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OCTOBER 1952

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VOL. 53 No. 4 your facial skin is irritated from shaving— probably because you're CONTENTS FOR OCTOBER, 1952 using a razor blade ground like a HOW THE REDS MADE A SUCKER OUT OF ME 11 penknife and you have to "bear BY EDWARD G. ROBINSON down" to shave clean. A famous movie star takes you behind the scenes. PAL's patented Hollow Ground FIRE IN THE NARROWS (fiction) 12 process makes "bearing down" BY CHICK MANWARING Concerning two rangers and a disillusioned wife. unnecessary. You shave with a This is a scene that REDS IN KHAKI 14 light, light stroke; your face is cool, will be duplicated in hundreds of Posts BY HARVEY MATUSOW when L e £ i o n n a i r e s as fold to HOWARD RUSHMORE relaxed— your skin isn't irritated, come marching home from the Convention. How commie GIs went all out for Stalin. is left smooth as a teen-ager's! POSTMASTER: Please send copies returned You owe it to your face to try I'M A SMALL COLLEGE FOOTBALL FAN 16 under labels Form 3S79 to Post Office Box BY R. WILSON BROWN 105 5, Indianapolis 6, If you want football fun, try the little colleges. Indiana.

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THE RED DEAN KILLED IN ACTION

Sir: Many people believe it is England's Sir: Our sincere thanks to you for run- trade with China, not free speech, which ning a notice in the July issue concerning enables the Red Dean to travel freely in our son Kent. It has brought a response foreign countries and broadcast without re- from one of his comrades now living in 15W strictions the outrageous "big lies" against Auburndale, Mass. On the morning of LA PROVINCE DE the U. S. The Red Dean's vicious speeches April 23, 1951 this boy was in a foxhole are obviously a great aid to our enemies with Kent and saw him killed instantly. and consequently a form of treason. If the April 23rd was Kent's 24th birthday. On aged Dean had spread similar falsehoods .Mother's Day, 1952, we received official MCbec against the Queen of England the govern- notice of his death, after having been noti- ment would have found means to stop him. fied on May 23, 1951 that he was missing The brilliant foliage, the clear sunlight, Wiliam Ross in action. His remains were sent home and the long cool nights, combine to make Brooklyn, N. Y. buried him on 17th. If had not Fall a most enjoyable season to tour the we July we heard from his comrade we would always scenic highways and picturesque romantic T Free speech in England is hard to define. towns and villages of historic Quebec. have been in doubt in our minds as to Soon after Her Majesty's Government re- Here you will be welcomed with true what happened to him. It is a comfort to fused to intervene in the case of the Dean, French-Canadian hospitality in comfort- us to that he did not suffer and if a young Briton was arrested for shouting know able modern inns hotels. and he had to be killed that it happened quick- "Go home, Gromyko," when that eminent For maps and booklets, write to: Provincial ly. He was only seven months in the Army Publicity Bureau, Parliament Buildings, Quebec diplomat arrived in England. Editors City, Canada; or 48 Rockefeller Plaza, New and only four weeks in Korea. York 10, N. Y. Mrs. Jane W. Stinger WILL NOT BE MOVED Ocean City, N. J. Sir: With reference to the Roper Opinion Poll upon organizations influencing a per-

son's vote, this is to inform >-ou that I wouldn't allow the Legion to influence my A GREAT 22 CAL. vote for dogcatchcr or garbage collector. AUTOMATIC Robert C. Salander Ft. Collins, Colo.

FOR ONLY T Has the Legion ever asked you to vote for any candidate? Editors

REBUKE TO HARWELL

Sir: Ernie Harwell's Baseball's Hall of Blame in the August issue makes interest-

1 5-shot magazine ing reading but His inaccuracy is revolting Straight line feed to the oldtimers who know better. De- Open sights .... scribing the Merkle incident, Harwell said GOOD EXAMPLE Monte Carlo stock Moose McCormick singled for New York. If such had been the case Merkle would Sir: The picture on the front cover of your have been a hero and not a goat. For the June issue was to remind people to register good of the Legion, get the box score of so they may vote. I am not old enough to vote. I only 16. Since I a printing that game. Print it and then request Har- am own well to keep his articles accurate or quit. shop I decided to print some of the signs Frank Keller if you don't care. I can give them to people Montandon, Pa. to post or place in booths or in buses. Chester Baldridgo INFERIOR WEAPONS East Point, Ky.

Sir: Have just read Are We Giving Our POLES VS. LITHS GIs Inferior Weapons? in the August issue. Why they are inferior I'll leave to the ex- Sir: In the May and June Sound Off there perts, but I do know one small reason why has been a controversy regarding whetlier our tax dollars have less buying power. My the great patriot Kosciuszko is Lithuanian husband is employed in an aircraft plant. or Polish. Being of Lithuanian descent I He says every day there are enough people decided to find out for myself and have with nothing to do but mill around up and done some research on this subject. I am down the aisles to staff and run a factory. sure you will agree with me that a person Name Withheld drawing up his last will does not falsely Pacific, Mo. misrepresent any facts. In view of this. I

4 • The American Leqion Magazine • October, 1952 would like to quote from Kosciuszko's last Acheson as such. To my mind your maga- Paris on 28, 1806: zine has resorted to McCarthyism. Repeat w ill, made out in June OONT LET ' lie and it will make Know all men by these presents that I, the big often enough Thardo Kosciuszko, formerly an officer of the country hysterical. Tell me one thing. ADDED QUARTS the United States of America in their Revo- Did your magazine support Adolf Hitler lutionary War against Great Britain and a or merely stop at Franco? Bob Leavitt BREAK YOUR native of Lithuania in Poland at present Bangor, Me. ." residing at Paris do hereby will . . BANKROLL.. Olga Savitskas Knights of Lithuania, Council 135 Ansonia, Conn.

TOO MANY PIX?

Sir: I enjoy the stories and articles in The American Legion Magazine but aren't you going overboard in the amount of space you are giving to pictures? I'm one of those people who like to read and I think there arc a lot more Legionnaires like me. DISGRACE Why not cut down on illustrations and use old favorite that space for giving us more solid reading Sir: Last week I visited my Barracks, .Mo. It made matter? Wm. H. Vogt. Army Post, Jefferson me sick, then angry, as I looked over the Syosset, L. 1. sad picture before me. Windows broken, Y How about it, readers? Let's have your windows boarded up, destruction every- Editors comments. where you looked. I asked myself, why is this fine old Army Post allowed to fall into ruin? I suppose that the Army camps OUR NEW FLAG that were built in the swamps of the South Sir: When I heard that our Navy Station during the war are being used now. This

at Norfolk, Ya., lowered our flag and is a disgrace to the great state of Missouri raised in its place the UN flag with a 16- and the Army. Howard VV. Roberson salute, I of gun thought George Washing- Ina, III. ton at Valley Forge kneeling in the bloody snow under a blue sky with bright stars asking God to make US a nation instead OUR THANKS TO MR. HILL ADD LESS OIL of a colony. I also thought of our men Sir: If no one has done so I would like to on Iwo Jima fighting and dying to raise BETWEEN CHANGES give a membership in the Legion Post near- our flag. I plead with you most earnestly est to his home to my namesake R. D. Hill. Excessive oil consumption to ask your readers to read Undermining That is, if he would like to belong to the the Constitution by Judge Thomas James can make driving needlessly Legion. Not knowing what the dues to that Norton. Keller Kirn, Sr. J. Post might be, I am enclosing a check for expensive. Now is the time to Lancaster, Ohio $5.00. Robert S. Hill change to Pennzoil and Stuart, Fla. get quality motor oil that lasts CUT OUT THE GLAMOUR This generous act was inspired by the reference in our issne to the four dis- longer. Pennzoil is specially Sir: I have just read Are W e Giving Oar July abled veterans returning from Korea who Gls Inferior Weapons? in the August is- refined from 100% Pennsylvania stopped off at Nashville. sue. I have seen Russian weapons, captured Editors crude, the best and most stable in Korea, and can't figure out why the United States known, with the Jelujh-JiCrri doesn't cut down on the WE HOPE SO TOO glamour of our weapons and work more that safeguards your engine from Sir: on the efficiency. I am only 12 years old My membership dues in The American in but hope something is being done about Legion are well spent if only fighting sludge, varnish and carbon. By communists. Thanks for articles like Let's this. My mother and father arc both officers keeping pistons, rings and in The American Legion. Look at Our Foundations in the August Clark Welch issue. I hope that Legionnaire Congressmen valves clean and smooth-running, w ill take the leadership w ith Eugene Cox Durham, N. H. you use less oil with Pennzoil (D. Ga.) in investigating those foundations. Let's get action. The foundations that no matter how hard or fast KIND WORDS FROM AN AMBASSADOR haven't been funds. guilty can provide the you drive. Change over now! C. Lesnick Sir: For a long time I've wanted to tell yon J. Switch to Pennzoil . . . about what a good job the magazine's do- Joliet, III. ing and somehow or other when you think of it, you forget it again because you know ANY SECONDERS? that you're doing a good job. However, to Sir: I think your magazine is about the make it official from this newly established Legion Post of ours down here we want only one that is making a real effort to to congratulate you. bring the facts of our current predicament Thomas E. Whelan to light. For myself, I have read enough to American Ambassador make me want to take action, but I don't Managua, N icaragua know what to do. I'd like to suggest that you undertake a series of articles telling just what can be done on the Post level. I GIVES All ENGINES AN EXTRA MARGIN OF SAFETY McCARTHYISM! would like to see a lot of workable plans Momber Pcnn. Grade Crude Oil Assn.. rermit No. 2 that any Post could use to arouse a com- Sir: I would like to take exception to your munity to take action. PENNZOIL® MOTOR OIL AND LUBRICANTS article branding Owen Lattimore as an un- c. Benn Forsyth AT BETTER DEALERS . . . COAST TO COAST desirable. You have also classified Dean Webster, N. Y. The American Legion Magazine • October, 1952 • 5 —

Martin 336.35 Rem ALGER GETTING OUT?

We hear that Alger Hiss, diplomat extraordinary, will soon be up for parole, with a chance of being sprung in Novem- ber. One of our friends with an evil-type IN 3 anti-communist mind spots something HOW phony in this fact. "Could it be," he asks, "that all this business about forgery by typewriter, which was thrown out of court, was built up for its effect on the members of the parole board?" FAVORITE Frankly we don't know. The only thing we can be sure of is that Alger is a slick article.

THEY'RE YOUR IDEAS MODEISJ Now and then someone asks us what prompted a certain article. In most cases, suggestions for what we publish come from our readers. They may not be offered as such, but it is the sum total of what we hear from our readers that determines what goes into this magazine. In the course of any month we receive thousands of letters and manuscripts, offer- ing ideas, asking questions, approving or disapproving of material in the book, and expressing opinions on many subjects. From these we can get a pretty good idea of what

is uppermost in the minds of readers, and we plan accordingly. This is only as it should be. The Ameri-

WORLD'S GREATEST BRUSH GUN — can Legion Magazine is not edited to pro- the only one combining fast-handling mote the interests of anyone or of any lever action with the crash-through group inside or outside the Legion, and the power of .35 Rem.—made possible by only thing we consciously try to sell you editorially is a greater love of country' and Marlin's development of new type a greater interest in our organization. Our round breech bolt. as editors, is to give you the kind of And for Smoother Shaves— job, Side ejection and low hammer spur reading matter you want and to make it "MAGNETIZED" MARLIN BLADES permit snuggest possible central 'scope as interesting and sound as possible. Actually "magnetized" for smoothest mounting. Now available in the three It should be pointed out that this maga- edges possible. Double-edge. In Safti- zine cannot publish material which does most-wanted models, all with high- Quik Wrapper. (Also Marlin single- not follow official Legion mandates, as laid accuracy Ballard type rifling! edge blades.) down at our National Conventions and by RIFLE (Model 336—.35-A, at top)—6 shots, the National Executive Committee. But 24" barrel—$89.95*; CARBINE (Model 336 this in turn means that the control is yours, —J5-C, center)—! shots, 20" barrel— because their mandates are yours. $78.95*; SPORTING CARBINE (Model 336— r COUrON-MA.V TODAY. VMUAei8 .35-S, at bottom)—6 shots, 20" barrel $78.95*. See all three HOW THEY BEGGED, BORROWED AND STOLE i \ at your local dealer. If none available, write us for name and In A4ay 1942 a group of Russian officers \ \ address of nearest one. rushed into the office of an American catalogue Send me *£^j£2E£plus ne^ Many Marlin dealers have a lay-away \ MarUn Guns, „ \ Army captain at Newark Airport, furious fCtrations of A)so plan. Ask W, h You your dealer about it. Marlin "More Fun . booklet, nce) products because "Soviet honor" had been outraged. i I on sale in U. S. A. and Canada. send me a pack Marlul the captain "^Rouble-edge 'Prices They hauled to a window and ° slightly higher west of the Rockies. i 10* for handling. I enclose showed him a fighter plane being readied Sr BW for shipment to Murmansk. It had been THE NAME FOR GAME slightly damaged by an American Airlines plane so the Russians demanded that (a) r the pilot be shot and (b) American Air- 1 A4 lines be banished from the airport. ilkrun The captain tried to laugh it off but the Russian colonel demanded that a phone 1 FINE GUNS SINCE 1870 call be made to the Soviet Embassy. He spoke to Molotov, who in turn spoke to Many Hopkins. The offending pilot w asn't shot but soon thereafter an order was issued barring Newark Airport to commercial airlines.

This is the start of a new book by a 32- Bob Waterfield, ace quarterback of year member of the Legion, From Major the Los Angeles Rams and top Pro Jordan's Diaries, published by Harcourt, football strategist, says, "Buy the Brace. It shows in shocking detail not only Prest-O-Lite Hi-Level Battery that how the Russians obtained military secrets, needs water only 3 times a year in normal car use ... it lasts longer, large quantities of uranium, etc., but also too!" how they had priority over our own fighting forces in many fields, and who planned it that way.

NEW APPROACH

This book marks a fresh approach to the general subject of communism and other forms of subversion. Unfortunately, some books dealing with such matters arc more informative than interesting. Lately, however, the books are becoming more exciting so it is possible to learn about subversion without becoming bored in the process. Another such book is The Devil's Advocate, a novel by Taylor Caldwell, also a Legionnaire. This takes the reader a few years into the future and shows him the kind of life he will live in the brave new world of the super-staters. If you haven't read this exciting but disturbing book, we'd suggest that you do so. Still another thriller is Ralph Dc Toledano's Spies, Dupes and Diplomats. This is real cloak and dagger stuff, but the villains are live people.

WE SALUTE

Reuben H. Levy

To get the right kind of radio programs on the air, the right kind of sponsor is necessary to pick up the tab. Some months ago Legionnaire Reuben H. Levy, president of the Kingston (Pa.) Cake Co., and a member of Post #395, Kingston, was offered the sponsorship of "I Was a Com- munist for the FBI," the program which tells of Matt Cvetic's nine years in the communist party as an undercover FBI agent. Many businessmen would have based their decision on whether or not the series would sell their products, but Reuben H. Levy had a different standard, one which has won him numerous citations for contributions to the Legion and the community. Convinced that the series would be a powerful weapon against communism he arranged to sponsor it on six stations: WBAL, Baltimore; WIP, Philadelphia; WGBI, Scranton; WILK, Wilkes-Barre; WISL, vmssmr'M\H CAR tf NORMAL USS Shamokin; and WAZL, Hazelton. "I Was a Communist for the FBI" is heard on !" many other stations through the good ... LASTS LONGER, TOO offices of other public spirited sponsors. In Battery Company, Inc., Toledo 1, Ohio saluting Mr. Levy we also salute those other Prest-O-lite good people. SEE YOUR PREST-O-LITE DEALER FOR FREE PRO FOOTBALL SCHEDULES lh& American Legion Magazine • October, 1952 • 7 —

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By EDWARD G. ROBINSON

". Edward G. Robinson says, . . If any man is accused of communism falsely, he owes it to himself and the nation to make a statement of his true position. If he will not do so, I for one would take the charges against him most ." seriously . .

Mr. Robinson, whose name, prestige and money were used by communist causes in the past, here fits action to his words with a statement of how it happened to him.

His article is consistent with the record, and with the peculiar climate the communists created during fifteen amazing years of infiltration and confusion in the Holly- wood community. EDITORS.

The following is from the record of a hearing on April 30, 1952, when I, Edward G. Robinson, appeared as a witness before the Committee on Un-American Activities of the U. S. House of Representatives:

mr. kearney: Mr. Chairman, I also believe that in justice to any individual who conies before this committee, it should be noted in the record whether or not the committee has any information that the individual is a Communist. mr. walter: Well, actually this coiiiviittee has never had any evidence presented to indicate that you (Air. Ed- ward G. Robinson) were anything more than a very choice sucker. I think you are No. 1 on every sucker list in the country.

Even if there are "millions of 'em born every minute" it is not easy for a man to admit to having been a dupe. But I've had to admit it and I want to tell you how it happened; not only to get it off my chest, but because (Continued on page 62)

Edward G. Robinson in the role of Browne in the 20th-Century-Fox film Tales of Manhattan.

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leaned an arm across the saddle. He By CHICK MANWARING hadn't realized until this morning, how much she'd hated it here, how much she worried about him. He could remember her exact words. They'd been turning Art lassiter watched the "Let's get this blaze out," he said im- over and over in his mind all day. sweaty rump of the horse patiently. "I'm going to keep that date / can't stand it any longer. You've got

1 Burdish was riding top tonight." to promise me that this is your last trip. the sun-scorched ridge and "Maybe." Art climbed into the saddle. He'd tried to laugh it off. Had told disappear from view. A momenr^ater, He'd learned from long association that her it was just her mood, that she'd get lie joined Burdish in the shade of the Burdish liked to complain and gripe; but over it. But she had been dead serious, high pings. He dismounted, threw the he was a good man if you watched him and the shock of her next words had reins over, the horse's head and turned close enough. made him physically sick. to the big-boned man sitting in the "Maybe, hell!" Burdish exploded. "I've / won't be here when you get back, Art. saddle. lost too many good times because I had He'd tried to explain then how he "We'll take a breather." He walked to keep my tail hot chasing fires. And felt. Almost desperately; as he'd never to a knoll nearby, the dried grass crack- what do I get out of it? I'll tell you what attempted to do before. He'd told her ling with each step. He took the binoc- — nothing but beefs from the big boys that this was his life, that it was all he ulars from the case hanging on his hip on top." He lit another cigarette and knew, or wanted — that he'd feel like and sighted over the long range of smiled sardonically as Art reined in to a chipmunk on a treadmill in the city. mountains beyond. He was a tall, lean, make sure the match was out. But when he'd finished, her eyes still young man, with sandy hair, blue eyes "Slow, careful Art." He waited for hadn't held the understanding he'd and a serious expression that was even Art to draw alongside him. "Why don't hoped to see. more serious at this moment. you wise up? Get yourself a job in the He remembered that he'd gotten his After a while Burdish said, "How's city. Give Clare a break. A woman gets hat from the hook on the wall, and that it look?" pretty tired seeing nothing but trees." it had seemed to take a long time, as "Still a lot of smoke." Art lowered the "Wind's coming toward us," Art said. though it were happening in slow mo- glasses before saying more. He was a "You can smell the smoke now." tion. Forced, unreal. He'd paused at the deliberate man in speech, as well as in "What's a ranger's wife get out of all door and looked at her, but she hadn't action, and was usually sure of himself this? I'll tell you what she gets," Burdish said anything, and finally, he'd told her before doing either. "Looks like it's went on, "nothing but headaches from goodbye. Just the one word. There somewhere near ifpper Falls Canyon. the back-breaking work they got to do. hadn't seemed to be any more he could It isn't too bad yet. Miles away from the nearest movie, or say then. He'd gone outside and joined "Hadn't better be," Burdish grumbled. washing machine — Burdish, who had been waiting. He got off his horse and lit a cigarette. "Reckon we'd better keep along the He looked up now as the plane buzzed "I got a date in town tonight." ridge a while yet," Art cut in. "Maybe them. It dipped its wings before heading "Better forget it," Art said absently. cross over on Granite Pass. What do for the pass; which was Sanders' way of He reached o\&P and picked up the you think?" telling them the fire wasn't too bad, for match Burdish had nicked away. He "Aw hell," Burdish's tone was dis- them to go ahead, and, Art knew, he'd broke it in two and threw it down again. gusted. "Do it your way. But I'll tell probably be back in two or three hours It was difficult to keep his mind on the you one thing, when I get me a woman, to see how they were doing. job ahead, when every nerve in his body I won't bring her to this "Well, let's get it was urging him to turn back. An urgen- God-forsaken country." over with," Burdish cy he knew he must control. Art didn't answer. He said. "Terrible dry this year," he said. "It's tried to keep his mind on They jogged along a wonder we haven't had some bad fires." the fire ahead. Burdish had the ridge in the mid- "Campers are maybe educated to a point. What did a rang- morning heat for an- break their matches before they throw er's wife get out of it? other hour, and crossi them away," Burdish said. He was Maybe he hadn't under- Granite Pass with frowning when he looked at Art. "You're stood Clare's side of things fireguard trail still bar the most careful guy I ever did see. Slow as he should have. Maybe of new growth and careful Art, they ought to call you." if he'd acted differently "Lot of work plow- < "Yeah." Art walked to the crest of this morning, she wouldn't ing out the brush,' the ridge and looked down the back be leaving him now. It was Art murmured, "but trail toward the cabin in the meadow an almost physical thing worth it." they'd left two hours before. A blue he felt at this moment; Burdish grunted ^fcfl^B^3 haze was drifting over the thick growth straining and pulling in something. He was of timber in the valley below, making him to turn back. growing more irrita- it difficult to see clearly with the naked A couple of miles along, ble as the day wore eye. He raised his glasses and steadied they stopped. There was on. About an eighth them against a pine tree. Clare just the far sound of a plane of a mile from the might be in the meadow to wave to him behind them. They sat and smouldering brush — but she wasn't. There was no sign of waited until they could sec fire, Art stopped and What did a ranger's wife life around the cabin. it. A Piper Cub, and headed dismounted. "We'll get out of a life like this? He put the glasses back^n their case. for the fire. leave the horses here." Slow, reluctant. He'd hope? she might "Old man Sanders," Bur- They trudged along have changed her mind; that she might dish grunted, "out to check on us." until they were within a hundred yards of have decided to stay. He walked back "It's his job," Art said. "If the fire's the fire. Art stopped, putting his shovel to the horses, feeling a sudden emptiness too dangerous, he'll send help." down. "You take it from this side," he in him. What could he do without her? They waited for the plane to circle told Burdish. "I'll catch it on the fa _Burdish was in the saddle waiting. the fire and return. Art dismounted and ( Continued on page 50 4 By HARVEY M. MATUSOW as told to HOWARD RUSHMORE

Outside Coblenz the two NCOs These French girls weren't looking talked about Paris. They knew for candy bars. They were com- some girls there and invited me. rades looking for GIs to join them.

rvey M. Matusow in 1944

As an organizer for the Labor Youth League I was active in setting up communist units in schools.

