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STUDY LINKS AGENT ORANGE WITH MORE DISEASES

Vietnam veterans may be able to receive compensationfor additional ailments. 14

THE SOLOMONS: TOEHOLD TO VICTORY

These rock and coral beaches were the stagefor some ofthe bloodiestfighting in World War II. By Sid Moody 18

A MEASURE OF SUCCESS

The metric system is more important than everfor U.S. businesses. By David E. Wilke 22

WHAT EVERY CHILD SHOULD RE TAUGHT

Afew simple lessons can lead children to a better life. By Gary Bauer 25

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THE FIGHT OVER SCHOOL CHOICE

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WILL SCHOOL CHOICE WORK?

Education experts argue each side ofthe issue. By William H. Mellor III and Lewis W. Finch 33

THE ECO CRISIS MYTH

An environmental expert debunks alarmists ' threats ofglobal warming and acid rain. 34

D E P A T M E N T S

BIG ISSUES Should Congress grant statehood to the District ofColumbia!' 8

VETVOICE 4 VETERANS UPDATE 38 PARTING SHOTS 88

WASHINGTON WATCH 10 LEGION NEWS 44

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Korea Remembered tion were almost ignored—except for Christian. All were deists or agnostics. the heroic delaying actions of the 24th And the cost of the chaplains on Capi- The day before I read the articles Division. The 2nd Infantry Division tol Hill was more than $100,000 each. about the in the July issue, was one that deserved recognition, too. Also the cost of chaplains in the mili- I visited a legislative assistant to a U.S. Albert S. Loyd tary and the cost of an embassy in the Congressman. Also with me was a vet- Olympia, Wash. Vatican is outrageous and absurd. eran of the Korean War. The veteran William C. Walker made a comment about his war experi- Prayer & America Clearfield, Pa. ences, and I was stunned when the con- I find many of Barry Lynn's state- gressional aide asked, "When was the ments ("Don't Force Us to Pray," July) The First says Korean War?" Amendment "Con- very flaky. Any man with a history of gress shall make no law respecting the I sent the articles to the legislative seven years with the American Civil establishment of religion OR PRO- aide so at least one more person will Liberties Union (ACLU) is hardly a HIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE know about the sacrifices of those who person to speak for mainstream reli- THEREOF." Why don't we give the fought in that war. gious persons. second phrase equal weight with the Ken Dalecki John F. Bruch first phrase? Colesville, Md. Warrensburg, Mo. Earl E. Zellner

Mendota, III. The cover of the July issue was "Don't Force Us To Pray" is a great, except that poor GI was not only refreshing change from the drivel of I serve as an honor guard at many fighting the communists and the bitter Michael Novak ("Prayer in School: An veterans' funerals, both locally and cold, but he did it with his mittens on Intolerant Supreme Court," December). nationally, where prayer by our chap- backwards. I still have mine, and I tried I only wish Lynn would have gone lain is a high point of the service. All them on, but they don't fit as well that further. should have mentioned that branches of the Armed Forces and all way. He not one of our first six Presidents was American Legion Posts have chaplains John A. Rogers and no one objects to their prayers. Our Hummelstown, Pa. Constitution established freedom of religion to prevent an official state reli- How come nothing was mentioned WE WANT YOUR gion, not freedom from religion. about the fighting 40th in ? OPINIONS Richard W. Phillips Richard C. Murray Modesto, Calif. Lowell, Mass. You can call THE AMERICAN LEGION magazine at: I thoroughly enjoyed the interview In the article, "Invasion," Norman (314) 474-7474 with Barry Lynn. Also, the article, Goldstein repeats the oft-told canard and record your opinions and listen "Founding Father, Favorite Son," by that Kim II Sung "served as a Soviet to opinions of others. A magazine Lowell Ponte about Thomas Jefferson officer in World War II." In the defini- editor will listen to your message. was superbly written. Then, much to tive work, The Origins of the Korean Callers' opinions are considered for my chagrin, I noticed the Legion's War: Liberation and the Emergence of publication and receive a symbol position on school prayer, highlighted Separate Regimes, 1945-47, Professor when published. in a box. Bruce Cumings concludes, after Or you can write to: I believe the purpose of The Ameri- exhaustive research that, "There is no can Legion is to sanction, secure and proof that Kim fought in the Soviet The American Legion magazine support all things necessary to enhance Army." P.O. Box 1055 the well-being of our country's soldiers Wilson A. Heefner Indianapolis, IN 46206 and veterans. I do not believe The Stockton, Calif. The American legion maga- American Legion should suffer our sol- zine welcomes letters to the editor diers and veterans to oppose the tradi- The battles for O.P. Harry in April concerning articles that appear in tional separation of church and state. and June 1953 were at least as signifi- publication. Short letters are the Murray Brasler cant as the Pork Chop Hill battles. more likely to be published, and all Sherman Oaks, Calif. John J. Balek letters are subject to editing for Joliet, III. clarity and brevity. Volume pre- We have just celebrated the freedom cludes individual acknowledg- that the Fourth of July brings and with Thanks again for remembering "The ments of comments on editorial this we should be free to pray. Forgotten War." content. Fred J. Wolff Edward Zelvis This month's question is: Lincoln, Neb. Bourbonnais, III. Will school choice work? (See Page 30.) Why must you lower the standards Much was written about the brave 474-7474 of your fine magazine with an article by of. 1s of the , but (314) Please turn page the -my divisions and their participa-

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THE JUNE issue of THE AMERI- Isn't it ironic that a high school ath- IN Later, Dean published an autobiog- CAN LEGION magazine, readers letic coach can use God's name when raphy and my dad wrote him express- were asked to vote yes or no on the swearing at his team during practice, ing his respect and admiration for question, "Should the U.S. Armed the but God's name cannot be used in a general and recounted the incident next Forces lift the ban on gays?" reverent manner in the classroom or the to the foxhole in According to the Audio Listing . The general locker room or on the field? responded with a free, Service, Inc. (ALS), of Columbia, autographed Lorraine Powell of letter. Mo., which operates the Vetvoice copy his book and a very nice Manton, Mich. I never but if system for us, 1,461 readers voted; knew Gen. Dean, he 959, or 66 percent, favored gays could inspire my father and apparently Your strange article by Barry Lynn other in such a positive serving in the military and 502, or many men reminds that the only place in the manner, then he truly have me 34 percent, opposed. must been a world where atheistic communism is great leader. This pro-gay "vote" did not jibe alive is on the American college cam- with the 500 or so recorded mes- William N. Wessinger pus. Savannah, Ga. sages left on Vetvoice by readers. Donald McLeod An ALS sampling found a wide Germfask, Mich. majority did not favor gays in the Classy Magazine service. Nor did the pro-gay vote The military history articles and pic- We need to pray for Lynn; he seems tures in THE AMERICAN LEGION mag- agree with 212 (77 percent) of the to be lost. azine have been outstanding. I often 274 letters Legionnaires sent us that Rano S. use the information in military his- Bofill were opposed to gays in uniform. my Man, W.Va. tory classes and the pictures on the Why were the telephone "votes" JROTC Bulletin Board. When I am fin- so pro-gay, compared to the tele- It seems Lynn's law school training ished with the magazines, I place them phone messages and written letters? had a much more profound influence at the reading table in my classroom, ALS tells us the telephone votes on him than did his theological train- where they are a favorite with my stu- were rigged. A batch of some 300 ing. dents. Vetvoice "votes" were received dur- veterans affairs will Lou Ellis ing a three-hour period beginning Future be in the Sherrill, N.Y. hands of the younger generation, and a 10:30 p.m., Saturday, June 5, 1993. knowledge of our military heritage will Only an automatic calling system Having spent 40 years as a teacher be invaluable. Keep up the good histor- could have made that number of and a principal in an inner-city ical articles. calls in that time period, ALS tech- () public school system, I Dudley L. Fry Jr. nicians say. can attest to the tremendous need for Goldsboro, N.C. ALS president Richard Ward says prayer and values in education. Our these calls "continued virtually non- public schools cheat children because To Hanoi stop until 2:30 a.m. on June 6. This is Money of a lack of values such as honesty, The news that the United States is a typical calling pattern by system compassion, tolerance, integrity and ready to give Hanoi access to the Inter- hackers. They place calls on weekend human dignity. Prayer in school is national Monetary Fund and World nights to lower their phone costs." urgently. Bank, which receives much money needed now, Our society Ward reported "other atypical from American taxpayers, is surprising, depends upon mutual respect. Mr. peaks" and concluded: "The above Lynn needs to learn to respect God and to say the least. activity is clearly an attempt to the rights of His followers. This spring, we had more than unfairly influence the poll outcome. William Sheridan 100,000 people at a welcome-home We strongly encourage you to disre- Havertown, Pa. parade in Little Rock, not just for those gard the results of the poll." who returned from the Gulf, but for ALS technicians could not deter- and women who had served in Dean Was Top Brass mine which votes were genuine and men July article, World War II, Korea and . I'll The "Invasion," con- which were fraudulent. "As you tained a brief biography of Maj. never forget moved I was as I Army know," Ward wrote, "we've never how Gen. William F. Dean. I remember him watched them march down the street to claimed Vetvoice polls are scientif- very well from my now-deceased our cheers and saw the Vietnam veter- ic, but we have relied on the good father who was a very proud combat ans finally being given the honor they will of callers not to abuse the sys- the 44th Division deserved all along. infantryman from in tem. Unfortunately, we've discov- Europe. He told one morning I believe America must take a hard me how ered the system has been seriously he was airing out his blanket and trying line with countries that abuse human violated." — The Editors. to dry his socks next to a foxhole. My Please turn to page 82

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Del. Eleanor H. Norton (D-District of Columbia) Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-California)

Put yourself in the posi- Advocates of statehood tion of the residents of for the District of Colum- the District of Columbia. YES NO bia have a valid point They rank third per capita in federal when they complain about their lack of income taxes paid to the federal trea- voting representation in the U.S. House sury; are first per capita in overall taxa- and Senate. In fact, I agree with them tion; were fifth per capita in military that citizens of our nation's capital personnel in the ; and were should have the right to be represented fourth per capita in casualties in Viet- in Congress. nam. Yet in 1991 when the Gulf War vote was taken, the But if these advocates of statehood would only agree District had no vote in the House and neither vote nor voice with me that the voting rights of residents of Washington, in the Senate. D.C, should be the same as those of residents of other Every piece of legislation the D.C. city council enacts cities, this problem would be solved in short order.

must come to Congress before it becomes law. Congress Unfortunately, statehood supporters won't accept equal may change D.C. laws and budget, in spite of the district's rights. They insist on superior rights. Unlike every other wishes, as if the city were a federal agency rather than a city in the country, this city wants to be able to elect two jurisdiction of 600,000 Americans. No other jurisdiction — U.S. Senators and a state government, all by themselves. If not even the four territories, whose residents pay no federal Washington, D.C, gets two senators, what will prevent the income taxes — is taxed without full representation in Con- larger cities of Los Angeles or New York from demanding gress or must submit its budget or laws to the central gov- two senators of their own? ernment. The District of Columbia was formed from land belong- My statehood bill, H.R. 51, calls for the historic federal ing to and . The lack of voting represen- district to be left under the exclusive jurisdiction of the fed- tation for residents of the Virginia portion of the District of eral government. Only the neighborhoods of the district, Columbia was taken care of many years ago, when their which have no relevance or relationship to the federal pres- part of D.C. was returned to Virginia. ence, would become the state of New Columbia. There is no reason why the same solution won't work To create the state, Congress can reduce the size of the for those who live in the Maryland part of D.C. federal district, as it did in 1846 so that Virginia could Returning the City of Washington to Maryland (retro- retain slavery by reacquiring land it had contributed to form cession) would hardly be overwhelming to Maryland. The the district. If Congress can return land to maintain slavery, city's population would be one-ninth of the total state. Congress can liberate land to establish democracy. Washington would become the fifth largest jurisdiction in The only two alternatives — making the District part of Maryland. Maryland, or giving the District full voting rights in Con- While many assume Maryland would reject the return gress — demonstrate that only statehood can provide a full of their territory on fiscal grounds, I have no doubt that remedy. retrocession could be accomplished on financial terms that

Maryland's treatment of , its only large city, would be attractive to Maryland. confirms that it would not accept another. Voting rights in The only good reason not to agree to retrocession is the Congress, already rejected in a failed constitutional amend- opposition of the city itself, which continually insists on an ment in 1978, would be half a loaf of rights. Congress "all or nothing" approach. As long as the residents of Wash- could still veto every law and dictate how to spend every ington, D.C, oppose returning to Maryland, they should not dollar raised in the district. be forced to do so. Our country has proudly challenged undemocratic prac- But if the residents of Washington, D.C, would become tices throughout the world. willing to accept represen- It is time to bring that chal- YOUR OPINIONS COUNT, TOO tation equal to that enjoyed lenge home and reject the by residents of every other Senators and congressmen are interested in constituent view- indefensible denial of city in the country, there points. You may express your views by writing The Honorable democracy at the very seat would be no good reason (name), U.S. Senate, Washington, DC 20510, or The Honorable of government. It is time to (name), U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515. why they shouldn't be able support D.C. statehood. to get it.

