Headline from Young Communist Pravda : "Brilliant victory for Soviet Sport."

"Our sportsmen have justified the hopes of the Soviet peoples." troubled, and the report received only scant notice; the slight reference to sports—two short paragraphs in some

"The strongest in the world . . . Soviet sportsmen won 103 20 released pages—none at all. This shows pathetic medals and in the unofficial team count took 683.5 points, run- complacency and indifference to an important Ameri- ning over the U.S. team by 219.5 points. The Olympics in Rome can activity and an alm6st appalling lack of apprecia- was a triumph for Soviet sport. No other country achieved such tion, or knowledge, of Soviet propaganda efforts in brilliant success. Even the American sportsmen who have a sports. It leads one to realize that our situation is seri- half-century of experience of participation in the Olympics and ous and calls for much self-evaluation and an examina- who were considered the strongest in the world are taking away tion of Soviet philosophy, aims, and programs in this ." from Rome only 34 highest Olympic awards . . significant field in which impact is made upon many millions of people in all nations. The Soviet Communist Party claims that "there has (4) Headline from Pravda: "Soviet sportsmen have justified been an immeasurable growth in the international pres- me hopes of their people." tige of our country and all socialist states." The recent successes of Soviet sports figures in international com- From Pravda: "Glory to Soviet sportsmen — heroes of the petitions, including the Olympic Games, are a contrib- ^) 17th Olympics!" uting factor. "All over the world," David Lawrence says, "the prestige of the United States goes down as Russia's standing goes up. Here's America, a rich coun- ^) "A victory in which we take pride." try with plenty of money to buy anything, but some-

how our international standing is confined to such mild- "The secret of our success — mass work!" mannered sports as track and baseball and sometimes tennis." In short, the performances of international athletic games contribute significantly to, or detract ^) . . excerpts from press comments." from, a nation's prestige in the world. We must face this

aspect of prestige squarely and do something about it. "New York Times : 'The sportsmen of the U.S.A. have won It is no secret that the Soviet unequivocal aim is to many fewer gold medals than they expected. America is losing dominate the world, and its leaders pursue policies to " her position.' accomplish that aim. Moscow's use of the conventional military, political, and economic forces are relatively well known; much less is (Continued on page 47)

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1962 23 Part of 50,000 Boy Scouts attending outdoor religious services at a Jamboree on the Colorado plain.

HOW TO BUILD

By CHARLES L. BACON, National Commander, The American Legion

SOMEBODY ONCE ASKED ME what The American Legion would ever do with more members.

I have plenty of answers. Today we Legionnaires are sponsoring 4,302 Boy Scout units. Give us a few more millions of war veterans to join in our work and maybe we

could boost it to 8,302. Each year we send 25,000 boys to our Legion Boys' States, and Boys' Nation. With the manpower they now have, our local units find almost exactly $1,000,000 a year to provide for those 25,000 boys. But the boys who want to go to Boys' States, and the men and boys who have been

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Boys in a Boys Club do constructive things that they might to it than meets the casual eye. have no chance to do if left to their own devices. show. There's more

24 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1962 Pennsylvania students organize a city at thieir Legion Boys' State.

Young baseballers would rather play in TOMORROW'S AMERICA recognized, adult-led leagues and tourneys.

Our future citizens will accept direction

— if someone will give it to them.

before, and their teachers, as well as governors, judges, university presi- dents and everybody else who has ever seen a Boys' State, say that we should send more, more, more. Why not send 100,000 boys to Boys' States each year? I have no ob-

jection. But it would take a major reorganization, with plenty of work and responsibility for our present crew and new hands too. We could use leaders and organizers aplenty to plan and run extra Boys' State sessions, and just plain supporters by the droves to put together the extra $3,000,000 a year we'd need. The 1961 report of our (Continued on page 44)

A high school Science Fair provides the direction Youth band in a Legion parade. A chance that cultivates untested abilities and talents. to play gives purpose to hours of drill.

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1962 25 FOR THE FIRST TIME the South Bend Tackle Co., 6710 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chi-

cago, 111., is making its complete full color catalog available without charge. So if

\ ou're looking around for rods, reels and assorted items for the old tackle box, write to Howard G. Grosky at the above address and tell him you read about his handsome free catalog in this magazine and you'd like to get one.

ONE MANUFACTURER of filter-tip cigar-

ettes advertises that it's what is up front that counts. When it comes to shotguns,

there's muzzle blast up front, and this is IS THE TIME for > oa shooters to en- A STRONG DISSENT to the idea of heating NOW annoying to a lot of shooters. So, Johnny the NRA-Anierican Legion Postal canned goods on a manifold is entered by ter Sherrer, of Bay City, Tex., suggests that Matches and the Sons of The American Doyle Wagamon, of South English, la. shooters use a filter to cut down the noise. Legion Postal Rifle Matches. The matches The suggestion, by David K. Pike, which All you do is take the filter from a cigar- are now under way but you have ample appeared in this department for December, ette, unroll it so it flares out a little, and time, until Alay 1, to get your targets in is described by Doyle as dangerous since stick it in your ear. and maybe win one of the awards. Full a scaled can can build up a lot of pressure. particulars and entry forms may be ob- "Personally," he says, "I wouldn't recom- tained by writing to National Rifle Asso- mend this type of cookery." He suggests ciation, 1600 Rhode Island Ave., N.AV., instead that beans or soup be heated at \\'ashington 6, D.C. home and put in a thermos bottle.

FOR SHEER BRILLIANCE you are not likely to find a searchlight with the power of the new Dynalite, made in Bainbridge, Ohio. Only 10 inches long and using six

ordinary batteries, it prov ides 80,000 candlepower. This compares w ith 40,000 to 50,000 candlepower produced by other six-cell YOU CAN POOF- POOF YOUR WAY back flashlights and the 15,000 candlepower of to camp or car with an inexpensive can of two-cell lights. The added brilliance is at- pressurized white paint, suggests Douglas tributed to a nearly perfect 14 4 -inch die- Allen Ferguson, of Wayland, Alass. An oc- reflector. cast Made of Marlex pol>'ethylene casional dab of paint from a pressurized plastic, the unit is light in weight and is container is not only an effective means of waterproof so it may be used under water. trail-blazing but it's a lot easier than the TO KILL A SNAKE, E. Fred Clausner, of Long life is assured since it will not rust, methods used in (and before) the days of Alt. Pleasant, Pa., recommends that you corrode or rot, and the switch is the new Dan'l Boone and Davy Crockett. merely point your gun instead of aiming- "trouble-free" type. Price is $9.95.

it at the reptile. But you do your pointing AN INVENTION resulting from necessity in a special way. "Sway your gun back is passed along by Karl G. Sanders, of New and forth," he says, "getting the snake to Orleans, La. Here's the story as he tells it:

do the same, because it will put its eyes "While I was camping in Alississippi re- right on the bore of your gun. Pull the cently, I was cleaning the fish as I caught trigger and you'll have shot its head right them. A'ly buddy, however, walked off with off." If you have any doubts, Fred says he the scaler and as I was waiting for him to has seen it done and has done it himself. come back I picked up a pine cone and used it to scale the fish. To my surprise it "THREE WEEKS AGO," reports iM. E. worked better than any fish scaler, and it

Breeze, of Redwood City, Calif., "my is wonderful on perch, bi^eam and other nephew was lost in a blizzard while hunt- small panfish." ing. He no doubt will be found next spring, dead." This tragic occurrence might have GOT A MUSETTE BAG? If so, you have an been prevented, he points out, if the young ICE FISHERMEN are offered a helpful hint ideal tackle bag, in the opinion of John plate off rifle, Cameron, City. one man had taken the butt his by Nick J. Smith, of Winona, Minn., who of New York As who bored two holes three inches deep in the describes a way of keeping the hole in the does a lot of fresh water fishing, John has stock, and filled one hole with matches. ice from freezing over. He takes along a given his standard U.S. Army musette bag The other could have served to hold salt tin can and a few candles, puts one of the plenty of service and he says the tough

and pepper. To keep moisture out, corks candles inside the tin can, lights it, and lets canvas shows no evidence of wear and tear.

should be put in the holes and the butt it float in the hole. The rig generates enough Nor is it subject to cracking, breaking or plate screwed back on. heat to keep ice from forming and he says rusting, as are metal or wooden tackle boxes. you can fish all day with only one candle. A surprising amount of tackle can be REMINGTON ARMS COMPANY, has an- packed into the two inside compartments nounced a new "Choke Bore" version of DEEP BREATHING can serve as a substitute and the canvas strap makes for easy carry- the Model 572 "Fieldmaster" slide action for a lot of warm clothing, according to ing. The large pocket at the back of the

gun. Built to handle .22 cal. long rifle shot Numa J. Saisselin, Jr., of Rye, N.Y. "No bag can be used to carry maps and the cartridges, the 572 SB is designed for mini- matter how much clothing you wear," he smaller side pocket serves for fishing or ature clay targets, small pest control and says, "certain parts of the body, like the boat license. economical practice shooting. Fast handling feet, have a tendency to get cold because and light in weight, this new model shoots of inactivity. Let the hunter take six to 12 If you have a helpful idea that pertains

and patterns like a shotgun and has prac- deep, and I mean deep, breaths, exhaling to hunting or fishing, send it along. If we

tically no recoil. Because it uses the inex- good each time. I have found that this can use it, we'll reward you with a check for

pensive rim fire shot loads, it is ideal for deep breathing will stimulate the body and $5.00. Address: Outdoor Editor, The frequent practice shooting. It holds 15 long send warm blood to the affected parts and American Legion Magazine, 720 Fifth rifle shot cartridges and retails for $63.40. they will soon be warm." Avenue, New York 19, New York.

26 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1962 .

VETERANS NEWSLETTERFEBRUARY 1962

A DIGEST OF EVENTS WHICH ARE OF PERSONAL INTEREST TO YOU

MOST VET BENEFITS get dividends, but good experience for NOT INCOME TAXABLE; several years provided enough for the "W" Benefits received by veterans, or dividend. . . . Dividend on each "W" policy their survivors, from the Veterans Admin- is more or less than the $72 average istration need not be reported as income according to the size of the policy and for Federal Tax purposes . . . You need not its length of time in force. report as income such items paid by the VA as: pension or compensation for disability or death; VA insurance dividends, or KOREA "RS" INSURANCE the proceeds of matured gov't life in- CAN RATE DIVIDEND BY

surance policies . . . However, interest CHANGING TO "W": credited to your account by the VA on Korea vets with gov't insurance insurance dividends left with the VA by policies whose serial numbers begin with you, is taxable and must be reported. "RS" do not share in the special 1961 dividend (see above) .... But with few SOME LEGION EXPENSES exceptions any "RS" now in force that is ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE: changed by its owner to a "W" before Sept. Unpaid American Legion officials and 14, 1963, will share in the special delegates may deduct from their reported dividend. income for Federal Tax purposes out-of- The owner of an "RS" policy can change pocket expenses incurred while traveling it to a "W" in either of two ways. . . . on official Legion business . . . .Deductible (1) By converting, or (2) by exchanging. expenses may be figured in the same manner All "RS" policies are term insurance. as business expenses, but the deduction . . . Any that are converted to permanent must be made under the heading of charitable insurance automatically become "W"s. . . . contributions . . . . Naturally, expenses Generally, conversion at an early age is reimbursed by the Legion are not the wisest course anyway. deductible. If you have an "RS" and really can't In theory, American Legion dues could afford to convert to a permanent plan, be deducted as a charitable contribution, even at the GI bargain-counter rates, you whenever no benefit or privilege accrues can still turn your "RS" into a "W" term

to the duespayer. . . . However, simply by exchanging. "Newsletter" is satisfied that Internal When you exchange an "RS" for a "W" Revenue will never recognize such a con- term policy you reap two immediate dition existing, and advises members not advantages. . . .First, your present to deduct Legion dues as a charitable premiums will drop to anywhere from one-

contribution. . . . Legion employees may third to one-half of the "RS" rate. . . . deduct American Legion dues as a business Second, you will become eligible for the

expense , membership being a requirement 1961 special dividend. . . . You suffer one of their employment. penalty by exchanging to a "W" term

policy. . . .After you are you SPECIAL INSURANCE DIVIDEND 50, cannot renew "W" as term insurance you must TO KOREA VETS "W" POLICIES: — convert it to a permanent plan . . . Payment of a special dividend, or drop it. . . . As most older veterans averaging $72 per policy, started in have only regretted holding term insurance December on some Korea vets' gov't life past 50, this "penalty" is virtually a insurance policies. . . . Dividend went only blessing. to policies whose serial number begins Right now there are some 245,000 "RS" with "W". . . . No dividend was authorized policies held by Korea vets, virtually for "RS" policies (but see next item) .... all of whom would be better ofi by con- Neither "W" nor "RS" policies normally verting or exchanging to a "W"

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1962 27 , , 1 —

CAREER SERVICEMEN MAY GET • , , One year was allowed, so that appli- PENNSYLVANIA KOREA BONUS: cation may be made until Sept . 14, 1962 Pennsylvania has amended its Korea Application is to the Bureau of Em- bonus law so that career servicemen may ployees' Compensation, U.S. Dep't of become eligible. . . . The original law did Labor, Washington 25, D. C. . . .Legion not grant the state bonus to Pennsyl- Service officers may channel such claims vanians who had been in service for four to the Director, American Legion Nat ' years up to the outbreak of the Korean Economic Commission, 1608 K St. N.W. War, unless they won the Korean Service Washington, D. C_^ Medal. The new law eliminates the Korean PENSIONERS REMINDED Service Medal requirement, and permits TO RETURN VA ANNUAL payment to career servicemen who entered QUESTIONNAIRE BY JAN. 31: service from Pennsylvania, who had at The Veterans Administration has sent least 60 days active duty between June its annual income questionnaire to all

25, 1950 and Jan. 27, 1954, and who can persons who receive VA pensions. . . . prove that they were legal residents of Pensioners are reminded of the urgency, Pennsylvania on Jan. 1, 1961. in their own self-interest, of returning State Bonus Bureau believes that 2,500 the forms properly filled out before Jan previously rejected applications of 31. . . . The Veterans Administration does career servicemen would now be granted not have authority, under the law, to under the new law, on reapplication, and continue pension payments in the absence that about 30,000 in all can qualify as a of annual income information. result of the amendment. . . . For forms write: Korean Conflic t Vets Compensation CHEAP DISABILITY INSURANCE Bureau, Room 207, South Office Bldg. AVAILABLE ON NSLI POLICIES: Harrisburg, Pa. Since 1958 it has been possible for vets who hold NSLI (National Service Lif ATTENTION, SURVIVORS Insurance) to add to it low-cost

OF ARMY AND AIR GUARDSMEN disability insurance. . . . The disability WHO DIED ON ACTIVE DUTY rider pays $10 a month for each $1,000 o FROM 1947 TO 1956: insurance carried, at any time that the This item seeks the attention of the insured becomes totally disabled, and next-of-kin of Army and Air National Guard continues paying as long as the total officers who died while on active Federal disability lasts. .. .800,000 vets have duty between August 7, 1947 and Dec. 31, bought the rider, 3.7 million have not

1956, a period that includes the Korean so far. . . . The disability rider can be War. taken out before age 60, and without Many of these next-of-kin may now be medical examination up to age 40. ... It entitled to benefits long denied them by can be carried to, but not beyond, age a sequence of technicalities which the 60. . . . But it will pay off beyond 60 on Congress has overcome by a special law. total disabilities incurred before then

. . . They may be entitled to Federal while the rider was in force. Employees Compensation, and, where advan- tageous to them, to receive such SOME VETS QUESTIONS Compensation instead of VA death benefits. AND ANSWERS;

What has happened is this . . . Widows Q. Is the WWI bonus still payable to of Guard officers were long refused anyone who hasn't gotten it?

Federal Employees Compensation. . . . Then A. Uncashed certificates are still the paying agency was overruled and redeemable. survivors of Guardsmen were declared Q. Can you still get WW2 GI Bill eligible . . . . But by; then many next-of-kin education? could not apply because the statute of A. It's all over, except for some limitations had run out.... Last Sept. vets who were delayed because of war- 14 a law (PL 87-234) was enacted waiving disabilities. the statute of limitations and permitting Q. If a vet dies with a gov't life in application for Federal Employees Com- surance policy, and has not named a pensation by next-of-kin in all cases beneficiary, what happens? cited in the first paragraph of this item. A. His estate is paid a lump sum.