There were still Krauts who didn't dally necessary to carry on unlawful They took me to private parties, intro- ." know the war had ended when we work in the Army and Navy . . duced me to French gals — who weren't poked our patrol into the forests out- I didn't know in that Coblenz forest looking for cigarettes and candy bars. side Coblenz, May 7, 1945. that my two buddies were underground I had a working knowledge of the lan- I was with two NCO's in my outfit reds whose main job in the Armed guage and it didn't take long for me to and from our experiences of the day Forces was to recruit kids like myself put the pieces together. Joe and Roy before we knew the Jerries had some to Stalin's fifth column. were communists and the people they tough pockets of resistance scattered During the next six weeks Joe, Roy were introducing me to were French around and we had been told to be and I were busy on prisoner detail with comrades. careful. the Third Infantry Regiment and both On the rounds of our three-day When we stopped for a breather, Joe of them kept reminding me about the bender I met an American Army officer and Roy started talking about Paris and Paris trip. who boasted that he also was a party what they were going to do when they And they started talking politics. member and had met red army officers got their pass. About what a great man Henry Wal- who warned him that he must work for They knew gals there and apparently lace was and what the red army had the world revolution. were familiar with the city. "Like to done to lick Hitler. come along?" Joe asked me casually. I didn't pay much

"Sure," I said. "Why not?" attention but I real- The invitation and my acceptance ized that both men, launched a career that was to take a considerably older ilAlw^'1"^ 20-ycar-old Staff Sergeant into the com- than myself, knew munist party, into work for the FBI as a lot more about Jain < «> On Spending >i>r an undercover operative, and finally as political science ToG«RidOf01dMan« a witness in court trials and Congres- than I had learned sional hearings. in my high school

And along line I first- in the gained a the Bronx. [ DICTATOR CWJ^|£=£"££~;" hand knowledge of what the Communist We finally got a When Gen. MacArthur removed Cpl. Barnard Rubin from the staff c International meant when it proclaimed three-day pass and Pacific Stars and Stripes, a howl went up from like-minded character; back in 1920 from Moscow: "It is espe- headed for Paris. The day after he returned to the States he joined the Daily Workei

14 A first-hand account by a GI

who was recruited into the communist party by reds in Army uniform.

later on I met other American commies Back home in the Bronx I met with

in uniform at a GI university at Biarritz, other reds. Vets were told to My father, a WW I sergeant, objected to

while awaiting redeployment home. infiltrate veteran organizations. my activities. I finally had to leave home.

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Shortly after my 24th birthday I decided I volunteered for active duty with the Air Matusow before the House Un-Ameri-

I had made a mistake. I went to the FBI. Force. My background presented a problem. can Activities Committee this year.

I met other American communists in comrades. They didn't overlook a trick. Recruiting was not the only goal. uniform when I went to a GI university At any rate, I took a liking to the Military espionage for the Soviet gov- at Biarritz, France, while waiting for communists without knowing anything ernment; morale busting after the war

redeployment to the States. American about Marxism-Leninism. When I got was over; stirring up hatred against offi-

reds in my outfit were supplied with back to the Bronx in August, 1946 I cers (even though many party members party funds to purchase small arms and had a lively curiosity about communism were officers) and other tactics were ammunition which they in turn shipped and went to some meetings of the used by the comrades in uniform. to French and Spanish communists for American Youth for Democracy in my All of this had been part of the Mos- use at a future date. neighborhood. cow formula long before World War II. Soon the reds always had "friends" to The AYD had been for two years the I have quoted the directive of the 1920 guide my political thinking. Apparently successor of the Young Communist Communist International which was I had been tabbed in Paris as a likely League and was now presenting the carried out speedily by communists all recruit and through its espionage chain, revolution in sugar-coated form. I swal- over the world, including the United the communist party followed me with lowed the pill and took my first step into States. smooth-talking GI's and French girl communism. The year I was born (1925) Paul That pattern from the day in Cob- Crouch was court-martialed in Hawaii lenz to the time more than a year later for illegal work in the Army, including

when I became a formal red was fol- setting up the first communist party in lowed by the communists in our Armed the islands. His trial and sentence were Forces in World War II in the ETO, in used by the world red propaganda ma- the Pacific, CBI and every major base chine. When Crouch was dishonorably in the States. discharged and had served his sentence, Each of the 15,000 members of the he was made an honorary colonel in the communist party of the United States red army and taught military tactics in who saw service from 1941 to 1946 was Moscow. a recruiting agent for the fifth column. (Crouch later left the communist Indicted as a red leader, Simon W. Gerson, Their effort to sign up Staff Sergeant party and has become an expert witness left, was in the Army. Another red big shot, Matusow was only one of a thousand in many trials and Congressional hear- Louis Weinstock, was in the National Guard. examples. (Comhrned on page 56)

15 In a small college a football game is usually a community affair,

'M a Small College

Others can have their Yale Bowl

and Michigan Stadium. This writer will

settle for a little old bleachers.

ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN RUGE

High School at Andover, engaged. Schedules are made and loyal Mass., the school from alumni — and bookies, too — are thinking which he was graduated about odds. Sports writers are looking If a student wants to walk out on the field with coin, newspapers a player's laundry no one will seriou sly object. in 1934. Punchard, he up new words to and said, offered an escape will print more words about the edu- from what he called the cated toe of Joe Slushinsplutter or the june, Eddie Doherty submitted his "degeneration of college football." terrific run of Henry Loosepants than Inresignation as head football coach at We know exactly what he means. they'll print on the war in Korea and Rhode Island State to enter high Now that it's about football time again, the presidential election put together. school coaching, "a field where the term we're bracing ourselves for another When the season is ended, losing 'building character' still has some mean- win-or-resign season. Up in the big coaches will start looking for new jobs. ing." The former Arizona State at leagues, where the number of coaches Now maybe that's right up your Tempc mentor and star Boston College and officials equals the players, the con- alley. After all, that's football — Ail- quarterback took a job at Punchard tracts are signed and the players are American style. For me, however, I'll

16 with the whole town getting into the act.

Football Fan By R. WILSON BROWN

take my football Slippery Rock Teach- Missouri Valley, a school typical of the I knew every Viking from the first ers style. point I want to make. Football there day I entered college. When I saw those Doherty set the stage for me when he today is basically the same as it was fellows out there fighting, I saw 11 per- said: "In recent years college coaching years ago — one activity among many sonal friends — not just so many guys has degenerated to the point where the of a well-rounded college program — out of newspapers and nevvsreels. How success of a team is in direct proportion where students and alumni are proud many students at Columbia University to the amount of money a college is if they win but don't cry all over the (and I went there too), for instance, willing to spend to get high school place and yell for the coach's scalp if ever watch their team working out? For talent. The winning of games has be- they lose. one thing, they'd probably get chased come more important than the devel- if they tried to break into Baker Field. opment of men. I believe it should be They played as friends, rather than as After all, they might be spies for an the other way around." members of a couple of miniature armies. opponent. At Missouri Valley there art- I went to a small town college with no walls. Anyone can stand around and a small student body and that's for me. see a good scrimmage any old time he You can have your Yale Bowl and wishes. And if he wants to go out onto Michigan Stadium; I'll take the Missouri the field and stop the whole thing in Valley College Vikings' little old 500- order to tell a player that his laundry capacity concrete bleachers back in just arrived, that's okay too. Marshall, Mo. Only in the little schools Missouri Valley has a student body is football what it started out to be back of 350. So football, like everything else in 1906 when it became "the new game." there, is a family affair. Anyone who Of course everyone has a streak of wants to play is given the opportunity. loyalty for his own college — big or Do you think for one moment thar small. And I've attended both. But Hugh Drum was discouraged from join- there's a reason for harking back to (Continued on page 48)

17 TheIjEGIOIM

FOUR MILLION MEN AND WOMEN BEGIN ANOTHER THIRD OF A CENTURY OF LEGION AND AUXILIARY DEDICATIO!

Sept. 1, 1952, millions of American Legionnaires and heard and respected from the town meeting house to the OxAuxiliaries prepared to renew their membership at national capitol. By 1952 the Legionnaires had written a the start of the Legion's 34th year. story that could never be told in a neat history, but only in A third of a century was gone since a small group of millions of stories. weary doughboys gave birth to The American Legion at A faith expounded here, a word at the right time there, the Paris Caucus of 1919. a family tided over an emergency, far-reaching national laws They started with ^nothing that day, except faith in the written, strength thrown to a good cause, education and job need for an active group in America that would transcend training for millions, a dollar where needed most, memorial all creeds and group interests (as the doughboys did), and services, blood for the soldiers, care for the disabled and would forcefully implement (1) devotion to country, (2) cheer for the bedridden, leadership to guide and inspire fearlessly remembrance of the fallen, ( 3 ) preservation of the principles youth, internal enemies of America exposed, the for which they fell, (4) justice to war's victims, and (5) national traditions kept alive in the capitals and at home. faith in our youth and our future. In 17,000 towns, 48 states and the national capital (as well They might have called their idea A Union to Implement as in outlying territories and American communities abroad) the Gettysburg Address. They called it The American the list of Legion actions that expressed the common denom- Legion. They believed there was a need for such a union, inator of America was endless by 1952. Again the vitality and that if it were designed to carry it creed into action, of the Legion was expressed by memberships pouring into it would have vitality. national headquarters. They testified not to the mere words In September, 1952, who could doubt the vitality? of the Legion creed, but to the opportunity to put the words Four million men and women strong, the Legion (and to action that began with the Paris Caucus. its Auxiliary) that grew out of the Paris Caucus was an Here, in a few pictures, some of the action that is the unbelievable reality. The simplicity of its concept and the vitality of The American Legion is displayed, as the Legion strength of its union had given the Legion a voice that was stats its second third of a century.

Remember the Dead . . . Remember the Living

Legionnaires observe 1952 Memorial Day services on the green at On regular visit, Legion national field representative Norwalk, Connecticut. Simultaneously, in more than 17,000 U. S. checks on welfare & care of Bennie Johnson, WWII communities, other Legionnaires honored their fallen comrades. paraplegic, at Dayton, Ohio, Veterans Hospital. . th starts its 34- year m THE COMMON INTERESTS OF AMERICANS

PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANGELA CALOMIRIS

March, 1919. Less than 1,000 doughboys gather in Paris at the caucus that created the Legion.

Sept., 1952. Irving Larson and assistant at National HQ in Indianapolis empty mailbag of renewals from membership totaling nearly 3 million.

. . . And Build for America's Future . . .

Politics tend to divide a people. Yet Amer- icans hate to believe that the conduct of their affairs must forever start with the concept that half of our people arc all good and half are all bad. There is a hunger to express the national ideal which parties tend to destroy. The American Legion found something good in the major creeds of both political parties. It has been as militant as the New Deal in demanding specific programs to solve national problems and meet humane social responsibilities. It has been as militant as the staunchest Republican in keeping alive the great traditions from which our national vigor has sprung. Apparently millions believe that progrcs- sivism and great tradition must be allies, not enemies, between our shores. In the Legion, they have made a bridge between the con- tending and quarrelsome forces of all-or-

nothing of our tempestuous era. j Speaking of the early Legion, R. S. Jones wrote: "From the outset the Legion kept out of politics. continiKMl on next page»| Looks like a good-natured face-washing lesson. At statewide Legion-sponsored Scout jamboree, Hill Legionnaire Donald McClain handles Troop 220 for Bunker 19 Post of Wanamaker, Indiana. Legion sponsored 3,810 Scout units in 1952. conlini" '13™. Some Programs and Achievements

As a result it rapidly acquired great political power. It sup- group on our list which was named by substantial numbers ported no party, endorsed no candidate for office. All parties of both business and labor. It also has a wide appeal, appar- and officeholders sought its approval ... It was more power- ently, to white collar people ... its influence apparently goes

ful than any scheme of partisanship could make it . . . and pretty deep."

more often than not it had leaders of both parties working The "common denominator" conceived in Paris was still ." with it . . going strong. It had branched out into the fabric of Amer- In 1952, a Roper election-year survey showed that after ican life and exerted an influence toward the national ideal a third of a century, more Americans placed credence in on a host of American activities. the Legion's "political opinion" than in any other lay organi- Critics and analysts continued to have a hard time under- zation. (Legion, 23%; all churches, 22%; League of Women standing the Legion, chiefly because the Legion as a force Voters, 17%; combined AFL-CIO, 16%.) cannot be held under anyone's thumb. Its achievements and ". Explained pollster Roper: . . It (the Legion) is the only influence are as diffuse in the land as the American people.

Within The American Legion are the largest youth programs in the world. Among these, the biggest youth athletic program in the world is Legion Junior Baseball, embracing a million teen-age boys a year. Invisible colossus of youth programs is the Legion's Child Welfare program. It has 50,000 volunteer workers, last year steered nearly $8,000,000 into child relief cases. It is the largest volunteer child welfare organization in the world. On local level are tens of thousands of other Legion youth activities—orphans parties, school lunch programs, playgrounds and parks provided, outings run, safety programs, citizenship activities.

Legion is biggest organized sponsor of Boy Scout units. Legion emphasis on youth is simple. Men and women make a nation. Children make men and women. As our youth is raised, so our nation goes.

Start of race, above, is part of all-day safe & sane July 4 program sponsored yearly by Legion Post in Crestwood, N.Y., following severe fireworks injuries to kids 16 years ago.

Harry Shaffer, Legion field representative, visits veterans in a VETERANS VA hospital. Shaffer's territory is Ohio, Kentucky and Michigan. Field representatives regularly check all 154 veterans hospitals in

nation, make complete study of hospitals and patients. Then . . . What does a nation ow e its veterans? Reconstruct the man, said the Legion. The ex-serviceman, his dependents and the nation can't afford to let war ruin families and make bums, beggars and wards of fighting men, as war has done down through the ages. The first third of a century the Legion played the leading role in destroying the "old soldiers' home" idea as the keystone of national veterans policy. New, liberal outlook was capped w ith the Legion-written, Legion-lobbied GI Bill; with veterans medical program that emphasizes healing and re- training the disabled; with Legion watchfulness over the new programs on top, and continuous direct contact w ith individual veteran "on the bottom." Legionnaires learned, in many a bloody battle, that only their vigilance and their continued strength had built, and would preserve, the new concept. Arm amputee Edwin Brown, WWII vet, is not in soldiers' Nat l Director R. Shake checks one of 175,000 child home or on relief. He works as capable X-Ray technician. welfare cases that got direct cash aid from Legion Legion-backed Federal programs re-trained and hired him. last year. Square deal for kids is best bet for future.

From the start, the Legion urged preparedness, a universal civilian reserve, the removal of profit from war. It called the turn on Japan years before Pearl Harbor.

In 1920 it spelled out the meaning of communism that the next 30 years demonstrated. Its realistic defense and security policies and programs drew a large national following. But neither the Legion nor anyone else could remove the emotional distaste for facing up to calamity before calamity was upon us. Most Legion security measures have been adopted in dire emergency, not as the preventive measures they were meant to be.

Two Legionnaires show depth of Legion. J. R. Wilson, left, works on national level of security program, respected by Congress. Wilbur Stevens, right, is volunteer air raid spotter at Acton, Ind.

. . they report to central Legion desk at Indianapolis, Vet's rights are complicated by lengthy laws, reams of regulations, can re- slow, Nick Lynch (Indiana) reports to Jack Oakey, field quire top "legal" service. Below, Board of Veterans Appeals (Washington) irvice head. Hospital reports cover management of hears Legion expert J. J. Corcoran make case (for free) for Korea vet jspital, care and morale of patients, quality of food, etc. (back to camera). Legion medic, Dr. H. Shapiro (right) helps Corcoran. our Overtaxed Cars I Nobody gets more out of your car and i I i i your driving than the overworked tax collector. l \

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PHOTOS BY mm DONATO LEO If you wonder why a "low

IN THESE AND OTHER WAYS

Some of the taxes are out in the open, and are duly noted in the bill of sale. Most of them are carefully camouflaged. Whenever you get a blowout it Accessories such as auto- pleases the tax man because mobile radios also come of the excise tax on tires. equipped with built-in tax.

n new york city last month, the ist has been singled out to take on an $630, or 31 per cent of a $2,000 car de- proud owner of a new Buick increasingly heavy tax load. He has to livered ready for use in Detroit today. I found to his irritation that he had dig into his pocketbook to pay higher It gets this figure by adding up the to pay the tax collector $10—simp- taxes when he buys a car and its equip- direct taxes on the car—federal excise, ly to keep his car in the city. A Balti- ment, to pay new and higher taxes for state sales, registration— then lumping more secretary, who had just bought the supplies it takes to operate it, and in the total of all other taxes, including a $1,700 Chevrolet, was forced to part to hand over his pennies and dollars for income tax, paid by the manufacturer, with $34 more just to take title to her an impressive collection of new special his suppliers, and their employees. The glistening possession. In San Jose, Calif., levies and "nuisance" taxes. theory is that every tax along the line a new homeowner paid another dollar "When you talk about owning an is eventually passed on to the consumer to the city so that he could park over- automobile today," one auto-company in the price tag on the car. night for one more month, until his executive said a short while ago, "I'm Once he has bought and paid for his garage was finished. reminded of an old camp-meeting song. car, the average motorist can expect to Each of these payments — annoying, As far as taxes go, 'there's no hiding hand out somewhere in the neighbor-

if not purse-straining — reflects some- place down here'." hood of $75 to $100 a year in direct

thing that has been happening in most Just how much docs it cost the aver- taxes to operate it. (The exact amount, American communities since the end of age driver— in taxes—to own and operate of course, will depend on the taxes in World War II. As the costs of federal a car today? his particular state, county, and city.) and local government and of road con- The Automobile Manufacturers As- The Automobile Club of New York struction have climbed, the U. S. motor- sociation puts the initial bite at about figures the first-year load in operating 22 priced" car costs so much, it's interesting to know that a $2000 car has about $630 in taxes tucked in.

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It is hardly necessary to A lush source of revenue More cities are dipping in- It is estimated that the If the battery needs re- remind a motorist that he is tapped by the ubiq- to the motorist's funds by taxes on a gallon of gas placing there's another has to pay this tax yearly. uitous parking machines. means of such use taxes, cost more than the gas. tax that must be paid.

taxes at $92.50, including tolls for nights to find ways to take it out on there's no doubt that the car owner to- bridges and tunnels. The U.S. Bureau the motorist. day has become a prize work horse for

of Public Roads came up with a first- "Figure it this way," he said. "As a the tax collector. Here is a sample of year total of $70.86 a year, not includ- citizen, the car owner pays his full share what's ahead of him when he blows the ing tolls, in a 1950 study in Baltimore. of taxes along with the rest of the ink dry on a sales contract for a 1952 Over a 10-year period, the motorist people. He pays rent or real estate taxes, model. will probably have to part with from he pays taxes when he smokes, drinks, Federal excise tax. Congress last fall $750 to $1,000 in direct taxes, counting puts down a bet at the race track, car- raised the excise rate on passenger cars the taxes he paid when he bought his ries on his business, earns his income, from 7 to 10 percent of manufacturer's car, but not including various concealed buys a share of stock, or buys something price; the tax on accessories and parts taxes. The load will taper off each year that's covered by sales taxes. went up from 5 to 8 percent. On the as the auto mellows and spends more "Yet now he's being tapped for a slew spare tire on the car, the tax is five cents and more of its time in the garage. In of extra taxes—simply because he owns a pound. The motorist pays all this

the end, though, the car owner is likely a car. I'm not talking about taxes to pay when he "writes his check to the dealer. to find that direct taxes have taken be- for highways and roads— that's some- State excise tax. In four states— Maine, tween 10 and 13 percent of his total thing else. What bothers me are these Massachusetts, Oklahoma, and Wash- ownership and operating costs. general revenue levies. The truth is the ington—and the District of Columbia, "If you ask me," one embittered motorist today is being penalized for the car owner must pay a local excise motor-club official said a week or so having bought a car." tax. Maine taxes annually, using a slid- ago, "these tax people are lying awake Whether he's being penalized or not, ( Continued on page 60) 23 The workshop is quickly becoming part of almost every home. Recent architectural surveys indicate that over one half of all new homes built today are either equipped with a workshop, or that provisions are made for a later installation. This large number of

homecraft enthusiasts is not limited to any one sex or age group, nor any one class of people. The thrill of actually creating something with your hands, the feeling and longing for just such an ac-

complishment is universal and without comparison. Then, too, more than ever before you will find that a home workshop will pay its way in actual money saved on home repair and improvement. A complete workshop in which all tools are properly arranged, with plenty of storage space. For this latter reason, workshop tools should now be considered the man's home appliance much as the vacuum cleaner, washer, etc., are the woman's home appliance. Workshops do not call for wealth, technical training or unusual talents, but do open an unlimited field of oppor- How to plan tunity to those who are anxious to create things with their own hands. The shop itself may be equipped at the outset with hand tools already found in most homes for doing minor repair Workshop work. Power tools can be added as A Modern projects increase, one good tool at a time. Machine powered tools are no longer restricted for the use of full-time carpenters and expert shop mechanics, One of the best investments a home as they are now obtainable in light and portable models easy to operate. owner can make is described in this article. Workshop planning is a very broad subject, embracing just about everything that goes into the making of a good shop. Items which must be con- By ROBERT SCHARFF sidered include shop location, size, ac- cessibility, lighting, ventilation, heating, treatment of walls and floors, wiring, for my home repair and improvement some are little. Therefore, the size of

soundproofing and equipment layout. projects? Or will I have to have a make- your shop will depend largely on what In setting up the workshop in either shift arrangement to do them? There is you are going to make and how much a new or old house, the first thing to nothing more discouraging than trying equipment you plan to have. For in- consider is its location. The garage, the to work in cramped quarters. There- stance, if you are going to be working barn, the basement or a building sepa- fore, you will save a lot of time and with 8-foot pieces of plywood or 10- rate from the house are a few of the headaches, and do better work, if you foot boards, you need a space approxi- many desirable locations. When select- stop now and consider the size of your mately 12 feet square. It takes that much ing the spot, ask yourself the question: workshop. room to maneuver them. Good small Will my workshop have adequate space Some successful shops are big and shops can be set up in 7 x 10 foot spaces;

1. A portable electric saw is 2. Most versatile of the basic 3. The electric drill is 4. The drill also 5. It's also a tool sharpener a very handy tool. It can be power tools for the home shown being used as can be employed as well as planer, screw driv used also as a circular saw. shop is the electric drill. an automobile polisher. in sanding work. er, paint stirrer and buffer )

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The circular saw is the most useful of all power tools since 85% of all shop work is cutting. Get a good one.

The grinder keeps your A complete tool panel board with all the necessary hand tools. The complete cost of cutting tools in shape, all tools and cabinet shown here is under one hundred dollars in New York City. can be used for buffing.

