The American Legion Magazine [Volume 74, No. 4 (April 1963)]

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By Brig. General FRANK L. HOWLEY, Ret.- Former Berlin Commandant

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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. Roney &. Assoc. DATELINE WASHINGTON 4 PERSONAL 47 Los Angeles & San Francisco, Calif. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 6 ROD & GUN CLUB 51

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FOR YOUR INFORMATION There's New Life In The Legion

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SEVERAL MONTHS AGO I notcd in this space that our future satisfy themselves that their leadership meant business in The achievements will be limited only by the spirit and in- American Legion tradition. dustiy of individual Legionnaires. 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. both. In Philadelphia, the conference room was set up for 450 Department and post leaders are reporting an improved people — an optimistic estimate, the chairman said. Fifteen liaison with national headquarters. This is vital if the ag- minutes before the scheduled starting time there wasn't an gressiveness and leadership we now have at the local level empty seat in the house. We delayed the program a half-hour are to be translated into effective action on the broad front of while volunteers rounded up additional chairs. More than 700 public policy. Legionnaires participated in that meeting, with many stand- We must do more than make noise. We must make sense. ing the whole two hours. The noblest cause can fail if it isn't presented clearly and The conference in Omaha never should have started at all. factually. It's up to each of us to inform ourselves on the Despite a blizzard and a temperature reading of 17 below issues which concern us as Legionnaires. zero, area leaders insisted on going ahead with the meeting. I urge everyone to do this by reading regularly the litera- When the gavel sounded on schedule, the crowd was there— ture available to us from Legion sources. The American 126 Legionnaires representing Kansas and Iowa as well as Legion Magazine presents the facts you need to keep in- Nebraska. formed and current on national veterans' issues. Your de- These were not exceptional incidents. I cite them because partment and post publications likewise are designed for they reflect the high level of enthusiasm we encountered your benefit and use. throughout the tour. At this midpoint of The American Legion year, we're run- During the business sessions and in conversation after- ning strong and straight. We have the spirit and the equip- wards. Legionnaires made it clear to me that they hadn't ment to make it a notable year. Let's apply them — all the turned out merely to impress visiting firemen. They wanted to way and together.

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THE MOON, THEN MARS . . PEOPLE AND QUOTES: THE 1963 BUDGET - $614.13 PER CAPITA! EXAMPLE A special Senate subcommittee headed by Senator Jackson, of "We shall be judged more Washington, is making—without fanfare or headlines —what by what we do at home than may well be the most important investigation of the many what we preach abroad. Noth- ing we could do to help the undertaken by the current 88th Congress. . .The subcommittee developing countries would is seeking ways and means of helping our President make and help them half as much as a carry out U.S. national security policy. . .This vital task, booming American economy ." says the subcommittee in its first report , "is too big for . . . President Kennedy.

. any one man to know all about it " . . . The investigation is concerned with the administration of our complex national CONCESSION security program—with getting good people into key foreign "We should be able, if necessary, to learn from the cap- and defense posts and enabling them to do a good job. . .The italists, to imitate the good President himself can only make a tiny fraction of the and profitable they have." necessary decisions involved in our national security; Premier Khrushchev. literally millions of supporting operations, decisions, and associated actions must be taken by the men working under the UNANIMOUS President at the various levels of government in order to "For us, the Caribbean cri- ." make the policy decisions work out ... In view of the many sis has not been resolved . . . lif e-and-death decisions that the President must make — for Fidel Castro. example, the confrontation on Cuba— our Chief Executive is faced with a continuing dilemma--whom to listen to, and how MISSILE-ISM losses from much, before he acts. . . "At stake is the safety of the Nation "Allowing for and the future of individual liberty," states subcommittee an initial enemy attack and attrition en route to the tar- Chairman Jackson. get . . . our forces today could still destroy the Soviet Union without any help from the de- Our man to the moon pro j ect holds top priority in the U.S. ployed tactical air units or space program. . .We will spend more on the moon shot during carrier task forces or Thor or the next year than the $3.7 billion requested for all space Jupiter . . . missiles." Secre- projects during the current fiscal year. . .We hope to get our tary of Defense McNamara. man to the moon first , sometime during this decade . . .After that ?. . .We already have our eyes on Mars . . . The United States OPTIMISM will probably put men on Mars by the end of the century, "The defenses of the free predicts Dr. Jerome Weisner, the President's chief science world are stronger than they adviser. have ever been, both in the conventional and nuclear field." Secretary of State The U.S. budget figures are getting bigger and bigger— and Rusk. harder to understand ... In simple terms , President Kennedy ' s request for a |122.5 billion Federal spending program for ON AGING the next budget year (which begins July 1, 1963) would cost "Retirement should be a every man, woman, and child $614.13— an estimated per capita transition from devoting part time to earning a liv- increase of $33.82 over the current fiscal year. of one's ing, to devoting all of it to living well." Dr. Mortimer J. The United States is the land of plenty in the eyes of the Adler, philosopher. world. . .And so it is, according to the National Academy of LIFE Sciences , in terms of our vast resources of energy, food, CITY "The human animal really fibre , minerals , water and space . . . But even this great bounty isn't very well equipped for is not inexhaustible, the Academy's latest survey warns... the tensions and stresses of It urges intensified research to prevent potential critical urban existence." Secretary shortages two generations hence. of Interior Udall.

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 5 munist espionage were false." We cannot discover in our files or memories TO THE EDITOR any such activity. We did query vari- LETTERS their ous well known people as to views on the case, but when we found that the results — mostly favorable to Letters published do not necessarily ex- States Constitution. I think it is an Hiss — would be largely dominated by press the policy The American Legion. of outrageous idea to want to disarm the emotionalism rather than kno\\ ledge, Keep letters short. Name and address must citizen. communists got at be furnished. Expressions of opinion and American The we decided not to publish them all. requests for personal services are appreci- started in other countries by disaniiing Erwin D. Canham, Editor ated, but they cannot be acknowledged or the people first, and as far as our The Christian Science Monitor answered, due to lack of magazine staff for gangsters go, they arc outside the law Boston, Mass. these purposes. Requests for personal services which may be legitimately asked of and would not give up their guns. The American Legion should be made to Thus, such a proposal is aimed only at your Post Service INCENTIVE TRAFFIC CONTROL? Officer or your state the law abiding citizens. (Department) American Legion Hq. Send SIR: Regarding "A Way Out of Traffic William F. Zyd.mann letters to the editor to: Letters, The Amer- Jams" by James N. Sites in the Feb- ican Legion 5th Houston, Tex. Magazine, 720 Avenue. ruary issue, here's a revenue-raising New York 19, N. Y. Res. 310 of the 1962 Legion National way. of soh'ing the urban rush-hour Convention opposes the "Anfuso Bill" THE CYCLOPS traffic jams. Anyone who drives sees to require citizens to register handguns SIR: The story of the missing U.S. col- many cars carrying one person — the with the FBI; urges repeal of the 1938 driver. Suggestion: set up a toll peri- lier, Cyclops, in the January issue is of Federal Firearms Act. interest to us. Our Legion Post in meter around your city. Fee for cross- — Lisbon, Iowa, chartwed July 28, 1919, WANTS CALENDAR BACK ing the line SW for car and driver; is named Cyclops Post 109. When our 25^ for car, driver and one passenger; sir: You always published a Legion- Post was named, we wanted to name nothing at all for car, driver and two or naires calendar in the January issue, it after a local boy, ^\^ Otis Beese, a more passengers. You'd probably cut but did not do so this year. Is it not coxswain, who was lost on the the number of cars in half within ten being published any more, or what.' Cyclops. At that time he was listed as days, without doing anyone out of an I always framed mine and visitors to missing, and not as dead. As you can't auto ride into town. my home commented favorably on it. name a Legion Post after a living per- G. D. James Theodore C. Reiter son, Post Unadilla, N. Y. we named the for his ship. Cortland, Ohio Another Iowa boy, Lt. Frank C. ()g) Numerous expressions like this con- sir: In "A Way Out of Traffic Jams," in Nigg, of Maquotcka, a passenger re- vince us that we should restore the an- the February issue, James N. Sites says turning from duty in Brazil, was lost nual calendar next January. that Los Angeles drove its rail transit on the Cyclops. out of existence only to relay the rails W. C. CONKLIN HISS later at exorbitant costs when the need Lisbon, Iowa SIR: Congratulations for your wonder- for rail sen ice became unquestionably ful article "Alger Hiss: A Reminder" SIR: The Cyclops was known to my evident. This is pure fabrication. We shipmates, and her disappearance in the February issue. It must have are riding autos and buses and haven't been with pride and satisfaction that didn't mystify them. She was known relaid our rails. I suggest you publish the former Vice President saw that to be too flexible fore-and-aft, and a correction. sailors were glad to get off her before there are a great many Americans who Sam Gray that she broke in the middle like a piece have not forgotten the great job Bell, Calif. such of wire that's flexed too often—which he did for his countrj'. Articles Author Sites, who is assistant to the as this keep American Legion is probably just vv-hat happened. The vice-president of the Association of John F. Cook Magazine foremost on my reading list. American Railroads, pleads guilty to Bloomer, Wis. James J. Dougherty mixing his tenses. He says he "was re- Staten Island, N. Y. ferring to what Los Angeles planners SIR: The Cyclops was weak in the mid- are talking about doing in the future, dle. A crane operator told me he'd sir: I want to thank you for having now that rail transit services there have heard rivets snap in her poorly-braced iMr. Ralph de Toledano write a re- been driven out of existence by all-out midsection hold in a heavy swell when fresher on the Hiss Case in the Feb- emphasis on highway construction." empty. The ore she was carrying when ruary issue. It is worth the full price lost was undoubtedly loaded fore and of my Legion membership. aft for good trimming, and probably Fred C. Baker FOR ACTION busted her apart in a heavy sea, he Troy, Kans. sir: As a veteran of WWI and a long- said. time Legionnaire, I write to thank you SIR: I was about to hire a moving com- Fred V. Doutt for the very forceful article that you pany to move my furniture \\ hen the Canton, N. C. printed in the February issue regard- local ABC-TV affiliate ran a commer- Many more of our readers well knew ing the need for a more liberal pension the Cyclops or one or more of the men cial of a local moving firm. Though bill. We "old fellows" feel more hope- lost aboard her. this company had nothing to do with ful now that the Legion is openly the ABC Hiss-Nixon matter, I made recognizing our need, and that we may sure that it did not get my business— MONROE MEMORIAL perhaps be treated somewhat better effective I sir: I wonder if it is a fitting this being the only way memo- than "welfare cases" in the near future. could register my protest. rial to President Alonroe to have his Without the support of younger vet- picture on an inflated postage stamp? John W. Alcorn erans we could hardly present a block prefer adherence San Francisco, Calif. He would probably of votes sufficient in numbers to be to his Doctrine. SIR: In view of the ABC-TV disgrace attractive to politicians and office seek- Bob Scott November 11, its programs are taboo ers. More power to The American Reno, Nev. on my TV. Legion. William H. Wright Harold B. McKinney NO INFRINGEMENT Elroy, Ariz. Redvale, Colo. SIR: I have been reading in several gun magazines that they are trying to pass SIR: Mr. de Toledano stated: '"The SIR: I would like to say that it only costs a 5(J stamp for a veteran to drop an anti-gun law in Washington. The Christian Science Monitor . . . began Senators right to bear arms is included in the collecting an anthology of testimonials a line to his Representative or Second Amendment to the United to prove that charges of Hiss's com- asking them to support the revisions

6 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 w c seek in the compensation and pension laws for \ cterans. I did and I think c\cry veteran should. If you don't speak up they will never know what vou support. LOOKING M. J. Hai I Hinckley, III. for a satisfying new SIR: I was very pleased with your article on veterans pensions, Fcbruar>-, way to spend time... paifc 29, and its discussions of the

w eaknesses of PL86-21I. F am sure the chairman and the mcnil)ers of the one that will provide House X'eterans Affairs Committee will read it too, and I hope it will wake you with years of them up. I do hope the Legion will not let up on this, because I believe pleasure .. .savings of PL86-21I is one of the most unjust pieces of legislation ever written. up to 50%... and a C. G. AIuNRoi. ^Vestwood, Calif. feeling of accomplish- SIR: The National Commander's article in the February issue "It's Up to '\'ou ment that can't be as W^ell as Ale" convinces me that the Legion should get into politics on an duplicated? organized basis like the unions. The>' get results. The Legion has puss\ - footed long enough about legislation needed for servicemen. Let's declare then clip this and ourselves so the candidates know coupon where we stand as the Legion. send for your FREE Heafhkit S. F. SoNNKDKCIvl l( Sivrasota, h'Li. Catalog today! SLOW JUSTICE SIR: In every state in the Union our courts are overburdened, their calen- HEATH COMPANY . Benton Harbor 58, Michigan

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 J ALMOST KIDDING SICK AT HEART e hate to say this, but W. F. Miksch's MERicANS ARE sick at heart over every- article, "Wayside Inns and Way-

thing that is summed up by the word ward Taverns," on page 18, is intended to "Cuba." be a spoof. It's humor. It isn't serious. Wordniongers have worn tiie word Well, not altogether serious. Those places "tensions" thin, but the anxiety about the EDITOR'S he mentions aren't really real. Don't w rite Cuba situation is real tension. us and ask what exit off the New England Defense Secretary iMcNamara's cele- CORNER Turnpike gets you to Fretful, Alainc. brated TV^ show in Februar>' that seemed There isn't any Fretful, Alaine. Neither is to prove that offensive missiles and bomb- there a Hardly, N.J. Or if there is, there

ers have been removed from Cuba only is no exotic eating place there called the oppose when he is weak comes to power, made the national heartsickness worse. Name-Dropper Room. At least we don't he invites Russian arms — and here we go to see the Secretary' of think so. And if there is a Ghoul, Nevada, We had U.S. again. Defense assume a posture that it is "all it surely isn't on Route 1313. Any such Why do w e fear to enforce the Monroe right" for a hostile Eurasian power to route should run from Reno to Las A'egas, Doctrine? The overriding halter is that have 17,000 troops, numerous land war- if our luck there means anything. But you since the birth of the United Nations w e fare weapons, jet fighters, and a might well know where there are some AUG have talked ourselves into a dread of the missiles very like Mr. Miksch's fanci- thorough system of air-defense role of an aggressor under any circum- spots much is, it is "all think do. on the Island of Cuba. That stances whatever. ful dining places. We you right ' because these are not sufficient Let us, before it is too late, look at the weapons to conquer the United States. cold hard fact that never to be an aggres- GUMPERSON'S LAW-TRUE OR FALSE? We had to hear the Secretary of De- sor — — even when strategy dictates it is law, which has been fense say that he did not believe that Eumperson's nln-ays to he on the defensive. The terms widely publicized recently, is still Cuba is being used as a base against Latin are interchangeable. If we are not pre- only theory. famous Dr. R.F. America. He Tiimt iia\ e made the mental a The pared to stop the next Castro when he is himself, and sol- reservation that he meant "a base for di- Gumperson admits this still in his Sierra Madre, the armed Soviet- disprove his rect military intervention today." Mr. icits any reports which might izing of the heniispiicre is only a matter is sure law. .McNaniara probably as as the rest of time. his us that is now a for propa- With his permission, we break down of Cuba base The Monroe Doctrine spelled to the ganda, civil agitation, aggressive organiza- involved formula into simple English, as world the point at which we ivonid be- tion and arms shipment, and for future follows: come aggressive. It was fair warning and militar\' iiiter\ ention against Latin .Amer- If something is going to happen in some the world accepted it. We are in the ica. fashion or other, it will most likely hap- present mess because, to put it as bluntly are morally certain that Mr. Mc- in the way that you least wish it to. We as possible, we didn't have the courage pen Naniara is, if an\ thing, fully as sick about as the of Inverse Desir- on high to be aggressive w hen it w as cor- Known Law the whole thing as anyone else. There predicts rect to ha\ c been so. The longer we now ability, Gumpcrson's formula was just no other posture that he could wait, tile deader the Monroe Doctrine such things as: assume unless he \\ as prepared to resign becomes, and the more disastrous our You can throw a burnt match out of from the Cabinet on the spot. The mili- paralysis. a car window in a rainstorm and burn tary occupation of Cuba by Russia was a T he people of the United States fully down seven states, but you can use two fait accoTiipli about which, in the best understand that the life or death of the boxes of matches and the whole Sunday possible view of it, the go\crnmcnt for Western Hemisphere hangs on the resolu- paper without lighting the dry logs in which iMr. spoke had not yet McNamara tion of the Ciihav situation. They know your fireplace determined a solution that it w as w illing that (.)uba is now the Sierra Madre of the • If >'our wife drops a [learl in the to announce. entire hemisphere. I'"or that reason Cuba middle of 22,746 square feet of ballroom, On page 12 of this issue is projected a not only w ill be, but deserves to be, the it will roll down the only mousehole in "Plan to Free Cuba," by emploj ing, in most important national issue in the the place. the cause of freedom, the pattern of mod- United States until foreign troops and If you hold something in place with ern rexolutions. The author first spells arms and communist dictatorships are one hand and try to reach for a tool with out just w hat the pattern of modern revo- ejected and barred from this hemisphere. the other, the tool will always be one half lutions is. Author Frank Leo Howley is a Think of Gen. Howley's article on inch farther away than you can stretch retired brigadier general of more than page 1 2 in that light. without falling off the stepladder. ordinarj' accomplishments. \ successful • A'our shoelace will never break un- businessman, he rose to his high rank MATH TO MEDICINE less you are already late for where yov\ frotu scratch in WWII, starting in the NN (,L ri i.R (]uit being new spaper gal a going. mechanized cavalry. He was the Director arc ten \ ears ago and has been a success- likely to w in a of Civil Affairs at Cherbourg, then Paris, The person most ful science w riter since. stor\' on page Her of and - from 1945 to 1949 - Allied Com- Cadillac in a raffie is the President 16, "Our Youngest Aledical Students," tells mandant and U.S. Military Governor of General Alotors. how doctors are taking teenagers in tow- Berlin, where also the Should a radio station try to phone he was founder of to introduce them to possible medical Free University of Berlin. you to offer >'ou $10,000 if you can name careers. Aliss Cutler edged into this stor\' is today President the capital of the U.S., it will get a busy He \'ice of New because she had written the best -selling because you're on the phone with York University. math book The Traschtenherg Speed Sys- signal a stranger who's trying to sell you alu- teniy a short cut to matiieniatics based on minum siding for your house. NEVER THE AGGRESSOR? a system devised by a former prisoner of A\'c told Gumperson that we know Cuban mess, like the chicken, exists the Nazis as a way of enduring his im- Dr. DHE in which his formula failed to because the egg was allowed to hatch. prisonment. She followed that up w ith of no case predict correctly, but he asked us to in- The horror of it is that if this country, Instant Math (For Children from Eight to \ ite our mUlions of readers to w rite to in spite of the Alonroe Doctrine, feels Eight> ), a book that came out last Decem- ([)lease, not to us) of any instance in powerless to stop a Castro of Mexico, of ber. .A magazine wantctl her to do an arti- him Honduras, of Nicaragua, of El Salvador, cle on how youngsters had mastered short w liich his law failed. of Costa Rica, of Panama, of Brazil, of curs to math. While intcr\ icw ing the Of course, Gumpcrson's Law does pre- V^enezuela, of Colombia, of Peru, of young Wcigast brothers for this in New- dict that if you have evidence that his law Argentina, of Bolivia, of Uruguay, of ark, N.f., their sister, 17-year-old Beth, is no good, you won't be able to find the Chile, of Ecuador, of the Guianas, of started describing a visit to a mental hospi- good Doctor to tell him about it. Haiti, of the Dominican Republic when tal in the most experienced fashion. Aliss We have lost his address. But you it is easily possible, then it is only a mat- Cutler raised her eyebrows anti inquired should have no trouble finding him your-

ter of time before . . . you know the rest. how Beth knew so much—and out came self to tell him that his law is in error— Once the new man whom we fear to the start of this fascinating story. unless his law is correct. r.b.p.

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THIS MONTH'S BIG ISSUE:

Should Congress Ba

since they consistently demonstrate that differences in homicide rates are in no way correlated with dif- PRO ferences in the use of the death penalty. Case studies consistently reveal that the murderer seldom consid- Rep. Abraham J. Mulfer (D-N.Y.) ers the possible consequences of his action, and if he Thirteenth District ." does, he is not deterred by the death penalty. . . IF WE HOLD that life is sacred, The death penalty is absolute and final. It permits then what moral right does no correction of error. We know that innocent men society have to demand a life have been executed. How can we impose a penalty as for a life? absolute as death when our knowledge cannot be ab- One of the best answers to this question was given solute in imposing it? Juries do make mistakes. by a man who had intimate knowledge of the judicial I was gratified at the recent passage by both Houses process, Judge Evelle J. Younger of Los Angeles, of Congress of a bill to remove the requirement of when he wrote: "No human instrumentality is fit to capital punishment in first degree murder convictions pronounce and execute an irrevocable judgment. Only in the District of Columbia. I have long urged the abo- God with His infinite wisdom and charity should lition of capital punishment in the District of Columbia wield that awful power." as an example to the rest of the country. I believe Capital punishment is immoral. For this reason, I that this bill was a step in the right direction. believe, the advocates of the continuation of capital Bernard Shaw once said: "Criminals do not die by punishment are losing the battle. An indication of the the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other interest this issue is stimulating is that almost half of men. Assassination on the scaffold is the worst form the 41 states which still retain the death penalty have of assassination, because there it is invested with the recently had bills to abolish it introduced in their approval of society. It is the deed that teaches, not legislatures. the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment One of the most comprehensive studies of capital are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars punishment and the deterrent value of the death pen- that breed their kind." alty was published in the 1952 Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. The conclu- sion of this study of the death penalty as a deterrent to homicide in the United States was summarized as follows: "Statistical findings and case studies converge to disprove the claim that the death penalty has any special deterrent value. The belief in the death penalty as a deterrent is repudiated by statistical studies,

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recommend the inclusion of this safeguard. Another safeguard against misuse of the death pen- CON alty is that all members of the jury agree on the death verdict, and that all be satisfied beyond a reasonable Rep. Robert W. Hemphill (D-S.C.) douht of guilt. Even one slightly acquainted with the Fifth District courts realizes the privileges of, and safeguards for, THE DEATH PENALTY is a Se- the accused. Death penalties are hard to arrive at and vere penalty, admittedly. If are subject to review.

it were not, it would not have Some argue that capital punishment is barbaric. the deterrent power necessary Which is more barbaric, the kidnapping, killing, rap- in our war against crime. ing of innocent people, or the execution of the criminal Without the prospect of death penalty, a citizen to punish, to deter? could commit treason of rankest nature, knowing the In a society where the skills of mankind can be de- worst punishment he could expect was life imprison- veloped in the field of crime, the death penalty is a

ment, with possibility of parole. A man could plot necessity. Without it, the machinations of criminals, murder and gamble on parole. The armed robber and supported by modern technology, would result in an the rapist would also know their lives were not at eruption of violence which would carry our civiliza- stake — only their freedom — and that perhaps tem- tion to the brink of disaster. porarily. Life-termers in the prisons could rebel and Finally, our religion emphasizes the justice and use hostages to gain freedom or concessions, knowing necessity of capital punishment. The God of the He- if the hostage's life was taken, punishment could add bi-ews, also God of Christians, through his chosen no years. Kidnapping would increase. Experience has speakers, decreed the death penalty for major crimes. proved the salutary impact of capital punishment ap- This passage from the Pentateuch is sufficient: (NUM- plied to kidnapping. BERS, XXXV, 30 and 31.) "Whoso killeth any per- Society needs the preventive protection afforded son, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth by the application of this penalty. Time has demon- of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against strated this. any person to cause him to die. As defense counsel in capital cases, and as prose- "Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life cuting attorney, I personally witnessed the decline of of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall homicides in an area covered by the death penalty. be surely put to death." Fortunately, the press gave full coverage — made it Capital punishment is an essential factor in our ef- known that human life is not cheap. fort towards law enforcement. In my state, the jury, judge and Governor have the right to commute the penalty to life imprisonment. I

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IH MY OPINION CONGRESS SHOULD NOT

I have read in The American Legion Magazine for April SHOULD BAN CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

the arguments in PRO & CON on the subject: "Should SIGNED

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 H WHAT PLAN can we follow to free Cuba? Castro, and other revolutionaries who are dedicated to destroying the United States and our allies, can best be eliminated by turning upon them at least some of the modern devices of successful revolution and counterrevolution. We are all too familiar with the many details of successful modern revolutions, but how do

they all fit into one piece? Revolutions and counterrevolutions aren't what they used to be! In South America they are no longer a musical comedy joke. In Europe they are not simply a clever coup d'etat. Even in

Africa and Asia there is a new concept of how to succeed in revolutions. There is no sense in our attempting to equate the modern with the old. Today, the American Revolution of 1776 would fail. Samuel Adams and his "Indians" throwing taxed English tea into Boston Harbor would be jailed and examined by psychiatrists. Our "rabble-in-arms" of happy memory would today go down to death and defeat against the forces of a modern government. Yet some revolutions and counter-

revolutions do succeed and it behooves Americans to find out why. From the i mangrove swamps of Vietnam to the I elephant grass of Africa, these violent political explosions are changing more than the faces at the United Nations. They are altering the political, economic and social character of the world. That America is directly concerned is indi- i cated by the billions of dollars being spent for defense and the sleepless nights suffered by our citizens as a result of the Cuban Revolution. So, let us have a cold rational look at the rules of the new game. To start with, there must be strong, determined. implacable leadership. Never mind whether we like these new leaders or dislike them. The leadership

which succeeds in the new revolution is leadership of inflexible men, dedicated to total victory. These leaders are not slowed by debating moral principles. They have little in common with the high-mindedness of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and George Washington.

