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Vol. 123, No. 1 July 1987

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KNOW YOUR AMERICA 14 The power ofthe cabinet depends on presidential style. By Douglas Greene

WALK YOUR WAY TO FITNESS 16 Who says you have to suffer to get in shape? By Edward Edelson

SPRINGS OF FREEDOM 19

International broadcasting is vital to U. S. foreign policy. By George Urban THE WAR OF WORDS 20 Truth is reaching the Sovietpeople, says the Voice ofAmerica's Richard Carlson. 22 OUR HARD-HIT FARMERS: IS THE CRISIS OVER? 22 Agriculture Secretary Richard E. Lyng has encouraging wordsforfarmers.

'CATCH 22' IN OUR OFFICER CORPS 24 Are peacetime Pentagon needs robbing us ofour wartime leaders? By Don Oldenburg

THE SPIRIT OF CAMP DAVID 26

Presidents and world leaders havefelt its rejuvenatingpowers. By Gary Turbak

VOICE OF AMERICA: SPREADING FREEDOM'S WORD 28 BringingAmerica's message ofhope to people in chains. By Steve Salerno

SAGA OF THE LIBERTY BELL 30

Freedom wins another victory each time the bell tolls. By Lester David

YOUTH IN SPORTS: WHAT PRICE GLORY? 32

Is a good education still possiblefor student athletes? By Vernon Pizer

THE NATIONAL PERSONNEL RECORDS CENTER 38

Needproof of military service? Here's the place to start. DEPARTMENTS

BIG ISSUES Should Warnings Be Required On Alcoholic Beverage Containers? 11

LETTERS 4 VETERANS UPDATE 34 VETERANS ADVISER 44

COMMANDER'S MESSAGE 6 LEGION NEWS BRIEFS 40 PARTING SHOTS 60

DATELINE WASHINGTON 12 VETERANS ALERT 42 THE COVER "Let Freedom Ring" Oil painting by Cliff Miller. (See page 35 for reprints) 32

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Last yards," using the criteria that foreign current level, over half the pool of mas- The Domino workers accept lower wages (and they ters, mates and engineers in the indus- Your World Bank article (May) iden- certainly won't use American-made try will be 65 or older by 1992, without tified Barber Conable's "enlightened" steel in those ships). replacement. This means that the concern for the welfare of the world's During a national crisis, this foreign- licensed manning of transports for the poor people, but glossed over the risks. shipyard strategy will ensure two facts: Navy could become seriously impaired. Conable should have pointed out that Unemployed American steelworkers Leonard Morey Jr. bank funds come mainly from the gov- and shipbuilders will have to don milit- Croton Falls, N.Y. ernment and larger banks. You said ary uniforms to protect shipyards vital

Brazil defaulted on payment of its loan, to our national defense; and little or no with other countries also being in the shipbuilding will exist in this country, Teaching Values same financial morass, notably which flies in the face of our need to Gary Bauer's article, "Teaching Mexico. Who absorbs these catas- maintain on-shore capabilities to build Values in the Nation's Classrooms" trophic losses? Certainly not the World and maintain naval forces in war. (April), is offensive.

Bank . And the government bails out big Daniel N. Petrovich Most teachers are undeserving of banks through the FDIC. So where does White Oak, Pa. Bauer's reproach because they believe the next domino fall? Where does the that moral education is an integral, and government get its funds? You guessed The current administration's pro- often inseparable, part of their daily

. '88 it . . from local taxpayers. posed FY budget cuts federal fund- lessons. Morality in America has not John T. Lane ing for the state maritime schools from declined because the teachers are not

Sidney, N.Y. $2 1 . 1 mi 11 ion in FY ' 87 to $ 1 . 3 million— teaching the difference between right a catastrophic blow to the Merchant and wrong. The true culprit is a combi- Marine and the security of this nation. nation of social, environmental and Stormy Seas The six state maritime schools are the family upheavals.

I seriously question Adm. Holloway's best sources of licensed seagoing offic- Teachers still teach literature by dis- motives (America's Merchant Marine ers, about 75 percent of whom are em- cussing moral conflicts and personal April) for recommending that we change ployed by the maritime industry. choices with students —we try to instill laws "to acquire ships from foreign If the schools are not funded at the in students the acceptable moral code of society. However, too many students come from a broken home, a home where no adult spends quality time with Legacy OfFreedom him, or a home where abusive behavior is the norm. How can a classroom teacher instill and reinforce values ^R99|IH| Not long after of straw. The nation's young army when none are taught at home? p^mj^Jirj|lU 1 tne Declaration of existed on firecake. a thin bread made of Harriet DeSantis Independence, Gen. flour and water and baked over the Howell, N.J. George Washington's campfire, and survived where others army of valiant pat- certainly would have perished. riots staggered into They survived, not because they were Innocents Die winter quarters at an army with musket and shot; not be- Valley Forge to be- cause of their massed might; not even Our children are our future. How can gin what historian because of their will to win; but because we continually ignore their welfare and Robert Middlekauff of their faith in God and the love of education? called "an experience that passed into freedom, of liberty, of independence Just as legislation to ensure our chil- national legend as an epic of endurance, imbued in every man. They survived dren will have a future is prioritized and ended only with the coming of because of their collective spirit that negatively across this country, so too is spring." prized above all else in life this precious the common-sense realization that our 1 ,000 gift of freedom. This struggling army of 1 —only educators need closer scrutiny and 8,500 fit for duty— suffered untold de- They survived to create the legacy that privation during that terrible winter of is the heritage of all free men: their fairer salaries. 1777-78. Many of the volunteer soldiers willingness to fight and die for the For our current economic society had only one shirt to last the winter privilege of living as free men, as free dictates that we must earn to sunive and some had none at all. Many others Americans. few teachers have the prerogative to lacked shoes. Soap was almost non- On this anniversary of our Declaration "follow their dreams" without proper existent. All suffered near-starvation in of Independence, the sacrifices of our monetary compensation. the temporary camp set up in a barren predecessors give special meaning to It is not for the few to do for the part of Pennsylvania. In the meager Daniel Webster's own spirited declara- many; it is for all adults and parents to shelters erected by the hungry freedom tion: shoulder their responsibilities to fighters, hard-packed dirt floors sufficed "/ was born an American; I will live an " for bedding, save for those fortunate American; I shall die an American. safeguard our most valuable resource. enough to have scrounged a few shards The Editors Jan Greene Pacoima, Calif.

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America's Leaders Also Know The Value Of Our Youth Programs

valuable are the youth service announcement, "Just Say No To

programs of The American Drugs," which is being aired by televis- HOWLegion and Auxiliary? ion stations nationwide. That's like saying, "How Our efforts have captured the atten- valuable is honoring our in- tion of President Reagan as well. He dependence on July Fourth?" added a message to our brochure on You can't make a value judg- drug abuse, saying that "The future ment about something that is invalu- lives of thousands of young people able. Our youth programs are well depend upon the success of our ef- worth any effort we put into them. forts." Although we can't put a price on Any strides we make in stopping these programs, we can evaluate their drug and alcohol abuse, finding our effectiveness. I think the support we get missing children and preventing teen- from our leaders best illustrates what age suicide are giant steps toward ensur- effect our youth programs have on ing that every child in America can America. grow up without fear. This month, high-school juniors Besides making America safe for our throughout the country will form a new youth, we also have gone a long way in nation — Boys Nation — to learn about promoting their physical fitness by our government, democracy and Nat' I Cmdr. James P. Dean sponsoring many sports programs. One citizenship. Others have attended Boys of the most important contributions of and Girls State and Nation and gone on its past winners who have become legis- Legionnaires is the coaching of hand- to become leaders in Congress. I think lators, judges, scientists, teachers and icapped and mentally impaired children what a couple of them have said about entrepreneurs. "It was a rewarding and in the Special Olympics. "You have our program says a lot about its value: unforgettable experience that played a proved that the Legion is genuinely "There is no better way any young definite role in my subsequent political concerned, not only with the rights of person can gain insight into politics and life," said former Kansas Governor veterans, but also with the rights of all government and focus more on those Robert F. Bennett. citizens, no matter how weak, how qualities of leadership necessary to One reason why the oratorical con- powerless, how handicapped they may keep our country the greatest free nation test is so important is the scholarship be," said Eunice Kennedy Shriver, pres- in the history of mankind," said Rep. money we provide the winners to ident of the Special Olympics. Bill McCollum of Florida. further their education and develop Probably the program that stands "Boys State and Girls State help cor- their mental resources and technical above the rest in producing profession- rect false impressions and instill in skills. als is American Legion Baseball. We people an understanding that is essen- Another way we help youth pursue need only to look back at last year's tial to the functioning of this great their education is through the annually World Series to find 28 players on the nation," said Sen. J. James Exon of revised handbook. Need a Lift?, which rosters of the Boston Red Sox and New Nebraska. provides valuable information on schol- York Mets who were graduates of our Even high praise for our program arships. Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska baseball program. came from the very top: "If you want thought so highly of the book that he I'm proud of what our leaders have to government to work smoothly, it only entered it in the Congressional Record. say about our youth programs, but I'm makes sense that you should educate "It is important for students to have as more proud of the volunteer efforts by the people," said President Ronald much information as possible about Legionnaires throughout the world. Reagan. scholarships, and educational and There is insufficient space on this page Our youth receive further under- career opportunities," he said. to cover all the youth programs offered standing of our government each year We also must educate our youth by the Legion and Auxiliary, but you with The American Legion's High about the abuses of alcohol and drugs. can be sure that any youth program you School Oratorical Contest, which re- Secretary of Education William J. Ben- promote at your post is invaluable to cently celebrated its semicentennial. nett recently assisted us in this endeavor America. The future of America de- The success of the contest is evident in when he narrated our televison public pends on the strength of our youth.

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Should Warnings Be Required On Alcoholic Beverage Containers?

Rep. George E. Brown Jr., D-Calif. Rep. Carroll Hubbard Jr., D-Ky.

A strong correlation Placing warning labels on may be made between alcoholic beverage contain- alcohol and birth de- YES ers is not a new idea. It is one fects, alcohol and crime, alcohol and low that repeatedly has been debated and re- productivity, alcohol and drunk driving, jected over the years by a Congress un- alcohol and other social ills. Though we convinced of the need for such measures. need not return to Prohibition, we must A reasonable understanding of human be aware of, and accept responsibility behavior leads to the inevitable conclu- for, alcohol's destructive nature. sion that warning labels on containers will

One way to directly enhance public awareness is to place a not make anyone less likely to drink. It is a personal convic- warning label on alcoholic beverage containers. I have made tion, heightened concern for personal health and fitness, and such a proposal in the House. personal awareness of social responsbility that should deter- Over 3,000 babies are born each year with severe birth mine a person's actions in consuming alcoholic beverages. defects associated with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Every If the goal is to prevent alcohol abuse, let's be realistic: pregnant woman should understand this risk, but they all chronic drinkers and alcoholics are not deterred by labels that don't. warn of danger. Overindulgence of any consumable product Alcohol is directly responsible for half of all fatal car is harmful. Therefore, should every consumable product accidents—more than 25,000 killed annually. Thousands carry a warning label, including such items as milk, coffee, more are severely injured. Every driver should understand tea, soda pop, pastries, sugar and salt? this risk, but they all don't. Recognizing this, we also should consider possible results Alcohol abuse increases the risk of cancer and is the of mandatory labeling. Laws and regulations that become leading cause of hospitalization for mental disorders. Every more honored in their breach than their observance simply person who consumes alcohol should understand this risk, serve to anesthetize public concern and caution. In other but they all don't. words, labeling widely acknowledged to be unnecessary and

Alcohol is also a leading contributor to increased absen- useless is soon ignored by the public. teeism and lower productivity on the job. Every employer Adding "baggage" to the comprehensive struggle already should understand this risk, but they all don't. under way to combat abusive drinking is not the answer. Between 100,000 and 200,000 people die in America each According to the December 1986 report by the National year as a result of alcohol abuse. Can we continue to un- Commission Against Drunk Driving, alcohol-related deaths abatedly promote a product that is the leading cause of road declined by 1 1 percent between 1982 and 1984, and con- deaths for people between 15 and 24 years of age? firmed drunk-driving accidents declined by 17 percent. Virtually every potentially harmful product on the market Surveys conducted at the University of Michigan and the is packaged with some sort of warning statement. Since it is National Institute of Drug Abuse show the proportion of high- a fact that alcohol is harmful, why should alcohol be treated school seniors reporting alcohol use in the prior 30-day differently? Warning labels on alcoholic-beverage containers period was 72 percent in 1979 and 67 percent in 1984. would be a marginal cost to alcohol manufacturers, yet Intensified health research, improved medical treatment, would greatly enhance public awareness. extensive media campaigns and other educational efforts We need a stronger education about the dangers of al- about alcoholism and excessive drinking are working. cohol. Warning labels are not the sole answer, but they may Given the complexity of alcohol abuse, can advocates pro- cause consumers to pause before taking another drink. vide concrete evidence that warning labels are an effective tool To ignore the negative for prevention of drinking impact of alcohol on our YOUR OPINION COUNTS, TOO problems, or are they society will cost us untold merely offering a cosmetic Senators and congressmen are interested in constituent view- economic and emotional substitute that will actually points. You may express your views by writing The Honorable (name) damage, billions of U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 20510, or The Honorable (name), U.S impede meaningful efforts dollars and countless House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. 20515. to solve the problems of lives. overindulgence?