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c 1992 BGE WHB-347 j telling the government that a study or examinations for problems they a series of studies must take place, the believed were related to Agent Orange NAS/IOM — itself a govenment body exposure. Only a handful—about 500 The Legion end — has accepted and supported our rec- — received VA compensation. About ommendation," Onderdonk says. a third were denied outright, and some AGENT ORANGE "There still remains the question of 29,000 claims are pending, awaiting what constitutes an honest study, and final determination from an epidemio- A ent ran e is sprayed we believe the NAS/IOM report will logic study that has yet to take place. 1009 71 9 0 9 I in Vietnam. press the government to pay attention It's little wonder veterans like Rod- qUL'I to reports like our own Columbia ney Tyler are angry. - 107ft Le 9 ion demands that c ° n study, which we know was accurate," "It is obvious that a lot of foot- H# Ogress address the health he adds. dragging has taken place," says problems of Agent Orange victims. National Commander Bruce Thiesen. Con ress a,locates mil- American Legion commis- "I'm proud that The American Legion 1 Q7ft 9 $63 I uf lion and directs VA to conduct THEsioned a Columbia University has the will to fight for Agent Orange 0 a scientific study of GIs exposed to study to determine the effects of victims. We've done it for more than a Agent Orange. dioxin, especially Agent Orange, on decade and we will not stop until there Vietnam veterans. The results were is justice." released in 1988, not only confirming The Agent Orange saga began in 1 90 I perform the study and assigns what was already suspected, but also 1962, when aircraft, trucks and troops the task to the Centers for Disease Con- presenting a sobering catalog of relat- sprayed large areas of Vietnam with as trol (CDC). (CDC eventually abandons its ed problems linked to dioxin exposure. much as 18 million gallons of Agent attempt. There is no explanation as to Indeed, recommendations in the Orange and other defoliants. Operation what happened to the $63 million.) NAS/IOM report adopt almost exactly Ranch Hand was the best known of L e 9 ion commissions Colum- what the Legion has been demanding these defoliation projects. It was dis- IQftA uOnr bia University study which for nearly two decades. They call for: continued in 1970 after scientific stud- concluded there was a direct link • Follow-up studies on Operation ies showed that dioxin, a contaminant between Agent Orange and dozens of Ranch Hand personnel, as well as of the herbicide, caused birth defects health problems. Army Chemical Corps people. The and other problems in lab animals. NAS/IOM also supports the Legion's At first, ground troops are welcomed IflQQ Columbia study results position that the studies should be the sight of these defoliated areas, for 300 presented to Congress. undertaken by an independent, non- it robbed "Charlie" of places to hide. Legion creates the Vietnam governmental scientific panel. But by 1978, some Vietnam veterans IQQfl uOu Veteran Family Assistance • Joint VA and Department of wondered who the enemy really was. Program to provide help and referral Defense efforts to create a computer- Birth defects, rare diseases, cancers services for Vietnam veterans and their ized index to identify all Vietnam ser- and neurological disorders were sin- families. vice personnel. gling out Vietnam veterans and their • The improvement of biomarkers children. The same year, The Ameri- Memo from Office of Man- that indicate exposure to dioxin. can Legion demanded that Congress 1989 agement and Budget surfaces • Creation of a nongovernmental address the problem. indicating budget concerns, rather than organization to compile and test mod- In 1984, frustrated by the totally health issues, may have biased Agent els of exposure based on the history ineffectual and unscientific approach Orange decisions during the Reagan and location of Agent Orange spray taken by VA and later the CDC to administration. missions in . address the problem, the Legion com- Legion and Vietnam Veterans • Selection of an independent, non- missioned Columbia University to IQQfl UUU of America file suit against VA governmental scientific panel to evalu- conduct an Agent Orange study. and the federal government over Agent ate the test models. The Legion was confident in the Orange, demanding a full, unbiased • VA and other government agen- accuracy of the independent five-year ground troop study and a full account- cies to implement further epidemio- university study. Yet, when the results ing of the $63 million. logic studies, if the test models prove were released and presented to Con- feasible. gress, the federal government ignored 1009 Tne Amer ' can Legion Child Throughout its findings, NAS/IOM the facts, disclaimed the study and, UUL Welfare Foundation gives a stressed the need for unbiased, inde- instead, accepted studies conducted by grant to the Registry of Birth Defects to pendent, nongovernmental organiza- Agent Orange manufacturers and an help Vietnam veterans' children. tions, panels and study groups because obviously flawed and incomplete CDC Court denies Legion's suit. of Vietnam veterans' lack of confi- study. 1993 dence over the flawed and failed stud- As a result, only three Agent ies by VA and the Centers for Disease Orange diseases were recognized by 1QQQ Legion requests the court to Control (CDC). 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by Jan. 1, 1994, the design and building of most new federal facilities are sup- posed to be in metric units. The IRS The metric hasn't Ifs system disappeared. and Government Printing Office, for more important than ever for American example, are exploring the use of met- ric-sized paper, printed forms and docu- businesses competing around the world. ments. If the government is doing more than inching—oops, centimetering By David E. Wilke To the average American citizen, along to metric, what about the real metric may have almost disappeared. money business? Talk to Carl A. Beck, But in truth, it's never been far away. president of the Charles Beck Machine HAT EVER happened After all, it's the world standard for Corp., in King of Prussia, Pa., and to the metric system? weights and measures. And as more board chairman of the American Remember back in and more U.S. companies have to com- National Metric Council. 1975, when Congress pete in the world, they've had to switch Metric daily affects operations at his passed the Metric their machine tools, screw holes, power company, which manufactures indus- Conversion Act. We cords and construction plans to metric. trial sheet cutters for paper, cardboard, were told the entire "U.S. industry must convert to the film and textile producers. Much of his

nation was going met- metric system to make it more competi- business is abroad. He wants large ric, whether we want- tive in the international marketplace, American firms to make more metric ed to or not. Soon we'd be driving kilo- which has become increasingly more components so that small firms, like meters instead of miles and weighing homogenous and is growing faster than his, can then design and manufacture kilograms instead of pounds. domestic markets," says G.T. Under- their own metric products. That turned out to be more talk than wood, president of the American "It's in the best interests of larger action. Eighteen years later we may buy National Metric Council, a Washington companies that buy from small business liters of soda, but we still pump gallons association that helps business go met- suppliers — or sell to them — to sup- of gasoline. ric. port this needed change to the metric "Some segments of the public con- system," says Beck. David E. Wilke is a Chicago-based tinue to oppose metrication," he says, But help may be on the way for peo- freelance journalist. He wrote "but commerce and industry need to ple like Beck as the world solidifies "Hatched To Succeed" in the October move ahead, and we welcome govern- more international trade agreements 1990 issue of this magazine. ment's renewed interest in this effort." Please turn page

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Stan I. Jakuba, a metric consultant in West Hartford, Conn., worked with a company where about half of the thread-cutting machines had metric ability —something known to the machines' operators, but not to the supervisors. Because of the federal government's increased phase-in of metrication, Jaku- ba says he's now doing more consulting for U.S. agencies, including the Nation- al Aeronautics and Space Administra- tion. Sometimes, there's a cost benefit when metrication is gradually intro- duced, as happened at Inland Steel Flat Products Co. in East Chicago, Ind. According to Robert Olson, a staff consultant at Inland, the metric system internationally, Carl was first used in the 1970s to handle and international standards. Beck's small and soft drinks. orders. By the 1980s, it was being used When Congress passed manufacturing Going metric has helped to measure furnace temperatures. the Canadian Free Trade company must use streamline operations at Today, it's used 100 percent in two Act in 1989, it not only metric measures. companies like John Deere joint ventures with Nippon Steel of loosened trade restrictions & Co., the manufacturer of Japan. with America's biggest trading partner, farm and industrial equipment in "Metrication benefits both the math- but encouraged metric for imports. Moline, II. ematical and engineering aspects of Then last year, the United States joined With metrication, the number of dif- Inland's production and puts us in com- Canada and Mexico in signing the ferent screw sizes went from about 70 pliance with how the rest of the world North American Free Trade Agree- to 15. measures things," says Harold Taylor, ment. This grouping has the potential to Inland's manager of technical and com- create a single North American trading OTHER industries, like commercial mercial development. bloc, comparable to that planned for the aircraft and oil equipment supply, For companies with domestic and metric European Community. still use the traditional inch-pound foreign markets, big savings come by Metrication will also help the trou- standards, but find they have to metrify using metric to eliminate dual systems bling U.S. trade deficit. For example, to enter into international joint ventures, for inventory and equipment. one reason the Japanese say they don't or to satisfy customer regulations. Caterpillar, Inc., in Peoria, II., import more from America is that Consider the Tom Wheatley Valve learned this after switching to one sys- they're metric and we aren't. Co., in , which supplies valves tem for the company's 38 domestic and

Sometimes, when U.S. products to oil companies. Although it has a siz- foreign plants.

shipped abroad don't meet metric stan- able export market, only a small per- "It wasn't practical and it cost us dards, they get rejected. This happened centage is metrified. Yet, overseas reg- money to make two versions of our to General Electric when Saudia Arabia ulations necessitate giving test reports products," says Jeff Hawkinson, a refused a delivery of appliances in both customary and metric units and spokesman. because the connecting cords were 6 documenting shipments this way. "Now that nearly all blueprints and feet long instead of the required stan- According to Underwood, compa- specs throughout the world completely dard of two meters (6.6 feet). nies and industries that have made the use the metric system, we can make a How much has America gone move toward metrication generally component in , fit it into a toward the metric system? have no regrets. And the cost of switch- machine in or Japan and then Although nobody answers this ques- ing to the meteric system, Underwood have the finished product returned to tion with specific data, the National says, is not nearly as much as some the United States for our markets." Metric Council's Underwood says near- fear. He cites General Motors, where From appliance cords to federal ly all U.S. packaged goods now are the changeover was less than one per- office buildings, the daily lives of those labeled in grams and milliliters, as well cent of the projected cost. involved in construction, manufacturing as pounds and ounces. What's more, there can be increased and exporting are quietly going metric. He says the most metric American benefits from global manufacturing and There may also come a day in the dis- industries are farm and earth-moving marketing. Often, companies save tant future when the United States is equipment, automotive, wine and dis- money when they find that metrication declared officially metric, but by then tilled spirits, photographic equipment requires fewer tools, or discover a met- no one may even notice.

24 THE AMERICAN LEGION OSING a child is every parent's worst fear. But every parent also

knows that there is more than one way to lose a child. As the 20th

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there were many WHAT EVERY CHILD more childhood

diseases than SHOULD BE TAUGHT

miracle cures. Parents trembled every time an infant caught a cold or

ran a fever. As the century comes to a close, the physical health of

most children is reasonably assured. Parents today fret over their

children's well-being for very different reasons. Drugs, AIDS and

the sexual revolution, violent videos and raunchy rap music, rising BY GARY BAUER

OCTOBER 1993 25 suicide rates, peer pressure, an epi- demic of guns and knives in schools, declining test scores — these threats have replaced parents' age-old fears of cholera and influenza. In many ways, the burden of modern parents is greater, because so many of the harms their children face are not medical, but social and moral. In a world that seems bent on putting to rest forever the notion that there are reliable standards of right and wrong, what solid values and traditions can parents pass on to their children that will steer them safely to the shores of adulthood? The first quality that parents must pass on is hope. Children thrive on hope, and parents who always predict failure, either for their children or for themselves, actually prescribe failure. Parents must also instill a stan- dard of values in their children.

America is more pluralistic than it was several decades ago. Different traditions prevail in each house- hold, reflecting the particular cul- tural heritage of the family. But

pluralism doesn't mean it's impos- | sible to find a values consensus. & < There are universal values that 1 transcend racial, social and eco- nomic differences. Children, especially adolescents, Honesty usually tops the list. It lies struggle with issues of identity and at the heart of public creeds, from the ALL OUR self-esteem. It's wrong to teach chil- Boy Scout oath to the Marine Corps dren a false self-esteem that leads motto to the Presidential oath of them to believe they have done well or office. Honesty means more than CHILDREN, BLACK behaved well, when in fact they have truth-telling; it implies ideas like not. True self-esteem is something fidelity, promise-keeping and civic AND WHITE, MUST more profound. I believe it has spiri- duty. tual roots, in respect for the indestruc- Voting is one duty about which tible value of a person. every parent should be faithful. Many BE TAUGHT In the wonderful film, Chariots of parents I know regularly take their Fire, Olympic runner Eric Liddell children with them to the polls when TO REJECT explains his decision to attend the it's time to vote. Once you've accept- games by telling his sister, "I believe ed the notion that universal values like that God made me for a purpose, but honesty do survive in this troubled RACISM. he also made me fast, and when I run, world, others naturally come to mind: I feel his pleasure." If we want our Each human being is a unique children to aim high and run fast, they creature of God. From the earliest must know they have a purpose, too. possible moment, we've tried to teach thing else ultimately rests upon this Parents also must be able to com-

our children this simple fact. Every- basic truth. I believe the knowledge municate this self-worth effectively to that there is a loving Father who creat- their children. Many families today An undersecretary of education in ed and loves them individually is the choose forms of recreation that are the Reagan administration, Gary key to getting children through the weak on communications—watching Bauer now is president of the Family inevitable defeats they will encounter television, going to an amusement Research Council in Washington, in life. The only way to teach this les- park or participating in organized D.C., and author of Our Journey son is to make sure that God is part of sports. Surveys show that adults rarely Home. their everyday lives. look back and describe these events as