There is no room for the timid, the squeamish or the emotionally handicapped. Though the motivations of these new leaders differ, they are united in their determination to succeed at any price. Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana probably

. was driven to his determination by the "black man" treatment given him during his student days in the United States. "Bury me alive if I do not free my people,"' he wrote home to black Ghana. Ahmed Ben Bella, now Premier of newly independent Algeria, may have been stirred to uncompromising quest for power by his having been denied 12 .

promotion from sergeant to lieutenant in the French Army. Sekou Toure in Guinea. Castro in Cuba, Adoula in the Congo. Sukarno of Indonesia are individuals. Labeling the new leaders "communists" may or may not be ac-

curate. Even when accurate, it does not

explain everything. It is true that they follow the communist pattern for success. They would follow our ideas as readily if our advice would enable them to wage successful revolutions.

Given leadership, the first great need

of a modern revolution is a siinctimry The revolutionary force must have a

place from which it can raid and return,

where it can be armed and trained, from which its propaganda to the world and to the masses can be broadcast. Usually, ^11 the revolutionaries have a sanctuary where they enjoy the hospitality and assistance of a country which will help them to carry on an undeclared war — HELP FROM ABROAD, in this case by U.S. soldiers in Vietnam, is a necessity. a war against a neighboring country — without taking the consequences of an open declaration of war. Our introduction to sanctuaries was dramatized by the Red Chinese, who. operating from their sanctuary across An expert spells out a strategy for putting Castro the Yalu River, contributed to killing 33,629 American soldiers in battle and injuring more than 100.000 in Korea. — out through the same door by which he entered— by There are other sanctuaries today North V ietnam against South Vietnam, the Congo Republic against Portuguese Angola. Tunisia and Morocco were use- revolutionary tactics which the world has approved. ful against .\lgeria. In a sense. East Ber-

lin is a sanctuary against West Berlin.

Cuba today is a perfect communist sanctuary for operations against all Ameri- By Brigadier General FRANK L. HOWLEY, Ret. can nations. When I visited North Africa at the Former Berlin Commandant beginning of the Algerian revolution eight years ago, Habib Bourguiba. thanks partially to his French wife, was enjoying the patronage and friendship 'OWER AND PROPAGANDA keep Castro in, and can as well be used to push him out. of France while he was giving sanctuary in Tunisia to the revolutionary force attacking the French in neighboring Algeria. Passing through the Tunisian sanctuary to the rebels were leadership from the army general statT of Egvpt and modern arms from Czechoslovakia. The old-fashioned French naval blockade was almost completely ineffective. Three submarines acquired by the Egyptian government, carrying men and arms, simply traveled underneath the French ships. In 1954, I visited Guatemala two weeks before the successful counterrevolution against the communist in- filtrated government of Jacobo .Arbenz Guzman. This revolution could not have succeeded without the sanctuary of Nicaragua from which planes flew and the little armed band of Lt. Colonel

Carlos Castillo Armas made its beginning.

For lack of a sanctuary , the French (Continued on page 44) 13 By CLARENCE WOODBURY This all-out campaign against insomnia might lead you to think it a killer, RUNNING HARD on the hecIs of but it is not a deadly disorder or, in most the common cold is insomnia, cases, even a disabling one. The fact that

which has become, next to it, a lot of us are not sleeping as well as our most prevalent national complaint. Americans used to sleep is merely a A recent Gallup poll showed that 52 minor side effect, medical men say, of percent of adult Americans suffer from the increased tempo and tensions of chronic or occasional sleeplessness, modern life. which is a much higher percentage than Not as many people tire themselves in other countries. In Norway, only 15 out daily with hard physical work as in percent of folks lie awake nights, while former years, the doctors explain, but over here insomnia is so common that more of us are subject to emotional con- every general practitioner is besieged by flicts, suppressed aggressions and wor- patients clamoring for the sandman. ries over job or home problems. These According to surveys of The Amer- tensions tend to keep our nerves taut ican Druggist, more prescriptions were after we hit the sack and thus make it filled for sedatives and tranquilizers hard for us to fall asleep. during 1962 than for any other group Recent research in a number of differ- of medicines except the anti-infectives, ent places has shown, however, that and a large proportion of these pre- most of our tensions can be eased and scriptions were written by doctors for that the average person can overcome one purpose — to make people sleep. At his insomnia, or learn to live with it on the same time, the drug industry went reasonably agreeable terms, if he will to town with over-the-counter sleeping observe a few sensible precepts, some pills of all kinds, and a vast number of old and some new, in the realm of antihistamines and simple pain-killers physical and mental hygiene. such as aspirin tablets were consumed The very first thing to understand primarily to promote slumber. about insomnia, say men who have

All told, the public is spending well spent their lives studying it, is that you over a million dollars a night for drugs probably have less reason to be deeply to induce sleep. And that doesn't include concerned about it than you think you the millions being poured into other have. Nearly everybody is unable to sleep aids such as bedroom humidifiers, sleep at times, especially during the later tranquilizer bath kits, vibrating mat- years of life, but most people who think tresses, whispering pillows, dulcet re- they lie awake all night actually do quite cordings of soporific music, sleep masks a bit of sleeping without realizing it. and even electric scalp warmers for This was proved a few years ago by baldheaded men to wear when they go studies made in the Sleep and Dream beddy-bye. Project at the University of Chicago,

TEN WAYS TO FETCH THE SANDMAN

Find out how much sleep you Don't take cat naps before bed- nee*l and establish a regular sleep time. A nap is such an effective pattern by going to bed at the way of relieving fatigue that 40 where a number of "insomnia victims" same time every night and getting winks in an easy chair may cost up at the same time every morn- you hours of real sleep in the sack. were shown by electroencephalograms ing. of their brain waves to be asleep. When Before retiring, soak for 20 min- gently awakened by researchers and Get enough physical exercise each utes in a tepid bath (100 degrees asked "Were you sleeping?" they almost day to feel fatigued. But don't Fahrenheit), pat but don't rub your- take your workouts just before self dry, then slowly walk to a invariably replied "No" or "I should bedtime since they can wake you prearranged bed and crawl into it. say not." But after a moment's reflection up instead of making you drowsy. most of them added a bit sheepishly, Arrange sleeping conditions to Unless you know from experience "Now wait a minute, maybe I did drop meet your own ideas of comfort. that coffee or tea won't keep you If soft music or the sounds of off just for a second." awake, avoid these stimulants for ocean surf or pattering rain will Most of these "insomniacs" were three or four hours before retir- help you to sleep, procure devices to find they were regularly ing. A nightcap containing alcohol surprised that produce such sounds. helps some oldsters to sleep. catching some shuteye after all, but even if they hadn't been getting a wink they Don't go to bed with your stom- Lie on your side, breathe slowly not necessarily have been in a ach too full or too empty. Your with mouth slightly open, and re- would stomach can digest anything at lax each part of your body, start- bad way. Other research has shown that ing with your toes. If worries keep night that it can in the daytime, the ill effects of lost sleep can be quickly you awake, rout them with hap- but don't eat it. too much of that exhaustion re- pier thoughts or by counting sheep. remedied and the Avoid exciting activities, conver- sulting from even three sleepless nights sations and television programs If you still can't sleep, don't let in a row can be relieved in a normally before retiring. And don't go to that fact disturb you. By simply healthy person if he gets a three-hour bed angry. If you like to read in lying in a horizontal position, com- nap plus one full night's sleep. bed, pick modern poetry or some- pletely relaxed, you will do your- thing equally dull. (Ed. Note: self almost as much good as if you Anyone who is deeply worried about Author's Opinion.) were enjoying a deep slumber. not sleeping should consult a doctor, of

14 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 were found to average 7.9 hours per man. Since you are an individual and not an average, however, the only way you can determine how much sleep you need

is by testing yourself. You can do this by sleeping various lengths of time on different nights and keeping score on how well you feel and how efficiently you function on each of the following days. Then, when you find the amount of sleep that serves you best, you will know the amount to provide for in setting up your sleep cycle. The experts say that there arc a couple of important points to keep in mind when determining your sleep

needs. For one thing, if you get up still feeling tired after x hours of sleep, that

does not necessarily mean that .v hours are not enough for you. The body's

efficiency is at its lowest point just be-

fore we awaken, as it is just before we go to sleep, and comparatively few people wake up bounding with energy. It is how you feel throughout the whole clay and not just in the morning that tells whether or not you have had enough sleep.

Another thing to remember if you feel groggy when the alarm clock rings

is the fact that it is possible to get too

much sleep as well as too little. Psy- chologists have found that a good many people sleep longer in the morning than they need to because the day's work

which lies ahead is not appealing to them or because they are a bit lazy and

know that if they get up when they first awaken they will have to prepare their own breakfast. How much you can sleep is not a reliable indicator of how much you need to sleep.

It is unwise to jump to conclusions concerning your sleep requiretnents for

still another reason — there is considerable evidence that a lack of sleep can sometimes temporarily increase a per- course, and the chances are a doctor can next thing to do is to establish what Dr. son's ability to perform certain tasks. help him. Thanks to a number ol mod- Nathaniel Kleitman. famous authority At Yale University a couple of yea's ern drugs, physicians are able to pre- on sleep at the University of Chicago, ago, a group of students were asked to scribe non-habit-forming sleeping pills calls a "sleep cycle." You can do this by solve difficult problems in multiplication that are highly effective and usually can finding out how much sleep you need after eight hours and again after six be taken over long periods without im- every 24 hours and then going to bed hours of sleep. To the surprise of those pairing the health. Dr. Henry Bcechcr and arising at icgular hours every day giving the tests, it was found that the of Massachusetts General Hospital has in order to get it. students' speed and efficiency was a bit made studies that indicate that barbitu- If you are a normal grownup, prob- higher after six hours than after eight rates — which are commonly prescribed ably the amount of sleep you need will hours. Again, just a few months ago at in sleeping pills - tend to cut down a be between six and ten hours. Thomas Cambridge University in England, a person's efficiency a bit the next day, Edison is reputed to have gotten along number of Royal Navy volunteers who but perhaps to no greater extent than handsomely on only four hours sleep a served as guinea pigs did better at in- would loss of sleep. night, but people who worked closely tellectually stimulating activities, such If sleeping pills are used regularly, with the electrical wizard say he did a as playing chess, after being kept awake however, they become "crutches." the good deal of cat napping during the day. for 60 hours than they did after a sleep psychologists say, and most of The average amount of sleep needed by normal night's rest. them contend that drugs are unneces- an adult has long been set at eight hours But there was another side to both sary if we will only develop correct and an experiment conducted during an these cases. Metabolism tests showed physical habits and mental attitudes in Arctic expedition indicates this is a the Yale boys expended three times as regard to slumber. pretty reliable figure. Permitted to sleep much energy doing the math problems After making up your mind that lying as long as they wished during the long after six hours sleep as they did after awake now and then isn't the worst arctic nights and with no rising sun to eight and the British sailors who were catastrophe that could befall you, the awaken them, expedition members (Continued on page 42)

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 15 Our Youngest Medical Students

Many steps are being taken to lick the increasing shortage of doctors

Francis Gow, 16, makes a house call (left) in Binghamton, N.Y., with Dr. R. Fruchtbaum explains medical ethics to members Dr. Anthony Meloro, and, (above) follows the diagnostic procedure. of the Future Physicians Club of Nutley (N.J.) H.S.

By ANN CUTLER to the public only recently when the be putting in 75 hours before the decade American Medical Association dis- is over) the AMA urged every dedicated j» LL OVER America, busy doctors, closed, for the first time, that lack of doctor who loves his work and man- M^L high priced surgeons and spe- adequate medical care is threatening kind to become a walking one-man Jti^L cialists who are leaders in their our entire country. The Association "Future Physicians Club." The idea of field are taking time from their practice pointed out that if drastic measures these clubs is to "sell" medicine to the to lecture to high school students, to act aren't taken to urge young people into coming generation. For the fastest and as guides on fi;ld trips, and to explain the medical profession, the situation easiest way to solve the acute doctor knotty medical problems to youngsters will become crucial within the next ten shortage is to recruit more qualified they fervently hope will at some future years. high school graduates into medicine, date answer to the title of "Doctor." A committee of 22 specialists on and through fellowships and loans These youngsters, who are getting a medical research and education pointed eliminate or minimize the economic preview of what it's like to practice out that in 1931 we had 108 privately barriers to a medical education. medicine, are members of Future Phy- practicing physicians for every 100,000 Today's doctors were warned that sicians Clubs, which are one of the people; in 1957 we had only 91 for the problems would not be easy. "Medi- answers to the drastic doctor shortage every 100,000. If present trends con- cal school isn't popular any more," Drs. threatening this country. tinue, we'll have only 85 for every Bruce H. Carney and Manuel A. Under the expert guidance of eminent 100,000 by 1975. Bergnes of Norristown, Pa., said in an physicians, bright teenagers are en- Already there are communities that astute analysis of the situation. "The couraged to think of medicine as a way need two or three physicians and have pleasant fiction that there were at least of life and to plan ahead for the years only one; some communities have none ten applicants for each seat in the fresh- of study and work that are needed to and cannot find one. Yet statistics show man class has been nothing but fiction place an M.D. after their name. that, due to the rising standard of living, for years." The lack of doctors available during the growth of health insurance, in- There was a time when our medical times of stress has been discussed with creasing urbanization and the growing and dental schools could virtually take varying degrees of passion and emotion proportion of children and aged persons their pick among the nation's outstand- during the past few years. Patients un- in the population, patients are increasing college graduates, but this is no able to get medical care in an emer- ingly demanding more and better longer true. Today, the talented high gency, those who find doctors too busy medical care. school student is torn between many to make house calls, or who have to Pointing out that it is to their own avenues — he receives shining bids from spend hours waiting in a doctor's office interest to recruit medical students other scientific fields, big business beck- only to be shunted off with a hurried (since the doctor shortage would in- ons. The advantages are weighted conference, have known that something evitably mean more work and longer heavily against medicine. If he chooses was drastically wrong. But just how bad hours — the typical physician today medicine, he faces 12 to 16 years of the situation has become was revealed works 60 hours a week but he may well hard work and sacrifice, if he selects

16 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 The emergency room of a Bloomfield, N. J., hospital plays host to Future Physicians from nearby Belleville High School.

rose from 3.4 percent in 1954 to 5.6 percent in 1957, not because the courses were more difficult, but because the calibre of students who have been en- rolling in medical school has steadily gone down. Spelling out how to inveigle qualified young people into the profession, the AMA told doctors to emphasize the positive, to change their public "image." In a stern editorial. Dr. Carney Bates told private physicians to stop defending their high incomes by continuously pointing out "our long hours of work and years of preparation. "We must sell the public the idea that we are highly satisfied with our working conditions and that we are more than adequately rewarded for the work we do," said Dr. Bates. "Every time physicians openly indulge in self- pity because of their long hours, they automatically discourage others from Pelvis X-Ray studies are made by Weequahic H.S. Future Physicians at the coming into the field to share the burden Newark (N.J.) Beth Israel Hospital, under the guidance of Dr. Harvey P. Einhorn of those long hours. another career there is the promise of a schools across the country. In 1959, "Students should know that modern scholarship and a secure position when with the population at 177.1 million, practice holds economic security, that

his education is completed. only 15 students per thousand applied the hours are not as long and grueling In the past ten years, medicine as a to medical school. And to make matters as those an older generation knew, the career has been steadily losing ground. worse, there has been a steep and rewards are excellent and the chances The Association of American Medical alarming decline in the percentage of of saving lives and alleviating suffering Colleges and the U.S. Bureau of the "A" medical students; from 40 percent become more available by the day. Census made public these startling of the 1948 freshman class to 18 percent "Students who fear that medical

figures: In 1949. with the population in 1958— with the result that more and school is too tough should be assured

at 149.2 million, 24.4 students per more medical students are flunking out. that it is not necessary to be straight "A" thousand were applying to medical The casualty rate of medical students (Continued on paf^e 34)

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 17 Everything in the place is for sale, at collectors' prices, including the food.

A GOURMET'S-EYE VIEW OF

WAYSIDE INNS and WAYWARD TAVERNS

Concerning those quaint eating places that stuff their customers full of atmosphere.

By W. F. MIKSCH batting an eye unless the innkeeper tried place was now "Recommended by Ye to charge him more than 75 cents for Galloping Gourmand Societie." He sim- THE MORE 1 GET touted ioto "Ap- the works. In which case, he would bat ply ate and ran— or he foundered at table proved" restaurants by self-styled the innkeeper. between the fish and fowl courses.

food authorities, the more I am At least he didn't rush right out to Today, it would seem we travelers have convinced that Gourmet is a French write a piece for the magazines about become so surfeited and jaded that the word for a jerk who would rather admire how "ye nexte time ye are in Deepham simple act of eating a good meal isn't an old spinning wheel than eat a good Bog on ye Boston Poste Road (Con- enough. It isn't even the main thing. If dinner. necticut Turnpike Exit SSVi ) bye all we are going to bore other people after- Time was, the hungry traveler would meanes stop at Ye Olde Busted Bottle, wards with our adventures, then we must come — as the poet put it — riding, riding, a quainte hostelry whiche features ye have antiques to inspect, souvenirs to riding up to the old inn door and shout, finest collection of pewter candle-snuffers take home, peppermills so tall that one "Yoicks, landlord! Stable my steed and anywhere about." Nor did he snoop must stand on a ladder to twist them, serve up some vittles!" Then he would through the kitchen to check on the pot plus a string quartet playing. Oh, yes— settle down to chomping his way through bottoms and maybe steal a recipe for his and a menu as big as a circus poster a saddle of venison, a whole partridge, gourmet column. Nor did he nail a sign written entirely in one of the Romance

a brace of buffalo chops, a stuffed mus- on the old inn door to the effect that the languages: if you are given a menu printed kellunge and 17 other courses without ILLUSTRATED BY BOB BUGG in English that can be held in one hand

18 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 without your wristbone becoming dis- find it more than sufficient that books, sider trucks parked out in front of a connected from your armbone, then you movies, plays, concerts, TV programs diner a good sign; they may be there only are in the wrong restaurant. (A "wrong" and records must be reviewed for me by to repossess the kitchen equipment. Nor

restaurant is one that serves rich, brown the critics. I'd much prefer not having am I taken in by the cafe where a block-

gravy instead of Sauce Bearnaise because my clam chowder criticized before I eat long queue is waiting to get in — this to

the chef hasn't learned to chop tarragon.) it. I've traveled enough highways and me only proves that either the service is

Maybe it all started with Duncan ingested enough bicarbonate to have slow or that everybody has been reading

Hines. Or it may result from our current formed a few opinions of my own. the same "dining out" column.

mania for foreign travel which seems to I do not, for example, stop at wayside However, since gimmicks are the gas- bring us back to our shores as raving caravansaries where there is a wagon tronomic order of the day and eating

gastronomic sophisticates, no longer able wheel or wishing well sunk in the front vicariously is all the rage, I shall no to stomach even a cheese sandwich un- yard, or where basketwarc and maple longer be a foot-dragger. Here, from

sugar candy are on sale. I do not con- your friendly old Table Hopper and Kitchen Snooper, are some of his own high adventures in highway dining. As for my personal approval, each place

mentioned bears my stamp; I only wish

I had stamped harder. OLD BUCK BUCKLEY'S SAFARI INN — One of the most unusual restaurants you are likely to find is Old Buck Buckley's Safari Inn on Route 1313 not

too far from Ghoul, Nev. It is run in conjunction with Old Buck's Wild An-

imal and Snake Farm and is truly a para- dise for the gourmet sportsman. If your fancy runs to hippo steak or prime ribs of rhino, you can't do better anywhere.

The reason is, all the meat is fresh. If (Continued on page 40)

At the Safari you pick the beast you want to eat and shoot it yourself.

less it is drowned in renioulcide, served up by a dwarf wearing golden earrings, and eaten in a castle decorated with Bay- eux tapestries and 13th century armor. Whatever accounts for the phenom- enon, restaurateurs have proved quicker on the pickup than a Times Square B- girl. If the dining public wants gimmicks, then gimmicks they will get — and to hell with the soup pot. The modern restaurant proprietor is so busy stringing fish nets from the ceiling, dusting off the grandfather clocks, and nailing photos of film stars on the walls, that there must be days he never gets around to lighting his ovens.

He relies entirely on two things: 1. atmosphere, and 2. a "good press." It is a safe bet that half the diners in any well- publicized restaurant are freeloaders who have come "to do a story for the papers afterwards"— just as soon as their stomachs have been pumped out.

