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A R T 1 C L E S

THE FREE ENTERPRISE PATRIOT, PART 4

Andrew's credit rating takes a dive. ByJohn Rickey 12 THE REAL MEANING OF GLASNOST

"We shall never turn offthat road toward communism. By Philip C. Clarke 14

RED, WHITE AND RLOE SCRAPS OF LIFE

"One nation under God, indivisible. . . "even in . By Sen. John McCain 16

AMERICA'S FARM CRISIS

Experts claim the worst is over, butfarmers aren 't celebrating. By RobertA. Hamilton Jr. 18

COPING WITH HARD TIMES

He's 58 and works 14-hour days to make ends meet. 21

THE FADING HEARTLAND Foreigners now own 12.4 million acres ofAmericanfarm land. 22

SEARCHING FOR A SOLUTION

Government controls: Darned ifyou do; darned ifyou don't. 25

DISPATCH FROM NORMANDY The D-Day beach resembled a museum ofcarnage. By Ernie Pyle 26

WILL EUROPE DEFEND ITSELF?

The INF Treaty: Will it unite or divide NATO? By Brian Crozier 28

KOREA: 'AND STILL THEY KEPT COMING' Burning memories ofscreaming hordes andfrozen hell. By Donald Knox 30 18 A LEGACY FOR AMERICA'S CHILDREN CWF: BuildingAmerica's tomorrow. 34

LEGION 'MINUTEMEN' TO THE RESCUE

Nafl Cmdr. Comer spearheads action to save the VA Cabinet bill. 40

D E P A R T M E N T S

DIG ISSUES Should Congress Reduce Capital-Gains Tax? 10

LETTERS 4 VETERANS UPDATE 32 VETERANS ALERT 42

COMMANDER'S MESSAGE 6 LEGION NEWS DRIEFS 36 PARTING SHOTS 56

DATELINE WASHINGTON 8 22

COVER Bountiful harvest. Photo by Woodfin Camp & Associates/Dick Durrance II.

The American Legion Magazine, a leader among national general-interest publications, is published monthly by The American Legion for its 2.8 million members. These military-service veterans, working through 16,000 community-level posts, dedicate themselves to God and country and traditional Amer- ican values; strong national security; adequate and compassionate care for veterans, their widows and orphans; community service; and the wholesome development of our nation's youths.

JUNE 1988 1 The Wacky World "TTCMli ^[MiI^u©^[M Of

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. . . 18 fantastic hits in all . . . and all selections are Liebestraum Editor

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Commander and sev- and generated more than 250 letters a day time we let him know it. eral hundred Legion- from concerned Legionnaires during the John H. York hearings on the proposed amend- naires did in April, when they banded week of Norwalk, Calif. together to squelch a proposal that ment. threatened the bill that would make the VA The results? As we went to press, S. 533 a Cabinet-level department. was en route to a Senate vote, without American Values Action began after Comer learned that amendments. I Legion the amendment was slated to be attached The lesson to be learned here is best As read The American to S. 533, which would have forced the bill exemplified by Thomas Hudson, the pro- Magazine and see American values back into committee and all but killed tagonist of Ernest Hemingway's Islands in being lifted up and praised, I am proud its chances of passage in this term. The the Stream, who, shortly before he was to be a 20-year member. It's a mystery commander launched an opposition riddled with bullets and crumpled to the why so many of America's leaders have movement that longtime politicos called deck of his boat to await death, realized trashed the values that have kept our that "... a man alone ain't got a chance." unprecedented. country strong for so many years. In rapid succession. Comer telephoned The clear message is the critical value Please don't relax your positive influ- department commanders in 13 states; sent of unity, of teamwork, of working ence. letters to those commanders and to the together. Gung ho. Del Brown National Executive Committee, the The Editors Sioux Falls, S.D.

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OUR FLAG: THE WORLD'S MOST VISIBLE SYMBOL OF FREEDOM

UNE 14 - Flag Day - is me that the "Patriots of Fort McHenry" the annual observance of campaigners will not relax until the America's premier sym- restoration is complete and the Star- bol of freedom and glory. Spangled Banner again waves proudly In thousands of commu- over the historic fort. nities across the land, When we promote proper display Americans will pay special and respect for the flag, let us not forget tribute to our flag as a to encourage and emphasize the daily J reminder of what this Pledge of Allegiance — which, accord- nation is and who its people are. It will ing to some dismal reports, has become be a day for all Americans to stand tall. a pledge of negligence in many quar- In my 25 years as a Legionnaire, ters. especially as National Commander, I The flag is the unifying symbol for

have come to appreciate and under- all Americans, but it has a special mean-

stand a common thread that weaves ing for veterans. It is the banner under Legionnaires together: We are flag- which they served in war and peace, wavers, but more important, we are and the shroud of eternal glory that flag-lovers. cloaks those who sacrificed their lives Legion history abounds with exam- in defense of our freedom. Our military ples of love and respect for the flag. The men and women serve today in the Natl Cmdr. John P. "Jake" Comer Legion was directly responsible for the Persian Gulf and in other hostile adoption of the U.S. Flag Code by Con- regions of the world because they gress in 1942. Although the wheels of I meet express similar concerns. So believe in the American ideals that the government moved slowly, it was the what can we do about it? flag symbolizes. Legion that put those wheels in motion For openers, we can encourage fel- Perhaps their sacrifices and the sac-

19 years earlier, when it organized and low Americans in our communities to rifices of all veterans are embodied in sponsored a National Flag Conference display the flag not just on patriotic the words of PNC Alvin M. Owsley, in Washington attended by 68 patriotic holidays, but every day. We can visit our who so eloquently wrote: and civic groups. schools and ensure that every class- "Other flags mean a glorious past;

Since those days. The American room is equipped with an American this flag, a glorious future. It is not so

Legion has been recognized as the unof- flag. Our message should be clear: We much the flag of our fathers as it is the ficial custodian of the code, and chief come bearing the flag so that America's flag of our children, and of all chil- promoter of flag etiquette and respect. future leaders will not grow up without dren's children yet unborn. It is the flag The American public has come to learn its message of individual liberty and of tomorrow. that answers to questions about the flag justice for all. "Don't be ashamed when your throat are as near as the local Legion post. Many of our posts already are chokes and the tears come, as you see it During my travels in the past several engaged in programs to promote use of flying from the masts of our ships on all months, however, I've been shamed by and respect for the flag. Many have the seas or floating from every flagstaff a disturbing trend that is gripping the donated flags to their schools and com- of the republic. You will never have a nation. Maybe you also have noticed munities, and have lined the paths to worthier emotion. Revere it as you that fewer American flags are flying in our veterans' cemeteries with Old would revere the signature of the Deity. front of homes today. Even more alarm- Glory. I commend them for their initia- "Listen, son! The band is playing the ing is the all-too-frequent absence of tive. But there is more to be done and national anthem: 'The Star-Spangled the flag in our classrooms. And how more projects to undertake. For exam- Banner' ! They have let loose Old Glory often have you seen spectators and ple, Maryland Legionnaires have yonder. Stand up — and others will athletes at high-school, college and donated more than $14,000 to help stand up with you." professional sports events, or at restore badly neglected Fort McHenry, I invite you to stand tall with me and parades, fail to stand and put their the besieged rampart of the War of 1 8 1 my family on June 14 — and every day hands over their hearts as the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write — when we pause to pledge allegiance passes by or as "The Star-Spangled the words to our national anthem. to our flag, the most visible symbol of Banner" is played? Many Legionnaires Maryland Department officials assure freedom in the world.

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ments are not needed and that employees should make Vote Notes disclosures as a matter of duty, according to a survey con- The voting-age population will total 183 million when ducted by the General Accounting Office. All the workers citizens go to the polls in November. Americans born at the need, the GAO was told, is a guarantee of protection against height of the baby boom represent the largest group of reprisals. eligible voters — 43.5 percent, according to Census Bureau The DoD, on the other hand, has granted 25 awards estimates. totaling $30,000 for disclosures that led to direct savings of The second-largest group of potential voters — 25.2 $29 million and an additional savings of $14 billion in percent — consists of people 45 to 64 years old. The 65-and- unnecessary expenses. The DoD program is permanent, but older group steadily has increased to 16.8 percent of the the cash-inducement system for the civilian agencies expires will to total. in September. Congress have decide whether to Voting-age women are expected to outnumber men by 8 continue or drop the project. million, or 52 percent of the eligible population. Blacks will 7 represent 1 1 percent of the voter population; Hispanics, Semper Fidel? percent. For nearly 30 years, Fidel Castro has been one of the world's most brutal dictators. Yet during those decades, the Your Tired, Your Rich United Nations Human Rights Commission has refused to investigate allegations of torture and political imprisonment For a $1 million investment in the United States, a in , according to the leaders of the House Foreign foreigner who wishes to immigrate would be given prefer- Affairs Committee. A U.S. resolution that would have forced ence if Congress passes legislation proposed in the Senate. a U.N. probe failed last year by a single vote. The measure would set aside 4,800 visas for entrepreneurs In an effort to round up more support for an investigation, who put up at least $ 1 million for new businesses that would Rep. Dante B. Fascell of Florida, chairman of the House employ 10 or more American citizens. These investors could committee, and Rep. Bill Broomfield of Michigan, ranking become permanent resident aliens if their projects hold up for minority member, attended the commission's recent meeting two years; after five years in business, they could become in Geneva. The legislators have vowed to press the issue at citizens. But if their investments fail or are illegally funded, the next session of the U.N. group, especially among U.S. the projects would be canceled and the immigrants deported. allies. Some of those allies voted against the resolution even Opponents denounced the legislation as being a way to sell though they privately express concern about human-rights citizenship, with the $1 million price tag favoring the rich. violations in Cuba. Advocates argued that the measure would provide employment. Federal Mediocrity Toys "R" Dangerous Unless citizens become aware of the danger and do some- deadly, especially if they have points. Lawn Toys can be thing about it, our nation could well wind up with a mediocre darts in particular are so dangerous to children that Sen. Pete federal government. That's the crisis facing the United Wilson of California is urging Congress to ban the game. States, according to Paul A. Volcker, former chairman of the The Consumer Product Safety Commission has rejected Federal Reserve Board, and now chairman of the National prohibiting the sale of lawn darts; instead, it has placed Commission on Public Service. sale distribution of the yard several restrictions on the and Post- World War II enthusiasm for public service has retailers game. However, Wilson said, manufacturers and diminished to the point that of 365 Yale seniors, only one often disregard the CPSC regulations. chose a government post, Volcker said. period, people Wilson said that over a nine-year 6,100 Our bureaucracy can be only as good as the people in it, for dart injuries; 50 percent were treated in emergency rooms but the talent is disappearing at a time when the best minds children were of them were less than 10 years old. Three are needed to solve complex problems such as nuclear safety fatally injured. With 1.5 million lawn-dart sets being sold and environmental hazards, Volcker noted. His commission if Congress each year, he said, the situation will get worse hopes to inspire more citizens to serve their country. fails to act. Quote Of The Month Whistle While You Work It is the disaster of our time that the three institutions that It's been seven years since the White House and Congress share the responsibility of transporting us successfully from agreed on a program to reward civilian whistle-blowers with past to future through the present — family, church and cash for disclosures of fraud, waste or mismanagement in the school — have undergone a rapid and nearly simultaneous federal government. Few, if any, such awards have been deterioration. made, except in the Department of Defense. John R. Silber Major agencies in the program maintain that cash induce- President, Boston University

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SHOULD CONGRESS REDUCE CAPITAL-GAINS TAX?

Rep. Ernest L. Konnyu, R-California Rep. Donald J. Pease, D-Ohio

Several months ago When President Reagan Congress passed the sent Congress his budget budget for fiscal 1988. YES NO proposal for fiscal 1989, This bill was roughly 82 days past due, many of us were surprised to learn that which can be attributed largely to negoti- he thinks the most important tax priority

ations on a bipartisan deficit-reduction for the 1990s is to re-establish the prefer- package. ential rate for capital gains. We in Congress must begin working Coming only weeks after the Tax now on a deficit-reduction package for ^HfHI Reform Act of 1986 became fully effec- future years. This package should significantly cut spending tive, the President's suggestion that Congress open a brand- and roll back the current heavy taxation of savings and new loophole was very disappointing, since his consistent investments. One positive tax move in particular would set personal support for tax reform had been so essential to the the capital-gains tax rate at 15 percent. enactment of that historic legislation in the first place. History has proved that we can raise revenue to meet The simple fact is that cutting the capital-gains rate is a

deficit-reduction targets by cutting the capital-gains tax rate. terrible idea. First, it would not be fair to the vast majority of

When we reduced the rate on capital gains in 1978, revenue taxpayers. It would shift the tax burden from high-income

from capital-gains taxes rose from $8. 1 billion in 1977 to taxpayers to low- and middle-income taxpayers. Second, $11.7 billion in 1979. when we had a capital-gains preference, we also had a tax

The Tax Reform Act of 1 986 eliminated the preferential tax system with high marginal rates and more than a dozen rate on capital gains, which now are taxed as ordinary brackets. Now we have only two tax rates, both of them low. income. This will affect the formation of capital and surely The rationale for a capital-gains differential just isn't there will result in a tax-revenue loss over the next few years. anymore.