JULY 1987 11 — "

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as many people are too impaired physically to lift or carry a Cutting The Risk full bag of groceries. for rest The government is beefing up its security measures to help Climbing a flight of stairs without stopping was cut down on the apparent rash of espionage cases that have listed as a problem for 18 million people, and 5 million said threatened national security, the General Accounting Office they could not climb at all. A flight of stairs poses problems said. for 35 percent of America's senior citizens. A recent GAO study found that among the agencies The rate of disabilities increases with age, affecting more examined, excluding the National Security Agency and the than half of those 65 or older, according to the bureau. Of Central Intelligence Agency, 800,000 fewer federal workers those between 16 and 64, about 18.2 million have a disability and employees of government contractors received security that affects their work, and 8 million were prevented from clearances in 1985 than the previous year. GAO said that 2.2 working. million government workers and 1.4 million contractor employees held clearances last year. Clouded Skies? The Defense Department also has doubled the number of Canceled flights, delays, lost baggage and poor service are polygraph examinations since 1981. In 1985, nearly 13,800 just a few of the complaints raining on America's air industry, tests were administered. and Congress has decided to help the hapless passengers. Rep. Pete A. DeFazio of Oregon is sponsoring a bill that Getting Out The Vote would require the Transportation Department to keep a close The trend of plunging voter participation in American eye on airlines' services. The bill, Airline Passengers Equity elections poses a real danger to our democratic way of life, Act, would set up a hotline to provide information to travelers said Sen. Alan Cranston of California. and follow up on their complaints against airlines. It would America has the lowest voter participation of all free also require airlines that advertise low fares to set aside at nations of the world, according to Cranston, who cited least a third of the seats for those fares. statistics from recent elections. Nine years ago. Congress deregulated the airline industry About 80 million voting-age citizens stayed home during to stimulate passenger choice and to open the market to new the 1984 presidential elections, and only 37 percent of voters competition. Instead, the number of airlines has dwindled cast ballots in the 1986 congressional elections. He said the from 235 carriers to 75. Deregulation, DeFazio said, was situation is even worse in many state and municipal elections. intended to open up routes and regulations, not to close down Cranston has called for three strategies to get out the vote passenger services. and overcome apathy: intensive education, active registra- tion and a universal registration system. Ending Cruelty 1-800-CALL SPY Although it's been five years since a private Maryland laboratory had its government grant pulled for abusing To help rid spies from its ranks, the Army is encouraging research monkeys, some members of Congress don't believe its soldiers and employees to use its toll-free number the cruelty has ended. 1-800-CALL SPY — to report any unusual or suspicious Rep. Charles Rose of North Carolina told House members behavior and activity. that he and some of his colleagues were unhappy over the fate Army spokesman Lt. Col. Richard Hoik said that even of 15 primates at the lab, and were continuing their fight to though some spies have been arrested and prosecuted, indi- allow the monkeys to live out their natural lives in peaceful cations are strong that some got away. He based his conclu- retirement free from scientific testing. sions on reports by defense experts that note Soviet tanks are In 1982, Maryland police raided the laboratory and res- equipped with sophisticated range finders, which are obvious cued a colony of research monkeys they said were being copies of lasers designed for U.S. M-l tanks. He said Soviet mistreated by the firm. As a result, the National Institutes of MiG-25 fighter jets are sporting similar radar systems built Health revoked its grant to the lab. Lawmakers on Capitol for American F- 15 aircraft. In addition, intelligence reports Hill became involved in the incident and signed a protest claim that about 70 percent of the designs of our Airborne letter demanding that the mistreated monkeys be transferred Warning Control System (AWACS) may have reached the to a safe and quiet sanctuary for the rest of their lives.

Soviets even before they became operational. However, Rose said it appeared that the lab, whose name was not disclosed, had failed to make good on its promise. Simple Tasks Are Obstacles Quote Of The Month One in five American adults is considered disabled, unable to carry out ordinary tasks such as walking, climbing stairs or "Even if the rest of the world continues to ignore our cause, carrying groceries, the U.S. Census Bureau reported. we willfight on. For we are fighting not onlyfor ourselves, but While walking is a normal activity for most, about 19 also for all mankind. We are fighting for freedom and human

million Americans would find it difficult to walk a quarter of dignity and the right to worship the God of our choice. a mile, a bureau survey showed. The report concluded that George Washington almost 8 million would be unable to walk at all, and almost Valley Forge, Sept. 1780

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President Reagan's style is closer to Eisenhower's, a White House press spokesman said. "He listens to options The Cabinet and recommendations, weighs them afterward and decides on the basis of what he considers sound." The Presi- dent has weekly sessions with each of When a crisis strikes the nation, the President two mini-cabinets, the Economic Pol- icy Council and the Domestic Policy swiftly calls his cabinet together. Yet it has Council. no authority and can make no decisions. Suppose you want to look up the pro- ceedings of a particular cabinet meeting to note what was said, by whom and how the President responded. You can- By Douglas Greene not, because no minutes or records are ever kept of a session. All meetings are NCE every month, 17 men ment heads, the cabinet has evolved informal and votes are rarely taken. and a woman take their into both an information and an advis- Cabinet members are considered places around a dark ma- ory council to the President. But it's equal because each heads one of the 13 hogany table in a chamber important to understand that the cabinet executive departments, but some are across the hall from the has no authority and makes no deci- more equal than others in official rank, White House Oval Office. sions. The President listens and may which is based on the year their depart- When the President enters or may not — accept their views. As ments were created. At meetings, those they rise and, after he Abraham Lincoln once said at a cabinet with the greatest seniority sit closest to nods, they resume their meeting: "Eight no's against my aye the President. seats. The regular meeting of the full the ayes have it." Here, in capsule form, are the duties cabinet, which will last one hour, is Cabinet secretaries are chosen by the of some of the department heads: under way. President, subject to Senate confirma- The Secretary of State. The Presi- The Chief Executive does not sit at dent's principal foreign policy adviser the head of the oval table, as you might responsible for the overall direction, expect, but in the center. His armchair, coordination and supervision of foreign upholstered in brown leather like the relations. others, is two inches higher to denote The Attorney General. America's top his position. law officer, representing the people in In additon to the heads of the 13 enforcing the law in the public interest. executive departments of the govern- The Secretary of Defense. Appointed ment, cabinet rank has been accorded from civilian ranks and deals with all five other officials: the vice president, matters relating to the security of the na- national security adviser, chief of the tion. White House staff, director of the CIA The Secretary of the Treasury. Super- and the U.N. ambassador. vises the state of the nation's finances, Where in the Constitution is the oversees collection of taxes and cus- cabinet and its formation discussed? toms duties, advises the President on all The word does not appear in the docu- tion. Just as their governing styles dif- matters of financial policy, enforces the ment at all. The only reference is found fer, Presidents make different uses of narcotics laws, runs the Secret Service

in Section 2, Article II, and it states that their cabinets. and Coast Guard, and leads the war on the President may call upon the heads of Eisenhower held full meetings on counterfeiters. the executive departments to keep him fixed schedules. He put major issues on The Secretary of Health and Human informed "upon any subject relating to the table, listened to opinions, then Services. Heads the Food and Drug the duties of their respective offices." made his decisions afterward. Usually, Administration and controls all medical The American cabinet is an institution they conformed to cabinet consensus. research. whose existence depends on custom John Kennedy preferred far fewer ses- Cabinet members rate 19-gun salutes rather than law. sions. He read many of the documents and four ruffles and flourishes on arri- From the time of George Washington, relating to a problem himself, consulted val and departure. The honor is de-

who found it useful to meet with depart- with lesser officials as well as indi- served because as a group they perform vidual cabinet members and called a vital, though unofficial, function as Douglas Greene, a free-lance journalist them together only when crises arose. presidential aides, in addition to head- based in Woodmere, N.Y., writes feature In earlier years, Andrew Jackson ing up the huge departments running articles on American history for publica- relied more on his "kitchen cabinet," the foreign and domestic business of the tions throughout the world. personal friends who did not hold of- United States.

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found that men who burned Move over joggers, 2,000 By Edward Edelson calories a week in moderate activities walkers are passing such as walking had a death rate at least YOU'RE like most folks, a quarter lower than their sedentary class- you want to get in shape mates. There were diminishing returns you by. Experts say because you know it's good above 2,000 calories a week, and exer- for your heart, but you have cisers who expended more than 3,500 there's no easier nFyour doubts about how to do calories a week actually had a slightly it. You've seen those com- higher death rate. way to burn calories mercials that show brawny In practical terms, 2,000 calories young folks glistening with means covering about 20 miles. "You prolong longevity. sweat and telling each and could run and expend that many calories other, "No pain, no gain." But what in a short time, but you can get the you want is the gain without the same benefits for the same expendi- pain —a kind of exercise that will ture by walking if you put more time do you good, yet won't cause dam- in," said James L. Breen, an exer- age or undue stress. cise physiologist at George Wash- Is there such a thing? Sure. Just ington University in Washington. start walking. It's almost too good to be true, HOW come all the talk about but exercise experts now say that SOpushing your body to the limit walking can give you just about all and not getting any benefits the benefits of jogging, running or unless you make yourself suffer? sweat-popping workouts with al- "There tends to be an over-emphasis most none of the potential damag- by people in the fitness field on the ing effects. Indeed, fitness experts so-called conditioning effect that

now are saying that walking is the comes when you exercise at an in- exercise of the 1980s and beyond. tensity that raises maximum oxygen "Walking should be recognized consumption," said Gleim. "In fact,

on its own as a valuable form of it's never been shown that raising exercise for many people," said oxygen consumption promotes Keith Williams, a professor of longevity." kinesiology at the University of And the work-hard school of fit- California at Davis, and an adviser ness buffs has tended to ignore the to the U.S. Olympic Training stress and strain that the body experi- Center. ences during exercise. When you That statement reflects a basic run, said Williams, your legs have to change in ideas about the kind of absorb the impact of two to three exercise that's good for you. Until times your body weight with every recently, fitness experts usually stride. With walking, the stress is heart less an important point for stressed the need to get your | much — pumping fast. Now they say that S older people or anyone who's out of the important factor is not how 1 shape and wants to start getting fit.

hard you exercise, but how much 1 If there is a better exercise than exercise you do. walking, it's swimming, because it

"What has recently emerged is that it iologist at Lenox Hill Hospital's causes the least stress of all, the fitness apparently doesn't matter how you exer- Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine in experts agree. But to swim you need a cise as long as you achieve a caloric New York. "It's the total amount of pool, a lake or an ocean. expenditure of 2,000 calories a week," caloric expenditure that's been found to There's another aspect of walking that

said Gilbert Gleim, an exercise phys- prolong longevity." makes it attractive. It is, as Williams The major evidence for that thesis Please turn to page 48

Edward Edelson, science editorfor the came from a long-term study of 17,000 THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS MEDICAL INFORMATION New York Daily News, has written hun- Harvard alumni by Dr. Ralph S. Paffen- AND ADVICE. ALTHOUGH THE INFORMATION IS BE- LIEVED TO BE ACCURATE, YOU SHOULD CONSULT dreds of articles on science and barger Jr. of Stanford University. Over YOUR PHYSICIAN FOR MEDICAL ADVICE CONCERN- medicine. a period of decades, Paffenbarger ING YOUR PARTICULAR CONDITION.

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In the current war of values and ideas, the Voice ofAmerica, Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty speak up for America

By George Urban

HEN nations are cut off from the Free World and the opin- THE REAL STORY — In WWII the BBC brought encouragement to Europeans enslaved ions of their most by the Nazi war machine. BBC's counterparts today, the Voice of America and her sister courageous citizens stations, bring truth and hope to millions imprisoned behind the Iron Curtain. are squelched, inter- national broadcasting ing not only the views of Americans Free Europe is probably the most effec- relieves their isolation from coast to coast on every conceiva- tive instrument any country has yet and sustains the ble topic, but also adds the flavor of designed since the BBC turned its hand springs of freedom. American living, the state of the arts to wartime broadcasting. During World War II, the BBC and music, and even the mysteries of One could wish that U.S. legislators beamed its news and editorials to oc- America football for those Europeans and the American public were more cupied Europe in every European lan- enterprising enough to desire initiation. aware of the valuable tools they have at guage and became a power second only their disposal for just the price of a to the Allied forces that eventually BUT the United States also has other, minesweeper and a few fighter aircraft. crushed the Nazi empire. less conventional strings to its bow. The Voice of America, Radio Free Since 1945 the Western world has Radio Free Europe and Radio Europe and Radio Liberty are badly been in conflict with the Soviet Union. Liberty, operating from their headquar- underfunded, even though during the The psychological lessons ofWorld War ters in Munich, provide a sense of iden- first few years of the current administra- II have had a direct influence in our tification and immediacy that the Voice tion, they enjoyed a brief financial "public diplomacy" — what prop- of America can not. Their current mis- boost. What they need now is more aganda today is politely called— as it is sion as private but congressionally money, a better- informed Congress and applied to the Soviet Union and the funded sources of information is to the political will to diversify and ex- countries under its control. Since the serve as surrogate home-radios for na- pand their coverage. Satellite radio and division of Europe, it has fallen to the tions behind the Iron Curtain. TV broadcasting for foreign audiences United States — or more correctly, the These two elements of American should be next on the agenda of Amer- Voice of America— to be the principal foreign broadcasting complement one ican information policy. source of that public diplomacy, al- another. The Voice of America, speak- The only war we are likely to fight though the BBC, West Germany's ing for official America, and the voices with the Soviet Union in the near future Deutsche Welle, Vatican Radio and of Radio Free Europe and Radio Lib- is the one we are now engaged in. It is a others play important roles in present- erty, speaking for individual freedom war of values and ideas in which the ing the Western case before world audi- and pluralism in the accents of Ukrai- Voice of America, Radio Free Europe ences. nian or Czech or Polish culture. The and Radio Liberty speak for America. The chief virtue of Voice of America Voice of America tells the world where They could speak for America even is that it informs and entertains, reflect- the United States stands on any particu- more effectively if their potential were lar issue. Radio Free Europe, with its properly appreciated by the American George Urban, former director ofRadio extraordinary local appeal and sophisti- political class and built into the deliber- Free Europe, is author and editor of cation, paints solidarity between na- ations of American decision-makers, several books on Soviet and Eastern tions that are free and independent, and not as an afterthought to, but as an Europe affairs. those that are in chains. Thus, Radio integral part of, foreign policy.