It is all but impossible anymore to pick up a newspaper, magazine, or Sun- day supplement without having to wade through columns about what somebody else had for breakfast the last time they were in Niagara Falls and how the dining room was decorated. Personally, I In days of olde, the hungry traveler would come galloping up to ye inne

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 19 The Release of the

Memories of a soldier who was given a unique

mission in the midst of the 1945 battle for Manila. Dahlstrom

By Maj. WILLIAM F. DAHLSTROM

As told to The battle of Manila, known as the "Captain Dahlstrom, get your equip- "Siege of Manila," was raging as we ment; I have a special job for you." JIMMY JONES approached, and the once beautiful I grabbed my carbine, helmet and Philippine capital was on fire. musette bag and followed him. We left m FTER LANDING with a Special unit I had been riding "shotgun" in a jeep the safety of our fortified area and start- (G-3) of General Douglas Mac- for Lt. Col. Robert C. Bogle of Redwood ed walking up the middle of the street JL JIL Arthur's troops at Lingayen City, Calif., during the Battle of Luzon, to keep away from falling debris. Curious

Gulf in the Philippines, in February and being an infantry officer I naturally as to our destination, I asked the Colonel 1945, we set out across the Luzon plains assumed that Manila meant more com- what he had in mind. He replied curtly: toward Manila, the capital city. For two bat. But Colonel Bogle, a petroleum en- "It's a long story. Captain, but briefly, years I had been slogging my way as an gineer for the Southern Pacific Railroad Japanese Prison Camp No. 3 (Old Bili- infantryman through the jungles of the South Pacific, all the way up from New Guinea, and like everyone else in the

invading American forces, I was anxious

to get it over with and rejoin my family in the States. But destiny had other plans for me. Everywhere we looked there was de-

struction, but it was beautiful to behold — for General MacArthur had made good his famous slogan that every Fili- pino buffalo driver and rice farmer lived but to hear — "I have returned!" We did

not know it then, but the three dynamic

words, "'I shall return," plus faith in God, were all that kept alive nearly 9,000 American and Allied Nationals who were barely existing in Old Bilibid and Santo Tomas, two grim and dreary Japanese prisons in the heart of Manila. Old Bilibid, the smaller of the two, had been an old Spanish fortress, complete with dungeons, chains and six-foot- thick walls. It held 479 prisoners, who were first interned at old Camp John Hay at Baguio in the Luzon mountains for nearly three years and then transferred in trucks to Manila when Ameri- can invasion threatened in December, 1944. Santo Tomas, about a mile away, was the oldest and best known university in the Far East prior to World War Liberation at last for obviously happy Western civilians who were incarcerated in Old Bilibid throughout the war. Here, Brig. Gen. Fellers, MacArthur's secretary, greets II. It had been founded by Dominican A. C. Skerl, British geologist and one of the 479 prisoners, at the time of the rescue. priests in the early 17th century. Santo Tomas held about 8,500 internees at the time of the liberation. Many

of these lived outdoors within the en- in peacetime, soon made it known he bid) has just been liberated and we need ." closure, in nipa shacks (crude open air had other plans for me. someone to take over. . . huts with palm-thatched roofs). Gener- Early on the morning after our ar- Appalled at the suggestion, I protested

al MacArthur knew about the two pris- rival, the Colonel walked into my tem- vehemently that I knew nothing about ons and was greatly concerned for the porary billet, established in one of the running a prison. The Colonel was firm. safety of their inmates. Upon reaching few buildings left standing in Manila, "You'd better start learning," he said, Manila, his first order was to liberate and and snapped an order at me. as we strode along through the chaos of repatriate the prisoners. ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE WILSON a dying city. Bogle, a bantam-sized en-

20 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 BiLiBiD Prisoners

The Bilibid guards left hurriedly when the tanks proved to be American.

gineer graduate of Texas A. & M.. was our artillery was trying to blast down its

a man of few words. thick walls with 240-mm shells. I was After walking several blocks, we came scared stiff — but not at the sounds of

to a large stone edifice in the center of battle. It was my newly acquired and the city. Dingy looking, with massive unsolicited assignment as the first Amer-

gray walls, it reminded me of a medieval ican Commander of this famous and for- castle without the moat. bidding old prison that terrified me.

"This is it," Colonel Bogle said, some- Inside Bilibid, we went to the rear of

what ironically. "Old Bilibid itself. . . the prison, walking along dark corridors As wc entered the front gate. Bogle con- and passing several compounds to get

tinued to brief me. "Yes. this is Old Bili- there. Here we viewed a small three- bid, and within these walls are 479 story, dilapidated building with no roof. American and Allied Nationals whose The roof had been blown away by shell

only crime is that of being citizens of a fire. This was Prison Camp No. 3 and

country at war . . . your job will be to in this wrecked building were the intern- feed, clothe, rehabilitate and then repa- ees. They had been prisoners for nearly triate these people." 40 months, and were now mostly skin,

The Colonel told me that there were bones and rags. I recoiled at the sight

1 19 children in Bilibid . . .that all the and was almost overcome. Then a great gas, water and electricity had been cut surge of pity and admiration for these

off . . . that there was almost no food thin, ragged people engulfed me. I had

and nothing to cook it with. As the been baptised in the Quaker faith and Colonel spoke, his words were punctu- had dedicated my life to the service of

ated by the sounds of artillery fire and humanity. In a flash, I knew the reason shells shrieking overhead. The battle for why I was here. God had called me to With war raging, the prisoners weren't the old walled city of Manila was raging this assignment, and I lonvred to tackle it. yet free, and we air-dropped supplies. a mile away across the Pasig River and (Conliniicd on pn^^e 48)

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 21 en of Muscle

Championship form doesn't always mean a perfect body in the sports world.

By DUANE DECKER sport who came his way turned out to be physical misfits with their clothes off. THE KID SAT UNNOTICED among the Why? Because the superstar became a Army inductees until they were all champ by overusing one or more mem-

told to strip for the physical check- bers of his body. Some superstars did it up. Then the examining doctor's face inadvertently, some did it deliberately. revealed awe as he went over the kid's You doubt it? well-proportioned body. "What sport do On the inadvertent, or accidental side you star in, son?" he asked. there is the case of Whitey Ford, the 'None, doc," the kid replied, i swim $50,000-per-year pride of the New York a little, walk a lot, bowl fairly regularly Yankees. It's no secret to his teammates in the 1 50's and shoot weekend golf in that Whitey became an offbeat physical the high 90's." specimen during the years that it took "But those muscles, that deep chest..." him to become the renowned pitcher that

The kid shrugged. "Down at the Y' he is today.

I fool around with the bar bells once in a When Whitey first turned pro and re- while. But I'm no good at any sport at ported to the Class C Butler, Pa., Yan- all." kees some 15 years ago, he was a com- Still, this duffer had produced the kind pletely symmetrical 5-foot 10-inch tow- of symmetrical, well-rounded body that headed exhibit of young American man- all men want. The doctor understood. hood. Today, roughly 30,000 pitches It was almost axiomatic with him that later, such complete Ford symmetry no the superstars of the wonderful world of longer exists.

Top karate man Mas Oyama splits bricks barehanded in this high speed photo. 1

"I'm reminded of it," he admits, "when I go to have a suit made, or have a physical exam by a doctor."

The fact is, Ford's left arm is now almost a full inch shorter than his right one. Not only that, but — as doctors

always mention — his left shoulder is a puffed-up version of his normal right one. Furthermore, his left hand would defy detection by fingerprint specialists of a homicide squad, in that those tips have been glazed to smoothness, the natural whorls erased by endless trips to the resin bag. And finally, this superstar has a bony lump as big as a marble on the inside edge of his left elbow, the result Ethiopian Olympic marathoner Abebe Champion bowler Don Carter has fame of countless curves thrown at American Biklla tra ins and races barefooted. and fortune along with a brawny right arm. League sluggers down through the long

22 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 years. Carl Hubbell, the New York legs that are spectacular in comparison Giants' greatest southpaw of all time, to those of the average man's — legs that ended his career with his left arm twisted are able to power a lightweight (17 far out of the normal shape of his right pound) aluminum racing bike at a speed arm from throwing his specialty — the of 30 miles per hour for hours on end — screwball. and 40 miles per hour in a sprint. No Not that baseball players hold a fran- living cyclist can match his speed, sta- chise in the department of accidental mina and audacity. But he has more body development. In bowling, two of the physical look of a spasmodic week- the top money stars reveal physical dis- end sports duffer than the true champion proportions derived from their overin- he is. Then take football - the pro variety. Bobby Layne, who has had a long and honorable quarterbacking career with the Detroit Lions and the Pittsburgh Steel- ers, said in a story in the Saturday Eve- ning Post: "Although my best playing

weight is around 200 pounds, there have been many times when I've had trouble keeping my belly inside my belt. Most of our good pro linemen have a distinct puffiness around their waists. But make

no mistake about it, we need that pudding in our line. It's a long hard season

and if you come into it drawn lean and svelte to look at, like a thoroughbred horse, you're going to wear out — but fast. I don't sleep much, either, during

the season. Five to seven hours does it.

Because if I go to bed early, I get up

early and it gives me more time to think

Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford has slick Jumping Jerry West, long-boned and fingertips along with baseball honors. flat-muscled, goes up for the basket.

dulgence of many years in one sport. Ace Don Carter has one arm that is longer and more fully muscled than the other — in his case, the right arm. And Lou Campi, who has gained almost as much fame and money as Carter in the bowling world, has overdeveloped muscles in his back as well as his right arm. In both cases, these physical develop- ments are out of proportion to the rest of their bodies. Perhaps the most noticeable super- development of a single aspect of the body belongs to champion bicyclist Rik Van Looy of Belgium, better known in racing circles as "The Emperor." So tax-

ing on the human body is the sport of Pole vaulter Don Bragg's massive arms road racing that few champs enjoy more and shoulders whip him over the bar. than a two- or three-year reign. But Van Looy has been supreme for 12 years. about the game than I should. The night Even now, pushing 30, when most cyc- before our championship game against lists are considered washed up, the Em- Cleveland in 1954, Coach Buddy Parker

peror is at his peak. He's already won asked us all to be in bed by 10 p.m. We 328 races, more than any other cyclist in were. And we got beat 56-10. I do my the world. But he has paid for his $150,- share of drinking and staying out late 000 salary per year, for his $100,000 because I want to avoid thinking about that game coming up. Our linemen are home in the town of Herentals, and for New Zealand's Peter Snell is a top overdeveloped through the waist, our the financial gravy that pours in from miler even though he doesn't look it. the use of his narrow, haughty face on place-kickers, in due time, are over- billboards and posters scattered over during the road racing grind. He's turned developed in the size of the foot — espe- Europe to sell everything from beer to into a man with a chest in which bones cially the toe. Lou (The Toe) Groza was razor blades. How has he paid? Through are visible and whose shoulders and arms a prime example of that particular freak- the accidental incongruities that have are unimpressively normal. In startling ish development." developed in his body from years of en- contrast, he has massive, muscle-knotted (Continued on page 38)

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 23 ApplYing for College A Legion Guide for 10th and 11th Graders and Their Parents

(Condensed from the leaflet "A guide for ELEVEN STEPS TO YOUR FUTURE catalogue of your chosen school will tell Parents and Students" available in bulk for distribution to schools and homes at $5 per 1 . Choose your vocation as early as pos- you what courses you should take. Your thousand from American Legion Americanism sible. The sophomore year of high school high school counselor will help you. Commission, Dep't MP, PO Box 105.5, Indian- apolis 6, Ind.) is not too early to start planning for your future. Get some experiences in the vari- 5. Learn to study. Your teachers can INTRODUCTION ous occupations. Talk to adults who are help you learn good study habits for There's plenty of opportunity for well- actually working in the field of your in- various subjects. Work hard to improve trained people, but things are getting terest. You will find that most adults and your studv habits. You'll be glad you tougher for poorly trained people. High firms welcome your questions and want did. school sophomores and juniors should be to help you. planning their training beyond high 6. Make good grades. Grades of "B" or school now. The senior year is late for 2. If you have no idea ivliat yuu ivant to better are called "recommended" grades. informing yourself. These words are he, plan to take a liberal arts college edu- You must have recommended grades to offered as a basic guide for 10th and cation (general higher education) until be eligible for most scholarships. Good 11th graders and their parents to con- such time as you know more definitely grades are important. If you are not get- sider riglit note. what road you will want to follow. Do ting recommended grades, talk to your not postpone informing yourself about teacher about your difficulty. CAREERS AND SCHOLARSHIPS higher education simply because you The American Legion's booklet. Need a aren't yet sure where you're going. 7. Become a well-rounded individual. Lift? (.see "publications" in center box) Develop hobbies and participate in lists sources of information on training 3. Select your college or vocational school, community, and church activi- for many careers — on courses to study, school. Investigate the schools which ties. Broaden your fields of interest and where to study, job opportunities, pay, offer training in the field of your choice. experience. etc., for different careers. Need a Lift? Talk to people who have attended these also lists sources of man>' scholarships. institutions if possible. Find out the cost 8. Keep informed on scholarships. Many Thousands more are also available, some of your proposed course and what schol- local scholarships are available. Watch perhaps in >'our own community. Publi- arships the school you selected offers. for announcements on school bulletin cations listing more scholarship.s are also ( See Need a Lift? page 2) boards, in school and local papers. Ask named in Need a Lift? your parents if organizations to which After you've selected your prospective 4. Plan your high school program. Cer- they belong offer scholarships. Check course of study and the college you want tain courses are required for entrance to other sources in your public library. to attend, write to the Admissions Officer college. This is one reason why it is very of that college to ask about the admis- important to start planning note. The 9. Learn about scholarship require- sion requirements and the possibility of ments. You will have to take some tests scholarship. The U.S. Office of Educa- for most scholarships. The College En- tion polled 1,677 institutions and found PUBLICATIONS trance Examination Board (CEEB) runs that they had 287,589 scholarships "Need a Lift?", an annually revised 100 page handbook. By The American Legion's the main tests all over the country. worth more than $98 million. Education and Scholarship Division. Helps students, parents, and counselors get cur- NO SCHOLARSHIP? rent info on careers and scholarships. The 10. Prepare for scholarship application American Legion Americanism Commis- early. references, transcripts, and Don't give on financial grounds if Get up sion. Dep't ML, P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis other material in order long before the you don't get a scholarship. Most col- 6. Indiana (25c) leges have loan funds, and some organ- "Financial Assistance for College Students, deadline. Obtain scholarship application Undergraduate." Lists scholarships, student before izations also make student loans. Usually blanks by December 1 of the year job opportunities and loans available at expect to start college. the interest on student loans is low or colleges and universities in each state. you Compiled by the U.S. Office of Education there's none at all, and repayment isn't as Bulletin 1962, No. 11. U.S. Government 1 1 . Ask questions. If you have any ques- required until after graduation. It's said Printing Office, Washington 25, D.C. ($1.25) tions or problems, seek advice. Counsel- that a man is a fool not to bet on himself. "How to Study." A booklet to help high school students develop effective You're betting on yourself when you bor- study ors, teachers, and your parents will be habits. American Guidance Service, Inc., glad you asked them. They won't make row to go to college. 720 Washington Ave., S.E., Minneapolis 14, for — that is your re- There are also many opportunities for Minn. (75f-) your decisions you "How About College?" For parents of col- sponsibility. part-time jobs at college, and most college-bound students, by American School leges have employment offices to get Counselor Assn. A division of the Amer- jobs for students. You shouldn't work ican Personnel and Guidance Assn., 1605 THE MAIN AUTHORITIES New Hampshire Avenue, N.W., Washington during your first year if you can help it, College entrance is controlled and 9. D C. (30c ) as you may need to spend full time on "How to be Accepted by the College of guided chiefly by ( I ) the Admissions Your Choice" By Benjamin Fine. Published your studies. Some 341,000 college stu- Officers of the colleges and (2) by the by Popular Library, 355 Lexington Ave- dents are earning $98/2 million in part nue. New York 17, New York (75c) College Entrance Examination Board time jobs. "The Cost of Four Years of College." Costs (CEEB). of tuition, fees, board and room at most If you really want to go to college you The CEEB administers qualifying ex- colleges in the U.S. and Canada. New York can do it. Early planning and early ad- Life Insurance Co., Career Information aminations for many but not all colleges vice from qualified people and sources Service, Box 51, Madison Square Station. and universities throughout the country, New York 10, N.Y. (free) of information are all-important. (Continued on page 32)

24 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 " ' ,

VETERANS NEWSLETTERAPRIL 1963

A DIGEST OF EVENTS WHICH ARE OF PERSONAL INTEREST TO YOU

WILLIAM McINTYRE DIESt MET a surprise rule in the House, the gimmick 150,000 DEAD OF WW2 AND KOREA was sprung and worked within a matter of IN NEW YORK HARBOR AND CITYt hours . . . Later, members of the Congress New York Legionnaire William Mclntyre explained that in supporting the died in New York City on March 1 , at 75 . . . emasculation of the bill "they hadn' t heard

. For 9 years, from 1947 to 1956, Mclntyre met from Legionnaires on the sub j ect . . . every train, plane and shi p bearing WW2 and Under the machinery being established, if Korea war dead to New York, on behalf of the every Post plays its part promptly, the Legion' s Graves Registration and Memorial Legion could be prepared to turn loose 50 or

Committee . . . Whenever asked by next-of-kin, 60 thousand telegrams and phone calls if he initiated steps for a military funeral ever again a reasonable bill for veterans by the Legion Post in the town of burial . . . should be a target for such behind-the- He represented the Legion in 605 memorial scenes torpedoing ... On page 2 of this issue ceremonies, and wrote approximately 10 , OOP Nat'l Commander Powers notes that all over letters of assistance to next-of-kin ... He the country Legionnaires have told him that met 86 ships and 519 trains bearing about they are "tired of seeing the Legion turn

150 , 000 war-dead . . . A member of the other cheek in its battle for fair Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Post in New treatment of veterans, widows and orphans."

York City, in which firm he was a claims . . . First step is the registration with supervisor, Mclntyre was also a past your state Legion of the address and phone president of the Society of American number of the chairman of an active Post Legion Founders. legislative committee. EVERY AMERICAN LEGION POST NO MAJOR VETERANS LAWS ASKED TO FORM AN ACTIVE REGARDLESS OF THEIR MERITS? LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEEi At a press conference in February, Rep. Every Post of The American Legion has Olin E. league stated that in view of the been asked to form an active legislative prospective federal budget there was very committee, and to file with its state little chance of any maj or veterans headquarters the name , address and phone legislation being enacted in this session number of the chairman of the committee . . . of Congress . . . Mr. Teague is chairman of

If your Post has not done so, committees are the House Veterans Affairs Committee . . . usually named by the authority of the Post The 1963 proposed federal budget is the Commander, and this urgent appointment largest in history. should not be delayed even until the next Following Rep. Teague 's press release,

Post meeting . . . The purpose of the American Legion National Commander James legislative committee is to bring every E. Powers wrote personally to Congressional Post into an effective battle to secure leaders requesting that, like other passage, this year, of important bills — proposed laws^ veterans bills be considered some of which have made no progress in on their merits without being prejudiced in

Congress over a period of many years . . . advance by general considerations. Post legislative committee chairmen, SILENT NEEDS? registered with their state headquarters, ARE YOU ON TOUR may expect to be the last link in a fast- Rep. league's press release (see above action nationwide team to provide broad item) is a grim warning to you if you happen support of Legion bills on a day's notice, to be a veteran or veteran' s widow badly in or even less . . . Such timing is the crux of need of improved pension or compensation. legislative work . . . Last August, when the ... As National Commander Powers pointed rug was yanked out from under the proposal out to Congressional leaders, it appears to reopen NSLI insurance for a year under that your plight may be dismissed out of

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAG^^INE • APR'L 1963 25 , . . . .

general considerations without much regard in 1960, eliminated that requirement . . . for the merits of your case, if the budget The present conditions for WW2 and Korea in general is to be cited as a final reason widows' VA pensions were noted in our last

for bypassing your needs . . . Your own member (March, 1963) issue. of the House of Representatives is your representative in the House, and you owe it LEGION-SUPPORTED BILLS to yourself to let him know of your plight if OF GENERAL INTEREST IDENTIFIED: you are desperately in need of the reforms Of the numerous bills in Congress

which the Legion proposes in VA benefits . . . initiated by, or supported by. The American You need no call from the Legion to act if Legion, we herewith identify some of most you, personally, are one of the people in general interest.

need of relief . . . Write today — and if no 1. To reform vets pension laws as relief is forthcoming in reasonable time, described in our March issue. HR1927. write again . . . Tell your Representative Introduced by Rep. Libonati (111.). the truth about your situation and tell him 2. To reopen WW2 and Korea vets life plainly ... As you are one of his insurance for a year. HR2124. Introduced

constituents, he should be interested in by Rep. Cleveland (N.H.) . HR2136. Introduced the merits of your case. by Rep. Halpern (N.Y.). HR3503. Introduced

by Rep. Dulski (N.Y. ) MOVE TO SINK HOUSE COMMITTEE 3. To liberalize VA burial benefits. ON UNAMERICAN ACTIVITIES SUNK: Two bills on different aspects — HR2133 and In late February, the House of Represen- HR2134. Introduced by Rep. Haley (Fla.). tatives rejected the move to emasculate the 4. To provide a modified permanent plan House Committee on UnAmerican Activities of insurance for NSLI term policyholders. by undercutting its budget . . . The foes of the HR2137. Introduced by Rep. Halpern (N.Y.). Committee got 20 votes. 5. To compensate war-disabilities in proportion to the degree of disability, and 1963 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ALMANAC to provide a dependents allowance for war- IS OFF THE PRESSES: disabled vets less than 50% disabled. The 1963 edition of the Federal HR2583. Introduced by Rep. Fino (N.Y.). Employees Almanac compiled by Joseph 6. To create a youth conservation corps. Young, Washington Star columnist of U.S. HR1890, introduced by Rep. Perkins (Ky.) Civil Service, is off the presses ... A in the House and SI, introduced by Sen. valuable tome for all Federal employees, Humphrey (Minn.) in the Senate. its hundreds of items include: 7. To extend protection of the U.S. Complete gov' t and postal take-home pay Constitution to personnel serving the United tables, including deductions . , , Sections States overseas. House Joint Res. 16. on Civil Service retirement benefits, annual Introduced by Rep. Bow (Ohio) and sick leave, health and life insurance. 8. To amend the Constitution to prevent Social Security, Veterans Preference, treaties and international agreements veterans' benefits, unemployment from becoming domestic law if otherwise compensation benefits, injury benefits, unconstitutional. House Joint Res. 5 and 18, key Congressional committtees, appeals and introduced by Reps. Alger (Texas) and Bow grievance procedures. (Ohio) Price: $1, from Federal Employees' 9. To prevent an act of Congress from News Digest, P.O. Box 689, Washington 4, D.C. preempting a field of legislation from the states unless so stated in each bill. S3. VA THINKS SOME WW2 AND KOREA Introduced by Sen. McClellan (Ark.) and WIDOWS UNAWARE OF PENSION RIGHTS: others Veterans Administration officals 10. To establish an autonomous civilian believe that some widows of WW2 and Korea board to review discreditable separations vets are unaware that since 1960 they could from the Armed Forces. HR3088. Introduced become eligible for veterans' widows' by Rep. Huddleston (Ala.). pensions almost purely on the basis of 11. To increase a veteran's widow's limited income . . . Prior to 1960 it was dependency and indemnity compensation by required that the deceased WW2 or Korea vet $25 for each minor child. Introduced by must have had a service-connected Rep. Dulski (N.Y.) disability . . . One of the better aspects of Additional bills will be identified in Public Law 86-211, v;hich became effective future issues.