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FOR COMPLETE BUILDING DETAILS, READ TEXT The bench shown here was de- made of %-inch plywood with a jointer to true signed to be practical and rugged, tempered Masonite top. Lumber The can be used up edges and surfaces perfectly. Com- yet simple to construct. Even if used should be the best possible, with drill you have never touched a wood- straight, high grade, kiln-dried bined a press you can make mortise tenon joints with ease. working tool before, you can fol- birch or pine. Oil top, stain and and low the complete plan and the list varnish bottom. If you are more of materials. Legs are 2 x 4-inch advanced in your skills, you may Multi-purpose power stock and the rest of the frame is wish to alter this basic design with tool will do all shop % x 4-inch stock. Fasten together storage drawers underneath the operations with one with glue and screws. The top top, vise holders, etc. — anything tool you can manage. may be constructed as shown or be that fits with your requirements.

however, a good efficient minimum is but it won't be a joke if it happens to approximately 9x12 feet. A large, com- you. A 3-foot doorway is best; however, pletely equipped workshop may require you can get by with a 2'/2-foot opening. an area up to 15 x 20 feet. Whenever Avoid narrow twisting stairs or halls possible, the shape of the floor space if possible.

should approach a square in proportion Good artificial light is essential, as as this permits arrangement of tools, you will do most of your w ork at night. bench, and material storage to the best This lighting can be direct or indirect, A portable paint sprayer is very advantage. The saving of steps and con- incandescent or fluorescent. Fluorescent valuable in obtaining good finishes venient working relationships are best lighting is easy on the eyes, quite inex- on various home workshop projects. if the shop is laid out in a square. pensive and easy to install where gen-

Consider too— is your shop accessible? eral lighting is needed. Incandescent This applies not only to you, but to the light, with silvered bulb that can be

materials that must be brought in and pulled down, is best for close work. completed projects that will be taken Most of the new powered tools come out. You've heard the gag about the equipped with lamp attachments for fellow who built a beautiful boat in his proper illumination. Of course, the more basement and then had to tear down natural light you can get without the house to get it out. It's a silly gag, ( Continued on page 52 25 More than one law-abiding citizen has been as guests of the city of Huntsville. No sooner had the Wheldens assented than arrested in Huntsville, Alabama — but they love it! they were captured by Legionnaires and loaded aboard the local 40 and 8 loco- motive. Then, with Dave Baucom in nine o'clock on the morning of twenty-four hours in Huntsville free charge, they were paraded in triumph Ar April 24, Mr. and Mrs. George of charge. through downtown Huntsville and to Whelden, driving in the vicinity of "Highway Holiday's" first victims, the Russel Erskine hotel. Huntsville, Alabama, were sirened off Mr. and Mrs. John Kerrick, were seized Just like the average "Highway Holi- the road by Huntsville cops and ar- in July 1951. A touring couple has been day" victims, the Wheldens required rested. To make the arrest more bind- nabbed every month since then. about two hours to recover completely ing, a crowd of blue-capped Legion- Lately, Huntsville's Post 3 7 has stepped from their initial surprise. Then they naires from Huntsville's Post 37 backed into the act. Nowadays when a tourist spent the next twenty-four hours ab- up the police officers. is picked up he's likely to get the impres- sorbing a high pressure dose of southern But George Whelden hadn't broken sion that he's been caught in some local Legion hospitality. But even though any law. He was simply the "victim" rebellion. It wasn't that way with twenty-four hours had passed before of Huntsville's "Highway Holiday," a George Whelden. they left Huntsville, the Wheldens brand new project started as a publicity "At first all I could see was a cozy could not repress their feeling of un- gag by the Huntsville Real Estate Board. little cell in the city jail," he said later. believing awe, especially at the gifts

The original idea was this: Each month "But when I noticed those Legion caps, they received. a traveler driving an out-of-state car I felt better right away. I'm a veteran "When Commander Baucom men- would be stopped by state highway offi- of the first war and a member of In- tioned gifts," Mr. Whelden said, after cers and "arrested." After it became dianapolis' Post 186." the tour was over, "I thought he meant clear that the fortunate victim had Mrs. Whelden admitted that the sirens just minor items. Maybe some playing given up trying to convince the troop- had just about scared her to death; but cards or a pack of cigarettes. I wasn't ers that he was really innocent, Hunts- she wasn't worrying about jail. She was looking for anything like the tweed ville's Mayor McAllister accompanied thinking that their trip to Columbus, sport coat I got at Johnson's or the $18 by Jerc Evans, chairman of the "High- Georgia, to see their Air Corps pilot pair of shoes Uptain's gave me." way Holiday" committee, would drive son, George, Jr., would be ruined. Mrs. Wheldens incredulity took an- up, inform the victim that the arrest They were both relieved when Mayor other direction. She was amazed to was really a gag, and invite him ami li is McAllister stepped forward and asked discover that their free room at the traveling companions to spend the next them to stay the next twenty-four hours (Continued on page 441

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COMBAT PAY FOR KOREAN SERVICEMEN: prior to the June 6 order, again granting to field offices the Service men in fighting units and in fighting service in responsibility of making appraisals within the general

Korea are due to get their extra combat pay of $45 per pattern laid down for them. . . . The guide establishes only month, beginning with September. . . . But the veterans who one fixed limitation for appraising property next to or close have been released will have to wait a while until the kinks to a commercial, industrial, or military airfield. . . . Field are straightened out and exact determination made as to offices, says the directive, will not undertake to appraise what units are entitled to the extra combat pay. . . . This any residential unit which is situated within the "runway bonus is payable only to men have served or will serve under zone" at the end of a runway used primarily for the takeoff enemy fire for at least six days in each month while his unit or landing of aircraft, unless there are special conditions, was in combat. ... It is distinct and separate from the in which case the appraisal will be submitted to the Central mustering-out pay, which is payable to all men and women, Office. regardless of area of service, who have been discharged * * * * since June 27, 1950. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT RESTRICTS UN FLAG USE: Forms for men who fought in Korea will be available Military installations will not display the United at all postoffices by October 1. . . . Currently, field com- Nations flag in this country except on special occasions. manders will decide each month which unit should be UN

. . . This new directive from the Defense Department designated as combat. ... It will take time, however, to conforms generally to official position taken by The American check the several unit records to determine which units were Legion (National Executive Committee, May, 1951, and eligible "in combat conditions under enemy fire" during Resolution 573, Miami National Convention, 1951) and the preceding two years. . . . Men wounded, captured or

may well be adopted to govern civilian usage. . . . Under the missing in action will receive combat pay for up to three order the UN flag may be raised only when high UN digni- months. . . . Dependents of men killed in action will be paid taries visit military bases, or on special occasions honoring for the month in which they were killed.

the UN. . . . Otherwise the UN flag will not be displayed * i|G 3|C *j» except by authority of the President. . . . The order con-

tinues: When the flag is displayed it held in KOREAN GI EDUCATION-TRAINING FORMS: UN must be

position subordinate to the flag of the United States. . . . VA has announced that application forms for applying The UN flag must not be larger than the U. S. flag, or placed for education and training under the new Korea GI Bill in a higher position. . . . The U. S. flag will always be in of Rights are available at its 67 Regional Offices. . . . Veterans position of honor on the right." with not less than 90 days service who hold discharges "under conditions other than dishonorable," issued since * * * *

June 27, 1950, are eligible for the benefits. . . . Law provides LUMP SUM PAYMENTS GI INSURANCE: allowances ranging from $110 a month for no-dependent Beneficiaries of GI insurance cannot be paid in a lump veterans in full-time educational courses and $70 a month sum if the insured veteran elected to have the payments for on-the-job trainees, to as much as $160 a month for a

made monthly over a period of years. . . . The law respects vet with more than one dependent who is taking full-time the contract made with the veteran in determining the mode educational course. . . . Vets are required to pay tuition of payment. charges out of their monthly allowances. * * * *

* * * * NEARLY TWENTY MILLION WAR VETS IN U. S.: VA LOANS ON PROPERTY NEAR AIRPORTS: VA figures there were 19,288,000 living veterans of all On June 6 VA issued an order requiring its field offices wars and peacetime military service of the United States to send all appraisals for home and property loans on on June 30. . . . The total includes 921,000 veterans of service property within four miles of an airport to the Central since the Korean war started June 25, 1950, — many of these

Office at Washington for clearance. . . . This directive was vets are also veterans of WW2. . . . But there were 15,369,000 rescinded under another order issued on June 26, which living men and women who served in WW2, to which is included clarification and definitions of the terms of loans. added 3,919,000 veterans of all other wars and peacetime

. . . The directive of June 26 restored the procedure in effect service.

28 29 34th annual national convention of The American "only" a 9i/ hour affair, as compared with the 18 hour The 2 Legion ended at 6:39 p.m. Thursday, August 28, 1952 parade of 1937. in Madison Square Garden, New York City. At that Professional estimators said that 75,000 marched up Fifth moment outgoing National Commander Donald R. Wilson Avenue between 10:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. The Legion and brought down his gavel for the last time in office, and re- the New York Police Department combined to make the linquished the Legion leadership to the newly elected Na- parade perhaps the most orderly demonstration of such tional Commander, Lewis K. Gough, 44 year old WW II scope ever conducted. The police estimated that the spec-

Navy veteran of Pasadena, California. tators numbered a million to the mile along the 2|/2 mile In different ways, the 1952 convention was lesser and course, and newspapers placed the total crowd at 3 million. greater than the two previous New York conventions of In other ways this convention attracted huger crowds 1937 and 1947. Those New Yorkers who had girded them- than any New York convention ever has. This was the selves for a siege of "rowdyism" were left without a single first Legion convention at which both Republican and recorded instance to justify their preconceptions, although Democratic candidates for President of the United States the Legion had "taken over" midtown New York for four spoke as guests of the convention. About 15,000 people days, and had brought in an influx variously estimated at packed Madison Square Garden (site of convention busi- from 150,000 to 300,000 visitors. It was almost on a note of ness meetings) on opening day to hear General Dwight D. disappointment that New York businessmen reported that Eisenhower, Republican aspirant, warn that the "cold war" their Legion guests had been "very quiet, well behaved, al- will not be over until the slavery of peoples is again erased most subdued — not a splurging crowd." from human society. Nearly 12,000 were on hand two days A TV program sent two contestants out on a treasure later when the Democratic candidate, Governor Adlai E. hunt. One required item that neither was able to bring Stevenson, of Illinois, warned his hosts to keep patriotism back in 24 hours was "an electric shocker cane gotten from in check, and declared his independence of "veterans' pres- a Legionnaire." sure groups." The weather gave the convention a tremendous break. For the first time at a New York convention a huge crowd The only cool high pressure area of a suffocating summer turned out for the great pageant that is the Legion's national moved into town just ahead of the convention and offered drum and bugle corps competition. More than 25,000 per- a spell of bright sun and cool shade that lost its grip to sons jammed Triboro Stadium on Randall's Island in the humidity only as the convention broke up. East River on opening night and saw Reilly Post 856 of The big parade on Fifth Avenue on Tuesday, August 25, Philadelphia win the national title from nine other elite was sufficient to stand New York on its ear for a day, as only finalists. It was the first time a stadium failed to accommo- the Legion and the U. S. Army can do. Yet the parade was date the growing audience these contests attract. With empty

30 seats in a few bad acoustical spots, hundreds of standees lined the rear aisles for the four-hour display of America's finest precision marching and marching-music. Nobody can ever really measure a Legion convention because nobody ever sees it all. The playing bands and revelry and holiday spirit that surged through the midtown area during and after the parade overflowed into hotel lob- bies and jammed entertainment spots. Newspapers estimated the Tuesday night midtow n Legion throng at over 100,000. Unseen from the streets were countless gatherings in hotel rooms and suites. At one open house on the 20th floor of the Hotel New Yorker a reporter counted 107 men and women in a two-room suite at one moment. At the same R. Wilson received one of the greatest ovations ever given time, in the hotel lobby, a cadet drum corps from Dover, an outgoing national commander. Of 25 living Past National New Jersey, was serenading all comers. Farther away, in Commanders, all but Henry L. Stevens and Frank N. Bel- Times Square, a tremendous crowd gathered about a booth grano, Jr. were in town to attend the National Commander's where the Legion's Hometown U.S.A. program transcribed Dinner. 2,700 free voice messages from friends and families to be The convention elected Father John E. Duffy of New sent to servicemen overseas via the Department of Defense. London, Ohio to the post of National Chaplain. Father Over the business meetings of the convention hung the Duffy was a hero of the early war in the Philippines and somber shadow of Korea, with casualties now over 200,000, long a prisoner of the Japanese. a struggle whose duration has now exceeded American par- Newly elected National Vice-Commanders were Harry V. Groome (New Jersey), W. C. Daniel (Virginia), Lyon W. Brandon (Mississippi), William R. Bourdon, Jr. (Ari-

zona) and J. Addington Wagner (Michigan.) In addition to Eisenhower and Stevenson, delegates heard as speakers New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey; New York City Mayor Vincent Impellitteri; Legion Convention Corporation President James V. Demarest of N. Y.; Admiral Joel T. Boone, Medical Director of the VA; outgoing Chef de Chemin de Fer of the 40 & 8 George V. Boland of Ne- braska; outgoing Auxiliary President Mrs. E. A. Campbell of Homer, La.; Emanuel Temple, French Minister for veterans affairs; William Green, President of the AFL; John ticipation in the First World War. Over the meetings hung R. Steclman, Director of Defense Mobilization; J. Cloyd the continuing international dilemma. Over them hung the Miller, immediate Past President of the National Education tensions of an election year whose conflicting issues — though Association; Dr. L. H. Bauer, President of the AMA; Wil- scrambled in domestic politics — carry sober import for liam C. Foster, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Gen. Lemuel America far beyond the political realm. C. Shepherd, Jr., Commandant of the U. S. Marine Corps, Major convention actions hewed to lines the Legion fol- and Frank Pace, Jr., Dan A. Kimball and Thomas K. Fin- lowed in happier years gone by, and the delegates found letter — respectively Secretaries of the Army, Navy and small comfort to be meeting at a time when many of their Air Force. earlier warnings had come to tragic realization in fact. Again Winners in national competitions included: Senior Drum the Legion's delegates called for a civilian-controlled UMT as the fairest, safest, most equitable and cheapest manpower defense act. Again they called for State Department leadership in which the nation could have faith. It was the first time this thrice-repeated mandate was passed unanimously without debate or opposition. Hewing to issues, the delegates ignored accusations of political motives. An example was the reluctant resolution, unanimously carried, that the United Nations had failed to be an instrument for military peace on which nations could rely. Widely reported to be an anti-UN, anti-Administra- tion resolution, its sense was that UN member nations must continue to rely on themselves and on mutual defense pacts outside the UN for national safety. As such it was a resolution that gave Legion backing to certain Administration defense and mutual security programs. Among the 640 resolutions considered, the convention and Bugle Corps, Corporal F. W. Reilly Memorial Post 856, defeated one to demand a veterans' pension based on age, Philadelphia; Senior Band, Harwood Post 5, Jolict, Illinois expressing satisfaction with existing legislation for pensions (for the 7th straight yeai ;; Firing Squad, First National Bank- based on proved disability, of which one factor is age. The Post 985, Chicago; Chorus, Syracuse Post 41, New York; convention again earmarked 25^ of national dues expressly Senior Color Guard, Commonwealth Edison Post 118, for rehabilitation. It defeated on a roll call a mandate to Chicago; Junior Band, Jordan Vocational Junior Fligh make chiropractic service available, through legislation, in School, Charles L. Harrison Post 35, Columbus, Georgia; VA hospitals. It reiterated the long-standing policy of main- Junior Drum and Bugle Corps, St. Vincent's Cadets, Albert taining a single federal agency to administer veterans affairs. L. Quinn Post 52, Jersey City, New Jersey; Junior Color In many resolutions the convention reaffirmed the Legion's Guard, St. Vincent's Cadets, Albert L. Quinn Post 52, Jersey policy to expose subversion within America. City; A///erican Legion Ritual Tea?//, Naval Post 372, At the convention's close, National Commander Donald Chicago.

31 PHOTOS BY DONATO LEO

NEW YORK 1952- 34" NATIONAL CONVENTION

Never before in all the 34 years of the Legion's existence has its annual National Convention been fraught with such national and international significance as that which was held at Madison Square Garden, New York City, on August 25-28. And never before were its proceedings and pro- nouncements followed so closely and so carefully by those in the homeland and in the world capitals, both East and West. Highlighted by addresses by the nomi- nees of both major parties for President of the United States — General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Republican, and Gov- ernor Adlai E. Stevenson, Democrat — in their first major appearances since receiving the nominations, followed by a battery of speakers who dwelt on matters of grave concern to America and its world relations, the meeting attracted world-wide attention. The three days of business sessions, with one day out for the gigantic parade up Fifth Avenue, were packed with serious business from the time National Command- er Donald R. Wilson dropped his gavel to call the 1952 Convention to order until late Thursday evening, the 28th, when he declared the Convention ad- journed and turned command over to his successor, the new National Com- mander Lewis K. Gough, of Pasadena, California. One of the highlights of the Con- vention was, for the third time, a demand for a house-cleaning in the State Department and, though he was not With the Empire State Building serving as a backdrop, this Ohio group holds an informal discussion at Sky Top, Hotel Statler, headquarters for the convention. Left specifically named, the dismissal of Sec- to right are Past National Commander Milo J. Warner; Bruce P. Henderson, Chair- retary Dean Acheson. This demand was man, National Security Commission; Ohio Department Commander W. J. McClellan. made in a lengthy report of the Foreign

National Executive Commit- Judge Richard Hartshorne of New Jersey and the Judge Jerome Duggan, St. Louis, teeman William G. McKinley first National Commander of the American Legion, Chairman of the Legislative of New Jersey at a Madi- Franklin D'Olier, also of New Jersey, meet outside a Commission, addresses the Na- son Square Garden mike. committee room at headquarters at the Hotel Statler. tional Executive Committee.

32 Relations Committee which was presented to the Convention by Chairman Rogers Kelley of Edinburg, Texas, which together with the other recom- mendations was adopted by the Con- vention without debate. The report also declared that so long as Russia, with her aggressive designs and intentions, exercises her power to enervate the United Nations, that organization is ineffective as an instrument for world peace, and that until fundamental changes are made we must "rely for our security upon our own strength and the co-operation of other free nations." It reaffirmed opposition to participation of the United States in any form of world federation or world government; asked for an amendment to Finance Commission Vice Chairman Harold P. Redden, addressing his group where the Constitution to limit treaties, pacts Rehabilitation Commission experts appeared to discuss rehabilitation financing. or agreements with other Governments At table are Past National Commander Harry Colmery, Topeka; Earl V. (Pat) Cliff, to the end that they shall not adversely Ortonville, Minnesota; Harold P. Redden, Springfield, Mass., Past National Com- affect the rights of any U. S. citizen. mander Edward A. Hayes, Chicago. In the left foreground is Clyde E. Rankin, Phila- The report of the Committee on delphia; at his right, James E. Snee, Baton Rouge; Dr. N. R. Booher, Indianapolis. Americanism, presented by Chairman Archie M. Closson, California, called upon government agencies to investigate the American Civil Liberties Union to determine whether it might be "classified as a communist or communist front organization"; called for defense of our public schools against subversive attacks, and commended the National Education Association and the teaching profession for their continued assistance to the Americanism program of The American Legion; continued and strengthened the Back to God program with co-operation of the churches; asked for initiation of campaign against circulation of indecent literature; asked For its critical resolution, the Relations aroused ire of President for repeal of all legislation that discrim- Foreign Committee Truman, caused him to refer to the group as "young boys." In this segment of the inates against the American Indian. committee, the youth at left is Chairman Rogers Kelley, Edinburg, Texas, (in his spirited floor fight A developed when fifties); Beurt Ser Vaas, Indianapolis, Director; Sherman Mason, Jeannette, Pa. Of the report of the Rehabilitation Corn- the 33-man committee at the convention, all but two were 40 years of age or older.

Comparing notes at Sky Top in the Statler, these Legion leaders are, William J. Dwyer, Cortland, left to right, C. R. Waters, Phoenix, Arizona; William R. Bourdon, N. Y., Chairman of the Finance Holbrook, Arizona; Harry G. Miller, El Dorado, Arkansas; Past Commission, on platform ready National Commander John Stelle, Illinois; and Joe Adams, Miami. to report to the convention.

33 In this NEC huddle were Past National Com- Out of this meeting of the Convention Committee on Civil Defense came manders Roane Waring and John R. Quinn, a resolution which called for a tightening up of civil defense and urg- B. E. (Kelly) Owen, Salem, Ore. Past National ing Legionnaires to take an active part in their communities' efforts. Commander Perry Brown has his back to camera. Floyd Helmick, secretary, is reading. At left, Chairman Neil Allen.

ICONTINUED ' LEGION BUSINESS The general pension resolution was The question of chiropractic treat- defeated by a voice vote after a 45- ment — which has been debated by the mittee was read by Chairman E.V. (Pat) minute debate, in which it was urged last half-dozen National Conventions — Cliff, Minnesota, on two resolutions, that the pension provision for totally after long debate came to a roll call of both of which had been rejected by the disabled non-service-connected veterans, Departments. The resolution was de- Committee — a general pension for vet- in which age is considered as a factor of feated by a vote of 1769 to 1344. erans at the age of 65, with income disability, in a very great measure cared The Rehabilitation Committee had limitation, and a proposal for legislation for the situation, and with recom- 181 separate resolutions before it for ac- to require VA to provide chiropractic mended liberalization would care for tion, covering nearly every phase of treatment to veterans who request it. all within the income ceiling. veteran care and treatment. A digest of the complete report, with other resolutions, will be published next month. A comprehensive report of the Child Welfare Committee, read by Dr. A. H. Wittman, Philadelphia, Chairman, called for strengthening the child welfare program; establishment of community programs for prevention of ju- venile delinquency; endorsed uniform support of dependents act; demanded that voluntary aid from the Legion and other similar groups not be considered family income and deducted from public welfare aid; asked for emergency maternity and infant care for dependents of servicemen; called upon the

John O. Newberry of Jefferson City, Hugh Askew of Oklahoma City clarifies a point in a resolution up for consid- Mo., newly elected Chef de Chemin eration before the Legislative Commission. Looking over his shoulder is Tom de Fer, is "capped" by the outgoing Miller of Nevada. At Hugh Askew's right is Lynn G. Peterson, Los Angeles. Chef, George B. Boland of Omaha. 34 New York Department Adjutant Maurice Ford Frick, High Commissioner of baseball and represent- Stember and Past National Commander ing the big leagues which support The American Legion's Paul Griffith pause for a few minutes' Junior Baseball program, discussed with the Americanism chat in the lobby of the Statler. Commission plans for future cooperation in this activity.

Legion to sponsor a program of assist- tion to fix a penalty for agencies of ance to the children of Korea, and Government which fail to comply with adopted a 14-point program to fight the the Civil Service Commission's deci- narcotic and drug evil. Further, by a sions; asked that veterans be given pri- vote of the Convention separately con- ority for employment with Armed sidered, a scale of mandatory sentences Forces in the Pacific; opposed all legis- upon conviction of narcotic offenses lation adversely affecting veterans' pref- was recommended, including a manda- erence; asked for increased appropria- tory life sentence upon third conviction tions for direct loan program. of selling narcotics to a minor. The final report laid before the Con- The report of the National Security vention was that of the Finance Com-

Commission, presented to the Conven- mittee, by Chairman William J. Dwyer, tion by Chairman Bruce P. Henderson, New York. The Committee asked that Ohio, demanded that the military be the national per capita dues for 1953 be given complete authority in the conduct Tom Paradine, a National Vice Com- fixed at $1.25 without allocating any of the war in Korea, abandoning "po- mander who served as the National part of such dues for specific purposes. Commander's personal representa- litical control," and it insisted that A motion to amend, earmarking 25 tive, speaks before the convention. "military problems alone" be the de- cents of each member's dues for the ciding factor in the fight for victory. National Rehabilitation service, called Other highlights of the Committee's pation in the program; pleaded for a for an extended debate. The amend- report, which was unanimously adopt- stepped-up blood donor program ment was adopted by the Convention. the ed, are: Reaffirmed the Legion's tradi- through American Red Cross. Other reports read during the course tional stand for a Universal Military The Convention voiced continued of the sessions and adopted without de- opposition to the proposals of the Training law, and called upon all the bate were Credentials, by Wiley Pick- Legion to renew the fight for such a Hoover Commission which adversely ens, North Carolina; Permanent Organ- affect law in the next Congress; indorsed the the veteran interest, and author- ization, by Fred Fuecker, Washington; ized establishment of a 'teen-age Air Force the continuance of "Operation Rules, by Matt Monaghan, Louisiana; Enlisted Flight Training Program to Victory" to combat these and similar Constitutional Amendments, by Samuel provide a backlog of trained reserve proposals. This was embodied in the M. Birnbaum, New York; and Internal report Legislation, pilots; called for a revitalized civil de- of the Committee on Affairs, by Robert M. Marr, New fense program, and for Legion partici- which was presented by Jerome F. Mexico. Duggan, St. Louis, Missouri. Other highlights of the adopted report were op- PUZZLE position to grant of veteran benefits to CONTEST WINNERS i| SOUVENIR OF THE i| former members of non-military or } WANT A WILL BE LISTED IN DEC. quasi-military groups associated with NEW YORK '52 CONVENTION? i| j; jj the Armed Forces. >', <> The judges are completing the \\ The official New York Convention report of the Committee on Eco- work of rating the answers The registration packets, including illus- <| submit- !| ]] ted in the Legion's gigantic Puzzle nomics, embracing employment, veter- trated program and official badge, !| Jp J Contest. Announcement of \> winners ans' preference, agriculture and conser- ]> have been placed on sale at $1. The i, and distribution of prizes will be badge alone is sold at 50 cents, and !', J» vation, and housing, was prepared from Ji

35 Mr. & Mrs. Legion for 1952-53: L. to r. in foreground, Mrs. Gough, Commander Lewis K. Gough, outgoing Commander Wilson.

