THE AMERICAN SEE PAGE 16 WHY RED CHINA MUST BE KEPT OUT OF THE UN LEGION BY HAROLD LORD VARNEY MAGAZINE Just in case a little hird didn't tell

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Vol. 56 No. 4, April 1954 You'll be THE AMERICAN m:<;io\ 'way ahead... LEGION MAGAZINE

Contents for April, 1954 cover by wallyrichards

UNCLE BOONE AND THE BIG NEWS (fiction) by Ewart A. Autry 15 PROVING THAT EDUCATION SOMETIMES PAYS.

WHY RED CHINA MUST BE KEPT OUT OF THE UN by Harold Lord Varney 16 IT IS SIMPLY A MATTER OF SELF-PRESERVATION.

MINOR LEAGUES BUT MAJOR HEADACHES by Ernie Harwell 18 THE STARDOM TRAIL CAN BE A ROUGH ROAD.

I WAS THE TARGET by Hon. Gordon H. Scherer 20 HOW IT FEELS TO BE SMEARED BY REDS AND PINKS.

STRETCH YOUR HOUSE UPWARD by Robert Scharff 22 IT'S SIMPLE TO MAKE MORE ROOM FOR YOURSELF.

YOU CAN SURVIVE AN ATOM BOMB by Robert B. Pitkin 24 to leave your THE OUTLOOK ISN'T AS DARK AS YOU MAY THINK.

WHY SO MUCH HORSEPOWER? by James C. Jones 26 car at home.. SPEED IS NOT EVEN SECONDARY. CAN WAGES BE GUARANTEED? by Lewis Haney 28 BOTH SIDES OF A HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE.

THE ABC's OF FLY CASTING by Erwin A. Bauer 30 THE ART IS NOT HARD TO MASTER.

NEWS OF THE LEGION 37 Features

SOUND OFF! 4 PRODUCTS PARADE . 8 NEWSLETTER 3S

. EDITOR'S CORNER . 6 ROD AND GUN CLUB. . 12 PARTING SHOTS . . . 72

Manuscripts, artworlt, cartoons submitted for consideration will not be returned unless a seif-addressed. stamped envelope is included.

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Cull- Penno, : F mmet Sofay, on longer trips, with Greyhound's Meyer, Alliance, Ne- John E. Drinkord, braslco, Vice-Choirmen man, Ala.; Dove H. Jacksonville, Flo,; D. L. straight-through Express service. Members of the Com- Fleischer, St. Louis, Seers, Toledo, Ohio; A. Long Arm- Mo. ; Somuel J. Gor- Harold Shindler, And on hundreds of Greyhound mission: strong, Spokane, Wash.; mon. West Hartford, Newburgh, Ind.; Edgar schedules, you'll get the world's smooth- Charles E. Booth, Hunt- Conn.; Ecrl Hitchcock, G. Voughon, St, Paul, ington, W. Va.; Roland Glens Foils, N. Y.; Her- Ml nn. est, most luxurious ride, aboard famous new Air Suspension Coaches! Puhliiher ^ Lmit^ttip EdttoT AtiveTitfiny. Dnector James F. O'Nell Boyd B. Stutler Fred L. Maguire New York, N. Y. All hJitor Eoitern Adv. M^r. Al Marshall William M.DeVitolis A sf'i lo Publisher .

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^ Phillips Petroleum Company is proud and happy to SEE program as "I Led sponsor such an inspiring television "I Led Three Lives'' Three Lives." Over These TV Stations Mr. Higdon's warm letter is one of thousands of favor- KOBTV Minneapolis KSTP-TV able comments we have received in praise of this anti- Albuquerque Ames WOl-TV Oklahoma City WKY-TV Communist show which appeals strongly to all loyal Bloominglon WTTV Omaha WOW-TV Americans. Chicago WGNTV Peoria WEEK-TV Davenpotl WHBF TV Quincy WGEM-TV We feel sure that all members of the American Legion Oes Moines WOI TV Rock Island WHBF TV will derive entertainment and benefit from the production, KTXL-TV Grand Rapids. . ..WOOD-TV San Angelo that you will want to see it regularly, and that you will take Houston KPRC-TV St. Louis KSD-TV KSTP-TV pleasure in recommending it to your fellow-Legionnaires Hutchinson KTVH SI. Paul Indianapolis WFBM St. Petersburg.. ..WSUNTV and other friends. It is definitely your type of show. Kalomozoo WKZO Sioux City KVTV In sections of the country not served by Phillips Petro- Kansas City WDAf Spokane KHQ-TV leum Company, other outstanding American concerns are Lansing WJIM Springfield KYTV WTMJ Tulsa KOTV also sponsoring "I Led Three Lives." Milwaukee Wichita KTVH

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lesvfffe, Oklahoma "Cake not wood mellows your

PLEA FOR A PRISONER party." Curiously, so is communism. Note, though, both take their doc- Sir: My son, 1st Lt. Douglas H. Haag, smoke trines from exactly the same disciples; was reported missing in action of as namely, Hegel, Feuerbach, Marx, July 12, 1950. Last September 1 re- Engels, Liebknecht, Lenin, Trotzkj', ceived a telegram from the Adjutant Stalin, et al. Limpus must explain why General saying that my son was be- socialism and communism both insist lieved to have been at one time a pris- that "God is the opiate of the masses," oner of the reds, and may be among why each advocates the "materialistic the men for whom the reds have given basis of history," why both insist upon no accounting. My son's name has "free love," and why each refers to never appeared on any list nor POW the same disciples, before he can con- have 1 had any word from him. 1 am vince us that communism is no more writing to beg that you will use your and no less than socialism in action mul the magazine to arouse the American pub- —that both are authoritarian and each lic to what is happening to the 944 is opposed to republican democracy, men still held by the reds in \ iolation the rule of, by, for and through the of the truce. Why is our Government people. not taking whatever means arc neces- John V. Rowan sary for the immediate return of these Colonial Heights, Va. fukes Yello-Bote men? These are our own men who imported hriar fur iustev have fought for us. Will our Govern- ment abandon them? I understand that than any pipe at any price! it is planned to declare them "pre- sumed dead." I cannot believe that my country would do this thing. AMiat is behind this? We, the parents and wives of these men, have a right to know. Mrs. Catherine H. Haag FRIENDS ACROSS THE BORDER Louisville, Ky. Sir: I've often read letters telling how U. S. citizens are treated up here in

GOT YOURS YET? Canada. Well, here is what happened to me. I was rushed to Providence Sir: Bought a copy of The American Hospital here in Aloose Jaw with a Legion Reader and want to say con- hemorrhage. I was in bad shape but gratulations! It's a real American book the doctors, sisters and nurses were that belongs on the bookshelf of all kindness itself. One day a man came From the first pufF, Yello-Bole's real American homes. into the ward and asked if there were honey builds up a healthy, protective Bill Hamer, Jr. any veterans. As there was no reply cake. It mellows the smoke, absorbs 'New York City I asked if a U. S. veteran would do. tars and resins. The filter refines the T If you have not bought your own Brother, talk about comrades or long in to rest. Yello-Bole smokes so clean, cool copy of the Reader addition the lost brothers! 1 am a member of James copies your Post should have bought and sweet you don't have to inhale to J. Barrv^ Post 85 in Philadelphia and for your local school and public li- enjoy it. Treat yourself to a healthier- though now living up here will remain braries, place your order now with your smoking, honey-lined Yello-Bole — in a member since Philly is my home. local bookstore. If it is not available But the Canadian Legion told me that handsome new shapes and finishes! there you can get it from the National I was welcome any time to their home Emblem Division of The American here, and that my American Legion DDnnr? Yello Bole is the world's Legion, Indianapolis. The price is $4.95. card would be honored here as if 1 IllUUr : largest selling pipe, BY FAR! Editors were at my own Post in Philadelphia. Real neighbors, these Canadians. Kenneth M. Carroll SEASON'S BEST JOKE Moose Jaw, Sask. Sir: The letter in Soiaici Off for De- cember by Lowell M. Limpus surely FOR BUYING AMERICAN amuses anyone who attempts to ana- lyze the difference between socialism Sir: In the Editor's Corner for Feb-

and communism. It is the season's best ruary the item headed What Price

joke. Limpus states: "Socialism is the Public Opinion? explains how the pub-

doctrine of a legitimate political lic is fed insidious campaigns on any

Writers must give name and address. Name tcithheld if re- quested. So many letters are being received it is not possible to promise answers. Keep your letters short. Address: Sound Off, I The American Legion Magazine, 580 Fijih Ave., New York 36, N. Y.

4 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1954 suhicct w hen backed by sufficient dol- youth or adult can kill just as readily lars and an efficient publicity organi- as a firearm. We attempt to require zation. One good example of a sales certain basic understanding and pro- ]oh being slio\ ed at us is the present ficiency in handling an automobile, so program of convincing Mr. America why not a similar program of firearms SArt LUBRICATION tliat he siiould bu>- any and all foreign- safety instruction? Let us not leave it made goods, made abroad with cheap all up to God to help America. Your labor, even if this means a spread of local Legion Post is rightfully ex- unemployment in our country. The pected to pursue a nationally pre- idea might work fine for our country- scribed program of marksmanship men with plenty of money, who can whose principal purpose is to educate take advantage of lower priced for- and train both youths and adults in eign merchandise, but how many bar- firearms safety . If your Post does not gains can iMr. American Workman participate in this i>rogram of help to take advantage of— if he has lost his community, state and nation, it's up job? to > ou to get sucii a program under Oil- Ignaz Schwiiin II way inuncdiately. ^lOTOR Chicago Walter H. Post Portland, Ore. Marksmanship Chaiiiiian Department of Oregon

PASTOR MALOF VS. GIDEONS

Sir: Pastor iMalof, according to God's

Snniggler in your February issue, is devoting his life to the possibility TO VISIT DOWN UNDER that someday in a happy future an unfortunate Russian might find a Bible Sir: I've often wondered why cheap with this in his hands, and be so grateful. Every excursion fares to Australia are not hotel in America furnishes their guests made available for the girls who mar- w ith Hibles. I wonder how many of ried American GI's. I've been here the guests bother to read them. Not nine \ cars and I know of many who a very good commentary on Ameri- have been here longer. As much as wc cans. love America and all it stands for wc Margaret Russell Dillon long to see our families back home This 100% Pennsylvania motor Chicago and for them to see their grandchil- oil with mt'Jmjh-Ji&n'^ stands up dren. Why can't there be a ship just under intense heat, resists for- ex-Aussies and their families? I'm for NOTHING NEW sure it would be booked out. We are mation of oil-wasting engine tauglit family life first, so why forget Sir: During the past several years, deposits. Your engine stays those parents we girls left behind? The American Legion Magazine has Joy Ripatti published several articles warning clean and smooth-running, uses Copeland, Idaho against the trend toward socialism or /ess oi7. Because Pennzoil /osfs communism. The article, Braimvasb- so long, it guards against costly COMPLAINT ing, American Style, was of that type, but in my opinion failed to name the wear caused by acids and fric- Sir: As a long-time member of The example of brainwashing most damag- tion. Switch to Pennzoil now! American Legion, I am wondering ing to Americanism. As a matter of wh\- The American Legion Magazine history', the Constitution was no soon- is loaded with advertising. Why has er adopted than the politicians sought The American Legion sold out to the to e\ ade it by distorting the meaning As big a difference as ever! advertising companies? 1 his magazine of terms in the Constitution. In 1817, oils contain detergents. is lousy \\ ith advertising. James Madison, credited with w riting Most now A VVithhekl Name the Constitution, said in a veto mes- detergent's job is not to lubricate, but Nevada, Ohio sage to Congress: "The power to reg- to improve conditions under which oil T Lci{i()iiiiaires owe a debt of gratitude ulate commerce can not include the lubricates. Pennzoil, too, contains de- to the companies that advertise in this power to construct roads and canals tergents, but its basic lubricating qual- inaga/iiie and they can show their ap- and to impro\e the navigation of ity, resulting from superbly refined j)reci.iti<>n water courses. It would be contrary to h\ patronizing them. It is Pennsylvania crude, still provides an the established rules of inter}! retation not giuerally kiiovMi, but this magazine extra margin of safety. has made available to the organization to refer the pow er in question to the millions «1 dollars, to underwrite such clause to pro\ ide for the common de- worthy Legion causes as child welfare, fense and general welfare. Such a view rehabilitation, etc. Editors of tiie Constitution would have the etfect of giving to Congress a general power of legislation instead of the de- BACKS COVER fined and limited one. It would have Sir: In Sound Off for February, H. the effect of the Constitution being Timothy Dean objected to the superseded by laws of Congress." Be- December cover which depicted a trayed by Congress and our Courts natural, uninhibited, freedom-loving and deafened by the din of our intel- American boy with a toy gun. The lectuals, we are now so thoroughly boy's interest in firearms is as reason- brainwashed on the meaning of the Sign able as a girl's love for dolls. What all terms in the Constitution that socialism boys that age lack is a mature appre- or communism can be adopted in full ciation certain for recognized \alucs without amending the Constitution. BETTER DEALERS IN EVERY STATE FEATURE of conduct. Rr'member this— an auto- Fred W. McElmon PENNZOIL® MOTOR OILS A LUBRICANTS mobile in the hands of an untrained Bellingbam, Wash.

