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Vol. 58; No. 4; April, 1955
SPINNING i »^ .1 THE AMERICAN . LEGION MAGAZINE Cover by Frank McCarthy Contents for April, 1955
KIM SUNG'S ROAD BACK (fiction) J. with the by Thomas McDonald 11 THE OLD KOREAN HAD REASON TO DOUBT THE AMERICANS. Bronson GIVING OURSELVES AWAY by Eugene W. Castle 14 WE PINCH PENNIES AT HOME, SQUANDER DOLLARS ABROAD. Here's polished perfection in spinning— NEW PLAYERS '55 reel lo give your casts wii>gs — to make your FOR by Arch Murray 18 NAMES AND FACES YOU'LL BE HEARING ABOUT. aim true as an arrow. It's the Bronson"Jet"! marvel at the precision You'll "Jet's" WHY THE AMERICAN LEGION FAVORS HELP drag smooth under any tension. A new — FOR THE U. S. MERCHANT FLEET by Seaborn P. Colhns 18 pinch-free device prevents line tangle be- THE NATIONAL COMMANDER EXPLAINS A LEGION POLICY. hind the spool, to'assure trouble-free action. And there's no more bother with a lost drag THEY'RE MOVING IN ON WALL STREET by Ralph Hendershot 20 IF YOU'RE THINKING OF BUYING STOCKS, READ THIS FIRST. adjusting n\)t — it's fixed to tlie spool for keeps. WHERE AMERICA'S PAST LIVES 22 For truly effortless operation, nothing YOU CAN SEE THE PLACES WHERE HISTORY WAS MADE. compares to the "Jet's" oilite bearing and beveled nylon pinion gear. A non-reversing CHRYSLER RAISES ITS SIGHTS by Stanley H. Brams 24 crank button, full bail pick-up and hardened LAST YEAR SALES WERE DOWN, BUT THIS YEAR IT'S DIFFERENT. roller guide are just a few of the other extras NEWS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION 31 you'll enjoy. Other Bronson Spinning Reels from $4.95 Features to S17.95. Bronson Reel Company, Bronson,
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Coxe Coronet No. 25-C $33.tO Publisher .•1)^ Editor rri.iifiL' Director L. Maguire James F. O'Neil Al Marshall Fred free The only automatic I-.:stcru AJr. Myr. spool casting reel. Handle Irving Herschbein WilliamM. DeVitalis disengages with cast, Frank Lisiecki liJit.ni.il A^^fs Mi.lm^ton ,1 Ji. Myr. engages on retrieve. Gears Edward W. Atkinson Joseph P. Tiernan Detroit Jr. /v'r/'. and bearings, phosphor Joseph C. Keeley Alda Viarengo A Adv. Sales Assoc. bronze. Miituiginy, Editor James F. Barton M' The American Legion Magazine is the officiol publication of The Am or icon Legion end is ov^ned exclusively by The American Legion. Copyright 1955 by The American Legion. Pub- lished monthly at 1100 W. Broadway, Louisville, Ky. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of Oct. 3, 1917, outhorized Jon. 5, 1925. Price single copy, 15 cents; yearly subscription, $1.50. Entered os second class matter June 30, FREE) Ask 1948, at the Post Office at Louisville, Ky., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Non-member Prpfutmcrit Tfic AnTvican Lr-qion Magazine, your Bronson Dea subscriptions should be sent to the Circnlr-tion of P. O. Box 1055, Indianapolis 6, Ind, Spinning the Bronson —a "how to" booklet on spin • THE AMERICAN I EG ION MAGAZINE • APRIL. 1955 , — Take a note from sticking trumpet valves! Letters published in Sound Off do not necessarily represent the policy of The American Legion, but iinsigned letters will not be considered. Name withheld if requested. Keep your letters short. Address: Sound Off, The American Legion Magazine, 720 Fifth Avenue, New York 19, N. Y. WANTS BETTER FICTION newal memberships for 1955 as of January 11. For 1954 I had 334 mem- Sir: Your editorial in the February bers in all. issue re the payment of $179,420 to George T. Janner, Jr. eleven ex-UN F~ifth Amendment duck- Lysle Rishel Post No. 6S ers emphasizes need a look the of new Hutchinson, Kans. at this organization. Through excel- lent (and costly) publicity the UN Sir: As iMembership Chairman of this has been given almost divine status, to Post, I offer the record of Frank he mentioned only in awed and wor- \\'icks who as of January 5 has signed shipful words. A look at the casual- up 146 members in addition to carry- ties in Korea makes me wonder who ing on many other Post duties. Duff Free your car's engine did tlie fighting and dying. Our casu- Harry D. alties were over 100,000 with 22,000 Senior Vice Cojnmander from harmful deposits dead and 10,000 missing. Balance this H. H. Donkersley Post No. 19 to UNLOCK HORSEPOWER against 3,250 for England and 896 for Yiima, Ariz. France! one can deny the inherent No Sir: I want to take the opportunity to \ alue the and profound state- Trumpet or engine, deposits can of UN, mention Franky Spinello of our Post ments from the UN make nice read- cause valves and other vital parts to who has signed up 207 renewals and ing, but I'd rather get my fiction in new members. Top that! stick. Then rhythm is gone and the a bookstore. William H. Jmnp tNiie goes sour. In your engine it Leo Kemper Post No. 210 means lost power, wasted gasoline, Stii/. Sir: Harold Geerdes has signed up 350 Sound your^^for the members and Harry Gimbert has signed up 5-^8. Harr\' Gimbert for the past ten years has averaged between 300 to 500 members yearly. LONG QUART Paul S. Tarara, Adjutant AIDS LAW ENFORCEMENT Wn/. T. McCoy Post No. 92 Sir: By publishing "Shail \\ c Pay Our Rochester, Minn. Cops or Robbers?" you are doing a Sir: Frank Bonne\ ille of this Post had real service for law enforcement. In 118 renewals and eight new members AVestclicstcr County, The Westchester a at December 15, and I had 105 re- County Publishers, Inc., owners of newals and 18 new. And we are still chain of newspapers in our County going out and getting more. are now working out a plan whereby Harly Hogan cash awards will be given quarterly John Howard Strain Post No. 139 to men engaged in law enforcement Alha/nbra, Calif. in Westchester County who have demonstrated some outstanding bit of Sir: Our champion member-getter, police work. On this Police Award Alagee Brookcr lias signed 201 to date. Committee is a civilian as a Chairman, Since our Post has a total membership Sw/fcfi now myself as Sheriff of Westciicster of 388, Brookcr has signed 52% of our County, and a Chief of Police from of f/)/s i'lqn . membership. \Vho can beat this rec- . one city, town and village within our ord? County. This group will determine Warren H. Unishler, Adjutant w ho is entitled to the award and then BETTER DEALERS Bill Bowling Post No. 12 same will be awarded by The AW\st- IN EVERY STATE FEATURE PENNZOIL" PRODUCTS ChaJroii, Nebr. chester County Publishers, Inc., with ^',1 liSS, THE PENNrOIL CO.. OIL CITY. PA.. 1 appropriate news stories and conimen- MEMBER PENN. GRADE CRUDE OIL ASSN., PERMIT NO. 2 Sir: ha\e signed up 300 new and re- 4 • THE AMHRICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1955 J dations to the individuals receiving the award. John E. Hoy Sheriff, Westcljcster County White Plains, N. Y. BILLIONS ABROAD Sir: Don't you tliink it is time the veterans of AVW'I were getting a pen- sion from our government? Billions upon billions as good will gifts to foreign countries, some of whom I consider our enemies really, but noth- ing for WW'I vets. American justice? Huh! If we are to get nothing let our government say so. If we are to get something why wait until we are dead? We can't spend or eat monuments. Alex De Graw Altadena, Calif. Sir: I am a W^VI vet and it certainly burns me up to see this country hand- ing out millions of dollars to a bunch of foreigners. Why not a pension for all vets at age 60? Name Withheld New York City 'We iVenf Farther^ Stayed Longer, and POLAR BEARS Had More Fun, Thanks to Sir: It is indeed gratifying to know that so many of our boys have re- ceived Medals of Honor for their because our meals cost only $3.08 a dayl" heroic deeds while in the sen'ice. But what has ever been mentioned of the Sa^ Lieut, and Mrs. E. R. McLAUGHLIN boys who were lost in the swamps of Russia in the Polar Bear Expedition "Thanks to our Coleman 'Outing Pals,' we figured we during the first World War? These saved S8.93 a day on food costs and turned a normally were U. S. Sailors detached from the expensive two-week vacation into a full month of fun! USS Olynipia sent hundreds of miles Early or late, whenever we wanted, we ate our favorite inland from the ship's guns protection home-cooked meals from our Coleman Camp Stove on our Coleman Camp Table . . . and always had plenty of fighting bolsheviki, engaging in sev- light at night from our Coleman Lantern!" eral skirmishes, fighting four major battles, finally being surrounded and Nf IV Coleman Portable COOLER. This new addition will add retreating through the marshlands to the fun of your outdoor living . . . picnics, camping, three days and nights without food outings. Completely insulated on all six sides . . . holds or water. AVake up, Senators and Con- cold longer. Low "K" factor keeps food, drinks cold, gressmen. These boys have never fresh. Curved inside construction for easy cleaning; helps asked for any medals or honors keep box odor-free, Exclusive refrigerator type lid latch heaped upon them for the hardships opens with finger touch. Beautiful green hammerloid fin- ish. 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' Wichita Kansas or even acquaintance with one guilty Dept. 215'Al, 1, on display at I Rush me my copy of the new Coleman Outdoor Book, of these heinous crimes is sufficient to I "How to Fun on Every Outing." Sporting Goods, Hove More (Continued on page 57 NAME Hardware and I ADDRESS I Dept. Stores |_riTY _^TAT P I II VSavage "22's cl IM^^^^ models KID STUFF ONE OF OUR friends who is an ex- pert on communism recently handed us some nursery rhymes culled from Young Pioneer, a publication for junior bolsheviks. In case you're interested, here is what the little dears are taught to lisp: / toil, I toil, I iveep, I pine That others may wear garments fine. If you've stopped crying over that heart- breaker, here's another: But the bosses ainh gonna reign no inore They ain^t go?ma reign no more Yes, by heck, they'll get it in the neck, The bosses ain''t gonna reign no iiiore. Want more? Try this: We are the young communists The world ive will own And when the capitalists hear our name They quake in every bo?ie In a somewhat diflFerent vein, tlie talented folks who plug the United Na- tions have flung together a few arias w hich they circulate in our schools, all to the greater glory of the folks \\ lie work in the Tower of Babblers, as the UN Building is sometimes called. Fol- lowing is a sample, sent on by a Rock Island lady who was puzzled to hear it will One look tell you that these NEW Savage models are in a local school. If you're puzzled, too, the most gracefully streamlined .22 rifles you've ever seen. don't let it worry you. It only shows you But sleek, smart appearance and absence of unwieldly bulk don't have the gift of tongues, otherw ise isn't all — far from it ! Throw one to your shoulder . . . feel the natural "fit" of the new, raised comb Monte Carlo known as global gobbledegook. type stock — ideal for either iron sight or 'scope shooting. Tzing, birri, birri, boom, boom, boom; Now, grip the new, husky fore-end — designed for firm Tzang, birri, birri, boom, boom, boom — holding, accurate sighting. Note, too, the dovetail grooves Grown-ups are working so children can in the receiver — they permit instant 'scope mounting — play. or removal — without tools. These new features — with traditional Savage accuracy and dependability — bring Tzing, birri, birri, boom, boom, boom; you — "22's" which are truly "First in the Field." "S" models Tzang, birri, birri, boom, boom, boom available with special sights. We'll do the same for our children some Savage Model 6 Deluxe Auto-Loader, Tub. Mag. Repeater $36.25 day. Savage Model 5 Deluxe Bolt Action, Tub. Repeater Mag. $30.75 There's a lot more, proving that all Savage Bolt Model 4 Deluxe Action, Clip Mag. Repeater $26.25 God's chillun will some day join hands in a happy UN world, but we think \ ()u idea. feel prccisch" riie Generations ot" shooters have proven the accuracy, dependability and get the And we high value rifles. of Stevens .22 cal. You'll tind these long time favorites same way you do about it. — auio-loaders, boll action repeaters and single shots — with the dis- tinctive "black tipped"' fore-ends — at your dealer's. TO BE WELL READ HAVE YOU read any good books lately? There are several wc can Stevens Model 15 — .22 cal. single shot, bolt action. recomiTicnd to those who are trying to Hand-cocking action, iiulepeiuleni of bolt, provides keep up with tiiis dizzy world — several maximum safety . . . bolt handle directly over trig- ger for fast operation . . . well proportioned stock non-fiction books and two good novels. with black-lipped fore-end . . . 24" barrel . . . gold excit- $13.85 bead front sight and open rear sight with elevator. One novel is Helen Alaclnncs's ing Pray for a Brave Heart published by oil prices Harcourt Brace & Co., and the price subject to change S3. 75. This isn't just a boy -meets-girl novel but one dealing in communist in- See Savage — Stevens — Fox firearms at your trigue. The setting is Switzerland where dealer's. Write for free rifle catalog. red agents have moved in to break up an SAVAGE ARMS CORPORATION outfit engaged in getting important peo- 1 1 • • Chicopee Falls . Massachusetts SAVAGE STEVENS FOX Firearms ^ • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1955 pic out from behind tlic Iron Curt;iin. Almost as exciting in the non-fiction field is the true story of a teacher w ho tried to help mankind through comnui- nisiii. She was thoroughly disillusioned by her cynical comrades in the process, and a few name politicos helped in her disiliusit)nnient. The book is School of D.irk/icss, the author is Bella Dodd, the the publisiier P. J. Kennedy & Sons, and price $4. Another lively book dealing with she- nanigans of another sort is Billiovs, Blunders and Baloney, by Eugene AV. Castle whose article "Giving Ourselves Aw ay" appears on page 14. In this book, published by Devin-Adair Co. at $3.50, Mr. Castle tells how we are spending a a lot of money to lose the propaganda war abroad. Why freedom cannot survive in a planned economy is explained by Max Eastman in a book that should be re- quired reading. The title is Reflections on the Failttre of Socialisni, the publisher Devin-Adair, the price $2.75. You may not ha\ e heard of it, but an- other extremely worthw'hile book is Oper- ation Nightmare, published last year b\' Sequoia University Press, Box 4007, Vil- lage Station, Los Angeles, and priced at S3.50. Written by Frank Cunningham and Pat Barham, it deals w ith the Korean sellout, at home and in the Far East. Ralph de Toledano, who wrote about the American Civil Liberties Union for this magazine, turns novelist in Day of Distilled Reckoning, being published by Henry Holt and Company, at $3.00. An exciting LondonDryI story of man-against-evil, it tells of a man's involvement in the red conspirac\' Gin and his subsequent battle against it. OlSmLED£.BOITl[OINIH£USABY| Getting away from all this, you will THf OlSTIllERS COMPANY IIMITEO find something else in How to Live 365 Days a Vear, by John A. Schindler, M.D., and published by Prentice-Hall, at $4.95. The emphasis here is in the Live, with Dr. Schindler telling how to smooth out the kinks in living so you can live longer, happier, better. PLAN FOR CONQUEST ARE grateful to Malcolm WEChamplin, Department Commander of California, for sending us the follow - ing excerpt from a speech made 24 years ago by Dimitry A. Manuilsky at the Lenin School of Political Warfare in Moscow: "\^'ar to the hilt between commu- nism and capitalism is inevitable. To- day, of course, we are not strong enough to attack. Our time will come in 20 or 30 years. To win we shall need the element of surprise. The bourgeoisie will have to be put to sleep. So we shall begin by launching the most spectacular peace movement on record. There will be electrifying overtures and unheard of concessions. The capitalist countries, stupid and BECAUSE OF LIQUEUR QUALITY and HIGH PROOF (94.4) decadent, will rejoice to cooperate in their ow n destruction. They will leap NEVER TASTE THIN WITH GORDON'S GIN at another chance to be friends. As DRINKS soon as their guard is dow n, we shall smash them with our clenched fists." This is the same Manuilsky w ho pre- sided over the United Nations Security Council in 1949. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1955 ! ! Products Pl^RADE A sampling oj items which are in process of development or are coming on the market. Mention of products in ?io loay constitutes an endorsement of them, since in most cases they are described as represented by manufacturers. DON'T HAMMER, RAMMER bugs, etc. It comes in 18-foot rolls which sell for Si. .'50. It is easy to hammer very small nails and brads with an ingenious new tool called Rammer-Hammer, available from Do- FOR ROUGH STUFF Hicky, Inc., Box 37, Rockville Center, N. Y. Resembling an oversized metal You can save yourself a lot of scraping called sj ringe, the tool has a magnetized head and sandpapering with a new tool Smoothy, developed by Fortune Labora- which retracts the nail as it grips it. To drive the nail, you rap or push a plunger. tories, 1405 .Main St., Des Moines, Iowa. It resembles an old-time eraser The price is S2.00 postpaid. blackboard id a t/aeoitoft except that it has four scraping blades in- stead of a felt pad. These are specially de- FOR LADIES ONLY signed of Swedish steel and, the manufac- turer says, will last indefinitely. With tiic If > ou'd like to give the little woman Smoothy, it is possible to smooth quickly something sentimental in the of a gift, way rough plaster, floors, and luiuber, remove there's a new kind of ironing board cover varnish or paint, etc. Tlic price is a dollar which may be just the ticket. Employing postpaid. the scientific principle that a shiny metallic surface will reflect heat, the In-Wood Co., Law rencc, N. Y., has come up with a cover, TUNE IN YOUR LIGHT called the Reflccto, which puts the heat A new kind of light control device from the iron where it will the do most which takes the place of the conventional good. As a result, they say, both sides of off-on switch has been announced by the a piece are ironed simultaneously. They manufacturers, Superior Electric Co., Bris- also say it will outlast other covers many tol, Conn. Called the Luxtrol Light Con- times over. The price is $2.50 for standard trol, it permits you to dial the exact 48- and S4-inch sizes, and $2.75 for the 60- amount of light you want in any fixtures inch size, all postpaid. operating from it. Degree of light ranges from complete darkness to full brightness, ...with and the unit handles fluorescent as well as incandescent lights. Wallplate and knobs are available to match any decor and the low-cost luxury all the way unit will retail for about $30. Ride new Air Suspension coaches, so smooth each road's a ribbon of velvet. TWO-TONE STAMP PAD Enjoy air-conditioned comfort ... re- Taking the familiar rubber stamp, H. F. clining easychairs . . . panoramic sight- Roy Industries has given it a new look seeing—even washroom facilities (on by making it spell out its message in two colors. Tiie secret is in the pad w hich con- Scenicrniser) . It's a luxury vacation... tains both red and blue ink where it at a fraction the cost of driving matches up with tiie proper letters. The FREE VACATION PLANNING SERVICE DO-IT-YOURSELF, SIMPLY first such stamp available prints tiie words '.\ir .Mail," and with pad it costs SI.98 when, say where Say highly —and Greyhound ex- A practical new product which from the company at 13336 Kercheval Ave., makes perts arrange your weatherstripping and various kinds Detroit 15. hotels . . . plan sight- of insulating easy is being offered by Chas. seeing, Expense-Paid — Ayres Co., 698 Minnesota St., San P>an- Tours no extra cost SNAP RACK cisco 7. Called Zip Strip Adhesive Weather- stripping, it is applied to any surface merely Those who like to have reading matter NEW! VACATION PLANNING MAP OF U.S. by pressing with your hand. No nails or in tile bathroom will find a new kind of Moil to Greyhound Tour Dept., 71 W. lake Street, tools are necessary, and a door or window magazine rack interesting. This is an in- Chicago, III., for free rnop with tour prices. can be sealed in a minute or two. AV'iiile genious aluminum gadget which snaps in Name iieat loss won't be a problem for most place over the top edge of the closet, re- AdcJress people for the next few montiis. Zip Strip quiring no tools. The price is a dollar post- can make air conditioning more efficient, paid from New Products Co., 17 Oak St., C!ty & State stop windows from rattling, keep out dust, Belmont 78, Mass. Send me special infor- mation on a Tour to: GREYHOUND When writing to manufacturers concerning items described here kindly mention that you read about them in The American Legion Magazine. g • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1955 ^ NEW DESOTO TAKE A TURN AT THE WHEEL of a De Soto, and it's certain you'll be spoiled for other cars. For here is a car that is really exciting to drive. Not only has its mighty V-8 engine the sheer power you need for instant response — but there is a smoothness, a sureness of con- trol, a solid feel, that puts the De Soto in a class by itself among American cars. So don't be content to just admire De Soto style in the showroom. Take a Firedome or Fireflite out on the road. Try a stretch of cobbles, the steepest hill in town, a bit of heavy traffic, a road full of curves and dips. See if the De Soto isn't the finest car you've ever driven . . . the one car you want to live with in the years ahead. De Soto Division, Chrysler Corporation. WITH THE FOKWARD > LOOK DE SOTO-PLYMOUTH dealers present GROUCHO MARX in "YOU BET YOUR LIFE" on NBC Radio and TV jo command performancfi. LATEST NEWS! Available in variety of striking new 2-tone color combinations TURN THE KEY. Your mighty Mercury Mark 55E MercElectric responds to the 12-volt electric starter — right now.' With the electric choke it's as easy as starting your car. TAKE THE WHEEL. Shift into forward, ease open the throttle and sample the smooth power flow . . . power so positive, so effortlessly controlled you'll find it hard to believe at first. It's a four! TAKE THE WRAPS OFF . . . and be surprised again. You never knew forty horses could be so quiet. It's a four! Complete engine soundproofing, not just intake and exhaust silencing, makes the Mark SSE super silent. All you hear is sweet music from Full Jeweled Power.* And the new Dyna-Float Suspension floats the engine on rubber shear mounts to keep vibration World's onl y away from your boat. 4 in line TAKE HER IN — reluctantly, for this was a cruise that was all fun. There's Outboard! no need to check the battery ... it was charged automatically by a in a Ball and rollerrc generator so efficient, so advanced that you'll find one like it tomor- ^ ' bear ings row's fine cars. It's the otily 12-volt starter-generator system on any out- ' throucf ghout board . . . gives you power for starting, for lights, radios and other ac- cessories . . . opens up a fascinating new world of night outboard cruising — with a four! "A jour is bound to be better!' KIEKHAEFER See your Mercury dealer for a demonstration. 'Ten models for 1955 — 5 to 40 h.p. Write for FREE Illustrated Catalog. mark mere lectric © 1955 KIEKHAEFER CORP., Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 40 h.p. 4 Cylinders in Line, Alternate Firing Thunderbolt Vealiires of Aierci/ry motors are protected by issued or jiending ptilents. Engine — Forward, Neutral and Reverse liM SUNG'S ROAD BACK The old man had seen his son shot down, hnt he knew there were worse things. The figiues on the mountainside moved down and the GI's saw that they were refugees. discerning the route ahead as snowflakes swirled about his By THOMAS J. McDONALD head. Sergeant Gurski trudged behind him and the two younger soldiers brought up the rear. These last were just THE LIEUTENANT was no professional but he had led his dumbly following, but Gurski was as alert as the lieutenant. men across the ridges for three days. At least they were At the one point where the officer had so far faltered, the alive. They followed him despite wounds, cold and the sergeant had sustained them but he was content to follow gnawing hunger which sapped all strength, tracking after the younger man's lead. His added years and the pounds his ragged figure as fatigue and hopelessness dulled their put on in the occupation were slowing him down and the senses. The limit was approaching. They knew it and he pain was severe from the ragged wound across his thigh. was beginning to suspect it. And now he was lost. "Gurski," the lieutenant said over his shoulder, without In the beginning ten had escaped. Now there were only breaking stride, "we've chanced it too long on this trail. four and even if they were able to avoid the Chinese, it It's practically a road now and we could walk into a mess could only be a matter of hours before they were finished, of them anytime." unless the storm quit or they had a break. "I'll try it. Lieutenant," Gurski said, raising his voice In single file, leaning into the w ind, they trekked down above the wind, "but I don't know how much more mileage the winding trail. Evans squinted from sunken eyes, dimly is left in this beat-up old leg." 11 He winced as he flexed it, remembering another storm one less. You didn't mean to hurt an innocent kid." twenty-five years before. He'd been a young trooper, alone, He waved at the figures on the mountainside to descend and his horse had been injured. He'd had to shoot him and and slowly they came, an elderly man, six women with small go on on foot. The years make a difference. The heutenant babies, four youths, one of whom was carried limply by was right. They were pushing their luck by remaining on the others. The Americans forgot their own weariness for the trail. Going would be rougher, but their chances of a moment as the peasants, wrapped in tattered rags, slowly evading the enemy would be better on the slope. made their way down the icy slope, slipping and sliding "Let's get off the trail," Evans shouted. but warily watching the soldiers. From the bags and baskets Trimmons and Cassidy scarcely heard him. One had frag- that they bore they would be refugees. From the look of ments from a stick grenade from rump to neck and excru- the boy, he was in a bad way. ciating pain; the other was asleep on his feet. The black "Search 'em," said Gurski and the two privates began a nightmare of the battle kept flooding their thoroughly mis- check. erable minds. The stunning impact of the Chinese attack "Not even a kimchee sandwich," said Trimmons, who —the bugles and the blood eclipsed the rest— the colors of had been the company clerk, "and nothing to hurt us with." the Ginza, the bathhouses, the strangeness of the troop But Gurski and the officer were not listening. They were transport, that sight of the Golden Gate. A year before examining the wounded boy, a lad of 15 or 16 who lay they had both been schoolboys in the Middle West as bleeding, a thin trickle coming from his mouth. oblivious of Korea as of the third moon of Saturn. The "I'm afraid he's finished," Gurski said, "or will be soon. officer's voice penetrated the unreality of their reflections. It's right through the chest." They dumbly moved toward the slope. It was still as easy Evans looked into the wizened face of the Korean squat- to keep moving as to take Gurski's gruff insults. ting beside the boy in the immemorial fashion of his race. At that moment Evans saw the figures above them on Black eyes centered in deep wrinkles bore into Evans and the mountain. They had suddenly appeared through a rift he knew he would never forget that look. Gurski tried to in the snow. He shouted and his carbine came up but make tlie boy comfortable and stood up. He took out his Cjurski's A'll roared first, a sharp crack muffled by the snow first-aid pack. and wind. Then it cleared again and they could see quite "This won't really do a damn bit of good, but I feel like clearly. They were Korean peasants, clustered on the height such a heel. I wish there was some way to tell the old gent above. Slowly one clutched his chest and toppled forward. it was just a mistake. I think this is his son."' "Hold it," Evans said. "It's only women and kids." Evans started to tell him not to waste the aid kit under "And an old man," Gurski added, thrusting his trigger the circumstances, but the old man's gaze was still fixed finger back into his glove and screwing up his weathered hard upon him and he swallowed the words. The other face," and it looks like I plugged a kid." Koreans stood impassively in the snow. Even the babies "It couldn't be helped," Evans murmured as his pounding were quiet. heart subsided. "If it had been Chinks there would have been When Gurski finished dressing the wound, the snow had 12 ' j ILLUSTRATED BY ISA BARNETT "They'll be out of the fire up there, maybe they'll be safe." begun to stop but the cold still penetrated deeply. The old "It won't make much difference anyway," he thought, man and several of the women had accepted cigarettes and reflecting on the civilian corpses, hands wired behind them, Cassidy had moved ahead to a hairpin turn a hundred yards he'd seen in the wake of the retreating North Korean army. down the road. Evans mentally reviewed his limited vocab- "Let's get set up here." ulary of Korean and Japanese words and scanned a ragged With new-found energy and determination they made map extracted from his pocket. their preparations. "How far >ou reckon we got to go?" Gurski asked, This was a defensive situation without counterpart in the wiping the blood from his hands on a filthy khaki hand- problems at Benning. No outposts, no reserve. Four men kerchief. against— how many? But they had good observation and The boy was moaning gently on the ground and Evans there would be surprise, both of which had been lacking looked from him to the old man. in the big battle. "I don't know for sure," he said, and then added with He formed two groups. He, Trimmons and Cassidy unfelt optimism, "the outfit could be over the next hill or scooped out positions on the snow-covered slope across the five miles away." road from the side the Koreans had descended. They com- In his heart he wondered if the Division with w hich the\' manded the hairpin turn around which the enemy must had moved north actually continued to exist—anyw here— emerge in such a manner that fire could be directed into and his words did not delude the old cavalryman. the column from a range of 200 feet. And the slope on their Using the map, sign language and a hodgepodge of words right was so open as to put a high price on any enemy at- from three languages, Evans crouched down beside the tempt at envelopment. old farmer and tried to communicate. The Korean boys From a position close by the other side of the road, well looked on dumbly and shielded by rocks, Gur- the old farmer's expres- ski would be able to fire sion never changed. He at the head of the column smoked his cigarette into while Evans and the a fraction of a butt and others attacked its flanks. occasionally nodded but They had eight gre- Evans's efforts were in nades and something like vain. No glimmer of un- a hundred rounds of am- derstanding crossed his munition. They cleaned face and he never uttered and checked their weap- a sound. ons, Evans's pistol and "If he knows where carbine and the three we are he just ain't talk- rifles carried by the ^ ing," said Gurski but he others. Then they settled proffered another ciga- down in the snow and rette. waited. Tension induced The old man took it by the impending action from the extended pack filled Evans with new vig- and then they heard the or and crowded his mind. " • sound of Cassidy 's voice Alert now and oblivious from the turn ahead. They rigged up a crude litter and began the climb. to cold and hunger, he "It's clearing up. Lieu- reviewed the events of tenant, and I can see the last several days. commies down below. Coming up the road on horses or The Division had been sweeping north, a constant driv- donkeys." ing assault which had scattered North Korean elements in Evans stood up looking around quickly, shouting, "How- front of it. They were to be home b>' Christmas when the " many? first rumors had sifted in. The final drive to the Manchurian "Hard to count 'em — 20 — ma> be 50. I figure they're a border was gaining momentum, when out of the blackness mile away." loomed a host of well-equipped, fanatical Chinese. The officer and the noncom regarded one another. George Company had been hit at midnight w hile dis- "Probably Mongolian cavalry," Gurski speculated. posed on a front which might have been held longer by a "They'll have a steep, slow climb in this snow. We can give battalion heavily reinforced. Instead of an enemy who had 'em a bad time coming round that corner." been breaking and running for days they were suddenly "It will be dark in a couple of hours," Evans said, musing confronted by hordes of charging Chinese, attacking to the that the enemy would overrun them then. weird accompaniment of shrilling flutes and bugles. Swarm- Trimmons threw a cartridge into the chamber of his rifle ing up over their hill was the unheralded beginning of a and spat. A baby began to cry and the others took it up. new war. It swept George Company up like flotsam on a The women began talking excitedly in low voices. Evans churning breaker. looked around again and picked his positions. Scattered widely, under strength and composed partial!)' "I figure we have 20 or 30 minutes," he said, and his mind of raw South Korean replacements, their flanks had been raced thousands of miles awa>' to a warm apartment where submerged beneath chanting masses of Chinese infantry. his wife and infant son were soundly sleeping. They had fought, fallen back, fought again, and then ceased "What will we do with this crowd?" Gurski asked. "Chase to exist. For all he knew, the four were the sole survivors 'em back up the road, maybe?" His eyes fell on the wounded of George Company. boy and his expression belied the grufTness of his voice. Evans owned half a garage in Connecticut. His partner "They'll never get anywhere that way," Evans answered, still ran it. He wasn't at all sure why the United States Army "and we can't let them go down the road. Anyway, the boy was in Korea though he'd heard various ideas on the sub- can't travel." ject. He was absolutely repelled by the idea that he was They both knew the conversation was just academic. there personally. "Move them up behind those rocks," Evans pointed. He'd been in Africa, Italy, and {Continued on page 57 13 By EUGENE W. CASTLE THK NAi ION was shocked to its depths not long ago ^ hcn Ira Ha> es, one of the Alarines who raised the flag at Giving Iw'o Jima, was found dead near Phoenix, Arizona. For years he had been desti- tute and in distress, and his death fol- lowed by only a few weeks his appear- ance in Washington, where with other ourselves Marines from Iwo he was applauded as a hero. Ira Hayes was an American Indian, one of the 343,000 Americans of Indian blood whose welfare is tlic ac- cepted responsibility of our goverment. \Vc are not meeting that responsibil- AWAF ity very well. One of the familiar and pathetic sights at the capital is that Asiatic situation, have received gifts, No organization has workeii more cut in his reiiuesrcd ai^pi-opiiarion of loans and pledges from the L nired earnestly than The American Legion to million. The liureau of riu- iUulget States totaling $421 million. Meanw hile, hoUl dow n essential federal veteran ex- and rlic C^ongiess then imposed an ad- many of our own Indians are in w ant, penditures to the irreducible minimum. ditional slash of $11% million in the some of them tles))ei'ately so. And yet, in the 1955 budget, the Legion \^\ budget. This second cut could not To an\<)nc ac(|uainreil with our il- saw the VA hospital appropriation cut conceivably be absorbed by the \ A $6 million below the "must"' level in without injury to its work. The s;une Eiigenc IK. (Castle is the author of the ilisregard of the opening of a new hos- C'ongress, w hich pinched pennies at the /;t'.v/^-.vc//c'V Bill ions, HI unders and Baloney. pital \\ liich heax ily increased the cost expense of needy American \ eterans. 