The current capital-gains tax rate will adversely affect Proponents of the differential will argue that it will be a

small businesses' ability to raise equity capital, since it boon to investment in industry There is no question that re- reduces venture capitalists' willingness to take the risks establishing the preference would stimulate the moribund involved in funding innovation and technological research. tax-shelter industry. History .has proved this to be the case; higher capital-gains Under our former tax code, the distinction between capital taxes imposed in 1969 inhibited the efficient use of capital, and gains and ordinary income formed the cornerstone of most virtually dried up the funds available for risky new ventures tax-shelter schemes. According to the provisions of that

and new technologies. It is said that America's revolution code, if you could convert ordinary income to capital gains, might never have been launched without the 1978 cut in you could avoid some taxes. Shutting down these dubious capital-gains taxes. enterprises was one of the proudest achievements of the Tax Higher capital-gains taxes reduce the liquidity and effi- Reform Act of 1986. ciency of capital markets. Higher capital-gains taxes reduce Eliminating the capital-gains differential was an essential taxpayers' willingness to realize capital gains. Higher capi- component of the agreement that made possible the large tal-gains taxes reduce the amount of tax revenue that the cuts in the marginal tax rates. In short, if the capital-gains federal government receives. differential had not been eliminated, there would not have

It is essential that we restore preferential capital-gains tax been tax reform. treatment to a maximum rate of 15 percent. Enacting this We members of the Senate and the House struggled very legislation could add billions of dollars to the federal treas- hard in the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to do away with privi-

ury, and would give a tremendous boost to high technology leged classes of taxpayers in this country, and I think that we and other industries that are can be proud of how well we seeking venture capital. YOUR OPINION COUNTS, TOO succeeded. Those who be- This would keep the United lieve that tax reform was a Senators and congressmen are interested in constituent view- States of its interna- good thing ought to be will- ahead points. You may express your views by writing The Honorable (name), tional competitors, most of U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 20510, or The Honorable (name), U.S. ing to give it a chance to which impose no capital- House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. 20515. work, and that means leav- gains taxes at all. ing capital gains alone.

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made up of government-surplus iron stocks. You are hereby authorized to purchase no more than 550 pounds or no less than 435 pounds of HAS iron the Springfield Depot. Failure to LEONARD meet from this requirement will disqualify the prototype cannon being constructed by your company.

By Order of the Commanding Officer

Major Hollis Corby Contracting Officer FROSTBITE T2C-3 Weapons Systems Weapons Procurement Branch The setbacks continue: Leonard is laid Headquarters, Colonial Army , Pennsylvania up, learns that 't just Andrew you can use HC:jb

any old iron to build Army cannons and cc to: Captain Earl Hawkins Plant Representative people are tired of lending him money T2C-3 Contracts

FARNSWORTH AND COOPER CANNON AND CARRIAGE CO.

February 19, 1778 Wilfred Corners, Massachusetts

Major Hollis Corby Contracting Officer T2C-3 Weapons Systems Weapons Procurement Branch Headquarters, Colonial Army Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dear Major Corby,

Although we are having one of the hard- est winters we ever had, I'm still working on the cannon. Leonard hasn't been able to

help on it because of his frostbite.

Leonard and I made a trip to your Springfield Iron Depot after we got your letter. The first time we went down we didn't have any government-surplus pur- chase-authorization papers, but the man you have running the depot got us some and helped us fill them out. We could have Dear Mr. Famsworth: ByJohn Rickey gotten the iron then, but we had to come acquisition With reference to raw-material back to Wilfred Corners and get the Con- mentioned in your letter of 17 November 1777, tracting Officer's Representative's signa- 6344, you are advised that under Public Law ture. Colonial &rmp defense contractors are authorized to utilize We went back to Springfield the next day, raw materials stockpiled by the government in but after we got the iron loaded on order to reduce surpluses that have been 19 January 1778 Leonard's wagon, it began to snow and Philadelphia. Pennsylvania accumulated therein. Paragraph 19A of Public blow, and Leonard's bay mares couldn't Law 6344 directs defense contractors to pull the wagon through the drifts. We left Andrew Famsworth purchase at least 78 percent of all iron used in the wagon and rode the mares back to the President the production of goods and equipment for Wilfred Corners. We'd been out in the cold colonial government surplus stocks. Iron Famsworth & Cooper Cannon from all night by the time we got back. Leonard's & Carriage Company stocks stockpiled nearest Wilfred Corners are horse stumbled as we crossed Limestone Colonial Storage Depot. Build- Wilfred Corners, Massachusetts located at Army Creek and he fell through the ice, but the ing 7, Village ofSpringfield, Massachusetts. water wasn't very deep. Just the same, he In Reply, As a defense contractor on T2C-3 Weapons got pretty wet, and by the time we got Refer to: SRA 9922 Systems for the Colonial Army, you are advised home, Leonard's right hand and his ears that use of scrap materials is acceptable for and both feet were frozen, and he's still in John Rickey, aformer Air Force pilot, is an such units up to a maximum of 22 percent of bed. It sure took a lot out of him. executive in the defense industry. total weight. All additional iron weight is to be Please turn to page 50

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rejoicing. But many of the more promi- nent "rehabilitees" are long dead. The THE REAL MEANING OF appearance of Western-style jazz, blue jeans and fast food denotes a departure from the grim rigidity of the Stalinist past. Yet the military draft is a sober reminder of the priorities of the Soviet Union's 5.13 million-man armed forces GLASNOST and the replacement needs of the 1 15,000 Soviet soldiers in Afghanistan,

now in its ninth year of a savage war of conquest. Just before the historic 1 987 summit Playing a peacemaker role, Gorba- chev wins popularity polls in the West Gorbachev told his people: We are moving and is named Time's "Man of the Year." toward a new world, the world of commu- But meantime, Gorbachev's Kremlin secretly promises Nicaragua's San- nism. We shall never turn off that road. dinistas Soviet MiGs and support for a 600,000-man army, and continues to disseminate vicious anti-American propaganda and disinformation through- By Philip C. Clarke out the Third World. Among the lies: The U.S. Army spreads AIDS, and the N THE eve of the Washing- internal passports still control the Pentagon is building an "ethnic bomb" ton summit, an attempt movements of Soviet citizens. to kill blacks only. by about 100 Jewish Gorbachev insists that only a few

"refuseniks" to demon- dozen Soviet Jews still wish to leave. I HAT Gorbachev's glasnost has

strate in Moscow for the But the U.S. State Department and Jew- ' done domestically is release ordi- right to emigrate was ish-refugee sources place the number at nary Soviet citizens' pent-up ruthlessly suppressed by 400,000. In a few places, the secret anger and frustration about the exces- five busloads of KGB agents ballot is being tried, but all of the candi- ses, ineptitude and corruption of the disguised as peace activ- dates are communist-endorsed. In the nation's massively entrenched bureauc- ists. They roughed up the protesters and one-party USSR, political opposition racy, estimated by some Sovietologists arrested 27 of them. An American cor- is strictly nyet. at a mind-boggling 25 million paper- respondent, Peter Arnett, was knocked The "rehabilitation" under glasnost shuffling functionaries. The outburst of down and hauled away for four hours of of previously banned writers, artists public indignation is deliberately questioning. and other public figures is cause for Please turn to page 41 It was a blunt reminder that for all the talk of peace, democratization and human-rights reform under Gorba- chev's celebrated policy of glasnost— translated as "openness" in English and "publicity" in Russian — the Soviet Union remains the world's largest

police state, where dissent is limited by the club. The contrasts between promise and performance are striking. Despite enthusiastic supporters' claims that the Soviets have begun "a second Russian Revolution," promising freedom from tyranny, most changes appear to be ten- tative and superficial. The release of some of the better-known dissidents and the approval of exit visas for a few long-separated family members are encouraging, as far as they go. But the forced-labor camps and psychiatric wards still are filled with countless numbers of nameless resisters, and

Philip C. Clarke, a fanner AP correspon- CRUMBLING FACADE - Although Gorbachev's openness apparently won over many dent, is a free-lance journalist and editor Americans during the summit meeting, Soviet citizens back home have become less based in Greensboro, N.C. enthusiastic about glasnost, which promises much but delivers little.

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By Sen. John McCain

ROM the beginning, the North Vietnamese had kept us in small cells, with only one or two prisoners in each cell. However, dur- ing the final years of our imprisonment they moved us into larger rooms, where as many as 30 to 40 men lived together. It was a vast improve- ment; the new situation enabled each of us to draw on the companionship and strength of our fellow prisoners. This change in conditions was a direct result of public pressure put on the North Vietnamese by the American people. In addition to moving us to the new quarters, our captors began to allow us to receive packages and letters from home. Many men received word from their families for the first time in several years. In my cell was a fellow Navy officer, Lt. Cmdr. Mike Christian. From various packages, Mike slowly gathered bits and pieces of red and white cloth. Eventually, he accumu- lated enough of this cloth to suit his purpose. Using a piece of bamboo he had fashioned into a needle, he sewed a United States flag on the inside of his shirt, one of the blue pajama tops we all wore. Thereafter, every night in our cell, Mike would put his shirt on the wall, and we would say the Pledge of Alle- giance. While the pledge may no longer be a daily part of our lives, at that time it was the most important ritual of our day. To see the flag of the United States again, and to have the chance to proudly reaffirm our commitment to our country, was truly inspiring. Inevitably, the time came when a guards immediately ripped the flag off were our beds, I looked over at the spot guard unexpectedly entered the room the wall. They dragged Mike out, and where the guards had left Mike. Under as we were reciting our pledge. The he was beaten brutally for the next sev- the solitary light bulb hanging from the eral hours. Finally, they threw him back ceiling, I saw Mike, still bloody, his Sen. John McCain ofArizona, a Na\y pilot into the cell. face swollen beyond recognition, care- during the , was a POWofthe Later that night, as we were settling fully gathering bits and pieces of cloth. North Vietnamesefor more than five years. down to sleep on the concrete slabs that He was sewing a new American flag.D

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Address: City. State. Zip- Tl AMERICA'S rARM CRISIS Improving But Far From Over

By Robert A. Hamilton

IKE a glorious dawn burst- ing over a field of golden ripe wheat, farming seems finally to have emerged from a years-long night. The question now is whether the clouds on the horizon are fair-weather cirrus— or gathering thun- derheads. "We've taken our losses," boasted American Farm Bureau Federation

spokesman John F. Lewis. "Agriculture is finally riding high now, and will con- tinue to ride high through 1988 and into 1989." But William D. Heffernan isn't so sure. He described himself as a part- time farmer even though he has 400 acres of wheat and soybeans in central Missouri. He's encouraged by recent improvements in the agricultural econ- omy, but cautious enough to know that he's in no position to quit his job as a professor at the University of Missouri.

"I'd sure hate to think I had to feed my family off the farm for the next four or five years," Heffernan said. "I'd be more than a bit uneasy." Farmers have to worry about inept government tinkering with farm policy, which always is possible in a new think I hod to administration. Indeed, every presiden- tial candidate has announced a "solu- feed my fomily off the form for Robert A . Hamilton is a free-lance jour- nalist who specializes in farm issues. He is the next four also the author ofother articles in this issue

about the nation 's farm problems. or five yeors.

18 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE EARMERS still hove to worry obout inept government MIXED REVIEWS— While 1987 generally Suicide, homicide, child abuse, spouse was considered to be a good year for abuse, depression, anxiety, cognitive tinkering with farming, 2,600 Midwestern farmers filed impairment and substance abuse are the for bankruptcy. policy. most frequently cited problems associ- form tion" to the farm problem. Also, a ated with the rural crisis." worldwide recession, which some The image of the stolid, dependable economists predict, could plunge farm- farmer was shaken by a series of tragic ers back into problems. Overproduc- incidents. When he couldn't keep up the 1986. Attrition rates as high as 25 per- tion, while it has eased somewhat, still payments on his tractor, Illinois farmer cent were expected. But by midyear the plagues agriculture. Bankruptcies, Duane Kruse went to jail for 63 days climate changed, and farming made an while slowing, are still well ahead of last year rather than reveal where he hid unexpected recovery. Farm profits their pre- 1980 levels; and debt, while it. And the nation was shocked when climbed from $30.5 billion in 1985 to down, is still high. Dale Burr, in a final act of desperation, $38 billion in 1986, and reached a From 1982 to last year, things were killed his wife, banker, neighbor and record $58 billion last year. very tough for farmers. A document then himself after he was told that he Part of the improvement is due to that the General Accounting Office could not cash a personal check. lower interest rates and fuel prices. And prepared, supporting a $3.1 million although times were improving, farm- request to fund mental-health programs MAY 1986, the nation that has ers continued to find more efficient for farmers in 1988, detailed just how INbeen the world's breadbasket had a ways to do business. They began to take tough: record farm-trade deficit of nearly a closer look at what they were plant- "Iowa health figures show that $350 million. A congressional investi- ing, with an eye toward weaning them- approximately 47 farmers in that state gator counted more than 600 truckloads selves off subsidies. have committed suicide each year since of Central American produce rolling "The big shift taking place in agricul- 1980. In Oklahoma, approximately 100 across one border checkpoint near Los ture right now is in farmers producing untimely deaths among farm families Angeles every day. things that the market needs, instead of have occurred within two years. A According to a U.S. Department of putting the emphasis on bulk raw mate- study of Missouri farmers indicated Agriculture statistician, in 1986, at the rials," said Lewis. "Tobacco growers in widespread mental-health problems height of the crisis, nearly 350 farms Virginia, where I live, have been shift- and a lack of support from traditional were going out of business every day. A ing a few acres off to specialty vegeta- assistance systems for rural Missouri lot of government and private experts bles, such as broccoli and cauliflower. families being forced off their farms. expected 1987 to be even worse than There's strong enthusiasm for greater

