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shipment to one or HOW TO HAVE FUN LIKE A FISH by Vlad Evanoff 16 IT IS EASY TO ENTER INTO THE UNDERWATER WORLD.

all of the following THE GENIE IN YOUR GAS TANK by Clarence Woodbury 18 ALL ABOUT THE FUEL THAT KEEPS US ON THE GO. service groups: HOW TO ... by Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding 20 YOU TOO CAN BE A DO-IT-YOURSELFER, IF YOU HAVE TO. * V.A. HOSPITALS NOBODY LOVES AN UMPIRE by Ernie Harwell 22 ^ STATE HOSPITALS AND BUT HE IS BASEBALL'S INDISPENSABLE MAN. SIMILAR HOSPITALS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ANNOUNCEMENT OF CAR CONTEST WINNERS 24

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courts so lenient or so s>'mpathetic to the reds or so infiltrated with red- tainted judges and lawyers that this condition is thereby existing? The Denver Post of January 15 told of a trial delay granted to seven communist leaders. If my recollection is correct, the FBI and other agencies of the Government went to considerable cost to taxpayers to round up this group of commies and to prosecute them,

only to (as it looks now) release them, that they may help to spread the can- cerous conditions which we now have in nearly half the world. V. F. Hebert Denver, Colo.

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Sir: Knowing that some Legionnaires do not read their magazine as they a dad is should, I think that all Posts should try to see that every member reads GANDY DANCERS "How The Reds Wage Their Global in the many things .. Sir: At a recent meeting of the officers Trade War" April issue. This shows how the Soviets are taking over and trustees of the 1 1th Engineers Vet- the free world without firing a shot. erans Association, I was instructed to He is a fixer of bicycles and This issue convey to Clarence Woodbury our of the magazine should be electric trains ... patient passed on and on until a sincere thanks for his very fine anicle everyone in the United States read it. I source of answers to childhood's in the March issue of The .47//erican had know that many people do not care how late it is, never-ending questions ... a Legion Magazine describing the part but it may be worth a try. the Engineers played in World War I supplier of dimes for ice cream E. E. Maiisell at Gouzeaucourt, in which he gave bars on warm summer nights City, units of the 11th credit for their part Kansas Mo. ... a novice at combing hair. in the engagement. Needless to say, we felt a certain sense of pride to have ANSWERS SENATOR To his son he is a hero to belonged to such an outfit. imitate ... a never-erring Joseph V. Boyle, Secretary Sir: In spite of Senator Proxmire's New York, N. Y. pleas in your March issue for Federal authority . . . the smartest, "Fair Trade," so called, the undeniable strongest man on the block. Sir: As a former private in Company facts are these: (1 ) "Fair Trade" is ac- F, 12th Engineers (R> ), many thanks tually legalized price fixing, a procedure A Dad is a protector, a provider to Comrade Clarence Woodbur>' for abhorrent to the American public. (2) an old memory, well and modestly put. of food, clothing, shelter . . . he It would eliminate price competition William H. Kelly, makes every possible provision and would destroy our system of free Lt. Col., AUS (Ret.) enterprise. (3) It would produce a rise for his jamihjs well-being. Cha)i?bersbnrg, Pa. in the cost of living estimated at 30 That's why Legion Dads Sir: I read with interest the article percent by the U. S. Department of "They Fought With Picks and Justice. (4) It does not aid small busi- like the low-cost life insurance Shovels." However, I wish to offer a ness. "Fair Trade" is a misnomer. It is they get under the American correction on that paragraph which fair to nobody. It strikes at the con- Legion Insurance Plan. reads: "Since we were the first Yanks sumer's pocketbook and deprives the they had seen and the first foreign merchant of his inherent right to buy It's just too inexpensive to pass troops to parade in London'' etc. The advantageously and sell at competitive up (only $1 a month). And it first American troops to land in Eng- prices. It would outlaw the bargain

land and France during World War I sale. "Fair Trade " is un-American in gives so much added protection consisted of Base Hospital No. 4, U. S. concept and anticonsumer in principle. to those who depend on Dad. Army, recruited at Cleveland, Ohio. The public, which is certainly in no A. Wood position to assume added burdens, Underwritten by Occidental Life Los Angeles, Calif. finds it intolerable. Businessmen recog- Insurance Company of California. nize its uneconomic character. Gov- Sir: I enjoyed the pick-and-shovel ernment agencies call it unconstitu- story very much. Bur the timing is a tional. Congress should be put on no- little off. Had we known where the I 1 tice that pending "Fair Trade" bills 12th Engineers were going to land, we must be defeated. I Clip this coupon now for more information • would have had a welcoming commit- Henry Model! tee on hand to greet them. I Post No New York, N. Y. j Henry S. McMeckin Chicora, Pa. Name | I LEWIS IN UNIFORM Street ! LOOPHOLES Sir: In "Editor's Corner" for March

City Zone | I Sir: Have the laws of our country be- you reported on the meeting of Miko- a State come so shot full of holes that a group yan and Jerry Lewis on Hollywood I of communisrs can, w ith the aid of set. The importance of this episode has

Mail to: INSURANCE PLAN I I money and attorneys, continue to es- been missed by almost everyone and,

I I AMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS cape prosecution, remain free on bond, I am sure, by Jerry Lewis himself. Mr.

P. 0. Indianapolis, Indiana I I Box 1055, and carry on their nefarious plotting Lewis was in the uniform of an against our way of life, or are our (Contimied on page 43)

2 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JUNE ! —

When "public power" wins—you lose

Every fime the lobbyists for federal "public more— so that the federal government can take over power" push another government electricity project a still bigger share of the electric business. through Congress, you are taxed to pay the bill! Yet they must know that America's hundreds of You and other Americans have already been taxed independent electric light and power companies are about $5,500,000,000 to pay for federal "public ready to supply all the electricity the nation needs power." That's how much has been taken out of tax- without depending on your taxes. payers' pockets and put into federal power dams and How can this needless spending of your taxes be plants in certain parts of the U. S. stopped? As soon as enough people know what "public

But that's just the beginning — if the federal "public power" is really costing them, they will call a halt to it. power" lobbyists and pressure groups have their way. The quickest way to bring that about is to spread the They want more of your tax money— $10,000,000,000 word among your friends and neighbors.

America's Independent Electric Light and Power Companies

Company names on request through this magazine Afflicted With Getting Up Nights, A SHORT CUT TO THREE SPECIAL-INTEREST FEATURES, Pains in Back, Hips, Legs, Nervousness, Tiredness. If you are a victim of the above symptoms, the trouble may be due to Gland- Your Personal Affairs ular Inflammation. A constitutional Dis- ease for which it is futile for sufferers Information that can help you ivith everyday problems. to try to treat themselves at home. To men of middle age or past this Before fine summer days put you in a less serious mood, here are a type of inflammation occurs frequently. trio of personal-affairs essentials to think about: It is accompanied by loss of physical SOCIAL SECURITY: In case you've forgotten, there's a statute of limi- vigor, graying of hair, forgetfulness and tations often increase in weight. Neglect of on the bookkeeping of your account— 3 years, 3 months, and 15 days, such Inflammation causes men to grow to be exact. Errors usually can't be corrected if they aren't caught within old before their time —premature senil- that time. So check up approximately every three years. A form for that ity and possible incurable conditions. purpose is available at your social security office. Most men, if treatment is taken in time, can be successfully NON-SURGI- BUDGET: If you're statistically minded, you can add another yardstick CALLY treated for Glandular Inflam- to your measurements of financial outgo: A new Commerce Department mation. If the condition is aggravated breakdown of how people collectively spend their money. Here are the major by lack of treatment, surgery may be the only chance. categories: Food, beverages, tobacco 29% Furniture, household eqpt 6% NON'SmWAL TRfATMSm Housing 13 Savings 6 Taxes 12 Transportation 3 The NON-SURGICAL New Type treat- Automotive 9 Services (including insurance, ments used at the Excelsior Medical Clinic are the result of discoveries in Clothing, shoes 8 education, medical care) .... 8 recent years of new techniques and Household operation 6 (Contimied on page 37) drugs plus over 20 years research by scientific technologists and Doctors. Men from all walks of life and from over 1.000 communities have been successfully treated here at Excelsior Springs. They found soothing and com- Hod & Gun Club forting relief and new health in life. For the man tcith an interest in the great outdoors.

RECTAL-COLON The Sacramento Marine Corps Reserve Unit in California, the first military EXAMINATION Are often associ- unit of its kind to team up with any department of fish and game in providing ated with Glandu- AT LOW COST iar inflammation. instructors for hunter-safety training, passed another milestone recently. These disorders, When you arrive we This unit has just completed its first full year of training Boy Scouts in the can here our Doctors who successfuily treat for you. at Sacramento area in hunter-safety and basic marksmanship. Some 250 Scouts are experienced spe- the same time we have been trained by four instructors since the program started a year ago. cialists make a com- treat Gianduiar In- plete examination. flammation. The achievement resulted in a certificate of appreciation being awarded the Your condition is Marine Corps unit by the Golden Empire Council of the Boy Scouts of frankly explained REDUCIBLE America. possible general order and then you decide HERNIA The program was made by a Marine Corps if you will take the is also amenable to to cooperate with the Boy Scouts whenever possible. treatments needed. a painless Non- Treatments are so Surgical treatment that we have de- Texas has what we consider an excellent idea in fishing licenses. That State mild hospitalization veloped. Full de- issues it fishing is not needed— a con- tails of this treat- what calls a "universal license" for $2.15. This license permits siderable saving in ment given in our in both salt and fresh water, and can be purchased by residents or nonresidents. expense. Free Book. In Maine every penny paid for licenses is devoted to creating better hunting

Write Today For Our % and fishing in the Pine Tree State, unlike (Continued on page 38) The Excelsior Med- ical Clinic has published a New FREE Book that deals with diseases peculiar to Briefly About Books men. It could prove at utmost importance Reading matter that may interest you. to your future life. Write today. No ob- In Every War But One, by Eugene Kinkead. W. W. Norton & Co., $3.75. Must ligation. ^'^^^^ reading for every American who ever wore his country's uniform. This book EXCELSIOR ' tells how one out of every three Americans taken prisoner in Korea collab- MEDICAL CLINIC orated with the communists, and why two out of five died. The reason: the i Deph B1 151 new softness that has permeated American life. Excelsior Springs, Mo. I of I Gentlemen: Kindly send me at once, your The Roots Capitalism, by John Chamberlain. Van Nostrand, $5.50. The

New I FREE Book. am interested in full story of the free society that was built by capitalism, a system which can I information (Please Check Box) Hernia Rectal-Colon Glandular stand on its own attainments but which is under attack from many quarters. J ' Inflammation Our New Life With the Atom, by Robert and Leona Train Rienow. Thomas Y. NAME_ Crowell, $3.50. Authors who have written for this magazine discuss nuclear ADDRESS- i energy and ways and means of controlling it so that it will not control mankind. TOWN- The Compact History of the American Red Cross, ( Continued on page 49) STATE. OTHER FEATURES IN THIS ISSUE: : SOUND OFF: P. 2 NEWSLETTER: P. 25 EDITOR'S CORNER: P. 6 PARTING SHOTS: P. 56

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A SENATOR HAS HIS SAY We'd like to nominate for a special Pulitzer Prize a newsletter that is circulated by Senator Norris Cotton of New Hampshire to his constituents. In a few words he can portray some of our most pressing problems, and he often does so with a delightful touch of humor. An excellent example is this comment about inflation: "Just about the time you think you can make ends meet, someone moves the ends."

But one of Itis most penetrating statements dealt with a subject that concerns each and every one of us — socialism. Con-

cerning it he said: "Actually, it's a denial

of the individual. Man is sacrificed. The

state is paramount. It is the ultimate in UNDER THE SEAS AND INTO THE SKIES are two great advances in communications. 'togetherness.' The Pilgrims tried it at Submarine cables enable you to telephone overseas as clearly as across town. Far up in outer until space, U. S. satellites derive their radio voices from the Transistor, the mighty mite of elec- Plymouth they nearly starved, and

tronics invented at Bell Telephone Laboratories. It is through such pioneering that the Bell now, after 350 years, we are on the verge System keeps opening new fields to make your service ever broader and better. (Solid lines of trying it again. The planners and the show present underseas cables. Heavy dotted line is new cable now being laid to Europe.) subsidizers are taking over. Other countries are outproducing and underselling us in cars and cloth, food and fiber, while Tlie function of the telephone busi- ahead that comes from good earnings. we live in a fool's paradise of workless pa\- and cropless farming. Crash govern- ness is to serve the public and serve The benefits are widespread. ment building programs and dole for the it well. There is ever-increasing evidence jobless are not the answers, nor can we go back to an outmoded sj'stem of tariff It works two ways. We must serve that good earnings for the telephone walls. Uncle Sam, ex-World Champion well to prosper. And just as surely company, with all that they mean in in production, must go back into training we must prosper to ser\e well. research, jobs and purchasing, are an and win back his title. Mere volume of This doesn't mean for six months important factor in the over-all econ- production is not enough. It must be efficient and cost-cutting. must be able or a year or a couple of years but on omy of the country as well as in the We to go down into the world market place a continuing basis. For the telephone best interests of telephone users. and compete. This can be done onl>- if business, more than almost any other, management, labor, and government unite If earnings are less than the needs is a long-term business. Always we to hold the line on prices, wages, and of the task, and all energies and judg- must keep building ahead to handle taxes." ment must be devoted to meeting the the needs of the country. pressing needs of the moment, it be- BaiSHEVIK BAZAAR comes impossible to do the best job. Those needs are growing every day. STARTING ON June 28 and lasting for a Just the gain in population alone gives month the Soviet Empire will stage a There is, indeed, no basis for the some idea of their size. fair in New York. This great exhibit, we idea that the sure way to low tele- are told, will show the industrial might of phone rates is to keep the company's By 1970 there will be 40,000,000 the reds, their scientific wizardry, and more people in the United States. earnings as low as possible. their superior culture. But we wonder if More and more communications serv- they will also show American cash cus- Such a philosophy, by limiting re- ice and services will be required by tomers the following attractions: search, efheiencies and the economies people, industry and defense. 1. A demonstration of the way inw hicli of long-term building, would lead the communists extract confessions from Such progress can come only if there almost precisely to the opposite result political prisoners, and how Soviet "Peo-

is reasonable freedom for business and . . . poorer service at a higher price ples Courts" treat the wretches who the encouragement to go full steam than you would otherwise have to pay. appear before them. 2. Armament used in Soviet fighter planes which operate in packs to buzz and blast down unarmed American transports. BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM 3. An exhibit of jolly Red Army soldiers, artillery, and tanks, and how they brought Soviet culture to the Hungarians in the fall of 1956.

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4. A long gallery showing treaties signed by various Soviet satraps and broken at "I the biggest can . . their convenience. have 5. Samples of the latest developments in communist espionage, sabotage, terror tactics, blackmail, larceny, etc., in nations the best can . . which maintain diplomatic relations with and the reds. 6. A picture galler>' of "Americans" who have earned the undying gratitude of the Kremlin for services rendered. and it costs the least..." 7. A display of anti-American banners instigated b>' the Kremlin and used by reds around the world to arouse hatred of Americans. 8. Demonstrations by red firing squads, practicing for the job of purging Ameri- can capitalists. (A capitalist, to a communist, is anyone who has something the red wants.) 9. Replica of a slave labor camp, complete with barbed wire, tommj'guns, ver- min, and commissars. 10. Replica of portable summit meeting place, complete with rich food, rare wines, vodka tanks, and propaganda mill. 11. Photographs showing places in the Soviet Empire which tourists arc not permitted to see. 12. A heroic statue of Cyrus K. Eaton, Squire of Pugwasli and Master of Hog- wash. 13. Taped recordings in stereo and hi-fi of some of Khrushchev's threats to bury us, push us to our graves, etc. If the Commissars of Culture will offer such attractions, we'll gladly spend our money to see their show. If not, tiic\''ll get nar>' a ruble from us. AV'e've seen all the pictures of happy, bucolic bolsheviks and grim, grimy Marxists that we can stomach. Particularly when we know tliar tlicy're dedicated to burying us.

ON THE BALL MORE PEOPLE than you may realize co- operated to make possible this month's co\er illustration showing another autograph being added to the many on the hall. Planned as a tribute to those w li<> make American Legion Junior Base- bail the \\ onderful thing it is, the illustration presented many problems whose solution required a great deal of help from a great many people. Most of the help came from the good people of Clearwater, Fla., notably the Legionnaires of Turner-Brandon Post 7,' w ho did a lot of preliminary w ork to set the stage for the actual picture-taking and w iio turned out their Junior Baseball team and their junior rifle team. Tampa Post 139 provided its team; Pinellas Park Post 104 helped with its crack color guard; and additional help was forthcoming from the Florida Highway Patrol Auxiliary, the Little Leaguers, the Clearwater High School Band and the junior band. And people from all over came to see the fun and fill the stands. We thank them. We also wish to thank: The big league players who kindly consented to provide their autographs for the ball; James (iMikc) Waddy, the lad with the smile, who appears in the foreground; photographer Benn Mitchell; and especially George Dalby, now serving his second year as Florida Department Junior Base- Barbasol ball Chairman. 1 1 oz. ONLY 79< • 6 oz. ONLY 59<

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PRESENTING BOTH SIDES OF BIG ISSUES EACING THE NATION

THIS MONTH'S SUBJECT: Is Pay TV In The Public Interest?

(PRO) Subscription television de- (CON) I'm against pay TV for the serves a public trial — a test fair and simple reason that it threatens an $11 broad enough to settle once and for billion investment in which more than all the misunderstandings and mis- 90 percent of this country's 175 million conceptions over what it is and what people have a stake.

it can do. Only such a test can give Television is an integral part of the the Federal Communications Com- lives of most Americans. It's reliably mission and the Congress the facts estimated that the 48 million TV sets

needed to regulate it. now in use are watched by 157.5 mil- Freedom of choice is an American tradition we lion people. Multiply these 48 million sets by an aver- have fought wars to preserve. In this blessed country age cost of $225 each, and you see what I mean by an of ours any legitimate new undertaking enjoys the $11 billion investment. right to make its case before the bar of public opinion. All that money was spent in anticipation of enjoying The American people themselves are the ones who, the best that commercial television has to offer in the in the final analysis, must determine success or failure. way of entertainment, sports, and other events suit- Proponents of pay TV make some claims worth look- able to the TV medium. You can argue all day about ing into, calmly and objectively. They argue that pay overcommercialism and other faults of TV as we

TV will complement, not supplant, the commercial know it, but the figures still show that the average television we know today. Contrary to widely used set in an American home is turned on more than 6 argument, subscription television does not take away hours a day. the shows you now get "free" through sponsored com- But what if pay TV enters the picture? Participa- mercial-television programming. Instead, something tion in extensive congressional hearings on the ques- new would be added — high-quality programs which tion has convinced me that most TV fans would the viewer could pay to see or not, as he chose, and take a licking. Large-scale entertainment has always which advertisers never would be able to afford to been a commercial venture wherein artists and other sponsor. Meantime, they add, favored programs on performers sell their talents to the highest bidder. commercial television would be as readily available With pay TV holding a promise of higher pay for top as ever. performers, free TV is bound to lose both talent and And there are claims of far-reaching benefits to the quality. The good shows and the great performers are national economy. Pay TV could foster profitable op- going to be attracted to pay TV, and this is bound to eration of more television stations than now exist. leave free TV with the "dregs." It would enlarge the communications industry, provide new jobs and opportunities for both technicians We've already seen the handwriting on the wall and artists. with respect to baseball. Walter O'Malley took the Subscription television, as a new competitor for Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles with an eye on the the audience, should bring about an improvement in pay-TV potential not offered in New York. It has all television programming. been estimated that major league baseball could gross Subscription television's advocates make no claim between $25 million and $30 million a year from pay to unanimous or majority public support, but they TV. That's more than all 16 teams could make to- do point out that a substantial and apparently grow- gether by taking fans through the ball-park turnstiles. ing minority of American television viewers are hun- To keep on seeing the best under pay TV, set own- gry for the kind of programs they are not getting now. ers would have to shell out anywhere from $100 to A broad trial could go a long way in determining $400 annually as the "price of admission." That's not whether pay-TV programming would satisfy this hun- counting the $40 to $75 cost of the so-called decoder, ger and be economically acceptable. without which present sets could not be able to receive Subscription television must be given a meaningful pay TV. test, in justice to a potential new American industry. If pay TV gets its foot in the door, it's not hard to The time has arrived for the private citizen to see imagine the day when good plays, fine music, athletics, what subscription television really is, and to decide and the rest of the cream of the TV crop will be avail- "Yes" or "No" on its future. able at premium prices only.

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By THOMAS JEFFRIES BETTS battle with his wily was curiously addressed to "Transporta- opponents, their in- tion Division, 110 Division Street, Chi- Brigadier General T. J. Betts, USA (Ret.), at telligence organiza- cago, III." The postal worker had notfied the time of these events was Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Supreme Head- tions. He was, and his chief, and the latter had called in the quarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, then lo- had to be, a man who Army. The documents were undoubtedly cated in England, near London. combined vivid im- SHAEF papers, dealing primarily with agination with shock- transportation matters; but they includ- STOCK IN trade of my assistant, proof realism. This ed a small map, pinpointing the planned THEColonel Gordon Sheen, was the invasion area plus evidence that could unexpected, the dangerous, and ever, he was visibly disturbed, his sandy be interpreted to give the approximate the bizarre. He was chief of the Security mustache bristling. date and size of the attack and some of

Branch of the Intelligence Division, Su- "General," he said to me, "this is the the units involved. The Department was preme Headquarters, Allied Expedition- worst ever." airmailing the papers back to us and ary Force (SHAEF); and as that great "This" was a decoded message from had called in the FBI to handle the organization labored in early 1944 to U.S. War Department. Yesterday morn- American end of the investigation. The plan and oversee the decisive Allied in- ing, it said, a mail sorter in the New York FBI, the report added dryly, knew Divi- vasion of Western Europe, Sheen bore Post Office had seen a large envelope sion Street, Chicago, as an area whose the heavy responsibility of insuring that break open as he shook it out of a population included many persons of the enemy was denied vital information SHAEF mailbag. From the container German origin. End of message. of our intentions. A principal outguesser there had gushed a bundle of papers Sheen and I looked at each other of the Germans, he had already joined marked "TOP SECRET." The envelope grimly. We did not have to spell out the 12 implications of the message. Perhaps we had stumbled upon a masterpiece ol TOP SBSJ*^ German espionage. Perhaps some unbe- BIGOT lievable blunder had been uncovered. In either event we had to reckon with the possibility that the Germans now knew

SUPREME

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Division ^OfCf top The sorter saw a bundle of pajiers marked "Top Secret" po|> out of the sack.

and rock-hard derby hat. We told him what little we knew; he asked a few

L .X. . questions that seemed rather vague and then, refusing further help or introduc- tions, plodded on heavy feet into the labyrinth of the SHAEF offices. The next morning he was back. "J have no precise report to give you," he

said, "but I am certain that a simple ex- planation of this incident will be found jVormandy and that it will not involve espionage." He refused to say more and left. Un- doubtedly he meant to be reassuring, but he brought no answers to the twin questions that bedeviled Sheen and me: How much do the Germans know? And how (Invasion do they come to know it? Shortly after his departure the air- mailed parcel of intercepted documents arrived from America. It was apparent An envelope broke open in the New York that they belonged to SHAEF Logistics

Division and probably to its Transporta- tion Division. Accordingly, we called in Post Office, and out dropped a map that Major General N.C.D. Brownjohn of the British Army, under whose immediate command the papers fell. "B.J.," as pinpointed the planned invasion area. he was generally known, quickly rose to the same peak of repressed horror that we occupied; agreed that the papers were his; and joined us in an examina- enough about the invasion plans to repel a check on the personal records of the tion of the only tangible new evidence,

the proposed Allied landing on the whole staff, several thousand persons of the original container and its handwrit- French coast. Furthermore there lurked many nationalities, to see whether any- ten address. The container was a large

in the background the nagging doubt as one was on file as connected with I 10 U.S. penalty envelope, a bit flimsy for to how long this had been going on. and Division .Street. We also decided to in- the open mails and of a type favored in

whether or not it was still continuing. form the British security service and to SHAEF for interoffice communications.