26 THE AMER'CAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS APRIL 1963-

tent Legionnaires out to chat with the American Legion Marks April public health nurse; the social ser\ ice staffs; the Boy and Girl Scout leaders;

the heads of children's homes, if any; As Annual Child Welfare Month the police; school authorities; clnuch leaders; the Boys Club, if any; the re- Closed out 1962 With $7,000,000 spent seeking creation department, etc. talk about the town's children "Square Deal for Every Child;" Most of total effort Just and their needs, and see if things don't on local scene; Community survey of children's come to mind that an organization like needs proposed for Posts and Auxiliary Units. your Post might be able to do to help toward making "A Square Deal for April is observed as Child Welfare servances of Child Welfare Month were Every Child." Month in The American Legion (not published. We don't think we could predict what that every month isn't). The Post that But you can do better, because onlv you'd find, or tell you what you might takes such observances seriously realizes, you are on the spot in your town. do. We think every Post would fall upon that the purpose of a special "month" is The time-tested Legion Child Welfare priceless knowledge for an organization to draw unusual attention to a program. motto is "A Square Deal for Every like the Legion, that might be different The purpose of that is to keep progress Child." Are all children in your town in every community. going and prevent falling into a routine getting a square deal? If you have ever heard of the enor- of dutiful activity that could become an- So long as there are broken homes, mous achievement of the Legion in tiquated and formalized. April is a illnesses, unemployment, every town has Child Welfare over the last 38 years, month to look at what your Post has its children who are innocent victims of you miglit have a notion that some- been doing in the past and compare it circumstances beyond their control. where there is a huge marble building to what the needs of the children in your Then, too, there are children who are covering a couple of city blocks, staffed community are this year — 1963. They in no sense innocent victims of circum- b>' hundreds of busy Legion professional may be the same as last year or ten years stances, but who long for opportunities Child Welfare workers. ago. But maybe not, and you ha\e to to do things that onh' adult leadership It's ha;d to imagine anything else take a fresh look to see. can provide them. Lacking the leader- when you read official reports that the

April is the spot on the calendar to ship, they waste their time, though the\- Legion soent $7,()()0,000 last year on suggest a fresh look every year. have ambition to fill it better. Child Welfare alone. We can even tell In fitting a Child Welfare program to Again, there are children in institu- you that the idea of several hundred your community, nobody on a higher tions who are perfectly well cared for — workers is a piker figure. As a matter level in the Legion is better qualified except for intimate friendship, atten- of fact the Legion has 50,000 Child to lead than you are in your own Post. tion, and imaginati\'e entertainment Welfare workers. But there is no such

The national organization of the Legion, which it is almost impo.ssible for the marble building anywhere. Almost the especially its Child Welfare Commis- staffs of institutions to provide — the\' whole $7,()(K),()()() in 1962 was spent by sion, turns out all kinds of suggestions. being in the position of Old Mother indi\ idual Posts and Au.xiliary Units.

In the March issue of the publication Hubbard. The 50, ()()() workers are the largest vol- Advance, which goes to all Post Com- We can think nothing better for your unteer Child Welfare army in the world manders, many suggestions for Post ob- Post to do in April than to send compe- — almost all of them the working Child

VISIBLE EVIDENCE OF COMMANDER POWERS' REPORT

"There's a new life in the Legion," Nat'! Cmdr James E. Powers reports on page 2 of this issue. At right is a throng of 700 gathering in Detroit. Here are "mob scenes" at two of the 22 regional meetings he reports on, many of them held in Mich. 81,511 membership Increase by mid- spite of howling blizzards. Above Is a "blizzard" meeting attended by 400 at Fargo, N. Dak. February matched visible enthusiasm

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APR'L 1963 27 .

Child Welfare (Continued) 44 Employers honored by Legion in 1962 Welfare committeemen and committee- For Hiring Handicapped and Older Workers women of Posts and Units. Forty-four employers received The American Legion program in this Na- capped and older veterans stimulated tional American citations field, as the National Child Welfare Legion for em- the granting of the annual citations. ployment practices in 1962. Twenty-two The handicapped award is usually (commission notes, is "a Post and com- were cited for their practices in hiring in connection with annual Employ munity centered program. It's primary made the handicapped, and twenty-two for the Handicapped (first full week interest is in the children in your town." Week their practices in hiring As a matter of fact, the National older workers. in October), and represents part of the In each case the National award Legion's participation in the programs of Child Welfare staff is made up of two was the professionals and three secretaries, who made on recommendation of a State the President's Committee on Employ- or other occupy one office in the Indianapolis Department organization of the ment of the Handicapped. riead(juarters. They are Randel Shake, Legion. Each Department of the Legion The older worker award is usually Director, Fred Kuszmaul, Assistant Di- is empowered to nominate one employer made in conjunction with the Legion's rector and Mildred Kaeser, Grace Hall a \'ear for the National hiring-the-handi- Hire the Older Worker Week (first full and Lee Fitch, secretaries. capped award, and one employer for the week in May) All the rest of the 50,000 army are National hiring-the-older-worker cita- Among those receiving awards in volunteers, with their own private car- tion. 1962 were commercial firms, govern- eers, who serve the Legion program as Awards are made by the Legion's Na- ment agencies and individuals. tional in- is list all receiv- a labor of love. At the top is the National Economic Commission, whose Below a of employers Child Welfare Commission with a dedi- timacy with the job problems of handi- ing the national awards in 1962: cated working physician of El Dorado, Arkansas, as Chairman — Dr. Garland Cited for eniploijment Cited for emphn/ment Murphy, Jr. N'ice Chairman is Eugene State of the handicapped of older workers Lindquist, of Clarissa, Minnesota. ALABAMA none none The Commission E.\ecutive Section ALASKA Alaska Coastal-Ellis Air- has six other members: Dr. Jack Klein, lini's, Jinioau none Tucson, Ariz.; Laurence E. Carlson, ARIZONA Moil's SIiop, Pre.scott Argus Security Patrol, Tuc- Maple Plain, Minn.; Joseph Lacey, son Stockton, Calif.; David Addy, Detroit, ARKANSAS W. Slianlioiise Sons, Inc., U.S. Cage and Tool Corp., Mich.; Jacob Friedman, Brooklyn, N.Y. Ma<^n()iia Hot Springs and Dalton (Jomeaux, Opelousas, La. CALIFORNIA In addition there is a national 4-mem- COLORADO none none ber Ad\'isory Board. The country is then r r II T -\ 1 , J—1 XT (,()NNL,(. 1 1(A' 1 Belding Hemingway Co., Zell Products Corp., Nor- divided into five Legion Child Welfare Pi 1 1 iti m vvalk areas, with area chairmen, vice-chair-

V^f' ff »r :i 11 v; ni i i < t r :i t i I J T-^^l^;^'ol^^'^^ Wiliiiitiofton DELAWARE An n n n V.^ . ^ . X If 1 1 IV. I- >t 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 l/ll men and general members of the Com- Hospital, Wilmington mission. Altogether 50 Legionnaires none none serve on the New England, Middle At- lantic, Southern, Midwestern and West- FLORIDA McKiii T. Dixon, Director, none IDep't Veterans Af- ern area divisions of the national Child State of Welfare Commission. fairs, St. Potersburg CEORCIA none none From there, the 5(),()()()-man army fans out into unpaid Child Welfare HAWAII Industrial Welding Co., none Committees of the 58 American Legion I lonolulii and Auxiliary State and other Depart- IDAHO none none ment organizations; the Child Welfare ILLINOIS Naval Ordnance Plant, Ceneral Research and Se- Committees of the Districts and Coun- Forest Park curity Co., Joliet ties; and finally, the greatest division of INDIANA none Amolt Corp., Indianapolis the whole force, the Child Welfare com- IOWA none none mittees of the 30,000 Posts and Aux- KANSAS Midwest Machine Works, Henry Mamifacturing Co., iliary Units. Topeka Topeka

The bulk of the annual work is done KENTUCKY none none by the combined work of the Districts, LOUISIANA Siiell's Limbs & Braces, Inc., Abdalla's Furniture Store, Counties, Posts and Units, and it is Baton Rouge Opelousas plain to see that the skeleton stafi' in .MAINE Fisher Engineering, Rock- none National Hq could never have scratched land the surface. The staff and Commission MARYLAND Social Security Administra- none job at the top level has scarcely been tion, Bureau of Old Age done with children directly at all. It and Sur\i\()rs Insurance — has been chiefly a job of "setting the Victor Cliristgau, Director pace in child welfare through support MASSACHUSE'l'l'S none L. S. Starrett Tool Co., of sound state and national laws." And Athol that's a big story by itself. MICHIGAN none J. W. Knapp, Co., Lansing If Legion Child Welfare will do any- NHNNESOTA none none thing directly in yom- community this MISSISSIPPI Murray En\ elope Corp., none

year, your Post and Unit will do it. Inc., Hattiesburg

28 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 Cited for emploi/ment Cited for cmploijment M. L. Lyckholm retired as Adjutant of state of the h(indic(ip]}ciJ of (Adcr workers The American Legion Dcp't of Colora- MISSOURI none I'arker-McCrory Co., Kan- do. He is replaced by Leland L. Day, sas City former Dep't Service Officer.

.Mi Ji\ 1 Ai\ A Trcthcway s Music Bo\. i \ i 1 1 g s t o n Community Biittc Hospital, Livingston Maurice T. Webb (Ga.) named Assist- NEBRASKA none none ant Director of the Legion's Nat'l Amer- NEVADA none .Administrative Officers of icanism Division. Clark County, Las Vegas NEW HAMPSHIRE none none

NEW JERSEY Eclipse - Pioneer Di\ ision, none Omar J. McMackin, Illinois' Nat'l Ex-

Tlie Bendix Corporation, ecutive Committeeman in 1 960-61. Teterboro NEW MEXICO none School Safety Division of Roy C. Haines (Maine), Chmn of the the Alhufiuerf|ue Police De- Committee on Constitution at the St. partment L()!iis Caucus to found The American none none Legion in 1919. VOBTTJr r^AIJOT TV A Star-News Newspaper, Inc.. Continental Furniture Co., Wilmington High Point Sherman W. Child (Minn.), (llinin of Mr^TJTTJ A frf^T A .\lJn 1 Jl JJAMJIA none none the Legion's Nat'l Child Welfare Com- OHIO Multi-Color Type Co.. Cin- Monarch Marking System mission from 1927 to 1930. cinnati Co.. Dayton OKLAHOMA none none Floyd H. Crabtree, Past Dep't Cmdr of ORECON Idaho Canning Co., Ny.ssa Grants Pass Moulding Co., Nevada (1947).

I .rants rass PENNSYLVANIA none C. D. Kaier Co., Mahanoy Abe Abramson, Past Dep't Cmdr of City North Dakota (1945-46). 00/^1^17 TCT A rlnvJUt, IJjJLAJNUMT^ Sherman screw Co., rro\'i- Fram Corporation, East dence Providence Max Wyman, Past Dep't Cmdr of Kan- none none sas (1940-41). SOUTH DAKOTA Homcstake Mining Co., Brown & Saenger, Inc., T 1 Lead sioii.x rails TENNESSEE none none T'TT'V A C 1 EXAS Mecliamc s Unitorm Supply ( .eneral Electric Co., 1 yler

UTAH none Utah State Tuberculosis Hospital, Ogden VERMONT none none VIRC.INIA1 TTTI T KTT A none none WASHINCTON none none WEST VIRGINIA Minnesota Mining and none Manufacturing Co., Mar- tinsburg WISCONSIN none none WYOMING none none

nn^H^|f3nRH Herbert jacobi, named Alternate Nat 1 PEOPLE IN J. lAU^HMBaAi^l F,vpeiiti\'e C(^n'iniitteeman of the Lecinn Dep't of the District of Columbia. Past Nat'l Cmdr Paul Griffith (1947-

48 ) named president of Anns of Friend- B. Pitkin former Man- ship, Inc. an international goodwill Robert (N.J.), Scout official Albert Sparrow gets Scouting Editor, Editor of The calendars from Don Smith, Cmdr. of Post 174, organization in Philadelphia. aging named American Leg/on Magazine, succeeding Baltimore, Md. Scouts distributed 13,500 of the calendars in the greater Baltimore area. Keeley, resigned. Granville S. Ridley, Chmn of the Joseph C. Legion's Nat'l Security Training Com- mittee, appointed to a 2-year term as John S. Mears and Robert F. (Sam) FILMS FOR POST MEETING. The Civilian Aide for the State of Tennessee. Murphy, named Assistant Directors of Nat'l Football League film of the Pack- The American Legion Nat'l Legislative ers-Ciants championship 1962 game is Past Nat'l Cmdr Henry L. Stevens Di\ ision. available for showing at meetings, with- (1931-32) sworn in as an emergency out charge. A 30 mimitc show, in 16 judge of the Superior Courts of North William R. Morse appointed Research mm color with sound, it may be had by from an offi- Carolina for life. Director of the Legion's Nat'l American- request on Post stationery ism Division. cer of \'our Post bv' writing: Del Shof- Daniel W. Shaub retired as Adjutant of ner, c/o Grey Advertising, Inc., 430 The American Legion Dep't of Pennsyl- John Neubauer appointed Assistant Di- Park Ave., N.Y. 22, N.Y. Only cost is charges. State date of vania. He is succeeded by Past Nat'l rector to the Legion's Nat'l Security return shipping Vice Cmdr Edward T. Hoak. Division. showing when making request.

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 29 Flu Wrecked Hopes of U.S. All-Legion

Bobsled Team at World Meet in Austria

Nobody is sorrier than Legionnaires and one of them, Baumgartner, is a Past that the #1 U.S. International Bobsled Commander of their Post. Team didn't do too well at the 1963 Here's a look at this all-Legion U.S. World Championships at Igls, Austria, international team. this winter. Their bobsled weighs 507 lbs. empty,

All four of the men on the team are and it takes big men to move it along members of American Legion Post 447, at record speeds. These are big men. Saranac Lake, N.Y. Driver Larry McKillip, 38 and 200 lbs., Crash injuries and flu combined to spent three years with the U.S. Army put their team, as well as the #2 U.S. 10th Mountain Division ski troops, team, well back in the running as the fought in Italy and came out a corporal. Italians swept all the top places at Igls Now he's a lumber yard manager. in midwinter. Best U.S. positions were Larry started bobsledding in 1948, 7th in the four-man and 6th in the two- was National AAU 2-man champion in man events. 1951, and member of the 1956 U.S. A year earlier the all-Legion team, in Olympic Team in Cortina, Italy. He the pink of health, had smashed two won 2nd and 3rd place medals in the records in four-man runs down Mt. Van two-man field from 1956 to 1960, when Hoevenberg in New York State's Adi- he began driving the four-man sled. In rondacks. The team of Larry McKillip, 1962 his two-man and four-man crews Floyd Baumgartner, Neil Rogers and won 12 out of 13 races and Larry was Jim Lamy set a new single-heat record picked as the No. 1 two and four-man of 1 minute 8.26 seconds and a four- driver to represent the United States in heat record of 4 minutes 36.67 seconds the 1963 World Championships. on the electric eye timer. This won them The solid 210-pounder who rides be- the 1962 North American Champion- hind driver McKillip is Floyd "Mike" ship Mile Run and the top spot on the Baumgartner. Born in South Amboy, Braking to a halt U.S. international team. N.J., 41 years ago, Mike served five All four men are active Legionnaires years in the U.S. Navy during WW2 as a Machinist's Mate aboard the U.S.S. Massachusetts and the (7.S.S. Prince George. He's a Past Vice Cmdr and Past U.S. CHAMPS FROM POST 447 SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. Adjutant of Luke A. Lovely Post 62, South Amboy, N.J., and Past Cmdr of Post 447, Saranac Lake. Mike, bobsledding for six years, makes his living as a liquor salesman.

Number three man is 218-lb., 39- year-old Neil Rogers. He came out of U.S. Army Air Force duty in the Pacific during WW2 as a staff sergeant and headed right back to Saranac Lake. Nicknamed "Bob", he's been sliding since 1948 on top teams at World

Championships. Neil is a policeman in off-sliding hours. It takes a big, big man to pull the brake on nearly 1400 lbs. of speeding, loaded sled. Big man on this crew is 245-lb., brakeman Jim Lamy. Now 34, Jim saw service in 1946 as a S/2c with the U.S. Navy. He's been bobsledding since 1947 except for a slight interrup-

tion ir 1951-52 known as the Korean Conflict. He came out of Korea as a SergCcUit in the U.S. Marines. A member of both the two and four-man 1956 Olympic Bobsledding Teams, and the 1959, 1961 and 1963 World Teams,

Jim's occupation is meat salesman. And that's fortunate for both his pocketbook

Left to right: McKillip, Lamy, Baumgartner, Rogers, with their North American Championship and the team because he lists his hobby trophies. Their Post raised $750 of the $3,000 to send them to Igls, Austria. as eating.

30 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 nerals, turned the whole thing o\cr to OF MORE THAN LOCAL INTEREST its retired WWl members. Result: 35 WWl members report 3 days a month for drill, followed by a social at the Post Not being a newspaper, we cannot publish items soon as the National Aeronautics and from Posts as news. But by holding them, we find home; and as man\' as 25 of them ser\ e Administration can spare him for that many Post items show trends that are of more Space in uniform at any one military funeral, than local interest. If you submit items they will be the ceremony. Schirra's father was held for this purpose. We lack the staff to cor- as firing squad, pall-bearers and color Adjutant of Post 41 from 1931 to 35, respond with you about them, but if used, you will Green, bearers . . . Reported by Carl be notified. and was Post Commander in 1936 . . . Chicago, III. Reported by William West, Hackensack, YOUR HIGH SCHOOL junior and N.J. senior proms are not far off. The young IF WE SEEM TO fa\or news about all folks like to stay out all night, and this the things that Legionnaires do for LEGIONNAIRES OF WW2 and Korea means either trouble at home by forbid- others, the Legion can also be found vintage are not unmindful of the men ding it, or trouble in the wee hours as among those who express public thanks who created their organization and the boys and girls may try to make their for things done for them. In Detroit's opened the doors to them. As a result, own excitement for lack of it along the an increasing number of Posts are hold- quiet streets, or end up in some dive. ing special affairs to honor their WWl Last year, having the facilities. Post 104 guage groups whose members. To show the coast-to-coast ^^j3£ in Montoursville, Pa., made old and flavor of this thoughtful form of recog- young ahke happy, by turning over its nition and gratitude, we cite special ^-"^ Post home to an organized all night '"^""^^^^ affairs held recently to honor their WWl senior Prom party. It was a whiz, as 200 members held by Post 92 in Waterville, students and 20 faculty members made N.Y., and by Post 288 in Montrose, a night of it, and local businesses sent out Corktown for

Calif. . . . Reported by John Ztceiful, gifts and tokens. At sunrise. Post mem- having done far more Waterville, N.Y. and Robert Patterson, bers served breakfast to the tiring merry- Montrose, Calif. makers. Next day, the Post was saluted Msgr. Kern ]iere to make their by parents, faculty and students for lives easier. Recentl)', for his good THE AVERAGE AGE of WWl vet- showing "community service in a new works, he received an American Legion erans is new almost 70, but anyone who role." . . . Reported by Donald Stone, Award of Merit. The Legionnaires who wants to kiss them off politely by kid- Montoursville, Pa. gave him this public recogniti<;n were ding them that they are in their "golden the members of Mexican-American Post WHEN ASTRONAUT Walter Schirra years" or patting them on the back while 505, in Detroit. That Post's Judge Advo- applied for membership in Oradell muttering "senior citizen" should take a cate and Service Officer, Alberto Pulido, (N.J.) Post 41 in January, his member- tip from Square Post 232 in Chicago. well recalls that as an itinerant beet ship put Post Commander Robert Parker WWl Legionnaires who are retired picker from Mexico in Michigan before over his 1963 membership quota by ex- have time to do things. Post 232, after \VW2 he was a beneficiar\ of Msgr. actly one. In view of Schirra's accom- several years of onh being able to get Kern's good works. Todax Pulido is a plishments, Post 41 voted to award a three or four members to turn out to college graduate and a Wayne County life membership to its new member as render military honors at \eterans fu- Roads Commission appraiser . . . From report of Alberto Pulido, Detroit, Mich.