14 reaches 90. The aggregate amount tion is faced and answered, all our w hich Congress has appropriated debates on foreign aid are likely to take for the handouts, in various cate- place in a circle of unreality. gories, since 1945 is $52,067,651,- There are a few landmark facts 495. In other words our national which throw a truly revealing light on economy has taken a $52 billiov the whole issue of America's ability to support the give-aways. Fact No. 1 is that this year we face a deficit on our federal balance sheet of $4,700,000,000. Highly solicitous ol Nehru and his Intliaiis, we give much, get little. Here our Secretary o£ State and Harold Stassen go to see him. did not hestitate to appropriate $5,243,- 575,795 for the Foreign Operations Ad- ministration to be spent almost entirely for the benefit of countries in Europe and Asia. This makes the Indian politician look How foolish can we get? like a big shot to his Asiatic neighbors. Here he is with red China's Cliou En-lai. EVERY TWELVE MONTHS, with mathe- matical regularity, our elected repre- beating in the name of foreign aid. sentatives go through a sort of compul- Nor are we near the end of the alms- sive ceremony of handing over Ameri- giving. President Eisenhower, in his can wealth to other peoples. December 15, 1954 news conference, The give-away is never described as forecast a continuance of the present such by the shrewd foreign-aid blurb- world tension for another fifty years. writers who author the government Apparently in preparation for the long copy. They would have you think the pull, and with tacit White House ap- money is for "defense" and "collective proval, FOA Administrator Stassen is security" and "foreign loans" and "lend- now out beating the drums for a new Meanwhile, how we treat our American lease." Theoretically, we are spending Far East aid program which may cost Indians is indicated by the jiathetic death the money on our own national secu- us $3 billiov a year. This would be of Ira Hayes, right, an Iwo flag-raiser. ABROAD, THE SKY'S THE LIMIT U.S. government press agents make the Baron Rothschild palace To house U.S. government workers in Paris we built these Parisians. their headquarters in Paris. This cost Uncle Sam $1 million. factory-like structures, called "Ike's Eyesores " by the rity. Actually, what we are doing is pyramided on top of continuing global Fact No. 2 is that, in addition to transferring American assets to others. obligations. current deficit, we are paying out up- tax- wards of $12 billion a year just to meet The assets seldom if ever return and It is a nightmarish prospect for — apparently Washington doesn't expect paying Americans. interest charges on our past deficits to get our money back. In all the synthetic enthusiasm which now built into our national debt. This Ac last tallying, 59 foreign countries attends this give-away performance outgo does not even provide amortiza- have been on the American dole since there is one question which is infre- tion. the end of World War II. Including quently heard. That question is whether Fact No. 3 is that the likelihood of colonies and dependencies, the number we can afford the show. Until this ques- {Continued on page 40) 15 NEW FACES AND RETURNING SERVICEMEN WILL CHANGE THE LINE-UPS NewPlai/ers Billy Martin I New York Y ankees By ARCH MURRAY Eddie O'Brien Pitlsl)urgli Pirates Johnny O'Brien Pittsbmgh Pirates Karl S|)Ooner Brooklyn Dodgers AX OLD AXIOM of big league base- Bob Leiinon Ir's Nexv Y'ork Giants ball rhar everybody has a winner on Opening Day. It's the only day of Hank Foiles the year w hen everybod>' is dead even. Cleveland Indians Hope beats in every heart. Even a real- istic manager of a chronic second di- balance of power in the National League. vision club mutters to himself as he Somebody once said that pennants fills out his line-up card for the first are won in the winter, before a ball is time, "Now if we just get a few breaks, ever thrown or a bat is swung. Such w e could surprise a lot of people." was the case w ith the Giants last year. Strangely, this fact that all teams are The addition of Johnny AntoneUi, the starting from scratch is often forgotten big, fircballing, young southpaw, who by the hard-nosed inmates of the big was to w in 21 games, and the return league press boxes. Too often they base of Willie Mays from service had defi- their predictions on what happened the nitely changed the overall makeup of year before. Such was the case last year Leo Durocher's club from a dismal when the Giants were picked to w in also-ran into a strong contender. Only the pennant by only four out of nearl\' the breaks and the development of the 200 writers in the United Press poll. race itself could determine whether Only those w ho had actually seen their the\' could go all the way. As it turned new look in spring training gave them out, they did. any sort of chance at all. So now as another season gets under "How," asked a guy in the press box wa\', the fans are asking questions as at the Polo Grounds last April just as the\' do every spring as to who is going Sal Maglie went out to hurl the open- to w in it this time. The way to get a ing game against the Dodgers, "could proper perspective is to look over the you possibh' pick the Giants to win? changes that have been made during the I low can the\' possibh' make up the 35 olT-season. Onl\- then can you make a games that the>' finished behind the Dodgers last year? That's impossible." What the fellow had forgotten was MANAGERS HAVE CHANGED nor only the changes in personnel that JOBS TOO liad been made during the winter but C:lni(k Dressen also that there actualK' was no deficit Washington Senators to make up. As of that bright spring afternoon the two teams were starting proper e\ ahiation of out dead even. So, for that matter, the way the clubs in were the A's and the Yankees in the either league will fin- American Paul Richards League as well as ever>'body ish. Go back over the Baliinioi e t)rioles else. The big clement to consider on years and you'll see that Opening Day that a w inter of shuf- ever\' and Opening Loii Boudreau fling can make a lot of difference. It I )ay w as the changes Kansas Clity isn't often that a team can go to the rliat hati been made Athletics top from as far back as the Giants were during the winter. in '53. But it's been done before and it Not in only the make- Marty Marion can be done again. up of the (iiants l)ut Chitago White .Sox The truth is, though, that dramatic i)f all the other chibs triumphs are wrought in the front office in the league. I low the winter before the victories are much had been done Bucky Harris hammered out on the playing fields. ih;ir couki s\\a> the Detroit Tigers Take last \ear's Giants, for example. 16 OLD-TIMERS IN NEW UNIFORMS There've been so many changes in the Hne-ups you really will need Jabljo Jablonski Cincinnati Redlegs a score card to tell who the players are. Gerry Staley Cincinnati Retllegs Ralph Kiner Cleveland Indians Preacher Roe Baltimore Orioles handed power hitter. Bobby was the only available guy who fitted the speci- fications. He was expendable as far as the Giants were concerned for two rea- sons. They had Willie Mays coming l)ack from service and they were des- perate for pitching, especially the left- handed variety. "We knew, though, that we had to give up something good to get a guy like Thomson, who had consistently knocked in 100 runs a year during his years with the Giants. You can't get anybody good without giving up the same kind of player. We knew that Antonelli was a great young pitching prospect. But we felt we had a fine re- placement for him in Chet Nichols, who was coming back from the Army. As a rookie in '51 Nichols had led the league in the earned run averages. It didn't figure that we'd miss Antonelli too much with Nichols ready to re- Batter uj)! Opening Day in the big leagues. place him. "Some clubs operate a little differ- ently than we do," explained Quinn, Not only did they get the incredible snuff out a wildly raging eneni)' rally.- "but save in some of the details, the Mays back from service and swing the On the other hand, it's entirely pos- over-all scheme of operations is just deal that brought Antonelli and Don sible that Milwaukee lost the pennant about the same. The first thing we do Liddle, a highly useful little left-hander, in the winter when it sent Antonelli after the season is get together with the from the Braves, but also they made a and Liddle to the Giants in the deal for manager and figure out our basic weak- couple of other important moves. They Bobby Thomson. John Quinn, the nesses and see how we can correct brought up a big catcher named Ray Braves' general manager was talking them. Then we get all the final reports Katt from Texas. He provided a lot of about that deal the other day. from the scouts and managers in our help both behind and at the plate and "We've been criticized a lot for that minor league system. That's important enabled Durocher to give Wes West- deal," he said, "and I know on the rec- from two angles. First of all, it enables rum plenty of rest. They bought a lean ords that it turned out badly for us last us to know how to shuffle our players left-hander named Windy McCall from year. But you have to look at it this around so as to protect the good ones San Francisco in the Pacific Coast way. After finishing second to the from the annual draft. Secondly, it gives League. It won't show in the records, Dodgers in '53 and setting a new NL us an idea on the kind of help we can for Windy's won-and-lost record was record for attendance in our first year figure on for the big club next year and a mediocre two won and five lost, and in Milwaukee, we felt we owed it to shows us just what we may need in the he was knocked out in all of his four those loyal fans in Milwaukee to go all- matter of trades. starts, but he turned in some remark- out for the pennant in '54. After study- "Trades, of course, are a real gamble. able relief jobs. The Giants called him ing our roster and the '53 records, it Some of them work out wonderfully. "Third Out Windy" because he was a seemed obvious that the one thing we We've had two backfire on us and both guy who came in time and again to needed most was a top-drawer, right- (Covtiinicd on page 43) 17 Why The American Legion favors SNCE ITS 1921 National Convention in Kansas City, Mo., The American Legion has continuously urged that the government of the United States support the American Merchant Marine HELP FOR THE —by favorable legislation, by financial assistance, and by other means. In addition to a broad policy of gov- ernment support for our privately A review of the meaning of an American operated, ocean-going cargo and pas- senger ships, The American Legion favors a number of specific steps by Legion policy that has stood since 1921. which our Merchant Alarine may re- ceive help. Why a Merchant Marine policy? Why a policy of assistance? What are the goals and what are the limits of this By seaborn p. COLLINS NATIONAL COMMANDER, policy? What are the steps to the goals? THE AMERICAN LEGION Where do we stand now? To answer the last question, briefly, before the others—we are not in good shape. Our Merchant Marine is shrinking in size and be- faring nations in peacetime. American labor costs, based on coming outmoded in design — after two shots in the arm American living standards, are the ruling factor. An Ameri- from World War II and the Korean War, and in spite of can able-bodied seaman earns more than four times as much some welcome, but piecemeal, government supports with- as a British seaman, three-and-a-half times as much as a out which the patient would already be dead. Norwegian seaman, 18 times as much as a Chilean seaman. Why a Merchant Marine policy for a veterans organi- You cannot survive in free competition if your costs are zation? from three-and-a-half to 18 times the costs of your com- The American Legion is interested in the vital part that petitors. Unaided U. S. shipping is not surviving this com- the jMerchant Marine plays in our national defense picture petition. In the last five months of 1954, 67 unsubsidized and as an instrument of national policy. Our Merchant U. S. ships went over to foreign flags. Marine is made up chiefly of those ships which, in peace- The goals of The American Legion's policies regarding time, carry dry cargo, passengers and liquid cargo. In time an American Merchant Marine include: of war they would carry war materiel, troops and liquid fuel ( 1 ) Size: A merchant fleet large enough to meet all im- to and from war theaters, and bring to the United States mediate shipping needs upon the outbreak of a war, and materials needed for war industry, man>' of which must be able to serve as a nucleus for a wartime program of addi- gotten overseas. Shipping in wartime is a matter of life or tions. death for our nation. (2) UsefIllness: Ships designed and built to meet condi- craft haul cargo ashore from armada of merchant ships ofl Eniwetok in W\V2. Right. Nazi dive bombers end the career 1 American cargo vessel off Sicily. In national emergency, the ships of our sick merchant fleet become om- lifeline. Time and allies saw us through our shipping crises (at tions imposed at any time by war. This means having a great dollar cost) in World War I and II. The outlook for modern fleet in being at all times, with a constant program the future does not even permit thinking of time to start a of replacement for worn-out, and out-of-date ships. It means shipbuilding program after hostilities begin, in the event a fleet with defense features built in, however uneconomic of another general war. A peacetime shipping program they may be to peacetime operators. based on minimum wartime needs, at the very least, is a (3) Skilled Manpower: A merchant fleet that supports in necessity. peacetime enough skilled seamen to handle our immediate Why does our maritime industry need help? shipping nianpoiver needs upon the outbreak of a war, and Unassisted, our Merchant Marine cannot survive in the to see us safely through a wartime shipping-manpower free competition that exists on the high seas among all sea- build-up. 18 Merchant Fleet Hulks of .Vnieiitan caigo \e.ssels ol W'W'l vintage made scenes like this one on the Potomac lor )cais. The) ndtcil away in disuse. At right is part ot tire reserve fleet of ^VW2 vessels tied up in the Hudson, now becoming obsolete. (4) Sbiplniilding Capacity: A merchant fleet that supports or operation of the merchant fleet. Unlike a shooting Navy, a peacetime sbipbitildmg industry able to serve (in size, a Merchant Marine has self-supporting features. Govern- modernity and skilled manpower) as a mobilization nucleus ment need not foot the \\ hole bill as it must for an adequate for a wartime program of additions. Navy. It need only foot that part which makes it possible Those are the chief goals. There are also Iniiits to such for our high-priced ships to compete on even terms with aims: cheap foreign competition, in numbers and quality suitable ( 1 ) The Legion does not propose government ownership to sound defense needs. (2) The Legion does not propose a government-sponsored shipping race with other nations. It is true that a sensible merchant shipping program would vastly increase the num- ber of modern American flag vessels on the seas. But gov- ernment-sponsored expansion should stop at the point where national security needs are soundly met. We have encouraged our allies to go after most of the ocean business, so that today we only carry 28 per cent of our own foreign commerce. That figure is falling. In a build-up of our own fleet, we should let friendly maritime nations understand our intention of stopping at the point where our o\\ n defense needs are met. II -THE WRONG WAY Twice in recent history the United States built huge Henry C. Parke, U.S. Ships carry only 28% of our cargo and transport fleets entirely out of public funds in of N. Y., Legion's foreign commerce, and that figure is — Merchant Marine falling. It has been 100 years since World War I and again in \A'orld \\'ar II. The World Chairman. unaided U. S. shipping held its own. War 1 fleet was not finished until {Comimied on page 60) 19 Ye moving in on The pul>li<* is "gelling iiiio (lie iiicirkel ill ii J>ig wiiy. Here are soiiH' basic raels for every investor. AKi, an nvcjMgc rcd-bloodcd observe. For instance, even though \ ou 11' American and have a few bucks are privileged to buy on margin, don't stashed away in the mattress, it's a avail yourself of the opportunity. Buy safe bet you have been sorely tempted only what you can pay for w ith cash. to tr>' your hand in the stock market. It saves you the necessity of selling at As a matter of fact, you may have ex- the bottom if prices should drop and changed some of the green stuff for a you can't get up more margin. few fancy-looking shares of stock al- And, you shouldn't try to "beat" the ready. After all, the market has looked market. 1 hat is to say, you shouldn't very good to a great many of us of late. get in and out of the market every few True, the sharp advances and the in- days, grabbing a point or two here and creased volume of trading has thrown there. That kind of trading only helps a scare into some of our friends in to make the brokers rich on the com- W^ishington, and we have had an in- missions you create. Buy a stock be- crease to 60 per cent from 50 per cent cause >'ou believe in the company and in the aniount of margin (ilown pay- stay w ith it. ment) we must put up when we want If you ;u-e the type of person who to buy stocks. Also, members of both lies awake at night worrying about houses of Congress have indicated a de- whether you are going to make money, sire to look into the development. by all means stay a long way away But even though this news brought from the market. Stock market profits about a selling wave and some rather are for the person w ho bu\ s intelligent- smart price setbacks, prices are still \\ ell 1>' and then has the patience to wait above those existing a year ago and until that w isdom is reflected in higher those wlio bought earlier have some l)riccs. very handsome profits to tiieir credit. The only satisfacto)>' aj^proach to They have, that is, if they held blue- the stock market is the approach you chip (highest grade) shares. use w hen >'ou i)uy a house or an auto- It is well to remember that \\ c had a mobile oj" a partnership in business. Be- severe crash in the stock market back cause when you buy common stocks in 1929 and that this led to a disastrous you are in effect i)ecoming a partner depression before it was all over. l?ur in the compan\ issuing the shares. You it wouldn't be vise to assume that we and the other stockholders in that com- are about ready to repeat that perform- ])any actually ow n it. You and they w ill ance. We will, of course, some time profit onl\ if the business of that com- later if we get too reckless. But as of pany is w ell managed and is jMOsperous. the moment, fundamental conditions So don't buy on the basis of a tip ai^e far different now from w hat they w hich comes from the second cousin of were then. We haven't been reckless the president's brother-in-law. Don't so far. depend entirely on an> <)ne else's iudg- There's nothing really w rong w itii ment. Make ) our (jw n investigation and speculation. In fact, America wouldn't be careful ai)out it. (Iheclc on the com- l)e what it is today if we hadn't had pany's products and its recoril. I'ind out people who were willing to assume all you can about its management. rislis. But it is foolhardy to take blind Check to see if it is sound financially. risks in the stock market just as it is in If you have trouble on that score, ask anything else. And it is equally unwise your banker's advice. to take risks if you can't afford to take It's a fine thing to own stocks. And I he loss which may result. as long as the economy of the coimtry That's just plain common sense. And is sound and i)rogressing, it will pay off there are a few otiicr rules you should well, assuming that you have been care- 20 ) Street By RALPH HENDERSHOT CHIIYSLEU CORPORATION prior to the crash there can be no doubt. And the fact that the worst of the unsavory practices were cleaned up by the Securities and Exchange Com- mission has had only a gradual effect in erasing the impression which had been created in the public's mind. A4uch fear still persists even after 25 years. Against this background, it is not surprising that stocks failed over the years to reflect the substantial pi:nn.sym'ani.\ railuoad values which were being built be- hind literally hundreds of stocks. A stockholder is, in effect, a part- Like anything else, stock prices are ner in a company, with a financial influenced by supply and demand stake in the future -of the country. and during all of that time there was relatively little demand. Latest figures indicate there are only about 6,500,000 stock owners in the United States. It should be pointed out at this point that while those who attempt to "rig" the market may be suc- cessful temporarily in influencing the prices of stocks, they can have nothing whatever to do with the creation of values. Values are de- termined by the success or failure of the corporations behind the AMERICAN TEL. & TEL. LONG LINES stocks to earn large profits. And it should be obvious to all ful in your selection. Moreover, it is that our corporations have been essential to the national economy. building substantial values behind We live under a capitalistic system. their stocks during most of the And that system can be successful years since 1929. Not only have and vital and provide jobs for our UNITED STATES STEEL these corporations greatly expanded growing population only if those their productive capacities, they who have surplus funds take some have added materially to their fi- of their money out of the mattress and These other factors are numerous nancial strength and to their managerial put it to work. and they are quite important in at- know-how. And they have spent many But under our form of government tempting to appraise the action of the millions more on such things as labora- our corporations must also be competi- market. As a matter of fact, it is impos- tories and scientific research, and ad- tive in their operations. That means that sible to justify the advances thus far vertising. those concerns which are managed best without giving them due weight. Another factor which ties into this will be the most prosperous and will One of the more important of these one is that not only were huge reserves pay the biggest dividends. And it is the is the fear that was created in the pub- created all during World War II and size and consistency of dividend pay- lic mind by the crjsh in 1929. Even since, but dividend payments were held ments which determine the value of those people who were not directly to very low levels. In other words, a stocks in the long run and whether or affected have had the dangers of own- much larger proportion of earnings not you will make money from your ing stocks dinned into their ears. And than ever before in history was with- investments. they have been told over and over held from stockholders and plowed There are other factors which enter again that over-speculation in corpo- back into operating properties. It fol- into the trend of prices for stocks, too rate shares was one of the principal lows that dividends could now be in- — factors which are not so easy for the causes of the depression in business creased with complete safety even average citizen to analyze. These other which followed, which is all too true. though earnings remain no more than factors have had a great deal to do with Then, too. Wall Street was pictured the equivalent of recent years. the action of the stock market during at the time as being a den of thieves. The net result of these practices was the past year, so they may be worth That there had been many irregulari- that corporations went to the public consideration at this time. ties in the financial district in the years ( Continued on page 48 21 ) Philadelj)hia boasts the Bell that proclaimed Liberty, and the Betsy Ross House in which Old Glory was born. ZVkere America's Pa^ AMERICAN HISTORY is becoming a fas- church. Now and then it is an entire son lived and sees the same things that cinating study for millions of tour- community, such as Williamsburg, V a., met their eyes. At The Alamo, he treads ' ists, thanks to the way in which where millions have been lavished to spots that were reddened in the past various organizations and communities make it look just as it did a couple of w ith blood of patriots. Inside the Ford are maintaining or restoring this na- centuries ago. Theater he can imagine Lincoln falling tion's historic shrines. Often the shrine The person visiting one of these forward as Booth leaps onto the stage is a house, the home of a great states- shrines has the illusion that he is living and at Sutter's Mill he can people the man, or it may be an inn which played again in the past. At Mount Vernon place with bearded 49'ers panning for a part in our country's past. Sometimes and Monticello, he moves through the gold. it is a fort and at other times it is a rooms in which Washington and Jeffer- f Continued 0/1 pn^e 60 Home Moravian Church in Old Salem. In 17S1 ihesc bi^ ^uns, still At Knob Creek. Kv.. visitors can see this replica now |)art of Winston-Salem. N. C., one lo be seen a( Vorktown. opened o( ilie cabin in which Abraham Lintoin li>ed as a ol the South s most lanious restorations. up on the British troops. boy. Its lurnishings are crude items ol that time. 22 This year is the 200th anniversary of Fort Ticonderoga, and the great bastion in uj)state New York will be the center of many colorful events throughout the year. The Governor's Palace at ^Villianisburg, Va., where a king's ransom has been spent to bring colonial days back to life. m The famed yVlamo at San Antonio where gallant Texans fought to the death against the Mexicans. Gettysburg was a tin ning point in om- history and few si)Ots ha\c greater meaning than Little Roiintl Top. Two of our greatest I'l csidents, W asliingioii and Jefferson, lived in these Virginia mansions whose gracious charm has not been changed in the least by twentieth century piogress. At Dearborn, Mich., Henry Ford established Green- field Village, with many reminders of days long past. 23 The main problem now is to make enough cars to meet the demand. By STANLEY H. BRAMS THAT SEGMENT of the passcnger car industry centered in Highland Park, Mich., is fermenting today as it hasn't been for many years. Chrysler Corp., once a daring pio- neer in things automotive, more re- cently a somewhat muffled force, is reasserting itself with old-time vigor and aggressiveness. In an industry where intensity is a major hallmark of success, Chrysler is bristling with PAST AVlien the first Chrysler api)eared there determination the ground L. L. Colbert, to recover was nothing like it. It had j>ower, speed and President of given up in recent years. looks that captmed America's imagination. Chrysler Corj). It was Chrysler which pioneered the slogan, "Look at All Three," ly as in the past. This time it's a series of dramatic stagings back in the Twenties in behalf of its then-new Plymouth. calculated to get the company back in the public conscious- It was Chrysler that pushed itself by sheer bulldoggedness, ness as one that does big things in a big way. The slogan advanced design initiative and solid quality into competitive today is the "I^^orward Look," descriptive of the new models position as one of the Big Three along with General Alotors and the mechanical ingenuity backing up the designs. But and Ford. But then the force of that push began to ooze there's a Forward Look in viewpoint, too, expressed in as- away — to the point where one financial journal, reviewing surance and confidence by its new, young team of executives. the auto industry a year or so ago, captioned its analj sis, As these words are written the new spirit of things at "The Big Two-and-a-Half." Chrysler has translated itself into a phenomenal upturn in Today it's different. Chrysler has been stepping out bold- business. In 1954, Chrysler Corp. accounted for only 13.13 24 per cent of the total of the Chrysler Corp. increased rapidly to 167,000, an all- auto industry. However, in time record. the last six weeks of the That's the Detroit story. In dealer sliowrooms, tills year, after the new models was the picture on opening day: came out, Chrysler produc- Record-breaking crowds. In Manhattan, one tion advanced to 22.9 per Dodge-Plymouth dealer called out the police to cent of the industry and handle 9,000 persons w ho poured into his showroom. seemed likely to stay above The Chrysler Salon had a line around the block. A its traditional 20 per cent Chrysler-Plymouth dealer in Chicago sold 50 cars slice of the market. in the first hour. A DeSoto-Plymouth dealer in De- Highly significant are the troit sold a company-owned DeSoto car \\ hich had comparative figures cover- carried executives to his showroom to participate ing the Corporation's pro- in a special preview. A Dodge-Plymouth dealer set duction of cars and trucks a record by selling 83 cars in one day. It was front-page news when for 1953 and 1954. In 1953, Wires and phone calls clogged the circuits to De- the Shah of Iran and his wife from January 1 to troit demanding more cars. R. C. Somerville, \^ice Decem- walked into the Clurysler Salon ber 31, Chrysler turned out in New York, picked an Imjierial President in charge of sales for Dodge Division, re- 1,351,834 units. In 1954, this sedan and drove off with it. ported dealer response throughout the United States dropped to 818,134. Biit as "terrific." whereas in the last month of Sales veteran C. L. Jacobson, Chrysler Corp. Vice 1953, only 93,464 units were produced, in December 1954, President, who keeps a close tab on all divisions, paused long the Corporation, going all-out to meet the demand for the enough during the initial enthusiastic response to remark: 1955 models, turned out 144,421 cars. And it was shipping a car every three minutes from its Detroit plants alone. On hand from dealers at the end of the year were orders for more than 500,000 units, and to make the picture even rosier, orders were still arriving at a daily average of more than 9,500 above existing production capacity. Critics began scrambling for reasons for Chrysler's "amaz- ing recovery" from the sales slump of 1954. There was no one answer to be found. It was the sum of many things cal- culated to get the Corporation off to a "blistering pace," as A\'ard's, an automotive trade index, called the first six weeks. While many were musing the point, L. L. Colbert, Chrysler's President, confided in his year-end statement: "I said that our immediate aim was to sell 20 per cent of the passenger car market, and that when we hit that target we would raise our sights still higher. On the basis of the FUTURE? In a dramatic demonstration, the Corj>oration unveiled a gas turbine with fea- tiu'es indicative of Chrysler's famed engineering. "Dealers are packing them in! What's more, they're 'buying' crowds, not just 'looking' crowds." Over on Wall Street, Chrysler stock stood at 70.3 at year's end, having marched up from a 1954 low of 56^4. A cautious brokerage firm sent its researchers into 15 States to get a reading from dealers on the new models. PRESENT Aiming at getting back in third place Their confidential report called Chrysler's recovery of its with Plymouth, the Cor])oration has made market "amazing." the car bigger, better, and more glamorous. Dealers were "enthusiastic" about the st> ling and per- formance of the new models. Said the confidential report, "This is, of course, an important element in selling, since initial response of the public to our new models I now think the salesman must believe in his own products." we will raise our sights sooner than I anticipated." "Based on observations of the dealers," the report con- On the third day of the new^ year, Chrysler Division, tinued, "the public too is enthusiastic." Dealers told the re- which found public acceptance the "greatest ever experi- searchers that there was a backlog of business which was enced in the history of the Division," and which was ex- better than in any of the past three model v ears. All dealers periencing an 18 per cent increase in sales over last year predicted a better year than last year. at this time, revealed that work was getting under way on The Wall Street conclusion pointed out that the com- plans to increase production capacity by 40 per cent, adding petitors were also doing well. But Ward's Reports made this 571,000 square feet of area to its plant. pointed observation on that score: "This upsurge [referring At year's end, demand for DeSotos exceeded supply by to Chrysler Corp.'s capturing 22.9 per cent of the market 30,000; Dodge, in the third week after introduction of the by the week ending December 11] in weekly assembly . . . new model, announced dealer orders at more than 100,000; has had a pronounced effect on the output shares of General Plymouth, on that same day, said it had 248,000 orders on /Motors Corporation and Ford Motor Co., cutting them hand, and planned on manufacturing 726,000 units of the back toward the levels existing during 1953." 