The only ray of light in the whole black call in Scotland Yard. We felt that it was B.J. claimed that he could detect Amer- picture was that, with the invasion date not yet time to start any wholesale ques- ican characteristics in the handwriting,

6 weeks off, we still had a little precious tionings: for that might give the impres- and we all agreed that this was so good

time in which to investigate what had sion that a big hunt was in progress, and that it must have been produced by

happened. And. if necessary. General it would certainly alert any spies. Nor someone with a clerical education. At Eisenhower could change or even call did we feel that we knew enough about this point B.J. wanted to start giving off his plans. Anyhow, so far as military the case at this time to disturb General penmanship tests throughout his divi- security was concerned, disaster was in Eisenhower. sion, but both Sheen and I thought that the air. During the morning Personnel re- this was too much of a shotgun approach The two of us quickly decided what ported that its records connected no one in the delicate matter of a security in- to do at that moment. There was in fact in SHAEF with Division Street, Chica- vestigation. Besides we felt that we had a Transportation Division, part of our go. That afternoon a Scotland Yard de- one more trump, the FBL Logistics Division (G-4). While the doc- tective appeared. He was a massive man That afternoon the FBI came through. uments, as described, seemed to point in clothed in the garb worn by British civil In another message the War Depart- this direction, we felt that the evidence servants: Black coat, striped trousers, ment told us that the G-men reported was not definite. We therefore called for ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER RICHARDS (Continued on page 48) 13 An American who spent several years in a ^ LETTER TO

Japanese POW camp questions a man who

preoccupies himself with curious crusades.

Sir: I have read in several sections of and that there really since their disfigurement. Nor did I find the press recently — the coverage was islittle hope thatany it strange that every efi'ort was made in favorable— that you are conducting an- significant improve- Japan to discredit or disregard your very other campaign of purposeful mercy. ment will result vocal mission.

This time, at least by first implication, from their trip to This is not intended as a derogatory your ostensible mission is to help, some- the United States. reflection on the Japanese; it is merely a how, several selected Polish women who Perhaps some re- statement of a fact that we both should were victims of nazi medical experi- sidual infections recognize. It is not easy for an American ments during World War II. Certainly may be reduced, to ignore any mission of mercy, but I these innocents have my sympathy, on but certainly this believe that many Americans who would Frank A. Tinkt'i several counts. could be done more not approve your mission do, neverthe- Some months prior to this undertak- humanely by sending the necessary less, remain silent rather than suffer the ing you conducted a similar campaign medicines to Poland. embarrassment of appearing merciless on behalf of a group of young Japanese The whole expedition then is, as you or unrepentant. Fortunately, I am in an ladies who were severely wounded when state in the Saturday Review, a gesture unusual position to expose myself on this the A-bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. of vague revulsion against the human score, since I attempted such a mission I sympathize with these young women race. Unfortunately, the direction of this long before you did. Thus my standing too. But my emotions are influenced by revulsion is so obvious as to make it in the community of mercy is on record, my reason, and this fact has caused me downright political. Your project serves and I am emboldened to tell you about to have some misgivings about these to keep alive hatred of the evil that nazism Masako. mercy missions of yours. represented. In loathing that inhuman While we were dying of starvation in You see, I have had some firsthand philosophy and all its terrible, bestial a scrofulous compound in Naoetsu, Ja- experiences which I believe qualify me works I wholeheartedly join you, as do pan, in 1945, two atomic bombs were to speak with some authority on matters all reasonable persons. But to hate na- dropped far to the south of us, and the such as this. Along with many others, zism is one thing; to inspire the same feel- war suddenly ended. Our B-29's then living and dead, I endured several years ing toward Germany itself is an entirely started dropping quantities of food and of residence in a Japanese prisoner-of- different thing. And I must deplore the supplies on any POW camps they could war camp. During that forced education fact that the end result of your crusade find. This was difficult, since the Japan- and for several additional years while I with these pitiable Polish women may be ese had not marked such camps in the was a Foreign Service Officer of our to engender anew a hatred against the manner prescribed by the admittedly

Department of State, I was able to ob- German people. I must also deplore your loose rules of warfare. At any rate, al- serve and to recognize the good and evil project which starred the Hiroshima though the Army Air Forces intended

—by Judaeo-Christian definition— in the Maidens. To me and to many others, it these drops as missions of mercy, many

Oriental character. I believe that my seems clear that the end result— if not the of the parcels, trailing unopened para- background has fitted me to recognize purpose—of that activity was the discred- chutes, dropped through the Japanese these qualities as well as most Western- iting of our use of atomic weapons, either shacks bordering our slime-soaked camp. ers can. And I am firmly convinced that in defense or retaliation. One of these cleanly severed the leg you do not understand that character at Individually, of course, we both are of a girl named Masako who had been all, despite your wartime stint with the free to go our own ways quietly— or sitting in her parents' hut. When I re- Office of War Information, which pre- loudly — on these matters. But by pro- turned to that Japanese village in 1950, sumably provided you with some knowl- ceeding overseas so publicly with the Masako was brought to my attention. It edge of our country's enemies. largess of your sentiment you have, con- was significant that she was not brought

Nevertheless at the time of the Hiro- sciously, I am sure, managed to associ- forward as an object of pity, but as a shima Maidens episode there seemed to ate the name of this country with such grotesque thing of ridicule. be a chance that the physical or emo- expeditions. This is my nation as well Indignant and concerned, although tional circumstances of these pitiful vic- as yours, sir; and since in my estimation Masako herself seemed fairly resigned tims of warfare could be at least slightly your ship of good will has been swamped to her disfigurement, I fired off a letter bettered. Thus bringing them over here by its political cargo, I should like to be to the appropriate office of the occupa- for treatment was a humanitarian ges- specifically exempted from its articles. tion forces. The diplomatic answer to ture, and as such was worthy of an Unlike many of the people who were that letter informed me that, unfortunate-

American's serious consideration. In the persuaded into subscribing to your Hiro- ly, if the United States accepted respon- case of the Polish "Lapins," or guinea shima committee, I lived with the Japan- sibility for all such marginal accidents of pigs, I note with much distress but little ese during the World War II period. occupation, our national treasury would surprise that you now admit that these Hence, I did not find it strange that the be bankrupt in a week. This did not unfortunate women have already had ac- Japanese Government itself did little seem an adequate answer to me, and still cess to excellent medical care in Poland to rehabilitate these girls in the years does not; but after some reflection on 14 Norman^

the matter 1 concluded that It was recently admitted thai the rea- Masako was, after all, a mem- son no advance warning was given to the ber of a society vastly differ- people of Hiroshima was the fear thai ent from mine. Any monetary Allied prisoners of war would have been help from outside her society, even as their philosophy the need to help her moved into the area to take their places.

unpublicized as mine was intended to more than they had; but I regretted most This was not a baseless fear but a very be, would apparently only have embar- that we had ever been brought to Nao- accurate assumption. The war plan of

rassed her. I made sure that Masako had etsu in the first place. However, we Japan called for the slaughter of all pris- an artificial limb and access to a sewing prisoners had not been brought there oners of war the minute any invasion school, and left her with my sympathy. because we wanted to be, nor were we at force showed up on the horizon. This

Perhaps by so doing I merely joined war because we enjoyed the sport. Thus documented fact was called to our atten-

the Japanese in submitting to fate. Cer- I found no reason to hang my head; 1 tion frequently by camp guards, in fun. tainly, if the people of that nation or can say this after considerable searching and by responsible Japanese naval offi-

that village had thought it necessary or of conscience and no rationalization. cers who were certainly not joking.

advisable to expend the relatively small Likewise, I say flatly that neither do I It is also why Hiroshima and Naga-

sums required to rehabilitate these inno- regret Hiroshima, any more than I do saki were considered by the thousands of

cent persons, they would have done so the sacks of soap and goodies which prisoners in Japan still alive in 1945 as without any prodding from me. were rained on us by our comrades in having saved their waning lives, and why

But I find that it bears repeating that, arms. In both cases these acts managed they feel less guilt than gratitude for the unlike your committee and its many an- to keep us alive and to sustain hope. The tremendous discovery of atomic fission. nouncements, I acted from no sense of Japanese, as you know, did not keep After all, they reason, at least these at-

actual or implied guilt. I merely regret- prisoners from any Western-like belief tacks, unlike Pearl Harbor, were legiti-

ted deeply that this girl had been hurt; I in the sanctity of life, but because they mate actions of a war openly declared. regretted that others had not found in were useful as workers and hostages. (Coiiliiuicd oil pa^c 42)

This emaciated American was found in a PO^V camp Next Cousins imported a group of Polish women for medical treat- near Yokohama, one of many victims of barbarity. ment, even though such care was available behind the Iron Curtain. 15 By VLAD EVANOFF HEN MARINES in the first assault How to Havel wave hit the beach during the invasion of Guam in World War II, they found a sign reading: U.S. MARINES. WELCOME TO GUAM FROM UDT 4. The marines were thus If you're healthy and can swin reminded that other Americans had been there before them. UDT's (underwater demolition teams) had scouted the assault beaches and had cleared underwater obstacles; UDT 3 had begun operations at Guam on July 14, 1944 (seven days before the invasion), and had been joined by UDT's 4 and 6 on July 17. The need for such "frogmen," as they were called, was shown by the invasion at Tarawa where the heroic 2d Marine Division sustained heavy losses mainly because of the shallow reefs and Japa- nese underwater obstacles which had prevented the landing craft from reaching the beaches. After this lesson the U.S. Navy organized the underwater demolition teams which not only blew up

This is what the well-dressed skindiver wears for work at great depths

barely meet the demand. Skindiving be- cent times that skindiving has been prac- came one of the fastest growing sports, ticed as a sport. A few pioneers started and today there are an estimated 150,000 diving in the Mediterranean around the divers in California alone. Riviera as early as the 1920's. In the

Skindiving in itself is nothing new — 1930's skindivers began appearing in naked men (for example, the ancient Southern California. Greeks and natives of the South Sea When World War II broke out, the areas) have been venturing underwater Italian, British, and American navies for thousands of years. They dived for proved that skindiving was more than pearls, oysters, sponges, and other sea just a sport. Nowadays skindivers are

products. But it is only in relatively re- put to practical use by police departments to recover bodies and objects needed as evidence, The beginner can get by with a face and for rescue work. Many mask, a snorkel, and a pair of flippers. scientists and marine biolo- gists also dive underwater to study the habits of fishes and enemy obstacles but also did reconnais- other sea life. sance work (such as estimating bottom But the basic appeal in depths and contours, locating passages skindiving lies in the lure of and channels, and gathering other vital the unknown. The sea is our information). These frogmen were later last frontier on this earth — a used during the invasions of Iwo Jima vast, mysterious, unexplored and Normandy, and they saved thou- area covering three quarters sands of lives. of the globe. It's like a new

The dramatic exploits of the frogmen world, and it fascinates and during World War II captured the imag- captures a person from the inations of young and old in this country. very first dive. Only a skin- After the war thousands of people tried diver can fully appreciate the to emulate the frogmen: they took up beauties of coral and brilliant To go deep and stay submerged for a long pe- skindiving. Sales of underwater equip- riod of time, you need an air lung consisting of fish and undersea plants. It ment zoomed, and manufacturers could air cylinders, a regulator, and a mouthpiece. seems strange at first, but af- 16 ity. A beginner requires smaller and shorter fins; many experts prefer the larger, longer flippers. Like a Fish A snorkel, or breathing tube, allows a Fun with skindiver to swim on the surface his face submerged. A tube which projects above the water enables the user to breathe. This way, he doesn't have to lira y ou can soon learn how to skindive. lift his head out of the water each time he needs fresh air. When he dives, he stops breathing through the snorkel; he

does not use the device while he is underwater. But when he surfaces, he blows the water out of the tube and uses

it for breathing again. There are many types of snorkels on the market. Some are merely vertical tubes with a single curve; others have valves which close the end of the tube when the diver sub- merges. The latter are more popular with beginners, but most experts prefer the simple snorkel without valves. Equipped with a face mask, swim fins, and snorkel, a person can go skindiving in warm waters and dive to depths of 20 or 25 feet. Of course, you have to hold your breath while submerged, and

it will take practice to increase your lung capacity. Most skindivers soon learn to hold their breath for as much as a minute or so. Divers with more experience can stay under as long as two minutes. It seems like a short time; but a skindiver can spear a fish, grab a lobster, or take a picture in this brief period. And such a simple outfit as a face Naturally, your general health should mask, swim fins, and snorkel can be be good. You should have a sound heart bought for approximately $15. and lungs and no ear or sinus trouble. An artificial lung which supplies fresh Middle-aged persons have taken up skin- air underwater enables the more ad- diving with excellent results. However, vanced skindiver to go much deeper and to play safe, you should see your family stay submerged for long periods. Such doctor and ask his advice before diving. an air lung is often called a SCUBA The equipment for shallow-water (self-contained underwater breathing skindiving is simple and costs very little. apparatus). The original air lung is The beginner needs only a face mask, a known as the Aqualung — a trade name pair of flippers (or swim fins), and a applied to the device invented in 1943 snorkel (or breathing tube). The face by Captain J. Y. Cousteau of the French mask is the most important of these, Navy and Emile Gagnan, a Canadian

since it is actually a window in the sea engineer. which opens the underwater world to The three main components of an air

the human eye. Without it, your vision lung are the compressed-air cylinder (or With equipment such as this Rolleima- is blurred and out of focus because of tank), the demand valve (or regulator), rin and synchronized flash, it is easy to the refraction of the water. The mask and the mouthpiece. The tanks are get excellent underwater photographs. enables you to see clearly; and if it cov- strapped to the back of the diver by

ers your nose, it also prevents water from means of a harness. Two rubber hoses entering your nostrils. There are many connect to the regulator which is at- ter a brief period of adaptation you be- types on the market, but the single-lens tached to the top of the tank. Both hoses,

gin to feel at home underwater. You kind which covers your eyes and nose is one for inhaling and the other for ex- find that you are free of gravity and preferred. haling, also connect to a mouthpiece

that you can sink, float, or rise as a fish Next on the list are the rubber flip- which is held between the diver's teeth.

does. It's probably the nearest thing to pers, or swim fins. They enable a skin- When the diver is underwater, he re- floating through outer space. diver to swim much faster, and they ceives compressed air from the tank Almost any healthy person who can provide maneuverability. With fins, you automatically as needed at a pressure swim can learn to skindive. If you al- can also swim using only your legs, identical to that of the surrounding ready know how to swim on the surface, thereby freeing your hands for holding water. you are on your way. If you can't, you other equipment. The length and width With an air lung a diver can move should learn how to swim before at- of the swim fins will depend on your about with complete freedom, and can tempting underwater diving. physical condition and swimming abil- (Continued on page 46) 17 lmciisi\c work in laboiatoiics and pilot planls is netessaiy to keep the mammoth refineries running at top efiitiency.

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about 312 quarts of it every day. It has raised our standards of living enormous-

ly, and without it our mechanized society would sputter to a standstill.

Also, next to water, gasoline is just about our cheapest commodity. While Americans use gasoline at the rate the cost of food has risen 83 percent since 1925 and the average cost of all living items 65 percent, the retail price of almost a gallon a day apiece, of motor fuel, before Federal and State taxes are added, has gone up but 7.3 percent. And even when these taxes are included - they average a whopping 9 but few of us know much about it. cents a gallon over the country — the

price of gasoline still has increased only 37 percent since 1925. Yet. while selling far below the level of other necessities, the amazing fluid gives us more up 12 hp., and an air conditioner plus fan will con- for our money every year. Today's motor fuel is sume another 13.5 hp. And all of the horses live on approximately twice as efficient as that which we the same fodder — gasoline. oldtimers sloshed into our Model T Fords from 5- Then, quite apart from its uses in motor vehicles,

gallon cans at the close of World War 1. The premi- more gas is required all the time to operate aircraft, um varieties arc almost the equivalent of the to take the drudgery out of agricultural and indus- aviation gas of World War 11. And the end of its trial tasks, to meet the terrific boom in niotorboat- steady improvement — and its never-ending services ing. and to power an almost infinite array of small

to the public — is not in sight. engines. With big automobile manufacturers preparing to Largely because of the immense growth of sub- produce smaller cars in addition to standard models urbia and do-it-your-selfism, more than 5 million in the near future, some people jump to the con- gas engines of 10.9 hp. or less are now being pro- clusion that the demand for gasoline will decline. duced in this country annually and replacing muscle There is no reason to think that this will happen. power in every kind of activity from milking cows The advent of small autos will bring a vast increase to playing golf. Determined to abolish walking en- in the number of two-car families, automobile mar- tirely, scooter manufacturers are even urging the

keting experts declare; and meanwhile gas is being baseball industry to use their little gas buggies to required to perform more jobs in cars of all sizes. carry relief pitchers from the bullpen to the mound. Not so very long ago the stuff in your fuel tank All these increasing services rendered by gas- was expected merely to take you from here to there. oline indicate that by 1965 we'll be using a full

Today that is just one of its chores. It is also called gallon of it each day on a per capita basis, say in- upon to provide the energy for automatic trans- dustry experts. Instead of tapering off, the demand

missions, power brakes, power steering, pushbutton for it is going up and up. Simca windows, air-conditioning systems, and other de- Curious as it may seem, however, millions of vices which have made the modern car a luxurious people who depend upon gasoline every day know

rolling living room. In a car of 200 horsepower, little about it. Most of us take it for granted, just as for example, automatic transmission alone will eat we do the air we breathe and the water we drink. It 18

I is not generally known that only a few decades ago this life- blood of our civilization was a despised substance that nobody wanted. Nor do most car owners realize that the wondrous substance has undergone so many glamorous transformations

during recent years that it really isn't gasoline at all any more but a complex mixture of chemicals of which old-fashioned

gasoline is only a part. To be made aware of this, you need only don an aluminum hat and make a tour of a large oil refinery, as I did recently. At first I was completely bewildered by what I saw — a plumb- er's paradise covering hundreds of acres from which sprouted roaring "cat crackers" and fractionating towers shaped like gigantic bottles, furnaces and pumping stations, pipes of all sizes sprawling in every direction, plumes of flame and jets of

steam spitting at the sky. In control centers I saw whole walls covered with blinking lights, dials, switches, and electronic pens recording mysterious data. What was going on in this fantastic setup which suggested a combination of Alice's Wonderland and Dante's Inferno was a mammoth wrecking and reconstruction job. Crude oil was being ripped apart, and some of its pieces were being re- modeled into the basic components of gasoline; other pieces your GAS were being shaped into building (Continiiecl on page 44) HOW T©^^^ Would you like to swell up with pride? Two experts tell how, with ramifications.

J -E'vE BEEN ASKHD by the editors all his own roofing. So, you see, it's not are slightly rounded (or "beveled," as ^ j if of The American Les^ion Mciga- just the cash saving that makes people the pros say), and tells that's I Ray me zine to contribute an article on want to do things themselves: it's a easily accomplished by using something any sutiject of our choosing. After greater, more personal reason. It's the called sandpaper. The breadboard is al- lengthy deliberation, we decided that we feeling of accomplishment — the exhila- most a perfect rectangle, and you can would like to discuss the fabrication of ration experienced upon finishing a dif- notice that one end is a little crooked new, and the rehabilitation of deterio- ficult task with your own two hands and only if you look at it. What looks like rated and corroded, personal effects. Or, knowing it's a job well done — the pride the initials R. G. is chiseled into it: and to put it more succinctly, undertaking that swells up from within when you say there's a hole near the middle of one the maintenance and production of your to a friend or neighbor: "Hey, Eddie, end, which, I assume, is used for hang- own accoulerments. What we're trying remember that fuse that blew the other ing it on the wall or cupboard. All in to say is that we'd like to discuss the day? Well, I changed it myself." These all, it's a splendid example of the car-

Do-It-Yourself Movement and its rami- are the real reasons people everywhere penter's art: and Ray has every reason in fications. are doing it themselves. the world to be proud of it.

First of all, we'd like to state that the Ray and I (I being Bob, whose turn I brought in my latest do-it-yourself do-it-yourself craze is not confined to it is to sit at the typewriter) are both project, which I'll let Ray describe to people who are poverty stricken, border- great fixers and makers. We've a lot of you people out there in magazineland. line paupers, or just plain too cheap to workshop savvy and really know our Thank you, Bob Elliott. Your project buy things from stores and then have the way around a toolbox; so we thought appears to be a small cigarette pack, the necessary repairs made by qualified ar- we'd bring some of our latest projects to flip-top-box type: and aluminum foil tificers. People from every social stra- the office and describe them to you. Ray that has been deliberately crinkled is tum are doing it themselves — from brought in a beautiful breadboard he's pasted over the entire box with a do-it- poor itinerant prune pickers to multimil- just completed. It's made out of a solid yourself adhesive mixture made out of lionaires. It's common knowledge that piece of low-grade wood about three- flour and water. On the back of the box Nelson Rockefeller blocks his own hats. quarters of an inch thick. It's 8 inches (which, incidentally, glitters beautifully Tommy Manville makes his own wed- wide and 14 inches long. The top edges as the light plays off the crinkles) is a ding rings, and Harlowe Curtice does ILLUSTRATED BY MORT DRUCKER picture of a blooming aster, cut, I as- 20 TOOLS By BOB and RAY j ELLIOTT GOULDING

If you really want to get into tliis thing big. yon had better buy yourself a lot of tools and find out what they are used for.

bookstore. The price will be and a brush. Then look around the $12.50, and certainly worth house for something to paint. After you every cent. find something but before you dip the Well, we've discussed do-it- brush, make absolutely sure you want

yourselfing in general terms and to paint it. Or, if you want to build some- in terms of some of our own thing, get a whole lot of wood and stuff; recent projects. Now we'd like to impart some of our knowledge on the subject in the form of a few basic rules that we think you

should follow if you want to be a handy, constructive, and crea- tive person to have around the house instead of a clumsy, mud- dleheaded clod. Before we get into the rules, we'd like to men- tion one general, all-encompass- ing rule, and that is: IF YOU'RE NOT TOO CHEAP, BUY IT READY MADE; AND IF IT'S BROKEN, CALL A COUR- TEOUS AND QUALIFIED REPAIRMAN. If you follow Get ^()urselt a big can of j)ainl in that rule, it's hard to go wrong. some kind of color, and a brusli. brush, Barney Brinkhoff, worlds foremost do-it- But if you fail to take this sage But before you dip that make jiaint something. yourselfer, built an 80-foot tugboat, an elec- advice, the following three general hints sure you want to tronic brain, an atomic pile, a nuclear should prove both helpful and comfort- submarine; and almost put a man into s|)ace. ing: but don't cut it up into pieces of difi'er- ^1. KNOW WHAT YOU RE DOING. ent sizes until you decide whether it's For instance, if you feel as if you'd like sume, from a gardening magazine with going to be an extension on the house or to paint something, go to the hardware a pair of sharp scissors. Upon opening a set of bookshelves. We can't empha- store and ask the nice man for a great the flip-top box and peering inside. I see size this too strongly: KNOW WHAT big can of paint in some sort of a color, the tobacco bits have been carefully YOU'RE DOING! vacuumed out: and the box contains a 2. GET DIFFERENT TOOL.S AND large amount of rubber-tipped bobby FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE USED pins. It's a remarkable bit of work, and FOR. Tools are indispensable for any certainly a welcome addition to your kind of do-it-yourself project. We'll wife's dresser or purse. Bob also tells me describe a few of the commonest and that he has done some beautiful work most useful tools, so that if you really pasting gaily colored paper around emp- want to go into this thing big, you'll ty bean cans. These can be used for hold- know what they're for. ing pencils; or. if they are filled one-third The Hammer. This tool is usually full with water, they can be used for about a foot long with a wooden handle attractive butt cans. and a heavy, odd-shaped steel thing on Incidentally, we are collaborating on the end which can be used to pound a book entitled Five Hundred Useful little pointed steel slivers, called nails, And Attractive Items You Can Make into wood. If you should have two pieces If you want to build something, With Your Old Cans, and it's due for of wood and would like to fasten them get a lot of wood and stuff; but release sometime in the next four or five together, place the pointy end of the nail don't cut it up into different- years; so keep an eye out for it at your sized |jieces till you decide what in such a position that when pounded ILLUSTRATED BY JACK SIDESOTHAM kind of thing you want to build. (Continued on page 50) 21 He must be alert, quick, fair, and wise. He is

absolutely indispensable to our national pastime, but

By ERNIE HARWELL

jr-^ VER SINCE the birth of the boos American League's chief of umpires, Tommy U—J baseball umpires have suffered Connolly, and was brought to the majors for ^*-->| more abuse than a washroom wall. 1938. Yet one of America's most distinguished In the International League Rommel had jurists, the late Judge Kenesaw Moun- bitter run-ins with Ray Schalk, Buffalo man- tain Landis, once said: "I don't believe 1 ager. After an especially hard-fought series be- have judicial balance enough to be an tween Buffalo and Montreal, Connolly called umpire." Rommel to his hotel room. They discussed

This is a lonely, thankless, self-sacrific- umpiring and Ed's chances of advancing to ing job. Why would anybody want to be the American League. an umpire? "I guess Schalk really blasted my work," said Ed Rommel, 61 years old and starting Rommel. his 22d season as an American League "On the contrary, Mr. Rommel," Connolly umpire, smiled at the question. told him, "your finest recommendation came His eyes brightened. "Why would any- from Mr. Schalk." body want to be an umpire? I became That attitude reflects baseball's feeling about one because it was the only way I could the umpire. Maybe it's true that nobody loves stay in baseball." him. Among fans he is appreciated about as

The same reason is given by other much as a dime tip is at the Waldorf. But umpires too. Some — like Rommel — are among players and managers the umpire is former players. But many had only a recognized as the true guardian of baseball — consuming love for the game and an in- the man who protects the game at its most vital tense desire to be part of it — even if spot, the playing field. they had to umpire. Much respectful recognition has come to Rommel has been in baseball for 40 Rommel. Here is what Baltimore sports editor years. First, he was a fine pitcher; then, Paul Menton wrote about Ed's career: "Rom- a coach, manager, and umpire. Ed's only mel has worked hard, studied his profession, year of managing was 1935 when he was stayed in physical condition and gained confi- with Richmond in the Piedmont League. dence in his own His team finished last in the first half of judgment. He pos- the split season, but in the second half sesses (or devel- he drove his charges to the top. Rom- oped) that rare abil- mel's club then won the playoff from ity to stay calm in Billy Southworth's Asheville team. the midst of excite- "After our victory," says Rommel, "I ment and anger; to was certain that I would get a raise. In- be pleasant but firm stead, club owner Eddie Mooers cut my when rendering un- salary $1,000. 1 quit." popular decisions.