Two men were nominated for Na- in nomination, presented the active in the Chamber of tional Commander as the convention new Commander with his Commerce. During War II drew toward a close late in the after- colors. he served on the staffs of two noon of August 28. They were Lewis Lewis K. Gough (pro- admirals, and was separated K. Gough, California State inheritance nounced Goff) is 44. A grad- with the rank of Commander, tax appraiser from Pasadena, and Wal- uate of the University of USNR. ter Alessandroni, Philadelphia attorney. Southern California, he was In the Legion he has been Alessandroni. Both are ar II veterans with outstand- a campus leader, and later Commander of Pasadena Post W He conceded. ing Legion records since separation served there as public rela- 13, Commander of the 18th from service. tions officer and head of the USC alum- District of California, and, in 1949 he As the balloting proceeded it became ni association. was Department Commander of Cali- apparent that Gough had a tremendous He has a wide record of public serv- fornia. He has also served as chairman lead, and Alessandroni moved to make ice in California, especially in veterans of the convention security committee it Gough by acclamation. Past National affairs and defense activities. He has of the Legion's 30th National Conven- Commander John R. Quinn of Cali- served as chairman of the state Civilian tion. He was a National Vice Com- fornia, who had placed Gough's name National Security Committee, has been mander in 1950-51. .

LEWIS K. GOUGH NATIONAL COMMANDER

"With crisis following crisis in the world of today, the question is no longer, 'Shall we have a decisive military program sounding-board for speakers who raised issues which Madison Square Garden was a for the young men of will be talked about for years to come. Here are a few excerpts and reactions. America?' There is no choice. The question is 'What type of decisive military program will we put into effect?' For 34 years The American Legion has had the an- GOV. ADLAI E. STEVENSON GEN. DWIGHT D.EISENHOWER swer — a national security training that is universal, economical, effective, and safeguarded DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRES- REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR PRES- by civilian control. As your Commander I shall IDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ask for your all-out effort for National Secur- ity Training legislation only when it is vital to "We no longer think in "I salute the initiative receive such support. . . . Our Americanism terms of American re- and determination of The program has always looked to the future. A sources alone. We under- American Legion which sincere reverence for Liberty and Americanism stand the need for a great has helped cleanse the starts in the schools and ideology is precisely international system of se- American Government and the field in which the schools operate. In the curity and we have taken American communities of subversive influence and year ahead we must emphasize that America's the lead in building it. . . children must be taught the true history of this Unhappily we find some things in American traitorous conspiracy. Whatever my capacity in the future, I now pledge my enlist- country with all its glory and romance and . be life today of which we cannot be proud. . . may they must be taught that our Constitution is Consider the groups who seek to identify their ment with you in your cause for the duration. still the most effective, flexible, advanced special interests with the general welfare. I find Had you done nothing else in the last seven to fight the red cancer, you would framework of government ever devised by man. it sobering to think that their pressures might years than They must learn the values of freedom, free one day be focused on me. I have resisted them have earned the lifelong gratitude of every enterprise and integrity in government. We rec- before and I hope the Almighty will give me American. And you have done your work with- ognize that the problem of curriculum is pri- strength to do so again and again. And I out recklessly injuring the reputations of inno- marily the concern of educators, but we also . . . this time forward, should tell you now, as I would tell all other cent people. From we recognize the right and obligation that is ours organized groups, that I intend to resist the Americans cannot tolerate the preparation and to see that what is taught, and who teaches it, pressure from veterans, too, if I think their execution of our program in a climate of fear will lay the proper foundation which deter- demands are excessive or in conflict with the and hysteria. Day by day we must follow a course which all our people may understand mines the future of America. We will welcome public interest. . . . We are rapidly becoming a full co-operation, not lip service, from the Na- nation of veterans. If we were all to claim a and support with confidence; and we must not tional Education Association in recognizing special reward for our service, beyond that to abate our efforts until we have banished from our mutual responsibility." which specific disability or sacrifice has created the free world the last probability of commu-

. . all a just claim, who would be left to pay? After nist aggression. . Let us resolve that shall guided in our relations all, we are Americans first and veterans second. henceforth we be with our fellows by the American creed that . . . Many of the threats to our cherished free- doms in these anxious, troubled times arise all men are created equal — and remain equal." JOHN STELLE from a healthy apprehension about the com- PAST NATIONAL COMMANDER

munist menace within our country. . . . Yet, we must take care not to burn down the barn to "The growing volume kill the rats." HARRY COLMERY and intensity of the at- PAST NATIONAL COMMANDER tacks being made against us is positive proof of The "Eliminate communists American Legion's success DONALD R. WILSON from the public services in exposing subversion IMMEDIATE of our government and both within and without PAST NATIONAL COMMANDER the publicly-supported the government. Watch closely the quarters schools of our country. from which such attacks come and you will "I am advised that there We should not be swerved find that our opponents are those who have are those who have said from that course by those either consistently covered up for subversives that these proceedings have who, under the guise of 'thought control,' or those who have something to gain by join- been conducted by a group 'eliminate fear,' and similar fancy slogans, ing forces with such people. These are the of children. I would re- would disregard and deny to the American citi- people who try to explain the unexplainable, mind whoever made such zen and taxpayer his fundamental right to have the apologists for Alger Hiss, the people who a statement as that, that his government services performed by persons can see no evil, hear no evil or think no evil if we be children we are first of all children and under standards satisfactory to him, and concerning our enemies but reserve those fa- of God and we are the children who preserved to have his children taught by persons and in culties for those who try to point the scound-

. this country. Though we are ever conscious of such a manner as is satisfactory to him. . . rels out. . . . The men and women who have our obligation to those who are less fortunate As we advocate our various programs we find properly earned their right to belong to The out of the cauldron of war than many of us, The American Legion referred to as a pressure American Legion need no lectures on patriot- we recognize that we have a debt to them. We group. In the advocacy of its programs for the ism, nor do they have to be trained all over will always honor that debt, and we will insist approval of the American Congress and the again in how to recognize those who would that they be given the best care that can be American people The American Legion exer- destroy them. They know, too, that the Legion's given to them because of the scars they bear cises a fundamental right which its members record is one of deeds, not words, in its un- on their body. We do not acknowledge, and we enjoy under a Republican form of government, ceasing fight to make and keep this nation will not subscribe to, the principle of pressur- guaranteed by the Constitution of the United strong. They don't have to be reminded that ing for purely selfish interests. But we deny States. The patriotism of The American Legion we are a 'pressure group' that helped make that when we stand up and ask for the rights is rooted in sacrifice and service. For that we possible lend-lease, the Marshall Plan, and the of the American veteran who has fought to have no apologies. If to carry out an American United Nations, not to mention the GI Bill of preserve his country, who has bared his chest program, for Americans, in an American way, Rights." to the bullets of the enemy and whose body makes us a 'pressure group' — okay — just let bears the wounds inflicted by that enemy, that it go at that." we are pressuring anybody." THOMAS K. FINLETTER SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE DAN A. KIMBALL FRANK PACE, JR. SECRETARY OF THE NAVY "The Air Force is in SECRETARY OF THE ARMY pretty good shape to take "The future of America care of any eventuality "A problem of the fu- and the free world largely which might happen now

ture lies in production depends upon the future or in the near future. . . . In the 24 months follow- of American seapower and We are building a dread- ing the attack on Korea, of sea-air power which is ful atomic air force to the Army had obligated its most potent arm. . . . persuade others never to make us use it. . . . $30.2 billion dollars in Our striking power in the Strategic Air Com- contracts for procurement power on the seas and over them if we are to mand is, I believe, the most dreadful weapon and construction. Next year, the Army expects fulfill our promise to preserve the integrity of —dreadful in the sense of the fear that it could to obligate about $10 billion more for the same people who are under the guns or the threats provoke — that has ever been in the hands of

purpose. ... To see that all these products of Soviet-inspired aggression. ... I firmly be- man. . . . But we want to give a chance to come out at the proper time to equip trained lieve that had we had sufficient naval power in peoples to work out a peaceful world in which men is difficult. It is rendered far more difficult the Far East there would have been no Korea, war will not be the way of settling disputes

by a steel strike which cut by one-third a full no Indo-China, nor any other incident of war between nations. . . . We do not intend to let year's ammunition production for the Army." of limited scope." our guards down." 37 Three million people watched from streets, skyscrapers and Liberally spaced between tens of thousands of marching apartment houses as the Legion parade swung up Fifth Ave. Legionnaires were bands, floats and good looking girls like all day Tuesday. Experts called the parade one of the best. these photographed as they passed the reviewing stand.

NEW YORK, 1952- 34'" NATIONAL CONVENTION

IN THE

takes a spectacular show to arouse the interest of ITNew Yorkers, but The American Legion provided a show big enough to satisfy throngs of visiting Legionnaires with enough left over for millions of sons and daughters of Father Knickerbocker. The main attraction, of course, was the big parade up Fifth The liner Constitution held open house for Legionnaires. Avenue, but for four days Legionnaires were actors These Philadelphians first patronized a dockside salon. and audience in countless performances that took place east side, west side and all around the town. Here are a few of the high spots of the 34th National Convention of the Legion.

Called American Legion Square for the duration, Times Jim Demarest, right, President of the Convention Square was filled with Legionnaires. These three Lucia Corporation, as TV viewers saw him at ringside. boys from Springfield, Mass., were among those present. 38 Sen. Richard M. Nixon, Republican Top honors in the color guard competition, Reilly's Raiders, drum and bugle corps Vice Presidential candidate, was held at Lewisohn Stadium, were won by the of Corp. F. W. Reilly Memorial Post 856, a marcher with the Californians. Commonwealth Edison Post 1 18, of Chicago. Philadelph ia, won the cup cs champions.

Grasping the Kansas banner, a Legionnaire from Abilene, Dwight D. Eisenhower, joined fellow ex-servicemen after making his speech at Madison Square Garden. A lengthy ovation greeted this action.

Central Park's famous Mall was the setting for the Memorial Service conducted Sunday evening.

Democratic Presidential candidate, Governor Adlai Stevenson, as he The 40 & 8 parade on Sunday was introduced to Legionnaires and thousands of New Yorkers who was a frolicsome curtain-raiser had access to the galleries to see for themselves the standard-bearer. for the convention's main events. 39 BIG DOINGS IN THE BIG TOWN NEW YORK, 1952- 34-natiohai conventioi

At the speakers' table at the dinner of The Society of American Legion Founders, John J. Wicker, Jr. of Richmond, Virginia faces Gen. Lawrence Whiting, Gen. Frank G. Schwengel and Charles Hann.

Col. Eddie Eagan and Never has Edward P. Skubic, a Eleanor Roosevelt, widow Founder, missed a National Con- of Theodore Roosevelt, vention. He is a member of Lawn- Jr., at the Press Box. dale-Crawford Post 98, Chicago.

William Herwig of Frankford, Pa., Post 211 "made" the convention with four members of his Scouts. The Statue pilgrimage was a must.

Winner of the National Firing Squad Contest was this team of First National Bank Post 985, of Chicago.

Waco R. Childers of Greenville, S. C, Post 3 broadcasts his joy at winning one of the four Ford cars offered by Seagram. Mrs. Childers at his side was no less pleased. Other winners were For the seventh consecutive year, the crack 70-piece James A. Herbert, Omaha; Raymond T. Adams, band of Harwood Post 5 of Joliet, III., were champions. Chicago; Thomas J. Reilly, Orangeburg, N. Y. 40 Auxiliary Vice-Presidents: Mrs. Howard Simmons, Rhode Island; Mrs. Alexander H. Gray, Tennes- see; Mrs. Jerome Duggan, Missouri; Mrs. E. W. Tobin, North Dakota; Mrs. Craig Coyner, Oregon.

With a grand membership record dent, and her various national commit- As National Historian the convention of 971,088, the 32nd Annual Con- tee chairmen presented to the conven- chose Mrs. Walter Hoffman of Park

vention of The American Legion tion reports showing the organization Ridge, 111. Mrs. Charles A. McStravick Auxiliary, meeting at the Commodore to be in excellent position to go over of Boston, Mass., was elected National Hotel in New York City on the four the million membership mark in 1953. Chaplain. At the meeting of the Na- days of the Legion Convention, named As National Vice-Presidents to serve tional Executive Committee following Mrs. Rae Ashton of Vernal, Utah, as with Mrs. Ashton these women were the convention Mrs. Jane Rishworth its National President for the coming elected: Eastern Division, Mrs. Howard was re-elected National Secretary, and year. Mrs. Ashton, whose husband died Simmons, Edgewood, R. I.; Southern Mrs. Cecilia Wenz, National Treasurer. last year after notable Legion service, Division, Mrs. Alexander H. Gray, The Auxiliary's Public Service Award has been active on national committees Brownsville, Tenn.; Central Division, was given Miss Helen Hayes the actress of the Auxiliary for many years, her Mrs. Jerome Duggan, St. Louis, Mo.; for her outstanding performance in the 1951-'52 post being that of Chairman of Northwestern Division, Airs. E. W. anti-communist motion picture My Son the National Rehabilitation Committee. Tobin, Dickinson, N. D.; Western Di- John. Miss Hayes accepted the award Mrs. E. A. Campbell, retiring Presi- vision, Mrs. Craig Coyner, Bend, Ore. bv radio from Denver.

41 block near Sonchu, was reported missing Nov. 30, 1950. Will be grateful for any word about him. Mrs. Elsie Clark, Rt. 2, Alvord, Texas. Co. L, 8th Cav. Regt., 1st Cav. Div.-My brother, Pfc. Donald Eflland, missing in the heavy fighting west of Unson, Nov. 2, 1950; no Co. C, 38th Inf., 2nd Div.-P/c. Kenneth W. other word received. Will appreciate letters from Co. B, 692nd Tank Destroyer Bn.. and 654th McCracken, Jr., missing since May 18, 1051, near anyone who can tell us about him. Mrs. John W. Reconnaissance Tank Destroyer Btry., Camp Mug-gol, S. Korea. Will appreciate any word Jantz, 12 Norwood Ave., Albany N. Y. Gordon, Ga.—Need to hear from men who served from men who knew him, or parents of men in Co. I, 21st Inf., 24th Div.-Prt. Billy E. Smith, with me in early part of 1942. Also Co. E, 345th same Company at that time. Kenneth W. Mc- missing since July 12, 1950. north of Chochiwon; Engineers, Camp Crowder, Mo. Claim pending. Cracken, 183 Liberty St., Rockland, Mass. will anyone who knows anything about him please Gilman H. Burbank, 26 Thurston St., Riverside Co. D, 2nd Bn., 5th Marine Div.—Mother of write his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Whit Smith, Rt. 15, R. I. Pfc. Charles E. Marburger, missing since Dec. 6, 1, Cusseta, Ala. USS Ahrens (DE 575 AH), (WW2)-Will ship- 1U50, near Hagaru-ri, N. Korea, wil! appreciate Co. L, 9th Inf., 2nd Div.— Will anyone who mates please write; need help to establish claim. any word about him. Please write. Mrs. Ella knows what happened, or the present where- Harold Wood, 514 Harrison Gardens, Harrison, Marburger, P. O. Box 303, Yoakum, Texas. abouts of Pfc. James F. Klingler, missing since N. J. Co. K, 9th Inf., 2nd Div.— Very anxious to hear Feb. 14, 1951, please write his parents. Name is 202nd Engineer Combat Bn.—Need help to es- from anyone who can tell me anything about my not on P.O.W. list. Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Kling- tablish claim for Clarence E. Wilburn, particu- son, Pfc. Gordon M. (Rip or Ripper) Ripatran- ler, Box 188, Perrysburg, Ohio. larly medical officer who preceded Dr. Anthony zone, missing since Feb. 12, 1951, at Chorwon-ri, Co. A, 89th Med. Tank Bn., 25th Div.-Will Stalonis while serving in Germany and Belgium. S. Korea. Reported prisoner of war, but not on greatly appreciate any word about my foster son, Write Donald Roberts, Adjt., Community Post December list. Please write. Mrs. Nicholas Ripa- Cpl. Roger L. R. (Frenehy) Duqucsnc, missing No. 279, Elmore, Ohio. trazone, 368 of Occupation, Lafayette Ave., Hawthorne, N. J. since Sept. 3, 1950; last seen clearing a road block Army WW1—Would like to con- Co. B, 38th Inf., 2nd Ttiv.-Sgt. Michal R. Wat. (with detail under Capt. Harvey). Particularly tact anyone who knew Newt Rough (or Ruff) in son, missing since Nov. 27, 1950; parents are anxious to locate Supply man who was with him. Germany, 1918-1923, or on board ship with him anxious to contact when docked at in anyone who knows anything Name not on POW list. Please write. Mrs. Wil- Norfolk, Va„ 1923— he was about him. Write Mr. and Mrs. unconscious when carried off ship. Need help to James B. Watson, liam D. Nichols, 308 Paxton St.. Paterson 3, N. J. 237 Main St., Westernport, Md. establish claim. Write Mrs. Helen Cannon, 1808 Co. L, 34th Inf.— Will anyone who can tell me Poplar St., Amarillo, Texas. about my son, M/Sgt. John R. Wilson, last seen 179th FA Bn.— Urgently need present address at 7 A.M., July 20, 1950, defending town of Tae- of Capt. Paul J. Weigel, Medical Corps. Claim jon. Please write. John S. Wilson, 1136 Edison Pending. Write George R. Futch, Route 2, Mo- Ave., Fort Myers, Fla. 34th Inf., 24th Div. -Will officers and comrades 367th Bombardier Sqdrn., Therligh, England who served with Sgt. lei Donald F. VanDinc, —Will anyone who served with this outfit, Oct.- missing July 20, 1950, at Taejon. We are in- 8th (Pathfinder) Infantry Div.— Reunion, New Nov., 1943, especially Sgts. Leahy, Levis, Miller formed unofficially that he was a prisoner and was York City, Oct. 2-3; Hotel New Yorker. Info and Stepanski, please write. Statements needed known to be alive on or about Nov. 1, 1950, at from Harry L. Picard, 215 E. 73rd St., New for claim. Arturo T. Garcia, 1001 Rosario St., Pyongyang. Any information will be appreciated. York 21, N. Y. Laredo, Texas. H. A. VanDine, 20 Madison Ave., Ramsey, N. J. 45th (Thunderbird) Infantry Div. Assn.— Re- Russell C. Wright, USMC-Served as S/Sgt., Co. B, 23rd Inf., 2nd Div.— Will appreciate word union, New York City, Oct. 10-12; Hotel New VMF (N) 533, MAG 24, 1st MAW; will anyone from anyone who knew my brother. Pfc. Dale A. Yorker. Details from Robert J. McGee, 31 Madi- who knows his present address please write; ur- Dollenbacher, and who can give any details of the son Ave., New York, N. Y. gent that he be located to complete claim. Write action, Nov. 30, 1950, when he was reported 89th Division Society, California Sector, (both Mrs. Lola Blakeslee, 68 South Street, Union City, missing; also from parents of boys missing at WWs)— Armistice Day dinner, Marius Taix Res- Pa. same time. Mrs. Ned Lather, Strandburg, So. Dak. taurant, 321 E. Commercial St., Los Angeles, Co. D, 2nd Infantry—Need to hear from men Co. A, 9th Inf., 2nd Div.-Our son, Pfc. Charles Cal„ Nov. 8. Contact Joe T. Woods, P. O. Box who served with me, above station 1915-19, or in H. Shoffit, reported killed Sept. 27, 1951, on 7844, Devalle Sta., Los Angeles 15, Cal. Hdqrs. and Supply Co., 2nd Inf., Fort Sheridan, Heartbreak Ridge; will anyone who knows any- 90th (Tough 'Ombres) Div. Assn.—34th annual 111., 1921-23. Need statements. George E. Taylor, thing concerning his death please write. Mrs. reunion, Dallas, Tex., Oct. 14-16; Jefferson Hotel. P. O. Box 1153, Spokane 10. Wash. E. R. Auldridge, Box 742, Lefors, Texas. Details from Clint C. Mason, President, P.O. Box Medical Div., Fort Slocum—Need to hear from Co. E, 187th Airborne Inf.— Parents of Albert 6712, Dallas 19, Texas. anyone who remembers me above station, 1919-20, E. Atkins anxious to hear from anyone who can Hdqrs. Co., 1st Bn., 115th Inf., 29th Div.-6th especially Medical Dept. Claim pending. William tell them about their son; last seen May 23. 1951, annual reunion, Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 11-12; Wood, RD 1, Box 172, New Hampton, N. Y. at Hill 911 when he volunteered with two other Penn-Harris Hotel. Contact Philip L. Russ, CASU 22, Quonset Point, R. I.-Will anyone men to get water. Please write Mr. and Mrs. McDaniel, Md. who remembers my ankle injury in 1945, please Albert J. write; I recall being with Chief Aviation Metal- Watkins, RFD, Belvidere, N. J 6th Naval Construction Bn.— 6th annual re- Hdqrs. Hdqrs. Co., King, John Atherton, Tracy of Texas, & 9th Inf., 2nd Div.-Will union, Detroit, Mich., Oct. 10-12; Fort Shelby smith appreciate any information Pete Peterson of Minnesota, and Charley Weir, about my husband, Hotel. Info from Jim S. Trainer, Steelville, Mo. Sgt. lcl Delbert E. (Pete) Heard, missing Boston. Help needed. Frank M. Aurora, 4274 since North Sea Mine Force Assn., New York Chapter Dec. 1, 1950, near Kunu-ri; name not on prisoner Maple St., Omaha, Neb. — 11th annual reunion, New York City, Oct. 17- list. Mrs. D. E. Heard, 605 College Hill Apts. Co. A, 87th Engineers— Will service comrades 18: Hotel Yorker. Huntsville, Ala. New Contact William C. Meis- please write; need help to establish claim. John ter, P. O. Box Sunnyside Sta., Long Island Co. B, 19th Inf., 24th Div.-Will anyone who 66, Arnold Bunton, (Corp.) 123 E. Locust St., Mt. City 4, N. Y. kn ows what happened or present whereabouts of Sterling, Ky. my son, Pfc. Charles E. Towne, missing since Co. K, 360th Infantry-33rd reunion, Bellville, Co. B, 93rd Inf. Training Bn., Camp Roberts, Texas. 12. Feb. 4, 1951, please write. His name was used on Oct. Write Fritz Krause. Rt. 1. Bell- Cal.— Will anyone who was with this outfit April a propaganda broadcast in July from Peking, ville, Texas. to Sept., 1944, please write. Need statements for China, saying he was a prisoner; name not on 12th Engineers ( L.R.)- ( WW1 ) -12th annual claim. Wilford M. Miller, Box 236, Sedan, Kans. prisoner list. No further word. Mrs. Charles M. reunion, St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 17-18; York Hotel. Co. F, 358th Inf., 90th Div. -Men who remem- Towne, 81 Beaman St., Poultney, Vermont. Details from Charles J. Almstedt, Secy-Treas., ber me please write, especially Pfc. Howard Medical Co., 9th Inf., 2nd Div.-P/c. Dale 4031a St. Louis Ave., St. Louis 7, Mo. Meuse. I was wounded on Aug. 17, 1944, need Thomas Enlow, missing since Feb. 8. 1951; last S30th (Flying Eight Ball) Engineer Aviation assistance in proving claim. William P. Mooney, seen near Sangsaw. Will service comrades be kind Bn.— Reunion, Chicago, III., Oct. 18-19; Sherman 61 Memorial Place, East Paterson, N. J. enough to give me news about him, my only Hotel. Write Thomas G. Youngblood, 68 Mayallen Co. B, 156th Engineers, 2nd Armored Comb. Gr. child. Mrs. Marion Enlow, 7541 So. Stewart, St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. —Will anyone who knows present address of Lt. Chicago 20. 111. 314th Engineers, 89th Div., (WWD-Reunion, Golembeski, Company CO at Camp Cook, Cal., Hdqrs. Btry, 38th Bn., write. help FA 2nd Div.-Will any- St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 1. Contact C. A. Koenig, July to Oct., 1942, please Need on one who knows anything about son, claim. Joseph D. Hess, 717 N. 3rd St., Jeannette, my Sgt. 1 Chi wa St., St. Louis 16, Mo. Kenneth W. Treptau, missing since Nov. Pa. 30, 1950, USS Solace, (WW1 ) -Annual reunion, Phila- please write. Fred W. Treptau, Rogers, Minn. 3rd Mobile Radio Broadcasting Co., (WW2) — delphia, Pa., Nov. 1. Write Dr. R. A. Kern, Co. K, 38th Inf., 2nd Div.-Family of Sgt. Linns Will anyone who knows of my back condition Temple University Hospital, 3401 N. Broad St., D. Mitchell would like to hear from anyone while serving in Germany and Fiance, please who Philadelphia 40, Pa. knows circumstance of his disappearance, or his write, particularly Captain Paulson, CO, who 52nd Pioneer Infantry—33rd annual reunion, present whereabouts. Missing since Nov. 29, 1950. landed with me in France just after D-Day, New York City, Nov. 8; Governor Clinton Hotel. Any word appreciated. Mrs. W. D. Mitchell 203 1944. Joseph Faruendorfer, c/o Dreamland Auto Info and reservations from Thomas E. Sinton, West 21st St., Jacksonville. Fla. Court, So. 9th St., Walla Walla, Wash. 2257 University Ave., New York 68, N. Y. Co. B, 8th Regt., 1st Cav. Div.-Family of Pfc. Btry. A, 56th Regt. Arty., (CAC)-Need to hear Charles 11. Lord would like to hear from anyone Battery D, 80th FA, 7th Div., (WWl)-Reunion, from anyone who remembers the injury to my who served with him, or knows anything about Asbury Park. N. J., Nov. 8. Complete details right hand which occurred in July, 1918, while bis disappearance. Reported missing Nov. 2. 1950. from Frank C. Grieves, 3931 North Percy St., putting a gun into firing position at Le Cendre, Will appreciate any word about him. Mrs. Charles Philadelphia 40, Pa. France. Write Lawrence Scott, (ex-Sgt.) Rt. 1, H. Lord, Sr., 304 West 70th St., Jacksonville, Fla. 33rd Div. Assn., (California Chapter) —Reunion, Modoc, Ind. Co. D, 29th Inf., transferred to Co. M, 35th Nov. 11, at "Old Dixie," 4267 So. Western Ave., 132nd Infantry, 33rd Div.— I was wounded in Inf. in Korea—Put. Paul T. Jensen, missing Los Angeles Cal. Reservations from Bob Lindner, the Bois de Fay in Oct., 1918, while serving as since July 27, 1950. Parents will appreciate hear- Secy., 3179 Seville Ave., Huntington Park, Cal. Cpl., 3rd Section, Trench Mortar Platoon. Ur- ing from anyone who knew him, or any word 252nd FA Bn.— Reunion, Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. gently need to locate men who witnessed the in- about him. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Jens M. Jensen", 606 !- 4. Contact Les Johnson, 154 Estberg Ave., Wau- cident when a man was hit, I crawled over to help Otoe St., Sioux City, Iowa. kesha, Wis. him when another shell burst killed him and Hdqrs. Korean Military Advisory Group, as- 148th Field Hospital, 37th Div.-32nd annual wounded me. Need statements to establish claim. signed 9th South Korean So. Div.-Will be deeply reunion. Bowling Green, Ohio, Oct. 4. Info from Please write. James J. McCarthy, 1522 Home grateful to anyone who can give us word about O. N. Grover, Bowling Green, Ohio. Ave., Berwyn. 111. our son, Capt. Baxter E. Baker, Jr., missing AAF Regional Hospital. AAFRS No. 4, SAAAB, Co. E, 126th Inf., 32nd Div., (\VW2)-Annual since May 18, 1951, after road-block engagement Santa Ana, Cal., and Lowry Field, Denver, Colo. reunion. Big Rapids, Mich., Oct. 11. Write Henry near Hyon-ni. Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Baker, Sr.. —Will anyone who knew me at Lowry Field in Brissette, Rt. 2, Stanwood, Mich. 2200 Beverly Drive. Charlotte 7, N. C. 1944, especially J. B. Olishevski, Jay Rolland, USS Fowler, 222)-Reunion, all Co. F, 7th Cav. Regt., 1st Cav. Div. -My son, (DE hands, Bob Ragan, or any doctors, nurses or patients Philadelphia, Ci>l. Baldwin B. Barclay, was reported missing Pa., Oct. 25. Info from John E. who know of my treatment at Santa Ana, please Stetler, 7 W. 2nd St., Pottstown, Pa. Aug. 28, 1950; no other word received. Will some write. John Uckele, PMB 5749-H, U. S. Medical of bis service comrades give me some news about Co. M, 168th Inf., 34th Div., (WW2) -Reunion, Center, Springfield, Mo. him. Mrs. Julia B. Akridge. Hardwick, Ga. Red Oak, Iowa. Oct. 25. Write Vernon Mainquist, Hdqrs. Co., 4th Inf. Div.—Urgently need to lo- Co. C, 32nd Inf., 7th Div.-Would like to hear 900 Washington Ave., Red Oak, Iowa. cate men who remember me in service, and shell from anyone who knew my brother. Bill Carnett, 309th FA Assn., 78th Div., (both WWs)-An- explosion east of PAris, WW2, which I was near- missing at Chosen Reservoir, Dec. 2, 1950. Name nual reunion, Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 8; William by, and injured. Especially need to hear from Sgt. does noi appear on I'.o.W. list. Mrs. Finlej Pat- W. Doud Post Memorial Home, 898 Buffalo Rd. Benton Diffie, (Alabama), Ray Guest, (Shreve- ton, R 7, C/o Trailer City. Paducah. Ky. Information and reservations from Monroe A. port. La.) and Johnnie Stewart, (La.). Olon C. H Ai S Co., 2nd Engineer Combat Bn.— My son, Blumenstiel, Secy., 66 Mayflower Drive, Rochester Gibbs. C/o Mrs. Ollis Gibbs Vargas, Box 56, Caro- Basil L. Clark, last seen fighting through a road- 18, N. Y. lina, Puerto Rico.