1955 model. To turn out all these cars, employment at Wall Street's modest appraisal (Covt'iinicd on page SO) 25 CI«UB DONT FORGET! By jack DENTON SCOTT Johnson outboard motors got plenty of "If you are an early trout fisherman and You can provide attention at the Chicago Boat Show Febru- use garden hackle worms or night crawl- ary 4-13. Silencing was featured on all ers," he says, "then bear with me and Fll LUCKIES by the models from the Sea-Horsc Electric 25 show you how to put trout in the creel. case d(nvn to the Sea-Horse 3. The latter has About 25 yards abo\ e a likely looking hole full pi\ot reverse with spark and throttle where > ou think there are fish, w ith as TAX-FREE (LESS THAN s> iichronized in one lever. little noise as possible, crumple a section Suspension drive, intake silencers, untler- of the bank into the stream until the flow 8< A PACK) for water exhaust and an exhaust relief silencer of water is muddy. Then let your bait have been utilized to make the Sea-Horse drift down with the roiled water. If a Electric 25, Standard 25, 10 and 5.5 models trout is in the hole you'll get a fast strike. shipment to one or really (juier. Sound-sealed hoods have been In addition to worms, a variety of bait installed on the bigger motors. Now you such as crickets, white grubs and grass- all of the following can bring along j our radio and hear your ht)ppers will turn the trick." favorite programs, while the Johnson out- service groups: i)oard does its stutf. Gaines Dog Research Center, 250 Park Avenue, New York 17, N. Y., announces completion of a film which Legion groups V.A. HOSPITALS may borrow for free, providing they are willing to pay the two-way postage charge. -k STATE HOSPITALS AND Called If'/V/.J Dog a/id Gnu, it is I6nim. SIMILAR HOSPITALS IN has sound, and is in color; runs 27 minutes. The picture sliows Pointers, Chesapeake THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Hay and Labrador Retrievers, German ARMY, AIR FORCE, NAVY Sliorchaired Pointers and English Springer Spaniels in action on varied game from AND MARINE HOSPITALS Florida t Write Department 2 for free new cata- which I may provide TAX-FREE Luckres by the case for shipment to: logue ill color. C/iecfc fhose des/red) .\i)out ivaiiy to put yoiu- gun av\a\ ? If ) Veterans Administration Hospitals so, > (HI may w ant to w rite the iMarlin Fire- it liile elTort "Do >'(>u consider a w orthv\ ) Army, Air Force, Navy & Marine Hospitals arms (Jompanv, 79 Willow St., New to wipe a fisliline dr>' and make it readv' ) U. S. Armed Forces in Korea a\ en, Conn. 1 hat organi/.ation offers a for use in a single operation?" asks Robert ) State Hospitals and Similar Hospitals in free booklet the on care of firearms, plus Benson, Lincoln Street, I Icjlden, Alass. 'Sure The District of Columbia " plenty of other interesting information for ilo,' we ansv\er. l iien,"' sa> s Benson, "fill the siiortsnian. A three-cent stamp and the a fireil shotgun shell w ith melted tallow, Your Name ie 25 • THIi AMLRICAN I,E(jI()N MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1955 WHEN THE MOVIE'S OVER . . . what's the first thing you do? If you're a smoker, you light up. If you're a smoker who really wants to enjoy a cigarette, you light up a Lucky! The reason Ltghf tip liteky,,. is as simple as boy-meets-girl: a Lucky tastes better. You see. a fine tobacco. this fine tobacco is Lucky Strike means Then, " '''' toasted to taste better. Jf's Toasted — the famous Lucky Strike process — tones up Luckies' light, mild, good -tasting tobacco to make it taste even better . . . cleaner, fresher, smoother. So, why settle for less than a Lucky? Whenever you light up, enjoy the better-tasting cigarette . . . Lucky Strike. LUCKIES TASTE BETTER - C/eaner, fresher. Smoother/ ©A. T. Co. 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CIVIL SERVICE TO CONFORM WITH 1953 VETS has been asked on many occasions how one has his military PREFERENCE LAW: service entered on the Social Security records, and it is a A IV2 year effort to bring Civil Service practices and good question. . . . The credits are not awarded until benefits instructions in line with a veterans preference enforcement are applied for, which usually means (a) when the person law was successfully concluded on Feb. 2. . . . Law in ques- who is covered retires at age 65, or (b) when the person tion is P.L. 271, enacted into law in August, 1953. . . . The who is covered dies and his or her eligible survivor (s) law specifies that Federal agencies can appoint a non-veteran apply for benefits. . . . Thus in most cases it will be long over a veteran (other things being equal) only when the years after military service that one will establish his military Civil Service Commission makes a definite ruling that there credit with Social Security Discharge papers, other records is sufficient reason to justify such appointment. . . . Agencies, of personal military service, service serial number are the notably the Post Office Dep't, had continued to appoint chief tools for establishing the credit. ... It would follow non-veterans over veterans after the passage of the law that personal military records should be kept with other without benefit of Civil Service rulings in each instance . . . . vital papers, such as one's personal will, insurance policies, Complaints by the Legion and other organizations to the etc., along with a memorandum that military service Post Office Dep't revealed that its authority, the Federal as proved by military records counts toward Social Security Personnel Manual, had not been changed to conform with benefits when benefits are applied for. the law . . . . Legion protests to the Post Office Dep't and the Civil Service . Commission brought no action at first . . . ANNUAL REHAB CONFERENCE HELD: Then, Legion Legislative Director Miles D. Kennedy brought DETAILS LATER: the matter to the attention of Rep. Tom Murray (Tenn.), The annual Rehabilitation Conference of The American Chmn of the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee. Legion got under way on March 1, in "Washington, D. C. . . . . . Following vigorous action by Murray , Postmaster Meeting, which pulls in key service officers and Legion General Arthur Summerfield announced that he was con- Rehab officials from all over the country, occurred at time vinced that the manual was incorrect, and that the Post this issue was being readied for press. . . . To give adequate Office would henceforth . comply with the law . . . Shortly coverage, a story on conference has been postponed until thereafter the Civil Service Commissioners met with next issue of this magazine. Legion Economic Director Clarence W. Bird, and repre- sentatives of other veterans . . organizations. . On Feb. 2, HOOVER MEDICAL REPORT RELEASED: Philip Young, Chmn of the Civil Service Commission, wrote On Feb. 28, the 2nd Hoover Commission released its Bird that the Commission had decided to put P.L. 271 into report on Federal Medical Services. . . . Report differs from effect , and would revise the manual accordingly. that of 1st Hoover Commission (1949) to which Legion took violent exception . . . But tenor is similar . . . Nat'l Cmdr ARMY WANTS STENOS FOR OVERSEAS: Collins and Nat'l Rehabilitation Commission have con- demned report as incompetent and unrealistic . . . Report does Dep't of Army is in need of unmarried, female, civilian not ask that all U.S. medical services be lumped in a single stenographers for overseas duty with the Far East Com- U.S. medical agency, as 1949 report did, but does urge a large mand in Japan . Basic requirements: Age, 21-50: U.S. curtailment of Federal medical services . . . . Suggests that VA citizen; take dictation at 80 wpm, type at 45 wpm. . . . Jobs close 19 hospitals, and possibly others. . . . Asks for continued pay $2,950 a year; tour of duty is 2 years. . . . Transportation tightening of processes for allowing non-service-connected to and from Japan at Army expense, housing abroad care. . . . Asks that outpatient care be made available for supplied free. . . . General recruitment for stenos in Europe eligible non-service patients, before and after hospitalization. not being made. . . . Those with satisfactory 2 -year tour . . . Asks consolidation of all laws pertaining to medical and in Japan would have priority for a European tour of duty domiciliary care of veterans. . . . Report repeats misleading if they it, want says Army. . . . Applicants should get introductory statement of 1949 report, claiming that gov- Standard Form 57 from any 1st or 2nd class Post Office, fill ernment has accepted responsibility for some of the medical it out and send to: Department of Army, Office of Chief of care of every living veteran, including 17Vi million veterans Staff', Overseas Affairs Division, Old Post Office Bldg., without service-connected disabilities, an unwarranted ex- Washington 25, D. C. aggeration of the meaning of the non-service-connected hos- pital privilege which 1st Hoover Commission had been HOW TO GET SOCIAL SECURITY CREDIT FOR asked to disown as irresponsibly misleading the uninformed. MILITARY SERVICE: . . . Government will never give any medical care to the Under Legion-backed laws, Congress has awarded bulk of the entire 17V2 million. . . . They are biggest group Social Security coverage to persons for their periods of in Commission's estimate that government has assumed re- military service in WW2 and during the Korea -period sponsibility to provide some medical care to a grand total hostilities. . . . This is not news. . . . However, "PTewsletter" of 30 million people. 29 VA BENEFITS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL D. C. . . . If you were enlisted, write Chief of Naval Per- INCOME TAX; sonnel, Att'n Pers-E3, Washington 25, D. C. . . . Use of such Persons receiving various benefits from the Veterans addresses will speed handling of voluminous requests. . . . Administration need not report them as income for Federal Navy also advises that while few Naval personnel are income tax purposes, the VA and the Internal Revenue eligible for it, the Medal for Humane Action (Berlin air- Bureau advise. . . . Dividends which veterans receive on lift) is available through the Navy. . . . Coast Guard per- their GI insurance policies also are exempt from taxation sonnel should write for their service medals to: Commandant, and need not be reported as income. . . . Among the tax-free U. S. Coast Guard, Washington 25, D. C. VA payments are the following. . . . Education and training Meanwhile, volume of requests for service medals for allowances for post-Korea veterans enrolled in schools and Air Force (and old Army Air Corps) personnel have caused training establishments under the Korean GI Bill. . . . difficulties for Air Force. ... It now requests that future Subsistence payments made to disabled World War II and applications for service medals be channeled through differ- Korea veterans training under Public Law 16, the Vocational ent addresses, depending on status of person making request. Rehabilitation Act. . . . Subsistence allowances paid to . . . Air Force offers three different addresses as follows World War II veterans training under the original World (1) If you are on active duty in the Air Force or are in the War II GI Bill. . . . Disability compensation and pensions active Air Force Reserve write: Chief, Awards Branch, received by veterans because of service-connected and non- Personnel Services Division, Director of Military Personnel, service-connected disabilities. . . . Grants to seriously dis- Hq., U. S. Air Force, Washington, D. C. . . . (2) If you abled veterans for homes designed for "wheel chair living." are an inactive Air Force reservist, write: Commander, Air . . . Grants for motor vehicles to veterans who lost their sight Reserve Records Center, 3800 York St., Denver, Colo or lost the use of their limbs. . . . World War I emergency (3) If you are a former Air Force member but not now officers' retirement pay. . . . Death benefits to families of in the reserve write: Chief, USAF Liaison Office, Military deceased veterans also are exempt from taxation. These in- Personnel Records Center, 4700 Goodfellow Boulevard, St. clude compensation, pension and all GI insurance payments. Louis, Mo., Att'n: Bldg 203. * * * * A lengthy report, too large to recap here, was printed SEEKS NEW VA HOSPITAL IN TENNESSEE: in "Newsletter" in Feb., describing how to get service medals. Senator Albert (Tenn.) is seeking Congressional Gore ^' ^ ^ support for construction of a new 5,000-bed VA general hospital at Nashville, Tenn., to replace the temporary ALL KINDS OF INFO RELATING TO VA BENEFITS: hospital on White Bridge Road in Nashville. Veterans Administration regularly releases information * * * * of interest to persons who have contact with VA in con- MORTGAGE LOAN DODGE IN NEW YORK: nection with the many benefits it handles, in attempt to A grand jury in New York is investigating a home-loan help the average vet know as much as he can about different racket whereby fantastic mortgage fees have been charged problems that arise in connection with benefits. by persuading the home-owner who seeks a loan to incor- Some recent reminders on sundry subjects are the porate. . . . While the law in New York and most States following: places limits on charges which may be levied against If a vet draws compensation and has his insurance home-loans to individuals, no limit is set on loans made to premiums deducted from his compensation payments, he corporations. . . . By a combination of 6% interest, plus must resume payment of the premiums himself immediately, "fees" and "bonuses," some lenders are reported to have if the compensation is reduced below the amount to pay as charged much as 65% on second mortgage loans made the premiums in full. . . . Automatic deduction stops if to home-owners who incorporated at the suggestion of the compensation is inadequate to meet premiums in full. lender. . . . The victims, who of course have had to cooperate Must a vet who draws a pension from the VA report in the scheme in their anxiety to borrow money, have paid his wife's income when he makes his regular report to VA even . . . more than that. They have to pay a State cor- on his outside income? . . . No, says VA. Pensions are poration fee; they lose federal income tax deduction on their limited, among other things, by the amount of one's other personal income for the interest paid on the loans. . . . And income, but not by his wife's income. those among them who are veterans lose their State veterans A veteran who wishes to appeal a decision on a com- tax reduction on their homes. pensation claim made by a VA rating board must appeal A' ^ ^ ^ within one year or not at all. However, he may start a fresh HOW TO GET YOUR SERVICE MEDALS (PART II): claim after the year is up and add any information that he Lengthy piece in "Newsletter" on How to Get Your might otherwise have used in appealing the original decision. Service Medals (See Feb. issue) has brought requests for Vets taking training under the Korea GI Bill may get uncollected medals pouring into military personnel offices, up to 30 days authorized absence, for good reason, in any with complications, especially for Navy and Air Force. year. But unused absences for one year may not be carried Navy Dep't emphasizes that ex-Marines writing in over to the next. for their wartime service medals should not write Bureau A vet who sent a check to the VA for his insurance of Naval Personnel. . . . Navy requests Marines write instead premium payment, and discovered later that he forgot to to Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps, Decorations and sign the check, would have 31 days from the date VA wrote Medals Branch, Washington 25, D. C. him of his error in which to make good without a policy- Because volume of mail following publication was lapse — provided the omission was an honest mistake and huge. Navy Dep't also asks that ex-Naval personnel help the check would have been good if signed . mail-sorting and routing of medal requests by using a more Vets who wish to make payments in advance on GI detailed address, as follows: If you were an officer address home loans should pay not less than the amount of one Chief of Naval Personnel, Att'n Pers-B4, Washington 25, regular installment, or $100, whichever is less. 30 NEWS ofThe A.merican Legion and Veterans' Affairs Christophers and an eminent Catholic- President Asks All Americans leader, called attention to the necessity for religious instruction of the nation's youth. To Join Back To God Program Stressing the religious training of the first President, George Washington, Sunday evening, Feb. 20. Grand suffering loss or restriction of these free- Father Keller said, "If ytRuig peojjle to- Central Terminal in New York Cit\- was doms. C) God, be with them and grant day are to reeeixe the God-gi\en heri- the seene of the 4th annual nationwide them soon the rights which Americans tage which is their due, the\' must ha\ e radio and TV observance of The Ameri- have always declared unalienable — the nothing less than the religious training can Legion's Back To God movement. rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of that George Washington recei\ed The great vaulted station, where happiness." through his home, church and school." thousands arrive and depart on New Rabbi Robert I. Kahn, of the Con- "To fail to give young people a com- York Central trains each da\', served as gregation Emanuel, Houston, Tex., plete spiritual training is to sliortehange ". a gigantic studio for the telecast over called faith in the Almighty . . the them." the American Broadcasting Company foundation of our lives. It is not only The Re\ercnd BilU Graham, world network. for God's sake that we return to Him, famous evangelist, called the Back To ". President Dwight D. Eisenhower, in but for our sakes, that we may build God movement . . a symbol of the a filmed message from Washington, our lives upon the abiding foundations tremendous renewed interest in religion D. C, spoke to the nation on the of His law." and God. the Bible and the church in Legion-sponsored program, saying: "It Father James Keller, founder of the America today. Aljout thirt)' oi' forty is significant. I believe, that The Ameri- can Legion has seen fit to conduct a Back To God movement as part of its Americanism program." The TV program was seen and heard by a huge audience in the station and millions more watching and listening throughout the U. S. A trio of distin- guished clergyman, Father James Kel- ler, Rabbi Robert I. Kahn and Reverend Billy Graham spoke on the program. They were joined hy American Legion Nat'l Chaplain Father Albert J. Hoffmann, Nat'l Cmdr Seaborn P. Col- -Av. 1\ lins and Nat'l Auxiliary President Mrs. Percy Lainson. The U. S. Military Academy Chapel Choir, massed on the southwest balcony of the station, supplied a background of rehgious music throughout the half hour program. The Cadets, who had come to New York from West Point, were guests at a Military Ball in their honor on the pre- vious evening at the Biltmore Hotel. Legionnaires in the audience received a special thrill when the Choir opened the program by singing the Preamble to The American Legion Constitution. Speakers The reciu-ring theme of the broad- cast was the importance of religion in American life and in the development of this country. In his invocation, Nat'l Chaplain Hoffmann emphasized the fundamental differences now di\ iding the world when he said, "We remember today those The scene above is Grand Central Terminal in New York fiity on Feb. 20. as the peoples in the communist-dominated 4th annual American Legion Back To C;<»cl television and radio program drew to a countries who have been subjugated, close. Nat l Clia]>lain, Father Albert J. Hoflman, is delixering the he nedic tion. THE AMtRlCAN LtCilON MAC. A/INL • AI'KIL. I<>55 • 3| infection than if he had never had it. On Feb. 15, The American Heart Ass'n announced that it had sent 110,- 000 doctors a 7-page letter containing the essential information for the preven- tion of rheumatic fever. The letter pulled together into brief outline the essence of many researches, indicating the proper use of antibiotics for pre- vention. At the same time, the Heart Ass'n Reverend Billy Graham Father James Keller Rabbi Robert I. Kahn started a public education program, urging that sore throats, and certain years ago we decided tliat we no longer pany transcribed and rebroadcast the other infections—especially in children- needed God. We decided that we could program later the same evening. be called to the attention of family phy- build a great nation without God. And The Legion's annual TV and radio sicians at the eai-liest possible moment. so we substituted materialism, secular- Back-To-God program marks the work Without an early opportunity to spot ism, humanism, behaviorism and other done throughout the year by the strep infections and speedily eliminate isms. But since WW2 and the age of Legion's 17,200 Posts in what has be- them, a doctor's knowledge of rheu- the atomic bomb, the hydrogen bomb, come a major effort of the Americanism matic fever prevention is merely aca- we have come to realize that we need program. demic. God. The movement was adopted as a nat'l The Heart Ass'n's recommendation have "We seen today, perhaps, the program at the Nat'l Convention in for people who have once had rheu- greatest religious in Miami in 1951. It a awakening Ameri- became permanent matic fever went further. It advised can history." nat'l program action of the Nat'l by that they go on a lifelong dosage of Nat'l Cmdr Seaborn P. Collins said Executive Committee in Oct., 1954. antibiotics, in consultation with their "the individual's right to believe and MEDICINE: physicians, to prevent strep infections. practice the religion of his choice is the This because of their much greater vul- most important of all our traditional Heart Payoft nerability to rheumatic fever, having freedoms." had it once before. Introducing Mrs. Percy Lainson, Nat'l The American Heart Association The Heart Ass'n announced at the President of the Auxiliary, Cmdr Collins started a drive in January to prevent the same time that it had prepared pamph- said that the women of America "have one heart disease that can be prevented lets, movies and other educational ma- traditionally led the way in maintain- by human knowledge and human effort. terial to assist in the huge public ing our spiritual defense." Mrs. Lainson The disease is rheumatic heart disease, information program that will be neces- declared that "the most important thing a permanent scarring and weakening of sary to effectuate any wholesale pre- is to make God a part of our daily lives. the heart, caused by rheumatic fever. vention of rheumatic fever. To me, the primary duty of mothers is Rheumatic fever, in turn, is an inflam- The American Legion has been espe- to teach our young how to pray, and matory disease which sometimes follows cially interested in the control of rheu- this can best be done by family prayer "strep " infections, usually of the throat. matic fever, because of the knowledge and regular religious worship." Thus rheumatic heart disease is one of the widespread devastation caused by Nat'l Cmdr Collins then introduced of three links in a chain: (1) strep in- the disease gained by Legionnaires in the President of the United States. fection (hemolytic streptococcus), (2) the course of the Legion's development rheumatic fever, and (3) rheumatic of its huge Child Welfare program. In President's Message heart disease. They follow each other 1948, The American Legion and Aux- President Eisenhower's message em- in that order. About 3 per cent of all iliary gave the American Heart Ass'n phasized that "Recognition of the Su- strep infections lead to rheumatic fever. $50,000-the largest sum it had had up preme Being is the first— the most basic No drug can cure rheumatic heart to that time. Legion interest in checking —expression of Americanism. Thus the disease. The treatment for rheumatic rheumatic fever was the chief motive Founding Fathers saw it; and thus, with fever is prolonged, expensive and un- behind the gift. God's help, it will continue to be. certain. But strep infections can be Legion Posts interested in aiding in "Each day we must ask that Almighty wiped out by the proper use of peni- the public education aspect of the new God will set and keep His protecting cillin or other antibiotics. If detected drive against rheumatic fever may ob- hand over us so that we may pass on to and treated early enough, they can be tain informational material from their those who come after us the heritage wiped out before rheumatic fever com- local Heart Ass'n chapter. Where there of a free people, secure in their God- plications gain a foothold. Thus early is no local Heart Ass'n chapter. State gi\en rights and in full control of a elimination of strep infections is a spe- health agencies can advise where ma- Government dedicated to the preserva- cific preventive measure against rheu- terials may be gotten. tion of those rights. I can ask nothing matic heart disease. more of each of you—of all Americans— Hundreds of thousands of Americans THE VA: than that you join with The American have rheumatic heart disease. Rheuma- Legion in its campaign." tic fever makes regular, widespread, Admiral Booiio Reliros In addition to the on-the-spot-telecast, new inroads into the health of American Vice Admiral Joel T. Boone retired the Back To God program was broad- children— for the disease is most preva- on Feb. 28 from his position as Chief cast over the National Broadcasting lent among the young. It infects Medical Director of the U.S. Veterans Company radio network at the same constantly, quietly—not in dramatic Administration. time. The Mutual Broadcasting System epidemics. Once a person has had rheu- Admiral Boone, who had headed VA and the American Broadcasting Com- matic fever he is more liable to future medical services since March 1, 1951, 32 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1955 ! IN AND OUT OF THE VA p. 29) they were keeping a watchful eye on another attack, namely the 2nd Hoover Commission's report on Per- sonnel and Civil Service, released early in February. Nat'l Cmdr Seaborn P. Collins charged tiiat the report "takes up where the previous commission on government or- ganization unsuccessfully left oft in try- ing to weaken and destroy veterans pref- erence in federal employment." The 2nd Hoover Commission used as the basis of its report the study made by its Task Force on Personnel and Civil Admiral Booiic Dr. Middlitoii Thomas Sweeney J. Service, headed by Dr. Harold W. notified VA Administrator Harvey V. Sweeney Heads GI Loans Dodds, pres'dent of Princeton Univer- Higley last June that because of failing sity. In another top-flight change at the health he would have to retire at the While the Hoover Commission did VA, Thomas J. Sweeney was appointed completion of four years service. not agree in full with its Task Force assistant deputy administrator of the Admiral Boone was replaced on recommendations, there was little doubt VA's multi-billion dollar GI loan pro- that the veterans rights in Federal Civil March 1 by Dr. William S. Middleton, gram in Feb. He had been acting dep- Wis. Service were to be abrogated if its of Madison, uty since the resignation of T. Bertram In his four years at the VA's medical report got Congressional support. King from that position last December. helm, Admiral Boone distinguished him- The Commission recommended among A native of Cleveland, Ohio, and a resi- a fighting champion of war other things: self as dent of Silver Spring, Md., Sweeney has veterans. He vigorously opposed all 11 A veterans special right to appeal to been connected with mortgage loan ac- movements during his term in office the Civil Service Commission be limited tivities since 1924, and with government to the first five years after aimed at limiting or impairing medical appointment mortgage activities since 1933. He the services for war veterans in need of to the federal service. At comple- joined the VA loan program in 1944. tion of the five year period the veteran care. He tangled publicly with the American Medical Association, on whose CIVIL SERVICE: would lose his special appeal rights. That a system be estabfished which nat'l Board of Delegates he once sat, i> Hoover Commission divides competing employees into three in defense of proper care for veterans. While veterans had won one battle groups : ) veterans with compensable On retiring. Admiral Boone said of ( 1 on Preference service-connected disabilities all the job of VA medical chief: "I have Vet (see "Newsletter," (2) found it to be one of the greatest privi- leges that can come to any physician. I IT IT do believe there is no greater responsi- SMELLS GRAND PACKS RIGHT bility in medicine, in or out of govern- ment, or one with wider opportunities for service .... [the job] is the most exacting, demanding and wearing of them all. It is a thrilling experience." The VA medical system operates 172 hospitals, works in conjunction with dozens of medical colleges, supports vast medical researches, handles a daily hospital patient load in excess of 100,- 000, operates 105 clinics that handle 140,000 visits a month, provides daily domiciliary care for 17,000 veterans. CUT TO PACK Dr. William S. Middleton, new VA AROMA PRO/VMSINO SWEET RELEASE SO joys INCREASE medical chief, has been Dean of the University of Wisconsin Medical School since 1935. He is an overseas veteran IT SMOKES SWEET IT CANT BITE of both World Wars. His distinguished record in medical and wartime military SIR WALTER RALEIGH'S sei"vice has included many close contacts BLEWD OF CHOICE KENTUCKY with the VA. Dr. Middleton served as 6URLEYS IS EXTRA-A6ED TO a specialist in tuberculosis with the U.S. 6UARD AGAINST TONGUE BITE. Veterans Bureau back in 1922. He was a member of a special medical group established by law to advise the VA, FREE! after WW2, in the building of its present 2^ -PAGE BOOKLET medical program. He has been chair- ON PIPE CARE . man of the Deans Committee affihated JUST WRITE TO: with the Madison (Wis.) VA hospital. SIR WALTER Dr. Middleton was bom in Norris- RALEIGH. /MAKES EVERY PIPE town. Pa., Jan. 7, 1890. He got his MD DEPT. AS A PIPE OF PEACE! degree from the University of Penn- LOUISVILLE, KY. sylvania in 1911. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1955 • 33 . olln r M hnans and those non-veterans According to reliable soinces, the EDUCATION: ot 15 or more years federal service and Commission will he headed by General (3) all other employees. Omar N. Bradley, former VA Adminis- llow Are They Treated? Commenting on tlie above provision, trator and his executive director will be The American Legion Child Welfare Nat'] Seaborn Cmdr P. Collins said. Major General Ernest M. Brannon. Division is wondering what a survey "This s\ stem would give a non-\("teran former Army Judge Advocate General. would show regarding the attitudes of with 15 years service, job retention high schools and State education de- rights Select Coiiiiiiillee over a veteran with 14 years and liartments in the several States toward study of benefits for surviv"ors of 11 months service. Such a right would The married students in high school. be coiTiplctely contrary to the pinpose Armed Forces personnel and former Youthful marriages have increased in and principle of v eterans preference and Armed Forces personnel made by a se- recent years. lect committee, would deny the historical ef)ncept tliat known popularly as the In addition, a substantial ninuber of militarv' service in the Bates Committee of the 88rd Congress, defense of our voung men have left public school to country entitles the veteran to special will be continued under II. Res. 35. enter the Armed Forces, have married, consideration will as in obtaining and keeping The new committee be known then decided to finish their education. a federal government position." the Hardy Committee, after the name Old custom frowned on the presence The of 2nd Hoover Commission appi'ared the new chmn, Rep. Hardy, Va. of married pupils in public schools. to be playing its recon- botli sides of the fence. The Hardy Committee in A hangover of this tradition may or ^^'hi]e stating its stituted form, has belief that veterans more power than the may 7iot be significantly impeding com- should be given preference in federal Bates Committee. In addition to its pletion of the education of today's employment during the early years of recommendations. Hardy's group is au- growing number of young married their return to civilian life, the philosf)- thorized to introduce legislation nor- people. phy expressed throughout was clcarlv mally within the jurisdiction of standing Sample queries by the Child Welfare opiiosed to all committees. vc^tcians preference. C^ommission staff, which wants to know The report of the Commission was On the same day that the new Select the situation, have revealed an excellent enough to alert the Legion to the newest Committee was authorized, the Plouse attitude toward married students in attack on Veterans Preference. How it also gave the go-ahead to the Veterans some States. would be fought would dejiend upon Affairs Committee to investigate the Questionable attitudes have l)ecn later developments. Tlie Legion, said main programs of veterans affairs. These noted in other States. Cmdr CoHins. "will await congressional included among others: Compensation, An awareness that married students hearings on this and other rejiorts be- hospitalization, medical and dental are worthy of more attention has been fore .'" sul)mitting detailed testimonv care, insurance, education and training, noted in other States, but without any and veterans unemployment compensa- REHAB: organized facts or ideas on the subject. tion. Once, many colleges frowned upon, The Connnittee is prohibited from in- Here We i,o Aoaiii expelled, or ignored married students on vestigating any matter under investiga- Some Washington experts are of the the college level. When the WW2 GI tion by another committee of the House. opinion that the U.S. Veterans Adminis- l^ill packed colleges with married stu- tration is the most investigated agenev Social Security dents, they were accepted. in the Executive Department of the But for a while colleges did little to One aspect of all the investigations, Covernment. If it isn't, the three latest adjust campus environments to the fact reports, and studies was drawing watch- investigations ordered early this year that so many students were heads of ful attention from Legionnaires. This ought to put it on the top of the list. families. was the oft-repeated linking of Social The first of these new probes is the Security and veteran compensation and Following an American Legion Child one authorized by the President on Jan. pension programs. Welfare survey of that fact, an emer- 14. On Feb. 2, The House of Repre- gency meeting of college presidents led In budget messages to Congress in .sentatives passed resolutions calling for 1950 and 1951, President Truman made to better cam])us attitudes toward mar- two more investigations of v et benefits. reference to consideration of Social Se- ried students. President's Coiiiinission curity in providing for veterans without The general excellence of the married college students in their college work An Executiv e Order of Jan. 14 set up service disabilities. tlu' older taboos a seven-member cotntnission to "make President Eisenhower's Budget mes- finally proved that a comprehensive study of the laws per- sage of early January said, "I hope that against tliem had been unrealistic. taining to pension, compensation, and our mutual efforts will result in enact- Possible unrealistic hardships im- related nonmedical Ix^nefits for veterans ment of ade([uate and improved pro- posed upon married high school stu- and their dependents." The .study had grams which will include full coverage dents today could include: (a) formal been indicated last August when Presi- for military personnel under our basic barriers, including rules and regulations dent Eisenhower signed legislation in- old-age and survivors insurance pro- against them in some States or commu- creasing compensalion and pension gram and will properly relate benefits nities, and (b) informal barriers, by rales. provided military personnel to those for which school officials show' hostile atti- The White House in making the an- veterans." tudes toward married students. Mouncement of the formation of the The use of similar language has be- Some yoimg married jiersons are "ad- eonnnission said that the study was for come increasinglv connnon in official \ ised" to stay out of school, go to night the Presid(nit's use in his recommenda- Washington circles — similar both in school, or otherwise i)ursue their objec- tions to Congress for "modernizing these what it does and what it does not sav tives in comparative isolation or under veterans' benelits and lelating them to It would be reasonable to entertain restrictive conditions. These informal broader government social insurance placing military persoimel under social barriers suggest to the student that he and tamily protection ]Mograms." secmitv' on a regular basis. But what is pri-sents an "embarrassment" to school The Commission report is to be made meant by "])rf>perly relating" various officials. by Nov . 1. 1955, to the President. benefits has never been clearly put forth. How widespread these barriers arc • Tin. • 34 AMURICAN 1 tGKJN MAGAZINE .VTRIL, 1955 — in the nation is not known, in the ab- sence of a thorough survey. It is known that some married stu- dents Iiave run into hostile attitudes based upon supposed "embarrassment" in some States, while in others there has been considerable planning to integrate them into the public education system. The American Legion Child Welfare Commission plans to broaden its queries into this subject among educators. This magazine will also receive, and forward, direct personal accounts of any young married persons who believe their public education has been im- peded by official action because they are married. Write: Education Editor, American Legion Magazine, 720 Fifth Avenue, New York 19, N.Y. Do not in- clude accounts of any difficulties except those having to do with marital status. BRIEFLY NOTED: ]> Registration for the 37th American Legion Nat'l Convention began in early February. A check for the first 50 regis- trants was turned over to Convention Corporation President Joe Adams. The Nat l Convention will be held Oct. 9-13 in Miami—Miami Beach, Fla. j> Convention contest rules have been published and are now available for distribution to musical and drill units. Write Contests Supervisory Committee's Secretarv, Indianapolis ' P. O. Box 1055, 6. Ind. Official contest entries must be exe- cuted in triplicate. The original copy goes to the Committee Secretary at In- dianapolis; one copy to Dep't Hq; and one is retained by the drill or musical unit. ]| The Americanism Div. has announced that distribution of the J955 Ameiictm Legion Junior Baseball Handbooks CALVERT SATISFIES would be delayed because of extensive revision and clarification of the rules. like no other whiskey! Departments will be advised of the ear- For a tastier, less-filhng whiskey tr eat that's truly smoother liest possible mailing date. going down, try a Calvert "Lo-Ball". It's a generous jig- The Nat'l Oratorical Finals will be ger of Calvert Reserve over ice with just a splash of your held at Blackwell, Okla., Apr. 5. Four favorite mixer. contestants will compete for $8,000 in scholarships. The contestants will be Your first swallow will tell you why Calvert is now one the winners of Sectional contests to be of the world's two largest-selling whiskies. held Apr. 1, at: Penn Yan, N. Y.; Aiken, S. C; Jefferson City, Mo.; and Santa value only $1.00 Fe, N. Mex. SPECIAL OFFER: $2.38 sets of 4 specially-designed Calvert j> A new bridge over the Platte River SEND ME with initial hand-carved and recipe folder. south of Fremont, Nebr. on Route 77 has "Lo-Ball" glasses, my I enclose $ to cover cost of glasses and mailing. been named in honor of C. W. (Red) (Enclose $1.00 for each set. Limit of 3 sets.) Motter who died recently. Motter was iVIy initial, to he liand-carved on glasses, is Dep't Vice-Cmdr in 1929. The bridge (One initial ouhj) was named for him by action of the Nebraska legislature. ]i Dep't of Nevada is the 1955 winner of the Hanford MacNider Trophy. The trophy is awarded to the Dep't having ISOeS-AL, Cliicago, III. the highest percentage of members for Mail to Calvert, Box .S.A restricted by state or municipal laws. Limited to V (Offer void if taxed, prohibited, or otherwise the period Oct. 20 to Dec. 31 each about four weeks. Offer expires Jubj 31. l^^^-) it " territories and possessions. Dclivenj takes year as compared with the total num- ber of members in the Dep't on the 31st CO., N.Y.C. BLENDED WHISKEY- 86.8 PROOF-65% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS. CALVERT DISTILLERS THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1955 • 3< of Deceml)er tlie year preceding. Ne- to the nat'l title in 1953 and 1954, re- Cahf., Conn.. D. C, Fla., Maine, Mass., vada won with a percentage of 90.05. centK retired from the directorship be- Miss., Nev., N. H., N. J., N.Y.. Ore., 1> Dep't of Louisiana won the Alvin M. cause of the pressure of business Penn., R. I.. Tenn., Vt. and Wash. Owsley Trophy for f954. The trophy is activities. RECENT POST DOINGS: awarded to the 13ep't lia\ ing the highest ]t Another Nat'l Championship outfit is percentage of membership on Dec. 31 due some belated recognition on these ]> On five recent Wednesday afternoons, for the ensuing year as compared with pages. Post 85. of Kankakee, 111., won Post and Unit 1646, New' Hyde Park, the average membership for the imme- the National Color Guard Champion- N.Y., held comic book "swaps" for school diately preceding ten years. Louisiana ship at the 1954 Nat'l Convention in children of that community. 325 chil- won with a percentage 101.25. Washington with a score of 97.4. That dren brought in comic books and ]t Rep. Francis E. Walter, Pa., intro- victory was inadvertently not included exchanged them for different ones sup- duced H.R. 3813 in the House of Rep- in the report of the nat'l competitions plied by the Post and Unit. In the resentatives. This bill would establish on these pages. Kankakee Color Guard course of the swap, 250 objectionable July 27, 1953, as the official cut-oft date also won the nat l championship at St. crime, sex, and horror comics traded by for American Legion membership eligi- Louis in f953 and at Miami in 1951, the children were removed from circu- bility for veterans of military service and is a consistent contributor to the lation. Dell Publishing Co. and Eastman during the Korean war. The bill would pageantry oi American Legion conven- Kodak Co. were among organizations amend the Congressional Charter of The tions. that supplied clean comics to start the American Legion. An excellent reference book dealing exchange rolling. Posts or Units which American Legion acti\ities won 12 of with the status of reservists in the armed wish to conduct swap operations may the Freedoms Foundation awards for forces has been published by the David obtain limited numbers of comics for 1954, announced Feb. 22. AmiMig win- McKay Co., 55 Fifth Ave., New York 3, such use by writing W. B. Brummitt, ners were the Legion flag program, N.Y. Book is packed with questions and Eastman Kodak Co., 343 State St., "New Glory for Old Glory." and the answers which interpret and explain a Rochester 4. N.Y. Legion-NBC radio program, "Inherit- host of laws and regulations that affect !> Post 561, Los Angeles County, Calif., ance." Addresses given by then Nat l reservists and all American males of presents an hour-long vaudeville show Cmdr Arthur J. Connell (Conn.) and military age. Title: The Reservist's twice a month (once for the boys, once then Nat'l Chaplain Dr. Tom B. Clark Cuide and Record. Authors: Maj. Dan- for the girls ) for the children at Juvenile (Okla.) in 1954 won honor medals. The iel J. Kern and Lt. Cmdr George L. Hall, Los Angeles County, Calif. Cantzlaar. Dep'ts of Nebraska and Wisconsin won Price: $3.50. } Posts in Middlesex County, N.J., medals for educational and religious ]t Michigan State Clollege, at East Lan- have, with help from the Auxiliary, do- emphasis programs, as did two Ameri- sing. Mich., is celebrating its 100th nated more than $1,000 to the SuzAnne can Legion Posts— Post 51, Uniontown, anniversary this year, and kicked the School for Retarded Children in New Pa. celebration and Post 399, San Jose. Calif. Two off with Founders Day ob- Brunswick, N.J. The 29-Post Middlesex youthful contestants in the Legion's servation Feb. 12. The college, which County Executive Committee regularly f954 Nat'l Oratorical- Contest won was the first land-grant aggie school in publicizes American Legion programs awards for youth public addresses—Jack the country, has a warm place in the through radio broadcasts over station VIcNees, Kansas Cit\', Kans. and Mar- hearts of Michigan Legionnaires. It has WCTC, New Brunswick. jorie \'oytilla, Sheldon, Iowa. Mary Jane done an excellent job as host to the ]> The sixth annual "Porchlight Parade" Balicky, Pittsburgli, Pa., won an award annual Legion Boxs' State in Michi- of Post 285, Galesburg, 111., raised foi lier entry in The American Legion gan. With f ,000 boys in attendance, the $2,034 for the March of Dimes in less Auxiliary essay contest. Michigan Boys' State ranks at the top than two hours. Other Posts in Knox j> Ground was broken on American Le- in size. County also participated, and the total gion birthday, March 15, for outdoor ]> P. Ballantine & Sons, brewers, of amount collected by Legion Posts in amphitheater to seat 2,500 persons at Newark. N. are participating in the J., the county was $5,073.89. During the Lyons VA Hospital, near Basking Ridge, 1955 membership drive of 19 American past 15 >'ears. Post 285 has piuchased N.J. Amphitheater is gift of American Legion Departnu-nts. It is the first time and maintained three iron lungs for the Legion Dep't of New Jersey, for use of that an American Legion membership residents of Knox County at no charge. patients at the large mental hospital. tlrive has received cnitside sponsorship. ]t Post 109, Rutherford, N.J., with 415 Dep't is raising $75,000 for the project, Any Legionnaire in the 19 Dep'ts members eiuolled as of late January, has already gotten $45,000 in cash and who signs or renews five or more nier- has reached an all-time membership pledges from Posts and Auxiliary Units berships will earn a "Ballantine Ballot." high. in the Dep't. Fund is an all-Legion affair, A drawing will be made from the bal- Post City, Ala., pre- with no public snbscrijition and goal of lots earned by member-getting in each ]> 46, Alabama $i per New Jersey Legion and Auxiliary Dep't, at the Dep't 1955 Conventions, pared and delivered boxes of food to ninnerous needy families in the Post member to finish job. Ainphitlieater is The 19 winners so selected will be area. Post also participated with other badly needed addition for the morale the guests of P. Ballantine & Sons at the \'ets' organizations in a fund-raising and therapy of ]xilients at hospital. The Nat'l Convention in Miami, Fla., Oct. drixe than only present stage facility there is a re- 10-13. which netted more $1,300 for the Ahuch of Dimes. creation room tliat holds 450 persons. Carl W. Badenhausen, president of The liospital has more than 2,000 pa- Ballantine, said on Feb. 1 that The > Post 28, South Ozone Park, N.Y.. is tients. American Legion merits membershiii inaugurating sponsorship of Little ]t The American Legion National C;h<)- strength to increase its effectiveness in League Baseball in Queens Coimty, rus Champions, from Post 23, Milwau- resisting communism and fostering such N.Y^ kee, Wis. will compete in the Nat'l positive programs as the Legion's Re- 1> Post 10, Las Cruces. N. Mex., has Convention at Miami, Fla., this October habilitation. Child \Velfare, National Noted to have members speak in the under a new director, Clyde A. Parnell. Secmity and Ameiieanism acti\ ities. iiublic and parochial schools of Las Paul Herbsl, who directed the chorus Dep'ts parliiipaling inilnde: Ark., (,'ruces one day early in April in support ^^(^ • TUf; AMI KK AN rECJION MAGAZINF. • APRU., I<).S5 y of the Savings Stamps program of the Randall Biart, Area "D" Child Wel- U. S. Treasury Dep't. fare Chmn, hospitalized for surgery at ^fARlMS^OSDICK ]> More than 1,000 employees of Gim- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. by AL CAPP bel Bros. Dep't Store and their friends Clarence S. Campbell, appointed to IF VOOSE CAN LICK OUR-c^(j<^k'-£ attended the Annual Vets' Benefit Ball Nat'l Executive Committee from Ver- NEW MEMBER,TH' WHOLE GANG of Post 1206, New York, N.Y. TV star mont, to fill unexpired term of Dr. H. WILL SURRENDER, FOSDICK.'/" Ed Sullivan acted as master of cere- Nelson Jackson, deceased. monies for the affair; singers Joan Wer- John Sherman Cooper, Legionnaire ber and Don Cornell were among those and former U.S. Senator from Kentucky, who entertained. The event raised approved by Senate Foreign Relations $10,000 which Post gave to seven hos- Committee as U.S. Ambassador to India. pitals and a con\alescent home to buy Ralpli M. Godivin. of Jackson, Miss., equipment and recreational material. will serve as Nat'l Executive Committee- unexpired ]i Post 7, Clearwater, Fla., has awarded man from Mississippi, filling a $150 scholarship to Joe S. Everett, a term of Robert D. Morrow, resigned. law student at the Univ. of Florida. Abe J. Davidson, Dep't Cmdr of Ar- a ]> Three years ago, Post 49, Lebanon, kansas, is recuperating from recent Ky., had 80 members; now the Post has operation. OOCH.^ MV SHREWD LEGAL SENSE 287 members and is still growing. For Died TELLS ME THIS FIGHT IS-g^'-P.':'-- the past two years, the Post has held a ^ Lewis C. (Red) Morrison, Past Dep't FAIR/.'^— community fair in which various civic NOT ENTIRELV BUT — Cmdr of South Dakota (1929-30), in gioups had shows and from which these Long Beach, Calif., following a stroke. other civic groups raised money. During Gen. Brehon Burke Somervell the past four years. Post has donated (U.S.A., Ret.), Legionnaire and Com- approximately $1275 to such organiza- mander of Army Service Forces during tions as the local hospital, the city park, WW2, at Ocala, Fla. the city band. Currently, Post is: (1) Herbert L. Emmanuelson, Past Dep't working to secure industry for the city Cmdr of Connecticut (1944-45), at of Lebanon, (2) cooperating in estab- Pottsville, W. Va., while enroute to lishment of a Nat'l Guard unit for Ma- Florida. He was a member of the Nat'l rion County, and backing the Farm (3) Executive Committee, 1945-47. Bureau in an effort to secure a new Col. Woolsey Finnell, a founder of telephone system for the county. The American Legion, at his home in ]} Post 1081, New York, N.Y.', donated Tuscaloosa, Ala. $700 to the Beekman Downtown Hos- pital in that community. Money is to be used to furnish a room in which visitors may meditate or pray. Post made dona- COMRADES tion in memory of the late Dr. Carl Podin, Post Chaplain. IN DISTRESS 1> Post 678 (largest Civil Service Post Spate does not permit notices to contact in the country) , New York, N.Y.. offered persons for any purpose except to assist in his de- its members a free course of instruction establisiiing a claim for a veteran or pendents. Statement to that effect should to help them prepare for the examina- accompany nolitc. tion for promotion to the position of Supervisor in the N.Y. Post Office. For Army CONTAINS NATURE'S BUT DAT the first time in 34 years. Post is pub- LANOUN.':''-RELIEVES WOULD BE 127th AAA— While running an obstacle course at lishing a bi-monthly newspaper, the Dan "topside" at Camp Haan. Calif., I received a DRVN ESS.'.'- REMOVES ILLEGAL- leg Oliver Burcliard, who was my TciUon Post injury. C. LOOSE -uGh.'I'- MV NAME IS News. 1st in 1943 early 1944, set my left Sgt and DANDRUFF.'T'- knee. Two weeks after I was injured i was ARTHUR.'/ transferred. In order to establish claim, I now GET WILDROOT PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: need to contact Burchard. Write me, Clyde Dvkes, 1319 No. 7th St.. Kansas City, Kans. CREAM-OIL Jiidne Wilhm- M. Alter. Past Dep't 2Sth biv, 27th Inf, Co B-Need to hear from any- CHARLIE.'/ one who served with me in Korea, June to of Cmdr Colorado (1934-35), has taken Oct. 1950. Especially need to hear from those the oath as Chief Justice of the Colo. who know of the injury 1 suffered in Sept.. 1950, or who have information about the State Supreme Court. Judge Alter is truck lost in a fire which destroyed our rec- ords. Write me, Theodore R. Weinkaiif, Box currently a Executive member of the 375. Lemmon, S. Dak. Claim pending. Section of The American Legion Nat'l 2nd Cavalr.v, Trooi> A— While training remounts on the Hats by the Winooski River, about Aug. Rehabilitation Commission. or Sept., 1917, 1 fell from a horse and injured my neck. There were about 16 of us in the Elmer L. Fraker. Past of Dep't Cmdr detail. Need to hear from anyone who recalls Oklahoma (1935-36), resigned from the incident. Especially recall Edward A. La- Plante and Sgt Louis G. King who was in position of Dep't Adjutant to become charge and gave me first aid. Write me, Albert Dunn, Route 2, Opp, Ala. Claim pend- Administrative Sect'y of Historical Okla. ing. Society. 106th Div, 81st En);r Bn, Co A-In order to es- tablish claim, need to hear from anyone who Rev. Bernard Gerdon, Dep't Chaplain has information about a jeep accident in which T/5 Cecil Russell was injured. Rus- of Indiana, appointed Superintendent C. sell was thrown from the jeep he was driving of Cathedral High School in Indianapo- when it struck a mine. Write Eunice Hall Hyman, Box 411, Owensboro. Ky. lis, Ind. ISth Arm.v Hq, Encineer Section— Need to hear Lawrence from anyone who served with me at Fort Sam J. Fenian, Past Dep't Cmdr Houston. Tex., or in the ETO. Write me (for- of Illinois (1950-51), has undergone mer M/Sgt) Joseph Dail, Route 5, Lebanon, Tenn. Claim pending. surgery at the VA Research Hospital, 896th Ordnance HAM Co-Cpl Orville Van Damme served with this outfit (attached to 1st Army) Chicago, 111. in the ETO from Nov. 11, 1943 to Oct. 17. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1955 • — 1945. He entered the service July 23, 1942; took who knows of the F.W.D. truck accident that Prov. Machine Gun Bn, 5th and 50th Inf, basic training at Fort Bragg, N.C. Van Damme occurred three miles from Metuchen, N.J.. at American Forces in Germany, 1919, to Oct. is now hospitalized and needs help to estab- 9:30 a.m., Aug. 30, 1918. I was thrown 30 1920. Anyone who served with me or who lish a claim. Anyone who served with him feet over a wire fence on to a hard surfaced recalls my hospitalization or treatment, write write his wife, Mrs. Orville Van Damme, 532 road. My right hip and side were fractured me, Edgar R. Davis, 319 Elm St., Midwest Curry St., Tomah, Wis. and a piece of steel went into my right eye- City 10, Okla. Camp Livingston, La.— In order to establish claim, ball. Have been in hospital several times since, 106th Diy, 423rd Inf, Co B; Detached from Stalag I need to hear from Lt Wagner who was on have been blind. Need help to establish claim. 4B— I have a back condition that developed duty with one of the Quartermaster outfits on Write me, Edward R. Webb, 149 Archer Ave., while being marched on sick call from Hiltdorf or about Apr. 8, 1942. Write me, Oscar Thibo- Shreveport, La. Prison Camp to Chemnitz (Germany) Hospital daux, 5505 Northington Dr., Houston 16. Te.x. 194th Inf, Co H-At Camp Blanding, Fla., about during an air raid. Need to contact Buddy 109th Engrs, Co F—At the railroad shop at the Nov., 1944, Tebal W. Kusiak was treated for App, or anyone who helped me fill out ex- Mesves Hospital Center, France, in late fall, an ankle and foot condition. Kusiak was re- POW forms at a reception center in Rheims 1918, I was injured by a blowback explosion of ceiving basic training at the time. He now or Nancy (France) in April, 1945. Write me, oil from a locomotive firebox. A medical or- needs to hear from anyone who remembers Norman R. Lawton, Box 155, Houghton, N.Y. derly treated my badly burned face at the his having been treated. Especially needs to Claim pending. 109th Engr Infirmary at Mesves-Buley; he hear from 2nd Lt McLaughlin (who is thought also cared for it afterwards. The injury caused to have come from Mass.) who had Kusiak Navy an impairment of the sight of my left eye. I hospitalized after a hike. Write Tebal W. Ku- now need to contact the orderly who treated siak, 103 Earl St., West Warwick, R.I. Claim PC 1178 and USS Hector-In order to establish the injury. Write me, George F. Johnson, P.O. pending. claim, I need to hear from those who served Box 335. Spearfish. S. Dak. Claim pending. 204th AAA Reg't; 244th AAA SL Bn, Battery C- aboard these vessels during WW2. Write me, 1918th Ordnance Ammo Co— In order to establish Need to contact anyone who served with me George W. McKenney, Route 1, Box 307, claim, I need to hear from someone wlio in these outfits at San Diego, Calif. Also need Vicksburg, Miss. knows of my foot trouble, of the X-rays I had to contact anyone who served with me in USS Fulton, Pecos, Altair, Arkansas (WW2)-In taken, or of the fact that I was considered for Hawaii in Batteries A and B of the 294th and order to establish claim, the widow of Metal- a disability discharge at Bangor, Maine, be- 296th AAA SL Bns. Need to hear from some- smith 2c Samuel C. Davis wishes to hear from fore going overseas. Need to hear from: one who remembers my having had pain or those who served with her late husband. Write Henry Cunningham (Tex.); Lt. Williamson having talked about trouble with my right arm Mrs. Lelia Davis, Box 366, Browns Mills, (Iowa); Sgt. Reitenor (Pa.); Dale Pheifer. and shoulder during late 1944 and in 1945. N. J. Write me, William A. Willison, Jr., Jefferson, My arm. shoulder, and shoulder blade have USS Millidgevillc (Jan. 18-March 26, 1945); USS Iowa. been removed because of an incurable tumor Howard D. Crow (Sept. 27-Nov. 26, 1943)- 129th AAA Gun Bn, Hq Battery-I served with of the bone which turned into cancer. It is While serving aboard one of these ships. this unit at Fort Bliss, Tex., in 1943, and in thought to have begun while I was in the serv- Carpenter's Mate Ic Wilfred L. Carufel England in 1944. In order to establish claim, ice. Especially need to learn the whereabouts (U. S. Coast Guard) was treated for a knee [ need to hear from Capt. Lusby (Medical of: Delta B. Berry, Alfred H. Hensley. Walter injury. He needs to hear from anyone who Officer), or from anyone who knows his ad- E. Jasi, Harry H. Haizlip, Jr. Write me. (for- remembers this. Write Wilfred L. Carufel, dress. Write me. Otto Traczyk, Box 311, 26 mer S/Sgt) Prentice T. Paulson, 4451 So. 164 Rowe Ave., Pawtucket, R. I. Claim pend- Park Road East, Castile, N.Y. Grant, Englewood, Colo. ing. 3Slst Inf, 1st Bn, Hq Co-In order to establish 80th Div, 319th Inf, Co B, 3rd Platoon (WW2)-In USS Wyandot-In May, 1947, Fireman 2c John A. clahii, I need to hear from men who served order to establish claim, I need to hear from Centore received a nose injury in a boxing with this outfit during the period 1946-47. Sgt Neal Hagan; Daniel McGee (Covington, match on this ship. In June 1947, he received Write me, George W. McKenney, Route I, Ga.); the medic in the 3rd platoon; and any- treatment for this injury at the Chelsea Naval Box 307, Vicksburg, Miss. one who knows about my back trouble. Write Hospital, Boston, Mass. He wishes to hear 41st CAC— In order to establish claim, I need to me, William Troy Price, Route 9, Sevierville, from anyone who recalls the injury. Write hear from anyone who remembers my knee, Tenn. John A. Centore, 89 Tobey St., Providence, Flagler, Station back, and shin conditions while stationed at Fort Wash., Hospital, July 1-20, R. I. Claim pending. in Fort Kam 1941. Especially want to hear 1918; Camp Eustis, Va., 48th CAC, Battery D, NATTC, Memphis, Tenn. (Nov. 15, 1942-Jan. 1, from anyone who was with the outfit during Sept. and Oct., 1918— In order to establish 1944); LST 281 (1944)-Anyone who recalls the Pearl Harbor bombing. Write me, George claim, need to hear from anyone who recalls the knee injury I received playing football in Thomas, 685 So. New Hampshire, Los An- my sickness while with these units. I was also Memphis or basketball on board LST 281 Va., geles 5. Calif. at Camp Stuart, where 1 had flu and a write me (former PhM Ic Henry J. Garcia, Officers Training School, Raritan Arsenal, Metu- skin infection all over my body. Served over- 1410 E. Santa Clara St., San Jose, Calif. Claim chen, N. J. (WWl)— Need to contact someone seas with: 4Sth CAC (Railway), Battery B; pending. Marine Corps Base Depot (S. Anne.x), Norfolk, Va.—Need to hear from someone who served with me and who remembers the back injury for which I received hospital care. Would especially like to hear from 1st Sgt A. M. Wasson and Sgt Frederick L. Lopp. Write Only Allen-A Atlastic has me, Frank S. Carrozza, 19 East Carson St., Canton, Pa. Claim pending. U. S. Naval Training Camp, Balboa Park, San Diego, Calif. (1918)-Need to contact Pat Argust or Merle Everett, or anyone who re- members that Claude P. Williams was isolated and hospitalized for spinal meningitis in de- tention camp in Jan., 1918. Write Claude P. Williams, Box 94, Route 2, Denison, Tex. Claim pending. Naval Air Service (WW2) - Harold J. Yonash served as a radioman on a U. S. Navy air- plane. He was aboard an aircraft that was returning from a mission when the field to which it was returning came under attack. The crew evacuated the aircraft while it was still live rubber in collar seam. Easy on rolling on the coral runway. As the crew was running for the slit trenches, Yonash fell and easy off. Nylon re-enforced 2-ply col- tore open the palm of his left hand. Anyone lar—won't sag. Triple stitched—longer who remembers this incident, or who served with Yonash, or who knows of the scar on wear. his left hand, write his widow, Mrs. Harold J. Nash, 2104 Torbett, Richland, Wash. live rubber in shoulder seams. No Navy 311, c/o FPO, San Francisco, Calif.