Ed told his former manager, Connie It has brought him Mack, about his salary cut. the only tribute an

"You'll find it that way in the minors, umpire can hope Ed," Mack told him. for — respect." "If that's so, then the minors aren't One of Rom- for me." mel's early troubles "Ed, how would you like to umpire?" was a man named Rommel was surprised. "In the Ameri- Jimmy Dykes, then can League?" he asked. managing the Chi- "That's up to you," said Mack. cago White Sox. Ed

"All right," said Rommel, "I'll give it and Jimmy were One of the essential qualities that an umpire must have is the a try." close friends. They ability to control the situation when tempers flare. Umj)ire restrains Paul Richards, then \Vhite Sox manager. Next spring Ed went to work as an had started together Ed Rommel Eastern League umpire. He made only in baseball at Sea- $225 per month. Actually, umpiring for ford, Del., and had a year cost Rommel $ 1 ,500. been roommates while they were with mel. "He gave me a fit during those first But Rommel was determined. In 1937 the Philadelphia A's. few seasons." he moved up to the International League. "It was hard for me to understand In the winter of 1943 Rommel met He was scouted that season by the why Jimmy picked on me," recalls Rom- Dykes at a Philadelphia banquet. "Jim- 22 Judging an attempted steal of Iiomc is the toiiglicsi ilecisioii he i> (.illed upon to make, says Ed Rommel. Alert and intent, Rommel is right on top of the play as Billy Martin, then of the Kansas City Athletics, safely steals home. Catcher is Baltimox Orioles" Joe Ginsberg; Hal Smith is at bat.

An iMiipiic -iliouid never call a pl.n ^\ liilc on the i nn. He ^>li(>idtl i iin toward the i>lay, stop, and then make his call. Umpire Joe Paparella is in position to make the call as the Yankees' Mickey Mantle slides in a close play during the 1957 World Series. Braves' Shortstop Logan made the jnitout.

Rommel thought about Dykes' Finally Rommel said: "Are you statement. "Maybe that's it," he told through, Jim?" himself. "I don't answer the others "Maybe." - just Jimmy." He vowed to stop "Well, Jim," said the umpire, "it was answering Dykes. a judgment play. In ray judgment, he In Washington the following held the ball. Your man is out. That's spring Rommel was umpiring a all." game between the Senators and Mr. Dykes tugged at his cap. "Well, I can't

Dykes' White Sox. On a force-out at do anything about it, can I?" He turned second the Senator second baseman and walked away. touched second but dropped the ball There was no real trouble with Dykes

while trying to relay to first. after that. "Runner's out," yelled Rommel. In fact, Rommel probably has had less my," he asked, "why do I have so much Dykes stormed from the dugout. trouble than any long-service umpire. He trouble with you?" "Why'd you call him out, Rommel? has never been seriously hurt and has

"I'll tell you why, Ed. It's because you 1 he second baseman dropped the ball." been in only a few scrapes. answer me back.'' Dykes continued to rant. (Continued on page 40) 23 WINNERS IN THE AMERICA]\[ LEGIOX AUTOMOBILE IDEIVTIFICATION CONTEST

Conducted in The American Legion Magazine March 1959

1ST PRIZE — $2,500 ALMOND E. FISHER, TONAWANDA, N. Y. 2ND PRIZE — $1,000 ALLEN F. BRAY, CULVER, IND.

10 — 3RD PRIZES — $100 EACH John M. Giardini, Huntsville, Ala. •

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"All prizes will be in the form of credits to be applied to purchases made from the dealer chosen by the contestant.

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A DIGEST OF EVENTS WHICH ARE OF PERSONAL INTEREST TO YOU

DRASTIC GOVERNMENT BILL Single veterans under 65 and not on the TO RESTYLE VETS PENSIONS rolls ten years would get PUSHED IN THE CONGRESS: $226 a year more if income is between On April 15, the long promised govern- zero and $390 a year. ment veterans' pension bill, to make $50 a year less if income is between sweeping changes in the whole veteran pension $391 and $690 a year. system, was introduced in Congress . . . $315 a year less if income is between The details of the bill were released too late $691 and $990 a year. for "Newsletter" to make a thorough analysis $554 a year less if income is between of it, but a quick look at some of it will $991 and $1290 a year. serve for vets to make an initial appraisal. $674 a year less if income is between The bill is professed to be based on $1291 and $1400 a year. reasonable, needed changes in the present $120 a year more if income is between veterans' pension laws ... It especially $1400 and $1440 ... No pension payable in claims to award pensions on the principle of this income group at present . . . The admis- aiding those most in need, a sound argument sion of new eligibles in this $40 spread which details of the bill don't live up to. is virtually meaningless, as VA seldom The bill would, in fact, increase the allows pensions to veterans in the top amount of pension payable to eligible permissable income groups. veterans and their widows in the lower Single Ve teran s ove r 65 or on the rolls starvation brackets . . . But in the middle 10 years would have their income affected and upper s tarvation brackets it would com- as follows: pound hunger by reducing the present pension $75 a year more if income is zero to rates in a manner that belies the claims $390 a year. that it would "help those most in need." $201 a year less if income is $391 to Here is where r eductions would start: $690 a year. The rate for a single disabled veteran $466 a year less if income is $691 to with a non-pension income of 17.51 a week $990 a year. would be reduced. $705 a year les s if income is $991 to The rate for a disabled veteran over 65, $1290 a year. with wife, would be reduced if the combined $825 a year less if income is $1291 to income of man and wife (before deductions) $1400 a year. were $16.17 a week (or $8.09 per person) . $120 a year more if income is $1400 to The present rate for family of three $1440 a year where no pension is payable now. would be reduced where man and wife have a total income of $19.65 a week. Veterans with o ne dependent would get The bill is numbered HR6432 ... It the following under the proposed bill (one * appears to be the joint project of Adminis- asterisk means not 65 years old and not on trator of Veterans Affairs Sumner Whittier; rolls 10 years ; two asterisks means on and President Eisenhower ... It was trans- the rolls ten years or over 65) ; mitted to Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn (The comparison in this group and all by House Vets Affairs Chairman Olin E. those below, is actually harsher than it

Teague on April 15 ... At the same time the seems . . . The income brackets shown apply, Veterans Administration released a "Presi- under the present law, to the income of the dent's Statement" in support of it. veteran himself . . . But under the proposed law they apply to the combined income of

Here is how it would effect the total man and wif e . income of disabled veterans, and families $286 a year more * — or $135 a year more ''"* of disabled veterans, in different income — if income is zero to $840 a year. groups, who meet all pension requirements. a year more* — or $105 a year less**

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— if income is $841 to $1200 a year. It would prevent the waiving of Civil $194 a year less — or $345 a year less -'-''' Service and Railroad Retirement benefits — if income is $1201 to $1740 a year. in whole or in part to qualify for pension. $334 a year less * — or $585 a year less *''' It would reduce pension payments to — if income is $1741 to $2280 a year. veterans in VA Hospitals or in VA or State $674 a year less * — or $825 a year less * * soldiers' homes, but permit payment to — if income is $2281 to $2700 a year. dependents, if any, at home in such cases. $120 a year more in either case if income The effects of the bill would probably is $2700 to $2740 a year (where no pension be more drastic than any analysis of the

is now payable . cold figures indicates. Veterans with two dependents (wife and In terms of numbers, by far the most minor child or two minor children) would veterans and widows with VA pensions today get the following under the government bill are in the very low (near zero) income (again one * asterisk means under 65 and not brackets ... By the employment of pension ** on rolls 10 years , while two asterisks restrictions other than income (such as means 65 or older, or on the rolls 10 years) . subjective judgments of employability) $352 more* — or $201 more ** — if income very few veterans in the top permissable is zero to $1020 a year. (Again wife's income brackets get any pensions at all

income v/ould now count in all cases) . On the surface, the government bill $6 more * -- or $145 less ** — if income seems to give a real assist to the near-zero- is $1021 to $1380 a year. income group, while cutting back all others ** $194 less* — or $345 less — if income . . . Its slashing of pensions starting with is $1381 to $1920 a year. those of per capita incomes of no more than $374 less * — or $525 less** — if income $6 to $8 a week belies the pretensions that is $1921 to $2460 a year. the bill is a strong assist to "those most in

$674 less * — or $825 less ** — if income need. "... By including the wif e ' s income in is $2461 to $2700 a year. that which limits pension, much of the big $120 more in both cases if income is bottom group alleged to get help will get

$2700 to $2800 a year (where no pension knocked down . . . The disabled veteran today

is now payable . who can earn no money, but whose wife brings Veterans with three or more dependents home as little as $18 a week, may think

(combinations of wives and/or minor chil- he'd get the improved rate for paupers . . . dren) would get the following under the But his wife's pathetic income would move government bill (again one * asterisk means him into a group slated for reduction. not 65 and not on rolls 10 years two ** To help assure passage of the bill, its asterisks means 65 years old or over, or sponsors believe they have eliminate d the

on roll s 10 years) : resistance of all those now on the pension $406 a year more * — or $255 a year more ** rolls... A grandfather clause in the bill — if income is zero to $1200 a year. (Again would let all those now getting pensions wife's income would be counted) . choose either the present or the proposed

$166 a year more * — or $15 a year more** law. . .With such a drastic proposal as — if income is $1201 to $1560 a year. this, the grandfather clause would set up $134 a year less * — or $285 a year less** vastly discriminatory differences between — if income is $1561 to $2100 a year. "old law" and "new law" pensioners whose $374 a year less * — or $525 a year less** qualifications were identical ... In some — if income is $2101 to $2460 a year. instances veterans in i dentical situations $674 a year less* — or $825 a year less** would be (a) eligible and (b) ineligible — if income is $2461 to $2700 a year. for pension... In others, payments would $120 a year more in both cases if income differ by more than $800 a year for disabled is $2700 to $2860 a year (where no pension low-income veterans with equal qualifica - is now payable . tions . . .Aim of the bill seems to be chiefly "Newsletter" regrets that comparable to deal out the maj ority of WW2 and Korea tables for widows, and for veterans in need veterans from future disability-needs of aid and attendance, could not be prepared pension benefits, though it makes a vast in time to meet deadlines for this issue. discrimination between WWl vets now on The bill would let the VA refuse to pay the rolls, and those nearing the age when any pension if, in its judgment a veteran their pension need will become great. otherwise eligible should spend his assets For reaction of Legion's Nat'l Execu- to support himself. tive Committee to the bill, see facing page.

25 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JUNE 1959 ) :

NEWS s^^^^'mencan Legitton and Veterans' Affairs

lower income brackets and accomplisiies this purpose without doing violence to those awards National Executive Committee going to recipients whose outside income is at or near the upper limit permitted. f. Provides for measures which will improve Rejects Proposed Pension Bill existing disability pension laws within the framework of our mandates. During the Rehab Commission's two The administration's widely discussed His Commission also viewed the bill day session in analyzing the proposed proposed pension bill (H.R. 6432) was from the standpoint that it might, if bill, it was assisted in the deliberations rejected by The American Legion's Na- properly amended, provide a vehicle for by Staff Director Oliver E. Meadows of tional Executive Committee (NEC) at bringing about many long sought im- the House Committee on Veterans Af- its regular spring meeting as not being provements. fairs and VA Chief Benefits IDirector In the new resolution adopted by the NEC, acceptable to The American Legion be- William J. Driver. authority is now vested in the National Com- cause it would create more inequities As a follow-up on the pension discus- mander to seek disability pension legislation than it would eliminate. which sion, Committeeman William G. Mc- to grant the long- Meeting at Nat'l Headquarters in In- a. Recognizes the need Kinley (N. J.) spoke at length to the dianapolis, Apr. 29-May L the Legion's sought increase in rates for those eligible to NEC supporting the resolution but disability pension awards. polic\ -making bod>- took its firm stand urging a tougher policy. An earlier re- b. Adheres to the basic purposes of disabil- on the pension proposal after hearing ity and need in such legislation. port had been circulated that Rep. a detailed report given by Robert ^L c. Gives proper consideration to correction Teague would hold hearings on the liill of inequities as they are reported to exist and McCurdy of Pasadena, Calif., nat'l re- at an early date if there was substantial at the same time prevents the creation of more habilitation chairman. agreement among veterans groups and numert)us inequities such as those now pro- The complex features of the lengthy posed in H.R. 6432. various Government agencies concerned. bill had been analyzed in a continuous d. Grants equality of eligibility for death Other Matters for widows and dependents of de- two-day session by the executive section pension The NEC also gave serious attention ceased veterans of World Wars 1 and 2 and of the Legion's Rehabilitation Commis- to other matters of major importance. the Korean conflict. sion preceding the official meeting of e. Increases the awards to recipients in the Mrs. Charles W. Gunn (Oreg.), Nat'l the NEC. McCurdy pinpointed a partial list of reasons why the NEC had no choice but LEGION BAND FULFILLS REQUEST to reject the administration pension bill as introduced into the House. Said he: 1. Most of the pension rates proposed are inadequate. ( See "Newsletter" this issue. 2. The bill professes to correct the so called "all or nothing" character of the present law, but adds 103 new situations in which an increase of Ic' in income would deprive pensioners of as much as several hundred dollars in pensions. 3. The bill has no provision for removing the inequitable manner in which the present law sets different pension eligibility standards for widows and orphans of veterans of different wars. 4. The specifics of the proposed bill make it in reality a "welfai'e" type program, and would strip vets pensions of their traditional honorable status. 5. The mechanics of the bill are actually a device to substitute Social Security for vets pensions. The big low income class slated for higher pensions in the bill is a vanishing breed. Minimum Social Security payments in the future would erase their eligibility for the her- alded "increases." 6. McCurdy cited ways in which the inclu- sion of spouse's income as disqualifying income would wreak hardship on seriously disabled veterans and their families. 7. The proposed bill with 19 different tables and 103 rates would replace the present system of three flat rates and "would be a nightmare to administer," said McCurdy. "The American Legion has always

been willing to listen when responsible GENERAL WALTER WILLLWIS, 116-yr old last sur\ isor of the Ci\ il War, wanted to persons or agencies point out defects in hear some band music. The 65-member band of Post 560, Houston, Tex., obliged by playing the old timer's fa\orite tunes for two liours. "We'll serenade him wlienever he existing \ ets' legislation and stands ready asks us to," said band manager Ira P. Cox. Born on Nov. 14, 1842, General Williams to cooperate in an effort to eliminate ser\ ed as forage master in Company .5, .Sth Cavalry, John D. Hood Texas Brigade during such deficiencies," McCurdy said. the war between the states. The title of "General" is a purely honorary one. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JUNE 1959 • 27 . . :

President, American Legion Auxiliary, activities in psychological warfare. "Provided, that the above mentioned

presented Nat'l Cmdr Preston J. Moore • In reporting for the Foreign Relations cities shall satisfy the minimum require- with three checks from the Auxiliary to- Commission, acting Chmn Leon Hap- ments of the national organization

taling to ])e used for the follow- pell ( Calif. emphasized that the Ber- pertaining to adequate housing and fa- $50,000 ) , ing purposes: $20,000 for Rehabilitation; lin crisis has brought into sharp focus cilities prior to the execution of the con- $20,000 for the nat'l Child Welfare pro- the fact that the brutalities and deceit vention contract." gram; $10,000 for the Child Welfare of the U.S.S.R. have terrorized not only Resolutions Foundation (in memory of Mrs. Lowell its neighbors but brought fear to many F. Hobart, Sr., the first nat'l president other nations of the world. Other resolutions adopted by the Nat'l of the Auxiliary ) • The observance of the 40th anniversa- Executive Committee included: Nat'l Cmdr Moore acknowledged the sary of The American Legion was the #1. Seeks a close look at Veterans Prefer- generous gift of the Auxiliary and then most successful event of its kind the Le- ence circumvention in some government agencies. presented Mrs. Gunn with a personal gion ever experienced reported James V. #.3. Opposes establishment of U.S. Foreign check to purchase a mink stole. This was Demarest (N.Y.) Chmn of the Public Service Academy. the payoff of a wager made at the NEC Relations Commission. #4. Seeks law to deny passports to U.S. citi- meetings last fall that the Legion would A pre-birthday tour by film star Fran- zens who support communism. #.5. Favors limited reopening of NSLI i^ro- do a better job on membership, percent- ces Langford from coast to coast in con- granis for insurable and service disabled war agewise, in 1959 than the Auxiliary. The nection with an NBC-TV spectacular vets. Legion lost. resulted in extensi\'e news coverage, all #6. Favors continuation of adequate funds for research. Ray D. Mar,shall (Pa.), Chef de Che- of it with an American Legion tie-in. from Congress VA medical #7. Favors improvement of processes of ap- min de Fer, 40 & 8, addressed the NEC The American Legion movie, "We peals of VA decisions. group briefly on the first day of the Who Serve" was successfully used on #8. Seeks law to provide VA benefits for meetings and presented Nat'l Cmdr 27 1 T\^ stations during the birthday pe- adopted children of veterans. construction of hospital Moore with a check for $50,000 as a riod and is still being used. It is esti- #9. Urges new VA in Washington, D.C. contribution from the 40 & 8 for the mated that some 20 million TV viewers #11. Proposes an aggressive campaign to Legion's Nat'l Child Welfare program. have seen the film. alert WW2 and Korea vets to the advantages Those who gave reports for Nat'l com- • Arthur W. Wilkie (Ind.), nat'l Child of converting NSLI term insurance to perma- missions and committees included: Welfare Chmn, reported that the child nent policies. #13. Seeks changes in dei^endency and Jerome F. Duggan (Mo. Legislati\e welfare program is moving from a "case- ), widow's indemnity compensation awards. and Group Insurance. work" philosophy' into what might be #15. Favors continuance of in-service

Robert H. Bush (Iowa), National Se- called "community service " child wel- waiver of NSLI premiums in certain special curitv. fare activities. cases. #16. Seeks further legislation to provide Arthur Wilkie (Ind.), Child Welfare. • James F. O'Neil (N.H. reported for ) , NSLI disability income protection for WW2 Everett Riehaud (La.), Economic. the Publications Commission that The service disabled. James F. Daniel, Jr. (S.C.), Ameri- American Legion Magazine is in a #17. Seeks establishment of Civilian Sepa- ration Review Boards. canism. stronger financial position for the first #18. Reaffirms support to the aeronautics James F. O'Neil (N.H.) , Publications. quarter of 1959 than a year ago. It is too and space education programs of The Ameri- James V. Demarest (N.Y. ), Public early to predict whether or not the rec- can Legion, Civil Air Patrol and National Avia- Relations. ord will be bettered for the year 1959, tion Education Council. #20. Reaffirms support of single catalog Maynard K. Hillstrom (111.), Conven- he added. a s\ stem in the Armed Forces. tion. Editorially, the magazine continues to #21. Urges more prompt payment of Aid Leon Happell (Calif.), Foreign Rela- demand respect outside as well as inside to Dependent Children in many states. tions. The American Legion, O'Neil advised. #22. Urges Nat'l Child Welfare Commis- Robert M. McCurdy (Calif.), Reha- • Everett Riehaud (La.), Chmn of the sion to further evaluate the effect of residence refjuirements in the welfare laws of many bilitation. National Economic Commission, stressed states. Herbert J. Jacobi (D.C.) Internal Af- cooperation throughout the Legion in #23. Urges support for the 1960 White fairs. promoting the program for awarding ci- House Conference on Children and Youth. #24. Invites American Bar Association to E. Roy Stone, Jr. (S.C.), Resolutions. tations to emx^loyers of older workers join with The American Legion in creating a Harold P. Redden (Mass.), Finance. during "National Employ the Older Joint Committee on Americanism and Com- Here are some of the highlights in- Worker Week," the first full week in munism. cluded in the reports: May. #26. Approves Penn Yan, N.Y., as site of 1960 Finals. • Despite an unexpected large deficit Riehaud outlined the status of the leg- Oratorical Contest #31. Protests the cultural exchange of films for Junior Baseball for the year 1958, islation aftecting the Loan Program GI with Soviet Russia.

the Finance Commission feels that the interest rate increase and warned of #32. Commends ]. Edgar Hoover and the Legion will close this calendar year with continual pressure being made to elimi- FBI's continuous fight against communism. a balanced budget, reported Finance nate existing provisions of the Veterans' #34. Urges amendment to the Universal Military Training and Service Act to require Chmn Harold P. Redden (Mass.) Preference Act of 1944. that each person who is liable for military serv- He noted a considerable reduction in ice and has not rendered such service be made Future Conventions the total number of employees in the liable for service in any civil defense activity deemed appropriate by his local board. nat'l organization. The NEC approved a recommenda- #3.5. Urges Defense Department to elimi- • Robert H. Bush (Iowa), Chmn of tion of Maynard K. Hillstrom (111.), nate unnecessary waste and make full use of the Nat'l Security Commission, stressed Vice Chmn of the Nat'l Convention taxpayers money. a continuing need for military aid Commission, that the time and place for #36. Urges additional permanent facilities for the U. S. Coast Guard Academy. through the collective securitv arrange- the next three nat'l conventions be ap- #37. Approves specification, bids and con- ments such at and SEATO. proved as follows NATO tracts for Nat'l Emblem Division merchandise. Recommended also was the creation Oct. 15-20, 1960-Miami Beach, Fla. #38. Urges the distribution of educational of a special staff, under the National Se- Sept. 6-14, 1961-Denver, Colo. material on "Americanism versus Commim- curity Council, to coordinate American Aug. 23-30, 1962-Detroit, Mich. (Contimted on page 32)

28 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JUNE 1959 THE 40th NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN LEGION TTERE are the 1958-59 members of the partment conventions. Other members Chaplain. Members with voice but no Nat'l Executive Committee of The are the Nat'l Commander (Chairman), vote include all living past Nat'l Com- American Legion, elected by their de- 5 Nat'l Vice Commanders and the Nat'l manders. This is the 40th NEC.