JULY 1987 19 — Interview

The following interview is with Richard Miami stations. The Spanish language Carlson, director of the Voice of stations in Miami are directed toward America. Miami audiences, not Cuban. Also, there are no Miami stations that can be Legion Magazine: How is the heard throughout Cuba. Radio Marti, Voice of America doing with its war which comes in on AM and shortwave, on words? has an enormous research facility that keeps tabs on all Cuban media on an Carlson: We're doing very well; hourly basis. There is no American however, we're always trying to do station that could duplicate this. If the better. Forty years ago we started the Cuban government misstates a fact in Russian service, and obviously it's been an official broadcast, we often hit the important to people in the Soviet Union. air an hour later with the truth. Q* Do you know how many people we have any state-of-the-art listen to VOA, and how the broad- Q» Do countermeasures that have casts affect them? jamming gone on line recently? j. In the case of the Soviets, every _ Yes, we have great hopes for an A* month we do exit polls in free device that has been Europe. Last month we interviewed Richard Carlson A* anti-jamming developed for us. It involves simple about 100 emigres and 500 Soviet citi- materials a piece of cardboard, a rub- zens leaving the Soviet Union temporar- — ber band and a paper clip. ily. From the interviews we learned that Q« Yes, but critics are asking, just about everybody who listens to "Wouldn't it be in our best interests to Q« This wasn't somebody's high- radio listens to the VOA in the Soviet tone down the sensitive reporting school science project, was it? even if it's true and objective just to Union. Our official figure is 27 million — _ No, but it does sound like one. Soviet listeners a week, improve the climate a bit?" but 130 million A* We've had some demonstrations is our worldwide weekly number of j. There are perfectly sound argu- of it recently, using a portable jammer listeners. And that's a conservative A« ments that short-term gains could and a small radio. If it proves to be estimate. be made from doing that, no question. successful, we will broadcast instruc- We don't do that because we're in it for tions on how to build it over VOA. Inci- Q* No doubt there were people you the long run. We feel that the confi- dentally, they don't jam us in English in interviewed who denied listening to dence of an audience is dependent on the Soviet Union. I believe it's because VOA. What were the reasons? the belief that you tell the truth all the only the Soviet elite listens in English, Who knows what the motive time, that you don't pull your punches, A and they'd like to get the news straight • might be for someone to say he even when it's convenient. early in the morning. doesn't like a Western broadcaster. I This is a complex agency that's at the Dr. Yelena Bonner, wife of dissident think if I were a Soviet citizen and were crossroads of public diplomacy and Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov, told asked that kind of question, I would say journalism. Consequently, we are buf- me she and her husband would sit in I loathed VOA because I would be afraid feted back and forth regularly by well- Gorky Park with their portable radio to say otherwise. intentioned and well-meaning critics and a note pad, and listen to the news. who think they should decide how the Q • Some critics say that our in- They would switch frequencies and place is run. We just don't feel it is in the terests might best be served if write down phrases, getting bits and we interests of the listeners or the Amer- toned down our propaganda efforts pieces because they were so heavily ican people to spin any news stories to and tried to accomplish more in pri- jammed. Then they would listen to re- effect short-term gains. vate talks. Do you agree? broadcasts later that night and fit all the together to learn what was hap- A The VOA news department is free Q« Some say Radio Marti is super- pieces • from any influence from the State flous, that the money could be spent pening. People used to the sea of infor- Department or the administration. We better in other areas. Do you agree mation in the United States are hard go to great lengths to see that the news with that assessment? pressed to understand the efforts that a is fair, comprehensive and free from _ I disagree. Fve heard people say are made to imprison mind— and how ideology. So the news is not prop- A* that they can just tune in the thoroughly remarkable the human spirit aganda. When there's unpleasant news Miami stations. In fact, the people of is in its effort to keep that mind out of

about the United States, we carry it. Cuba do not have ready access to prison and free to get information.

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U.S. formers have come upon hord times, but the worst moy be over, soys Secretory of Agriculture Richord E. Lyng. In this exclusive interview, Lyng soys exports ore picking up ond formers ore becoming more competitive in world markets.

American Legion Magazine: when win the billion. We tend to think of that as a normal year, but it was an nation see an end to the severe economic distress that has unusual year as it turned out. Even so, we would like to be plagued our farmers and farm communities for so long? back up there. Current farm exports are about $26 billion.

Secretary Lyng: i c an't predict when the turn- Q* What is the main cause of farm distress —export around will take place, but things are improving partly — decline? because of the large amounts of money pouring out of Partly. The major problem our farmers have is that they Washington. j. A* built up an over-capacity in a highly inflationary period when they bought and expanded farms. Land values got very Q* How large is the Agriculture budget, and what has high and farmers went into debt to do that. Then we got into been its major increase in recent years? a deflationary period on farm prices, with interest rates going The budget is about $51 billion and it's gone up a lot I> back up higher than anyone ever dreamed they would. Many A* over the past few years. The biggest increase has been farmers found they just couldn't service the debt on those in our payments to farmers under the Commodity Credit farms. Land values dropped sharply; farm equipment and Corp., which cost about $26 billion. We set a record in values quickly; many farmers just payments last year and will again this year. machinery dropped couldn't make it. Q • Isn't there any pressure on you to tighten the Agricul- still deeply in ture budget to reduce the federal deficit? Q* Are farmers debt? _ Yes, some farmers are still in that shape, but there are — I think there should be more pressure applied. The some who have cut back on the size of their operations. A* administration has suggested ways to Congress to do A* see a liquid farm group than we had just a that, but that has not been done. We much more couple of years ago. Farmers are not borrowing unless they Q* Will there be a new farm policy this year? have to. They've learned that debt is their worst enemy.

I don't think so. The current farm law went into effect at A is the main solution to this problem? • the end of 1985, primarily for the 1986 crops, and there Q* What We have to have an agriculture where our cost of produc- is a consensus among people that the law should remain j. tion on a per-unit basis is competitive with that of other pretty much the same. However, in the out years, we would A* countries. Eventually are going to have to compete. We like to see the heavy domination of government payments we reduced. cannot depend upon these large government payments to maintain the agriculture community. I think farmers would Q* What is the most hopeful outlook in terms of much rather get their income from the marketplace than they change? would from government payments. Yet, it is not fair to ask the A We have turned our farm exports around and our farm- farmers to compete with the treasuries of other governments. • ers are becoming more competitive in world markets. What we are hoping is that in the Uruguay trade negotiations We also have had some substantive reductions in the cost of now taking place in Geneva, we will come up with some producing crops in the United States. rules of trade that will be beneficial not only for our farmers, but also for farmers around the world. Q* Is the declining dollar helping any? Alt's going to help. Exports are still high by traditional Q* People are puzzled when they see so much of our • standards, but we became accustomed in the late 1970s government support payments going to big corporate to rather large exports. In 1981, farm exports peaked out at $44 farms. What is the solution?

22 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE I he farmers would like to get back the freedom they lose when they receive those government payments.

If* Will people continue to move from farm areas into the big cities? How can we keep them down on the farm? _ We will continue to have a decline A* in the number of farms. We have had that ever since the founding of the country. At one time, 98 percent of the people in this country lived on farms,

and 2 percent in the cities. Today it is

just the opposite. So it is not going to be a big number that will move. Very likely we will see a move back to rural com- munities by non-farm people because rural communities are good places to

live and they are less expensive. I won- Richard E. Lyng, a former president of the American Meat Institute, was named der why more people don't look at small Secretary ofAgriculture in March 1986. communities as a place to retire?

Q* How important is agriculture to America? j. That has been overstated. When you pay a farmer not to _ It is not only our largest industry, but also the largest A* produce, and you want to get a substantial reduction in A* industry in the world. We have a trillion-dollar industry. production to save taxpayers money and ameliorate the The number of people who work and depend upon agriculture problem of storing crops, you can't expect the larger farmer directly and indirectly is just staggering. It is absolutely to participate unless you pay him. You pay him the same rate essential that we maintain and keep a strong agricultural per bushel or per ton as the small farmer. It is not true that this Please turn to page 53 money is going to corporate farms. There is some kind of myth that huge corporations on Wall Street are making out on all of this. What is true about these large farmers, is that most of them are family farms, and they have to have large payments if they are going to participate in the programs.

Q* Isn't there already a payment limitation? j. Yes, on some parts of the farm program. The administra- II* tion favors maintaining and tightening up the payment limitation to $50,000 per farm. But that is still a lot of money.

Q* Consumers also are puzzled and angry when they see farm prices declining, yet they keep paying more and more at the supermarket. What's the answer to that? A Prices really have not gone up that much at the super- • market. When people buy food at the supermarket, they are buying an awful lot more than a farm product. People want to go to a store near their home that is open nearly 24- hours-a-day, seven days a week, where there is adequate parking, and where there may be a choice of 10,000 to 15,000 products to choose from. They don't want any line at the check-out counter and, increasingly, they want their food as fully prepared as possible. That's what has made the cost of food go up—not SAD TIMES — The spate of farm auctions attested to the farmers' plight. what farmers are being paid.

JULY 1987 23 MANAGERS OR IEAREK? CATCh OUR OFFICER CORPS

When Washington Post reporter Fred Is today's need for By Don Oldenburg Hiatt left his military beat last August better managers after a three-year stint, he concluded: "The young officers training to fight in the armed forces EVELATIONS of Lt. Col. our wars tend to be resourceful, hard- Oliver North's Iran arms producing officers working, hard-headed, self-sacrificing, activities have raised some smart and not at all bloodthirsty." For broader questions about the who are unprepared every captain at the Pentagon fetching coffee for some lieutenant colonel, U.S. military officer corps to lead in battle? and the kind of men and Hiatt said he found several like a 28- women who fill its ranks. strategy with broad vision, intellect, year-old captain training troops in the Are today's military courage and innovation? California desert, responsible for his

officers peg-in-the-hole No doubt none of these is an entirely types unlikely to act independently accurate assessment, any more than one without their superiors' approval? Are man's actions are a fair standard. But BRAIN DRAIN — The mili- tary doesn't have any our officers bungling superhawks so what yardstick can be used to gauge the trouble recruiting enough militarily orientated as to endanger our quality of today's officers? quality officers. The prob- future? Or are they patriots such as In his annual report to the Congress lem is retaining them. those before them — Mac Arthur, Mar- in January, Secretary of Defense Caspar shall and Halsey — shaping nationa Weinberger noted, "The officer force is generally stable, talented and fully Don Oldenburg, a reporter for a major capable of performing its vital mission U.S. daily newspaper, writes regularly ..." By most accounts, that appraisal on national defense issues. may have been overly modest.

24 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE SHIFTING VALUES -Serving in combat or operational units isn't the fastest track to promotion that it used to be.

couraging young officers to want to serve and do well. They've done more thinking about their country and its

future than I did in my time." Charles Moskos credited the tempo of military life — hurry up and wait — with allowing for more contemplation than other professions. Moskos, a sociology professor at Northwestern University, said he thinks this phenome- non partially explains why surveys show the social status of an Army cap- tain to be about equal to that of a sociologist. Even as an institution, the military has rebounded in public es- teem, he said, ranking only behind universities, courts and medicine. But like some other military man- power experts, Moskos is concerned that "as officers are becoming more occupationally oriented" to meet the technological demands of the times, they are further removed from conduct- ing their vital mission — the defense of

the United States and its interests. "The real problem with the officer men's safety, in charge of about $50 corps," said Gabriel, "is not the quality million in equipment, and able to quote HE function of the of the individual officer. The problem is ancient Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu 7 the presence of a of institu- number on battle tactics. military officer is to tional practices that almost assure that

"I would match our officer corps with when it is time to go to war, all of the fight. If he can do anybody's in the world — and suggest officers' brilliance and expertise will we are a cut above them," said Richard that well nothing else not be brought to bear." Gabriel, professor of politics at St. really matters. While some observers scoffed that it Anselm College and author of 20 books is the upsidedown nature of a peacetime on the armed services. military force, Bill Taylor Jr. main- An Army veteran of 23 years and tained it's the upshot of a triple revolu- generally considered a tough military and better-educated officers' corps." tion—technological, human and in- critic, Gabriel contended the Vietnam In fact, Department of Defense statis- stitutional — that is changing our soci- War proved to be a watershed for the tics showed that about 92 percent of all ety and is denegrating the military of- officer corps. It has, he said, "come a military officers hold college degrees ficer's ability to lead. long way" since he wrote Crisis In Com- and more than a third have advanced "Everything is bigger, everything is mand in the mid '70s. "At every step of degrees. In 1965, less than 70 percent more complex," said Taylor, a former an officer's training now are large of all officers were college graduates. lieutenant colonel who directed na- blocks of study on ethics. The Reagan Brig. Gen. Paul E. Funk, assistant tional security studies at West Point, years have been good for them. They commandant of the U.S. Army Armor and is now executive director of the have regained their confidence." School, Ft. Knox, Ky., rated the young Center for Strategic and International Consensus among experts is that officers who come through the school Studies in Washington. "The officer many of the best qualities of today's as top notch. "They're learning more corps has been driven more and more military officers are attributable to a now and taking on the same respon- into management. Out of necessity, this period of introspection that grew out of sibilities as my generation did — but emphasis on management has grown to the self-doubts and disenchantment somehow they're doing it earlier," said be a larger component of what we call following Vietnam. "They took a hard Funk. He attributed that largely to im- leadership." look at themselves and tried to get back proved ROTC programs, which supply Taylor said an example of the man- to some of the basic values," said Sam the military with about three times the agement fixation in its most dangerous C. Sarkasian, a Loyola University polit- officers the academies provide at one- form was battalion and brigade com- ical scientist and chairman of the Inter- sixth the cost. manders "micro-managing" ground University Seminar on Armed Forces But Funk said he thinks today's of- troops from helicopters in the air during and Society. "One result was a brighter, ficer corps has another edge: "a grass- the Vietnam War. "It was a case of man- more advanced, more politically aware roots rebirth of patriotism" that is en- Plectse turn to page 50

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For more thon 40yeors, U.S. Presidents hove refreshed The SPIRITof their spirits in the rustic beouty ond AT EASE — President Eisenhower and Soviet serenity of premier Khrushchev spent much time to- this mountoin gether roaming the retreat. woods of Camp David.