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1954 • 5 HELP WANTED t^sT NOVEMBER \ve published a feature i entitled Then and Non- shov ing some of the battlegrounds and battlers

of XA'orld War I. One photograph sho\\ ed an unidentified outfit and \vc asked our readers if any of them recognized it. The response was so good that now we'd like to ask our WI readers for some information of another sort. In an early issue we plan to publish an article about the way in which automo- If your car leels like this . . . it's time biles were first used by the armed serv- ices of this country. Research indicates that the Army first adopted motor cars -for MARFAK chassis lubrication for war use at the time General Pershing was fighting the Mexican bandits under Pancho Villa. The General himself used a Dodge as his staff car. However, from this point the records 1. arc vague and contradictory, and we'd like to hear from any doughboys of the Big Wzr who can tell us about the cars they saw or possibly drove. We under- stand that in A\'WI General Pershing's staff car was a Locomobile, and at times

he used a French Renault. It is also said that the sturdy Dodge touring car that he used along the Mexican border was later used by him in France, or at least was in his Headquarters car pool. Can you help us? Any information you can give us about the first motor cars that went to war will be appreciated. Just send it to the editor of The Anieri- cm Legion Magazine, 580 Fifth Ave., New York City 36. cushiony'feeling That HOW TO BE FAMOUS THE OTHER DAY wc teccived an inter- lasts longer with- esting mimeographed paper entitled Ho^u to Get Your Name in the Paper. This is splash time on the roads. But let it written by Benn Hall, a New York pub- directions Benn gave a rain! Marfak sticks to the chassis, guards licity man. In his lot of good ad\ ice, but unfortunately he friction far longer. That's points of wear and overlooked several time-rested ways of because Marfak is specially made to combat not onh' getting one's name in the paper honorar>- wash-out— squeeze-out, jar-out too. And you but of becoming eligible for degrees from universities, invitations to the benefits. lubri- get smooth-riding Marjak address various mental uplift societies, cation delivers cushiony driving for 1,000 and other tokens of success. If you're a woman, an infallible short- miles or more! Get longer lasting Alaifak cut to fame is tt) marry a newspaper pub- chassis lubrication today from your Texaco lisher. Then, no matter how asinine your Dealer—the best friend your car has ever had. ideas, you're in business. Don't worry over your lack of personality or the fact THE TEXAS COMPANY that you're the world's worst speaker. Hubb> 's paper w ill give you the neces- TEXACO DEALERS sary buildup, and naturally hubb\''s like- thinking friends in the same business w ill in all 48 states give you sacred-cow status and make you a headline-spouting oracle in their papers. Texaco Products ore also distributed in Canada and in latin Arrterica A man can do the same thing in reverse

TUNE IN: METROPOLITAN OPERA radio broadcasts every Saturday afternoon. See newspaper for time and station. by marrying a publisher's daughter, wid-

^ • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1954 o\v or cx-wifc. Sonictiincs this cun be cough, but in return you can busy your- self rc-making the world to your own image instead of struggling along on |50 a week, more or less. Naturally, not everyone can engage in matrimony to become world leaders. Still, the way is always open for any Tom, Dick or Harr\- to make the front pages. ( Wc can't understand how Benn Hall over- looked tills since e\ erybody is on to it. Especially a lot of publicity-conscious educators, politicians, clerymen, etc.) Just make a speech. Not any old kind of spcecii, but a speech blasting someone such as Senator iMcCarran, General Mac- Arthur, Senator Brickcr or Senator Mc- Carthy. ^Vhat you say needn't make any sense, nor does it have to be true. Fur- ther, you don't have to have any stand- ing to get attention. Any nincompoop is eligible. For that matter, you can be as red as the rose, wearing a commie party membership card in your hatband, and the chances are you'll be billed by the biggest papers as a great patriot and fight- er for civil liberties. All you have to re-

member is to hit hard in your speech, preferably below the belt. There are many other \\ays to make the headlines of various great metropoli- tan dailies, but space doesn't permit us to describe all the tricks of the trade. How - ever, if you're interested buy yourself a few big-cit>' newspapers. You'll readily spot the pattern since it's as plain as the

nose on Jimmy Durante 's face.

TUNE IN IT IS GOOD to see more radio and tele- vision shows which portray commu- nism in action in this country. For one thing, since the public calls the tune, it indicates that Americans are sliow'ing more concern about domestic traitors. Tills is a great step forw ard. One of tiie major problems in fighting communism lias been to get people to understand it. Obviously, not many people are willing or able to w ork their way through books on dialectical materialism. On the other hand, interesting and exciting books which might have alerted Americans to the red menace have been slyly aborted by commie-minded people operating in the offices of book publishers and book reviewers. (See Irene Kulin's TF/.\y You Buy Books That Sell Coviuuivisiii in this magazine for January, 1951.) It is a source of some amusement, in- cidentally, that some of the pious publica- tions that now shriek loudest about what they choose to call "book burning" are the same ones that have tiic blackest rec- ords in the field of bo(jk abortion. However, it may well be that television can break the stranglehold of these propa- gandists so that the American public can learn the truth despite them. As an ex- ample, millions of Americans week after week arc able to follow the adventures of Herbert Philbrick in tlie T\^ series / Led Three Lives. Telling of Philbrick's career as an undercover agent for the FBI. the series is not only good entertainment but highly educational as to the reds in American communities. If you haven't seen it consult your local paper for time Blended Whiskey '^6 Proof '6^'/< C ra i n Netilral Spiril and station. JSfalioiial Distillers ProJiicIs Corporation, New Yo r

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1 1 pounds. Using either gasoline or kero- at any angle w ith accuracy is the new Dril- sene it is said to go .lOO miles on a single Lcx el offered by the M & J Specialty Co., gallon of either fuel, and the speed is 20 of Red Hook, N. Y. This is a circular miles an hour. The price is §99. .>0 delivered bubble level mounted on a graduated an\ \\ here in the U. S. bracket calibrated from 0 to 90 degrees. It is mounted on the housing of the drill ami has an casy-to-rcad scale. It sells for $3.9.i. ALL-PURPOSE COLOR SYSTEM Hello/ .\ coloring system which will match DOUSER colors in all types of paints for all kinds A simple w ay of keeping the smoking of surfaces has been announced b\ the Keystone Paint and Varnish Corporation. ImDemseM^Donald motorist from starting a forest fire is being manufactured b\' the Cig-A-Dousc Co.. (Called the Ke>'-1 int Customix Color S>s- tem, it is said to the first YOUR TRAVEL HOSTESS IN ONTARIO P.O. Uo\ 8788,' Portland 7, Ore. Their be coloring ma- terial e\ er is product is an ash tray with a spill-proof produced which compatible I'm iiere to help you plan an enjoy- water reservoir which puts out a burning w ith all t\ pes of paint products, w hether oil, rubber, alk\d, or xarnisli base. able vacation. Really, there are so butt at once and for good. Costing 7Sc the The Cig-A-Dousc has a bracket which permits major adv antage is that colors can now be wonderful things to in many do perfectly, man>- it to be fastened to the dashboard or steer- matched no matter how Ontario. Do you feel like "taking it ing w heel and a slot in the bracket makes different finishes arc used. easy" with your family tor a few weeks it a simple matter to rcmo\ e it for refilling with wafer. TO CLEAN YOUR RADIATOR at one of our friendly Ontario resorts.-* Would you like to go touring — see Perioiiic flushing of >c)ur automobile radiator is a simple matter with a Radiator Ontario's noted historic sites and r lusii just placed on the market by scenic spots — or fish and hunt in Pat-I.o I'nterprises, 228-.>6 iNIentone .Axe., Ontario's north woods.-' Enjoy water Laurelton \>. N. Y. All that is necessary is to attach xour garden hose to it and it sports — boating, skiing and swim- fits the radiator like an>' ordinarx cap.

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of i horsepower is being imported and XX orkroom. These step-saving toxvels, called STREET . offered by Hikers and Campers Specialties, Magnetoxvels, are being offered by iMagnex, CITY STATE. P.O. Box 198 -Lenox Hill Station, New- S45 Broadxx ay, Denx er, Colo., and they PLEASE PRINT York Cit>' 21. Operating on the diesci prin- cost SI. 25 a pair, postpaid. g • THE AMtRIC XN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1954 FUEL CHECK

If \ ou want to know exactly how much gasoline your car is consuming — w hile it avail- i.-. consuming it — there is a meter now accurate and running Distance QUIZ able which gives an Long report. The device is called the iMcCulloch i'ucl P'low Meter, made by McCulloch iMo- tors Corp., Los Angeles 45, and it sells for

,S 59.50 plus tax and postage. In addition,

installation is estimated to cost another three to five dollars. However, in return for this you are enabled to check the gaso- line you use over any distance and during

any period. It is possible to compare the results obtained from different brands or grades of gas or the results of driving at different speeds and under varying road conditions. The instrument has two pans. The meter fits on the engine between fuel pump and carburetor and the counter mounts on the dash or steering column.

VERSATILE POWER TOOL SET-UP "They tell me Long Distance calls are All the advantages of portable power tools plus the added value of a stationary set-up are offered the home craftsman in mighty cheap. How much would you tile Porta-Shop of the Porter-Cable /Ma- ciiinc Co., Syracuse 8, N. V. Basic unit of say these calls would be?" the outfit is a portable saw incorporated in a precision tilting arbor table model. On BALTIMORE TO PHILADELPHIA tile same work bench is pro\ision for a drill press utilizing a portable drill, a bench CHICAGO TO ST. LOUIS Sander and grinder using a Porter-Cable portable 2-inch belt sander, a horizontal WASHINGTON TO DETROIT drill stand, and a shaper. Prices and de- scriptive matter can be obtained from the JACKSONVILLE TO INDIANAPOLIS manufacturer or dealers. BOSTON TO SAN FRANCISCO

BABY IN THE HOUSE? See answers at bottom of page

If you have a young child, \ ou may be interested in a specially designed thermom- eter for the nursery which you are not likely to miss seeing when you enter or

leave the room. And that is important, the manufacturer says, since babies require a steady temperature. To help you pro\ ide it, Richard G. Krucger, Inc., 1359 Broad- We find that most people of pleasure at each end of way, New York City, offers a Nursery don't realize how low Long the line. Thermometer Switch Cover which fastens Distance rates really are. So o\er any night light switch so that you Somewhere today there is are put this little bound to see it. Available nationally, we on telephone someone who would like to hear it sells for a dollar. quiz to give you some typical your voice. rates.

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Advertfietnent NAME the From where I sit OAME ^ Joe Marsh A SPORTS PHOTO QUIZ Sports experts generally agree that

basketball is tbe only sport invented by an American. Other spt>rts played in this country- were imported and modified. Here are a few, however, which arc played in the U. S. exactly as they are in the countries where they originated. Sec iiow many you can name. We're Handy and Easy not offering an\' prizes but if \'ou name them all correct!)', you can call yourself a sports expert. ''Sign Up"

Last month's safety drive was a big success — almost. About everyone in town helped. The schools ran movies on safe driving, Rotary put up posters, and Handy and Easy Peters went out on their own.

The hoys put up a big sign by the side of the highway. It said, ''Slow

down—the life you save may be your 1. The Scots pl;i\ iliis game witli some- own.'' It was a good idea —after the thing (hat looks like a telephone pole.

police moved the sigji back twelve feet.

In their enthusiasm Handy and Easy put it too close to the road — in fact, right on the sharpest curve on the highway. They made driving unsafe by cutting off the view around the curve.

From where I sit, lots of people— even though they mean well—suffer from shortsightedness now and again.

For instance, some can never see 2. A form of bowling brought here from Italy. f:ioscly related to an ancient any further than their own personal English game with a different name. preferences. They even go so far as to object to my choice of a glass of beer with supper. Shouldn't we always take

the ''long view'' . . . and have respect for our neighboj-s' rights?

I 3. Cold weather is needed to play this .Scotch same in wliic h brooms are used.

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By EWART A. AUTftY

WAS WITH Uncle Doggett in his sw^mp "Punch up fire, ^p," ordered^hie man I " . . . three hard-faced gun. cabin when they came with the We^re cold." y ^ men and a small boy whose eyes showed signs Uncle Boone rose slbwly arid I noted that of tears. They came before dawn and the first his lean, gaunt figure towered above the in- we knew of their presence was by the low truders. "1 suppose you are cold," he remarked. growl of old Fog Horn, the big red bone "From the mud on your clothes I'd sa>^-yLoji hound, who was sleeping by the stove. Then, stayed in the swamp all night." they barged in and the leader, a short, swarthy "Button your lips and punch the fire," man with beady, close-set eyes, covered us snapped the leader impatiently. "Where we with a snub-nosed gun. "Stay put," he growled, stayed is noTfe-of^our business." "and you'll live longer." Uncle Boone shovtd, some wood into the Behind him came a big, beefy-faced fellow stove. "Come around to the fire, Danny," he with pouched eyes and a flat nose. Then a said, beckoning to the boy. thin-lipped, bow-legged runt with eyes like "How did you know (Covtimied on page 6&) ice came shoving the boy into the room. The boy was about ten, tow-headed, blue-eyed and

freckled. He stood very straight, but I noted that his e\'es w ere red and that his lips trembled.