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against the latest period of employment with the agency in which he is em- Recalls Have Reemployment ployed. Military service which inter- rupted temporary employment or during Rights Under New Public Law periods of unemployment are not counted. Also military service which inter- rupted employment in another agency PL 87-391 contains some significant changes in the of Government or private industry, will not be counted in computing the 4 year rights of employees with regard to reemployment; limit on military service. For those Federal employees who Two separate 4-year limits on military service now were already on active duty on August

1, 1961, they will also have reemploy- Public Law 87-117 dated August 1, Likewise, a person who is not quali- ment rights under the law for another 4 1961, authorized the President of the fied to perform the duties of his former year period, provided they had not al- United States to order without consent, position because of disability incident ready forfeited their rights by exceeding members of the Reserves and National to his military service, has a right to be the 4 year limit applying to service be- Guard units, to active duty and also to reemployed in a position that he can tween June 24, 1948, and August 1, extend military service of those enlisted perform and that most nearly approxi- 1961. and drafted. mates his old position. The Universal Military Training and In order to provide that these persons The new amendments have also Service Act also makes provision for a would have an opportunity to return to brought new changes in the interpreta- leave of absence for active or inactive their preservice jobs, especially those tion of the law by the Civil Service Com- training duty. The rights and obligations who had used up all or a substantial part mission. Heretofore, Federal employees in connection with training duty, how- of the four year service permitted vmder who entered military service were en- ever, are different from those connected the Universal Military Training and titled to reemployment only if the total with military service. Service Act, Public Law 87-391 was en- of all their military service after June 24, For example, you must request a acted on October 4, 1961. This law 1948, did not exceed 4 years. It was im- leave of absence from your employer for made significant changes in the rights material whether the military service training duty and you must report back of employees with regard to reemploy- was performed prior to or subsequent to for work at your next regularly sched- ment. Federal employment. uled work tour after you return home The new amendments established two Now the 4 year limit is counted only from training dutv. While there is no separate four year limits on military service, one applying to service per- LEGION HEAD MEETS WITH NAVY OFFICIALS formed between June 24, 1948 (the effective date of the Universal Military Training and Service Act), and August

1, 1961 (the effective date of Public Law 87-117), and the other applying to service performed after August 1, 1961. With regard to employees of the Fed- eral Government, the U.S. Civil Service Commission is the agency of Govern- ment that has the responsibihty for ad- ministering the provisions of the Act and for adjudicating appeals. Persons entering military service after

August 1, 1961, will be entitled to reemployment rights back to their former jobs with the Federal Government if they (1) leave other than a temporary position; (2) serve not more than four years (plus any additional service im- posed pursuant to law); (3) satisfacto- rily complete their military service; (4) make application for reemployment within 90 days; and (5) are qualified to perform the duties of their positions. Those who are hospitalized immediately following release from military service for not more than 1 year, will Nat'l Cmdr Bacon (with cap), WW2 Navy vet, was Navy Secretary John B. Connally's have 90 days from release of hospitaliza- (right) guest of honor at a top military luncheon at the Pentagon in December. The tion to apply for reemployment. two officers are: ADM George W. Anderson, Jr., CNO, and Astronaut Alan B. Shepard.

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limit on the length of training duty you heavy commitments on the schedules of Legion's 43rd Birthday, March 15-17. can peifoim, neither do you receive all the members of Congress, it was decided Preparations are under way at National the benefits that are attached to reem- not to hold the time-consuming banquet Headquarters in Indianapolis to provide ployment after military service. this year. a personal charge to new members by Requests for information or assistance Commission meetings (with the ex- National Commander Charles L. Bacon in connection with reemployment after ception of Foreign Relations and Fi- for these birthday initiations. militar\' ser\ ice or training duty of Fed- nance), the Rehabilitation Conference In drawing a parallel between the up- eral employees, should be directed to and the Nat'l Cmdr's Reception will be surge in membership and an increasing

\ our nearest Ci\ il Ser\ ice office. held at the Stader-Hilton Hotel. The enthusiasm throughout the United The American Legion Post Service Foreign Relations and Finance Com- States for The American Legion, Na- Officer or your local Post Office can missions will meet in the Legion's Wash- tional Comander Bacon has called upon probably furnish you the address of the ington Office Hdqs Building. the posts to step up their Americanism Civil Service Regional office nearest you. programs in order to provide an effective Otherwise, you can write to the U. S. and appropriate means of expression for ANNUAL AVIATION AWARD Civil Service Commission, Washington this growing national desire to serve 25, D.C. community, state, and nation. Meanwhile, the national membership National Conference and post activities section is planning a Again This Year special method of membership promo- So successful was The American Le- tion within urban areas, and a pilot study of this type of enrollment pro- gion's first National Commander's Con- cedure will conducted within the ference held in Washington, D.C. last be ne.xt few months in an area yet to de- year, that a repeat performance will be be termined. held in the same city this year, Feb. 25- Mar. 2. The single, huge conference replaces Success Story many smaller ones formerly held sep- The World's Largest arately. Last year's conference, with How does an American Legion Post more than 2,000 American Legion state get to be the largest American Legion and national officials in attendance, set Post in the world? the pace and agenda for this year's con- Leyden-Chiles-Wickersham Post 1, ference program. Denver, Colo., enjoys that distinction Six of the Legion's major commissions and a recent report on that post's im- — Rehabilitation, Legislative, Foreign 1961 Frank Hawks Memorial Award, given pressive 14-point Americanism and Relations, Economic, National Security annually by Post 501 (N.Y.), went to VADM Youth Activities program is glaring R. B. Pirle, DCNO (Air). From left: R. W. Mar- and Finance — will meet to discuss and evidence why the post is so successful tin, Jr., Aviation Week, Harry Bruno, VADM membership-wise. recommend the Legion's policy direc- Pirie and M. Peale, Republic Aviation Corp. tion in these matters. Here is a rundown on the post's 1961 Li addition to the above meetings, a accomplishments general 3-day Rehabilitation Confer- Membership Boys' State — sponsored 53 Denver ence is scheduled in which hundreds of Elmer & Friends high school boys. Legion and State Veterans service offi- With thorrsands of "Elmers"now rein- Girls' State — 22 Denver high school cers will meet with Government officials stated as American Legionnaires, the en- girls sponsored by the post's four Aux-

whose agencies deal directly with the rollment of "Elmer's Buddies" is the goal iliary units. problems of the veteran and his family. of the final phase of the membership American Legion Nat'l High School A special Public Relations Seminar campaign for 1962. Oratorical Contest — coordinated the will also be held under the direction of The overwhelming success of the program in Denver. the National Public Relations Division. "Where's Elmer?" theme of the 1962 American Legion Baseball — spon- Many of the nation's top representatives drive has shown up in the daily mem- sored 18 teams and now has a record of in the news media field will participate bership total at National Headquarters sponsoring over 500 such teams since in this Seminar as guest speakers and in Indianapolis. the program was first initiated. panelists. This daily tally has constantly repre- Junior Tennis — more than 600 boys One of the highlights of the Confer- sented a sizable increase over any com- and girls participated in last year's tour- ence will be Nat'l Commander Charles parable date for the last five years, and ney, started by the post in 1953. L. Bacon's appearance ])efore the House early 1962 figures indicate that "Elmer's Fishing Derby — originated 7 years Veterans Affairs Committee on Tuesday Buddies" are joining the "Elmers" in the ago in cooperation with The Denver morning, Feb. 27. ever-swelling ranks of The American Post (newspaper). Approximately 9,000 A departure from the Commander's Legion. youngsters participated last summer. Conference last year and, in former The mythical "Elmer" represented Forum of the Air — a half hour radio years during the annual Rehabilitation the former Legionnaire who, for one panel discussion begun by the Post 14

and Legislative conferences, is the Na- reason or another had not retained his years ago. Since then some 1,200 high tional Commander's Reception honoring membership dining recent years. "El- school students have participated. — the Congress of The United States. mer's Buddy" is the veteran who hasn't Educational TV Council, KRMA

This 2-hour reception is scheduled yet been invited to join an American Le- the educational channel sponsored by for Wednesday evening, Feb. 28. For- gion Post. the post. merly, the National Commander was Posts are asked to welcome new mem- Boy Scout Activity — sponsored by host to a huge banquet honoring the bers into The American Legion with for- the Post, centered in the housing project members of Congress. Because of the mal initiation ceremonies during the where vandalism and delinquency was

30 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1962 prevalent, but now reduced because of not meet even one of the eligibility re- k-k-k-k-k-kifk-k-k-k-k-k-k'k-k-k-k-k-k-k-k-k-k'k-ki^ quirements. But the pressure continues the advent of scouting. I POSTS IN ACTION I American Education Week — actively for admission. * -K promoted by the Post. Recently, thi"Ough a political maneu- i Items from our nearly 17,000 posts. J Those of most general interest and Salute to America — attracted more ver, Outer Mongolia was admitted to J J widest geographical spread are se- ^ than 20,000 on July 4 at Denver Univer- the United Nations as was Mauritania. -K lected, with apologies for the hun- -jt j dreds of others so kindly reported -K sity. The latter, much to the satisfaction of X to the editors from all sources. Flag Day — Colorado's major obser- the new African nations. J ? -K vance each year under the Post's spon- Now, since one bandit is in the house, sorship. Last year over 4,000 school the argument will be: "We might as Educators' Patriotism — Post 543, New children participated. well let another one in." York, N. Y., composed of over 600 of Flag Emphasis — Among other ways, Incidentally, when the Red China the city's educators, has published and included the presentation of 200 flags to vote came up in the UN on Dec. 15, distributed a "School Color Guard Man- schools, churches and civic organiza- 1961, victory for the United States was ual" to all of the city's schools. The tions. a clean cut one. The vote was 48-37 manual serves as a guide to the basic American Institute — conducted in against Red China's admission—with 29 principles of flag handling and respect. cooperation with the Federal Bureau of nations abstaining from the voting. Investigation. Flag Respect - Post 263, Cleveland, In addition to all of the above activi- DISCUSS WORLD AFFAIRS Ohio, will distribute, annually, starting ties during 1961, Post 1 was deeply in June 1962, American Flags to each involved in furnishing manpower and of the city's 6th Grade graduates (now facilities for the Legion's 43rd National numbering 600 ) after they have learned Convention which was held last Septem- proper respect to the flag. ber in Denver. Another big activity sponsored by Car Safety -Post 1040, Delmar, N. Y., Post 1 in 1961 was its annual "Tide of is sponsoring a driver safety education Toys" promotion in December. Thou- program in the community. Called sands of toys for needy veterans' fami- ALIVE—"American Legion Instills Vital lies, hospitals and orphanages were col- Education"—the year-long program con- lected by the Post through the sponsor- sists of movies and talks to be given to ship of a 5-hour television show. The area schools, service clubs and civic or- toys were renovated by Goodwill Indus- ganizations. tries.

Post 1 membership last year was close Hunting Haven — Post 353, Cornell, to 9,000 — the largest in the Legion. They found time to get together recently — of State Rusk. Wise, purchased 120 acres of land near It is well on to that figure again this year. Nat'l Cmdr Bacon and Secty the town and donated it to the people of the area for a public hunting grounds. Foreign Relations Education Operation Alert — Post 44, Pekin, III, Berlin & Red China Opportunities Available is presenting each member of this year's firm During the 86th session of Congress, The American Legion has beliefs graduating class of 400 of the Pekin concerning the Berlin question and the the Legion passed a resolution and later Community High School a copy of J. supported an amendment to the Junior admission of Red China to the United Edgar Hoover's book, "Masters of GI Bill (enacted in 1956) which picked Nations. Deceit." Officially, here is the Legion's posi- up almost 6,000 youngsters whose tion on each. fathers died prior to Pearl Harbor and Memorial Fund — Post 1259, Cayuga, since the Korean Conflict. On Berlin, The American Legion be- N. Y., in 1956 adopted a policy of con- the national conventions of lieves that there are two cardinal objec- Between tributing $10 to the N. Y. Dep't Rehab tives which must not be abandoned. the political parties in 1960 and the ad- Fund upon the death of a post member legislation to They are the unification of Germany journment of Congress, or next of kin, in lieu of flowers or other and, until that time, the maintenance of comply with the Legion's resolution ac- expressions of sympathy. The amount in bill free access routes to West Berlin. complished an adjustment the contributed has grown to over $400. If these objectives are not the subject which made possible the inclusion of the of negotiations. The American Legion youngsters mentioned above and ex- Smartly Dressed - Post 102, Oberfin, does not believe there is anything to tends the benefits to youngsters whose Ohio, donated $120 to the marching negotiate because our rights in Germany parent will lose their lives as a result of band at Oberlin High School to be used and Berlin have already been deter- certain active duty service for a period for uniforms or any other purpose. mined. which will continue until compulsory On Red China, The American Legion military service is no longer required. From Little Acorns — Post 25, New

cites Article 4, Chapter II of the United Excellent progress has been made by Brunswick, N. J., is sending seedlings Nations Charter, which states that "the state organizations (Departments) of from the "Joyce Kilmer Oak" in New membership in the United Nations is The American Legion and The Ameri- Brunswick, to Washington, D. C. for nation's capitol, and open to all . . . peace-loving states which can Legion Auxiliary in terms of finding replanting at the accept the obligations contained in the and then encouraging students who are to schools, industry or other organiza- Bill are interested. project, . . . charter and, in the judgment of the eligible under the Junior GI to se- tions who The organization, are able and willing to lect a career and further their education. commemorating the 75th anniversary of carry out these obligations." As of May 31, 1961, some 29,878 stu- Kilmer's birth, is co-sponsored by the Red China, it should be evident, does (Continued on next page) Rutgers College of Agricultiue.

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1962 31 Education (Continued from previous page) Heart Ass'n Marks 15th Anniversary dents had received a total of $42,948,- 000 in benefits, which represented less Of Legion-Auxiliary $50,000 Grubstake than half of those students who could ha\e applied for and received benefits February is Heart Month, and read- and Auxiliary had been spoiling for a liad the\- desired to complete education. ers of this magazine can take personal victory over rheumatic fever and rheu-

pride in it. When you see Heart Fund matic heart disease. The general public The Eight and Forty, an organization volunteers knocking on doors—you had knew nothing much about rheumatic of American Legion Auxiliary members, something to do with their being there. fever. You had to work in the field, as

has announced the continuation of Since this is the 15th anniversary of that the Legion and the Auxiliary had been Eight $1,000 and Forty Tuberculosis tale, let's tell it. doing in Child Welfare, to know that Nursing Scholarships for the 1962-63 The American Heart Association was this unheadlined disease was the nation's school year. Last year the organization by no means the first and biggest of the biggest killer and crippler of children. approved ten such awards. great health groups. The little American Heart Association

The Awards were established five But it should have been. listed rheumatic fever as one of the three years ago to assist nurses to secure ad- Why not? In spite of all the viruses, major heart diseases, and one of its ma- vanced preparation in either supervision, bacteria, airplane crashes, berserk mad- administration, or teaching with a direct men, stray bullets, slippery bathtubs, relationship to tuberculosis nursing. speeding cars, avalanches, shipwrecks, The deadline for applicants is June 1, earthquakes, maddened lovers, wind- 1962. Detailed information relative to storms and "peoples' democracies" eligibility may be obtained from: The whose destruction of human life and American Legion Education and Schol- limb is cheerfully reported to you each arship Program, Americanism Division, day—nothing knocks off us humans like P.O. Box 1055, Indianapohs 6, Ind. heart and circulatory diseases.