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Post 37's When talk 1ums from hunting to whiskey . . Highway Holiday

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R usse 1 Erskine was not a room but a Calvert speak for ifeelf suite. The free meal turned out to be a six-course dinner served to them in their rooms. The most amazing angle of the dinner for Mrs. Whelden was that Jimmy Taylor, manager of the Russel Erskine, served them himself. "And the extra things!" Mrs. Whel- den declared. "You'd have thought we were the duke and duchess of something. The florists kept our rooms full of flowers. A bottling company brought in a Coke machine fixed up so that when you dropped in a quarter, you received a Coke and five nickels change." After their shopping tour the Whel- dens took time out to figure the ap- proximate value of their gifts. They concluded finally that they had received over $500 worth. Huntsville's merchants had given them everything from lug- gage to radios. When the Wheldens found time to catch their breath, engineer Dave Bau- com and his 40 and 8 took them on a sightseeing trip which included visits to Huntsville's ante-bellum homes, Monte Sano Mountain, and Big Springs. On their return they found Mayor McAllister waiting for them in the lobby of the Russel Erskine. He extended a handful of passes which they could use profitably in every club and

theatre in the town. It was after 1 A.M. before the Wheldens got back to their rooms and climbed thankfully into bed. Next morning the Wheldens were served breakfast in their rooms. Several WHICH GUN FOR YOU? You can find out only by testing them. maids and bellboys came in to help them pack and to lug their gifts If you have to squeeze your head down to sight, or strain to pull down to the street. In front of the hotel, the the trigger, it's the wrong gun for you. Pick the gun that fits your Wheldens' car was waiting for them. neck, arms and shoulder just right. It didn't look exactly the same as it had the previous day. During the night Pick the whiskey that fits your own good taste just right, too. several Huntsville service stations had Compare )i-oz. samples of Calvert and any other brand. Sniff pooled their help and washed, waxed, greased, oiled and gassed the car. them for aroma. Taste them critically to judge their smoothness, As the Wheldens waved goodbye mellowness. Choose the whiskey you really like better. over a back scat piled high with gifts, Mayor McAllister and the Commander Calvert's finer taste will speak for itself! of Legion Post 37 stepped forward and invited them to stay in Huntsville on their return trip — free of charge, of you'll course. Compare. ..anJ What happened to the Wheldens April 24 could happen to you or any other out-of-state tourist driving through Huntsville this year. Later on switehio the odds will be even better for you divert than right now. Jcre Evans, backed by the Huntsville Real Estate Board, plans FREE WHISKEY TASTE TEST KIT! Contains two special glass jiggers, complete instruc- to have a "Highway Holiday" twice tions and "Whiskey Expert" cards. Write Calvert, Room 1321 AL.405 Lexington a month. Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. (Offer not good where local regulations forbid.) So this year, when you're driving through Huntsville, don't be surprised CALVERT RESERVE BLENDED WHISKEY-86.8 PROOF-65% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS. if it happens to you. the end CALVERT DISTILLERS CORP., NEW YORK CITY 44 * The American Legion Magazine • October. 1952 decided to give away your venison because IF YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING IDEA OR SUGGESTION OUR OUTDOORS EDITOR it tasted too gamey," advises Fred, "or ever CAN USE ON THIS PAGE, HE'LL PAY OFF WITH HUNTING AND FISHING ACCESSORIES wondered what to do to hype up the flavor of bear meat or fresh salmon, it may be well This is the time of year when every man . . . and, 'eager beavers' aiding in the libera- to know that plain everyday French-type strong enough to wield a shotgun be- tion." Note that the trapped and the non- dressing (How 'everyday' can that be?), with comes pheasant-conscious. A big, beauti- trapped areas are separated by wide, deep young garlic buds cut up in it, is the per- ful bird, the pheasant looks good both in Seneca Lake, 47 miles in length . . . and fect solution to marinate wild game or fowl. the air and on the dinner table, and is al- form your own conclusions. In addition to improving flavor, it aids in ways sought by an army of hunters. Natu- Despite this initial effort to sanctify the making the meat tender and helps it retain rally this means that the states must help fox . . . the 9,456 pheasants have been fox- a good color." supply the birds for their hunting license murdered to extinction. holders. They do this by raising birds on Late summer brought reports that an the state farms and then releasing them in army of state trappers was eased into the public shooting areas. There has always Yates-Ontario non-trapped area to cut been plenty of grousing about this put-and- down the overwhelming fox-hordes. Some take system. Many claim that it doesn't 3,000 pheasants were recently released in work because there aren't adequate com- this area. All cocks! Nichols uses a cocker spaniel in the field panion predator controls to back the pro- From April to September at least 357 and has found that burrs and briars are gram up. Leading the list of all predators foxes were taken from the Yates-Ontario very easily removed from his dog's ears if is the canny fox — man's ancient and con- area. Along the border of Yates, 1,032 he oils the long hair of his dog before tak- sistent enemy. Many of the states have foxes were taken. Bluntly asked about this ing him hunting. This should work out well lifted bounties on foxes, thus substantially state trapping in the purported "non- on all types of long-haired gun dogs. reducing the kill of the red varmint. Other trapped area," District Game Manager states claim that Nature and her balance John Nemes of Syracuse explained this par- Ever listen to the Rod and Gun Club of take care of the problem and that it isn't adoxical condition by saying that "The the Air? It's sponsored by Pal Blades and necessary to have all-out drives on foxes. Department had switched areas." if you're interested in hunting and fishing Here, taken from a recent column by This is but a portion of the argument. it's mighty pleasing to the ear. VVinslow P. Humphrey of the Catskill It was too long to print in its entirety'. It On Thursday, July 31st, at 9:05 pan. EDT, Daily Mail is the problem as it was pointed gives one side of the picture. What do you beamed over the Mutual Network, the edi- up in New York State: think? Are foxes wiping out released tor of this column, The American Legion "In 1947 the Seneca, N. Y. area was pheasants that you sportsmen are paying Rod and Gun Club, was interviewed; and trapped of all foxes. . . . The Yates-Ontario for? Or can Nature handle the matter her- George Sweeney, National Director of the area untrapped . . . and an equal number of self? Legion Marksmanship Program, was heard pheasants were supposed to be liberated in directing portions of the Legion National both. State trappers were to keep the .30 caliber match from Atlanta, Georgia.

Seneca area clear of fox . . . the Yates- Hope you caught it. Dial it next week. It's Old gun trader Mac McHaley from Ontario area to remain untrapped . . . and a program you'll like. Lafayette, Indiana, passes on a neat one nature allowed to take its course." This was for all of you who like to keep that high original the plan agreed upon by state With the deer season expected, it is smart polish on your gun wood. sportsmen and our Conservation Depart- not to waste those handsome deer hides. "Here's a good idea on stocks, butts and ment. Do your planning now. They can be con- nuts," says Mac. "The problem of removing Its objectives: to determine the status of verted into many types of usable jackets briar and wire scratches on gun butts can the fox as a good, or an evil, or an indif- and clothing. I've found that the Midwest- be solved quickly and economically by using ferent factor in the state program to re- ern Sports Togs, Berlin, Wisconsin, does a the nut meat of black walnuts (or English) plenish our game population. top job. If you're interested, drop them a as the polishing and cleaning medium." line and ask for their catalog. It contains full instructions: tells how much hide is The State Game Commission in Pennsyl- needed for various articles, gives color vania recently reported that 72,534 deer samples, even sketches of patterns used in were killed during 1951 — 18,000 more than making the actual garments. A couple of in 1950. Some 34,582 bucks, and 37,952 dur- It began with a start when only 2,300 tanned deer hides and a few bucks and you ing that two-day antlerless period. Some pheasants were liberated in the Seneca fox- can trot out looking like ole Dan'l Boone 429 bears were taken from the Pennsylvania himself. free area . . . while, 9,456 birds were secret- hills last year. ly dumped into the Yates-Ontario un- Combined states' reports augur a good trapped area. If you have problems or questions connected deer season this year. with the outdoors: hunting, fishing, dogs, etc., Openly charged with this discrepant un- don't hesitate to send them on to The Outdoor balance, Game Managers Ben Bradley and Editor, American Legion Magazine, 580 Fifth Robert Perry — conducting the "test" said, Fred Nichols of Lathrop, California, has Avenue, New York 36, N. ¥. We will do our best to help. Please enclose a stamped, self- "It was an error due to general confusion one for the deer slayer. "If you have ever addressed envelope for reply.

The American Legion Magazine • October, 1952 • 45 The Horatio Alger On Iwo, Boot put on a convincing act as a harmless non-combatant.

How a Camp Lejeune mutt made good on Iwo Jima

By DUANE DECKER

had almost forgotten about this general guess was, had been a Labrador dog, Boot, until recently his pic- retriever and a bull terrier. Nobody | ture appeared in a New York had to know much about dogs to see newspaper. The brief notes about that this one, in a dog show, would have Boot, under the picture, said that he was gone about as far as a private first class the outstanding star of a dog-training in the colonel's mess.

school devoted to thoroughbreds. Boot When someone called him, it was is just a cross-breed but the fact that just: "Here, mutt!" He always trotted he's now taken charge in the camp of right up, friendly and trusting, his the bluebloods doesn't surprise me. Be- eager-beaver tail wagging like a parade

cause I used to know this magnificent flag in the wind. Sure, he was a good mutt. And Horatio Alger, at his most boy, but he didn't have a chance be- inspired, never dreamed up a more fabulous rags-to-riches tale of the average American boy than the true story of

this average American mutt . . .

It all goes back to 1943, to a place called Camp Lejeune in North Carolina where the Marines, at that time, were being sent for advanced combat training before shipping out to the Pacific. Boot (who didn't have any name at the time) just wandered past the sentries at the Mike Nuzzola, an experienced dog handler gate one day, from nobody knew where. Since nobody kicked him out right away, he hung around. He couldn't have been a puppy of cause that camp was loaded with Marine through their paces the way a sandlot more than five or six weeks' vintage but war dogs, bluebloods with pedigrees as kid peeks through a knothole to see how he got by because he found he could long as a machine gun belt. the Big Guys play ball. Sometimes he'd live on handouts from Marines who However, this mutt seemed to feel no get chased away by the handlers, some- were no doubt thinking sentimentally racial inferiority at all. A dog is a dog, times by the blueblooded dogs them- of mutts they'd left behind in Far Rock- his look used to say. And he would selves because they were, after all, the away and Altoona and Shady Glen. Not watch with curiosity and pleasure as the real McCoy of the fancy blood lines and only did no one own Boot, no one even handlers worked out the snooty Dober- could smell a mongrel from the wrong put in a claim for him. He was strictly man-Pinschers and the haughty German side of the tracks three Quonset huts on his own, like the weather. Shepherds who had been sent to this away. He was a sprawling black puppy with camp from some of the country's very When that happened, this little mutt, white paws and chest, good jaws, and best, aristocratic dog families. who still didn't even have a name except an eager-beaver tail. His parents, the The mutt used to watch them go Here Mutt, would scurry off with his

46 There was a war dog platoon with a took Boot home to live with him. It sergeant named Mike Nuzzola. When so happened that in civilian life Mike, he learned that his outfit was going to as a hobby, had been a dog handler. shove off soon, he decided that they And he'd always had a theory that a shouldn't head for the Pacific without mutt could learn as much as a blueblood a good luck mascot. And, thinking of if a handler really tried. This was a good mascots, he thought quickly of this mutt chance to test his theory. he'd seen around so long, doing nothing He went to work on Boot in his spare except hunting up handouts. He tracked time. And he taught Boot how to do all down the mutt that day, made him the the things that the Dobermans and official platoon mascot and gave him a Shepherds did, then proceeded to teach name: Boot. him how to do them backwards as well, At that time Mike was living with his just for a clown act. wife in a house near the camp, so he After that, Mike taught Boot a baseball game. Boot was the catcher in this game and Mike was the pitcher. Boot would signal with his paw just where he wanted the ball to cross the plate.

Mike heaved it; Boot caught it in his mouth, then trotted up to Mike to return the ball for the next pitch. But the best coined)' trick of all that Mike taught Boot was the one where, if you said to the dog, "You're no better than a Doberman!" Boot snarled and jumped at you. It used to be a game at first, but after a while none of the Marines around the camp mentioned Dobermans to Boot. Then Mike turned Boot into quite a glamorous figure around the camp. At the time, he was writing a column about the Dog Platoon for the camp paper, the Globe. One day he wrote the column all about a big party for dogs that had been given to commemorate the birthday of the War Dog Company's mascot, Colonel. And Mike put Boot's by-line on the column. He was now not only an official mascot, and a columnist, but he was attend- ing social functions such as Colonel's party, a very hoity-toity affair which everyone who was anyone in the war dog world attended. E.ven Marine Gen- eral Julian Smith's dog Ruff, just back from Bougainville with a new young daughter called Bougey, put in an appearance. So there was Boot, mingling with the likes of these bluebloods and stowing away just as much pig's liver as any of them. Well, the outfit finally shoved off. Boot was with them. And though he'd learned all the combat tricks in the bag went to work on Boot in his spare time in his private lessons from Mike, he was no war dog. He was just a mascot. He could feel the difference.

tail practically at Parade Rest and beat For instance, when Marines agitated

it down to the galley where some equal- a Doberman — to teach him to attack the ly forlorn Marine on mess detail would enemy — they only did it when the almost always toss him some hamburger Doberman was on a lead. But when they

or a pork chop, right out of the tax- agitated Boot, they did it any old time. payers' money. But the mutt accepted Not very flattering. his lack of identity with good grace for, This humiliation went on until one day as the saying went at the time, things a handler agitated Boot just a little too were bad all over. much when he wasn't on a lead. Boot Along came 1944 and the mutt still got hold of this disrespectful Marine stuck around Camp Lejeunc, getting by. by the scat of his dungarees and when Then, in February of that year, a great others pulled Boot off, the Marine made thing finally happened to him. He knocked off three caves, one of (Continued on page 70) them concealed and full of Nips. 47 1

I'm A Small College Football Fan (Continued from page 17) ing the squad simply because he had clear that Volney Ashford, who has each. The school has adequate equip- only one arm? Certainly not. And he coached there since 1937, was a good ment by minimum standards. The sup- turned out to be a star performer, being man and was turning out good citizens. port of the community of 6,000 persons named by Sportswriter Paul Williamson And, said Mr. Bartle, that's the impor- is good. as the most valuable player on a small tant thing. The fact that the Vikings A player at Southeastern Louisiana college team in the United States. The were winning, he said, was fine. But College, Hammond, La., says he enjoys coach never let practice interfere with losses would come and when they did it small college football because he be- George Brock's job of helping prepare wouldn't mean that Coach Ashford was lieves the spirit at a small school is dinner in the dormitory. He knew any less efficient or that he was no longer better. "You get more individual atten- George needed to work part of his way helping to train good citizens. He made tion and better coaching because we do through school. Athletic scholarships? it plain that Coach Ashford's tenure had not have as large a squad." They weren't enough to pay the jani- no bearing upon the team's win or lose "I'd rather be a big duck in a little tor's wife to do the washing and ironing. record. The students echoed that same pond than a little duck in a big pond," My scholarship as editor of the school feeling. An editorial in the college paper said another player from that school. paper was more than that of any of the From the coach's point of view, the players. Even so, I had to act as corre- small school has advantages. Edward spondent for city papers, play a church Gulian, coach at Albright College, organ on Sundays and call on dad from BUREAU OF Reading, Pa., says there is no pressure time to time to help make ends meet. MISSING on the staff and no influence exerted by Pep meetings before games mean PERSONS outside forces. "Football," he says, "is something in Marshall. That's because merely a small part of the whole college the town is part of the college family. program." To play the game at Al- Along with the students you'll see Bob bright, a student must be in the upper Hoy, young lawyer about town; Dr. W. two-fifths of his class and carrying a full L. Carter, the dentist; Howard Beasley, course of study leading to graduation. a farmer; and June King, jeweler, along If he doesn't make the two-fifths brack- with Alfred, the handy man who has et, but falls in the three-fifths group, he tended the furnaces there for more must take an examination in order to years than he can remember. It's a com- play. If he fails in the test he's out of the munity affair. competitive picture. Games are at night so everyone can Surely there must be more than just attend. And they do. Even when the the game for the game's sake when an team visits a nearby college, it's nothing Eastern school travels by plane across extraordinary to see a caravan of 1,000 the entire United States to play for 60 persons follow along. minutes on the campus of a West Coast When we won a game, we tore down school. There must be more than just the standards, drank up all the soda pop the love of playing involved when a at Hal Bell's campus store, and then "I think she came back last night for a Michigan player is quoted as saying few minutes while I was asleep." raided the Auditorium, the town's he was not permitted to speak a single AMEHK'AN LEGION MAGAZINE theatre, to see a free movie. If we lost, word to any member of the opposing we didn't cry, apologize, blame the team in the Rose Bowl game a few years coach or gripe. We just went to the (and I was not the editor then) said ago. Compare that with Albright's Green Mill, had a sandwich and a choc- essentially the same thing. As you may game with Moravian last October. We'll olate ice cream soda and then went on guess, the time came when losses were lay you two to one that every Albright to the movie anyway, only on those more frequent than wins. But Coach man knew every Moravian man by his occasions we paid our own way. Ashford is still there, because he has first name and that they played as We believed that football was a sport proved that there is more to the game friends rather than as a couple of mini- designed to teach clean sportsmanship than victories and defeats. ature armies. I know from experience and teamwork and nothing more, just This business of playing the game for that Missouri Valley's games with Wil- as we believed that studying the Private the sport rather than the box office is liam Jewell were games in which 1

Life of the Romans was a subject to give not confined to Missouri Valley. I friends of one college met 1 1 friends of background material for the study of picked a few small colleges at random another college in a friendly game which Latin and nothing more. Sometimes both and put the question to their players. ended with the winners rushing over to did mean more. Sometimes football did G. M. Disch, on the team at Linfield shake hands with the losers and then lead to coaching jobs for some of the College, McMinnville, Ore., recognizes all going to the gymnasium for a dance graduates just like studying the Private he's a player of only average size and and refreshments. Life of the Romans came in handy for ability and wouldn't have stood a chance If football is getting too big for its

me when I visited Rome and Pompeii. at some of the 5,000-enrollment schools. britches, whose fault is it? For seven years in a row, little Mis- Disch wanted to be a coach; to do that I'll venture the guess that it's outside souri Valley never lost a game. It played he had to have practical experience. He interference. And if you'd like to see at the Cigar Bowl in Tampa two years in got it at Linfield where he learned the first hand how the game is played with- succession; the Refrigerator Bowl in game, met a swell bunch of fellows, and out outside interference, I suggest you Evansville, Ind.; and the Ranch Bowl in played for stakes no higher than fun and look in on Missouri Valley and Linfield Abilene, Texas. All of which proves to experience. and Albright and Southeastern Teachers me that little schools if they're good, can Albert Wills, also of Linfield, says, and a score of other schools in that class, make the grade too. "Here the game is played for the fun a class of authentic amateurs. When the Vikings were riding high and love rather than 'win at all costs'." Football can be character molding and those seven years, H. Roe Battle, presi- At Linfield, there are two coaches good clean fun if we'll just let it alone.