Three hard-faced men and a small boy barged in. The leader carried a gun. mj RED CHINA

In return for a phony peace and promises of trade

Will lare. guns. handle effectively modern tools of This is a segment of Mao's red army. Note the Russian-type burp

By HAROLD LORD VARNEY by former Secretary Acheson on the admission issue. In the sobering shadow of America's WE HEADED for another Yalta? pap which will be used to sell the deal 32,000 Korea dead, it seems little short ARE Absurd as it may seem, high to the public when he talked about an of sacrilege to propose that Red China

' level American and British policy- American "new look" at Far East policy be allowed to shoot its way into the makers are definitely thinking in terms aimed at detaching Red China from UN. Wherever public opinion has been of another "deal" with Moscow. The Russia—the old Tito nonsense. British sampled, Americans have been virtually nub of the deal is the purchase of a VIPs, spearheaded by former Prime unanimous against it. Only last July, the phantom Far East peace by tlie admis- Minister Clement Attlee, have been in- House of Representatives, by a vote of sion of Red China to the United Na- sistent for admission — and admission 379 to 0, put Congress on record against

tions. It is all very hush-hush at this yiouK This whole discussion comes admission of Red China. Currently, the stage, but there are accumulating signs after four years of twisting and turning Committee for One Million, supported tliat top figures in American and British foreign policy are already committed THEY ARE FIGHTING TO GET THE RED CHINESE INTO THE UNITED NATIONS to this dishonorable step. The initial moves are likely to be seen in the after- math of the recent Four Power Con- ference at Berlin. Secretary Dulles gave a hint of what was in prospect in his November 9th statement that American opposition to Red China in the UN is not a "perma- nent policy." Ambassador Arthur H. Dean, on January 3rd, disclosed the 16 Pandit Sir AVinston Mrs. V. L. C:iement Aneurin Nehru Churchill Pandit Attlee Bevan must be kept out ofthe UJV

certain politico^ would barter our very existence.

Admission and recognition of Peking will be an unmistakable sign that we liave relinquished our fight for a Free China. It will be an announcement that w e have recognized the finality of com- munist rule over the 470,000,000 Chi- nese. It will be a bitter message to Chiang Kai-shek, and notice to the tens

of millions of Chinese who are still in

resistance that their cause is doomed.

W^orse, it will be an unmistakable signal to anti-communist South Koreans, Japa- nese, Indo-Chinese and others who are holding the thin line for the Free World in East Asia, that the United States is an uncertain ally in the fight against the glacial advance of com- munism.

The end result is certain to be the collapse of the whole Free World posi- tion in East Asia, with its unimaginable consequences of future acute danger to the United States. If we adopt this policy of scuttle and

run in the Far East, what will it mean to future America in terms of basic se- curity? In our reliance upon day-to-day expedients, few Americans have taken time to think out the long-range impli-

"Peace" as it was dispensed to fellow Chinese by Mao's communists. cations of our blundering Far East pol- icy since 1945. There has been a tragic failure to recognize that a permanently communized Asia will confront the by many Legionnaires, is circulating a is decided, the United States may even United States with a world in which we giant petition to President Eisenhower go through the motions of voting "No" cannot continue to live as a free nation. to keep Peking out of the UN. Senator in the UN Security Council if Russia Any honest facing of Far East reali- \Mlliam F. Knowland has a widely sup- and Great Britain find they have {Contimied on page 65) ported resolution before the Senate enough votes to win without us. The providing for outright American with- important thing is that we will not use drawal from the UN if Red China the veto: we have already renounced comes in. In the face of these plain in- that right, on the China issue, by ac- One of Chiang's raiding junks returns dications of American sentiment, short- cepting the thesis that admission is UN to Tach'en harbor with prisoners. sighted American and British policy- a "procedural" action to which the veto makers are proceeding doggedly with does not apply. the plan. The timetable, set by Soviet When the surrender comes it will l)e Russia, calls for a showdown this year. done with mirrors.

AA'hen and if the deal is made, it will What such a decision will mean to be executed with deceptive diplomatic the United States, in terms of national slickness and finesse. The fact that it is security, is plain to see. UN admission appeasement in its rawest form will be of Red China, followed, as it inevitably skillfully disguised by unctuous talk will be, by American recognition of about peace. Just as Yalta was sold to Mao Tse-tung's government, will mean the American public as an agreement an abrupt about-face in American Far that would save 300,000 American lives East policy. With all our China mis- in Japan, so United Nations admission takes of the last decade, we have never will be plugged as the move which will abandoned our support of the free make possible the end of American forces in China in their struggle to re- blood-letting in Korea. When the issue claim that country for the Free World. 17 MinorLeagues

Ma/or Headaekes

i\riiior league baseball is now played almost entirely at night. This is St. Cloud Municipal Stadium on a big night.

Despilo low salaries, poor ]>la\ing conditions and odds

againsl success, llu'v slill wAwi Co play ball in the minors.

By ERNIE MINOR LEAGUE managers are the backbone of baseball. HARWELL Big, black headlines never shout their praises. Their bank accounts suffer from lack of money. But with- out the plodding genius of these bush league pilots, the Major leagues, minors or sand- whole structure of the game would collapse. lot — nobody loves the umpire. "Managers in the minors are like army top sergeants," points out Fresco Thompson, vice-president and director of farm operations for the Brooklyn Dodgers. "They take charge of the awkward squads, teaching their recruits the right foot from the left foot and the execution of about- ous void of diamond fundamentals. This wholesale defect face and forward march. Big league managers are like army is a challenge to managers and a seasonal stimulant to aspirin captains. After their men have developed polish, they stand sales in bush league cities. with the top brass on the review ing stand and swell their "It's amazing how little these kids know w lien they come ciicsts as companies sw ing by \\ ith military precision." straight from college or the sandlots," points out Charlie Right now, some three hundred minor league managers Fox, who manages in the New York Giants' farm system. are preparing for the 1954 season. I'or the next six months "I spend much of my time just teaching them fundamentals." they will serve as teammates, teachers, parents and scout- Although he is only 32, Fox this year begins his eighth masters to a mass of inexperienced >'oung men. They will season as a minor league manager, serving as pilot for the

solve more problems tiian John J. Anthony — always with St. Cloud, Minn., team in the Northern League. It is little hope of rew ard. Charlie's duty to correct batting flaws, instruct pitchers, In the lower leagues managers arc paid between S3,000 work on signals, polish up fielding deficiencies and teach and $4,000 a year and nuist work in the off-season to sup- his boys to anticipate the other team's moves. port their families. Also, their chance of ever managing a Charlie — being a catcher — w orks hardest with his pitch-

team in the majors is remote. Many of them will drop out ing staff. He tries to teach his pitchers to "cover" their of baseball in a \ear or two. A few may climb as high as pitches and to obtain maximum speed from their deliveries. AA or AAA. But their advancement is restricted by (1) In his teaching Fox has the help of the Giants' training limitations of their ow n capabilities and (2) the major league school in Florida every spring. Here the youngsters get the policy of hiring men with major league experience, especial- best lessons from veteran baseball men like Carl Hubbell, ly headline stars. Hans Lobert, Bill Rigney% Ray Mueller and Frank Shellen- hi spite of these odds, many capable men stay in the back, who teach the basic concepts of the game. Fox takes minors because they love the game and derive a thrilling notes. When he returns to St. Cloud for the start of the satisfaction from pushing rougli, unpolished youngsters regular season he has a sheaf of papers large enough to slip tow ard stardom. under a green cover and serve as a substitute for a New Raw kids enter baseball every spring with big league York telephone book. dreams. Some don't have the talent to reach their glamorous "These notes come in handy," Fox points out. "They're

goal. Even those w irii the necessary potential show a griev- a big help to me w ith the youngsters, and I refer to them 18 "

game after game. It gives me more authority with my boys when I can point to a certain notation and say, 'You see, here's what Carl Hubbell says about that. Now do it the

way he did it.' Charhe gets even more valuable aid from the trouble- shooters who roam through the Giants' farm system with a helping hand here and there. Several seasons ago Frank Shellenback, a trouble-shooter, wrote Fox about one of his rookie pitchers. Frank had worked with the youngster during the training school and had been following the box scores. "I notice," he wrote, "that your boy is having trouble with his control. Remember that in the spring 1 had to cor- rect one of his bad habits (landing on his right heel at the finish of his motion)? Check on this and see if he lapsed back into that habit." Sure enough, the youngster was landing on l.'s heel after every pitch, restricting his hips on the follow- through and hurting his control. Fox corrected the fault and his young pitcher snapped out of his troubles to have a good season. However, all of minor league managing is not in the teaching of fundamentals. Even more important — accord- ing to Fox — is teaching the youngsters how to live. 'Most of these kids are away from home for the first time," he observes. "I have to show some of them how to dress, eat, and even how to brush their teeth." Fox tries to train his boys as their parents would. He puts emphasis on church attendance. "When a boy goes to church, he helps himself, and that's the important value," Farm team training cam|)s, o]>erate(l by most big-leagiie teams, concentrate on fundamentals. points out Fox. "But he also benefits the Club. People see that the boys are not just mechanical figures in baseball uniforms, but human beings."

Charlie is bombarded by letters from players' parents. "It's gratifying," one father wrote, "that my son is attend- ing church — something he never did at home. I was sur- prised to find him neater, and saving money for the first time in his life." Young ball players love to eat and Fox has to watch their diets closely. He feels keenly about over-eating because he himself sufi^ered the handicap of extra \\ eight. Charlie caught for Bristol in 1941, weighing 175. Then he went into the Navy. When he reported to the New York Giants' spring training in 1946 he had ballooned to 210. Fox tried; but he couldn't lose pounds. He was in poor shape and his legs were always getting banged up. But he sat on the bench next to his manager, Fred Gruber, and learned baseball. Gruber recommended Charlie as a farm manager, and the Giants put him to work at Bristol in 1947. Since then — unlike big league managers — who seldom see their players except on the field — Fox has stayed with his Coaches give a lot of attention to control boys and got to know them well. He stays on their level, but pitching, above, and batting techniques, below. is strict enough to command their respect. In 1949 Fox knew that one of his boys was worried about his father's failing health. When the boy's dad died, it was Charlie's duty to tell him the news.

"That's the toughest job I ever had," recalls Fox. ''1 \\ ent to the boy's room where he was writing a letter to his dad. I told him of his father's death. He burst into tears, and

when I saw him crying, I began to cry too." Fox's youngsters are faced with many temptations. If Charlie is not watchful, they will be led astray by some cynical has-been on the team. While managing Sunbur>', Pa., in the Class B Inter-state league. Fox was burdened with a heavy-drinking veteran outfielder. On the same teani was a fine young pitcher. The veteran began to invite the rookie on drinking sessions. The rookie enjoyed himself, but always lived in fear of his father. The young pitcher was worth fighting for, so Fox telephoned the boy's father in a near-by town. "Can you come to Sunbury?" he asked. "Sure." Tagging out a base runner is not as easy as it looks. The trick has to be taught to most rookies. The father came. Then, Charlie (Coiitinued on page SO) 19 a

I WAS THE MGET

By GORDON H« SCHERER^ Representative. Ist Congressional District, Ohio; Member of House Committee on Un-American Activities

No matter who he is, the person who exposes coinmuiiists

suffers for it. Here a Congressiiiaii tells what it is like to be on

the receiving end of coiiiiiiunist smears, frequently relayed by

well-known brainwashers who say they hate conununism.