Hugh W. Overton Herald E. Stringer Calvin H. Sanders Dr. Garland Murphy Alfred I'. Chaniie John B. Finucane William R. Esan Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Canada Colorado

Joseph G. Leonard Garland Bloodswortb John J. Finn E. Meade Wilson Sedley Peck James E. Powers Wallace C. S. Young Connecticut Delaware Dist. of Columbia Florida France Georgia Hawaii

Albert V. Labiche Anthony J. Rumo David L. Brigham Charles !\. Collates William J. Seibert R. Gerald Barr Daniel F. Foley Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Mexico Michigan Minnesota

Ralph M. Godwin William J. Kenny Charles Wallace John E. Curtiss Thomas W. MiUer Floyd J. Daley William G.McKinley Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey

Dr. D. H. Reed Louis E. Drago Tim T. Craig William Stern Edward SKkiilika Coleman Nolen Kill I I,. »iigner New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon

Claude E. Campbell W alter Alessandroni Robert O. Phillips Osvaldo Rivera John A. Ryer E. Roy Stone, Jr. Karl I . Iloclsclicr Panama Canal Zone Pennsylvania Philippines Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota

George T. Lewis, Jr, Joe L. Matthews Clark Cheney Harry O. Pearson Eldon James Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia

Ralph E. Goodrich Leonal O. Bickel William J. Haese F. W. Bartling Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JUNE 1959 • 29 "

NATIONAL CONVENTION: cation on the public too hard. And I chairman of American Legion Post 62, agree. thought it was something for the post Good Housing Assured Could you cite some posts that have to tackle. Although delayed somewhat by a pe- had vigorous flag programs without mak- Punxsutawney was probably no bet- riod of indecision regarding the actual ing others bristle? ter nor worse than other American towns site of the 1959 Convention, the Housing A. A good point. when it came to flying the flag on legal Committee now has matters well under Our flag is the symbol of our country holidays. control and promises that good housing therefore should be loved by all who Barletta assumed that his fellow cit- accommodations will be available to profess to love America. Flag education izens were patriotic, and that a better everyone who plans to attend the August should be promoted by all who would display of the flag was a matter of some- 22-27 conclave in Minnesota's Twin Ci- forward the things America stands for. one taking leadership to overcome in- ties of Minneapolis-St. Paul. But those who become belligerent, or ertia. Departments will be allocated housing With his post's blessing he took on on the basis of 1/3 rooms per delegate. the leadership and proved he was right. Individuals should make housing re- He started a community fly-the-flag quests through their own state organiza- campaign. A friendly approach met with tion which must post a total of $18 (in- wholehearted cooperation. W. E. Smith, cluding registration) per reservation. newspaper editor, picked up the cam- More than 3,000 excellent sleeping ac- paign and ran repeated stories in the commodations in new domitories of the Punxsutawney Spirit, with special em- University of Minnesota have been allo- phasis in the weeks before each impor- cated for use by the uniformed groups tant holiday. and will be assigned on a first come first Radio Station WPME followed suit served basis. Ideally situated, the Uni- and gave the Legion post multiple free versity practically lies in the geographic spot fly-the-flag announcements. center of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. Program sponsors also gave some of FLAG education on 1 \ . llan> Raymond of In the meantime, other details of the their time for the campaign. Post 329, Elizabethtou n, Pa., appeared witli convention have been announced. two Girl Scouts on WGAL-TV, immediately Many stores lacked sidewalk flag in- Judge Levi M. Hall of Minneapolis, as following the President's State of the Union stallations. In the presence of a well-led 49-star chairman and president of the board, Message in January, presented a fly-the-flag drive, street commissioner R. flag, and traced entire history of the U.S. heads up all the local arrangements. E. Jones and staff remedied that. flag to a wide TV audience. Tlie WGAL-TV Philip Sieff, also of Minneapolis, execu- Joan Klein Show was host to what was prob- Post 62 provided home flags at $3 tive vice president of the corporation and ably the first broadcast of a 49-star flag. each, and business flags at $9.50 each, general chairman, will supervise and co- and soon Punxsutawney could report ordinate the 22 working committees. too self-righteous, to the point of "im- that 97% of its business district stores Each of the Twin Cities has a vice posing" flag education on others natur- flew the flag on each important holiday, chairman, Carl Lundgren for Minneapo- ally stir up resentments that do a dis- while homes in residential areas sprout-

lis and J. Peter Devine for St. Paul. service to the love of the flag which the ed red, white and blue as never before. National Headquarters offices during Legion wishes to increase. Last Flag Day, editor Smith an- the convention will be located in the Flag education should be promoted nounced in his local paper that "no sim- Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis. on a friendly, cooperative basis, and ilar display had been seen here since The contest of drum and bugle corps, with a realization that many people are wartime. bands, color guards and other uniformed discouraged from displaying the flag for Such experiences show that people groups will be held on Saturday and fear of harsh criticism from experts who are not as indifterent to flying the flag Sunday, Aug. 22-23, and the big parade may "catch them in an error of flag as some think. But it takes friendly lead- on Monday, Aug. 24. On Sunday after- etiquette" and accuse them of disrespect ership to overcome the inertia.

noon nat'l chaplain Msgr. John J. Twiss for the flag that they did not intend. will conduct an impressive memorial To illustrate good Legion programs POST FINANCES: IJrogram dedicated to the deceased vete- of cooperative and imaginative flag ed- rans of past wars. ucation, we cite two Pennsylvania ex- Out of Debt in Buffalo All of the standing commissions and amples. To clean up a $25,000 mortgage. Post committees of the nat'l organization will The first is illustrated in the photo on 799 in Buffalo, N.Y. asked members who hold meetings three or four clays prior to this page. W^ith the addition of the 49th could afford it to pay ten years' dues in the regular convention sessions which star for Alaska, Post 329 of Elizabeth- advance at a discount. will be held in the Minneapolis Audito- town, Pa., went to TV station WGAL Between October 1957 and May rium, Aug. 25-27. and put on a program showing the his- 1958, 446 members paid $50 dues each Convention Corporation headquarters tory and development of the American through 1967 at a saving of $10 each. are located at 14 South Ninth St., Min- flag. A ready and interested TV audi- In mid-May the post paid off and burned neapolis. ence was reached by making a flag edu- the mortgage, emerged debt-free on cation program out of current news in- property valued at a half-million. a month mortgage THE READERS ASK: terest. Relieved of $1200 The second example is Punxsutawney, payments (including $1200 a year in- How Promote Flag? Pa. terest) post was ready to cover the ad- Q. Witli Flag Day June 14, upon us In July of 1956, then Nat'l Com- vance dues it had spent as they would due. I've been suggesting my post step up mander J. Addington Wagner published come activities to increase respect for, knowl- an article in this magazine suggesting a Mortgage payments were that high edge of, and interest in our flag. little more show of the American spirit because mortgage was originally $125,-

Some members say it is possible to in these trying days. 000, on a splendid new home finished in stir up resentment by pushing flag edu- In Punxsutawney, Peter Barletta, flag 1950.

3Q • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JUNE 1959 HOW THEY WROTE THE PREAMBLE

The Preamble to the Constitution of Tlie American cisions were left up to a second caucus later in Legion, known by heart to millions of Americans, \1\NIVERSARY the United States. is one of the nation's great documents. FEATURE The U. S. meeting took place at St. Louis, Novelist Mary Roberts Rinehart summed up Missouri, two months later — on May 8, 9 and 10, the grandeur of the Legion s Preamble in a few 1919. words in f94f, when she asked the Legion for There, George N. Davis of Delaware; Hamil-

permission to use the Preamble in a patriotic ton Fish, Jr., of New York; and Jack Greenway article that the editors of Cositiopolitan magazine of Arizona became the principal but not the sole had asked her to write. authors of the present American Legion Preamble. The Preamble "thrills and pleases," said Mrs. The St. Louis Gaucus appointed a large Gom- Rinehart. It is a "docmnent ol utmost importance" mittee on Gonstitution and By-Laws.

whose "wonderful words, " which "say so much in It named a subcommittee composed of Fish,

so little, ' express "the Americanism we all still Greenway and Da\ is to draft a Preamble, while feel." the rest of the committee worked on the balance Great e\ents produce great and simple docu- of the Legion's constitution. ments. Davis, then of Wilmington, and later Seaford, By Robert B. Pitkin Like Lincoln's Gettysburg Address iuid the Delaware and now — in his eighties — a resident Declaration of Independence and the Gonstitu- of Hood River, Oregon, has recorded the work tion of the United States and some of ChurchiU's of the sulicommittee. immortal words, the Legion Preamble has that direct sim- "After dinner [of the 8th of May 1919]," he wrote, "the plicity of expression whicli onl\' great experiences can release. subcommittee met and spent the evening in an informal di.s-

Deliberate, studied prose can never achieve it. cussion of the substance of what the Preamble should contain, The Preamble, though written by specific indi\iduals, is without making any attempt at phraseology. the expression of thoughtful love of country, and of the feel- "About twelve o'clock the subcommittee agreed to separate ing of obligation to one's own, of thousands of men who had and go to their respective rooms where each one would just been asked to die in defense of their homeland and had attempt to put in writing the substance of the ev ening's dis- gone forth to do so if necessary. cussions, and meet the next morning to agree upon and for- How were these few words which say so much written? nuilate a final draft of the Preamble. Who wrote them? "The w riter [Dav is] retired to his room and went into soli- The Preamble was written in two principal effoits in March tary action. From then until (Continued on next page) and May, 1919. The Paris Gaucus of WAVl ser\ icemen, which started the Legion, first met on March 15, 1919 at the American Glub in Paris. It Inoke up into committees whicli worked on special reports on the 16th. On the 17th, the Gaucus reconvened at the Gircjue de Paris, an auditorium.

The Gommittee on Gonstitution then ga\'c its report, whose first paragraph—drafted from scratch on the 16th of March- was the grandfather of the Preamble. That first paragraph read as follows:

"We, the members of the Military and Na\al Service of the United States of America in the great war, desiring to perpetuate the principles of Justice, Freedom and Democracy for which we ha\ e fought, to inculcate the duty and obligation of the citizen to the state; to preserve the history and U 'ji^M^T

It was this statement of high purpose which excited the great speech of Bishop Gharles Brent, Ghief of Ghaplains of aJ^j{^t.c.;L.4~^ '§j4i^ the AEF (see "The Legion's First 40 Years," Anwi ican Legion Magazine, March 1959).

The committee which drafted that first xi'ision is officially listed in the minutes as follows:

Lt. Gol. G. Edward Buxton, Jr., Ghairman; Lt. Gol. T. W. Miller, Secretary; Major Redmond G. Stewart; Gol. E. A.

Gibbs; Lt. Gol. W. H. Gurtiss; Major ]. Hall; Gol. G. L. Ristine; Pvt. H. VV. Rose [Ross]; Pvt. John T. Winterich; Lt. Col. John Price Jackson; Lt. Gol. L. L. Bolles; Gol. Milton A. Foreman; Gol. Frank A. White. FIRST DRAFT of Preamble at St. Louis Caucus, penned in That report was only tentatively adopted, as all final de- liis liotcl room after niidniglit of May 9, 1919 by George N. Davis. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JUNE 1959 • 31 "

half past two in the morning he strug- deals with obligations strict])' within the #44. Urges that Nat'l Convention Housing IJreference be based upon memberships as of gled with tlie King's English and at the Legion. March 31. at interesting sidelight of Davis' ori- end of that time, after having made An #45. Urges that Congress designate "Tomb least a dozen drafts, evolved the follow- ginal draft is that he initially wrote "to of the Unknown Soldier" as official name and ing: regain and preserve the principles of not "Tomb of the Unknowns." #46. that latitude freedom." He then struck out "regain" Urges more be delegated to responsible officials of the four service acad- "hi the name of God and our Country; it to "maintain." and changed emies in the selection of the annual American to defend and safeguard the Constitution The 18th Amendment to the Consti- Legion Award. to main- of tlie United States of America; tution of the United States had been #47. Urges Internal Affairs Commission to tain and preserx e the principles of freedom; study present Constitution and By-Laws and to passed while the World War I service- to foster and perpetuate Americanism; to recommend any necessary changes. men were overseas. Davis has explained combat the autocracy of both the classes #48. Urges the official recognition of Motor- that the word "regain" was an expres- national and the masses; to make right the master of cycle Drill Team contests at future conventions. might; to promote peace and good will on sion of the resentment of the service- #49. Urges certain changes in the Uniform earth; to consecrate and sanctify our com- men that the Constitution should be Code of Procedure for the organization of na- lielpfulness in their absence. radeship by mutual and the ap- amended tional conventions. plication of tlie Golden Rule, we dedicate "On second thought," he says, "I felt #50. Requests Congress to authorize trans- to the of this our Con- our future adoption that this might be misunderstood. Hence IJortation of remains of veterans from a VA stitution. Submitted by: George N. Da%is. place the change." facility, when death occurs there, to any in the U. S. for burial. final version "maintain" The changed legislation to restore authority Fish and Greenway met with Da\ is #51. Seeks to "safeguard and transmit . . . etc." of VA Administrator to contract for private in the morning, and said they had not The entire body of the St. Louis Cau- hospital facilities for war veterans in Alaska been able to satisfy themselves with and Hawaii. cus adopted the final version without their night's efforts. They brought no #53. Seeks changes in law providing educa- debate. With one exception, it is identi- drafts. On examining Davis' work they tion allotment to Korean Conflict vets. cal to the Preamble of The American #54. Recommends a U.S. proposal in the agreed to finish their task with that as Legion as it is today, and its familiar U.N. for cessation of diplomatic, trade and a base. cultural relations with Red China by all "civi- words as then adopted were: Greenway promptly added the "100%" lized nations." before "Americanism." #59. Supports the President's avowed will Country, our- "For God and we associate to keep West Berlin free. The reference to the Golden Rule was selves together for the following purposes: #60. Protests the favorable treatment shown stricken as superfluous. "To upliokl and defend the Constitution to Deputy Soviet Premier Anastas Mikoyan A delegation from Washington, D. C., of the United States of America; and other admitted mortal enemies of the U.S. headed by Col. E. Lester Jones, visited "To maintain law and order; #61. Forwarded prayer of encouragement to John Foster Dulles for his quick restoration the subcommittee with two suggestions "To foster and perpetuate a one hundred to normal health. per cent. Americanism; that were accepted. (1) "To inculcate a #62. Urges that our resources and military "To preserve the memories and incidents sense of individual obligation to the strength he given iirimary consideration in for- of our Associations in the great war; mulating our foreign policy. community, state and nation" and (2) "To inculcate a sense of individual obli- #63. Urges that the U. S. Government be "To safeguard and transmit to posterity gation to the Community, State and Nation; more firm with foreign governments in the the principles of justice, fredom and de- "To combat the autocracy of both tlie protection of U. S. citizens abroad. mocracy." classes and the masses; #64. Urges the continuance of military al- Both of these will be recognized as "To make Right the master of Miglit; liances with nations that resist the spread of world communism. refinements of statements in the original "To promote peace and good will on #66. Approves the use of the American Le- earth; Paris document. gion name on Civil Defense pins used by mem- "To safeguard and transmit to posterity Before Fish, Greenway and Davis fin- bers of The American Legion enrolled in this the principles of justice, freedom and De- ished their work, they added "to main- type of training. mocracy; tain law and order" and made all the "To consecrate and sanctify our comrade- other changes by which the Final Pre- ship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness." ample differed from Davis' draft — with BRIEFLY NOTED: one exception. The final exception, the only change • Post 21, Danielson, Conn., celebrates The three men then reported to the made in The American Legion's Pre- 20 yeais of operation of a community

whole Committee on Constitution and amble since then is the addition of an ambulance corps. Its two ambulances B\-Laws, which made one further "s" to the words "association" and "war" have made 4,300 trips; covered nearly change. in the fifth paragraph, following the ad- 190,000 miles; provided services to three It inserted "To preserve the memories mission to The American Legion of vet- towns valued at $300,000. Post has a and incidents of our association in the erans of M'orld War Two. corps of 35 volunteer drivers and aides; great war." operates one of its ambulances from the Davis says his subcommittee wanted NEC RESOLUTIONS local State Police Barracks; stands 24- this to be the next-to-last paragraph in- hom-a-day alerts; delivers any patient (Continued from page 28) stead of the fifth, and that they even 55 miles without charge, veterans any ism" high scliools tried unsuccessfully to have this change in in cooperation with Na- distance. The corps has raised substan- tional Education Association, American Bar made when the final report was mimeo- tial sums for national health funds. Post Association, American Legion Auxiliary, 40 & graphed. 8, State Superintendents of Schools, each De- is proud of its "Civic Achievement He still feels that "memories and inci- partment of the Legion and other civic and Award " from its Chamber of Commerce. dents" should be moved down. educational groups. #39. Recommends seeking an additional Davis has not told this writer why he • Minnesota's Lac Qui Parle Count)' national per capita of 10 cents per member to feels that way. A guess is that all of the help carry national programs. Council challenges every comity council first ten paragraphs of the Preamble ex- #42. Calls for enforcement of requirement in U.S. to beat its 1959 membership rec- cept that one deal with broad principles that foreign posts must affiliate with an exist- ord. All 6 posts in coimcil have enrolled ing Legion Department. of national devotion, while "memories all-time highs. #43. Urges certain changes in the Manual and incidents" like "mutual helpfulness" of Ceremonies. (Continued on page 34)

32 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JUNE 1959

POSTS IN ACTION BRIEFLY NOTED efforts to raise $50,000 to install a 61- (Continued from page 32) Island Cemetery Items frotn our 17,000 posts. Those of most bell carillon at Long general interest and widest geographical spread • According to a recent VA estimate, the as memorial to vets interred there. are selected, tvith apologies for the hundreds total veteran population on Dec. 31, are so kindly reported to the of others that 1958 was 22,717,000, a decline of 10,- • Indiana's Sons of The American Le- editors. 000 from the June 30, 1958 figure. Some gion Detachment has won the 1959 an- 2 million of these veterans are not eligi- nual Arthur D. Houghton trophy for Prayers Answered—Post 857, Chicago, ble for membership in the Legion as showing greatest percent increa.se in 111., annually gives money to a needy they served in periods of emergency total membership over previous year. family selected by a priest, minister and only. rabbi. This year's recipient, an unem- • Four ex-WW 2 Navy officers, ship- ployed vet, his wife and 10 children. • Four different Senate Resolutions have mates on carrier USS Ticonderoga, are been introduced in this 86th Congress now associated in executive capacities Worker- Post 331, S. Omaha, Hard which propose a Senate Veterans' Affairs with Barbasol Co. Three of the men, Nebr., claims 2 outstanding VA volun- Committee. You are urged to request Geo. E. Wasey, Wm. H, Tirrell and tary hospital workers: Clements Kisicki your Senator to hold hearings on the 4 RADM A. O. Vorse (ret.) are pres., hrs) and Henrv Karlstad (500 (1500 Resolutions and to vote "Aye" for the vice pres. and west coast sales mgr., hrs). Committee. respectively, of the company. The other,

Geo. J. Walsh, heads the advertising Jr. Keglers—Post 2, Casper, Wyo., spon- firm which handles the company ac- sors all the teams in an A. L. junior bowl- count. All are Legionnaires. ing league of 12 teams comprising 70 sub-teen grade school children. • April "Briefly Noted" ga\e credit to Post 134 Bothwcll, Wash., for building School Project—Post & Unit 461, Round new home for a disabled \et. Post 134 Lake, Minn., contributed $540 to the did it but it is in Burien, Wash. Post 127 Southwestern Minnesota Crippled Chil- of Bothvvell also carried out a similar dren's Hospital-School at Worthington project in its own community. to equip a classroom. • National Oratorical Contest winner Diamond Center—A new baseball sta- at Lodi. Calif., on April 20 was Roger dium built Post Odessa, Tex., by 430, R. Majak of Lansing, 111. Other places will serve as the center of Legion junior went to: James O. Naremore, Sulphui', baseball activities and other athletic BOXING EQUIPMENT wortli $65 was La., (2nd); William K. B. Stover. Riv- gi\ en the Rushville ( Ind. Boys' Club by events in the community. ) erside, Calif., (3rd); Thomas H. Born- Post 150 to augment the club program. Tlie post receix ed a certificate of appreciation on horst, Trenton, N.J.; (4th). Scholarships— Post 1, Omaha, Nebr., has belialf of the club for the material assistance. started a scholarship fund for veterans' • Eyewitness accounts of the 1918 Arm- dependents. Two annual grants (1st • Minneapolis' Leamington Hotel has istice celebration in Paris are sought by year's tuition go to Creighton Uni\'. been designated as the Nat'l Hdqs hotel ) and Jonathan Daniels, Editor, The New.s and two to Omaha Univ. during the 41st Nat'l Convention in the Obseivoi; Raleigh, North Carolina, to Cities 22-27. Twin Aug. assist him in publishing an account of Superstitious— Post 47, Pottstown, Pa., doings in the cit\' of Paris that day. • Brissie, Legion junior baseball has a "Friday the 13th Club" composed Lou Daniels would like "letters, diary entries, commissioner, has just returned from a only of past cmdrs, all who are life mem- other special memories or memoirs of long tour Australia the bers of the post. They meet only on that month of under that day." auspices of the State Dept. day of ill-omen. Because they pay no Legion dues, they voluntarily contribute LIFE MEMBERSHIPS: • Post 30, Gresham, Oreg., rifle team to a fund which is donated annually to The citation of an individual Legion- won the Paul V. McNutt Marksmanship Soldier's Orphans School, Scotland, Pa. naire to life membership in his Post is Trophy for 1959 with a score of 1,433 a testimonial by those who know him out of a possible 1,500. Old Scouters-Post 342, St. Charles, 111., best that he has served The American has sponsored one of the oldest boy Legion well. • 251 graduates of A. L. junior base- scout troops in U. S. for 25 years. It is Below are listed some ot the pre\ i- ball are playing in the major leagues Troop 1, founded in 1913. ously unpublished lite memberships that this season; 126 in the American League have been reported to the editors. They and 125 in the National League. Boston Good Soles—32 posts are arranged b>' States. in Lucas Co. Sox have 21 stars the Red ex-Legion and Vincent J. Geracc and Thomas Pelphre.v (bcilli (Ohio) collected some pairs of 1,000 Detroit Tigers 20. 1959), Post I. Hamilton. Bermuda. Louis E. Biirwell, Sr. (I9.'i9), Post 8X. Tiirlock, shoes for Goodwill Industries to fix and Calif. give to B. Kerns and Don M. Kirb.v (both 19.'i9), the needy. • Over 2,000 Detroit area underprivi- Marl< Post 121. Walsonville. Calif. leged children enjoyed a Shrine Circus Ed«in R. Morlev (1957). Post 341. Pico, Calif. Cliarles F. Batz (1959), Post 62. Ellington. Conn. Wide Open Spaces-Post & Unit 39, outing sponsored by Detroit's 92 Legion James M. Cross and Hnsh B. Marsh (both 1959), Washington. D.C. Forsyth, Mont., where some members posts. 40 special buses, driven Le- Post 23, by Clark E. Kauffman and James T. Pierce (both must travel over 100 miles to attend post gionnaires, transported children to the 1959). Post 52. Lecsburg. Fla. George Brasmer (1959). Post 246. Moline. 111. meetings, raised $870 by door-to-door circus. James V. Gooden (1958), Post 262. Waverly. 111. Paul Aucoin, Jr. and Irving Polmer (both 1959), canvass for March of Dimes. There is Post 11. Thibodaux. La. only one other post in the 5,260 mile • Ten major vets organizations of Nas- David Garceau (195S) and Irenee R. Cvr and Emile R. Daigle and Eloi PelleCier (all 1959). Post Rosebud County. sau and Suffolk Co. (N.Y.) have pooled 133. Fort Kent. Maine.