GIVING SPECIAL EQUIPMENT to hospitals is a real life-sa\ing mission which many Legion units carry out at considerable expense to themselves, as a part of the dedication of the Legion to community service. The photo on this page shows a respirator which Post 157, Brooklyn, N.Y. recently ga\e to the Brooklyn VA Hospital. Within the year. Post 129, Minne- apolis, Minn., has given two resucitators to Minneapolis General Hospital at a cost of $774; Post 17. New Sm\rna Beach, Fla., gave a $200 set of orthopedic tools to its Fish Memorial Hospital (in gratitude for care given Post Com- mander Herb Zeigler after a hit-run accident); and Auxiliary Unit 854, Valley Stream, N.Y. raised a fund to buy a cardiac pacemaker for Mineola's Nassau Hospital (after members read how these battery-operated devices kept

two women's hearts going) . . . From Reports of Harry House (Brooklyn, N.Y.}; James G. Brown (Minneapolis, (Continued on next page)

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 31 Of More Than Local Interest 3. France, Delaware, District of Col- APPLYING FOR COLLEGE (Continued from previous page) umbia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, at (Continued from page 24) Minn.); Herb Zeigler (New Smyrna Washington, D.C. and for many but not all organizations Beacli, Fla.) and Edward R. Shiehler, 4. Mrginia, West Virginia, North that offer scholarships. Nassau Hospital, Mineola, N.Y. Carolina and Tennessee, at Clarksville, CEEB tests include: (1) scholastic Tenn. outstanding aptitude tests; (2) English composition MANY POSTS ALSO do 5. Alabama, Florida, Georgia and tests; (3) achievement tests in science, jobs in making reading material avail- South Carolina, at Albany, Ga. social studies, able for purposes. recent mathematics, languages, many Among 6. Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi on our desk, consider 3,518 and spatial relations. examples and Texas, at Jackson, Miss. volumes acquired by Post 1711, Levit- Each college and each organization 7. Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and granting scholarships tou'n, N.Y. They are for the library determines which Michigan, at Indianapolis, Ind. project of nearby Kings Park State Hos- students shall be admitted or receive 8. Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Okla- scholarships. In making these decisions pital for its emotionally disturbed chil- homa, at St. Louis, Mo. use the results of tests, to- dren, and were collected in cooperation they these 9. Minnesota, North Dakota, South gether other information witli other Nassau County Legion posts with about the Dakota and Wisconsin, at St. Paul, applicant, such as his school grades, and two school districts. On top of that, Minn. the Legion posts of Nassau County are recommendations, rank in class, family 10. Colorado, Nebraska, New Mex- busy raising $2,000 for the hospital's resources, etc. ico and Wyoming, at Albuquerque, N. library furniture. (From reports Rob- of Mex. ert A. Smith, Levittown, N.Y., and Grace WHAT THE STUDENT MUST DO 11. Alaska, Idaho, Montana and Ore- Lyons, Kings Park State Hospital Li- Here are things that you as a college gon, at Moscoiv, Idaho. applicant brarian). Then there's the $1,000 raised must do yourself. 12. Arizona, California, Nevada, b\ Post 83, Bonne Terre, Mo., for the 1. Determine if the college of your Utah and Hawaii, at Reno, Net. purchase of new books in 1962 for the choice, and the scholarships you may Sectional — April 29. Bonne Terre Memorial Library . (Report seek require CEEB tests. A. Region 1, 2 and 3 winners at of Meyer Nuell, Bonne Terre, Mo.) 2. If not available from your high school Dover, Del. Post 19, Midland, Tex., exemplified counselor, send to Educational Testing B. Region 4, 5 and 6 winners at another activity in the reading field Service, Box 592, Princeton, N.J., or P.O. Elkins, West Va. when it gave 24 subscriptions to The Box 27896, Los Angeles 27, Calif., for American Legion Magazine to Texas C. Region 7, 8 and 9 winners at the bulletin of information about appli- Springfield, III. Boys Staters from Midland last year . . . cation for the College Board tests, fees, (Report of Post 19, Midland, Tex.) D. Region 10, 11 and 12 winners at advice to candidates, description of the Portland, Ore. tests, sample questions, and a list of ex- Oratorical Contest amination centers, (no charge) Legion & A Nat'l Schedule Q 3. Check carefully for dates of test and The American Legion's 1963 National Q. The $178 million spent on Child testing centers. CEEB exams are given Oratorical Contest tor high school stu- Welfare by the Legion to date comes to in Dec, Jan., Feb., March, May, and dents will come to a close at Eau Claire, about $10,000 per Post. Has each Post Aug. Students who plan to enter college Wisconsin, on Ma>' 2, as four finalists really spent that much? in Sept. should take tests in Dec, Jan., compete there for four college scholar- A. No. That covers the Legion and its Feb., or March. Students who enter col- ships ranging from $4,000 down. Each affiliates at all levels. But $10,000 is not lege in Feb. should take them in May, oration is based on the Constitution of uncommon for a Post. Thus, Post 343, Aug., or Dec. Your counselor or teacher the United States. New Castle, Pa., has raised $6,000 for its can give you the exact dates. Right now, Posts and Districts are in Retarded Children chapter alone. 4. Secure application forms from the the elimination phase, w ith about 300,- Q. Someone told me that a Legion Post CEEB (address above) and file com- 000 youngsters competing, under the helped raise 1,700 pints of blood for one pleted forms, several weeks in advance guidance of their high school speech or bo\' this winter! Is it possible! of the closing date. debating teachers, to produce state A. A Chicago youth with hemophilia champions in time for the Regional (bleeder's disease) lost an arm. After he eliminations. Last year Miss Patricia owed 1,200 pints of blood to Mt. Sinai LIFE MEMBERSHIPS Hospital, Legion in Ann Turner of Muskogee, Okla., daugh- American Post 49 The award of a life membership to a Legionnaire by his Post is ter of a B29 i^ilot who was lost in Japan Chicago became the center of a com- a testimonial by those who know him best that he in W\V2, won the top scholarship. munity drive to raise the next 500 pints. has served The American Legion well. Below are listed some of the pre- will I read that a Washington, D.C. pub- State winners go into 12 regional Q. viously unpublished life membership contests, all held on April 22. The 12 lisher used the Legion emblem on a Post awards that have been reported to the editors. They are arranged by regional winners will go into four sec- book, then had to remove it because, he States or Departments. tional contests, all held on April 29, and said, the Legion didn't like the book. Mathew L. Dolezal and Harold Howe and Emil the four sectional winners will compete True or false? J. Nelson and Leroy F. Parker (all 1962), Post 661. Ben Lomond, Calif. A. Nat'l Adjutant E. A. Blackmore or- at Eau Claire on Ma> 2. Harry N. Anderson (1962), Post 726, Los Here are the sites of the regional and dered the Legion emblem removed be- Angeies, Calif. Eugene F. Mail and Raymond G. Mann and sectional contests. cause its use infringed the Legion's Theodore D. Meserve (all 1963), Post 69, Robin- son, III. Regional — April 22. patent. It is the National Adjutant's duty Harry Klauke (1962), Post 233, Okawville, 111. 1. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont to protect the Legion emblem, which the Albert S. Wisowaty and Arthur J. Wisowaty and Edward F. Wolfe (all 1962), Post 330 Calumet and Massachusetts, at Brookline, Mass. publisher used without securing per- City. III. Carl E. Anderson and Harry W. Weisschnur 2. Connecticut, New York, New Jer- mission. The book's author disclaimed (both 1962), Post 342, St Charles, 111. sey and Rhode Island, at Wildwood, any responsibility for the publisher's Alexander J. Decaluwe and Phillip P. Decaluwe and Charles W. Duifey and Jack J. Fisher (all N.}. misstatement of the facts. 1962). Post 348, Chicago, III.

32 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 Benedict Lipinski A. and William R. Mack and 'AiiiiiiriiiiiiMiiMiiiriiMiiiiiMiniiriinitiiiiiriiiriiriiiMiMiriiiiiiniiiiitittiitiiriiiiiiit'^ 891h Chem Mortar Bn-(July) Stanley Walerski. Mack Pajor and Bruno S. Perkowski (all 1959), 811 E. Cornwall St., Philadelphia 34, Pa. Post 419. Chicago, 111. 91st Gen Hospital-(June) Dr. Lester M. Dyke, Apt Paul Fergu.son and E. B. Maliov and Henry OUTFIT REUNIONS 809, 6101 16th St., N.W., Washington 11, D.C. Read and M. M. Sondag (all 1962), Post 88, 93rd Arm'd Field Art'y Bn-(June) Harry Dublin- Shenandoah, Iowa. AllllMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIMIIIItllllllllllllMlllllllllllllltlllllllltlllllMIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIII'A^ ski, 4846 S. Damon Ave., Chicago, 111. Charles KurU (1962), Post 22, Marion, Kans. 95th Inf Div-(Aug.) Theodore S. Nelson, 1317 W. Wni. E. Farley, Jr. Reunion will be held in month indicated. and .\twood E. Long, Sr. 72nd PL, Chicago 36, 111. and J. Colgan Norman (all 1962), Post 15, Loui«- For particulars, write person whose address 100th Inf Div-(Sept.) Leonard J. Mcllvaine, Chest- ville. Ky. is given. nut Ridge Rd., Glens Falls, N.Y. Sleeper, Joseph C. Sr. (1962), Post 128, Aber- Notices accepted on official form only. 106th AAA Bn, Bat A-(July) Lowe Johnston, Jr,, deen, Md. For form send stamped, addressed return 117 Gateway La., Hopkinsville, Ky. Arthur MacAthur and Bernard J. McNamara 108th Mach Gun, AEF-(May) George Yatteau, V. envelope to O. R. Form, American Legion and Joseph O'Donnell (all 1962), Post 69, Mai- 386 Merchants Rd., Rochester 9, N.Y. den, Magazine. 720 Fifth Ave., New York 19, N.Y. Mass. 109th Engrs, Co F-(Sept) I. E. Tilgner, Lewellen. Lester F. Stanley and Florence L. Stobbart (both Notices should be received at least four Neb. 1961), Post 194, Hamilton, Mass. months before scheduled reunion. 109th Inf Reg't, Co K-(July) James A. Currey, Charles E. Bates and Myron W. Baxter (both Earliest submissions favored when vol- 71 W. 35th St., New York 1. 1960) and Henry A. Hawes (1962), Post 220, Ware- ume of requests Is too great to print all. 142nd Inf Reg't, Co L-(Aug ) Buck Sheppard. ham, Mass. Rte. 1, Box 225, Breckenridge, Texas. Charles Schoultz and Sherwood B. Stevens and 149th Engr Combat Bn-(Aug.) Victor Blake, 2700 Merrill Sweet (all 1961), Post 147, Northville, ARMY N. Lindbergh, St. Louis 14, Mo. Mich. 2nd Arm'd Div (WWH)-(July) Charles G. Rein- 164th AA Gun Bn, Bat C-(Aug.) Louis A. Chalk, Erwin F. Northey and Mauri L. Novack and ann, 188 W. Randolph St., Chicago 1, 111. 732 Maple Ave., Elmira, N.Y. Robert H. Petzke and Dewey Tomlinson (all 1962), 2nd Inf Div-(July) Steve Schwebke, 635 Olney Dr., 170th Engrs Combat Bn, Co B-(July) Elmer Phil- Post 472, Minneapolis, Minn. San Antonio 9, Texas. lips, 2470 1st St. S.W., Cedar Rapids, la. 3rd Field Art'y, Ronald A. Moellering (1962), Post 444, Floris- Observ Bn-(Aug.) Walter T. 213th CAAA— (July) Hiester J. Gingrich, c/o sant, Mo. Caldwell, 2449 E. Livingston Ave., Columbus 9, V.F.W. Home, Lebanon, Pa. Charles F. Dittmar and Andrew R. Santoro Ohio. 270th Field Art'y, Hq Bat-(June) A. D. Porter, 3rd Inf Div-(July) (both 1962), Post 54, Freehold N.J. Hugh A. Sweeney, 1003 Realty 2312 N. W. 55th St., Oklahoma City. Okla. Warren C. Neithercott (1961), Post 156, Bldg., Youngstown 3. Ohio. 290th Engr Combat Bn-(July) Clyde W. Kiker, Palmyra, N.J. 5th Inf Reg't-(July) Robert T. Weston, P.O. Box 704 Summit, Greensboro, N C. John Bender and William C. Game, Sr. and 2161, South Portland, Me. 299th Engr Bn (C)-(June) Lee Begy, 399 Stone Thomas Losalo (all 1962), Post 28, South Ozone 7th Arm'd Div-(Aug.) Edward McCarrick, 26 Rd., Rochester, N.Y. Park, N.Y. Yorkshire Dr., Cedar Grove, N.J. 30Sth Field Art'y-(May) Edward J. Nix, 28 E. Gerald J. Gaffney (1958) and Richard McNeill 10th Arm'd Div-(Aug.) Dr. Sigmund F. Faye, 39th St., New York, N.Y. (1959) and Harry H. Zorn (1962), Post 45, 6468 Anderson St., Philadelphia 19, Pa. 314th Inf AEF-(Sept.) George E. Hentschel. 301 Brooklyn, N.Y. 11th Arm'd Div-(Aug.) Ray S. Buch, Box 8, Penn Oak Rd.. Flourtown, Pa. Leon D. Harmon (1962), Post 87, Dansville, N.Y. Pittstown, N.J. 331st Inf Reg't, Co I (WWII)-(June) Dick Mc- W. Wallace Guest (1962), Post 342, Freeport, 13th Evacuation Hospital (WWI)-(Sept.) Leo J. Carthy, 20431 Lennore, Detroit 40, Mich. N.Y. Bellg, 808 Ash St., Toledo 11, Ohio. 338th Mach Gun Bn (WWI)-(Sept.) Claude M. George B. Cowen and Kesh Keshgegian and 17th Sig Op Bn (WWII)-(Aug.) E. F. Hofmeister, Priest, 208 6th Ave. S., St. James, Minn. Michael J. Smith and Clarence Thompson (all 710 Crown Ave., Scranton 5, Pa. 351st Engrs Gen Services Reg't, H & S Co-(Aug.) 1959), Post 391, Brooklyn, N.Y. 26th Base Hospital-(Sept.) Robert B. Gile. Sr., 500 D. K. Johnson, 313 S. 26th Ave., Bellwood, 111. Willard W. Pencille and Benjamin M. Pohl and S. 7th St., Minneapolis 15, Minn. 448th AAA AW Bn (WWII)-( June) Ike Kendall, Harry R. Requa and Milton L. Seekins (all (1961), 28th Div, AEF-(June) Robert P. Seaman, 4445 Rich Valley, Ind. Post 410, Lockport, N.Y. Sherwood Rd., Philadelphia 31. Pa. 512th MP Bn-(June) John F. Sullivan, 5109 Sun- Leiand K. Demarest and Osgar K. Elmer and 31st AAA Grp-(Aug.) Fred P. Todarello, 134 Win- nybrook Dr., Peoria, 111. Dr. Leon H. Griggs and Lawrence M. Turner (all field Dr., Grove City. Pa. 533rd AAA Bn, Bat D-(June) Harold Barebo. 31st 1961) , Post 658, Fair Haven, N.Y. Div (WWI)-(Aug.) Irving H. Hering, 668 6985 Bancroft, St. Louis 9, Mo. Howard E. Heather and Francis L. James and Thacker St., Des Plaines, 111. 537th Engr LP Co— (June) Marvin Hendrickson, Paul Lovette (all 1962), Post 922, Painted Post, 39th Engrs Combat Reg't— (Sept.) Thomas Sweares, Rte. 2, Box 78, Kimball, Minn. N.Y. 2217 E. Raymond St., Indianapolis 3, Ind. 550th Airborne Inf-(Sept.) John Wentzel, 516 Louis W. Spindler (1962), Post 1738, West Islip, 42nd Div-(July) John George, Jr., 4941 S. Detroit, Eisenbraun St., Reading, Pa. N.Y. Tulsa, Okla. 630th Tank Dest Bn-(July) Luke Bowyer, 108 W. Haywood A. Parker and Robert L. Rhyne and Slst Inf (WWI)-(Sept.) Otto Rauch, 186 Adams Oglethorpe Ave., Savannah, Ga. St., James C. Stanton and Guy L. Webb (all 1956), Delmar, N.Y. 648th Tank Dest Bn-(Aug ) Al Vaughan, 919 Gar- Post 73, Ellerbe, N.C. S3rd Sig Bn, Co A (WWII)-(Aug.) James R. Han- land St. S.W., Camden, Ark. Kyle V. Stephenson (1962), Post 109, Benson, kins, 3532 5th Ave., Fort Worth, Texas. 785th Base Depot Co-(Aug.) Jonathan H. Harlan, N.C. 63rd Inf Div-(July) Jerry Davidson, 3915 Orlofi' 322 S. 1.3th St., Richmond, Ind. James E. Kerns and Charles Malone and Ray H. Ave., New York 63, N.Y. 836th Engr Aviation Bn— (Aug.) J. N. Nelson, Miller and Stephen Okonski (all 1962), Post 468, 65th Inf Div-(Sept.) Charles O. Terboss, 22 Robin- .3241 S Cherry, Denver 22, Colo. Sylvania, Ohio. son St., Binghamton, N.Y. 896th AAA AW Bn, Bat A-(May) Charles M. Ray Trexler and Dr. Harvey C. Updegrove and 88th Chem Mortar Bn, Co. C-(July) Dr. Fred T. Bierley, 250 E. 6th St., Frederick, Md. Charles F. Unangst and James E. Wesley (all White, Box 251, Livingston, Tenn. 1620th MP Co-(July) Sam Genenbacher, Rock

1962) , Post 9, Easton, Pa. View Motel, 6200 Broadway, Quincy, 111. Otto Swartz (1957) and Harry Ammon and 4287th QM Salvage Repair Depot-(July) Gordon Louis Simmeth and Harry E. Tipton (all 1958), Kern, 2348 Titus Ave., Rochester 9, N.Y. Post 67, Pottsville, Pa. THE AMERICAN LEGION Percival G. Kobert and Robert J. Lannon and NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS Walter L. Miller (all 1963), Post 86, Susquehanna, JANUARY 31, 1963 NAVY Pa. ASSETS 1st Marine Div, Spec Weapons Bn, Bats B, C— Roy W. King and Jack C. Urban (both 1962), (Aug.) Walter T. Costello, 4354 Nicholas Ave., Cash on hand and on deposit . . . . $2, 589, .572. 99 Post 181, Somerset, Pa. Baltimore 6, Md. Receivables 200,244.31 Alexander J. Viggiano (1962), Post 531, Pitts- 4th Marine Div— (June) Denis E. Sullivan, 36 Camp- Inventories 479,169.98 burgh, Pa. bell St., Waldwick, N.J. Invested Funds 465,846.77 15th Seabees-(July) Hobart Davis, 1604 Washing- John R. Ash and Ralph Cherrington and Penro Trust Funds: D. Leiby (all ton Ave., Huntington, W. Va. 1962), Post 541, Catawissa, Pa. Overseas Graves Decoration Larry Cain and Robert E. Luther and Mack E. 30th Seabees— (June) Salvator Dardano, 26 Van Trust Funds ...$ 274,188.20 Shay (all Wesleyville. Epps St., Vernon, N.Y. 1962), Post 571, Pa. Employees Retirement Joseph E. Eitreim and John P. Sanders (both 73rd Seabees— (July) Howard Timmons, Box 1179, Trust Fund 3,329,508.31 3,603,696.51 Bartlesville, 1962), Post 23, Garretson. S. Dak. Okla. M. C. Anderson and OIney H. Anderson and Real Estate 814,228.39 80th Seabees-(Aug.) James J. Walker, 1110 Eye S.E., D.C. A. L. Blake and T. C. Brown (all 1963), Post 43, Deferred Charges 43,459.37 St. Washington 3, 302nd Seabees— (June) Martin A. Lowe, 8441 Ba- Tullahoma, Tenn. $8,196,218.32 St., Philadelphia 50. Pa. Dave H. Kerbaugh (1961), Post 64, Greeneville, yard Tenn. LIABILITIES, DEFERRED REVENUE ABCD Navy 128 Seabees (Oahu)-(July) H. C. Armstrong, P.O. Box 651, St. Charles, Minn. Owen C. Williams (1962), Post 18, Springfield, AND NET WORTH Cape May, NJ., Section Base and Wissahickon Vt. Current Liabilities $ 823,169.94 Barracks— (June) Arthur Jordan. Jr., 7370 Henry Harrv R. Parker and Clyde Risley and Charles Funds Restricted as to use 31,155.92 Ave.. Philadelphia 28. Pa. M. Williams (all 1960), Post 143, Twisp, Wash. Deferred Income 1,966,195.24 Recruiting Sta Personnel (Milwaukee)— (Aug.) P. R. Swan Olson and Paul Pearson and Lloyd L. Trust Funds: Schultz, 326 W. Jackson St., Woodstock, 111. Pullum (all 1962), Post 54, Saratoga, Wyo. Overseas Graves Decoration USS Chambers (DE 391)-(June) Russell A. Troi- Trust Funds 274,188.20 Life Memberships are accepted for den, 3506 Fillmore St. N.E., Minneapolis 18, Employees Retirement Minn. publication only on an official form, Trust Fund .... 3,329,508.31 3,603,696.51 USS Joseph T. Dickman (WWII)-(Aug.) Philip La which we provide. Reports received Net Worth: Briola, 1100 Hunter's La., Oreland, Pa. only from Commander, Adjutant or Reserve Fund $ 24,185.11 USS North Carolina-(June) Charles M. Paly, Jr..

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 33 OUR YOUNGEST MEDICAL STUDENTS (Continued from page 17) students to qualify for a good medical Future Physicians from Millburn, N.J., Most of the operations observed are school, that medical school is no harder to a hospital where new and complicated invariably duplicated on animals. With than any other academic course, that electronic equipment had been installed. the virtuosity worthy of Doctors Casey any intelligent youngster who is in- "Do you understand how it works?" and Kildare, the future physicians per- terested in medicine can become a he asked the students. form cleft palate operations on mice, physician." "Oh sure," was the offhand reply. intricate brain surgery on frogs, cataract

Doctors turned to with a will. The "It's old stuff. We learned all about it operations on pigs and rabbits — opera- first Future Physicians Club was started last year." tions which receive the accolades of in 1959 in a high school in Albuquerque, Said Dr. Einhorn: "When 1 was in surgeons who are specialists in these N. Mex. Today the movement has high school we certainly didn't know fields. spread to public, parochial and private the things these kids do. Today's young- Recently, Dr. Einhorn was a bit schools from coast to coast. The results sters are science fans — they read every- startled when a 14-year-old boy asked have been amazing and satisfying to him for some antibiotics. both the physicians and the participating "Why do you want antibiotics?" the teenagers. A notice that a club is to be doctor asked. formed, placed on the bulletin board of "I just removed a kidney on a rat. I the local high school, inevitably brings figure if I give it antibiotics, I'll keep it hundreds of recruits — many of them alive longer," answered the boy. He re- talented youngsters who are making ceived the necessary medication for his definite plans for medical careers. High experiment, which was being conducted school principals, vocational guidance in a hospital laboratory under the counselors and parents of club members supervision of practicing physicians. are as enthusiastic about the clubs as "This is the kind of boy we want in the students! the Future Physicians Club," said Dr. The programs of the clubs, patterned Einhorn. "He will make an excellent after those of first year medical students, doctor." are practical, stimulating and widely At the start of the program there diversified. The doctors who act as were many reservations about exposing counselors - each group has two phy- youngsters — most of them under 18 sicians as advisors in addition to a and some as young as 14 — to the im- faculty advisor appointed by the school pact of death and disease. The sights, principal - meet with the group twice smells and sounds of sickness might be a week. The members listen to instruc- too shattering for their tender years. tive medical lectures and are taken on There were others who frankly felt field trips which familiarize them with "Got a prescription?" that having teenagers around a hospital the workings of the hospital. or laboratory would a big nuisance. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE be The physicians quickly realized that But the youngsters have proven to be their students could not be put off with not only helpful and dedicated, but a dull talks or hackneyed material. thing they can on the subject, go to ex- lot less squeamish than their elders. Among recent illustrated lectures given hibitions, study models and are as "A young teenager doesn't react to before Future Physicians Clubs are familiar With the workings of scientific tragedy the way an adult does because these provided by the AM A: "Eso- and electrical equipment as they are it's something he's never experienced," phageal Resection and Reconstruction," with the Twist." said a hospital attendant. "When he "Vein Graft Operation for Deafness of As quickly as possible, the kids are sees a blind person or someone suffering Otosclerosis," "Superior Maxillary Sinus indoctrinated into participation. Medi- from a heart attack, he doesn't put him- Resection" and "I Am A Doctor." The cine becomes alive and fascinating when self in their shoes; he doesn't identify films accompanying the talks show the they begin doing things. On field trips with the patient. As far as the teenager various procedures in great detail, while they become familiar with the workings is concerned, they're simply people in the doctors carefully explain each point. of blood banks, orthopedic cast rooms, need of care and he responds whole- Far from being in over their heads, and are introduced to laboratories and heartedly." doctors admit a bit wryly, the kids are X-ray departments. They receive on-the- Though their sympathies are quickly so knowledgeable that the doctors make spot demonstrations. They are shown reached, there is very little false senti- sure that they have all the latest material how a cardiograph works and are per- mentality among youngsters. They at hand when they lecture before a mitted to experiment with it on each accept the facts of illness, deformity Future Physicians Club. other — Dr. Kalb says most of the mem- and impending death as literal facts of "It's amazing how much the kids bers can read a cardiogram and give an life. Nor do they show revulsion or fear know about medicine," says Dr. S. Wil- accurate diagnosis from it. The young- even in the most crucial situations. liam Kalb, who founded the Future sters are instructed how to take blood Recently, the Future Physicians Club Physicians Club of Essex County, New pressure and temperature, how to of West Side High School of Newark, Jersey. "Most of them after joining the handle a surgical patient, and how to N.J., visited the Overbrook Mental club do a great deal of independent apply a splint. Hospital. They were spared nothing. As reading on medicine and physiology. At scheduled periods, groups of the doctor led them from ward to ward, They are quite familiar with medical youngsters are permitted to watch they saw patients jabbering, screaming, terminology. The questions they put to major surgery and to listen to highly crying, tearing at their clothes; others doctors are keen and penetrating." technical explanations as the work pro- sat on benches staring blankly, unaware Nor are they awed by the amazing gresses; they sit in on bedside consulta- of where they were or what was hap- new concepts of surgery and medicine. tions and accompany doctors on ward pening. Dr. Harvey Einhorn took a group of rounds. (Continued on page 36)

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 35 (Continued from page 34) trays, wheel patients to and from the they're so unimportant." A girl volun- Said 17-year-old Beth Weingest, Vice operating rooms, help out in the emer- teer expressed it difl'erently. "I feel ful- President of the Club: "None of us had gency room, work in the record room, filled," she told her counselor. ever seen anything like it. It was a ter- check supplies, work in the laboratory — And while they're working, the kids rible sight — one we'll never forget. in fact they do anything and everything are examining their future careers, Some of the girls cried when they saw that needs doing. learning about the many opportunities their misery." And she added: "But it And to each job they bring an atti- offered by medicine, deciding what part was a worthwhile experience. It broad- tude of dedication and responsibility. they want in it. They become familiar ened our understanding. We gained a Being an active part of hospital life, with various specialties such as: surgery, knowledge of mental health we never coming face to face with real sickness, cardiology, pediatrics, and psychiatry. could have learned otherwise. having a chance to be of use, working They learn about the opportunities for "Afterwards, the psychiatrist spoke to with real doctors — even when their aid doctors in such specialized fields as: in- us. He told us he was the only psychia- consists only of holding a bandage or dustrial medicine, research, public trist available for all the patients. We sterilizing a needle, gives them a feeling health, teaching and administration. For realized how great was the need for of accomplishment. medicine offers something to students more psychiatrists — how desperately whose interests range anywhere from trained help was needed." rocketry to botany.