JUNE 1988 19 efficiency and a broader product mix, severe weather conditions. so that you're not as vulnerable to the • A significant increase in the birth whims of the market." rate, which would increase the demand The son of a Midwestern dairy for food to current production levels. farmer developed a sideline poinsettia • An improvement in Third World business that now generates more net income, which would enable poorer income than the dairy business, Lewis countries to buy more U.S. produce. said. One New Hampshire farmer • Political or technological break- makes more money from an acre of throughs in the use of food for non-food pumpkins than he does from the 40 purposes. Techniques that are now NUMBER OF U.S. FARMS: acres of strawberries that are his main being studied include using grain to line, and many Southern farmers are 1957 4,371,700 make methanol and corn to make biode- starting to raise catfish and crawdads. gradable plastics. This would boost A 40 percent decline in the value of 1967 3,161,730 demand for produce and raise prices. the dollar, coupled with increasing pres- • Curbs on chemical and fertilizer 1977 2,455,830 sure on countries that have protectionist applications, "which could very well trade policies, also helped farmers. 1987 2,173,410 happen," Harl predicted. "Iowa enacted USDA analysts predict that farmers will a ground-water protection act in 1987, find ready markets in countries that which surprised a lot of people, since AVG. ACREAGE: have enormous U.S. trade surpluses, there's such a heavy farm lobby." such as West Germany and Japan, 1957 • Several Chernobyl-type radiation which need a place to spend their dol- disasters. "I say this not to be funny, but lars. And Pacific Basin countries, such 1967 to show that there is a lot of vulnerabil- as Korea and , may be forced to ity in the food production system." buy if they want to stave off retaliatory 1977 • Widespread war, which would dis- measures. 1987 rupt agriculture in many countries and As a result, estimates of agricultural increase demand on world markets. exports increased in 1987 for the first "Those eight factors are low-proba- time in several years, moving from bility, but they could happen," Harl $26.3 billion in 1986 to about $28.6 sity. Estimates of the number of farms said. billion— still well below the 1980 high that have too much debt range from 10 Lewis, though, said that farmers may of more than $40 billion, but an percent to 20 percent, down from 20 be less at the mercy of outside forces in encouraging sign nevertheless. Another percent to 30 percent two years ago. coming years. For instance, when live- increase is expected this year if current "And overproduction, which used to stock prices edged up 15 percent in trends continue. be a national problem, is now a global early 1987, after two years of decline, But problems still abound. Commod- problem," Harl said. "That problem farmers did not respond by increasing ity prices are still well below their late- stretches into the future for as long as their herds.

we can see, and it may even get worse." "We seem to have broken out of the The USDA, which estimates that by five-year cycle of the past, where farm- the turn of the century 500,000 farms ers would increase production when could produce all the nation's food and prices were up, which would push fiber, contends there currently are at prices down, so they would decrease T.HE least one-third too many farms in production," Lewis said. "The conse- America, even though the number has quence was that 1 987 was a tremendous USDA contends declined from more than 4.5 million in year for livestock prices. If they con- there currently are the '50s to more than 2 million now. tinue to hold the line— and so far, they And while 1987 was one of the best have — we can keep the solid market at least one-third years in this decade for farming, nearly going in 1988, 1989 and beyond." too many farms 2,600 farms in eight Midwestern states Livestock farmers' reaction to the filed for Chapter 12 bankruptcy in the market upswing bodes well for the end in America today 1 4 months after it was made available to of the diversion program in the 1990s, family farmers on Nov. 26, 1986. In the when farmers will no longer be paid to • • '5 worst-hit state, Nebraska, 48 farms keep over 100 million acres idle. used the special chapter in December "A farmer looks out there in the '70s peaks and show no signs of recov- and January alone, said Harl. spring and sees all that empty land, and

ering significantly this year. Spending "It's likely that the 1990s will be a he can hardly stand it. But maybe he

on new farm equipment dropped 6 per- decade of continued heavy pressure on can plant it in trees or something other cent in 1987, to $4.4 billion. In Iowa farmers," Harl predicted. However, he than traditional crops," Lewis said. alone nearly 300 equipment dealers has identified eight factors that could "Farmers are doing a hell of a lot more have gone out of business since 1982. reduce the pressures significantly: thinking than we've done for years. "There's still too much debt in too • Adverse weather, which would cur- We're thinking again as a group, in few hands, and we're a few years from tail production and prop up prices. terms of how we can get the most for working that out," said Neil Had, an agri- • Plant diseases on a wide scale, our dollar. And if we keep it up, agricul- cultural economist at Iowa State Univer- which would have the same effect as ture will keep coming back."

20 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE 1 "

COPING WITH HARD TIMES

T 6 a.m. on a crisp Sun- overproduction of milk, in which the day, Walter Stone strode government bought out herds of cows, from his house to begin is being paid for by the farmers who

1 2 hours of hard work on stayed in business. For Stone that trans- his Hampton, Conn., lates to a federal assessment of $600 a dairy farm. He paused at month out of his milk check. the north end of his barn- Stone has looked for a sideline for his yard and gazed out over farm. "The best cows the Savinos ever a panoramic vista that got were those big yellow ones," he includes the hills of Rhode Island, 15 said, referring to a nearby family that miles away. also runs a bus service to augment its "There's no money in farming," income. But most farmers have had the Stone said, bracing his wiry frame same idea. The obvious choices, such against the cold wind. "So I guess this as raising hay for recreational horses is what we're in it for: the lifestyle." and using farm trucks for over-the-road He was not seeking sympathy, but he hauling, have become saturated to the was surrounded by evidence that times point where they no longer pay enough. are tough. The paint on the barns is So Stone has gone into politics. He peeling, the silo's in danger of falling has won several terms as first selectman down, and the new milking parlor is no in his tiny town, a job that pays $5,000 closer to completion than when he first a year. "It gives me something else to started planning it five years ago. STONE: "The best cows the Savinos ever think of a couple of hours a night," got were those big yellow ones. "I can't afford what it would cost me Stone said. "And I'll not deny that the to modernize," Stone lamented. "If money comes in handy." you've got any debt at all, you can't cows, and through soil analysis and Besides the poor pay, there are other make it." careful application of fertilizers, he aggravations for Connecticut farmers. This year, for the first time since maintains a high level of production on With hamburger stands and conven- 1980, Stone will not devote his entire 320 acres of corn and hay. ience stores paying $6 and $7 an hour farm income to paying on his debt. He He is not extravagant. He drives an just to attract help, teen-agers no longer bought out his brother's share of the old Chevrolet, splits wood rather than want to get their hands dirty at farm in 1980 for $250,000, when it buying oil for heat, and even at age 58, minimum wage. "And even if I pay became clear that the farm could no his face seamed and his hair whitened more," Stone pointed out, "try finding longer support two families. But when by years of 80- and 90-hour weeks of someone these days who wants to get milk prices plunged, he couldn't even back-breaking work, he puts in 12- to up at 3:30 in the morning to milk." keep up with the interest, and the debt 14-hour workdays to reduce the farm's One problem that preys on Stone's had grown to $282,000 by last year. dependence on hired help. mind is whether the farm's fertilizers Stone had to sell a building lot from But his taxes have skyrocketed, and pesticides are getting into ground some of his road frontage just to raise equipment costs have soared and state water. Connecticut tobacco farmers money to live on. utility regulators recently increased who applied the pesticide EDB accord- Despite developers' offers of more farmers' electricity rates. Meanwhile, ing to state and federal guidelines now than $10,000 an acre for his land, he the price he gets for milk— about 12 are being sued because the prescribed sold development rights on the 1 92-acre cents a pound — is 20 percent below levels weren't safe. farm to the state for $288,000, under a what he was making 10 years ago. "We've had the whole place checked farm-land-preservation program. By New England farmers are paying for for nitrates — I'm awfully careful, the time he paid the bank and $5,000 in the excesses of the Midwest, where because I've got to drink the water, capital-gains taxes, he was left with cheap land and government price sup- too," Stone said. "But even when you $1 ,000. He used that $1 ,000 as a down ports have prompted farmers to over- do things the way the government tells payment on the newest piece of equip- produce milk. you, you could be causing damage. ment he's ever owned: a 2-year-old, "You drive on the New York State "Now that we've sold the develop- 135-horsepower International Harvester Thruway, and you see trailerload after ment rights, this place can't be used for tractor that cost him $22,000. trailerload of milk coming into Con- anything but agriculture," Stone said. It's not a question of poor manage- necticut from Ohio," Stone said. "But unless milk prices rise and there ment. Stone squeezes an average of Not only have prices been driven are some other changes, who's going to

1 8 ,000 pounds of milk a year from 8 down, but a 1986 program to reduce want to run it?"

JUNE 1988 21 TheFading AR71AND

In the post four years, 84,000 forms were foreclosed 250,000 others folded and 12.4 million acres of farm land were sold to foreigners.

HE nation's small farms, many of which have been passed down in families for generations, are facing an economic reality that could place them on the

list of endangered species. Increasingly, the family farm is no longer owned

by the family. Instead, it is owned by banks, insurance companies, foreign investment corporations and the U.S. government. "We're seeing a lot more non-opera- tor ownership," said Gene Wunderlich, an analyst with the farm-real-estate division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. "I guess that's the most disturbing trend in farming today." Wunderlich said that at the turn of the century, about 30 percent of farm land was leased, and almost all of the non-operator owners lived within a short distance, often within sight, of their land. Through most of the century leased land comprised 30 percent to 35 per- cent of all active agricultural land, Wunderlich said. But in the past decade

it has risen to nearly 43 percent, and

more than 80 percent of it is owned by people outside the community.

"Is it a good idea to have an absentee

AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE UNWORKED LAND— Roger Vech, 35, on his farm in northeastern Nebraska: "not actively farming anymore; most of the machinery is gone." Vech now works as a carpenter, while his wife works in a restaurant. landowner thousands of miles away?" Wunderlich asked. "How does that affect land-use decisions? Or if some- ARE SUBSIDIES ON THEIR WAY OUT? one in Washington, D.C., owns land million acres have in North Dakota, what does that mean PRESIDENTIAL candidate Since 1985, 70 production in terms of income flow out of the Ronald W. Reagan's goal in been taken out of community?" 1980 was to cut federal farm sub- through the diversion program, sidies their "disgraceful" level which has cut heavily into the By far, most of the farms lost in the from that developed dur- past five years have been lost to banks of $33.5 billion during Jimmy surpluses were and insurance companies that held high- Carter's four years. But subsidies ing the 1970s. taking interest mortgages that farmers could seem to have a life of their own. In Another program, aimed at no longer meet. Reagan's last four years in office, erodable land out of production, has Approximately 9,100 farms were farm spending topped $86 billion. reduced crop land by 25 million is result of foreclosed in 1983, about 17,250 in Fine-tuning farm subsidies a acres. As a the number production is 1984, 25,700 in 1985 and almost delicate job, said Neil Harl, an acres in active 1 billion for 32,000 in 1986, according to James agricultural economist at Iowa State expected to dip below Sayre of the USDA's Economic Re- University in Ames. "If the levels are the first time in more than half a search Service. The numbers for 1987, too low, farms go out of business and century. diversion pro- which will be released later this sum- production drops, which can lead to The success of the subsidies. mer, are expected to be down somewhat food shortages and higher prices. If grams has led to lower from 1986 because of improved eco- the levels are too high, farmers are From a record $26 billion in fiscal nomic conditions, but the conditions of encouraged to overproduce, driving 1986-87, farm subsidies dropped to prices down and increasing subsidy an estimated $23 billion in 1987-88; the past several years have made it diffi- to to cult to sell foreclosed farms to new payments. they are expected drop $18 farmers. "I think the government's struck billion in the fiscal year beginning a in recent Oct. 1. Another disturbing fact is that from reasonable balance goal farmers 1983 to 1986 more than 250,000 farms months," said Harl. But the long-range of that were not foreclosed went out of For one thing, the 1988 farm bill and federal officials is to phase out business. About half of them failed requires that at least 20 percent of a subsidies entirely, a goal they hope because the owner reached retirement farmer's land be "diverted"— taken to achieve in the 1990s. Meanwhile, will content if they age and there was no one to take over. out of production to make the farm most farmers be "Basically, the farmers might have eligible for price-support payments. can stay in business that long. been in fair financial shape, but they

JUNE 1988 23 ers on the land whenever possible, and because earlier a court ordered the agency to stop foreclosing on farms. "In some instances it's less expensive for the government to let the farmer stay

on the land and rewrite the loan than it is to go to foreclosure," O'Neill said. A program scheduled to get under way later this year will attempt to get the land back into production by returning

it to the owners or, in the case of large

farms, by breaking it into family-size tracts, he said. USDA economist Peter DeBraal said that foreigners also are taking over increasing amounts of U.S. farm land. In 1986 foreign holdings increased by 369,000 acres to a record 12.4 million acres. The 1987 figures, scheduled to be released soon, should show a similar increase. just didn't figure it was worth the strug- In 1980 the FmHA owned so few Many farmers are concerned that

gle anymore," he said. farms that it did not even keep inven- leased land— whether it is owned by a Joseph E. O'Neill, a spokesman for tory statistics. By the start of this year bank, an insurance company, the the U.S. Farmers Home Administration it owned 5,382 farms totaling more FmHA, a foreign corporation or a rich —often called the "lender of last resort" than 1.6 million acres and worth an private speculator— is land that they

by farmers, because it will write loans estimated $792 million. The inventory cannot rely on. If the owner can earn even for troubled enterprises— said his has not grown since then, however, more by dividing the land into house

agency's farm inventory has climbed because in December Congress passed lots or developing it into a strip mall, significantly in recent years as well. a bill requiring the FmHA to keep farm- the farmer will be out of luck.