26 THE AMERICAN LEGION represents an empty phi- losophy of life. What a SEVEN LESSONS contrast to the needlepoint For A Lifetime I once saw in a kitchen that said, "It is better to live THERE are values that most peo- rich than to die rich." ple, regardless of their racial, A good cure for materi- social and economic differences, alism is to invest in family can agree on. After honesty, and projects that require a lot voting, here are the values we of work but aren't meant should teach at home: for the marketplace. The Victory Gardens of World \ Each human being is a unique War II provide a model. creature of God. Parents and children must have tasks they perform 2 The most important things in side by side, whether life can't be bought -or sold. something as elaborate as 3 Children must be taught that building a dollhouse or as choices have consequences. simple as checking fluids in the family car. 4 Each child must learn reliable Children hunger to be standards of right and wrong. shown that they're needed. In the agricultural societies 5 We must give children the char- of previous generations, acter to stand against the crowd. this was never in doubt. In today's appliance-driven 6 All of our children, black and world, parents must work white, must be taught to reject hard to give their children racism. a sense of mission. 7 Our children must know the Children must be heroes, large and small, on whose taught that choices have shoulders they stand. —G.B. consequences. Choice has become a highly esteemed American value. Public figures often

their most satisfying memories of proud of you, son" or "I love you, talk about it as if it were an end in childhood. daughter" on a scrap of paper — is itself. Of course, the most important One of the best ways to encourage powerful communication. Please turn to page 62 a sense of self-worth in a child is very Some parents don't know how to

simple: put it in writing. put their feelings into words. Howev- Parents generally do this when their er, a note that says only that can be young ones are away from home at eloquent beyond words. It's the timing summer camp, college or boot camp. that matters — and kind words are I've often told the simple story of the always well-written. homesick soldier from Mississippi The most important things in life who was billeted in Korea. He wrote can't be bought — or sold. Modern home about how much he missed the life is pervasively materialistic. Chil- summer storms of his boyhood. His dren, particularly, are deeply influ- father sent him a tape, and the young enced by the rampant commercialism. man invited his friends over for a In the inner cities, children are some- "thunder party." Just the sounds of times murdered for a pair of Reeboks home, he wrote later, brought tears to or a leather jacket. In the upscale sub- their eyes and lifted "a heavy burden." urbs, too many parents substitute cars But our children should not have to or cold hard cash for the time and love go away from home to hear from us. their children need most.

Teaching by example may be best, but While driving recently, I spotted words fill a vital need. Many a parent, a sports car with a harried and hardworking, harbors a bumper sticker that WORLD OF love that is never really said. It may read, "The One Who HOPE—Children seem odd to send letters to people Dies With The Most must learn there is under the same roof. But a note in a Toys Wins." Perhaps goodness and lunch box, a postcard the office, the driver was joking, from hope in the world. a letter at graduation — just "I'm but the bumper sticker

OCTOBER 1993 27 John Naisbitt call them "collaborative couples" in their new book, Mega- trends for Women. Aburdene and Naisbitt—themselves husband and wife—predict that such couples will POP& CO. be a major business force in the 1990s. The Small Business Administration In kitchens, garages and spare rooms, more (SBA) is well aware of the trend. The SBA says that while total new busi- and more husbands and wives are creating nesses rose by 70 percent during the new businesses together. 1980s, the number of business couples rose by 94 percent—to an estimated 2 million. Even that probably under- Other parents were, indeed, states the trend. By Gordon Williams intrigued. At first, the couple sold by Paul and Sarah Edwards, who are mail from their Denver home. Now husband-and-wife consultants to the UTH WIMMER and there's a full line of Wimmer-Fergu- self-employed, find many business Allan Ferguson had no son child development toys sold in couples that don't even realize their idea they were helping to 1,600 stores nationwide and in five enterprises fall under the umbrella of launch a trend 10 years foreign countries. Sales volume has the SBA. "They think of themselves as ago when Wimmer-Fergu- topped $1 million for the past three freelancers or consultants," Paul says. son Child Products was years. "They don't realize it's a business." started. The Denver hus- More and more couples today are Not every couple should be a busi- band and wife simply doing as Wimmer and Ferguson did: hoped other parents would husbands and wives going into busi- Gordon Williams, who covers busi- be intrigued by the distinctive black- ness together. In fact, the Mom-and- ness for ABC News, is a frequent con- and white mobile they had designed to Pop business is booming as never tributor to this magazine. His article, help develop vision in their newly before. "Retiring Gradually, " appeared in born daughter Katharine. Authors Patricia Aburdene and last month 's issue.

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ness couple, of course. answer "yes" to those the phones and the bills. Often it was a Experts suggest asking questions, then a family business—passed from father yourself three ques- COUPLES modern day Mom- to son, with the son's wife brought in tions before you think and-Pop venture could to help out. about launching a starting their be just the ticket for Millions of traditional Mom-and- business with your you. Pop businesses exist today — with spouse: own companies "When it works more being started every day. Yet Do you have a must be strong well, there's a real many of the Mom-and-Pop businesses product or service for connection from go- of the '90s are different from anything which there is a mar- enough to ing into business with seen before. "Mom-and-Pop has ket—which you love someone who is your moved into a new arena," says Caro- enough to put your survive the life partner," says line Hull. heart and soul into? setbacks that Caroline Hull, adviser One feature of business couples Do you and your to home-based busi- today is that husband and wife play spouse together have come with any nesses and publisher equal roles, instead of the husband skills of the newsletter, running the venture and the wife serv- enough business business. purchasing or manu- Connexions . "That ing as assistant. "Often today, the facturing, promoting partnership can help woman starts the business and then and selling—to launch you get through the turns to her husband," says Dr. Geof- the venture without rough times that frey Kessler, president of the Kessler needing outsiders? might sink another Exchange, a research and advisory Is your marriage business." organization for small business. strong enough to survive the setbacks Of course couples have always That's how it worked for Wimmer that come with any new venture, no gone into business together. But the and Ferguson. Wimmer started the matter how successful? traditional Mom-and-Pop business business, while Ferguson kept work- Even one "no" answer probably usually was a retail store or an eating ing as a librarian and part-time band- means that going into business with place, or maybe a service business leader. Only later did he move from your spouse might endanger the busi- with the husband out calling on cus- unpaid consultant to full-time partici- ness, your marriage or both. If you can tomers and the wife at home handling Please turn to page 68

OCTOBER 1993 29 THE FIGHT OVER SCHOOL CHOICE

"Oh my God," Noreen said. "Dad, I By Gurney Williams III THE FUTURE OF don't want to go back there." At that moment, Jenkins' hopes for N THE night before AMERICAN getting Noreen a good education in his | Christmas in 1990, John neighborhood public school went up in I Jenkins and his 8-year- smoke. The fire at Grant, started by old daughter, Noreen, EDUCATION WILL vandals after they had stolen some I I were horrified at the view typewriters, would eventually propel I below their 13-story BE DETERMINED Jenkins, a filmmaker and actor, into a I apartment on Chicago's role he never expected to play. ' west side. Blood-red It began with a decision to withdraw BY HOW WE j flames were rolling out his daughter from Grant and enroll her in school. Today, he's become of the western walls of Grant Elemen- THIS another tary School across the street. ANSWER the lead plaintiff in a court fight involv- ing 150 low-income children and their A frequent contributor to this mag- MULTIPLE-CHOICE parents in Chicago and Los Angeles. azine, Gurney Williams III wrote Their goal is to win the power to send "Virtual Reality" in the February PROBLEM. their children to the private school of issue. their choice — with taxpayer support.

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SATISFIED Education expert Joe Nathan, above with daughter Laura, believes Minnesota's school choice pro- grams promote quality.

wEALTHY parents have always had the option of private education, from nursery school to college.

SENSIBLE Diana R. Swanson, a St. the American Legislative Exchange within a school district, often involving Paul, "It Minn., school principal, says Council in Washington, D.C. Like an "magnet" schools designed to attract only makes sense" to offer choice. unruly schoolroom, the country today students to facilities that match individ- echoes with argument almost as pas- ual interests. The best-known recently The issue of school choice is one of sionate as the battles over desegrega- established plans operate in Cambridge, the hottest debates concerning the tion in the 1950s and '60s. Mass.; Montclair, N.J.; East Harlem, future of American education. At least Even when the debate is stripped of New York City; and Milwaukee, Wis. 36 state legislatures in recent years emotion, the school choice issue is Statewide plans let students apply to have adopted choice plans, according complicated by the existence of three schools outside of their home districts. to Patricia Farnan, former director of main options to choose from: Within the past five years, full or par- education and enpowerment policy at Districtwide plans allow choice tial statewide choice has become avail-

OCTOBER 1993 31 —

By William H. Mellor III

Competition will improve the quality of America's schools.

IMAGINE, for a moment, that Uncle Sam never created the GI PRESIDENTIAL PARENTING President Clinton opposes voucher plans, but favors public school choice. He sends daughter Chelsea to a private school. Bill program that helped edu- cate millions of able in Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Massa- that night three years ago, his main American servicemen and women by chusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio concern was doing something to letting them choose the college, uni- and Utah. Farnan said more limited relieve his daughter's fear. versity or technical school that best plans also are available in Washington He could understand why she was served their needs. State and Colorado. scared. The buildings around Grant Instead, imagine that government Private or voucher plans involve contained an arsenal. "The weapons on bureaucrats assigned GIs to the pub- giving vouchers worth part or all of the street now are much more sophisti- lic college closest to their home with tuition costs to parents who send their cated and probably more reliable than little concern over whether the children to private or public schools of the M-16," says Jenkins, who served in school would effectively educate their choice. Currently the only ones Vietnam in 1968-69. them or offer a safe environment. operating with public funds are in "And in my community, in the aver- Unless GIs had enough money to Milwaukee and Vermont. age public school, you can get any choose a private school, they would Former President George Bush drug. You can get anything, but a qual- be consigned to a noncompetitive, supported what he called the "GI Bill ity education." government-run facility. for Children," and proposed giving Within three weeks of the fire, he They would be powerless to $1,000 vouchers for public or private withdrew Noreen and his son, John select a good school in return for schools to hundreds of thousands of IV, from Grant. And using a friend's their tax dollars.

low-income families. address, he enrolled them in a north- As far-fetched as it sounds, this is President Bill Clinton opposes the side school. Months later, a truant exactly what is going on today in voucher idea, but favors parental officer making a routine check discov- America's public elementary and choice of public schools. ered the ruse. The school threatened to secondary schools. Bureaucrats, not John Jenkins today also is a firm send Noreen and John back to Grant. parents, choose the schools low- and believer in the voucher system. But In a dramatic showdown with the middle-income children will attend. principal, Jenkins threatened to chain School vouchers, like the GI Bill, himself to the door unless the two would change that. children could stay. Under a voucher plan, parents are The principal relented. But the awarded a portion of the tax dollars threat to his children's well-being con- spent on a child's education to be SOME choice tinued to worry Jenkins. Last summer, applied to the public, private or plans may drain he filed a legal suit with the pro bono parochial school of their choice. The help of the Institute for Justice, a non- remaining funds would stay in the money from profit public-interest law center in public school system. Parents struggling Washington, D.C. already Jenkins says he knows the suit could William H. Mellor III is president public school drag on for years. "Someone told me of the Institute for Justice, a non- nothing would happen until hell freezes profit legal foundation in Washing-

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often determine school selection. w L L Other families select schools that offer good athletic programs. Perhaps the most disturbing aspect

of school choice is the idea of provid- ing parents with vouchers that allow CHOICE them to send their children to private SCHOOL schools. Advocates of school choice and the voucher system are perpetuating three w o R K ? great myths about schools. Great Myth 1. Vouchers will would then have the power to hold ensure that all American parents can schools accountable for failing to edu- choose excellent schools for their chil- cate by removing their children and dren. spending the voucher at a school that Implying that everyone with a responds to their needs. Effective and voucher can exercise education choice safe schools attract students. Those By is a cruel hoax. You don't choose a that are not, lose students and the dol- Lewis W. private school; the private school lars they bring. chooses you. Can anyone honestly In most urban areas, $1 out of Finch doubt that the parents already sending every $2 spent on public education their children to private schools will never reaches the classroom. Instead, be the first in line for vouchers and the it is spent on bloated administration School choice does first "chosen" by private schools? with dismal results. Chicago's public The cost merely to provide vouch- schools, for instance, enroll three not guarantee a good ers to those currently attending private times as many students as Chicago's schools is staggering. Where will the Catholic schools, yet the public education. money come from to pay for this priv- schools employ 100 times as many ilege? You and I know where. It will bureaucrats. ALLOWING be diverted from the public schools of Meanwhile, 38 of Chicago's 64 parents and stu- those not chosen. high schools rank in the bottom 1 per- dents to select In November 1992, Colorado vot- cent on national test scores. As shock- their choice of ers overwhelmingly rejected a school ing as this is, in some aspects it typi- schools seems as voucher plan that would have trans- fies public school systems in large NO American as ferred thousands of dollars from pub- cities across America. apple pie and Please turn to page 81 Community-based private schools, Grandma's house at Christmas. such as Holy Angels in Chicago and Unfortunately, most school choice Marcus Garvey School in Los Ange- plans are like snake oil. They play on GETTING THERE Unless millions les, are proving that children who are the great American passion for quick, are spent on busing, some children won't go to their schools of choice. failing or incorrigible when attending cheap remedies to complex ailments. unresponsive public schools can Advocates of school choice claim it become well-educated if they are will improve the quality of education placed in an environment where par- by allowing parents and students to ents participate in their education and choose good schools, but experience where strict disciplinary codes are in many school districts suggest quali- enforced. ty of education has little, if any, bear- Although some private schools are ing on the school a parent or student very expensive, numerous others chooses. demonstrate students can be well It is geographic location — espe- educated for less than $3,000 annual- cially location of daycare providers — ly, even in a hostile urban neighbor- and parental convenience that most hood. Vouchers would also lead to more Lewis W. Finch, a member of the and varied schools from which to Executive Committee of the Ameri- choose. As more money becomes can Association of School Adminis- available to private schools as a result trators, is superintendent of Col- of vouchers, more community-based orado's Jefferson County Public schools would open. Just as funds Schools, the state's largest school Please turn to page 81 district.