The kids are not the only ones who Once a youngster's interest is find medicine fascinating. A young high aroused, it is not allowed to wane. school faculty advisor who accompa- Many of the Future Physicians Clubs" nied a group on a tour of medical members are given regular jobs at hos- schools was so impressed with what she pitals during summer vacations to help saw that she applied for admission to them earn money for their medical

medical school and is now on her way education. And doctors take a personal to becoming a doctor. interest in promising students, often The appointment of Dr. Janet Travcll helping to arrange scholarships which as personal physician to President Ken- are now being offered by many medical nedy has given girls a new stimulus for societies-. Typical is Pennsylvania's entering the medical profession. They Montgomery County Medical Society,

make up a third of the membership of which is offering a four-year scholarship Future Physicians Clubs and they are with $1,000 to be awarded annually assured of a welcome. Many of them toward the cost of tuition in any medical will go on to medical school. Today, only school chosen by the winner. The only 5 percent of all medical students are requirements are that the winner be a girls. Dr. Kalb believes that within the county resident, be accepted on his own next few years that number will be merit to a medical school and promise tripled or quadrupled. to work hard. Other female members plan to be- With the spiraling cost of education, come dieticians, lab technicians or the need for scholarships and loans is of therapists — all fields which have suf- "Something about finding my unmailed birth paramount importance. The AMA, announcements in the pocket of your old coat." fered disastrous shortages. After work- recognizing that the high cost of a

ing in a hospital, many girls become THE AMFUIl AN LKOION MAGAZINE medical education is perhaps the most convinced that nursing is the most re- important single factor in determining warding profession in the world. whether a student will choose medicine For a hospital is a world apart and There are more than 300 Future as a career, has set up an Education the youngsters react its inherent Physicians Clubs throughout the coun- to and Research Foundation which has as drama, its need for selflessness. try, with membership in individual clubs its main purpose a loan guarantee pro- yearn in real-life ranging from ten to over 100 persons. In "Kids to participate gram for medical students, interns and experiences, and are starved for essen- Essex County, N. J., which was recently residents. The program provides long- tial work," says Dr. Fred McLaughlin, cited by the AMA for its outstanding term loans, made through a bank, with Director Public work, there are 42 participating clubs, of Education Associa- the AMA-ERF acting in effect as co- tions of York City. covering every high school in the coun- New signers. It was started in March, 1962, ty. Members are required to maintain The youthful medics behave with the and by the end of the year had already at least a "B" average and to have a decorum and dignity that their future loaned more than $6,000,000 to some definite interest in the biological profession requires, but they add a lively 4,694 borrowers, including interns, resi- sciences. touch to the hospital world. "Just the dent doctors and 2,890 physicians-to-be. .Soon after joining, members must sight of those youngsters with their But this is far from adequate. The AMA take a first aid course given by the fresh young faces and smiles cheers recently announced that requests for American Red Cross. Upon completion everybody up," says a hospital execu- loans from future doctors arriving at the of the course, they are supplied with tive. "And they're so willing and de- rate of 150 each week cannot be met arm bands and put their knowledge to pendable! They never seem to run until additional low-interest fund pro- immediate use by acting as assistants to down!" grams are established. doctors at all athletic events. The kids tend to grow up quickly The government, too, has taken cog- Members are also required to spend while working in a hospital. Even the nizance of the need for training more several days a month working in a hos- brashest youngster calms down and doctors. In an effort to relieve the doctor pital. Many of them give up their week finds a new set of values. Said one shortage. President Kennedy is current- ends, doing whatever work they are youngster: "Working in a hospital has ly sponsoring a bill to provide $750 mil- assigned. Jobs which at home would be changed my viewpoint. The things I lion for the expansion of medical drudgery are done with dispatch and used to think were important — like education over the next ten years. The with obvious willingness. They run having lots of clothes and good times — plan includes building many new errands, write letters for patients, carry I don't even think about any more. medical schools.

36 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 Said former Secretary of Health medical students and loans to Negro students. To give them further help, Abraham Ribicoff: "The AMA recog- physicians. It also makes clear that medi- members of student AMA's are now nized some years ago the urgent need cal schools throughout the country are planning "career days " on campuses for to expand our medical schools and set accepting qualified Negro students. students who are interested and want up a fund for financing this expansion — Understandably, many parents are advisory services. a fund to be supported by contributions very interested in the Future Physicians "Just how effective is the Future Phy- by doctors. It was a drop in the bucket. Clubs. They approve heartily of the sicians program will not be apparent for And now the AMA agrees somewhat efforts made to guide their children in some time," says Dr. Kalb. "But already belatedly that government action is choosing a career. At a recent meeting it is very promising. A large percentage ' needed to help solve the problem. for parents and counselors in Newark, of the boys and girls who join the clubs Concern over the quality of doctors N.J., there was standing room only in definitely plan to go into some phase of and dentists who are at present coming an auditorium that seated 350 persons. medicine."' into practice caused Mr. Ribicoff to The parents came primed with questions Dr. Evert H. Wood, who is physician warn that our medical and dental on financing, loans, and scholarships advisor to the Future Physicians Club of schools must open their doors to a much available to medical students: pre-med Albuquerque, N. Mex., recently an- larger number of fully qualified students requirements, opportunities for women nounced that all of last year's members and not just to young people of substan- in medicine and the challenges and rein that club are now in pre-med training wards a medical career. all the country tial means. He asked Congress to proof in college. Clubs over vide scholarships each year for more Many medical societies now have are revealing the same type of career than 10,000 future doctors and dentists. permanent committees to answer ques- interest. tions If Congress approves this plan, the asked by both students and par- Most Future Physicians Club mem- scholarships will be administered direct- ents, such as: What medical schools are bers find that by the time they graduate best? ones have the greatest medicine is longer ly by the schools working closely with Which num- from high school, no Future Physicians Clubs. Promising ber of openings? How long will medical a mythical career which they may some- students who need financial assistance training take? How much will it cost? day follow. Instead, it has become a par- may receive as much as $2,000 a year Where can scholarships be obtained? tial reality. Their college years provide for four years. What preparatory subjects are most im- students with an opportunity to con- portant? al- Other scholarships and loan funds tinue the exciting work they have Student chapters at medical started. believes that available to students aspiring to be AMA ready The AMA schools have also been drafted to help eventually every metropolitan area with doctors are listed in a booklet entitled steer youngsters. Doctors point out that medical center will utilize such a pro- "Need A Lift," compiled by the staff of a the medical student has a closer view of gram to recruit doctors. the Education and Scholarship section problems facing high school and college THE END of The American Legion's National Americanism Commission (P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis, Indiana). The booklet points out that there is scarcely a college in the United States without a scholarship fund, loan fund or other service like a student employment office; that many state governments and the AMA2ING LIMITED OFFER: Federal Government oflfer educational WHAT IT CAN MEAN TO YOU! aids, and that a vast number of private

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THE AMERICAN LEGION IVIAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 37 MEN OF MUSCLE -(Continued from page 23)-

In pro basketball, the reverse is true. vaulting is a lot like swinging, ape style, physical appearance. He literally stood Excess weight works against a star. When from tree to tree." on his head that summer to become a Jerry West was discovered in his home Playing Tarzan every day developed football player. At his family's lavish town of Cabin Creek, W.Va., by West the top part of his body far out of pro- summer estate in Maine, he worked on Virginia University Coach Fred Schaus, portion. But it turned him into a champ, the development of his neck and back he was a bony, gangling kid. Years of not a chimp. like a man possessed. big-time basketball playing never dis- To go back a few years, there was a Every morning before breakfast he'd pelled that suspicion of malnutrition. famous Ail-American from Harvard, "bridge" his back and neck the way When Jerry, now with the Los Angeles probably one of the most famous line- wrestlers do. He drove himself through Lakers, reached 6 feet 21/2 inches, he men of all time. His pals called him 30 push-ups as often as his body could

weighed only 174 pounds. His constant, Chub Peabody, but his square monicker stand it. And he repeatedly did head- panther-quick jumping made him a star, was Endicott Peabody III, descendant of stands and somersaults all through each but it also made him look underfed. day. Among track stars. New Zealand's That fall, upon his return to Harvard Peter Snell - conceded to be the fastest as a sophomore, his neck bulged out of middle distance runner in track history size 17 collars and his back was as broad — presents something of a physical od- as the beam of a barn. By mid-season dity among the whippet-thin men who he'd won a berth as a varsity regular. By run the mile. In fact, the skinny milers his senior year he was overwhelmingly he runs against often refer to him with voted the most distinguished lineman in a sort of puzzled respect as "a Sherman the land and received the coveted Knute tank with overdrive." No doubt his build Rockne Trophy as a reward. contributes much to his powerful but Chub Peabody, the kid with nothing, graceless running style. had become a champ by making himself Proportionately well-built, Snell has a physical irregular. The rest of the body broad shoulders, 16', 2 -inch calves and didn't match the neck and back but as the bulges with muscles at 171 pounds. He TV commercial says. "It's what's up eats whatever he wants, pays no attention front that counts." to his waistline, and never drinks milk In the sometimes lethal world of box- except for that used in his tea and corn- ing. Gene Tunney was a case of deliber- flakes. ate physical overdevelopment. The pub- Despite these physical violations, usu- lic may remember him best for his ally avoided by other track men, Snell boxing expertise, but those who climbed upset Belgium's Roger Moens in the 1960 inside the ring with him are more apt to Olympic 800 meters held in Rome. In remember the inhuman hardness of his 1962 he ran the mile in a world record fists. 3 minutes 54.4 seconds. A month later "Oh, Oh! Anybody bring a gun?" Tunney's were the hardest pair of THE AllERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE he cracked four world marks-the 800 hands in the business — Dempsey's and meters, 1,000 yards and half mile. In Louis' not excepted, but he was not en- May of 1962 at the Los Angeles Coli- one of the country's oldest and most dowed by nature with these weapons. seum he breasted the tape in the mile aristocratic families, who in November His natural fighting style was strictly run in 3 minutes 56. 1 seconds-the fast- was elected governor of Massachusetts. orthodox — straight left-hand leads and est mile ever run in the United States When he showed up at the freshman straight right-hand crosses delivered until then. football field in Cambridge, he was 5 from the shoulder. Yet track men insist that he looks all feet 10 inches and 165 pounds, and wore Because blows delivered straight wrong for a distance runner of distinc- a size 14 collar. Nature hadn't endowed meant he'd run a much greater risk of tion. the society youth with prodigious sprained knuckles or thumbs than a But there are superstars who worked strength or speed. All he had to go on hooker did, Tunney realized that he to get the body they wanted. Still in the was an unflagging competitive spirit. The needed harder fists than did fighters in world of track, Don Bragg didn't set his freshman coaches recognized this in him, the "hooker" school. Tunney then went

pole vault record of 15 feet 9V2 inches but they still thought he was a hopeless to great lengths to turn his hands into by accident. His specialized training de- case on a gridiron. He wanted to be a freaks. veloped his arm muscles far beyond the guard, since he lacked speed, but with The ritual of chopping trees and per- other muscles of his body. It was this his thin neck and narrow shoulders he forming other hard manual labor wasn't topheavy look which gave him his ex- was nowhere. enough for him. He constantly pickled traordinary skill as a vaulter. He set his At the close of freshman spring train- his hands in brine in order to harden the world record, not by form, but by the ing, an assistant coach, Henry Lamar, skin. sheer power of abnormally developed took him aside and said: "Look, Chub, His type of punch, straight from the arms. He worked hard at it, not only by the only way you'll ever stand a ghost of shoulder, is the most destructive punch excessive weightlifting, but through a a chance of making the varsity squad in there is — one that will always beat a

peculiar system he'd figured out as a kid. the fall is to develop a strong neck and hooker's. But he couldn't have won the In his home town of Penns Grove, a strong back. A guard has to have both, world's heavyweight championship with N. J., there had been a number of trees to block and to tackle. You'd have to his orthodox style of punching if he in the backyard. During boyhood, Bragg perform a miracle on yourself this sum- hadn't deliberately made his normal fists built platforms on the trees and taught mer to do it." into something superhuman. himself to swing from one to another by And a miracle was exactly what Chub However, pickling your hands in brine a rope. Peabody performed on himself that sum- is child's play compared to what men do "I found out," he states, "that pole mer. He completely changed his normal to their hands when they take up the

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spectacular sport of Karate, sometimes Before he took up the sport, he showed called "hand-made mayhem." It is the no promise of becoming the robust man most deadly form of hand-to-hand fight- who emerged from the somewhat short, ing man knows. The most skilled boxer frail boyish frame which then seemed MEN PAST40 in the world would not stand a chance almost inadequate physical support for in a ring against a karate player (or the impressively large head. Jones never Afflicted With Getting Up Nights, karateist) tall, but achieved amazing power grew he Pains in Back, Hips, Legs, The art began centuries ago in China, in his drives, without height. Nervousness, Tiredness. was developed in Okinawa and finally Through his dedicated rigors as a kid If you are a victim of the above symp- systematized in Japan. It is an art de- golfer, he developed thick, powerful toms, the trouble may be due to Glandu- signed to kill or maim a man swiftly, wrists and big strong hands — all out of lar Inflammation—a constitutional Dis- and yet karate experts are nearly always proportion to his small sized body. By ease for which it is futile for sufferers to try to treat themselves at home. mild, quiet men. The famous master of the age of 12 he could already crash a In men of middle age or past this the art is a Korean, Masutatsu Oyama, golf ball 250 yards down the fairway, a type of inflammation occurs frequently. who teaches the karate system in Tokyo. distance that grown men more than eight It is often accompanied by despond- Oyama has made two tours of the inches taller than his 5 feet 4 inch frame ency, emotional upset and other mental United States, putting on demonstrations. could not achieve. He carefully devel- and nervous reactions. Neglect of such inflammation may cause men to lose During one of them he drove his hand the kind of power that stems from oped their vigor, grow old prematurely and through 1 1 roofing tiles, splitting the abnormally strong shoulders, wrists and often leads to incurable conditions. stack in two. In 1960, Oyama was set hands. Most men, if treatment is taken in upon by four Tokyo hoodlums. When he One of the weirdest ways of achieving time, can be successfully NON-SURGI- treated for finished with them they were all taken physical supremacy in a chosen field was CALLY Glandular Inflam- mation. If the condition is aggravated to the hospital in the same ambulance. figured phenomenal Ethiopian out by the by lack of treatment, surgery may be "The concept of fighting fairly, using long distance runner, Abebe Bikila, the only chance. rules," says Oyama, "has no place in called the Hot Footing Hero of the the handling of an unprovoked assault." Palace of Emperor Haile Selassie I. As a NON'SUR$mL TREATMfm Oyama once said: "Karate is not a boy, Bikila raced wild animals, bare- The NON-SURGICAL treatments game, not a sport, not even a system of footed, frequently bringing home pheas- used at the Excelsior Medical Clinic self-defense. It is a way of learning to ant to the family table that he'd chased are the result of discoveries in recent die, a means of achieving inner serenity until the birds finally dropped from sheer years of new techniques and drugs plus over 20 years research by scientific and tranquility. The karateist who has exhaustion. This self-made training sys- technologists and Doctors. given the necessary years to exercise tem gave him extraordinary endurance Men from all walks of life and from and is meditation unafraid— in a burning against human competitors in long dis- over 1,000 communities have been suc- building, in an earthquake, anywhere. tance runs. He was still a corporal in cessfully treated here at Excelsior He has simply learned that every mo- His Majesty's Imperial bodyguard when Springs. They found soothing and com- forting relief and better health. ment of life is a step toward death. This he confounded the experts at the 1960 knowledge makes him serene." Today, Rome Olympics by winning the mara- EXAMINATION REDUCIBLE with 90,000 players in the United States thon in his bare feet. This past June AT LOW COST HERNIA alone, karate is fighting hard to become he said farewell to the Emperor and When you arrive is also amenable to a mild Hon -Surgical a recognized sport. departed for Europe's capitals to prove at the clinic, our treatment available doctors — have here. But how does a karateist achieve beyond any doubt that his barefooted who years of experience serenity? In Olympic triumph was no fluke. RECTAL-COLON Oyama's case, he spent years in this field — make DISORDERS living alone in the mountains, doing He had developed such extraordinary a complete examina- Are often associated 2,000 pushups a day, pounding his hands powers of endurance in Ethiopia that, tion. Your condition with Glandular in- is frankly explained flammation. against tree trunks until they were after leading his teammates on 20-mile and then you decide Either or both of bloody, sitting water- under an ice-cold training jaunts through the rugged hills, if you will take the these disorders may be treated at the fall to learn concentration. faster his pulse beat hardly than before treatments needed. same time you are An experienced karateist can jab his he started. Our treatments are receiving Glandular so mild, hospitaliza- Inflammation treat- stiffened fingers through a one-half inch When he arrived in Sweden at the ments. tion is not needed. slab of board — such a jab against the start of his tour, he astounded spectators Write Today For Our human solar plexus would be fatal. With by doing calisthenics for ten full minutes % Our New Free Book one blow a karateist can split a five- after having shattered the immortal Emil gives facts that may pound rock—such a blow would fracture Zatopek's record for the one-hour run. save you painful, ex- a human skull. It usually takes seven Before the 10,000 meters in Berlin's pensive surgery. Tells HOW and Explains years of such masochistic practice to Olympic Stadium, he predicted that his WHY NON-SURGICAL bring a karateist to full competence. countryman, Mamo Wolde, would win. treatment methods are so successful today. They are easily identified by the dis- And, close to the finish, he slowed down, Write today. No obliga- figuring callosity of the first and second allowing Wolde to beat him and make tion. knuckles on each hand. The terrible good his prediction. Bikila then said to EXCELSIOR force of the karateist's blow is due not his admirers: "I could go out and run MEDICAL CLINIC so much to sheer strength as to blinding another 10,000 meters right now if I had i Dept. H-1 151 speed and kime, a Japanese word which to." Excelsior Springs, Mo. I — freely translated — means "focus," the Arnold Palmer, the current king of I Gentlemen: Kindly send me at once, your New FREE Book. I am interested in full concentration of maximum force on the the golfers, does not look like a man I I information (Please Check Box) smallest possible area. No wonder then built to kill par. With a narrow 33-inch i Hernia Rectal-Colon Glandular Inflammation that the accomplished karateist can split waist, boyish hips and a mere 174 J bricks, boards and rocks with his bare pounds, he has honed his physical frame ! NAME hands. for power. As he crouches over the ball, \ ADDRESS- And karate, in a way, helps to explain you notice the heavily muscled fingers, \ TOWN why Robert Tyre Jones became the the solid arms and shoulders, the legs STATE greatest golfer the game has ever seen. that almost bulge, and the leatheriness I

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 3 9 of the hands. Palmer made himself that enough to build a well-conditioned body. nature-given governors. They are to the way. physically, because he had the de- Fencing, too, is a fine sport for all- human body what the regulator is to the sire to be a champ. He's thin looking around development of physical sym- boiler. They keep a man from physical below, but a heavyweight from the waist metry. George Santelli, the Olympic strain that goes beyond safety's sake. up. He can—and has—driven a green for fencing champion of years gone by who ''But the champion in any sport," says 320 yards. now conducts a fencing school in Man- Bud Wilkinson, the President's national But for those who do not aspire to be hattan says: "Fencing develops coordi- health adviser, "is a man with no folding superstars—those who just want a well- nation and agility of muscle and brings point. He risks his body and his health

conditioned body that is symmetrical, out the utmost speed of the body. It time and time again." the pleasant sport of swimming can't be gives you muscular stamina in a way So—when the kid, stripped for the ex-

beaten. It brings every muscle into play, that boxing does, but unlike boxing you amining doctor on the occasion of that yet taxes none. That's saying a lot when do not wind up with cauliflower ears in Army induction, said he was no good at medical science tells us that there are the event that you are not as swift or any sport, he wasn't kidding. He was billions of muscle fibers in every aver- agile as your opponent." just a male animal who kept his body age-sized human body. Nearly half of As Dr. Stewart Wolf, chairman of the reasonably active at many sports. He

the human body is composed of muscle. Department of Medicine at the Uni- starred in none. And that was probably Some move voluntarily, others involun- versity of Oklahoma, said recently to a why he had produced the kind of sym- traily. But if you do a fair amount of conference of athletic coaches: "Ever>'- metrical, well-rounded body desired by swimming, walking, perform occasional one has a built-in "governor' which pre- most men. It's the superstars who over- calisthenics, take part now and then in vents him from overstrain of the body specialize and turn into physical irregu- a game of handball, volleyball or soft- tissues." lars, one way or another. ball, you'll keep those muscles rippling Only the superstars cheat on these THE END