, But we are never logical, so nobody Over 99% of the professional nurses did anything much about heart diseases in this country are women, but women for a long, long time. We just went along McGlone (center) gives Heart Fund mementos are not subject to selective service laws. smiling, and when a stroke or coronary to Legion and Auxiliary at 1961 Convention. Even though the Army Nurse Corps, or such caught up with us, friends sent U.S. Army Reserve component was es- flowers. jor arms was known as the Council on tablished in 1947, the number of pro- In 1924 a bunch of MD's who were Rheumatic Fever. fessional nurses holding USAR commis- heart specialists formed the AHA—as a That alone made the Legion and Aux- sions is small and units have less than small professional society. iliary, with their Child Welfare savvy, 10% of their nurse requirements. Years rolled by, and in 1941, the doc- a fairly soft touch for the AHA. The Army has no recourse except to tors in the AHA admitted to themselves The Legion was also decently con- appeal for a sufficient number of volun- that they didn't yet know beans about cerned with the other major heart dis-

teers from the group of over 500,000 heart and circulatory disease, and it eases ( arterial hardening and high blood professional nurses in the U.S. would take some doing if they ever pressure ) . They affected disabled veter- For the Army, President Kennedy has would. They would have to go big, ans, and everybody else too, including ordered a build-up in strength from they agreed, so they decided that if Legionnaires. 850,600 to 1,008,000 men. The current Americans were shelling out every year The upshot was that one day early in number of Army Nurse Corps officers on for such things as unsolicited neckties May, 1946, the Legion's Medical Ad- active duty cannot provide the proper in the mail, maybe with a decent ap- visory Committee met in Washington, nursing service support required by this proach they'd invest a farthing for the D.C. to complete some business. The increased number of men and families. goodness of their hearts. late Dr. Leonard Rowntree, WW2 Se- Interested young men and women be- Only that late did anyone in this lective Service medical chief, was the tween the ages of 20 and 35 who are country seriously propose a public- Legion's medical committee chairman. graduates of a school of nursing with a supported mammoth drive against heart National Commander John Stelle and minimum of a 3-year program and who diseases. National Auxiliary President Mrs. Wal- are licensed as RNs can obtain further WW2 postiDoned any definite growth ter Craven were there too, and so were information by writing: Chief, Army action by the Heart Ass'n until 1946. American Heart Assoc. representatives. Nurse Corps Officer Procurement, Office But when 1946 came, the very first When the meeting broke up, the of The Surgeon General, Department of problem might have postponed every- American Heart Association had a small the Army, Washington 25, D.C. thing indefinitely. sized, but very definite wad. It went It takes a push to get a big national home with a Legion check for $50,000, The American Legion's Education foundation going. Try it sometime. presented by Stelle and Mrs. Craven as and Scholarship Program will be an ex- Usually these things start because some a $25,000 gift of the Legion and a hibitor at the National Convention of sugar daddy lays a wad on the fine. The $25,000 gift of the Auxiliary. Within 2 The American Personnel and Guidance AHA had the will but not the wad, and years it reorganized as a voluntary Association at the Hotel Sherman in its members were too busy tapping agency, and so began the AHA as a big Chicago, April 16-19, 1962. chests, doing cardiograms and prescrib- national health foundation. Legionnaires who will be among the ing digitalis to set up shop in a big way Today, the AHA, national and local, more than 5,000 members in attendance without some initial help. balances the books at years' end at are invited to \ isit The American Legion That's where you came into the pic- around $35 million, which it pours into booth which will provide a display of ture. every aspect of fighting heart disease. all the Ameiicanism's Youth Programs. For 25 years. The American Legion The $50,000 Legion-Auxiliary gift would

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be peanuts today, but in 1946 it was the 485. Asks American Legion Posts to tional media is needed in order to keep grubstake. report maladministration of the Veterans abreast of such legislation. To the Legion's National Convention Preference Act in Federal Civil Service, This special information is readily in Denver in 1961 came WilUam Mc- if any. available in the National Legislative Bul- Glone, AHA secretary, Denver attorney, 487. Reaffirms Legion support of ef- letin, prepared semi-monthly by the Le- and President of the Colorado Board of forts to create wider employability of gion's National Legislative Commission. Health. To the Legion and the Auxiliary older workers. Each issue of the Bulletin contains he presented the AHA Torch and Heart 541. Broad statement of Legion pol- current information concerning legisla- Award, as a 15th Anniversary memento, icy re: job opportunities for veterans. tive action proposed or adopted in the along with a lengthy citation for both 542. Additional statement of Legion Congress relating to the affairs of Amer- organizations from Paul Oglesby, MD, veterans employment policy. ica's veterans and their families. President of the American Heart Associ- 543. Urges Legion Posts to appoint The annual subscription price to the ation which began veterans employment officers to better Bulletin is $3.00 . . . less than a penny "For their generous assistance in 1946, channel job opportunities for veterans a day. A convenient subscription form which facilitated the transformation of locally. appears below for the benefit of those the American Heart Association from a who wish to be well informed on these professional medical society into a major Legislative iVIatters legislative matters. Fill it out and send partnership of laymen and physicians Getting The Word it along with your check to the address mentioned on the form. now firmly established as the nations "There is no more effective legislative against diseases the "This Bulletin will enhance your front-line defense of spur than the affirmative voice of an in- ." heart and blood vessels; . . formed constituency." knowledge of The American Legion's That's the tale of your connection, as So spoke National Commander Legislative program," advises Com- Bacon. a Legionnaire or Auxiliare, with the an- Charles A. Bacon recently in comment- mander "Our overall effective- nual Heart Fund appeal this month. To- ing upon the value of being an informed ness will be enhanced by your informed day's oak grew from your acorn. Legionnaire in matters dealing with the response to our call for your help with Legislative program of The American your Senators and members of the Economic Legion. House of Representatives as the need arises," he added. Convention Resolutions When the Congress adjourned last Here is a digest of the 14 Economic September 27 (the first session of the resolutions adopted at the 1961 Nat'l 87th Congress ) , there were many legis- National Convention Convention in Denver. They have not lative proposals left hanging in which Advance Planning been previously published in this maga- The American Legion had a definite in- The wheels of organization are al- zine. terest. ready in motion for the planning of The 18. Endorses the concept of U.S. Soil Many of these proposals were out- American Legion's 44th National Con- Conservation Districts. growths of resolutions either adopted at vention scheduled to be held this year

118. Supports adequate annual appro- the Legion's past National Conventions in Las Vegas, Nev., Oct. 5-11. This is priations for the veterans employment or at duly convened meetings of the the first time that the Department of services in the States and in the U.S. Nat'l Executive Committee. Nevada has hosted an American Legion Dep't of Labor. Emerging from last year's National Convention. 135. Calls for Legion investigation of Convention in Denver and the October Thomas W. Miller, Nat'l Executive the effect on veterans employment of 1961 meeting of the Nat'l Executive Committeeman of the Nevada American gov't agencies contracting with private Committee in Indianapolis, were some Legion and one of the Founders of the firms to do gov't work reserved for war 133 proposals alone for consideration in Legion in 1919, has been named presi- veterans under the Civil Service Vet- the second session of the 87th Congress dent of the 1962 Convention Corporation. erans Preference Act. which convened on January 10, 1962. Immediate Past Dep't Commander of 242. Supports adequate staffs and fa- As legislation does not move with the Nevada American Legion, Chester timetable precision, cilities in the Bureau of Veterans Re- special informa- \^ . Howard, was selected as executive employment Rights to protect job rights of discharged servicemen. 'I 243. Asks for strengthening of the National Legislative Commission Date. Federal merit system in gov't employ- The American Legion ment. 1608 K Street, N.W. 244. Asks Executive Order to restore Washington 6, D.C. one-year probationary period of a vet- Enclosed is per eran under Civil Service career-condi- $ ($3.00 subscription) Please send the NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE BULLETIN to: j tional appointment system, as provided in the Veterans Check One: Preference Act. j Auxiliary 353. Reafiirms Legion support of ef- Q | Name American Legion forts to create wider employability of Q j the physically handicapped. Address. 410. Urges more effective legislation to assure reemployment of persons called City .Zone, .State_ into service under the expanded defense Subscription Sent by. program.

447. Asks that Postmasters only fill Address -City. .State. Christmas jobs with non-veterans after (Please print or type all information. Make checks payable to: THE AMERI- two weeks of unsuccessful recruitment ICAN LEGION) of veterans.

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tor letters to National Child it \ ice president and general chairman grams. Address should be since Posts are in the com- the Convention. Welfare Division, The American Legion, munities where children live and are Other American Legion 1962 Conven- P. O. Box 1055, Indianapolis 6, Indiana. able to know first-hand what their needs tion Corporation officers are: J. E. Mar- really are." tie, vice-president; Victor F. Whittlesea. The National Child Welfare Division Atlanta (Ga.) Post 1, for example, is secretary and Reed Whipple, treasurer. has announced the availability of a new in the process of initiating a plan to Also serving as members of the Con- brochure "Mentally 111 Children." This give certificates to the local Board of vention's Executive Committee in addi- brochure is one of the child welfare Edircation which will be redeemable for tion to Howard, Whittlesea and Whipple new clothes to children of school age are Robert Baskin and Madison B. who have never had the good fortune Graves. NEW HOSPITAL STARTED of owning new clothes. The Convention's Board of Directors Under the plan, these children will be include all of the above named Legion- taken to a store by teachers, responsible naires in addition to Re.x A. Jarrett, Ar- parents, social workers, etc., and will be thur Olsen, Tommy McDonald, George fitted with clothes serviceable and Albright, Billie Oakes and James R. Gar- warm. The children are to be treated den, Sr. just like any other customers of the National Convention Director Wil- store, perhaps even a little better. liam H. Miller has set up the convention It is estimated that the cost of clothes headquarters office at The Thunderbird (consisting of blue jeans, sweater and Hotel in Las Vegas. Telephone number underwear) for a boy would be $6.00. is RE gent 5-L33L The same price would apply for cloth- Child Welfare ing a girl (a couple of new dresses, a Favorable Signs sweater and underwear) Since the December appointment by The clothes are to be distributed by Percy A. Lemoine of Louisiana, National the Board of Education to the needy Child Welfare Chairman, of a special children. Funds for this program are committee of the Child Welfare Com- contributed by post members. mission to study the Aid to Dependent Children program and The American Two recent Area Child Welfare Con- Legion's Temporary Financial Assist- ferences have adopted resolutions ask- ance program, Abraham A. Ribicoff, ing the federal government to broaden Secretary of the Department of Health, the Q allotment system to increase the Education and Welfare, has set out a number of dependents of National 10-point administrative program for Guardsmen and Reservists called to stepping up "prevention, protection and active duty who are eligible to receive benefits through this program. This rehabilitation" in public welfare pro- Ground-breaking ceremonies for the new V2- was grams. million dollar South Cameron Memorial Hos- first reported in the January issue of of 4 year fund Among other things, Secretary Ribi- pital were the culmination a this magazine. At present the allotment drive started by American Legion Post 176, coff stressed the need for states to con- is limited to a wife and two children. Cameron, La., following the hurricane of 1957 The Legion has since received the centrate the use of skilled social work in that area. The post raised over $55,000, services among unmarried mothers and Cameron citizens passed a $350,000 bond following information from the Defense matching funds those families with the most severe issue, and Hill-Burton Act Department in response to its inquiry of made the hospital a reality for the town. problems. He also pointed out the need broadening the Q allotment program to for states to improve their programs for include additional dependent children of the training of social workers. community service series. Copies should Reservists and National Guardsmen To many observers, this action on the be available through your Department . . . "the Department has completed a study on this part of the Administration is a hearten- Headquarters or from your Department particular subject that had ing sign. In a report to the National Child Welfare Chairman. as its guidelines the report of the De- Child Welfare Commission a year ago fense Advisory Committee on Profes- and again in testimony submitted to the December, 1961 marked the lowest sional and Technical Compensation. Congress earlier this year. National December in many years for the number "This study indicates the necessity for Child Welfare Director, Randel Shake, of Temporary Financial Assistance re- an appropriate percentage increase in ". the current allowances for quarters in said: . . the number-one child welfare quests received at National Headquar- order to bring problem in the United States today is ters. these allowances in closer ." line with the costs of rental and hous- the lack of qualified personnel. . . A spokesman for the National Child In regard to the work of the special Welfare Division said the reason for this ing. In addition, a panel appointed by committee mentioned above, letters was that "There are a great many com- the Secretary of Defense has been given the mission have gone to all Department Child Wel- plex reasons why our December figures of reappraising all the poli- fare Chairmen soliciting their views on are lower than in recent years. One of cies and criteria governing family hous- how the Aid to Dependent Children the most important of these, however, ing. integral this program and the Legion's Temporary is the obvious increase in the money "An part of mission pro- Financial Assistance program are oper- being spent by American Legion Posts vides for the determination of a suitable ating in their states. and Departments for veterans children basic allowance for quarters based upon In turn, the National Child Welfare who are in need. the findings as they pertain to housing Division will turn over to this commit- "Our 1961 annual report shows an policies. Pursuant to these studies the tee any views, opinions or suggestions all-time high for contributions by Posts Department will consider a request to which readers may have on these pro- and Departments. This, we believe, is as (Continued on page 36)

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City. . . . National Commander Charles L. Bacon was honored on Jan. 25, at a special Wilson J. Herbert of New Orleans, ap- I'll Set You Up For Life In Your Own homecoming celebration in his home- pointed temporary Adjutant for the town of Marshall, Mo. The event was Louisiana American Legion. He has BIG PAY SHOE BUSINESS sponsored jointly by the citizens of been a national field representative for With The ONE Shoe Line That Serves Marshall, American Legion Post 191, Everyone From Baby lo "Pop" and "Mom" The American Legion the past 14 years. Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club,

Only 5 orders a day Lions International, Kiwanis Club, VFW can make you up to Lawrence J. Centola, adjutant for the $30.00aday.$250.oa and Missouri Valley College. Admiral Louisiana Legion since 1955, • a week. $1,000.00 a American month. IV A no trick Claude V. Ricketts, Vice Chief of Naval at all to make big resigned to assume a position with the money full or Spare Operations, was the principal speaker at Time witli Ameri- Veterans Administration as a member of ca's most comfort- Amazing 1 -Minute the homecoming banquet. able shoes. Amazing new the Chief Benefits Director's staff in ".Spring-Step" cushion design Demonstration proves it by actual demonstra- Washington, D.C. Does Your Selling tion. Over 240 styles for men, The nearly 17,000 posts and 2,700,000 women, hoys, giils and in- Job lor You FAST! fants! Profits are BIG repeat Legionnaires have been called upon by — Marc A. Kremers, appointed as assistant orders sure and easy. No ex- I Give Producers perience needed. No invest- Nat'l Cmdr Bacon to lend their support ment. Everything furnished Their Own Shoes director of the Nat'l Security Division free, incudin;^ finest sales out- in their communities to the 1962 AS A BONUS! own of The American Legion in Washington, fit and actual demonstrators I Send today for Free Outfit. Red Cross drive during March. D.C.

