SEERSUCKER SLACKS PAIRS for ONLY You'll Live in Them! Remember Seersucker, the coolest looking, coolest wearing, snappiest Summer Fashion imaginable? Now here it is, all new and improved for 1983 in beautifully made, beautifully fit Ladies Summer Slacks from Haband, the mail order people in Paterson, New Jersey. YOUR COOLEST SUMMER/ New Haband Seersucker is better than ever / 100% Polyester DoubleKnits never wrinkle, never rumple, never need ironing .' They have a gentle natural built-in stretch so they never pull, never bind, never look too tight. Yet they fit to perfection, stay crisp and smooth and eyecatching, even after a long, hard day .' Here Is What You Get: 5 •100% No-Iron Permanent Press Pairs 1$ •Generous, Ultra-Comfortable Fit/ Z*.^ and 95 Spring •Seersucker is Cooler and Lighter / [NO •Genr/e elastic no-roll waist always fits ! 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Card No Charge my Visa Mastercard Signature Name Address and Zip City , State 1 THE AMERICAN LEGION April 1983 Volume 114, Number 4 For God and Country 4 Commander's Message Country Music Why Not A Nuclear Freeze? 14 Goes To Town By Phyllis Zauner Letters 3 Some say it's the sound; others, the lyrics. Whatever it is — from the Our readers comment White House to the Boston Pops, from Nashville to New York — just about everyone is enjoying a fling with "country." \ 0 Big Issues Should The Federal Government Sell £ Who WiU Teach The Its Land To Help Pay Its Debt? \ Children? By Robert A. Hamilton Dateline Washington \ 2 Problems in educational institutions have increased as the numbers Issues and opinions from the capital of those willing to enter the teaching profession have decreased. Can the situation be reversed? 24 News To Use Helpful hints for consumers \ 3 The Invisible Epidemic: 26 Veterans' Update Compulsive Gambling By Dr. Arthur S. Freese Decisions that affect you Its victims were usually considered among those most likely to succeed and probably would have if "the purest form of 28 News For Legionnaires psychological addiction" hadn't interfered.