WAYSIDE INNS AND WAYWARD TAVERNS (Continued from page 19) you want to eat at Old Buck's, plan to rities, but I didn't recognize any of them. in gunpowder and fulminated when you stop there at 3 p.m. or a bit earlier. As FREDDIE'S FIRE HOUSE -It would say. "Ready!"). A single demitasse of Buck's guest you are conducted on a be hard to find a brighter bistro in all Freddie's Cafe Briilot has been known to short safari where you may select the Ohio than Freddie's Fire House, for here burn for hours. The charming decor is animal you want and shoot it yourself. everything but the ice cream is served chiefly fire extinguishers, and on most Native bearers then slice off the portion flciinhe. Kebabs blaze merrily on flaming nights, strolling musicians wearing fire- of the beast you picked and tag it with swords, alcohol lamps sputter under men's hats, long red underwear, and your name. Later, it is cooked to your charred chafing dishes, while crepes sii- soot-blackened faces go from table to order outdoors and served to you in your zeite flare up like bonfires out of control. table playing, "Smoke Gets In Your own tent on the spacious patio of the Inn It's a favorite place with fire-eaters. Eyes." The Fire House is easy to find; by waitresses dressed like heroines from Start off the evening with one of Fred- just turn off U.S. 89 at Wattles-on- a Hemingway movie set in Africa. Wabash and there it is — if it hasn't You'll be enchanted with the whole at- burned down yet. mosphere—dining by the light of Cole- LA GAI NOSTALGIA-This gaslit bit man lanterns while you listen to the of upper Brooklyn's long-lost charm still throbbing of Mau Mau drums, recorded struggles along on the reputation it jungle noises, and the rumbling protests gained during the Gay 90's. Lillian Rus- of your own stomach. sell's corset still hangs by the cash regis- THE NAME-DROPPER ROOM -The ter along with a pair of Diamond Jim first and last time you find yourself any- Brady's socks. Here the historically- where near Hardly. N. J., don't miss The inclined gourmand may view Grover Name-Dropper Room. You'll think you Cleveland's mustache cup. Admiral are in a photo gallery — and you will be Dewey's water wings, and a slipper of right. Genial Jerry Heinzelman, your the great Sarah Bernhardt from which host, wants everyone to think he is Mark Twain refused to drink champagne. buddy-buddy with every star of Holly- Legend has it that Stanford White was wood and Broadway and that these ce- stricken here with ptomaine one night, lebrities travel miles out of their way and began eating instead at Madison just to dine with him. Actually, the only Square Garden where he was finally star he ever served was Rin Tin Tin, but shot. The original, block-long Gentle-

Jerry doesn't discourage easily. From men's Bar is still in use and so is the ori- movie studio publicity departments, he ginal bar rag. Indeed, here there is so has obtained I 1,723 still shots of actors much Americana on which to feast the and actresses and has hung them on the eyes that the diner may forget all about "It's not a fly — it's large gnat!" walls to impress us less celebrated a eating — which isn't idea. cus- THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE a bad tomers. Jerry confided that his restau- STAN'S BLACK DIAMOND DINER- rant might finally have made a profit last die's special Firewater Cocktails, then You will go far to find an eating spot year if picture frames hadn't cost so go on to his Blazing Bouillabaisse. After with the quaint charm of Stan Stanis- much. Anyway, it's wonderful to study that, I'd suggest one of Freddie's Four- lovsky's Black Diamond Diner on Route this photo collection while ordering such Alarm Steaks cooked at your own table 434B near Colic, Pa. The gourmet qual- starry-named dishes as Mort Sahlad, with a blowtorch, or if you prefer exotic ity of Stan's old world cuisine is evident Jack Paarsnips, Orson Beans, Nat King fowl, try the Flamingo Flambe with from the number of huge trailer trucks Cole Slaw, Anchovies Quinn, and Toots flames eight feet high. Popular desserts you will find parked outside, day and Shorcake. Before dinner, drink a Dean are the Attto-da-Fe (a brandy-soaked night. ''Ain't no coff'ee like that no-

Martini. The night I dined at The Name- banana burned at the stake) and Arson- where." one of these epicures told me, as Dropper Room it was chock-full of celeb- ist's Delight (red raspberries smothered he gunned his motor and headed for

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Binghamton. I knew what he meant wearing a necktie. Dinners are served DON'T HIDE BEHIND when I tried a cup. While there, I also from 5:07 to 7:23 p.m., to coincide with savored the specialty of the house —The the closing of the canal locks; when the Teamster's Tastee Treat, an indescrib- locks are open, there is no way in or out. PSORIASIS with fried able hamburger loaf apple- THE SAGGING WHARF-For seafood Embarrassed to go places? Has psoriasis made sauce. Of course, with such hoiite cuisine lovers who enjoy eating with salt water meeting people a living nightmare? Then you should know about SIROIL. SIROIL tends to nothing goes so well as a vintage Bor- lapping at their heels, an unobstructed remove crusts and scales of psoriasis on arms, deaux red wine, slightly chilled, and view of mud flats, and such tangy harbor legs, scalp and other portions ot the body. Millions have been sold on a 2 weeks satisfac- Stan's cellar is famous. Ask Stan for a scents as dead clams and diesel oil, no o( bottles tion or money back guarantee. Use before going bottle of Chateau d' Arniailhac pic- Mouton place beats The Sagging Wharf on to bed; won't stain bedding or clothing. Get 1919 and he will just stare at you. Or he turesque Cape Flounder. You'll rave SIROIL today-face life with renewed confidence. may summon the wine steward to throw about the colorful paper lobster bibs you out. At any event, you will enjoy the which are tied about your neck by peg- SIROIL music from the jukebox; Stan likes it legged waiters dressed in oilskins. In- AT ALL DRUG STORES on psoriasis, written by a doctor, turned up loud to drown out the com- cidentally, the lobsters — caught in pots for FREE booklet — write to: Siroil Laboratories, Dept. AL-26 , Santa plaints of customers. in the Wharf's own cellar, so to speak Monica, California, ANTIQUE -The cost three or four times as much as THE NEW BARN only OUTFIT STARTS VOU IN New Antique Barn and Dining Museum you would pay for them back home in BIG MONEY SHOE BUSINESS! is located just a stone's throw off the Kansas City. My host, Pierre the Merry

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 41 HOW TO SLEEP WELL (Continued from page 15)

SO sharp at chess after 60 sleepless gists say, or simply because some peo- play every hand after you get between

hours, floundered miserably when given ple think it will keep them awake and the covers. Anger should be avoided

tedious, routine work to perform — that therefore it does. But being kept awake like poison. If a certain newspaper col-

of checking a manuscript for typist's by a notion is just as bad as being kept umnist or radio commentator always errors. awake by a drug. Anyone who suspects makes you burn under the collar, don't It is thus obvious that one should not that coffee or tea, a somewhat milder expose yourself to the knucklehead's

judge his sleep needs by temporary stimulant, is depriving him of sleep, stupidities after nightfall.

flashes of brilliance which he may dis- should avoid it during the later hours While you are encouraging the grad- play when hopped up by tension of the day. ual approach of the sandman, don't let brought on by lack of sleep. It's your On the other hand, doctors have him sneak up behind you and knock all-around eflficiency that should be your found that a nightcap containing alco- you out with a cat nap. Even the brief- measuring stick. hol — which is a depressant rather than est nap can be highly refreshing and if Once you have decided how much a stimulant — can help some elderly you pop off for 40 winks in your easy

sleep you need and established your people to sleep. But they prescribe just chair after dinner, it may cost you hours sleep cycle, the extent to which you can one such nightcap per night. Two or of sleep later on. If you feel a nap

follow it will depend largely upon how more drinks at bedtime may put you to coming on, you probably can stave it you behave all day long, not on how sleep right way, but you're apt to wake off by taking a few turns up and down you behave just at bedtime and after up after an hour or so and have trouble the living room or the front porch. going to bed. Regular meals and regular going back to sleep. However, don't exercise too vigorously. bowel movements contribute to regular Bedtime snacks are regarded by stu- To promote relaxation and drowsi- sleep, medical men say, and most of dents of insomnia in much the same ness, some doctors advise spending 20 them also prescribe regular exercise for light as coffee and tea. They keep some minutes or so in a tub of tepid water people in sedentary jobs. Millions of us awake they say, but help others to sleep. (temperature 100 degrees Fahrenheit) could throw our sleeping pills down the If you do eat at bedtime, what you eat just before retiring. After such a soak- drain if we would only develop a little is less important than you may think. ing, they say, it is best to pat yourself physical fatigue every day by working During sleep, most of the functions of dry with a towel instead of rubbing, out in a gym or walking four or five the body slow down. The temperature, then walk slowly to a previously ar- miles instead of driving. blood pressure and metabolism are all ranged bed and crawl into it with a Men past 35 are advised to increase lowered, but the digestive processes minimum of movement to avoid dis- their exercise gradually, however, for it carry on as usual. Your never-resting turbing your relaxed mood. throws extra work on the heart, and the stomach can thus handle anything at If you are married and your sleeping

sleep experts warn that there is one night that it can during waking hours — partner is a snorer, a bed hog or a cover period during the day when you should mince pie and Welsh rarebit included. snatcher, you will sleep better in a not exercise. Calesthenics or a brisk But most doctors advise against loading single bed than a double one, and con- walk just before bedtime can wake you up on large quantities of anything at trary to what the population explosion up instead of making you drowsy. The bedtime. might lead you to suspect, more and best time for setting up exercises, as the As the hour for hitting the sack ap- more people are sleeping alone these

Army long ago discovered, is first thing proaches, they also warn against getting days. At the moment, six twin beds are in the morning. overly stimulated about anything. An being sold to every two doubles, and Coffee taken with or after the eve- exciting television program or mystery surveys indicate that by the age of 45, ning meal keeps some people awake. story may get you so stirred up that you two out of three couples prefer to sleep This may be because the caffeine which can't sleep. It is also unwise to play separately. coffee contains is a stimulant, psycholo- cards at night if you're inclined to re- If your spouse's sleeping habits don't

interfere with your own, however, it makes little difference what kind of bed

you choose, or whether the mattress is hard or soft, or if you wear pajamas or only their tops or bottoms or none at

all. But it is important to have a well- made bed where you won't throw off all the covers the first time you roll over, or get your feet tangled in the sheets and be awakened by a nightmare about being caught in a bear trap. The average sleeper makes 40 major moves during the night, including 12 full body turns, and recent studies at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City have shown that dreams are directly in- fluenced by external stimuli. In one series of experiments, a small amount of water was sprayed into the faces of sleeping patients from an atomizer. This gave rise to dreams about the roof leaking, being out in a dense fog and other subjects related to water. "1 guess they've had that $1,000 bill stunt pulled on them before, dear." THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE Since the sense of hearing as well as that of touch is involved in the sleep

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Secret Army (O.A. S.) failed in Algeria. porter how his terrorists used a power Mennen Williams visited Algerian rebels The regular troops of the French Gov- saw to cut people in half, lengthwise. in Tunis. His presence alone was viewed ernment effectively sealed off blocks of This is the same man who spoke with by many on both sides as de facto recog- the City of Algiers and mopped them suave persuasion during his visit to the nition of the rebel government. This was up at their leisure. For lack of sanctuary, United States. Such war by terror pro- before France had agreed to give Alge- the Hungarian freedom fighters, despite motes fear, uncertainty and chaos. It ria independence. Naturally, President the overwhelming support of the popu- demonstrates to the people that the ex- Charles de Gaulle was not pleased. lation, failed. Russian tanks annihilated isting government cannot protect them. Next comes a demand for negotiation them. Closer at hand, the counter- Consequently, they feel obliged to obey to settle by reasonable discussion the revolution in British Guiana failed last the orders of the revolutionary forces. dreadful situation which has resulted year when British military authority re- Another factor which aids successful from the conflict between the revolu- turned and re-established law and order revolution is that of choosing an area tionary forces and the existing govern- against the forces endeavoring to oust and timing suitable for gaining popular ment. Negotiations are very effective on the government of "1 am a Communist" support either through intimidation or these counts: First, while the govern- Prime Minister Cheddi B. Jagan. promises. Intimidation of a small com- ment representatives negotiate, their After selecting a sanctuary from munity is sometimes accomplished by military operations against the revolu- which the revolutionary forces can op- lining up men, women and children and tionaries normally stop — meanwhile, erate, it is then a matter of choosing for killing a few. This serves as a convinc- the revolutionary forces regroup and conquest a chunk of neighboring terri- ing reason for obedience. Promises strengthen their position; Second, at the tory suitable for guerrilla warfare — a usually consist of offers of material conference table, concessions may be spot where the terrain handicaps the goods, conquest of females, alcohol, won to advance the revolutionary cause. opposing police and military, where narcotics, equality, freedom from work The revolutionaries endeavor through a communities are scattered and where a and taxes — in some cases even heaven- promise of peace to gain political con- small band of revolutionaries can, with trol of the entire country or at least part comparative immunity, upset the econ- of the country. omy and create destruction piecemeal. Furthermore, the very fact of nego- The jungles at the mouth of the Congo tiating is a propaganda victory for the River, the impossible terrain of Laos, GIVE revolutionaries. It amounts to public re- the bold mountains of Algeria, the cognition by the established government thickly wooded Sierra Maestra of Cuba THE /^'^ that the revolutionary claims have some are perfect examples. AT merit and that the revolutionary leaders On the 15th of March 1961, small are the proper authorities with whom to bands of revolutionaries destroyed their SIGN discuss those claims. The "liberating" foes in hundreds of small towns and forces of Red China, having seized a plantations in Portuguese Angola. More OF THE big chunk of India's territory and having than 1,300 Portuguese blacks and whites called for negotiations to settle the war were killed that night. It was months RINGING BELL which they created, are now being sup- before Portuguese authority was reported in their claims by the so-called established over these areas. Meanwhile, non-aligned nations: Ghana, Egypt, In- the raiders had disappeared into the donesia, Burma, Cambodia and Ceylon. elephant grass. They had run away to ly rewards for killing infidels. It is very important in successful fight another day! If the first steps have been successful, negotiations to have a moderate front

The next principle of a successful an important phase is ready — the occu- man serving for the revolutionaries, a revolution is to wage war by terror, and pation of a small toehold in the country man who is acceptable because of his avoid fighting the military and the being conquered. From this small terri- known tolerance toward the existing gov- armed police. This conquest by terror is tory comes a great cry to the world for ernment. He can always be gotten rid of deliberate — it is accomplished by killing recognition of the revolutionary bands after the negotiations. Benyoussef Ben unarmed men. women and children, as a national army of liberation. Khedda, a fair-minded man in the eyes making the scenes as horrible as possi- Close upon the heels of recognition of the French, was ideal for negotiating ble. I have had first-hand experience comes announcement of a provisional a successful end to the Algerian Revolu- with this. I have seen the mangled bodies government in the seized territory, or of tion. in different parts of the world — Algeria, a government in exile if the seized ter- The revolution having succeeded with

Angola, Kenya Colony, China and rain is not too secure. the new revolutionary government in elsewhere. The Arabs in mutilating al- This is where we Americans take a control, life begins all over again fol- ways slice throats. The Congolese hand whether we want to or not, be- lowing the same original principles of savages chop up and sometimes eat their cause representatives of the revolution- the revolution. Unfavorable agreements victims. The Mau Mau of Kenya favor ary government come to the United are not implemented. A groupment of strangling accompanied by considerable States, attend neutralist meetings in revolutionary forces is established with "Mumbo Jumbo" from witch doctors. other countries, ask for financial sup- neighboring countries. Help is given Perpetrators of these atrocities normally port and some degree of de facto recog- when needed. do not understand the big revolutionary nition. This usually puts the United Long before Castro made any serious picture, but their leaders do. The di- States Government in the middle, be- efforts toward improving the lot of the rector of killings in Angola is Holden cause to support the revolutionaries is people of Cuba, he already was encour- Roberto. He is reported in the United frequently to offend the existing gov- aging revolution in Venezuela. Closely States Congressional Record to have ernment which may be militarily allied bound with this expansionist idea is a said from the sanctuary of Leopoldville: with the United States. Nonetheless, in lightning buildup of military force by "There is reason behind all these ter- the case of Algeria, our African expert the new government. The new leaders rors." He was describing to a Paris re- and Assistant Secretary of State G. will accept arms, loans and technical

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assistance from anybody. As Congolese weapons — nonetheless, it is a risk. If You Want To Premier Cyrille Adoula has said: "I Blockade of Cuba can help. Sanctions

need help, I'll take it where I can get it." will handicap Castro, but only force, Why? Because a successful revolu- direct or indirect, can make his govern-

tionary government recognizes that it ment fall. It is by force that communist STOP SMOKING cannot possibly live up to its promises, governments are installed, by force that Airline Pilot Tells Howl at least not in the immediate future. they stay in power and only by force

Therefore, it must maintain its position that they are dethroned.

by force of arms; it must eliminate op- The best uses of might are the meth- posing leaders; it must disband opposi- ods of modern counterrevolution to

tion parties; it must, by propaganda, cause the fall of Castro's international create a popular concept of progress. enemy government. We should turn It must, as long as possible, maintain the against Castro many of the same popular illusion that the new govern- weapons of modern revolution which he ment will give to the people the better and other revolutionary leaders have life it has promised—despite interference used to gain power. Of course, we, being by outside "imperialists." Americans, will not stoop to all of the This is the big time, the critical time techniques used by them. Regardless of for the new revolutionary government. how effective war by terror might be, we The whole world watches these new do not and will not deliberately make Capt. Roger Don Rae flies jets. He says: "We leaders in a new environment. The big war on women and children. should, We know that smoking impairs your ability to see question is, do they have the compe- however, let all know that those who at night. When flying, or driving an automobile, this is something to think about. Bantron helped tence, the tolerance, the broad vision, support Castro's bestial crimes will be me stop smoking almost without noticing it. I the self-sacrifice to give their people the tried and the guilty be given appropriate recommend it to my friends." economic improvement and the freedom punishment. Bantron is a safe, new product, developed long promised, or will they fail so badly First requisite for such a modern at a great American university, that has that the people will feel as the Arab counterrevolution is that of sanctuary. helped thousands stop smoking. In a series of clinical tests, published in a leading Med- women who cried in the streets of Alge- We should give, to a new grouping of ical Journal*, scientists reported that 4 out ria, "Enough war and talk, give us Cuban freedom fighters, a sanctuary of 5 men and women who wanted to quit stopped within 5 days when they bread" and the citizens of Ghana who either in the lands of our friends in Cen- smoking took Bantron. inde- murmured, "We have won our tral America or, if necessary, in the And the Bantron way is so easy and pleas- affect taste, is pendence, but we have lost our free- United States. There we should organ- ant ! Bantron does not your not habit forming. It acts as a substitute dom"? ize, recruit, train, equip and "beef-up" for the nicotine in your system and curbs a fighting force sufficient to liberate your desire for tobacco. Taken as directed, Bantron is perfectly WHAT ABOUT CUBA? Cuba. This national army of liberation safe. Just take 3 Bantron tablets a day, after meals, for four days. Then only It being generally conceded in North, should enjoy our complete and absolute 2 a day until all desire leaves you. 80% are support so that there will not be another Central and South America that Castro "Free" in 5 to 10 days. Now at drug stores and his government must go, the big amateur-directed "Bay of Pigs" fiasco. without prescription. Price $1.25. As quickly as possible, the liberating question is "how?" With the departure Also available in Bantron of the Soviet-installed-and-operated of- army should be transported by the Canada. vnnnu v^/ fensive weapons, the big threat, par- United States to an appropriate spot in Smoking Deterrent Tablets * ticularly to our friends to the South, is Cuba where a foothold can be estab- Copies available to doctors on request. Write Campana Corporation, Batavia, III. that of typical communist infiltrating lished in the name of the national army revolution. of liberation and the newly established One solution would be for the United government of liberation. The amount Double Your Income States to declare war on Cuba, run up of "beef-up" from the United States the flag, sound the bugles and charge! military forces will depend entirely upon Without Quitting Job While employed, double your income with busi- However, that is the old-fashioned way. the force necessary to assure immediate YOUR OWN ness. Free illustrated book tells you how. Then expand full It does have the advantage of a quick success. If it takes a mighty force, let it time. Gross hourly profit: $9 plus $6 on eac/i serviceman. Your service is nationally advertised. It's worldwide. Endorsed by solution of the Cuban problem. There be a mighty force, so long as it is always McCall's and Parent's magazines. It's fast growing. No shop nor experience. We'll teach and assist you. We*U is no question of the ability of the a force of "Cuban Liberation" under finance you for all but few hundred dollars. Easy to learn

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i (Continued from page 45) Our sending assistance to friendly BOOKS i ment whose actions of terror and governments that have called for aid I murder have forfeited all rights to recog- was dramatically illustrated by the speed News Stories nition as a civilized government fit to be with which President Eisenhower dis- in the Western Hemisphere. patched the U.S. forces to Lebanon in From WWII Our only limitations placed upon the 1958 when the recognized government provisional government, the government of Lebanon called for our help. of the counterrevolution, should be that A somewhat similar situation exists in

MASTERPIECES OF WAR REPORTING, it hold free democratic elections at the our support of Chiang Kai-shek on his edited by Louis L. Snyder, jui.ian messner, first opportunity. Our military forces island of Formosa in his opposition to INC., 1 10. A massive reprint of on-the-spot should then be withdrawn, leaving the the government of Red China. And the given by correspondents to news coverage Cuban people and the Cuban govern- call for help from the government of 111 events of \\orld W ar II. ment to manage their own affairs. We South Vietnam brought thousands of The book is global in its selections, gives of North and South America will be American fighting men to train, equip, information about the personal lives of the safe in the knowledge that Cuba is again transport and lead the armies of South reporters who were with our fighting forces and, through the inclusion of some free of tyranny and is no longer a threat Vietnam. reports taken from the German, Italian and to the security of all of us. So, there is nothing radical about the Japanese press of that day, provides an in- Admittedly, this procedure is a bit proposed pattern for getting rid of teresting insight to our enemies' point of more complicated and requires more Castro and his government. The United

. . . pages index. view at the time 537 and time than direct invasion by the United States is particularly justified in taking

States. However, it does employ proved, whatever steps are necessary 90 miles Wonderful IVoild of the Automobile, by accepted principles of modern revolu- off the coast of Florida. Ken \y. Purdy. crowell co., $4.95. An en- tions and modern counterrevolution. All If we have decided that this sort of tertaining book on the auto, including in- over the world these principles have support will work some 8,000 miles formation on such diverse subjects as: been accepted by the Soviets and by the away in South Vietnam, why won't it unusual cars and their makers; auto racing, West. The United States accepted the work in Cuba against Castro? racing cars and those who race them; and, principle of sanctuary when the forces It should succeed in Cuba and the safe cars and safe driving. of China attacked us across the Yalu in United States would be justified in

