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THE AMERICAN

FEBRUARY 1978 Volume 104, Number 2 National Commander Charles Smith

CHANGE OF ADDRESS Subscribers, please notify Circulation Dept., MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 1978 P. O. Box 1954, Indianapolis, IN 46206 using Form 3578 which is available at your local post office. Attach old address label and Table of Contents give old and new addresses with ZIP Code number and current membership card num- ber. Also, notify your Post Adjutant or other TARZAN WAS A PATRIOT 5 officer charged with such responsibilities. THE DAY HITLER LOST THE WAR 6 The American Legion Magazine Editorial & Publication Offices Failure of 1942 Aruba attack was devastating 1608 "K" Street, N. W. Washington, DC 20006 A BLACK VETERAN LOOKS AT U.S 8 202-393-4811 202-347-7647 Faith in common dream hurdles barriers of race Advertising Dept. (New York direct line) 212-586-3460 PANAY INCIDENT: ISOLATIONISM'S FINAL HOUR 14 Office of Publisher 342 Madison Ave. Sinking of U.S. 40 years ago was turning point New York, NY 10017 212-682-8982 OFF THE HIGHWAY: EDENTON, NC 16 Advertising Sales WILL THE THIRD WORLD WRECK THE UN? 20 Bassinette/White Co. York, NY 10017 Their $180 billion debt builds violent pressures 50 E. 42nd St., New Tel. 212-986-6210 Representing: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, HOW THEY SPANNED THE GOLDEN GATE 24 Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. San Francisco still marvels at the bridge builders Fox Associates, Inc. 200 E. Ontario St., Chicago, IL, 60611 THE YANKEES WHO SAVED PARIS 28 Tel. 312-649-1650 Representing: North Dakota, South Dakota, WWI series recalls exploits of New England division Nebraska, Minnesota, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, JULIA AND HER PIECE OF PAPER 30 Kentucky, West , Virginia, Tennessee, N. Carolina, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missis- A daughter remembers mother's thirst for citizenship sippi, Alabama, Georgia, S. Carolina, Florida. Robert Redden Assoc., Inc. THE NAVAJOS' SECRET WEAPON 32 P.O. Box 999, Teaneck, NJ, 07666 Tokyo never could break Indians' code Tel. 201-837-5511 Representing: New York, New Jersey, Connect- icut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, District HOW AUTO INSURANCE IS FIGURED 36 of Columbia. Complex factors of age, sex, locale influence your rates Jules E. Thompson, Inc. 1111 Hearst Bldg., San Francisco, CA, 94103 SHOULD VETERANS' PREFERENCE BE MODIFIED? 38 Tel. 415-362-8547 Washington, Oregon, California, PRO: Alan Campbell, CSC Chairman Rep. Charles Representing: CON: Thone (R-NE) Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Col- orado. Arizona, New Mexico, Hawaii, Alaska, A SURPRISE IN CALIFORNIA 58 British Columbia. Joshua Tree National Monument is naturalist's paradise Publisher, James F. O'Neil Editor and Associate Publisher, STATES MOVE TO CONTROL UNCLAIMED TREASURE . . .60 Raymond J. McHugh Forgotten riches are being claimed by government Production Manager, John A. Stanley Managing Editor, Frank Kuest Cover Phofo Senior Editor, Grail S. Hanford Legion News Editor, Dan Keenan This month's still-life photo by Art Editor, Walter H. Boll Richard D. Self, a disabled Brook- Advertising Coordinators lyn, NY Legionnaire captures the Darlene Thomas and Joanna Adamus essence of Americanism Month Circulation Manager and Assistant Publisher, within the American Legion when Dean B. Nelson, Indianapolis, IN dedication to God and Country, The American Legion Magazine Commission: service to the community and Milford A. Forrester, Greenville, SC (Chairman) Bremer, Winona MN (Vice Chairman); James education Adolph for the young all are R. Kelley, Devon, PA (National Commander's Repre- emphasized. See article on Page 4. sentative); Billy Anderson, Miami, FL; Norman Bie- Self studied bel, Belleville, IL; Andrew J. Cooper, Gulf Shores, photography under PA; Raymond Veterans AL; John J. Dunn, Sr., Scranlon, Administration grant. Oklahoma City, OK; Frank J. Holcshuh, Other Fields, photo credits are: Stephen R. Kidd, Youngstown, OH; Eugene Kelley, Savannah, GA; John Martinez, U.S. Office of Education. U.S. IL; Keith A. Kreul, Fen- Navy. United Nations Photo, Edenton, NC James V. Kissner, Palatine, nimore, Wl; Russell H. Laird, Des Moines, 1A; Chamber of Commerce . Freelance Photooraphers Guild, Wide World Photos, U.S. Army Sianal Loyd McDermott, Benton, AR; Morris Meyer, Stark- Corps, National Archives, Boyd Nelson, Bell- ville, MS; J. H. Morris, Baton Rouge, LA; Bruce aire (OH) News Leader. E. Penny, Seattle, II'A; Floyd J. Rogers. Topeka, KS; George G. Sinopoli, Fresno, CA; Wayne L. Talbert. Delphi, IN; Benjamin B. Truskoski, Bristol, C. Love, Departments CT; George J. Zanos, Wellsburg, WV ; Frank Syracuse, NY (Consultant). is owned and published NOTES ON OUR DESK The American Legion Magazine 4 PERSONAL 68 monthly by The American Legion. Copyright 1977 by DATELINE WASHINGTON 12 BOOKS THAT MATTER 69 The American Legion. Second class postage paid at Indianapolis, IN, 46204 and additional mailing offices. VETERANS NEWSLETTER 40 LIFE IN THE OUTDOORS 70 Price: single copy, 30 cents; yearly subscription, $3.00. NEWS OF AMERICAN LEGION 42 AMERICAN LEGION SHOPPER 72 Direct Inquiries regarding circulation to: Circulation Department, P. 0. Box 1954, Indianapolis, IN 46206. POSTS IN ACTION 46 PARTING SHOTS 74 Send editorial and advertising material to: The Ameri- can Legion Magazine. 1608 "K" Street, N. W., Wash- ington, DC 20006. Manuscripts, artwork, cartoons submitted for consideration will not be returned unless a self-ad-

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1978 3 Dunphy's Irish. NOTES ON The luck of OUR DESK the Americans.

Not gold, but only men can make Letters to the Editor A nation great and strong; Men who for truth and honor's sake Sir: We should sign the canal treat- Stand fast and suffer long. ies. Cooperation with the Panaman- ians and a spirit of good will are Brave men who work while others basic to the security of the canal. sleep, Nathaniel L. Harris Who dare while others shy, DedJiam, MA They build a nation's pillars deep Sir: A suggestion: Why don't all Le- And lift them to the sky. Ralph Waldo Emerson gion meetings open with honors for Purple Heart veterans present and It was in 1976, the Bicentennial for the oldest and for those who have year, that then National Vice Com- won our country's decorations for mander Jack W. Flynt of Texas re- gallantry or have been POWs? minded Legionnaires of Emerson's Job Ray poem and its significance as the Le- Whitesboro, NY gion marked February—the month Sir: I'm sorry that your November of Washington and Lincoln—as Americanism Month. article on the WWI Navy did not mention the splendid little 50-foot Emerson's words should be re- wooden subchasers that pursued peated every year as Legion posts German and Austrian in throughout the country seek to re- the Mediterranean and the Adriatic. mind their communities of the men served on one. and women and deeds that have My father Maurice F. Romayne Jr. made the of America Alexandria, the greatest nation the world has VA ever seen. Sir: When a veteran reaches 70 or For some citizens, patriotism and 72 he should receive both his Social Americanism lost their luster in the Security and his full VA pension. nation's internal and external George W. Allen struggles of Sixties and early the Canton, IL Seventies. But these citizens misread is of the crises. The nation made Sir: Congratulations on Commander its principles have sturdier stuff; Smith's "Dare to Care" slogan (Oc- survived. Dr. William Thomas Read tober). If you did not dare, I would of the What luck! Irish whiskey Carter's moving assessment not care to be a Legionnaire. specially blended for the black veteran's America on Page 8 Marc Enright of this month's American Legion American palate. The first East Setauket, NY Magazine and read Rose Mazan's rec- Irish with a new, soft taste. ollection of her immigrant mother's Sir: The Legion must fight with all So smooth and mellow. struggle for citizenship on Page 30. its resources to keep the VA out of Here are two refreshing ways That's Americanism. Look again at the clutches of the Department of to enjoy Dunphy's: Richard Self's February cover photo. Health, Education and Welfare. Each American Legion post is Robert J. Webber Red-Haired Mary urged to observe Americanism Month Chicago, IL V/i oz. Dunphy's with an appropriate program. The 4 oz. chilled tomato juice opportunities are limitless. The Le- Sir: Sorry, but the Homestead, FL Lemon wedge gion's Americanism effort fosters flag (November) is not the biggest A dash of Tobasco wide-range community service, edu- community-made flag. Norwalk, OH Salt to taste cational development, youth develop- boasts one that measures 46 by 77 Cucumber spear optional. ment, religious emphasis and vigi- feet. It is flown on Memorial Day. against those tar- Irish Sunset lance who would Craig Wilson nish or subvert the American dream. Akron, OH V/20Z. Dunphy's Legion baseball, Boys State and Boys 1 V2 oz. orange juice Nation, the National High School Sir: Serving one's country is noble; V20Z. lime juice Oratorical Contest, scholarships and in time of war it becomes a duty. But 4 dashes Grenadine scouting are major ingredients. in peace our young people have the Shake with ice and pour Pick one, pick several; identify birth right to pursue whatever voca- ingredients and ice into tall glass. yourself with your post's efforts, tion they desire and remain loyal citizens. a mother of four chil- 80° Blended Irish Whiskey. prove to yourself that you dare to As The American Distilling Co., N.Y. care. (Continued on page 62)

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1978 ! .

'Tarzan 9 Was HENRY MORGAN SAYS: "Good appliance Patriot A repairmen are The late Edgar Rice Burroughs is most widely known as the creator of Tarzan, but he is best remembered scarcer than by his grandson Danton as an in- tensely dedicated patriot. doctors who Danton, 32—who works for the family corporation that licenses com- mercial rights to Bur- make house roughs' literary prop- erty—says his most precious heirloom is calls." a letter ERB wrote to him the day after he Did you know that there are over a appliances in use in the United was born. billion States today? And three repairmen. At "The date was June least that's the way it seems when one 22, 1944," Danton of mine goes on the blink. With more Burroughs notes. "My grand- than two dozen electrical gadgets in my going snap, crackle and pop, I father, then a world-famous author house finally got tired of trying to locate a of 69, was serving as the nation's guy with enough ambition to take my oldest war correspondent—assigned money and I decided to learn how to make the repairs myself. to the Pacific theater by United The NRI course is really easy to un- When a well-aged comic like me de- Press." derstand . . . with lots of pictures to cides to go back to school, you can bet been pub- show you what they're talking about. The letter has never it won't be back at the family jewels They even send you a professional ap- lished, says Danton, of Tarzana, CA. 93. I'm going to learn at home, or P.S. pliance tester at no extra cost. all. So I sent away for NRI's Dear Danton, not at With the tester and a few basic tools home study course in Appliance Repair You come in on the crest of a victor- you probably have already, you're . . . and I took the course. ious wave that is carrying us and our ready to service most electrical appli- With a mechanical aptitude slightly allies to a successful ending of World ances. After a few months, you'll be below that of King Kong, I needed a War Two much sooner than we had ex- fixing your own appliances like I do, course that started at the beginning pected. or- you can start earning spare time and didn't move ahead too fast. Well, If your generation shows more intelli- money fixing them for your friends and NRI did just that. They started with gence than past generations, perhaps neighbors. Before you know it, you can electricity what it is and what it does there will be no more wars. — have your own full-time business and and went from there. You proceed at But that is almost too much to expect. — be independent. your own rate of speed. Whip through However, there is a chance. You have Take my advice and clip the coupon. it if you want to, or take your time. been born into the greatest nation the Even if you don't know which end of a What counts is the fact that you learn, world has ever known. Keep it great. screwdriver is the handle, they can give in a way that it sticks with you. Keep it strong. If you do, no country will you real professional training that'll You learn two things : how to repair dare to go to war if we say no. help you break into the appliance re- appliances from little one cylinder Put this letter away and read it June — pair field. It's one of the few things I've to refrigeration and air 21, 1965. You'll be of age then. See then gas engines ever sent for that was even better than conditioning equipment ; and how to get if the politicians have kept our country they said it would be ... so why not in your own appliance business. great and strong. started invest a postage stamp to see if it's for you either If they haven't, do something about it. That can mean money right for you. The NRI catalog is free way. If can turn old ten thumbs If I'm around, I'll remind you. Good NRI and there's no obligation. No one will of luck, my boy. Morgan into a reasonable facsimile knock at your door or bug you at home. Your grandfather, a repairman, think what they could do NRI doesn't use salesmen. They don't ERB for you need them. fly-by-night outfit. They've NRI's no Take it from Henry Morgan, the ap- Edgar Rice Burroughs remained been training men for more than sixty pliance repair field could sure use some "around" until 1950. He left behind years . . . and they've had over a million good men. Now. 99 novels of interplanetary and ter- students. It's the oldest and largest home study school in the field of elec- restrial adventure translated into — tronics and electricity, so they know it more than 40 languages plus Braille better than anyone else around. Tarzan books that —including 26 Henry Morgan spawned 42 feature films, six movie serials, 52 one-hour television dramas 759 028 NRI SCHOOLS and still other episodes for radio, McGraw-Hill Continuing Education Center APPROVED FOR CAREER TRAINING comic strips and comic books. 3939 Wisconsin Avenue. UNDER G.I. BILL Washington, DC. 20016 Check for facts How did an American from Chi- cago conjure up a character such as Sounds interesting. Send me your free book on Professional Appliance Servic- will call. Tarzan? ing. I understand that there is no obligation, and no salesman "Perhaps the fact that I lived in Name -Age. Chicago and yet hated cities and (Please Print) crowds of people made me write my Address. first Tarzan story," Edgar Rice Bur- "Tarzan was, in roughs once wrote. City- .State -Zip_ a sense, my escape from reality." —Mark Davidson and ACCREDITED MEMBER NATIONAL HOME STUDY COUNCIL Nirmali Ponnamperuma

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The torpedo cut through the blue Von dem Borne nodded. He under- posture, he demanded top perfor- Caribbean like a shark, leaving stood his captain's message. Now it mance of his ship, his men, and above a phosphorescent wake in the dark would be his turn. The refinery, il- all, himself. On his tunic he wore water. With a roar of flame it struck luminated and helpless, would feel the Iron Cross, first and second class, the Pedernales, heavy with the power of the 105 mm cannon and the Cross of Gold, earned as Venezuelan crude oil. The time mounted on the foredeck of U-156. commander of the 0131, February 16, 1942. The storage tanks full of aviation Jaguar, his last assignment before War came to the Western Hemi- gasoline would be easy targets at a entering the service. At sphere! The first attack by the range of 1,500 meters. 32, it was his first U-boat command. German Navy on American land For Hartenstein, for the men Of Von dem Borne respected Harten- targets was aimed at a key element U-156, and especially for von dem stein as a professional and as a good of the Allied war effort, the giant oil Borne, this night's work was the sailor, but "Crazy Dog" was not refinery on the island of Aruba in culmination of five months of inten- a man who made friends easily The Netherlands Antilles. From sive effort. and von dem Borne maintained a Aruba poured aviation gasoline crit- Von dem Borne had been delighted proper subordinate-captain relation- ical to the RAF fighter and bomber when his orders finally came through ship. Leutnant Paul Just, on the other commands on the home islands; for assigning him to U-boat duty. The hand, was a friend of von dem Borne. the beleaguered British troops on son of a vice admiral in the Imperial Just, second watch officer on U-156, Malta and along the battle line in German Navy, Berlin-born von dem joined the Luftwaffe in 1936 and Egypt, and for the growing Ameri- Borne was determined to follow his flew 160 missions over the British can military forces. father in a naval career. Isles before entering the submarine If the Aruba refinery was de- After receiving his commission he service in 1941. Like von dem Borne, stroyed, the vast wealth of the Ven- was assigned to a , and he U-156 was Just's first U-boat. denied began the war with a series of mis- ezuelan oil fields would be Officers and crew turned out in full sions around the British Isles, includ- the Allies. Britain, struggling to stay dress for the christening ceremony, mortally ing a daring trip into the mouth of in the war, would be held at the Bremen on United States, franti- the Thames River. wounded. The September 4, 1941. cally building a military capability in A transfer to destroyer duty bored By December, the crew had shaped the first months after Pearl Harbor, him. He remembered the fate of the up and Hartenstein concluded they would be denied a most important German surface fleet during World were ready for their first taste of resource for this most mechanized of War I—sitting out the war in in- action. On Christmas Eve, U-156 all wars. activity and dejection following the left Kiel and moved silently through Kapitanleutnant Werner Harten- great Battle of Jutland. The U-boat the Kiel Canal to the North Sea. stein peered from the conning tower service was where the action would Their orders were to proceed to of the submarine U-156 toward his be in this war ! He was able to wran- Narvik, in Norway, to interdict victim. "It will be a good night," he gle a transfer to Bremen and the British shipping. thought to himself. Quickly he barked newly-completed U-156. orders. The crew altered course Hartenstein was a professional Rough seas prevented action at slightly to port. sailor. His career began in 1928 Narvik and Hartenstein fumed. "Shoot!" A second torpedo sped when he joined the navy of the Fiercely he increased his pressure on from the tube. The tanker Oranjestad Weimar Republic. A strict discipli- the crew—drill and more drill be- exploded in a ball of flame. Again narian and hard taskmaster, Harten- came the order of the day. It was Hartenstein turned and looked at his stein earned the nickname "Crazy freezing, and the submarine's heating artillery officer, Leutnant Dietrich A. Dog" from his U-156 crew. Always system barely took off the chill. The von dem Borne. immaculate in dress and erect in boat was heated by water circulated