By Gary Turbak

HE distance from the White House to Camp David is about 75 miles

or is it a million? In just 30 helicopter minutes, the President can exchange the torrid bustle of Wash- ington for the rustic seren- ity of paradise. Almost be- fore his eyes, the capital's buildings and monuments give way to swaying pop- lars and stately oaks, and bird songs replace the street din. It's wood smoke now in his nostrils, not auto exhaust. No wonder Franklin Roosevelt called the place Shangri-la. When America's entry into World

War II made Roosevelt's beloved yacht trips on Chesapeake Bay too danger- ous, the President created a retreat high in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains. Every President since has used the iso-

lated refuge, with some turning it into a

virtual second White House. Dwight rity. Even the tenacious Washington Eisenhower renamed the place Camp press corps does not get inside, though David in honor of his grandson. the leaders of two dozen nations have Over the years, Camp David has be- come as invited guests. come a first-class woodland sanctuary Camp David has a spiritual as well as with swimming pools, a one-hole golf a physical presence. In 1959, President course, tennis courts, a trout stream and Eisenhower invited Nikita Khruschev

skeet range. Other amenities include there. Later, when Khruschev 's strident gourmet fare, visits from deer, and 24- tone softened, the Soviet leader attri- hour room service. Transportation buted the change to something called along the forest paths is by foot, golf "the spirit of Camp David." Two dec- cart or bicycle, and electric fences and ades later, Jimmy Carter reinforced that a contingent of Marines provide secu- peaceful image by using Camp David as the site for historic talks between Egypt's Sadat and HAPPY TIMES — President Ford, his Anwar Menachem daughter, and wife momentarily forget Begin of Israel. the pressures that come with the job. Mostly, though. Camp David is a

26 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE — CAMP DAVID

STROLLING — Presi- dent Reagan walks with Japan's prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone FAMILY PLAY President John F. Kennedy and his family found horseback riding a along foot paths of the pleasant diversion from the Washington merry-go-round. 143-acre refuge.

Electric fences and o contingent of Marines make sure even the tenacious Washington press corps does not

| get inside.

•

place for rest, rejuvenation and reflec- tion. Here, Eisenhower painted, Roose- velt worked on his stamp collection, Carter played tennis, and Ronald Reagan rides horses. Although the names and faces change, the ritual is played over and over again as the leader of the most powerful nation on Earth seeks sanctuary at Camp David to search for new wisdom and renewed vitality among the whispered mountain breezes. More often than not, the pil- grimage is a success.

Award-winning journalist Gary Turbak

is a regular contributor to this and other A HISTORIC OCCASION — President Carter escorts Israeli prime minister Begin on a general-interest magazines. tour during the Camp David Summit with Egypt's Sadat in 1978.

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air. The Soviet public is told little about By Steve Salerno Despite its meager defections, casualties in Afghanistan budget and outdated or domestic problems such as Cher- HEN Soviet troops nobyl, with which Soviet leadership is the moved into Afghani- equipment quietly grappling. Hoping to discredit stan in 1979, Moscow's Voice ofAmerica is U.S. activities and objectives, the news services charac- Kremlin also devotes much of its air terized the action as one of the West's time to spreading disinformation. The one of "fraternal as- best responses to scathing denunciations of SDI, for sistance" for Afghan example, continue unabated. Marxists. The Voice Soviet propaganda. The shared mission of VOA, RFE of America wasted and Radio Liberty is to fill the gaps and little time in finding a better word to to objectively clarify the distortions put describe what the Soviets were up to out by Soviet state-controlled news invasion. especially vexing. Declared Le Monde services. VOAs programing, conceived • In 1985, Radio Moscow began de- of Paris: "The Great American Com- in Washington with information pro- picting the proposed U.S. Strategic municator has met his match." Moscow vided from on-site directors in Europe, Defense Initiative as "a terrible offen- is steadily upgrading a propaganda is dispatched by satellites, land lines sive escalation." VOA countered with machine believed to cost as much as $4 and microwaves to transmitters around reports that left no doubt about the true, billion annually. In contrast, the entire the globe. RFE, based in Munich, non-aggressive nature of the program. U.S. Information Agency, VOAs parent broadcasts to Eastern Europe, while • Just before New Year's Eve 1987, body, carries a budget of $796 million. Radio Liberty, another Munich-based President Reagan sought the Kremlin's This is a sobering problem for advo- operation, focuses its efforts on the approval to send a message of good will cates of truth, for Radio Moscow is all USSR itself.

to the Soviet people. Soviet leader too selective about what it puts on the All programing, however, is not Mikhail Gorbachev refused. Nonethe- less, the message was heard anyway beamed over the Eastern bloc and into the Kremlin via the powerful VOA transmitters. Since the late '40s, the Washington- based Voice of America— along with its U.S. -sponsored European counter- parts, Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty—has been the principal means of disseminating information that Moscow would prefer go unheard. Moreover, in recent years those organi- zations have taken up an even greater challenge: that of combating the Soviet Union's own increasingly energetic propaganda campaign. Indeed, Gorbachev has shown a pub- lic-relations savvy so keen that adminis- tration insiders are increasingly fearful of being bested. Soviet propaganda inroads in Western Europe have been

Steve Salerno is a California-based free-lance journalist who writes on NERVE CENTER - Radio programs responding to Soviet disinformation are defense issues ofAmerica developed in "The Bubble" -VOA's technical operations center in Washington, D.C.

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hard-core political. Willis Conover's 21 hours daily to the United States. In "Music U.S.A." show, a fixture on Latin America and the Caribbean, VOA for more than three decades, Radio Moscow broadcasts 133 hours supplies jazz and pop music to 100 per week in nine languages, versus 86 million listeners worldwide. Radio hours in three languages for the com- Marti, VOA's satellite station in Miami, bined efforts of VOA and Radio Marti. targets the Cuban audience, whose In China, Moscow is on the air round- tastes run to music and sports program- the-clock, as against just nine hours for ing. VOA. "We try to balance our programing," Only in aggregate hours of broadcast- said VOA director Richard Carlson, ing do we run neck-and-neck, with who said that even Communist Party about 2,000 hours each. However, members, according to VOA research, there is considerable overlap in the "usually find something they like" Western broadcasts. In many cases, OLD BUT NEW - Although built more his organization's broadcasts. about than 20 years ago, the transmitting site VOA programing runs concurrently at Greenville, N.C., is still newer than with that of RFE. Thus the statistical STILL, despite such worthy goals and most VOA facilities and equipment. parity with the Soviet Union amounts to the apparent enthusiasm of its less than meets the eye. audience, VOA faces numerous cow's hardware. The Kremlin has about Sometimes budget constraints obstacles, not the least of which is the 300 transmitters scattered throughout threaten the very existence of VOA Kremlin's apparent willingness to invest the USSR and Bulgaria. VOA has about programs. For a while last year, it whatever is necessary to keep its foes at half as many. In total power capability, looked as if VOA might be forced to halt a major disadvantage. Radio Moscow the Soviets— with more than 100 mil- its broadcasts to Western Europe. VOA- spends about seven times as much on lion watts available to them—have us Europe had gotten under way in Oc- broadcasting as VOA. Inasmuch as paid out-powered by almost 4-to- 1 tober 1985 in an effort to reach the advertising on VOA broadcasts is taboo, Moscow's advantage is no less strik- many influential Europeans who now the organization has no way of supple- ing when it comes to languages. VOA understand English , but questions arose menting its allocations from the U.S. transmits in 43 languages; the Soviets, about whether the project was justify- government. Likewise, RFE and Radio 81. VOA beams Russian language ing its $2.7-million funding level. The Liberty operate on budgets (partly con- broadcasts into the Soviet Union for 16 network got a last-minute reprieve from tributory) that would have to be called hours each day, and RFE and Radio Congress, which agreed the broadcasts "shoestring." Only the BBC, Britain's Liberty beam scores of programs into were needed to offset the concentrated venerable commercial entry into the the Eastern bloc weekly. But Radio disinformation activities of the Soviet European information war, is finan- Moscow, whose chief commentator Union. Even so, concessions were cially solid, but still not in the Soviets' Vladimir Posner has become something made. A plan to expand to several addi- class. of a celebrity here by virtue of his fre- tional languages was scrapped when The funding disparity is most notice- quent TV appearances, broadcasts in VOA found itself at a loss to provide the able in the clear superiority of Mos- English 24 hours a day to Europe, and extra $16 million. Aside from financial considerations, the Soviet propaganda campaign enjoys an advantage that is inherent in our respective political systems. As USIA director Charles Wick has noted, the Soviets, if they wish, can take out a full page ad in most major U.S. newspap- ers. We enjoy no such reciprocal privilege with Pravda. Further, America's open society forces VOA to answer to skepticism at home. Though much of Congress is staunchly behind VOA's worldwide outreach, some won- der whether our own motives for operat- ing such programs are truly more admir- able than those of our adversaries. "It is said in the Soviet Union that Soviet citizens listen to the BBC for the truth, and Voice of America for its jazz," said Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont. "Our democracy is strong enough and resi- lient enough to speak for itself without embellishment." Referring to com- plaints of a bias in VOA's presentation IMPEDING THE WORD — Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty facilities in Munich Please turn to page 46 broadcast news in 21 languages, but the Soviets jam most transmissions.

JULY 1987 29 USPENDED from its orig- inal timbers hewn from a slippery elm, the treasured bronze symbol of freedom now stands like a motion- less sentinel, facing the Saga The hall where it rang out the Of news of American inde- pendence.

Once it hung in the steeple of that square brick building a few hundred yards away — Independence Hall — where it pealed joyously on July 8, first LIBERTY 1776, when the Declaration was read in public.

For almost a century after that, it marked all the great moments in the

nation's history. In 1781, it rang when

the British surrendered at Yorktown. It tolled mournfully with muffled clapper at the deaths of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. It BELL

heralded the inaugurations of 1 1 Presi- dents.

It is the Liberty Bell, and this is the Among the symbols of this notion's story of its 234-year existence. Housed since 1976 in a shiny plate-glass pavil- greotness, none hove monitored ion at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, the bell startles liberty's journey more closely visitors by its surprisingly small size. then the Liberty Bell. Weighing just over a ton. Liberty is only 5 feet 3 inches high and measures 12 feet around the lip, the widest part. It is dwarfed by other famous bells. By Lester David The Czar Kolokol in the Kremlin, the world's largest, is 19-feet high and weighs 180 tons, with a circumference assembly in Philadelphia, he hung a That famous inscription, still on the of 61 feet. The Burma Bell on Mingoon small bell which convened the assem- bell, was not meant to denote America's is a 100-ton giant; a bell near Beijing, bly and the Courts of Justice, warned of freedom from England. A Charter of China, is 53 tons; and "Big Ben" atop fire, and called the colonists together Privileges had been granted to the the Houses of Parliament in London for the reading of proclamations. people of Pennsylvania and Delaware weighs 13.5 tons. As Pennsylvania grew, construction by William Penn, giving the assembly

Still another surprise is that, contrary began on a new and larger State House, greater legislative powers. The bell was to popular belief, the bell was not born the building that before long would be actually intended to commemorate the

with America. Although it is now inex- enshrined in history. By 1750, a 50th anniversary of that charter. tricably linked with this country's fight wooden steeple had been added and the Following instructions set forth in the for independence, the bell was in the little bell was hung there. letter, agent Charles selected the White- colonies, and being used, almost a quar- chapel Bell Foundry of London for the ter of a century before the Revolution- SADLY, its sound was far too soft to job, and master founderThomas Lester ary War. be heard throughout the city. The began work to design and cast the bell. 1- And what's more, it wasn't made here following year, the assembly In mid-summer of 1752, after an 1 at all, but cast in England and shipped ordered Isaac Norris, Thomas Leech week journey across the Atlantic in across the ocean. and Edward Warner, superintendents of unusually rough seas, the bell arrived at Its story begins in the mother country the State House, to obtain a larger one. the port of Philadelphia. Uncrated in

where bells were rung traditionally to They sent a letter to Robert Charles, the Independence Square, it looked bright signal important events. William Penn, assistant provincial agent for Pennsyl- and shiny, and surely capable of being founder of Pennsylvania, continued the vania, in London. "We take the liberty heard for miles. A small band of beam- custom in the New World. On the to apply ourselves to thee to get us a ing city officials gathered around, wait-

branch of a large tree outside the meet- good bell of about 2,000 pounds weight," ing to hear it ring out. ing house of the Pennsylvania colonial the superintendents wrote. They asked The clapper was struck, but disaster that the bell be cast with an inscription followed. At the very first stroke Author of 12 books and hundreds of arti- from Leviticus 25: 10: "Proclaim liberty against the metal, a small but only too cles, Lester David specializes in American throughout all the land to all the inhabit- evident crack appeared at the rim. government and history. ants thereof." Still, all was not lost. Two Philadel-

30 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE In COS G RES July 4,

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army. During the war, it was taken to Allentown, Pa., and hidden beneath the floor of a church. Nobody really knows for sure when or how the bell cracked

again, although it is now gener- ally believed to have occurred on July 8, 1835, during the fun- eral procession of John Mar- shall, chief justice of the Su- preme Court. The bell was rung for the last time on Feb. 23, 1846, in cele- bration of Washington's birthday, the ringing caused the crack to lengthen. Visitors today can see a 3/4-inch-wide crack running phia foundrymen, John Pass and John S BELLS go, from the rim to the inscription. Stow, were recruited to recast the bell at several in the world In June 1852, the bell was taken from their foundry on Second Street. A mold the tower and placed on an octagonal was made of the original, which was are larger than the pedestal in Independence Hall so that then broken up and melted down, and one in Philadelphia, the public could view it. Later it was Pass and Stow combined the old metal but few mean hung from the ceiling of the rotunda and with copper to improve the sound and during another period was displayed strength. so much to so behind a specially constructed oak and For weeks the new bell, the date now many people. glass case. changed to 1753 and the names of Pass Requests to exhibit the bell came

and Stow replacing the original found- from all over the country. In 1885, it ers, was carefully scrutinized and was loaned to the Cotton States Indus-

tested. cally, it consisted of 70 percent copper, trial Exposition in New Orleans as a On March 29, workmen began rais- 25 percent tin, 2 percent lead, 1.7 per- gesture of friendship between the North

ing it into the tower, a job that took 19 cent zinc, 2.5 percent arsenic, 2 percent and South. days. Philadelphians, however, still silver and trace elements of gold, mag- A six-horse team pulled the flag- complained about the tonal quality of nesium, nickel and antimony. The pro- decorated wagon that carried the bell to

the bell. It was brought down for vincial assembly paid Pass and Stow 60 the train station where it was placed on another recasting and raised into the pounds, 13 shillings and 5 pence, about a special flat car for the long ride to tower again in early June. Metallurgi- $300. Please turn to page 56