Korea. The principle of sanctuary is making use of it. Americans died to A \ight Before Christmas, by Jacquin San- accepted by us now as the government liberate the people of Cuba from former ders. PUTNAM SONS, $4.95. The torpedoing of South Vietnam is under attack from tyranny. We are the ones who gave of the LeopoldviUe in the English Channel their independence. on Christmas Eve, 1944, with 2,200 Ameri- the sanctuary of Laos and North Viet- them We and the can troops aboard, is recounted here. nam. Our NATO ally, France, permitted people of Cuba have had more than the revolutionary forces operating in half a century of friendly mutual re- Algeria to enjoy the security granted by spect, common economic interest and Heart of the Wild, b\ Chet Schwarzkopf. Tunisia. forces attacking the Portu- joint military security against tyranny. DOLBLEDAY & CO., $3.95. A Collection of 17 The stories about wild animals found in the guese in Angola are directed from north It is our duty to see that this progress RedM ood area of northern California. of the Congo River, territory of the Con- and friendship are not destroyed by an go Republic. irresponsible government which has In Tito's Death Marches and Extermination There has been no strong reaction seized power and allied itself with in- Camfts, by Joseph Hccimovic. cari.ton against the principle of sanctuary either ternational tyranny against every coun- PRESS, $3.50. A shocking book about Yugo- from the United Nations or from the try, large and small, of the Western slavia, before, during and after WW II. United States. Hemisphere. The principle of volunteers was ac- There will be objections, of course, White House Sailor, by William Rigdon cepted by the United States in Korea that the Russians are still in Cuba in and James Dcrieux. doubledav & co., $4.95. when the regular army of Red China force, a point of fact on which we have An "inside" book telling of 11 years with attacked us under the guise of "volun- heard disturbingly opposite reports from Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, showing teers." Some of the best men fighting responsible leaders of our own country. tlieni at work and play. for Israel's independence were volun- But if we plan to help to free Cuba at

teers from the United States, including all, is this an objection or a difficulty? Selected Letters of Albert Jay Nock. Col- my old friend, and much admired fellow If it is an objection, then we will never lected and edited by Francis Nock, cax- J. soldier, Mickey Marcus, a West Point free Cuba, for if the presence of Rus- TON PRINTERS, $4.00. graduate who, under the name of Colo- sians in Cuba stays our hand, they need nel Stone, gave his life for the struggling only remain there forever to stay our The American Heritage History of Flight, new republic. hand forever. But if we accept their by the editors of American Heritage, $15.00. As for the quick recognition of a presence as a difficulty, what better ap- The story, with many pictures, of man's government, we have only to refer to proach to it than to cast the Soviets in attempts to lose his earthbound status. 1903 and the prompt recognition of the Cuba in the role of fighting not us, but revolutionary government in Panama by Cubans, and of opposing exactly the Our American Indians at a Glance, by Mon- the United States under the guidance of form of revolution which they have de- roe Heath, p.-vcific coast publishers, $1.50. President Theodore Roosevelt. At that signed and championed all over the All about the original Americans. time, the French having failed under world? Ferdinand de Lesseps to build the canal, This would be a serious political em- This Difficult Individual, Ezra Pound, by the Colombian Government which con- barrassment to them. Modern revolu- Eustace Williams, fleet publishing co., trolled Panama was holding us up for tions succeed when political embarrass- $5.00. A partisan portrait of one of the most force, controversial figures of our time. more and more money. Then a revolu- ment is coupled with sufficient tion sprang up in Panama. It was adequate sanctuary, a world voice, in- promptly recognized by the United ternational recognition, and the mantle Cruising Guide, by Brandt Aymar and John States and military aid was given. Co> of righteous nationals struggling for Marshall, chilton co., $2.95. The funda- mentals you need to "know the ropes" in lombia had little or no chance of putting their own freedom and independence. boating, and to plan a cruise. down the revolt. THE END

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 47 THE RELEASE OF THE BILIBID PRISONERS (Continued from page 21)

I learned how these brave people had council also were elected by inmates, so (Cap) Olson, now the Legion's national been able to survive years of the worst that a bit of democracy crept into the Legislative Director in Washington, who kind of captivity under the worst of grim old prison. later moved into the front section of Old conditions. They had never allowed When grievances arose, and they fre- Bilibid as a member of the Army's Pro- their morale to waver or their faith in a quently did, Phil would simply invite vost Marshal Division. Supreme Being to slacken. They had the Japanese Commander, who fortu- After introducing me to Phil Markert, prayed nightly that deliverance would nately spoke excellent English, and some Colonel Bogle took his leave, saying re- come and that General MacArthur of his officers to thresh out the problems assuringly: "Captain Dahlstrom, you are would return. They believed the Gen- over a cup of tea or coffee which occa- now in complete charge. Headquarters eral was a man of his word and that he sionally filtered through in Red Cross Army will give you anything you need- was God's emissary. They, in fact, never packages. Apparently, these small lux- just ask for it!" doubted that they would be delivered. uries, plus Phil's charm, lulled the Japa- I felt terribly alone when the Colonel The main thing was to hold out. When nese Commander into a state of false had gone — almost like a prisoner my- internees died — and many did — they security. Even at the instant the heavily self. Having been separated from my

buried them at the edge of the com- armed tanks of the 1st Cavalry Division, family for almost two years, I was a

pound and fashioned crude little wood- U.S.A., rode up to the prison gates to little bitter. I had also been quite ill com- en crosses to mark their graves. We were set the internees free, the Japanese Com- ing up from the jungle. Then, a man and able to identify most of these because mander thought that they were Jap tanks a small boy approached. The boy bowed information had been attached to the which had been in the vicinity only the obsequiously, but the man reproved him crosses. day before and thus he was caught off instantly. "Son, you never have to bow A large percentage of the inmates of guard. As the liberating cavalrymen again, for the Captain is an American Bilibid were missionaries who had been rushed into the prison, he and his small like us." captured and interned at Baguio early garrison skedaddled or were shot down, This incident seemed to do more than in the war. Many were Catholic, but leaving several files of records behind. anything to bring me to my senses and there were Methodists, Presbyterians, But the American tanks arrived not a snap the spell of self-pity that had held Baptists, Seventh Day Adventists and moment too soon. On checking the me in its grip. In an agonizing second I those of other faiths. Some of them had abandoned Japanese files, the internees realized the awesome responsibility that been teaching missionaries and they had found an order stipulating that they had been placed upon me, and the trust set up schools within the prison to teach were to be executed on the approach of these poor, starving people had in me, the children. One, an Englishwoman, the Americans. The 1st Cavalrymen a total stranger. The nightmare I had later taught Arthur MacArthur, son of never gave the Japanese Commander lived for the past two years as a com- the famous General. time to carry out that order. This fact bat infantryman was forgotten. These Also among the internees were mining can be vouched for by Col. Clarence S. were our people and they deserved the engineers, mechanics, professional men, best. businessmen and even a few million- I had no help. American troops were aires. However, very few of them had still very scarce in the Manila area, and anything. They had been rounded up all able-bodied men were busy taking the and interned immediately after Pearl city block-by-block, building-by-build- Harbor, and most were able to bring ing, floor-by-floor. At first, I didn't know only their clothes and a few small per- where to begin. Grenades still exploded sonal possessions which they had long with shattering noises just outside the since bartered to Japanese guards for FOR APRIL prison walls and the artillery and rifle favors. Even the millionaires had no fire made an awful din. Amid this bed- By Harold N. Millis money, since the United States' State lam, Phil took me by the arm and said Chaplain. Deparimen! Florida Department had frozen all of their assets of in a fatherly way: "Captain Bill, you

as soon as they were interned. Almighty God, I stand in humble- get the food and clothing ... we will do Yet, despite these and many other ness before Thee, and with arms out- the rest." handicaps, the internees had been able stretched, in recognition of Thy mighty The internees at Bilibid had received to survive. Next to faith, they practiced powers, ask Thee to hear the prayers occasional packages containing food, of all mankind who seek Thy help and cleanliness. They were ragged and thin, medicine and the small necessities of life guidance for world peace. Imbue in but the entire area was clean and their from the International Red Cross and the minds of those who guide our na- organization superb. They had pooled these, although often looted, had kept tion, the art of taking minute vaca- their few possessions, and them from starving. The Japanese prison worked and tions to see the true meaning of fel- ration was roughly 1,000 calories a day, prayed together to overcome short ra- lowship toward all mankind. Instill tions, disease and some minor indigni- in them the wisdom of Thy words, mostly rice, and this was not sufficient ties. The latter included having to bow "Look and make it according to the for people who were used to 3,000 cal- to the Japanese guards. On the whole, pattern, that was shewn thee in the ories a day. however, there was no studied Japanese mount." (EXODUS 25:40) O Lord, The children, whose ages ranged from I pray Thee to justify and forgive brutality, chiefly because of the skill, four to 12 years, naturally came first those who would have their fellow tact and diplomacy of one Philip Mar- when food was at hand. Next priority man doubt Thee. Remind them that kert, of Los Angeles, Calif. went to the old and the sick, whom the Thou alone art ruler of all things and Phil, Japanese Commander occasionally pa- an official with International Gen- only Thou alone may determine our eral roled to outside for food on their Electric Company prior to the war, destiny. I lift my head and heart to go was en route to the States from Shanghai Thee in prudent prayer and ask these word that they would return. They when he was interned at Baguio. Elected things in Thy Holy Name. promptly risked their lives by tossing camp leader at Old Bilibid, he headed Amen. food over the walls to their fellow in- up a council which handled negotiations ternees. with the Japanese. Members of the (Continued on page 50)

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 49 (Continued from page 48) Soon we were getting canned milk, two prisons through the neutral Swiss As far as I know, no children were fresh meat, vegetables and dehydrated Embassy. The water problem ended born to families in Biiibid. Crowded foods. The Army even took over an ice when Army engineers set up a purifica- conditions made any increase in the cream plant in Manila and the internees tion unit seven miles away. population a serious economic threat, enjoyed the unimagined luxury of ice Things were going unbelievably well and the standard operating procedure cream twice a week. Seeing the half- when suddenly I came down with an at- for Japanese prisons in the Philippines starved tots gobble it down reminded me tack of dengue fever. For 72 hours I felt was 30 days in solitary confinement for nostalgically of my own three youngsters as if a freight train had run over me. parents of a legitimate baby and 60 days back home in Bloomfield, Nebr. Then a fine Filipino physician, Dr. In- if illegitimate. But there was also the danger of too nocento Bonaparte Madella, came to the The Japanese furnished no drugs or much food. We had internees who could prison and nursed me back to good medicines, so the internees hoarded any cook but we were afraid to trust them health. Major Ohlmstead came over surplus they received from the Red around an abundance of food, so we had from the American hospital and helped Cross. They did such a good job of this to use the ration system. Still, one in- by giving us immunization shots. With that we had to turn over some of their ternee did die of overeating. With plenty water supplies cut off and the city still surpluses to Army supply officers fol- under siege, I was afraid of an epidemic. lowing liberation to keep them off the The internees helped too. Besides Phil black market. The prisoners had man- Markert, I remember particularly F. E. aged to hoard enough drugs to equip a o Deiahunty of Sausalito, Calif., a happy- small U.S. drug store today. go-lucky Irishman with a keen wit and Fortunately, there were a couple of a face like Jimmy Cagney's. He had doctors in Old Biiibid and one of these. been an engineer with Baguio Mining Dr. Richard Walker from Los Molinos, Company before internment. And there Calif., performed miracles looking after was James J. (Jimmy) Halsema, of New the health of the inmates. Bremen, Ohio, who had been the Associ-

I found the prisoners at Biiibid all ated Press correspondent at Baguio be- living on two floors of their shattered fore Pearl Harbor. These two always and roofless building. Families were had a cheery word or a joke. grouped in small areas separated only My greatest reward came, however, by bedsheets or other makeshift provi- not when the Army awarded me its sions for privacy. They cooked what Bronze Star Medal for "meritorious little food they had in small, charcoal achievement against the enemy in the stoves provided by the Japanese. One operation of Old Biiibid Internment internee, who had been an engineer in Camp, Manila, from 24 February 1945 peacetime, had designed a crude outdoor to 16 March 1945," but when all the sanitary disposal system consisting of a internees gathered around me to say gasoline drum cut diagonally in half, goodbye. One little girl had received MoRoeeRQ- balanced precariously on a steel rod. some white bread from the Army. I "You're gonna catch hell from the it filled, units couldn't keep back the tears when I When rained or when the Communications Officer!" —one for men and one for women and THE AMEKK AN LE(;lON MAGAZINE heard her say: "Look, Mommy, what children—toppled of their own weight is it — cake?" into an open sewer, thus emptying. of food at last, we still lacked fuel, water The job of repatriating prisoners is a

Part of the miracle of Biiibid is that and professional cooks. The Army fur- tricky one. Families cannot be split and more of the internees did not die of dis- nished some giant cauldrons and these internees cannot be sent where they ease. Cleanliness and rigid supervision we placed in large old fireplaces in the don't want to go. But by mid-March, by a handful of professionals — plus the prison compound. We solved the fuel 1945, my part of the work had been help they gave each other — were the problem by hiring a Filipino to scrounge completed, with the help of a sympa- keys to their survival. sticks and charcoal from the burned-out thetic, understanding U.S. Army which During the bombardment of Manila, dwellings and debris. The Army Finance doesn't always get enough credit for its a shell had torn a gaping hole in the wall Officer in Manila was shocked when he many great rehabilitation projects in at the rear of the compound. This had received a bill for 2,700 pesos — about overseas areas. A fleet of trucks trans- been boarded up with thick planks to $1,350 American — for this service, but ported most of the internees to Nichols keep the prisoners from escaping. I had it was worth it! Air Field where they boarded planes for the planks removed and noticed that the At this critical stage, a patriotic Chi- Leyte to await transportation to their hole led into a natural alleyway. Posting nese gentleman named K. C. Wu came respective homes. Strangely enough, two internees as sentries, the other in- to our rescue. Wu, unofficial "mayor" of some remained in the Manila area, al- ternees were permitted to go through Chinatown in Manila, had owned a large though the fighting still raged there. the hole on their various errands on the grocery store, a restaurant and a hotel After Old Biiibid was closed, I moved promise that they would return. All of in the city before the war. Furthermore, with a few remaining internees to Santo them did return. I also changed the he held a master's degree from an Amer- Tomas and, as its Executive Officer, name of the prison to Old Biiibid In- ican university and spoke impeccable helped close out that prison. It was the ternment Camp. These two simple English. The restaurant and hotel were same story there, but I was greatly aided moves did much to lift morale. completely destroyed along with the by the Dominican priests who had con- The siege of Manila was still going grocery store. But Wu rounded up the stantly risked their lives to help furnish full blast and the Army's chief concern cooks, bakers, etc., and sent them to food, clothing and medicine for the was to get the prisoners in condition to assist us. This fine man also gave gen- prisoners during their confinement. be moved to a safer place. This meant erously of his own time and services at With the job of repatriation finished food and plenty of it. At first, we had Santo Tomas. in Manila, the Army closed Santo To- only K rations. Then General MacAr- The personnel of the Swiss-owned mas on 31 July 1945, and I embarked thur placed five planes at our disposal Alhambra Cigar Company in Manila for San Francisco, happy to be going to fly in food supplies. sent food, tobacco and medicines to the home. THE END

50 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 the angler must make sure the fish he's after are the gabby kind. And, of course, he must be able to understand grunts.

ROD ^GUN BLUE IS THE NEW HUE in fishing lures. CLUB Red-and-w hite, yellow-and-black have been the old reliable colors but a year or so ago someone tried a blue plastic worm, and the fish went wild. Now almost all tackle mak- How Dangerous is Hunting? ers are adding blue to their lures. No one has been able Ui get a fish to explain why

blue is so seductive, but here's part of the

answer: research has shown that blue is the Now that the 1962 hunting season is water, the oil releases a most convincing most visible under water. behind us and the liunter casualty lists are aura. In tests in which these oiled lures heing compiled, some nimrods still have were fished alongside untreated ones, the WARMER HUNTING TROUSERS were the uncomfortable suspicion it's not the fish went for them every time. The same the ambition of Roy Rogers of St. Louis, safest pastime in the world. A few of us trick will add appeal to any lure; just spear Mo., and so he invented his own. He found have been known to come right out and the cotton onto the trailing hfxik. that trousers with those tight-fitting knitted say so. "I wouldn't hunt in such-and-such ankle cuffs, tucked inside hunting boots, county; there's a trigger-happ\" gunslinger FRESHLY STOCKED hatchery trout have were warm, but allowed snow and rain to behind each tree!"" Although each season a ^^eakness you might exploit, claims AI seep inside the boot tops. Ordinary pants there are a number of accidental firearm Xogard of Saddlebrook, N.J. When they're kept out the weather, but let in the cold. fatalities and these, of course, are to be lazy and won't rise to your fly, toss a hand- So he combined the two. He took an old deplored, the facts show that sporting ful of pebbles into the water to stir them pair of the tight fitters, cut off the legs guns are a lot safer than even hunters might about six inches above their knitted cuffs, think. The annual fatality rate for all forms and sewed them inside the legs of his of accidents is about 55 per 100,WK) persons. straight trousers. When donning them, he Autos cause about 23 of these; about 12 are pulls the knit cuffs down inside the boots due to falls, 4 to fires and 3 to drowning. and the trouser cuffs over the tops of his Firearms cause 1.5 w hich is almost the same boots. Result: warm legs and warm dry as the numV)er due to suffocating or chok- feet. ing on food. Of our estimated 20,(X>0,fX)0 U.S. hunters, the annual accident fatality A FISH FINDER that sells for less than total due to firearms is approximately 500. SlOO is now a\ ailable for salt-water anglers That's 25 ten-thousandths of 1%. Your who consider the hit-or-miss method too chances of being killed while hunting are up, and then immediately cast on top of the frustrating. Called Aqua-Probe, and made about equal to your chances of winning spot. They'll think they're back at the by the Columbia Bronze Co., it operates off the Irish Sweepstakes! In the never-ending hatchery w here a lot of splashing on the the boat battery, and by a sound-echo effort to reduce firearm casualties, a new surface meant feeding time. Who says fish method similar to sonar it tells you contin- color is being recommended by safety' aren't dumb! uously the depth of the water. \\'hen the authorities. To be st>'lish and safe, discard boat passes over a school of fish, however, your old hunting wardrobe of red, scarlet, OUTSIDE SOCKS are the unusual hunt- the indicated depth suddenly lessens be- yellow or orange and get one in blaze- ing apparel of Paul Brey of Ontario, Wis. cause the echo reflects from the fish instead orange. Or, at least, add a blaze orange A\'hen hunting in dry noisy woods, to of from the bottom. Then you stan fishing. vest. Last year, a field study published by deaden his foot-sound he wears a pair of the National Safety' Council and the old woolen socks over hLs hunting boots. American Optometric Assoc. proved the The padding doesn't kill all the sound, but other colors are dangerous. Yellow can most of it. "They let me sneak up on a deer be mistaken for white, the color of a deer's like an Indian!" he claims. To this we'd tail, and red disappears in poor light. like to add our own sock hint: wear them There's only one trouble with blaze-orange. over your shoes when you're ice fishing, suspect it's just as Wc visible to a deer. too; not only w ill they help keep your feet Certain foolhardy' old-timers we know- w arm but w ill also make them skidproof. stick to forest green, and they always bring venison! home SCOPE FILTERS w ill help sharpen your long-range varmint shooting this coming RUNNING TARGETS of a new kind for CIGARETTE FILTER-TIPS can do more season, advises David Fisher of Allentown, rabbit shooting practice with a shotgun or than hold back tobacco tars and resins, says Pa. He uses a yellow K-2 Wrarten gelatin .22 rifle are suggested by Tom O'Qjnnell Ronald Daniels of Detroit. Mich. The\- can filter sold by most photo stores for about of Eau Claire, \\'is. All you need are an keep a sharp hook out of your finger, too. 65f- w hich comes in a square sheet. Cut a open field, a stiff breeze, and some balloons Break off the filters, wrap a turn of Scotch round piece and snap in place against your or small thin plastic bags. Blow them up, tape around each tf) keep moisture from ey epiece lens. Protect it from dust, mois- knot the ends and let thfcm go tw o at a unravelling them, and slip one on each ex- ture and fingers; gelatin is fragile. Lyman time. The breeze will make them scamper posed hook of your lures. Or use one to Gun Sight Co. markets a similar more dur- over the field as erratically as a scared hold several snelled bait hooks. able deal, mounted in glass in various sizes bunny. When the missed ones fetch up in to fit over the front end of vour scope — the brush at the end of the field you can SOFT RUBBERY LURES in the form of S2.95. try your long-range shooting eye. Balloons worms, small fish, eels, lizards, etc., are be- will work on water, too, but if you're shoot- coming popular because they're excellent SONAR FISHING TACKLE is the latest ing a .22, be careful of ricochets; make sure fishgetters, but they lack an important in- miracle of our electronic age. Called \'- you have a safe backstop. gredient that would make them even more Tackle by distributor Johnson Motors of lifelike— scent. .\k>st fish identify their food Pasadena, Calif., it's a combination rod-reel- If you have a helpful idea for this feature by smell as well as by sight. Only when line outfit that lets you hear fish approach- send it along. If ^*e can use it we'll pay you ravenous w ill they trust their eyes alone. ing the hook! The 12-lb.-test line is actu- S5.00. However, ve are unable to acknowl- Jack Behrens of Baldwin, N.Y., suggests a ally 7 braided wires. Anached to the rod edge contributions, return them or enter .Ad- remedy. He makes a small incision in each handle, which also contains the battery, is into correspondence concerning them. of his soft lures and into it tucks a small an earphone and near the hook end of the dress Outdoor Editor, The American Legion tuft of cotton soaked in cod liver oil. In line is a small pickup mike. It w orks — but Magazine, 720 Fifth .\ve., New York 19, N. Y.

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL 1963 55 DRIVING HINT

V\'hen you're driving with a "Cutie" Remember well this much, You cannot attend to braking

Wiien > our mind is on the clutch. DA r/ r Cora M. Nicodemus IJ u MAD MONEY By Spatial Delivery The Moon trip's boimd to cost a pile (Three hundred thousand bucks per mile. It's said, to turn the trick;) Which seems a lot of cash to burn. — A kinda crazy way to learn Just what makes Luna tick. Berton Brai.ey

SNOOTY FISH TALE

And then tlierc w as tiic pet shop owner who claimed his tropical fish were so aristocratic they came o\ er under tlie May- flower. Philip Thomas

DOESN'T ADD UP A man with two wives But no brain cells along Was hard to convince That two rites make a wrong!

. . . Mark /XIorrow

ADOLESCENT ARITHMETIC

A problem child is one who puts two and two together and gets curious. Franklin P. Jones

"No, Mr. Buxton, I haven't come to ask your forgiveness so you'd give me my old job back in the Accounting Department.' TRUE, BUT SAD People whose homes are clean and noiseless Generally are girls and boys-less! FASTER THAN THE STORK Claire Boiko An American businessman w as transferred to ^^'est Germany to take charge of his firm's office there and he left his pregnant wife in the United TWO HARD TO FIGURE States until after tlic i)irth of their baby. But a week before the baby was

due, the prospective father recei\ed a message that his wife was arriving Why a man would want a wife is a by jet the follow ing day. Greeting his extremely pregnant wife as she mystery to some people. Why he would

wobbled down the stairs from the plane, he asked anxiously: "What hap- want two is a bigamistery.

pened? You know > ou'rc not supposed to travel in your condition." S. S. BiDDLE

"Yes, I know," nodded his wife, "but I got to thinking how much more

convenient it would be to bring the baby this way than after he was born!" Dan BF.NNErr

RUDE AWAKENING Discussing problems concerning teenagers, one woman asked her neighbor: "Is your son hard to get out of bed in the morning?" "No," replied the other, "I just open the door and throw the cat on his bed." The neighbor was puzzled. "How," she asked, "does that awaken him?" "Well, you see," replied the other, "he sleeps with the dog." F. G. Kernan

WHICH JOSHUA HAS THE STILL? Uncle Josh Hiram, the old mountaineer, was up before the judge for moonshining. "What's your full name?" the judge inquired. "Joshua Hiram, Your Honor," replied the old man. "So," remarked the judge, "you're the Joshua who made the sun stand still?" "No, no, your Honor," the old fellow explained. "I'm the Joshua who made the moonshine still." QuENTiN R. Howard "Cold Hands."

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