6 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1978 from the engine's cooling system, but jectives, the oil refineries on the is- thousands of gallons of stored petro- unless the U-boat was moving at top lands of Aruba and Curagao, and the leum in the refinery tank farm would surface speed (18.3 knots) this sys- tanker fleet which carried crude oil make an easy target, and once the tem was inefficient. from the Venezuelan oil fields in oil was ignited it would pour into the U-156 passed north of Scotland Lake Maracaibo to the refineries. refinery area, destroying everything and into the Atlantic, where two The Aruba refinery was the target in its path. floating weather buoys were dropped of U-156. Hartenstein explained that Aruba was sighted on the evening off west of Ireland. The buoys ra- it was then the world's largest re- of the 13th. The submarine surfaced dioed information to German meteor- finery, its main production was avia- at dusk and took bearings on a light- ologists, and were vital to the Reich's tion gasoline and motor fuels. It was house at the eastern tip of the island. naval and air force planners. U-156 the primary source of fuel for the After full dark the boat proceeded now headed for the big base at RAF and for the British Eighth around the point and, on the surface, Lorient, arriving January 8, 1942. Army guarding the Suez Canal. sailed past the refinery and the ad- For 11 days Just and von dem Deny fuel to the Eighth Army and jacent village of Lago, home to more Borne supervised the loading, with Rommel's Afrika Corps could sweep than 3,000 Americans—refinery torpedoes, fuel, commissary supplies into Alexandria, occupy the Suez workers and their families. and tropical uniforms being packed Canal and continue into the Middle The officers on the conning tower into every available space. Harten- East. Turkey and possibly Iran marveled at the brightly-lit refinery. stein, as usual, said nothing, leaving might come into the war on the side After the darkness of blacked-out his junior officers to speculate on of the Germans. Russia would be Europe, Aruba seemed almost like their next mission. One thing was outflanked on the south, and the flow a mirage, a dream from some for- certain—it was to be an extended of British and American supplies to gotten time. Hartenstein noted in his combat patrol in tropical waters. the Russians through the Persian log: "four large tankers were in port ." This time they would be able to use Gulf could be halted. and three were at roadstead. . . their 25 torpedoes. It was a heady prospect. Easy targets, he thought. On January 19 they slipped their The mission of U-156, in Harten- Passing the refinery, U-156 con- lines and eased out of the French stein's mind, would alter the war tinued along the coast to the main harbor, steering southwesterly irrevocably in favor of Germany. city of Oranjestad, where the boat through the Bay of Biscay. As they Britain would have to agree to a submerged and entered the harbor passed the Azores the crew guessed peace on German terms. The United mouth. All was quiet in the small their destination was South America. States, reeling from Japanese blows harbor, so U-156 moved to the west- U-156 entered the Caribbean on in the Pacific, would be only too ern end of the island where the Eagle February 10, driven at top speed glad to negotiate. refinery, operated by Royal Dutch by its two 2,500-horsepower Diesel The refinery at Aruba, Hartenstein Shell, was located. One tanker was engines. Continuing on a south- continued, was supplied with crude moored at the long Eagle Pier, which westerly course, the sleek Class IX-C oil from Venezuela by shallow-draft jutted some 420 meters from the boat approached the Dutch island tankers capable of negotiating the southwestern tip of the island. This of Curacao three days later. bars at the mouth of Lake Maracaibo. pier, too, was illuminated. Hartenstein addressed the crew Destroying the tankers was impor- Satisfied, Hartenstein ordered U- on February 13, and for the first tant, but the main objective was the 156 submerged, to wait for the time time explained their mission. refinery itself. Hartenstein's battle to strike. U-156 was a part of the "Neuland plan was simple. Torpedo any tanker On the evening of the 15th the Gruppe," five boats assigned to a which appeared an easy target, then submarine surfaced again, about one mission of vital importance to the shell the refinery at leisure with the mile off the Lago refinery. The crew German High Command. Their ob- 105 mm cannon. The hundreds of (Continued on page 5Jf)

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1978 7 A Black Veteran Looks at U.S. Faith in a Common Dream Hurdles the Barriers of Race

In May of 1975 I went to Nor- also deserve respect and admiration. my head. And then, finally, I was mandy and Omaha Beach where my This feeling, this commitment, this drafted, Ph. D. and all. Many of you unit went ashore during the invasion being a part of something big, some- know about the kind of army I was of France. thing durable and right, this is being drafted into in 1943. The individual Many of you were there and you an American. instances I could cite of personal know these names, St. Mere Eglise, As I thought about what I would hurt and damaged self-image in the Isigny, Carentan, Avranches, Cher- say to you, it occurred to me that military could fill a volume. So, I bourg, Lisieux, St. L6 and scores of it should in some way reaffirm this am aware that some cynical ques- others. There has been massive re- belief in America and in the ideals tions could be put to me. building and rerouting but somehow to which its history and portions of "How come?" "Why?" "You've it did not seem to matter. For the our lives have been dedicated. But seen, read and heard about it all." guy who has been there, for the guy even as I say this, I realize that some "How come?" "How can you who was there, the atmosphere is hard questions could be put to me talk about that special feeling?" exhilarating. as a black American. I am an old "About patriotism?" "About pride At the American Cemetery near man now and have personally experi- in and reverence for America?" "Do

Editor's note: February is Black History Month and a time when we are supposed to look back on the achievements of black men and women in the American experience. We beg to be different. A few weeks ago a distinguished black American made a Veteran's Day address to his com-

rades in Washington's Labor Department Post Jf2 of the American Legion. What he said deserves to be broadcast, not as a message from the past, but as a message from today. The speaker was Dr. William Thomas Carter, Ph.D., Major, , Ret., Director of the Division of Educational Systems Devel- opment, U.S. Office of Education. He received a direct battlefield commis- sion at Aachen in Germany in February 1945. It was signed by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Dr. Carter's remarks underscore that history is "the witness of the past, the instructor of the present, and the of the future."

past?" Isigny, in front of that magnificent enced nearly every injustice, every you really know our country's graphic and panoramic monument, hardship, every inequity that has "How could you forget and forgive the mood of calm nostalgia changed characterized our national life. I was so easily?" this: to one of reverence and awe. As I born poor, the first member of my My reasoning would be looked upon the crosses row on row, family—immediate or extended—to First, there's a kind of need to be- part of the Stars of David, and the distin- finish high school, and only the sec- long. Most of us want to be configuration bigger than guished list of divisions, armies, ond to finish grade school. I grew up a human army groups and special units that and finished public school in Vir- ourselves. Being here this morning, took part in the invasion, a feeling ginia, a state which in less dramatic being a member of this Post, fulfills families, churches, of fulfillment came over me, of use- ways than its sister States of the that need. Our asso- fulness, of belonging to something Confederacy somehow managed to neighborhoods, our clubs and great, of belonging to a great coun- keep black people "in their political, ciations all contribute to meeting this Being an American, having a try—in short, of being an American social and, especially, economic need. important who had paid his dues. That's a spe- places" about as long as any other country fulfills the most to belong. cial kind of feeling, whether you region. Along with millions of other part of that overall need literature about served in Europe, in the Pacific, Americans I was victimized by the You have read in being those persons who, because of war, whether it was in World Wars I or II, Great Depression. My father, Korea or Vietnam. Despite our mo- black, was among the first to be revolution or other developments, ments of disillusionment and cyni- laid off his job. I was forced to are deprived of their citizenship. "stateless" person, a cism, and in the face of inequities drop out of college and join the That is the a sense, such a per- and injustices, all of us have experi- ranks of the unemployed. When I tragic figure. In enced those precious moments when did get back to school, I underwent son suffers more than the refugee, there is the we somehow felt worthy of those the humiliations and trauma of being since with the latter returning, while great guys who in the course of a poor black student at a large uni- ever-present hope of "stateless" there is no such doing their job did not make it back. versity who had to wash dishes, with the life indeed is forlorn. I, a And there were those who made it clean toilets, fire furnaces, do floors hope and special back, blinded, and broken in body and all of the other menial tasks black American, do get that feeling now and then because of this and spirit and emotionally ill, who required to eat and keep a roof over

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need to belong, and being a part of ally, the only limitations on the free- full moral and intellectual integrity, this nation meets that need ... it doms just enunciated would be at when he has, as I've done, convinced could not be met in Cuba or Canada that point where their pursuit himself or Sweden. threatened the collective well-being • That he belongs to a good and dur- The second component of this ra- of the social unit. able enterprise called America. that I and I can sense in the looks and hearts tionale is the knowledge • That he has paid his dues to be- and family and my of some of you another hard if not my forebears, my long to such an illustrious enter- their dues." cynical question. "Does he really be- peers "have paid We prise. have fished and farmed and scrubbed lieve we are living now in the ideal • That the moral underpinnings of and washed and dug and labored to country he's describing?" such an enterprise are rational, ac- make this land what it is. With all Therein lies the fourth and final ceptable and universal, and, finally, due respect to the great black leaders component of my rationale: faith in of the past, the Washingtons', Du- the progressive and eventual im- • When he believes the system is in- bois'es, Carvers', and Kings', when provement in our system and, there- herently capable of self-improve- the story of this country is finally fore, in the quality of our lives. ment—in other words, when he written, it will have to pay a higher I submit that a black American at believes in the promise of democ- tribute to the millions of nameless the cemetery in Isigny can have a racy. black people, the slaves, sons, grand- genuine tingling of the spine, with —By William Thomas Carter sons, great grandsons, great-great grandsons and granddaughters of slaves who labored in the fields and forests, along the highways, in the kitchens, in the mines, and, yes, who died in our wars. . . . 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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1978 9 LEGIONNAIRES: Depending on Your Age You Can Get

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NOTICE OF DISCLOSURE ENROLLMENT CARD FOR YEARLY RENEWABLE TERM LIFE INSURANCE FOR MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION OF rNFORMATION Information regarding your Full Name. .Birth Date_ insurability will be treated as Last First Middle Mo. Day confidential except that Occi- dental Life Insurance Company Permanent Residence. of California may make a brief Street City State Zip report the Medical Informa- to Name of Benef iciary_ Relationship tion Bureau (M.I.B.), a non- Example: Print "Helen Louise Jones. Not "Mrs. H. L. Jones" profit membership organization Membership Card No. .Year. .Post No.. .State. of life insurance companies which operates an information I apply for the amount of insurance indicated below, (check appropriate box or boxes). exchange on behalf of its mem- 6 Units 5 Units 4 Units 3 Units 2 Units 1 Unit Q Vz Unit bers. Upon request by another The following representations shall form a basis for the Insurance Company's approval or rejection of this member insurance company to enrollment: Answer all questions. which you have applied for life Present occupation?. Are you now actively, working? or health insurance, or to which a claim is submitted, the M.I.B. Yes No If no, give reason. will supply such with company Have you been confined in 'a hospital within the last year? No Yes If yes, give date, the information it may have in length of stay and cause its files. During the last five years, have you had heart disease, circulatory disease, kidney disease, liver disease, Occidental may also release lung disease, diabetes, or cancer, or have you had or received treatment or medication for high blood information in its file to its re- pressure or alcoholism? No Yes If yes, give details insurers and to other life in- . surance companies to which you

I represent that to the best of my knowledge, all may apply for life or health in- statements and answers recorded on this enrollment card are true and complete. I agree that this enrollment card shall be a part of any insurance granted upon it under the policy. surance, or to which a claim is I authorize any physician or other person who has attended or examined me, or who may aitend or examine me, to submitted. disclose or to testify to any knowledge thus acquired. Upon rece'Dt of a request from Signature of

Dated . 19 you, the M.I.B. will arrange dis- Applicant The American Legion offers this Insurance through Occidental Life Insurance Company of California, 278-U closure of any information it GMA-300-19 10-70 Home 0,,ice: Los Angeles, California may have in your file. Medical (Univ.) information will only be dis- closed to your attending physi- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AUTHORIZATION

I have received cian. If you question the ac- and read the Notice of Disclosure of Information at left. Further, I authorize any curacy of information in the physician, medical practitioner, hospital, clinic, or other medical or medically related facility, in- Bureau's file you may seek cor- surance company, the Medical Information Bureau or other organization, institution or person having rection in accordance with the any records or knowledge of me or of my health to give Occidental Life Insurance Company of procedures set forth in the Fed- California any such information. eral Fair Credit Reporting Act. A photographic copy of this authorization The address of the Bureau's in- shall be as valid as the original. formation office is Box P.O. 105, Dated , 19 Signature of Applicant Essex Station, Boston, Mass. I apply for additional Legion Life Insurance. My present certificate number is 02112; Phone (617) 426-3660.

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HOW DO WE GET RID OF NUCLEAR WASTE? KICKBACKS WIDESPREAD IN MEDICAID. DOING SOMETHING ABOUT EARTHQUAKES.

Even as the country argues the pros and In a move to do something about earth- cons of nuclear energy production, another quakes, Congress has okayed a $210 million less publicized but more pressing debate three-year program aimed not only at is underway over nuclear waste. What are predicting temblors, but also at reducing we going to do with the spent nuclear fuels the damage. There ' s even a scientific basis and the obsolescent power reactors for hypothesizing that major earthquakes radioactive and perilous to life for may be modified, some Congressmen believe. hundreds and thousands of years? All 50 states are vulnerable to earth-

President Carter has offered to collect quakes . Congress has found , and in addition the spent fuel of the world' s atomic to California and Alaska, some 37 other reactors for storage and disposal as part states are subject to major or moderate of his program to limit proliferation of upheavals, threatening the lives and atomic weapons , but the Administration has property of 70 million Americans. Over the yet to decide on a permanent means of years, the United States has been di s posal. relatively fortunate, losing 1,700 lives Even more complicated is the problem of to earthquakes. In the summer of 1976, dismantling and burying worn-out nuclear more than 700 , 000 persons died when an power plants , whose structures may remain earthquake struck mainland China. dangerously radioactive for centuries. The program calls for development of ' Present methods for tearing down such a improved design and construction methods; plant require the use of remote-controlled of land use controls; of better prediction techniques steel-cutting robots, which have to be and early warning systems ; of buried along with the rubble when the coordinated emergency plans, and of public demolition job is completed. Our government education and involvement plans. The is still searching for a permanent and earthquake program also is expected to help safe solution to this problem. to learn how to reduce hazards of storms.

PEOPLE & QUOTES The multi-billion dollar Medicaid program is suffering not only from WHISTLE BLOWING I TV WATCHING escalating costs and cutbacks by some "When a conscientious Fed- "Children lack the judg- eral employee discovers evi- ment and experience to see states, but also there ' s mounting evidence dence of lawbreaking, conflict that something that looks that the program is riddled with of interest, waste, or mis- good to them in the short run inefficiency, fraud and abuse, according management in his agency, can hurt them in the long he is to the Special Senate Committee on Aging. strongly discouraged run." Federal Trade Com. from bringing such a problem Chairman Michael Pertschuk. Over the past eight years, the committee into the open." Arizona Rep. has conducted more than 50 hearings into Morris Udall. PROXY PARENTS various aspects of the program, for which "Radio and television have 28 million poor, disadvantaged replaced parents as the in- and elderly WHISTLE II BLOWING formational medium for Americans are eligible. A major finding is ". . . the personal risks in- youngsters." Philosopher R. that , despite a law adopted in 1972 to make curred by a whistle blower Buckminister Fuller. make it hazardous to speak them illegal , kickbacks have been rampant involving out." Vermont Sen. Patrick NOT BY ITSELF nursing homes, hospitals, Leahy. medical practitioners and clinical "We have all learned by now, I think, that govern- laboratories. The kickbacks, according ment, at whatever level, INFLATION OPTIMIST to the committee, are often forced out of cannot—by itself—solve our "An optimist infla- pharmacists, vendors and suppliers of the about problems. Well, business can't nursing homes, tion these days is someone either." Federated Depart- hospitals or "Medicaid who thinks it will not get ment Stores Chairman Ralph mills. much worse." Congressional Lazarus. To curb the abuse, the committee has Budget Office Director Alice urged the passage of a tougher law against Rivlin. CAN'T DENY IT kickbacks, "Once information is pub- and more aggressive investiga- lished, it is likely to be re- tion and enforcement of the present law. HOW INDEED? printed by journalists yet Meanwhile, both the Administration and "How can you Western unbom unless a denial has been posted in neon at Times Congress are considering ways to overhaul countries continue to spend the more than you produce?" Square." Attorney General program. Shah of Iran. Griffin Bell.