OCTOBER 1993 33 INTERVIEW RONALD BAILEY

From acid rain to global warming, the alarmists have

been resorting to scare tactics. What we need is the truth, says this environmental expert.

OR years, self-appointed prophets and cult impel us to take expensive actions that, in hindsight, are leaders have grimly warned of the coming seen to be unnecessary. doomsday because we are ignoring the environ- ment. Today, scarcely without a day passes a Q. For instance? headline trumpeting yet another environmental Ecological alarmists are very skilled at manufacturing scare — from acid rain to global warming. A "crises" that prompt congressional response. All this is frightening, but not true, says Take acid rain. Over a period of 10 years we spent $540 environmental writer Ronald Bailey, author of million and sent scientific teams crisscrossing the United EcoScam: The False Prophets Ecological of States to see if acid rain was a problem. The teams' report Apocalypse. said there was virtually no problem at all — no harm to "The air and water are much cleaner than they were a lakes, streams, crops, fish, people. Acid rain amounts to a quarter-century ago. There is no crisis, no disasters are nuisance, definitely not a crisis. lurking. are victims of environmental alarmists," says We That report was issued shortly before Congress voted on Bailey who has been a writer for Forbes and a producer of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments — where it enacted PBS's weekly TechnoPolitics program. anti-acid rain measures to remove sulfur dioxide from coal- In this interview with THE maga- AMERICAN LEGION fired plants. zine, Bailey, now a fellow at the Competitive Enterprise The cost? Some $4 billion to $5 billion annually. The Institute in Washington, D.C., hopes to clear the air about ecological benefit? Virtually none. That money could have our environment. been left in taxpayers' pockets or spent on our real prob- lems. Instead this money will be wasted because Congress American Legion Magazine: How deep is our reacted to essentially groundless hysteria. environmental concern? But the Clean Air Act is only one example. Many major environmental laws — the Super Fund, the Endangered RON BAILEY: A New York Times poll found that 74 per- Species Act — will soon be up for renewal. If Congress cent of respondents say that protecting the environment is persists in responding to created "crises," the legislative so important that standards cannot be too high, and continu- cost to us will be billions of dollars and, in every case, will ing environmental improvement must be made regardless produce almost no benefits. of cost. That statistic is amazing in a country where in the last 25 Q. What you are saying is so contrary to what we hear years, the environment has improved vastly. There is sig- on a regular basis. Why should we believe you? nificantly less air and water pollution than there was a quar- A What I say is rooted in scientific research. The opin- ter-century ago. There is no crisis, no disasters are lurking. ions I present aren't mine so much as they are those of

Of course there are areas that need work — and they're the scores of scientists I interviewed and the many hun-

getting it. We are living in a safer, better world yet people dreds of journal articles I have studied. What I'm doing is feel endangered. Why? They've been stampeded into fear reporting the results. by ecological alarmists who tell us that the crisis is so Still, your question is a good one. It makes no sense, but

severe, we must act immediately or life as we know it may many people don't like to be told that the world is not com-

promptly end. The trouble is, those warnings sometimes ing to an end. That's why EcoScam includes over 40 pages

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of notes, many referencing technical documents. I knew the HIGHLIGHTS book's thesis would be so controversial I had to be able to show where I got all my facts. I also knew the ecological alarmists would pounce on any errors, so we made very sure the book is technically sound. RomU Body Ou,. . Don't take my word for this. If you don't believe me, take the end-notes, go to a library, and start looking up the The environment: "Don't believe the studies. You'll be amazed at what you read and it will be alarmists. There is less air and water very different from what the alarmists tell us. pollution than there was a quarter century ago. There is no crisis, no Q. Who are these "ecological alarmists"? disasters are lurking. A There are 450 national environmental organizations, many of which have household names such as Audubon, Worldwatch and Greenpeace. And many are The Media: 'Too much environmental powerful groups, with millions of members, most of whom reporting is biased. are absolutely unaware how radical and well-funded the headquarters staffs are. The top 10 alone raised over $400 The Green agenda: "A great many Green million in 1990. That buys a lot of influence in Washing- leaders are alienated from today's ton, D.C. technical, capitalist society and would

like to smash it. Q. But surely there are some legitimate crises. For instance, hasn't world population increased to the point Environmental scientists: "They know the where starvation looms? way to win attention is to raise an alarm That is a long-standing myth. In '68, Paul Ehrlich said A — even when the facts don't warrant. in his best-selling book, The Population Bomb, that hundreds of millions of people would soon starve to death. Global warming: "There is no upward trend It didn't happen. In '70, Ehrlich upped the ante, saying four in billion people could starve to death between 1980 and '89. the globe's temperature. Global That didn't happen, either. warming is another myth. Please turn page

OCTOBER 1993 35 Now he's saying it will occur in the weeks in the summer. That was early years of the next century. Will announced in '85. Worries started it? One reason why alarmists thrive is THE EGO-CRISIS MYTH years earlier, however. In '78, Con- that the public has no long-term mem- gress, as a precautionary measure, ory. No attention is paid to their many banned the use of chlorofluorocarbons past, false predictions. (CFCs) as propellants in aerosol sprays. Yet you still see media claims Q. What actually has happened? that spraying aerosols will destroy the A Since World War II, the world's ozone layer — which has been flatly population has more than doubled untrue for 15 years. — but the world's food supply has Still, we do have a hole, and the more than tripled. Life expectancy has consensus among atmospheric scien- gone up from 42.7 years to 64.7, tists is that it's caused by freon mole- worldwide. In countries where per cules that collect in the winter over capita income is below $400 annually, Antarctica. And when the sun returns life expectancy has gone from 35 in the spring, the ozone is destroyed years to over 60. Where we do see temporarily. famine, it's essentially confined to So, what does that mean? Alarmists Africa, in countries where there are say it means the collapse of the civil wars. Starvation sometimes is Antarctic ecosystem. But that has not used as a political weapon, but people been the case. The plant life there are not starving because there's no seems well-adapted; many naturally food. There's plenty of food. produce a pigment that screens out UV. There is no crisis, no cause for Q. How can the facts be so differ- panic. ent from the doomsday predictions? Even so, many government offi- A Alarmists win by saying the same TREE-HUGGER— Bailey says he'd be cials tell us there are blind sheep in thing over and over until it among the first to protest global environ- Chile because of the ozone hole. No becomes conventional wisdom. In mental dangers, if there were any. one has ever found blind sheep due to many cases, there's even a scientific the ozone hole. No one has ever found study or two to support their claims. any danger. depletion has superficial plausibility. Q. So scientists, too, are creating Supplies of minerals are finite. What Q. Let's examine one last environ- fake fears? people forget, however, is that human mental "crisis." Is the globe getting A There is an iron triangle of inter- knowledge is increasing faster than we warmer and will the polar ice caps est groups who need crises to win are using minerals. We continually melt? supporters, a press that needs them to improve our extraction techniques. A The "global warming" hysteria sell newspapers and air time, and sci- Think of it this way. Say we have started at a Senate hearing in '88. entists who need them to gain funding 60 years worth of oil. People hear that It was a hot day and one scientist for their research. and say, oh no, the end is coming. But testified that he was virtually certain Many leading environmental scien- that neglects what we will do if we he had detected a global warming tists are in fact politicians, not scien- should run low — we'll go out and trend, due to carbon dioxide emissions tists. They rush out results before nor- find more. Today, for instance, we which trap infrared energy in the mal confirmation has occurred in have more proven petroleum reserves atmosphere instead of letting it radiate order to make headlines. They well — oil in the ground — than any time into space. That claim became head- know that in today's cynical America, in history. line news everywhere. science alone retains substantial credi- Furthermore, our technologies keep Some other scientists agreed, based bility with people. drastically changing. We are now see- on computer models of future weather. Unfortunately, all these fake envi- ing this with copper. Telephone cable, Sophisticated as the models are, how- ronmental crises are undermining the for instance, had depended on copper, ever, we know they don't accurately public's trust in science. but they are being replaced by fiber reflect the globe's weather because optics, which are made of sand — and they can't tell us the weather we've Q. Alarmists also warn that we are so far not even the alarmists claim had. running out of crucial non-renew- we're running out of sand. A Gallup poll a few years ago able resources — petroleum, cop- found that 53 percent of scientists per, etc. Is that true? Q. For many years, we've been involved in climate research indicated A In 1972, The Club of Rome's The warned that a manmade hole in the they didn't think global warming has m Limits To Growth said the world atmosphere's ozone could cause occurred. Just 17 percent said it had would run out of gold by '81, mercury cancer rates to soar because more occurred. There is no upward trend in by '85, petroleum by '92, and copper ultra-violet (UV) light will hit us. the globe's temperature. For the past and natural gas by '93. None of that What are the facts? 14 years it has been essentially stable. has happened. A There is an ozone hole but only Global warming is another myth. Of course the myth of resource over Antarctica and only for six Please turn to page 66

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ULF WAR veterans suf- Brown is seeking authority similar repeatedly stated he does not want fering from mysterious to that granted victims of Agent Desert Storm illnesses to "turn into illnesses may soon be Orange in 1981, when VA was permit- another Agent Orange," says that able to receive VA med- ted to treat Vietnam veterans who allowing VA to begin treating Gulf G ical treatment, if Sec- might have been exposed to ionizing VA War veterans makes good sense retary Jesse Brown has his way. He radiation or Agent Orange. Eventual- financially. "It is prudent for VA to has asked Congress for legislation giv- ly, several diseases and forms of can- provide care and treatment for dis- ing him authority to go ahead and treat cer were accepted as service-connect- abilities possibly related to exposure these veterans, even though their ail- ed disabilities linked to radiation and to contaminants before those disor- ments are not yet recognized as ser- Agent Orange. ders become more disabling than they vice-connected. The VA Secretary, who has are now," he says.

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Edward Young, chief of staff and head Forces Expeditionary Medal (AFEM), duty after Aug. 1, 1990, whose mili- of the special referral center for Gulf according to an announcement from tary occupations do not readily match War veterans at the Houston VA Med- the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Each branch civilian jobs may find it easier to get ical Center (VAMC). of service will determine who is eligi- work, as a result of a new federal The Birmingham News in Alabama ble for the award. training program. reported that Young said some Desert Aside from its military signifi- Under the Service Members Occu- Storm veterans were making up health cance, the AFEM also makes the pational Conversion and Training Act complaints to get federal compensa- recipient eligible for veterans prefer- (SMOCTA), the government will pay tion. The News quoted Young as say- ence in federal jobs. To be eligible, employers up to $10,000 in wage ing, "There's been mass hallucina- veterans who receive the medal must reimbursements for hiring and training tions. There's been mass PTSD and all be honorably discharged after serving veterans with a goal of long-term these kind of things. And there are at least 24 months or they must have employment. also some people who would like to completed the full period in which Employers willing to train disabled have compensation." The newspaper they were ordered to active duty. veterans may receive up to $12,000 in sent transcripts of the interview to The However, the time requirement is wage reimbursements. American Legion and to Illinois Rep. waived for service-connected disabled To be eligible, veterans must have Lane Evans. veterans of Operation Restore Hope. served at least 90 days of active duty, Young also took potshots at Nation- To claim veterans preference when unless they were discharged earlier al Guardsmen and Reservists who applying for federal jobs, veterans will due to service-connected disability. served in the Gulf War. Questioning need proof that they were awarded the Veterans discharged after that date their health complaints, he was quoted AFEM, either their DD-214 discharge with a service-connected disability of as saying, "We have people who signed forms showing they were awarded the 30 percent or more are automatically up because they were glad to take a medal or other official documents. eligible. Recently discharged veterans paycheck for showing up at Scout who have been unemployed for at camp every week or once a year, but WWI Anniversary Medal least eight of the last 15 weeks are when they actually had to pull up and also eligible. lose their jobs, be separated from their WWI veterans The program is run by the depart- families, and sent over there and sub- are eligible for a ments of Labor, Defense (DoD) and 75th anniversary jected to all this. . . . You think they're VA. DoD will determine what military