34 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JUNE 1959 RusseU C. Paupe (1958), Post 13, Cumberland, Md. David Carlaw and WaHer Thomas (both 1958), Post 1, New Bedford, Mass. Edgar E. Benson (1959), Post 109. Sturbridge, Mass. Charles J. Cannon (1959), Post 154, Dorchester, Mass. IVIichael J. Smith and James Yates (both 1959), Post 218, Bellingham, Mass. Leslie R. Chase (1957) and Edward J. Kav- anaugh (1958), Post 18, Bay City, Mich. Arthur R. Elv and Douglas Grev and Lester P. Raifsnider (all 1958). Post 138, White Pigeon, Mich. Arthur Daykin (1958) and Harold Osterhout (1959), Post 155. Britton, Mich. David J. Riley and Frederick R. Sitter and Arthur M. Ward and Edward C. Welch (all 1958), Post 361, Detroit, Mich. Gilbert B. Bestland and Jens G. Rowberg and Richard J. Simonson and Malon Vagle (all 1958), Post 127, Hanley Falls, Minn. W. E. Evans (1959), Post 132, King City, Mo. James F. R. Long (1957) and Harold R. Powell (1959), Post 11, Mount Holly, N. J. Gustave Bohnenberger and Roy Kitchell (both 1953), Post 35, Union, N. J. Charles Deickman and Carl Griffen and Samuel Roeder and Steward Whiteman (all 1959), Post 60, Roselle Park, N. J. August Leshner and Howard F. Lewis and Russell S. McCorniick and Oliver Mitchell, Sr. (all 1958). Post 79. Burlington, N. J. Victor R. Bell and Ernest Buzzoni and Fred J. Bvrd (all 1957), Post 111, Closter, N.J. Thomas E. Duffy (1959), Post 161, Passaic, N.J. Howard F. DeGraw and Rudolph Garoni and Henry R. IVIascolo, Sr. (all 1959), Post 244. Fort Lee, N. J. Michael J. O'Brien and Carlton H. Shaver and Ross A. Welterhahn and Harold J. Wight (all

1958) , Post 61, Watertown, N. Y. William A. .\ttoe and Newell H. Bell and George E. Bergeron and Leroy S. Bowdish (all

1959) . Post 69. Ogdensburg. N. Y. Chauncey T. S. Fish and Edwin F. O'Dougherty (both 1953). Post 135. White Plains, N, Y. Herbert Hamann and Henry Korff and George Krueger and Thomas Lawlor (all 1958). Post 264, Tonawanda, N. Y. Leo A. Fanning and G. Arthur Hand and John Kelly (all 1959). Post 353, Cornwall, N. V. James J. Fitzgerald and Tom Higgins (both 1959), Post 500. Brooklyn. N. Y. Walter E. Lvdecker (1959). Post 924, Hampton Bays. N. Y. Mark Fenton (1958). Post 952, Rochester, N. Y. Fred Sava (1959), Post 1014. Franklin Square, N. Y. Alfred Lewrick (1959), Post 1080, Mahopac, N Y. Robert J. DeSanclis and James Gualtieri and Biagio Ingianni (all 1959). Post 1212. New York. N. Y. Herbert R. Dietze and William M. McGuire and William Schwartz (all 1959). Post 1242. New York, N. Y. Lester J. Jordon (1958), Post 1286, Lakewood. N. Y. Harvey Stranigan (1959), Post 1332, Brooklyn, N. Y. James V. Sblendido (1959), Post 1634, West Babylon, N. Y. Thomas E. Fischer (1959), Post 1636, Brooklyn, N. Y. Walter V. Gage (1958), Post 54, Cleveland, Ohio. Rav D. Cleveland (1956) and Don A. McCon- nell (1957) and Russell W. Pence (1958). Post 295. Green Springs. Ohio. Francis Vandervort (1959). Post 601. North Mad- ison. Ohio. Clifford Beisel (1959) Post 116, Pittsburgh. Pa. Harold Shotwell and John W. Siegel and David N. Wise (all 1958), Post 233. Berwick. Pa. George P. Brown and Clyde R. Kerstetter and Carl B. Shelley (all 1959). Post 420. Steelton. Pa. Darwin H. Hunter and Harold A. Stewart (both 1959), Post 515, Latrobe. Pa. Dr. Herbert Dewar (1959). Post 553. Elizabeth, Pa. Conrad Gardner and Albert Geblard and Stuart Goodman and Nevin Hess (all 1957), Post 559, Annville, Pa. Fred L. Kemnitz (1959). Post 58, Columbia, S. Dak. Francis G. Aldridge (1958), Post 211, Eagle Pass, Tex. Fred O. Colson and Alex Parke (both 1959), Post 57. Grandview, Wash Alex Hay (1958). Post 155, Longview, Wash. George F. Merrill (1959), Post 117, Shawano, Wis. Post Commanders or Adjutants are asked to report life membershiii awards to "Life Memberships," The American Legion Magazine, 720 5th Ave., New York 19, N. Y. Date of award is re- quested in all cases. Receipt of names cannot be acknowledged.

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: COL. EDWARD H. GILES, Past Dcp't Cmdr of Vermont (1953-54), named Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey • 6 years oltJ • 86 proof • (C^Ancient Age Dist. Co., Frankfort, Ky.

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JUNE 1959 • -»C head of the Vermont Soldiers' Home. 98th FA Bn (later 6th Ranger Inf Bn)-(JuIy) 753d Ry Shop Bn (WW2)-(June) Charlie Seyler, Lawrence Henderson, 201 Kentucky Ave., Provi- P.O. Box 55, Bucyrus, Ohio. EARL L. MEYER, longtime member of dence, Ky, 761st FA Bn (WW2)-(Aug.) Dan Maloney, 424 105th AAA AW Bn-(July) Richard C. Wires, 220 Vickroy Ave., Johnstown, Pa, The American Legion Publications Com- Spring St., Marietta, Ohio. 843d Ord Depot Co-(June) Robert Brindley, 236 mission, resigned his district judgeship 105th FA, Btry D (WWl)-(June) John W, Nick- Cascade Road, Pittsburgh, Pa. lin, 1 10 W, 42d St., New York 36, N.Y. 882d FA Bn, Btry A-(June) Wayne L. Brannon, in Nebraska. 113fh Engrs, Co B-(July) Ernie B. McKenzie, 630 N. First St., Vandalia, 111. 10203 Sangamon St.. Chicago 43, 111, 928th Sig Bn, Hq Co and Cos A, B, C (WW2)- T. FAiREY, ROBERT Past Nat'l Historian 113th Med Bn-(Aug.) L. C. Wimpelberg, 335 W. (July-Aug.) Richard Jones, 66 Seminary Place, of The American Legion, retired from Missouri St., Evansville, Ind. Forty Fort, Pa. 116th AAA Gnn Bn, Btry D-fJune) Raulo A. 1138th Engr Combat Group (WW2)-(Aug,) Orlan his position as Dep't Service Officer of Kappra, Box 142A, R, D. 2, Blackwood, N.J. A. Larson, Eminons. Minn. 122d Inf, Co A (WWl)-(Oct.) Joseph Avans, Sr., 3818th QM Gasoline Supply Co-(Aug.) Park South Carolina. 3538 Bachelor Ave.. East Point. Ga. Myers, R. D. 3, Chanute, Kans. c. D. DELOACH, Nat'l Vice Cmdr of 127th Sig Radio Intell Co-(Aug.) George E. Walz, Natl Counter Intelligence Assn—(Aug.) Burton 1703 S. Central Ave., Burlington, Iowa. ^ oung. P.O. Box 504, Chicago 90, III. The American Legion, appointed ass't 138th Inf (WWD-fAug.) Sidney D. Duerr, 730 Yeatman Ave.. Webster Groves 19, Mo. director of the FBI. 152d Inf, Service Co (WW2)-(June) Eugene W. Navy IRVING N. LARSON, longtime circula- Hartup, 1804 Barcelona Drive, Muncie. Ind. 1st Beach Bn (WW2)-(Sept.) Frank P. Rinaldi, 92 160th Inf, Co A-(July) Lawrence C. Blue. Cerro Fitch St., Carteret, N. J. tion of III. manager The American Legion Gordo. 8th Seabee,s-(Sept.) Edward W. Sanford, 15 Elliott 185th Ord Depot Co-rAug.) Max Badock, R. D, 1, Magazine, retired. Road, Trumbull, Conn. Fayette City, Pa. 18th Seabees-(June) James F. Hosford, 1405 Fer- 213th CA (AA)-(July) Charles R. Young, 908 ris Ave.. Waxahachie, Tex. Walnut St., Lebanon, Pa. 55th Seabees-(Junel Clarence Vaught, 2200 Weston Died: 217lh CA (AA), Btry C-(June) Herman N. Ander- Way, Merced, Calif. son. 416 Lincoln Ave. E., Alexandria, Minn. 59th Seabees-( Aug.) George P. McEntire, 11th HUGH SMITH, SR., Dcp't Finance Of- 273d FA Bn (WW2)-f Aug.) Francis E. Kelley, Floor, 101 Marietta St. Bldg., Atlanta 3. Ga. 3400 Marsh Ave., Hannibal, Mo. ficer of Kansas (the only man ever to 62d Seabees-(Sept.) Russell Slade, 6630 W. 311th FA, Btry A (WWl)-(Sept.) Morris Bierman, Howard Ave.. Milwaukee 19. Wis. hold that office); following a heart at- P.O. Box 57, Wind Gap, Pa, 73d Seabees— (July) Joseph E. Powers. P.O. Box 312th FA-(Nov.) W. C. Linthicum, 5339 Hadfield 1462 Daytona Beach. Fla. tack, in his in home Topeka. St., Philadelphia 43, Pa. 75th Seabees-(Aug.) Fred F. Smith 920 Kingdom 312th Field Sig Bn (WWl)-fJune) H. E. Waters, RAY GALLOWAY, Past Dep't Cmdr of Ave.. Danville, 111. P.O. Box 1688, Ne'v Orleans II, La, USS Hornet— (June) Henry Turner. 714 Dewey, North Carolina (1947-48); in Raleigh, 314th Inf (WW2»-(Julv) Theodore J. Romero, 109- Ann Arbor. Mich. 30 128th St., South Ozone Park 20, N. Y, USS Indiana-fJuly) Thomas L. Ruff, 250 Hill St., following a heart attack. 327th FA (WWl)-(Sept.l Charles A. Campbell, Troy, N.Y. 407 S. Cherokee St., Tavlorville, RAY HUBBS (111.), longtime member 111. USS Lenawee (1952-57)-(Sept.) James E. Oakley, 332d Field Remount Sqdn (WWl)-(Aug.) Charley 101 N, Third St.. Greenville, 111. of The American Legion Distinguished Pea, 513 W. .Second St.. Rushville. Ind. USS Lexington-(June) W. Happy Blake, 2168 Mc- 337th Inf, Hq Co-(July-Aug.) R. O. Johnson, 2015 Knight Drive, Leinon Grove, Calif. Guests Committee; Herrin, 111. in Snyder Ave., Philadelphia 45, Pa. USS Quincy-(Aug.) Robert Moore, 68 Allison 349th Inf, Co H (WWl j-CAug.) William I. NEIL R. ALLEN, Vice Chmu of The Mc- Road, Roselle. N. J. Connell, P.O. Box 142, Seymour, Iowa. USS Thomas Jefrer.son-( Aug.) William A. Schutte, American Legion Civil Defense Com- 3Slst AAA Radar Searchlight Bn-fJune) Philip 850 N. Pennsylvania St.. Indianapolis. Ind. Karg. 855 Grove St., Hutchinson, Minn. YMS 25 (WW2l-(June) Warren H. Acker, E. Har- mittee; of a heart attack, in Pass, Crants 353d Inf (WWl)-(Sept.) John C. Hughes, 829 East vard St., Lewistown, Pa. Oreg. Ave. B. Hutchinson. Kans. 360th Engr Gen Service Regt— (June) Edward E, Ziats, Box 257, Marianna, Pa. Air 441st AAA AW Bn-(July) Albert E. Davies. 14 305th Airdrome Sqdn-(June) E. J. Pennock, 3811 Andrews Place, Pompton Plains. N. J. Giover. Des Moines 15, Iowa. OUTFIT 457th Engr Depot Co-(Sept.) Ralph Knight, 3108 348th Service Sqdn-(June) Dario Proietti, 350 McColloch St.. Wheeling, W. Va. LInion St.. Leominster, Mass. 499th Armored FA Bn, Btry A (WW2)-(Aug.) 432d Bomb Sqdn (WW2)-(Aug.) M. H. Thome, John Knoerl. 806 Beach Road, Buffalo 2', N. REUNIONS Y. 1524 Harry Road, Manhattan, Kans. 732d Ry Operating Bn— (June) T. Nelson, Norman 836th Aviation Engr Bn— (Aug.) Jim Lewis. 4932 Keiinioii will be held in month indicated. 1630 Watson Ave., St. Paul 16, Minn. Celadon Ave.. Hamilton. Ohio. For pai ticular.s, write person ^vhose address is given. Notices accepted on official form only. For form send stamped, addressed retnrn THE AMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS COMRADES envelope to: O. R. Form, American Legion MARCH 31, 19.)9 Magazine, 720 Fifth Ave., New York 19, ASSETS IN DISTRESS N. Y. Notices shonld be received at least

Cash on hand and on . . . .! four deposit 329,050,57 months before scheduled reunion. 311,357.43 Readers who can help these comrades arc 518.090,30 urged to do so. 1,556,039,94 Army Trust Funds: Notices are run at tlie request of The Overseas Graves Decoration Legion Nat'l Rehabilitation 2(1 Armored Div-(July-Aug.) R. F. Perry, Box American Com- 172. Alexandria. Va. Trust Fund 2.57,852.09 Employees Retirement mission. They are not accepted from other 4(h Div-(Aug.) William G. Knapp, 4338 N. Third Trust Fund 2, 663, .365. 91 St.. Philadelphia 40. Pa. 2,921,218.00 sources. 7(h Armored Div-(Aug.) Rev. .lames C. Fahl, 804,990,15 Readers wanting Legion help with claims 112 Forest Ave., Rockville. Md. Furniture and Fixtures, should contact their local .service officers. 8lh Armored Div-(July) Col. Henry B. Rothen- 336,049,55 ber,«. Room 13(10. 134 N. La Salle St., Chicago 221,974.3-1 .Service officers unable to locate needed 2, III. $6,998,770.28 witnes,ses for claims development shoidd 9(h .\rmored Engr:,-(Oct.) William F, O'Donnell, 104-12 l()4th St., Ozone Park 17, N. Y. LIABILITIES, DEFERRED REVENUE refer the matter to the Nat'l Rehabilitation 16th .Sig Operations Bn-( Jiily-Au;;,) Russell J. AND NET WORTH Commission through normal channels, for Miller, 124 S. James St.. Waukesha. Wis. 24th Div-(Aug.) William V. Davidson, 540 Park > 373,861,40 further search before referral to this cohnnn. Ave., Swedesboro. N.J. Funds restricted as to use 27,470.27 2<>th Kngrs (WWl)-(Nov.) Myron Y. Loncacre, Trust Funds: 320 E. Broadway. Whittier, Calif. Army 30th, 660th, & mid Engr Topo Ens and 1621st Overseas Graves Decoi'ation & 1622d Engr Model Making Detachments— Trust Fund $ 257,852.09 6th Constabulary Regt— At Strabbing, Germany, (July-Aug.) Erhard B. Toensfeldt, 1736 Michigan Employees Retirement in late 1947 my back was injured when I Blvd.. Lincoln Park, Mich. Trust Fund 2.663,36.5.91 2,921,218.00 slipped on an icy tank. Now need to hear from 32d Div-(Sept.) 32d Div. 1959 Conv. Corp., 409 Net Worth: anyone who served with this outfit or who re- Clark St., Stevens Point, Wis. calls my injury. Write me. Rudyard K. Gar- 36fh diner, Jr., Box 22, Slocum, R. I. Claim pend- Div-(Sept.) A. J. Barca, 429 Warburton Ave., Restricted Fund . . 20,424.33 \'onkers, N.Y. Real Estate 804,990.15 ing. 38th Div-(Sept.) La Vere A. Fields, 2018 Mounds Reserve for Reha- Road, Anderson, Ind. bilitation 415,297.63 63d Div (WW2)-(July) Charles S. Beaver, 604 Reserve for Child Navy Second Ave., Tarentum, Pa. Welfare 45,796.62 USS Trumbull-The late Harley C. Randolph, Sic, 76th Gen Hosp-(Aug.) Frank D, Stewart, Eldora, Reserve for served aboard this ship from Aug. 15 to Sept. Iowa. Convention 30,000.00 25, 1944. While serving as a gunner during an 83d Div (WW2)-(Aug.) George Cooley, 1495 $1,340,693.84 air raid in Italy, he was injured when he fell Beechwood St. NE., Warren, Ohio. Unrestricted across a gun tub. In order to establish claim, 90lh Div-(Nov.) C. D. Steel, 4255 E. 62d St., Kan- Capital 498.361,29 1.839.055.13 need to hear from anyone who served in the sas City, Mo Trumbull. Especially need to locate a $6,998,770,28 man 91st Div-(Sept.) B K. Powell, 1024 Vance Bldg., named "Yencho." Write me. Mrs. Harley C. Seattle I, Wash. Randolph. Mount Perry, Ohio.

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I CONNIE MACK, I,, |r mn of the lote beloved owner of the Hr Philadelphia Athletics, says:

^ "Each FLORIDA (ommunity offers some of the feotures for — which FLORIDA is famous, but ( Coiitimtcd from jfdge 4 "CAPEToRAL has EVERYTHING!"

"The minute I saw Cape Coral, I knew that it was Because this analysis covers everybody (regardless of family or other for me. I Hked the careful planning, the locotion, status), you may have to make adjustments in applying the figures to your- the integrity of the developers. I bought my self. But there's a moral back of them, nevertheless: Over the years, the homesite ond stayed on to join the management housing and household-operation share has been rising; likewise expendi- of Cape Coral as Associate Director." tures for gasoline and oil; the clothing and shoe portion meantime has been • CAPE CORAL challenges comparison! declining; food remained about the same. has • CAPE CORAL invites inspection!

TAXES: Since personal taxes now take such a big bite out of every dol- CAPE CORAL, on Florida's beautiful Gulf Coast, is lar, more and more taxpayers are getting experts (either private or Govern- offered and sold on merit alone for as little as $20 ment) to assist them with their returns. It's a good idea — if for no other down and $20 per month! reason than that the Government respects the expert's carefulness. Remem- See for yourself why Cape Coral is already the is ber this, though; An expert can't guarantee that your return absolutely choice of over 6,000 fomili in the clear, nor is he responsible if something goes amiss — unless he was in Send lor and read (he exciting cahoots with you in committing a tax crime. "CAPE CORAL STORY"

• • • It's yours for the asking—

The college situation this fall is going to be the old familiar story — a ABSOLUTELY FREE Send No Money, Pleate Pnancial and academic scramble to get into the top schools. ^^^-ORlDAj Paradoxically, some of the smaller institutions meantime actually are wel- CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBER coming more students. Last year, for instance, the 66 members of the Council Lee County ond Ft. Myers • Dade Counly • Florida Stole for the Advancement of Small Colleges, Inc., had 5,000 vacancies. If this • sounds tantalizing, here are some facts about CASC affiliates: Gulf Guaranty Land & Title Co., Dept. F-l 1 As the association's name implies, its colleges are small; enrollment aver- • 1771 N. Tamiami Trail, Fort Myers, Florida ages around 300. But the academic standards are kept sharp enough to permit • Please rush my FREE copy of "The Cape Coral increasing freedom of transfer to the better known institutions at both un- • Sfory" in full color. dergraduate and graduate levels. • Name Tuition and room and board are small, too; about $850 for both. Football • Address obviously isn't in the Noti'e Dame class, nor are the social clubs of the Prince- J City Zone State ton type. But there are athletics aplenty (almost everybody can be a team member on something), and the schools boast that "a small college is the best place to make a large circle of friends." Why are they small? Because (1) some are church related, (2) some are DO you in smaller communities, and (3) most want to serve students from the mod- est income brackets. (Incidentally, this type of college is apt to be pretty strict about the amount of I'ah-rah it tolerates.) WONDER Address of the Council for the Advancement of Small Colleges is 1818 R St. NW., Washington 9, D. C. WHAT • • •

Still plagued by huge losses on auto insurance, members of the National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters and National Automobile Underwriters MAKES YOU Assn. are making California the laboratory for an experiment in flexible rates. In effect, it's a merit system which works like this: SO DARN If the operators of a car haven't had any accidents or moving traffic vio- lation convictions in three years, the insurance rate is cut 20% from present levels. One accident or conviction keeps the rate as is; two mean a 25'^ hike; three bring a 50"^^ boost; four, 75 "^y ; five or more, 100'^^ . The insurance involved is liability, collision, and medical payments. California was picked mainly because of the availability of good public SEE the Inside Front Cover of records on accidents and violations. Other States probably will be added, depending on the shape of their records. NEXT MONTH'S

• • • Notes of the month: AMERICAN TWIST; A 32-year-old World War II marine, Gene NaKane, has worked out a variation on the flowers-by-wire theme called Gifts By Wire. You LEGION can send any of some 55 items (including perfume, candy, cigarette lighters, etc.) by remote control via member drugstores. Cost: Regular price, plus MAGAZINE telephone or telegram charges and a 50 ( service fee. VERSATILE; Hobbyists and putterers will be intrigued by a new flexible magnet that B. F. Goodrich is bringing out. It's basically vinyl plastic Koro- for Sensational seal and comes in strips that can be bent or even cut into pieces without impairing the magnetic properties. First big use, though, will be more serious; FREE Offer/ As combined gasket and latch on refrigerator doors. — By Edgar A. Grunwald