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14 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1978 Most Americans were not ready for such positive endeavors. The "Quarantine Speech" brought an out- cry. Pacifist organizations across the country signed a joint statement that the President's position would lead America into war. The American Federation of Labor came out against involvement in Asia. A Philadelphia newspaper conducted a poll which showed that a majority of Americans opposed action which might lead to war. Several members of the House of Representatives hinted at impeach- ment. Roosevelt, seeing that he had gone too far, held a press conference the next day. He refused to explain what he had meant by "positive en- deavors," but he claimed he had nothing stronger in mind than a quarantine. moral Panay crewmen fire at Japanese planes attacking their gunboat On October 5, the same day as Roosevelt's speech, the League of Panay in the first pass. They at- into the embassy, left two dollars, Nations recommended that the sign- tacked again, dropping their remain- and walked out with deep bows, with- ers of the Nine-Power Treaty consult ing bombs and flying lower to strafe out saying a word. This obviously among themselves on how best to with machine guns. They also hit the sincere outpouring of grief impressed deal with the war in Asia. A confer- oil tankers. Grew, who wrote that "the Japanese ence duly opened in Brussels on No- The attack injured many on the are still a chivalrous people." vember 3, 1937. It had little chance gunboat. The Panay's executive offi- As the aggrieved party, the United of success, however, because Japan cer received a wound in the throat. States reacted somewhat more stiffly. refused to attend, and Italy, another The commander was thrown against Washington got word of the attack signer, supported Japan. Britain the telegraph stand and his leg was on the night of December 12, Secre- made it clear that it would go only smashed. Among the other injured tary of State Hull telegraphed Grew, as far as the United States and no was one of the Italian journalists, instructing him to inform the Japa- farther. The United States clearly Sandro Sandri, an ardent fascist. The nese of the event and to request would not go very far and the con- other journalists fared much better, "appropriate action," impressing on ference, after accomplishing nothing, however, and several began photo- them the gravity of the situation. broke up November 24. graphing the events around them. On the morning of December 13, The gunboat Panay began her last As the crew of the gunboat began to Hull conferred with his Far Eastern mission a few days later, on Decem- fight back, Norman Alley, camera- advisors and they agreed that, while ber 6, 1937. The Japanese army was man from Universal Studios, filmed the attack gave evidence of Japan's threatening Nanking, the Chinese their efforts. The gunboat's cannon "sinister character," the United capital, and a small group of refu- had been knocked out, and the light States was at that time unprepared gees boarded the little vessel which machine guns that remained had lit- both militarily and psychologically they hoped would take them to tle effect on the airplanes. The Panay to take any strong action. Hull sug- safety. The group included officials began to sink and the commander gested to the President that the from the Italian and American em- ordered her abandoned. By 2:00 P.M., United States "emphatically demand bassies, two American businessmen, less than half an hour after the at- an apology, indemnities, punishment and reporters from Colliers, Associ- tack began, launches started taking of the officers involved," and assur- ated Press, the London Times, the the wounded to shore. The Japanese ances it would not happen again. New York Times, an Italian news- strafed the launches, but the crew Roosevelt agreed. That afternoon paper and camermen from two and passengers all reached shore Japanese Ambassador Hirosi Saito American newsreel companies. The safely by 3:05 P.M. Led by a U.S. called on Hull to apologize for the impending fate of the Panay was to Army officer attached to the U.S. "very grave blunder," and promised be one of the best reported events of embassy, the group struggled inland that his government would refrain the year. and took refuge in a Chinese village. from such misconduct in the future. The Panay left Nanking on Decem- They succeeded in getting word out He added that the~ President's note ber 11 and headed up the Yangtze. about the attack, and on December was "wholly reasonable." On Decem- Three Standard Oil tankers tagged 13 two British and the ber 23 our government sent to Japan along. After traveling 27 miles, the Panay's sister ship, USS Oahu, res- the findings of the U.S. Navy court Panay and the tankers dropped an- cued the survivors. Two sailors and of inquiry, which spoke of "the reck- chor. At 1:30 P.M. Sunday, Decem- Sandri, the Italian, had died. less and deliberate actions" of the ber 12, airplanes appeared, heading The Japanese apologized pro- Japanese pilots. Later that day the for the Panay. The crew and passen- fusely. One newspaper referred to Japanese Government responded in gers crowded the deck, hoping to see the attack as a "misconception." One a message which met all American the much spoken of but seldom seen woman cut off a lock of her hair and demands. They expressed regrets, Chinese air force. They were star- gave it to American Ambassador to said they punished the officers in- tled when a blast shook the ship and Tokyo Grew in a gesture of mourn- volved, gave assurances for the fu- knocked many of them down. The ing. Grew received letters and ture, and promised to pay $2 million planes piloted by Japanese navy poems from primary school chil- in indemnities. They insisted that pilots, scored a direct hit on the dren, and two young boys walked (Continued on page 3Jf)

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1978 fault, public attention was suddenly It consists of every nation on earth from the assembly. Many Western riveted on the mammoth debits of except the United States and its in- delegates saw this as a blatant viola- the Third World. A sum exceeding dustrialized friends, and Soviet tion of the U. N. charter which gives $180 billion was owed to private Russia and its European satellites. only the Security Council the power banks, mainly those in the United Leading the Third World parade to determine membership. States. This prompted declarations are the higher-income nations—oil- The Third World topped this per- from some banks that their loans rich lands like Saudi Arabia and formance in 1975 when, after trying were not risky. This may well have Kuwait, industrializing states like without success to oust Israel from

been true regarding such Third Mexico, Brazil, Taiwan and - South the assembly, it rammed through a World borrowers as Brazil, South Korea. Then there are the so-called bristling resolution that equated Korea and other upper tier members. nonaligned states, not formally Zionism with racism. Then Ambassa- While Third World diplomats re- linked with Washington or Moscow. dor Moynihan denounced the Zionism gard the United States as the only They include India and Yugoslavia. vote as "an infamous act." country capable of bringing peaceful There are also the far-left partners During that same session, delegates change in southern Africa and a —poorer lands tied to the Soviets were treated to one of the most bi- guaranteed peace in the Middle East, such as Cuba, Vietnam and North zarre performances in the history of American views are divided. Ambas- Korea. In the Third World bloc the General Assembly. Uganda's sador Young and Vice President Mon- nearly 70 nations, with close to half flamboyant President Idi Amin dale have urged new pressure on of the world's population, report in- showed up in his field marshal's re- Rhodesia and South Africa, but comes averaging $500 a person per galia, charged that the United States George W. Ball, former under-secre- year, or even less. Some of these had been "colonized by Zionists," tary of state and a one-time ambas- states are so poor that they are re- called for "the extinction of Israel ferred to in U.N. corridors as the as a state," scourged the British for "Fourth World." the "terrible situation" in Ulster and But poor as it is, the Third World called the CIA a "murder squad." exercises an awesome power in the Moynihan denounced Amin in a United Nations under the forum's speech outside the U.N. as a "racist one-nation, one-vote system. The murderer." Other listeners also found U. N. has now swelled to 149 mem- Amin's charges ironic, coming from bers, and 115 belong to the Third a power-crazed dictator who accord- World. Forty-nine are African and ing to an estimate of Amnesty Inter- wedded to militant black causes. national has been directly or indi- This means that whenever it closes rectly responsible for the murder of ranks, as it usually does on economic as many as 300,000 of his own coun- aid, Southern Africa and racial trymen since he took power. The issues, the Third World can ram Amin toll will probably never be through any resolution it wishes in known. In March 1977, the U. N. the General Assembly or kill any Commission on Human Rights, meet- proposal. ing in Geneva, debated for three days This has evolved into an Alice-in- a demand by Britain for investiga- Wonderland situation in which fledg- tion of these mass killings, but the ling states, many hardly bigger than Uganda representative managed to some American counties, have the block all motions and resolutions. same vote as the United States or the There is little doubt that the U.S. Soviet Union. is making a concerted effort with The Third World got its first real White House blessings to woo the taste of victory in 1971 when the Third World. United States finally lost its peren- Has the U. S. campaign paid off? "What countries have stopped hating us nial struggle to keep Red China out Diplomats say there were fewer and feel sorry for us?" of the U.N. That vote touched off an shafts hurled against the West in outburst of applause. The Tanzanian the general debate of the 32nd Ses- delegate danced in the aisles. sion. But Zambia, a base for guerrilla The Third World really drew blood attacks on Rhodesia, denounced the when the oil embargo was declared presence of U. S. forces in South sador to the U.N., took issue with and prices quintupled. Korea as an obstacle preventing Mondale's statement that the United Some observers say the success of "peaceful reunification" with the States favored one-man, one-vote the embargo caused the oil leaders Communist North. And a representa- elections in South Africa. Said Ball: to overestimate their bargaining tive of The Peoples Republic of Benin "If our economic, social and political strength and has encouraged them to deplored the "total extermination" of sanctions do not produce the major- press unrealistic demands that could the American Indian which he com- ity rule we have promised, and South eventually be their undoing. pared to racist killings by Nazis. 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'48' The bridge that spans the Golden Gate to San Francisco. WW II troops in the Pacific coined the slogan: "The Golden Gate by By PAUL C. DITZEL road. A bridge would enable the rail- County Board of Supervisors. A site AMONG THE FIRST to propose road to enter San Francisco directly study was begun and around a dozen building a bridge across the instead of having to ferry passengers engineers were invited to submit de- Golden Gate was an eccentric who and freight across the bay. signs. Among them was Joseph Baer- had taken onto himself the title, Nor- If they could bridge the Sierra mann Strauss. Nobody knew more ton I, Emperor of the United States Nevada mountains with a railroad, about building bridges than he did, al- and Protector of Mexico. they said, they could bridge the though those who met the shy, 51- In an 1869 edict, Emperor Norton Golden Gate. But nothing came of year-old civil engineer who stood a commanded his subjects to build a their proposals and the idea fell few inches over five feet found that bridge across the mile-wide body of dormant until 1916, when James H. hard to believe. Strauss had designed water which separated San Fran- Wilkins, a civil engineer turned more than 400 bridges, including the cisco from the counties to the north. newspaper reporter, suggested a Arlington Memorial Bridge over the The city paid no attention. Almost bridge in the August 26 issue of the Potomac River, connecting the Lin- everyone was certain it was beyond San Francisco Bulletin. coln Memorial Monument in Wash- the capability of man to bridge the Wilkins said a tall suspension ington, D.C. and Arlington National strait that explorer John Fremont bridge would not interfere with navi- Cemetery in Virginia. had named the Golden Gate. It con- gation because the center span could In February 1920, the U.S. Coast nects the Pacific Ocean with San be made "longer than any other and Geodetic Survey ship Natoma Francisco Bay and is one of the structure of its kind in the made soundings in the Golden Gate. most hazardous bodies of navigable world." He suggested that the bridge The report was ominous. Centuries water in the world. Golden Gate be built where the Golden Gate was of swirling waters had cut a gorge tides reverse themselves four times the narrowest: between Fort Point that was as much as 318 feet deep. a day to create a massive flow seven in San Francisco and Lime Point on "Federal experts believe it will be times greater than the entire volume the Marin county side. And that's impossible to put piers (for the sup- of water pouring from the mouth of exactly where it was built, finally. port towers of the bridge) at this the Mississippi River. Wilkins' article sparked interest, but point owing to strong current and The few who thought it could be World War I broke out a few months great depth," reported the San Fran- done included Leland Stanford and later and the idea died again until cisco Chronicle. Charles Crocker, two of the builders the day after the war ended. This was exactly the kind of chal- of the Southern Pacific Railroad's On Nov. 12, 1918, the matter was lenge that fascinated Strauss, who portion of the transcontinental rail- revived before the San Francisco proceeded to design a bridge that

24 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1978 made many San Franciscans wonder not want more tourists roaming the if they had another Emperor Norton redwoods. Steamship lines seamen in their midst. Strauss designed a claimed a Golden Gate Bridge would combination cantilever and suspen- invite disasterous accidents. sion bridge. Two rigid sections, can- The War Department reminded tilevering far out from shore, would everybody that it had supreme juris- be connected by two towers with the diction over all navigable waters and third section which was of the it was their policy that no bridge suspension type. The bridge would be built across the Golden Gate. be supported by a crisscrossing maze Enemy bombers might drop the of steelwork. bridge and block U.S. at The Board of Supervisors expected the shipyard at Hunters Point inside a price tag of about $100 million. the Golden Gate. Strauss said he could build it for $27 In the end, however, it was the million. popularity of the family automobile Eleven years passed from the time which decided that the bridge must Strauss' design was made public in be built. With each passing year, December 1923, to the start of con- traffic jams worsened at the ferry struction. It was a period of anguish terminals. On Memorial Day week- and acrimony as San Franciscans end, 1926, the San Francisco Exam- and the people living in five coun- iner reported 8,000 homeward-bound ties north of the Golden Gate debated automobiles were backed up behind the cost—and whether they needed the Sausalito terminal. The ferries or wanted a bridge. Ferry service ran all night but at noon the next connecting San Francisco with the day, 1,000 automobiles were still north counties at Sausalito had been waiting to cross. "It was the world's operating since 1868. worst traffic glut," said the Exam- Many doubted that the bridge iner. could be built in this earthquake On Aug. 22, 1929, Bridge District zone amid swirling waters. How directors appointed Strauss chief en- could Strauss, moreover, ever find gineer, Clifford E. Paine, his assis- enough workmen—except those who tant, and a board of three consulting were bent upon suicide—to build this engineers. A week later test borings gigantic bridge while perching hun- began. dreds of feet in the air, buffeted con- Strauss, meanwhile, had changed stantly by cold winds from off the his mind about building a rigid Pacific? Fog and rain would make cantilever-suspension bridge. A rigid construction highly dangerous, to bridge could very likely collapse. The say nothing of the dizzying heights winds and the wide fluctuations of and the glare from the water that temperatures dictated a bridge that could cause workers to take one mis- literally breathed. Strauss designed a step and send them plunging hun- total suspension bridge. dreds of feet to certain death. The Golden Gate Bridge would One of the two towers that suspend the The generally accepted probability have three main spans. The two side bridge across the Golden Gate at that time was that one worker spans would each be 1,125 feet long. would be killed for each $1 million The center suspension span would it off by swaying only 21 feet at spent on a bridge. That meant the extend 4,200 feet—longer than any midspan. Golden Gate Bridge would cost more ever built. Including the access struc- Architect Irving F. Morrow trans- than 20 lives. But Strauss designed tures, the bridge would be 8,981 feet lated the bridge-builder's engineer- safety nets, adopted glare-proof long. The two towers would each ing marvel into a work of art, goggles developed for Navy gunners, stand 746 feet on reinforced steel concealing ugly crossbraces, creating asked dieticians to plan meals that and concrete piers. The bridge would graceful bridge towers and delight- prevented light-headedness, and or- be 90-feet wide to accommodate a ing motorists by shedding the tradi- dered a "hard hat" type of headgear six-lane concrete highway and pedes- tional solid bridge side rails and which would be supplied to each trian sidewalks. The roadway was to replacing them with see-throughs to worker. be suspended by two stout cables provide an unforgettable view of San On May 25, 1923, Gov. Friend W. embedded in anchorages on each side Francisco, the hills north of the city, Richardson signed the Golden Gate of the Golden Gate. the Golden Gate, the Pacific Ocean Bridge and Highway District Act, The bridge would breathe because and the . which created a special tax district the cables would pull each tower as On Nov. 4, 1930, a $35 million bond in the six counties. The district could much as 20 inches shoreward, de- issue proposition to build the bridge levy an annual tax of 2.5 cents per pending upon the temperature and passed in the six counties—by a $100 of assessed property valuation. the weight of traffic. Under the heav- margin of more than three-to-one. The rest of the bridge-building iest combinations of loading and ex- But enthusiasm dampened as new money would come from a bond issue tremes of temperature, the bridge at roadblocks delayed the start of con- approved by the electorate. midspan could rise 10 feet above or struction three more years. There But opposition had grown formi- ease itself that much below its were grave doubts that the nation's dable. Critics said Strauss' bridge normal elevation of 220 feet above securities market, caught in the de- would destroy the scenic splendor of mean high water. Even if a 100- pression, would buy the bonds, the Golden Gate. Lumberers in the mile-an-hour gale ripped into the especially while incessant rumors forests north of San Francisco did Golden Gate, the bridge would slough continued that the bridge could never

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The Yankees Who Saved Paris

Sgt. E. F. O'Leary's 85mm gun crew, 102nd Field Artillery, 26th "Yankee" Division, takes a break at "dead man's curve" in France T|HE famed 42nd "Rainbow" Divi- to the Chief of the French Military 30 days. All elements of the Division sion was organized to include Mission to which the 26th had been will be sent at the same time and regular soldiers from every state and assigned at Neufchateau, training to the same corps sector, subject only ." was scheduled to be the first division had not been completed. to railway facilities. . . of the American Expeditionary Force "On account of the fact that the On the afternoon of February 5, in the trenches against the Germans regimental training of the 26th Divi- guns of Battery A, 101st Field Artil- in World War I. sion will not be completed until lery took position on the line and at But the equally famed 26th Feb. 2 and of the necessity of reme- 3:45 p.m. one of its 75's blazed—the "Yankee" Division from New Eng- dying certain deficiencies of equip- first shot fired by the National Guard land beat them, became the first full ment, it appears desirable to fix in World War I. That night the 101st U.S. division committed to the war Feb. 5 as the date on which the first Infantry went through the artillery and notched for itself a vaunted elements of the Division should be- lines and into the trenches. place in U.S. military history. gin movement to the front." From that moment on, the 26th The 26th Division was called into Another operations memorandum tore at the Germans, amassing 210 service on July 25, 1917. The infan- dated January 26, 1918, stated: days of combat, with only 10 days try was mobilized at Framingham, "Pursuant to instructions dated for rest. It suffered 11,955 casualties. Worcester, Westfield and Lynnfield, Jan. 24, the 26th Division less the A total of 1,738 men were killed in Massachusetts, and the artillery was artillery brigade will be prepared to combat. The 26th engaged in three mustered at Boxford. leave its present station by railroad major campaigns, all of which were The "Yankees" of the AEF were Feb. 5 on which date the first ele- decisive in defeating the Germans. In made up entirely of the National ments of the Division should begin the Aisne-Marne (Chateau-Thierry) Guard of New England. When the movement to the front, to remain offensive, it relieved pressure on

Division left the United States for Paris ; in the St.-Mihiel offensive the France, every man was a volunteer 26th achieved all objectives and and the average age was 21. finally the division struggled through The first contingents, consisting of the heartbreaking Meuse-Argonne the 101st Infantry and the 101st drive near Verdun, which was con- Field Artillery, left camp for Hobo- sidered some of the hardest fighting ken, NJ in early September 1917, of the war. The drive gained only embarked for France, arriving at St. 5.5 kilometers in 25 days and the Nazaire September 20, 1917. Other battle was so vicious it decimated regiments and units of the Division both sides. followed in quick succession. The Yankee Division captured Maj. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards, 3,148 prisoners, earned two Congres- commanding the 26th, had a few sional Medals of Honor, more than simple words for the debarking 100 Distinguished Service Medals and Yankees the Croix de Guerre. The Division "Welcome to you, my stouthearted was mustered out of the federal ser- lads of the Yankee Division." vice May 3, 1918, and was reactivated The early going in France was not as a National Guard Division in 1921. easy. According to an operations The Division was again called into memorandum dated January 21, 1918, federal service, February 12, 1942,