No\enibcr, 1952, I was a Congressman a reprobate definition. WHEN I WAS elected to Congiess in by Not only their naturally thrilled by the responsibility of my post, by own slips and faults but the accumulated debits of all their

the dignity and prestige it presnmably carried. A year predecessors would be held against them ruthlessly and later, 1 can onh smile a bit w ryly over that first reaction. I forever, while their accomplishments would be slurred over could not guess that soon after reaching Washington I would or denied. be reviled, ridiculed, and insulted from coast to coast. A lawyer by trade and in politics as an avocation, I had

I am not the only \ ictim of this kind of abuse, of course. served two terms on the City Council of my native Cin- My fate is shared b>' all members of the several House and cinnati. I had headed up the Republican committee in Senate committees investigating the ravages of the commu- Robert Taft's home district in the critical 1950 Senatorial nist conspiracy within our gates, even as it was the fate of campaign. Some years earlier I had been on the stafi^ of the our predecessors, beginning w kh the much maligned Texan, local Prosecuting Attorney's office. I mention this back- iVIartin Dies, 15 years ago. Legislators may probe garden ground onh' to suggest that I was not entirely unfamiliar variety crimes or scandals with relative impunity, but when w ith the rugged give and take of political life. they venture to tackle the Kremlin's little gremlins, they Not until I joined the struggle against red sedition, how- have need for strong nerves and tough hides. ever, had an>'one inipugned my patriotism, honesty and In accepting a place on the House Committee on Un- sheer human decency. Thereafter I had to accustom myself American Activities, under Chairman Harold \^elde, I had to being called — to my face, in print and on the air — neither misgivings nor forebodings. Our boys were dying w itch-hunter and character assassin, an inquisitor and fascist, under communist fire in Korea. The mischief wrought by to cite the more fashionable labels. I had become one of the Soviet agents and spies was no longer a matter of general- group of Congressional in\ estigators being smeared in chorus ized surmise — enough of it had been exposed in detail to as smearers of innocents and enemies of the Bill of Rights. alarm the American people. To help dislodge these internal AVhat is more, I had to learn to "take it " w ith a forced enemies seemed to me a task any patriotic American could smile, frequently' from gentry whom 1 knew from ample undertake proudly, earnestly and with a clear conscience. records at my disposal to be agents and stooges of the AIos- Alas for my innocence! I failed to foresee that in joining cow Kremlin. A year earlier I would not have thought this committee I made myself at once a target for organizxd myself capable of the patience and restraint in the face of slander, regardless of how I might conduct myself. Before vicious and unfair attacks in which I am b>' now so well

I had met all my colleagues on the committee, and before schooled. it had held its first meeting imder the new Republican chair- The fact is that fliis committee, like others in Congress man, I was being plastered with sticky epithets by expert doing their plain duty of inquiring into communist sub- mud-gunners all o\ er the country. version of American life, have been pretty much intimidated Old hands on the committee seemed remarkably calm by the continuous vilification. Its chairman and members under the onslaughts, at least outw ardly. I would get used know' from bitter experience that a large part of the press to it, they consoled me; besides, I had neither seen nor heard and the public would give insulting w itnesses the benefit of

"nothin' yet." But Kit Clardy and 1, the tw o freshman mem- every doubt as against the official interrogators. bers, were angr\' and bewildered. Ignorant of the higher In the interests of their vital job, therefore, the\' keep "liberal" dialectics, wc could not at first figure out w herein a tight rein on their tempers and give unruly witnesses far we had sinned. But Clardy, being smarter than I, came up more leeway than any less battered and vulnerable com- with a key to the riddle. mittee would allow. They bend backw ard like acrobats to "I get it, Gordon," he said; "jou and I are guilty by as- avoid giving a handle to criticism. For the most part they sociation!" sit meekly under a barrage of invective and innuendo which The passing months proved his point to the hilt. The mere would be unthinkable in any other kind of investigation or fact of consenting to serve on a committee distasteful to in the law courts. communists and their fellow-travelers, I discovered, made Had I, as a young prosecutor, handled suspected pick- 20 Committee for the First Amendment; contributed thousands of dollars to buy newspaper space and radio time to de- nounce the infamous inquisition of the House Un-American Activities Com- mittee; and sent to Washington a galaxy-studded plane, containing at least a billion dollars' worth of movie flesh, to beard the legislators in their den. "Led by Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey Bogart and reinforced at the Capital by Senators Claude Pepper and Glen Tay- lor, the cinema intellectuals marched en masse into a famous Washington hotel, threw a cocktail party for the press,

posed for pictures and thundered 'J'^^'" cuse' at the witch-hunters. It was an awe-inspiring spectacle that rose to a fitting climax when the eminent au- thority on civil liberties, iMr. Danny Kaye, made an impassioned defense of the First Amendment—which, it turned out, he had unfortunately confused with the Eighteenth Amendment. They Hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee in New York, tell me Mr. Kaye was never funnier." May, 1953. Congressman Gordon H. Scherer appears at extreme left. {Human Events, August 26, 1953.) This "three-ring circus" was then universalh' blamed upon our long- pockets and dope peddlers as gingerly as Congressmen suffering Congressional committee, not the gilded claque handle suspects in communist skulduggery endangering the which staged it. Except for the scale, the techniques for security of our nation, I would have been fired for in- frustrating investigations of communism have changed but efficiency. little. After the ten "unfriendly" movie witnesses went to No self-respecting justice of the peace would tolerate prison for contempt of Congress, the First Amendment was for a minute the sort of browbeating my colleagues and 1 discreetly dropped in favor of the Fifth, the one that con- have been subjected to for hours on end as members of the tains the provision safeguarding witnesses against self-in- House Committee on Un-American Activities. Critics like crimination. to compare the committee's hearings — unfavorably, of The American people should know that the House Com- course — with proceedings in ordinary courts. Yet any wit- mittee on Un-American Activities does not summon people ness or lawyer who dared bait a judge as contemptuously for questioning by drawing names out of a hat. In all but as we are regularly baited from the witness box would a few cases these men and women are known to the com- quickly find himself in a comfortable jail. mittee — on the basis of its own researches, reports by gov- The typical hostile witness summoned before this com- ernment agencies, the testimony of others — as communists mittee arrives with a battery of lawyers and a lot of chips or collaborators with communists. Where doubt on this on his shoulder. He brings a prepared statement — handed score is strong, they are heard in closed sessions. An open out in advance to reporters — assailing the honesty, com- hearing is then held only after the evidence has been studied petence and sanity of the committee. It is and found to justify one, or when the witness couched in the most abusive language he can himself requests it. muster. Though talkative beyond control in Although executive hearings are designed denouncing the committee individually and primarily to shield the innocent, they have collectively, he maintains a stoic silence on the been decried as "star-chamber proceedings." things which happen to interest Congress and Public sessions, on the other hand, are decried the nation. Not infrequentl>' it takes a bitter no less shrilly as publicity stunts. It's a case of wrangle to extract even routine information damned if you do and damned if you don't. on his birthplace or current employment. Let there be no mistake on one point: the As often as not, especially in sessions held number of genuine innocents called by the outside of Washington, this obstreperous wit- committee, certainly in the period of my in- ness is backed by eager-beaver comrades de- cumbency, has been remarkably small. When ployed through the audience. When we sat in compared with the innocents caught in the ju- New York last May, a reporter from the New dicial process in normal criminal investigations, York Herctld Tribune gave a fair picture of indeed, the percentage approaches zero. Be- this claque: "the group that laughed derisively sides, if investigators, whether in Congress or during the testimony of the several 'friendly' witnesses, in a district attorney's ofiice, could separate the innocent snickered at the jaiix pas of the committee men, and roundly from the guilty with absolute certainty in advance, they applauded the hostile witnesses." would have no reason to investigate. The whole process of The most flamboyant of these claques showed up before probing involves not onh' the identification of those who my time, in 1947, for the questioning of Hollywood people. are culpable, but also the exoneration of tliose who are not. A vivid summary of its shenanigans was recently provided The American people should also know that a witness by Morrie Ryskind, a movie writer who appeared as a before a Congressional committee is not entitled in law to "friendly" witness. counsel. Nevertheless, committees looking into red infiltra- It was an occasion, he recalls, "when hundreds of movie tion and sedition permit a w itness to have law yers of his ow n stars, directors, producers, and writers formed the famous choice sit beside him during the (Continued on page 54] 21 The first step is to erect collar beams and side-wall studs. Note the power saw to save effort.

STRETCH

The "expansion attic" as it ap2>ears in millions of recently built homes.

By ROBERT SCHARFF TOUR HOUSE

OF A growing faniil\% many BECAUSE It is easier than you think to turn waste homes purchased only a few years ago are now pressed for living space. If this is your problem, why not attic space into rooms that you can use. consider expanding upward — into the

attic? Perhaps >our only need is for another bedroom or two. The attic is a

natural for tliat. But it can just as easily dilferent problem, depending on usable landscape restrictions prevent expansion be a recreation room or den, a hobby area and the pitch of the roof. In gen- on any side. It is also less expensive than

area or studio, a bedroom-pIa\'room for eral, if the rise of the roof is less than 8 adding an extension to the first floor of the children or even a complete apart- feet, there will be insufficient headroom your house. ment. Or >'ou may want to put your for a usable room. The minimum stand- If the attic is small, or only one room

television room up there to get it out of ing headroom is considered to be 6 feet, is to be finished oflt, the problem is rela- the crowded living room. 6 inches, and the average person requires tively easy; the plan generalh' depends Regardless of how you want to use 4 feet of headroom \\'hen seated. There- upon the location of the stairwa\'. the attic, the work can be done at sur- fore, the points at which walls 4 feet Where space exists for two or more prisingly low cost if you do most of the high will intersect the sloping rafters rooms, preliminary measurements of the work yourself. With modern building determine the width of the prospective available area should be made into a

materials, the job isn't time-consuming room. Unless the house is unusually rough floor plan so that > ou can \ is- cither. A survey recently made in a large large, a rise less than 1/3 of the span ualize just how the location of the stair- housing project in the East showed that leaves attic "space with too little head- way will influence the arrangement of it took approximately 100 hours for a room (see diagram). The length of the the rooms. In most small houses, the home-owner to finish off two rooms in room will be dependent upon the length attic stairs are centrally located, provid- his 26 X 30-foot home. The cost varied of the house, the placement of the stairs, ing an ideal layout with rooms opening from $250 to $450, depending on the the location of interior chimneys or any from a small central hall. AVhere the materials used to complete the rooms. other obstruction. stairway enters the attic at one end,

This cost figure included professional But don't be discouraged if > our head- however, there is seldom sufficient head- labor required, in most instances, for room doesn't seem quite high enough. room available for a lateral hallway, and making changes in the plumbing, heat- A pair of dormers are easily built and the floor plan must permit entry into a ing and electrical systems. Most banks will increase the usable floor area in the living or general-purpose room first, will lend you the money, if necessary, attic. Also, sometimes it pays to "raise with the bedroom at the opposite end. to make such an improvement to your the roof" and it's not as difficult as you Generally it is best to keep the number

home. might think. The roof is jacked up, side of rooms in the attic to a minimum to Proper planning of the attic will make walls are extended upward, and presto— avoid very small rooms. possible fulfillment of at least one major you have a story-and-a-half house with Another point to keep in mind when need and probably more. The room lay- the space you need upstairs. This idea planning the attic is to allow maximum out in each attic, of course, presents a is especially useful where lot lines and storage space, both in the rooms and 22 )

done is to la\' the rough flooring boards placed to the rear of, and along, this

—called subflooring. You may use 1-by- line; fasten it in position temporarily 6-inch boards nailed either at right with a couple of nails partly driven in. angles or diagonally across the joists, or Square the lower end of a 2-by-4 and

%-inch plywood sheathing. But, before cut it so that it is a couple of inches applying the subflooring, make all longer than the wall studs will be. Put necessary provisions for lighting, heat- the 2-by-4 on the plate and hold it ver- ing and plumbing if cables, ducts or tically so that its upper end rests against pipes are to run under the floor. Dur- the side of the rafter. Check with a ing the laying of the subflooring, care carpenter's level to be sure it is plumb should be taken not to hammer too and then carefully mark along the 2- hard, since the vibrations in the floor by-4, using the rafter as a guide, to get joists might loosen or crack the ceiling. the angle at which it must be cut off to make the stud. Now saw off the

waste and check to be sure that it fits. Some studs may have to be somewhat PHOTOS: COURTESY OF INSULITE CO. longer than others in order to keep the wall straight. After the insulation is in place you put up the ceiling tiles. Use nails or staples. When all studs are cut, take one of them and hold it in a vertical position under each rafter in turn, with the lower end resting on the plate. Then mark the stud position on the plate and the plate position on the floor. Take

the plate up, and nail through it into the lower ends of the studs to attach

( Continued on page 52

Side planks come with tongues and grooves, and easily fit into place.

under the eaves, for such equipment as You are now ready to tackle the job you would normally store in an unfin- of framing the w alls and partitions after ished attic. the rough subfloor is in, but before fin-

If an attic is to be made livable, it ished flooring is laid. After determin- must be as well ventilated and lighted as ing tlic perpendicular height of the side any other rooms in the house. /Many wall, mark the floor with a line drawn attics have only one or tw o windows, along a straight edge or snapped with The final framing in is done with panels often fixed. If this is the case, additional a chalk line. The 2-by-4-inch plate is that are merely cut to size and fastened. windows may be added in the side walls, or dormers can be built. And this is wh.n \<>ii <^i.t lor your work and a small outlay for materials. Well-placed dormers relieve a mo- notonous roof line, too, and can actually improve the exterior appearance of your

home. Unless the house is so located that one side of the sloping roof faces to the rear, two dormers are usually needed to balance each other in appear- ance. For widths over 8 feet the shed or Dutch type of dormer should be used. Shed dormers, because of their greater width, offer a maximum of head- room and light. If you are not familiar with the type of carpentry required to frame a dor- mer, it is a good idea to have this part of the job done by professional help. As soon as the dormers are in place you can take over and finish the job without difficulty. Another solution to the problem of ventilation is to get an attic fan to force the heated air outside. Unless the attic is already completely floored, the first job, whether dormers are to be added or not, that must be jtou can survive an atom bomb

In 125,000 U.S. towns, small groups are beginning to face up to the atomic age.