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JUNE 1959 • 37 KENNETH B. BREISTER, of 110 S. Hick- ory St., Fond du Lac, Wis., suggests that Legion Posts own and operate campsites. He says that the older Legionnaires (retired) might operate them for the benefit of the Posts. These retired Legionnaires would, of course, get paid, and the Post might benefit from the revenue. He points

to Leonard R. Matthew s, regional director of the National Campers and Hikers As- sociation, as a qualified adviser on this sub- CLUB ject. Matthew s' address is 4865 N. 49th St., Milwaukee 18, Wis. Comrade Breister (Continued from page 8) points out that 22,000,000 Americans went camping last season, and that the demand too many States where license fees go into SPORTSMEN WILL LIKE the cordless for campsites is growing. Sounds interest- the general fund and only part is allocated electric shaver made by Landers, Frary & ing. to hunting and fishing. Also it's interesting Clark of New Britain, Conn. Called the to note that the Maine Department of Fish Universal Cordless Electric Shaver, it runs and Game is entirely supported by license on four small, inexpensive batteries and money and other fees and is untouched by weighs only 6 '4 ounces. It has a precision politics. Credit for all this goes to the sports- chrome-plated head with a very thin screen. men in that State who have insisted upon it. Blades are self-sharpening and self-align-

ing. Life of battery is three to four months. C. A. TESCH, Director of the Legion's Price: $16.95. More information can be had Americanism Division, reports that Post from H. S. Perkins, Landers, Frar>' & Clark, No. 30 of Gresham, Oreg., won the 1959 New Britain, Conn. Paul V. McNutt Rifle Match, repeating its WE SALUTE Chester Noonwook, age performance of 1957 when it also took HAROLD F. CURTIS, 43 Exchange St., 22, of Savoonga, St. Lawrence Island, in top honors. Official award of the trophy Rociiester 14, N.Y., has invented a new the Bering Sea, 120 miles from the Alaska will be made at the 1959 National Conven- charcoal cooker that should be of interest mainland, last of the dogsled mail carriers. tion. Howard Loring, Post No. 254, Hones- to campers or others interested in outdoor He uses his huskies from November dale, Pa., first in individual competi- cooking. cooker stands 30 inches high placed The through May. His route follows the north- tion with metallic sights. Earl Hofland, Post and w eighs only 1 5 pounds. ern coastline of St. Lawrence Island. When No. 36, \'alier, Mont., finished first with ^^'ith a minimum of charcoal (12 ounces) the ice melts in the spring, he uses a skin telescopic sights. it makes a roaring fire in 4 minutes—because boat over the open sea to get from Sa- the cooker employs a small alcohol lighter voonga to Gambell (located on the extreme EVERETT E. of 135 Weaver Rd., and has an amazing draft inducer. \\'\x\\ tlie WOLF, northern tip of the island). W^est Sayville, N.Y., lias for of a small er the bottom of the a unique idea use draw on In the cold months Noonwook generally getting eels off your hook without "fussin' fire pot you can control \'our draft. It puts takes a day to reacli Gambell, 50 miles dis- " or cussin,' as he puts it. You build yourself tlie fire 4 inches to 1 1 inches below the meat. tant, unless he runs into one of the frequent 2 1 : has an eel box feet long and ' feet wide and In addition, the Curtis Charcoal Cooker howling storms or has trouble on a "soft" 1 Vi feet deep. Then you saw a slot about 7 other advantages. A free booklet. The Se- trail. On the way back from Gambell to inches deep in any side of the box. cret Charcoal Cooking, is available to When of Sa\oonga the mail carrier usually picks up you have caught >'our eel, put the line those write Mr. Curtis for it. Cost of you who a load of 300 pounds of mail including let- in the slot and pull the hook and eel close the Cooker is $24.95 prepaid. ters, newspapers, and parcel post. The re- to the side of the box the slot is. Mr. where turn trip takes two days because the load Eel will twist himself off the hook and fall C. F. JACKSON, Seven Mile Fork, \'a., is heavier. in the box. No slime on your hands or tells us that he lo\es to fish but detests wrists. No tangled line. No cutting or rip- cleaning fish when they slip and slide all LON PRIEST, 214 E. Smith St., Milwau- ping to get the hook out. Sounds good. over the place. He solves the problem by kee 7, Wis., has a tip (which he learned screwing a mousetrap to the end of a plank from his grandfather) for cane-pole fisher- or cleaning board, and clamping tlie fish's men. Lon advises: "Saw off the knob on the tail the mousetrap spring while he is under handle-end of a cane pole and plug the scaling. hole with a small cork. Inside you can then store extra line, hooks, and sinkers. Then "WRAP YOUR BAIT in celery leaves, it you also have a safe place for the hook helps lure fish," ;ul\ ises Charles H. Beau- when you wind up the line on the pole." mont, of 118 Main St., Penn Yan, N.Y. He read about this in an ancient English book DAVID R. DOLL, of P.O. Box 3152, New on fishing. Orleans 17, La., has a simple idea to make J. T. PLATZ, JR., of 1234 James St., woodchucks sit up so that he can get a Turtle Creek, Pa., has an idea for breaking FREDERICK A. MARK, of S. 4204 Sher- good shot at them. He writes: "I take along dogs of the aw ful habit of cliasing cars. He man St., Spokane 36, Wasli., calls attention a high-frequency, 'silent' dog whistle. The offers: "Fill a squirt gun with salt water. to topograpliic maps published by the U.S. chucks are sensitive to this whistle even at Take the dog on a lonely road. Let one of Geological Survey. These maps cover the long range. When I blow it, they sit up and the famil>' w alk him. Then come by in your U.S.A. Each map shows 150 to 300 sq. miles pose." car. As the dog runs for the car, squirt the of territory and shows towns, roads, water salt water at him so it gets in his eyes. It features, trails, features of relief, elevation EMIL BORCHARDT, 511 W. Alain St., smarts, but won't hurt him. Se\cral trips and contour intervals. Little Chute, A\'is., writes: "Selecting bass ought to break him of the suicide habit of You can get an index of all available maps flies at random consumes time and wastes chasing automobiles." in your State by writing to the U.S. effort. The following rules will reduce trial

Geological Survey, Federal iVIap Center, and error to a minimum: (1 ) In general use SOREN SORLIE, Box 84, Gillett, Wis., Denver, Colo., for all maps west of the Mis- small rather than large flies. (2) For dark says, "A dull-pointed steel crochet needle sissippi River including Louisiana and Min- days or evening use gray or whitish flies. in your fishing kit will untangle those time- nesota. For State index sheets for States east (3) On bright days with clear water use consuming backlashes. It will penetrate the of the Mississippi, write U.S. Geological small flies of dark shades or neutral tints. smallest knot and loosen it so that you can Survey, Washington, D. C. Most topo- (4) On cloudy day^s with high or turbid easily untie it." graphic maps cost 20 cents each. water use larger, brighter flies."

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MRS. H. E. CHRISMAN, Scottsbluff, THE REMINGTON Model 722, cham- Nebr., reports: "Every summer there is a bered for the Remington .222 magnum, is heavy toll of drownings throughout the a fine rifle for woodchuck and other game country. And the reason is usually the up to deer. It is exceedingly accurate and SPECIAL OFFER same: 'He stepped in a hole.' While getting fires with a minimum of recoil. It's the same one of these victims out of a stream near gun as the Model 721 A, except with short- TO our home, an old rivcrman gave this simple er action. It comes with step-adjustable advice to those standing around: 'If waders sporting rear sights and white metal front Denture Wearers! would M alk upstream when wading, they sight on matted ramp. Receiver drilled and wouldn't suddenly step off into deep water.' tapped for scope mounts. With a topnotch Now! Get 5 Trial-Size Packs Dr. West's The action of running water on the bed of scope like the Weaver K6, this outfit would INSTA-CLEAN- Liquid Denture Cleanser a stream is much like what happens \\ hen be hard to beat. Weighs about eight . . . Plus Lifetime Plastic Denture Bath! the wind blows snow into drifts, leaving pounds and is 43 Vs inches long overall. The Mail 25( today ! hoUowed-out places here and there. If one price of Model 722 is S95.25. steps into water holes going upstream, he finds that the slope is gradual; downstream, HERE'S ANOTHER SQUIRREL recipe it drops off suddenly. that sounds good. This one is from Tial Schuler, of 10 Broad St. Ext., Augusta, Ga. "RATS, SKUNKS, and various other "Clean squirrel, soak in soda water over- small animals—birds too— are often caught night. Take out and wash thoroughly in in rabbit traps," says Game Protector P. J. clear water. Season to taste. Place in iron Filkosky of the Pennsylvania Game Com- frying pan with a little butter and water. mission. "A few months ago," he adds, "a Cover until about half done, then add a Chester County property owner asked that little vinegar and chopped onions, and make a box trap be moved to a new location be- a gravy by adding a little flour and water. Penetrating, abrasive-free Dr. cause his toy bull terrier made it a habit Cover again until done. This is called to enter the trap and cat the apple bait. The Southern-cooked squirrel, and it's tops for West's removes sticky film, owner feared the little dog might become eating." tartar-forming substance, odor- imprisoned and suffer from exposure when breeding bacteria and tobacco no one was at home to release it." R. C. ROBINSON, Lincoln St., Bolivar,

In Lehigh County, reports Game Protec- Pa., writes: "In fishing streamers, I find that stain — in less than 5 minutes! tor A. Moyer (also a Pennsylvania one tied upside down will travel through For PROOF — mail 25«? to Weco Game Commissit)n man) a dog was caught weeds, moss, and underwater obstructions Products Co., 20 N. Wacker Dr., in another kind of trapping operation. better than the regular streamer. Reason: .Mo>'er states: "Late last winter one of The point of the hook is up instead of Chicago 6, 111., Dept. No. AL-43A. our men in the pheasant-trapping campaign down where it drags and catches anything found a small, frightened beagle hound in its path." cowering inside one of liis live traps. A dead lien pheasant also was in the trap. On THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD Ronnie Sander- Dr. WEST'S the outside, watching the little drama— es- son, 207 E. Proctor St., Mullins, S.C., has INSTA- CLEAN pecially the pheasant—with much interest, discovered something for fishermen. He sat a large cat." writes: "I have found by nailing 3 or 4 small DENTURE nails into your soft lead sinker that it will CLEANSER hold in place in a fast current, or a stream- bed with a sandy bottom." 69

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Rommel has found, as have other um- mel signaled that the Athletics runner the arbiter's reaction to trouble more pires, that topnotch stars are the easiest was safe. Senator first baseman Mickey than any other factor. to handle. He has experienced more Vernon — usually mild and sedate — be- "Umpiring is a tough job," says Rom- trouble with lowly hitters, sievelike field- gan to rage at Rommel. Ed walked away. mel. "A major league umpire must have: ers, and mediocre pitchers. Vernon followed him. Good eyesight, good disposition, good "Fellows like Harvey Kuenn and Ted "Well, Ed," yelled Vernon, "I see health, good judgment, complete knowl- " Williams seldom give trouble," says Ed- you're still wearing that big 'A.' edge of rules, and the respect of his co- die. "1 don't think that Williams has ever Rommel turned toward his tormentor. workers. said anything derogatory to an umpire." "Will you say that again, Mickey?" "Handling players calls for varied

Only two years after Rommel broke Vernon said it again. Rommel threw treatment. Some must be left alone, some into the American League, he came to him out of the game. must be pushed a little, and others must appreciate Ted's attitude toward the A month later Vernon came to Rom- be patted on the back." umps. Rommel called a third strike on mel. "I don't know what happened to In arguments Rommel allows a player the Boston slugger. Ed now admits that me that day you put me out," he told the to let ofi" steam; but once the player gets the pitch was much too low. However, umpire. "On the way to the clubhouse I abusive, he goes out of the game. Williams took the decision in silence. kept asking myself: 'Vernon, are you go- However, the most difficult part of " When he came to bat again, he turned ing crazy? What's the matter with you?' umpiring is not on the field. It's the con- to Rommel. It was one of the few times Mickey stant battle against loneliness. Umpires "That strike was just on the corner, had been ejected. And, as Rommel con- spend most of their lives away from wasn't it, Ed?" he asked. tends, he did it to himself. home. They must be careful about their "To be honest, Ted, that's the worst Rommel has been punched only once, companions and their behavior. The re- strike I've ever called. It was much too and that was an accident. In a rundown, creation is usually a quiet beer, a book, low." Senator second baseman George Myatt or lots of sleep. I an- tagged the Yanks' Metheny, grind- "That's what thought," Williams Bud Movies, bad for the eyes, don't attract swered, "but I didn't want to say it." ing the ball hard into Metheny's back. many. Lobby-sitting is just as entertain- Rommel contends that in 21 years of Bud swung at Myatt, and a fight was ing and is less expensive. Or perhaps an Ame.'-ican League umpiring underway. first-base Hal he has never When umpire umpire might write a book. Harry ejected a player from a didn't untangle the combatants, game. There's a Weafer (Steamboat) lohnson, an umpire for 35 trick to that statement. Ed's is raced out behind the approach Rommel from years, became an author. His book was that the umpire never gives the player plate. In the mixup one of the players not a bestseller, but it did become a the heave-ho; instead, maintains, the chin. he the whacked Rommel on near-miss. player puts himself out of a game. Two years ago in Chicago Ed was in- When he was umpiring in Chatta- "Umpires don't want to eject a man," volved in one of baseball's most rugged nooga one afternoon, Johnson called a says Rommel. "It means extra work and free-for-alls. The Yankees' Art Ditmar batter out and immediately heard a trouble. We have to wire the league was pitching, and the White Sox — espe- strange whirring in the air. It was not a president a report. Other reports and cially Larry Doby — felt he was throwing familiar sound — like that of a pop bot- telephone conversations follow. We don't too close to their heads. A riot erupted, tle. Then, plop! Right at home plate look for trouble. But when it comes, we but Rommel and partners were able to landed a copy of Johnson's own book, have to face it." restore order. Standing the Gaff. Several seasons ago Rommel was um- How an umpire handles himself and Rommel and his fellow umpires do piring at first base in Kansas City. His the players in such a situation is one of make many friends around the league. old team — the A's — was playing Wash- the most important phases of his work. Some are special. In St. Louis Arthur J. ington. On a close play at first base Rom- To appraise an umpire, Rommel watches Donnelly, an undertaker, provides transportation to and from the park. His father began the custom many years ago and willed that the practice continue as long as his heirs owned the Donnelly funeral home. In Baltimore a restaura- teur named Herb Spikloser performs the same service for his umpiring friends. Most of the arbiters have winter jobs. Some sell cars; others teach school or of- ficiate at winter sports events. A famous umpire of other years, Charlie Moran, had two winter jobs. He coached the Praying Colonels football team at Centre College, and he raised bird dogs. Each occupation provided a vulnerable spot for players who enjoyed working on Un- cle Charlie with their verbal scalpels. Once when Moran called Fresco Thompson out on a pitch which almost beheaded Fresco, Thompson turned and

yelled: "Now I know why they called Centre the Praying Colonels. If you like umpire, they had "Those bal.sawood bats are working. Look at the pitcher's face!" coached them you to pray to win a game." THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE Moran once sold a bird dog to Hughie

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Critz, weak-hitting Giant infielder. while correct angle." he explains. "A first- INVEST NOW IN the latter was at bat against the Chicago base play, for instance, will look one Cubs. way from inside the diamond and an- "They tell me you got some good other way from the coach's box or the dogs," Critz said to the umpire. ""What stands. An umpire might be excused for FLORIDAS are you asking for a good one?" calling a play wrong. But if he is out of The pitcher wound up and threw. position and calls one wrong, he's really BOOMING FUTURE "A hundred and fifty dollars," Moran in trouble. replied. "Ball one." "An umpire should never call a play ACRES "That's a lot of money," said Critz. while on the run. He should run toward IN "Best dog in America. Strike one." the play, stop, and then make his call." "Is he fast?" According to Rommel, knowing the MONROE "Fast? He can outrun a train. Ball rules is an absolute must. Even though COUNTY two." most umpires can recite the entire rule

"What color?" book, they study it in their dressing "Liver and white. Real handsome ani- rooms before each game. They con- FUU PRICE mal. Strike two." stantly query each other on strange and "Can he retrieve?" unusual situations. "Through hell and high water. Ball On one occasion when umpire Dick three." Nallin called a play against the Phila- $ "OK. I'll take him." delphia Athletics, a question of rules "That's fine. Ball four. Take your arose. Manager Connie Mack sent his base." son, coach Earle Mack, out to talk with 395 Gabby Hartnett, the Cubs' catcher, Nallin. EQUAL TO 8 BIG CITY LOTS whipped off his mask, wheeled around, "Dad wants to know what rule cov- (75 X 135 FEET EACH) and stuck his reddening face toward ered the last decision," said Earle. ONLY Umpire Moran. Nallin put his hands on his hips and "If it's all the same to you, Charlie," shouted: "The rule of fair play." MO DOWN Mo MONTHLY he raged, "don't be selling any more To help their partners out of trouble, Ht'fe's a wonderful opportunity to "stake your claim" on Tropical Florida ^'rontier land bird dogs to .200 hitters while they're all umpires use signals. "The average fan WHERE THE BIG FUTURE LIES AHEAD up here." will enjoy the game more," says Rom- and you pay for it on "pin money"! Think of it! You can actually own the equiva- Umpires are easy targets for abuse. mel, "if he looks for the signs. We use lent of 8 Big residential lots (each 75 x 135 ft) in South Florida's Monroe County at a per lot cost of left in 1956 to Rommel himself wide open them oftenest on the half-swing and less than .$50 each! This land is now uninhabited when he became the first big league um- check whether a ball was caught or and undeveloped—or else the price would be many times higher— but we feel there is a big future pire to wear glasses. Strangely, his inno- droDDcd. ahead for Monroe County. Dade Ciunty (Greater Miami) is growing so vation unnoticed. It was plate went almost "On the half-swing the umpire fast that its Western and Southern neighbors. only after another umpire, Frank Umont, looks to his third-base partner if the Collier and Monroe Counties are already reflecting the foreseeable e.xpansion. had been designated as the first to wear batter is left handed. If the batter is And let's face it! The true tropical ai'feas of Florida are in Dade. Collier and Monroe Counties glasses the field that found to his on anyone right handed, the umpire looks —well below the frost line. out about Rommel. Ed had worn specs first-base partner. Those partners will The famous cities Miami Beach and Fort Lau- derdale were once considered "worthless swamp- almost a week before Umont. The his- either give a nod or a shake of the head. land" until men of vision and faith transformed these areas into the most valuable resortland in toric, the custom-defying feat took place On a fly or liner the umpire covering the the nation. Development and drainage will do the second night of the 1956 season. play looks to his cohort nearest him. same for Monroe County—and we predict that it can happen soon! The plate umpire averages 250 to 300 Again, he gets the same kind of confir- Order your Big 2\2 acre tract today. Send only $10 as a reservation. TAKE NO RISK AT decisions per game. Eighty percent are YOU mation." ALL-RATHER, YOU BE THE JUDGE. If you are not is excellent specu- obvious. Sources of worry are ground Although the profession has its draw- convinced that this an lative buy with a good future— you get your money rules, rain, and darkness. Rommel feels backs, it still attracts ex-players and frus- back at once! Remember— you get 2% acres for a total price that steal judging an attempted of home trated players who want to stay close to of only $395! ($10 down $10 monthly) and there is the toughest decision he is called on the game. ai e NO OTHER COSTS. • No interest • No closing costs to make. In the majors an umpire's pay starts at • Insurable Title • Oil & Mineral rights • Warranty Deed • MONEY BACK "An umpire," he explains, "is natur- $7,000 a year, plus $3,000 for expenses. GUARANTEE ally set to call a pitch a ball or a strike. pockets an ad- SEND $10 TODAY FOR LOCATION For World Series duty he OF YOUR LAND When the runner breaks for home, the ditional $3,000. Umpiring is a job unlike Golden Age Investment Co. ALM-6-59 ump has a tendency to keep watching the other. It best be summed up any might 969 S. W. 1st Street pitch instead of the more important play by the dialog between two famous old Miami, Florida Enclosed is $10. Please reserve 2^;; acres of Tropi- — the attempted steal of Hurst. home." arbiters, Silk O'Loughlin and Tim cal Monroe County. Rush maps and complete de- One day in 1953 while Rommel was O'Loughlin was bemoaning his fate as tails-I MUST BE CONVINCED THAT THIS IS A MONEY MAKER OR EVERY PENNY WILL eating breakfast in Chicago with his an umpire. BE PROMPTLY REFUNDED. umpiring partners — John Stevens. Bill "What a life," he said. "You can't call Name — McKinley, and Jim Honochick he told it a dog's life, because most people like Address them: "I've been lucky; in 15 years in dogs. Even a criminal on trial is consid- CITY Zon State this league I've never had an attempted ered innocent until convicted. But look steal of home while I was behind the at us. Lower than the scum of the earth, UPTURE plate." worthy of no man's praise and every That afternoon both Minnie Minoso man's scorn. Any pop-ofl" with the price and Jim Rivera of the White Sox stole of a bleacher ticket feels it's his privilege ENJOY NEW FREEDOM home. But Ed was on top of each play to shower us with abuse in our job and Yi'.., eniov freedom of action.

Ijfacc (if mind and corufort :i and had no trouble. work or ijlav. Proven patoiit' d MILI.KIl holds vour riiDtiii.\ Rommel says that even the toughest "Sure, Silk," interrupted Hurst, "but hack Dav and Niglit— will liiiii^ vou lastins relief, lias helinMl tli.m \ play is easy if the umpire uses the right you can't beat them hours." sands. For p'ltKE I'aet.s in plain uiapppr. Send Name &. Address to technique. "The umpire must have the THE END Dept. 53-H. FRED B. MILLER Hagerstown. Maryland AlUERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE JUNE 19.<;9 A LETTER TO NORMAN COUSINS

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.," "Yes, but . . an apologist says, "that for us by showing that our country takes ism as such. I can share your hatred for is the way of war—so many things are care of its own, while others do not, race brutality, having experienced some done in the heat of conflict that are re- whatever their reason. As for your proof this barbarity; but I still deplore your

gretted later." gram, it is clear that it has failed to gain actions which serve to keep specific ha-

Again, may I claim a little better fa- us either genuine respect or friendship treds of persons or nations alive. And

miliarity with Japan than to agree with overseas. this is what you are doing. Is it superflu- that argument? The decision to use the Specifically, the individual Japanese ous of me to remind you that we do not A-bomb had a military point, one of woman who is restored to at least partial hate the German nation or the Japanese benefit to both sides: the shortening of cosmetic respectability by your efi'orts people or the Russian people? the war. The treatment of Western pris- will feel a spontaneous gratitude accord- With the Hiroshima victims, though, oners by the Japanese in their homeland ing to her tradition and upbringing. But you seem to have tried to impress upon

—done as a matter of national policy, that, I suspect, was not the object of your Americans a deep sense of shame for and also on an informal plane—had no Japanese venture. I doubt that the Ja- having won a war which was forced up- such excuse. It was done for the act it- panese reaction was really the primary on them. With the Polish "Lapins," you self, to fulfill some need in the national interest, but for your information the apparently seek to remind us that essen- soul that we both would do well to ad- average person in a Naoetsu—or Hiro- tial humaneness — consideration of hu- mit. That such debasement of Cauca- shima—street does not place such a high mans by other humans—should not be sians under their control was not merely value on cosmetics. Your actions seemed subjugated to any political creed, in this

a wartime recreation is borne out by the strange to him. He sought the real rea- case nazi, although there are other far continued complete rejection by Japan- son behind the rather incomprehensible, better examples at hand. ese society of any half-caste among avowed one. And I'm sure he found a It seems particularly inappropriate them. A child, for instance, who has a satisfaction in his easy discovery of what that in the case of Germany you are

GI father and a Japanese mother is os- you seem to be trying to accomplish. fostering revulsion against the only

tracized in a manner that makes our In the case of the Polish women, you country that has voted, in its own free own treatment of other races seem mild seem to be interested in them in order to parliament, many millions of dollars in

by comparison. remind the rest of the world of, as you reparations to victims of its wartime

Possibly you have read Dr. Weinstein's put it, "the blackest side of man that had government. Has the government of book. Barbed Wire Surgeon, which deals been revealed in our time." This takes in Japan done as much?

with medical practice in relation to pris- a great deal of blackness: The Katyn In any event, the ultimate product is oners of war in Japan and tells of the Forest massacres; the starvation of mil- hatred, and I turn from this program as

"experiments" conducted with Allied lions of Russian peasants for a political violently as I would from any other with

prisoners as subjects there. The pitiful triumph; the uprooting of whole popu- the same result, regardless of its name. part of this sordid story was that these lations (such as the Latvian, Lithuanian, Suspicion and embarrassment have been atrocities were committed not only as and Estonian) just to insure the elimina- the net rewards of your efforts abroad ridiculous tests, but to prove the superi- tion of any coherent patriotism but So- thus far. This result was easily predict-

ority of Japanese medicine over its West- viet in that part of the world; and, as I able, at least insofar as Japan was con-

tern counterpart. have mentioned very incompletely, the cerned. Frankly I doubt that you will do Thus the survivors of Corregidor and medical experiments and military rapes better anywhere else except, if you will Wake Island and Singapore who were un- carried out by the Japanese wartime gov- excuse the pride, right here at home. lucky enough to be sent to Shinagawa ernment, identical to those of the nazis. You see, Mr. Cousins, I believe that

hospital with dysentery sufi'ered deep But—and this is where your political even in this sophisticated age our Amer- scars on back, legs, and feet, where pel- intent and our disagreement are most ica is a place unique in fact and promise. lets of incense and other "miraculous" clearly drawn — both the German and Here, amid abundance and a tradition of combustibles were placed and fired Japanese episodes and dangers are past, generosity, charitable acts such as your while willing volunteers held the writh- while others are not. You seem eager to own are considered a natural thing. ing patients. Prisoners who were to be embrace the Japanese, but unwilling to They are expected, and they are deeply cured of beriberi were given shots of relinquish your ill-will toward the Ger- and lastingly appreciated. A tortured soybean milk into their veins; and, if mans, and not disposed at all to use your survivor of Shinagawa will not suspect they did not recover, were made to stand facilities and talents to oppose the most you of hidden political motives. More at attention while they were beaten for monstrous criminal force we have yet importantly, he may even find in your their lack of cooperation. Many others faced as a nation or a civilization. aid or gesture a most welcome expres-

still carry the terrible scars of needless Personally, I would like it made clear sion of gratitude for his services, which,

operations ineptly performed for the abroad as well as at home that there is a after all, were made in your behalf. amusement of the many Japanese sol- large segment of American opinion Don't you agree that, despite our diers who crowded into the makeshift which objects to the needless pawing and many blessings and our general prosper- operating room to watch the fun. parading of Polish women, who have ity, there is still a great opportunity for I have hungered and sufltered with the already suffered far beyond any human the performance of charitable deeds Americans who managed to survive deserts. As I said earlier, you admit that right here in America? To undertake such deliberate maltreatment, Mr. Cou- these women can get good medical care some of these acts, I submit, sir, would sins. I believe they need and merit the in Poland. I am sure that unless it suits be the most generous, American, and help they are getting as much as any its larger purpose, no communist gov- honorable thing you could do. When-

foreign victim of war weapon or race ernment would willingly lend any of its ever the spirit moves you again, I hope hatred needs help. I am proud that my citizens, suffering or not, to a project you will consider favorably the course Government feels the same way and which unavoidably reflects on the com- I recommend. If you do, you may list provides the help which its defenders de- munists" scientific or medical standards me as your initial contributor. serve. Of course, helping them does not as unfavorably as this one does. Sincerely, make any new friends for the U.S. It appears to me that you are dealing FRANK A. TINKER abroad. But it might win some respect with hatreds, sir, not with humanitarian- THE END