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and went on to gain additional fame plaint was "in attack . . . they move and acclaim for its role in the Allied out too fast." victory over the Axis powers in General Edwards summed up the at World War II. 26th Division performance Among the accomplishments of Chateau-Thierry the 26th Division during World "In those eight days you carried of the War I were: your line as far as any part • The Division traveled more than advance was carried. Toucy, Beau- 1,200 miles in France during its lieu, Givry, the Bouresches Wood, deadly and successful mission. Hill 190 overlooking Chateau- • The Division was the first to take Thierry, Etrepagny, Epides, Trugny up a sector on the Western Front as and finally La Fere Wood and the an American Division. objective, the Jaulgonne-Fere-en- Brig. Gen. Peter Traub, 51st Infantry Bri- • The Division earned the name Tardenois Road, belong to your gade, talks to his men after they raided the German lines in France, the first given it by the Allied Armies: "The arms." Yanks on the offensive against the enemy Sacrifice Division." The Yankee Division, throughout • The 104th Infantry was decorated its trial by fire, had a multitude of 103rd Infantry and PFC Michael J. as a regiment with the Croix de examples of great leadership and Perkins of Company D, 101st Infan- Guerre, the only American regiment indomitable courage. Men were dec- try, both won the Congressional so honored by the French previous orated by the hundreds, but two Medal of Honor at Belleau Bois in to the November 11, 1918, Armistice. stood out among all the rest. France. Both, however, were so • The Division earned from the PFC George Dilboy of Company H, severely wounded, Dilboy in July French the name of "Saviours of and Perkins in October 1918, that Paris," and from French General they died without learning of the Degoutte of the Sixth Army came World War I Series recognition of their heroism. Division is it ade- these words: "The 26th This is another in the monthly Gratitude, if can ever be responsible for the whole Allied ad- quately expressed, perhaps was series of articles on American vance on the Marne. They are shock stated best by a Catholic priest of participation in World War I. troops, par excellence." Rupt-en-Woevre after the St.-Mihiel The Series marks the 60th anni- Commenting on its outstanding offensive when the Yankees had versary the Great War and the 17.5 kilometer advance in eight days, of routed the Germans. The priest wrote across fields slashed with trenches, to deeds of the men and women who to the commanding general: wipe out the Chateau-Thierry sa- founded the American Legion. "Sir, your gallant 26th American lient, a French general's only com- (Continued on page 30)

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Julia and Her Piece of Paper Was This Citizenship Idea Foolish After So Many Years? My mother Julia sat at the table, She drew the papers toward her She remembered old Andy in Citi- hunched over a typewritten sheet of again. zenship Class. The teacher had asked paper, reading aloud: "What are the three branches of hirn, "What is Old Glory?" Julia 1. (a) Who discovered America? the Federal Government?" she read. knew that that was another name Christopher Columbus. "Executive. Legislative. Judicial." for the American Flag, but Andy (b) When? She could remember that one. didn't know. The teacher tried to In H92. Executive tied in with her son-in- help him. 2. (a) How many original colonies law. She knew what the words "Andy, think now, what flies over were there? meant. She understood about Con- the White House? Thirteen. gress and making laws, and justice. Andy's face lit up and he cried,

(b) To whom did they belong? Executive, she marveled over. Her "OH . . . PIGEONS!" Great Britain daughter's husband was an execu- Everybody laughed and Andy's 3. (a) What was the tive ... a big boss. face turned red with shame. He'd Oh! What was the use? Julia tried so hard. pushed the papers away and pressed What if she said the wrong thing? her temples wearily. She just What Flies Over Why, oh why, didn't someone tell couldn't go on. So much to learn! her, years ago, how important it was So many words, so many questions The White House? to apply for citizenship papers? This and answers she did not quite under- was her country now. She would stand. If only she were younger, or He Cried Out: never go back to Hungary. Her chil- if she could keep her mind on this 9 dren and her children's children business of preparing for citizenship. 'Oh . . . Pigeons! were American born. She wanted to The children would help her if she belong with them. asked, but no . . . she wanted this One day the little ones might ask to be a surprise, so they would be Her daughter's husband! Strange, her, "Grandmother, are you an proud of her. They would be so how the years flew by. Her little American?" thrilled! ones were grown up and on their She would want to say, honestly, She caught a glimpse of herself in own. Julia had promised herself that "Of course I am!" She would still the mirror over the buffet. New lines she would sit down and study, when have her Hungarian accent and they in her face, new gray in her hair. her babies didn't need her anymore. might say, "But you talk funny." Getting old. She kept telling herself that one She could reply, "That is because I Was this citizenship idea foolish, never got too old to learn something am old." after all these years? The children new. Now she had the time. Only . . . It would have to do, until they were born over here. Her husband she didn't dream, way back then, were old enough to understand. Then was buried here in Akron, OH. A how crowded one's mind could be she could show them her document. mere piece of paper could not make with other thoughts. And there were "Document." her feel more of an American than babies again. They kept Grandma Again she pulled her pages closer, she was now, except that she could busy. and studied the words: then vote in the elections. Suppose she did memorize all the "What was the Declaration of

Still . . . was she not the mother questions and answers. Then, when Independence?" ." of an American who was teaching she faced the examiner, and later the "A document which . . . school? Mother of an American girl judge, what if, in her nervousness, Julia sighed. This was a document who was the wife of a rubber shop she forgot? They would not ask in that was like a special birth certifi- executive? Mother of a son who had the same words. She must under- cate ... a new form of govern- served in the U.S. Air Force? stand the meaning. She must be ment ... a new, beautiful country

"Executive." prepared. was born . . . the most important piece of paper in America! A price- (CONTINUED FROM PAGE vicinity in conveying to you and your 29) less document .... associates the heartfelt and unfor- The Yankees She had taken for granted that liv- Who Saved Paris gettable gratitude of all. ing in the United States made her "Several of your comrades lie at an American. God knew how very Division has just set us free. Since rest in our truly Christian and much she belonged here! But . . . . September 1914, the barbarians have French soil. Their ashes shall be looked again at the small black held the heights of the Meuse, have cared for as if they were our own. She covered booklet that her murdered three hostages from We shall cover their graves with and gold Mouilly, have shelled Rupt and on flowers and shall kneel by them as teacher had given her. "I Am An every citizen should July 23, 1915, forced its inhabitants their own families would do with a American. What to scatter to the four corners of prayer to God to reward the eternal know." France. glory of these heroes fallen on the Julia smiled. Her adventures in "I, who remain at my little listen- field of honor and to bless the 26th citizenship were just beginning! She planted her roots in the United ing post on the advice of my bishop, Division and generous Americans . . had come. feel certain that I do speak for Msgr. A. Leclerc." States, for—generations to Ginisty, Lord Bishop of Verdun, my A worthy salute to a gallant f'out- Now she would get that Piece of parishioners of Rupt, Mouilly and fit—the 26th "Yankee" Division. Paper and make it legal Genicourt and the people of this —Frank Kuest —Rose Mazan

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Our corps command post bottle being emptied," but they never and used lightning fast, no encipher- was on a from which or- figured out what they meant. ing or deciphering, as it was in their ders went to the three division com- Mystery always surrounds the own language. They were trained in mand posts on the beachhead, and word "code"—until it is deciphered. sending and receiving messages from on down to the lower echelons. I Early in World War II the Japanese air to ground, ship to shore, tank to was signal officer of the Fifth Divi- decoded each new American code, command post. Messages included sion. During the 48 hours while we with devastating results. Then, in the anything having to do with missions were landing and consolidating our spring of 1942, they suddenly real- and maneuvers, location and strength shore position, I had six Navajo ra- ized they could not decipher new of the enemy, time and place of at- dio nets operating around the clock. "strange noises" put out by the tack. They were rehearsed and In that period alone they sent and Americans. Not until the war's end tested over and over. received over 800 messages without did they find out they had been sty- Navajos not in the training pro- an error. Weeks later, when our flag mied by the Navajo Indians. gram were sent out to attempt to was raised over Mount Suribachi, In February 1942, Philip Johns- decipher the messages. They failed. word of that event came in Navajo ton, then an engineer for the city of How did the Code Talkers manage code. The commanding general was Los Angeles, went to the Marine a word like "mortar"—a word not amazed. How, he wanted to know, Corps with an idea for a code based even in their language? "Gun that could a Japanese name be sent in on the Navajo language. After 20 squats" did the trick. Other easily the Navajo language?" Probably, years of living, eating and adventur- solved puzzlers were: aircraft car- "Sheep - uncle - ram - ice - bear - ing with the Navajos, Johnston, the rier = tsidi-ney-ye-hi = bird carrier, ant - cat - horse - itch." son of missionaries, spoke the lan- fighter plane = he-tih-hi = hum- Recognizing the invaluable contri- guage fluently. With the approval of mingbird, flare = wo-chi = light bution of the Navajo Code Talkers, Lt. Col. J. E. Jones, and at his own streak. the Marine Corps wanted to make expense, Johnston took four young "The Navajos have no written lan- the code a permanent adjunct after Navajos to San Diego where they guage and there are many words in the war. For several months Johns- demonstrated their "secret weapon" English that have no equivalent in ton and Colonel Peterson, then com- to skeptical Marine officers. Navajo," says Lt. Col. J. P. Berkeley, mander of the amphibious base at The Marine Corps immediately de- who was the CO in Johnston's pla- Camp Pendleton, worked on a plan, manded more Navajos, activated toon, "but it was demonstrated time but failed to convince Washington. "Platoon 382" and accepted an over- and again when these teams were And the Navajo Code Talkers? age Philip Johnston as a sergeant in given complicated reports and in- After the war they returned to the charge of the code training program. structions to transmit by voice over reservation where they took part in He stayed with the program at Camp the radio or wire that not a single a three-day purification ceremony Pendleton, CA, until his discharge mistake was made, a fact that our a ceremony originating from distant days when Navajos raided neighbor- ing tribes or battled cavalry. Called the Enemy Way, the ritual was to You Try to Figure It blot out memories of the enemy and Out the horrors of war, to erase any feelings of guilt and regret, thus eas- A Wol-la-chee = ant 1 Tkin = ice R Gah = rabbit ing the way for the men's return to A Be-la-sana = apple Yeh-hes = itch R Dah-nas-tsa = ram a normal life on the reservation. A Tse-nihl = axe J Tkele-cho-gi = jackass S Kiesh = snake pile of B Shush = bear K Klizzie-yassie = kid S Dibeh = sheep The medicine man made a C Moasi = cat L Dibeh-yassie = lamb T Than-zie = turkey bayonets, helmets, bits of clothing, D Be = deer L Ah-jad = leg T D-ah = tea even tufts of hair from the enemy, D Lha-cha-eh = dog M Na-as-tso-si = mouse T A-woh = tooth anything brought back by the men, E Dzeh = elk N Ts-a = needle U No-da-ih = Ute then buried it in a hole, shooting at it E = = Ah-nah eye N A-chen nose U Shi-da = uncle first with a rifle. E Ah-jah = ear Ne-ahs-jah = owl V A-keh-di-glini = O victor The Navajos believe that an in- F Ma-e = fox O Tlo-chin = onion w Gloe-ih = weasel dividual who does not submit to the G Klizzie = goat o A-kha = oil X Al-an-as-dzoh = cross purification may eventually suffer H Lin = horse p Bi-so-dih = pig Y Tash-as-zih = yucca mentally or physically. H Tse-gah = hair Q Ca-yeilth = quiver z Besh-do-gliz = zinc The ceremony, along with the nat- ural reticence and dignity of the

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Council for Prevention of War fav- line. The Burlington, VT Free Press The isolationist sentiment in Con- ored it, while internationalists like felt that it was necessary to "make gress increased. Domestic matters Cordell Hull opposed it. Time Maga- it clear to Japan that international connected with the depression domi- zine registered surprise that there law is still operative." The Chicago its thinking. When nated much of was no immediate "outcry, no de- Daily News reminded Americans that it did turn to foreign affairs the mand in Congress or the press that Japan had taken advantage of our events of and the failure of WWI the U.S. Navy" make reprisals unfortified bases at Guam and Cavite allies to pay their debts rankled. against the Japanese for the attack. in its militaristic activities, and had The increasingly aggressive actions Indeed, Time noted, the event "pro- broken every one of her promises re- Italy Germany, and of Japan, and duced precisely the opposite effect;" garding China; "and yet there are the failure of the League of Nations fear that the incident might provoke Americans who are so naive as to only added to isolationist sentiment. war. The United States had accepted think that Japan really desires our The Panay incident caused sur- the thesis that it "was a sucker in the friendship." The Boston Herald said prisingly little debate. Sen. Robert last war," said Time. But "the U.S. that Americans had been stirred by Reynolds (D-NC) criticized the may run the risk of taking an action Japanese irresponsibility; that the United States for having placed so detrimental to its own interests as general feeling was one of resent- American and material in jeop- men to produce later an equally strong ment which, the paper cautioned, ardy. He also attacked the British, "may easily develop into a desire for "who owe us several billion dollars vigorous retaliation." The Indian- and will not even pay the inter- who apolis Star said America wanted est on it." peace, but that "we should stand up While Congressional consensus on for our rights and insist that they be the wisdom of getting out of China respected." The Los Angeles Times prevented much debate on the Panay warned that pacifism was an invita- incident, the attack did have another tion to attack, and "the surest way effect. In February 1937, Rep. Louis to put the United States into war Ludlow (D-IN) introduced a resolu- may be to let it be known that we do tion for a constitutional amendment not propose to fight under any cir- whereby Congressional authority to cumstances." The Cleveland Plain declare war, except in cases of in- Dealer claimed that "The United vasion, would not become effective States does not want war. They must until it had been supported by a not close their eyes, however, to the national referendum. The bill had fact that the world contains people languished in committee for months less peace minded than them- while tried in vain to get Ludlow selves." the votes necessary for a discharge A Gallup poll in September 1937 resolution. The Panay incident cre- showed that 54 percent of the people ated such a stir that two days later Italian journalist Sandro Sandri died in a questioned believed that American Ludlow had the necessary votes in bamboo thicket after bombing of Panay troops should be withdrawn from the House. China rather than stay and protect President Roosevelt saw the Lud- reaction in the opposite direction." American property and citizens. In low Resolution as a threat to his Good Housekeeping urged the support the the weeks following the attack on the power and turned his big guns on it. mothers of America to Panay approximately 70 percent The State Department prepared a Ludlow Resolution. The Tampa favored withdrawal. An overwhelm- letter for him which he sent to the Tribune said that had we withdrawn ing 82 percent did not even approve Speaker of the House. In January our military personnel from China of the United States acting as a medi- 1938, during debate on the Ludlow "there would have been no Panay ator between China and Japan. As Resolution, the Speaker read Roose- bombing." The New York Daily Mir- late as the summer of 1939 over 80 velt's letter. It stressed that the reso- ror wanted to "Keep other nations percent questioned recommended lution would cripple any President in outside of the Western Hemisphere, that America stay out of the Asian his conduct of foreign affairs. Cordell and keep this nation inside the West- conflict. Hull wrote the chairman of the House ern Hemisphere." The Wilmington The controversy was to rage for Committee on Foreign Affairs, News said that "Perhaps, in the gen- two more years, with opponents of stressing the same point. James A. eral interest of world peace, it would war convinced that the United States Farley, Postmaster General, tele- be desirable to stop the Japanese ad- was dangerously overextended and phoned every Democratic member of vance in China, but the direct inter- must retreat from potential foreign the House in an effort to get their ests of no nation is sufficiently battlefields. On the other side, the support against the resolution. In involved to permit a declaration of President and the Secretary of State, the end the President succeeded. The war." The Philadelphia Record pro- supported by the more militant press, Ludlow Resolution failed, 209 to 188. tested that "Americans who insist on insisted that retreat would not pre- The national press divided over the remaining in China are children play- vent war from touching American incident. The New Republic, on De- ing on the grounds of an insane lives. Instead, they demanded that cember 22, 1937, asserted that the asylum . . . the thing to do is not democracy meet and battle aggres- attack had been intentional, but that to make speeches to the inmates sion wherever it threatened. And it was our fault. It blamed Roosevelt about sacred rights, but to drag the while Americans debated, the Japa- for failing to invoke neutrality legis- kids away. International cooperation nese strike at Pearl Harbor in 1941 lation, and advocated immediate is not in the cards . . . the United withdrawal from China. On January States ought to get out and stay out." finally settled the argument. 8, 1938, the Literary Digest polled The Christian Science Monitor re- —Christopher C. Gibbs

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Regional Even Local Conditions Dictate Many Variations

In Rates Charged Men, Women, Youthful Drivers

What is auto insurance all Territorial rating: This deter- whether your son or daughter about? How are insurance minant is strictly geographical. qualifies for this discount. If your premiums established? Why are they The basic rate varies throughout basic territorial rate is $100, a going up? Can they be kept down? the country. Each state is divided 17-year-old son who is the princi- What do all those words in the pol- into "rating territories." In each pal operator of the car, without a icy mean? Added to energy costs, such territory, statistics have been good discount could drive this pre- insurance rates weigh heavily on compiled about claims involving mium up to $350 while, with a American motorists. cars garaged in that area, irre- good student discount, which ap- Let's assume you need auto insur- spective of where the accident oc- plies in some states the premium ance and head for your local inde- curred. If a driver from Missouri would be $270. To be eligible for pendent insurance agent—who may is responsible for an accident a good student discount, your son represent up to 20 different com- which occurred in Florida, it is or daughter must be in the top panies. Let's discuss coverages: the Missouri rates that will be 20 percent of the class, have an Liability Coverage affected and not Florida's. average of B or better or be on the An automobile can cause injury, "dean's list," "honor roll" or the so liability insurance is the most equivalent. important you can carry. It protects Driver training discount: A you and your family against claims Complete driver training course pays. The and judgments for damage or injury SERVICE same 17-year-old without a good caused by the vehicle. student discount, but with driver Within specified limits, this type training, would have a factor of of insurance protects you and your 3.10 instead of 3.50. If he had both family in almost any car you drive a good student discount and driver and even protects people who have training, the factor for the 17- borrowed your car. Liability insur- year-old would drop to 2.50 or ance should be broad enough to cover less. court costs, lawyers' fees, costs of Marital status: If your son or appeal bonds, bail bonds and bonds daughter is married, the premium to release any attachments on your will be far less than if he is single. assets. This reflects statistics which show Medical Payment Coverage that married drivers have a lower This insurance covers the costs of accident rate than single drivers, any medical expenses incurred by particularly among young males. you or any relative living with you Effect of ownership: If your for any auto accidents, even if you son has a good student discount, or they are pedestrians. It also cov- a driver training discount, is single ers any medical expenses of a guest and is not the owner, the factor is in your car or another victim in the 1.80, instead of the 3.50 it would "We can get the part it needs, but we'll accident. have to send to the Smithsonian." be without these discounts. The Collision Coverage same multiplier on a base of a This protects your car if it is in- Characteristics of the insured $100 premium means that liability volved in an accident, irrespective of and his vehicle: This factor modi- coverage would cost you $180 who is to blame. You are covered for fies the basic rate determined from compared to $350. the damage, less the deductible your rating territory. Driver's sex: An unmarried amount. A factor of 1.5 means that you young female pays far less than Comprehensive Coverage would be required to pay 50 per- does her male counterpart. If the This insures your car against al- cent more than the base rate for female is married, she is treated most all losses, except for those in- your liability coverage. A factor as a non-youthful operator. volving collision. It covers loss or of 2.0 would double your pre- ISon-youthful operators damage from fire, theft, vandalism, miums. Non-youthful operators get quite windstorms, etc. In evaluating the driver, there are a break, rating-wise. The category Factors such as the age and value a bewildering number of variables. includes all men over the "youth- of the vehicle go into each type of in- For example: ful operator" age, unmarried surance and they will determine just Youthful Operators women—age 30-64 and married how much your insurance premiums Even if you are above the age women of any age. All men and will be. where you could be considered a women over 65 are classified sepa- Since liability insurance covers youthful operator, you may have a rately, often their rates are even damage and injury that you've son or daughter who puts your car lower. caused—but not damage, injury or into this category. Driver safety record: Four rat- loss to you—your type of car or Good student discount: Let your ing factors for drivers are based its age are immaterial. independent insurance agent know on the number of driving record