JULY 1987 31 YOUTH IN SPORTS

has gone SOMETHINGsadly awry on the playing fields of the nation's col- leges and universities. We expect that our campuses WHAT PRICE will inculcate in our stu- dent athletes a competitive drive to succeed within a value system based on fair play, teamwork and decency; that they will instill in the players a respect for the rules of the game and determination GLORY? to win within those rules; that they will fine-tune young minds as well as young bodies. Many campuses deliver pre- Sports is big business on some college cisely what we want and expect of them. But some do not — and that compuses, where acodemic rules are violated number has been growing lately. in favor of student athletes and the 'Win" ethic. Nine years ago sports fans gulped in dismay when television cameras cap- But in some schools education is still No. 1 tured the Ohio State football coach punching a Clemson player who had intercepted the pass of an Ohio quarter- By Vernon Pizer back. Last year, the nation was sad- dened by the widely publicized cocaine blighted. One school was found guilty to motherhood and the flag, were out- death of a University of Maryland bas- of infractions involving its softball raged. Thomas' and Curry's phones ketball star, and by allegations that team. A second institution was penal- rang off the hook, not just with fans laxity within the school's athletic de- ized for violations involving its men's letting off steam, but also with actual partment was a factor in making such a and women's cross-country and indoor death threats. "It gives you some sense tragedy possible. Although these dis- and outdoor track teams. At a third of the insanity that exists at certain heartening events may be separated by college, investigators discovered that levels of intercollegiate sports," a span of years, they are not as unrelated coaches recruited tennis players by Thomas said of the calls. as they may seem. They are symptoma- fraudulently awarding them vacant As if winning for winning's sake is tic of the ways in which the principles track scholarships, when no tennis not enough, there is also the demand to of student athletics are being debased scholarships were available. win for money's sake. College sports

and of the ways such debasement inevit- There is no great mystery why many are a business, with their bottom lines ably exerts a negative influence on the coaches develop an elastic concept of and profit-and-loss statements. Basket- student athletes themselves. what is ethical, proper and consistent ball and especially football are the big-

Consider, for instance, that at the with regulations. It can be summed up money sports; they can bring in enough beginning of this year more than a in two words: boosters and money. to fund a college's entire athletic pro-

dozen schools were singled out for gram and still leave a healthy surplus in sanctions by the National Collegiate ALUMNI and other boosters demand the till. Each team in the 1985 Rose Athletic Association. At one of the uni- winners — period. They are not Bowl came away with nearly $6 million; versities, the basketball coach made willing to accept excuses, nor are several other bowl games have million- under-the-table payments to the players they willing to adopt a let's-see-what- dollar-plus payoffs. Add this pot of gold and was later indicted by a federal grand tomorrow-brings attitude. What they to the hefty receipts a team pulls in

jury for mail fraud, income tax evasion clamor for is winners, and they demand during a winning season and it is clear

and obstruction of justice. At another it now. that college sports are big business. university — to retain eligibility status Nothing illustrates more dramati- Even high school sports involve large for student athletes — the athletic de- cally or more disturbingly how severe sums; the Valdosta (Ga. ) Wildcats—the

partment staff awarded academic cre- booster pressure can become than the nation's No. 1 high school football team dits to basketball players who did not brouhaha ignited recently when Joab in 1986—took in about $250,000 last attend classes. Thomas, president of the University of season.

And it isn't just the major sports that Alabama, announced he had selected John W. Ryan, president of Indiana have become tainted by the perversion Bill Curry to be the school's new foot- University, agreed that boosterism and of standards. Minor sports such as ball coach. Curry, a man of impeccable money are largely responsible for de- wrestling, gymnastics, soccer, swim- integrity who said he believes a univer- railing many athletic programs. He ming and golf have become similarly sity's mission is primarily to educate added that the ultimate cause is that and then, secondarily, to field winning "education is valued less in our society Author of 15 books, Vernon Pizer has teams, had just completed a so-so sea- than is athletic prowess. Surely there is written more than 500 articles for leading son coaching at GeorgiaTech. Alabama room for balance between them." So, magazines throughout the world. fans, who rank football up there close squeezed by boosters and the cash regis-

32 AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE venerate the pigskin with an intensity rivalling that of Alabamians, a local jury upheld Kemp, awarding her $2.87

million— later reduced to $ 1 .08 million in an out-of-court settlement and the university was ordered to clean house. In the subsequent cleansing, the UGA president resigned, two top aides were reassigned, and 23 athletes became what the coaches termed "academic casualties."

Kemp case was only the latest, THEmost visible demonstration that the touchdown pass and the slam-dunk have been on a collision course with academic standards on many cam- puses. The NCAA's executive body, its Presidents Commission, as early as 1983 concluded that the situation was serious enough to warrant action. In its convention that year the commission adopted Proposition 48, and then in 1985, reaffirmed the measure as Bylaw 5-l-(j). The rule mandates a 2.0 high school grade-point average and a Scho- lastic Aptitude Test score of 700 as minimums for incoming freshmen to be

eligible to play on Division I teams. Early this year the commission ex- tended provisions of the bylaw to Divi- sion II colleges, effective in 1988. But many critics on and off campus, while welcoming the initiative as an overdue

step in the right direction, maintain it Please turn to page 54

ter that value athletics over academics, NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS— Several colleges many coaches succumb. have proven that athletic prowess doesn't stand- Debasement of sports programs is suffer because of high academic ards. Two of them are Indiana, 1987 college not a victimless crime. The primary basketball champion; and Penn State, the victims are, of course, the student best in college football last year. athletes, but society as a whole suffers from the ripple effect of flouted rules Kemp, a University of Georgia profes- and bent ethics. Athletes allowed to sor, publicly charged that the institution remain on campus solely because their granted scholarships to some high academic deficiencies have been pa- school football stars who did not meet pered over are woefully short-changed admission standards and then kept them in attaining an education and building at the university by violating academic character necessary for success in the rules for retention. Fired by UGA, real world beyond the scoreboard. A Kemp brought suit, charging her dis- case focusing on this issue last year missal was solely in reprisal for her attracted national attention. Dr. Jan whistle-blowing. Although Georgians

JULY 1987 33 VETERANS UPDATE

ederal policies that favor bilingual education acting as agents of the Soviet Union, continue to export over English proficiency are being challenged by Congress. revolution to such diverse places as Angola, Nicaragua and Reform legislation in both the House and Senate would El Salvador." provide more alternatives to transitional bilingual education, Legion protests over the ceremony site prompted Indian- the current teaching method encouraged by federal law. apolis Mayor William Hudnut to announce he would work Unless school districts first offer transitional bilingual with the games' organizers to find another location. education that teaches students proficiency in their own languages before receiving English instruction, they can be denied federal funds. However, with the recent influx of immigrants of diverse Reimbursement for travel to VA hospitals may not be eliminated for nationalities and languages, school districts in America are as many veterans as earlier ex- pected. finding themselves hard-pressed to educate multiethnic Led by Rep. Gerald Solomon of New York and Rep. students. As a solution, many local schools have developed G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery of Mississippi, more than 100 alternative teaching methods in which the multiethnic congressmen are backing legislation that would require the VA to restore travel allowance for students receive English instruction at the same time. Funds certain categories of veterans need present a problem, however. Current congressional restric- who VA medical care. tions allow only 4 percent of federal bilingual education The VA on April 13 imposed new rules on veterans that severely funds to be used for alternative teaching methods. restricted reimbursements for travel to and from its medical facilities. "If The Legion, which supports legislation that would desig- a disabled or low-income veteran can't get to a VA medical facility, eligibility for health care nate English as the national language, also is in favor of doesn't lifting the restrictions and increasing the amount of federal mean much," said Solomon, the Veterans' Affairs Commit- education funds available for alternative programs. Senate tee's ranking minority member. The new regulations "are unfair leave bill S. 857 would allow 25 percent of bilingual education and too many deserving veterans out in the cold," said funds to go for alternative methods and stipulates that Montgomery, the committee's chairman. The bill, which students could only participate in federal bilingual programs Solomon and Montgomery have pledged to place "on a fast track" through for a maximum of three years. Thus, the bill would restore the the committee, would entitle travel payments to: emphasis on teaching proficiency in English. In the House, • Service-connected veterans for treatment of where considerable resistance to reform still exists, there is service- connected disabilities. evidence that sentiment is shifting toward more flexibility in • funding federal bilingual education. Service-connected veterans who are disabled 50 percent or more, for treatment of any disability. • Veterans who receive a VA pension. • Low-income veterans who do not have an annual income exceeding the maximum annual amount of a VA pension. American Legion opposition to a ceremonial •Veterans who need, but cannot afford, special modes of salute to Cuba on hallowed grounds has forced the closing transportation, such as ambulances or wheelchair vans. ceremonies of the Pan American Games to be relocated to • Any other veteran the VA determines is unable to afford another site in Indianapolis. transportation. Both the Department of Indiana and the National Head- quarters objected to plans to conduct the closing ceremonies on the Indiana War Memorial Plaza, a four-block area of parks and monuments dedicated to the memory of America's As U.S. Immigration and Naturalization offi- war dead. Traditionally, closing ceremonies of the Pan Am cials grapple with last-minute details on regulations granting games include displaying the flag and playing the national amnesty to illegal aliens, many special-interest groups are anthem of the nation that will host the next games. Cuba will pushing for provisions that would open up the field of host the games in 1991, and Legion officials pointed out that amnesty applicants — attempts The American Legion says the War Memorial Plaza was an inappropriate location to would be unfair to other immigrants. spotlight Cuba, a communist totalitarian regime dedicated to Of paramount concern to the Legion are proposals that overturning democratic governments around the world. would offer "family discounts" to illegal aliens eligible for The Indiana Department Executive Committee passed a the amnesty program, but which are not available to immig- resolution early in April calling for the Aug. 23 ceremonies rants who often wait for years for legal entry into the United to be moved. Nat'l Cmdr. James P. Dean made a public States. "It is patently unfair that illegals applying for adjust- statement supporting the department's action. "The Amer- ment in their residence status should receive more favorable ican Legion cannot accept the featured presence of a country treatment than that afforded to legal immigrants," a Legion whose aims and objectives are contrary to the interest of the spokesman said. United States — and which opposes those ideals which The Legion believes attempts to broaden the amnesty millions of young Americans fought and died to uphold. program pose an enormous potential for fraud, and it has "Cuba has been referred to as 'an unsinkable Soviet aircraft urged INS officials to adopt strict measures in verifying carrier in the Caribbean.' From that vantage point, Cubans, documents submitted by illegals who seek amnesty.

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• RESOLUTION creating Res. 1 rescinds obsolete Magazine resolu- tions. a special panel to exam- • Res. 2 urges that medical facilities at ine domestic and foreign Andrews AFB, Md. , be modernized. problems of the United • Res. 3 establishes the Policy Coordination States was one of 29 man- and Action Group. • Res. 4 supports dates approved by the legislation to extend the time veterans can receive VA treatment for National Executive Com- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. mittee during Spring • Res. 5 urges that Vietnam-era education Meetings at National benefits be exempted from Gramm-Rudman- Headquarters, May 6-7. Hollings budget reductions. • Res. 6 urges Congress to fund a capable The NEC passed Res. 3 that estab- anti-satellite weapon for U.S. armed forces. lished the Policy Coordination and • Res. 7 rescinds obsolete National Security Action Group, called PCAG, to keep resolutions. track of the complex and ever-changing • Res. 8 approves purchase of computer equipment. events that might threaten national • Res. 9 approves purchase of photographic security. The panel, which includes the equipment. National Commander, the chairmen of • Res. 10 approves plan to indemnify the Foreign Relations, National Security, NECmen and others. • Res. 1 1 deals with Emblem Sales contracts. Public Relations and Americanism • Res. 12 rescinds obsolete Emblem Sales commissions, as well as other top-level resolutions. Legion officials and consultants, will • Res. 13 accepts an estate bequest. form plans of action and recommend A HIT "Forefather" Jack Williams • Res. 14 approves Magazine ad rep contract. praises Legionnaires at the meetings for • Res. 15 deals with life how problems should be addressed. insurance expenses. their lifelong loyalty to the Constitution. • Res. 16 funds Service Officers* school. details the its More about group and • Res. 17 states that the United States should responsibilities will be featured in the erans was the subject of an address given respect the sovereignty of the South African August issue. by VA Deputy Administrator Thomas government by recognizing that the problem of dismantling apartheid is primarily one that must One of the more immediate and glar- Harvey, who said that many homeless be solved by South Africans. ing threats to U.S. security the group veterans have been diagnosed as men- • Res. 18 urges that restrictions and certain will examine is the expansion of com- tally ill, and that the VA has stepped up prohibitions be placed on former congressmen munism throughout Central America, efforts to assist those veterans through and government officials who now work as lobbyists or registered representatives of via the Soviet-backed Sandinista rulers outreach programs and centers located foreign governments. of Nicaragua. across the nation. • Res. 19 selects Rochester, N.Y., for 1989 "We must help the people of our Legion World Series site. country understand that communist ANOTHER guest speaker, veteran • Res. 20 selects regional sites for 1988 World Series. expansion in Central America is indeed NBC News journalist Richard • Res. 21 states that the Legion will engage in a clear and direct threat to the United Valeriani, told Legionnaires at the fund-raising activities to support the Korean States," Nat'l Cmdr. James P. Dean told National Commander's Banquet that War Memorial if an approved representative of NECmen. "The domino theory of com- readers often cry foul when they read the Legion is appointed to serve on the memo- rial's advisory board. munist revolution is a reality in that news that fails to fit their perception of 12-member • Res. 22 encourages support of the Norman region and we must call for assistance what they believe news is. Valeriani, Rockwell Museum. to help free the nations there." who was presented with a membership • Res. 23 transfers Energy Program to Na- Dean, who will have made two trips card by Dean, also recalled the positive tional Security. to Central American nations during his experiences he had in Legion programs • Res. 24 changes "Manual of Ceremonies". • Res. 25 issues temporary charters to foreign tenure, said the Soviets have spent five such as Boys State and the Oratorical posts. times as military aid to the Contest. much on • Res. 26 deals with baseball program con- Sandinistas as the United States has Also during the meetings, the Na- tract. spent on its allies in Central America. tional Auxiliary presented $50,000 to • Res. 27 urges Legion departments to spon- sor and support legislation in their states that 'And to think that the Sandinstas are the Legion in support of veterans re- requires schools to conduct Veterans Day pro- willing to habilitation negotiate with any freedom- programs, and children and grams. loving nation is just pure folly," he said. youth activities. • Res. 28 deals with "Need A Lift?" contract. The plight of America's homeless vet- Resolutions passed were: • Res. 29 deals with Boys Nation contract.