By ROBERT B. PITKIM

I were completely undisturbed b\ rhe manimotli explosion. IS ENTIRELY possible for the vast majority of the "esti- The Federal Civil Defense report on riie-e tests, cognizant ITmated" casualties of a nuclear bombing of civilian centers of the concussion and the radioactivity, concluded that all to survive, whole of body and ready for the grim work of the dummies that w ere thus simply sheltered would have of any such event. survived if they had been people — including the one in the For obvious reasons, this is either the best news or the house that was disintegrated. worst news since the first announcement that an atomic Ill bomb had been perfected. In another Nevada test, three shacks stood in a row far It destroys the m>'th that there is "no place to hide" from enough from an atomic blast to w ithstand the concussion. atomic weapons. Two were unpainted and had rubble-filled yards. Both It also destroys the myth that the big bombs are ao ter- caught fire from the glare of the bomb and burned to the rible that nobody would dare start a nuclear war. ground. A smart aggressor who would take the necessary steps to Between them stood a shack that w as identical with the protect his people from atom bombing by known methods others, except that it had a coat of w hite paint and a tidy could have a field day against a nation that did not. yard. It did not burn, and remained standing, between the He could blast an unprepared nation and then figuratively gray ash-heaps of its neighbors. thumb his nose at retaliatory bombing by offering it few In yet another test, two identical shacks — both painted worthwhile targets. and neat on the outside — faced the blast at a "safe" distance. II Each had a living room whose large window was exposed According to Brig. Gen. Elbert DeCoursey, two Japanese to the atomic glare. who were in a tunnel 18 feet deep, directly under ground The single room of one of these shacks had newspapers zero of the Hiroshima bomb of August, 1945, were "com- strewn about in it. It had wood-slatted Venetian blinds and pletely untouched." dry wood furniture. The bomb's glare did not set fire to Another man, a 55-year-old worker, was 100 yards from the painted exterior, but through the window it ignited the the center of the Hiroshima blast, in the basement vault of interior fire hazards and burned the shack to the ground. a building whose above-ground structure was wiped out. The neighboring shack had "Civil Defense housekeeping." The man in the vault "was able to walk home." There was no litter in the living room, the Venetian blinds In Stockholm, Sweden, they are building seven huge un- were metal-slatted and the furniture w as fairly fire-resistant. derground bomb shelters. The deepest has 120 feet of granite Nothing burned.

over it. Val Peterson, after inspecting the shelters, IV Stockholm i

said: "There's no bomb in the world that I have heard any- The two houses and five shacks considered above repre- thing about that would be able to destroy people in those sented homes in the area of an atomic blast that might, in

bomb shelters." Peterson, ex-Governor of Nebraska, is the a suburban area, have housed 25,000 to 50,000 people. All director of the United States Federal Civil Defense Ad- the buildings were exposed to an atomic blast. All took ministration (FCDA). heavy concussion. One was so close as to be obliterated. In a Civil Defense (CD) test in Nevada last I\lay, a frame None was so far away that the glare of the bomb could not h(}usc was placed so close to an atomic blast that the con- ignite dry, unpainted wood. If the 25,000 to 50,000 people cussion swept it into complete wreckage in a split second. whose homes those buildings represented had been at home, In the cellar of the house, a pretty little store-window above ground, conceivably the maior part of them would dummy made of brittle plaster was seated under a $40 lean- have been killed, and all but a few lucky ones injured. to of rough lumber (to keep off falling wreckage). The Had they all had a few minutes' warning and gone to dummy was undisturbed, unscratched, untouched by the simple bomb shelters in the cellar (with strong ceilings to blast that disintegrated the house overhead. hold off wreckage) the vast majority would have been Another test house, much farther from the blast, with- uninjured, and only a few unlucky ones killed. stood the concussion. But dummies in its above-ground Had they all lived in houses w ith weathered, bare wood rooms were struck and pierced by a shrapnel of broken and various dry, easih' kindled material K ing about, most glass, window-frames, flying articles, hardware and plaster. of them might have had fire overhead before the "all clear." Other dummies in a simple cellar shelter of the same house Had they all kept good "Civilian Defense housekeeping," 24 . )

fires be\ ond the blast's central area \\ ()uld have been few era when nuclear bombs have been worshiped as terrible Most of 25,000 to 50,000 people could have emerged a gods with wills of their own — that the bombs set off in few minutes after the blast. Instead of being casualties and Nevada have destroyed little more than sagebrush. fire victims themselves, most of them could have been an The second phase of destruction comes after the explo- army of defense to go in and save survivors closer to the sion, and calls for even more cooperation by the victims. blast who would need wreckage removed from over their The explosion leaves a complex tangle of disaster which can shelters, and who would be endangered by the unprevent- proceed to do as much damage as the initial explosion if the able fires in the total wreckage area. survivors are in chaos and disorder. But the survivors, by V orderly behavior and previous preparation and training (and Above are shown only a few of the many ways by which by their numbers if they have avoided exposing themselves nuclear bombing can be cheated wholesale of its intended to the initial explosion) can cheat the after-damage blind. victims. There are many others. The final tally of after-damage will be regulated, among The destructive power of a nuclear bomb has two phases, other things, by the capacity of the survivors to clear away and there are ample ways to cheat both. The first phase wreckage, dig out trapped survivors, care for the injured, comes during the first minute of the explosion and fireball get effective emergency transportation and communications itself, when the bomb relies upon finding suitable victims working, handle fires of all sizes and quantities, restore regu- properly exposed to its glare, its direct concussion, and the lar services, prevent panic, provide mass shelter and food, flying wreckage caused by its concussion. utilize manpower in an orderly and effective way. Some of — To be destroyed, the victims must cooperate. If they are these depend in part — and in turn upon previous prepa- not exposed to glare, strong concussion and wreckage, the ration such as: stockpiling of emergency medical supplies, pre-established disaster bombs can't hurt them. It is a profound observation — in an public disaster education, organiza- tion plans and training, establishment of emergency com- munications centers, elimination of ordinary and needless fire hazards. VI

It is apparent that the power to cheat nuclear w eapons lies in the hands of the intended victims, and that the awful estimates of nuclear bombing damage, true as they are, are avoidable to a high degree. The "awfullest" expert estimate of nuclear bombing dam-

age is that of the East River Project. A simultaneous nuclear bombing of all major U. S. cities today, according to this estimate, could produce twenty million casualties in one day, with as many as nine million of them dead. The estimate is made more awful by the concurrence of the Air Force that such a raid is possible against our best defense.

However, the estimate of twenty million casualties is based not on the inescapable power of nuclear weapons, but upon the exposure and unreadiness of our cities and our people in the present state of Civil Defense. The FCDA has another estimate. That is that proper organization and Atomic bomb in Nevada utterly demolished frame preparation against the after-damage house (above) in a split second. Dummy in cellar of a nuclear attack alone could cut (below) was protected from glare and concussion by the damage in half. Plans to make earth, and from falling wreckage by $40 lean-to. us half as vulnerable as we are exist Official report: If dummy had been alive it would on paper right now, and these do have survived. (Right) FCDA model of lean-to. not include any appreciable plans to go under ground. Our national Civil Defense plans, today, are built around the kind of preparation already mentioned here

to control after-damage. There is a Federal model plan, which the States are supposed to help carry out. The actual organization is up to each community. There is some Federal financial aid to help communities buy extra disaster equipment, such as fire-fighting apparatus. Each State in the Union now has a state Civil Defense law that provides, on paper, the legal means for, and the encouragement of, pre- paredness in the communities. Every big city has a Civil Defense organization of sorts, in which the hospitals, police departments, fire departments and other regular services have the chief responsibilities. VII Although nobody has the complete figures, most or nearly all of the 125,000 incorporated municipalities in the United States and many of the unincorporated ones, have some small group of people who are officially working on com-

munity Civil Defense. ( Continued on page 61 25 The greatest argument for more horse- power is the safety factor. Reserve power for emergencies can often mean the difference between life and death.

much HORSEPOl^^n

The aim is not more speed but greater safety, performance and economy.

By JUMES C. JONES

WHENEVER HE encountcrs a protest against higher horse- The latter view is rarely expressed in auto engineering power, a certain automotive engineer in Detroit dips circles; many engineers consider it short-sighted in the ex- into auto lore and conies up with one of several stock treme. But outside of technical groups, there are countless rebuttals. critits of today's higher horsepower ratings, most of whom 'Yes," he may say, "and there was a time when people base their objections on the hazy notion that higher horse- said the human brain would crumble if subjected to speeds power serves but one purpose: To increase speed. of 80 miles an hour." More than a few people shuddered when Chrysler Corp. Or: "Not so many years ago, some medical people thought in 1951 introduced a V-8 engine which developed 180 horse- women would become sterile if they traveled 20 miles an power, as against 135 horsepower the year before. They hour." suffered something akin to the vapors when the same com- Not every auto engineer passes off the subject that lightly. pany installed a 235-h.p. engine in some of its 1954 models. Says one who refuses to be identified because his company One of the by-products of each increase, whether it be in happens to be building an engine in the 200-horsepower-plus Chrysler, Cadillac (230-h.p.), Packard (212-h.p.), Lincoln range: "This horsepower race is ridiculous! Why have (205-h.p.), Buick (200-h.p.), Oldsmobile (185-h.p.) or any 100-mile-an-hour cars when we have only 50-mile-an-hour other car is the unfavorable reaction of some segments of roads?" the press and public. Editorial condemnations generally 26 )

PHOTO BY OONATO LEO

". make some reference to: . . tremendous speeds . . . carnage on the highways ... a reck- ." less industry which should be regulated . . The accuser, seldom armed with facts but always primed emotionally, usually charges that as horsepower goes up, cars become faster and traffic fatalities climb to new and bloodier heights. The inference is that if horsepower were to be controlled b\' legisla- tion or some other means traffic accident rates would decrease. Nobody would deny that most cars are not now capable of speeds higher than those of 20 years ago (although many stock-car speed records which have held up for two decades or more have been broken during the last year). Nor would many people deny that all-around performance has not risen. At the same time, highway deaths definitely have not gone up hand-in-hand with higher horse- pow er. The bloodiest years on record, in fact, w ere 1937 and 1941, when average horsepower was far below today's and years when far few er vehicles were on the nation's roads. Nevertheless, many people appear to be- lieve that horsepower is the big bugaboo, the main cause of highway accidents. It may be well to describe the alleged villain.

One horsepower, simply defined, is equal to the energy required to lift 33,000 pounds of weiglit one foot in one minute. That seems like a lot of power all by itself. To some critics, installing 200 times that much power in a car seems not only unnecessary but irre- sponsible and unmerciful, as well. Many U. S. cars used to get along on only a fourth that much power. Why have so much?

To appease the cynics, let it first be said Chrysler's biggest cars for 1954 are powered by this 235-horsepower engine. that there is absolutely no doubt about the influence exerted by auto company sales staffs. If, say, a heavy car in the Chrysler-Packard class were manufacturers will supply them. Sales, after all, constitute pow ered by a 90-h.p. engine, it would be sluggish, tiring to the governing factor in almost all such decisions. drive and a monumental flop, saleswise. The public would Company executives do not try to hide the fact that tliey reject the underpowered car and the manufacturer would intend to keep up with competitors or at least stay w ithin eject his underpowered sales manager. striking distance. A\'hen Packard's present 212-h.p. straight

To meet public demand and competition, companies eight was introduced, James J. Nance, Packard president, naturally do all they can to make their products more de- said that while the company had no w ish to add impetus to sirable. If most car-buyers want adequately powered cars. a horsepower race, Packard nevertheless planned "to be competitive." Those sentiments are echoed throughout the industry. The dependable little engine of the Alodel T drove st If that resembles a link in a chain reaction, remember that pretty light car compared with today's heavyweights. there are other good and sound reasons for building so much power into engines. Highly respected engineers like Charles A. Chaync, vice president in charge of engineering at Gen- eral Motors Corp., and James C. Zeder, vice president and director of engineering and research at Chrysler, build most of the case for today's impressive power ratings around the safety, performance and economy factors inherent in the better engines. Today's higher ratings, for one thing, give a driver greater

acceleration in the middle speed ranges. Say a driver is cruising at 55, starts to pass, only to find that oncoming traffic is nearer than he judged it to be. If he floorboards the gas pedal in an underpow ered car at that speed, he finds his car already is extended and "breathless." At that point, he must brake quickly and hope to find room in the traffic stream, must depend on the driver he is trying to pass to drop back, must take to the ditch or risk plowing into on- coming traffice.

It's well and good for a driver to ( Continued on page 45 27 COUKTESY OF TiUi IIEMtY FOliU MUSEUM, DEARBORN, MICii. Can AV^ges Be Guaranteed ?

Before long yoiril be hearing a lot about G WW the gnaranteed

annnal wage. This is what you should know about it.