36 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1978 points accrued by the driver. One Check with your insurance agent ful not to set deductibles higher than point is assigned for each accident regarding safe-driver plans, which you can afford in the event of loss caused by the driver or anyone in are available in many states. Such or accident. his household which results in plans may save you as much as 20 If your car is five or more years bodily injury, death or damage in percent. old, you might consider dropping excess of $200. In addition, a point Remember that not all insurance collision coverage. The cost of such is assigned on conviction for any companies charge the same amount. coverage may not be much of a moving traffic violation for which But watch out. Some companies that bargain when compared with car the operator's license was sus- charge less also offer less coverage. replacement cost. pended or revoked. An independent insurance agent can If your son or daughter marries, Two points are assigned for the guide you. inform your insurance agent. Your accumulation of points under a Make sure your agent knows it if premium will be reduced immedi- state point system or a series of your son or daughter qualifies for a ately. convictions which force the opera- good student and/or driver training Premiums go down if a car used tor to file evidence of financial discount. If your car meets federal to commute to work is no longer responsibility. bumper-impact standards or you are used for that purpose. Small car dis- Three points are assigned to in a car pool, you may be eligible counts can also lower your pre- anyone convicted of driving while for further discounts. If you have miums. under the influence of drugs or more than one car in your family, alcohol, failure to stop and/or re- be sure they are registered in one port an accident in which the name so that you qualify for a multi- SLOT MACHINES CAN PAY FOR YOU

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1978 37 Opposing Views on a Question of Increasing Importance

Should Veterans'

I am convinced that adjustments in veterans' pref- exam, but 34 percent of I erence are needed to channel benefits to those those who are hired; con- veterans most in need of employment assistance versely, women account and to respond to the pressing employment needs for 41 percent of those of women and minorities. who pass, but only 27 The federal government is the nation's leading percent of those who are employer of veterans: they make up about 50 per- hired. cent of the total federal work force, as compared The exact nature of the with about 25 percent of the national work force. changes that should be General veterans' preference, however, has not been made has not been de- effective in addressing the problem of young, unem- cided. Options include ployed veterans. There is significantly more unem- limiting the time during ployment among veterans between 20 and 24 than which preference can be Chairman Alan K. Campbell

Civil Service Comm - among non-veterans of the same age. Rates of un- used, limiting its use to us - employment for non-veteran young women and entry only, limiting its use by retired military who young minorities are even higher. need it less, and strengthening its use for disabled In the federal work force itself, veterans' prefer- and Vietnam-era veterans who need it more. ence unintentionally works to the disadvantage of No final recommendations will be made to the both women and minorities. President without the most careful consideration The federal civil service does a commendable by the Commission and full consultation with vet- job in hiring women and minorities. Unfortunately, erans organizations, Congress and others. But, as most women and minorities are employed in the I said before the National Economic Commission lower-paying jobs, and efforts to change that situa- in Denver last August, I believe that the changes tion are complicated by veterans' preference. In the being considered are needed and that they are highest federal positions there are only 3 percent based on two fair propositions: (1) that this soci- women and 3 percent minorities. ety demands a redress of the unfair treatment of Very simply, giving veterans—a group that is women and minorities by institutional procedures predominately white and 98 percent male—extra that have excluded them from opportunity, and points on the entry examination for professional- (2) that any such redress should not alter the rea- level jobs and giving them absolute retention sonable and legitimate obligations we have to those preference where employment reductions are nec- who have served their country under arms. essary results in a high percentage of veterans in Neither of these propositions should supersede the higher level jobs and a low percentage of the other. women and minorities in those jobs. The relationship between veterans' preference and employment of women is illustrated by its effect on those who pass PACE, our Professional and Administrative Career Examination. Veter- ans account for 20 percent of those who pass the

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38 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1978 Preference Be Modified?

Reluctantly, one con- date, preference for Civil Service is granted only cludes that the Car- for those disabled while in the military. ter Administration is not Now, American military recruiters are having a satisfied with attempts to difficult time obtaining high quality people in suf- reward those who were ficient numbers for our all-volunteer forces. Gen- draft-dodgers or served eral veterans' preference in federal employment the armed services in a would be an important incentive to attract enlist- less than honorable man- ments. Congress ought to restore that preference. ner. The Administration U.S. Civil Service Commission Chairman Alan also is attempting to take Campbell continues to argue that veterans' prefer- federal employment ben- ence discriminates against women and minorities. efits from those who an- Minorities served in Vietnam in percentages Rep. Charles Thone swered their country's higher than their ratio to the total population. (R-NE) call and gave their best. Therefore, veterans' preference is a means by which Beginning with legislation in Plymouth Colony more minority people can gain federal jobs. in 1636, veterans' preference has been firmly estab- Since World War II, women have played increas- lished not only as law but also as a basic American ingly important roles in the U.S. military. There- policy tenet. fore, veterans' preference can be a way for more All arguments made in years past for veterans' women to gain important federal positions. preference in the Civil Service System still apply. Unless the law is circumvented (and at times Preference is a small attempt to repay partially it has been, I'm afraid), only Congress can take for sacrifices made by those who served. Since away preference veterans now have. Congress has veterans of Vietnam received less public apprecia- made it perfectly clear it has no intention of doing tion than those who served in earlier American this. Therefore, Chairman Campbell should begin wars, it's doubly important that we at least protect to uphold veterans' preference enthusiastically, or their federal employment benefits. resign and lobby against it as a private citizen! Preference is a means by which veterans catch up with economic, on-the-job and educational progress made by those who didn't serve. Unemployment is higher for 20-24 year old Viet- nam veterans than for comparably aged non-vet- erans. It is certainly appropriate to use preference to reduce unemployment among these veterans. America has been going the wrong way on vet- 1 erans' preference, in my opinion. For nearly 35 I have read in The American Legion Magazine for February the arguments in PRO & CON: "Should years just passed, all served the Forces who Armed Veterans Preference Be Modified?" were given preference. Anyone who entered mili- IN MY OPINION THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION IS: tary service between Dec. 7, 1941 and Oct. 14, 1976 YES NO was granted veterans' preference. Since the latter SIGNED ADDRESS

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1978 39 . . .

Veterans Newsletter

NO PENSION CHECK THIS MONTH? HERE'S WHY; pensation and pension checks can be mailed

VA pensioners who did not receive their overseas. . .Certain VA education benefits checks Feb. 1 may have neglected to complete are available but should be checked before income questionnaires sent them in Novem- moving or traveling.

ber. . .VA sent a letter instead of the January check explaining why payments have NEW VA NATIONAL CEMETERIES ON SCHEDULE; been suspended. . .Monthly stipends are based The Veterans Administration National on the annual income of the recipient. . Cemetery construction program is reported Affected pensioners should immediately proceeding on schedule. Riverside, CA will contact their Legion Service Officer or accept its first interments in late 1978, the nearest VA office. according to VA national cemetery director Carl Noll... A cemetery at Indiantown Gap, GI HOME LOANS UP LAST YEAR; The VA PA is scheduled to open early in 1980. . .First reports that 1977 applications for both interments at Otis Air Force Base, MA are appraisals and home loans reached the highest expected in 1979; Calverton, NY, currently peak in more than 20 years . . . Loan guaranty troubled by environmental protection officials attribute some of the increased questions, is still scheduled to open in business to the 1975 law that eased GI loan September and the Quantico, VA cemetery is eligibility, removing restrictions which to open in September of 1980... "All are on prevented more than one use of eligibility. . schedule, plus or minus three months," Since June 1944, more than 9.8 million Noll said. veterans and service members have borrowed $138 billion under the program. NAVY ROTC CHANGES LINE OFFICER GRAD - UATE QUOTA; Beginning with the class of 1981, the Navy wants 80 per cent of its ROTC graduates who are to become line officers to have degrees in math, physics, chemistry

or engineering. . .Only 20 percent with liberal arts degrees will be destined to

command ships or divisions . . . Chief of Naval Operations Adm. James L. Holloway III feels that the former 60/40 ratio was insufficient to insure that enough line officers were provided with the technical foundation to

command in a nuclear and electronic Navy. . Critics feel that the Navy may turn into an Spearheaded by the efforts of Past Post Cdr. Arthur Piatt of organization of technocrats not geared to Post 52, The Joint Veterans' Group of Bellaire, OH erected a monument to honor area citizens who gave their lives in the provide diversity and perspective in command. Korean and Vietnam conflicts. The memorial was made possi- ble through donations by 800 individuals, businesses and fra- NEW DIRECT DEPOSIT METHOD FOR VA CHECKS; ternal societies. Principals at the dedication were, left to right: VA has introduced a new way to arrange Past Cdr. Piatt, USAF Brig. Gen. Charles Lamb of Wright- Patterson AFB, Mayor John Fialkowski, Past Nat'l. Cdr. James direct deposit of benefits checks to savings Wagonseller (1974-75) and Program Chairman Charles Reese institutions. . .Financial institutions can use government form SF-1199A which, when FBI LOOKS TO HIRE VIETNAM VETS, D IS- filled out by them and the depositor, author-

ABLED ; FBI Director Clarence Kelley has izes the VA to send checks for direct deposit directed FBI field offices to contact VA to the recipient 1 s account. hospitals to make available employment quali- fications and information relative to FBI SUPREME COURT ORDERS NAVY TO PAY BACK

1 entrance positions as part of the Bureau s BONUSES ; The Supreme Court has ruled that the Affirmative Action Plan. . .Kelley called Navy must identify and seek out some 40,000 specific attention to positions in the Data people who may be eligible for $140 million Processing Section for those confined under the 1968-70 variable reenlistment to wheelchairs. bonus system. . .The system was an incentive for critical military skill personnel to TRAVELING OVERSEAS? SOME VA BENEFITS reenlist. . .The navy removed certain skills L IMITED; Veterans planning trips overseas from the critical list, resulting in the should check with the VA on the availability loss of bonuses for several thousand sailors of veterans benefits abroad. . .Veterans . . .The Navy is establishing a Claims Section with service-connected disabilities should to first handle the 2, 500 plaintif s in the have a VA statement to that effect in order court case, then 25,000 still on active duty to obtain paid emergency hospitalization and, thirdly, former service members or in a foreign country. . .Military hospitals their dependents. . .Direct inquiries to Chief overseas cannot serve veterans unless they of Naval Personnel, VRB Claims Section, are retired from military service. . .Com- Washington, D.C. 20370.

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Fresh from an 18-day trip to the Far East, National Com- mander Robert Charles Smith has reasserted American Legion confidence in the growing economic importance of all Asia, particularly The Republic of China on Taiwan and The Republic of Korea. "Our friends and allies on Taiwan and in South Korea have reason to be concerned about our national will to live up to our responsibilities," Smith said in a major foreign policy speech Jan. 4 in Los Angeles. "To withdraw U.S. strength from that part of the world, where it is truly needed

to maintain peace and stability . . . and to risk further iso- lating ourselves from that area by possibly losing control of President C. K. Yen (center) hosted National Commander Smith and his party when they visited The Republic of China. the Panama Canal strikes us as being totally unrealistic." Left to right: Taiwan Post Cdr. Kirk Henderson; T. Y. Chao, Based on first hand observations in Asia, the Commander Nat'l. Cdr. Presi- Director of Taiwan Veterans Assoc.; Smith; said that the United States should be "looking at the pro- dent Yen: Nat'l. Auxiliary President Mrs. Viola Moltzen; Alvin posed Canal treaties in terms of the world picture it Moltzen: National Security/Foreign Relations Division Director as G. Michael Schlee; Nat'l. Chaplain Rev. Fr. Walter D. Power concerns the credibility of our defense commitments to our free world allies." The majority of U.S. exports to Asia are shipped via the Panama Canal. NEWS of the LEGION Smith called on the American news media to keep the American people in- formed of the real dangers involved in Minneapolis Forum February 3 any Communist takeover in Korea. He reaffirmed the Legion's opposition to any withdrawal of U.S. Forces from Kick off Legion Energy Drive the Korean Peninsula. The Commander said he was impressed with the high The American Legion's Energy Program gets into full 'swing this month. morale of American troops in the Far The first in a series of regional energy forums will be held in Minneapolis East. Feb. 3. A' second forum is scheduled in Denver in early March. "They know their jobs and The Legion's Internal Affairs Division, with cooperation from the U.S. why they're here," he observed as he stood Department of Energy, is coordinating the forums with departments to with GIs at the Demilitarized Zone Site significantly increase public awareness in local and state conservation and where two Army officers were killed by development programs. National surveys indicate that less than half of North Korean soldiers in an August Americans believes there really is an energy crisis. 1976 incident. Each regional forum will bring together 20-24 leading representatives In Taipei on Taiwan, Smith said "The from diverse interest groups to discuss energy needs and environmental economic vitality of this nation is a concerns. Leaders in business and industry, energy producers, environmen- stirring tribute to the viability of a free talists, consumer activists, labor officers and state and local government and open economy and provides a di- energy agency officials are invited to participate. Some 40-70 Legion and rect contrast to the example provided Auxiliary leaders will be on hand to observe the discussions that are aimed by those states where the ruling regime at developing similar forums locally. exerts total control over not only the economy, but every facet of life." The Commander was received in Taipei by Panama Effort Stepped Up President C. K. Yen. In Los Angeles Smith said that The With the Senate vote on ratification These two measures are intended to American Legion, while favoring con- of the proposed Panama Canal treaties offset critics who say most of the com- tinued exploration of possible new re- expected this spring, The American Le- plaints against the treaties come from lationships with mainland China, op- gion is intensifying its grass roots cam- an uninformed public. poses any move to abandon U.S. de- paign to help defeat the measure. At this month's Washington confer- fense commitments to Taiwan. As Congress reconvened, surveys in- ence, Legion delegates will be given an In Tokyo, the National Commander dicated that some 40-45 senators are intensive briefing on the latest develop- met with U.S. Ambassador Mike Mans- still undecided on their votes. Only ments on the Canal situation before field. The former Montana senator, not- about 35 have gone on record approv- they visit home state legislators on ing that in the Western Pacific the ing the treaties. Each American Legion Capitol Hill. interests of the Soviet Union, China, department was urged to form a dele- The American Legion recently sub- Japan and the United States come gation to visit their respective senators mitted a statement to the House closely together, described the region as during the recent holiday recess to Merchant Marine Committee on the "strategically the most important area express home state opposition to the economic disadvantages to the United of the world." treaties' provisions. States if the treaties are ratified. The During his trip to the Far East, Each department has also been asked statement cited the inherent dangers in Smith also met with Legionnaires, gov- to organize a campaign to obtain a proposed toll increases, fixed annual ernment officials and military leaders in resolution from their state legislature payments to Panama and potential Pan- Hawaii, Guam, the Philippines and opposing the treaties. amanian political influence. Okinawa. (More photos on page 53)

42 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1978 FBI Agent Commander Is Trigger

Little Rock Leads in Crime Resistance

One year ago this month, then Na- reducing the attendant fear which for civic groups and schools. The post tional Commander William J. Rogers erodes the quality of life. also developed a media campaign. issued a call to American Legion posts Together with Post Adjutant Glen In July, Eberts Post presented its to develop crime Bennett and Alternate NECman Law- Crime Resistance Information Program resistance programs rence E. Fisher, Kelly proposed that at an Arkansas Department meeting in their communi- the post develop and distribute a where the pamphlet was unanimously ties. In a letter, also pamphlet containing crime resistance adopted for use by all posts in the state. signed by FBI Di- techniques any citizen can practice. Additional quantities of the pocket- rector Clarence M. Little Rock's FBI Crime Resistance sized pamphlet were ordered and dis- Kelley, Rogers Coordinator, Special Agent John N. tributed to all post commanders. pointed out that Meisten III, wrote the pamphlet based At the National Convention in Legionnaires have on "Crime Resistance Alert" tipsheets Denver, the Law and Order Committee traditionally been published regularly by the FBI. The of the Legion's National Security Com- in the forefront of 14-page pamphlet stresses practical mission adopted the pamphlet as the anti-crime efforts. crime resistance measures that can be basis for a revised, expanded version to He reaffirmed The taken at home, on the streets, on the be distributed nationally. The first dis- John T. Kelly American Legion's telephone, in cars and on vacation. tribution will take place at the Mid- resolve to work closely with the FBI Examples include ways to combat Winter Conference in Washington, D.C. and local law enforcement officials to con artists, how to foil purse snatchers, later this month. Thereafter copies can help overcome the criminal. tips on preventing automobile, boat and be obtained from the National Secu- One post that accepted the challenge bicycle thefts, and guidelines parents rity/Foreign Relations Division, The was M. M. Eberts Post I, Little Rock, can use to protect their children from American Legion, 1608 K St. N.W.,

AR. Post 1 already had a close relation- criminal acts. Washington, D.C. 20006. ship with the FBI through Post Com- An initial 6,000 copies were printed With more than 16,000 posts, The mander John T. Kelly, Special Agent in for the post membership. Little Rock American Legion is a natural potential

Charge of the FBI for the state of Post 1 claims to be the sixth largest leader in helping establish a safe envi- Arkansas. Cdr. Kelly firmly believes post in the United States. Under Cdr. ronment and reducing crime through that responsible citizen involvement is Kelly's leadership, Post 1 scheduled community participation in crime the key to effectively curbing crime and crime resistance information seminars resistance programs.