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Wk U ATIONAL COMMANDER Bruce Thiesen, 52, National Commander, I want to travel as much as possible * M of Post 191 in Kingsburg, Calif., is truly a man in and meet as many Legionnaires as I can. I learn things \| mo, ' on — virtually perpetual motion — working, from talking with them and listening to their stories. traveling and fighting for veterans and their fami- "After all, when you talk about the Legion getting some- W lies. For 27 years, this Army veteran has been wag- thing done, it's the blue-cappers who come through for ing these battles as a leader in The American Legion. America. I know that individual Legionnaires, who help A tough California farmer, Thiesen brings to the helm out others right in their own communities, make our orga- of the Legion an impressive combination of qualities: cre- nization function." dentials, character and charisma. To Thiesen, leadership is all about being approachable Credentials. After being elected National Commander — about walking into a small office or a large auditorium at the 75th American Legion National Convention in Pitts- and communicating a willingness to listen. "I'm comfort- burgh, Thiesen became the fourth Vietnam-era veteran to able talking with people over coffee, at Post meetings or at hold this post. He was drafted in 1964 and served with the a convention. I really enjoy it," Thiesen says. 30th Artillery and the 4th Infantry Division. Thiesen' s pastor, The Rev. Atkins, appreciates his abili- Honorably discharged as a Specialist E-4 in 1966, ty to listen and his commitment to family. Thiesen joined The American Legion that year and began "One of the things that impressed me about Bruce is that his rise to leadership in the nation's largest veterans' orga- he sought my counsel and the counsel of his family before nization. In fact, his dedication to the Legion earned him running for the office of National Commander," The Rev. important positions at the Post, District, Department and Atkins says. "He wanted to do what was right for his fami- national levels. For example, Thiesen was the first Viet- ly, and I think that's the sign of a good person." nam-era veteran to be elected Charisma. Like the crackle of an Department of California Comman- AM radio during an electrical storm, der (1980-81). one can feel a presence when Bruce In the nearly three decades pre- "AS VETERANS, WE Thiesen enters the room. It doesn't ceding his election to National Com- seem to matter how large the crowd mander, Thiesen served the Legion CAN APPRECIATE THE is — whether its 500 people or 5,000 in the following other top slots: people — Thiesen makes the audi- Commander, Post 191, Kings- AMERICA WE HELPED ence feel as though they were in his burg, Calif. (1969-70); Commander, living room. California's 14th District (1974-75); BUILD BECAUSE WE "I'm a farmer, not a politician," National Executive Committeemen Thiesen explains. "I used to run a (1988-90); Chairman, Membership FOUGHT AGAINST family farm and a trucking company, and Post Activities Committee and I'm used to talking with people (1991); and Chairman, Economic THOSE WHO WANTED in plain English. Commission (1985-88). "I don't change my approach to Character. "I have always been TO TEAR IT DOWN." people because I am an elected impressed by Bruce Thiesen," says leader. Leadership is about respect,

The Rev. Bob Atkins of the Evangel- and I hope to earn respect by ical Covenant Church in Kingsburg, respecting other people and their Calif. "He cares for his family and ideas." for his neighbors. He always tries to Thiesen makes it a habit to draw do what is right before God, as well upon other people's ideas, and there- as before people." in lies his special charisma. Thiesen, a modest family man who would much rather talk about the Legion than about himself, says that his best quality is Just a look at Bruce Thiesen' s Legion accomplishments being a good listener. makes it difficult to believe that he has time for anything "I think people are important," Thiesen says. "As other than The American Legion. But when he's not work-

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ing for veterans, he's supervising a grape By backing up our beliefs with the will- farm and taking care of his family. ingness to fight for them, we have estab- Thiesen works six 12-hour days per week lished a respected voice in our country. The as a field supervisor at Gary Pitts Farms Inc., American Legion is unique in that it has 3.1 a vineyard in Fowler, Calif., which produces million spokesmen — and every one of them about 500,000 crates of grapes per year. has served this country when called upon. As With the long hours of his job and Legion veterans, we can appreciate the America we commitments, Thiesen finds himself faced helped build because we fought against those with a difficult juggling act. who wanted to tear it down. "It's never been easy to balance my People listen to us because of this Legion commitments with my job and my courage. family," Thiesen says. "But I couldn't do my job and my Legion work if it wasn't for my wife and chil- Q- What, for example, has the Legion done for Ameri- dren. They make everything function." ca and its veterans? Thiesen' s wife, Graetian, an American Legion Auxiliary A Without question, the Legion helped to create a new member since birth, has served as President of Kingsburg generation of educated Americans and expanded the Unit 191. The Thiesens have three children: daughters middle class by drafting the Serviceman's Readjustment Dianne and Sheryl — both members of Auxiliary Unit 191 Act of 1944. The "GI Bill" was one of our greatest — and one son, Kevin, a member of Sons of The American achievements. It helped to dramatically improve the stan- Legion Squadron 147. "My family is always first in my dard of living throughout America. mind when I make a decision," But over the past 75 years, our Thiesen says. "As a family, we successes also include: helping to decided that I should run for establish the Department of Veter- National Commander. And as a ans Affairs (VA); helping veterans family, we will work to make sure with Post Traumatic Stress Disor- that I remain a good husband, a der (PTSD) by assisting the VA good father and a leader that every with counseling centers called Vet Legionnaire can be proud of." Centers; providing help to families of POW/MIAs; defeating a propos- al to tax veterans' benefits; and 75 Years: A Championship most recently helping establish a Season. As former President job training and placement pro- Ronald Reagan once said before gram for veterans. The Legion also Legionnaires at an American is at the forefront of health-care Legion National Convention, "The reform, trying to protect VA. The American Legion has set high stan- list goes on and on. dards for itself and for our coun- What makes the Legion such an try... and as long as America lives important voice is that it has up to your standards, America will been—and continues to be—con- not go wrong." sistent. For veterans' benefits, National Commander Thiesen, national security and devotion to as he leads the Legion in its 75th God and Country, Americans can year, intends to maintain the SOLDIER Thiesen served in the 30th always count on The American Artillery 4th Infantry Division Legion's position as the setter of and during Legion. the Vietnam era. standards for America. To guide Legionnaires in this pursuit, he Q. A lot of the voices on Capitol plans to make this year a championship season — the Hill are those of foreign lobbyists who aren't always beginning of a renewed Legion effort to keep America acting in the interest of our country. What do you think

strong, and to keep the memory of war and the sacrifice it we can do to prevent them from having so much influ- demands alive. ence? In a face-to-face interview, THE AMERICAN LEGION A As National Commander, I will make sure the Legion magazine asked Thiesen what he plans to do as leader of continues to work for more stringent rules to monitor the nation's largest veterans' organization. lobbyists representing foreign governments. The good news is that we've already made some progress on regulating lobbyists both foreign and domestic. American Legion Magazine: How will the The Senate passed a bill this year that incorporates a num- Legion maintain its status as the standard setter for ber of Legion recommendations. America? Senate bill S.349 would place more controls on lobby- A The American Legion will always be one of the yard- ists by requiring them to register with the U.S. government sticks by which American standards can be measured and file reports every six months, disclosing their activities. because its members have a stake in everything they fight The House is expected to introduce a similar bill. for. When people see Legionnaires assisting victims of nat- Our ground-breaking 1991 report on foreign lobbyists, ural disasters or fighting in war, they realize that these are Assessing the Relative Influence of Foreign and U.S. Lob- people who offer more than words when help is needed. byists, called on the government to require complete and

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FAMILY MAN From left, daughter Sheryl, son Kevin, son-in- law Kirk, daughter Dianne, wife Graetian and Thiesen. Q. But with the ever-existing need to buy weapons and all the budget cuts, how do we ensure that Congress doesn't forget the men and women who fought our accurate disclosure of foreign lobbyists' activities and nation's wars? How do we ensure that VA hospital care restrict the post-employment activities of former high gov- will still be there for them? ernment officials. A Fortunately, the Clinton administration seems deter- The latter issue still needs to be addressed but the Sen- mined to keep VA hospitals available for veterans — ate has taken a step in the right direction. even in the context of a national heath-care system. But money is tight. Q. While the problem of lobbyists can be handled from Congress will never forget about the medical needs of the ground, what about the threat of ballistic missile veterans because we will not let them. attack by a third world power? How can we best The big problem is the competition that VA faces in the answer that threat? budget process. VA, the Department of Health and Human A The Strategic Defense Initiative — the 10-year effort Services and the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis- to develop a space-based defensive shield against bal- tration (NASA) all feed from the same pool of money. listic missiles — has undergone some changes since the America must treat all of its veterans in fully funded VA end of the . facilities first. Then, and only then, can NASA start talking First, the name of its supporting agency was changed about a $30-billion space station. from the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) to the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO). Q. In our most recent major conflict, the Gulf War, The change in name signaled another more sweeping many U.S. troops came home with mysterious illnesses. change: a shift from space-based defenses to surface-based How can VA help these veterans? defenses. AVA Secretary Jesse Brown's recommendation that The Pentagon is now pursuing technologies which could Gulf War veterans with mysterious illnesses be treated successfully destroy enemy missiles in the boost phase, in VA hospitals is a good first step. Brown has asked Con- before they leave the atmosphere. The Defense Department gress for legislation giving him authority to go ahead and views this approach as the best way to limit third world treat these veterans, even though their ailments are not yet threats. recognized as service-connected. The Legion's experts suggest that we should not aban- First, we've got to make VA treatment available to Gulf

don the idea of space-based missile defenses. I suspect it War veterans with mysterious illnesses. Then, we need to will be tough to sell this idea to a downsizing Pentagon that research what diseases or ailments they have, and find a

sees no immediate threats. But I don't want us to give up way to cure them. on this. And we won't. Please turn to page 58

OCTOBER 1993 43 legion news

BOYS NATION MEETS TOE POESIDENT

balanced budget amend- ment, flag burning, health- care reform, and the deficit during the eight-day session. "I had high hopes for Boys Nation, but it far exceeded my expectations," said 17-year-old George Guszcza of Oneonta, N.Y. Guszcza was appointed chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by the Boys Nation HANDSHAKE TO HISTORY—President Clinton and National Commander Munson watch president, Daryl Collins. Arkansas Boys Nation delegates Traftin E. Thompson and James W. Welch unveil a 1963 photo Among the elected offi- of Clinton at Boys Nation shaking hands with John F. Kennedy. cers who received scholar- ships were President Collins YEAR'S Alabama. Johnson, a Le- from most states to Wash- and Vice President Chris J. rHIS96 delegates to gionnaire, has been presi- ington, D.C., to gain a deep- Befort of La Crosse, Kan., The American dent of Alabama Boys State er understanding of democ- who each received $1,500 Legion Boys for 10 years. ratic government. During from Educational Commu- Nation had a "You've become Boys Boys Nation this year, dele- nications Inc.; Secretary historic meeting with a Nations' first national am- gates visited the Capitol Mehul Patel of Manasquan, famous Boys Nation alum- bassador of goodwill," Building, the Smithsonian, N.J., who received $500 nus, none other than Presi- National Commander Roger the Vietnam Veterans Me- from the Sons of The Amer- dent Bill Clinton himself. A. Munson told Clinton in morial and other historic ican Legion; and Senate In the sunny White his speech outside the sites in the area. President Pro Tern J. Nick House Rose Garden— the White House. At the host site, Mary- Geimer of New Haven, setting for many important Each year since 1946, mount University in Arling- Ind., who received $500 gatherings of world lead- the Legion has been sending ton, Va., the delegates from the Boys State Memo- ers—the President chatted two high school seniors addressed issues such as a rial Scholarship Fund. with the Boys Nation partic- ipants and recalled his now famous handshake with President John F. Kennedy 30 years ago, when Clinton Teen Elected President was a 1963 Arkansas Boys Collins, the 1993 president of Boys Nation delegate. DARYL Nation says the experience has molded him into Clinton, who often has a better citizen. credited Boys State and "Before Boys State or Boys Nation, I didn't have Boys Nation with piquing as broad an understanding of how government his interest in public office, works," said Collins, 17, who was sponsored by Post invited his 1963 fellow del- 658 of Crosby, Texas. "Now I understand how the egates to a 30th reunion issues, bills, debates and elections are intertwined." during this year's Boys Collins, a senior at Klein High School in Spring, Nation. Texas, said the Boys State and Boys Nation pro- Among the 54 who ac- grams have given America a new crop of leaders. cepted the President's invi- "People talk about 'generation X' being lost, but DARYL COLLINS tation were Rep. Jim Ram- after going through Boys State and Boys Nation, I tjnn stad of Minnesota; the Rev. Q0yS fja President know there are future leaders out there," he said. Fred Kammer, the national "I'm confident we have a representation of ideas from across the country." head of Catholic Charities; Winning the governorship at Texas Boys State in June was special to Collins for and O.L. "Pete" Johnson, another reason. "My uncle was the first black Boys State governor in Texas in Presiding Judge of District 1969," he said. Court Criminal Division of the 10th Judicial Circuit of

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LEGIONNAIRES RUSH TO AID FLOOD VICTIMS