42 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JUNE 1959 .

their embassy, Amtorg Trading Com- pany, and Tass News Agency— all of which are merely nests of spies, sabo- teurs, propagandists, and blackmailers. Why even talk about another confer- Does ence with them when they have broken every treaty and agreement they have ever made with us? If we have any national honor, decency, Your Wife self-respect left, our patriots will flood (Continued from page 2) the White House with demands to sever diplomatic relations with them American naval officer. A\'hat the Rus- now. Feel Like sians most likely have done is show Louis D. Carroll the film of Miko>-an and Jerry Lewis Balthnore, Md. throughout the Iron Curtain countries. I feel quite sure they will not explain A Bride? VIVE LA FRANCE that iMr. Lewis is a movie actor, but on the contrary will let it appear that Sir: In the March issue article he is in fact a United States naval 'Trance's Man of Destiny" I noted a officer. And, if they put a sound track picture on page 16 with a caption say- SEE the Inside Front Cover of on the above-mentioned picture, I ing that de Gaulle was inspecting leave to your imagination wliat the Frcncli troops fighting on tlie front NEXT MONTH'S conversation imposed on the film will lines in Italy. I realize General de convey. The followup of iMikoyan Gaulle is of retirement age, but he's kissing the American naval officer still a Frenchman. I am sure he would AMERICAN could quite possibly drive home the agree that he was inspecting women, fact to the people living under com- army nurses, and not French troops! munist rule that there is indeed no Dorothy B. Griffiths, R.N. LEGION hope. Marshfield, Mass. Mrs. Constantine Brown MAGAZINE Washiiifitoi?, D. C. PAID-UP POLICIES

LIKES COMBAT ARTICLES Sir: For years I have been waiting and hoping that would get a break in for Sensational Sir: In regard to the article "Hell on we National Service Life Insurance pol- a Horseshoe" in your April issue: such icies. It is true that they have been illuminating articles make one proud EBEE Offer/ to be serving with Legionnaires who paying dividends and rebates but something seems wrong. should had a part in the creation of such mo- There have been a provision to give some mentous histor>'. I appreciate the space kind of paid-up policy if veteran given to such interesting articles and a Sponsor a would like more of the same. kept it paid up, to collect at the end Robert E. Lonergan of five years or more. It is hard on Ca/mstota, N. Y, those of us who were over 40 in KADET SHOW TROOP World War II. We are now pushing 60, and premiums are high while our Get 50 boys from BREAK RELATIONS earning capacity is smaller. Obviously your elementary something is wrong, since almost ten Sir: It has long been known that dip- school . . . Train million have given up their insurance. lomatic relations with Russia accom- them to represent Converting to a permanent policy is plish nothing and are useless. Let us you on TV, in prohibitive. all demand that our Ambassador to R. G. Stuart parades, at shows Moscow be recalled and Ambassador Aliirfreesboro, Tenn. and exhibitions. Menshikov be sent home. Se\ crance of diplomatic relations and an em- bargo on trade relations might serve SCHOOL FOR PEACE HELP YOUR COMMUNITY'S YOUTH to prove to Russia that this country Sir: It has been my thought for some Send today for free information still has a trace of backbone. time that The American Legion should George S. Roe on forming and operating a Kadets sponsor an active program for peace. Buchanan, Mich. of America Show Troop! We advocate the training of young Sir: Khrushchev and his gang are hav- men in our schools at \Vest Point and ing trouble with their slaves, who at Annapolis to be generals and ad- KADETS INTERNATIONAL want their liberty and their God-given mirals in our Armed Forces. It is my Dept. A Savannah. Tennessee rights. To stem this tide of revolt, the suggestion that we as an organization tyrant leaders try to distract them sponsor a school for peace. A national with foreign bluffs and threats against school for the training of ambassadors ^ the free world—such as shooting down and envoys to other nations seems to LOOK FOR our airmen, ultimatums to us to get out me to be in order. If we had a better here and there. Then they have the understanding of our world neighbors, efTrontery to send Alikoyan to hypno- we might, by having trained ambas- THIS EMBLEM tize us into making further gifts sadors, do much to prevent wars and (loans) to them, and he scoffs when promote peace in the world. our State Dcpanment asks when the Marion E. Becker It is displayed only in a

Soviets arc going to repay the $11 bil- Chicago, III. Legionnaire-owned store . . lion of our Lend-Lease. It is time for a member of the men who do the fighting and dy- Letters published in Sound Off! do not necessarily represent the policy of The ing for this Republic to demand that American Legion. Name withheld if re- THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE our Commander in Chief order our quested. Keep your letters short. Address: Sound Off, The American Legion Maga- RETAIL ADVISORY COUNCIL Soviet enemies off our land and close zine, 720 Fi/£>i Avenue, New York 19, N. Y. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JUNE 1959 • 43 THE GENIE IN YOUR GAS TANK (Contitiiied from l>a«e IV)

blocks for fuel oil, diesel oil, lubricants, destroyed plant life if it was poured on times had to caulk leaking seams and

asphalt, etc. the ground. And if you dumped it into a rivets in their still during an experiment. The seven main components of gas- creek or river — as most of the early Despite the hazards, they stuck to their

oline were then blended and mixed with refiners did at night — it set up a fire work and arrived at knowledge of in- other chemicals that go into almost all hazard and was bad for the fish. Late calculable value. When crude oil was motor fuels — tetraethyl lead to reduce in the last century some gasoline was subjected to a temperature of 750 F. knock, a gum inhibitor, a rust inhibitor, used in making illuminating gas, refrig- and a pressure of 85 pounds per square

two scavenging agents which unite with erants, and anesthetics; but for the most inch, it would yield more than twice as

and nullify undesirable substances that part it remained an unwanted byproduct much gasoline as it did under conven- form in engines, and a dye for identifi- of kerosene. tional refining processes! cation purposes. During those same years, however, Armed with this exciting information.

But even that wasn't all. While it was inventors in several different countries Burton asked his company's board of being blended, the gasoline was also were starting to build internal com- directors for $1 million to build a bat-

tailored to fit special climatic and atmos- bustion engines and were testing various tery of thermal cracking stills. His re-

pheric conditions in the areas where it fuels in them — including benzene, na- quest was turned down. "If we gave you was to be sold. In this respect, every big tural gas, and even gunpowder. Then the money," he was told, "you'd blow oil company produces dozens of slightly they discovered that gasoline worked the whole State of Indiana into Lake different motor fuels. One of them, much better in their primitive engines Michigan." Texaco, which sells its two brands na- than any other fuel. By 1900 there were Later he was granted $709,000, how-

tionwide, tailors some 3 1 2 blends of each 4,000 horseless carriages in America; ever, and in 1913 the first 10 Burton stills brand to meet varying regional require- and the Cinderella of the oil business, were placed in operation. Competing ments in the course of a year. gasoline, was on her way to a ball that companies were licensed to use the Bur- This is roughly the way all gasoline has lasted ever since. ton process, and in a comparatively short

is made, but that doesn't mean it is all In the early 1900's the demand for it time the output of gasoline from crude

closely akin. Crude oils differ widely and was still relatively light, for the automo- oil was more than doubled to meet the consequently yield different chemical bile was a rich man's toy. As late as stupendous demands of the automobile compounds. Processing and blending 1906Woodrow Wilson remarked testily: age. methods vary considerably from com- "Nothing has spread socialistic feeling This historic step forward in petro- pany to company, moreover, because of more than the automobile — a picture of leum technology convinced the large oil a wide difference of opinion in the oil the arrogance of wealth." But in 1908 companies of the value of research. industry as to what constitutes the best Henry Ford changed all that by inaug- Spurred by sharp competition, they em- motor fuel. urating mass production methods which ployed increasing numbers of scientists Regardless of what brand you use, brought the price of his Model T's with- who year by year came up with further however, most regular gasolines today in reach of millions of ordinary citizens. improvements in refining methods and give more mileage, more power, and Suddenly the oil industry was swamped in the quality of gasoline. And research- smoother engine performance than the with orders for gas. In 1911 John D. ers for the auto industry, always seeking premium fuels of^ 10 years ago. And, Rockefeller's giant Standard Oil Com- fuels for engines of higher compression thanks to dramatic advances in refining pany (which was dissolved by the Su- ratio, also made important contributions methods, approximately 44 percent of preme Court into 34 separate compa- to modern gasoline. every barrel of crude oil is now con- nies that same year) for the first time One of them was Thomas Midgley, verted into fine motor fuel (compared sold more gasoline than kerosene. It Jr., a General Motors scientist. Assisted

to only 10.7 percent at the dawn of the looked as if oil companies would be un- in his experiments by Charles F. Ket- motor era). able to meet the demand for the product tering, inventor of the self-starter, Midg- When Edwin L. Drake, an erstwhile they had formerly thrown away, and ley started blending other chemicals with railroad conductor, drilled the world s they probably would not have been — gasoline in an effort to eliminate engine first oil well (at Titusville, Pa.) just 100 and not even Henry Ford could have knock. Some of the mixtures he con-

years ago this coming August, his big made the auto industry boom as it did — cocted were so evil-smelling that the car aim was to find a cheap source of kero- had not a research scientist come up in in which he and Kettering tried them sene. Kerosene had been found to pro- the nick of time with one of the most out became known in Detroit as "the vide better illumination than either can- important discoveries of this century. goat." But one great day in 1922 Midg- dles or whale oil. It was distilled in small He was William M. Burton, a Cleve- ley added a bit of tetraethyl lead to quantities from petroleum, which seeped land chemist employed by Standard Oil natural gasoline; and, lo. engine knock

from the earth in places and was found in its first experimental laboratory at was reduced as if by magic. here and there floating on ponds and Whiting, Ind. Burton was aware of scien- Knock was then a much commoner

streams. tific clues indicating that the heavy hy- problem than it is today, and Midgley's

Drake's discovery — he struck oil at drocarbon molecules in crude oil might discovery partially solved it by bringing 69 '/2 feet — set off a wide search for be broken up or "cracked" into other in "ethyl" fuels of an increased anti- petroleum under the earth's surface, and molecules suitable for use as gasoline. knock rating or "octane number." At

for the first time kerosene became plen- Consequently, in 1908, with the assist- the same time it demonstrated that chem-

tiful. Before long it was lighting the ance of two other chemists, Robert E. icals might be used to improve the qual-

lamps of the world, and for 50 years it Humphrey and F. M. Rogers, he started ity of gasoline — an idea which the remained the most valuable single com- subjecting crude oil to high temperatures hotly competing oil companies were ponent of crude oil. In making kerosene, and high pressure in a 50-gallon experi- quick to grasp. refiners couldn't avoid making some gas- mental still. As the chemists really got into stride, oline too; for the volatile substance This was playing with dynamite. The national standards were created for boiled off their stills ahead of the kero- best steels then available often softened measuring four basic qualities of gaso- sene, but it was a headache to them. excessively under the strain the research- line — volatility, octane number, purity, Dangerous to keep around, the stuff ers put on them, and the chemists some- and stability. And, using these yard-

44 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JUNE 1959 sticks to lay out goals for themselves, research centers, I was shown engines the scientists gradually produced gaso- with quartz cylinder heads through Now! Life Insurance line that was better in all four respects. which high-speed movies were made One thing they came up with was while the engines were running. Minia- irth to Age polymerization — a process under which ture refineries, ranging in size from some "poly units" at refineries reverse the not larger than a kitchen stove to much First cracking process and force light petro- others two stories high, were testing all $ leum gases to combine into high-octane kinds of manufacturing processes. And 30 Days liquids, thus producing better fuel for both standard and experimental blends ONLY 25c high-compression engines. of motor fuel were being evaluated in 1000 Per Policy Then, in the early 1930's, scientists of incredibly thorough performance tests CASH FOR YOUR FINAL EXPENSES. The Texas Company and the Anglo- under temperatures ranging from 60 be- AVOID BEING A BURDEN TO YOUR FAMILY Iranian Oil Company developed alkyla- low zero to well above 120. NO AGENT WILL CALL tion — a somewhat similar process which The laboratory even includes an atomic Introductory Offer. Answer these 9 questions causes normally gaseous hydrocarbon plant where radioactive tracers are pro- on a plain piece of paper and mail with only 25c for 30 days' protection. Regular rate shown molecules to form a 100-octane fuel. duced. Just as medical researchers use on policy. This gasoline powered our planes in such tracers (called isotopes), to observe Amounts usually issued without doctor examination. World War II and contributed mightily the course of cancer and other diseases, Ages Amount Ages Amount to Allied victory. the Texaco scientists use them to ob- 0 to 15 $1000 45 to 65 $1000 Also at about this time hydrogenation serve engine wear and the behavior of 15 to 45 2500 65 to 80 500 1. Full made its debut. This is a process which test substances in gasoline. name and address? Print 2. Date of birth? puts more punch into one component of Other companies also have big re- 3. Height? 3a. Weight? 4. Occupation and gasoline hydro- duties? modern by adding more search programs underway. At the Esso 5. Race or color? 6. Beneficiary and relationship? gen atoms to hydrocarbon molecules. Research Center at Linden, N. J., I saw 7 Are you free from injury, deformity and loss Meanwhile, in 1936, the first com- eight shiny new cars lined up side by of sight of either eye? 8. State condition of your health. mercial catalytic cracking plant had side, racing to nowhere on an intricate 9. Amount of insurance desired, and sign your name. been put into operation by the Sun Oil treadmill called a Mileage Accession Company at Marcus Hook, Pa. In addi- Actual policy will be mailed you direct Dynamometer (or MAD machine) from Home Office. 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For there is now a Non-Surgical treatment that is de- mously increased national productivity new modern at Beacon, and elsewhere, is surface ig- signed to permanently correct rupture. These treatments are so certain, that a and prosperity. Take farming, for in- nition. As the compression ratio of auto Non-Surgical Lifetime Certificate of Assurance is given. stance. When Drake drilled his first oil engines has increased, so has their "oc- Write today for our New FREE Book that you painful, expensiye well in 1859, more than two-thirds of gives facts that may save tane appetite." This appetite has been surgery. Tells how non-surgically you may agam and enjoy life in the man- America's population was needed to pro- satisfied by feeding them fuel of higher work, live, play, love you desire. Write today—Dept. H-1105. duce the nation's crops. ner Today, thanks to and higher octane number. But as com- Excelsior Medical Clinic, Excelsior Springs, Mo. mechanized farming made possible by pression ratios approach 12 to 1, com- gasoline and other oil products, one- pared to a mere AVi or 5 to 1 in the HE-MAN VOICE! eighth of the population does the same undesired ignition often occurs STRKNGTHEN your voice this tested scien' 1930's, tific wav. Ye.s — you may now be able to Im- speakinj? and job and docs it far better. prove the POWER of your because of the glowing of tiny deposits singing voice ... in the privacy of your In own room! Self-traininu lessons, mostly other industries the story is much inside cylinders. Acting like misplaced silent. No music required. _ TDCC DAAI/ Write TODAY for Eugene 's booklet the same. Sixty-nine percent of all fuel rKCt dUUIV Feuchtlngei great spark plugs, these glowing deposits can "How to Develop a Successful Voice." 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EAST TO it scientists. since there does fuel Then, USE STRIPS Not satisfied with the miracles already appears to be no way of keeping some achieved, the oil industry is pouring more water from entering your fuel tank and millions into research every year; and carburetor (because of condensation scientists are constantly raising their from the air), much research is under- Trouble with loose plates that slip, rock or cause Plasti-Liner. One applica- sights. "What we would really like to way to prevent rusting and carburetor sore gums.' Try Brimms fit snugly without powder, paste do," tion makes plates one of them told me, "is to get in- icing in cold weather. All the big com- or cushions. Brimms Plasti-Liner adheres perma- bother of temporary side a combustion chamber and see what nently to your plate; ends the panies are still highly com^. etitive, and applications. 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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JUNE 1959 • 45 Looking toward the future, oil engi- built; this would eliminate the need for can take enough petroleum from oil neers and scientists with whom I talked gas engines as we know them. But even shales and oil sands to last them for saw little likelihood of a nuclear fuel fuel cells, as now envisioned, would draw hundreds of years. Then there is always replacing gasoline in this century. They their energy from petroleum products. coal, from which gasoline and other oil felt that the massive and expensive con- Meanwhile, despite the prophets of products can be made if necessary. Ge- struction needed to keep atomic cars doom who get into print now and then, ologists say that we have enough coal from spreading radioactivity would block we are in no danger of running out of to serve this purpose for several cen- such a possibility. But the same men said gas. As far back as 1926 alarmists turies.

that we may well see some radical solemnly informed President Coolidge By that time it seems highly probable changes in auto engines during coming that we had only six years' worth of oil that new sources of energy will have decades. left. Since then we have produced some been discovered. Perhaps autoists will Gas-turbine engines, already used ex- 52 billion barrels of oil, 6 times the esti- procure their power directly from the perimentally in trucks and "dream cars," mated 1925 reserve of 8.5 billion bar- sun instead of at the corner service sta- show considerable promise. Diesels have rels. Yet today's proved reserves stand tion. Whatever the fuel of the future

been developed to a point where they are at more than 30 billion barrels, or more may be, however, it can have no more already used in trucks and some foreign than 3'/2 times the 1925 estimates. spectacular rags-to-riches career than cars, and may come into much wider Long before we exhaust that backlog the stuff we use in our cars right now.

use in passenger vehicles. Much further of oil, new reserves will be discovered, Already it has transformed the world, ahead is the possibility that a powerful of course. And if our children or grand- and the gasoline age is apparently just fuel cell," or superbattery, may be children use all of that, their descendants getting well started. the end

HOW TO HAVE FUN LIKE A FISH (Coiitiniteil \rotti (mge 17) breathe naturally regardless of his po- tals of the sport. Such schools are found est. especially if you fear the water. As sition in the water. He can stay down in California, Florida, and many other you go down, you may experience diffi- for almost an hour with one tank or up coastal States. You can also join a local culty with the pressure which affects to two hours with two or three tanks. skindiving club and benefit from the ad- your ears. You must then learn to swal- And he can dive to depths of 70 or 80 vice and instruction offered by its mem- low a gulp of air or pinch your nose and feet with comparative safety. Teams of bers. Write to Skin Diver Magazine, blow hard into it. This equalizes the expert divers have reached much greater 11220 Long Beach Blvd., Lynwood, pressure and relieves the discomfort. depths using air lungs. You have a Calif., for the name and address of a At first it may seem awkward swim- choice of various makes of air lungs, and skindiving club in your area. ming with legs and feet alone without the prices range from $120 for a single Your first dive should always be done using the arms and hands. But you soon tank to $300 for two- or three-tank in a swimming pool or other safe spot become accustomed to it and find that units. under the supervision of an experienced the arms are rarely needed for under- E.\cept when diving in warm tropical diver. This first dive is always the hard- water swimming. The legs and swim waters, a skindiver usually needs some fins provide plenty of power and speed; kind of suit or clothing for protection the hands are used only occasionally in from the cold. Many types of such cloth- SKINDIVING SAFETY RULES a breast stroke or dog paddle to turn and ing — made of foam rubber or sheet 1. Always use a boat, raft, or float maneuver. But most of the time the rubber — are on the market. They come when skindiving. They provide hands will be busy with other duties. in one or two pieces and with or without a resting place and a safe re- Most skindivers usually take up spear- long sleeves, depending on the model treat. fishing soon after they learn how to dive. and protection required. Certain types 2. Never dive alone. Always use You can start with an ordinary hand are worn with undergarments, such as the buddy system. spear — simply a metal shaft with three woolen underwear. Rubber suits not 3. Never dive soon after eating or more barbed prongs on one end. With only enable you to stay in the water or drinking alcohol. Avoid div- this you have to get close to the fish and longer but also offer protection from ing if you have a cold. Learn spear it with a quick thrust, preferably rocks, coral, barnacles, and noxious or your physical limitations and pinning the quarry against the bottom. stinging marine animals. don't get too tired or chilled. The more elaborate spearguns are pro- To offset the buoyancy of the air lung 4. Always wear a rubber suit if pelled by rubber bands, springs, or gas. and the rubber suits, a weighted belt is the water is colder than 70° F at For the beginner a rubber-powered gun necessary. This consists of sections of the surface. is simplest, least expensive, and safest. lead threaded on a strap which is worn 5. Watch out for boats and fisher- The spring- and gas-powered guns are around the waist and which can be men, especially when surfacing. used by the experts for big fish. quickly released in an emergency. You'll A speeding boat can run you Spearfishing is similar to hunting on need anywhere from 6 to 15 pounds of down. land in that you stalk your prey until you lead on the belt. The lead sections on 6. Get proper instruction from an are close enough for a shot. How close such a belt can be added or removed as expert before using an under- you should get depends on the type of needed. water breathing outfit. Make gun you use, but usually the point of the

Well-equipped skindivers also carry sure that the weighted belt and spear should be anywhere from 1 foot to a knife, depth gauge, and watertight tanks can be quickly released if 6 feet from the target. Most fish are cur- watch. In fact, a knife is a necessity and necessary. ious and will swim up to you if they are can be put to numerous uses. 7. Do not use a speargun near not frightened by sudden movements. If you want to try skindiving without swimmers or bathing beaches. This is especially true in the remoter investing in a complete outfit, you can Never carry a loaded speargun areas where spearfishing is not preva- rent the necessary equipment in many above the surface of the water. lent, in more civilized spots the fish soon areas. One of the safest ways to learn 8. Always plan in advance what learn to avoid spearfishermen by staying skindiving properly is to enroll in one of you will do in an emergency. out of range or hiding in seaweed or the schools which teach the fundamen- rock caverns.