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swept through the sixth floor of the things as: veteran contacts us too, it causes a dup- center and by the time the flames were • Copies of VA claims made before lication of effort that might lead to delay extinguished, 18 million service rec- the fire. in obtaining the right information." ords had either been destroyed or se- • Copies of military pay and medical NPRC staffers said they can process verely damaged. Most of the files be- records, and travel and assignment requests more quickly if Standard Form longed to soldiers who served between orders. 180 is submitted. The form is available 1912 and 1959, a period that includes • State registries or records of resi- at local VA offices and the center.

World Wars I and II, and the Korean dents who served in the military. How long does it normally take to War. The second largest group of mili- • Newspaper clippings referring to receive an answer?That varies, depend- tary records destroyed were those of Air the veteran's rank, or duty stations. ing on the nature of the request and Force men and women who served be- • Return addresses that show the vet- whether a file must be reconstructed. tween 1947 and 1963. eran's rank and duty station. For example, a veteran whose file is "The problem is we don't know spe- • Office records from induction cen- intact and is inquiring about a medal or cifically whose records were destroyed ters or recruiting stations. award can usually expect an answer in in the fire," said Paul D. Gray, assistant But what about veterans whose files about four weeks. director of NPRC's military records unit. went up in flames and cannot find any- When Legion officials recently toured

"The only way we find out that a vet- thing that verifies their military serv- the center, they give it top marks. "We eran's record is missing is when we are ice? All is not lost, according to NPRC had a good look at their operations and asked to provide information from it." officials. All veterans need do is pro- came away with a better appreciation of Information stored in the sprawling vide NPRC's military records section their workload and the problems they facility touches on nearly every impor- with their name, service number and faced," a Legion spokesman said. tant aspect of veterans' lives. Verifying approximate dates of service. Having Veterans may receive further information by writing information from military files helps received that basic information, the Military Records, National Personnel Records Center. veterans obtain VA loans, health care, staff then can check auxiliary files that 9700 Page Blvd., Si. Louis, MO 631J2. compensation and pensions, vocational training, employment opportunities and school credits, to name a few.

"We get from 9,000 to 1 1 ,000 letters each day from veterans," requesting information. Gray said. "When we discover a file was lost in

the fire, we don't try to rebuild it com- pletely," Gray said. "What we do is reconstruct the veteran's basic military

MILES OF FILES — The sprawling St. Louis facility also houses the records of federal employees.

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U.S., Canada Hold Friendship Days

ZEGIONNAIRES living near the U.S. northern border are among thousands of Americans who are joining Canadians in celebrating "United States-Canada Days of Friend- ship," July 2 and 3. Border state departments of The American Legion and the Royal Cana- dian Legion, together with their aux- iliaries, played a major role in arranging Adj. Pennsylvania (second from left) leads a PANEL OF EXPERTS Dept. Ed Hoak of parades, banquets and other events to discussion during the Adjutants' Leadership College. Other adjutants on the panel are mark 175 years of understanding and Dick Pedro, New York; Nathaniel Cobb, Maine; and Charles Ferguson, Minnesota. cooperation that have existed between the two nations. Adjutants' College Gets Good Grades Nat'l Cmdr. James P. Dean is an hon- orary sponsor of the two-day celebra- tion, as are President Ronald Reagan, EPARTMENT adjutants had colleges in 1982 and 1985. Cumming, an Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mul- high praise for the thorough adjutant the past 14 years, said one of roney and other prominent people of review of American Legion the more helpful sessions was a briefing both countries. programs and policies they received on the Direct Mail Solicitation program The United States and Canada not while attending the third Department for recruiting new members. only share the longest undefended bor- Adjutants' Administrative Leadership For North Carolina Adj. Bob Kenny, der in the world, but also have strong College at National Headquarters. the three-day session was an eye-opener ties based on traditional values and The college, held on the eve of the on how cities are selected for conven- mutual defense interests such as NATO 1987 Spring Meetings in May, updated tion sites. "I was impressed with the and NORAD. They also maintain the the adjutants on Legion topics ranging work involved and how much effort it largest trading relationship in the world. from legal matters, to children and youth takes," said Kenny, one of the newer Canada sends 80 percent of its exports programs, and veteran-related legisla- department adjutants. to the United States, while the United tion currently before Congress. NatT Cmdr. James P. Dean extolled States sells 20 percent of its exports to

"The meeting was very beneficial in the importance of the college. "We need its northern neighbor. helping us understand how Legion pro- to do everything we can to help these Despite current differences over naval grams are coming along in all the states, men do their jobs. They are the indis- passage rights through Arctic waters, said Montana Adj. Hugh "Tony" Cum- pensable links in the chain that holds acid rain and certain trade agreements, ming, who also attended two previous The American Legion together," he said. the nations typically are seeking ami- able, mutually-acceptable solutions that have always characterized negotia- The Legion On Capitol Hill tions between the countries. A Canadian diplomat recently de- scribed his countrymen's attitude Testifying before the House Vet- parable to the industrial jobs they toward Americans this way: "Amer- erans Affairs Subcommittee on lost through cutbacks. icans are our best friends — whether we Education, Training and Employ- Nat'l Cmdr. James P. Dean's like it or not." To which, his American ment, March 18, the Legion sup- message, "For Evil To Flourish, counterpart replied: "The Canadians ported legislation reauthorizing and Good Men Must Only Do Nothing," are our best friends — whether we know continuing the Veterans Job Training published in the April issue of The it or not." Act, which trains underemployed American Legion Magazine, and unemployed veterans for better- has been entered in the Congressional paying jobs. The Legion emphasized Record by Rep. Trent Lott of Missis- the VJTA's potential value to home- sippi. The message reiterated the less veterans who are job-ready, but Legion's unwavering support for full unable to find work at salaries corn- aid to the Contras.

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Ripple, 10 Gamewell Garth, Baltimore, MD 21236 (301) 751 st Engr. Parts Supply Co. (Sept-Las Vegas, NV) 256-6019 Robert Galbraith, 1245 Marlyn Dr., Columbus. OH 43220 OUTFIT REUNIONS 110th Inf., 28th Div. (WWII) (Sept-Washington, PA) John (614) 451-0690 Chernitsky, 18 Country Club Blvd., Uniontown, PA 15401 754th F.A. Bn. (Oct-Nashville, TN) Raymond Smith, Guidelines — Outfit Reunion notices are published for (412)438-9119 20740 W. 343rd St., Wilmington, IL 60481 (815)476-6635 Legionnaires only and must be submitted on official 112th Cav. (Midwest Chtr.) (Sept-Joliet, IL) Lionel Carter, 795th AAA AW Bn. (Sept- Savannah, GA) Robert Laville, forms. To obtain forms, send a self-addressed, stamped 1621 Cleveland St., Evanston, IL 60202 (312) 475-8882 506 Stark St., Scranton, PA 18507 (717) 457-9438 envelope to: O R Form, The American Legion Magazine 112th Evac. Hospital (WWII) (Oct-Orlando, FL) Jesse 817th AVN Engr. Bn. (Sept-Callicoon NY) Mike Memoli, PO, Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206. Notices must be Williamson, 4401 Loring PL, Orlando, FL 32806 (305) 190 Ludham Ave., Elmont, NY 11003 (516) 352-1072 received at least seven months before reunions are 273-3833 820th Tank Destroyer Bn. (Oct-Portland, OR) George scheduled and will be published only on a first-come, 112th Liaison Sq. (Oct-Las Vegas, NV) Charles Arehart, Verbeke, 16085 Veronica, E. Detroit, Ml 48021 (313)779- first-served basis. 6621 Sterling, Raytown, MO 64133 (816) 358-7052 8046 124th Cav. Assn. (Oct-Brownsville, TX) Robert Blanken- 861st HAM Ord. Co. (Oct-Bushkill Falls, PA) Kenneth ship, 7711 Morley, Houston, TX 77061 (713) 644-4533 Rhodes, 2800 15th St., Altoona, PA 16601 (814) 943- Army 124th Ord. HM Co. (Sept-Canton, OH) Peter Kovacevich, 0708 11170 Ladyslipper, Saginaw, Ml 48603 (517) 781-4812 893rd Signal AVN Dpt. Co. (Sept-Wolfeboro, NH) Ken- 138th, 198th F.A. Bns. (WWII, Korea, Vietnam) (Aug- neth Shown, 466 S. Dixie Blvd., Radcliff, KY 40160 (502) 2n Inf., Anti-Tank Co., 5th Div. (WWII) (Sept-Lake Louisville, KY) Lynn Raque, 3733 Mamaroneck Rd., 351 -3374 Geneva, Wl) Virgil Wettig, 206 Lincoln St., Richmond, IN Louisville, KY 40218 (502) 458-9057 906 Ordnance HAM Co. (Sept-Reno, NV) Frank Boston, 47374(317)935-4035 164th Inf. Assn. (Oct-Minot, ND) George Christensen, 15 241 E. Canterbury Dr., Stockton, CA 95207 (209) 477-

3rd Gen. Hospital (WWII) (Aug) Harold Hammon, 6112 Fairway, Minot, ND 58701 (701 ) 852-1923 6167 Harwood Rd., Louisville, KY 40222 (502) 426-4930 165th Engr. Combat Bn. (Aug-Philadelphia) Harvey 3041st QM G.R. Co. (Sept-Lucas, KY) CarlTroxel, 905 S. 3rd US Inf. Rgt. Assn. (Sept-Ft. Snelling, MN) Howard Mitchell, Box 1702, Burlington, NC 27215 (919) 226-5048 Quincy Dr., Ciinton, IL 61727 (217) 935-2880 Wright, 10341 Harriet Ave. So., Bloomington. MN 55420 191 st Signal Repair Co. (WWII) (July-Bushkill, PA) Gene 3820th QM Gas Supply Co. (Aug-Fremont, NE) Harold (612) 888-2038 Barthel, 2434 Bevington N.W, Canton, OH 44709 (216) Hansen Jr., Box 228. Uehling, NE 68063 (402) 567-2329 4th Inf. (Ivy) Div. Assn. (Nat'l) (July-Boston) Francis 492-4950 A Btry., 226th AAA S/L Bn. (Sept-Huntsville, AL) Earl Bradley, 157Woburn St., Medford, MA 02155 200th Gas Supply Co. (Oct-Lakeland, FL) Cecil Harvey, 3801 Franklin Dr Anniston, QM , AL 36201 (205)236- 4th Inf. Div. Assn. (OH Chapter) (Oct-New Philadelphia, Stevens, 3620 Mt, Tabor Rd., Lakeland, FL 33805 (813) 3569 OH) Elmer Klaus, 2397 Bennett Rd., Madison, OH 858-2904 A Btry., 605th F.A. Bn., 10th Mtn. Div. (Pack) (Oct- 44057 (216)428-1983 204th CA AA Rgt. Assn. (Oct-Bossier City, LA) R.W. Mystic.CT) E.H. Chudy, 18 Victor St., Danbury, CT 06810 7th Conv. Hospital (Sept-St. Louis) W.E. English, 922 S. Norwood, 2038 Bermuda, Shreveport, LA 71105 (318) (203) 748-2160 Meramec, St. Louis, MO 63105 (314) 727-7055 865-7620 A Btry., 893rd AAA AW Bn. (Sept-Wildwood. NJ) Al 8th Ftr. Grp., 5th A.F. (WWII) (Aug-Pittsburgh) Vincent 247th F.A. Bn., Serv. Btry. (Sept-Nashville. TN) Melvin Vitolo, 305 S. Main St., Cape May Court House, NJ Steffanic, 1028 Main St., West Warwick, Rl 02893 (401 Sandy, Rt. 2, Box 81, Stephens City, VA 22655 (703) 869- 08210 (609) 465-7673 828-1769 4331 A Btry., 93rd AAA Gun Bn. (Sept-Rockford, IL) John 8th Inf. Div. Band (WWII) (Sept-Philadelphia) Warrend 254th F.A. Bn. (Sept-Cleveland) Earle Schwark, 8222 Rosko.3521 N.Rutherford Ave. .Chicago, IL 60634 (312) Fredrick, 3514 Saddleback Ln., Lutz, FL 33549 (813) Stratford Dr., Parma, OH 44129 (216) 884-4323 736-0726 961-2732 267th QM Baking Co. (WWII) (Oct-New Orleans) Jack A Co., 1397th Engrs. (Sept-St. Charles, MO) Norman 13th Arm'd, 93rd Cav., B Trp. (Oct-Galveston, TX) Al Palmer, 1968 Middle Bellville Rd., Mansfield, OH 44904 Bruns, 1300 Edinburgh Dr., St. Charles, MO 63303 (314) Heindel, 2001 Roosevelt Ave., York, PA 17404 (717) 764- (419) 756-2558 724-6323 1725 281st Combat Engrs. (Sept-Lexington, KY) E. G. Jef- A Co., 63rd Engr. (C), 44th Div. (Aug-Nashville, TN) E C. 14th F.A. Obsn. Bn. (Sept-Jackson, WY) William Book- freys, Box 66227, Mobile. AL 36660 (205) 479-4400 Hampton, 154 Hardaway Dr., Goodlettsville, TN 37072 waiter, 525 15th Ave, #30, Longmont, CO 80501 (303) 324th Inf. Rgt., 44th Div. (WWII) (Sept-Lexington, KY) (615) 865-7585 776-1481 Jim Page, 406 Seneca Dr., Dover, OH 44622 (216) 343- A, B, C,D, HQ, 746th AAA Gun Bn. (WWII) (Oct-Atlanta) 16th Arm'd F.A. Bn., 9th Arm'd Div. (WWII) (Oct-Kenner, 1619 George Stewart, Box 495, Tonganoxie, KS 66086 (913) LA) Thomas Gaffney, 143 Magnolia Blvd., Harahan, LA 359th AAA S/L Bn. (Sept-Sayre, PA) F.J. Altieri, 113 845-2582 79123 (504) 737-7075 Hemlock Rd., Sayre. PA 18840 (717) 888-7555 B Btry., 449th AAA AW Bn. (Oct-Rocky Hill. CT) John 17th Inf. Assn. (Mid-west) (Aug-Bellevue, NE) Harry 381st ASF Band (Oct-Charleston, SC) John Withum, Rt. Markoya, 1083 Capitol Ave., Bridgeport, CT 06606 (203) Bjornberg, 2956 N. 54th St., Omaha, NE 68104 (402) 1, Box 75-60, Garden City Beach, SC 29576 (803) 651- 336-2000 556-0925 3084 B Co., 2nd Signal Bn. (Sept-Ft. Worth, TX) Louis 17th Signal Oper. Bn. (WWII) (Sept-Nashville, TN) E.F. 383rd Anti Tank, 96th Inf. Div. (Sept-Bowling Green, KY) Schmidt, c/o Wm. Hook, Box 161, Goodland, FL 33933 Hofmeister, 710 Crown Ave., Scranton, PA 18505 (717) Clay Joiner. 928 1/2 Elm St., Bowling Green, KY 42101 (813)394-7112 346-9255 (502)842-3878 B Co., 634th T.D. Bn. (Sept-Boone, I A) Myron Piper, 1718 21st AVN Engrs. (Sept-Carlisle, PA) Calvin Eckert, 305 386th AAA Bn. (Oct-Gloversville, NY) Don Yeates, 166 Country Club PL, Marshalltown, IA 50158 (515) 752- Trl., Dillsburg, 766-6511 5th Ave, Gloversville, Meadow PA 17019 (717) , NY 12708 (518) 725-3890 5228 29th Div. Assn. (Sept-Hagerstown, MD) John Reilly. 736 389th Port Bn. (Sept-Callicoon, NY) Russell Carl, 710 B Co., 787th Tank Bn. (Aug-Louisville, KY) Bob Gunning,