Salem, Virginia Campanis, a of the Ful- Jimmy member W. C. Daniel, past Nat'l Cmdr of The A TEXAS OIL COMPANY lerton, Calif., American Legion Post 142 American Legion (1956-57), named Baseball team in signed Wants a Man Over 45 1961, has been chmn of the Virginia State Commission to a Los Angeles Dodgers contract for WE NEED a good man at once and we are will- of Veterans Affairs. ing to pay top earnings. We prefer someone be- an undisclosed bonus. tween 45 and 6.5 .. . who can make short auto trips . . . and can call on small town industrial Addison P. Drummond, past Dep't and rural property owners. A new brochure entitled "The Annual Cmdr of the Florida Legion WORTH $14,000.00 American NRA American Legion and Sons of The (1952-53) and of the Legion's Our top men in other parts of the country draw chmn American Legion Rifle and Pistol exceptional earnings from $12, .500 to $18,000 in a Nat'l Security Commission (1959-61), year. This opening is worth just as much to the Matches," has been distributed to the right man. We pay earnings in advance. Write a and William A. Brennan, Jr., past Dep't confidential letter to A. D. Crawford, Vice-Pres., 58 Departments of The American Le- Cmdr of the Indiana American Legion Texas Refinery Corp., Box 711, Fort Worth 1, Tex. gion. It contains entry blanks and de- (1958-59) and chmn of the Legion's scriptive programs on the 1962 matches Nat'l Membership and Post Activities ACCORDION as well as a li.st of the 1961 winners in DISCOUNT CATALOG Committee, appointed civilian aides for all categories. their Send for FREE Color CataloRs of new 1%2 respective states by Secretary of model Italian accordions at IMPORTER-TO- YOU DISCOUNTS. Save up to 50% off re- the Army Elvis J. Stahr. tail prices of comparable accordions. 5-Day Interested organizations, groups or Free Home Trial. Satisfaction assured OR MONEY BACK. No Down Payment if you individuals may obtain taped messages have old instrument to trade. Easy Terms. Rush name to Accordion CorD. of America, at $6.00 each of a nine week's series of 2003 Chicago Ave., Dept. A-22, Cliicago 22 broadcasts called "Communism and Dr. T. Victor Keene, Indiana's first Nat'l EAR NOISES You" given recently over Station WSYR, Executive Committeeman of The Amer- Syracuse, N.Y. by Dr, Anthony T. Bous- ican Legion (1919-21) and a member relieved! caren, Professor of Political Science at of the Legion's first Nat'l Rehabilitation

. : . thousands reported LeMoyne College in Syracuse. Write to: Committee (1922-24); on Dec. 15, Wonderful relief from years of suffering from miserable The Citizens Foundation, 410 South 1961, in Indianapolis. ear noises and poor hearing Salina St., Syracuse 2, N.Y., sponsor of cau.sed by catarrhal (excess fluid mucus) conditions of the series. Dr. Willard A. Phares, past Dep't Cmdr the head. For the past 23 years that's what folks (many of the Kansas American Legion (1919- simple Elmo past TO) reported after using our Colorado State College, the National 20), a delegate to the St. Louis Caucus Palliative HOME TREATMENT. NOTHING TO WEAR. SOME of the symptoms likely to Association for Practical Nurse Educa- of The American Legion in 1919, and a with your catarrhal deafness and ear noises ; go the Legion's mucus dropping in nose or throat every day; tion and Service, the Louisiana Youth member of Nat'l Rehabilita-

understand words ; hear better hear — but don't Commission, and the Kent School of tion Commission (1927-38); on Dec. 1, on clear days — worse on bad days ; ear noises like crickets, bells or othei's. Social Work at the University of Louis- 1961, in Wichita, Kan. Write TODAY for PROOF OF RELIEF and ville, 30 DAY TRIAL OFFER. Pay only if helfied. Ky., have been approved to receive THE ELMO CO., Dept. 2AL2, Davenport, Iowa grants totaling $12,400 from The Amer- Daniel M. McDade, past Dep't Cmdr of

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NEWS Long and Patrick J. Lynch and Alex the Oregon American Legion (1943-44) John Machonis and Harry I. Martz (all 1960), Post 544, and a past Nat'l Vice Cmdr of The Minersville, Pa. Willard Davis and Robert B. Muir and Delbert American Legion (1944-45); on Dec. Stecher (all 1961), Post 908, Scranton, Pa. Rafael Acosta-Muniz (1961), Post 41, Santurce, Afflicted With Getting Up Nights, 26, 1961, in Portland, Ore. P. R. Pains in Back, Hips, Legs, Joseph Croce (1960). Post 47, Providence, R. I. Rankin E. Mathis, Jr. (1961), Post 118, Milan, Nervousness, Tiredness. Tenn. If Robert Lee Kirkpatrick (1961), Post 218, Irving, you are a victim of the above symp- LIFE MEMBERSHIPS Tex. toms, the trouble may be due to Gland- Sam D. Forman, Jr. (1946) and Frank J. Reeves ular Inflammation. A constitutional Dis- Individual Legion- (1949) and Edwin Denkler (1952), Post 416, Hous- The citation of an ease for which it is futile for sufferers naire to life membership in his Post ton, Tex. Robert L. Green (1961), Post 72, Warrenton, to try to treat themselves at home. is a testimonial by those who know Va. served The To men of middle age or past this him best that he has Marion Ames and Archie Sinclair (both 1961), type of inflammation occurs frequently. American Legion well. Post 134, Burien, Wash. Post Commanders or Adjutants are Klemmet Klemmetson (1960) and Myrle Mc- It is often accompanied by despond- asked to report life membership Donald (1961), Post 160, Seattle, Wash. ency, emotional upset and other mental awards to "Life Memberships," The George Radonovich (1961), Post 206, Roslyn, and nervous reactions. Neglect of such American Legion Magazine, 720 5th Wash. Francis W. Fitch and Harry B. Henderson and Inflammation causes men to lose their Ave., New York 19, N. Y. Post number, Charles J. Hughes (all 1961), Post 6, Cheyenne, vigor, grow old prematurely and often location and date of award is re- Wyo. leads to incurable conditions. quested in all cases. Receipt of names Ralph Holland and Ward W. Husted and Joseph cannot be acknowledged. F. Kalinay (all 1961), Post 14, Laramie, Wyo. Most men, if treatment is taken in Life Memberships in Maryland, Ohio time, can be successfully NON-SURGI- and West Virginia are only accepted ~\ CALLY treated for Glandular Inflam- if received via the Department Adju- r COMRADES IN DISTRESS mation. If the condition is aggravated tant, in conformity with state Legion by lack of treatment, surgery may be I I policy. Readers who can help these com- the only chance. are listed of the pre- Below some rades are urged to do so. viously unpublished life memberships Notices are run at the request of the editors. that have been reported to The American Legion Nat'l Rehabilita- NON'SUkSfCAL TReATMfm States or Depts. They are arranged by tion Commission. They are not accepted from other sources. The NON-SURGICAL New Type treat- Readers wanting Legion help with ments used at the Excelsior Medical R. O. Richter (1961), Post 184, Redondo Beach, claims should contact their local serv- Clinic are the result of discoveries in Calif. ice officers. recent years of new techniques and Francis C. Becheley (1961), Post 353, Los Ange- Service officers unable to locate drugs plus over 20 years research by les, Calif. needed witnesses for claims develop- scientific technologists and Doctors. Joe C. Jones and Frank Washington (both 1960), ment should refer the matter to the Post 619, Vallejo, Calif. Men from all walks of life and from Nat'l Rehabilitation Commission A. R. Baird and George Blaci< and Ralph Cald- over 1,000 communities have been suc- well Deacon (all Post Monte through normal channels, for further and Mike 1961), 53, cessfully treated here at Excelsior search before referral column. Vista, Colo. to this Springs. Cartha D. DeLoach (1961), Post 56, Washington, They found soothing and com- D. C. forting relief and new health in life. Daniel Phillips (1960), Post 5, JoUet, 111. U.S.S. Allen M. Sumner (DD 692)-FayIin S. Finch Stanley Tabaka and Edward E. Wanders and This veteran desires to hear from anyone who Theodore Weier and Fred B. Zobel (all 1961), served with him aboard ship in January 1952 in RECTAL-COLON Post 888, Northlake, 111. the North Atlantic while conducting cold weather EXAMINATION DISORDERS Roert Cantwell (1961), Post 279, Gary, Ind. tests and who remembers him being treated in Are often associ- Robert N. Archie and William H. Hunter and sick bay for infectious sinus. He would espe- AT LOW COST ated with Glandu- Ralph Loyelady (all Post Dr. 1961), 128, Sidney, cially like to hear from the corpsman who ad- When you arrive lar Inflammation. Iowa. ministered the treatment aboard ship. Contact here our Doctors who These disorders, we Carmine Casolini (1958), Post 1, Rome Italy. Mr. Finch at Arnold, Nebr. Claim pending. can treat for you, Joe Hengle (1961), Post 12, Herington, Kans. are experienced spe- at the same time L. (1961), Post Augusta, Kans. Ralph Grady 189, cialists make a com- we treat Glandular 141, Newton. Gerald Uniacke (1961), Post Mass. examination. Inflammation. Ralph Gregory and Frank IVoyes and Ralph plete Your condition is Paine (all 1961), Post 200, Avon, Mass. THE AMERICAN LEGION REDUCIBLE Harry E. Sisson (1961), Post 167, Clawson, Mich. NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS frankly explained William J. Dierdorf (1960), Post 231, New Bos- and then you decide HERNIA ton, Mich. NOVEMBER 30, 1961 Is also amenable to Victor Carpeaux and George Frahm and Henry if you will take the ASSETS a painless Non- A. Lelning and Horace G. McCall (all 1961), Post treatments needed. Cash on hand and on deposit. . . ..$ 936,154.36 Surgical treatment 251, Detroit, Mich. Receivables 242,125.58 Treatments are so that we have de- Henry C. Monkemeier (1961), Post 95, Glencoe, mild hospitalization Minn. Inventories 534,439.52 veloped. Full de- Invested Funds 9'58,554.12 is needed a con- tails of this treat- Robert T. Manifold (1961), Post 79, Ainsworth, not — Nebr. Trust Funds: siderable saving in ment given In our Overseas Graves Decoration Alfonso Ciardi and George Corby and Edward expense. Free Book. Trust Funds ,$ 270,351.07 Leslie Grant (all 1961), Post Dover, N.J. 27, Employees Retirement Russell F. Black and Willard S. Danser (both Trust Fund 3,186,724.82 3,457,075.89 Write Today For Our 1961), Post 93, Trenton, N.J. % C. Tom Weiler (1961), Post 137, Ocean City, Real Estate 813,871.39 Our New Free Book N.J. Furnitui'e Fi.xtures, & gives facts that may Jack Meyers and Ralph Reese and Edward Less Depreciation 240,412.61 save you painful, ex- Sarlous and John Schmitt (all 1961), Post 199, Deferred Charges 110,836.39 pensive surgery. Tells Hawthorne, N.J. $7,293,469.86 Edward J. Haas (1961), Post 424, Blackwood HOW and Explains Terrace, N.J. LIABILITIES, DEFERRED REVENUE WHY NON-SURGICAL J. Lester Riehl (1961), Post 101, Westbury, N.Y. treatment methods are Joseph W. R. Dally and Ford S. Relyea (both AND NET WORTH so successful today. 1960) , Post 488, Monroe, N.Y. Current Liabilities $ 343,253.11 James P. Striffler and Harold E. Taylor and Funds Restricted as to use 30,894.80 Write today. No obliga- Albert Weinstein (all 1961), Post 543, New York, Deferred Income 2,426,284.72 tion. N.Y. Trust Funds: Michael L. Moroney (1960), Post 1123, Ossining, Overseas Graves Decoration EXCELSIOR N.Y. Trust Funds $ 270,351.07 John D. Moose, Sr. (1961), Post 51, Concord, Employees Retirement MEDICAL CLINIC N. C. Trust Fund 3,186,724.82 3,457,075.89 i Dept. B-1 151 Oscar W. PoweU (1961), Post 82, Shelby, N. C. Net Worth: ' Excelsior Springs, Mo. i Allan V. ReiUy (1961), Post 107, Crystal, N. Reserve Fund . . .$ 24,185.11 ' Dak. I Gentlemen: Kindly send me at once, your Restricted Fund . 21,735.93 WiUiam J. Gust, Jr. (1961), Post 168, St, I New FREE Book. I am interested in full ! Real Estate . 813,871.39 Thomas, N. Dak. I information (Please Check Box) Reserve for Reha- | Wayne H. Hulbert and Richard Yeagley (both I Hernia Rectal-Colon Glandular bilitation . 444,675.21 | 1961) , Post 137, Farmer, Ohio. ' Inflammation Raymond Tomlinson and Leo Walker and Mark Reserve for Child | Welfare 45,975.31 I Weatherford and George Westerman (all 1960), I Reserve for ! NAME I Post 10, Albany, Oreg. Convention . . 60,000.00 Clara A. Kingman (1961), Post 161, Eugene, I Greg. $1,410,442.97 ADDRESS- A. M. Butcher (1961), Post 3, Gatun, C. Z. Unrestricted TOWN John C. Baxter and Donald S. Knight, Sr. (both Capital 374,481.63 1,035,961.34 Post Willow Grove, 1961), 308, Pa. $7,293,469.86 STATE- Jay M. Stevens (1960) and James L. Truitt, Sr. (1961), Post 424, Bellwood, Pa.

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1962 37 THE RED WALL Made (Continued from page 13) •1 mjuU' about $'.K)0 ^900 lasi vi'ar wtlli my Foley Ofiulpiiu'iit. sharpfiiln^ With a red crayon he drew caricatures of her decision. They left the Adria excited, *>r)l) saws in inv sparo IN SPARE TIME time." l.oo H. Mix Khrushchev and East Zone communist with their minds clear and uplifted by Make up to $3 or $6 an Hour boss Walther Ulbricht on the wall. He decision finally arrived at after long, Willi a Koley Aiitoiiiatic Saw Filer you ran file hand, bund and circular saws so tliey cut sinuoTlier and portrayed Khrushchev as an ape sitting painful doubt. They went to the Melody faster and briny; > on repeat cash business, No eanvas- happily in a barnyard with all the other Bar, drank more Rheingau, danced to sing —no cxiierieiiec needed. ungainly animals. A rooster represented the combo. Then they taxied to the War- FREE BOOK "MONEY MAK- China; a sheep, Poland; a pony, Jugo- saw Cafe on Stalinallee for a late snack, IXO FACTS" . . . shows how Id slart al home in spare slavia; a dog with an oversize chain more drinking and dancing; from there - lime. Wrile tud;iy- no salesman will around his neck, Hungary. Ulbricht was they touched base at all the little bars call. a fat pig sniffing the upcurled tail of the and taverns recommended by handy taxi ^i, , FOLEY MFG. CO. 239-2 Foley BIdg., I ape. Finally he sketched a rat, labeled drivers. It was a goodbye to slavery, a Minneapolis 18, Minn. ^ ^ Betriebsparteisekretaer Hardt, peeking hello to freedom—on the morrow. approvingly at the menagerie out of a Max opened his eyes and a ray of sun- hole in the ground. Finishing his art with light stabbed into his brain. Through Send for this free insurance a flourish, he said with a delicious grin, foggy eyes he saw his clothes in an un- information for people over 50 "This will teach the dear old SED (Com- tidy heap on the floor. He lifted himself Now! Read about a special $1,000 life munist Party) to snatch a young promis- on an elbow, and the ray of light knifed policy bought by people under 80 in all ing painter out of the art academy and around inside his skull. He flung his arms 50 states. It's Old Line Legal Reserve put him in the workers' paradise!" out, and Luise gave a little cry. "What life insurance with rates guaranteed The hour ride from Rethenau to Ber- happened?" he said, realizing where he never to increase. lin had cleared Max's head. The gravity was. If you're in good health, send name of what he had done now bore heavily "Don't you remember? We're defect- and address to Security Life Insurance down upon him. He had burned his ing today—or rather last night," Luise Co. of America, 113-B E. Grant St., bridges behind him. Monday morning chided.