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The most effective shot pierces the hunt for sunken treasure or explore brain or gills of a fish. A spearfisherman caves, gorges, coral reefs, or sunken tries to aim for this area or the upper ships. Underwater nature study of the MASTER MECHANIC PORTABLE LIGHT PLANTS part the fish's body where a spear will habits of fishes, crabs, shellfish, sim- of and Push Button Start— 700 watts II", \ eve (I tarn AC Powered by a rugRfti 'J '2 h, p, easy starling stay without pulHng out. A small fish can ilar marine life can be very rewarding. «) tJriggs gas engine No wiring necessiary, just plug in anfi operate. Plenty o( current for any be taken with one spear, but a big one In the Mediterranean, skindivers have radio, television, oil burner, freezer, pump, lights etc, which require up to 700 watts. 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HOW A Gl ALMOST STOPPED THE NORMANDY INVASION Coiitiiiiitd lioiii l>uge If that 110 Division Street was an apart- offices, large areas of the headquarters There a penalty envelope with a Chi- ment house. The tenants were all re- had been inspected and cleared for se- cago address was routinely identified as spectable, loyal people. However, one curity, and vital papers flowed in these unclassified airmail and was tossed into occupant was the married sister of Ser- restricted areas as if they had been so the open mail. SHAEF's war plans were geant Miles Vincent, now believed to be many tally sheets or grocery invoices in on their way to a strange, forbidden, and on duty with SHAEF. a supermarket. perilous destination. Headquarters records showed that On this unlucky night Sergeant Vin- Once we had worked out what had Vincent was indeed present and that he cent was dead tired. B.J. had been right happened and were convinced that we worked for G-4, as our evidence had about his long hours spent on his exact- were facing a dangerous lapse and not indicated. Through Personnel we got ing jobs. The truth was that, in recog- an organized espionage attack, the ob- from him unobtrusively a lengthy sam- nition of his sheer efficiency, he had vious thing was to stop any possible ple of his handwriting. It was clearly been given duties that were just a little leakage of information. The routine the same careful script that showed on too much for his endurance. This night handling of the envelope and the speed the broken envelope. The next step ob- he was exhausted; yet he had to get rid of its movement across the ocean both viously was to call in General Brown- indicated that there was nothing to fear john again. in Britain. Accordingly, we sent a mes- "It's preposterous!" exploded B.J. "I sage to the War Department, asking that know Vincent well. He's a Good Chap." every person in America concerned with (That is the highest term of praise in the case be located and cautioned against the British Army.) "I use him as a com- mentioning any of the secrets that were bination secretary, chief clerk, and one- now their property. man message center. He works 14 hours The Department quickly replied that a day. Why the bloke hasn't got the time this had already been done. This task to be a spy." had been simplified by the flimsiness of "Let's get him in anyway," said the envelope which, bursting at its first Sheen. post office handling, had definitely fixed Vincent was a tall, thin man. His nar- the point of danger. If the War Depart- row shoulders were stooped, and even ment had been forced to trace a broken when he was standing his eyes seemed bundle of papers all the way to Chicago, to be focused on some invisible type- the places of possible leakage would writer keyboard. He was calm and not have been staggeringly numerous. As it at all tense or suspicious. "Yes, General, was, the post office sorter had told only sir, that looks like my writing," he said his superior. This man in turn had con- when shown the battered envelope. "But tacted the Army directly. The Army I'd never write such a screwy address." had restricted the information to the "What about these documents?" de- barest minimum of people who needed manded Sheen. Vincent went through to know. The FBI had done the same. the papers methodically. "Vm afraid you have a little wait. The redeeming feature of the whole She's on." "They belong to our office, all right; only got the prime coat affair was that although many men and THL a.mi-:r[( an lk(;ion MAdA/iXf-: probably to Transportation Division. I women in America knew what had hap- can't say I remember them. They're the of all these papers before he could knock pened and had become privy to one of sort of thing that goes across my desk off. the war's great secrets, without excep- all the time." He set about his task. As he worked, tion they all kept their mouths shut and "What would you say," asked Sheen, he was overcome by a feeling of hope- forestalled any further leakage to friend "if I told you that these papers, sealed lessness at the thought of his never- or foe. in this envelope, were intercepted in ending duties. For an instant there We were now in a position to report New York on their way to your sister's flickered through his mind the contrast- to highest SHAEF authority on this address in Chicago?" ing thought of his happily married sister strange series of events. My own chief, "It's a lie!" cried Vincent. Then the and of good times had by all in her British Major General K.W.D. Strong, color drained from his face and it be- apartment at 110 Division Street. Just and I went to see the Chief of Staft', came ashy gray. "I couldn't. And yet I at this moment he must have picked up Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith, might. I might! My God, what have I the vital papers. He glanced at them and USA. "Beetle" heard us out with a look done?" saw that they were ready for return to of long-suffering. "We won't tell the There was no taint of guilt about him. the Transportation Division. He reached Old Man," he decided. "There's nothing

His outcries showed only a horrified re- for an envelope and began to address it. more he can do about it, and besides he morse. He had realized as quickly as the As he wrote, the word "Division," "Divi- has plenty of concrete worries without rest of us the awful possibilites that went sion," "Division" throbbed through his having to chase the ghost of an intelli- with his mistake. head. His mind flicked once again to his gence leak." His mouth straightened. A little more questioning, and we sister. Completely automatically he add- "Now about this sergeant. If I were you, learned what had undoubtedly hap- ed that dear, unnecessary, nostalgic I'd put him in a place where the only pened. Five nights before, at almost 10 address: 110 Division Street, Chicago, papers he sees are the ones brought to p.m., Sergeant Vincent was clearing his III. his cell by the corporal of the guard. desk. In SHAEF at that time we did Then he placed the papers in the en- The security specialists agreed with not require that Top Secret papers be velope, sealed it, and tossed it into the Beetle. You avoid leaks, said they, only transmitted from person to person with "Out" basket. In a matter of minutes a if you maintain discipline; and an im- a written record of all who had handled messenger came by, collected the con- portant way of maintaining discipline is them. In view of the high speed neces- tents of Vincent's basket, and took them the punishment of offenders. From their sary to get documents through the many and the rest of his load to a sorting table. point of view, a mistake was as bad as,

4g • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JUNE 1959 and could be worse than, a crime. But Since he never had time to go anywhere in this case they ran head on into Gen- anyway, this made no real difference. WHEH fALSE TEETH eral Brownjohn. "It's neither a criminal At B.J's insistence he returned to his of- case nor the sergeant's mistake," said fice, continued his regular duties, and CAUSE SORE GUMS

B.J. "Vincent is a war casualty, a vic- not even his deskmates realized that undreamed of relief in \l t ly You Kct | seconds! Medicallv-formulated T /V. !-/\ tim of exhaustion in line of duty. I've anything had happened. \ NUM-ZIT Adult Strencith has —W-^^EP^-;*-' always said he's a Good Chap. He got As we all know, the great success of alieady bioupht l)lessetl relief to thousands. Recommended by V^'^K. into this fix because I didn't ease the the invasion extended to its security as- dentists everywhere. Pleasant- ^ Ar V ^\

. . while pressure on him. In the last analysis I'm pects. Hitler alone, of the German High tasting . eases discomfort / A you break in new false teeth. responsible; and if you're going to court- Command, maintained that we would Works wonders, too, for relief of toothache, neu* ralRic pains. Keep it handy for quick first aid. martial anyone, you'll have to begin land in Normandy; and none of the At all drun counters. with me." enemy leaders pinpointed the date, the Out of these factors of exhaustion, hour, or the special measures the Allies XIT Adult Strength dangerous mistake, need for discipline, employed. In consequence, our list of the Another fine Purepac product and undetermined responsibility, we indiscreet was torn up and Vincent was reached a normal military decision — told that all was forgiven. It seemed to one that was neither quite just nor quite make little difference to him. He stayed merciful, but one which would probably in his key job until the Germans' final work. We already had a short list of the surrender. And while B.J. made some MARTIN'S FLAGS indiscreet, men who had done or said effort to limit his burdens, at the Armis- 1 DISPLAYS FOR things which might harm the security of tice he was still working his 14-hour day I ORGANIZATIONS- TOWNS-SCHOOLS-FAIRS the invasion but who still had earned — one of millions of uncelebrated, con- Prompt shipment. Ask for our the right to fight. It was understood that scientious, determined, and overworked colorful WHOLESALE Catalog No. 59 A if the landings went awry, it would bode American soldiers who brought us vic- MARTIN'S FLAG CO., FORT DODGE. IOWA ill for all of them. To this lot we added tory. THE END the name of Sergeant Vincent. In addi- Note: In the foregoing account the name tion, we told him that he was under "Miles Vincent" is fictitious. All others arrest and restricted to Headquarters. are authentic. STOPS FOOT ITCH

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into the wood by the hammer it pierces pecially if you plan on using screws. CHINES WHIRRING IN BACK- each piece, holding them firmly. There are many other tools (such as GROUND. The hammer can also be used to crack awls, vises, monkey wrenches, rulers, BALLEW: This is radiodom's most be- nuts and break rocks, and is a formid- and such), but we won't go into them loved roving reporter, Wally Ballew, able weapon. now as our space is limited and we have speaking to you from the busy work- The Saw. This tool comes in many much more to cover — except to say that shop of famous do-it-yourselfer Bar- sizes and shapes, but a jagged steel edge for the do-it-yourselfer, tools are a must. ney "Four Fingers" Brinkhoff, which is common to all saws. By drawing this Get as many as you can, find out what overlooks the sea in Biddeford, Maine. jagged edge swiftly back and forth over they're for, and use them. It's a beehive of activity and a scene a piece of wood, you'll find that it will 3. KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT of panoramic machinery, with many cut neatly through, making two pieces. FIRST AID. Doing things yourself is men scurrying about performing their

Using a saw is much more efficient than not all a bed of roses. There's the ever- assigned tasks as Mister Brinkhoff putting a piece of wood between two present element of danger involved in shouts encouragement to them. rocks and stomping on it. working with tools, especially for the BRINKHOFF (shouting) : All right you A pair of pliers. Pliers have a pair of novice. So get a first aid book, because guys, get the lead out. Whatd'ya think short handles that fit into the palm of you'll want to know what to do should —we got all day? Let's get movin' now. your hand. By squeezing the two handles you hit a finger with a hammer, pinch BALLEW: Oh, Mr. Brinkhoff. This is together, you can grasp objects with the yourself with a pair of pliers, cut your- radio's Wally Ballew, and I wonder other end (which resembles the beak of self with a saw, or accidentally nail if I might— a South American toucan) in a firm grip. yourself to something. But even with a BRINKHOFF: Radio's Wally who? This tool is useful for those of us who knowledge of first aid, remember the BALLEW: Ballew, Ballew! have weak fingers and have to remove old adage: "The Best Safety Device Is BRINKHOFF: Well, there's no time for the aforementioned nails from a piece of A Careful Driver." that now; so if you'd just get you and wood, or have to open a tightly closed We think that by following these basic the rest of that junk out of here, we bottle of catsup. rules, you can become a first-rate do-it- could get some work done.

The screwdriver. This is a difficult tool yourselfer and a constructive member BALLEW: It's not junk, Mr. Brinkhoff; to describe without first e.xplaining what of the community in which you live. it's my famous roving microphone. a screw is. A screw performs somewhat And now, by way of showing you the And I wonder if I might interview the same function as a nail, only it can fulfillment one man found in his hobby, you on the radio, coast to coast. hold two pieces of stuff even more tight- we'd like to have you read a transcript BRINKHOFF: Oh, I'm sorry there. I ly together. They are metal and come in taken from a recent broadcast of ours didn't recognize your famous roving varying lengths, all having sort of a on NBC's Monitor. On that broadcast microphone, and I've heard it so of- spiral affair etched into them that comes our correspondent, Wally Ballew, made ten. (Shouting) You guys keep going to a point at one end. At the other end a visit to one of America's greatest do-it- now. You know the deadline. Now is a small, flat, round surface with a slot yourselfers, the winner of many awards, what were you saying, Mr. Roving? in it. The screwdriver has a handle at among them the coveted "Gold Awl" BALLEW: No, Ballew, and I was say- one end with a steel shaft that you'll find given each year by The Screwdriver and ing that I'd like to ask you a few fits into the slot at the back of the screw. Chisel Foundation for the best job. You questions about doing-it-yourself. By applying pressure in the direction of know, of course, that we're referring to BRINKHOFF: Sure, go ahead and fire the wood and fwisting the screwdriver in the ever-popular Barney "Four Fingers" away. But make it fast, we have a a clockwise direction, the screw mirac- Brinkhoff. Here, then, is the exact tran- deadline to meet. ulously goes right into the wood. A script of that memorable broadcast. BALLEW: Well, first of all, I'd like to screwdriver is an indispensable item, es- SOUND EFFECTS: GIANT MA- congratulate you on winning the Gold Awl last year; and I'd like to ask what your winning entry was. BRINKHOFF: Thank you, Wally. My winning entry was a complete, I -furnace aluminum-smelting plant. And, of course, you know that aluminum requires a great deal of electricity to

make; so I had to build a small dam and generating plant to harness hy- droelectric power for the furnace. BALLEW: Well, that must have been quite a project. Tell me, what do you do with the aluminum you make at this plant?

BRINKHOFF: I use it in my other do-

it-yourself projects. I make or grow most of the raw materials I use in my

hobby. For instance, I have several lumber preserves of my own right here in Maine, a tin mine in Bolivia, a rubber plantation in Malaya, and Him so forth, right down the line. BALLEW: That sounds like quite an "My advice is: Wait until we see what they do about Hawaii." operation. But I always thought that THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE the phrase "do-it-yourself" meant just

50 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JUNE 1959 what it says. So it would seem with which you can see is about three-quar- washer in a leaky faucet — but some- 40 or 50 men here working for you, ters finished. But the big baby right how I feel that you wouldn't be too your winning of the coveted Gold now is the Atlas ICBM which we're interested. Awl from The Screwdriver and Chisel using to try to put a man out there BRINKHOFF: No, I wouldn't; so now Foundation was based on fraud and in space before the Government does. if you'll excuse me, I've got to get deceit. And I'm pushing the boys a little to- back to work. (Shouting) All right, BRINKHOFF: Is that so? day because our schedule calls for you guys, let's shake it! I wanna start BALLEW: Tell me, sir, how did you starting the countdown in a day or that countdown tomorrow. get into doing-it-yourself on such a two. BALLEW: Thank you and good luck, grand scale? BALLEW: That certainly sounds excit- do-it-yourself champ Barney "Four BRINKHOFF: That's a good question Fingers" Brinkhoff. It was a most in- and a pertinent one. First of all, let me formative interview. And now as I

state that I'm independently wealthy, get set to return it to the studio, I having made my fortune through the notice two gentlemen in raincoats invention of the Reusable Plastic 40r talking to Mr. BrinkhofT. They are Tongue Depressor. showing him some sort of a badge DEDICATED BALLEW: There must be quite a story with the letters FB something on it. behind the invention of the plastic SERVICE Mr. Brinkhoff is objecting vigorously; Could you tell it by the tongue depressor. 1919-1959 they are taking him forcibly to us briefly? ^ arms, and appear to be escorting him BRINKHOFF: Well, yes. It seems that THE AMERICAN LEGION to a waiting black sedan. So on that I used to drink beer a lot in this local note, this is Wally Ballew in Bidde- tavern, and I was always fascinated ford, Maine, returning you to Bob by the white plastic thing that the bar- ing, but my reporter's curiosity leads and Ray in New York. tender used to remove the excess head me to ask where you got the plans for from the beer before he served it. It the missile and the submarine. I al- That was an exact transcript of cor- occurred to me that this was exactly ways thought such things were top respondent Wally Ballew's probing in- the same size and shape as a wooden secret. terview with one of America's former tongue depressor, except that the bar- BRINKHOFF: Ever since I started this top do-it-yourself addicts. We under-

keep could wash it. And it also oc- hobby and sent for my first set of stand that Barney Brinkhoff is currently curred to me that if you could make plans — I believe they were for an engaged in making his own license plates these without the name of the beer Early American rocking chair — I've in a Federal rest home, and that he has

company printed on them, it would be sent away for all my plans. one entered in this year's competition a boon to doctors who had to throw BALLEW: I see. Somehow I always for the Gold Awl.

out the wooden ones after using. thought it was a little more involved We hope that we've given you a few Well, I invested all my savings in than that. valuable tips should you entertain making plastic ones: and the rest, as BRINKHOFF: Nah, not at all. I sent thoughts of doing-it-yourself; and we'd you well know, is medical and finan- to the Convair people for the blue- like to give you more, but we see that

cial history. prints of the Atlas, and I had them our space is just about up. So this is BALLEW: From the head on a glass of within a week. Bob Elliott reminding you to Write If beer to a fortune. Quite a story. But BALLEW: Well, I did come here with You Get Work, and Ray Goulding ask- how does this relate to your hobby? some do-it-yourself questions I wanting you to Hang By Your Thumbs. And BRINKHOFF: Being so rich. I had a ed to ask you — such as, what to do to don't forget — the best safety device is a lot of time on my hands; so I started fix clogged gutters, or how to stop a careful driver. to make things around my luxurious floor from squeaking, or change the THE END estate—bookcases, spice shelves, lawn

furniture. I even added a wing onto

the house myself, but I soon got

bored. After all, how many bookcases and chairs can you build? BALLEW: Six or seven.

BRINKHOFF: Exactly. So I started to take on more challenging projects. I

built an 80-foot tugboat; I made a hook and ladder fire engine, a Gen- eral Pershing tank, and recently I made an electronic brain computer that makes Univac look like a first- grade moron. BALLEW: That's terriffic, but what are some of the do-it-yourself projects you're currently working on? BRINKHOFF: Well, I've got quite a few things going for me now. I'm working on an atomic pile. Maybe you saw some of the stuff piled up on the way in?

BALLEW: Yes, I did. I think the pile

was about 15 feet high. M-M-M-M . . . Something smells good." BRINKHOFF: Just about. And I'm also THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE working on a nuclear submarine,

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JULY 4TH, 1860— that's when this salute IMPORTED FISH LURE is guaranteed to NEW EYELET TOOL PUNCHES HOLE cannon was first made. Model above is aD catch fish b>' the good people who sell it. Amazing Vivif is flexible, soft, wiggles like a SETS EYELET AT THE SAME TIME exact firiiiy replica with 1]'.^' hand-turned brass barrel. First time these have been pro- live minnow, even on slackened line, 2^", Brand new eyelet plier punches the duced since the 1880s. .45 cal. bore. 13" 1/6 oz. size, $1,35 ppd,; 3", Va oz. size, $1,65 ppd. Monev back guarantee. Harrison Tackle, hole, sets the metal eyelet at th: overall. Good value for ,$24.95 ppd. Geortie Norelli, 511 East 80th St., N.Y. 28. Dept, VE-'7, 8-16 Kingsland, Harrison, N,J. same time! Use it on paper, card- board, fabric, leather and plastic — on belts, shoes, curtains, sports equipment. Metal eyelets prevent tearing of material, make repairs easy. Pays for itself over and over with 100s of ^VnO uses. Add 27* post- «p I"© age. |'

GREENLAND STUDIOS Dept. AL-6 5858 Forbes St., Pittsburgh 17, Pa.

CHRONOGRAPH WRIST WATCH has jew- VOLKSWAGEN imported scale model is imlv 4" elled movement in a rugged shock-resistant long, goes 20 mph on a straightaway, ( They case. Has radium hands and numerals, sweep race these in California,) Beautifully detailed, hand. Measures distance, speed of cars etc. car has micro-sensitive adjustment and differ- It's a timekeeper and stop-watch, a telemeter- ential for precision steering, brake, free- tachometer. $8.95 ppd. Cryder Sales Corii., wheeling, crash absorber etc, $2,95 ppd. Lee Dept, C-95, Box 79, Whitestone 57, N. Y, Products, Dept, AL, 103 Park Ave,, N, Y, 16.

New! PERSONALIZED GOLF CLUB MITTENS

Clothe jour favoiite woods in the L-iETlit of fashion with these smart, personalized mittens Made of luxurious, Paying t< soft capeskin leather, witn your na e brightly imprinted. Are and numbered so you can find thi rlKht club instantly, No matter what your score, vou pro around in style Much for with these distinctive accessorie In helEe, red. or brown, with your choice of initlaK IV full name imprint. Only $4.95 for set of 4, postpaid. VITAMINS 3 for $3.98 2 for $2.98

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VITAMIN USERS-These .good people sell GOLF SHOEHORN and pen-Cioldcii replica vitamins at a bii» discount, 100 capsules Vit. of golf driver with memo spring and ball- A are 69('; 100 tablets Vit. C (250 mg.), point pen, or shoehorn in red, white or blue is useful and decorative for office and home. 80( , Send for free mid-summer sale catalog FOLDING listing over 150 vitamins and health aids and Memo pen, S3,95 ppd. Shoehorn, $4.95 ppd. informative vitamin guide book. Vitamin- Specify shoehorn color, Albert's Creations, BANQUET Quota, Dept. T-633, 880 Broadway. X.Y. 3. Dept, A-13, Box 213 Murray Hill St:-... X,V. TABLES NI6H7 UlES - a c t o ry

. , Discotmts , « in lifelike I To Churches, Clubs. Comes

I Lodges , Schools flower design of and All Organ iza- ] roses, forget-me-

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52 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JUNE 1959 see for yourself!

SHOPPER more dazzUnq than dieimond* editorial feature, and all products are at 1/30 the cost!

sold on a moneyback guarantee. FREE BOOKLET Shows How You Can Own A CAPRA GEM For 1/30 the Cost of a Diamond! Get full farts. FREE, on ttie most aniaziiiir discovcrv hv moil- ern scicnrr—r APIIA GEMS. A miracle of science described in recent issues of Saturday Eve- ning Post and Reader's Digest. They're more dazzling than diamonds, yet cost much loss. CAPUA GEMS' refractive quality is actually higher than dianiondsl Brilliantly beautiful, dazzline CAPRA GEMS are floors. Con- RUBBER CAR MATS protect car hand cut, hand polished and hand selected , . . priced within the reach of all who love fine gems. A 1-carat tour fits all American cars, 1956-59 models. diamond stone costs you approximately -SI 000. A com- Mats weigh IOV2 lbs., have double weight oarahle choice selected, l-carat CAPRA GEM is vours for 927. federal tax included . , . and can be bought in heel pad, deep ribbing. Come in green, gray, small easy payments. GET THE FACTS NOW turquoise, red, bronze, white, blue, black. Valuable illustrated booklet shows a wide selection of men's $12.95 ppd. Rear mat, $9.95. Custom Crown and women's rinsrs. Gives full details, including prices and settings . . . shows all CAPRA GEMS actual size. Limited Mat Co., Dept. A 461 Dean, Brooklyn. xN.Y. supply, so send todav without delay. No charge, no obli- tralion. Get all the facts on CAPRA GEMS . . . more (i.TZzIin^: than diamonds. CAPRA GEM CO.. Dept. AL-79, Box 5145, Phila. 41. Pa.

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"Fm sorry I cannot do so," said the waiter.

"But it's on the menu," declared the young man. "True," said the waiter. "But that's the proprietor, and he's out of town." — FIarold Helper

Odds-On Favorite

She knew that he was a staker On which horses would come in first, But she married the sausage maker For better or for wiirst. — Berton Braley

It Might Work

Constable: "Take it easy down here; don't you see that sign, 'Slow Down Here'?"

Motorist: "Sure I saw it, officer, but I

thought it was describing the town." — R. N. Bauman "Boy! I wish I'd got off to a start like that!"

Practically Genius this morning's paper that he fairh burned Dry Run up tlie track with his record-breaking speed. I've respect beyond expression for the The paratroopers were aloft for their I suppose you saw him do it?" medical profession, first iump. Everything went off in perfect "No, I didn't see him it," replied the Which can write prescriptions when and do order, until the last man came forward to boy's mother, "but I saw tlie track this jump. "Hold it! " shouted his commanding if I need then/, morning, and there was nothing but cin- But the who's most amazing and the officer. "You're not wearing your para- man " ders left. " — F. G. Kernan one /'/// really praising chute! Is that little corner druggist who can read "Oh, that's all right, sir," replied the re- cruit. "We're iust practicing, aren't we?" them. — Stephen Schlitzek Quiet. Please! — Lambert Meyer Silence may he golden — but ojtener it is The GootI Earth giiill. — Lavonne iVIathison Goo«l Girls As one who has just paid for a load ol topsoil, I can vouch lor this: There may be Blessed he female execs., Blue Plate Special some things that are dirt cheap, but dirt I bloiv them love and kisses, isn't one of them. A young man, trying to impress his date Who, u'hen they write, designate — Syiaia Bremer in a restaurant, told the waiter: "Bring us They're either Miss or Mrs. two orders of Giuseppe Martinelli." — Carl L. Stader

Ask A Silly Question

A workman w as perched on the top of a ladder, cleaning the clock above the en- trance to a bank. Suddenly an inquisitive passerby hailed him. "Something wrong \\ ith the clock, mister?" he asked. "No," replied the workman, "I'm near- sighted." — Francis Ger.ard

Slicepisli Itcniindcr

"Togetherness" is uwiderfiil! The magic people-ivord! It also happens to be what Makes sheep slay zvith the herd! — S. Omar Barker

Hot Foot

Mrs. Smith w as chatting with a neighbor when the conversation somehow drifted to the athletic achievements of the latter's son. "Your boy must be an exceptionally fast runner," commented Airs. Smith. "I see b>' "They're all car sick."

5^ • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JUNE 1959 .

In Spring, when drinks grow tall . . We cordially .. .remember— drinks never taste thin with Gordon's Gin! invite First distilled in 1769 — still traditionally distilled for you to enjoy authentic quality. Gordon's Gin makes perfectly dry, famous delicately- flavored tall drinks. And, of course, Martinis! Gordon's quality

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FILTER-BLEND ahead of the filter- o Americas

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WINSTON TASTES GOOD Winston like a cigarette should!