VEN BEFORE Hurricane Andrew in 1991. been back in their homes, so the rivers had Hammond's involvement we have no idea how exten- Flooded Posts crested, a gath- in relief efforts began when sive the damage is," said BECOME a Post Partner ering tide of his granddaughters said they Department of Missouri TO E and provide some needed Legion help wanted to give their Christ- Adjutant Carey Bankhead. supplies to these Posts, call swept across the Midwest to mas gifts to children in On a national level, the Joe Posato or Wayne aid victims of the flood that Homestead, Fla., after Hur- National Emergency Fund Vanover at National Head- has killed 45, caused $10 bil- ricane Andrew struck. (NEF) had, at press time, quarters, (317) 635-8411. lion in damage and displaced When he saw the devasta- made more than 150 grants ILLINOIS thousands of Americans. tion of the hurricane, Ham- to flood victims who are Answering the needs of mond stayed on to help out. members of the Legion Post 297, Dallas City the flood victims are Le- Post 32, working with family. More grants are Post 648, Grafton gionnaires from Posts and other Posts in the Exeter, expected, as the waters Post 682, Warsaw Post 901 Valmeyer Departments all over the N.H. area, also sent two 26- recede and the damage is , Post nation. Just one of them is foot trucks of relief supplies assessed. Families of veter- 1971, New Richard Hammond of Post to St. Charles, Mo. "Post ans who are not Le- IOWA 51, Oakland, Maine, who members were watching the gionnaires have been Post 26, Davenport has shipped an ice-making news coverage of the flood receiving help through the Post 52, Burlington machine, electric genera- and decided to do some- Legion's Temporary Finan- Post 60, Des Moines tors, shovels, brooms and thing to help," said Post 32 cial Assistance program. Post 232, Polk City cleaning supplies, blankets, Commander Harry Fountas. Your Post can help a Post 41 8, Eddyville and 1,000 cases of paper The Departments of Post affected by the flood Post 620, W. Des plates and cups to the Mid- Iowa, Illinois and Missouri by forming a Post Partner- Moines west. The supplies were have established relief funds ship. Call National Head- MISSOURI donated by Oakland busi- and individual Legionnaires quarters for more informa- Post 31 8, Parkville nesses and Legion Posts are volunteering their time tion (see box). Post 424, Hartsburg throughout Maine and sent and muscle to help out. Monetary donations to KANSAS to Post 312, St. Charles, "Legionnaires were out the NEF for flood relief can Post 109, Natoma Mo., for distribution. hauling and filling sandbags be sent to: Post 161, Walthena "There are many, many to save the water treatment The National Emergency Post 255, Tescott Legionnaires who care a- plant in Des Moines," said Fund, bout our neighbors," said James E. Demarest, Depart- The American Legion, NEBRASKA Hammond, who also hauled ment of Iowa Adjutant. P.O. Box 6141, Post 150, Nehawka relief supplies to victims of "Many people haven't Indianapolis, IN 46206.

ronmental cleanup and construction the program through 1994, require LEGION, UNION OECEIVE skills at the Laborers' Greenfield the Legion and the union to con- Institute in Sterling, Va. tribute $205,350 of "in-kind" ser- TRAINING Training J00 GRANT "The pilot program worked excep- vices, which will consist of staff N AMERICAN Legion tionally well," says Ronald DiOrio, expertise and volunteer services. and labor union pro- special assistant with the Laborers' Recently discharged veterans gram that provides job Associated General Contractors. Of accepted in the program receive 80 A training to recently dis- the 17 veterans who completed the hours of training from union con- I charged veterans will pilot program, all were offered jobs struction and trade professionals. expand this fall because of a paying between $9-$ 13 an hour. Like the pilot program, the training $166,300 Department of Labor "This grant will fund expansion is individually tailored to the veter- (DoL) grant. of the program and lead to more vet- ans' skills and career goals. Legion officials applied for the erans finding work," said Joseph J. With the grant, The American DoL grant this past May after con- Frank, chairman of the Legion's Legion and union plan to set up ducting a successful pilot program Economic Commission. training sites in Milwaukee, Wis.; earlier in the spring. With the Labor- Union officials estimate that 160 Charleston, W.Va.; and in southern ers' International Union of North to 170 veterans could receive train- Illinois. The union selects sites America, the pilot program trained ing because of the grant. The provi- based on training dates and job recently discharged veterans in envi- sions of the grant, which will fund availability.

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(1950/54) #12882 56th Supply Company, Heavy Metal 2nd Inf. Div., 23rd Rgt., F Co. (WWII) or any other information er, cannot guarantee that the Support #13064 #15459 59th Engr. Const. Co. (1951/53) #22902 you have along with a $5.95 person you are seeking is on 2nd Inf. Div.: 82nd AAA AW Bn. (SP) 60th Engr. (C) Bn. Assn. #16615 (Korea 1950/53) #12149 62nd Sig. Bn.,Co. check or money order to: the list. B Assn. #22198 2nd Inf. Div., 9th Inf. Rgt., B Co. #10260 63rd Inf. Div., 253rd Rgt., F Co. (WWII) For common names such 2nd Inf. Div., 9th Rgt, B Co. #20025 #14111 Finders/Seekers 3rd Army & 6th Army, HQ & HQ Co. as John Jones or Bill 67th AAA Gun Bn., C Btry. (WWII) VETS Operating Center #10976 #14147 Brown, the home state or 3rd Chemical Mtr. Bn. #15582 71st Cml. Mort. Bn./479th AAA AW Bn. 1809 Vandiver Dr. 5th Arm'd Div. Assn. #15428 other more specific infor- #15375 Columbia, MO 65202-1916 5th Arm'd Div (West Coast Chapter) 77th Artillery Assn. "En Garde Rgt." mation is required. There #12398 #13035 5th Army Association (WWII) #13073 Here's what you will get are so many Jones and 78th AAA Gun Bn. #21018 5th Inf. Div., 10th Rgt. Assn. #11169 78th Inf. Div., 310th Rgt., B Co. #15466 for your money: Browns nationwide that the 6th Inf. Div., 20th Rgt., Co. C #23127 81st Inf. Div. Assn. "WILDCATS" 8th Inf. Div.: 12th Engr. (C) Bn. (WWII) • A computer search to list would be just too long (Western Chptr. WWI-WWII) #20950 #12196 83rd Inf. Div., 329th Rgt., F Co. #30041 match the person you're to be useful. 8th Inf. Div., 13th Rgt., Cannon Co. 85th Evac Hosp (Qui Nhon, S Vietnam seeking with more than 110 No requests by phone, (WWII) #13031 1965-1966) #12560 8th Inf. Div.: 28th FA Bn. (WWII) #12192 85th Inf. Div., 310th Medical Bn., B Co. million names from VETS please. Allow up to six 8th Inf. Div., 39th Rgt., 1st Bn., C Co. #21660 ( #14711 records, and various public weeks for a reply. 1968/70) 86th Inf. Div., 343rd Rgt, A Co. 8th Inf. Div.: 43rd FA Bn. (WWII) #12190 "Black hawk Assn" #20169 8th Inf. Div.: 8th Cav. Recon. Trp. (WWII) 91st Inf. Div., 347th FA Bn., C Btry. WWII #20597 #20173 8th Inf. Div.: 8th Med. Bn. (WWII) #12189 92nd Inf Div Assn (WWII) #21284 8th Inf. Div.: 8th MP Pltn. (WWII) #12194 96th Chem. Mtr.Bn #15226 8th Inf. Div.: 8th Sig. (WWII) #12191 HOW TO USE VETS Co. 97th Inf. Div., 303rd Rgt., 1st Bn., HQ Co. 8th Inf. Div.: HQ Co. (WWII) #12195 #10285 8th Inf. Div.: HQ & HQ Btry. (WWII) 97th Inf. Div., 322nd Med. Bn., A Co. #12193 #21869 This month there are 943 ators may still be able to 9th Arm'd Div., 27th Arm'd Inf. Bn., A Co. 97th Inf. Div., 387th Rgt., D Co. (WWII) military reunions listed on provide you with informa- (WWII) #20590 #16229 9th Arm'd Div., 27th Arm'd Inf. Bn. Assn. these pages. However, tion. Many units are 97th Inf. Div., 389th FA Bn., C Btry. (Remagan WWII) #15325 #10719 VETS has information on enrolling daily in VETS. 9th Inf. Div., 39th Rgt., F Co. #10291 98th Inf. 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K (WWII) #12430 14th Avn. Bn., 174th Assault Helicopter five-digit number as- from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 110th Evac. Hosp. (WWII) #22514 Co #12576 112th Cav. Rgt. Assn. (WWII) #15841 signed to the ship or unit, Pacific Standard Time. 14th Cav. Grp. (WWII) #12541 112th FA Assn. #15312 15th Evac. Hospital - (WWII) #16447 114th AAA & 67th AAA, Btry C #11646 please give it to the opera- Phone calls cost $1.95 per 17th A/B Div., 681st A/B FA #20779 121st AAA Gun Bn./421st Rocket FA Bn. tor. The number is printed minute, and the average 17th Rgt. Reunion Assn., 7th Inf. Div. NVNG #16548 #21770 122nd Chemical Processing #14098 immediately after the unit call takes two minutes or Co. 18th Cav. Recon. Sq. (WWII) #12487 124th Cav. Rgt. Assn., of the 56th Cav. in the magazine. If you less. Proceeds help sup- 18th Engr. (C) Rgt., 1 77th Const. Bn., B Bde. #15479 Co. & Atchd. Units. (Aleutians) #11843 don't know the VETS port various veterans' and 126th Inf. Rgt. Assn. (32nd Inf. Div.) 19th Engr. 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The report also concluded that gress can give VA the money it needs we continue to recognize and honor these diseases were associated with to do it. We have to see that Congress companies that go out of their way to exposure to herbicides and not service allows VA to do its job properly, and hire veterans. in Vietnam. It was the first time any to take care of the nation's aging vet- There's probably no one way to branch of the federal government has erans. find jobs for the 500,000 GIs who will admitted that Agent Orange, and not be leaving the service by 1995 service in Vietnam, could be responsi- Q. Many veterans are entering the because of the downsizing. But the Legion is gearing itself to be a match- maker—getting veterans and employ- ers together at job fairs conducted by many of our Posts.

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our daughter." These episodes are never for a moment did he regret it. never easy, but the long-term rewards He was an extraordinary man, even for firmness, even in an apparently though there were millions like him. minor matter, will be great. They were an extraordinary generation Standing against the crowd, of who made extraordinary sacrifices. Official Publication of course, is often no minor matter at all. But they were ordinary Americans. The American Legion. Take Orestes Lorenzo Perez, the I saw another bumper sticker defector who piloted a tiny Cessna recently, "I Brake for Historical Mark-

under Cuban last ers." Where I live, that driver "To all who Christmas to must do rescue his wife and children from life a lot of braking. Outside a restaurant served, to those under Castro. One man, alone, in a in Northern Virginia, stuck between who waited at tiny plane over the sea at sunset for no parked cars and the curb, is a marker I other reason than love of family. ignored many times before I paused to

home, to those There are hundreds of stories like his read it. It notes that on that spot Abra- in , he told the press. Yes, there ham Lincoln reviewed the Union who didn't come are, and parents must take the time to Army after Manassas, at that time the home, this book ensure their children know about largest military review in history. them. In this vast land there are so many is dedicated" All of our children, black and sacred spots we scarcely know. How Ken Scharnberg white, must be taught to reject can we teach our children the meaning racism. of today's events — for example, the Several days after the Los Angeles return of the men and women of Advertisement riots, a less-noticed tragedy occurred Desert Storm — if they cannot con- Many Hearing where I live in the Washington, D.C., nect them with what has gone before? area. Joseph A. Ford, a 13-year-old How will they know the worth of free- Problems Can honor student, rose to speak at his dom if they don't know the price? church. He talked about violence and Be Helped. drugs and urged the congregation to YOUR HOPE IS THEIRS remember that the answer to these I began by talking about the hope Chicago, 111.—A free offer of special in- problems and all others was salvation that parents must have for their chil- terest to those who hear but do not un- through Christ. Moments later, while dren, no matter what the circum- derstand words has been announced by his stances. history teaches us all that Beltone. A non-operating model of the Joey and family drove home, he Our most popular canal hearing aid in was killed by a single bullet fired in a kind of hope. For all the smoke and America today will be given absolutely drug gang shootout. Such deaths in flame, America's flag is "still there." free to anyone who sends for this free our inner cities are all too common. For all our faults and fights, this is still model now. The real division in our nation is a great nation. Send for this model, it will show you not between black and white. Its America is the town hall, the Lions how tiny hearing help can be. It is not a between sides. On one side are good Club and the volunteer fire depart- real hearing aid and it's yours to keep people, like Joey, who believe in right ment. It is the Boy Scouts and the free. The actual aid weighs less than an and wrong, the golden rule, faith and PTA. American Legion Baseball and eighth of an ounce, and it fits completely family. On the other side are those Pop Warner football. The Chinese- into the ear canal. who reject these values and all that American Friendship League and the These models are free, so we suggest they symbolize. Sons of Italy. It is 3.6 million square you write for yours now. Again, we re- peat, there is no cost, and certainly no Our children cannot help seeing the miles with scarcely an acre unetched obligation. All hearing problems are not headlines about death and destruction, with history. It is a place always alike and some cannot be helped by a but we must also ensure they see the inclined to think of itself as young and hearing aid but many can. So, send for positive stories as well. They must not new. your free model now. Thousands have miss what the headlines often omit — But, as one glance at the red brick already been mailed, so to be sure send the daily courage of citizens who and rust of our great cities will tell your name, address and phone number struggle to make something out of you, it has been around a long while. today to Department 24483, Beltone South Central L.A. or the South Bronx The blood of many families is in those Electronics, 4201 West Victoria Street, — the Joey Fords of our world. bricks, the residue of much sweat and Chicago, Illinois 60646. children this tears is in that rust. These are the In California, your local authorized Beltone And our must know — children sit. dispenser may call. nation's heroes, large and small shoulders upon which our rol°93, Beltone Electronics Corporation on whose shoulders they stand. We must teach them not to forget.