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—^—^— (Continued from page 13 > ——— side. Lucky it hasn't jumped into the "If the wind had been bad," Art said, her own terms. Maybe she'd sensed his timber. There are about ten thousand "it would've whipped this fire down uncertainty. Maybe she'd thought if she sheep down the canyon on government through the canyon like smoke through scared him enough — but he'd tried to range." a tin horn. There'd have been enough explain how he felt. Couldn't she under- get the damned thing out," roast mutton to feed a city." stand this was more than a job to him? "Let's — Burdish said, beginning to work furi- "Man, could I use a beer. A big one That it was everything he'd ever want—

his lips. if only she it too . ously with the shovel. "I still got a date ice cold." Burdish smacked wanted . . tonight." "Where you going?" he asked suddenly. He helped Burdish get the packs off "Dream on," Art said, and began to Art stopped. "See how she looks on the horses, and paused on his way to the move slowly around the edge of the fire, your side." spring for water, calling back, "Doesn't staying close to the wide strip of cleared Burdish's voice was angry. "Look, look like Sanders is coming to check ground they'd put in last spring. slow and careful, that was my job over again." He circled the blaze looking for weak there. It's okay — see?" Burdish, opening a can of beans, didn't spots. There was only one stretch for Art hesitated. He knew he should raise his head. "HI tell you one thing," muttered. his big a couple of hundred yards where danger take a look, but the big man had worked he "He can keep nose spoiling it. out of it, far as I'm lay, and if the wind behaved, he'd have like a span of mules; no use concerned." that under control in an hour. He began "All right, Burdish," he said slowly. "If Art got the water and made coffee — it's while Burdish to work fast, clearing a narrow strip you say it's right right." prepared the rest of the and backfiring as he went. In the brush, Burdish looked mollified. "Guess we'd meal of beans, fried bacon and pan better make camp now, I'll fetch the bread. They ate with the relish of hard it was easy, he thought. But once let the in the fire jump into the resinous pine and fir, horses." working men open, cleaning up about that date in town?" the last morsel of food. Then they and it would be hotter than a blow "How torch gone wild. "Aw hell, can't a man dream? I'll tell stretched out in the shade of the timber, He welcomed the hard work, trying you one thing, a man can't call his life drowsy from the meal and the midday to deaden the nagging feeling of hope- his own on a job like this. And I'll tell sun. lessness in him. He'd been so deliberate you another thing. If I ever find me the morning; so right woman, I'll get the hell out of this Art wakened suddenly, the acrid sting in what he'd told her this — sure she'd understand. She had no way so fast " Burdish stomped away, mut- of smoke heavy in his nostrils. He of knowing how unsure he really felt. tering to himself. looked toward the burned-over area, His love for the outdoors and his job Art made a small fire in the dry creek and scrambled to his feet. The fire had seemed unimportant now. He'd always bed near the timber, and waited for jumped the guard into a stand of pine. thought that nothing could pull him Burdish to return. The right woman . . . It shouldn't have happened—there wasn't he the right woman, but sometimes wind. Burdish's away from it. But without Clare, he had enough He grabbed a man wasn't sure he was doing the right shoulder and shook him awake. wasn't so certain . . . and thing. Clare couldn't stand this life, and Burdish clawed to his feet. "What the He heard footsteps approaching — straightened up, wiping the sweat from it was the only life he knew or wanted. hell " he stopped and stared at the fire. his forehead with a grimy sleeve. Bur- His love for the outdoors must be in- Art felt black anger rising into his dish was stripped to his undershirt. Soot bred, for he could remember nothing throat. Choking him. This could have smeared his arms and freckled shoulders. else he'd ever wanted — except Clare. happened only through Burdish's care- His face sagged from fatigue. He put more wood on the fire as lessness. Even after he'd warned him "Damn the man that started this one," Burdish came with the horses. Clare about the sheep camp in the canyon he he grunted. "That heat's plain hell." wanted his love, but she wanted it under hadn't bothered to double check his area. He gripped the other man's arm and shook him roughly. "It jumped your strip. Do you understand? It jumped your fireguard, you careless fool!" — "Well, I'll tell you one thing " Bur- dish began. "My God — Art!" His face was stricken. The fire was rocketing through the pine tops, a flashing sheet of flame. "The one place it could have broken through," Art said. "The one place! Down through that narrow strip of pine to the canyon." Burdish seemed paralyzed. Art shook him again. "Come on!" He grabbed a shovel. "If we hit the canyon fast enough — " He started to run, and heard the heavy footsteps of Burdish following. He paused long enough to ask, "Got the axe?" "Yeah," Burdish panted, his breath short and uneven. "Listen, Art, we get in that canyon — we're trapped." Art stopped and stared. "You forgotten the sheep camp?" He kept his voice even. "You've got your choice, Burdish."

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"Well, I'll tell you one thing — aw, They rounded the abrupt turn, and even close to the leaf-mould where the air hell!" Burdish began to run alongside while running, Art planned their stand. was still breathable. Even at this mo- him. He halted at the narrowest width look- ment, Art watched, fascinated by the They stumbled and crashed through ing back for Burdish. cork-screw flames leaping and spiraling the thick brush, the heat baking them "Start cutting timber!" he yelled. He to the sky. Water ran from his eyes. now. Art glanced toward the fire. It began grubbing out brush with the Scorching smoke strangled him. He would be close — terribly close. He shovel, cutting a path only two feet buried his face in the earth and gasped forced his legs to move faster, his lungs wide before setting the backfire. With for air. Flying brands of fire burned a tearing pain in his chest. He could no wind there was a chance they could his hands and neck. He could feel the hear Burdish 's breath coming in whis- hold it. smoking heat of his shirt and pants tling gasps behind him. They skirted the Burdish was a maddened giant with his against his flesh. Flames were devouring

fringe of fire, the heavy smoke stran- axe, slashing and chopping as though him, boiling pitch was scalding him . . . gling them, the heat scorching their his one aim in life was to fell trees. His the crackling roar came closer and faces. Each breath Art drew was tor- clothes smoking frorrt the brush fires seemed to touch him in a final cre- ture. Burning cinders bit into his face. Art had set, the sweat dripping from scendo . . . He knew they couldn't keep this pace his face. Soaking his shirt. much longer, but they were through the Art patrolled his narrow firebreak, He raised up on one elbow and looked worst of it, and the sudden chill of the beating out sparks that started little fires at the sullen smoulder that was left of canyon, with its high, rocky walls on beyond it. It was a race against time, the fire. Green pine needles were above either side, hit them like the first smell and they worked without pause or his head. He was lying under the tree of spring, and the fire was behind them. words. The only sound was their la- a hundred yards away, where Burdish He slackened down to a fast walk and bored breathing, the crackling hiss of must hav e carried him after he'd blacked glanced at Burdish. The man's face was brush burning, and now and then, the out. He watched Burdish finish stamp- blackened beyond recognition, his heavy thud as a tree hit the ground. ing out some break-through into the un- mouth hanging open from exhaustion, Thirty minutes later, Art called, burned area, and then walk toward him. eyes red and bloodshot, his eyebrows a "That's it, Burdish. If she doesn't hold, A grin split Burdish's swollen face blackened singe of hair. we'll have a little longer down the when he saw Art sitting up. "I'll tell "How about that cold beer, Burdish?" canyon." you one thing," he called as he came The mask that was Burdish grinned. Burdish beat out a smouldering patch closer. "We got that fire whipped." He "Tell you one thing," he panted. "This on his pants. "What's the chances?" looked closely at Art. "And I'll tell you is — no job for me." Art looked at the strip of burning another thing — you can't kill a good "Once she hits the canyon," Art said, brush and trees they'd made across the ranger." "she'll rip down here like a run-away canyon. "Can't say. Let's get out of logging train. We've got to get to the here." They camped in the timber nearby, Narrows and set a backfire." "Well, I'll tell you one thing," Bur- using supplies borrowed from the sheep — "If I ever get out of this dish said. "You got a good idea — but camp farther down the canyon. Art "Save your breath," Art said, "and I'm staying." watched Burdish make a final check on maybe you will." Art stared at him briefly. Then he the fireguard before they turned in for He set a fast pace down the canyon. gripped the other man's shoulder hard. the night. He knew that Burdish had It was about two miles to the Narrows, Burdish made his mistakes, but when the changed since this morning. He'd prob- and they'd need time after they got real pinch came, he faced them. ably always complain about his work - there. It was a natural firebreak, but He shoveled more dirt on the smoul- but ten years from now, he'd still be some timber would have to come down, dering backfire hoping to widen it be- chasing fires. The love for a job could and some brush would have to be fore the heat became unbearable. Bur- be camouflaged in many ways. Burdish's grubbed out to stop this fire once it dish was back in the thick of smoke way was to gripe. began its charge down the canyon. and burning brush, working desperately Art threw more wood on the fire. He tried to swallow, but something to get more trees down. Art knew he He'd never tried to hide his love for his thick and dry seemed to be in the way. was trying to make up for his blunder work. Maybe that had been the trouble. It must be his tongue. His eyes were earlier in the day. If they got out of the Maybe Clare had been jealous as well as smarting, his face dry and cracked. He canyon alive, he knew it was the best frightened. He knew there were many knew he must look as bad as Burdish. thing that could have happened to Bur- things he'd do differently now, if he A fleeting thought that Clare might be dish. The lesson he'd needed to straight- had the chance. A woman had a rough right, after all, swept through him. en him out. rime in this country. He could have Maybe this wasn't the job for a sane He stretched a moment to get the softened it for her if he'd tried. Could man; with its dangers, long hours and cramp out of his muscles. It might have have gotten her that washing machine; uncertainty. And if he left this, he could been a lesson to Clare too, had she been taken her to town more often. Movies, still have Clare — here to see it. It might have changed dances. A woman needed those things. "She's hit the canyon," Burdish yelled her mind about leaving. He'd hoped this In time, she might have accepted their from behind. "She's coming down like morning, that he could do it with words, life here — might even have grown to hell on wheels!" but he'd failed. You couldn't explain love it as he did. Art swung around. Burdish was right. the feeling you had when you saw a He heard Burdish stumbling toward He could see the flames shooting sky- man risk his life to do his job. him through the brush, and he reached ward in a great, red mass, and though The fire had reached the bend in the over and put the coffee on to reheat. it was still a mile behind them, it seemed canyon. He could hear it raging toward He hadn't been sure of himself this the hair on his neck was curling already. them; could feel the withering blast morning when Clare had told him she

He began to run again, knowing that of heat preceding it. A driving blanket was leaving. He hadn't been sure since. every second was precious now. The of flame rounded the curve, paused an It was something he'd been fighting all

Narrows was just around the next bend. instant, then jumped toward them like day . . . The curve in the canyon might slow the a live, red monster. He got up to gather more wood for fire and deflect the searing heat for a Burdish ran out then, and they threw the fire. It wasn't as though he'd tried few minutes. They might have a chance. themselves on the ground, their faces to fool her. She'd known what this job

The American Legion Magazine • October. 1952 • £1 meant before they were married. Had thing, Mr. Sanders," he said. "I'll bed bubbles. He couldn't quite bring him- known it wouldn't be easy. But there down your horse." self to look up yet. To see the pity that could be no shadow of blame on her Sanders nodded. He looked at Art a must be in Sanders' eyes. for leaving — she must do what she felt moment without speaking. Finally he "Clare was hanging out the wash was right — he must do the same. He when I came by," Sanders said. drew a deep breath of the cooling night Art stared hard at the fire. The pitch air into his scorched lungs. If there were was running out of the wood now, the

any relief in finally knowing what he flames lapping greedily around it. Why must do — then he could claim that didn't he finish what he had to say; get doubtful comfort. For he knew now, it over with — that he must stay. That he would follow "She told me your shirts were a mess,"

the flame for the rest of his life . . . Sanders continued. He chuckled sud- It was much later when they heard denly. "Said if you weren't more care- the sharp clop of horse's hoofs striking ful the next thirty or forty years, you'd the rocky canyon floor. Art raised up end up doing them yourself." in his blankets, threw more wood on Art stood up jerkily and kicked the the fire, and watched as Sanders rode burning piece of pine into the fire. "She into the light. He was a stout, pleasant said that?" man, and the night grew more cheerful "Yep," Sanders looked at the charred with his presence. shirt on Art. "Looks like you weren't "Hello," he said in his hearty voice. too careful with that one, Art." His glance swept the still-glowing em- "Guess not." Art put the coffee pot bers of the fire beyond. "It got away on the edge of the coals, his next words from you, hey, Art?" He sounded as spoken almost to himself. "Reckon I though it were the natural thing to ex- could be more careful about a lot of pect, but his eyes were shrewd. Probing. things." Art saw Burdish stiffen, and knew he He walked away from the fire then, was having a bad moment then. Burdish "Fifty cents a week per man. I gave not trusting himself to say more at this must know his job would be precarious Jennings a raise." moment. In the thick cover of pines, he if Sanders found out it was his fault the AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE paused, breathing in their pungent odor fire had jumped them. "There's no pre- deeply. He stood there a moment and dicting a fire," Art said slowly. "They glanced up at the clear sky. The stars get away from the best of us." said, "Passed by your place on the way shone cold and bright, and it struck Sanders dismounted stiffly and sat up this afternoon." him then that the night ahead would be down. "You're right," he said. "Fires "Yeah?" Art was suddenly casual. long, and that the dawn would be some- are like women — unpredictable." Sanders was trying to tell him something he would be watching for. The Burdish got up then and stretched. thing; trying to break it to him easy. long trail back would be a time of He looked briefly at Art, his eyes mir- He threw a pine limb on the fire and anticipation reaching toward the little roring his relief. "Well, I'll tell you one watched the resin come out in little cabin in the meadow. the end How To Plan A Modern Workshop ( Continued from page 2S) shadows, the better. To improve the ment humidity is high, use some system with one or two power tools and you natural light, many home craftsmen of forced ventilation such as previously plug them in at existing outlets. As have taken out old cellar windows and described. your shop grows, you will want two replaced them with larger ones. You can't do good work if you are branch circuits wired independently of Ventilation is important. Sanding, cold. Where supplemental heat is re- each other. The two lines should gen- ripping and lathe work obviously create quired, such as in a garage, consider erally be rated at 15 amperes each. One a certain amount of dust. Two easy connecting a radiator, wiring in space line is used for shop lighting and the methods of eliminating dust, aside from heaters, or adding a small wood or kero- other furnishes outlets for the power the dust collector attachments available sene stove. For a basement, an electric tools. However, before starting any for most power-driven machines, are 1. heater placed on the floor will mean wiring, check with your local electric- Build a small ventilator unit out of an comfort. company for their requirements. All old electric fan and a piece of thin gal- Concrete floors are generally well work must conform to their service

vanized metal. 2. Where the home is suited for home workshop use. But re- rules and local electrical codes. equipped with a forced warm air heat- member the rougher the surface, the The solution of the noise problem in ing system, to have an outlet from the harder it is to keep clean. Smooth, your home workshop w ill depend large- heating pipe come into the shop so that painted or asphalt tiled floors will cut ly on the complaints from other mem- warm, fresh air is forced in and the down your clean-up time by plenty. A bers of the household. Of course, the stale air is forced out of the shop. piece of rubber matting placed in front whine of a saw or the thump of a ham- Hand in hand with the ventilation of the workbench or power machine is mer in your workshop won't be appre-

problem is that of moisture. Uncon- an ideal remedy for fatigue caused by ciated by others, especially if they are trolled dampness may cause warped standing long hours on a concrete floor. trying to sleep. Avoid placing the shop lumber, separated plywood and rusted Consider, too, covering the walls and beside or under the quiet areas of your tools. Therefore, choose a dry spot for ceiling of your shop with some inex- house. Also check transmission of noise your workshop with good ventilation, pensive paneling material such as in- through walls and heat ducts with a dehumidifiers and even waterproofing sulating board, plywood or hardboard. mallet and block of wood. Rubber of the walls if the problem is severe. Concrete wiring of your workshop mountings should be placed on all pow- Avoid locating your shop near a damp is of the utmost importance. In the beer tools. Where the noise problem is area of the house, such as the laundry. ginning, the average man has no need serious, you can apply acoustical tiles During summer months, when base- for special homcshop wiring— you start to the ceiling or walls of your shop.

52 * The American Legion Magazine • October. 1952 In equipping and planning your workshop it is well to remember that the heart of your shop is the workbench. This workbench, while very important, need not be elaborate or expensive and can well be made as one of your first workshop projects. workbench, the most Next to the list lite this important part of any home workshop A is convenient tool panels. An orderly arrangement of equipment conveniently located saves many hours of hunting for the correct tools to do the job. The most important single tool panel is the one located immediately above the workbench. This main tool panel should contain such equipment as rules, combination square, marking gauges, level, etc. for layout work—and such other equipment as hammers, saws, wrenches, will save you time screw drivers, chisels, nail sets. The next step in planning your workshop is to provide storage space for small parts. To save much time and effort these various small parts must be stored separately, in easily accessible locations and must be arranged so that each part or size is recognized at a glance. For this reason many home craftsmen employ some form of glass container making the parts instantly when you call visible. A popular type of storage for nails, screws, etc., is the familiar screw type jar. Many methods have been devised for holding these jars. You may prefer to place them on shelves, assorted out-of-town as to content and size, or fasten the jar lids to the under side of the shelves and unscrew the jars for removing the contents. Paints and paint supplies must be kept free from dust and dirt. A good suggestion would be to secure an old bookcase or china closet, the type with glass doors, for such storage space.

Lumber storage is another problem facing the home craftsman. Best arrangement for your lumber supply is to place it high above the floor, conveniently stacked so that you may obtain the piece you want without dis- arranging the whole pile. The lumber Long Distance calls go through should be well supported at all points, so that it does not sag and become faster when you Call by Number permanently warped. Remember, a good motto to follow in storing anything in your workshop is, "A place for When you give the Long Dis- know. If there's a new number everything and everything in its place." tance Operator the out-of-town you don't have — or an old one Since the home workshop usually number you want, it saves time. you've forgotten — be sure to add starts with a selection of hand tools, She can then put your call through it to the list the operator such as shown on tool panel, the pur- when chase of quality tools cannot be too without first calling "Information" gives it to you. highly emphasized, and they are well in the distant city to get the The Bell Telephone Company worth the little extra cost. Good tools number. in mean good results, they last longer, your community will be glad to keep sharp longer and have a feel and So write down the local and out- give you a Free Telephone Num- balance that even the inexperienced can of-town numbers you already bers Booklet. detect. And don't think that cheap tools are "good enough to start with"— you'll be surprised how you will always kick BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM yourself that you didn't get the best in the beginning.

The American Legion Magazine • October, 1952 Few woodworkers, however, use only lathe. These portable tools come with can plough and groove, meter and dado, hand tools, as a great deal of the cutting, mounting bases and can be used in fixed sand and smooth and cut metal with a shaping, jointing and sanding can he positions too. circular saw plus the right accessories. done more easily, better and faster by Sooner or later, you will want to Cutting tapers, spirals, and ornamental machines. This enables the homccrafter complete your shop with major power moldings may be accomplished on the to spend more time on planning, de- circular saw with maximum smooth- signing and finishing his projects. Power ness and minimum labor. Assign a cen- tools multiply main times the variety tral position in your shop to the circu- of articles that can be made in the home lar saw. You need all the clear space workshop. Tools arc now available for you can get on all sides, depending on every manner of shop operation. True, the length of lumber you must cut. it may take you years to obtain all the The grinder is second on the list, power tools. The cost may have to be because it keeps your cutting tools- spread over many a Father's Day, chisels, planes, and bits— in perfect shape. Christmas and birthday. But no matter You can use wire brushes, fabric wheels how long it is in arriving, your com- for buffing operations. Your grinder, plete shop should go according to plan. when mounted on a separate stand or on Next comes the question of what the workbench, will require less than power tools to buy first and w here to two feet of clear space for most opera- put them. The final answer on tool se- tions. lection must be determined by your in- The drill press is next on the list be- terests and the use to w hich you intend cause it is one of the most versatile ad- to put them. For the average home- ditions to your w orkshop. It is really six owner, the portable power tools come machines in one, performing such varied before the major power ones. (From April, 1941 A.1..M.) operations as drilling, routing, sanding, The most versatile of the portable mortising, shaping, grinding, paint stir- power tools for the home is the 14-inch tools. With the tools pictured—circu- ring, and carving. If you expect to do electric drill. This tool, in addition to lar saw', grinder, drill press and jointer— much work involving end drilling into being a drill, will do sanding, buffing, you can spread a great variety of long pieces, a floor model will be best. planing, paint stirring, shaping, polish- handyman projects. Consider their space But for normal shop work, a bench is ing and screw driving. Also, available requirements as you plan your shop. best. A drill press will work efficiently in the portable class are power saws, The circular saw is first on the list be- in a corner, so long as you leave a clear polishers and belt sanders. About the cause it is the most useful since 85 per space in one direction for a long board. only machine you can't duplicate to cent of all shop work is cutting. In ad- The jointer is not a versatile tool, but some extent with portable tools is the dition to ripping and crosscutting, you will save you many hours of sanding by

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54 • The American Legion Magazine • October. 1952 truing up edges and surfaces of a board perfectly. Cutting rabbits and beveling Advertisement are easily accomplished on a jointer. It also can be used to make cupped boards, to cut molding, tapers and tongues and tenons for furniture joints. Your jointer can be positioned permanently against a From where I sit wall. But it needs clear space at each end equal to the greatest length of lumber to be smoothed. Both circular saw />u and jointer are easier to use and store Joe Marsh if on portable casters. If your shop space is limited, perhaps one of the multi-purpose power tools will fill your needs. They go as far as possible in combining basic woodwork- ing operations in a single tool with a single motor. They saw, they sand, they Me- drill and they turn, while you spend minimum effort and time in changing operations. With accessories, you can Advising a Banker! increase the versatility of this machine until there is almost nothing the multi- purpose tools can't do. The Missus and I were invited to a There are many more machines avail- big dinner over at Balesville the other able—with no limit to the number and night. I variety. For instance, if your interest sat next to a banker from the runs to duplicating period furniture you state capital. will want a wood-turning lathe in your shop. Or if you want to turn out small "Mighty nice country you've got projects in a hurry, you might well de- down there, Mr. Marsh" he says. cide to put a jig or scroll saw in your shop. You will investigate all tools as "Don't be surprised if I come to live your interest and skill increase. And there myself. In a few years I plan to you will find yourself adapting and improving the machines you already have, get away from everybody, buy a farm fitting them to your own needs. There- and just take it easy.'" in lies much of the fun of home workshops. The rest of the family will get "Well," I told him, "we'd like to in on the act, too. have you. But when someone plans to The paint-spray booth is something buy a farm and 'take it easy' he often you will want as you become more and more a perfectionist on finishing. With winds up working harder than ever. a spray gun, you can lay on lacquers, It takes a lot of work to run a farm varnishes, enamels, and other finishes with professional smoothness. The best- right no matter how many hands you sized spray unit for home-shop work is can afford to hire. i/ a compressor with a 3 hp. motor. Be sure to buy a good one; it pays in the "And from where I sit" I con- long run. tinued, "you won't 'get away' from The spray booth needn't be large— a 5 x 5-foot area will handle most proj- people either. Neighbors are plenty ects. A shower curtain hung in a corner important in a farming community— will make a fine spray booth. For safety in paint-spraying operation, the curtain whether it's helping one another out or should be fireproofed. Here is how: To just friendly visiting over a sociable 100 ounces of water add and dissolve 6 glass of beer." "Hard work and neigh- ounces of borax and 5 ounces of baric acid. bors dropping in all the time?" he Thoroughly soak the curtain the in asks, looking over his glasses. Then warm solution, then let it dry. Repeat this operation several times in order to he smiles and says, "Sounds wonder- get maximum protection. The flame- ful. You've just sold me on a farm." proofing solution is water soluble; therefore, after each washing it must be impregnated again for its further protection. Never smoke, of course, while spraying, and wear a mask as you work. An exhaust fan in the booth will remove all paint mist and fumes effectively. THE END Copyright, 1952, United States Brewers Foundation

The American Legion Magazine • October, 1952 • JJJJ ! .