Minneapolis 3, Minn. No salesman will Leo Hardt would discover what he had "Last night!" He groaned. "What's call. done. It promised to be a fine, mild today?" Saturday evening. He'd take Luise out "Sunday, August 13th, the day of our on the town, spend all his East marks— freedom," she smiled. worthless where he was going anyway— "Good!" he said, climbing out of bed. MARTIN'S FLAGS and make her see the good sense of de- "Hardt will be after us tomorrow. We'll [ DISPLAYS FOR fecting with him. go immediately." I ORGANIZATIONS- TOWNS-SCHOOLS-FAIRS He saw her on the platform, her blue It was a short walk from Luise's Prompt shipment. Ask for our eyes searching the car windows. At the apartment to the Brandenburg Tor. From colorful WHOLESALE Catalog No. 62-A sight of her something under his heart afar they sensed that something was MARTIN'S FLAG CO., FORT. DODGE. IOWA moved warmly. He had loved her since wrong. Drawing closer they saw Vopos OLD LEG TROUBLE their school days in Potsdam Gymna- stringing rolls of barbed wire along the sium. She had played the flute in the frontier. People were milling around, Easy to use Viscose Applications may heal many old leg sores due school band; he, the drums; and his coming and going; their faces wore one to venous congestion of varicose brother Armin, the saxophone. He common denominator: shock. veins, leg swelling or injuries. Send today for FREE Book and stepped from the train while it was still Max stopped an old man. full-refund Trial Plan. moving, and she ran into his arms. "Gutt im Himmel! Die Riissen sperren L. E. VISCOSE COMPANY That night at the Adria Restaurant in die Grenze!" (The Russians are closing 740 North Rush street - Chicago 11, Illinois East Berlin's Friedrich Strasse Max or- the border!) LEARN dered a bottle of Rheingau wine to go Max and Luise cut down Wilhelm with the thick steaks with trimmings Strasse to Potsdamer Platz. They saw the MEAT CUTTING (using the last of his ration coupons). same feverish activities. But here, where Train quickly In 8 short weeks at Toledo for n bri{?ht future with security "Why the splurge, mein HerzT' the Russian, British and U.S. Sectors of In the vital meat business, Bigr pay, full-tlnr? jobs — HAVE A PROFITABLE MARKET OF YOUR OWNI Pay after He smiled at her mysteriously. He the city rnerge, a wall of concrete was ^aduation. Diploma Riven. Job help. Thousands of successful graduate,?. Our glanced over his shoulder, the waiter had being erected. They hurried along Fried- .39th year! Send no-v for big. new Illustrated FRKE catalog. No obligation. G. I. Approved. NATIONAL SCHOOL OF MEAT CUTTING withdrawn, nobody was in ear shot. "I've rich Strasse, trying the other crossing Dupt. A-21. Toledo 4, Ohio made up my mind, I'm getting out." He points. All were heavily guarded, and LOOSE FALSE TEETH took her hands in his, looked into her barbed-wire was hastily being unrolled. RELINED AND TIGHTENED AT HOME %1.00 eyes. Liehe, They took a streetcar to the crossing NEWLY IMPROVED DENDEX RELIIMER, a "And, meine you're coming plastic, builds up (refitsi loose upper and lower with me. Don't no. it. point in the French Sector. Same results. dentures. Really makes them fit as they should say Think about without using powder. Easily applied. No heat- We'll go to Armin in Dusseldorf. We'll The Vopos were tearing up the rails of ing required. Brush it on and wear your plates only while it sets. It adheres to the plates make a wonderful life!" the S-Bahn (railway) which connected and makes a comfortable, smooth and durable new surface that can be washed and scrubbed. Each "But . . . just to pick and East and West Berlin. This convenient application lasts for months. Mot a powder or Max up wax. Contains no rubber or gum. Neutral pink color. Sold on ." had been terminated once leave . . escape route MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE. Not sold in stores. Proved by 15 charge years of Consumer Use. Send SI .00 plus 30c handling "That's the best way. can't afford and for all. (stamps or coin). You DENDEX COMPANY, DEPT. 51-M They went back to Luise's apartment. 2024 WEST SIXTH .ST.. LOS AN'OELES 5, CALIF. to think about it. Look at these people around you. Eyes on their plates, speak- "We'll wait until dark and go to my Fill Cracks And ing in hushed tones, afraid to laugh out, aunt's," Luise said. "She lives on Sonnen afraid to enjoy life. All of them are AUee. The back of her apartment build- Don't ing lies right on the U.S. Sector. We can Holes Better thinking about it. No, Liebling. think about it. Come with me—tonight! let ourselves out the window by rope." Handles like putty. Hardens like wood. We'll just stroll through the 'gate' — "But there's the canal to cross." PLASTIC WOOD' into a wonderful, new life of freedom." "I can swim, Max." The Oanulne - Accept No Substitute. When the meal was over Max knew That night, with Luise's Aunt Sophie

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wringing her hands, Max tied the rope had felt absolutely nothing. He scurried to the radiator, opened the window and up the bank, searchlights sweeping the NO NEED TO WEAR let it fall down the wall to the ground, entire area. He pushed Luise along be- two stories below. Scuds of clouds ob- fore him, back through the wires. It was scured the moon. He leaned out the win- only when they reached Sonnen Allee A again that felt the pain. The bullet TRUSS dow and listened. He could hear voices Max of the men at work on the wall, several had passed through the fleshy part of his streets away. The rolls of barbed wire thigh. It was like a hot poker stabbing FOR RUPTURE between the building and the canal glis- deep inside his muscle. That Binds, Cut-s, Gouges, Slips and Does Not Hold tened whenever the moon came from be- He waited in the shadows while If you must wear a Truss for Rupture, hind a cloud. In his pocket were the snip- Luise hailed a cab. Luckily it was dark. don't miss this. A Post Card, with name and address is all you send to S. Rice, Inc., pers encased in a heavy sock which Aunt If the driver saw him dripping wet, it W. Dept. 8M, Adams, N. Y., to get FREE, and Sophie had supplied to muffle the sound. could lead to capture. They managed to without obligation, the complete modernized After instructing Luise how to let herself enter Luise's apartment unseen. She Rice Plan of Reducible Rupture Control. Now in daily use by thousands who say they could, down the rope hand-over-hand, rather tended the wound as best she never dreamed possible such secure, depend- than trying to let the rope slip through staunching it with bathroom medica- able and comfortable rupture protection. Safely blocks rupture opening, prevents es- her tender palms, he went first. Then he tions. By morning Max's leg was stiff; he cape, without need for bulky, cumbersome saw Luise swinging above him, slowly was still able to move, but with consid- Trusses, tormenting springs or harsh, goug- ing pressure. Regardless of long descending. If only she didn't slip! erable pain. They could not stay here. pad how ruptured, size, occupation, or trusses you The noise would betray them. She Betriehsparteisekretaer Leo Hardt would have worn. TRY THIS, and send your Post came down without mishap, and Aunt be on Max's trail. The trail would lead to Card today. Sophie quickly pulled the rope up and Luise, to her apartment. Max flipped on closed the window. They made their way the radio. 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Finally they cut their name led the list. way through. Only thirty meters of wa- He stood up, testing his leg. "We must ter lay between them and freedom. Luck get out of here." was with them. Max went first, slipped Luise made a last minute rush to the EXPERT quietly down the concrete canal embank- bathroom, as women all over the world ^'^^ Our°' students earn as much as $3,000 ment and into the water. He treaded are wont to do before leaving premises ^15 In 3 short months preparing income tax returns in spare time—also operate toward the West shore. Suddenly the where they belong. Max grew nervous; lucrative Business Tax Service yield- HOUR ing steady monthly fees of $10-$50 night was rent by machine-gun fire. beads of perspiration stood on his brow. per client, year round. Enjoy professional standing in dignified home-office business. Max's first impulse was to strike out for Finally Luise emerged, pushing and fin- No experience necessary. We train you at home and help you start. 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NO MONEY DOWN down the stairway, they heard the rifle have to crash through the wall." butt on the door and that hated voice all He quickly handed Luise into the cab HOME. too familiar to Max. of the truck, went round to the other SITES "Come out quietly with your hands side. Then he saw Hardt's car careen to $395 up, Roeder!" Hardt called. a stop on squealing tires. Hardt and a

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Itch Crazy Walking rapidly—but not so rapidly as to with you." Very first use soothing, of cooling, liquid D.D. D. attract attention—they came once again Max broke into a happy grin. What Prescription positively relieves raw red itch caused by eczema, rashes, scalp irritation, chaf- in sight of the Red Wall being thrown about him? Max indicated the uncon- ing—other itch troubles. Greaseless, stainless. up in what was once mid-town Berlin. scious Hardt. 450 trial bottle must satisfy or money back. had no clear idea they would The quickly took the laces out Ask your druggist for O. D. O. PRESCRIPTION. Max how Vopo cross, but cross they must! of Hardt's boots and trussed up the Party From Unter den Linden they cut Secretary, and started to drag him into for Make Rubber Stamps BIG PAY through the old Berlin University to the alley. Need more money? Earn $30-$50 Wilhelm Strasse. All along the wall there "No," Max said. "Put him in the a week, spare time, at home making rubberstampa for offices, fac- were Vopos, barbed wire, and building truck." tories, individuals. Hundreds of uses. Hundreds of prospects — ev- materials. They were looking at the im- They dumped Hardt into the back of erywhere. Kightin yourown com- —inity. Turn out special stamps for possible situation when Max saw Leo the truck and covered him with the ma- names, addresses, notices, prices, etc.. in minutes with table-top machine. We Hardt's car. Taking Luise by the hand nure. "Now, get in the cab," Max told urnish everything a ?7rf/2^//> finance yok . Write for free facts No salesman calls. they ducked into an alley, coming out the Vopo. RubberStampDiv.,1512JarvisAve..Dept.R-8-B, Chicago26 again on Unter den Linden, where they Max started the motor. He eased the climbed into a cab. manure truck out of the alley and aimed DONT QUIT SMOKING "Wo hin?" it down the street, toward the wall. Two "Potsdam," Max said, settling on the Vopos, standing in the street, held up . . . Before Giving My Pipe a Trial! Berlin last their halt truck. New principle that contradicts every idea you've ever suburb as their hope. hands to the Max's had about pipe smoking. I guarantee it to smoke cool Max saw out of the rear window Vopo leaned out, and the others waved and mild hour after hour, day after day, without rest without bite, bitterness or sludge. To prove it, I'll let Hardt's car circling the very route he and the truck on. Max pressed the throttle you try a new Carey Pipe. Send name today for my Luise had made. They hadn't eluded the to the floor. The wall came closer, close FREE complete trial offer. Write to : E. A. CAREY, 1920 Sunnyside Ave., Dept.246-B.Chicago 40, ill. wily Betriebsparteisekretaer. —and bigger. Over the roar of the motor From Potsdam, where the city ends Max heard the fire of the Vopos' Tom- HOW TO PUBLISH and the country begins, they could make myguns. 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BREAK barbed wire and workmen throwing up When the dust cleared. Max saw a FIX BROKEN a concrete wall. GI sergeant in full battle dress with an DENTURES AT HOME N MINUTES They skirted the area, hoping for some M-14 rifle. Directly behind him was a Amazing new QUIK-FIX Denture Repair Kit easily kind of a "break." Then they came upon Patton tank. Other GI's were in the mends broken plates; fills in cracks; replaces teeth like new. Fast! Easy to use! No special tools a Diingennachine. A Diingennachine is background. needed. No costly dental bills. Directions enclo.sod. ?" simply a manure truck. In this area of "What the hell . . . said the ser- Works every time or your money back. Send $1.98, enough for many repairs. QUIK-FIX Company, the city there are many small gardens geant. Dept. QAL-2, 107.-1 Main St., Buffalo 9, N. Y. and a little further on fields of cabbage, "There are three of us," Max said. beans, squash, and sugar beets. The truck "Myself, the girl, and the Volkspolizei. ENJOY STEADY PAY EVERY DAY AS A was loaded to its sideboards with fresh We are escapees." NURSE barnyard manure. The air was pungent "What's that god-awful stink?" said LEARN AT HOME IN ONLY 10 WEEKS ^ \ with its fumes. Its owner had parked it the sergeant, turning up his nose.

Enjoy security, independence and freedom i ^w^r\ in a lane and gone back to the main "Oh," Max smiled. "And there's a from money worries. Earn up to S65.00 a week A^^^l ""^ as a Practical Nurse. Afje, education not street to a tavern for a glass of wine. prisoner—back there under that stuff in important. Send for FREE sample lesson. "I've got an idea," Max said. "The the truck." POST GRADUATE SCHOOL OF~NUR$ING driver left his keys in that truck. THE END ROOM 37B22 - 121 S. WABASH, CHICAGO 3, ILL. We

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POISON IN THE AIR — (Continued from page 14) — dismay the increasing contamination of soon after being cleaned, painted or ren- the atmosphere in practically all sections ovated, there is no incentive to maintain of the country." a clean and respectable environment. SPECIAL OFFER Warns Dr. Richard A. Prindle, chief Blight and decay follow. Tourists shun of the U.S. Public Health Service's medi- badly polluted communities, while resi- to readers of cal program: Air pollution "can poten- dents and business men move away in quest of cleaner surroundings. What tially lead us to disaster." American Legion Warns Ivan A. Nestingen, Under Sec- happens then to the investment you may retary of Health, Education and Wel- have within the area? In St. Louis, for fare: "Clearly we are not doing anywhere example, property values declined $25,- near enough about the problem in most 000,000 a year for a decade before cor- areas. The problem will only get worse, rective steps were taken. The national FREE building up more and more trouble for loss has been estimated at $200,000,000 BOOK the future, unless efforts on both the annually. helps end misery from local front and the national front are But more important than any of these greatly accelerated." It can take a huge toll in health and in What is happening? In one large city lives. ARTHRITIS, alone, 25,000 tons of waste are dis- The memory of Donora has not charged into the air every single day. dimmed. On a Tuesday in October, Multiply this by hundreds and you'll get 1948, fog closed in on the Pennsylvania RHEUMATISM an idea of the indescribable quantities industrial town. By Thursday it had be- of smoke, ashes, fumes, gases and other come a motionless, stifling blanket of A remarkable new free book describes a specialized system of treatment that assorted garbage that keep dirtying up smoke. 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It bene- we are pumping dozens of different kinds wore on, people began coughing, then fits many who had given up hope of ever of poisons into the sky, including car- retching and gasping. being free from pain. bon monoxide, chlorides, fluorides, ni- Within three days, 22 persons were trates, sulfates, arsenic and bismuth. killed by the blinding, choking pollution They are belched out by truck, car and and 5,910 persons were sickened. bus exhausts, and from the smokestacks Nor was Donora an isolated, com- of oil refineries, steel mills, power plants pletely unique example. In 1930, smog and municipal refuse dumps. Any in- took 60 Belgian lives in the Meuse Val- stallation that burns fuel, any manu- ley. In 1952, a killer fog born of air pol- facturing process that emits waste adds lution descended on Greater London and to the mess. was blamed by medical authorities for The results are known by many the deaths of 4,000 persons. 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MY SPARE TIME HOBBY MAKES ME 7.5 billion dollars every year, according What can you, as an individual, do to Hi to estimates. Tiie authorities ask this help clean up the air around you? $S°° an question too: Can we stand more of You can help spark your civic and thai? community group into action to obtain Grorcr S(jiiin's — jfT^K Plainly, then, action is needed at once. proper legislation. START YOUR OWN SPARE TIME BUSINESS i he Federal Government is now con- And you can be a good citizen and You can turn your spare time into Big ducting an extensive research program pay attention to the following: Keep O Cash Profits with your own COMPLETE SHARPENING SHOP . . . Grind saws, on causes, etTects and controls, but the your own furnace in good repair. Make knives, scissors, sl(ates, lawn mower main defense must be at the blades ... all cutting edges. Your Own made home- sure your car's motor is well tuned, spark Cash Business with no inventory right town level. Your city, town, county— the plugs and points clean and adjusted, at home ... no experience needed. live — FREE BOOK tells how you can start place where you and work must carburetor working properly. Stop burn- your own spare time business while enact and enforce pollution controls. ing leaves in the fall. If you burn coal you are still working at your regular job. Low Cost — time payments only Wherever these have been placed into for heating, use a variety with a low $15.00 a month. Send postcard today. effect, the air breathed by residents has sulfur content. BELSAW SHARP-ALL CO, 7412 Field Bids., Kansas City 11, Mo. been dramatically laundered. There are Under Secretary Nestingen pulls no now some 6,000 communities through- punches when he tells you: "The hour out the country suffering from air pollu- is late." Action now is needed to give us tion problems of varying degrees. Most back the clean air that once sweetened of them do not have adequate control America. "KING OF THE EARLIES" setups. THE Big solid, scarlet fruit, disease END resistant, heavy yielder. Ideal for table or canning. Send 1 25 SEED 5c for mailing 125 seed FDFF and copy of Seed and Nursery Catalog. TntCa A SUBSCRIBER SOUNDS OFF CONDON BROS. SEEDSMEN . . . Now Combined With (Continued from page 21) R. H. SHUMWAY SEEDSMAN, Dept. 309, Rockford, ILL.