By lewis haney petition for more labor. Indeed, experi- ence shows that in major business de- clines labor organizations tend to be w eakened and to lose members. So there TODAY, Tiu: "giiarancccd animal wage" ment" slogan of the Thirties. If a de- is will scheme, tliough not new, is a very pression develops by 1955, as some labor a good chance that there be no live issue. The d>'namic leader of the leaders fear, they may demand GAW. effective extreme demands for wage U.A.W., Walter Reuthcr, now also Now they are mereh' skirmishing. "guarantees" even in 1955. in the Thirties, hen depres- president of the C.I.O., is demanding it. The second sign is that the automo- Back w The head of the giant C^cneral bile workers' contract with the big sion prevailed, the tendency was to shift Motors Corporation, Harlow Curtice, motor manufacturers doesn't come up the few guaranteed w age plans that ex- has just made a public statement to the this year. Walter Reuther, the leader isted toward merely giving eiiiployDicin — otherwise effect that this particular scheme is not on this labor front, has been the chief more hours of work than needed. In general, the leaders of or- fighter for GAAV. Since he can't actu- — keeping men on. All in all, it seems reasonable to fore- ganized labor, including the powerful ally fight this year, it looks like 1955. labor leaders will use steel workers' union, are talking about Another sign is the cautiousness of cast that the as a bargaining point, playing it. They can see that the chances of other important labor leaders in back- GAAA' another; but getting wages raised by "escalator ing GAW at this time. The head of the off one emplo>er against clauses" geared to rising prices are not A.F. of L. has been rather critical, and that demands for guarantees will sim- for as man\' so attractive, now tliat prices are de- the steel workers' leader shows much mer dow n to plans keeping clining. The\' have won man>' "fringe caution or moderation regarding the emplo\ ecs on the pa\ rolls as possible, benefits" under more favorable business proposal. at rtexible w ages. A reasonable guess is that, in exchange for some assurance as conditions. Now that business is slack- Furthermore, GAW is not as new a to jobs, labor would be w illing to ac- ening, they are falling back on demands scheme as some suppose, and it lacks rates on for the piotcction against uncmplo\- the drive of a really novel plan. cept adjustment in wage based net sales ment that (iAW promises. And in gen- Not only does the show of reason- employers' margins between costs. eral, business Icatlers are bracing them- ableness and moderation among lai)()r and fixed selves for demands for a form of "guar- leaders suggest that certain limitations W liat Does f. lM Mean? antee," the>' don't know w hat or w hen. of CjA\\^ are recognized; there also has Before examining the arguments for The onh question is: \\'hen w ill the been, in m\' opinion, a decline in the and against the guaranteed-annual-w age issue come to a head? \Vi\[ the GAW tendency of organized labor to in- idea, you should know definitely w hat issue come to a head this year or next? fringe upon management and to domi- It has been suggested that Henry Ford nate government. The teachings of the

11 in his effort to lead in the automo- former British economist, J. Keynes, bile industry might make some spec- w hich about 1937 ga\ e a great boost to /.t"ii7'.f Haiiey is Dr. LciL-is H. HiVicy, tacular move toward guaranteeing an the idea of "full emplo\'ment" as a na- I'rofcssor of Economics in the Graduate annual wage, much as the first Henry tional polic\% also arc meeting more School of Business Administration, Netv University, and author the recent I'Ord dill in raising w ages back in 1914. criticism than formerh . York of

Tlie signs, howc\ er, seem to sliow that A good deal w ill depend upon how- hook, How You Really Earn Your Living,

it won't become a critical problem in severe the business recession turns out

The first of these signs is the absence recession, by increasing competition financial cohimn for 25 years, and is cov- of depression. GAW is a depression among employers, would weaken their sidtant to the National Association of Pur- baby. Its first cry was heard in the resistance to labor demands. But depres- chasing Af^ents. Dr. Haney was once offered 1890s; it has fed on the "full employ- sions do not increase employers' com- a job as economist for a big labor union. 28 )

plans that in order to understand them you have to know in detail what each proposal contains. There is a chance of great flexibility and also of much misunderstanding. The chief differences among the plans that try to make jobs are: (1) number of weeks covered, (2) hours per week, (3) hourly rates of pay, (4) number of employees included, (5) conditions for terminating the agreement. These differences are so great that it is hard to say just what GAW really means. But you can say that it is not really a scheme to guarantee "wages." It really proposes to give workers some income, while keeping the form of private en- terprise and the wage system. The jobs ("employment") are desired almost en- tirely for the income they bring, and that income is not determined by the market rate of wages. The income is not even based on production. It would not be determined by actual demand- and-supply conditions at the time of payment. So you must conclude that GAW in the last analysis works one or the other

of three plans: It would ( 1 ) compel private employers to stabilize their busi- nesses by more planning, diversifying activities, producing for stockpiles, etc., but doing it in their own way. Or, while keeping the form of private en- terprise, it would (2) change the labor contract and employer-employee rela- tions so as to limit to some extent the David J. McDonald right of business enterprisers to hire is thinking in terms and fire, and to bargain freely with their of the steel industry. employees concerning wages. Or it would (3) abandon the responsible competitive direction of business by private enterprise, and would seek guar- anteed incomes from government for that idea covers. What does it guaran- 1. Complete guarantee by the em- all workers. This could lead to com- tee? Without any formal definition let ployer of full labor hicome. This \\ ould munism. me tell you just what GAW tries to do exist if he undertook to give 52 weeks' You see, what GAW means depends — its aims and its metliods. employment of 40 hours per week at upon what you want to get out of it. Its main aim is to deal w ith the in- full going rates of pay to all employees, £ig/i< Arguments For GAW stability of employment that is really without right to terminate the agree- Eight arguments for GAAV have had productive. (This it generally seeks to ment. some influence: do without much regard to the causes 2. Partial guarantee of some labor iv- help to stabilize employ- of the instability.) It aims to remedy covie. For example, some agreements 1. It could improve the morale and the demoralizing effects of insecurity provide for a minimum of two or three ment. This can labor. It could also make on workers and to prevent the ineffi- months' employment per year of say 36 wellbeing of perhaps increasing ciencies that come from fluctuating em- hours per w eek at some minimum rates for lower costs, by reducing pIo>nient: labor turnover, "go-slow" of pay, covering only part of the high- productivity of labor and practices (to "spread the work"), etc. seniority employees, and retaining the labor turnover. to stabilize The central idea is to give to labor right to terminate the arrangement un- 2. Employers sboidd help job security with pay, the pay not be- der various conditions or at the end of employment, both because they can do ing directly related to the labor market. a limited period. so and because they may benefit by it. things to iron The employer (perhaps the govern- 3. Guaranteed contribtition to re- Some employers can do cyclical ups and ment) is supposed to pay employees a serves for unemployiuent. In this case, out seasonal and even can more or less definite annual sum, which the company undertakes merely to pay downs by better planning. Many use in is recognized as not necessarily being a certain sum (usually so many cents set up reserves in good times for in proportion to the market value of per hour of work) to supplement exist- slack periods. In return, they could get the labor power delivered by the work- ing unemployment insurance funds. the benefit of longer labor contracts, longer. ers during the year. The first two undertake to provide and keep their trained men Un- might There are many different schemes; jobs. The third merely helps those w ho employment insurance payments but three main kinds can be seen among have lost jobs. be reduced. private arrangements that are called So you see there are such wide differ- 3. The C.I.O. head has argued that Continued on page 48 guaranteed annual wages; ences among various so-called GAW ( 29 SOUTH BEND BAIT CO The ABCls of FLY

Equipment described in the article. This outfit sells lor about thirty dollars. There is no mystery about

fly fishing. Here is what yon

shoukl know. By ERWIN A. BAUER

THE MEANDERING A'lohican Rivcr has furnished many sur- popular with sportsmen wherever you find them. It's easy prises through the years. But none measures up to the to learn. It magnifies the resistance of small fish and is ade-

time last spring when an angler approached the spot I quate to handle large ones. It's as adaptable for grayling in selected for a mid-morning break. wilderness waters as it is for browns in heavily fished East- It was no ordinary angler. It was a gal — and no ordinary ern brooks or bluegills in Midwest farm ponds. gal at that. The convexities of her skillfully arched fly rod Fly casting differs from other methods, principally, in compared favorably with the convexities that filled a chic that the line rather than the lure is cast. Loosely speaking, outdoor ensemble. She could have stepped right from the it's like using a whip without the snap. The rod is long, July page of a color fashion calendar, or from a "How To compared to a bait casting rod, from seven to nine feet, Fly Cast Correctly" booklet. and the trend is steadily to lighter and shorter models. I've Just opposite my resting place, she drifted a bucktail into settled on almost exclusive use of a seven-and-a-half-footer a smooth glide that broke around a fallen sycamore. No luck. weighing three ounces. She made a pick-up, false cast, and delivered the fly again. Tackle shelves carry fly rods of split cane, steel and glass.

A small-mouth boiled from under the tree, executed a couple But glass is all the rage and here's my case in favor of it. of jumps and wound up in the lady's landing net. It was a My three-ounce favorite has handled fish as large as four- neat job ... all around. teen-pound lake trout, has traveled from the Arctic to the

How times have changed, I thought. A generation ago Everglades, has survived a slammed car door and two active a fly rod was almost a forbidden possession for the average sons — without a bit of repair. It still performs perfectly. An sportsman. It was a magic wand tliat only a few "purists" eight-footer, of hollow-glass, weighing four or four-and-a- could wield; a symbol of self-styled fishing aristocrats. But half ounces, is an ideal weapon to purchase for a start. It times have changed indeed. Nowadays it's a rare sportsman will cost about fifteen dollars. who doesn't include a fly casting outfit among his, or her, Fitting at the butt end of the rod, a fly reel is used only gear. for storing line. It has no other function. Two t> pes, auto- Just for the record, fly fishing does have an illustrious matic and single-action (manual) are manufactured. Both past. History vaguely tells, for instance, of using red hackle fill the bill for average fishing, but I prefer the single action flies on the River Astracus in 300 A.D. Just as Columbus because of its simplicity and its greater capacity for line. was exploring the new world, Juhana Bcrners, a nun, de- Prospective fl>' casters are often dismayed by the great scribed trout fishing in England \\ ith flies. Three hundred variety of fly lines they suddenly encounter on tackle years ago Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton elaborated some- shelves. They see levels, tapers, double tapers, torpedo heads what in The Co7//plc\it Angler. Since then, mention has been and others marked with a confusing combination of alpha- frequent in our literature. betical symbols. Even the men in the business must be Fly fishing survived because it's effective. Flies and aquatic baffled. Each line is designed to fit a special situation and insects comprise either the entire or part of the diet of most a rod of certain weight. That's fine, but lines aren't inex- fishes. Imitations of these result in fillets on the table today pensive enough that an average angler can afford to experi- as they have for centuries. ment and collect them. A single-level line of the size But fly fishing has more than merely survived. Now it's recommended by the rod-maker w ill serve a beginner — or 30 )

a veteran — very well. Most popular brands are made to last outfit. Select an open space somewhere on land. Fhp the for years if given reasonable care. That means storage in line you've stripped from your reel either to the right or loose coils and frequent applications of line dressing. left. Using only your wrist as nearly as possible, pick up One more item — leaders, the link between your line and the line and "flip" it high in the other direction. Before the your fly. Fly lines are heavy and large in diameter, large line can settle to the ground, flip the line back again. Repeat enough to make most fishes suspicious or to discourage them this over and over without hesitation — while trying to de- entirely. So that your fly will not be identified as a phony velop a rhythmic motion. immediately, you need a length of fine, transparent material A'lake your wrist movement sharp; avoid "swinging" the between the line and bait. Monofilament, or single strand, rod. Keep the line from hitting the ground on either side nylon is most often used. and try to make the reverse flip just before the line is about Although it's not a hard and fast rule, it's wise to use a to straighten out. Gradually you can experiment w ith it, leader as long as your rod. At times you can do with less; letting out more line without pausing. After several sessions other days you will need more. But a level leader of eight of this, you should be well enough along to start actual feet, say, and testing four or five pounds will do for most casting. freshwater fishing. If you operate on heavily fished streams, Get twenty-five feet of line out in front an\' way \'ou you will have to use a much lighter stock. can. Eliminate all slack in the line. Holding your casting Leaders are sold ready-made or in coils of material from elbow close to your body, raise this rod tip slightly above which you can make your own. They're inexpensive and the horizontal. For practice purposes, this is the starting you can aff^ord to carry several in difi^erent tests. But by all position. Hold the line with your free hand to keep more means, stay away from the heavy ones which just add an from pulling from the reel. extra handicap to your fishing. Now — lift the rod sharply to a vertical position, using A new fly-casting outfit will cost you about thirty dollars, your wrist as much as possible, keeping your elbow at your unless you have more to spend and want to start with side and trying to throw the line high overhead. Stop the something special. It's best to avoid very cheap items. Gen- rod's motion at vertical. After a brief pause, or at precisely erally they're not bargains at all. the moment you feel the line straighten or tug, sharply You'll find fly casting easier to learn than bait casting, return the rod to the original position. but somewhat more involved than spinning. When you're Remember to try to throw the line overhead, not straight ready to go set up your rod, attach the reel to the under- back, on the back-cast. It's important. The line (and eventu- side of the butt, and thread the line. Pull about fifteen or ally the fly) should not touch the ground or water behind. twenty feet from the reel and through all the guides. For a time, it's also wise to attempt that same rh\ thmic

It's sound business to first acquire the "feel" of your motion with the overhead cast as ( Covtimied on pai^e 64 31 iiEGionr DON'T