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1978 43 Auxiliary's Haven Quiet Museum in Indianapolis Mirrors Legion Women's America

At the last count, there were approxi- Gen. John J. "Black Jack" Pershing, mately 13,000 museums in the United and from the 1920-21 National Com- States. mander of the Legion, Hanford Two of the most unique face each McNider (IA). Each pays tribute to other across War Memorial Plaza in the American Legion Auxiliary for its downtown Indianapolis. role in establishing Mother's Day. We The Emil A. Blackmore Museum in had been little aware of this until we The American Legion National Head- actually saw the letters," said Miss quarters features dioramas of the D- Anderson. They are now framed and Day Landing in Normandy in 1944 are part of the museum. Mrs. Hobart and the Allied Attack against the Ger- and the ladies who served with her had mans in the winter of 1917. Inch-tall been to the White House and had ap- hand-painted soldiers reenact history parently been very persuasive with in rooms filled with military parapher- President Harding and members of nalia—World War I gas masks, helmets Congress in founding Mother's Day. and canteens, autographed photographs A case containing mementos of Dr. of great commanders. Kate Waller Barrett (VA), second Na- Quite a contrast is the American tional President, was donated to the Legion Auxiliary Museum in its Na- museum by members of her family. tional Headquarters. Dr. Barrett earned her doctor's cer- Dark, heavy wood borders the ceil- tificate before she was widowed in 1896. ing. The long hall is carpeted with an She was the wife of a minister and oriental rug. Gleaming brass banisters the mother of six children. During her and marble stairs wind up from the term as president (1922-23) she de- lobby. An antique grandfather clock veloped a program to meet the urgent chimes the hour and half hour in mel- needs of WW I veterans and their low tones that seem incongruous amid families. the clatter of electric typewriters and Dr. Barrett has been described as adding machines. "the President who brought the spirit How did this museum come to be of humanitarianism into the Auxiliary." built? What does it represent? Miss She was in her 70's when she served as Doris Anderson, who has been Na- National President and lived less than tional Secretary of the organization a year following her presidency. since 1964, explains, "The American "It's been said by those who should Legion Auxiliary was celebrating its know, that she literally spent herself as 50th anniversary, looking for an ap- president because she believed in medi- propriate way not only to celebrate a cal care for the veteran to such an milestone, but also give encouragement extent that she worked for it unstint- and inspiration. We had a great num- ingly," said Miss Anderson. ber of old pictures and historical ma- The efforts of Dr. Barrett and those terial. From this germ of an idea came who followed bore fruit years later in an epidemic. the establishment of the Veterans Ad- "Once the Auxiliary's Departments ministration and its system of hospitals. heard about the museum," she said, A case containing a collection of "material began to flow from every dolls in foreign dress attracts a great corner of the country. We realized we (Continued on next page) would need a room the size of a city block if we were to accept everything. It required a great deal of tact and con- sideration to accept or regret. "One of the most interesting dis- coveries in the Auxiliary files was three letters addressed to Mrs. Edith Hobart (OH), the first national president, from President Warren G. Harding, from Moltzen Anderson

From top to bottom, left: Curator Mrs. Norma Kerby places Past National President Mrs. Lawrence Smith's pin in a specially made ostrich egg jewel box; hand-carved water buffalo donated by Gen. MacArthur Unit 26, Dept. of the Philippines; two young visitors, Jason J. Sabotin, 5, and brother Josh, 3, admire an Auxiliary memorabilia cabinet. Insets: Mrs. Alvin Moltzen, National President; Miss Doris Anderson, National Secretary

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1978 45 Legionnaire Named VA Hospital Fire Chief Marrell Edward Hayes, Service Officer of Post 336, Tallassee, AL, has been named Chief of Fire and Trans- portation at the Tuskegee VA Hospital. Air Force veteran Hayes is a leader in local and state civic and church affairs.

Paradise Post 79, New Port Richey, FL presented its "Pageant of Flags" showcasing 21 rare American flags dating back to Revolutionary War Days during "A Salute to Veterans" at Veterans Village. Post 79 co-sponsored the event which included military and musical units as well as federal, state and local guest speakers POSTS IN ACTION

The Department of New Hampshire presented its annual Rev. William Swee- ney Membership Trophy (communities over 4,000) to Strong-Nourse Post 68, Littleton. Post 68, under the leadership of Cdr. Paul Perry (center), increased its membership from 38 to 145 in a "Last Chat", ridden by jockey Robert Gaffglione, won the Veterans Day American three-month period. Presenting the Legion Classic Purse sponsored by Harvey W. Seeds Post 29, Miami, FL at Calder award are Dept. Cdr. Joseph Schanda Race Course. Enjoying the victory, left to right are: Past Cdr. Randy Spreen, two (right) unidentified trainers, owner Mrs. Harold Williams, Gaffglione, County Judge Henry L. and Vice Cdr. Charles Mann Oppenborn, NECman-elect John Henry Philip von Hagen, 10th District Cdr. Stanley (left). M. Cann, Bobbie Oppenborn, Mrs. Kathleen Long, Ray Segelstrom, Claire Deconna and Post 29 Cdr. William J. Long

Highland Post 201, Louisville, KY pre- sented a record $50,1 10.34 check to the Louisville and Jefferson County Council for Retarded Citizens. The donation came from proceeds of the post's 25th annual Child Welfare Carnival which has raised more than a half million dol- lars for the Council.

North Tampa Post 334 was cited by The American Legion for conducting the outstanding Children and Youth pro- gram in Florida's 15th District. A special dinner honoring Boys' Nation Attorney General Marty Wojtysiak (3rd More than 100 showed up for the Sep- from left) was held by Sponholtz- tember organizational meeting of Mau- Deignan Post 183, Genoa City, WI. Meridian, MS Mayor Al Rosenbaum rice T. Webb Post 282, Atlanta, GA, Marty, the first boy from his area of (left) presents a gold eagle to Meridian a post exclusively for non-drinkers. Wisconsin to be a Boys' Nation delegate, native, Astronaut Richard D. Truly. Named for the late Georgian and for- plans to attend the Air Force Academy. Truly commanded the "Eagle" in the mer director of the Americanism Divi- Congratulating Marty are (left to right) NASA Space Shuttle exercise last year. sion for National Headquarters, the post Post Cdr. Ed Duesing, Walworth Mayor Rosenbaum is a member of is commanded by former Georgia De- County Cdr. Les Allen and 1st District Meridian Post 21. partment Commander Larry Coggin. Cdr. Ken Bouhl. 46 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1978 .

Tripoli Heroes Return LIFETIME FLASHLITE NEVER Urged By NJ Post NEEDS ADVERTISED NATIONALLY Sgt. Clendenon BATTERIES Cdr. Joe Balsamello, at $2.99 Newell Post 1, Leonia, NJ, read in the May '77 issue of The American Legion Magazine of the five unknown crew members of the USS Intrepid who gave their lives in Tripoli harbor in 1804 Sho< and are buried in Libya. Balsamello has actual size begun a campaign to have their remains returned to American soil with full military honors and to establish a na- Our most sens at i tional memorial in their behalf. value in 26 years! "These men were the first to die for our country in a foreign war," Balsa- mello said, "and they must be brought LIFETIME MICRO-POWER CELL home." NEVER NEEDS REPLACING He won support of his post and the last ... a flashlight that will attention of major New Jersey and New At MONEY BACK GUARANTEE never fail you, yet tiny enought York City newspapers. However, he has ELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL DEPT. ML-1 to fit easily in pocket or purse . . had no success on his own in mustering 210 S Des Plaines St., Chicago. Illinois 60606 and never needs batteries! Just cooperation from the Department of the Please rush on money back guarantee press the button and the miracle Navy. The Navy's official response, Lifetime Flashlites at 99c plus 1c for postage electric power cell creates a when queried by The American Legion 5 for $5. Limit5 per order. I am enclosing $ strong, bright beam of light. Cell {Illinois residents please add 5% Sales Tax) Magazine, reads: "Even though five continuously regenerates itself graves at Tripoli have been designated NAME so it lasts forever. Gold finish as American, the Navy has not been metal key chain included. ADDRESS able, through records, to identify what CITY STATE ZIP arc there. There are at bodies buried ELECTRONICS least two possibilities: (1) That the INTERNATIONAL 210 S Desplaines. Chicago, Illinois 60606 A Division oi Robert Kahn Enterprises, inc. graves contain five crewmembers of The USS Intrepid; and (2) that they contain five crewmembers of (the) USS Philadelphia who died in prison at Tripoli at about that time. Moreover, Sharpen your since there is no indication that preser- vation of the remains was accomplished, there is a distinct possibility that no chain sawlike a remains exist. Navy regulations require the authorization of next of kin for movement of remains. Identification of pro! next of kin in this case is a doubtful j undertaking. Therefore, it has been de- termined that removal of these remains to the U.S. is not feasible." Dissatisfied with this reply, Balsa- mello has enlisted the aid of Rep. revolutionary Harold C. Hollenbeck (R-NJ) who has chain saw sharpener asked the Navy to investigate the mat- grinds a razor sharp ter further. edge on any size chain Col. W. E. Ryan of the American saw using a specially made Battle Monuments Commission in grinding wheel. All you supply Washington says Balsamello's project is a Va" electric hand drill. The seems worthwhile but the country's tra- Pro Sharpener* assures the ditional position is to bury the fallen correct grinding angle and a where they lie overseas. However, Col. Pro Sharp Corporation built-in gauge maintains the P.O. Box 11378 Ryan suggests if the facts are stressed Newington, Ct. 06111 proper guide height. that these men are unknown, the first Please rush Pro Sharpener(s) at $12.95 each plus $1.95 postage and handling per unit ($3 00 outside to die in foreign conflict, that little or The Pro Sharpener produces U.S.) Send check, money order or Master Charge. No C.O.D.'s. no U.S. care is being afforded their a ground edge—much sharper M.C. # Exp. Date graves in Libya, and that it is a simple than a filed edge. Comes com- Conn. Residents add 7% sales tax. and relatively inexpensive task, enough plete with three grinding public and federal support might be wheels (enough for up to 30 .State_ _Zip_ summoned to support it. sharpenings) plus file a hand Important: To Insure correct grinding wheel size Interested Legionnaires can contact adapter. Indicate your Chain Saw Mlg Saw Model: Cdr. Balsamello at Post 1, 399 Broad Ave., Leonia, NJ 07605. 'Patents pending 30 Day Unconditional money back guarantee. II

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Taylor-Miller Post 21, Golden, CO teamed with its Auxiliary Unit to plant 13 pine trees, valued at $400, in the veterans' section of Golden Cemetery. The organizations also combined ef- forts to donate Christmas gifts to VA hospitals in Colorado. Leaders of Cedar County, MO veterans organizations (right) unveil a memorial to 71 county men who gave their lives in WW I, WW II, Korea and Vietnam. At left, TROY-BILT ROTO TILLER Missouri 7th District Congressman Gene Taylor addresses the community. Also on the platform is Wilbur Miller, Trent-Sallee Post 230, Stockton, who spearheaded the NOW COMES IN 2 SIZES: three-year project. Also involved were Koca-Reeder-Giddens Post 233, VFW Post 257 PONY FOR SMALL GARDENS, and WW I Barracks 651, all of Eldorado Springs HORSE FOR LARGE GARDENS.

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All keys, locks, parts, picks, special Readers who can help these veterans are award of a life membership to a Le- tools and equipment come with the The urged to do so. Usually a statement is needed gionnaire by a Post is a testimonial by those course at no extra charge. Licensed in support of a VA claim. who know best that such a member has experts guide you to success. Notices are run only at the request of served The American Legion well. Illustrated Book, Sample Lesson Pages FREE American Legion Service Officers represent- Below are listed some of the previously Institute graduates now Locksmithing ing claimants, using Search For Witness unpublished life membership Post awards KEY MACHINE earning, enjoying life more everywhere. Forms available only from State Legion that have been reported to the editors. They locks, picks, You, can, too. Coupon brings exciting Service Officers. Please contact CID # , are arranged by States or Departments. tools supplied facts from the school licensed by N. J. The American Legion Magazine, 1608 "K" with course. State Department of Ed., Accredited Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006. Otto Johnson, George Juenke, George Lee, Member, Natl. Home Study Council. Hugo Lembke, Irene Levin, Robert Mann Approved for Veterans Training. R/S Wave Barracks, Navy #128, FPO, San (all 1977) Post 132, Orange, CA LOCKSMITHING INSTITUTE Francisco, CA—Need to hear from com- Joseph Bognar, Ira Lee Turnbull (both Dept. 1221-028 Little Falls, N. J. 07424 rades who recall Lillian Frances Howard 1977) Post 65, Delray Beach, FL Div. Technical Home Study Schools was treated by the Lt. W (MC) doctor at Wm. Birchfield, Louis Cohen (both 1977) the Waves Barracks Dispensary at Oahu, Tom Carcelli (1976) Wilbur Cox (1968) Wm. LOCKSMITHING INSTITUTE. Dept. 1221-028 HI, April to November of 1945. Please con- Fowler (1964) Hiram Goodman (1963) Post Div. Technical Home Study Schools tact CID 437. 30, Albany, GA Little Falls. New Jersey 07424 Est. 1948 Fleet Training Center, Charleston, SC—Need Willard Shaw, Paul Osborne (both 1974) information from anyone who remembers John Preston (1977) Post 332, Rockton, IL Please send FREE illustrated booklet, "Your Oppor- James Kerlin was electrocuted by high Edward Calsyn, Elbert King, Leslie Becker, in Locksmithing," plus sample lesson tunities tension wires of 13,000 volts through his Theophil Cauwels (all 1978) Arthur Nelson pages. I understand there is no obligation and no right hand while working with paint lock- (1974) Post 350, Geneseo, IL salesman call. will ers on Feb 9, 1970. Please contact CID 438. Edward Ryalls, Jr. (1978) Charles Whipp USS PC 495—Need to hear from comrades (1977) Post 303, Swansea, MA Name.. Slone was injured when (Please Print) who recall Willis Keith Mishler, Dale Robinson (both 1976) he fell downstairs into the galley while Michael Hatta (1977) Post 153, St. Johns, MI stationed onboard PC 495 in the South Donald Anderson, Leonard Jensen, Kermit Pacific in 1945. Please contact CID 439. Johnson, Vernon Johnson (all 1977) Post 33, 10th Arm'd Inf Bn, 4th Arm'd Div. Co A— St. James. City/State/Zip MN Need information from anyone who re- David Kraft (1974) Post 27, Dover, NJ ._ Check here if Eligible for Veteran Training members Paul F. Price was injured by a Thomas Skillman (1977) Post 216, Glad- bazooka backblast which threw him ap- stone, NJ proximately 20 feet while stationed at Wm. Redfield (1975) Edward Licence, Paul Chaumont, Belgium, Dec. 22, 1944. Please Mclnish, Ernest Stumpf, Jr., Fred Batcher contact CID 440. (all 1977) Post 342, Freeport, NY USS Mastie (AN 46)—Need to hear from Arthur Knopp, Wm. Nazzaro (both 1977) comrades who recall Arthur Hunan Post 980, Hollis, NY suffered from stomach disorders, rectal Bernard Marhefka, Edward Pragacz (both bleedings and diarrhea while stationed in 1977) Post 1305, Binghamton, NY the South Pacific, 1944-46. Please contact Ethel Copeland (1977) Post 1838, Islip, NY CID 442. L. W. McCracken (1977) Tracy Moore (1972) 3727th QM Trk Co. 472nd Reg't—Need infor- Claude Morris, Carlee Montgomery, W. G. THOROUGHBREDS? mation from anyone who remembers Al- Stoner (all 1976) Post 53, Greensboro, NC fred Beyer injured his back in a truck James Baine, Keith Arledge, Walter Craw- HARNESS RACING? accident while stationed at Camp Mul- ford, Jr., Frank Crawford, Roy Bennett (all berry, Chabwa, India in 1944. Please con- 1978) Post 77, Hendersonville, NC DOG RACING? tact CID 444. Walter Marm (1971) Norman Stout (1976) from 1 Signal Radio School—Need to hear Post 639, Claysville, PA comrades who recall Leonard E. Stachard Godofredo Basas, Andres Bragasin, Isidro injured his back during a fall while sta- De Vera (all 1977) Louis Castillo, Allen Den- YES, tioned at Ft. Monmouth, NJ, Oct 1943. neson (both 1978) Frederico Gaviola (1976) Please contact CID 443. Post 1, Manila. PI 579th Motor Medical Depot—Need informa- Curtis Tate (1977) Post 151, Trezevant, TN Roy B. WE'VE tion from anyone who remembers C. M. Hale, Dan Hale, P. H. Hale (all 1977) Hensley was injured in a jeep accident Post 68, Narrows, VA while stationed at Tanawan Air Base, Life Memberships are accepted for pub- Island of Leyte, Philippines in 1945. Please lication only on an official form, which we GOT IT ALL contact CID 445. provide. Reports received only from Com- Ft. Knox, KY—Need to hear from comrades mander, Adjutant or Finance Officer of Post who recall Willie Konarik was injured in which awarded the life membership. TO MAKE ANY FUND-RAISING a volleyball game at Ft. Knox in June of They may get form by sending stamped, 1941. Please contact CID 446. self-addressed return envelope to: OCCASION A FUN-RAISING EVENT! USCG Cutter Cypress—Need information "L.M. Form, American Legion Magazine. P. from anyone who remembers Gerard 1608 K St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006." Grice contracted a fungal disease in 1943- the return envelope write ARMCHAIR RAGES is a complete film On a corner of 44. Please contact CID 447. the number of names you wish to report. package — official programs, bet 999th Fid Art'y—Need to hear from com- No written letter necessary to get forms. Albert L. Bisaga was "money", mutuel tickets, computer rades who recall burned on his left leg while stationed in forms, daily doubles exactas and Korea, 1951. Please contact CID 448. NEW POSTS information from available — providing your 40th Ambulance Bn—Need The following new posts were recently quinellas remembers Audio O. Shriver anyone who chartered by The American Legion: members with thrilling races in vivid was hospitalized and treated for hyperten- Leavenworth, color with authentic track sounds and sion while stationed at Ft. Fort Grant Training Center Post 98, CID 449. KS in 1942. Please contact AZ; Compton Post 719, Comp- commentary. 3rd Chem Mortar Bn—Need to hear from Fort Grant. comrades who recall Bernard A. Hertling ton, CA; Post Falls Post 143, Post Falls, Whether it's thoroughbreds, harness was permanently injured when a 4.2 mor- ID; South Side Post 91, Indianapolis, IN; inadvertently fired while sta- racing or dog racing, ARMCHAIR tar gun was Alford Post 389, Slidell. LA; Pit- tioned near Krefeld, Germany in March of Sgt. Earl fund-raising bet! RACES is your best 1945. Please contact CID 450. kin Post 210, Pitkin, LA; Oregon County Write now for free detailed brochure. 4th Arm'd Div, Co A, 37th Bn—Need infor- Memorial Post 631, Thayer, MO; James anyone who remembers mation from Post 158, Roanoke Rap- Ernest A. Walker injured his eyes and Russell De Berry Dept. AL-2 lung from road tar, July 6, 1944. Please ids, NC; Louisburg Post 228, Louisburg, contact CID 451. „ J NC; Mary's River Post 100, Philomath, 19-31 Mott Avenue 392nd FA Bn HQ Bat—Need 42nd Inf Div OR; Dorrance Township Post 288, Dor- Far Rockaway, N.Y. 11691 to hear from comrades who recall Harry Buchanan was pinned under an over- rance Township, PA; Brentwood American 327-2248 C. (212) turned jeep while stationed at Munich, Legion Post 156, Brentwood, TN; Earl G. INC. May 1, 1945. Please contact CID Germany, Post 186, Kodak, TN. 452. Underwood 50 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1978 Legion Drill Your Legislative Calendar Own Water Well