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49 issues of Plunge for only out—then you may wind up with only 20 can get A BUSINESS OF YOUR OWN $3.88, a saving of $4.12 on the regular weeks of excitement! subscription price. Or to put it another So you write another letter which has IN A Growf/i INDUSTRY! way: You will get it $4.12 cheaper the sudden effect of stopping off both than the poor slob who really wants to copies—forever. You are now a non- read Plunge and who mailed in his regu- subscriber again. lar subscription yesterday. Sometimes it would seem that 12,- If you can resist this first Special Offer, 000,000 subscribers can be just too much there will be another along shortly. The for the mailing machines. But of course next letter will be twice as flattering they don't print that on their billboards FRANCHISED SERVICE DEALERS URGENTLY (Worth holding out for, don't you for those Scarsdale admen to read. NEEDED FOR EXPANDING COMPANY THAT agree?) and you will now be able to get No, that they don't boast about. 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AN AFRICAN ALAMO A Budget (Continued from page 19) Vacation Other in order to get at the small group for the terrorists. They fled, many of of Portuguese blaclsage—informing the outside world that the wives have been shipped out. The they were completely out of ammuni- remaining 50 planters sleep in the PER PERSON q q tion, that they were fighting with clubs church ever night. remember that $ dbl. occupancy They 39 EFFECTIVE NOV. 1st at the door of the church and that they, night of nights when the screaming was who were about to die, would die like "mata, mata, bianco, bianco; Upa, Upa; 7DAYS-6NITES IN YOUR true Portuguese. Lumumba, Lumumba, (kill, kill, whites, Then the miracle happened. No res- whites; Upa, Upa, Lumumba, Lumum- OWN PRIVATE HOME . . cue could come from the outside on the ba)." AIR CONDITIONED-FURNISHED roads. Separating this village from the They will never know why the sun Swimming — Boating — Fishing — Country Club Privileges and other planned octivities nearest Portuguese soldiers 30 miles broke through at that moment. They of no extra cost. away were more than 700 trees which will never know how effective was their Minutes from the "Gulf of Mexico" had been knocked across the road to courage at the church door. They will SEND COUPON TODAY FOR FREE BROCHURE ' block any possible rescue. This attack never figure out what part of their last - HARBOUR HEIGHTS, P.O. BOX 1387, Aim 2 had obviously been well planned by singing of the Ave Maria; "Holy Mary, I PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA | PLEASE RUSH FULL PARTICULARS those who directed the terrorists. The Mother of God, pray for us now, and I | three planes above the clouds could not at the hour of our death," had upon the Name I | find the ground to help— all seemed lost. outside roar of "kill, kill, kill." They Address m By 6 o'clock two planes had returned only know, as one bewhiskered, pot-bel- Cily State...* to their field for lack of fuel. lied defender knows, that this is their i- — — I However, the third pilot decided to home and that this is where they belong. DRAINS cellars, cisterns, wash tubs; remain a few more minutes in the hope One of the mulatto defenders said: "I IRRIGATES - CIRCULATES - SPRAYS Type P Pump has 1,001 uses. Stainless of somehow finding an opening in the guess I'm the oldest resident here. One .^vw- shaft. Won't rust or clog! Use 1/6 HP motor or lartrer. . . 3/, HP for up to 2.400 clouds to come to the rescue of the be- white quarter of me has been here 200 &f^V\^;. GPH: 450 r.PH 80' hiffh; or 1 ,8O0 GPH ^^r A<-' S^^from 25' well. 1" Inlet; 3/4" outlet. R^^^V"^ iW^Couplinfi: Included free $7.95 sieged. Normally, the sun bakes through years, but the three-quarters of me has -^^J^™* >^ Heavy Duty BaM-Bearing Pump, Up to 1" 5.200 GPH: 1 1/1" Inlet; outlet . $12.95 or dissolve the clouds at this time of been here forever." "Yes," chimed in Postpaid If rnsh with order. Money Back Guarantee. Also other sizes, types. year at exactly 10 A.M.—you can set one of the others: "We'll stay, this is ii»LABAWCO PUMPS. Belle Mead 56. N.I. your watch by it—so there was little, if home. Where else could we go? We any, chance of a clearing in the clouds. Portuguese, black and white, on the Yet, exactly at 6 A.M. the sun burned ground or below the ground, we stay!" PAYS BIG! SEND FOR FREE, BIG. ILLUS- /m^^K through with a beam of light that struck As the little Dornier took its final TRATED CATALOG NOW! Graduates report IL'^Êu niakinc substantial incomes. Start and run voui* IBOOKf/ own business quickly. I Men. women of all aues. iTri » // down past the church's cross to the tight- bounce past a ripped-eared dog, won- If-arn easily. Course covers Sales. Property I *llS/| llanafrement. Appraising. l.oanK. Morigafiês. and IHOI1I//I ly packed terrorists milling before the dered what might have been the ending related subjects. STUDY AT HOME or in class- ^îSii rooms In Ifading cities. Diploma awarded. Write TODAY for free bookl No obligation. church. of the Texas Alamo had there been air- Approveti for Korean Veterans WEAVER SCHOOLOF REAL ESTATE (Est. 1G3

the tight-packed mass, it circled and airplane. There was a miracle. And RUPTURED bore down, a second and a third time, there, too, was a courageous people who BE FREE FROM TRUSS SLAVERY guided by the beam. This was too much measured up to their ordeal. the end Surely you want to THROW AWAY TRUSSES FOREVER, be rid of Rupture Wor- ries. Then Why put up with wearing a griping, chafing and unsanitary truss. For there is now a new modern Non-Surgical treatment that is de- HOW TO BUILD TOMORROW'S AMERICA signed to permanently correct rupture. These (Continued from page 25) Non-Surgical treatments are so dependable, that a Lifetime Certificate of Assurance is given. Write today for our New FREE BOOK that national Americanism Commission says tions on the Constitution of the United gives facts that may save you painful, expensive States. surgerv Tells HOW and Explains WHY NON- that American Legionnaires helped pro- SURGICAL Methods of Treating Rupture are vide adult-led, adult-organized summer In the 25 years now ending, the Le- so successful today. Write today—Dept. H-112:5 Excelsior Medical Clinic, Excelsior Springs, Mo. baseball for 500,000 boys last summer. gion has awarded $162,000 in college New manpower to raise that figure to scholarships to the annual Oratorical 1,000,000 or 2,000,000 would be no em- Contest finalists. The real tutors and HONUMENTs barrassment to us. leaders of this great contest — which pro- Every year, the Boys Clubs of Ameri- motes close personal scrutiny of the

ca gratefully publish a list of the help, Constitution of the United States by in work, dollars and equipment, that more high school students than any other 11 educational effort in the country- American Legion Posts give to their such wonderfully equipped, superbly run are not Legionnaires, but the teachers

~~clubs for boys. It's an impressive list, but of speech and English in our school sys-~~

there's plenty of room to make it twice tems. find for many DIRECT TO YOU... EASY TERMS as impressive. That takes willing people. But we could good work Legionnaires in the contest organi- Genuine Rockdale Monuments and The line forms at the right. more Markers. Full Price $14.95 and up. The American Legion's National Ora- zation, which is our job — and in any Satisfaction or MONEY BACK. We pay freight. Compare our low torical Contest—now celebrating its 25th assistance they could give to our teacher prices. Write for FREE CATALOG. year — involved about 355,000 high teammates. And with more Legionnaires ROCKDALE MONUMENT CO. DEPT. 191 . JOLIET, ILLINOIS school students last year in skillful ora- to share the load, we could make the

44 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1962 scholarship prizes run deeper than just Organizations like ours — and the Boy to the four top youngsters in the nation Scouts and the Girl Scouts and the Boys out of a starting field of more than a Clubs and Junior Achievement and the third of a million. That would make the 4-H and the Future Farmers of America contest grow, and keep us busier yet. and many others — could be pretty smug ANYTHING! I'm willing. if we pleased. In spite of all the church, school, fra- We could boast that we are construc- ternal and Legion sponsored youthful tive and progressive in our enormous musical organizations — bands, orches- youth programs, for we have worked out tras and drum and bugle corps — that successful ways to help our young people

dot our land, there are still youngsters in develop the best that is in them. every community whose passion to get Even at the peak of the stress of into a musical organization withers be- recent years to "prevent juvenile delin- cause the chance never comes their way. quency" we never set our goals so low as to make "keeping out of jail" a high ideal for the citizens of tomorrow. We have kept our sights on the more- than-98-percent of our young men and have other desire than ORAffx women who no to amount to all they can, and whose holds dentures fast. ..all day! greatest difficulty is that the want for more adult leadership and guidance to supply the opportunity |i|| FINANCE Wherever they can, our V I n k Dept. B-92 Omaha 2, Nebraska cans who have done something this year Posts help these "rivals." Sometimes they FdIAL finance CO., Dept. B-92 I that is worthy of the encouragement of take on the chief local responsibility for I410KiipatrickBidg.,0maha2,Net>. I Kush FREE Loan Order Blank, Permanent Cash | recognition, I'd Account Offer. I be very much surprised. them, on top of the Legion's own pro- I Give us the men who want to take the gram—as in Bloomington, III., and Baton pains to honor a million youngsters de- Rouge, La. Indeed, it was the champions servedly, and we'll take them. of a Legion-run Little League in Mexico Town Zone State j | Amount you want to borrow $ I | that won the Little League world title There is no end to what young Ameri- American Legion will be the day when not long ago. cans want to learn, want to do. we and our partners in the other great Are we peeved at the Boy Scouts for Their willingness to follow the leader- organizations are giving our youth so ' stealing our thunder" with their five- ship of adults — if given the opportunity much leadership and so much oppor- million-boy giant? We wouldn't sponsor to feel that they are learning and growing tunity and so much encouragement in

4,000 Scout units if we were insincere, — is more than a willingness — it is a so many constructive activities that no nor would they thank us each year for hunger. matter what else we offer we can't find our "partnership." We remember from our own youth a single, solitary boy or girl who is the

We could boast, as well, of all of the that each young person is two people. least bit interested. others who help us, thus reflecting on the He wants to do the things that are natural That day will never come. esteem in which our own work is held, to the young, and as fast as he can he Youngsters are loaded with ambition

and the respect that we command. But wants to learn all that he is capable of and energy and enormous ideals, hungry we would rather thank them—the Major learning of what adults know. for fruition, while the imagination and Leagues for their support of our Ameri- For at least twelve of his most forma- zeal of adults is snaillike by comparison. can Legion Baseball, the schoolteachers tive years — from eight to twenty — he The American Legion devised Junior

for their tutelage of "our" young orators, yearns for and is capable of ever increas- Baseball and School Medals and rescued the many high-quality coaches and ath- ing maturity, first in the simpler skills, the Oratorical Contest from loss of spon- letes who train our many young athletic and then in more complex and highly or- sor in the 1920's. teams; the enormous teamwork of uni- ganized activities. We devised Boys' State in the 1930's, versities and their faculties, state govern- But for this same period, he is virtually added Boys' Nation to it in the 1940's. ments, public officials, professional lead- dependent upon his elders to lead, guide, Five ideas that didn't exist before that ers and the highest national officials who inspire and — most fundamental — give have rewarded millions of young follow- make our Boys' States and Boys' Nation him a chance. ers with leadership or worthy recogni- what they are — and the many civic Not even the biggest youth organization—in 43 years. groups who join us in sending boys to tions in the country have ever failed in New ideas, with energy behind them, them — and the school officials who se- anything "for lack of customers." They come as slowly from other quarters. Re- lect the Boys' State delegates and our have never run out of young people who cently we have seen Westinghouse de- School Medal recipients. would accept leadership. velop the National Science Fair. High

Yes, we could boast a lot. if the time The most common failure of a "youth schools have picked it up locally, and has come to rest on our laurels. program" is "adult failure." A program wherever this simple effort at direction But all we have learned from all that dies because not enough adults are will- is given, eager young scientists hustle

~~we have done is that we haven't scratched ing to carry it on. About the only other home and produce fantastic exhibits of~~

~~the surface yet. cause is "program failure." Youngsters their innate skill and ability to learn, by~~

The limit on how well we can help drop away when what is offered doesn't the thousands. tomorrow's citizens build tomorrow's keep up with them, they no longer feel On the inspirational front, we have America by helping them develop the that they are learning and growing. seen General Electric develop its College best that is in them is not in sight. The day to rest on our laurels in The Bowl TV show, a struggle of wits, sheer knowledge and brainspeed between the sharpest undergraduates of rival colleges, with GE awarding larger scholarship funds to the winning alma mater.

~~There is more than meets the eye in this exciting CBS network show with its huge following of loyal young rooters. It brings the glamour of the sports arena to college students who are best at what~~

~~they went to college for. Even more, it~~

~~powerfully suggests to its big, impres- sionable audience that getting an educa-~~

tion is one of the desirable aspects of getting an education. Yet how few are these new ideas, con- jured up by adults, spread out thinly over the decades, compared to the overwhelming response that each of them receives from young America when the

curtain goes up on it. Each of them proves how much more there is to be done. It tells us to work harder and longer and better. It makes a joke of any questioning about what might be done by an organization such

~~as ours if it had more people in it interested in our work. There's no such thing as too many people building tomorrow's America. THE END~~

"I sent you to the new world to get spice!" Photos: Boy Scout Jamboree, Penna. Boys' State, THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE American Legion Nat'l Parade band: staff photos. Boys Club, Archie Liehcrman, American Legion Baseball, Dan Suttov. College Bowl, Gen. Electric Corp. Leonia (NJ) HS Science Fair, R. Pitkin, Jr. Charles Bacon portrait. Chase Studios.

46 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1962 HOW THE SOVIET UNION EXPLOITS SPORTS (Continued from page 23) known about their "unconventional" to win of our remarkable sportsmen." In the "socialist" states, the call to techniques of which the chief weapon Moscow hailed the Soviet triumph as begin preparations for the next Olympics is immediately after the cur- is propaganda. This is directed by the one for "peace" and the Czechs ob- sounded Agitation and Propaganda section sequiously said the "friendship" of rent games are concluded, and the proc- ("Agit-prop") of the Secretariat of the Soviet athletes made the greatest im- ess of selecting the team begins many Communist Party. pression. Communist East Germany months before the actual competition. the potential Czech Among the first tasks of the Party characterized the Rome Games as a For example, to 43 propaganda, as resolved by the Central good example of "peaceful coexistence." track team was narrowed down 14 as early as June, Committee, is the "duty" to bring home Hungary stated that the Olympics pre- men and women before the "superiority of the socialist system sented a "great demonstration of the 1959—that is, some 15 months peoples" the Rome Games in 1960. The final . . . by citing remarkable examples of peace and friendship between the season Communist labor and way of life." which was due largely to the sportsmen choice was made during track in the candidates began in- Physical culture is a way of life, and the of the "socialist camp," but that the 1959, and many Soviet victories in athletic events Soviet victory "demonstrated the superi- tensive training as a "team." This was are remarkable examples often cited by ority of socialist sport." a whole year in advance of the Olympics. Soviet propaganda. During 1961 Soviet The successes and "bright future" of At the present time the Soviet Union athletes competed against representatives "socialist" sports and conversely, the de- is preparing for the 1968 Olympic of 69 countries—a kind of cultural ex- terioration and doom of capitalist sports, Games, which it hopes will be held in port commodity. was predicted by an article "Sport and Moscow. A village to house 1,900 ath- The Sprague Committee recognized Society" in the Soviet journal Problems letes is under construction in the suburbs, that the Soviet Union attaches "consid- of Philosophy. Sports in the West were to be completed in August 1962. erable propaganda importance" to sports characterized as exploitation of athletes Perhaps even more disheartening is events and noted that "it spends large by the capitalists as a means to prepare the incredible handling, or more accu- resources and marshals hundreds of for war. "Socialist" athletic events, the rately mishandling, of groups that rep- thousands of its youth to dedicate them- journal proposed, are "convincing prop- resent the U. S. in international compe- selves at government expense to become aganda for the idea of peace, and their titions in the intervening years. international sporting champions." While political significance is great." The reader may recall the scandalous admitting that sports are an important This inattention by the U. S. is espe- result of the world basketball champion- weapon in the Soviet arsenal, the Com- cially incredible in view of the pride ship in Chile in early 1959. The U. S. mittee fell short of a real contribution taken by Americans in being so sports lost to the Soviet team— still a believe-it- by saying that the problem does not jus- minded and is perhaps due to a large or-not incident — and became immedi- tify any fundamental change by the extent to a lack of appreciation of social ately the butt of jokes. The result was a U. S. in international sports activities. and propaganda values derived from in- loss of national prestige well publicized The aims of the gigantic Soviet sports ternational athletic competitions. in Latin America and elsewhere. Accord- program are manifold and purposeful. Americans pride themselves also on ing to The New York Times sports col-

The tremendous development of sports organizational ability, but there is glar- umnist Arthur Daley, "it was a propa- is not merely for physical fitness but a ing deficiency in organization, coordina- ganda defeat of the first magnitude." calculated political phenomenon. Sports tion, and purpose in our sports activities. Yet, relatively few Americans were even are predicated upon mass participation The Soviet Bloc states, however, are aware of these games. based upon "competitive principle" impressively organized and have a defi- The Soviet Union and the Satellites which must be manifested in all contests. nite aim — to be the best and to win. always send their best athletes to inter-

Within the U.S.S.R. this has the bene- This vast Soviet sports program is fi- national meets. The Polish United ficial advantage of facilitating Party con- nanced by the government and the trade Workers (Communist) Party organ trol over its energetic youth, assisting it unions; the latter allocate about one- Tribuna Ludii announced a 4-point in the attempt to create a new "socialist fifth of their annual budget for this pur- policy for its teams as long ago as Sep- man," increasing labor productivity, and pose. Despite this, Moscow makes the tember 1949: contributing to military discipline. incredible claim to living up to amateur "1. Polish representatives should re- For display outside the Soviet Union, regulations. ceive proper training. the Soviet youths are trained to become The selection of athletes and teams to "2. Teams should be composed of the international champions — winners, not represent their country in international best athletes available in a given field. "3. merely participants — to illustrate the meets is important inasmuch as the in- The level of our representatives "superiority" of the "socialist" system. dividuals and the teams are assumed by should not be much lower than that of Pmvda noted that at the Olympic the world public to be the best that our adversaries. Games the attention of world public particular country can offer. The dis- "4. Each trip should produce a posi- opinion was concentrated on the per- parity in the selection of athletes to rep- tive result in training and propaganda." formances by the representatives of the resent the U.S. and the Bloc states in (Emphasis added.)