( Coiitiinied fro7>i page 12 FORGET! The pups can pick up ascarid and hook- On the market for salt water fishermen worm infection from the very day they is the new Ocean City No. 965 Level-AN'ind are born. These infections may become Surf reel. Of new construction, this reel \ery serious in two or three weeks' time. permits the line to run through the guides So if >'ouVe planning an April litter of without resistance during the cast. This puppies, remember to keep them in a level wind reel can be inactivated in any w arm, dr\' place. Try to have fresh air and position, making it unnecessary to pre- You can provide sunsiiine axailable. \'itamins should be in- position the line guide before each cast. chidcd in riic daily diet. See >'our vet. Level w ind makes the retrieve simple, fish LUCKIES by the case on or no fish on. This reel sells for just un- name of A fellow with the complicated der twenty bucks. Ocean City make a good F.lwood Bcrkebilc has an uncomplicated spinning reel too, their number 300 at TAX-FREE (LESS THAN suggestion: S19.95. ^^'ritc to Ed Maguirc, Ocean City, "F,\ en w ifh all the new -fangled gadgets "A" and Somerset Streets, Philadelphia 34, ihc fisherman still has trouble keeping loose Pa., for free 1954 catalog. 8a PACK) for hooks in a safe place. Here's one method that works: Use strips of scotch tape one John Donahue feels that April is likeh' to and lay >'our loose hooks on the shipment to one or inch wide be a cold and wet month for fishermen and sticky side cover with another strip and worries about damp feet. the same size. Use a separate strip for each "No matter how good a fisherman > ou all of the following size and style of hook. ^Vith this rig, you arc," he says, "five w ill get you ten that of loose hooks in an en- can keep dozens you come home with wet feet at the end points protected and the en- velope with of the day. If you're planning on going out service groups: tire hook waterproofed. Also you can see again the next day, it's mighty uncomfort- exactly what hooks you have at a glance able to climb in soggy boots of an early V.A. HOSPITALS and what \ ou need." morning. * "I've found that a quart of ordinary oats Dick Fox, an able man w ith -k ARMY, AIR FORCE, NAVY w ill dry out a pair of boots very nicely. ^ 1"-''^ '^'^'^ ^'^ idea, comes up MARINE HOSPITALS Put the oats in an pan and heat them, AND with two ideas and sketches open then pour half in one boot, half in the for this month that look good. ^ U.S. ARMED FORCES IN other. Next simply the oats He suggests an anchor rope morning pour out and you'll find the boots are completely KOREA that can be used as a depth dry." finder. Simply attach alumi- Cases available in two sizes: And for those fishermen w ho really wade num tags to a sash into the water to cast, with a cord tiircc feet whether • 500-PACK CASE.. $3930 apart and mark surf, bait or fly rod or a spinning outfit, . . $786 — • 100-PACK CASE . the tags up to wc recommend hip boots or better yet, subject to change without notice) waders with suspenders. of re- (Price about thirt\- feet. A number liable manufacturers make them. Our per- It's best to attach sonal preference is the foot Send today for your the tags with cop- stocking wader which pulls up over the chest and calls per wire. for Lucky Strike order blank He also says a pair of good rubber shoes to go over the that red cello- rubberized stocking feet. You can hold your phane wrapped footing well and go into deeper water with these. in different materials Mail this coupon around a flashlight They come and sell for as high as thirty doUai's a pair lens is w onderful for catching night crawl- in the top grades of cloth ers. The soft red glow doesn't frighten rubber-coated that doesn't rear easih' on rocks or bushes. them underground as the white light does.

California led the 48 States in sale of The hammerless single-barrel, single shot York N.Y. fresh water fishing licenses for the year shotgun, model 220, put out by Savage 111 Fifth Ave., New 3, accord- ending June 30, 1953 with 1,158,465 last >'car has proved itself xcry well. It Dear Sirs: ing to John L. Farley, Director of the breaks like a double-barrel gun for load- Please jend me Lucky Strike order blank(s) with

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32 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1954 IT'S ALL A MATTER OF TASTE

CORN SILK, CUBEBS and MY MOST CONSTANT COMPANION

by H. ALLEN SMITH Author and Humorist

I have changed my brand of cigarettes

twice. I started with fine IlHnois corn silk wrapped in the most delicate

newsprint. Before long I switched to

cubebs. I went from cubebs straight to Lucky Strikes. It was so long ago

that I can't remember the year. I do know that Luckies have been my constant companion longer than my wife, and we've been married 26 years.

Since that first day with Luckies,

I have switched jobs, razors, dentists, automobiles, phone numbers, and my stance on the tee. My taste in books,

ties, food, music and even friends has changed, yet my taste for Luckies has remained constant. To me, they just taste better.

It is foolish to say that a man who

is dedicated to one brand of cigarettes never gives the other brands a chance. There are occasions when a Lucky smoker, for reasons of war, financial embarrassment, pure hunger or the requirements of etiquette, must smoke

other cigarettes. I have smoked them

all. But not for long. What I like best

is what tastes best. You know what.

Lucky Strike Sums Up

To smokers everywhere, Luckies taste

better . . . and two facts explain why.

In the first place, L.S./M.F.T.— Lucky Strike means fine tobacco. Then, too, Luckies are made better to taste better — to draw freely and smoke evenly. So, Be Happy— Go Lucky. Remem- ber, Luckies are made by The Amer- ican Tobacco Company, America's leading manufacturer of cigarettes.

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Many veterans on the Part III (non-service connected) checks may be sent out. . . . This same principle will apply pension roll whose incomes from other sources edged over in the case of a vet who finishes his final examinations, and the statutory limit last year are disturbed over the prospect who leaves school before the official end of the term. . . .

of a demand by VA for refunding the amount of the He, too, will be permitted to fill out the certification on his

pension received. . . . Actually, there is no hard-and-fast rule last day in class. governing the matter of refunds and no single answer that * * * * can be given to the problem of an individual veteran. . . . VA ISSUES SOS FOR TRAINED WORKERS: Each case is handled by VA on an individual basis, in Technicians in several classifications — social workers, which all circumstances are taken into consideration in dietitians, biochemists, X-ray and medical technicians, and arriving at a basis of adjustment. therapists of all types — are urgently needed to fill imme- Part III (non-service-connected) pensions may not be diate vacancies in Veterans Administration Hospitals in paid if the annual of if income a veteran exceeds $1,400 various locations throughout the country. . . . Most of the single and no dependents, or $2,700 if he has a wife and/or positions require college-level training in the specialty children under 18. . . . Generally, if VA requires refund and in case of social workers graduate training is required. . . . the vet's income in any calendar year exceeds the sum For the higher paying positions appropriate work ex-

fixed by law. . . . However, when the pension was received perience is needed to qualify. . . . X-ray and medical in good conscience and when the vet notified the VA promptly technician applicants may qualify on the basis of experience when the income the ceiling, it topped may not be necessary alone. . . . Annual beginning salaries range frc . $3,175 to to make a refund. ... example, As an a vet anticipated $7,040, depending upon the classification. . . . Qualified his income for 1953 to be $2,600 — very near the limit — applicants can get full information regarding vacancies but for some reason received an unexpected $150 late in the and qualification requirements by contacting the Personnel year, VA would take that into consideration in giving its Office at any VA Hospital, Regional Office, Center or decision. . . . Or, in cases where a refund would create hard- Domiciliary. ... Or if they wish, applicants may write ship, it might be waived by the VA Committee on Waivers directly to the Veterans Administration, Washington 25, D. C. and Forfeitures. * * * * But, when a veteran knows earlier in the year that his VA REVIEWS WW2 GI BILL TRAINING CREDITS: income will exceed the ceiling and fails to report it to VA Special research study made by VA reveals that during at that time, refund would undoubtedly be required. . . . the past decade WW2 GI Bill has made a remarkable Part III pensioners are warned that it is to their interest contribution to the nation's reservoirs of trained manpower to keep VA advised of the status of their earnings, in fields ranging from atomic physics to airplane mechanics particularly if the income nears the limit of $1,400 or and from medicine to the ministry. . . . Records of the $2,700. ... If in doubt, ask the VA Regional Office handling 7,800,000 vets who received GI training since June, 1944 — the claim for a specific ruling.

more than one-half of all WW2 vets — were scanned. . . . * * * H: Of this number 2,600,000 trained as skilled craftsmen in SPEED-UP FOR GI BILL VET-STUDENT CHECKS: various fields; another 1,500,000 studied for the professions; New policy for handling checks for GI Bill vet-students 700,000 took GI training in the fields of management and tends to make sure that the trainees who go home for business administration; more than 750,000 enrolled in vacations or between school term break will get their allow- institutional on-farm training, a combination of classroom ance checks . on time. . . Speed-up policy will be followed study and practical farm experience. ... A total of 434,000 during all breaks which extend past the end of a month, trained for clerical and sales jobs; while nearly 300,000 and which normally would cause delay in receipt of GI were given GI grade or high school training, many of whom checks. . . . Such breaks include spring, summer and winter went on to more specialized instruction. . . . The rest of the vacations, Christmas and Easter holidays, time off between vets trained for nearly all the remaining major occupations semesters, and the like. . . . Under new system, VA will at which man earns his living. permit vet-trainee to fill out his monthly certification In the professions, engineering was the number one of training — a form required by law — on his last day of choice, with 450,000 vets in training, and second was the school attendance, rather than after the end of the month profession of school teaching, with 238,000 trained. . . . There when it is normally due. . . . Form, signed by the vet and were 180,000 in medicine and related courses; 113,000 vets

35 chose other branches of physical and natural sciences — components of Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps physics, biology, chemistry, geology and others; 107,000 stipulating length of active duty tours at 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 to prepared for careers as lawyers, and students of the ministry, years. . . . Purpose is to permit an officer or enlisted man representing all major faiths, numbered 36,000. ... Of the be voluntarily ordered to active duty or to remain on active

7,800,000 WW2 GI Bill vets, more than 2,000,000 had duty for a period of definite duration. . . . Contracts may gone to college; 3,500,000 attended schools below the be renewed upon expiration if such renewal is agreeable to college level; 1,500,000 had trained on-the-job. the military service and Reservist. . . . Personnel who have twice failed of selection for promotion and those serving on obligated active duty are ineligible for issuance of either an MARYLAND TRIES AGAIN FOR WAR BONUS: original or renewal contract. . . . Involuntary release of Bill has been introduced in Maryland Legislature calling a Reservist on active duty under such contract, except for referendum on proposal to pay bonus to State's I WW for reasons stated in the Armed Forces Reserve Act, entitles and vets. . . . Estimated cost of the doubleheader is WW2 Reservist to "severance pay" computed at one month's about . . . Observers say bill has but very slim $90,000,000. pay and allowances multiplied by the number of years chance of passage, as the Legislature has ignored or defeated (including pro rata part) remaining as the une.xpired period similar proposals at past sessions. of his contract. ^ ^ NEW YORK HAS SURPLUS IN WW2 BONUS FUND: VETERANS' RIGHTS TO RE-EMPLOYMENT: Several thousands of York State vets have not New WW2 Veterans who intend to return to their pre-service jobs applied for the bonus voted them six years ago. . . . Last should exercise their re-employment rights by advising report of Department of Ta.xation and Finance said that their former employer immediately after separation, on or $339,052,354.47 had been paid out to eligible WW2 veterans, before the 90-day time limit ends. . . . Veterans hospitalized leaving $60,947,645.53 in the fund. ... It is estimated that have a year longer to apply for their old job back. . . . An at least $50,000,000 of the $400,000,000 authorized will eligible veteran is entitled to re-employment in his former not be claimed. . . . New York has not set a deadline. . . . job, or a job of like seniority, status and pay. . . . He may

Eligibles can still file for the benefit. . . . Applications from not be discharged within one year without cause from the Veterans' Bonus Bureau, Department of Taxation and job to which he has been restored. . . . Any vet who does not Finance, 1875 N. Broadway, Albany 4, N. Y. know what his re-employment benefits might be, can easily get information by writing the Bureau of Veterans' NEW BADGE FOR CANADIAN NAVY VETS: Reemployment Rights Section, U. S. Labor Department, American citizens who served with the Canadian Navy — Washington 25, D. C, or by contacting the nearest State and were honorably discharged — are eligible to wear the Employment Office.