STRESS, COUNTRY STYLE 1

440" It out that the girl's BETWEEN the federal " 1 pro- stress counseling from the Farm turned family gram and the numerous state and Resource Center. had been living on cattle corn and

private initiatives to help farmers "It was pretty busy when it started zucchini for two weeks while they through financial crises, there is two years ago, but interest in the pro- waited to go to a hearing in bank- assistance available to those who need gram has dropped off, which doesn't ruptcy court.

it. The problem is making sure that surprise me, because the situation has "Within a few days four churches,

they get it. changed," said Mark Randall, a the state interfaith organization, the "The rugged individualism that spokesman for the Illinois Depart- state Department of Mental Health, makes farmers tough, that drives them ment of Agriculture. "We're not on the extension service, a lawyer and to work seven days a week, also top of the mountain, by any means, two farm-crisis agencies had been makes them too proud and too self- but there's a general feeling that brought in to help," Heffernan said. reliant to seek out help," said one things are starting to look better at "The family's still alive and, psycho- Midwestern farmer, who admitted last. Help is still available when it's logically, getting better." that he struggled through a rough needed, though." Heffernan said that service agen- period in his life on his own when he William D. Heffernan, professor of cies should talk with extension probably should have sought pro- rural sociology at the University of agents, farm-group leaders and small- fessional help. "When you get so Missouri in Columbia, said that the town bankers; they know who needs stressed-out, a lot of times you're not Community Service Coordinator Pro- help. Service groups also should not even aware you need help." gram is attempting to do the same be afraid to move in soon after a To that end, many state and local thing in his state. He said that there suicide or foreclosure sale. groups are trying to develop clearing- are still farmers out there who need "After any kind of crisis in a com- houses to coordinate services for help, and related a recent incident in munity, you've got about a six-month financially strapped farmers. which a girl walked into her junior- period when the most change takes In Illinois, for instance, a program high school and shocked everyone place. The question is whether the called "Stress, Country Style" by announcing her father's stoic change is for the better," Heffernan includes low- or no-cost legal advice response to a news story about a said. "If you've already got a commu- from the state bar association, eco- farmer who killed himself and his nity tied together by tragedy, that's nomic-planning services from the family. What her father said was, the time to begin to turn things

Cooperative Extension Service, and "Maybe it is for the best." around."

24 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE FOR A SOLUTIONSEARCHING

HHHHHBBnsn| HEN the federal gov- competition. "It doesn't make good ernment decided two reading for the average person, who 11,11 years ago that Amer- thinks he'll always be able to get his I I ica's milk prices re- food at the supermarket," Youmans H flf JB mained low because said. "But one of these days, all of the I I Mm there were too many food is going to be foreign-raised. One I the H ffi dairy farmers in the day we'll rely on imported food H Mm country, it offered to same way we rely on imported energy BnHHBEHHH buy out whole herds right now. But the consequences could of milk cows. As it turned out, not be a lot more serious." enough farmers went out of business to Most farmers also lament the take- affect prices significantly, and to help over of agriculture by huge corpora- cover the cost of the buyout program, tions, which can measure their holdings the government levied a special assess- in square miles rather than acres. The ment against the remaining farmers. family farm made the country great, Thus, a program that was supposed to and it should be preserved. Merlin help dairy farmers instead reduced their Langner raises soybeans, corn and hogs incomes. on his 300-acre Dickens, Iowa, farm, And so the pattern goes. As the gov- which has dwindled from 850 acres in ernment has attempted to reconcile its 1980. He said that if the government — Farm equipment usually is cheap-food policy with a decrease in AUCTIONS subsidizes any farms, it should sub- the first to go, as farmers attempt to hold farm subsidies, similar revolving-door sidize only small farms, which can keep onto their debt-ridden land. policies have trapped a lot of farmers. competition alive and food prices "People who are going through the down. trauma of bankruptcy and foreclosure sidies, it should also withdraw its pro- "If you're farming 1,000 acres, you need to know where to place the blame tection of Third World agriculture, said shouldn't be protected for the full 1 ,000 for what happened," said Robert You- Youmans. acres. You should be protected for only mans, who raises 3,000 acres of cotton, "Any time we want to make a large 320 acres, or 160 acres, or whatever corn, soybeans, peanuts and wheat in export sale of grain, we have to get the they decide is the right size for a family South Carolina, which lost an average approval of the State, Agriculture and farm," Langner said. "If we let the of 29 farms a week during 1987. "It's Commerce departments," Youmans corporations take over, the American the system." said. "It's been denied in some cases so people are going to pay for it— in the But as a group, farmers probably will that other countries can make the food basket." not make any specific policy recom- sale — countries that have to make Walter Stone, a dairy farmer in Con- mendations until after November, said interest payments on debts to U.S. necticut, said that farm-land preserva- John F. Lewis, a spokesman for the banks. What about farmers who have to tion should be a top priority in areas American Farm Bureau Federation. make interest payments?" that are under heavy development pres- "Election year is a bad time to' be Another problem, Youmans said, is sure, such as the Northeast and the talking about farm programs, because that government programs give foreign Southwest. Even though those areas everyone's out to make a statement," farmers a competitive advantage. For currently get most of their produce and Lewis said. "To open the farm act this instance, American apple orchards can- meat via trains and over-the-road year for even a modest request, such as not use the pesticide Alar, which would trucks, the time might come when local a soybean-marketing loan program, increase yields. But Brazilian orchards, production is important, and if all the could open a real Pandora's box. What which use the chemical indiscrimi- farm land is under pavement, that won't we're recommending that our members nately, provide 60 percent of the apple- be possible. do this year is push grass-roots policy juice concentrate sold in the United "In this area, the only way there's development to get proposals ready for States, he said. going to be any farm land left is if the Congress in 1989." "It's a false set of standards if we government steps in and buys it, or at In general, farmers want less govern- can't use the chemical because it's least buys the development rights," said ment intervention in agriculture, partic- unsafe, but another country can use it Stone, who received a $288,000 state ularly in price supports. Price supports and send its produce here," Youmans payment last year for the development have encouraged overproduction, which said. rights to his farm. "Even if the land isn't

leaves farms at the mercy of federal He said that a 1987 staff study by the farmed now, it will always be available assistance, farmers say. Joint Economic Committee of Congress for agriculture. And someday that could As the government withdraws its sub- detailed the problem of unfair foreign be important." D

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Dispatch From FAMILIAR POSE - Pyle and cigarette.

Editors note: This is the famed D-Day has always been one of its outstanding Plus Two dispatch of Hoosier journalist D-Day, Ernie features to those who are in it. Any- Ernie Pyle. It is one of the best-known and On thing and everything is expendable. most moving dispatches to describe the Pyle was there. And we did expend on our beachhead in Normandy invasion, which occurred on Normandy during those first few hours. June 6, 1944. Pyle, a native Dana, wrote of of He For a mile out from the beach, there attended Indiana University. He was a Jhe awful were scores of tanks and trucks and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist waste for boats that you could no longer see, for Scripps Howard newspapers. He was killed and destruction they were at the bottom of the water- in the South Pacific in 1945. of war" and the swamped by overloading, or hit by shells or sunk by mines. Most of their human sacrifice. crews were lost. By Ernie Pyle You could see trucks tipped half over and swamped. You could see partly ORMANDY Beachhead, sunken barges, and the angled-up cor- D-Day Plus Two (by ners of jeeps, and small wireless, delayed) — jellyfish about the size of your hand. half submerged. And at low tide you took a walk along the Millions of them. In the center, each of could still see those vicious six- historic coast of Nor- them had a green design exactly like a pronged iron snares that helped snag mandy in the country of four-leaf clover. The good-luck em- and wreck them. France. blem. Sure. Hell, yes. On the beach itself, high and dry,

It was a lovely day for I walked for a mile and a half along were all kinds of wrecked vehicles. strolling along the the water's edge of our many-miled There were tanks that had only just seashore. Men were sleeping on the invasion beach. You wanted to walk made the beach before being knocked sand, some of them sleeping forever. slowly, for the detail on that beach was out. There were jeeps that had burned Men were floating in the water, but they infinite. to a dull gray. There were big derricks didn't know they were in the water, for The wreckage was vast and startling. on caterpillar treads that didn't quite they were dead. The awful waste and destruction of war, make it. There were half-tracks carry- The water was full of squishy little even aside from the loss of human life, ing office equipment that had been

26 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE HARDEST-HIT — Casualties were made into a shambles by a single shell on, we had our toehold, and behind us heaviest at , where 1,000 hit, their interiors still holding their there were such enormous replace- American soldiers were killed and for this wreckage the beach useless equipage of smashed typewrit- ments on thousands more wounded. By nightfall, ers, telephones, office files. that you could hardly conceive of their 34,000 Americans had come ashore, but There were LCTs turned completely sum total. Men and equipment were none had advanced more than a mile upside down and lying on their backs, flowing from England in such a gigan- from the beach.

and how they got that way I don't know. tic stream that it made the waste on the There were boats stacked on top of each beachhead seem like nothing at all, standing nearby. They had not yet been other, their sides caved in, their suspen- really nothing at all. put in the prison cage. They were just sion doors knocked off. A few hundred yards back on the standing there, a couple of doughboys beach is a high bluff. Up there we had a leisurely guarding them with Tommy THIS shoreline museum of car- tent hospital and a barbed-wire enclo- guns. INnage there were abandoned rolls of sure for prisoners of war. From up there The prisoners, too, were looking out barbed wire and smashed bulldozers you could see far up and down the to sea— the same bit of sea that for and big stacks of thrown-away life beach, in a spectacular crow's-nest months and years had been so safely belts and piles of shells still waiting to view, and far out to sea. empty before their gaze. Now they be moved. And standing out there on the water stood staring almost as if in a trance. In the water floated empty life rafts beyond all this wreckage was the great- They didn't say a word to each other. and soldiers' packs and ration boxes est armada man has ever seen. You They didn't need to. The expression on and mysterious oranges. simply could not believe the gigantic their faces was something forever unfor- On the beach lay snarled rolls of collection of ships that lay out there gettable. In it was the final horrified telephone wire and big rolls of steel waiting to unload. acceptance of their doom.

matting and stacks of broken, rusting Looking from the bluff, it lay thick If only all Germany could have had rifles. and clear to the far horizon of the sea the experience of standing on the bluff

On the beach lay, expended, suffi- and beyond, and it spread out to the and looking out across the water and cient men and mechanism for a small sides and was miles wide. Its utter enor- seeing what their compatriots saw. D war. They were gone forever now. And mity would move the hardest man.

yet we could afford it. As I stood up there I noticed a group Reprinted by permission of the Scripps Howard

We could afford it because we were of freshly taken German prisoners Foundation.

JUNE 1988 27 AFTER THE TREATY:

DEFEND ITSELF?

European reaction to the INF Treaty is both negative and positive. Some people believe that the United States has let its allies down. Others say the treaty may inspire Western Europe to become more self-reliant in defense.

terms of population, resources and toon showed "Ronnie" and "Gorby" By Brian Crozier actual income, the European commu- dancing while stripping a bemused nity is larger and richer than either the Miss Europe. In the other, the two United States or the Soviet Union. statesmen are shown kissing while a TUNNED disbelief cer- What have not changed — at least not forlorn Miss Europe looks on, not hav- tainly was the first reaction sufficiently — are its ancient antago- ing been invited to join them. of America's European nisms and jealousies. allies to last December's The whole process of the INFTreaty, post-INF situation has to be seen INF Treaty. Since then, which began in Reykjavik, took Europe THEagainst the background of lingering, the emphasis has been on by surprise. It had taken the alliance though diminishing, anti-American damage limitation and on nearly six years to respond to the 1974 feelings. In France, these are a hang- strengthening Europe's Soviet deployment of the formidable, over from President Roosevelt's spurn- _ defense capability to triple-headed SS-20 missiles targeted ing of General De Gaulle and his Free reduce its dependence on America's on Western Europe. In response, the French forces during World War II. nuclear umbrella. This was the under- alliance deployed American Pershing II In Britain, there is the anti-Ameri- lying theme of the NATO defense sum- and cruise missiles in Britain, West canism, or anti-capitalism, of the left- mit held in Brussels on March 2, with Germany and other allied countries. wing Labour Party. With Margaret the next Reagan-Gorbachev meeting in The counterdeployment went ahead Thatcher in power for a third term, Moscow looming ahead. after much trauma and in the face of Labour leader Neil Kinnock has been Western Europe always has depended hostile demonstrations by peace moving cautiously to soften his party's on U.S. power. This is understandable, groups. unilateralist stance. since the initiative for the 1949 treaty, All of this helps to explain why, In West Germany, the opposition which produced NATO, came from the despite the muted official reactions to Social Democrats have committed United States, whose friends and the signing of the treaty, many Euro- themselves to a "security partnership" recent foes were gravely weakened by peans felt that the United States had let with the Soviet bloc— a straight nega- Stalin's advancing armies during World Europe down. The United States had

War II. done so by making a deal with a com- THE LEGION'S POSITION Today the situation has changed. In mon enemy that affected Europe's Res. 105, approved by the 68th security directly and America's only national convention in Cincinnati in indirectly. Brian Crozier, author of The Nuclear September 1986, urges the United Freeze Trap, is a consultant on interna- Two front-page cartoons in France's States and other members of NATO tional affairs who has visited more than conservative daily Le Figaro sum- to improve their conventional forces. 60 countries as a foreign correspondent. marized the European mood. One car-

28 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE tion of NATO. Last September the East and French deterrents could be merged, a far cry from the European Defense German leader, Erich Honecker, paid although closer cooperation between Community plan that the French an official visit to the Federal Republic. them is possible. Anglo-French collab- National Assembly killed in 1954, but

In the post-treaty atmosphere, Moscow oration on an air-launched missile has it would be a step in the right direction. could well exploit the rapprochement started, but Thatcher is known to be At the NATO summit in March, between the two Germanies, as a stage against any far-reaching arrangements Thatcher took the lead in advocating in the reunification of a neutralized with France from which the United modernization of the short-range mis- country. Undoubtedly, this is a major States would be excluded. siles not covered by the INF Treaty. long-term Soviet objective. The "de- There also is some Franco-German She also opposed any further U.S.- coupling" of Western Europe from the cooperation. President Mitterrand has Soviet deals on nuclear-arms reduc- United States is an essential step toward made it clear that France's nuclear tions until the Soviets begin reducing that end. deterrent is intended to protect the Fed- their conventional and biochemical eral Republic as well as France. Also, weapons. PARADOXICALLY, the shock of France and Germany may create a West German Chancellor Helmut the INF Treaty could provide mixed infantry brigade. This would be Kohl is nervous about modernizing any exactly the stimulus that the Euro- weapons— perhaps understandably, as pean allies need to become more self- West Germany is a prime candidate for reliant in defense. It is important, how- annihilation in any nuclear exchange. ever, to consider the limiting factors. But there is a more formidable obstacle As part of the price of sovereignty, the in the prime minister's path. Gor- German Federal Republic renounced bachev had a strong incentive to sign manufacturing nuclear weapons. The the INF Treaty: The Soviets felt vulner- only West European powers that have able with the Pershing lis and cruise such weapons are Britain and France. missiles in place. But Gorbachev has no The French deterrent, created during such incentive with conventional De Gaulle's presidency, is truly auto- weapons, in which the Soviets have nomous and independent. The British massive superiority, or with biochemi- deterrent depends on American mis- cal weapons, where they have a virtual siles and warheads, but the British sys- monopoly. tem is under British control. In a life or- On the contrary, Gorbachev has a death nuclear crisis, Britain's govern- strong incentive to go ahead with ment alone would decide whether to further nuclear-arms-reduction treaties, risk national suicide by threatening to which could leave the West without a destroy Soviet cities. deterrent and the Warsaw Pact with a It is not easy to see how the British decisive advantage.