—Need pull —freedom fit. to hear from anyone who served with me on Johnson Island, Aug. 9, 1944 to Jan. 1946. ALLENiZED® FABRIC won't shrink out of Write me (former Pfc ) Alfonso Fabozzi, Apt. 41, 734 E. 180th St., Bronx 57, N. Y. Claim shape or size. Made of soft, durable, pending. fine combed-cotton and rayon—easily laundered. Ribbed knit. Stretches like Air an accordion—stays in your slacks or 9lst Observation Sqdn (1943)—Need to contact someone who recalls that I injured by left shorts action during wear. foot at Godman Field, Ky., when I fell through a plank walk in front of the Orderly live in waistband legs. rubber and No Room when I was CQ. I was a Sgt at the bind in action. time. Write me, James Mayfield, Ellis Prairie, Mo. live rubber and combed yarn knit fly 1580th Engineers Fire Fighting Co (WW2)-Need to contact anyone who knew Sgt Wilbur C. for gentle support, permanent ' action Patheal at Ladd Field, Alaska. Sgt Patheal is fit." Ventilated, absorbent. now deceased. His widow and dependent chil- dren seek lielp in establishing claim. Write her, Mrs. Wilbur C. Patheal, 5012 S.E. Frank- T-Shirt $1.50 Brief $1.25 lin St., Portland, Oreg. 574th Signal Air Sqdn, Co C—Need to hear from Ankle-length drawers (not shown) $1.95 anyone who served with this outfit at Puerto Princesa, Palawan, P. I. Especially need to At your favorite men's wear counter. learn the whereabouts of: Capt. R J. Miller, a doctor who was stationed at Puerto Princesa in Mar. 1945; Adolph Bernadue and Joseph Caplin, both of Brooklyn, N. Y.; and Clayton THE ALIEN-A COMPANY, PIQUA, OHIO Finn whose last known address was in Mo. • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1955 . Write me, Karl MtMieheal, 15055 Norton, .301st Supply Train (WWt)-37ili annual reunion, info ,San I.oren/^o, Calif. Claim pciiclinH- Boston. Mass.; Apr. 23; Hotel Lenox. For 462nd TKFT Sqdn—While serving with this unit write Leroy F. Mcrritt, 38 Winthrop St., at Moody Field, Valdosta, Ga., in 1943, 1 fell Brockton 48, Mass. ban- from a truck in Ihe squadron area and in- 55th Artillery, Battery B (AF,F)-31st annual Apr. 23; Hotel Manger. jured my right knee. I was taken to the base quet, Boston, Mass.; hospital by Cpl Dengler who worked in Sqdn For info contact Frederick J. Milliken, 12 Supply. My knee was bandaged for two weeks. Puritan Ave., Dorchester 2), Mass. Maintenance Co—Annual reunion I now wish to contact anyone who served 364th Ordnance Apr. 30; Hotel with this outfit in 1943. Especially wish to dinner. New York, N. Y.; write Anthony Costello, hear from: 1st Sgt Dennison; Cpl Esposito; Victoria. For details Cpl Brenenn; Ihe S/Sgt who worked at the 178 Ave. P. Brooklyn 4. N. Y. annual re- Motor Pool (he sent me down to close the 146th Field Hospital (WWl) - 36th Ohio; Apr. Fort Hayes windows in the truck). I was CQ in the out- union. Columbus, 30; Hotel. For info contact Reed R. Harrington, fit. Write me, James V. Ingo, 125 W. Sidney Ave., Mt. Vernon. N. Y. Claim pending. 608 N. 4th St., Columbus, Ohio. annual reunion, 451st Bomb Group, 724Jh Bomb Sqdn (APO 520, 108th Inf. Machine Gun Co-35th Buffalo Trap and Italy, 1944)—On mission to Blechammer, Ger- Williamsville, N. Y.; May 7; Field Club. Contact George Yatteau, 1000 many, July 7, 1944, I was Hying as "spare" engineer-gunner in a B-24. During take-off, Winton Rd. N.. Rochester 9, N. Y. CONVENTIONLAND reunion. York, N. Y., the front rollers of the pilot's seal broke out 101st Signal Bn-lst New info contact Frank of the channel track and the pilot lurched May 14; Patio Club. For ° St., York 13, N. Y. backward off balance. I wedged my left Prisco, 25 Thompson New reunion. Union shoulder, hip, and side between the bulkhead 6Sth General Hospital— 8th annual Salvia's Restaurant. and pilot's seat and forced the seat back to City. N. J.; May 14; De For details write Frank E. Holt, 126 37th St., a normal position. I am now unable to work awaits Union City, N. J. and I need to learn the names and addresses reunion, Dallas, Tex.; of the pilot, co-pilot and other crew members. 112th Cavalry—2nd annual Write me, Charles A. Donnelly, Andovcr, May 21; Maury Hughes Farm (Mesquite). Conn. Claim pending. Details from Bill Shaw, County Courthouse, 1534th AAF Base Unit, Pacific Div, ATC-Need Dallas, Tex. 112th Bn, Battery C (WW2)-4th annual re- you!/^ to hear from anvone who served with me on AAA ;? Providence, R. I.; 21-22; Crown Johnson Island August 9, 1944 to Jan. 1946. union. May Write me (former Pfc) Alfonso Fabozzi, Hotel. Info from Raymond Blanchard, 17 Drive, R. I. Apt. 41, 734 E. 180th St., Bronx 57, N. Y. Glen Warwick, Claim pending. 308th Machine Gun Bn, Co D-17th annual re- union. New York, N. Y.; May 28; Hotel Shelburne. For info contact John E. Brophy, 88-03 104th St., Richmond Hill, N. Y. 504th MP Bn (WW2)-Reunion, Augusta, Ga.; OUTFIT May 28-30; Bon Air Hotel. Write Charles Elim;, 1548 West St., Cincinnati 15, Ohio. REUNIONS Navy Notices restricted to those which give: USS Lexington—2nd annual reunion. Long Beach. Name of outfit; date; city; meeting place of Calif., May 7; Lakewood Country Club. Con- tact Tallie 2651 Cedar Ave., Long reunion ; name and address of person to James, Beach. Calif. additional information. contact for U.SS Wakefield—5th annual reunion. New York. N. Y.; May 7; Hotel Edison. For info contact Army Jerome E. Slattery, 8 Weaver Lane, Levittown. N. Y. Society of the 1st Div — 37th annual reunion, USS Chilton-Reunion, New York, N. Y.; May III.; Hotel. Chicago, Aug. 26-28; Congress 21; Hotel Woodstock. Info from Mike White, from L. Chaitt, Info Arthur 5309 Germantown 37 Englewood Drive, New Haven- 15, Conn. Ave., Philadelphia 44, Pa. 1st Armored Div Ass'n—8th reunion. New York, Air N. Y.; July 1-3; Hotel New Yorker. Details 778th Bomb Sqdn— 1st reunion, Chicago, III., Apr. 215 Blvd., from Sal Marino, Del Balso Wap- 23-25; Hotel Morrison. For info contact Tele- pingers Falls, N. Y. sphore Libuda, 12 Eastford Rd., Southbridge, Society of the 3rd Inf Div— Reunion, Portland, Mass. Oreg.; July 15-17; Multnomah Hotel. Contact Joseph Southworth, 3116 N.E. llth Ave., Portland, Oreg. 3rd Armored Div Ass'n—8th annual convention, St. Louis, Mo.; July 28-30; Jefferson Hotel. THE AMERICAN LEGION For info contact Paul W. Corrigan, 80 Fed- N.-VTIONAL HEADQUARTERS eral St., Boston 10, Mass. llth Armored Div Ass'n— 13th annual reunion, JANUARY 31, 19r,r, Detroit, Mich.; Aug. 11-13; Hotel Statler. Info from Richard A. Davidson, 18610 Ferguson, ASSETS Detroit 35, Mich. 16th Armored Div— Annual reunion, Philadelphia, Ca.sh on band and on deposit. . . .$ 654,534.10 Pa.; Aug. 12-14; Hotel Benjamin Franklin. Receivables 287,473.53 Write Paul J. Cooncy, 5627 Washington Ave., Inventories 409,065.15 Philadelphia 43, Pa. Invested Funds 1,458,615.57 26th (Yankee) Div Vets Ass'n—Convention. Man- Permanent Trusts: chester, N. H.; June 10-12; Hotel Carpenter. Overseas Graves Decoration Contact Archie J. Vigneault, 11 W. Appleton Trust Fund ..$ 258,311.76 St., Manchester, N. H. Employees' Retirement 'Of course you know Floricia is 30th Inf Div Ass'n—9th annual reunion, Nashville, . . Trust Fund 1,789,511.54 2,047,823.30 conventionland this year. Tenn.; June 30-Julv 2; Andrew Jackson Hotel. Ti^^^ your Real Estate 973,972.65 '^ Write 30th Inf Div ' -.f.^ and their families Ass'n, P.O. Box B, Ber- Furniture and Fixtures, Legionnaires gen Station, Jersey City, N. J. less Depreciation 241,437.16 will converge on Miami October 8-15. 42nd (Rainbow) Div (both WWs)—Annual reunion, Deferred Charges 75.774.03 to welcome Omaha, Nebr.; July 13-15; Fontenelle Hotel. The whole state is waiting .$6,148,695.49 Contact Howard Brace, 6629 N. 35th St., you to the greatest convention ever! Omaha, Nebr. early. See all this glorious 80th Div Vets Ass'n— 36th annual reunion, In- LIABILITIE.S, DEFERRED REVENUE Come dianapolis, Ind., Aug. 3-6; Claypool Hotel. vacation paradise, bounded by beaches, For into write Dr. M. W. Pilgram, 205 House AND NET WORTH filled with fun facilities for the entire BIdg., Pittsburgh 22, Pa. Current Liabilities $ 338,24:5.69 82nd Airborne Div Ass'n—9th annual convention, family from border to border, at "com- Funds restricted as to use 25,595.18 Detroit. Mich.; July 1-3; Sheraton-Cadillac Deferred Income 1,521,739.68 mon-cents" prices. Be sure to plan well Hotel. Info from Howard J. Fichtner. 14184 Permanent Trusts: ahead for maximum enjoyment. Longacre Rd.. Detroit 27, Mich. Overseas Graves Decoration 83rd (Thunderbolt) Div (WW2)-9th annual re- Trust Fund ..$ 258,311.76 Linger awhile, for a week or for life! union, Philadelphia. Pa.; Aug. 18-20; Ben Employees' Retirement Florida's Franklin Hotel. Details from George Coolev, Thousands have discovered Trust Fund . . 1,789,511.54 2,047,823.30 Sr., 1459 Beechwood St. N.E.. Warren, Ohio. natural advantages: for health, for l5usi- Net Worth: 84th (Railsplitters) Div (WW2)-10th annual re- ness or retirement. Get the exciting union, Atlanta, Ga.; July 11-13; Fort Mc- Restricted Capital: Florida story now. Pherson. For details write Bernard A. Grimm, Reserve Fund . .$ 23,852.30 Box 229, Covington, Ky. Restricted Fund. 18,507.77 Send for the colorful Reserve for construction 90th Div—37th annual reunion, Kansas City, Mo.; free booklet. Nov. 11-13; Hotel Continental. Contact Milton Wa.sh. BIdg. . . 28,752.18 Sears, Cimarron, Kans. Real Estate 973,972.65 94th Div Ass'n—6th annual reunion, Philadelphia, Reserve for Reha- bilitation 422,240.47 Pa.; July 21-24; Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. Info STATE OF FLORIDA I from Anthonv H. Mirra, Jr.. 2810 Springfield Reserve for Child Welfare 36,656.79 143 1-B COMMISSION BLDG., TALLAHASSEE, FLA, Rd., Broomal'l, Pa. j I 102nd (Ozarks) Div Ass'n—7th annual reunion, $1,503,982.16 Niiwf — Toledo, Ohio; July 21-24; Commodore Perry Unrestricted Capital: I I Hotel. For info contact Clcve A. Wilson, 454 Excess of Income I AJJicss Russet Rd., Seaford, N. Y. over Expense. 711.311.48 2,215.293.64 I f'"" ' U.S. Army Ambulance Service Ass'n—36th an- I City y-""'- S6. 148. 695. 49 nual reunion, Buffalo, N. Y.; July 14-16; Stat- I^ABULOUS FLORIDA .COOL In Summer - WARM in Winter ler Hotel. Write Frank J. Williams, 29 Cres- cent Ave., Buffalo 14, N. Y. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGA/MNE • APRIL. I'JSS • 39 . GIVING OURSELVES AWAY (Continued from page IS)- budget-balancing or debt reduction pace with the population rise, there will during the next few years is so slight be an inescapable drop in the standards tliat Congress recently had to authorize of instruction. Overcrowded schools a peacetime increase in our statutory and two-platoon schools are poor train- debt limit from $275 hillio7i to $281 ing grounds for future Americans. billion. Only a fraction of the money which These are stop-look-listen signs of has been sent overseas would give us approaching government fiscal diffi- the school facilities which would close culty in any business rule book. And the present gap. It is an interesting re- yet the proposers of further handouts flection that America's whole bill for — only one of the many for other nations conveniently ignore public education, from kindergarten hisforic guns in Gunboolc them as they obsessively pursue their through high school, has never even You'll enjoy seeing the historic multi-billion dollar goals. billion figure in any rifles, pistols pictured in gun section approached the $52 of Daisy's new 128-page pocket-size The %52 billion, of course, is only^ a ten-year period. Gunbook! A gun collector authority ^ mmn part of America's total contribution to There is also a lag of years in Ameri- wrote each gun story. Also contains ~ western lore, ranch-cowboy car "One Worldism" since the end of the ca's housing program. toons, jokes, comic strips plus latest war. It does not include our donations A glance at any American city will Daisy Air Rifle Catalog. All only 25t including free arrowhead to the United Nations and its agencies, disclose tiie immense unfinished job of CHARM, hurry! Send Coupon. or the $.1,400,000,000 which we handed slum clearance and home building START A JUNIOR BB GUN CLUB' Arrowhead Charm over to the International Bank for Re- which still confronts the nation. 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With Census Bureau es- projects which would enrich the timates indicating an increase in our American economy- are hopelessly E MAIL ORDER BU school-age population from the present stalled in Washington, American money ABt-IIME NO MEf ^BUlf DIRCCl\ ANOIE NO EXPtRI 16 million million in is sent hostile India to finance EOUIRED EVfRTIHIl to 44 1960, our to help ' SAVE 1 ''free » t WHOKSALEl schools arc not prepared for the in- its Bhakra Dam, and to harness the TIIADE \.60%. H.i:».HI.7:W^l.lhMI:lliM:H «.J / k SECRIIS / crease. Unless school-building keeps Ganges. The Indian go\ eminent has ex- "jl-01 lAfArEIIE, PAIERSON 15. NEW JERSe/ 4Q • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1955 its refusing to sell pressed gratitude by AdvertiHement to the United States any of its monazite or beryllium ore, badly needed in our uranium and jet-engine industries. We do not need long memories to remember America's hideous dust-bo\\ l From where I sit experience of the Thirties. At the time it was proposed by far-sighted men that we lay out a tree belt across the coun- Joe Marsh try which would secure the Great Plains States from a recurrence of this human and economic tragedy. The belt was never constructed. Washington de- cided that it would cost too much money, although it could have been done for a fraction of the amount which we have expended on foreign aid since 1945. Now the U.S. Soil Con- Swifty Gets servation Service is issuing grave warn- ings that serious dust storms are coming Slowed Down this year which may turn 12,000,000 acres of our wheatlands into bad lands, by sweeping away our irreplaceable topsoil. Swifty Fisher has a short temper Is it not time question: to face the and really hit the roof when he got a Can America really afford the give- away programs when such an elemen- parking ticket last week. He wasn't tary protective program for American near a hydrant or too far from the agriculture remains on ice for lack of money? curb. There was a big sign saying "One A program of primary importance to Hour Parking" and he'd only been American security—the development of gone twenty minutes. Western Hemispheric production of all strategic metals needed in modern-scale Running to Traffic Court, where warfare — is still largely in blueprint stage because government money is not Hack Miller was on duty, Swifty available for its promotion. hollered about how he hadn't done any- Such a program could conceivably . . . is the decide the survival of the American na- thing wrong and how he tion. If World W^ar should again strike most law-abiding driver in town. us, fought this time with atomic weap- ons, our ability to obtain strategic ma- But Hack examined the ticket, and terials might be the deciding factor. smiled. "Slow down, friend," he said. Today we arc perilously dependent upon overseas sources. We must obtain "You're not guilty of anything —ex- uranium from the Congo and now cept of making a big fuss over nothing. South Africa, manganese and chromite ticket kid's police- from South Africa and the Gold Coast, This came from some rubber from Malaya, etc. These could man play outfit!" be shut off by a resourceful enemy, leaving us naked to his attacks. From where I sit, jumping to con- One of the most abused arguments clusions can make anyone appear for foreign give-aways is that we must keep our "allies" friendly as a hedge silly. Another way to look foolish is against a shut-off of strategic materials to make a quick decision on a question which they control. A more logical American course than give-aways, of of personal preference. For instance, I course, would be to make our own like a glass of beer occasionally. You hemisphere self-sufficient in strategic materials, and thus to break our uncer- may be a buttermilk man. But neither tain dependence. A Senate sub-commit- of us ought to "lay down the law'' tee, headed by Senator George W. Ma- lone, recently made a ten-month study about the other's choice. of this fateful subject. It found that there are 77 critical raw materials, most- ly metals, which are necessary for war production. It found that most if not all of these materials are available in this hemisphere in deposits large enough to be worth working. It pointed out that in the United States alone only Copyright 1955, United States Brewers Foundation THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1955 • 12.7 per cent of the area has been needed money for the security of mapped by the United States Geologic Americans. Survey, although the Survey has been This year our Defense Department is operating for 74 years. Less than one per spending approximately $600 million on cent of the mapped areas actually LEGIONNAIRES have the air defense problem, some of it on been geologically investigated. extremely worthwhile projects. But for Here is a program of such imagina- defense in depth, such as Project Lin- tive possibilities as to dwarf anything coln could provide, we haven't got the which we have attempted in resources money. You and your families have control in the past. An attack upon this Other projects — better hospitals and many wonderful hours ahead problem, in the all-out spirit with clinics for low-income Americans, more when you include sightseeing which we have conducted foreign aid, mental hygiene facilities, improved Pennsylvania in your convention would bring epochal results. The self- nursing, geriatric research, rural hous- trip or other holiday plans. sufficiency program, to be comprehen- ing, reforestation, rehabilitation of de- sive, would need federal sponsorship. clining industries (coal mining is a dis- Enjoy an endless variety of su- It would call for federal incentives, both tressing example), decentralization of perb highways, sports, historical in the form of direct underwriting and shrines, resorts and excellent in tax inducements to private venture accommodations capital. It could be accomplished for a in fraction of the foreign-aid money \\ hich we send abroad in a single year. And yet it remains a gleam in Senator Pennsylvania Malone's eye — unattenipted and only perfunctorily discussed by a nation which has $52 billion to gamble away Pennsylvania Department on uncertain allies overseas. Of Commerce, Div. AL4-55 Another deferred security program Harrisburg, Pa. of unimaginable importance to the Please send me, free, literature that American people is Project Lincoln makes vacation planning a pleasure. \\ hich was worked out by scientists at NAME. the Alassachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy in 1952 to provide a screen of pro- ADDRESS. tection for the North American conti- nent against air attack by the Polar CITY -STATE. THE NATL. SOCIETY FOR CRIPPLED route. Project Lincoln, details whose CHILDREN AND ADULTS, INC. 11 S. are still a defense top secret, proposed LASALLE STREET, CHICAGO 3, ILL. a defense in depth against approaching bombers which would as our industries—are on the waiting list FREE be automatic tn^ft^ as a railway signal system. In the event because the\' cannot be financed. The For over IiO years suffer- of atomic attack, the existence of such noble objectives of foreign aid seem less ers have found quick, temporary relief by a system, while not affording absolute noble when we realize that the Ameri- smoking PAGE'S INHALERS. Pleasant, inexpensive. At protection, would cut down the casu- can people are paying such a price for drug stores. Send for free samples. Consolitlated Cliemical Co. 835 Cherry. Grand Rapids 6, Mich. alty lists in our great cities by millions its continuance. of persons. It is difficult to escape the conclusion DRAINS cellars, cisterns, wash tubs,- The catch is that such a radar and that the United States simply cannot IRRIGATES - CIRCULATES - SPRAYS defense screen would be staggeringly afford to continue the give-aways, if it Typ. I* I'u 1|. ll.is 1 .< nil. r'l iij'^ costly. Some estimates the is to play fair with its own people. lilKli 1 ,81)11 of cost of 1/6 to 34 111. 111. 1. Mi.tMi .Muplinff included. Project Lincoln have been as high as Paradoxicall>% the man who has pro- Inlft; -i. " i.iitli.t. .St.ilnless steel li;ift SUBMERSIBLEl WON'T RUST! nounced the most devastating indict- WON'T CLOG! l'<.sli..ii(i it cash witli $20 billion, although spokesmen of the i.ider. IU...I 1,1 Hiss, add 500 MONEY BACK GUARANTEE CentrifUBal Project have protested that it could be ment of the whole foreign aid program r?'sT_, .iiKl Goiir I'u. .11., 11. ..11 sizes.. LABAWCO PUMPS, Belle Meod 56, N. J built for much less. is Dwight D. Eisenhower. In his address to the nation's editors, on 1954, However, if Project Lincoln is the June 23, FRONTIER SIXSHOOTERS actual answer to our A-and-H-Bomb he declared. defense needs, $20 billion would not be "The United States cannot . . . I.ow prices. an excessive bill for the protection it b\' its financial sacrifices carr>' all I am now delivering in all pojjular calibers from .22 to .45 would give to American citizens. As other nations of the world on its ' SEND SOc for my biir PHOTO CATALOG No. 4 giving full infor- shoulders, should stop give- mation on new Frontiers, gold and Senator Bridges has pointed out, the and we Iver presentation models, flatton target models, special Brii>s, l>eHs, holsters, ammo. destruction cost of a single target area, away programs. Now this is very KXJWTEH In the San Fernando Valley such as Detroit, in the event an H- true. You could not keep any other 3029 W . Burbank Blvd., Burbank . Calif. Bomb got through, could be as high as country in the world free merely $14 billion. The loss of life would run by mone>\ You can't buy or FEET HURT? into the millions. Certainly, a United import a heart, or a soul, or a de- States which could give $31,808,879,000 termination to remain free. Conse- Amazing Relief And Comfort With to a single country, Britain, in quently, the statement that Ameri- Adjustable AIRFLOW ARCH EASERS Great can so-called give-away programs $^95 DIRECT FROM FACTORY the 13-ycar period from 1940 to 1953, DeLu.e Cuboids $S.OO would be niggling to refu,se a much are not going to keep the world A lilciising foi- foot sufferers. Re- lieves wealt arches, callouses, tired aching smaller sum which might well save the free is absolutely true." feet. Unexcelled cushion-comfort ! Adjustable, lives soft, flexible. No metal. Order today! Give of millions of Americans. Sometime, the giving must stop, if w e For Men, shoe size, width, if for man, woman or child. And >'ct, under the inverted logic of arc to a\'oid national disaster. Women and Money back guarantee if not satisfied. That time Children Dialer htqiiirics Invited foreign aid, we gave the billions to Brit- siiould be now, and not in some vague, Sttmmons Mfg. Co., Box 6037 0(pt. «l Kansas City, Mo. ain but we arc still reluctant to spend distant tomorrow. the end 42 • THE AMtRICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1955 ) NEW PLAYERS FOR '55 ( ConliiiiictI from I'figf 17 were with the Giants. Both looked good to us at the time we made them, but both have proved far more bene- ficial to the Giants than they have to us. "Still, you see, we're not afraid to make deals even though we may get stung every now and then. As a matter of fact, it is our set policy to talk trade with every other club in the league each winter regardless of how we may have finished the >'ear before. We try to be sure not to miss any chance to strengthen our club." Quinn didn't pull any major swaps this winter but it wasn't because he'd been burned a couple of times. It's only when a deal is made which changes the basic balance of power in the league that a general manager has to realign his thinking. Both the Giant and Dodger brass agree with Quinn that the Braves, with Thomson and iVaron, the amazingly precocious rookie outfielder of '53, re- stored to the full flower of health, and with Nichols rid of the rust he had gathered during two years in the Arm\-, will be very tough to stop. The big deal in the National League was one swung by Cincinnati and it could make the Redlegs into a rugged contender in '55. Birdie Tebbetts, a bril- liant freshman manager last year, really has the team moving. The deal was the one with the Cards in which the Red- legs got Jabbo Jablonski, a heavy- handed slugger, and Gerry Staley, a pitcher who fell on evil days last year after three solid seasons as a star of the Cardinal mound crew, in return for Frank Smith, the Redleg relief ace. All hands looked on this as one of the most The Telephone Pole one-sided swaps in years. Smith is a pretty fair reliever, something that the Cards need more than anything else, That Became a Memorial but the feeling at the time of the deal was that the Redbirds far too gave The cottage on Lincoln Street in Not very long ago the overhead tele- much for him. Smith, it's true, had a Portland, Oregon, is shaded by graceful phone lines were being removed from solid 2.67 earned run average last year, trees and covered with ivy. the poles on Lincoln Street. The ivy- but in the latter part of the season it covered pole in front of the Feldman Many years ago the owners, A. H. seemed obvious that Birdie Tebbetts home was about to be taken down. Its Feldman and his wife, remodeled the didn't have too much faith in him. On work was done. house to fit their dreams . . . and set out the other hand, Jablonski knocked in slips of ivy around it. And when their But, when the men arrived, Mrs. 104 runs for the Cards and supplied son, Danny, came along, he, too, liked Feldman came out to meet them. devastating right-handed power to the to plant things and watch them grow. "Couldn't it be left standing?" she asked. Card attack. Staley had a bad year last One day, when he was only nine, he And then she told them about her son. >'ear but that was his first losing one in took a handful of ivy slips and planted although no longer seven years at St. Louis, and in three So the pole, them at the base of the telephone pole needed, wasn't touched at all. At the previous campaigns he had won 19, 17 that stood in front of the house. and 18 games. He's only 34 and there's request of the telephone company, the no reason why he shouldn't make a Time passed . . . and the ivy grew, Portland City Council passed a special strong comeback. climbing to the top of the pole. Like the ordinance permitting the company The addition of Jablonski should ivy, Danny grew too. He finished high to leave it standing. And there it is today, make the Redlegs really rugged. Last school, went to college. The war came mantled in ivy, a living memorial to year four Red clouters, headed by Ted along before he finished—and Danny Sergeant Danny Feldman. Kluszewski, the muscular former joined the Army and went overseas. And Hoosier football star who finished sec- there he gave his life for his country. BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM ond to Willie Mays in the voting for THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1955 • 43 - AFTER BATH OR SHOWER- the iMost Valuable Player, knocked in the Army this winter and Stan Hack a total of 420 runs. Gus Bell, Jim is counting on him as his first-string re- Greengrass and Wally Post all wielded ceiver. The Pirates have Dick Groat, heavy bats in addition to big Klu, who who did such a whale of a job in '52, led the National League in RBIs with when he stepped into the vital short- DRY. 141 and homers with 49. stop spot immediately upon his arrival The Dodgers arc dreaming of bright- fresh from the Duke campus. The er days in '55 and of a return to the O'Brien twins, the basketball whiz kids off! glory they knew in '53. But unless some who turned in similar performances of their rookies come through in spec- around second base in '53, will also be tacular fashion, it's hard to see how back. the figure to be any better. Karl Spoon- The Giants have a trio of likely-look- er, who broke in so spectacularly last ing youngsters who could help in their Cool, September with shutouts over the title defense. They are Foster Castle- Giants and Pirates in swift succession, man, Gail Harris and Bob Lennon. could provide a big lift on the mound. Castleman, a slick young infielder who Off/ There is talk, too, that Chico Fernan- has been a consistent .300-plus hitter in dez and Charley Neal, a couple of slick- the minors, came up last August as pen- fielding youngsters coming up from nant insurance in case Davey Williams's Montreal and St. Paul respectively, back conked out on him. Luckily for may tighten the Dodger infield defenses the Giants he wasn't needed. About ten considerabl)'. days before he joined the club, his knee The Cubs are hoping for better ligaments ripped loose. They failed to things. heal properly and the knee gave way Their brightest prospect is a 20-year- on him again when he slipped on \\ et old Californian named Bob Thorpe, grass at Pittsburgh and put himself in who was little short of phenomenal last drydock for the season. He underwent He*iTioii year for Stockton in the Class C Cali- an operation on the knee last fall. Harris scent! fornia League. He Mon 28 games and is a young left-handed slugger who lost only four, but even more amazing batted .309 at Minneapolis, hit 34 hom- is the fact that he went the route in 32 ers and drove home 113 runs. A tall and out of 33 starts. In the only game that powerful 23-year-old, Harris has come he didn't go all the way, he went out along steadily as he's worked his way for a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning up through the Giant farm system and with the score tied. He is the first he could be ready. player in Cub history to be promoted However, the kid who causes the 9 OZ ECONOMY SIZE ^ ..^^^ from Class C ball to the varsity. brightest gleam in the eye of Carl Both the Cubs Pirates, Hubbell, Lice and the who head of the Giants' minor Ants have been battling for the cellar for league empire, is Bob Lennon, the Fleas four of the last five years, are getting a chunky belter who hammered 64 hom- Aphids Bedbups lift this year in the form of service re- ers for Nashville in the Southern Asso- turnees." The Cubs welcomed Harry ciation. "He changed his whole hitting SUITABLE Even for Chiti, a big young catcher, back from style last season," Hub explained last KITTENS THE PAT OF PROTECTION Pat One-Spot into dry coat on a spot size of animal's foot-print once a week. 1 his the verv la?-t wort! in FLEA INSURANCE A can lasts a vear. Made am! Ruaranleed by One-Spot Co., jVssiip, Md. Get St at vonr store Bsa WHOLESALE! 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Approved for World War II and Korean Veterans AMERICAN LEfilON MAGAZINE WEAVER SCHOOL OF REAL ESTATE (Est. 1936i 2020 Grand Dept. AL Kansas City, Mo. 44 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1955 w inter, "and he siuhlenh' became a real i^ood hitter w itii tremendous power. How to avoid "porcupine hair' He always could do ever\ thing else. I riiink he has a great chance to take tiie left field job away from Monte Irvin and Dusty Rhodes." There are other rookies of promise who could alter tiie over-all National I-eague picture: fellows like Jim Pearce, (Cincinnati's string bean right-hander who threw a four-hitter against the Braves in his NL debut last September; Bill \'irdon, fleet Noung outfielder out of the Yankee chain w hom the Cards got in the deal for Enos Slaughter a year ago—he hit .335 at Rochester last year; Jim Owens, precocious Phil right- hander who w as Aoted the Rookie of the Year last season in the International league w hen he turned in a glittering 2.S7 ERA and who Roy Hamey, the J^hils' general manager, insists has the best curve ball in the business; and Ken Boyer, the young third baseman who w as a sensation for Houston in the Texas League and whose presence on the Cardinal roster persuaded Eddie Stanky that he could spare Jablonski in New greaseless way to keep your hair neat all day the deal for the relief pitcher he needed so badly. New Vitaiis with V-7 makes even And, Vitaiis gives you wonderful protec- Over in the American League the dry, unruly hair easy to manage tion from dry hair and scalp — whether picture is far more confused, w ith only caused by outdoor exposure or your V-7, the greaseless grooming discovery Casey Stengel and Al Lopez retaining morning shower. Try it — you'll like it! now in Vitaiis, outdates messy oils. the managerial portfolios tiiey held last Keeps your hair neat, yet you never HAIR V-7» season. Five AL managers got the VITAir TONIC WITH ILl have an over-slick, plastered-down look. ANOTHER rtNE PRODUCT OF BRISTOL-MYERS bounce after the weird '54 season that saw the Indians and the Yankees domi- nate a lopsided league. Of the si-x new managers in the AL only one has never piloted a major league team before — Pinky Higgins, who takes over the Red Sox after a distinguished apprenticeship in the Vaga minors. All these managerial changes plus some startling trades have given the AL mOBILE HOME ' a new look. Just how they w-ill affect I the '55 race is something else again. New ... up to 13 sq. ft. more floor space Certainly the Yankees seem to have * pulled the big deal of the year in a tre- new all-steel kitchens* ; new window arrange- mendous bid to regain the heights they ments; new interior styling. You'll want to had scaled for fi\ e straight > cars. In see all these in Vagabond's 1955 models. landing Bob Turley, Don Larsen and You will be delighted with the new Billy Hunter from the Orioles in last J lighting, new pull down lamps; fall's monster sw ap, they got just what ^ they needed most without giving up new tile colors and — anything like an indispensable man. The Most Beautiful Bedroom . . . Pitching w as the chink in the Yankee done in a modern styling armor last \ ear. So (korge A\'eiss, the master manipulator, reached out and you'll love! ^Optional At extra cost. graljbed the best young prospects in the league—Turle>- ami Larsen. Turley, of Get all the facts about this ^ course, is more than a prospect. He es- ^ new Vagabond . . . Write to- tablished himself last year as the most impressive >'oung fireballer to come day for literature — it's free! along since Boi) l eller ambled out of the Iowa cornfields. Turley led the league in strike-outs w ith 185. With a club that won i)ut 54 games and fin- ished 57 games off the pace, he won 14 Box 744, New Hudson, Michigan games. W'kh a i)it of help from the VAGABOND COACH MFG. CO. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1955 • 45 ) " crafty Jim Turner in the matter of con- especially if Billy Martin returns from trol he figures to be a tremendous win- service before the season is too old. The Outfit, ff, What ner with the Yankees. scrappy, fire-eating Martin, who shone Larsen who lost 21 was the biggest so brilliantly in the '53 World Series, GARCIA's the company that ^ last assembles the ruggedest team that loser in the American League last year. was the guy the Yanks missed most ever hit a beach or held a river line. He won only three games, but the feel- year. A balanced combination of quality ing in the is that all The White So.x, under Paul Richards's spin-fishing tackle custom designed to league he has the provide the perfect alliance of live- potential equipment and that the in- inspired guidance, w ere the only team action rod and reel, line and lure, centive provided by a Yankee uniform to stay within shooting distance of the for more intense — longer lasting- have a fishing pleasure. may be all he needs to turn him into a top contenders. Now they new big winner. Hunter, a shortstop with manager and some new faces—the latter great potentials, had a bad year at Bal- as a result of two deals swung by Trad- timore, but there are those who think er Frank Lane last December. From the he may be just the answer to one of Orioles they got Clint Courtney, the Stengel's greatest problems— a replace- scrappy former Yankee catcher who ment for the fading Phil Rizzuto. In addition to the three reinforce- ments from Baltimore, the Yankees will have this year the most intriguing rookie they've had since Micke\- Mantle broke in with a dramatic flourish in '51. That would be Elston Howard, who promises to become the first Negro ever See the Garcia Mitchell and the rest to wear a Yankee uniform in AL com- of the Garcia Line at your sporting petition. Howard, shifted to catcher goods store or write for the FREE new Garcia Catalog. Add 25tf, and last spring at St. Pete by Stengel, was get your copy of Garcia's Spinning the International League's Most Valu- Instruction Manual. FOR AN OUTFIT YOU'LL able Player and the second top hitter. BE PROUD OF Meanwhile the cliampion Indians, still badly shaken by the beating they ab- A CO., INC. orcia sorbed from the Giants in the Series, haven't changed too the 76S FOURTH AVtNUf. much over NEW rORK 10, N. Y. winter. But in a quiet way the>' have Garcia been repairing their battered fences. Spinning Tackle Early in the fall. Hank Greenberg RODS • REELS • LINES • LURES • KITS • ACCESSORIES bought big Ralph Kiner from the Cubs. The jolt of having been waived out of FREE FOR ASTHMA the NL may prove a real shot in the If you suffer with attacks of Asthma and choke arm for the 32-year-old veteran who . . . doesn't look like I'm gonna and gasp for breath, if restful sleep is difficult "Sorry, kid led the National League in runs because of the struggle to breathe, don't fail to home make it in time for 'Dragnet.' send at once to the Frontier Asthma Company for for five years. LEGION MAC^ZtKE a FREE trial of the FRONTIER ASTHMA AMERICAN MEDICINE, a preparation for temporary symp- Up from a championship Indianapo- tomatic relief of paroxysms of Bronchial Asthma. — No matter where you live or whether you have lis team are three sparkling rookies faith in any medicine under the sun, send today Herb Score, Rocco Colavito and Hank Lane's admiration for his hatred for this free trial. It will cost you nothing. won Frontier Asthma Co. 930-W Frontier Bldg. Foiles. Score, of course, is a standout of the Yankees; Jim Brideweiser; and 462 Niagara St. Buffalo 1, N. Y. prospect. He won 21 games at Indian- Bob Chakales, a pitcher who for a apolis last year and set a new strike-out couple of years now has been long on INVENTORS record of 330 in 251 innings. A south- promise but short on performance. If you believe that you have an Invention, you should fmrl paw with a blazing hard one, he's been They lured Walt Dropo, Ted Gray out how to protect It. We are reprlstere MONKV BACK CUAIIANTEE I they have done as well as the Yankees, the big time for the last few years. LINCOLN TAILORS, Dept. AM -4, Lincoln, Nebr. 45 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1955 But Donovan, still only 27, really found himself at Atlanta last year under Whit- rec- NEW 50-X-MINIVEX MICROSCOPE low Wyatt and made it big with a ord of 18 and eight and a 2.69 earned run average. REVEALS NATURE'S HIDDEN WONDERS The rest of the AL is a jumble of confusion. The A's have changed battle This I* tiny specli clianges into: sites and managers but they have added little to the personnel of the club that finished in last place 60 games out a year ago and lost 103 games. Unless some last-minute moves are made they hardly figure to improve too much. Washington will get a lift from Dres- sen, who insists that the Senators weren't half so bad as they looked last year, citing the fact that they lost far too many of the 50 one-run games they were involved in in '54 and that a little desire could change things around a great deal. "We have a big pitcher IMPORTED named Ted Abernathy who is just out of the service," Chuck said the other ENLARGES FROM WEST GERMANY day. "He has a great arm and a tre- AREA UP TO NOW—thanks to German efficiency and high precision workman- mendous fast ball and everybody in the ship—you can own this high power microscope at an unheard of price. 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Roe announced that he GUARANTEED VK CO S DITluN ALLY V.S L FULL YEAR ^1000 PI //soo was retiring from baseball. Qualify NOW to STEP into Both Detroit and the Red Sox have a BIG PAY HOTEL JOB! been in the slow process of developing It's later tlian you think! NOW is the time to train for a BETTER young talent and both took strides for- POPULAR STAR UTILITY PUMP JOB and MORE PAY — now, while itlOOO Barnes Pumps up to 3,000 GPH. Use in city, on Harry G. your veteran privileges are still valid. farm, anywhere an efficient, inexpensive Becomes Assistant ward last year. This year both will be Thousands of Lewis-trained men pump is needed. Irrif^atos, circulates. Uses Hotel Steward >/8 to 3/4 H.P. motor. and women are winning success and under new managers— Harris and Hig- ' • T li e Lewis Reg. $9.95 $A.75 future in the Special Factory Price w Course fjives one a sound, substantial gins respectively—both of whom have STAR "90O" PORTABLE PUMP a foundation on colorful, fast-growing hotel, motel, Powerful unit for any pumping iob — booster which to build a club and institutional field. Previ- long been recognized as being especially pump, draining, bailing, s THEY'RE MOVING IN ON WALL STREET AMERICAN SEATING • (Continued front l>at>e 21 )• for rclati\cly little new money. And higher prices for the shares owned and Folding Chairs \\ hen they did seek financial assistance they also mean larger income for the fioin the outside, they usually raised ow ner. the money they needed through the It is conceivable, of course, w here a best for every sale of bonds. As a consequence, even compan>''s assets include important folding-chair though the demand for stocks remained holdings of natural resources, such as purpose! low throughout most of those 25 years, minerals in the ground or forest prod- the suppl>' also \\ as held at abnormally ucts, that the higher value of such hold- Unequaled for low levels. ings will be reflected in future earn- durability, This short supph is now being re- ings. These higher values would be safety, comfort, flected in the market as the demand in- added to the price of the raw products creases. Bonds were sold in preference as they are sold or as they are processed convenience! to stocks primarily because of low in- into marketable items. Choice of 4 seat styles— Formed Birch Plywood — terest rates and for tax reasons. The Where they are tied up in plants, ma- Steel — Formed Imitation-Leather Upholstered — interest paj ments on bonds arc deduct- chinery, etc., the higher values may be and new, luxurious Deep-Spring Upholstered Seat. ible from corporate income for tax rather elusive from an earnings stand- MAIL COUPON TODAY I purposes but the di\ idend pa\ nients on point. Industrial progress has been sw ift AMERICAN SEATING COMPANY, Dept. 179-F stocks are not. in recent years and these plants and ma- Grand Rapids Michigan 2, Inflation, too, has been and continues chines may be outmoded. In other Please send free FOLDING CHAIR brochure. to be an important stock market factor, words, obsolescence may have more I am interested in (quantity) Bircti seats G Imitation-leather upholstered although it is somewhat more difficult than offset the normal increase in value Steel seats Deep-Spring upholstered to appraise than some of the others. through inflation. Name For instance, it cannot be assumed off- That is one of the reasons wh\' one Street hand that merely because the dollar frequently hears it said that stocks are City and Zone_ _State_ w ill buy only half as much as it did more "selective" at the present time formerly, that stocks shoukl be twice than under normal conditions. Differ- their former value. ent companies have been affected dif- BE YOUR OWN BOSS At the same time, however, the ferently by developments of the past w eaithy man who has kept his funds in- few years, and it is necessary to use If you have $3,000 to $3,500 and would like to be in business for yourself, write, vested in bonds has taken a substantial careful selection if the best results from wire or call Tastee Freez. OVER 1 1 00 SUC- loss in the purchasing power of his capi- an income standpoint are to be attained. CESSFUL STORES now in operation. tal even though he has received his "Cheap money" is an important stock EARNINGS U\RGE. bond interest regularly and the bonds market factor that is more readily eval- have been well secured. In other words, uated than some others. It is merely while he has just as many dollars as he necessary to bear in mind that compe- had formerly, they are worth only tition exists among the various types of about half as much. investments just as it does among the TASTEE-FREEZ IS A REG. TRADE MARK And the same goes for anyone who various goods that are for sale. The TASTEE-FREEZ CORP. of AMERICA 2518 W. Montrose, Dept. M, Chicago 18,111. has put aside a few thousand dollars for person who has surplus mone\' shops a rainy day. He now finds these dollars around for the best he can get in the 8' to 14' Models from $39.95 incl. freight are not w;orth so much. The money way of an investment just as he does man>' people accumulated for retire- when he is in the market for a new ment, for instance, will not provide the car or refrigerator. comforts they had anticipated because When times look unfavorable the >^ <1 lit" prices ^M^^^ plctur* it w ill not buy as much as it did w hile average person with money looks for Marine Hardware, Fiberglas and Trailers it w as being earned. a storm cellar. He keeps his money in NicoiLir 1 1 ^ p n Of J avi UV7CK INDUSTRIIS minniapolis 9 minn. Such people, as can be appreciated, a bank, w here deposits are guaranteed, have been gi\ ing this situation a great or he puts it in government bonds. But deal of consideration. Some in fact are when the outlook for business is good in a rather desperate position and must and his job seems safe, he is more apt seek a solution. No small number are to take chances with his savings. He is and have been flirting more likely to seek out investments MONEY MAKING OPPORTUNITY with the idea of FOR YOU WITHOUT INVESTMENT! buying stocks in the hope of recouping w hich pay a higher return. No experienco needed to act as our Local some of their "losses." they are That is another basic reason w hy we Dealer for Mast Kit Work Uniform parmcnts. And Every business concern a prospect. Adver- thinking in terms of protecting them- iiavc had such a strong market in re- tisinp embroidered on jfarmmts iaa bip ealeg feature. Stores can't compete. You can easily selves losses cent the long-antici- earn up to many tho'iaandaof doHnrRy(»arIy, against further possible months. \\'hen We supply all Sale?i Eriuipmont FKKK. Write from inflation. pated depression after W'orld War II GEO. MASTER GARMENT DIV. ?S2 WATER STREET LIGONIER. INDIANA Now let us see w hcthcr stocks can turned out to be no more than a minor provide that protection. It follows, of adjustment in most lines of business, Almost Frantic from course, that the assets behind the stocks more and more people throughout the of most companies have increased in country decided it was safe to utilize value because of inflation. But there is at least a portion of the savings they DRY SKIN ITCH? no certainty in a great many instances had been sitting tight on for more prof- Fir.st applications of Zemo — a that this increased value can be con- itable purposes. * doctor's sootliing antiseptic — verted into earning power. And it is Basically, however, when money is relieve itch of surface skin and earning power and dividend pa\'ments cheap investors are obliged to become scalp irritations. Zemo stops that pay ofT where tlie stock owner is adjusted to lower returns on their scratching and ^Ck^^\f\ concerned. Higher dividends mean money. Low money rates are reflected so aids healing. M^^Wm\3 4g • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • At first in such things as mortgage money, people for better homes, refrigerators, bonds, savings bank interest payments, automobiles and the many other things etc. But they gradually expand to other we have enjoyed all along. Now they J types of investment as competition be- can begin to correct that situation. comes keener. Moreover, backward nations througli- And competition for good invest- out the rest of the free world are keen ments has become very keen in recent about de\'eloping industries and other- years. To a very large extent because wise raising their standards of living. of the huge government debt which And the United States, it is argued, will Get COOL RELIEF has been built up and the deficit fi- get a large portion of this business. Un- with this nancing that has been going on year der the circumstances it is felt that MEDICATED POWDER after year, the available supply of business will be good here for several For sore, burning feet — you just can't get the money in this country has reached \ ears to come. same relief with ordinary powders that you get staggering proportions. With such excellent prospects it is with Ammens Medicated Powder. Because Cheap money is likely to be \\ ith us small wonder that insurance companies, Ammens gives more thorough relief 3 ways. for an indefinite period of time. Both trust funds, pension funds and even Cools-Soothes-Heals! savings banks have been pouring vast ^ Ammens helps amounts of money into the stock mar- guard your skin against further irritation, too. For DO YOU HAVE A FRIEND ket. They have been competing with medicated skin care, get Ammens to .subscription private investors and mutual funds for who ought have a 'o The Medicated Powder. All drug counters. Aiiierictni Legion Magazine? If you send the better grade stocks and have been FREE trial can. Write Dept. I.- fi, Bristol- $1.50 together with his name and address to— responsible in no small measure for the Myers Co., Hillside, N. W.S.A. only.) American J. The Legion Magazine continuing advance in those particular Circulation Department shares. P.O. Box 1055 types of I Good Housekeeping J ^^Blw I |wI I^V^^F Indianapolis 6, Indiana iMany people cannot .spare the time MEDICATED POWDER it will bring him a year's subscription. necessary to do an adequate checking job on stocks. Others would be unable to appraise corporate facts and relate CHOICE OF THE major political parties have become them to the stock market even if they committed to it, and it would be highly could devote their full time to such CHAMPIONS dangerous for either one to alter that pursuits. But that should not preclude pohcy. The present administration them from becoming part owners in ALWAYS sought to tighten rates somewhat early American business enterprises if they in 1953, but was forced to retreat from so desire. that position when a howl went up Some people buy shares in one or throughout the country that the Re- more high-grade mutual funds. These publicans were trying to bring on a are corporations which are devoted ex- depression. clusively to the job of making invest- TED KLUSZEV^SKI Traditionally, too, ments in business enterprises. They are low money rates Home Run King go with international banking leader- manned by experts who do nothing else. of the ship. That position has been forced on They are in a position to gather all Major Leagues this country as the leading creditor na- available facts pertaining to investments (Cincinnaii RedsjJ' ^ tion of the world and we would be and to evaluate them for those who wish Fainoua S/Hr/(/t'r IVar- such service. open to serious criticism if we did not liook FREE at i/our do everything within reason to force Care, of course, should be exercised dealer's or send loc iu coin to HiUerich & some of our surplus money into foreign in the selection of mutual funds. In a Hradaby Co., Louis- ville J. K\i. Dept. ALB-S investments by holding down interest broad, general w ay it would be w ise to rates at home. invest only in a fund which has been Send for your Were it not for this more or less operating for several years and which fixed policy on money rates, investors has assets of not less than $10,000,000. L43UISVILLE SLUGGER might take the position that even our Those who manage mutual funds best stocks are not entitled to sell on a charge for their services. The same is Miniature Bat and yield true for those who sell them. And these basis of, say, 2V2 or 3 per cent. As Pen and Pencil Set it is, however, such low rates no longer charges must be passed on to those who frighten them, particularly since there buy the trust shares. As a general rule, is always the likelihood that dividends however, when these charges are spread will be increased as profits are stepped over a large number of shareholders, up. the cost to each is not exorbitant. Another very basic factor in the mar- A feature of the mutual fund which ket's action of late has been the grow- is worth consideration is that the share- ing belief that we are on the verge of holder — even one with small invest- LOUISVILLE SLUGGER MINIATURE BAT a ^\ orld boom in business. Many of our ments—gets diversification. In other (16" long) 4Sc each industrial leaders have been arguing words, his money is mingled with the that Europe has reached that stage in money of hundreds of others to pur- HILLERICH & BRAOSSY CO., Louisville 2, Ky., Dept.ALB-S its recovery from the worst of the post- chase a wide list of stocks in various Please send me Pen and Pencil Sets @ war years where it can now begin to enterprises. This tends to reduce risks. 50c each. Miniature Bats @ 45c each. restore its war damage. Most countries But, of course, no way has ever been NAME_ there have been busy heretofore re- found to eliminate risk in business, and building their factories and trying to until that is accomplished there will al- ADDRESS- stabilize their currencies and have been ways be an element of risk in the pur- CITY and STATE. forced to ignore the demands of their chase of any stocks. the f.xd THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL. 19.^5 • 4^ . . — ) Become an CHRYSLER RAISES ITS SIGHTS RCIOUnTHIIT- (Conliiitied from pat^e 25 j was: "In our opinion, the near-term the Plymouth. It filled the gap between Expert Bookkeeper— C, P. A. outlook for the Chrysler stock is favor- the Chrysler and the 4-cylinder cars The demand for skilled accountants men who really able." with another newcomer, the DeSoto. know their business —is increasing. National and state Chrysler is thus re-establishing the its sales mushroomed, too. By legislation is requiring of business much more in the And way of Auditing, Cost Accounting, Business Law, momentum that carried it from near- 1929, there was a Big Three in the auto Organization, Management, Finance. Men who prove their qualifications in this important field are pro- nothingness to high success for so many industry—two veteran companies and a moted to responsible executive positions. years. brash newcomer that was suddenly be- FREE SAMPLE LESSON Walter P. Chrysler came into his own ginning to bite off constantly larger Knowledge of bookkeeping unnecessary. We train you from ground up, or according to your individual automobile business by way of Buick chunks of the business. needs. Low cost; easy terms. and Willys. The vehicle for his entry, It did so with a high disregard for Send name and address on the lines below for free Sample Lesson and 48-page book describing the literally and figuratively, was the Max- safe and sane precedent. Where others LaSalle accountancy training and the opportunities well in this highly profitable field. Motor Corp., once a large name bolted their engines tight to the frame, UNIVERSITY lAQAIIf EXTENSION in autodom's early days, but a frail and Chrysler went the other way. On sick competitor when heavily-involved downtown corners the concept of float- 4361H, Chicago S, III. 417 S. Dearborn St., Dept. financial interests asked management ing power was dramatized with open Name expert Chrysler to restore it in 1923. hoods that showed the passing public Address Chrysler had talent, determination, how an engine could be mounted on reputation. But the Maxwell had little; rubber, left free to rock by the force City Zone State. its new model, to be named the Chrys- of its own vibration and leave the rest ler, was even barred from the 1924 of the vehicle quiet. automobile show because it was not yet Chrysler's great engineering triumvi- in production. Those doors clo.sed to rate of Fred M. Zeder, Owen R. Skel- lir.'ct from Amei him, Chrysler rented lobby space in ton and Carl F. Breer— a trio grooved .. istribntor. (JfferL ... Teacher.s, Professionals and all New York's nearby Commodore Hotel. together as effectively as the parts they Veterans special DIsroLiNTs. Send NOW for FREE ' Literature and lowest wholesale prices. Easy Terms. Trade-ins accepted. Write TODAY. His new car was lifted bodily off the specified—was creating new approaches ACCORDION MANUFACTURERS ' & WHOLESALERS OUTLET engineering floor where it was being to the broad science of automotive en- DEPT. A.4S 2003 W. CHICAGO AVE. CHICAGO 22, ILL. put together, moved onto a baggage gineering. They brought the industry's car, finished up while it traveled to- first downdraft carburetor to market In the kitchen ward New York, and was then ex- in 1929, the first rustproofed fenders hibited in the Commodore lobby. and sheet metal two years later, then A few drops of highly pene- It was handsome, well ahead of many an all-helical geared transmission, the trating 3-iN-ONE make appH- stodgier competitors of its day. It had ride stabilizer bar, a brand new kind of ances run better. It never gums under its hood a new 6-cylinder engine steel, called Amola (for its then-novel up the way many oils do. specified for a then-remarkable com- molybdenum content), and others. pression ratio of 4.6 to 1, capable of In 1938, they devised a new technique 3-in-one!oil an equally improbable (for then) 70 of machining engine surfaces, called miles an hour. On its wheels were 4- superfinishing—so cylinder walls or pis- wheel hydraulic brakes, another real tons could be brought to mirror per- OLD LEG TROUBLE novelty for that day. Competitive en- fection, machined to fineness previously Easy to use Viscose Applications gineers said it wouldn't run for long, unknown, thus reducing friction to a old leg sores due may heal many that it simply couldn't. bare minimum. That same year they to venous congestion of varicose But the Chrysler drew crowds, caused developed fluid coupling for their trans- veins, leg swelling or injuries. toda>''s Send today for a FREE BOOK and excited conversation. And on the edge missions, the basic step toward NO - COST - FOR - TRIAL - plan. of those crowds hovered New York automatic transmissions. L. E. VISCOSE COMPANY 140 North Dearborn Street, Chicago 2, Illinois bankers with ears tuned to every deli- Each of those changes was a mile- cate reaction. What they heard pleased stone of a sort. Together they acted to GROW MINIATURE TREES them to the point that they approved a establish Chrysler Corp.'s reputation in flf"'' SEED PLAN ^SmmSi & bond issue large enough to get the com- engineering as one of pioneer and in- New fascinating HOBBY 1 $ $ .$ $ OPPOIiTUNlTYl Ileal LIVING pany out of its financial wilderness. A novator. "Ming*' Trees—lieautifn! elm, orange, oak, eji^ress—any kind! Full grown but year later, in June of 192.'), the A-laxwell Aleanwhile, Chrysler's bodies were miniature. Help us till huge demand from Interior Decorators, Offices, Motor Corp. became Chrysler Corp. handsome to look at, too. Typically Hotels, etc. FREE Seed and Plan write: NATIONAL NURSERY GARDENS, Dept. AL-4 Two years later the infant company, they were designed on sleek lines that Van Ness, Inglewood Calif. 8463 So. 4, with 192,000 sales, had vaulted to fourth (except for the ill-fated Airflows of ATTENTION, ALL SALESMEN place in the industry. Never again was 1934) were not too advanced for their AND DISTRIBUTORS a newcomer company to grow so fast day, yet were always a step ahead of the Two amazingly newly developed business stimu- so soon. crowd. lators-sure fire sellers. Big profits, repeat business. Closed territories assured. You are dealing direct But Chrysler — the man and the or- The aggressive approach was steadily with manufacturer. Write all NOW for free facts ganization around him — was in no wise paying off. In 1929, as example, the and samples. satisfied. Progress to the company man- Corporation was doing 8.67 per PLASTI-GLO MANUFACTURING CO., inc. young 300 Lincoln Ave., Hawthorne, N. J. agement of that day was a means to cent of the total passenger car busi- more progress, not an end in itself. In ness. Two years later it was 1 1 .94 per 1928, the Corporation mushroomed fast cent. In 1932 and 1933 it was swimming MADE^ $900 m SPARi Tim enough to make your head spin. It through the depression far better than ,lt I.. H. Mix .11(1 it) year nr. I. bought once-proud, lately-failing its competitors; in those two years its liour .sharlienlriK s.tws with the Foley Saw Filer. Stc.idy cash busi- Dodge Brothers, Inc.—a case, as some- share of the total market was 17.41 per ness, no canvassing. Start spare time — Free Book shows how. Send one put it, of a minnow swallowing a cent and 25.81 per cent respectively. In postcard today — no salesman will call. Foley Mfg. Co.. 439-5 Foley whale. It created out of low-price ex- the years that followed it maintained Bldg.. Minneapolis 18, Minn. perimentation a completely new car, ( Continued on page S2 5Q • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1955 1 ( Coiitimicd front paf^e 26 For Post entertainment. Ocean Cit>' Elmer Emiatinger, 800 4th Sr. N, St. Manufacturing Company, which makes Petersburg, Fla., down in tlie country top-notcii fishing rods and reels, is offering w licre fishing is a year-round, shirt-sleeve a new, 22-minute, 16 mm, color, sound proposition, sends his less fortunate hreth- movie, I'ncific Sciils, taken off Acajjulco, len a sure-fire way of taking bass. Mere's Alexico. The movie is packed with action the WAV he tells it: shots of hooked sailfish taken by Bounce Anderson, noted big game fisherman, aboard a cabin cruiser and from a 14-foot two-man skiff. '["o borrow this free movie write Jolui Keith, Sales IVlanager, Ocean City Manu- facturing Company, "A" & Somerset Two men from Steuben County, N. Y., Stieets, Philadelphia 34, Pa. Give him at w ere fined a total of $>1,255.00 for shooting- least a monrh's time jirior to your sliowing deer during the closed season at night from date, because demand for the film is heavy. a car on a public highway, using a light to attract the deer. So states the New York State Conservation Department under date Tile 1955 Fhha'iiiaii''s Handbook is out of January 28. In November, 183 fines w ere and every fisherman ought to get it. It has "If ou in imposed for carrying loaded firearms in > want to take bass heavily 512 pages, paper cover, and is well illus- (isheil cars. feel sorry for those who got w ater, go to the swampy or mucky We trated. It's eilited by George S. Fichter, socked fines, let's be sportsmen parr of the lake or river, particularh' where with but editor of The Fisbcr/Jhin magazine. Such and i/ot carry loaded guns in cars. there are water hj acinths or lilies. Take a subjects as fish and fish biology, natural hay fork, turn tiiem for eels over and look baits, tackle, \\ here to fish, fishing methods, from six to 10 inches long. Put them in an>' .V handy item for fishing or camping trips boats and motors are thoroughly covered. container with wet moss, shaded fjom tlie is the new portable Coleman cooler. This Cieorge Fichter really knows his stuff and sun. Go back to your bass spot; use the is really a modern little icebox, roughly the you'll get many a pleasant hour out of regular bass hook, a three-foot, six-pound size of a suitcase, which you take right reading and studying this book. Price, §1.25 rest gut leader, and a bobber. Use any kind along in your car. You put your food and from the Fisherman Press, Oxford, Ohio. of rod you v^ant. This goes on any rig. bottled drinks right on the ice ami they The eel is the liveliest thing you can put stay cool and fresh for hours. And the on a hook. His constant wiggling action is cooler is excellent for bringing home— in It' you liavc a helpful idea that pertaius 25 times that of the best womis. After your edible shape—the fish you catch. You can to huutiug or flsliiiig, send it along. If we bobber disappears on a strike, take five keep fish fresh for several days, if neces- can use it, we'll reward you with a hunting seconds before setting the hook. It takes sary, by just adding ice. An efiicieiit re- or iisliing accessory. Address: OUTDOOR about that long for the bass to get the ce) frigerator lid closes the box and opens on EDITOR, Rod and Giui Club, The Aint ri- in his mouth. This method gets them when touch. Complete insulation on all six sides. rail Leifioif MtigtrJiie, 720 Fiflli Avenue the\' can't New York 10, New ^ ork. be i;()t.'' VETERANS!Comes in three sizes. When young men ask the Questions {about Army service) As a veteran, you're an //);/7o/7rt//nnan to the youngsters \/On ri A 1^CW/Ay*C r l^yj yyjKX lid V Hl\^ /~\H3 W V^l O . or today. They expect you to be "in the know" about Army service, its opportunities and options. But when they come to you with their questions, do you have the answers? Do you know the Army as it is — or as it was? You're right in step with tlie modern Army— if you're up on the following facts! DID YOU KNOW? Thai qualified high school gradu- That young men who enlist or rc- ates may now choose their Army enlist with Unit Relation may training before enlistment? now choose a unit and stay with it for the /(///hitch? Thai the Army now offers a choice of over 100 valuable technical That young men who enlist or re- courses . . . in everything from auto enlist with Unit Rotation will mechanics to X-ray? know where they'll serve? That the Army now offers the op- That the modern Army is a skilled portunity for a completely planned service providing the finest op- and balanced tour duiy through portunities for technical education Unit Rotation? in its history? When you know these facts, 3'ou know today's Army. And you know why —now more than ever— it pays for young men to consider an Army career. The uncertain limes in which we live demand an able and experienced cadre of Army careermen . . . skilled professional soldiers, ecjuipped for immediate leadership in limes of danger. In order to attract the highest caliber men to such a career, the Army is currently olfering more oppor- tunities and options than ever before. The next time a young man comes to you for advice aliout the Army, acL|uainl him with these fads. By doing so, you will be helping him . . . your country . . . and yourself. THE AMERICAN LEGION MACiAZlNC • AI'RU,, 1955 • 5J (Continued frov? page 50) "We can make those of powdered traditional fifth place to ninth place. itself steadily at between 22 per cent metal," he promised. Then he left. What had happened? The roots of and 26 per cent of the business. Langhammer stayed. Years later he the problem reached back two or three By 1941, when it was starting to turn recalled the incident. "I spent three years, because it takes that long for the aside its civilian production load for days studying those parts—hundreds of concept of a car to grow from drawing defense manufacturing, Chrysler Corp. them," he said. "We could make those board and experimental model room to stood firmly in second place in the au- four Air. Keller had picked out—those final assembly. Chrysler's concepts in tomobile market, with 901,77<> out of four and not a damned one more." 1950 and 1951 of the car styles the pub- an industry total of 3,731,166 cars — Perception like that was the reason lic would want in 1953 and 1954 had equal to 24.1 per cent. Those 901,779 Chrysler Corp. had come so far so soon. not filled the buyers' bill of particulars. cars constituted the highest numerical After the war the automobile busi- Gauging public wants two or three total the company had ever achieved. ness momentarily lost a lot of its com- years ahead of the time of offering is a The bombs at Pearl Harbor put an plication. Anything on four wheels that hazardous business; company after end to that era. Chrysler switched to would run would sell—and generally, company has stubbed its toe trying to war work. In a new way it became as you'll remember, at a premium. Com- do so in the automobile business. In famous (and the word is chosen ad- panies did not have to worr>' about Chrysler's case the diagnosis was not visedly) for its engineering, then its style, or mechanical virtue, or sales too hard to make after the hands had production, of the M-3 tank, and later muscle. All they had to worry about been played out. The company had put the M-4. It produced more than 500,000 was production. Chrysler's efficient its chips on the belief that cars would military trucks on its Dodge lines and plants could produce with the best of get more compact. So it shortened the 18,000 B-29 engines in a new Chicago them. Like the others, the company lateral dimensions, and in so doing it plant, built Bofors anti-aircraft guns, bent every sinew to getting out assem- accentuated height and squattiness in supplied Sea Mule engines for marine blies. Its share of the industry's business an era when bu>'ers seemed more \v ill- tugs, devised searchlight reflectors, in the postwar period held in the 21-25 ing to lengthen their garages than to portable fire-fighting equipment. In an per cent range year by >'ear and, mean- bu\- cars that fitted them. atmosphere of the greatest secrecy it while, reached upward unit-v\ise to a /Meanwhile, before this problem had engineered and built some of the com- new all-time passenger car peak of fully ripened—and without any rela- ponents for atom bomb production. 