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The American Legion Magazine [Volume 74, No. 4 (April 1963)] THE AMERICAN 20c • APRIL 1963 LEGIONMAGAZINE SEE PAGE 12 A PLAN TO FREE CUBA By Approved Revolutionary Methods By Brig. General FRANK L. HOWLEY, Ret.- Former Berlin Commandant SEE PAGE 14 TODAY'S 'fi WAYSIDE INNS SEE PAGE 18 SEE PAGE 16 The American APRIL 1963 Volume 74, Number 4 POSTMASTER: Send Form 3579 lo P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis 6> Ind. LEGION The American Legion Magazine is published monthly at 1100 West Broadway, Louisville. Ky., by The Magazine American Legion. Copyright 1963 by The American Legion. Second- Contents for April 1963 class postage paid at Louisville. Ky. Price: single copy. 20 cents; yearly subscription. $2.00. Nonmember subscriptions should be sent to the Circulation Department of The THERE'S NEW LIFE IN THE LEGION 2 American Legion Magazine. P.O. Box loss, Indianapolis 6, Ind. BY NATIONAL COMMANDER JAMES E. POWERS The National Commander reports to CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Notify Circulation Dept., P. O. Box you on his meetings with Legionnaires 1055, Indianapolis 6. Ind., using from coast to coast. Post Office Form 3578. Attach old address label and give old and new addresses and current membership card number. Also be sure lo notify THE BIG ISSUE - PRO AND CON ARGUMENTS ON THE QUESTION: your Post Adjutant. "SHOULD CONGRESS BAH CAPITAL PUHISHMEHT?" 10 The American Legion pro: rep. ABRAHAM J. MULTER (D-N.Y.) Executive and con: rep. ROBERT W. HEMPHILL (D-S.C.) Administrative Offices Indianapolis 6, Indiana James E. Powers. National Com- mander, The American Legion, In- A PLAN TO FREE CUBA 12 dianapolis 6, Ind. BY BRIG. GEN. FRANK L. HOWLEY (RET.) suggestion rerun Pigs, The American Legion Publications A for a of the Bay of Commission: based on all that we know about successful Edward McSwceney, Armonk, inodern revolutions and counterrevolutions. N.Y. (Chairman): Dr. Charles R. Logan, Keokuk, Iowa (Vice Chair- man); Lang Armstrong. Spokane, Wash.; Charles E. Booth, Hunting- HOW TO SLEEP WELL 14 ton. W. Va.; John Cicero, Swoyer- ville. Pa.; Roland Cocreham, Baton BY CLARENCE WOODBURY Rouge, La.; E. J. Cooper, Holly- wood, Fla.; Clovis Copeland, Mor- A wide-awake look at the problem of sleeping rilton. Ark.: Paul B. Dague. Down- like a log. ington, Pa.: Dan W. Emmett. Oak- dale, Calif.: Raymond Fields. Guy- mon, Okla.; Chris Hernandez, Sa- vannah, Ca.: Herschicl L. Hunt, £/ OUR YOUNGEST MEDICAL STUDENTS 16 Campo, Tex.: George D. Levy, Sumter, S.C.: Frank C. Love. Syra- BY ANN CUTLER cuse, N.Y. : Earl L. Meyer, >4//iancf, How doctors are taking high school students Nebr.; Morris Meyer, Starkville, Miss.: Robert Mitchler, Oswego, in tow as one answer to the national shortage III.; Harold A. Shindler, Lafayette, of physicians. Ind.: William F. Taylor, Greens- burg, Ky.: Benjamin B. Truskoski, Bristol, Conn.: Robert H. Wilder, Dadeville, Ala. WAYSIDE INNS AND WAYWARD TAVERNS 18 BY W. F. MIKSCH The American Legion Magazine Editorial & Advertising Offices A spoof of eating places where the food is 720 Fifth Avenue only incidental to the atmosphere. New York 19, New York Publisher, James F. O'Neil THE RELEASE OF THE BILIBID PRISONERS 20 Editor Robert B. Pitkin BY MAJ. WILLIAM F. DAHLSTROM & JIMMY JONES An unusual duty that was dumped on a soldier Art Editor Al Marshall in the midst of the battle for Manila in 1945. Associate Editors John Andreola MEN OF MUSCLE 22 Roy Miller BY DUANE DECKER Editorial Production Manager Ralph Peluso The physical equipment of sports champions is often unusual — either by design or by Circulation Manager Dean B. Nelson accident. Indianapolis, Ind. Advertising Director A LEGION GUIDE FOR COLLEGE APPLICANTS 24 Robert P. Redden Of importance now to high school sophomores Midwestern Adv. Mgr. and juniors and their parents Ray A. Jones 3S East Wacker Drive Chicago 1, Illinois Departments Publisher's Representatives BOOKS 46 West Coast Arden E. 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Some said they were tired of seeing the Legion turn the Do we care enough to give unselfishly of our time and en- other cheek in its battle for fair treatment of disabled veter- ergy so that The American Legion may remain a stiong and ans, and widows and orphans; they responded strongly to our growing force in the land? explanation of the compensation increases and reforms we're Critics of The American Legion have raised the question in advocating in Washington. Many volunteered for duty when- Congress and elsewhere. I can report to you now, on the ever needed in our recently organized corps of grassroots basis of personal, unforgettable experience, that the answer is contacts with members of Congress. Others reported new and an unqualified yes. ambitious undertakings by their own posts to promote juve- Between the first week of January and the fourth week of nile opportunity, traffic safety and similar works. February, I met with more than 7,000 working Legionnaires Anyone who doubts the spirit of the present-day American at 23 regional conferences in as many states. These were Legion should listen, as I did, while members of a post with working meetings. They offered no door prizes or half-time an enrollment of less than 100 told how they sponsor three entertainment. The only subject on the agenda was the ad- Boy Scout troops and one Explorer troop. vancement of American Legion membership and program One recurring subject of questions and discussion was the goals for 1963. inadequacy of the existing veterans' pension program. I found Every one of the 23 conferences drew a larger attendance no division on this, even among those who served in different than local chairmen anticipated. At every one — from Wash- wars. A World War I veteran in the midwest told me he had ington State to Louisiana, and from Massachusetts to Arizona always known the Legion was the only organization that —I found Legionnaires not only willing, but eager and im- could bring about pension justice, "but I didn't know until patient to get on with the Legion's serious work. now that we were working all-out for it." These are dedicated men and women. They believe in The Enthusiasm alone doesn't guarantee the success of American Legion; they're looking for new challenges and American Legion progress. It does give us a fighting chance opportunities to test their belief. to succeed. And the kind of enthusiasm I've seen leads me to In the past 17 years I've traveled the Legion circuit pretty believe that individuals who have made a habit of discount- widely as a post, department and national representative. I've ing our influence are in for some sharp and overdue surprises. never seen anything approaching the unity, drive and sense Organization and information are also key items in our of purpose now being evidenced by Legionnaires all across "how to succeed" kit. I believe we're on the way to perfecting the country.
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