CLOSER TIES?— The withdrawal of Pershing II missiles from Europe, as prescribed by the INF Treaty, is expected to bring about joint defense initiatives between European powers such as Mitterrand's France and Thatcher's Great Britain.

JUNE 1988 29 I

been in the Reserves and never had any boot camp—just summer camp, where we mostly goofed off. When my group went through the line at Camp Pendle- ton, some sergeant asked, "How many

summer camps?" I said, "Three." He wrote "CR" — combat-ready. My com- pany landed in Korea on Sept. 21, one

month to the day after I left civilian life in Minnesota. 'And Still They Outside Seoul we all were scared. I didn't even know how to dig a foxhole. A gunnery sergeant told me how.

"Make it like a grave," he said.

Kept Coming Pfc. Doug Michaud HQ & Serxice Company/1st Marines/ 5th Regiment

The bugles are the first thing I Sgt. C.W. "Bill" Menninger call was about. "Something must be remember, then the chaos. A guy who'd 3rd Battalion/34th Infantry wrong with next week's training been on watch began dragging me

When the invasion of the south schedule," I answered. "I'll be back as down the hill, hollering, "They're here! came, of course everyone was inter- soon as I can." That happened to be 11 They're here!" A lot of guys must have

ested, but it never occurred to us that months later. been caught with their boots off; I saw we Americans serving in Japan in the them running in their stockings. Army of Occupation would ever get Cpl. Merwin Perkins In the morning, casualties lay all over

involved. For me, it was a typical Sun- B Company/7th Marines the place. Word was passed that we

day night. I was at home with my family The company was above Seoul when were going to fall back. I cried—

when the call came for me to report at we ran into our first fight. We were couldn't believe it. Of course, I didn't

once to headquarters. moving at night; I thought we were lost. know the big picture. If I had, I might My wife wanted to know what the Green tracers were coming in, and red have cried for a different reason. tracers were going out. It was confusing Excerptedfrom THE KOREAN WAR, copyright the first night. I was very scared; I 1st Lt. Philip Day Jr. © 1985 by Donald Knox. Reprinted by permis- pretty much hugged the ground. Task Force Smith/C Company/2 1st Infantry sion ofHarcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc. I was 19 when I got activated. I had I was with a 75-mm recoilless-rifle

30 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE team. "Let's see if we can get one of of their dead comrades. They were bat- we were in Korea fighting and dying, those tanks," I shouted. tle-scarred but still looked as if they and our president says that. Some

I swear we had some hits, but the could do battle. It reminded me of pic- thanks. tanks never slowed down. More of the tures I've seen of General Washington's "What are you fighting for, son?" tanks began shooting at us. I don't frozen troops at Valley Forge. "For my life, buddy. For my life." know what happened to the two guys with me, but one blast knocked me and N. Harry Smith Pfc. Jimmy Marks the gun over. I began bleeding from War correspondent A Battery/61 st Field Artillery my ears. I wasn't unconscious—just Out of the hills to the northwest I was on duty in the Fire Detection stunned by the concussion. poured hundreds of Chinese soldiers. Center, pulling the 6-to-midnight shift In a little less than two hours, 30 Like ants running toward a drop of with Louis Iglesias. Around 8 p.m., I North Korean tanks rolled through the honey they came shouting, shooting received the first report from the position we were supposed to block as machine-gun outpost closest to the if we hadn't been there. That was our Ch'ongch'on that they could hear an first two hours in combat. unusual amount of noise across the river. Iglesias rang HQ; Col. Knott at Pfc. Ernest Gonzalez regiment said there were supposed F Companyl7th Marines Tf^E ground to be friendly troops across the j In Koto-ri the Air Force dropped Ch'ongch'on. supplies. Some parachutes didn't open, \ was covered At 8:30 the men in the outpost were and their crates crashed in the town. with huge becoming annoyed that no one was ; Some crates had contained boxes of acting on their information. By 9 they

C rations. We roamed in groups looking \ heaps of were so convinced the enemy was on for certain types of food. My favorite brown-clad the river bank that they requested per- was wieners and beans. I didn't find \ mission to open fire. They were ordered any. My least favorite was pork and to hold their fire and were told that I enemy dead. lima beans. I found plenty of those. what they heard were friendly patrols.

At 1 1 :30 A Battery was attacked by a Pfc. James Cardinal Chinese force, estimated at battalion / Company!5th Cavalry rifles and burp guns, crawling on their size, that had waded across the river.

Dear folks: I have just seen the most stomachs, stumbling, running toward All up and down the river valley, all terrible sight of my life, and I felt I had the ammunition dumps. hell had broken loose — tracers and to write about it. I've seen many horri- All the tanks turned their big guns on explosions left and right. The Chinese ble things— bodies heaped in piles, the hills, lobbing shells into the onrush- blew bugles and whistles, and shouted arms and legs blown off, friends just ing horde. The shells swished through American profanities. I thought their killed being carried to the rear, etc. — the air, struck the ground with a thud, bugles were playing "Silent Night." but what I saw this afternoon makes then exploded, sending gushers of Between shots and explosions I could that seem like nothing. snow, dirt and flesh flying through the hear the wounded crying for help. Just before our company took the air in all directions. Wherever they hit capital the communists gathered all the they killed Chinese in droves. Pfc. Doug Michaud opposition leaders, those friendly to The flatland at the foot of the moun- I had changed. I no longer wanted America, and beat them terribly Then tains was swarming with thousands of any buddies — afraid I'd lose them. they tied their hands behind their backs the enemy, still running, screaming and Who needed the additional trauma? I and shot them. More than 50 lay all shooting. One Chinese soldier hesi- stopped writing home because to write over a small field in front of a school. tated a second amid the confusion, took family, I had to think about them. I

When I got there, relatives were claim- a few steps and dropped dead. Blood didn't want to; I didn't want to cry. ing the dead, and washing and cleaning gushed in a great fountain from his I lived for the beer ration, the crap and wrapping the bodies. That was the short, stubby neck as he took the last game, pay call, a chance to change saddest part of it— mothers, wives and few steps into eternity. He had no head. skivvies and dungarees. That was good children crying and screaming. The Tankmen opened fire with their ma- stuff, the things I built my world sight of death doesn't bother me any- chine guns, spraying the field from left around, things I could reach out and more, but to see the women crying to right, then from right to left. touch — not something half a world made me feel very sad. Wherever one looked along the base away. of the mountains, the ground was cov- M/Sgt. Thomas Britt ered with huge heaps of brown-clad 2nd Lt. Joseph Owen HQ Battery!3rd AAA Battalion! enemy dead. Extending to within 400 B CompanyUth Marines 3rd Division yards of the dumps was a solid field of My last memory of Chosin was a Our task force made contact with the them, the snow barely visible any brief, lucid moment when I came to

Marines and was able to keep the road longer. And still they kept coming. consciousness. I was lying by the road, open, enabling them to pass through us and a tank stood near me. I was warm on the way to safety. I recall watching Cpl. Frank Bifulk and still from the morphine. Then I Marines, themselves frozen from head B Company!7th Marines remembered to wiggle my toes against to foot, meticulously caring for their Truman really slapped us in the face; the frostbite. Discipline stays with you wounded and bringing back the bodies he called Korea a police action. Here all the way.

JUNE 1988 31 .

Veterans update

and disabled veterans who own and Marine Corps and Coast Guard); and Air Force Reference Loperate small businesses are encouraged to consider the VA Branch, National Personnel Records Center, 9700 Page as a possible customer. The VA is constantly looking for Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63132-5199. contractors in building construction, maintenance, supply Requests for the medal must include basic personal infor- and equipment repair. mation so that the records center can verify the applicant's VA Administrator Thomas K. Turnage said that the VA former POW status. A personal letter containing the neces- cannot award non-competitive contracts to veteran-owned sary information also will be accepted from applicants who businesses, but it can actively seek out and assist them in do not use the official form. Information should include full competing for the contracts. Since the VAs veterans'- name, service number, Social Security number, VA claim outreach program began in 1984, $92 million worth of number, date and place of birth, branch of service, unit of contracts have gone to Vietnam and disabled veterans who assignment when captured, and dates of confinement and own businesses. release as a POW. For further information, veterans should contact the chief The medal also may be awarded posthumously to the legal of supply at any of the 172 medical centers or write to: next of kin of a POW of World War I, World War II, Korea or Deputy Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Busi- Vietnam. Next of kin of those who are listed as missing in ness Utilization (005C), Veterans Administration, action, without evidence of captivity as a POW, are Washington, DC 20420. ineligible. At their own expense, medal recipients may have the medal inscribed with their names. The POW Medal will be placed ahead of the Good Conduct Medal in the order of law requiring a 5 percent down payment on pur- precedence. chases of foreclosed VA houses was reversed slightly more than a month after it became effective. The law, which went

into effect Jan. 21 , required buyers of foreclosed VA proper- ties to make a 5 percent down payment on the purchase price. Even before the nation's 2.2 million disabled vet But on Feb. 29, the President signed S. 2022, authorizing the erans began receiving this year's cost-of-living increases in VA to reduce or waive the 5 percent down payment in their VA checks, the U.S. Senate was introducing legislation economically depressed areas where sales of foreclosed that would call for another boost in December. properties are lagging. Under S. 201 1 , introduced Jan. 26, disabled veterans and The Senate and the House responded quickly after a Jan. their surviving widows and children would receive a COLA 28 auction of VA properties in Houston showed that the down increase equal to the inflation rate, currently predicted to be payment had a disastrous effect on sales. Only about 25 per- about 5 percent this year. cent of the properties in the auction received bids. Before the The bill is another in a series of attempts to link VA com- down-payment requirement, however, bids consistently out- pensation increases to inflation, a move that Congress tradi- numbered properties by about 3-to- 1 tionally has opposed. Federal benefits programs generally Sen. Alan Cranston of California, chairman of the Senate are tied to inflation. Military and federal civilian retirees and Veterans Affairs Committee, said the quick action was neces- Social Security recipients receive automatic COLA increases sary because the mandatory down payment was hindering each Dec. 1, unless legislation is passed to alter the law. the VAs ability to sell its inventory of homes in some areas. COLA for disabled veterans, however, requires new legisla- tion each year.

The long-awaited POW Medal is now avail- able to 142,000 former American prisoners of war and their wBorld War I Veterans who served in France next of kin. The medal is free to all servicemen and women may be eligible for a certificate of appreciation that the who were taken prisoner and held captive after April 5 , 1917, French government is issuing in commemoration of the 70th the Defense Department said. anniversary of World War I. All honorably discharged U.S.

A toll-free number, 1 -800-873-3768, has been established veterans who served in France from April 6, 1917, to Nov. 11, to take requests for official application forms and to provide 1918 are eligible. information about the medal. The DoD said that forms also The VA is issuing the certificates on behalf of the French are available from the military services, veterans' organiza- government. Eligible veterans should write to the Director, tions and other public-service agencies. Veterans Assistance Service (27), VA Central Office, 810 Former prisoners of war or their next of kin should send Vermont Ave., N.W, Washington, DC 20420. Requests will their requests for the medal to the military records center of not be accepted by telephone. their branches of service during imprisonment. The addres- Requests should include the veteran's full name, VA claim ses are: U.S. Army Reserve Personnel Center, ATTN: DARP- or Social Security number, service serial number, and the further information, call PAS-EAW, 970 Page Blvd. , St. Louis, MO 63 1 32-5200; U.S. branch and places of service. For Navy Liaison Office, National Personnel Records Center, Diane Pringle, chief of the Foreign Service Unit, at (202) 9700 Page Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63132-5199 (for Navy, 233-2611.