This is the status of Legion-endorsed legislative programs as of December 50...100...200 Feet Deep. 1977: Pension Reform—Rep. Montgomery (D-MS) has introduced H.R. 10173, a bill to improve veteran SAVE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS! pension programs. The measure is co-sponsored by Veterans Affairs Committee Chmn. Rep. Ray You can tap the vast, unlimited supply of good, clean, pure water (D-TX) and five other members of the beneath the surface of your property and have all the water you need for committee. Sen. Cranston (D-CA) plans to in- troduce a similar measure in the Senate. Sen. 2^ per day. Mclntyre (D-NH) has introduced an amendment What makes this possible is a remarkable invention called the Hydra- to the Social Security bill calling for automatic pension hikes when cost-of-living increases raise Drill. Amazingly, it is almost as easy and inexpensive to operate as a benefits. Mclntyre monthly Social Security The power lawn mower. In the last 10 years, thousands of people all over the proposal addresses part of the problem; hearings world on all pension reform measures are tentatively have drilled water wells with a Hydra- set for Feb. in both the House and Senate. Drill. NAS Study on VA Hospitals—Sen. Randolph If you want to (D-WV) held hearings in Beckley, WV, studying know more about this won- NAS recommendations affecting long-care geriat- derful way to drill your own water well and rics and problems associated with aging veterans. have a lifetime supply of chemical-free water Panama Canal Treaty—Nat'l Cdr. Smith sent a statement to Chmn. Ralph Metcalfe (D-IL) of for just pennies per day, then do yourself a the House Marine Subcommittee on the Panama favor. Send just $1 for our big, fully-illustrated Canal expressing Legion opposition to treaties. B-l Bomber—Congress is still sharply divided on information package including complete in- the B-l bomber issue. The House to rein- voted structions on "How To Drill For Water." The state $462 million in FY 77 funds impounded by Pres. Carter into FY 78 supplemental appropria- information package will be rushed to you by tions specifically to construct B-ls. The Senate return First Class mail. Satisfaction guaranteed still opposes any more funding. or your Senate Committee Chairs—Due to the death of $1 back! Sen. McClellan, Sen. Magnuson (D-WA) is in Deeprock Mfg. Co., Opelika, Alabama 36801 line to head the Appropriations Committee. Sen. Cannon (D-NV) would take over Magnuson's CLIP COUPON AND MAIL TODAY! Commerce Committee and Sen. Pell (D-RI) will Deeprock Mfg. Co. Dept. AL28 replace Cannon as chairman of the Rules Com- mittee. All are Legionnaires. Opelika, Alabama 36801 Veterans Preference—Civil Service Commission is Enclosed $1.00 . . . Please send me the illustrated informa- Chairman Alan Campbell has told Nat'l. Cdr. tion package including complete instructions on "HOW TO Smith that the Administration is considering mak- DRILL FOR WATER." ing the following recommendations to Congress this year: remove veterans preference for military retirees', remove all retention rights; leave prefer- PRINT NAME ence for disabled veterans in status quo; permit other veterans to use preference as often as ADDRESS necessary but within a set period, perhaps five or ten years. CITY Dependent Allowance Improvements—Rep. Mottl STATE ZIP (D-OH) introduced legislation providing addi- © 1977, Deeprock Mfg. Co. tional monthly compensation for disabled veterans rated less than 50 percent who have dependents. The bill satisfies the intent of Legion Nat'l. FAMOUS Convention Resolution 339. COLORADO 1860 Protection of Service-connected Ratings—Rep. 50 Roberts (D-TX) introduced a bill providing that $29 any disability continuously rated at or above $20 GOLD any evaluation for ten years or more for com- PC. pensation purposes cannot thereafter be rated STRUCK IN 10K (3 for S85) lower, except when fraud is proven. This satisfies Legion Resolution 308. SHOWN Legionville National Historical Site—Senate has EXACT SIZE 1 approved Sen. Heinz (R-PA) bill providing for SOLID GOLD the purchase of 22 acres in western Pennsylvania to establish a site to commemorate the first mili- Collector's item to hand down tary training facility established in the U.S. Bill to future generations! 'Private now goes to the House Interior and Insular Gold' was originally struck in Affairs Committee. the 1860's by assayers and Films banks. Limited quantity now Available restruck in genuine 10K gold Films from the recent Public Broad- • SOLID 1 0K gold ... not 'filled' or plated! casting Service series, "The American • Plus serial numbered certificate of gold authenticity! Short Story," are now available to • Display case and history included! 10 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE! American Legion posts and other non- Centre Coin Co., Box 1, Dept. AL-2 Sherman Oaks, CA 91413— Enclosed please find profit organizations for the cost of mail- for gold coin(s) plus for golden holder (bezel). 5 ing and handling. The series includes Please add 1 .50 for insurance & handling. Mastercharge BankAmericard Exp. Date stories by Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Acct. No. Fitzgerald, Richard Wright and Sher- Name wood Anderson. For details, write Address __ Marjorie Lebow Ruitmann, Learning City . State. -Zip In Focus, Inc., 230 West 13th Street, Due to gold fluctuation, we may New York, NY 10011. withdraw offer at any time. 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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1978 51 OUTFIT REUNIONS

Reunion will be held in month indicated. For particulars write person whose address is given. Notices accepted on official forms only. For form send stamped, addressed return envelope to O. R. Form, American Legion Magazine, 1608 K St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006. Notices should be received at least five months before scheduled reunion. No written letter necessary to get form. Earliest submission favored when volume of requests is too great to print all. ARMY 15th U.S. Eng— (Apr) Russell Montgomery, 9 Pocono Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15220 23rd Eng (WW 1)—(May) E. A. Randall, 1118 E. Lime St., Tarpon Springs, FL 33589 53rd Inf Regt—(May) Jack Lynch, 1820 2nd St., Wasco, CA 93280 224th AAA S.L. Bn, Bat C (WW 2)— (Feb) Wm. Cassidy, 246 W. View Dr., South San Francisco, Administrator of Veterans Affairs Max Cleland (seated) visited Pennsylvania's 7th CA 94080 803rd Dest Bn Recon Co (WW 2)—(May) Congressional District and was awarded a citation by Post 214, Upper Darby, PA. Walter George, 3617 S. Osage, Indepen- Left to right: Past Cdr. Joe Dougherty, Congressman Robert W. Edgar, Legion County dence, MO 64055 3037th O.B.A.M. Co. of 139th O.B.A.M. Committeeman Jack Sheehan, Post Cdr. Chuck Voorhees, Dept. Director of Veterans Bn— (Apr) Bill Davis. 1012 Grove St., Wilson, Affairs & Rehabilitation Robert Vogel and Delaware County Cdr. John Gilmore NC 27893

Leon V. Lanning, 85, former New NAVY TAPS Big York NECman, died Nov. 1 in Eg- "T" Vets— (May) Joseph Medico, Sr., PO Box 8423, Fountain Valley, CA 92708 Brig. Gen. S.L.A. Marshall, 77, noted gertsville, NY. Mr. Lanning, a WW I Helicopter Sqds (VX-3, HU-2, HC-3 & Sat military writer and historian, died Sqds)—(Mar) Gene Hicox, 176 Fiore Ct., veteran, was New York Department N. Ft. Myer, FL 33903 16 in El Paso, TX. Among Biloxi December Commander in 1944-45. USS (CL-80)— (Apr) Padre R. W. Ricker, 1908 Grand Ave., Nashville, TN his more than 30 books was the best- 37203 seller, "Pork Chop Hill." A veteran of USS Chicago (WW 1)— (Apr) Paul Fleming, George E. Withington, Jr., Past Com- #907 W. Wagner Ave., Philadelphia, PA WW I, WW II, Korea and Vietnam, 19141 mander of the Department of Rhode Yorktown (VF 42)— as USS (Apr) Harold Mil- Gen. Marshall chronicled those wars ton, 553 Laughlin Rd. W., Stratford, Island, died recently. He was a mem- CT well as the Spanish Civil War, the 06497 ber of Riverside Post 10. Berlin Airlift, the 1956 Israeli victories AIR and conflicts in Lebanon and the Congo. 91st Bmb Gp (H) & Supp Units, Sta 121, Godfrey Child, 83, former Maryland Bassingbourn, England (1942-45) —(May) Robert Gerstemeier, 920 Woodlawn Dr., NECman (1942-48), died recently in Lansdale, PA 19446 Clarence Simpson, 89, a life member 390th Bmb Gp (WW 2)— (Feb) Patrick Rossi, Pocomoke City 58 Doat St., Buffalo, NY 14211 of the Montreal Post 1, Dept. Cdr. (1930-31) and Past NECman (1934, 1936, 1940, 1952) passed away Sept. Electronic 22. Mr. Simpson was one of the Ceiling Projector Clock founders of the Foreign and Outlying Depts and Posts Organizations of the 335 Legion. II?' I M Projects

E. Erie Cocke, Sr., 82, died Oct. 7 at the Time Atlanta, GA. Mr. Cocke was a National Vice Commander in 1922-23. He was on the father of Past National Commander your Erie Cocke, Jr. (1950-51). Ceiling

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1978 53 (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7) EARN EXTRA The Day Hitler Lost the War prepared for combat. Lt. von dem CASH-EVERY directed gunnery crews in Borne the 4? SATURDAY readying their 105mm and 37mm guns and the 20mm antiaircraft gun. MORNING! Lt. Just, below, prepared the tor- pedoes. Hartenstein studied his prey, lying unsuspecting in the distance. Zero hour approached. Carefully Hartenstein maneuvered his boat into position on the surface. The Sea silhouette of the Pedernales was out- an lined clearly against the lights on r\t>*>* shore. The order was given—the tor- pedo sped toward its target, striking the tanker amidships. The log of story: U-156 told the VENEZUELA 0801 (Berlin Time) —Surface shot at tanker—detonation after ward the refinery, with no visible 48.5 seconds. Tanker burned im- result. In disgust Hartenstein ordered mediately. a cease-fire, and set his course to- Two minutes later another torpedo ward the other end of the island. At shattered the tanker Oranjestad, an- least he might get another tanker. chored, like the Pedernales, in the (While the four other U-Boats in roadstead of the harbor awaiting the "Neuland Gruppe" carried 105mm clearance to unload its crude oil. guns, only the U-156 was assigned Burning oil quickly spread around to Aruba. The four others had dif- both ships. Crewmen scrambled ferent missions and the German High toward lifeboats or jumped from Command, for some unknown reason, slanting decks into the sea. Shouts failed to follow up after the U-156's EARN UPTO$11.50A and screams echoed across the fire- failure at Aruba.) PAIR SELLING lit water. The big tanker Arkansas lay at the Hartenstein, cool and precise as Eagle Pier, its tanks empty and de- QUALITY MASON always, ordered a change of course gassed. Hartenstein sent three tor- SHOES TO FRIENDS to 300 degrees. U-156, still on the pedoes toward the ship. One grounded AND NEIGHBORS. surface, moved along the coastline on the beach, one disappeared to until it was immediately opposite the seaward, and one struck the Ar- Earn $1 0 to $20 extra in spare- refinery, three-fourths of a mile off kansas, causing only minor damage. time weekend or evening the barrier reef. Furious and helpless, Hartenstein hours, writing orders from The gun crews stood ready, and, ordered U-156 to submerge. The friends and neighbors for qual- at von dem Borne's order, slammed pharmacist's mate treated von dem ity Mason Shoes. Show them the first shell into the breach of the Borne's foot as best he could, stop- our beautiful full-color catalog 105. The refinery and its hundreds ping most of the bleeding. The with over 350 handsome styles of storage tanks were a massive wounded seaman, Businger, died for men and women in sizes 4- target—there was no way they could later that day. That night, some 17 1 6, width AA-EEEE. Write their miss. hours after the initial attack, U-156 order— the cash deposit isyour "Fire," von dem Borne shouted, surfaced for the funeral ceremony. commission. You invest noth- and the cannon exploded in a burst The next day U-156 left Aruban ing! Rush coupon today for of flying metal. One crewman lay on waters for Martinique, and von dem Free Starting Outfit plus ex- the deck, mortally wounded. Von Borne was put ashore for treatment citing Prize and Bonus Offers. dem Borne, one foot a mass of bloody at the Vichy French naval hospital. DEPT. MASON SHOE, G- tissue and splinters of bone, was Meanwhile, what of Hartenstein's Chippewa Falls, Wl 54729 slammed backward against the base victims? The Pedernales, although of the conning tower. What had gone critically wounded, did not sink. Her wrong? back broken, she drifted out to sea, MASON SHOE CO. A crewman dashed toward the a burning hulk. Eight of her crew DEPT. G959 conning tower with a report, in re- were dead, many of the surviving 18 Chippewa Falls, Wl 54729 sponse to Hartenstein's shout of rage. wounded or burned. RUSH FREE COLOR The round had detonated in the The Oranjestad sank within an CATALOG & FREE had failed hour, as fire consumed the vessel. STARTING OUTFIT TO: cannon barrel. Someone to remove the muzzle plug which Fifteen of her crew died. At Eagle Name: kept salt water out of the barrel there were no casualties from the at- when the boat was submerged. The tack on the Arkansas, but the next Address: cannon was useless, its barrel splayed day four demolition men were killed to City: and twisted. attempting disarm the torpedo Hartenstein, a skilled artilleryman, which had run up on the beach. State: examined the cannon. It was un- Three other tankers were sunk workable. He ordered the 37 mm that night by other U-boats of the Zip Code: — MAIL COUPON TODAY! — crew to open fire with their little Neuland Gruppe. The Lago tankers gun, and 16 rounds were arched to- San Nicolas and Tia Juana and the

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CITY .STATE . ZIP record of the hidden caches. The California experiment demon- Some receive gift certificates but strated two important precepts: never use them, buy plane tickets 1. An effective collection effort can Oh! the and never fly. Eccentrics leave be- be quickly initiated with only minor quests to missing heirs. Employees investment on the part of the state. change jobs without collecting their California was able to train state vacation pay. Many buy traveler's auditors to assess and identify un- checks—but do not cash them. claimed property holders and create Unclaimed cash and other aban- a comprehensive collection agency to doned assets lurk on the ledgers of bring home the abandoned funds. Re- in banks, insurance companies, retail coveries from just a few pilot audits stores and other businesses—an esti- helped fund the full program. Hanover mated $20 billion worth of unclaimed 2. Despite extensive advertising by assets. It has been suggested that the state, owners rarely came for- one in every 15 Americans has ward to receive their property, re- shoes! money waiting for him somewhere. sulting in a windfall for the state Common-law tradition gives the treasury. California keeps about 65 Put another $200 in states the right to hold—and enjoy cents of each $1 it receives in un- your pocket next abandoned prop- month with a Han- the use of—such claimed property. over Shoe sideline erty. In recent years, California and In 1976, New York reduced to five as your extra York initiated special programs years the period after which un- moneymaker. And New

get a free pair of shoes while you're at it! to recover abandoned property from claimed property must revert to the

Show friends and neighbors how to save more than private caches. Other states are fol- state. During the 1976-77 fiscal year, $15 per pair on . . . dress shoes, casuals or work lowing their lead. Long-standing more than $124 million went into shoes. Top quality, fine leathers, over 200 modern are the styles to choose from. abandoned property laws on that state's coffers. Show the picture-selling Hanover catalog evenings, books in 42 states. Generally, they To date, only California, New weekends, lunch hours. Don't sell. Let them buy! require holders of unclaimed prop- York, Minnesota and Pennsylvania Pocket your high commissions, wear your free erties to turn them over to the state have budgeted for the staff necessary shoes. FREE catalog and sales kit for 30-day no- of the owner's last residence. to perform routine audits of in-state obligation trial. All the states hold such property property-holders. But 14 state gov- No salesman will call. / MAIL F*EE TRML in trust for the benefit of the owner. ernments are constructing abandoned COI/pon However, government has the use of property programs to establish state The Hanover Shoe, Inc. until the true owner or controls until Dept. 2031 Hanover, Pa. 17331 the money over assets the rightful Please send catalog and sales kit for 30-day heir comes forth to collect it. About owner comes along. FREE TRIAL. I am under no obligation. No 35 to 40 percent of the funds are —Anthony L. Andreoli salesman will call. eventually returned to rightful own- Editor's Note: The author is a Name ers. Statistics indicate that states certified public accountant with collected $500 million of unclaimed Address. Alexander Grant Co., Chicago, IL. assets from 1944 to 1976. As much & City .State/Zip. as $19 billion may still be out there. In 1974, California initiated an aggressive program to recover aban- doned property—a model project bAODV spearheaded by a specifically-ap- pointed task force. The author was chief auditor. Our effort was the result of Gov. Jerry Brown's interest in service charges levied by banks on unclaimed savings and travelers checks ac- counts. He charged the banks with • Etsy Assembly witholding money that rightfully • Folds Up for Fast Storage - No-Scratch Plastic End Tips belonged to the state. • All Metal Construction - Eliminates Back Seat Crunch PLUS $1.50 Abandoned property revenues in SHIPPING & Allow 3 »eeks delivery, send cash, check. California increased from an annual or money order to: Clumbers Mf|.Co. HANDLING Wnuhachie, Tens 75165 104'/i Dallas Hoy . average of $2 million before the pro- THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE

60 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1978 \bur Dreams Can Become a Reality with a Duraclean Service Business Hundreds of men—previously working for salaries or wages— now enjoy greatly increased incomes, personal independence, and secure futures

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Inter-StateNurseries dren, two in the Air Force, I do not Hamtu,r 51640 delivers 8. iowa favor any form of selective service FROM SEED outside wartime. ALL KINDS AND FORMS Curious, odd-looking, strange spe- Seven Mrs. Ardell Newton cies of plants that thrive anywhere Ripley, NY with little care. Flowers of exqui- 25' site beauty and fragrance. Send Glads only 15c in coin for 50c Pkt. Postpaid & Guaranteed Sir: I am proud of the positions or 2 Pkts. for 25c and Seed and Nursery taken the Legion. PHPP Double your money back if by Some causes Catalog fKEE R. H. not completely satisfied are not popular, but we can live with SHUMWAY SEEDSMAN Dept. 306 ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 61101 New and superior varie- them a long time. We just might be ties. ..if bought name by part of saving our nation, again. they would cost 75(*. Colors range from white Charles L. Anderson to purple, pink, rose, Catano, PR yellow, lavender, orange MARTINS FLAGS This year we added Sir: I am 90, a veteran of WWI DISPLAYS FOR Red Beauty — one of the I ORGANIZATIONS- brightest glads known. (aerial observer, 337th F.A.) and I TOWNS-SCHOOLS-FAIRS < r Big bulbs, 1 to V/4 sure hate that word "surrender." I Prompt shipment. Ask for our inches across. Will colorful WHOLESALE Catalog for 1978 bloom this summer. pray that every Legionnaire makes MARTIN'S FLAG CO., FORT DODGE, IOWA 50501 Our finest glad offer. the White House and Congress aware Free Catalog of his or her opposition to the Pan- ama Canal giveaway. Spring 1978. 84 colorful MAKE pages packed with values. R. R. Rosenquist INTER-STATE NURSERIES Frankfort, IN YOUR 2028 E Street, Hamburg, Iowa 51640 Sir: It's a shame and a disgrace that FREE Spring Catalog 7 Glads 25

How You'll Look Sir: The St. Louis was not the only American ship to escape to With A Hearing Aid? sea during the attack on Pearl Har- bor (December issue.) The 111. free offer of Chicago, —A Phoenix and Detroit and several de- special interest to those who hear stroyers also escaped to join Adm. not understand words has but do Bill Halsey's task force in an unsuc- ONE OF announced by Beltone. A been cessful search for the Japanese fleet. non-operating model of the small- THE MOST UNIQUE RAdm. J. Frank Harper, Jr. (Ret) est Beltone aid of its kind will be Centreville, MD IDEAS OF THE 70 S given absolutely free to anyone DISTRIBUTORSHIP Sir: of eliminating veterans' answering this advertisement. Instead Leads from 23 monthly National True, all hearing problems are preference on the excuse of helping Magazines. $10,000 minimum let's apply it vigorously to equipment purchase. Protected not alike . . . and some cannot be women, territory available. helped by a hearing aid. But the 562,000 female veterans who audiologists report that many earned it. John Campbell *"/ grossed over $60,000 the can. So, send for this free model East Boston, MA first ninety days. " —Bill Smith.San privacy of Jose, CA. now, and wear it in the Sir: Thanks for the "Yeomanette" not a real Call Mr. Landers Toll Free: your own home. It is article (November.) I was one, and 1-800-527-7438 hearing aid, but it will show you am a 41-year Legion member and or write: can be. It's how tiny hearing help past commander of San Diego Wom- COSMOTOLOGY yours to keep, free. The actual #TIRE en's Post 451. Rose M. Volkman 10920 Indian Trail, Dept. third of aid weighs less than a Vallejo, CA Dallas, TX 75229 an ounce, and it's all at ear level, * Documentation furnished upon Sir: Although the 24th Division did in one unit. request remain in Hawaii for the first two These models are free, so we years of World War II (December suggest you write for yours now. Name issue) most of its men on duty Dec. Again, we repeat, there is no | Address 7, 1941 were transferred and fought I cost, and certainly no obligation. Phone No. on Guadalcanal, New Georgia and in Thousands have already been .State_ I other early campaigns. I City today to Dept. mailed, so write William Weider 4612, Beltone Electronics Corp., Philadelphia, PA 4201 W. Victoria, Chicago, Il- linois 60646. (Continued on page 6^)

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1978 63 NOW YOU CAN OWN THE (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 62) Sir: Congratulations to Cdr. Smith LAST COMPLETE SILVER SETS MINTED! on his forthright message opposing the Panama treaties (December). The 1964 S. P. Williams 90% Silver Martinez, CA Philadelphia or Sir: The United States must devote more attention to rebuilding our Denver Mint merchant marine. Look at Russia's Collections record. Only 9 percent of our ocean with the freight is carried on U.S. flag ships. Frank Moore Kennedy Marshfield, MA Half Dollar Sir: Americans who feel a sense of Novel Numismatics Guild, Inc., Dept.AL200 gratitude to those who have fought 31 Second Avenue. New York, N.Y. 10003 These brilliant, uncirculated coins were last produced our wars should dedicate one day a Please send the collections checked below. I enclose in 1964, but the Novel Numismatics Company is mak- Check, Money Order, for the amount of year to visit a veteran's hospital. ing them available to you now. For just $12.95, you $ (N.Y. Residents please add sales tax.) Loneliness is a sickness unto itself. can have either the Philadelphia or scarce Denver 1-5 CoinPhila. Set—$12.95 +$1.00 p.p. Mint Mark collections, or, for just $23.00 you can 1-5 Coin Den. Set—$12.95 + $1.00 p.p. Visits are always appreciated. have both coin sets in one collection. 1-Phila. and Den. Set—$23.00 + $1.00 p.p., Sidney Sampson The Denver sets were the last coins produced with hndl.. ins. Save $3.00 2 Phila. and Den. Sets—$43.00 + $2.00 p.p., Phoenix, AZ a mint mark! Production of all 90% silver coins has hndl., ins. Save $11.00 now been stopped, including the John F. Kennedy 3 Phila. and Den. Sets—$62.00 + $2.50 p.p., Sir: I totally disagree with the letter Half Dollar bearing the rare "D" mint mark. Instead, nndl., ins. Save $19.50 of Tim Deneen (May.) should since in 1965, they are now minted with an inferior 5 Phila. and Den. Sets—$100.00 + $5.00 Why combination of copper and nickel with no silver con- p p., hndl.. ins. Save $35.00 we allow a draft dodger or deserter 10 Phila. and Den. Sets— $190. 00&$5. 00 tent at all. benefits p p., hndl., ins. Save $65.00 the same that good men These historical collections are displayed on a royal earned? It's like a man who deserts blue velvet background in a handsome presentation Name his dusty land, watches another irri- case. Makes a lifetime heirloom gift to be handed Address. down from generation to generation—should in- gate, fertilize and raise a crop, and crease in value with the passing years. City State Zip then demands half the harvest. Charge my: BankAmericard Master Charge Our supply is strictly limited. All orders will be American Express Visa Joseph M. Richardt filled on a first come, first shipped basis. This offer Master Charge Inter Bank No. Prairie, may not be repeated. Each collection is sold on a Sun WI money back guarantee of satisfaction. Credit Cd. No Exp. Date Sir: Our commander presumes that Our company has been in business for over 25 years and we are a member of the Retail Coin Dealers Association. Signature any FBI act committed against a J citizen in the name of law enforce- ment is legal. He should speak for the protection of individual rights

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64 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1978 !

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(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 26) How They Spanned The Golden Gate

—was driven home by Edwin Stan- ley, the man who had put in the first steel one. Some 83,000 tons of structural steel, 24,500 tons of cables, suspend- ers and other steelwork, plus 389,000 cubic yards of concrete had gone into the bridge. A week-long com- munity fiesta began on May 26, 1937, Now you can own a to celebrate completion of the bridge. The following day the bridge was opened to pedestrians and 200,000 of CONVERTIBLE them paid a nickel each to walk it, picnic and dance on the roadway, will soon be a collector's item! and marvel at the breathtaking view. The Golden Gate Bridge has be- This beautiful replica of the famous 1963 Cadillac convertible will soon come synonymous with San Fran- be a collector's item. Every detail is reproduced perfectly, with real rubber cisco. Often it is called the Statue of tires, tinted windshield, black vinyl-like upholstery and highly polished Liberty of the Pacific Coast. In a silver-chrome color finish. 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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1978 67 !t with ride Red AMERICAN Wear P - > white and blue American FLAG PIN PERSONAL Flag, handsomely gold plated for use as Tie Tac, Lapel Pin, or Ladies Acces- sory Pin. Show that "you care.. .and are proud." 1978—REPEAT OF 77? Special Offer • Buv One • Get One Free Only $1.00. L. Hoagland . .Dept. A i STOVES FOR HOME-HEATING. P.O. Box 553, Spring Lake, N.J. 07762 THE BASICS OF CREDIT REVIEWED. MY PIPE COSTS YOU NOTHING if it isn't the greatest Unless the government decides to stimulate the economy with a sizable tax cut, 1978 will be pretty much a repeat of 1977, experts predict. Spe- you ever tried! cifically: I'll loan you a new Duncan Hill air- cooled pipe for 30 days' free trial Cost-of-living: Up maybe &V2 percent—which is just a mite more than it's coolest, smooth- to prove the last year; most obvious in food and transportation. est pipe you ever smoked. Needs no filter ever. Hidden air vent cools smoke, by- Wages: A hike of 8 percent to 9 percent is in prospect—about the same passes moisture, sludge. No bite, no as in 1977. HOlLaa bitterness, good day after day. Write today for FREE TRIAL OFFER. Housing: Barring a major shortage of insulating material or mortgage DUNCAN HILL LTD. Dept. 1 -B8 money, another big year looks likely 2.2 million residential starts. That's 70 West Drive, Hartville, Ohio 44632 — a splendid figure. THE ORIGINAL Unemployment: As in the past, this will be a thorny situation. A rate of 7 percent to 7 V2 percent may well continue to plague us. mi [email protected]

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Fishing tackle should be serviced at Don't oil the ferrule parts that fit to- least once a year, more often if it gether: just run the end of the male has received hard and frequent use. ferrule through your hair and it will The early months of the year, when have sufficient lubrication. fishing is slow, offer the most con- A monofilament line is the weakest • Solid rock maple con- venient time, especially for northern part of the tackle but its damage is struction (225 lbs!) fishermen who must prepare for the often unnoticeable until it breaks • 2 large capacity vises • Life-Time Warranty coming trout and bass spring seasons. when you're just about to land a fish. • Rugged 2" thick Bamboo rods are especially vulner- It through laminated top weakens use and by ex- • Massive vise jaws will able to damage. Silk windings should posure to sunlight. Professional an- work hold even delicate be carefully checked for fraying. They glers, who compete in tournaments for • kit form too Available in needn't be replaced unless they have • Easily disassembles for moving prizes, use a new line every day. Until now, quality home workbenches have usu- unwound completely. A little of one Monofilament line is tested for knots ally been too expensive and too small. This of the new super-glues applied to the and abrasions by running it through bench is available direct from the factory at an incredibly low price. frayed windings will hold them in a nylon cloth such as an old stock- GARDEN RESEARCH, Dept. 80712W WAY place. And if the varnish has been ing: if it runs through smoothly, it is Charlotte, Vermont 05445 badly chipped, a new coat is neces- free of these weaknesses. Some knots, sary. Quick-drying rod varnish is which can weaken the monofilament available in tackle shops. Line guides by as much as 90%, may occur acci- on the rod should be checked with a dentally while casting. Abrasions usu- magnifying glass; any that are grooved ally occur close to the end of the line can be smoothed with emery paper near the lure; at least three feet of the groove need not be removed com- this line should be discarded and the pletely, only its sharp edges which lure retied periodically during use. can soon damage a line. Ferrules Any fly line should be cleaned and which are loose on their rod sections treated with the pad and wax that should be tightened by heating each came with it when purchased. UNUSUAL STAMPS ferrule with a lighted match to soften Reels should be disassembled and WORLDWIDE STAMPS, ONLY 10C: Tonga Coconut the original cement, then allowed to Stamp, Space Station, American Bicentennial, Anteater, the parts washed in naptha to remove Bird, Fish, Olympics, Mini-stamp, Religious Painting, cool until the cement hardens again. accumulations of dirt, sand and Flower. All of these worldwide stamps from far-away If a ferrule is so loose it can be pulled exotic lands for ONLY 10C when requesting approvals. other debris. An empty plastic or Select those you like, return the rest. Cancel service any- off easily, heat the end of a new stick cardboard egg carton is handy for time. Please state age. of cement with a match, place a drop DOUGLAS COOK, Dept. AL-1 Las Vegas, Nev. 89119 holding the parts and screws to pre- in the ferrule tube, then insert the end vent loss. A special reel lubricant of the rod section and let harden. should be applied to the gears before reassembling them—don't use oil ex- cept where required. U.S. COINS BY THE POUND! Men's Wide Shoes EE to EEEEEE • Sizes 5-13

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1978 73 —

ONLY FIVE DOLLARS DOWN

I owe my soul to VISA My clothes to Central Charge, g7 @2xafe Minimum monthly payments Do annually enlarge.

I try to scrimp in small ways, A car I don't possess; The vehicle I travel on Is American Express. Food's become a luxury; I'd have to skip the grub, I wouldn't be a Diner If it weren't for the Club.

Discipline is difficult; It's clear in this regard That all I've learned to Master Is handing out it's Card.

—Linda Barnes

GENERATION GAP: To the average youth today "Strauss" means levis, not waltzes.

—Raymond Cvikota

The stork is really smarter than the owl. The owl asks: "Who, Who?" The stork knows who!

"The country's finally caught up with us- —Audrey Earle it's talking about a cashless society."

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE BEANS AND FRANCS

French restaurants are so exciting With their menus en francais; CAN'T WIN I never know what I've ordered Just how much I'll have to pay! If a man runs after money he's money-mad; if he keeps it he's a capitalist; if he spends it he's a playboy; if he doesn't get it he's a —R. C. Shebelski ne'er-do-well; if he doesn't try to get it he lacks ambition. If he gets it without working for it he's a parasite; and if he accumulates it after a lifetime of hard work, people call him a fool who never got anything DIPLOMACY: Telling your husband he out of life. has an open mind, not holes in his head. —Lucille Goodyear —Ruth Richards PREPARED The Scout director found an umbrella neatly rolled inside the bedroll

of a small scout. The director asked the boy to explain it. "Sir," sighed the scout, "did you ever have a mother?" \SUP£fj NARKer sweepstakes —Mary Ruddy , HAPPINESS HANGUP

They say it's better to be poor and happy Than rich and miserable, too; But some of us would settle for being Moody and moderately well-to-do. —Ruth Walsh THESE DAYS We're living in unusual times of pocket calculators, pocket cameras, pocket recorders, pocket radios. Everything for the pocket—except money. —Gene Forster IN SPITE OF DROUGHT? California has to be the cleanest state,

One way or another. . . It's washed by the Pacific on one side And cleaned by Reno and Vegas on the other! —Carol Mayfield FOLK SINGER: A person who gets rich singing how wonderful it is "There's a misprint on this price.

to be poor. It's the same as it was last month. —Ruth Richards THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE

74 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1978 There are some things you never want to change. Like the feeling you get when you reel in that first big one. An old familiar feeling. An excitement that never changes. Like the feeling you get with every single sip of Smooth as Silk Kessler. So consistently smooth. Unchanging.There's no smoother whiskey at any price. Like Kessler, the best things in America never change.

hank goodness the best things in America never change.

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TRUE STORY ! At 2 A.M. on the 10th day out in the South China Sea, a world- travelling Haband customer, a retired U S Army Colonel from California, awoke in horror to the scream of the ship's fire siren and jumped into his Haband Slacks. Cast away in an overloaded lifeboat, he endured a "most horrible ungodly typhoon, eventual pickup by a Japanese tanker & an overland trip thru the jungle to Singapore." Back home after his 3-day ordeal, the press reported these made- in-U.S.A. Haband Knit Dress Slacks could not be distinguished from the other fresh-from-the-dry-cleaner's trousers in his closet!

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Yessiree ! In a time when every man has to watch what he spends, many smart business and professional men have turned to Haband where they can count on good quality and honest long wear. And now is a good time for you to take advantage of our low 2 for 17.95 deal too! We will be proud to send you any two pairs in your exact choice of size and color for your convenient AT-HOME APPROVAL. Try them on. Show your wife and family. Then decide. Read the complete GUARANTEE on easy order form. And, ACT A T ONCE! Haband's 100% polyester NO-IRON ffe ^HAI! KNIT SLACKS 2 17* 3 for for 35.50 HABAND Company, Direct Service Dept. 26.75 4 265 North 9th St., Paterson, NJ 07530 AVAILABLE IN SIZES: Gentlemen: Please send me pairs of Waists 29-30-31-32-33-34-35-36-37- these slacks, for which I enclose my full 38-39-40-41-42-43-44-45-46-47- 48-49-50-51-52-53-54. remittance of $ Inseams 26-27-28-29-30-31 -32-33-34 GUARANTEE : If on receipt you do not want to keep and wear these slacks, return them to COLOR What What Haband for full refund of every penny you paid us. Waist nseam

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