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the only coverage that a member has. BENEFITS FOR ALL We currently offer three plans of life insurance: Continuedfrom page 12 Level Term Member — $20,000 up to $1 mil- lion of coverage to members under age 50. source code, LQCY. Spouse — $20,000 to $500,000. In addition to the Legion VISA Member & spouse age 50-59 — card, MBNA offers Legionnaires $20,000 to $250,000 (in $10,000 these other financial options: increments). Gold Reserve. A revolving loan Member age 60-64 — $20,000 to line of credit in which free checks are $100,000. provided to the user. For information, Spouse age 60-64 — $20,000 to call (800) 847-7378 and give source $50,000. code VAAW. The plan also has a modified issue Gold option. A fixed-rate level program for members and spouses age Official Publication of payment of unsecured revolving credit 65 or older, or members and spouses The American Legion. with a lower interest rate. For infor- age 50 and older who have health mation, call (800) 847-7378 and give problems or do not qualify for the "Few Americans source code WBJT. standard plan. today understand the Gold Certificate CD. This certifi- Sons of The American Legion and cate of deposit has generally provided spouses are also eligible to participate. enormous sacrifices, a yield higher than the average offered Advance Life Insurance the devotion to duty, nationwide, and the FDIC insures (Living Benefit) • or the common purpose deposits up to $100,000. For informa- Includes nursing home and last tion or rates, call (800) 345-0397 and illness benefits. thatfilled our lives. give source code E2AD. • Monthly nursing home benefit is VOICES will help a new Gold Savers Money Market. equal to 2 percent of life insurance generation understand" This money-market deposit account benefit for up to 25 months. allows the depositor to write up to • Terminal illness benefit will pay George Schnitzer, Jr. three checks per month and provides a 100 percent of the selected life benefit means to move money into or out of (up to $100,000). the CD program easily. Call (800) • Benefit levels: 345-0397 for information and give Under age 50 — $20,000 up to source code E2AD. $500,000. The following are programs with Age 50-59 — $20,000 up to other companies the Legion offers as $250,000. benefits of membership. Age 60-69 — $20,000 up to INB National Bank Money Mar- $75,000. ket. This Indianapolis bank also pro- Age 70-79 — $5,000. vides a money-market account for Spouses are also eligible. Call Legionnaires nationwide and permits (800) 542-5547 for more information. HERE IT 1ST depositors to write three checks per Whole Life (Birthday Life) The complete story of month. It is also available to members Offers up to $10,000 in combined the savage blood-bath coverage percent whole life and that took more U.S. of the American Legion Auxiliary. (50 casualties than D-Day Call (800) 548-3600, ext. 638 1 50 percent accidental death). - The Battle For The The American Legion Life • No physical required. Bulge. From St. Vith to • Benefits do not decrease. Clervaux, to the mas- Insurance Program sacre at Malmedy, The American Legion Life Insur- • Rates do not increase. here is the in-depth, ance Program has been around since For more details, call (800) 523- foot-by-foot struggle 1958. Over the years about $80 mil- 0758, ext. 3189. to turn back the Germans. For action lion in benefits have been paid to the and exceptional footage this is the dependents of Legion members. video to own on The National organization offers the Bulge. f | life insurance only. We do not offer auto, homeowner, health, cancer, free COMRADES IN DISTRESS accidental death or other forms of Readers who can help these veterans are urged to insurance. write a witness letter, including the CID number. Send the letters to CID, The American Legion Magazine, Box 1055, It is important to recognize that the For VISA, MC, Discover orders, call toll-free 24 hours: Indianapolis IN 46206. life insurance plans offered by The Notices are published only at the requests of American 1-800-959-0061 M Legion Service Officers representing claimants using American Legion are for supplemental Or send your name, address with check or money Search for Witness Forms available from Department order for $19.98 plus $195 shipping and handling to: coverage only. The insurance is not Legion Service Officers.

Fusion Video, 100 Fusion Way, Dept. Bulge 7, meant to compete with or replace 235th Obsn. Bn., Btry. C Robert W. Briesacher needs Country Club Hills, IL 60478 existing coverage with private/individ- witnesses to verify that while stationed at the 38th Canadian orim must add tS.OO S & H and (jay in U S funds. Buffer Zone Forward Outpost 2.0 near Chorwon, (Please notr: Illinois rnidrnlt musl add 7.75% slate sales lax.) ual or employer plans. In other words, , on Feb. 1, 1954, he fell down the hill, the Legion plans are not meant to be injuring his foot and leg. Contact CID 1214.

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Veterans whose claims were ruled often meant total financial ruin. on by VA before Sept. 25, 1985, and In addition, there are hidden costs, AGENT ORANGE were not affected by the Nehmer deci- says Cole, who suffers from respirato- Continued page 16 from sion must refile. Their original claim ry problems linked to Agent Orange. is void. "I was forced on to Social Security This dashes the hopes of veterans because of my disability. VA counts like Tyler, who had assumed VA that as income, so I can't get treatment in Arlington, or in Crown Hill, or would help pay some of the enormous there. Meanwhile, my family is with- Custer or any of the hundreds of other backlog of medical bills he has out insurance because no one can cemeteries across the country, the amassed since he became ill. Even afford insurance on Social Security findings of the National Institute of those with Hodgkin's and PCT will income." Sciences Institute of Medicine come find no relief from the debts accrued For Cole, Tyler and others, the too late," says American Legion from medical expenses. NAS/IOM report may be the first step National Adjutant Robert W. But where was VA medical care? in adding other Agent Orange diseases Spanogle. In early August, the VA In 1981, Congress passed a law allow- to the list of service-connected ail- General Counsel announced initial ing VA to treat Vietnam veterans with ments. The report said there was limit- benefit parameters for PCT and diseases linked with Agent Orange, ed but suggestive evidence that respi- Hodgkin's. Veterans who file now even though the ailments had not yet ratory cancers, prostrate cancer and will not be awarded compensation for been listed as service-connected. And multiple myeloma were probably any time earlier than the date the regu- VA maintains to this day that no vet- linked to Agent Orange exposure. lations become effective. eran suffering from any Agent However, it noted there was inade- Veterans who filed claims after Orange-related problem has ever been quate or insufficient evidence to link May 3, 1989, but before the new regu- turned away. However, here's the Agent Orange with 20 other health lations become effective, will receive catch. problems, including bone cancer, birth compensation from the date of the The veteran first had to pass a defects and peripheral nervous system claim. means test by showing his earnings disorders. And there was little or no For veterans whose claims were were below an income level estab- evidence that skin cancer, gastroin- filed prior to May 3, 1989, but denied lished by VA. Also, if the veteran had testinal tumors, bladder cancers or under the Nehmer case — a class insurance, he had to use it up before brain tumors were caused by Agent action suit brought by veterans against he was eligible for VA treatment. For Orange exposure. VA — compensation will be paid many, like Tyler or Washington's Joe VA is studying the NAS/IOM from the date of the claim. Cole and thousands of others, this report and was expected to announce a course of action sometime this month. In the meantime, many Viet- nam veterans consider the report as a NORDICTRACK'S FITNESS BIKE: turning point in their long, frustrating struggle for government help. THE FIRST BIKE GEARED FOR SAFETY. "Make no mistake, this is a major victory for veterans," says National • Shifts more easily than • Reduces strain on your back, neck and Adjutant Spanogle. "But there's still typical multispeed gear systems, wrists with the heads-up riding position. much to do. VA must go to its files with the revolutionary • Custom fit your Fitness Bike with the their Reflex-Action Radial Gear™. and locate the veterans and fam- fully adjustable seat and handlebars. • ilies who have compensation com- Get three times the braking power • Discover the easiest bike you'll ever ing." of ordinary brakes with our ride with superior maneuver-

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Oflag 64 (Szubin, Poland) #12523 Families who had relatives in Pulaski's Legion at the Pacific Stars and Stripes Alumni Assn. #10736 massacre, Oct. 15, 1778, at Little Egg Harbor, N.J., Shemya Veterans Assn. (ALL BRANCHES) #22945 for historic purposes. Contact George Czurlanis, REUNIONS Vietnam Womens Memorial Project All Women Affair at Little Egg Harbor Historical Society, 28 Jef- Continuedfrom page 54 Personnel Mil.&Civ. #12886 ferson Lane, Tuckerton, NJ 08087. Wichita Area Vietnam Vets #12570 Owners of a cigarette lighter I bought at a garage sale.

Engraved on the lighter are the names of James I. and Sharon K. Wilson, 125th Sig. Bn., Feb.63-May 64, Hawaii. Contact William J. Stevens, 3902 Willow

St., Corpus Christi, TX 7841 1 Photo of Marine Platoon 278 (1954-56). Contact USS Natsek WYP-170 Greenland Patrol 1940/45 #12319 IN SEARCH OF... Joseph Rebardo, 2555 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gar- USS Nogak WYP-171 Greenland Patrol 1940/45 #12320 dens, FL 33410. USS North Star WPG-59 Greenland Patrol 1940/45 Photos and information on the 0-2 Super Skymasters, #12322 This column is for readers searching for groups of vet- especially from Vietnam period. Contact Ray Hain, Raritan WYT-93 Greenland Patrol 1940/45 #12323 erans for purposes other than forming a reunion (use USS 1206 Dodd Dr. SW, Decatur, AL 35601 Samuel P. Chase APA-26 (WWII) #10284 VETS column) or to find witnesses to verify VA health USS Photos of WWII aircraft of the Sixth Air Force and Sellstrom DE-255 #12883 claims (use COMRADES IN DISTRESS column). No USS Antilles Air Command, for a history. 13th, 14th, 15th, Sorrel WAGL-296 Greenland Patrol 1940/45 notices seeking information about relatives or friends will USS 22nd, 23rd, 28th, 30th, 31st, 43rd, 52nd Ftr. Sqs. in be published. Notices are published free, on a space- #12324 Panama/ region. 1st, 5th, 7th, 12th, 35th, WAG-280 Greenland Patrol 1940/45 available basis. USS Southwind 44th, 45th, 59th, 74th, 99th, 395th, 397th, 417th and #12325 430th Bomb Sqs. 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th, 15th and 23rd Greenland Patrol 1940/45 6th DMS Donald Duck patch worn on baseball caps at USS Storis WAGL-38 #12326 Anti- Sqs. 5th and 27th Recon Sqs. 39th Patrol #12327 SAC, Roswell AFB, N.M. Contact Paul Vorhies, Rt. 5, USS Tahoma WPG-80 Greenland 1940/45 and 108th Obsn. Sqs. and the 153rd AACS Sq. Con- WAG-48 Greenland Patrol 1940/45 #12328 Box 5301, Hayward, Wl 54843. USS Tampa tact Dan Hagedorn, P.O. Box 682, Centreville, VA Air Force memorabilia, for displays at air shows, USS Travis WSC-153 Greenland Patrol 1940/45 #12329 Army 22020-0682. schools and veterans meetings. Contact William E. Picture post cards, photos, memorabilia of Korea and Collins, Pennyslvania Wing, WWII Airman's Preser- Korean War, for a book. Contact James Lewis Lowe, vation Society, 210 11th St., Franklin PA 16323-1225. P.O. Box 8, Norwood, PA 19074. Merchant Marine Battalion crest of 82nd Recon. Bn., Fort Hood, Texas, USCG veterans of D-day, especially small 1950. Contact Rudy Leyva, 2426 Richelieu Ave., Los coxswains, crew members of 83-footer flotilla and Veterans WWII (50th ANV) #12278 Angeles, CA 90032. Merchant Marines LCI-85, for a book. Contact John E. Schwartz, P.O. #20467 Crew members of WWII B-17 bomber, "Boomerang's US Merchant Marine Vets Box 702, Chino Valley, AZ 86323. Vets (WWII) Chptr. Big Friend," 524th Bomb Sq. 379th Bomb Grp. (H), US Merchant Marine Kansas #12111 Veterans with first-hand information about "Axis Sally" during June-November 1944, to identify members in during WWII, for research/college lectures. Contact a photo. Contact Arthur A. McKinney, 317 Carolyn Robert D. Boyer, 5585 Greenwich St., Worthington, Ct„ Lincoln, NE 68510-2210. Call collect (402) 488- OH 54085. Miscellaneous 3363. VP-23 pilots in the central Pacific from 1943-45, for a First-person wartime stories to enliven history classes book. Contact Don Klotz, 296 Millstone Rd., Wilton, for students. Contact Rebbeca, Box 1269, Haines, American Airpower Heritage Museum Symp. "A CT 06897. Sleeping Giant Awakens" (WWI #12800 AK 99827. WWII color slides from all services, theaters, especial- Veterans of America (ALL SERVICES) #11839 GIs who fought on Okinawa in 1945 and later visited ly awiation, for a book. Will carefully copy and Burtonwood Assn. (All) #21734 Kyushu, for an article. Contact Robert P. Newman, return pronto. Contact Jeff Ethell, Rt. 1, Box 3154, '93 1117 C.L., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Confederate Air Force Airshow #12799 Front Royal, VA 22630. 15260. Gitmo Bay, Cuba (1950-Present) #22914 WWII squadron members of VMTB-135, 143, 144, 234 Iwo Jima Survivors Assn of Texas #22242 Information about the Navy's use of Little Chebeague and VMF-351 , for research. Contact Island, Bay, Maine, during WWII, for historical Kaneohe Klippers, USN/USMC #20929 Casco Jim Dresser, 1222 Marston Ave., Ames, IA 50010. research. Contact Richard Innes, 7445 Plymouth Korean Veterans of N. Dakota (Canadian & out of State (515)232-3868. welcome) #11004 Rd., Ann Arbor, Ml 48105-9532. (313) 662-0220.