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' MOTHERS carefully of to grants often $20,616 the National Reye's Syn- check their babies for CWF drome Foundation of Bryan, Ohio. The the telltale signs of a (fMKb- , go to worthy, organization teaches parents about %hHL4| deadly disease that Reye's syndrome, a mysterious, some- strikes recovering flu but overlooked times-fatal disease that often follows a victims. children's bout with influenza B. Many research- Deaf teen-agers ers have linked the disease to flu vic- 1 1 U whose problems have organizations tims' use of aspirin. . / taken them to the brink "The grant enabled us to produce and of suicide learn how to express their that need distribute a slide-and-tape presentation feelings of frustration. help the most that taught parents some of the warning Grade-school students learn how to signs of Reye's syndrome," said NRSF avoid drugs and how to recognize child spokeswoman Marlene Sutton. Sutton molesters' lures. added that many parents who saw the

These scenes play across America been contributed as The American presentation later credited it for saving every day, in small towns and sprawling Legion Magazine went to press. their children's lives. Last year the cities. They are made possible by pri- "The foundation is a private charity CWF awarded another grant to the vate organizations that help children that benefits the American public," Ohio foundation for a national public- and young people, organizations that Comer said. "There is no better way to service announcement featuring Dick share a powerful ally: the American meet children's needs than through the Van Dyke. Legion Child Welfare Foundation Inc. CWF." Getting the word out works even for Since 1954 the CWF has supported How does the CWF help America's those who cannot hear the spoken hundreds of non-profit groups, con- youths? One example is its 1985 grant word. The Community Center for the tributing more than $2.2 million to their programs. CWF founder Dr. Garland Murphy Jr., a member of the national and KEEP THOSE DONATIONS COMING Arkansas child-welfare commissions, had two goals for the foundation. The LEGIONNAIRES and Auxiliary bers are opening their hearts and first was to contribute to children's members are investing in a plan their checkbooks to our children." that guarantees great dividends physical, mental, emotional and spiri- for Massachusetts leads Legion tual welfare by disseminating informa- America — and they're doing it departments in CWF donations, tion about innovative organizations and through their contributions to the with $41 ,069 collected as of April their was to American Legion Child Welfare programs. The second goal 25. New York, with $32,842, and Foundation. help those organizations use their Missouri, with $31,109, are next. From coast to coast, bluecap resources more effectively. Among the generous posts are Post are rallying to the "Foun- The CWF is a separate entity from members 40 of , Mass., with dona- dation With a Future" campaign to the Legion, with a Legionnaire board of tions of $5,500; Post 388, Sommer- directors that authorizes grants to add $1 million to the foundation's ville, Mass., with $1,500; and Post principal account. will deserving organizations. "If the Legion The money 26 of Boston, with $1000. faded away tomorrow, the foundation enable the foundation to award more Leading Auxiliary depart- would continue to award grants through grants to organizations whose efforts among ments, in a close race, are California, its perpetual fund," said CWF President focus on improving children's lives. Illinois, U.S. "Udie" Grant, a Kansas NECman. "I'm truly amazed, but not sur- $4,582; $4,542; and Ken- tucky, $4,296. Keeping that fund alive is the goal of prised, at the interest and generosity NatT Cmdr. John P. "Jake" Comer, that have been shown in this criti- Contributions should be mailed whose "Foundation With a Future" cally important campaign," Nat'l to the American Legion Child Wel- campaign seeks to raise $1 million to Cmdr. John P. "Jake" Comer said. fare Foundation Inc., P.O. Box 538, permanently endow the Child Welfare "Legionnaires and Auxiliary mem- Indianapolis, IN 46206-0538. Foundation. More than $519,655 had

34 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE CHILDREN'S GUARDIAN— Desp/fe the boundless generosity of the American people, some deserving charities and causes can go unnoticed. The Legion's Child Welfare Foundation pledges that children won't be among them.

Deaf— operated by Netcare, a private health-care network in central Ohio— offers a suicide-prevention program for deaf adolescents, thanks in part to a 1986 CWF grant of $10,000. "Statistics have shown that suicide is the No. 2 cause of death among Amer- ica's teen-agers," said Michael Repas, the center's director. "We found that there weren't any suicide-prevention programs or materials available to hear- ing-impaired teens. Their obvious problems of communication were com- pounded because they needed to tell their parents and teachers about the problems that so often lead to suicide." The CWF grant enabled Repas' group to produce the film A Better Way and an accompanying training manual. The film uses captions and American Sign Language to teach students how to rec- ognize suicidal peers and how to tell adults about their own problems.

JHILE the CWF often directs its 'efforts to health-related pro- REYES grams, it also has grappled with SYNDROME 1 0!S£-A5E equally devastating social maladies. I: Of. . A.STAT1NO CHlLORf N'S Such was the case in 1984, when the foundation awarded $18,000 to the National Crime Prevention Council, a personal mystery. Once again, the who saw themselves in the video, many Washington, D.C. -based group that CWF responded to a call for help, giv- of whom believed they were on the teaches young people how to avoid ing FIND-ME a $1 ,500 grant to pub- brink of becoming abusers," Garthwait becoming crime statistics. lish a booklet that calls attention to said. "It was a large cry for help." "The Child Welfare Foundation grant the growing phenomenon of missing The second video, which was await- came at an extremely critical time for Americans. ing release at press time, is for grade- our organization," said John A. Cal- "All of our work is geared toward school students. Garthwait said the houn, executive director of NCPC. The making the public aware of all facets of video shows children how to get help if fledgling entity used the grant to pub- the missing-persons phenomenon and they are abused. "It reassures children, lish Keeping Kids Safe, Kids Keeping Safe, also to making the authorities more and instructs them to seek an adult they which tells children how to avoid drug responsive to this problem," said trust and can talk to so they can get the abuse, molestation and many other Louise Clinkscales. help they need." problems. The CWF has responded to another These are just a few of the groups "The grant was terrific," Calhoun socially wrenching problem that has that the CWF has helped during its 34- said. "It helped launch us into a nation- gained much attention recently: child year history. It also has awarded grants wide program. There's little doubt that abuse. In the case of Parents Anony- to organizations that conduct research many youngsters owe their livelihoods mous of Montana, the CWF grant came and information campaigns, including —and lives— to the Legion's help with at a time when other philanthropic the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Inter- our programs." groups were rejecting its calls for help. national, the Epilepsy Foundation of Some programs are shaped by events In 1986 the CWF awarded the Mon- America, the Foundation for Craniofa- in their founders' lives. John and tana group a $7,500 grant to produce cial Deformities, the Arthritis Foun- Louise Clinkscales of LaGrange, Ga., two videos on child abuse in the home. dation, the National Jewish Hospital founded a missing-persons resource The first video, aired throughout the Asthma Center and the Orton Dyslexia center in 1980, five years after their son state, featured interviews with abusive Society. left home for Auburn University. Kyle parents. According to PAM Executive The CWF's board of directors meets Clinkscales never made it to the cam- Director Cindy Garthwait, the results each May to consider grant applica- pus. FIND-ME (For Individuals Miss- were staggering. tions. Applicants must meet two ing Everywhere) developed from that "There were many calls from parents Please turn to page 51

JUNE 1988 35 Legion news briefs

Controversial Plan For Veterans

Draws Ire Of 10,000 Minnesotans

^—w-y HE 680 patients at Minne- their Veterans of Foreign Wars counter- m sota's two veterans' homes no parts met to discuss ways to stop the m longer risk becoming wards of planned transfer and improve care for JL. the state welfare agency, thanks residents of veterans' homes. Two to Legionnaires and other veterans. months later, Legion Dept. Cmdr. Minnesota lawmakers have scrapped Lloyd Ricker and VFW Dept. Cmdr. a controversial plan that would have Dean E. Means unveiled a joint posi- given the state Department of Human tion paper, which urged the state to Services permanent control of the return the Minneapolis home to the homes. Control of the Minneapolis DVA and to provide adequate funding home was transferred from the Depart- to ensure quality care and sufficient TOP GUN - Nat'l Adjutant Robert W. ment of Veterans Affairs last summer staffing at the homes. Spanogle punched through the skies after the facility was cited for several In February, the Legion. VFW and over Texas in a T-33 jet trainer to get a health-code violations. other veterans' groups paid a call on taste of the training some of America's top fighter pilots receive. For his derring- Minnesota veterans, including Legion Gov. Rudy Perpich and state legislators do, he earned a specially built pilot's state officials, were troubled by the in Minneapolis, while more than 10.000 helmet plate from Col. Nicholas B. violations and demanded that they be veterans converged on the state capitol Kehoe, commander of the 12th Flying corrected. But they also were con- for a "Veterans' Awareness Day" rally, Training Wing, Randolph AFB, Texas. cerned about the transfer of the home which focused on the veterans'-homes operations to DHS. They argued that controversy. the transfer essentially would create "The governor was going to put veter- Legion Helps Scouts public opinion that equated veterans' ans in the welfare line," said Nat'l Vice earned benefits with handouts. Cmdr. Joe Frank Jr., who attended the Last October, Legion officials and Please turn to page 48 Recruit Sponsors

Legion was one of several rHEorganizations that participated in a nationwide teleconference broadcast from Dallas in March on behalf of Boy Scouts of America. In a taped message aired during the teleconference, Nat'l Cmdr. John R "Jake" Comer encouraged Americans to form new Boy Scout troops. Although Comer's schedule prevented him from attending, Nat'l Adjutant Robert W. Spanogle was among the volunteers who manned the telephones. The teleconference was beamed by satellite to more than 700 motels, where members of church and civic groups were gathered. BSA officials said that the teleconference recruited sponsors for 8,100 new Scout troops. "Today's commitments will strengthen for years to come the Legion's outreach to the youths of our communities," said - As Nat'l Cmdr. John P. "Jake" Comer winged his way through LEADING THE WAY Ben H. Love, chief executive of BSA. eight Legion departments recently, he collected $100,000 in cash, checks and pledges The Legion, one of the leading sup- for the Child Welfare Foundation. During a brief stopover at national headquarters in sponsors 2.400 Indianapolis, Comer discussed the status of donations with Paul Frinsthal, CWF porters of Boy Scouts,

executive secretary. Scout units with 6 1 ,000 members.

36 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE CWF: THANKS A MILLION!

Donors who have contributed $50 or more to the American Legion Child Welfare Foundation (from Feb. 27 through March 25, 1988):

Charlene Clare California Lynn E. Kormondy California Thomas C. Andrew Ohio Everett C. Garrison Kansas C. B. Knight Louisiana Percy A. Lemoine Louisiana R. S. Grimes Texas Dale Ruland Wyoming Bill and Shirley Becker New Jersey Lowell Cook Oregon Martin Reynolds Utah Carrie Marie M. Moore Texas Mr. and Mrs. Steven Harold L. White California Richard L. Loomis Utah John Stork Jr. Indiana

Martino Massachusetts Jerry Roach Missouri Douglas Mason Utah Richard F. Johnson Mexico Bernard D. Cordial Maryland R. J. Haasl Minnesota Avan W. Probasco Utah Simon Soto Mexico Mr. and Mrs. Denis Benoit Florida Paul A. M. Hunt Massachusetts Dana A. Meier Utah Jamie Bonailas Mexico Harold Storoy Massachusetts George W. Ahlsen Jr. North Carolina Robert C. and Chrer Jurek Utah Thomas L. Hogan Mexico

Alvin Luiz Massachusetts Edward F. Desmond New York Tirzah W. Probasco Utah John Victor Fleming Mexico Joseph M. Tomaino Massachusetts Fred Fichter New York John Hayes Wisconsin Laurence R. Spaulding Florida

John J. Mesale Massachusetts Lawrence J. Connors Massachusetts Josephine & Richard Violet and Patrick Hubert Bouchard New Hampshire Thomas Boudrieau New Hampshire Sendeck Massachusetts Panaggio Massachusetts Ann M. Donavin New York JohnW. Scott Ohio T.J. Dulski New York Georgia Patricia Fisher Canada Frederic W. Kleve Jr. Saudi Arabia Albert H.Bailey Jr. Virginia Ben Rowlinson Jr. New York Thomas V. Ruff Alaska Dorothy and Richard Sotero Garcia Dist. of Columbia Bessie H. Wilkinson Virginia William Bishop Alaska Bessey Mississippi J. Ray and Irma Edward B. Biss Pennsylvania Everett and Evelyn Oliver Alaska Avelino Barboza Massachusetts Edmundson North Carolina Ralph F Hoover Dist of Columbia Robert A. Healey New Jersey

Department donations to the Child Welfare Foundation as of March 25, 1988: Department Commander Amount Department Commander Amount Department Commander Amount Alabama Clayton E. Moneymaker $ 3,872 Kansas C.A. Houk $ 6,039 Ohio Richard J. Cherry $ 8,951 Alaska Thomas V. Ruff $ 1.883 Kentucky Michael D. Leon $ 2,401 Oklahoma James C. Morton $ 767 Arizona James B. Kirk $ 1,187 Louisiana Sterling Hebert $ 4,125 Oregon Harry Klug $ 3,897 Arkansas Martha McQuain $ 2,982 Maine Earl B.Colby Jr. $ 3,695 Panama Dan McDonald $ 20 California Mike Canales $16,002 Maryland R. Lee Fisher $ 7,498 Pennsylvania Ronald F. Conley $ 4,928 Canada Patrick Neumann $ 322 Massachusetts Paul A. Morin $26,649 William H. Sener $ 35 Colorado Tillson Gorsuch $ 2,513 Mexico Frank H. Nolan $ 425 Isidoro Cerpa Jr. $ 411 Connecticut Raymond R. Bigelow $ 1,208 Michigan Roy B. Cicotte $ 7,971 Rhode Island Walter P. Pytka $ 332 Costa Rica Minnesota Lloyd M. Ricker $15,912 South Carolina Robert E. David $ 605 Delaware Thomas Wootten $ 488 Mississippi Clayton Thompson $ 1,544 South Dakota Russel D. Testerman $ 675 Dist. of Columbia Sotero Garcia $ 782 Missouri Oscar Walterman $17,749 Tennessee Ike F Gentry $ 1,231 Florida Robert J. Proctor $15,381 Montana Louis P. Fuhringer $ 1,245 Texas E.H. Narmour $ 8,972 France Michael R. Verville $ 125 Nebraska Michael D. Helm $ 7,144 Utah ElmerS. Pickett $ 1,110 Georgia Mary B. Howard $ 3,997 Nevada Don L. Cirac $ 335 Vermont Wayne McLean $ 1,861

Hawaii Kenneth McAtee $ 75 New Hampshire Louis F. Milinazzo $12,088 Virginia William R. Bryant $ 2,965 Idaho George Kirkland $ 3,136 New Jersey Timothy R Carmody $ 3,756 Washington Charles J. Benson $ 3,755 Illinois Clayborn M. Lofton $12,093 New Mexico Cas Novak $ 1,085 West Virginia J Carl Durham $ 1,706 Indiana Larry Bartlett $ 6,714 New York Frank J. D'Amico $14,370 Wisconsin Robert C Weyenberg $ 6,035 Iowa Dorothy Andrews $ 1,682 North Carolina Jerry L. Hedrick $ 5,080 Wyoming Owen Heins $ 3,390 Italy Nazario Cicchillitti North Dakota Aaron Dalke $ 4,365