W. Hills Pky., Baltimore, MD 21229 (301 ) 744-1420 Chimes Rd., Paramus, NJ 07652 (201 ) 445-9771 1249 Driftwood Dr., Lowell, IN 46356 (219) 696-0409 30th Inf. Div. Assn. (Old Hickory-WWII) (Sept-Lake 391st Engr. Dpt. Co. (Oct-Fresno, CA) W.P Deas. 2363 B Co., 9th Rgt., 2nd Inf. Div. (WWII) (Oct-San Antonio, Buena Vista, FL) Saul Solow, 13645 Whippet Way E., 17th Ave., San Francisco, CA 94116 (415) 664-8156 TX) Vernon Woody, Box 641, Princeton. TX 75077 (214) Delray Beach, FL 33445 405th AAA Gun Bn. (WWII) (Oct-Roanoke, VA) Warren 736-3393

32nd Gen. Hospital (Sept-Fresno, CA) Ralph Baker. 1 Dillard, 2033 10th St. N.W., Roanoke, VA 24012 (703) C Btry., 144th AAA AW Bn. (Camp Cooke) (Aug-Leroy,

Elwood Ln., Hagerstown, MD 21740 ( 301 ) 739-3 8 89 366-3576 IL) Phillip Moss, 102 E, Warren, Box 161, Leroy, IL 61752 37th Ord. Co. (Sept-St. Paul. MN) Tony Gailes, 481 Daw- 460th AAA AW Bn. (Aug-Cudahy, Wl) Erwin Bessler, 3315 (309) 962-9274 son Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15202 (412) 734-3275 E Allerton Ave., Cudahy, Wl 53110 (414) 483-1271 C Btry., 501st AAA Gun Bn. (Sept-Gettysburg, PA) Mike

40th Combat Engr. Assn. (Sept-St. Louis) George Weiler 486th Engr. Hvy. Shop Co. (Sept-Omaha, NE) Russell Daube, Rt. 1, Box 234, Monogahela, PA 15063 (412) 258- Jr., 1753 Tamarack St., South Milwaukee, Wl 53172 (414) Tiedtke, 106 Main, Wayne, NE 68787 (402) 529-6085 7176 764-4697 501st Parachute Inf. Rgt. (Oct-Orlando, Fl) G.B. El- C Co., 524th MP Bn. (Sept-Amana, IA) Glenn Miller, 732 42nd Div. (N.E. dridge, Rainbow Chapter) (Oct-Cape Cod, MA) 44 Winter Park Dr , Casselberry, FL 32707 3rd, Wakeeney, KS 67672 (913) 743-6347 William Twiss, 14 Central St., Nahant, MA 01908 (617) 504th AAA Gun Bn. (Oct-South Bend, IN) Robert Janes- C Co., 702nd T.D. Bn. (Aug-lthaca, NY) Richard Sage, 581-0698 sens, 2228 Parkview PL, South Bend, IN 46616 (219) 306 Chestnut St., Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272-3143 43rd Inf. Div. (WWII, Korea) (Sept-Farmington, CT) Sal 234-6117 Camp Gordon Johnston MP Detach. (WWII) (Oct- Puglisi, Penfield Hill Rd.. Portland, CT 06480 506th AAA Gun Bn. (Sept-Somerset, PA) Dean Olin, 2413 Nashville, TN) Oliver Galante, 43 Poole St., Woburn. MA 52nd Medical Bn. (Oct-Rochester, NY) William Smith, 75 Center Rd., Ashtabula, OH 44004 (216) 969-1339 01801 (617) 933-4985 Willett St., Albany, NY 12210 (518) 465-0755 507th Parachute Inf. Assn. (Oct-Columbus, GA) Clar- E Co., 133rd Inf. (Sept-Webster City, IA) Melvin McCol- 57th Signal Bn. (Sept-Norwood, MA) Paul Morm, 100 ence Hughart, 9151 W. 66th Ave., Arvada, CO 80004 lough, 1244 1st St., Webster City. IA 50595 (515) 832- Colbourne Crescent, Brookline, MA 02146 (617) 277- (303) 424-8952 4189 9751 550th AAA, 3rd Army (Oct-Westfield, NY) Vince Calarco, E Co., 172nd Inf., 43rd Div. (Sept-Hummelstown, PA) 64th Gen. Hospital (Sept-St. Paul. MN) Lyle Bellis, 120 W. 112 E. Main St., Westfield, NY 14787 (716) 326-2320 Elmer Nisley, 13 W. Main St., Hummelstown, PA 17036 Thompson Ave., St. Paul, MN 55118 (612) 451-8873 551st AAA Bn. (WWII) (Oct-Durham, NC) Benjamin (717) 566-2023 67th Ord. AMM Co. (Oct-Gallatin, TN) Hubert Guffey, 847 Knauf, 58 Wright Rd., Henrietta, NY 14467 (716) 334- H Co., 165th Inf. (Sept-Lafayette, IN) Gilbert Record, Rt. Craig St., Gallatin, TN 37066 (615) 452-1496 5050 4, Box 590, Frankfort, IN 46041 (317) 654-6295

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74th Engr. LP Co. (Oct-Lubbock, TX) George Walker, 317 643rd Tank Destroyer Bn. (Oct-Providence, Rl) Royal I Co., 149th Inf., 38th Div. (Aug-Marion, KY) Z.L. Curnel, St., 781-5518 Lorraine No. Bellmore, NY 11710 (516) Little, 132 Mishnock Rd , W, Greenwich, Rl 02816 (401) 104 N. Milner St., Hartselle, AL 35640 81st Inf. Div. (Wildcat-WWII) (Aug-Des Moines, IA) 397-9873 K Co., 108th Inf., 27th, 40th Div. (WWII) (Oct-Hornell, Robert Zagnoli, 1644 Guthrie Ave., Des Moines, IA 725th MP Bn. (WWII) (Oct-Columbia, SC) Thomas Carlo, NY) Edward Reese, 80 Sherwood Ave., Hornell, NY 50316 11 Deep Gorge Rd., Greenwich, CT 06830 (203) 531- 14843(607)324-3851

82nd Airborne Div. Assn. ( Aug-Houston, TX) Allen 9448 L Co., 302nd Inf., 94th Div. (Oct-Henryville, PA) Charles Schoppe, 4010 Meadow Forest, Rt. 2, Richmond, TX 726th Rwy. Oper. Bn. Assn. (Sept-Chillicothe, OH) Misner, 216 Bombay Ave., Westerville, OH 43081 (614) 77469 George Myers, 1018 Orr Rd Chillicothe, 891-4357 , OH 45601 (614) 83rd HM Ord. (Sept-Richmond, VA) Garland Eanes, 601 642-2786 O'Reilly Gen. Hospital (Sept-Springfield, MO) Neil Compton Dr., Colonial Hts.,VA 23834 (804) 526-1653 739th Engrs. (Sept-Atlantic City, NJ) Joseph Vetere, 217 Wortley, Co Lester Cox Med, Ctrs., 1423 N. Jefferson

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88th NCB Bn. (Oct-Marietta, OH) William Hammett, Box 1, Beach, CA) Edward Davis, 1845 Carolyn Sue Dr., Baton Diego) Riley Gelbach, 2545 Crestview Dr., Beloit, Wl St. Marys, WV 26170 (304) 684-3888 Rouge, LA 70815 (504) 924-2390 53511 (608) 362-5602 95th NCB (WWII) Sept-Gatlinburg, TN) George Raykos, USS Medusa AR1 (Aug-San Diego) Charles Mantz, 486 914th QM Detach. & Others (Love Field) (Oct-Peoria, 1240 Wynnewood Dr., Bethlehem, PA 18017 (215) 868- Welton St., Chula Vista, CA 92011 (619) 420-9299 IL) Elna Hightower, 4208 Morrow, Waco, TX 76710 (817) 3977 USS Metcalf DD 595 (Sept-Colorado Springs, CO) John 753-5934 96th NCB (Casual Draft Zore, Tsing Tao, China, All Chittum, 350 S. Walnut St.. Huntington, WV 25705 (304) 1794th Ord. S&M Co. (Oct-Denver) Harold Kruse, 4295 Units) (Aug-Rosslyn, VA) Hazel Solarski, 139 523-6963 Terry Lake Rd., Ft. Collins, CO 80524 (303) 484-0665 Ravenhead, Houston, TX 77034 (713) 944-2305 USS Neal A. Scott DE 769 (Sept-Seattle) Val Swegel, 845 114th NCB (627th, 628th, 629th CBMU) (Sept-Oak Bellevue PI. E., Seattle, WA 98102 (206) 324-6816 Brook, IL) Frank Kalman, 6200 Willowhill Rd., Willow- USS Neshanic (Aug-Pleasantville, NJ) Pete Caravano, brook, IL 60514 (312) 325-4885 155 Flamingo Rd., Tuckerton, NJ 08087 Air Force 123rd NCB (Aug-Niagara Falls, NY) Fred Voutour, 3062 W. USS Nevada BB 36 (Sept-Colorado Springs, CO) Roy Lake Rd., Wilson, NY 14172 (716) 751-6601 Johnson, 3826 Knoxville Ave., Long Beach, CA 90808 307th Ftr. Sq., 31st Ftr. Grp., 15th AF (WWII) (Oct- Acorn 22, Signalmen & Radiomen (Eniwetok Atoll) (213) 429-5392 Seattle) Harold Andersen, 12003 3rd Ave. So., Seattle, (Sept-Hamilton, OH) Robert Yeakle, 2348 Timberman USS PC 1252 (Aug-Copper Harbor, Ml) Elmer Ellis, Box WA 98168 (206) 243-1504 Rd., Hamilton, OH 45013 (513) 868-9662 42, LAnse, Ml 49946 (906) 524-6309 461st Bomb Wing (B-52, KC-135) (Oct-Colorado Boat Sq. (Persons in any capacity) (Oct-Orlando, FL) USS Redfin SS 272 (Aug-Little Rock, AR) Antoine Springs, CO) Neal Thomas Jr., Box 15161, Colorado Wayne Mellesmoen, 204 Gregory Rd., West Palm Cheramie, Box 1066, Galliano, LA 70354 (504) 475- Springs, CO 80935 (303) 392-1510 Beach, FL 33405 (305) 588-5504 5720 2018th Ord. Maint. Co. AAF (Oct-Nashville, TN) Cleo FASRON 118 (Sept-Kansas City, MO) W.J. Kuhn, 3605 USS Reno CL96 (Sept-Colorado Springs, CO) Eugene Butrum, 2115 Dearborn Dr., Nashville, TN 37214 (615) N.E. 48th St., Kansas City, MO 64119 (816) 454-8376 Morrow, 10960 Pearl Way, Northglenn, CO 80233 (303) 883-6215 Lion Four (Sept-New Orleans) Ruben Stahl, 1621 Illinois, 451 -8045 Langley Field (2nd BG, BW) (Sept-Norfolk, VA) Charles S.W., Huron, SD 57350 (605) 352-2665 USS Russell DD 414 (Sept-Norfolk, VA) Walter Huntington, 721 Cascade Dr.. San Jose, CA 95129 (408) MCB 1 (Oct-Owensboro, KY) Jack Noonan, Rt. 3, Box Singleterry, 4544 62nd St., San Diego, CA 92115 (619) 252-6507 461 A, Jacksonville, AL 36265 (205) 435-3002 582-1337 Pilot Trng. Class 48-A (Oct-Randolph AFB, TX) John Ships Co., NATTC (Norman, OK-WWII) (Sept-Norman, USS Sands DD243/APD13 (Sept-Breezy Point, MN) Oliver Jr., Box 296, Salado, TX 76571 (817) 947-8030 OK) Carl Smith, 1520 Haywood Ave., Memphis, TN William Edberg, 5541 Toledo Ave. No., Minneapolis, MN Roswell AAF/Walker AFB Assn. (Sept-Roswell, NM) 38127 (901)357-5734 55429 (612) 537-5365 RAAF/WAFB Assn., Box 8092, Linda Vista Sta., Ros- U.S. Nav. Air Station (Twin Cities, MN) (Aug-Min- USS Saufley DD 465 (Sept-Struthers, OH) Stephen well, NM 88201 neapolis) Kirk Johnson, 7325 14th Ave. So., Min- Macala, 278 Hopewell Dr., Struthers, OH 44471 (216) Tow Target Detach. (Panama Canal Zone, 1941-43) neapolis, MN 55423 (612) 866-7194 755-8354 (Sept-Cincinnati) Albert Costa, 434 Spruce St., Clinton, USS Arkab AK 130 (Sept-Ann Arbor, Ml) Richard Ken- USS Taussig DD 746 (Aug-Clifton, NJ) Pat Repoli, 16 Mt. IN 47842 (317) 832-8433 nedy, 7945 Merritt, Norfolk, VA 23518 (804) 587-6355 Prospect PI., Newark, NJ 07104 (201 ) 485-1046 WWII Glider Pilots Assn. (Oct-Dayton, OH) Miles USS Baham AG 71 (Sept-Madison, Wl) Pius Feist, Rt. 1, USS Tillman DD 641 (Sept-Montville, OH) Bill Wenzel, Wagner, 215 E. River Rd., Tucson, AZ 85704 (602) 887- Box 220B, Grand Forks, ND 58201 (701 ) 746-5106 2185 Beaumont Ave. N.W., Massillion, OH 44646 (216) 5777 USS Bangust 739 (Oct-St. Petersburg Beach, Fl) John 833-5809 Bye, 7128 7th Ave. No., St. Petersburg, FL 33710 (813) USS Yorktown CV 10 Assn. (Oct-Mt Pleasant, SC) 347-6630 Joseph Sharkey, Box 1021, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 USS Betelgeuse AKA11/AK28 (Oct-Philadelphia) Roy (803) 884-2727 Marines Hoffman, 253 Alliston Rd., Springfield, PA 19064 (215) VB 18 (Oct-St. Louis) Frank Boro, 1509 Salem Hills, St. 543-5624 Louis, MO 63119 (314) 962-3114 1st Marine Div. Assn. (Aug-Phoenix, AZ) George Meyer, Birmingham CL 62 (Sept-Santa Rosa, CA) Buck VP/VPB 142 (Oct-Dallas. TX) Harold Bowden, 4305 Bret- 1704 Florida Ave. Woodbridge, VA22191 (703)550-7516 USS , Glans, 1849 Indianapolis Blvd., Whiting, IN 46394 (219) ton Bay., Dallas, TX 75252 (214) 248-0279 44th Reserve Officers Class (Sept-San Diego) William 659-2942 Persky, 1816 Ft. Stockton Dr., San Diego, CA 92103 (619) USS Boise CL 47 (WWII) (Sept-Boise, ID) Don Fitch, Box 295-8477