1,246,602 in 1953. tionship, either—Chrysler was going Here, as in civilian pursuits, the me- But those upward teachings were through a great change of management, chanical genius of K. T. Keller, then gradually losing pace with the rest of the first change of real magnitude since president of Chrysler Corp., readily the industry. Ford, revived and once the original founding team had got the manifested itself. Keller went to Wash- again tough, was challenging for second company rolling 25 years earlier. The ington early in the war with Andrew place. Chrysler people fretted. Their men whose vigor and energy and abil- Langhammer, in charge of the Ampler record-high passenger car volume of ity had brought Chrysler from noth- Division, specialist in the manufacture 1953 was accompanied by a sagging in ingness to the charmed circle of the of powdered metal parts. Army people another figure that auto men scan first six or eight largest American com- took them down a corridor lined with of all—the per cent of industry. In 1953, panies were nudging retirement age. hundreds of parts they needed. despite the unit total, Chrysler's share One by one the>' began to give up their "Which of these could >'ou make out of the passenger car industry was down duties. In the past four years an almost of powdered metal?" Keller and Lang- to 20.32 per cent, lowest for any full completely new management team has hammer were asked. year since the early Thirties. In 1954, taken over. Keller moved slowly down the cor- the fall became sickening. Tally of 1954 First there was a new president, ridor. As he walked he pointed to one, model production showed Chrysler's Lester L. Colbert, a man w ith a flashing then another. It took him 15 minutes share in the calender year withered to smile and quick perception, a man en- to get dow n the corridor, his eyes dart- a sad 13 per cent—Plymouth displaced dowed with warmth that leads to his ing from one part to another, and in from third place to sixth in the indus- being called "Tex" on short acquaint- that time he had picked out four pieces. try. Dodge driven down from its lately ance. He succeeded K. T. Keller, now board chairman, in 1950. The clianges Colbert began to make in the central staff kindled parallel moves down at the divisions; the in- cumbent general managers, one by one, retired from the scene and were re- placed b>' \ ounger men—ex-salesman Ed Quinn at Chrysler, engineer Irv Wool- son at DeSoto, production man Bill Newberg at Dodge, sales-trained Jack Mansfield and Lou Purdy at Plymouth and Dodge truck. It was a new team. More than that, its strength was bulwarked by the ac- companying attribute of youth and youthful enthusiasm. The>' knew what had to l»e done and, in consultation w ith new central staff people, they set about doing it. Styling was the obvious big job. A new design chief came into the picture — Virgil Exner, once with General "Oh, come now. . . . Swaltovtiiig a fly isn't thai serious." Motors, later with Studebaker. He be- AJVIEUfCAN I.EGK)N' M\C.\'7.\^V (Coiitimied on page 54) 52 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL. 1955 .in the '55 FORD Welcome aboard the ^55 Ford. It's vour pass- alert to safety's demands, that it responds with port to the smoothest saiUng on the road. split-second alacrity. Three new and mighty en- The Y-block V-8; Slip behind the wheel of any of the 16 new gines are yours to command: (available on Fordomatic- body styles. Surround yourseU" with beauty from Y-block Special V-8 equipped Fairlane and Station Wagon models); the sweeping wrap-around windshield to the flat, . . . the most modern six- ship-shape rear deek. Any Ford you fancy carries and the I -block Six cylinder on the road. the flair of Thunderbird styling from stem to stern — and a score of other new features as well. Don^t mind if heads turn for another look Put your foot down— and breeze away in a at you. It's the compliment every first-class surge of Ford's Trigger-Torque power. Here's traveler receives. So don't miss the boat. Drop in power with far more "wheel push". . . power so at vour Ford dealer's this very day! Treatyourselfto a Trigger-Torque Te^tDrivel ) ( Co'iitbnied froi/i page 52 of organization and—more important— locale of earlier years, Chrysler's ad- gan to draw sketches of long, lean cars, of responsibility began to take place. ministration building, was abandoned stamped with the verve of youth; and It was manifested in more independ- in favor of the stimulating architecture his designs caught the fancy of the men ence in the divisions, in less leaning on and restrained beaut\' of country-sur- who had to put "OK" in the corner. Massachusetts Avenue headquarters at rounded Cranbrook School north of Once again Chrysler went into the Highland Park. There began to come Detroit. Here, with music and pretty money markets. In the Twenties the into existence divisionalized purchasing, girls, dramatic narration and profes- new company got afloat b\- little more divisionalized accounting. Sales activi- sional staging, Chrysler introduced its than a financial c\ clash, walking a nar- ties, too, became more autonomous. Or- "Forward Look" automobiles for 1955. row, perilous path. In 1954, it was far ganizationally, too, Chrysler began to The 1955 models were advertised easier—almost casual. Chr\'sler needed take on something of a new look. with a truly prodigious fanfare. Bul- little more than to let the word out Other problems were met and solved. warking a broad schedule of newspaper that it could use some added working The company was unhappy with the ir- advertising was a 12-page, four-color capital—and Prudential Insurance Co. regular schedules and quality of the announcement in a number of maga- calculated to give opened up a 100-year credit line for bodies it was buying from Briggs Man- zines—twelve pages that two hundred and flft\' million dollars. ufacturing Co. It put that problem the kind of impact to sales would surging into the show- The precise uses of that quarter-bil- under its ow n control b)' buying Briggs bring prospects rooms. lion dollars are not \ ct spelled out. A for $35,000,000 plus the value of its in- spirit has taken the share of it, reports say, will be em- ventories. Since then, it has achieved The pioneering ployed in Chrysler's new dealer-financ- both cost savings and improved quality. company into other equally unusual avenues. President Colbert turned up ing operation — another instance of The "Forward Look" emerged in still Council of aggressive enterprise in the new man- different ways. It began to manifest it- at a meeting of the Chrysler agement. Through its recently an- self in a series of spectaculars. Their the CIO United Auto Workers Union nounced Dealer Enterprise Plan, Chrys- kick-off came with the formal opening late last summer to speak to a hundred ler, like General Motors and Ford, has of the new compan\' proving grounds or so top unionists. Never before had a company executive appeared at a a w ay to finance retail dealers w ho fill near Chelsea, Alich., some 60 miles west council meeting of that sort. franchise specifications in all respects of Detroit. An opening of that sort, U.A.W. Colbert did so w ith a frank plea for aid except mone>'. true enough, is dramatic in itself. But, Internal structure had to be refurb- under the shrewd handling of Chrysler and tolerance during the gloomy period of that time, marked layoffs and ished along with car designs, financing press agents, it was ballooned out to by short work-weeks. convinced the and dealer organization. In an industrial symbolize the resurgence (jf spirit. He unionists complex as vast and spraw led out as an The engineering department got in- that the management was fighting tooth and nail to solve the in- auto company ( particularh' a compan>- to the drama. The postwar years had terwoven problems t)f the company and with many nameplates) there must be seen it do notable things — introduce a continuing compromise between ad- power steering, develop advanced its emplo>'ees. He left with applause ministration control at the central staff forms of automatic transmissions — but ringing behind him. and operating autonomy in the divi- somehow these had not caught imagina- That appearance did not bring an sions or the plants. Chr\ slcr had always tions. A gas turbine, installed in a era of sweetness and light into Chrysler been fairly tightly controlled at its Plymouth, may have done better. For labor relations, but it did mark a turn center, like Ford until that company the first time the technicians thought away from earlier attitudes of mutual had a management reshuffling of its they could see in the mists of the future suspicion and distrust that had envel- own after the w ar. a practical turbine-type power plant for oped the two parties. And that oblique The new management decided (and an automobile. turn manifested itself most notably just the board agreed) that the central con- The company's press preview of the before the 1955's came out, when trol of years gone by, admirable then, 1955 models was done with the vivid- Chrysler union members wrote letters could be improved. A divisionalization ness of a Broadway show opening. The on union stationery to neighborhood merchants that said, in effect: "Our 1955 models are the best ever, and the best in the business. You'll want to w ait for them, and \ ou'll w ant to buy them, too. If you want us to be regular bu\'ers of your goods, you'd better help us by placing your order." What now? It's a new team at Chr>sler. It's a "Forward Look" — in the products, in the management, in its way of thinking and working. It's a new spirit. Those are ingredients that can breed success in any endeavor. Chryslcrites think that this year with their novel, advanced designs they have remedied the deficiencies that held them back in recent \ ears; if success in the market- place proves them right, they know the rest of their formula is solid. The months ahead will spell out the results far better than anticipation can now do. Meanwhile, the decks are stripped "Now how (lid this all start?" for action, and the sights are trained on AMKRICAN LEGION MAGAZINE success. THE END 54 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1955 . . . and still the National Champion of Quality The thrill of a bending rod, the peace of a quiet stream . . . these things never change for the sportsman. 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Petrox gives you engine protection because it leaves a fine, tough film on every engine part it touches. That's about 123 parts in all. The result? Up to 60% more engine fife, and more miles per gallon. That's been proved ... in millions of test miles. You be the judge. Ask for Sky Chief — super-charged with Petrox — at your Texaco Dealer, the best friend your car has ever had. GASOLINE TEXACO DEALERS in all 48 states Texoco Products are also distributed in Canada and Latin America THE ''^EXACO STAR THEATER starring JIMMY or television, Saturday nights, NBC. TEXAS TUNE IN r \CO DURANTE DONALD O'CONNORO'CON on I METRTROPOUTAN OPERA rodio broadcasts on Saturdoy afternoons, ABC. COMPANY ) f Continued from pa^c 5 businessmen are cither completely brand any United States citizen a naive about the political philosophies traitor, according to the hypothesis of such commentators, or behaving of these correspondents. Is it your like ostriches in selling their wares to opinion that this stream of rubbish millions of listeners. Often a letter to represents only an unimportant seg- a corporation objecting to a portsided ment of the mentally ill, or do you program—or commentary by innuendo believe it has a sufficient number of —will draw a reply respectfully calling adherents so as to constitute a menace attention to the awards their man has to society? our received. By sheer coincidence, tliese L. Easton John degree of intelligence, they will not merit badges are bestowed by a group Dover-Foxcroft, Maine prefer communist propaganda to dem- chiefly comprised of his political bed- ocratic doctrine, unless the former ac- fellows. Perhaps some of our indus- FAVORS DEBATES tually is superior. Most of us don't trialists are too busy to realize they believe it is; do you? Finally, it is de- foot the bill for a spade that could dig Sir: Your remarks in the "Editor's pressing and ironic to find one, sup- the grave of free economy. Corner," February issue, concerning posedly writing for those who have Patricia McDonough college debates on Chinese member- fought in defense of freedom, actually Brooklyn ship in the United Nations, are dis- opposing our basic freedom of speech. couraging indeed. One notes, first, that Tom Irvin Gill WANTS ANOTHER LOOK you consider it dangerous for Ameri- Danville, Va. cans to study communist propaganda. Sir: I think it would be a good idea Thus it appears you would cast aside at this time to reprint the article from WHAT BUSINESSMEN BUY the practical and time-honored prin- your October 1951 issue entitled "The ciple, "Know your enemy." It appears Sir: One of the day's phenomena to Myth of The Mighty Red Army," by also that you have little confidence this television and radio fan is the Leopold Braun. in the intelligence and discrimination sponsoring of left-wing commentators John Moore of Americans. For if they have a fair by free enterprise. Obviously, certain Herrin, III. KIM SUNG'S ROAD BACK (Continued from page IJ) Northern Europe for almost three years direct their retreat. Then all doubts would bulk large in the road against a in a war that he thought he'd under- about their fate would be removed. white background. stood. Now, five years later, he was The women, the children, and he would Evans looked over to the Koreans. lying on his stomach in the snow of a all be killed where they were. The women were huddled together. forgotten mountain in Asia—fearfully A shout from down the road roused Two of them were nursing and the old cold, caught up in an unbelievable him from his bleak reverie. The officer man was squatting beside his son, smok- nightmare. shouted back in his alien tongue and ing another cigarette which Trimmons He gripped the carbine tightly and the babies began to cry. The women had given him. wondered what lay beneath the events whinipercd and from the expression on It was at that moment that the head that had so swiftly shaped this destiny. the face of the younger white man, of the column came around the turn. Kim knew what was going on. The Evans tensed and adjusted his aim on KIM SUNG, elder of the village, Chinese and perhaps his city-dwelling the first man, a giant Chinese officer watched dumbly as the soldier knelt countrymen were approaching, and wearing a long overcoat. He w as riding beside the wounded boy and ministered shortly there would be a battle. a tiny pony with a Russian burp gun to him. This was the last blow. The They could hear the enemy before slung across his chest. Four grenades village had been smashed into nothing- they came into sight. A high-pitched were suspended from his harness and ness in the attack from the north, and jabber echoed through the mountain air his fat legs all but touched the ground. now his son, the one hope for the fu- preceding the marching column. There It was his boots that caught Evans's ture, was almost certainly dying. was the sound of horses and of laughter. eye with their glistening polish. They The tallest of the foreigners stood The Chinese were evidently far enough literally shone and he realized they l)cfore the old man. The large paper to their own rear to have little thought were U. S. paratroop boots of the type in his hands was of many colors; it was for ambuscade. Evans flexed his mus- worn by many Americans. Behind the torn and crumpled, but Kim knew it cles to offset the cold-induced numb- big man rode three other mounted was a map. He inhaled luxuriously on ness and squinted down his sights. By officers, several mounted soldiers and a his second cigarette, almost forgetting wiggling his fingers he regained control dozen pack animals. There were about the cold and misery as the smoke and took in the slack on his trigger. 30 men afoot, many of them wounded. warmed his lungs. For a moment he Beside him, Cassidy, w ho had black- Gurski's Ml blasted three times in wondered if indeed these men would ened his sights with a match was adjust- succession. The sergeant had been an kill them all. Then the officer squatted ing his position for greater comfort by ace marksman at the Perry matches and beside him with the map thrust out and rearranging the rocks beneath and be- at this range such skill was really began to speak. Kim could make out fore him. Trimmons was several feet wasted. Evans was squeezing the trig- the word "water" in his own tongue away, staring dully over his leveled rifle ger of his carbine and the two men on and in Japanese, but it was otherwise in an expressionless mask. Evans thought his flanks added to the din. unintelligible. The intent was clear he saw sweat on the boy's face. The lead pony was hit in the head. enough to Kim — they were lost and Evans looked over toward Gurski The big Chinaman was suddenly stand- they thought he had it in his power to and saw the sergeant adjusting his sling. ing on the ground as his mount died save them. That was obvious enough It was the first time he'd ever seen a under him and then one of Gurski's to him and that led to his next conclu- man use a sling like that in combat. rounds all but blew his head ofl^. sion. His scarcely-kindled hope of living The noise came closer; it was be- The horseman immediately to his flickered — he could now understand coming progressively darker. Vision right clawed at his throat and toppled. why they had not been killed. The was poor but Evans reasoned that to be The two other happy Chinese had time white barbarians first wished him to to their advantage, since the Chinese to feel their ponies rear before they THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1955 • ' . TtUnWoe FOLDING BANQUET TABLES w ere cut ik)\Mi. One of tlic bullets de- {Chinese People's Volunteers from their tonated a potato masher grenade against regular arni>' outfits all over the coun- one's chest. His foot caught in the reins try and of a swift move to the .Man- as he toppled and he was dragged churian border. They had been told through the snow. Cassidy was throw- that the Americans w ould shortly in- ing grenades at the column's rear and vade China and the\- had been given the narrow road liad turned into a Russian equipment and supplies. By shouting, milling mass of confusion. night they had crossed the Manchurian Three able-bodied reds ran for cover, border and moved south hiding in the unslinging their rifles. Evans had the villages by day, until that night, w hen carbine on full automatic by tliat time the>' had been hurled against the for- II vmi arc nn flic board of your school or purchasing coni- r liurcli, or on the Louse or and two of them pitched forward in the ward American units in massive iiiiltce of your chib or lodge, you will be intcr- Folding Pedestal Banquet i stcd in Ihia modern. snow. Cassidy doubled up the third. strength. His regiment had been among Table. Write for catalog & special discounts. A flurry of shots came up from the those which s\\ept over Evans's bat- CHURCH sr. COLFAX. IOWA EEEEEaHai*' road, unaimed and harmless. The un- talion. armed and worst wounded were hud- "I fight for Americans," he said. "All Happy Is The Day dled together in groups. Out of the the time hate reds and look for chance churning mob of ponies, mules, and men, to fight w ith Americans." When Backache six other Chinamen ran toward Trim- He caught the skeptical look on Gur- iiions's position hurling stick grenades, ski's face. riiey came under cross fire in the open "You no believe — I show," he said. . . Goes Away . and were cut down screaming. Trim- "You give me pistol and I shoot all the loss of pep and energy, head- Nagging backache, mons and Cassid\ each pitched a gre- sergeants." :icliesand dizziness may be due to slowdown of kidney function. Doctors say good kidney function is very nade among them and then it w as over. He gestured at the line of prisoners. important to good health. When some everyday con- dition, such as stress and strain, causes this im- "Don't shoot, (il." The voice came "It beats me what we are going to portant function to slow down, many folks suffer from a huddled mass of wounded and do with them, Lieutenant," Gurski said, nagging backache— feel miserable. Minor bladder irritations due to cold or wrong diet may cause a tiny% uninjured figure edged out with "before it was just the Koreans, now getting up nights or frequent passages. Don't neglect your kidneys if these conditions hands held high. Evans stood up slowl>-. w e got a whole menagerie." bother you. Try Doan's Pills—a mild diuretic. Used "Don't shoot, GI — I friend — don't "The American Army not far away successfully by millions f<)r over 50 years. It's amaz- ing how many times Doan's give happy relief from shoot. I number one friend of Clls — —I show you," the Chinaman said. these discomforts—help the 15 miles of kidney tubes and filters Hush out waste. Get Doan's Pills today! from China." The little man stood, The two Americans regarded him looking hulicrous in an overcoat twice coldly. BECOME AN EXPERT IN iiis size. "You know way to American lines?" Evans said, "Have them drop their they asked. w capons and line up in a column." "I know number one short w ay—w ith The Chinaman spoke swiftly in his no trouble." He paused. 1 $4,000 to $10,000 and np. Thoo'.anJs of firms oeeil " ions. W«> train you tixiroly in spare ow n tongue and the herd of disheveled Regarding their hesitation and thinly » for exe jobs. Hftrsnnai trainitiK under trafl'n' autrtormes. fiacenient rounsel ati^ help. Write for fr^e 4a-paffe t>ook figures sullen concealed interest he went on: ' formed a line. Evans had 1 raflic Mdnaerement— the Kust Growing Frofeasion. LASALLE Extension University. 417 So. Dearborn St. them crouch, facing tlic mountain with "You follow me—" A Correspondence Institution, Dept. 4361T, Chicago III. hands behind their heads, before the Evans rubbed his chin. NEW, NATURAL LIGHTWEIGHT Americans emerged on the road. The little Chinese turned quickly, DENTAL PLATE Evans addressed himself to the Eng- picked up a large rock with both hands lish-speaking Chinese: and walked toward the prisoners. As MADE FROM YOUR OLD ONC-New. Profes; lona "Where were M^rjiod fftves yon naliiraM..r.liinB. perfect-titting pla^tr< (.lat» upper. Ir.w<.r ..r partial-from y. iirold cracked Ol you going?" Evans realized his intention he shouted, l(...>c plaK. „',ll,.,„l .m „nvr,m,m. CI INII ' A I. mf (hot msa.ii. fK,t .^.Tvi.-e. hi.Ko tuiinis. |rynewDl8t«liill»( The man looked at but it w as too late. He had reached one ilav^ a1 out rif.l<.N. w plales, sent you AirMail Bamc day him goggle-eyed. SEND NO MONEY ^;r^AK'|.J.'SS'c'„-';;'&r„^!,^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "Go for supplies," he answered, "am- of the crouching prisoners and w ithout CLINICAL DENTAL LAB..33S W.MadlsonSt.,Dept.l02.D.Chlcaeo 6,111 munition, rice, and to take wounded to hesitation smashed the rock w ith all his LEARN hospital. Hut I no want to fight Ameri- strength against the back of the man's cans. I one time in Nationalist Arm\-. iiead. The soldier crumpled forward MEAT CUTTING Reds make me fight bur I wished all and the snow around him turned red. Tr.'iln qrilckly In 8 ahort w^eks at To. the time the Americans would come so The Chinese shouted epithets at the led., for K l.rlKht fiiline with aeeurltv In the vital meat huRlness. Big ray. tull-tlme Joha— HAVK A mOKITABLE I could join them." others. MARKET OF YOUn OWNl Pay after ^r.irtuatlon. Dtpioma given. Job help. With the little man's help they "Cut that out," Gurski shouted, and Tlioas.nnds of eiicces-^fu) prnrliinTes. broke yearl d .SenJ now for M;r, new Illustrated I-Itr.i: grabbed the little man. No ohlltT.itlon, (i.I. Apinoved, out rations. They fed themselves and NATIONAL SCHOOL OF MEAT CUTTING Dept. A-54, Toledo 4, Ohio permitted the Koreans to eat. In a few- "He's just proving he's on our side. moments tile Korean boys had a fire Lieutenant," Gurski rasped. Trimmons !a\ FOLDING CHAIRS gf)ing and Gurslci made coffee. There was being sick in the snow. tjie little .said. "I tell Win I • in Stee£. or U^oixi was also some whiskey which the "See," (Chinese FOLDING BANQUET TABLES /Pr^L Chinese officers had apparently been >'ou I hate the communists. You give consuming on the march. In a few min- me pistol and I kill them all." utes the situation was "No," said Evans. "No more kill but J. R REDINCTON&CO. immeasurably im- line up the of them and you lead DC ^T. 197 SCWANTON a.PA.J proved. Trimmons collected the enemy gang weapons, including grenades and con- the way. We'll follow \-ou to the siderable (luantities of American am- American lines." RUPTURED munition and rations. As the officer saw it there was no al- BE FREE FROM TRUSS SLAVERY As the twilight deepened antl the ternative, and further delay along the N(^W there is a new modern Non-.SurgJcal trealmeril that i>erniaiiently corrects rupture. These Non-Sur- snow began to fall again, they ques- road was pressing their luck. glral treatments are so certain, that a I.ifetiine Certi- licate of Assurance is given. Write ItKiay for our New tioned the Chinese. As near as Evans As the column formed under Gurski's ! KI;K Hook that gives facts that may save you pain- could figure it, the man w as telling the direction and the shouts of the little ful and exi)ensive surgery, and tells how non-surgl- cally you may again work, live, play and love and en- truth. He spoke of thousands of his Chinese, Evans picked up several pack- joy life in the manner you desire There is no obligation. kxctUior Ilrrnia Clinic IJtpt. 7205 Kxiflnior Springs, Mo. fellows being dragooned into the ages of food from the litter on the road 5}J • THE AMERICAN LliGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1955 — — and walked to the cluster of Koreans. he said, "Go quickly to the tall leader The old man still squatted beside the and make him halt. The small one boy and the others regarded his ap- means them harm. Make him understand ATHLETES FOOT and 1 proach with awe. that they must come back here Dr. Scholl's Evans knelt beside the wounded lad will show them across the mountains to Famous and examined him. Then taking his our village and to their people. Hurry! Prescription muffler from around his neck he Run!" Now Compounded wrapped it about the boy's head. His and Obtainable black eyes were open and they stared THE HEAD of the columu was well Everywhere at the officer. Evans thought of his own started when the boy caught up. His Dr. Scholl's SOLVEX is the original preparation for son and stood up. Pausing in front of frantic gesturing and excited talk caused Athlete's Foot which this noted foot authority pre- scribed with striking success for many years. You'll the old man, he struggled for some but it was only when the them to halt marvel how quickly it relieves intense itching . . . kills the fungi on . . . red, means of expressing the grief he felt small Chinese snarled and lunged at the contact helps heal raw, cracked skin between toes and on feet . . . aids in for the unfortunate accident. The boy that Evans fully understood. The preventing spread of infection. Get Dr. Scholl's SOLVEX today. Liquid, Powder or Ointment. At Korean words for "I am sorry" formed Chinaman had grabbed the youth and Drug, Shoe, Department, 5-100 Stores. was shouting in his face when Evans pulled him off. At that instant the pris- DrScholls SOLVEX oners threw themselves on Trimmons NAME & and Gurski and the air was rent with 1000 LABELS fury. With his carbine on full auto- ADDRESS 1 Youi- name and address matic Evans killed the Chinaman over (choice of 3 lines) on lOOO fine quality gummed labels. the boy's body and sprayed the scream- WITH PLASTIC BOX. only $1 postpaid. Six orders for $5. ing prisoners. Gurski began with the THIS IS A SPECIAL OFFER. Use on stationery, checks, bayonet and butt but backed up shoot- books, prreetlnp cards, records, etc. Satisfaction guaranteed. the press over Handy Labels, 450 Jasperson ing. Cassidy broke up BiiiidlnfT, Culver City. Calif. Trimmons and in a few moments the fighting had ceased. The survivors \\ ould be far less trouble and they were turned around and marched up the road DISPLAYS FOR ORGANIZATIONS- with the Korean youth in the lead. TOWNS-SCHOOLS-FAIRS Trimmons was no worse off than he'd Prompt shipment. Ask for our been before. colorful WHOLESALE Catalog No. 55-B This time with sign language and MARTIN'S FLAG CO., FORT DODGE, IOWA pidgin Korean Evans found the old man ..I Was voluble and alert. His plan was simple Nearly and his offer plain. Itch... Itch Crazy If they would carry the boy, he Very first use of soothing, cooling, liquid D. D. D. Prescription positively relieves raw red itch catsup over the moun- "Mustard and relish on one end and would lead them back caused by eczema, rashes, scalp irritation, chaf- and onions on the other." tains to his own village and show them ing—other itch troubles. Greaseless, stainless. 