Posts that have donated $100 or more to the Child Welfare Foundation as of March 25, 1988:

Post Commander Department Amount Post Commander Department Amount Post Commander Department Amount 94 Marg Hajdu Michigan $ 100 110 Catherine A. Spyrie Florida $1,000 1273 Robert P Atkinson New York $ 100 24 Bernard D. Cordial Maryland $ 100 311 C.R. Reed Michigan $ 100 20 Clifford Hermes North Dakota S 150 303 Thomas A. Hearn Florida $ 102 407 William F. Buchner Illinois $ 100 253 William Lewis Michigan $ 253 245 Ramon Berg Minnesota $ 100 41 Eugene J. Missler Ohio $ 100 584 Richard D. Flavell Ohio $1,000 158 Robert A. Marker Indiana $ 100 484 Kenneth Brown Michigan $ 100 214 Harry R. Bowers Maryland $ 100 385 Mel Nelson Kansas $ 100 327 Joe Carl Kansas $ 100 139 Keith Gwilliam Utah $ 100 142 Roy Elsmore Massachusetts $ 100 97 Robert Holben Indiana $ 111 95 George Fremer Pennsylvania $ 100 555 Robert Jones Minnesota $ 500 386 Frank Alexander Michigan $ 107 25 Dennis Wright Vermont $ 100

166 Louis P. Normand Massachusetts $ 475 370 Clark Pointer Jr. Missouri $ 100 27 Ralph F. Hoover Dist. of Columbia $ 100 90 Daniel Di Santis Florida $ 500 325 Jim Johnson Virginia $ 250 232 Sewell Protor Florida $ 100 168 Terry Pierson Indiana $1,553 68 Wilmer L. Avery Kansas $ 200 194 Thomas Neil Eller Maryland $ 100 60 William A. Dunn Vermont $ 100 93 Delbert Shy West Virginia $ 100 388 Robert G. Anders Louisiana $ 100 335 William Messock Michigan $ 100 12 Michael W. Cox Arkansas $ 100 264 Benjamin G. Fry Georgia $ 100 203 John H. Keys Kentucky $ 100 150 Jerome L. Wagener Minnesota $ 250 579 Frank J. Zeranski Pennsylvania $ 100 36 Bernard Gachne Nebraska $ 100 137 Rupert L. Ragan Alabama $ 130 69 Paul J. Even Ohio $ 100 420 Leonard Spencer Ohio $ 100 367 Glenn Ellis Iowa $ 100 524 Harold Lehrner Ohio $ 100 117 Floyd Fredrickson Minnesota $ 450 443 James E. Gavin Minnesota $ 100 268 Donald A. Woodard New York $ 100 53 Ralph Guzman Illinois $ 100 401 Henry A. Czerniak Illinois $1,000 434 Mike Drewelow Minnesota $ 100 158 William F. Hale Virginia $ 100 310 Cleveland P. High-Pine South Dakota $ 100 798 JackTrembley New York $ 500 109 Robert Kaiser Maryland $1,000 222 Earl Cunningham California $ 100 165 Eugene Clark North Carolina $ 100 2 Gerald Halvorson North Dakota $1,500 39 Robert Lewis Indiana $ 100 625 Joseph La Rocco New York $ 100 37 Willis C. Yeager North Dakota $ 250 207 Frederick T. Dedrick New Jersey $ 100 248 Joseph A Ballard Louisiana $ 250 122 Barry A. Nelson Oregon $ 728 311 Howard Snodgress Florida $1,000 267 John A. Stork Indiana $ 100 137 Norma R. Wittkopp Oregon $ 101 32 Lonnie Anderson Arkansas $1,500 42 Milton E. Rider Maryland $ 250 154 Ronald Fitzgerald Oregon $ 100 157 Paul R. Hjelden Minnesota $ 750 146 Larry Bingham Indiana $ 100 57 Lester E. Beecroft Oregon $ 100 220 Edward Kramer Illinois $ 100 5 Cecil Coward Tennessee $ 500 68 Raymond E. Dugger Oregon $ 100 13 Millard Robertson Maryland $ 100 79 Clifton Haveard Alabama $ 100 105 Frank Saniti Sr. Oregon $ 100 541 William Kinder Illinois $ 100 135 Willie Richardson Alabama $ 150 11 Robert R. Blair Oregon $ 115 437 James E. Austell North Carolina $ 100 35 Angelo La Russo Alabama $ 100 89 Joe Borschowa Jr. Oregon $ 148 193 Charles L. Bauleke Washington $ 100 171 Dee T. Bradshaw Alabama $ 319 135 Gerald W. Cheffer Illinois $ 100 407 Carl Neu New York $ 100 51 Joseph Bouchie New Hampshire $ 134 26 Louis Lieherman Wyoming $ 375 588 Ralph R. Winner Ohio $ 500 6 Bruce McLaughlin New Hampshire $ 100 110 Martin A. Weakley Maryland $ 500 583 Al V. Garrett Texas $ 100 46 Ron Gay Minnesota $ 100 12 Gary Austin Georgia $ 750 1282 Raymond Fertwagner Illinois $ 100 25 Stephen Myers Nebraska $ 100 706 Vernon M. Waldron Ohio $ 100 180 Orville Sensibaugh Oklahoma $ 100 25 Eileen Rehwald Alaska $ 126 Schieffert 7 Edward Minnesota $ 100 180 James F. Reeves North Carolina $ 250 31 James I. Jensen Sr. Alaska $ 200 106 Robert D. Provo Indiana $ 100 192 Robert P. Price Maryland $ 100 6 William R. Overbay Alaska $ 100 113 George Larsen Kentucky $ 300 159 Frank Wallace Florida $ 540 226 George Collins Pennsylvania $ 100 503 Ronald J. Cooper Indiana $ 100 81 Harold Forbregd Montana $ 100 33 Phillip T. McLean Florida $1,250 205 John Dooley Wisconsin $ 110 158 demons Nelson Wisconsin $ 100 9 John Hoke Kansas $ 100 51 James Jenks Wisconsin $ 100 443 Russell Spangler Michigan $ 295 59 Eugene Hebert New Hampshire $1,000 57 Norris D. Brown Alabama $ 100 1277 Claude G. Livingston Illinois $ 100 237 Thurman Frasier Alabama $ 400 350 Michael R. Farrell California $ 100 179 Russell Henry Louisiana $ 100 505 Simmie L. Tate Louisiana $ 250 832 Anthony J. Fattore Illinois $ 100 2 Dick Strom Arkansas $ 100 90 Alfred V. Bateman Utah $ 100 419 Earl J. Sharp California $ 250 132 Gary L. Morrill Utah $ 100 523 Betty J. Heppesen Minnesota $ 300 600 Arnold S. Gay Minnesota $ 500 22 Robert Hoenes Colorado $ 100 98 James Lind Minnesota $1,000 464 Edward Gutzwiller Indiana $ 100 176 Jules Dronet Louisiana $ 100 CWF SCOREBOARD 664 Bernard L. Jennelle California $ 100 11 Robert R. Blair Oregon $ 133 10 Jim Wyatt Washington $ 100 213 William A. Mahaney Indiana $ 400 72 Laywin Leek Iowa $ 100 135 Gaius Burnap Massachusetts $ 100 The total amount donated to 194 Larry Selvig North Dakota $ 100 659 Walter R. Deatherage Illinois $ 100 the Child Welfare Foundation 55 John M. Peurifoy Jr. Georgia $ 250 365 Ronald J. Landry Louisiana $ 100 54 John Vierthaler Kansas $ 150 149 George N. Dimas New York $ 100 (as of April 25, 1988): 65 Russell K. Powell California $ 100 62 Gilbert Ransom New York $ 200 346 Calvin Bryant Kansas $ 100 59 Santo Foti New York $ 100 $519,655 296 Terry Emmons Kansas $ 100 205 Oscar Rhea Georgia $ 100 110 Catherine A. Spyrie Florida $1,000 937 Charles A.F Lappe Pennsylvania $ 100

JUNE 1988 37 Comer Says Proposed VA

Budget Is Inadequate

the VA's budget 1 982 to 3 1 percent in 1 987 . He said that THOUGHrequest for fiscal year 1989 was the result of staff reductions that is almost $2 billion more began in 1979. than for 1988, Nat'l Cmdr. The Legion also was disappointed

John P. "Jake" Comer said that the budget failed to include funding the proposed hike "only for the Veterans Job Training Act, which represents an increase of is scheduled to expire June 30. In addi- $865 million in actual ap- tion, the Legion is opposed to staff propriations over funds reductions in the Local Veterans appropriated for the current fiscal year, Employment Representative program. which is insufficient because of creep- As mentioned earlier, included in the ing inflation and the spiraling needs of budget proposal is a $1 .5 billion credit- veterans. reform package for the VA's home-loan "The budget plan is inadequate," program. The Legion opposes the plan,

said Comer, "because it fails to main- which calls for calculating the dollar tain even a current level of services, value of benefits in each of the VA's especially in critical areas such as credit programs and depositing that health care. Spending for VA health amount in the Treasury Department. A SORE SUBJECT— The VA budget calls care would increase 1.8 percent from The Legion believes that the measure, for a reduction in medical staff, which 1988 levels, but the inflation rate is if enacted, eventually would replace the the Legion says will adversely affect the expected to rise to nearly 5 percent." quality of veterans' medical care. VA's Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund. The budget proposal, submitted by "This proposal raises many ques- the White House's Office of Manage- beds in hospitals. Lenker said that action tions," said Bruce Thiesen, chairman of ment and Budget, calls for overall could lead to a critical shortage of acute- the Economics Commission. "Will this spending of $30.1 billion. Included is care beds in the future, since they usually legislation give the Treasury authority an appropriation request for $27.9 bil- are the entry point for most veterans over VA programs? We suspect that it lion, $1.5 billion related to proposed who end up in long-term-care facilities. would, and it certainly would form a credit-reform legislation. The proposal strong justification for eliminating pro- provides $16.5 billion for benefits Legion also is concerned about grams such as the home-loan fund." programs, $10.6 billion for medical THEthe proposed reduction of 500 posi- Many of the Legion's concerns about care and $501 million for construction tions in the agency's Department of the proposed FY '89 budget were projects. Veterans Benefits, which is responsible echoed by Rep. G.V. "Sonny" Mont- The VA's request for medical-care for compensation, pensions, burial gomery, chairman of the House Veter- funds is about $208 million more than allowances, educational and vocational ans' Affairs Committee. Staff reduc- last year's budget. The agency has pro- assistance, and insurance programs. In tions and other cutbacks, he said, are is jected that it will treat 1 .2 million veter- testimony before the House and Senate "what happens when an agency domi- ans in hospitals and another 23 million Veterans' Affairs committees in March, nated by OMB planners who don't seem in outpatient clinics. While the patient a Legion spokesman said the lay- capable of grasping the reality of need caseload is expected to rise in the com- offs would significantly slow claims when it comes to veterans' programs." ing year, the budget plan would cut the processing. But no budget plan is sacrosanct. At VA's medical staff by 4,270 — a move The Legionnaire said that the per- press time, Montgomery's committee the Legion has warned could cause centage of compensation claims proc- and its Senate counterpart were resolv- irreversible damage to the health-care essed within the agency's 90-day ing differences between their own system. standard plummeted from 42 percent in budget proposals. The VA budget will "There's little doubt that reducing be finalized in September. the staff will cause a serious erosion of THE LEGION'S POSITION "While the administration's pro- quality, quantity and timely health care posed budget appears to be positive in Res. 66, approved by the 68th nature, we cannot overlook the negative for veterans," said William F. Lenker, national convention in Cincinnati in features," said. "Constant staff- chairman of the Veterans Affairs and September 1986, urges the President Comer Rehabilitation Commission. and Congress to provide full funding ing cuts will result in a serious deterio- In addition to the layoffs, the VA has for all veterans' programs. ration of veterans' programs, and we allow this to occur." proposed eliminating 1 ,258 acute-care simply cannot

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as modern-day coming from states bordering the ACTING"Minutemen," Legion- nation's capital. naires, led by Nat*l Sen. John Glenn of Ohio, chairman Cmdr. John P. "Jake" of the committee, said that the bill and Comer, moved swiftly to judicial review indeed are separate thwart a proposed amend- issues and should be heard on their ment that threatened the respective merits. But Glenn said that bill that would make the Legionnaires should reconsider their Veterans Administration position on judicial review. a Cabinet-level department. Many congressional staff members Comer was visiting the Department described the Legion's lobbying efforts of Delaware when he learned that sev- as unprecedented. According to one eral members of the Senate Committee Senate staff member. Comer's appeal on Governmental Affairs were consider- generated up to 250 letters a day to ing a "killer" amendment to S. 533, the committee members during the week of bill that would make the VA an execu- the hearing. But the barrage of letter- tive-branch department. The amend- writing apparently had no effect on at ment supported judicial review, which least one senator. would allow veterans to file suits in "Veterans do not need a stronger federal courts, seeking benefits that voice," said Sen. Alan Simpson of have been denied them through the VA Wyoming, who is opposed to raising appeals process. VETERANS' ADVOCATE— Dur/ng the 48- the VA to Cabinet level. Simpson was "The elevation of the VA to Cabinet hour legislative alert, Comer spent much the only lawmaker to speak on behalf of of his time on the telephone, urging sena- level and judicial review are two dis- the amendment during the three-hour tors to oppose the amendment. tinct issues," Comer said. "Attaching hearing. judicial review would kill this impor- "I feel good about the outcome," tant legislation." Judicial review Comer later said. "Senator Glenn Comer telephoned department com- understands that judicial review manders in the 13 states represented by would place vets deserves to be heard on its own — not the 14 senators on the committee, slipped into legislation that now in an adversarial informing them that the VA bill was appears to be well on its way." jeopardized by the amendment and ask- relationship But Comer also had a word of warn- ing them to attend a committee hearing ing. "This is only a small victory for in late March. He followed the calls with the VA. veterans," he said. "The Senate still has with letters to the commanders, the time to act on judicial review and try to

National Executive Committee, the attach it to this legislation on the Senate National Legislative Commission, Past floor, so we cannot be complacent. We National Commanders, and the Veter- committee members and House Veter- must continue to press our senators to ans Affairs and Rehabilitation Commis- ans' Affairs Committee Chairman G.V vote on a clean bill, without any crip- sion. "Sonny" Montgomery of Mississippi. pling amendments. Also, we must stress "Despite nearly 10 years of debate According to its current mandates, that judicial review is too important and over judicial review on Capitol Hill," the Legion opposes judicial review too complex to be treated as just an Comer wrote, "Congress has yet to because that process would place veter- amendment." conduct hearings on judicial review this ans in an adversarial relationship with The House of Representatives passed year, and the veterans' -affairs commit- theVA. a bill to grant the VA executive status. tees of both houses have simply not Prompted by Comer's call for action, That action, adopted last November, acted on judicial-review legislation in about 100 out-of-town Legionnaires also has the support of President 1987 or 1988." attended the Senate hearing. At least Reagan. As The American Legion Comer also traveled to Washington two Legionnaires from each of the 13 Magazine went to press, the bill was for staff briefings and visits with key states were on hand, with the remainder slated for a Senate vote.