26933, Salt Lake City, UT 84126 (801 ) 972-2348 F-2-2 Assn. (Saipan) (Sept-Omaha, NE) Larry Pressley, USS Bradford DD 545 (Aug-Reno,NV) James Gabriel, Army Air Forces 1510 Ridgewood Ave., Omaha, NE 68124 (402) 391- 4052 N. Kedvale, Chicago, IL 60641 5379 USS Braine DD 630 (Oct-Orlando, FL) James Geddes, 66 3rd Composite Sq. (Aug-Omaha, NE) Nester Cole, 2732 MAG/25 SCAT (All support units) (Aug-Kansas City, Summit St., Sorrento, FL 32776 (305) 942-5750 Warwick Dr., Bloomfield Hills, Ml 48013 (313) 871-8070 MO) John Diehl, 410 W. 9th St., Ft Scot, KS 66701 (316) USS Capps DD550 Assn. (Sept-St. Paul, MN) Robert 9th Photo Recon. Sq. (WWII) (Oct-Amana, IA) Clair 223-4300 Sperling, 4691 West 4365 South, Salt Lake City, UT Sauter, 703 W. Hilton St., Marengo, IA 52301 (319) 642- Marine Detach., USS Missouri BB 63 (1947-51) (Oct- 84120 (801)966-4381 7162 Hampton, VA) B.H. Cain Jr., 706 Old Bridge Rd., Brielle, USS Cincinnati CL 6 (Sept-Caribbean Cruise) Milt Frater, 26th F.S., 51st F.G. (China Blitzers-WWII) (Sept-Colum- NJ 08730 (201)528-8106 MR 1 Pky., Box 226, Lake Mills, Wl 53551 (608) 648- bus, OH) William Van Dyke, 1715 Weiler Ave., Columbus, MP Co. (Camp Lejeune, 1951-52) (Oct-Sturbridge, MA) 8503 OH 43207 (614) 443-4416 Robert Shucker, 5-R Linda Ln., Lebanon, PA 17042 (717) USS Denebola AD 12 (All Divs.) (Oct-Portland, ME) Karl 44th B.G., B.W., S.M.W. (Heritage Mem. Grp.) (Sept- 272-3640 Brandt, 328 Quittie Park Dr., Annvillie, PA 17003 (717) Milwaukee) William Topping, 1426 Vadera Ct., Fenton, Tri-State Marine Detach., Mar. Corps League (Aug- 867-4182 MO 63026 (314) 225-7030 Youngstown, OH) W.R. Simon, 2268 Innwood Dr., USS Denver CL 58 (Light Cruiser) (WWII) (Aug-De- 62nd T.C. Grp., HQ, 4th, 7th, 8th, 51 st Sqdns. (Oct-Las Youngstown, OH 44515 (216) 792-0003 nver) Arthur Bourbeau, 4 Debbie Ln., Lawrence, MA Vegas, NV) Gordon Bates, 6731 Alan Hale Dr., San 01843 (617) 683-3516 Antonio, TX 78240 (512) 684-5576 USS Eberle DD 430 (Sept-Norfolk, VA) Robert McKenzie, 90th Bomb Grp. (H), 5th AF (Jolly Rogers) (Oct-Ar- Coast Guard 309 Catawba Ave., Newfield, NJ 08344 (609) 697-1587 lington, VA) Tom Keyworth, 38 Crestlyn Dr. E., York, PA USS Emmons Assn. DM822/DD457 (Oct-Orlando, FL) 17402(717)741-3998 David Jensen, 87-26 259th St., Floral Park, NY 10001 100th Bomb Grp., 8th AF (Sept-Long Beach, CA) Ev 12th Rgt., Co. C, Beach Patrol Force (Samoa-WWII) (718)343-3295 Blakely, 10860 Crebs Ave., Northridge, CA 91326 (818) (Sept-Eureka, CA) W.J. Tyson, 245 Manzanita Ave., USS Farenholt DD491 (WWII) (Sept-Dallas, TX) Denver 360-0923 Eureka, CA 95501 (707)442-8565 Sauls, 912 Westport Dr., Dexter, MO 63841 137th Signal Radio Intell. Co. (Sept-Ellenville, NY) USS Menges DE320 (Sept-Seattle) Toney Logan, 1565 USS Gold Star AG 12 (Oct-Anaheim, CA) Garnett Seb- Amos Hawley, 451 Rimmon H.U. Rd., Beacon Falls, CT Tumalo Dr. S.E., Salem, OR 97301 (503) 364-9037 ree, 2136 Gaviota, #D, Signal Hill, CA 90806 (213) 427- 06403 (203) 888-7283 3425 320th Bomb Grp. (HQ, 441st-444th Sqdns.) (Oct- USS Hoe SS258 (WWII) (Aug-Little Rock, AR) Harry Irving, TX) Stu Rowan, 108 Aspin, Hereford, TX 79045 Miscellaneous Flagg, 7003 23rd Ave. W., Bradenton, FL 33529 (813) (806) 364-4015 792-6916 341st Ftr. Sq., 5th AF (WWII) (Sept-St Louis) Tony USS Inch DE146 (Oct-Springfield, IL) Roy Frank, Gibbons, 18 Burgandy Dr., Lake St. Louis, MO 63367 WAC Quarters 400 (Ft. Des Moines) (Sept-Des Moines, Wotanda Shore Dr., Meredith, NH 03253 (603) 279-8136 (314) 625-3016 IA) Carrie LeFew, 502 Jefferson St., Harvard, IL 60033 USS Kingfisher, Ontario (N.S. Pago Pago Somoa) 376th Bomb Grp. (Liberandos) (Sept-Norfolk, VA) (815) 943-4566

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The rules about walking safety are just common sense, Breen said. "If you're hurting, you're doing something Swiss Doctor's Invention wrong. And if you don't listen to your body, you're asking for trouble." Walking makes so much sense that Ends Your Foot Pain! there's a boom going on. The field has Imported "FOOT CRADLE" ends its own Walking magazine, and more than 60 million Americans now walk for fitness or recreation, said Brad tired, aching, burning feet! Ketchum, editor of the magazine. Eight out of ten Works for Enough of them are serious enough people suffer from both women about it to have sparked a major in- serious foot and men. crease in walking competitions, up discomfort and 62% don't believe they can do from 2,500 in 1985 to 10,000 in 1986. anything about it. But most walkers are just trying to do If you've ever felt the for their physical condition some good sensation of pins and How it's without getting competitive. One of the needles or the feeling of guaranteed to or if you new phenomena in the field is the walk- walking on rocks; work for yon. suffer from flat feet, ing event that isn't a race, Ketchum said painful corns or bunions, Like all great inventions it together to —just a lot of people getting calluses, hammertoes, was quite simple once the

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SHADY ROAD VILLAS PADDOCK PARK SOUTH SUGAR MILL Life Membership notices are published for Legion- OCALA OCALA ORLANDO/ST. CLOUT naires who have been awarded Life Memberships by their posts. Life Membership notices must be submitted on official landscaped » Concrete side- Large forms which may be obtained by sending a self-addressed, sites. walks & drives. stamped envelope to: Life Memberships. The American Legion, P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206 Carport and • Decorative brick Jack S. Gracy (1987) Post 100, Rogers, AR utility rooms. landscape area. George Carothers (1987) Post 305, St. Petersburg Front yard • Split brick Beach, FL Richard C. Fultz(1974), posts. skirting. lamp William Lombardo (1978) Richard Place (1985), Post 1, Kaiserslautern, W. Germany Elegant clubhouses, private entrances, DEVELOPED FOR YOU: swimming George P. Ball (1984). Billy W. Needham Sr. (1986), Post pools, jax^zi/whirlpool, lighted shufQeboard and picnic areas. 81, El Dorado, KS THE MARION COMMUNITIES ADVANTAGE: Live year-round or be a James Blahut, James Nykyforchy n, Milton F. Zientek (1978), Grant C. Greene (1979), George T. Forbes winter guest. Lease back, rental, finance and insurance programs available. (1983) Frank Medicus, Robert E.L. White (1984), Call Toll Free Outside Florida 1 -800-443-3078 Henry J. Zientek (1985), Jon A. Anderson, Benjamin MARION COMMUNITIES • P.O. BOX 3278 • OCALA, FL 32678 • 904/732-5536 F. Blevins, James W. Farrow, Kenneth L. Nycum, Raymond M.Tucker (1986), Post 187, Baltimore, MD Duane E. Lorshbough, Iver Stai, Albin B. Thorson I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE (1987), Post 438, Pinewood, MN INFORMATION ON NAME George D. Aranow, Frank F. Schmidt (1987), Post 303, SHADY ROAD ADDRESS Rockville Centre, NY VILLAS Robert Houseknecht, Harry Mauck, Lewis Pearson, Harold Swisher (1987), Post 601, Muncy Valley. PA PADDOCK PARK CITY ST. ZIP Jame H. Adams, Goldie M. Beatty, John F. Calva, Carl SOUTH L. Ingram, Woodrow Kinney, Alton E. Murray Thomas C. Pierce Jr., William A. Rucker. Charles L. SUGAR MILL PHONE Tatum (1987), Post 482. Fort Worth, TX A.L. Olen A. Hall (1986), Post 126, Buena Vista, VA

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PARTING SHOTS

There's Nobody Home He who gets lost in thought probably

does so because it's unfamiliar territory. —George Bergman

Definition

Tact is changing the subject without changing your opinion. —Eugenio Ravana

Good Gracious One boss to another: "My secretary has her "in" and "out" baskets labeled "Good Grief" and "Good Riddance. Her pending tray is labeled "Good In- "Gofish." tentions." —Oliver Frazier

Still No Better Face Value Signs Of The Time One thing that never improves with age is the national debt. The daughter of the farmer who was Politicians are really a tough breed of — auctioning off some wares dazzled the humanity. One week they are on the Larry Dean city fellow. She'd smile and wink and cover of Time and the next week they are nod at him and he'd smile and nod and doing it. wink in return. Later, he learned that —George Delaine Untimely Interruptions he'd purchased a spinning wheel, an The strangest thing about television antique wash tub and a pair of mules. is that, commercials are never inter- —Robert Sasserath Bye Now rupted by special bulletins. —Ed Eastman "One of the most tactful men I ever knew," said the speaker, "was the man Same Time, Same Place, Too who fired me from my very first job. He Grabbing The Green Advertising a seminar on "What called me in and said: 'Son, I don't run for high public office Makes A Happy Marriage?" a poster in know how we're going to get along Some people perhaps get- a women's club inquired: "What do you without you, but starting Monday, with thoughts of someday ting their face on our currency. Others have in common with your husband?" we're going to tiy.' of getting their hands on it. Beside it written: — just think someone had "We Gene Vana — were both married on the same day." Fred Norwood —Oscar Thornbuckle Not A Leg To Stand On "Company, 'ten-hut'; lift your left

A Heavy Dose leg and hold it straight out in front of A doctor gave a man who wanted to you," the sergeant shouted. lose weight ajar filled with 5,000 pills. Nervously, one recruit held his right

"How many do I take a day?" the leg out by mistake, so it was next to his patient asked. buddy's left leg. "None," said the doctor, "you spread "Okay," yelled the sergeant, "who's them on the floor and pick them up." the joker holding up both feet?" —Morris B. White —Ralph Widner

Why Bother Wake-up Call

You can't take it with you, and with The man who says his alarm clock the present value of money, it would never wakes him up can borrow our "Ignore him. Herb. He just doesn't like hardly be worth the trouble anyhow. baby any time. me letting dinner guests eat out of his —Arnot Sheppard Jr. —Homer Phillips bowl.

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