Reds in Khaki (Continued from page 15)

ings, exposing the Soviet fifth column.) military training as political commissar Crouch was only one of many com- of the Lincoln Brigade to advantage. munists planted in the armed services During World War II Nelson was chief LAUNDERING in the 1920's. Almost every major base courier for a Soviet espionage ring had its red cell and communist party which stole atomic and other military VENETIAN BLINDS members were on the battleships, and secrets. EXCITING NEW BUSINESS in the Air Corps. Meanwhile, the National Guard also There is big money to be American reds were sent under false was part of the communist goal of in- made cleaning Venetian Blinds and a permanent, names and with counterfeit passports filtration and propaganda. John Lautner, fast growing Lifetime Business, besides. to Moscow, where they learned military former chief security officer of the An amazing new kind of tactics drilling with the red army. Joseph New York state communist party, testi- business of your own in a field that is growing like Zack, Manning Johnson and other for- fied a few months ago in New York mad. Millionsof Venetian Blinds need laundering at mer communists have testified concern- City that he had been assigned to work regular intervals. With ing the intensive training they were with "cells" of communist party mem- our new patented machine, you can start small—using your basement, garage or utility room to begin with. given in small arms, how to field strip bers in one of the guard's major outfits. You can expand as your business increases by leaps a machine gun, and to use art girl also and bounds. Income up to $200.00 daily already how the Pretty comrades were used by being made by others. Small investment for equip- of strangulation by piano wire. the party as part of the "recruiting pro- ment starts your own lifetime business—and monthly payment plan permits you to pay for it as you grow. The Young Communist League, us- gram," Lautner said.

CDFp ' a " the facts about this sensational ing a pretty girl named Marion, set up a Louis Weinstock, indicted last year l«tL newkindof machinethatlaunders blinds secret in so fast that your charges are unbelievably low. People committee 1935 to handle cor- for subversive conspiracy, was former- would rather send blinds to you than do the work respondence from reds in the Armed ly active in National Guard work. So themselves. Yet, you make 700 % profit on every blind you clean- Get names of successful owners near you. Forces. Mail from servicemen was never were many other reds who kept their Get details of the full amazing plan without obliga- sent to national communist headquarters real identities a secret. tion. Be first in your territory to start a business that has brought $15,000.00 PROFITS the first year but to a series of "mail drops" at private World War II gave the communists to others. Wire today or send name on a postcard addresses. their opportunity. After June 22, 1941, VENETIAN BLIND LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT CO., INC. Russia the 442 N. Seneca St., Dept. 2610, Wichita 12. Kansas Marion spent her time picking up this became America's "ally" and GI mail — which contained confidential communist party proclaimed its inten- data on troop movements. Navy mation of dropping the class-war program SELL AIR CUSHION SHOES neuvers and new types of planes — re- to support the war effort to defeat >ild a permanent "repeal" laying it to the party's military com- Hitler. ent! Sell John Neil Air-Cu mission. The insincerity of this proclamation In 1936 the communists sent some of was shown in official orders given every their trained soldiers to Spain and re- party member when he enlisted or was cruited others. The result was the Abra- drafted. They were told not to reveal SHOE CO. ham Lincoln Brigade, which fought their communist affiliation, and to lie Brockton 64, Mass. with the Loyalists during the Civil W ar. about it under pressure.

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5g • The American Legion Magazine • October, 1952 him as a red, yet Sgt. Rubin, the day abroad to entertain troops and spread many the American Veterans Committee. after he returned to the States, joined propaganda while offstage. By 1948 both the Legion and the the Daily Worker staff. I remained in the reserves when VFW had repelled this invasion and In the Information and Education World War II ended. After I joined the except for isolated incidents had de- branch, Simon W. Gerson, Daily red youth movement, I was told to re- feated the fifth column. The AVC, to Worker city editor indicted last year tain my reserve status, but after I be- the contrary, was virtually captured in for subversive conspiracy, was, with came fairly prominent in the American certain areas and the organization was many others similarly planted, respon- Youth for Democracy and the Labor considerably weakened in its fight to sible for the orientation of thousands of Youth League, I was told to drop out of rid itself of red infiltration. service men who passed through his the reserve when my time ran out. Meanwhile I had been doing a full- East Coast base. John, a former Air Force captain and time job as a communist youth organ- From my own experience, I know one of New York City's leading com- izer and had moved out of my parents' that three party members in Ohio munists, gave me the orders. "Now that home. My father, a World War I ser- played a major role in the I&E program. your name has appeared several times geant, had at first argued against my Before Hitler attacked Stalin, they had in the party press," John told me, "your communist views and then violently ob- drawn up a plan to solicit "gripe" let- value as a comrade in the armed services jected to them. He reminded me again ters from service men and then give is ended. All of our party members still and again that my brother Danny, who them wider publicity to destroy morale. in uniform must have no public identi- was shot down in a B-17 over Germany,

But when the party line changed, all fication as communists." had died fighting for the things that I three reds enlisted. A year after Hitler John explained it further: "One un- was trying to destroy. doublecrossed his Soviet ally, one of the dercover comrade in the armed services But those comrades of Coblenz, Paris party members ended up as a major in is priceless to our cause. He can cause and Biarritz had done their work. I G-2, stationed at the largest air base in the loss of hundreds of man-hours in a wouldn't admit to common sense and the States. The other two also ended up week's time and can effectively break plunged into the subversive movement as field grade officers. down the morale of a unit. A smart with youthful enthusiasm. While 15,000 party members carried comrade can cause a lot of AWOL's." As an organizer for the Labor Youth on their various orders from national Soon after I joined the red movement, League I helped set up communist units red headquarters, civilian comrades did I was given a study outline prepared in high schools and colleges. Our main their fifth column work. An organiza- by the Veterans Commission of the propaganda attack was against UMT tion called "Sweethearts of Servicemen" communist party, headed by Irving and any form of proper national de- formed a letter-writing unit which Goff. This outline was given to party fense. At red student meetings I heard made hundreds of new contacts and members who were ordered into "con- party leaders stress that in the event of served as an ideal recruiting medium for centration work" among veterans. Cer- war with Russia, we w ere to rise up the party. Entertainers with long front tain veterans were assigned to join the against our own "imperialist nation" records of communist-leaning were sent Legion, others the VFW and a great and help destroy it.

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The American Legion Magazine • October, 1952 • $7 Our com rules also were to obey draft Ohio. I seemed to present a problem to calls. Before final induction, meetings the Air Force w hen on the day of my SMART STYLES IN AS MANY AS with members of the party's secret mili- recall I turned in a statement which tary commission were arranged. There listed 46 communist-front groups to

the prospective GI received final in- which I had belonged. 182 fifth It officers structions on his role as a col- shocked several from the umnist. Pentagon on down, and I was told, "We * SIZES This sudden stepping up of the tech- don't know what to do with you; we nique of military sabotage and espion- can't give you any work of a classified 5to18 age plus the lurking memory of my nature, and we can't give you a job AAA to EEEE brother's supreme sacrifice began to fill which might influence other service- my mind with certain doubts concern- men."

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But a staff sergeant doesn't get far with brass that New Car given activities near Los Alamos, and sum- moned before the review commission doesn't agree with him. When I returned to New York City, as Bonus! of the party. I that the communists w ere mak- comrade introduced to as "our found TAKE ORDERS for A me EARNED ing the most of the Korean war from a \ationally Advertised security officer and a former policeman" propaganda point of view. TWO NEW CARS told me I was an "OSS agent" and I was ... and as as much One American, Paul F. Schnur, Jr., of NYLONS $ 1 20.00 in one week expelled from the party. GUARANTEED NINE I th San Francisco, had been captured by the MONTHS do(C .Mills "Don't let us catch you around any Sensational Guarantee creat- ramoul W'lkmt hosiery line. 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The American Legion Magazine • October, 1952 • tJ9 Our Overtaxed Cars (Continued from page 23) ing scale. Oklahoma racks on a flat 2 rate is between three and five dollars. If he buys his car in one of 70 juris- percent of factory-delivered price at Gasoline and oil taxes. The federal dictions in Pennsyvania, or in Baltimore, the time of sale. In W ashington, you government taxes gasoline at It a gal- he will have to pay a titling tax before fair value pay 1.5 percent of market lon today (a hike of y2 t since a year it is his. In Texas, it is a transaction tax each year. ago) and lubricating oil at 6t a gallon. — 1-1/10 percent of the purchase price. State sales tax. Twenty-five states Every state in the Union also has a If he takes out his license or registration have a retail sales tax that applies to gasoline tax; the lowest is Missouri's at in New Jersey or North Dakota he will automobiles and auto supplies; IS of 2$ a gallon, the highest Louisiana's 9t- have to pay a new kind of tax—to sup- them also have so-called "use" taxes to Of the cities with more than 10,000 port an unsatisfied judgment fund for cover -cars bought outside the state and population, 39— among them St. Louis, auto-accident victims who aren't able to brought in by residents; rates range Kansas City, Mo., and Washington, collect their judgments. from 1 to 3 percent of sales price. D.C.— have taxes on the sale or storage If he wants to park in any one of Apart from the states, at least K9 cities of gasoline. These taxes are distinct some 2,500 towns and cities, he will taxed retail sales at rates of 1 to 3 per- from retail sales taxes. Rates range from need pennies or nickels—for a parking cent at the end of 1950; many of them 1 ( a gallon in 20 cities to 4

At the end of 1950, 1 13 cities had ton—have replaced property taxes on tion. The Tax Foundation, a private or- specific taxes on motor vehicles—mainly autos with "in lieu" taxes. These levies ganization that has done considerable use and license-tag fees. Heading the are a lot like property taxes, but differ research into hidden taxes, estimates roster are Chicago, St. Louis, Washing- in technicalities. Arizona also has an that on gasoline alone the tax load is ton, D.C., Kansas City, Mo., Memphis "in lieu" tax. 14<> a gallon, while the actual value of and Richmond. And last June, New In the main, these are the taxes the the fuel is only 12^. York City began requiring its motorists U.S. motorist can expect to run into to- For all that the motorist gives up in to paste $5 and $10 use stickers on the day as he drives not-so-merrily along. taxes, what does he get? And is what he windshields of their cars. But they are by no means all he will gets enough? Most of these city taxes are based encounter. Scattered here and there, he The general principle behind state on horsepower or weight of the auto. will find other taxes and charges—some taxation of the motorist is that the funds Where there is a flat charge, the usual of them products of true ingenuity. collected will be used for the motorist —to build his roads, maintain and administer them, and police them. Twenty-one states actually7 have amendments to their constitutions that dedi- cate all state motor vehicle and gasoline taxes to highway purposes.

Federal taxation is different. Congress

has never made it a policy that revenue from motorists should be used solely for highway and street work. So, too, with many7 cities; use and license fees often wind up in the tax collector's general fund. In 1950, Congress appropriated for highway 7 purposes about one-third of what the federal government took in from its highway-user taxes. The states spent all but an estimated 7 percent of what they collected for highway w ork. All told, government spending for highways and streets was roughly $4.3 billion in 1950 and about the same last (Continued on page 62) gQ • The American Legion Magazine • October, 1952 . .

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blatz brewing co., t KEE, WIS., A DIVISION OF SCHENLEY INDUSTRIES, I See Amos *n' Andy on CBS-TV . . . consult newspaper for time and channel. *W ©1952, (Continued from page 60) turers Association estimates that in some extent, that fact is recognized by year. In the minds of most traffic ex- 1950, the last year for which fairly motorists today.

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is that it would take at least a 15-year motorists came to about $4.4 billion. in taxes to pay for better highways. The program of about $5.5 billion to $5.7 The rude fact is that over the last 10 American Automobile Association,

billion a year in spending to bring our years, construction costs have nearly which speaks for some 3 million motor- roads into a "state of adequacy." Since doubled; maintenance costs have gone ists generally backs up their stands.

1940, the traffic volume has shot up up 87 percent. State taxes— despite all the Where the rub comes today is in the about 60 percent; with 43.9-million cars increases— haven't even come close to growing number of nuisance levies and registered, the U.S. road population is that gain. The gasoline tax, for instance general-fund assessments that the motor- 51 percent greater than 10 years ago. —one of the mainstays of highway rev- ist has to put up with. On that the car Even if the states spent all their enue—has climbed only about 13 per- owner feels pretty much the way the highway-user tax money on roads - cent. AAA does: "All special motor-vehicle- which they don't — they still wouldn't To undertake a major overhaul of our user taxes should be used for approved be able to meet a spending program of roads and streets, the states then would highway purposes and for these pur- this size. The Automobile Manufac- have to levy even higher taxes. And, to poses only." THE END How the Reds Made a Sucker Out Of Me (Continued from page 11)

I believe many many other Americans had heard of the terrible plight of the was less of a menace. It was because have been taken in the same way. Why, 'Okies and Arkies in the California Hitler and Stalin had signed a non- even Congressman Walters of the House fields. I did not know that communists aggression pact.

Committee on Un-American Activities, were exploiting these poor people for I would still be against Hitler as I am

upon the occasion of my last testimony their ow n ends. But in retrospect I see against Stalin and all tyranny. I would (I've quoted from it above), said: that this committee ended during the still try to help any underprivileged Russo-Finnish War. The communists group. But I would be careful about mr. walter: Well, I am shocked to see destroyed the organization because it the company I did it in. I would be sure my name on the list of contributors to wouldn't go along with the party line that the people with whom I associated some of these organizations myself. on Finland. Helen Gahagan Douglas led were really against all tyranny — really As you see, I'm not the only one. And the opposition and many of the mem- for all underprivileged and not just the it is my hope that my experiences will bers supported her. But the communists causes that suited their purposes of the

help other Americans in the future. had control, and finding themselves un- time. Perhaps I should try to explain They tell of how an honest liberal was able to run the organization they ruined why I feel so strongly about matters like tricked into keeping company with it. Agricultural workers still needed aid, these — matters of aid to less fortunate scoundrels with ulterior motives who but now the party wasn't interested. people and resistance to oppression. masqueraded as supporters of decent Soviet foreign policy came first. I'm a man w ho has always taken his causes. Another example: I joined the Holly- citizenship and his loyalty very seri-

Let me give you some examples. wood Anti-Nazi League because I was ously. Quoting again from my statement When I contributed money to the Com- outraged by the Hitler terror. Now I before the Un-American Activities mittee to Aid Agricultural Workers in find that even my outrage was grist to Committee: the late 1930's, I did so because I had the communist mill. Why did the Anti- It is a serious matter to have one's loy- been moved by John Steinbeck's book Nazi League fold in 1940? I know the alty questioned. is less dear to Grapes of Wrath and by the stories I answer now. It was not because Hitler Life me than iny loyalty to democracy and the United States. I ash favors of no one. All I ask is that the record be kept straight and that / be permitted to live free of false charges. 1 readily concede that I have been used, and that I have been mistaken regarding certain asso- ciations which I regret, but I have not been disloyal or dishonest.

I didn't expect the Committee to believe my statement alone. Actions speak

louder than words and I gave the Com- mittee facts about my life and my ac-

tions as a citizen, which I intend to give you so that you too will know my true position.

I came to this country with my

father, from Rumania, when I was ten years old. Whenever I've been asked: "Where were you born?" I've always answered: "I was born on the day I arrived in America." That's the way I've always felt about my country. "MY BABY!" My family came here, as Europeans AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE have come for hundreds of years, to (Continued on page 64) g2 • The American Legion Magazine • October. 1952 The best things in life

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Use the FREE at GEM our expense dom in our country, but it is a thread at an 'I Am An American' rally when MONEY. Write and complete GEM sent you postpaid. After ten days, send us only I have followed all my life. I said to the young people just coming $9.50 or return the GEM. You must be satisfied! WRITE TODAY. I have been successful in America and of age: BOND EQUIPMENT CO. Dept. 144 I cannot forget that if it not had been At 21 you need have no fear that be- 6633 Enright St touis 5, Mo. for the grace of a passport I might have cause your father is a Protestant, or a ended in one of those nazi charnel Catholic or a Jew, or a liberal, as in Learn Profitable Profession houses in Rumania. I have always be- m Germany, or a petty official or non- in days at Home lieved that I had a responsibility to 90 communist in Russia — that you will be MEN AND WOMEN, IS to 60 those less fortunate than I, and have ate nake bit made to suffer through crushing Gov- th d< resorts, sunatoriums. contributed to everything that would ractice. A dignified, inter' ernment decrees. uaiify for i/oitr frraduatioi tificatc. Thorough instruction at ho help my fellowmen. I am proud to say Write - for III The fifth columnist is a subtle person. Book—FREE. that in the records of my contributions The College of Swedish Massage works from within our population, / Dept. 2 7 5M. 4 IE. Pearson.Chicago.il (records open to all in the printed testi- He silently, like acid on stone, mony of the House Committee on Un- slowly, eroding steadily the fibers of our na- American Activities, October 27, De- I 500 Men tional unity. He is an individual, yes. need cember 21, 1950) my contributions to and Show he is not alone. There are thousands To Wear the USO, every type of charity, cul- But like him in all parts of the country, in- Made-to- tural organizations and all religious spired or directed by the foreign powers Measure denominations are two hundred times SUITS and nazism. They pro- the actually infinitesimal amount con- of communism ceed according to plan, moving with Money- tributed to organizations now on the Pay No relentless precision. Send No Money Attorney General's subversive list. I hasten to add that at the time I made In 1939, 1 had chaired a meeting of the My values in made-to-measuresuits are so sensat ional, t housands of men these contributions even these organiza- William Allen White Committee to Aid order when they see the actual garments. I make it easy for you to get tions were not listed as subversive; if the Allies, at a time when the commu- own suit to wear and show — your they had been they re- slogan: and to MAKE MONEY IN FULL would not have nists were using the "The Yanks OR SPARE TIME! My Plan is ceived one penny from me. are not coming." I was at that time urg- Amazing! Just take a few orders at my low money-saving prices— that's These organizations were for good ing aid for Great Britain, which was all — and get your own personal I fighting suit, and make money fast taking causes and believed in them. More bearing the brunt of the com- orders. You need no experience. You than that they were sponsored by people munist-nazi alliance. need no money now or any time. Just rush your name and address now I knew to be good Americans, men and My wife and I gave a big garden party for complete facts and BIG SAM- PLE KIT containing 150 ACTUAL women like Cordell Hull, Mrs. Eleanor for Polish Relief to help the victims of woolen samples. It's FREE! Send Roosevelt, Harold Ickes, Judge Learned nazism and communism. At that time your name and address TODAY ! Hand, Philip Murray, Dr. B. Polish W.Z.GIBSON, Inc., Dept. M405 Walter the communists were boycotting 500 S. Tin oop Street, Chicago 7, III. Cannon and Jesse Jones, to mention a Relief. In 1940 I contributed to Finnish few. When, for example, I was invited Relief — the communists were enemies II CASH IN YOUR SPARE TIME! to speak before the American Commit- of Finland and contributed nothing but -i BIG money in ° wn BUSINESS 'Ir, tee for the Foreign Born I accepted. "5sr«wJil>i liO YOU CAN MAKE UP hatred. TO $40 A DAY sharpen- I am foreign born myself besides I supported Roosevelt in 1940 as I had ing and setting circular and saws for factories, lum- I considered it to join as a '32 '36 as I ber yards, builders — an honor supported him in and and with NEW BELSAW COMPLETE CIRCULAR speaker with SAW SHOP. Low Cost, only $15 down, sharp- such outstanding Amer- supported him again in 1944. The com- ens four to five saws an hour. No Experience icans as Dorothy mnpson and the munists in 1940 were calling Roosevelt Needed! Instructions furnished. SEND A »- T POSTCARD TODAY FOR YOUR FREE BOOK. late William Allen White. imperialist BELSAW MACHINERY CO. ,3062 Field Bldg., Kansas City 11, Mo. They were an war monger. certainly anti-communist. Yet, I learn On January 15, 1941, I was proud to "Suffered 7 years now that this was a communist con- receive a citation from The American trolled organization. Legion. It was given me on my radio -then I found Pazo I spoke for Yugoslav Relief at a time program Big Town for five years of when Tito was our ally, acclaimed by "outstanding contribution to American- brings amazing relief!" Churchill and Roosevelt. I had previous- ism through his stirring patriotic appeals says Mr. M. W., Los Angeles, Calif. ly supported Mikhailovitch on my Big on his nation-wide broadcasts of Big Speed amazing relief from miseries of simple piles, with soothing Pazo*! Acts Town program — since any group that Town.'" to relieve pain, itching instantly— soothes fought our enemies was to my way of In 1942 when I made a single con- inflamed tissues — lubricates dry, hard- ened parts— helps prevent cracking, sore- thinking doing us a valuable service. tribution of $100,000 to the USO I told ness—reduce swelling. You get real com- I also worked for Bundles for Britain, the press: "This is only a small down forting help. Don't suffer needless torture Greek Relief, Free French Relief and for privilege from simple piles. Get Pazo for fast, won- payment the of being an derful relief. Ask your doctor about it. Chinese Relief, as when I appeared at American." Suppository form — also tubes with per- the Hollywood this forated pile pipe for easy application. Bowl with Madame About same time my wife was *Pax> Ointment and Suppositories (ij) Chiang Kai-shek. President of the California State USO.

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While she was working for the USO, organizing the Desert Battalion, and performing other duties, she received valuable assistance from many people, HAIR TYPES among them a publicity director, Mr. Victor Shapiro. Mr. Shapiro is important to this story. He needed a few publicity accounts and my wife suggested that I throw some work his way.