U. S. and the U.S.S.R.-the "two sport- international competition is conspicuous Moreover, the Bloc teams are in training giants" so to speak. It claimed, quite and places us at a decided disadvantage ing the year-round and never hurriedly inaccurately, that American athletes had even before the events get under way. assembled as the American teams often been preparing for four years to make In the U.S., Olympic hopefuls are are. Small wonder, then, that they win. up for their "failure" at the 16th Olym- hastily assembled by the Olympic Com- In the "socialist" countries the ath- pics at Melbourne; and, accurately, that mittee every four years — a few weeks letes are hailed as heroes, held in high Soviet sportsmen too had been preparing before the Games— at a designated spot, esteem by the Government and Party thoroughly for the Olympic Games. The usually reached at their own expense, leaders and the common folk alike, and resulting difference of over 200 points in with the first three in each event quali- given uncommon recognition, much in the unofficial team scores, according to fying for the team. This "do or die" ap- the fashion of the ancient Greek Olym- a statement in Pravda, "is convincing proach occasionally disqualifies some of pians. The Supreme Soviet, the state's evidence of the high skill and the will our best competitors. legislative body, conferred orders and

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1962 47 medals upon 317 Soviet athletes and grams to include not only the "bread vided. This can be accomplished by a coaches for outstanding achievements and butter" teams of football and bas- combination of Federal grants, dona- alter the last Summer and Winter ketball but, internationally, the equally tions by business groups, possibly as- Games. And the highest distinction, the important sports of track (particularly sistance from the labor unions, and con- Order of Lenin, was awarded to some distances) and field, soccer, gymnastics, tributions by various foundations who 10 winners, men and women. fencing, cycling, water polo, etc. have been active in educational and Do the communists have in their 7. In school, encouragement — not cultural activities. sports organization no shortcomings? force — for participation, particularly in 12. Press, radio and TV should give In line with "socialist" practice of criti- the "minor" sports, must be used not greater and more consistent attention to cism and self-criticism, inadequacies are only by the physical education teacher, international competitions and "minor" admitted. For example, the trade unions but by other teachers and administrators athletic events. Our promoters and spon- and Komsomol are remiss in providing as well. Many of our educators are sors of foreign representatives could as- physical facilities at many industrial and downright opposed to athletics in high sist greatly by arranging for events that other enterprises in the Soviet Union: schools and colleges. would catch the imagination of the writ-

there is a lack of equipment; some in- ers and readers. An ideal duel, of course, structors are poorly trained; and some occurred recently between Russia's Val- youths are not sufficiently inspired. ery Brumel and America's John Thomas Other problems, not so readily ad- in the high jump. mitted, smack of the unsocialist prac- The sports writer and commentator tices of professionalism, favoritism, and can be of real service by giving due rec- of gambling. The Party paper, Pravda, ognition to the long-neglected sports and not being flippant or disparaging about makes it clear, however, that it is the "duty" of the Party, Government, trade them. Let's do away with discriminatory unions, and Komsomol to remove short- cataloguing of sports as "major" and comings which hinder the growth of the "minor." This is harmful; it only dis- courages some able boys from becoming mass character of sports and skill in them. skilled athletes in the so-called "minor" sports. What does the future hold for us, 13. Attention should be given to phy- considering the energy, organization, sical culture by our social scientists—an and purpose of the Bloc sports pro- area they have too long neglected. grams? Our situation is serious but not 14. Serious thought should be devoted hopeless and will probably continue to to adopting the international metric sys- deteriorate before it gets better. tem used in international meets. This is Specifically, what can we do? unfamiliar to us, and our athletes must 1. We can make an honest and real- "That's gonna cost him points!" acclimate themselves, again hurriedly, to istic appraisal of our sports activities to running or swimming, for example, 100 lay the groundwork for the long haul in THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE meters instead of 100 yards. Although order to regain our prestige. the diflferences is small, it is very impor- 2. Our public, business, and other tant considering the incredible speed in leaders should give greater recognition A changed attitude on the part of the shorter distances where it counts. to sports programs. Many are seen at many of our doubtful educators from 15. Our Olympic Association should games and at post-season banquets, but ridiculing athletics and athletes to un- initiate with the International Olympic they should also take a real and active stinted support for sports programs Committee adoption of an official scor- interest by giving their moral support would indeed be a most welcome omen. ing system, thus abandoning the wide- and financial assistance to sports devel- 8. Like the educators, our editorial spread practice of "unofficial" scoring opment. Encouragement should be given writers should be immensely helpful to now in existence in most countries al- not only to participants of championship our nation by drawing attention to our though not recognized by the Commit- caliber but to all youths. plight and by calling for action. tee. 3. The U. S. can increase its partici- President 9. We should stress victory, not mere- Kennedy has observed that pation in international competitions so ly participation. Our children are taught the ancient Greeks "prized physical ex- that our athletes may be made sharp, cellence and athletic skills man's that it isn't important whether you win among more alert, and better prepared physi- or lose, but how you play the game. great goals and among the prime foun- cally and psychologically to meet the Nothing could be more nonsensical. Jn dations of a vigorous state." The actions best from the foreign lands. reality, teams and individuals play to of the Sino-Soviet Bloc have indicated 4. The best U. S. representatives for win. The millions of spectators in the clearly their vivid awareness of these all international meets should be picked U.S. and throughout the world attend forces. Why cannot the Americans of with the utmost care. sports events and exhort their teams to the 1960's be equally aware? 5. Adequate expenses should be pro- win. In the Olympics and international THE END vided — by government and private meets, only the winners are honored. sources — to obviate the necessity of 10. High priority should be given the This article was discussed in "Ed- door-to-door begging for transportation establishment of sport programs for girls. itor's Corner" for September. It had and living expenses. This does not sug- Our poor showing in international events been submitted for publication and gest a departure from amateur sports is justified often by saying that our girls accepted. Later the United States into professionalism, but only that it are prettier than those of other more Information Agency called for would enable us to send our best com- successful countries. The not so pretty changes in the manuscript and be- petitors instead pick-up of teams. Soviet amazon has been the stereotype cause of this censorship we rejected 6. There should be established a wide created for us and generally cited as the it. The USIA subsequently reviewed range of competitive and individual excuse when Soviet girls win. its decision, and the deletions were sports from grade school through college 1 L Facilities that will be required for reinstated. and beyond; that is, establish sports pro- the expanded programs should be pro-

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HURRY HOT POT boils 4 cups of water BACON AND EGG SKILLET-You can cook ATTENTION FISHERMEN - New fishing quickly for instant coffee, tea, cocoa. All and serve bacon and eggs together, both discovery, Lite-Lure, will help you catch

electric pot has easy-povu spout, stay-cool freshly cooked and both piping hot, o£E this more fish by making your present , lures more base and handle, is made of polished alumi- new iron frying pan that divides the bacon effective. Fine for streams, lakes, ocean. num. Also heats soup, baby bottles, etc. For from the eggs. Thin; lightweight; measures Draws fish up to 60 feet. Treats 300-400 home, travel. $2.95 ppd. Spencer Gifts, E-21 9"x9". $2.95 (add ^5(t post). Davis Co., lures. $2 ppd. Best Values Co., Dept. AL-2, Spencer Bldg., Atlantic City, N.J. Dept. AL-2, 122 East 42nd, N.Y. 17. 285 Market St., Newark, N.J.

Will you pay $1.00 in order to SAVE $100.00 or more? "Bargains" must save YOU up to $100.00 or more within the next 8 months—or—you can get your money back. "Bargains" is a big 872x11 monthly magazine— 32 to 48 pages— that tells you where and how to buy. • BANKRUPT • CLOSEOUT • SURPLUS • OVERSTOCK Merchandise of every description— often'as low as 10< on the dollar! Tools, machinery, cameras, jewelry, food, clothing, appliances, household items, books, etc. etc. Just look at some of these offers as published in "Bargains"! $1 Val. Chlorophyl Tablets, 7V2C pkg. CHRISTMAS SEALS, 25c per 1000! 25 card asst. Xmas cards, 11c box! BUTTONS, 144 for 25c. 15c Textile dyes, SVjc pKg. ENVELOPES, 50c per 1000! 50c Everyday greeting cards, 7V2C box! CIGARETTE HOLDERS, 1c each. $12.95 Val. Name brand Kitchen 35c DRESS PATTERNS, 3c each! Govt. Surplus Typewriters, $23. $1 Kiddies Handbags, 3c each. 15c each. set, $3.25 Calendar Wrist Watches, $5.00 each! $1-$3 Hard covered books, 20c each! $1 Val. Billfolds, New Bobby Pins, 70c per 700! $2.50 Val. Wallets, 30c each. $4.98 Port. Washing IVIachine, 20c. 49c Retail Xmas window decora- $5.50 Ret. Lucite Hairbrushes, 65c ea.! LADIES APRONS, 6V4C each. POSTAL SCALES, Vhz each! tions, 10c per set. $1.75 Rudolph kids toiletry sets, 35c D. E. Razor Blades, $1.50 per 1000 $2.98 Horserace game records, 30c ea. $49.95 Ret. 7x50 Binoculars, $12.95. NEW HAIRNETS, 1/20 each! blades $1.95 Ret. IVIen's silk ties, 12V2C ea.! $15 Ret. Electric Percolators, $5 ea.! $1 Retail Automatic Card Shufflers, $1 Mufflers, Scarfs, 121/20 each. PENCILS, 144 for 57y2C! 9c each. New Phono Records, 45 & 78 RPM, Plastic Toy Guns, 2c each. 69c Ret. Insect Repellent, 5c each! 39c Under Arm Deodorant, 2c jar! 7c each. 25c Rudolph Reindeer broaches, 2c each. (Above bargain list merely illustrates type of Bargains usually found in this paper. Lists Naturally change from month to month.) PLUS HUNDREDS OF OTHER SENSATIONAL BUYS Buy cheap! Sell cheap! Buy for yourself or for resale to others at big profits! Now, "Bargains" Lynn, Mass. is in a NEW, bigger size. More pages— more features— more bargains! Three big sections- ["bargains, Box 591 E, Rush me 8 months for $1.00 16 months for $2.00 "Foreign Bargains," "Get-It-Free," etc. JUST $1.00 BRINGS YOU 8 FULL MONTHS! Name I SPECIAL offer! $1.00 buys 8 big issues, or $2.00 for 16 issues. YOUR MONEY BACK IN Address I FULL AT ONCE IF YOU ARE NOT PLEASED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE THAT YOU RECEIVE! City State I f 1st issue doesn't please you) Look What One Subscriber Says: "As a result of answering one of the ads (in Bargains) It has resulted In j (Your money back In full extra profits of $40 and upwards per month."— J. H., Alabama.

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ill below, the kind Legion Just tell mc coupon "American of bod>' you want-and I'll give it {PICTW to you S(i FAST your friends will be ^GHW aniiucd! "Dyiuimic Tension," my easy, IS-minulcs-a-day method, will make

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YOURS DIFFERENT FOR 109 STAMPS ONLY 100 NEVER GET STUCK in ice or snow on the road again if you have one of these new cylinders in ALL SIZES AND SHAPES your car. With one, you can pull away instantly, firmly, without a tow truck, without chains, without soiling your clothing. Just spray the special chemical contents of the can directly on the exposed tread portions of the two rear tires, wait for it to "set" into solid, gripping crystals. In just a minute you can drive on again. Gives positive non-skid traction up to 50 miles. Use also on icy steps and walks—ends slipping. Each cylinder is $2.98; 2 cyhnders, $5; 3 cylinders, $6.95 ppd. Scientific Supply, Dept. AL-2, 125 East 41st, N.Y. 17.

Yes — only a dime brings you the fabulous sets shown here plus Macao Dragon, Am- arciica Explorers, Victoria half-century old stamp, many more for hours of fun and pleasure to pack your album. 109 different stamps from all over the world — yours for only lOi;' to introduce our famous bargain approvals. Money back guarantee. RUSH lOcTODAY-ASK FOR PACKET WB 1 LACEY, 125 Lawrence Street, Brooklyn 1,N.Y,

Murcliandisc appearing in Tlic American Legion Shopper represents the newest and DRILL KIT includes a complete set of 13 DRESS UP YOUR HOME with this screen- most unusual ijroducts available. They are precision drills from l/16th through ?^-ineh print wall hanging of linen-like canvas fab- believed to be good values and should by 64ths, all enclosed in handy jacket for ric. Measures 48" x 40". Drycleanable, sun- make worth \\ hilc gifts for men and women. finger-tip reference. Drills through wood, fast. Called Americana, this original design metal, plastic, aluminum, even thick gauge comes in brown, tan, blue, red on neutral steel. $2.20 ppd. Order from Thoresen. Dept. background. Specify. $5.95 ppd. Best Values, ladies: SLIM your appearance relieve AL-13, 585 Water St., N.Y. 2. Dept. AL-2, 285 Market, Newark, N.J. yourBACKSTRAIN!

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strictly for the ladies! New Princess Beauty Belt relieves strain on tired back muscles—buoys you up firmly yet gently—gives you that welcome "rested" feeling that lets you work or pUy without nagging, energy-robbing discomfort. Appear inches j^*.'- slimmer without that heavy "corseted" look. Delicately femmme m style. Weighs just 4 ounces - hugs your hips like _ stone that STOP DRIVING BLIND - Wide-angle car ttie skin itself. Adjusts in seconds. Foam^ KENYA GEM is a man-made rubber back pad for eKtra gentle support. sparkles and glitters like a diamond, but at mirror lets you see 6 lanes at once, shows Only postpaid. Give hip measure. Re- $4.98 a fraction of the cost. Write for free booklet cars coming up from left or right, adds wide movable long garter attachments available vistas to driving safety and pleasure. —50c for set of 4. Money-back guarantee that tells all about these dazzling white new if returned withm 30 days postpaid. Hip stones and shows a wide .selection of men's Clips on easily to your standard car mirror. si2es 46-50, Mm extra. and women's rings. Kenya Gem Corp., Dept. Fine for parking, too. $2.98 ppd. Greenland NCI-KING Produen, Inc. Dept. AL-22L AL-2, Philadelphia 44, Pa. Studios, Dept. AL-2, Miami 47, Fla. 811 Wyandotte St., Kansas City 5, Mo.