40 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE criticism is permitted and initiative REVOLUTIONARY GLASNOST encouraged. They stick their necks out and get in trouble, and we must protect Continuedfrom page 14 them. NEW "We are at war with bureaucracy. There are just a few people in the top TRIMMER leadership who are pushing for reform. encouraged by Gorbachev and his Polit- Glasnost can end any moment, and our ON buro reformers in a bold, perhaps des- heads will be the first to roll. We are the perate gamble to shake up the bureauc- of glasnost." WHEELS racy and revitalize the stagnating Gorbachev himself is aware of the Soviet economy. It's the primary pur- dangers of a backlash. The downfall of •Rolls smooth pose of perestroika, or "restructuring," reform-minded Nikita Khrushchev, and easy on which is the economic counterpart of who first denounced Stalin, is an object two BIG glasnost. lesson. Last November Gorbachev felt WHEELS! Far Visitors returning to the Soviet obliged to fire Moscow party chief ess strain, Union after years of absence are Boris Yeltsin, a leading reformer who is MUCH SAFER astounded by the seeming recklessness highly popular with Muscovites, after than with which critics vent their feelings. Yeltsin attacked the slowness of peres- hand-held Last October, Alex Goldfarb, a former troika in a Kremlin speech that still is trimmers! Soviet human-rights activist who now kept secret. Although he later was is an assistant professor of microbiol- given another, lesser post, Yeltsin's ogy at Columbia University, was per- abject public apology for overstepping mitted to visit his homeland after a party boundaries served as a chilling dozen years, an unexpected gift of glas- reminder that "Big Brother" still keeps nost. Recounting his impressions in a watch. Significantly, the KGB remains remarkable New York Times article, omnipotent and untouched by Gorba- "Testing Glasnost," Goldfarb said that chev's reforms. it didn't take him long to realize that for all the changes in the "socio-ideologi- fates of glasnost and peres- cal atmosphere," glasnost has failed to THEtroika— and perhaps that of Gor- •PRECISION TRIMS substantially alter the everyday ordeal bachev himself— may well depend under and along fences, buildings, borders! -MOWS ordinary of the people or the functions of the not only on the restive Soviet people lawns WITHOUT ATTACHMENTS. system. 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6149 319 Evergreen Dr., Vicksburg, MS 39180 (601 ) 636-4858 Still Struggling 95th Seabees (Sept-Kansas City, MO) George Raykos, USS Halibut SS 232 (Aug-Milwaukee, Wl) John Perkins 256- 1240 Wynnewood Dr., Bethlehem, PA 18017 (215) 868- Jr., 7103 Cindy Ln., Annandale, VA 22003 (703) With A Big, 3977 3587 97/108th Seabees (Sept-Scottsdale, AZ) Dayton Hanson, USS Hambleton DD 455/DMS 20 (WWII) (Oct-St. Louis) Expensive Tiller? 10325 Cumberland Dr., Sun City, AZ 85351 (602) 974- John Romolo, 34 Hastings St., West Roxbury, MA 02132 3025 (617) 323-1027 113th Seabees (Oct-Orlando, FL) Gilbert Irps, 3156 USS Hamilton DD141/DMS18 (Sept-Annapolis, MD) Waldron Rd., Kankakee, IL 60901 (815) 937-9698 Bernard Naschauer, Rt.11, Box 333, Roanoke. VA 24019 114th NCB Bn. (627/628/629 CBMU) (Sept-Sacramento, (703) 344-3152 CA) James Hannfbohn, Box 164, Rio Vista, CA 94571 USS Harding DD 625/DMS 28 (Oct-Las Vegas, NV) G.T.

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- 1332 South 1 st West, Missoula, MT 59801 (406) 721 USS Hesperia AKS 13 (Oct-Williamsburg, VA) N.H. 4107 Ramos, Box 535, Mathews, VA 23109 (804) 725-5347 NAMRU 2 (WWII) (Sept-Wheeling, WV) Chuck Davison, USS Hoe SS 258 (Sept-Milwaukee, Wl) S. Valentine, 6604 1122 Holmes PI., DeKalb, IL 60115 (815) 756-2618 50th Ave., Kenosha, Wl 53142 (414) 654-4873 Nav. Minewarfare Assn. (Sept-Omaha, NE) Herb USS CL 48 (Oct-Salt Lake City) Ralph Tannen- Stettler, 3604 Greenleaf Dr., Santa Rosa, CA 95401 baum, 3000 Connor St., #26, Salt Lake City, UT 84109 (707) 545-8626 (801)485-0109 Northwestern Univ. Midshipmen School (WWII) (Aug- USS Hull DD 350 (Sept-Colorado Springs, CO) M D. Chicago) William Lewis, 253 Santa Barbara Cir., Palm Hoffman, 1214 N. Kennedy, Enid, OK 73701 (405) 237- Desert, CA 92260 (619) 346-7626 5593 Ship Repair Unit (Kodiak, 1950-52) (Sept-Branson, USS Inch DE 146 (Sept-New England Area) Roy Frank, MO) Bob Bell, Box 1185, Ozona, TX 76943 (915) 392- Wotanda Shore Dr., Meredith, NH 03253 (603) 279-8136 2104 USS James O'Hara APA 90 (July-West Point, NY) Jasper Don't let Mantis's small size fool youl Tangier (June-Seattle) L.G. Carroll, 17509 118th Ave. S.E., Shupe Jr., Box 94, Beacon, NY 12508 (914) 831 -1833 Renton, WA 98055 (206) 228-8171 USS John C. Butler DE 339 (Sept-Long Beach, CA) A big tiller is fine — for a huge US Nav. Air Station (Twin Cities) (Aug-Minneapolis) Kirk Chester Skoczen, 326 Chestnut St., No. Syracuse, NY Johnson, 7325 14th Ave. So., Richfield, MN 55423 (612) 13212(315)458-4395 garden. Even then, you'd be 866-7194 USS John R. Craig DD 885 (Korea) (July-Omaha, NE) better off hiring someone once a US Vets of WWII (Aug-Milwaukee, Wl) Walter Willis Rix, 13417 Polk St., Omaha, NE 68137 (402) 895- the initial tilling. Heiden, 705 Riverview Dr., Thiensville, Wl 53092 (414) 4465 year to do But a 242-3705 USS Latimer APA 152 (WWII) (Nov-CA) Charles Darway, lightweight Mantis Tiller/Cultivator USS A.B.S.D. 4 (Aug-New Orleans) Clyde Travis, Rt. 1, Rt. 2, Box 261. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (805) 543- can do all the rest of your Box 330, Kentwood, LA 70444 (504) 229-2207 6353 USS Arctic AF 7 (Oct-Moffett Field, CA) James Kemper, USS Laws DD 558 (Sept-Las Vegas, NV) Troy Whitteker, gardening for you! 1343 Vernal Ave., Fremont, CA 94539 (415) 656-0696 946 Devereaux Dr., Ojai, CA 93023 Mantis — the 20-lb. wonder — USS Bass SS 164 (Aug-Milwaukee, Wl) James Austin, USS LCI (G) 80-82 (WWII) (June-New Orleans) John

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Yes, you can make $1000 a What Do I Do? hours of work is selling for over fore I finally found the right month and more with just a $228 in the stores. I can sell my design and measurements and I make beautiful indoor/out- chaise lounge for anything I tricks to the manufacturing of hack saw in your spare time. door P.V.C. pipe furniture. think my labor is worth. For P.V.C. pipe furniture. I only Will You Get Rich? Such as chairs, lounges, tables, once, the big manufacturing wish that when I started, I could swings, and all kinds of baby No, you will not get rich, but companies cannot compete with have bought these shop drawings P.V.C. you can make over $1000 a furniture out of pipe; me or you on prices. You will and I would have gladly paid and have been for 10 years. in your spare time and month find you will have more orders $100 for just one of them. P.V.C. pipe furniture is the hot- have a ball doing it. than you want! test selling furniture on the mar- / will pay you! I tried all those "Get Rich" ket today, because it is unique Where can you buy the P. V. C. gimmicks that are advertised, Yes, I will pay you $25 for any and beautiful and will not rot or that never tell you anything Pipe? unique design shop drawing rust and it will virtually last a life until you've sent them your $25, You can buy the P.V.C. pipe that I can use in my collection find out their time. and then you from any local hardware store to and workshop manual. gimmicks were not for you. Profit Unbelievable! start. Plus I will supply you with How do you start? Well, I've tried them all and I'm The fantastic part of this busi- the name and address of one of 1) Decide if you like to work still not rich. the largest manufacturers of pipe, ness is the profit. with your hands to create things All I ever wanted was some- fitting, cushions, and table tops and want to make money. thing I could do in my spare time who will sell to you at wholesale with my hands, make a little prices and you do not have to buy 2) Can you afford $12.00 for money and enjoy myself and not a minimum amount, plus I will my shop manual and twenty have to buy $3000 worth of tools supply you with my shop manual drawings. or merchandise to do it. and twenty detailed shop draw- 3) Send me your name and ings with pictures and measure- with check Believe It Or Not address along your ments of twenty different designs. for $12.00 to: I found the most enjoyable and profitable business working Just go look at some of this Do you need my shop drawings Philip E. Brancato Sr. P.O. Box with my hands and the only furniture in the stores and see No, you don't need my shop 237AL12 Riverview, Florida 33569 tools I use are a hack saw and some of the unbelievable prices drawings unless you want to save (813) 677-6948 measuring tape. The really nice it is selling for. hundreds of hours of trial and

thing about it is any man, A chaise lounge that costs error work and thousands of Please allow about two weeks

woman or ten-year-old can do it. $62.25 in material and three dollars that I had to spend be- for delivery.

JUNE 1988 49 FROSTBITE Continuedfrom page 12

Roscoe Trotter loaned me his big bobsled

the next day, and I drove back down to the wagon and got the iron we'd bought. We'll have to go pick up the wagon in the spring.

Anyway, I'm working as best I can, but

without Leonard to help, it is going to be slow. I'd hire someone to give me a hand until Leonard gets on his feet, but we had to borrow $400 to buy the iron from Moss Harris, who runs the Kingby Toll Road, and folks are getting so they won't let me have any more money on loan.

Sincerely. Andrew Farnsworth President & Program Director, T2C-3 Farnsworth & Cooper Cannon & Carriage Company

Copy to Captain Hawkins

FARNSWORTH AND COOPER CANNON AND CARRIAGE CO.

June 5, 1778 Wilfred Corners, Massachusetts

Major Hollis Corby Contracting Officer T2C-3 Weapons Systems NO BEND... Weapons Procurement Branch Headquarters, Colonial Army NO STRAIN... Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Dear Major Corby,

Leonard finally got so he could work and SUPER began helping me last week. We poured the last 15 pounds of iron into the barrel mold on Monday and took the mold form off on Wednesday. Boy. she sure SCISSORS looks good. Folks in town want to come in it, guard, said we SCISSOR S EXTRA LONG SHANK to see but Ed Crank, the couldn't let them. DOES THE REACHING! We did throw out the mold forms, and Surgical Steel Never strain your back again everyone was pretty interested in those. while trimming your toenails! We poured two cannonballs three inches Serrated Edge The extra long shank on across from some extra iron we had in the Stays Sharp these professionally de- forge. We wanted to drop them in the barrel, signed Super Scissors but they wouldn't go in. I guess the heat does the reaching for slightly shrunk our round form. We think you! 6" long scissors we can grind it out to the right size, but it DR. LEONARD'S, Dept. SS-21 have a specially will sure be a lot of work. Health Care Products curved 1" blade that Leonard is working on the carriage now, 74-20th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 clips even the and I'm trying to grind out the barrel. We'll YES! Please send me Super Scissors, #1218, toughest toenails One for $4 99 plus 95C postage & handling easily and safely. let you know if we have any trouble. (Total $5.94). Made of surgical Sincerely, SAVE! Two for $7 99 plus $1 45 P&H steel for years of (Total $9.44). Andrew Farnsworth hygienic use. President & Program Name Director, T2C-3 Address Farnsworth & Cooper Cannon 60 DAY & Carriage Company City MONEY-BACK Copy to Captain Hawkins State -Zip GOARANTEE Continued Next Month

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