I did so. For about a year Mr. Shapiro handled my publicity, and then as I did not have need of this kind of service

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Victor Shapiro was identified as a member of the communist parts. To this YOU Like to Make date, as far as I know, Mr. Shapiro has (Would not taken adv antage of the opportunity afforded to everyone by the Committee ($1,000 A MONTH to reply to the sworn testimony.* That's what Stanley Hyman I had allowed this man to compose the amazing new telegrams of acceptance, to advise me as made selling to what organizations to join and which PRESTO fire Extinguisher! to refuse — always believing that he had amazing new kind of fire extinguisher. l\ Tiny "Presto" does job of bulky my best interests at heart. extinguishers that cost 4 times as much, are 8 times as heavy. S. HYMAN I mention this situation at length be- Ends fires fast as 2 seconds. Fits in palm cause it was repeated again and again; of hand. Never corrodes. Guaranteed for 20 years! Sells for only $3.98 men I had trusted because 1 believed Show it to civil defense workers. jjBKjf they were fellow liberals were later HHab owners of homes, cars, boats, farms. FACTORY TO YOU $79.95 etc. and to stores for resale — make good identified as members of the Commu- income. H. J. Kerr reports $20 a da\. precis.on-huilt SITERSHOP offers you a C. Kama. $1,000 a month. Write for complete power tool workshop. 100% l>a LI nist But they never told 'ine bearing. RUGGKD. Accurate. Big capa- Party. had FREE Sales Kit. No obligation. city. 15 day FREE trial. Money back MERLITE INDUSTRIES. Inc., Dept. guarantee. Mail posrcard for FREE cata- of their affiliation. 1 confess I was late in 2910, 201 East 16th St.. New York 3. log. Buy on ea.sy pay plan. recognizing these facts. N. Y. in Canada: Mopa Co., Ltd., 371 Dowd St., Montreal 1. P. Q. (If you 1240 Yates Avenue VERTICAL POWER TOOLS, INC. The communists set up a booby-trap Science's want a regular Presto to use as a Beloit, Wisconsin DRILL PRESS New IVItdufl demonstrator, Miracle — send $2.50. Money back w hich many of us liberals fell into. ••PRESTO" if you wish.)

Sure, a liberal is a man w ho is gen- FREE FOR ASTHMA erous and tolerant, who is w illing to If you suffer with attacks of Asthma and choke bend over backward to help the other 4Z VITAMIN and gasp for breath, if restful sleep is difficult ef fellow or honor his opinions. 1 have e because of the struggle to breathe, don't fail to send at once to the Frontier Asthma Company for always tried to be that kind of man, and T> • GUIDE BOOK a FREE trial of the FRONTIER ASTHMA MEDICINE, a preparation for temporary symp- always will. tomatic relief of paroxysms of Bronchial Asthma. Tells how to get—at little cost—the new No matter where you live or whether yon have But a liberal must be more than that. faith in any medicine under the sun, send today He must be a man of independent for this free trial. It will cost you nothing. Frontier Asthma Co. 225 -T Frontier Bldg. thought, w ho doesn't borrow his beliefs "Red*Vitammd'12 462 Niagara St. Buffalo 1, N. Y. and opinions blindly from others. You Without cost, you can be well informed on vitamins in only 20 minutes' reading. This informative guide book explains the purpose served by vitamins, gives you an un- Martin Berkeley, screen writer, joined the derstanding of unilage, and will show you how to read a RUPTURE-EASER communists on the anti-nazi appeal in the label and compare values so you can get the most for Pat. Off. (A Piper Brace Product) Thirties. He quit in disgust about 1943, your money. Tells about the newer vitamins — Choline, Inositol, Folic Acid and the sensational "Red" Vifamtn thoroughly disillusioned. Berkeley identi- B-12. Folks taking vitamins are amazed on reading this

fied Shapiro as a member of a communist book, that it is not necessary to pay $4, $5, $6 or $15 group to which Berkeley had been assigned. for the vitamins they have been using. You, too, once you know how to measure values as explained in this book, Double. ..4. 93 The following, from Berkeley's testi- can save up to 40%. So, stop buying vitamins blindly. Right or left of No mony, is also rev ealing: Send postcard today for this free book and catalog Side over 100 products to VITAMIN-QUOTA, Dept. 867, 830 $^95 Required Q. Is he (Shapiro) the same person who Broadway, New York 3, N. Y. Or Dept. 867, 1 125 Cren- shaw Blvd., Los Angeles 19, Calif. A strone. rorm-fitttofi washable support. Bach lac- was a member of the Democratic Central ins adjustable. Snaps up in front. Adjustable les Committee of Los Angeles County? strap. Sort, flat trroin pad. No steel or leather band;;. Unexcelled for comfort. Also used as alter Berkeley: Yes, sir. operation support. For men. women and children. Mail orders give measure around the lowest part Q. Do you know what position he took of the ahdomen and state right or left side or double. We Prepay Postage Kxcept on C O.D.'s. with regard to a resolution of the Demo- PIPER BRACE CO. cratic Central Committee supporting the 811 Wyandotte, Dept. AL-102. Kansas CityG. Mo. Executive Accountants and C. P. A's earn $4,000 to $10,000 a year. United States position in Korea? Thousands ut tirms need them. We train you thoroly at home in Spare time for C. P. A's examinations or executive accounting positions.

Previous experience unnecessary . Personal ' raining under supervision Berkeley: (After explaining that Shapiro's of staff of C. P. A's. Placement counsel and help. Write for free Profession That position as a Democrat on this occasion had book. "Accountancy, the Pays." FOLDINGCHAIRS LASALLE Extension University. 417 So. Dearborn St. • . . . in Stee£ or lUo&cL been published in the papers) Here we A Correspondence Institution Dept. 10361 H, Chicago 5, III. FOLDING BANQUET TABLES have Victor Shapiro, a member of the mo- WRITE FOR CATALOGUE tion picture industry, functioning as, I be- AND LOW DIRECT PRICES 1 lieve, secretary of the Central County Committee of the Democratic Party and J. P. REDINGTON &CO. blocking a resolution of the Democratic DEPT. 197 SCRANTON 2, PA.J Party itself and of the United Nations for taking action against the communists in MONEY MAKING OPPORTUNITY Korea. It is a fine state of affairs when a FOR YOU WITHOUT INVESTMENT! *50 s man calling himself a Democrat, living a No experience needed to act as our Local Borrow to 600 Dealer for Master Work Uniform garments. double life, actually a communist, is able Every business concern a prospect. Adver- to stymie the central committee of our tising embroidered on garments is a big sales BY MAIL feature. Stores can't compete. You can easily county's Democratic Party . . . earn up to many thousands of dol'ars yearly. Confidential Loan Service We supply all Sales Equipment FREE. Write M«ed money? No matter where von live In addition to Berkeley's testimony, the GEO. MASTER GARMENT DIV. you can * BY MAIL. (50.00 tnSGnn.on 210 WATER STREET, LIGONIER, INDIANA ia , o It. confidential way. No en- following is of interest: A West Coast dorsers needed. Wfwloyed men anil women of Rood character eligible. Solve your money communist publication had quoted Shapiro problem, quickly and in complete privacy with A loan made mail. Kmnloyer. by relnth e- tin. as sav ing that he w as a past commander friends will not know you're implying for a loan. No Endorsers Convenient monthly payments. Itush coupon— of "a large Legion Post." aril in* occupation — for Application Blnnk sent REPAY New York The FREE in plain envelope. There'* no obligation. ON EASY Post was nor named and careful search has STATE FINANCE CO., 323 Securities TERMS Bide. thus failed ro Oepl S-117. OMAHA 2. NEBRASKA Quick! Easy! far corroborate the claim. Shapiro a STATE FINANCE CO., Dept. S-117, PRIVATE had been member of Hollywood 323 Securities Bids.. Omaha 2, Nebraska Post 4*, and continued until, eleven months Please rush FKBE Application Hlank after Berkeley's testimony, Shapiro had 000D I WAYS NAMIi made no official answer to Berkeley's sworn GOOD ..by itself! j ADDRESS — statement. 1 lollywood Post then tried GOOD. . as a mixer I CITY Shapiro on charges of conduct unbecom- with other tobaccos I ing a Legionnaire, and his membership was | Oceu not o .An'. ended. Shapiro did not appear to defend fryRvM* Maple | .4 Vivo?/ / l/OTI •ant Ui borrow himself. THE EDI TORS

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aren't a liberal if you constantly follow SPECIAL TO READERS OF THE LEGION what all liberals call "herd thinking." On the contrary you must take time out to examine things carefully before you go out on a limb to support or anyone. attack anything or • HE'S OVER 19" TAIL! Yet the communists were very suc- • MOVES HIS MOUTH, cessful in making "herd thinkers" out • ARMS AND LEGS! REAL COWBOY OUTFIT! of a substantial section of Americans Hey kids — here's your who wanted to be liberals. Given an chance to become a idea that sounded sympathetic or toler- master ventriloquist — In ant, we were prone to accept it blindly. a jiffy! Imagine — you can make HAPPY the I did and so did many others. We be- COWBOY actually talk! careless, lazy. allowed our- came We (in your own voice, of selves to be carried along by the emo- course.) Pull the string tions and stresses of historic times. We in the back of his head his lips move were, therefore, ready to support what- —watch hear your own words to our emotions and could ever appealed coming right out of * coating of generosity, be given a sugar HAPPY'S mouth! See how , or to attack whatever could be made to real he looks-rigged up look frightening. And all without any in a cowboy hat, washa- personal investigation. ble plaid shirt and western pants. . .Show off Furthermore, I have already shown your skill at parties —at how I supported this and that because school! SEND NO MO- other people did. That isn't real liberal- NEY. (C.O.D. you pay ism, it's "follow the leader." We all have postage. Remit with order, we pay postage. a right to follow leaders in whom we believe. But that does not absolve us NOVELTY MART • 59 East 8th Street, Dept. BE New York 3, N.Y. from responsibility. We have to watch our leaders, agree, disagree and if necessary break away on the basis of our \ nor everyone does as well, but E. O. Lockin, his own, reports... independent judgments. If we fail to do W^uho started a business of this we are deceiving ourselves. Once for 12 months I've averaged you start deceiving yourself, how easy OURRISK! for others to deceive you. Just look at (QAA PER MONTH Advertising Machine the record! lew Illustrates INCOME We liberal Americans owe ourselves Prints and *OUU Gov't Post Cards a forthright declaration of independ- -most of it clear profit for me! Send name- ence — to again start thinking for our- learn how all business 313:I types of selves and to stop drinking from just are boosting sales with Post • Mr. Lockin expresses his grateful well of information opinion. card Advertising. We'll also send one and FREE Illustrated book of money thanks for the opportunity to make us return to open-minded ap- making ideas for your business decent living on his own. Many men Let the complete, unique advertising a plans — and 30-day Trial Otter. have discovered how to be independ- proach where each question and each layoffs. CARDMASTER C0..1920 Sunnyside Ave ent, to be free of bosses and organization is examined on its own Dept. 7010 CHICAGO 40, ILLINOIS L. A. Eagles grossed more than $200 "/ merit. An independent thinker should his first week. R. E. Traynor says, made $62 gross in one day." Others be harder — not easier— to fool than any- report gross up to $12,000 per year. one else. LOOSE PLATES How much you make depends largely on .you. Now I am more alert. I have learned Fit Tight! You need no special three simple rules which I pass along to skill, no large investment. you in the hope that they may be val- No shop necessary. uable: Our ELECTRIC RUG In the future I will carefully scruti- washer cleans nize the background of the executive rugs, carpets right natural FOR LOWER on floor . . . helps to show their secretary of any organization I support. DENTURE color and beauty. So efficient and safe, used railroads. I have observed that in communist by largest hotels and take no risk. Machines fully guar- just place You fronts the executive secretary is most anteed. Mail coupon today for complete to start mak- often a member of the communist party. this pad information including how ing big profits in your own business. I will be very careful whom I hire on plate— MFG. CO., RACINE, WIS. as a personal secretary. VON SCHRADER You. too, can start your own business. No I will be careful with whom I counsel CHEW IN COMFORT! special skill, no large investment required. as to my political activity. Mail coupon today for interesting FREE book. As you can see, I have changed from Chew all kinds of food! Komfo Dental relief from pain SCHRADER MFG. CO., a trusting man to a suspicious one. And Pads bring you blessed VON and soreness caused by ill-fitting false 2035 "R" PL Racine, Wisconsin I blame the communists for that change. your FREE teeth—or your money back. Plates hold Send at once (no obligation) poisoned booklet containing information about your They have the relations be- slip or click. TIGHTER—won't electric rug washer and how I can start my tween people in this community for Easy to use. Write today. own permanent, profitable business. many years. 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IMBEDDED have damaged the fabric of our country. year, touring the whole country from HEAVENLY HAIR HAIR DOLLS In every deepest feelings of coast to coast, I have given almost two Most Life-Like Doll way my Heads Ever Fashioned — sympathy, of charity, of idealism have hundred and fifty performances of the Completely Washable — been used by the communists for their play Darkness at Noon. This play by Entire Body Is Tru-Skin • Entire Head of Lile-Like own ends; ends far different than I Sidney Kingsley, from the book of Hair "Rooted" In Scalp — Not A Wis — Can Be is astonishing illu- Washed, Set, Combed, intended. Arthur Koestler, an Curled • Genuine Vinylite Head There is no way for me to adequately mination of the communist mind. It is, • Big — 13" Body • Absolutely Indestructible express my resentment at this betrayal to my way of thinking, the outstanding • Sanitary Foam Rubber Stuffing • Lace Trimmed Wardrobe of good causes and good people. anti-communist play of the decade. Baby HEAVENLY HAIR Only

N ltfc-llkei than our Heav- philosophy so alien to Americans that do not reveal themselves as communists iv I lir Dolls. Their shlntntr. SflC ious miracle SARAN I could not believe it a to the out openly for revo- actually has each danger nor do they come strand individually imbedded — rooted — in their scalps, United States. This was before the lution nor express their allegiance to just like yours. And. like yours, it can't be pulled out threat of armed Soviet aggression. Also their spiritual motherland, Russia. No. — because it's not a wig — no staples to ru.st and come loose, no erlue to crumble I had been called a communist sympa- On the contrary they pose as fine Amer- or dissolve, no threads or weaving to frazzle or unravel. You can comb, brush, thizer, and since I knew this to be a lie ican citizens who are for "Peace," or wash, set, braid and curl each strand of hair from the very of their scalps each long end. Heaven- base to fine I ly's entire bodies— top to toe — are washable, scrub-able, assumed that other men were as inno- "decent working conditions," or "against permanently flesh-tinted Tru-Skin latex that's soft like a baby's skin. Their adorable life-like heads are made of cent as I. This is why I opposed the intolerance." Of course these are just unbreakable soft Vinylite Plastic. ( Miss Heavenly Hair has sleeping eyes which cannot be pushed into the head — a truly expensive feature found only in the highest Un-American Activities Committee in slogans to obscure their aim of world priced dolls.) Both Babv and Miss Heavenly Hair are beautifully proportioned with a chubby, healthy appear- 1947. J. Parnell Thomas, then Chairman, domination, oppression and slavery for ance .iust like an active, growing child. Both nave new type coo voices and both have lace trimmed wardrobes. Both can be easily dressed and undressed. Baby Heavenly had said that I was going to be one of the w orking people and the minorities Hair is dressed in nlnon dress, slip, an the first to be called. they profess to love. panties. Miss Heaver ly Hair has a part I never was called, or subpoenaed, to expose the communists dress, slip, rubbe One way panties and sox and booties. Imbeddt but appeared each time voluntarily, and is to show that they are never in favor hair dolls are tl brand-new doll sens upon the occasions of testimony be- of disarmament by the Soviet Union, n. of 195 my un fore the House Committee I have been nor do they worry about "decent assured that never at any time have working conditions" in that land of MISS HEAVENLY I been under suspicion, nor have they forced labor and unions which are HAIR A Sensational Value ever received any testimony to the effect forbidden to strike. They may worry Only . plus postage therefore, that there is a danger in the from the United States, but they are • Only Dolls In The $ 10-20 Class Have All These Features indiscriminate use of the label "com- unmoved by the forcible evacuation of • Imbedded Hair • VINYLITE HEAD munist" or "communist sympathizer." tens of thousands in the satellite coun- WITH SLEEPING EVES It is the danger that as in the case of tries. They may scream for "civil liber- • Big — 16" Body • SANITARY FOAM RUBBER STUFFING the boy who cried "wolf," when the ties" in America, but you will never • UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED communist is real, and danger threatens, hear them protest the absence of all P. J. HILL CO. • Dept. H-12 many will be unwilling to take the legality, due process, judicial freedom 933 Broad Street, Newark 2, New Jersey charge seriously. in Russia. Even in the United States

But I would like to add, if any man is they do not support civil liberties for accused of communism falsely, he owes their enemies. it to himself and to the nation to make Americans, on the contrary, are con- a statement of his true position. If he cerned with all these matters. We are GET RID OF will not do so, I for one would take jealous of the liberties of all our citizens, the charges against him most seriously. and are against injustice no matter where oc/ock COBWEBS Perhaps this is because today I take it takes place. The founders of our coun- 3 communism very seriously. In the past ( Continued on page 70)

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L- SLIGHT FACTORY IMPE have pointed out that on Iwo in par- 15 Park Ave. Rutherford, N. , Lie. State of N. J. V. A. Approve Join the thousands who s by 10 half by wearing our l ticular war dogs were of tremendous bllHlu Factory Imperfect pants. Impi'iit'ct ions very slight, do not affect wear. Hard finish. Hold* value in winning the campaign. But, of crease. Zipper front. Itooiny pockets. Blue, Tan, Cray. Lipht Brown, course. Boot w asn't a war dog. He was Dark Brown. Blue Gray, Green. WAIST: 28 to 42 pleated or plain 1 NEED MONEY? front. 5dpr. still just a mascot. (Sizes 44 add per to 50. 00c Krai ad- Bell with 2 prs. > Earn to $100.00 and more per month e W One afternoon, though, a Marine dressing envelopes in spare time at home. SEND NO MONEY fffl? i3? &d S£d E3| color choice. State If 1 2 pairs $1 now for instruction booklet to 3d or sergeant walked up to Mike Nuzzola, Send (belt given with 2 pairs). Pay postman CO.. Dept. A. 681 Market Street, price plus small CO. D. Or send price KING plus 25c postage, save C. O. D. Money- who was by then acting CO of the pla- San Francisco, Calif. MONEY-BACK Back Guarantee. GUARANTEE. LINCOLN TAILORS, Dept. AM- 10 Lincoln, Nebr. toon, due to the heavy casualties suffered by the outfit. The sergeant needed a dog in a hurry for an important patrol. SHINE WITHOUT 'POLISH' INVENTORS But at the moment all of Mike's war Invention! • Sells Like Wild k New If you believe that you have an Invention, you should And Replaces messy pastes, liquids. Sim- out how to protect It. We are registered Patent dogs were on duty in one place or an- Attorneys. ply glide over shoes— and presto! Send for copy of our Patent Booklet "How to Protect lustrous, Vour Invention," and "Invention other. Regretfully he explained this fact. —you have a an Record" form. No long-lasting shine. No obligation. They are yours Tor the asking. Boot was hanging around, repulsing mess, no muss. Shoes McMORROW, gleam tike mirror. For Men's. 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When some everyday con- ililion. such as stress and strain, causes this im- Mike said. portant function to slow down, many folks suffer CIRCUS ANIMALS "Even a mascot is better than nagging backache— feel miserable. Minor bladder no dog Some blow iid 3 It. to 4 ft. Easy to make GIANT irritations due to cold or wrong diet may cause CIRCUS ANIMALS — instructions included. 4 ft. for this patrol." 12" getting up nights or frequent passages. Ostrich 3'/2 ft. Giraffe, a yard full of kittens. a set of REINDEER. Don't Make a bin SANTA CLAUS and neglect your kidneys if these conditions So Mike called a handler and Boot FREE with each $2.00 order, a genuine balloon bother you. Try Doan's Pills—a mild diuretic. Used $5.00 order. 50 plastic u cut off with the patrol, that eager- squawker. FREE with each successfully by millions for over 50 years. It's amaz- toys (A Complete Western Rodeo). 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The American Legion • October. 1952 ' Magazine "J\ ting his grandson to drink it. The other announced his granddaughter was often difficult, too. "When she is," he added, "I bring forth my system. Shoving my face close up to Parting hers, I give a loud, voluble oration on the benefits of drinking milk with a dash of Hamlet and Macbeth. Wonderful performance." Shots "Gracious, I never thought of that," his friend said. "Does she drink very much?" "Oh, she doesn't drink any," he answered, The wife consulted her program. "but she furnishes the cutest, most enrap- " 'it says here," she replied, Act Four, tured audience before which you could same as Act One'." ever hope to perform." "Let's get out of here," snapped her hus- — Franklyn S. Johnson DILEMMA band, "I couldn't sit through all that awful mess again." — Dan Bennett There are guys that girls can't trust FOR FREE? Very far, I hear. Every man has his price, they say — BUT THEY LOOK IMPORTANT Then there are some other guys. It's only the brides who are given away! His key chain holds tzco dozen keys; Can't be trusted near. — S. Omar Barker — Jack Herbert He uses fine in all; The rest ivere made to fit the locks SHE HAS WHAT IT TAKES doors he recall. WELL BALANCED Of can't — William W. Pratt My gal's not beautiful at all, and there's no "Why," exclaimed an impatient husband, (.lumber bunny; "were women made so beautiful and so TO THE LOWEST BIDDER... She hasn't got glamour and she hasn't dumb?" any money. the specialist, "We are beautiful," retorted the wife, "Yes," said as he stood at But oh, I know our married life w ill be as "so that men can love us, and dumb so that the bedside of the sick purchasing agent, "I sw eet as honey. we can love them." — Albert H. Henn can cure you." For she yesses my opinions and she thinks "What will it cost?" asked the sick man my jokes are funny. — Berton Braley PARTY LINE faintly. "Five hundred dollars." To those who were present, her discourse IT'S RELATIVE "You'll have to shade your price a little," was placid, replied the purchasing agent. "I had a better The girl had made it clear to the young Her manner was pleasant and hearty bid from the undertaker." — Morris Past man that she was not averse to marrying Of those who were absent, her comments him. It was equally clear to the young man. were acid, HIGH FINANCE though, that he'd not won the approval of We called her the "knife of the party." her domineering, strong-willed, crusts' — Harry Lazarus Tl.ie surest way to double your money is battle-ax of a mother. to take it out of your purse, fold it once in "The trouble is," said the girl, "that ENCORE the middle, and put it back again. mother thinks you're effeminate." — Richard Armour The young man reflected on this for a A couple from a remote section of the second and then replied: "Well, compared country w ere seeing their first New York NEVER WASTE A CHANCE to her, she may be right." play. I>ut the play proved to be exceedingly — Harold Helper tiresome to them and betw een acts the hus- Two veteran thespians were having dis- band, stifling a yawn, turned to his equally course on rearing children. The subject bored w ife and said: finally got around to milk and one was GOODBYE, CHIPS '"What comes next?" quid; to mention the trouble they had get- Though potato chips are quite delicious, Whenever I munch, I frozen;

For the noise I hear is so terrific, I'm glad when the chips are doivn. — Pearl C. Sickles

DIFFICULTY

It's hard to get ahead if one spends all one's time getting even. — Mary Alkus

STRATAGEM "I have prepared a terrific selling point \ to insert in our circular advertisement," the manager announced to the advertising staff, "but how can we get every married woman in the city to read this message?" "That's simple." spoke up one of the group. "Just address all the letters to their husbands and mark them 'Private and Per- sonal'." — F. G. Kernan

LINES CARVED ON A RESTAURANT TA8LE

I sit here. I wait. It grows later and later. Yet, odd to state, They call him the waiter. "He was traded to another team for six gumdrops and a girl shortstop.' — Ethel Jacobson

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