~~50 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1962 New Yorkers~~

~~were SHOCKED~~

~~By The Recent~~

~~EXPOSE of~~

~~PATENT MEDICINE PRACTICES~~

~~Now You Too Can Learn How To SAVE...~~

~~STOP PAYING HIGH PRICES FOR~~

RECHARGEABLE FLASHLIGHT never CAMP MACHETE - you don't have to cross needs batteries, recharges itself in any house the border to get one of these 18" blade outlet. Imported from West Gennany, it's machetes. New surplus ( Amiy made 'em for site, compact enough to fit in pocket or purse, has use in tropics ) ; clear a camp or fell a built-in magnifier, unbreakable lens, casts good-size tree with one of 'em. In canvas high-power beam. $4.99 pi>d. Thoresen, Inc., shield with belt chp. $2.95 ppd. Banner Sup- A recent public service study of 17. Dept. AL-545, 585 Water St., N.Y. 2. ply House, Dept. AN, 125 E. 41st, N.Y. Patent Medicines in one of New York's leading evening newspapers, devoted one entire installment to VITAMINS and disclosed many interesting fiighlights about the sale of Vitamins and Vitamin- Mineral combinations. We reprint the following paragraphs by special permission. "Any particular vitamin bottled under one label is, for all practical and thera- peutic purposes, the same as if it is bottled under another label. The fact is, most of the Vitamin concentrates con- sumed in America are produced by only a few companies. "The list of ingredients in a Vitamin compound is one thing the consumer can almost always depend on to be cor- S-T-R-E-T-C-H furniture covers fit any sofa 4" PLIERS SET is German-made, has 7 rect. Any company which fails to label or chair regardless of style or size. Durable, pieces, including flat nose, roimd nose, di- the bottle with the exact formula and washable, knit upholstery-fabric coNcrs slip agonal, end cutters, flat and round snijie and amount (or unit strength) of each ingre- on easily, come in grey, beige, gold or green. combination pliers. All are deep-fofged steel, dient risks a seizure by the U. S. Gov- Specify. Chair cover, sofa cover, set, $3.98 ppd.; highly polished. 75< ppd. each; $5 ppd. ernment. $7.98 ppd. Spencer Gifts. E-20. Spencer Alexander Sales, Dept. AL-2, 140 Marble- "Bearing that in mind, it is interest- Bldg., Atlantic City, X.J. dale Rd., Tuckahoe, N. Y. ing to pick up a few Vitamin catalogs and compare the prices charged by different companies for the same Vitamin compounds." Hudson Vitamin Products has been serving doctors and nurses for over 25 years and now you, too, can purchase your Vitamins DIRECT from Hudson at savings up to 50% and more. Here are two typical examples of Hudson Vitamin savings: a very popular multiple vitamin that is taken once a- day, regularly sells for about $3.10 per sells for I 100 . . . the Hudson formula only $1.50 per 100 . . . here's another —a well known high potency B complex formula with Vitamin C and minerals (similar to a brand nationally advertised ONE-PIECE DRESS has a two-piece look. GIANT 12 FT. METEOROLOGICAL BAL- at $4.40 per hundred) . . . only $2.10 Made of washable rayon linen, dress comes are great fun and will open eyes LOONS when DIRECT from the Hudson Vitamin Catalog. in navy/white or cocoa/white in sizes 12-20 used to attract attention openings, fairs, at Check ALL the values—write for the and 14%-24%. Just the thing to brighten up gas stations, etc. Long-lasting neoprene rub- Catalog and show it to your doctor if your wardrobe this spring. $7.37 ppd. ber; inflates with gas or air to 12-18 ft. high; you like—but, discover for yourself why Parade Fashions, Inc., Dept. AL-2, 1313 new surplus. $2.50 ppd. Lincoln Products, HUDSON has become a DIRECT source West Randolph St., Chicago 7, 111. Dept. AL-2, 380 Lexington Ave., N. Y. 17. for Vitamins throughout the Nation. No salesmen will call. All Hudson Vitamin Products are sold with a money-back guarantee.

~~Please mail this coupon today!~~

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NAME : , LIQUOR LOCKER CAPS have combination WHEN A TV or radio repairman makes a ADDRESS dial that permits tippling only by those home call, first thing he'll do is test tubes, knowing secret numbers. Fits all screw top most times the trouble. With this tube check- CITY bottles, seals them and prevents evaporation er (for pictures tubes on down) you can do from natural or human causes. Lock poisons, the same, save enough money to pay for the ZONE_ _STATE_ sprays, etc., too. Each, $1 ppd. Greenlixnd $3.95 ppd. it costs. Chabon Co., Dept. AL- Published by W. W. Norton & Co., Inc. Studios, Dept. AL-2. Miami 47, Fla. 2, 122 East 42 St., N.Y. 17.

~~THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1962 51 Direct Factory Prices r~~

Your Choice of Tops Masonite or Blon-D or Melamine Plastic 40-CUP COFFEE MAKER - You'll never have to make a second pot of coffee again 1908-1962 with this big 10-40 cuiJ percolator. Com- MONROE pletely automatic, it shuts itself off when THE LEADER coffee is ready, keeps it xjiping hot. UL ap- 54 YEARS proved; handy at parties, clubs, etc. I^egularly FOR FOLDING PEDESTAL TABLES $49.95; on sale for $24.95 ppd. Lex Appli- DIRECT FROM FACTORY SAVINGS ance, Dept. AL-2, 380 Lexington Ave., N.Y. FOLDING CHAIRS Churches, Schools, Clubs, and all Organizations

if you are on the Purchasing Committee of your church, educa- TRUCKS FOR tional, fraternal or social group, you will want to know more FOLDING TABLES about MONROE Folding Banquet Tables. 94 models and sizes AND CHAIRS for every use. Also, MONROE Folding Chairs, Table and Chair Trucks, Portable Partitions, Folding Choral and Platform Risers. Owned and recommended by over 60,000 institutions. Mail coupon today for catalog and full information. MONROE'S THE MONROE COMPANY, 69 Church St., Colfax, Iowa Please send me your new 1962 Monroe catalog, and NEW 1962 full information on DIRECT-FROM-FACTORY PRICES. CATALOG PORTABLE PARTITIONS We're interested in: FREE! Group

Mail to Title... PAINT YOUR OWN MURAL-Beautify your Address lovely if I walls with murals even you never held a brush before. Paint-by-numbers way City Zone State.. is easy, fun, requires no artistic talent. Modern, provincial. Oriental designs. For Colfax, Iowa THE MONROE COMPANY, 69 Church St., catalog, send 10(-. Mural Art Center, Dept. ALP, 1038 S. LaBrea, Los Angeles, Calif.

HAVE A PRODUCT TO SELL? You'll sell more of 'em, and faster, in The American Legion Shopper than in any other magazine. So if you want to boost sales, write The American Legion Shopper, 122 E. 42 St., New York 17 for a rate card and full information. Do it now. LIVING FENCE

KISSING DOLLS just can't stay apart. Im- ported 3-dimensionaI dolls stand 3" tall, are unbreakable, rush together to kiss as soon as they are placed near each other. Life-like dolls move, change positions and turn their heads. Set, 50<'' ppd. Malco Co., Dept. AL-2, 117 Utterby Rd., Malverne, N.Y.

Fast-Groiving Ever-Blooming Amazing RED ROSE HEDGE _ Nursery Co^ FOR AS LITTLE AS 12e A FOOT l"^'"''*" 306 San Bruno, Calif. ^ ..I //-! . „ 'Dept. Sec the sensational Red Robin Rose Hedge ( G/0(re I ... , .... ' without coti or obligation, r> 1 . , • T . . Send me Ues Kosomanes) that s sweeping the country! i f^^^ foM-color book, uses, prices, etc., on Plant THIS SPRING; have vigorous LIVING FENCE , references, bonus offers, STOP STOOPING-Shoulder brace provides bursting with fragrant RED ROSES this summer RED ROBIN LIVING FENCE support for sagging shoulders, corrects pos- Red Robin's lush green foliage is covered with a [ ture instantly, comfortably. It's lightweight riot of richly scented red roses month after month. • and cool, has padded arm bands, body belt.

Not a sprawling Multiflora. Grows straight, up- I Give measurement around chest. For men, women. Piper Brace, Dept. AL-2, right to 6 feet, stays compact. So tough, thrives in I $4.95 ppd. 811 Wyandotte, Kansas City 5, Mo. even poor soils. Grows so dense Red Robin keeps I

~~children and pets in, animals and intruders out. | Available only from Ginden Nursery, San Bruno~~

~~52 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1962 '"American Legion ShoppeA~~

SENSATIONAL GET-ACQUAINTED OFFER. Big valuable collection of all-different genuine postage stamps from Greenland (North Pole), St. Pierre, Newfoundland, Canada — picturing Eskimos, Indians, scarce 1867 Confederation, Northern Territories, Nova Scotia. United Nations. U.S. — ancient 19th Century; first Ship & Plane; rare Whooping Crane; Pony Express, etc. Also, Com- plete set of Colonial & Civil War Commemora- ti"es. PLUS colorful flag stamps of 87 foreign countries. EXTRA! Big bargain catalog; How To Recognize Rare Stamps; other exciting stamp offers for free inspection. Send 10c for mailing, Kenmore Stamp Co., Milford EF-332, N. H. BUY REAL DIAMONDS THIS NEW WAY! SAVE 1/3 TO 1/2!

The Talk of the Country — You can now buy diamond jewelry by mail direct from one of America's GET TRIPLE PROTECTION with this knit- S-T-R-E-T-C-H BOOTS arc nuulc ol pure Well Known Diamond Cutters. Any ring mailed ted woolen snugster that serves as a hat, an gum rubber, slip on easily, are rugged direct for FREE 10 DAYS INSPECTION without under-the-chin hood, or heavy-weather pro- for enougli any weather. Boots weigh only any payment, if references given. Even appraise it tection for the entire head and face. One size 9 ozs., can be folded to carry in pocket or at our risk. Send for FREE CATALOG. fits everybody. Each, $1.10 ppd.; 6 for $6 purse. Cleated sole design. Black only. Indi- Over 5,000 styles $50 fo $100,000 ppd. Barclay Distributors, Dept. AL-2, 170- cate size. .$5.95 ppd. L. Gregg Co., Dept. EMPIRE DIAMOND CORP., DEPT. L-9 30 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica, N.Y. AL-2, 274 Madison Ave., N.Y. Empire State BIdg., New York 1, N. Y. NAME ADDRESS

~~The Coat of Arms of your forbears is probably among 100,000 family blazons from which we produce accurate Heraldic Wall Shields for~~

~~home decor in full colour and high~~

~~relief. Size 12^ x 10".~~

~~$20 POSTPAID~~

~~Checks are returned with information~~

and official book if the Arms cannot be traced. MARK IV RIFLESCOPE has 9-lens com- EVER TRY to buy one of these? Hard to YORK puter-programmed optical system for pre- find, and usually expensive, this U.S. Medical YORK mSIGNIA LTD., ENGLAND cision sighting, more brilliant image. Internal Corps stethoscope is brand new, ideal for adjustments, double shock mounted, blued doctors, engineers and mechanics (check "P.S. Please allow ten days for personal reply. with steel, 1" tube. Fits any 1" mount. For all trouble spots in motors, etc. ) educational You will be so slad you communicated us". big game rifles. .S27.50 ppd. Pan Technics, for kids and adults, $2.95 ppd. (half-price). Inc., Dept. AL-2, Solana Beach, Calif. Madison House, AN, 122 East 42nd, N.Y. 17.

~~Merchandise appearing in The American Legion Shopper represents the newest and most unusual products available. They are believed to be good values and should make worthwhile gifts for men and women.~~

IllSSISAIED COilftlOR'S CUIDf SEPTIC TANK TROUBLE? UNITED STATES NORTHEL Reactivator m nm works to keep septic tank and cesspool clean. A bacteria concentrate breaks up solids and grease — •works to prevent over- flow, back-up, odors. Reg- ular use can save costly MONEY IN YOUR POCKET can be worth a lot more than its face value. What people don't realize is that coins do not have to be old to be valuable. Thousands of dollars ha\e been paid pumping or digging. Sim- for coins as recent as 1940 to 1956. For example, certain nickels issued prior to 1945 are worth ply mix dry powder in wa- $6,000, certain dimes prior to 1946, $5,000, etc. Be careful not to spend pocket change that may ter, flush down toilet. Non-poisonous, non- be worth more. The illustrated 1804 silver dollar is worth $9,985.50 and there are nearly 19,000 caustic. Guaranteed to reactivate septic of them unaccounted for. Is one yours? Catalog lists prices paid for all coins. U.S. $1 ppd. tank, cesspool. Six months supply (23 ozs.) Best Values Co., Coin Dept. AL-.327, 285 Market St., Newark, N.J. only $2.95 postpaid. NORTHEL DISTRIBUTORS, AL-2 P.O. Box 1103 Minneapolis 40, Minnesoto

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1962 53 65 U.S. STAMPS ^American Legion 2( Washington FOR ONIY M^_r*^ 75 years oM.' YES! We'll rush you 65 all-different U.S. Stamps — including famous "History-in- the-Making" Issues - for only lOt! (Standard catalogue value guaranteed at least $1.50.) Also Airmails. Special Delivery, Postage Dues, High Denominations, etc. Some over 75 years old! All lor only 10<; with approvals. (Offer HOPPER open to adults only.) Don't delay. Rush name and address — with lOtf to help cover shipping, handllng-NOW to: LITTLETON STAMP CO., Dept. 2-AL, Littleton, N. H.

~~TARP >r\i $1.25 Each covers and protects car pets, etc. Or > into tablecloths, tc. Waterproof. d< in. order 3 tarps Add 26c post. Total $1.25. Money EXTRA HEAVY DUTY TARPS~~

~~50 REFIUS:88« ADD 12e POSTAGE Double shot, fits all standard pens. Red, Blue. Black or Green ink.~~

BRASS REFILLS $4 .aiue 24 for 88< p .. .2. postage GREASELESS FRY PAN cooks without fat, ELECTRIC FOOT WARMER keeps feet Triple shot silver tipped, fits all pei eliminates food sticking to the pan. The warm on cold floors at home, office or fac- secret's in the Du Pont Teflon coating which tory. Rugged non-odorous electric mat is is bonded to the heavy aluminum pan. 10" made of molded rubber. Wet feet won't pan lias heat-resistant handle. Wooden spat- bother it—washing will keep it clean. 14" x ula included free. $4.30 ppd. Thoresen, Inc., 20y2". $10.45 ppd. Alexander, Dept. AL-2, Dept. AL-299, 585 Water St., N,Y. 2. 140 Marbledale, Tuckahoe, N.Y.

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INSTANT GLAMOUR WIG will make it PUT YOUR VOICE ON THE RADIO with but Smokeless easy for the gals to get ready quickly for any this tiny, self-contained home broadcaster. IT'S MAGIC Ashtray is a wonderfully party. It's made of soft celanese acetate, looks Works on batteries through any AM station snuffs welcome convenience. Ingenious design like real hair. Platinum, White, Pink, Ice on home, car, portable radio from distances out burning cigarette ends instantly, without Blue, Grey Streak, Blonde Streak. Specify to 100 ft. Crystal microphone. Talk from crushing. No messy ashes, soiled fingertips, choice. Each, ppd. Guild, Dept, AL- room to room, car to car. ppd. Green- dying-smoke odor. Spill-proof, too. Choice of $5.95 $9.95 Black, purple, dark green, red, beige or dark 22, 103 E. Broadway, N.Y. land Studios, Dept. AL-2, Miami 47, Fla. red. $2.95 ea. or $4.95 per pair, gift-boxed and PPD anywhere USA. Money back guarantee. Send check or money-order to James Ferguson & Co., Dept. A, *™* SHARPIE 240 Walling BIdg., Eugene, Oregon. Ill \\> m[ICS PULL HAIR DON'T FROM NOSE Alay Cause fatal Inje ction

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You can cause serious In^ feet ion by pulling hair So Simplel HELP LEGS-This book by RAZOR BLADE SHARPENER sharpens old from nose. Ordinary scis- FOR HEAVY Just turn end. sors are also dangerous Surplus an expert gives easy-to-follow, detailed in- blades in seconds with its 32 honing sur- hair comes out easily* and Impracticable. No structions for slenderizing legs in the privacy faces. You never need run out of sharp blades better way to remove gently. hair from nose and ears of your own home. Just 15 minutes a day with this device. This company guarantees than with KLIPETTE, Made from fine surgi- may bring slimmer lines to hips, thighs, 100 shaves from every blade you sharpen. Smooth gentle, safe, cal steel. "/y Chromium knees, calves and ankles. $1.98 ppd. Modern $2.29 ppd. Cherard Co., Dept. AL-2, 51 efficient. Rounded plated. points can't cut or Methods, Dept. AL-22, 296 Broadway, N.Y. West 35 St., N. Y. C. prick skin. Guoranteed to Satisfy or Money Bock

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