43(5 trial bottle must satisfy or money back. AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE a safe route to the American lines. He Ask your druggist for D. D. D. PRESCRIPTION. showed Evans on the map where they were supposed to be and showed by his "WHAT EVERY VETERAN SHOULD KNOW" lips Mir ne da — and he on his — hom whole attitude and manner that he knew New 1955 Edition Now Ready moved down the road. He looked back the solution to their problem. Thousands of veterans, widows, children and staring after parents of deceased veterans are not claiming once to see the old man They marshaled the prisoners as all the benefits justly due them. Are you one of them? The 1955 edition explains in simple un- him, and then they were all in motion. labor, rigged a crude litter for the boy, derstandable language just how you and your dependents should apply for these benefits. This and began the climb. The old man and 300 page book gives complete information about hospitalization, hospital pay. outpatient treat- KIM HAD WATCHED the whole affair the youth led the way, with Evans close ment, burial allowances, education and training, insurance, compensation, pension, death bene- calmly. It was the foreigner's farewell behind. Gurski and the young soldiers fits, loans, combat pay. mustering-out pay. divi- dends, vocational rehabilitation for the disabled, that made him see it clearly. Through covered rear and flanks. As he walked reemployment rights, state bonuses, tax exemp- tions, grants for automobiles and wheelchair the fight and afterward Kim had held back over his route of the last days homes, homesteads, etc. The 1955 edition (18th annual revision) is just off the press —the price himself apart, fearing the worst. When Kim knew he was undoing his mistake, is only $3.00 postpaid—satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. It is used extensively by the Americans had shared their cap- his greatest mistake. He was admitting service officers everywhere. You and your de- pendents should have this guide to help you get tured food he had still held to his posi- it and leading his people back to the all of vour benefits. Send $3.00 in cash, check or money order tion of despair. The outcome had village. Perhaps others too had survived for your copy today. seemed certain. and would find their way back. He had VETERANS INFORMATION SERVICE Frank L. Ostlin-Dir., Fifth Ave., BIdg., Moline, III. The tall stranger's final act and words cast in his lot as well—with the foreign- decided him. He remembered the night ers. For the first time in his life he had of the tigers. raised his head and spoken out and per- HEMORRHOIDS When Kim observed the small haps it was not yet too late. And his CUDIfM^ WITHOUT Chinese in his act of murder he had son still lived. OnixUilJN. SURGERY! also understood something of what the Most important, he knew now that IN CASE AFTER CASE PAIN STOPPED I man shouted at his fellows. While kill- if he himself were to die on the trek NEW STAINLESS In 90% of cases ing his own comrade the Chinese was back, as now seemed unlikely, his bones FORM now ALSO of simple piles tested by doctors planning the slaughter of the foreign- would find their way to the hill be- AVAILABLE! — amazing Pazo ers. It was a trick, at the expense of a hind the village among the ancient Ointment stopped bleeding, re- wounded private, to trap the white men. tombs, where he could sit with the duced swelling, healed cracking... Kim was slow of thought and the col- others as the years rolled down through WITHOUT SURGERY! Pain was stopped or materially reduced. was almost umn out of sight when he time. Pazo acts to soothe, relieve itching collected his thoughts and spoke. The snow had stopped again and the instantly. In tubes, also modern Turning to the oldest of the youths, moon was bright. the end Suppositories. Get Pazo® at drug- gists for wonderful fast relief. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1955 • 59 " y WHERE AMERICA'S PAST LIVES AGAIN Weekend Carpenters (Cimlimied from (fage 22)- Sometimes he will find America's past So numerous are these places today living in a large area. If he tours north- that a complete listing w ould fill pages. ern New York State, for instance, he But to find them is easy, through tour- will be in country where Dutch, French ing services, automobile clubs, and tour- and English settlers left their mark, and ist information bureaus conducted by' \\here the great Iroquois Confederacy many States, Still another wa\' is to plan a professional tinish to Add held sway. He can visit forts and battle- your trip with the help of a good his- jobs with Plastic Wood — grounds and see how the Indians lived, tory book. You are likely to be sur- the filler most carpenters as in the Indian Village at Lake George. prised at the fascinating places . many use. Easy to apply . . han- dles like putty, hardens into While at Schroon Lake he will find you'd ordinarily pass by without real- wood. Frontier Town re-creating settings of izing what they mean to you and all life in earlv colonial times. Americans. the end WHY THE AMERICAN LEGION FAVORS HELP FOR THE U.S. MERCHANT FLEET • • • (Continued from page 19) CTIinV AT UnMC Legally trained men win Iiiglier posi- olUuI nl nUIYlL tions and bigger success in business the war was over, and most of it rotted troop ships. A mass of ships in one con- and public life. Greater opportunities now than ever before. More Ability: More Prestige: More Money ^tepSyltl. Vo" away unused thereafter. voy would make a perfect target for can tniin at home daring spare time. Degree of LL.B. We furnish all text material, mcluding 14-volume Law Library. Low cost, easy The vastly larger World War II fleet a nuclear bomb. Ocean transport in fu- terms. Get oar valuable 48-page Law Trammg for Leadership and •Evideni-e" book.i KREE. Send NOW, ^ . cost us billion, a fantastic figure. ture wars calls for ships dispersed into LASALLE EXTENSION UNIVERSITY.417 South Dearborn Street $19 Dept. 4361L, Chicago S, III. A Correspondence Institution, The Liberties, Victories, C2s, C3s and small groups. This in turn means that C4s were vital to the winning of the naval support for "payload" ships must 40 ACRE GOVERNMENT war. But they can't last forever and we be spread thinner, leaving each ship OIL LEASES-$100 can't count on them again. more on its own to escape submarines. You do no drilling, pay no taxes, may realize a We have saved some of our World Speed of ship is called for. king-size profit without evei- leaving home. Write 2. tor free map and literature. War II ships. The government put Russia probably has more than 400 American Oil Scouts, Dept. L, 7321 Beverly Blvd. some of them in cold storage and found snorkel subs capable of doing at least Los Angeles 36, Calif. good use for them during the Korean 20 knots under water. War at a cost of about $100,000 to break 3. Of 629 privately operated U. S. each one out. freighters and passenger ships engaged /F YOU SUFFER Others are hauling government in foreign commerce (or only tempo- freight for our Military Sea Transport rarily inactive) at the end of 1952, 558 of HEADACHE Service, were Victories, Liberties, or C-type r^MiWMW NEURALGIA Others are being operated on sched- ships. Of these, 159 Liberties could do NEURITIS uled freighter lines by private com- 9 knots, 59 Victories could do 14 knots, panies, helped by government subsidies, 340 C-types could do 17 or 18 knots. U. S. owners bought still others and 4. By going to the reserve boneyard, operated them as tramps, without sub- we could dig up a total of more than sidies. The tramps managed to make 3,000 ships, including tankers, and put money during the shipping shortage them to sea. A modern subarine could the way thousands of right after World War II and again run rings around most of them without physicians and dentists recommend. during the Korean War. But recenth' surfacing. HERE'S . . . Anocin Is like a doctor's WHr — under "normal" competitive condi- Naturally, a part of The American prescription. That is, Anocin contains not tions—many of them have been dri\ en Legion's Merchant Alarine policy urges just one but a combination of medically ". proved octlve ingredients. No other product to the wall or have fled to foreign flags. . . (7 loiig-ra)ige ship construction gives faster, longer-lasting relief from pain Still others of our World W ar II car- program to provide replaceiiients and headache, neuralgia, neuritis fhon Anocin of go and transport fleet were sold, under avoid block obsolescence of our aging tablets. Buy Anacin® today I the Ship Sale Act of 1946, to foreign merchant ships owners at one-third the construction III -HOW ABOUT SUBSIDIES? Shrinks Hemorrhoids cost. You don't speak of government help That entire fleet is now out of date for shipping without thinking, right off, New Way Without Surgery for future defense needs. But it exists, of direct cash subsidies to shipowners. Science Finds Healing Substance That and its existence has led us into the Part of The American Legion's man- Relieves Pain — Shrinks Hemorrhoids of relying it do- date on shipping urges policies that will For the first time science has found a temptation upon and new healing substance with the astonishing ing too little about a continuous replace- "A/ore fully implemeiit the sound prin- to shrink hemorrhoids and to relieve ability ment program. ciples and procedures of the Merchant pain — without surgery. In case after case, while gently relieving In large measure we are repeating Marine Act of 1936." pain, actual reduction (shrinkage) took the phenomenon of "block obsoles- That act provides, among other place. Most amazing of all — results were so cence," depending for security' needs things, for direct government payments thorough that sufferers made astonishing upon a huge fleet that was built all at to shipowners, both for the operation statements like "Piles have ceased to be a ! building of ships. Legion ap- problem once and has gone out of date all at and The The secret is a new healing substance once. A few facts of security bring proves of these subsidies, and implies (Bio-Dyne*) discovery of a world-famous — home the meaning of "block obsoles- that they should be used to build and research institute. " Now this new healing substance is offered cence: operate more ships than they do now. in ointment form under of the name 1, Nuclear weapons have outmoded This does not mean that ships that are Preparation //,* Ask for it at all drug stores subsidized get —money back guarantee. *Rcg. u. s. Pat. off. giant wartime convoys of cargo and already should more • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL. 1955 money from the government, except in amount of your subsidy, no more. cases where it is necessary to meet for- If the Maritime Administration con- eign competition. sidered that some of your costs were It is too easy to think of subsidies as unwise, it would disallow them. The a lush gift of the taxpayers' money to subsidy equalizes necessary costs, it the capital and management of a ship- does not pay for your business mistakes. ping firm, and to muse that it must be Suppose you accept the subsidy, yet nice to be the owner of a subsidized are shrewd enough or lucky enough to line of ships and have the taxpayers earn a pile of money this year. Do you guarantee you a successful business. keep $18,000 a month of the taxpayers' Such thoughts, which are entirely money on top of your own earnings? natural, have weakened both public and The Maritime Administration will sub- Congressional support of an extended tract from your subsidy half of all you subsidy program. But they are baseless. earn above 10 per cent on your invest- Suppose you are the "lucky" owner ment, up to the point where you have who gets an operating subsidy. repaid the whole subsidy. If you carry general cargo in a sub- Between 1947 and 1953, 28 per cent sidized ship that sails between San Fran- of subsidies accrued by our ships was cisco and Tokyo, your irreducible recaptured by the government. We had operating costs might be $18,000 a an average of 300 ships subsidized each month more than those of the Japanese year during this period. Gross subsidies vessel that docks beside you in both came to about $54.8 million a year. Re- captures from good operations and SECURE YOUR FUTURE! some good times brought back an aver- Men, women, overseas jobs. Up to date reports age of $14 million a year. The same on Foreign Employment. Special listings of excellent paying jobs in all fields. High salaries ships paid taxes averaging $11.8 million for skilled and unskilled. Write or wire $2.00 a year. The net cost of this program, fee today. Refundable if not satisfied. INC. as a nationally-sponsored venture, was FOREIGN INFORMATION P.O. Box 27 Rego Park, L. I., N. Y. a little less than $29 million a year on what looked offhand like a $54.8 mil- lion-a-year subsidy program. GOVERNMENT 40 ACRE The subsidy does not pay you a OIL LEASE $100. profit. It does not cover your losses. It Act of Congress gives citizens equal rights with Oil Co*s. to obtain Govt, leases. You do no drilling, yet puts you in the scrap for ocean busi- may share in fortunes made from oil on public lands. ness on an equal footing with >'our for- (Payments if desired) Licensed & Bonded Oil Brokers. Free Information & Maps of booming areas. Write: eign rival. It lets you fail or succeed NORTH AMERICAN OIL SURVEYS with the Japanese or English or Dutch 8272-L SUNSET BLVD., LOS ANGELES 46, CALIF. or Greek operator on the same basis that one American businessman com- Free Book on Arthritis petes with another. The advantage of (fn,m 4pr,l. W44 A.L.M.) the subsidy is that it lets American And Rheumatism businessmen fight for the ocean trade HOW TO AVOID CRIPPLING DEFORMITIES Explains why drugs and medicines give only temporary without being overh' penalized for fly- rt'liet and tail tu lemtive ( lie < auses : tells all aljout a ports and bids against you for cargoes. six'cializfd non -surgical, non-medical treatment which ing the American flag, buying Ameri- lias proven successful tor the past 36 years. Write for As an American vessel, yours must tliis 44-page FltEK BOOK today. can and hiring American. carry an American crew while your Ball Clinic, Dept. 560, Excelsior Springs, Mo. Who benefits? The nation benefits rival could carry a low-paid Japanese to the extent that your operation helps crew. No matter whom you compete maintain the nucleus of ships, shipbuild- against, the same problem plagues you. ing and the shipping manpower the Differences in labor costs between U.S. nation needs. and foreign vessels ranging from $10,000 to $19,000 a month are commonplace. Who else benefits? The bulk of The average operating cost difference ship subsidies actually goes to American between all subsidized U. S. ships and labor, rather than to capital and man- agement. chiefly their closest foreign rivals is close to The payments are $15,000 a month. based on the cost of American labor. The AMAZING Automatic In times of tough competition (which They permit the employment of sea- Dashboard Cigarette Lighter has men, shipyard workers and other ship- come to mean whenever there is 10-SECONO DEMONSTRATION MAKES THE SALE ping labor at rates of pay that are con- no war) your Japanese competitor /fiserf — Push Button — C/goretfe (s tit Rich enamel finish. Precision made. Guaranteed for could page his rates at level sistent with American living standards. a where he'd two years. Fits lighter socket on all cars. No instal- In effect, an American level of wages is lation necessary. Cig-O-Mat means safer driving. earned $1,000 a month. If you matched Motorists can now keep eyes on road while lighting him in to guaranteed by the subsidy, but profits a cigarette. SALESMEN: Sell individually boxed Cig- order get an equal share of O-Mats direct to car owners. DISTRIBUTORS: Sell Cig-O-Mats on display cards to filling stations, cargoes you'd lose if must come from successful business $17,000 a month, garages, hardware stores, taverns and many other you had no operating subsidy. competition. retail stores. FREE — Display Counter Card with 9 CIG-O-MATS But you have a subsidy. How does it This is a proper statement of what Retail Price $1.69 each w ork? the shipping subsidies add up to, in the B/G PROf/TS-FUll OR SPARE T/AiE TRIANGLE PRODUCTS. INC.. Dept. AL-4 The Maritime Administration bases face of a rather easy suspicion that the 1226 Fourth Ave.. Milwaukee, Wis. PLEASE RUSH: subsidies are a form of handout to your subsidy on a strict comparison 12 Cig-O-Mats individually boxed for $10.00 between your necessary costs and the management. 9 Cig-O-Mats on Display Easel for $7.38 1 Sample and Details tor $1.00 costs of the Japanese ship which is your This subsidy principle is the one that I enclose $ NAME closest rival. If it agreed that the dif- is approved by The American Legion, ADDRESS ference is $18,000, that would be the other national organizations and the CITY ZONE .... STATE THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1955 • 61 Congress. It is the subsidy principle of The American Legion is continuing to gram, we are lagging behind in ship de- the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. The support the 50-50 law and will fight sign. The new supertankers are large, Legion beheves that private capital is any attempt to repeal or \\ eaken it. speedy, and modern in every sense. So ready to increase our merchant fleet if (4) Construction of ten new super- are our three big, fast, new passenger the penalties of flying our flag are not tankers has been privately financed as ships, the United States, the Constitu- too great. Thus a present program to a result of a trade-in-and-build pro- tion, and the Independence. But no basic provide $173 million of government aid gram, with an assurance that the gov- change in the design of the bulk of the for shipbuilding and overhaul is ex- ernment would have cargoes for them ocean-going fleet has occurred since pected to attract $227 million more of for many years. Fifteen more such World War II, except for the new private investment funds. tankers will probably be built in the A'lariner class. Exactly the same principle apphes to not-too-distant future. Thirty-five new Mariners have been shipbuilding subsidies as applies to ship (5) An addition of about 20 modern built. They are beautiful, fast cargo operating subsidies. Your subsidy to dry cargo and passenger ships to our ships, but were unfortunately designed build a ship in an American yard can- merchant fleet seems likely as a result to be Navy auxiliaries, without enough not exceed the saving you could make of plans now afoot. These would in- thought to their peacetime operation. by building it in a qualified foreign clude new ships, and remodeled ships. The design of the A4ariners requires yard. It makes up the extra cost that Yet all of this good news is not a such big crews that, as they came off you have to pay for building an Ameri- progressive plan to achieve definite the ways, few operators would under- can ship in an American yard with goals. take to sail them commercially. American products and American labor. The Navy's estimate is that we need Twenty-six of the brand-new Mariners IV- HOW ABOUT A PROGRAM? at least 214 new freighters, tankers and went directly into the tied-up reserve The Congress has done a great deal transports, capable of 20 knots or more, fleet. Seven are privately operated \\ ith to encourage revitalization of our Mer- right now. The 25 tankers and 20 subsidy, the Navy is using one and one chant A'larine in the last year. Henry freighters and passenger ships men- has been lost at sea. C. Parke of Brooklyn, N. Y., chairman tioned above do not approach this goal. Now, two more of tiiem will be re- of The American Legion's National They add up to 45 ships, many of which modeled for operating efficiency and Merchant Marine Committee, repre- are in the "maybe" stage. put into the passenger trade. These two sented the Legion well, and tirelessly The realities call for a bold, intelli- are part of the 20 cargo and passenger supported favorable shipping legislation gent plan. ships included in the schedule of ten- in the Congress. He was ably supported Such a plan would fix a sensible ob- tative "new" shipping above. b>' a strong and representative com- jective and provide the necessary steps The Federal Maritime Board has mittee. Compared to other years, 1954 to bring it into being and to keep it in asked for $102 million for 1956 to help was productive. Some of the achieve- operation. up-date our merchant fleet and the ments: Such a plan would provide a steady President included this sum in his bud- ( 1 ) The ship operating subsidy ap- means of modernizing some ships and get message to Congress. The American propriation was increased. replacing others as fast as they become Legion will support this and other spe- (2) A plan to repair and improve outmoded or worn out. cific steps aimed at improvement. our laid-up cargo ships was adopted. Legislating out of desperation, with- However, this and the other encour- This was done not only with the out any real plan, must forever keep aging recent actions are not aimed at thought in mind of up-dating the re- our shipping at a level far below the a positive goal. They are, rather, emer- serve fleet to some extent, but to help limits of national requirements. gency measures to patch up a bad situ- maintain the shipyards. The mothballed A plan that goes after what v\'e need ation that has reached a critical stage. cargo ships of the reserve fleet were would be "bold" in terms of a Merchant Within a few years nearly all of our put away in the condition in which they A'larine. But the boldness should not merchant ships will be outdated not came out of World War IL Recently particularly frighten anyone. It is the only for defense purposes, but for com- 57 of them were in the shipyards for same method by wiiich we maintain the mercial use. Of our 405 privately oper- renovation, including four guinea-pig Navy, Army and Air Force that we ated tankers, for instance, 85 per cent Liberties which will be remodeled in an need, except that the nation need not need replacement now. attempt to improve upon the perform- foot the entire cost of a Merchant Today it is recognized that replace- ance for which they were designed. Marine. ment cannot be put off any longer \\ ith- (3) A blanket law was passed re- Most of the ships to which we are out reaching a point where we w ill quiring that at least half of all govern- giving operating subsidies toda>' are have to send the bulk of our ships to the ment-financed cargoes shipped over- X^ictories and C-type ships. We aren't graveyard all at once, in a ver\' few seas must go in American flag vessels. getting our full money's worth in terms years from now. To replace even the This i: called the "50-50" law. Such a of usefulness to the national defense. equivalent of our present fleet then provision had been written into individ- These ships would be helpful in a would be beyond the capacity of our ual bills for foreign aid in the past, but Korea-type emergency in \\hich we yards. it had not been a general law applying would have absolute control of the seas. A Merchant Marine program w ith a to all government-financed cargoes. They are already out of date for any goal would be something other than a This reasonable law, by assuring car- situation in which modern enemy subs, fill-in to ease a crisis. We would ask, goes for American flag vessels, is a cost- planes or ships would challenge us. how many ships of w hat t\ pcs docs the less of improving way earnings and Our subsidy dollar is keeping seamen nation need? We would establish the thus reducing the need for direct grants employed and keeping shipping indus- answ er and build the ships. We would to U. S. shipping. try operating to a certain extent. Those ask, on what routes can we operate The 50-50 law is under indirect attack are two goals. It is buying us very little them? We would commit more ships to by foreign shipowners. in terms of the other goals: shipyard more routes, and support their opera- Since no other shipping nation per- capacity, fleet usefulness in ^\ar, or fleet tion as much as necessary. We would mits as much as half of its entire foreign size. Each dollar of operating subsidy ask, what replacement rate need we commerce to travel on any ships but its would be better spent if it were helping employ steadily to keep the fleet up-to- own, and since our own shipping is far a fleet of the right size and right design. date and to keep the shipping industry- below national safety requirements. With no planned shipbuilding pro- stable at a safe level? We would sclied- (J2 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1955 — in times war, ulc -.1 continuing replacement program 1860 onward, except of and end the era of recurring crises. our merchant fleet was dying. Up un- The PIJST EXCHANGE CLASSIFIED OPPORTUNITIES Neither now nor in the past have wc til 1860, we maintained about four BUSINES5-IVI0NEY-MAKING OPPORTUNITIES shipping for every $1,000 made a shipping program on the basis tons of J200 WEEKLY cleon.ng VeneTion Blindi. ftee book. Burtt, 2434Z, Wictiilo 1 of these questions and answers — and worth of foreign commerce. After 3, Kqi SELL-BUY Tiion.o Ge More bitlliani thon diomonds. $9,75 CQfot whole- ole. Free spiralled up- cololog Die , 1 404.L M.lchell, , our failure has been rather more costly 1860, our conuiierce OoUond 1 Co EARN BIG MONEY..INVISIBLY REWEAVE domoged goimenls 01 home! ward, but our shipping fell off. The than less. Deloili FREE_ FABRICON, 8330 Piolne, Chicago 19 115.00 THOUSAND Poilibl^typewfiling The cost per ship w ould almost cer- picture between 1790 and 1900 moiling lists and oddiejiing Ifom Ihem. Pcliculois FREE. ECONOMY, Rowley, Moss. looked about like this: tainly be less under a planned program PROFIT! PRESTIGEI Publish o mogoime undet your owl, nome! Veiy leosono- falel Somple, dcloili 5< ! FILMER, 910-A Moiion, Phon, Te.oi. than under a mend-and-patch policy. WANT Up to JlOO OO weekly deposited in youi moil bo«' Details Free! Sound planning would, among other Aldensmilh, 2708-L Lode.o, Son Beinoidino, Colli WOMEN! Sew Reody Cul Neckties ot Home No EKpetience necessaiy. things, encourage bolder management No selling No machine needed. Details (ree. NECKWEAR SUPPLY, P.O. and more ad\ enturous enterprise on the Bo. 2066-G. Inglewood 4, Coliloinio. OWN A BUSINESS! No investment. Start lime. Prospects 4 spore everywhere, part of operators. TONS OF SHIPPING' uniforms embroidered to odvertise. Big prohts. Samples free. TOPPS, Dept. Rochester, absence of dependable planning $ l.OOO COMMERCE 91 4, Indiono. The Cafe Operotors Moke big profits. Train ot home, spare time. Learn food in an industry that requires government preporotion, menu plonnmg, how to get started in busrness. Deloils flee Restou- .^..i Ah. tu((—tiO^ r — t f~SU:,« support has made timidity and caution FREE Book "505 Odd Successful Bus '. Work home. Expect somelhir Odd! PACIFIC Oceonside, Colif. characteristics of our shipping industry. CC, 150 00 WEEKLY Sporetrme Mori order Business Complete Detoils FREE. LYNNE. 10420 Notional Angeles 34. Colifornio It is most likely that if tiie industry , Los GROW MUSHROOMS, Cellar, Shed, Spore, full time, year round. We poy de|>endablc were placed on a sound and J3.50 lb We Paid Babbitt $4,165.00 in few weeks. Free Book. MUSH. basis, bolder attitudes would appear, ROOMS Dcpl 204 -2954 Admirol Way, SeoHle, Wosh. SALES HELP-AGENTS WANTED-MEN-WOMEN w ould pay olf, and make over-cautious- EARN EXTRA MONEY Selling Adveitismg Book Matches. Free somple kit furnrshed MATCHCORP. Dept. ED-6, Chrcogo Illinois ness unprofitable. 32, A DRESS SHOP in you, home. No investment. Liberol sales commrssrons. The cost of an enlarged, coordinated, Wrrle Bellecroft Foshrons, 1 1 1 WM Eighth Ave., New York. WHOLESALE! 8,000 Notronolly Famous Products. 30-80% Discounts! Latge shipping program could also be reduced Cotolog. Sensotionol Business Plans Included, Consolidated Distributors, 21- by more measures — such as the 50-50 80 LofoyeHe, Peterson 15, New Jersey 1790 ANYONE CAN SELL fomous Hoover Uniforms fo beouty shops, waitresses, Act — that encourage more shipping in nuises, doctors, othefs. All popular miracle (abri< s—nylon, docron, Orion. American bottoms. Exclusive styles, lop qualily. Big cash income now, f' THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL. 19-^5 • ^3 " L«>t 'Em Rido joining table. Just as they went by she DEPARTMENT hissed: "You worm, you polecat, you little Here's a fact that yon iici-cr should scoff OF A tho//f(ht you shoiild ponder upon — INTERNAL snake. Why, you're nothing but a cheap- REVENUE skate!" Tl\n telling folks ivherc to get off Is not the best ii\iy to get on. fy With quick reflexes, he looked at his — Berton' Br.'vley wife admiringly and said: "You're abso- lutely right, my dear. And w hat else did you say to him?" Inland It's llotK^r — Albert Kelley Two staid Bostoiiian ladies w ere visiting California wiicrc tlie summer da>' had sent Blowhard the temperature close to the 100° mark. The master of ceremonies spent an end- "I've never seen it so hot," complained less 15 minutes letting off esteem. one of the ladies. "It never gets this way — F. G. KernAN in Boston." "Of course not," the other lady spoke up. "But \ ou must remember we're >,000 miles It Tan't Ite from the ocean." One morning, while shaving, a fellow — Haroi.d Helper was cursing and sw earing so loudly it at- tracted the attention of his wife, who was preparing breakfast in the kitchen. "AMiat's the matter?" called his young spouse. "i\ly razor— it won't cut!" he shouted. "Don't be silly, dear!" she declared. "You mean to tell me your beard is tougher "Now there's a fellow I can't under- than linoleum?" stand. Ever> body I've talked to so far tells — George Primm, Jr. me he's over 80 years old, and yet he hasn't got an encm\' in the world. How does he do it?" On Order Mr. Peebles happened to hear the last Some men lead planned, u'ell-ordered lives. remark and answered the question for him. IV/io does the ordering? Their icives. "Easy," he said. "I outlived 'em all." — Richard Ar.mour — R. Dennis AIartell When It Was lleally Cold Orders Are Order.s During a heavy blizzard the foreman of When the sergeant barks ''As-you-ivere" a railroad crew, head bent against the be- loco- rd answer "Gee, Thajiks a i/iillioir low-zero gale, w alked up to a halted line tracks. Seeing only And resume the life 1 prefer motive on the main engine, Because I were a civilian! one man standing beside the huge — Dorothy Brenner Francis he yelled out: "There we are, sir . . . eggs, light bulbs, George, whcrc's your fireman?" tomatoes and one giant-size peaches!" "Hey, The engineer of the train turned, hesi- 4{Miek Koeoverv tated and then bellow ed: .S« Ea( I'oiir Woril.s! A meek little man and his w ife, w ho was "Up in tiie cab. He got knocked out by neither meek nor little, were sitting in a a piece of flying ice." He pulled uj) a chair to the table corner of a restaurant, and she w as bawling "Flying ice?" echoed the foreman. And frowned at my lop-sided cake. him out, as usual. "Yeah," shouted the engineer. "He tried He said, "\our meals just can't compare During her wild monologue a part>' en- to spit against the wind!" \Vith the ones mother used to make." tered and, unseen by her, made for an ad- — Dan Bennett 1 said, "I need a little more time. At cooking I'm just a beginner; And, dear, I called your mother totlay, She came over and cooked the dinner." — Anna Herbert Nnnib4>r.s (anio "So Tucker is married," one Monday morning commuter remarked to another. "I thought he was a bachelor busy looking out for number one." "Oh, he w as," agreed his informant, "but he met a widow who was out looking for nuTuhcr two! — Adrian Anderson Tonsil Tv|»4'M Man ciiiniol Ux'c hy bread aloiw, I liitsl — But many sine tiy to gel by on crnsl. — Eari, Bennett a The stranger in the neigliborliood stopped to talk to one of the sliopkeepers. They hadn't been talking long when tlic door opened and old Air. Peebles walked in. The stranger nodded toward him and said to the merchant: "Don't do that, dear . . . that's yoiu new doll." ^4 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1955 — (photo— NEW ORLEANS, LA ) Wherever fine whiskey is enjoyed the call is for SunnyBrook 9/ BRAND From a New Orleans riverside estate to a Montana mountainside cabin everywinere across the face of America men w^^o know fine whiskey call for Old Sunny Brook, Kentucky's cheerful whiskey! KENTUCKV SIRAIGHI BOURBON WHISKEY. 86 PROOF. KLNIOUKY BLENDED WHISKEY, 86 PROOF 65% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS. THE OLD SUNNY BROOK CO., LOUISVILLE, KY. ! 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