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skates.'" Even if his own children grow choice can make things worse. Top pri- choice, Minnesota pioneered several up before they benefit, "if we win, it ority is shoring up our local public programs in the 1980s. will be a victory for all of us, for the schools. One allowed secondary school stu- whole state and for the country." Ironically, in pursuit of their cause, dents to go to college full- or part-time, A spokesman for the Chicago Pub- both sides argue, That's the American using tax funds to pay tuition. Another lic Schools declined to comment on way. offered a second chance to students the suit. Others — even some parents who weren't succeeding in one district. — disagree with Jenkins' stand. Public THE CASE FOR They could transfer to another, or go to opinion polls show either high support SCHOOL CHOICE private, nonsectarian "street acade- or firm opposition to choice, depending The idea isn't new. Wealthy parents mies" under contract with public on how the questions are worded. have always had the option of private schools. In one recent test, a voucher propos- education, from nursery school to A third program, begun in 1988, al on the Colorado ballot last Novem- exclusive prep school. inaugurated the country's first state- ber would have provided up to $2,500 Even voucher plans have an honor- wide choice program. It gives students to parents who send their children to able history in America. For more than the right to apply to public schools in private or parochial schools, or educate a century, Vermont taxpayers have any district. These schools, in turn, them at home. The proposal was voted footed part or all of the tuition bill for have the right to reject an application if down decisively. students in districts without a public there is no room, or if transfers would Yet, proponents argue that choice high school. By law, tax money can go adversely affect desegregation efforts. will foster competition that's at the to the state's public or private institu- Joe Nathan, director of the Center heart of the American free enterprise tions. for School Change at the University of system. They say competition will In the 1950s, conservative econo- Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey force schools to shape up and offer par- mist Milton Friedman suggested a Institute, says all the plans have ents what they want for their children voucher system that drew little support. worked well. More than 15,000 stu- —not what some bureaucracy deter- But by the early 1970s, the St. Paul dents have used the "second chance" program, for example. Many thou- sands of them would otherwise have dropped out, Nathan says. Presenting... One student from a family with The DR® FIELD and drinking problems was expelled when he fulfilled teacher expectations that he would cause trouble, Nathan says. BRUSH MOWER The youngster moved with a clean slate to another district where teachers - the amazing walk-behind brush cutter that - So, didn't know his family history and did

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here is a fundamental freedom," Mellor Carnegie Foundation for the Advance- whether school choice will promote says. "It's the notion that parents ment of Teaching. better teaching and more learning — or should have the freedom to select the In statewide programs where par- simply less drive time and more education that best meets the needs of ents don't have to choose another dis- convenience for mom and dad. their children." trict, fewer than 2 percent of parents "Choice is predicated on the idea In fact, today's parents in troubled have elected to switch, the Carnegie that competition makes schools Russia sometimes have more choice report says. Even in Minnesota's pio- improve," says Amy Wells, assistant over where they send their kids than neering program with a wide range of professor of education policy at the most Americans. Some 70 schools in options, only 1.8 percent of students Graduate School of Education, Univer- Moscow alone have received charters participate. sity of California at Los Angeles. to operate largely independent of state The Carnegie study suggests that "There's really no evidence of that bureaucracies, according to Charles families who do move a child under whatsoever." Glenn, professor of educational policy such programs tend to be better educat- A case in point is the nation's most at Boston University. ed and informed, and enjoy higher famous voucher plan initiated in 1990 The Russian choice plan "isn't incomes. In other words, choice tends Please turn page

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just 3 1 1 came back the following year. spend less than $5,000 per pupil, SCHOOL CHOICE Many students however, report that according to the Carnegie report. Continued page 79 from they love their new, private schools. A neighboring district, Avon, But data such as test scores to show spends more than twice as much per that the system builds better schools are student and offers better facilities and lacking. equipment, including a cable TV sta- in Milwaukee. One of the private Voucher plans remain the most con- tion, three kitchens and late-model schools in the program for low-income troversial of choice options. Even computers. families closed in the middle of the first statewide plans that don't involve pri- When approved a year after a flurry of charges of mis- vate-school choice have encountered statewide choice program in 1991, management, lack of books and sup- snags. more than 100 Brockton students emi- plies and poor discipline, according to Consider what happened to Brock- grated to Avon — draining almost $1 the Carnegie report. ton, a city south of Boston, Mass. million in state aid from Brockton. Of the 562 students who enrolled in Brockton schools have faced serious Charles Glenn, a proponent of choice, acknowledges that the exodus of students hurt Brockton. In addition to the loss of money, "Disproportion- GetA New Start OnLosing Weight ately, the kids [moving] to Avon are A Complete 30 Day tT¥7T>T> white and middle class, leaving behind TJ? A FIT 17 a disproportionate number of black Herb Tea Program For A *11U*I> IJl/imiLl in Glenn says. and Cleansing Program kids Brockton," Slimmer And Happier You! The central problem is that schools in Massachusetts are funded primarily local property taxes, leading to Herb Tea Diet and Cleansing by Program contains the six most high discrepancies even between near- important herb teas you need by districts. for a slim iner you! In Minnesota, by contrast, 65 per- cent of the funding for schools comes Natural Herb Tea from the state, according to Nathan, of. Nature's herbs have been used for over 4000 years the University of Minnesota. He says in for healing and balancing the body's that means "there is far more equity energy. The use of herbs as body cleaners, rejuve- Feel Better & Look Better between school districts," thus nators, tonics and relaxers has been practiced by Just Days! improving the chances that choice can mankind all over the world, since the beginning of Takes 30

time. These natural remedies are still in use today. work. Results in 30 Days The Carnegie report concludes that Safe & Gentle Because herbs are so mild in action, enough carefully designed districtwide Herbs work safely and gently so they do not have time is needed for positive and lasting results. arrangements can help revitalize sec- dangerous side-effects on your body as many drugs That's why Herb Tea Diet and Cleansing Pro- ondary education. However, it warns do. Join the millions of people who have discov- gram gives you a 30 day program. Isn't 30 against any choice program which ered the health benefits of natural and delicious days a small price to pay to feel and look your the structure of public herb teas. very best? weakens schools that must offer "excellence for One Cup A Day Your Guarantee all." Just one cup of fresh and delicious herb tea every- Try Herb Tea Diet and Cleansing Program for Critics of the Carnegie report say it 30 days. If you're not 100% satisfied that Herb day will put you on the right track losing weight. is heavily biased against choice and it Because the Herb Tea Diet and Cleansing Program Tea Diet and Cleansing Program has helped misused statistics to make some of its weight. . .just return the is a 30 day program it makes sure you get all the you lose unused major points. valuable herbs your body needs to function at its portion for a full refund! Thai's how sure we the peak and lose weight, when used in conjunction are! Available in Tea or Tablets. Nathan, for example, says with sensible eating habits and regular exercise. report vastly underestimates the per- FREE With Tea Order! centage of parents in Minnesota opt- Herb Tea Diet & Cleansing Program Stainless ing to switch. He acknowledges, Contains These Important Herb s Steel Herb Tea though, that some plans don't work — Ginger Cascara Sagrada ' Infuser Ginger root has a Cascara Sagrada tones $1.95 Value like the original statewide plan in warming, stimulat- 1 large intestine and helps Isn't it time you got a new start? Order Herb Massachusetts which has now been ing effect. Ginger maintain regular elimination. Modern physicians have is a carminative, Tea Diet and Cleansing Program and get a amended to reduce some of the finan- soothing to the found it to be one ot the very FREE Herb Tea Infuser for brewing your de- stomach. best! cial drain on a district when students licious, healthful Herb Tea Dietand Cleansing leave for another. Yellow Dock Bearberry Program. Nevertheless, Nathan and his fel- Yellow Dock is J, Bearberryisa mild r — — — — — — — — — — beneficial for the ^ . diuretic, Cleansing HT52 low educators might have to concede liver and large in- j HOW TO ORDER to intestinal and testine, A they will have little to do with the urinary tracts. Please specify Tea or Tablets direction America's education system Send a Check or Money Order for: will take. Prickly Ash Psyllium Seed $9.95 include $2.00 for postage mil- Bark The highest fiber available, In the end, John Jenkins and Indiana Botanic Gardens, Inc. Prickly giving the following bene- Ash Bark I lions of other parents will have to acts as a blood fits: bulking agent gives a P.O. Box 5 Dept. AMJG purifier, cleansing lull, satisfied fee ling; speeds make the choices — What's right for the blood ot toxic intestinal transit time and Hammond, IN 46325 removes waste & toxins. my child? What's right for the future buildup. "Keeping America Healthy Since 1910" of my country?

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from the GI Bill go to individuals and lie schools to private schools. The peo- can public schools constituted the not to institutions, vouchers should ple of Colorado want what most Amer- majority of those who designed, built also be used at parochial schools, if icans want: They want better public and deployed these weapons systems. parents select them for educational schools; they don't want to abandon Great Myth 3. Voucher enthusiasts purposes. the public school system. claim competition between private and In the meantime, public schools Great Myth 2. Private schools public schools is healthy. Such compe- would have every incentive to greatly outperform public schools. tition, they say, will improve education improve by cutting overhead and The truth is, private schools often for all students. bureaucracy, and by increasing their screen applicants in order to limit their True, competition is healthy when responsiveness to the parents' and risks and are free to expel their mis- everyone plays by the same rules. children's needs. Milwaukee public takes. Under these conditions, you'd However, rules differ for private and schools, for instance, reacted swiftly expect private schools to substantially public schools. Public schools accept to implement positive reforms in outperform public schools. The sur- all children; private schools can care-

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is the subsidy provided to non-profit know, even though I spent 20 years in VETVOICE mailers. This caused the debt of the the Navy. Continued from page 6 Postal Service for the past three years Frank D. Mione to be about $100 million. Congress is Toms River, N.J. holding the purse strings, not the Postal Service. Stop blaming the Postal Ser- Morale would drop if homosexuals rights—whether in Vietnam, Cambo- vice for increases in costs. are allowed to serve, and many of our dia, , China, or anywhere Stanley M. Gold best career-minded military men would else. Now that the Hanoi Marxist- Pembroke Pines, Fla. resign from the Armed Forces. Leninist totalitarian regime no longer Stanley J. Ginda receives a penny of assistance from Thanks VETS Carteret, N.J. communist China and the defunct Through your VETS service, I Soviet Union, is there any rationale for found an organization called WAF I've seen one homosexual make 25 the United States to replace them Reunion and learned of their sixth men leave the service. I think that and support Hanoi, which is so repres- annual reunion at Forth Worth, Texas, speaks for itself. sive and barbaric that the boat people where I was stationed in 1952-53. I VlHarold Archer prefer being indefinitely incarcerated attended the reunion in June and had a Colorado Springs, Colo. in 's sordid camps to wonderful time making new friends returning to Vietnam? Is there any and reminiscing about the good old The main reason homosexuals valid reason to reward Hanoi for con- days. I encourage other former mem- should not be allowed in the military is sistently lying on the humanitarian bers of the Women in the Air Force to that they form a subculture and will issue of MIA/POWs? join and share the fun. promote each other in rank. We can Phan Quang Dan Again, my thanks to VETS. look forward to a general staff of Former Deputy Prime Minister of Joan G. McKinney homosexuals. Sounds like a new South Vietnam Tulsa, Okla. Nazism. Temple Terrace, Fla. James R. Myre Sailor's Lament Jefferson, Texas Space Station Way Out In the VETS section of the July We should not pursue the space sta- issue, the name of DE 355 was spelled Boys State Tradition tion project ("Should Congress Cancel Jiccard. That is wrong. It is USS Jac- The article "America's Future Con- The Space Station Program?" Big card. I know, because I was on her. venes" (August) brought back many Issues, July). Tests designated for the Jerry O'Sullivan memories. I attended Michigan Boys the of 1949. all the space station could easily be carried out Oak Lawn, III. State in summer Of activities in which I was involved as a by space shuttles. As a veteran, I am sickened by the diversion of much- senior in my high school, Boys State stands out than other. needed funding from far more worthy Gays In The Military more any veterans programs. Ron Ray's article ("A Question of My son also attended Michigan Robert W. McGrath Health," June) was the first time I've Boys State, and by some strange coin- cidence, he a resident of the League City, Texas ever read the acts of homosexuals was same explicitly detailed. Now I and many county and same city as I — 40 years Postal Note others who have heard so much about later. Of all the activities The American Again the Legion is accusing the "homos" can completely understand U.S. Postal Service of raising non-prof- what they consider to be their "rights." Legion sponsors, this is one activity I hope will continue. it rates unnecessarily (Your American Francis E. Dunne Sr. W.J. Legion, May). But did you know that Ridge, N.Y. Love Kentwood, Mich. the Postal Service is with you 100 per- cent? They want Congress to provide The article, "A Question of Health," the appropriation. should be sent to all members of Con- Bureaucracy Busting During the past three years, Con- gress and President Clinton. Some of The article "Bureaucracy's Gotta Go!" (August) blew me away. I was

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Tough To Swallow Jurassic Park set box office records. There's one scene where a Tyrannosaurus eats a lawyer. Animal rights activists are looking into whether the poor Tyrannosaurus was actually forced to swallow the guy.

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