Former Naval Personnel Badge, which will be issued by ifi ^ rfi ^ the Royal Cai.adian Navy. . . .Badge features a gold U.S. CASUALTIES IN KOREAN "WAR": anchor set in a circle of navy blue; ringed with ten gold Total of 133,933 casualties is the latest figure for the maple leaves; crown at top. . . . Detailed information on toll taken in Korea. ... Of this number, 30,606 are listed as issuing of the badge can be obtained by writing Naval dead — 22,986 killed in action; 2,480 died of wounds, and Secretary, Naval Headquarters, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 5,140 missing in action and known or presumed dead. ... Of ^ :^ i^i the 30,606 deaths. Army suffered loss of 25,208; Marine

ARMED FORCES DAY SET FOR MAY 15: Corps, 4,137; Air Force, 866, and Navy 395. . . . Wounded President Eisenhower has designated May 15 as Armed in action. 103,327 — Army personnel again takes the bulk Forces Day in "tribute to our fighting forces as protectors with 77,733; Marine Corps, 23,651; Navy, 1.576, and 367 from

the Air Force. . . . records indicate that 85 percent and defenders of our nation.". . . Armed Forces are directed Medical to mark the day with appropriate ceremonies and to cooperate of the wounded were returned to duty. with civil in authorities arranging suitable observance. . . . ^' ^ -4^ ^ Also, the proclamation asks private citizens to display the POSTAGE STAMP PROPOSED FOR LEGION: U. S. flag and to show their recognition of the gallantry, Representative Armistead Selden, of Alabama, has sacrifice and devotion to duty of the men and women in the introduced a bill (H.R. 7623) to authorize and direct the A med Forces by participating in local observances. Postmaster General to issue a special, commemorative 3-cent postage stamp marking the 35th anniversary of the found- NEW SCHOLARSHIPS VOTED BY NEW YORK: ing of The American Legion. A new group of 1,200 State scholarships for WW2 * * * * and K-vets was authorized in bill a signed by Governor LODGE IS NEW VA INFORMATION CHIEF:

Thomas Dewey of New York, in mid-February. . . . This act J. Norman Lodge, WWl vet, WW2 war correspondent, brings the total of State scholarships to 13,200 authorized 23 years with the Associated Press and former member of the since the program was initiated in 1944. . . . Awards are made Legion's National Public Relations Division, has been on the basis of competitive examinations and are worth appointed Director of Information for the VA. . . . Lodge, $350 a year for four years of tuition and fees at any recently with the Small Business Administration, Washington, approved school or college in New York State. succeeds A. W. (Scotty) Woolford, who becomes manager

* =1: * :i: of the VA Hospital at Montgomery, Alabama. . . . He will ACTIVE DUTY TOUR CONRACTS FOR RESERVISTS: also have additional assignment as Special Assistant to Defense Department has announced that written agree- the Administrator and to the Chief Medical Officer for the ments may be offered to members of the Reserve Southern area. 36 .

NEWS 'f"- LEGION

and Veterans' Affairs

evolved at the Federal rescue school at Posts Forming Rescue Teams Olney, Md. Legion's chief job was to supply the in Response to U, S. Appeal trained manpower unit, though some Posts were raising funds for the equip- ment too. Val Peterson stripped to his shirt- rescue teams among the county's Posts. Special rescue trucks cost as much as sleeves and spoke passionately for an Before the New Year, Posts in Green- $10,000. A trailer unit costs $5,000. In hour. U. S. Civil Defense was lagging ville and Moorhead, Miss., were organ- a few high-priority Civil Defense areas, dangerously, he said. It was time to try izing rescue teams. (They were near local Civil Defense could get matching something new. Would the Legion help? neighbors of the Vicksburg tornado dis- Federal funds for the vehicles, pay only The date was last Oct. 3. aster. ) half itself. Peterson, U. S. Civil Defense Director, Post 357 in Hallstead, Pa., had offered was speaking to the Legion's Conference its 37 members to the community for MEDICINE: of Dep't Commanders and Adjutants, in any special disaster use. Lidianapolis. Post 79, East Weymouth, Mass., and The Precious Stuff Peterson had a definite job in mind Post 2, Augusta, Me., were quick to Among many reports to the recent for the Legion. Since 1945, local U. S. query Nat'l Hq for details on equipping Legion Nat'l Security Commission meet- Civil Defense had been solely in the Civil Defense rescue teams. ings in Washington, was that of Roy hands of municipal authorities. (See Most early action came from Posts in Johnson, of The American Red Cross. Yo» Can Survive An Atom Bomb, Page areas where disaster by mine collapse, Johnson pointed up the need for whole

24 ) . Participating organizations could flood or tornado is common, or was fresh blood, and the fact that since Korea not retain their identity or perform sep- in mind. Quick action from likely bomb- hostilities stopped, nat'l blood donations arate tasks. Now, authority would still ing target areas was scarcer. One early had fallen off badly. Yet total nat'l needs have to remain in the municipalities, response from a top priority enemy tar- this year would be around 3 million said Peterson. But he had a separate task get area came from West New York, pints. in mind for the Legion, and a new N. J. There, Post 15 reported that a In calling for continued Legion sup- regulation to permit it. rescue team already existed. It sought port of blood donations, Johnson ac- Would the Legion Posts train and information on obtaining special rescue knowledged the Legion's leadership in maintain 8-man rescue teams, or squads equipment. past and present blood drives. In fact, of three 8-man teams, for disaster work In some areas. Legionnaires were al- the Pennsylvania Legion Dep't would in their towns and cities wherever such ready organized for disaster, as in Ohio take complete charge of the blood col- teams could be worked harmoniously where several thousand Legionnaires are lection system in that State in March, into the local Civil Defense picture? trained auxiliaries to the state police — he said. It was the first special Civil Defense reactivated since WW2 for the prime Johnson's plea did not fall on deaf job offered a private organization since purpose of keeping a huge, standing ears. Legion Posts continued to be WW2. disaster corps. prime sources of volunteer whole blood.

On Oct. 4, the Legion's Nat'l Execu- The new Legion rescue teams, offi- On Feb. 12, Post 472, Fairview, Pa., tive Committee passed Resolution 23. cially a part of Civil Defense, would be reported 19 pints given to the VA. Floyd It approved the forming of Civil Defense trained and equipped to remove people Bennett Post 1060, New York, listed 6 rescue teams as an optional Post activity from wreckage, a highly skilled job. Men members of the "one gallon club" on with nat'l Legion endorsement. trained in construction work and engi- Feb. 1 — not members who had con- Shortly, Nat'l Cmdr Arthur J. Connell neering were most desirable, especially sumed one gallon of beer, but who had explained the plan in a letter to all Post in the age-group between 30 and 50. given one gallon of blood. Across the Commanders. Basic literature on disaster Special rescue equipment has been nation, Post 64, Santa Cruz, Cal., topped rescue teams was prepared in the office of James Wilson, director of the Legion's Nat'l Security Commission, at Indian- apolis Nat'l Hq. By mid-February, a number of Posts had gotten to work. Then, the first report of an established Legion rescue team under the new plan was furnished Nat'l Hq. It is the team of Post 32, Walton, N. Y. (see picture at right) But others were well advanced. In November, the Illinois State Civil De- fense Authority agreed to approve Le- gion rescue teams as part of the state Civil Defense set-up. The Hampden County (Mass.) Le- gion had started a six-week Civil De- fense course as a foundation for forming Walton (N. Y.) Legion Rescue Team . . . One of the first.

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1954 • 37 that witli a list of 18 members of its own nancial sc^ueeze on the survivors is often Meanwhile, for the 4,091,212 WW2 "one gallon club," plus one charter mem- reflected in the quality of the publication. vets who still hold service term insur- ber of the "two gallon club." Most Legion papers are Post publica- ance, no permanent total disability ma- Within recent months. Post 230, Cher- tions, modest in format and local in turity of their policies would be avail- okee, Iowa, organized a walking blood flavor. A total of 687 Legion papers is able in later years. Thev could take heed bank for the Sioux Valley Memorial Hos- tallied in the current list of The Ameri- of the 23,599 WWl vets, look at the pital, with 258 donors registered as on can Legion Press Association at Nat'l figures, and plan to convert some or all call for transfusions. Hq in Indianapolis. Undoubtedly, many of their term insurance as soon as jios- In Edgewater, Colo., Post 17 passed hundreds of Post papers have not listed sible. a resolution last month knocking $1 off themselves, since it is not hard to men- The figures showed how the cheap each members dues for each pint of tion some in one's home area that are term policies would jump in cost in later blood given to the VA. not of nat'l record. years. The Dayton, Ohio, VA hospital was Some Posts and Districts put out A young vet who took out $10,000 in able to say in January that it hadn't newspapers of a high professional cali- term insurance at age 25 in 1942 will bought a pint of blood in the market for ber, such as The Toledo (Ohio) Legion have put his first $1,000 of premiums 3 years. A city-wide donor program, Neivs, The Reveille of Post 1, Denver, into the policy this year. It will have joined in by Dayton Legion Posts, had Colo., and the District papers of Dela- taken him 12 years. met all demands. Previously, whole ware County, Pa., and of the Detroit He will pay his next $1,000 during the blood had cost the hospital $70,000 a Districts. next ten years. Between age 54 and 59 year. Jack R. C. Cann, Director of the Le- he will pay $1,000 premiums in five gion's press ass'n, evaluated the Dep't years. THE PRESS: papers last month in these words: At age 68 he would have to pay "Many of them achieved great re- in months. age A Look at Legion Papers have $1,000 premiums 25 At sults in their Departments, in the facts 75 he'd pay $1,000 in less than 11 With its Feb. 1 issue, Tlic Pennsyl- they have collected and presented relat- months. At no time would the policy vania Legionnaire came out with a new ing to pending state legislation. Some of have any value except as a death claim. look. Starting its 3rd year, the once-dinky them have exposed bad conditions in And while he has been blessed with official journal of the Legion's largest housing, in medical situations, etc., handsome special dividends in the re- Dep't emerged as an 8-page, twice-a- which have led to the correction of evils. cent past, the future of dividends for month tabloid, with a forceful format "They have also been of tremendous NSLI term insurance is uncertain. and professional editing. service to the nat'l organization, in sup- If the same WW2 vet, now 37, were Meanwhile, in New Mexico, The Sttn- port of nat'l programs and particularly to convert his $10,000 service term in- sliine Legionnaire was expected to ap- in membership activities." surance this year to a 30-payment life pear in March. It would be the 38th policy, he'd pay $255.60 a year until Dep't paper now publishing. Of the 38, INSURANCE age 67, after that nothing. He'd still be nearly all go to every Legionnaire in the insured thereafter — and could earn . . .Term Dep't. The few that do not include the Too Long dividends. publications of New York, Pennsylvania Last month, more & more cases of His policy by then would have a cash and Utah. WWl vets stuck with unbearably high ^'alue of $7,451.60, for which he would Eighteen Dep'ts of the Legion do not service term insurance premiums in ad- have paid $7,668.00, less dividends. He have any publication. Of these, 8 once \'ancing years were reported to Legion could claim the cash if he chose to did. The 18, with those in italics which Nat'l Hq.' abandon the insurance. Including esti- once had a paper, are: Arizona, Canada, In Toledo, Ohio, Past Nat'l Cmdr Milo mated dividends, he could be $9,000

Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, D.C., J. Warner cited cases that punctuated or more ahead of the position he'd be Hawaii, Illinois, Italy, Maryland, New his standing reminder that WW2 vets in if he'd kept term insurance. He could Hampshire, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, should not keep service term insurance retire from work without paying further Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, past the time when it is sounder to con- premiums while staying insured for Wasliington and Wyonung. vert it to a permanent type of gov't $10,000. If he wanted the cash, he Earliest Dep't newspaper was Tlie policy. wouldn't have to die to get $7,451.60 Oregon Legionnaire, now in its 36th A 76-year-old Wisconsin veteran had back. year and still one of the top-flight Legion paid $11,087 in premiums into his WWl Said Past Nat'l Cmdr Warner last newspapers. $10,000 term insurance policy. Now, a month: "Unless they have a sound and All told, 23 Dep't newspapers will be new five-year term faced him, and his positive reason to the contrary, WW2 20 years old or older this year, with 12 premium payments would jump to \'ets should convert as much of their of them in business 30 or more years. $1,233.60 a year, because of his ad- term insurance as they can afford to." Among the biggest operations is The vanced age. Warner, now Chmn of the Legion's Minnesota Legionnaire, a full-sized 8- He could no longer earn that kind of Insurance Advisory Board, is a Toledo page weekly newspaper with more than money. But if he dropped his policy attorney who represents several large

8(),0()() circulation. Now in its 35th year, he'd have nothing to show for it. insurance firms. it is the 2ik1 oldest Dep't paper. He was but one of 23,599 WWl vets "Since 1927," he said, "the Legion Most of the successful and outstand- who still held onto their term policies has been urging that vets convert serv- ing Dep't papers are financed by a sub- past the years when term insurance ice term policies to service permanent scription of 50^ a member included in offered them cheap protection. Most of insurance. Veterans who cannot afford Dep't dues. The Michigan, Virginia and them had a bear by the tail. They could full conversion today can convert as little Ohio publications are among the ex- pay higher & higher premiums every as $1,000 of coverage at a time, or amples of such quality journals. Dep't 5 years, or abandon their policies. For amounts at $500 jumps above that liapers that have had to live without some there was the possibility of ma- figure. sul)scription revenue have had rough turing the high-priced term pohcies for "As the veteran gets older and still

sIcddiTig. Many have folded, and the fi- permanent total disability. puts off converting his term insurance,"

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Warner added, "the annual rate that he if the AMA would "stick to the truth. article because it wraps up in one pack- must pay for a permanent lioHcy goes Cmdr Connell, speaking at the an- age practically all of the charges being up." nual dinner of the service officers, which made against veterans hospitalization by While more than 4 million WW2 vets was also attended by many member of officials of the AMA," said Connell. still carry term insurance, the number Congress, cited the long history of pub- (For samples, see ne.\t page.) of others who had converted stood at lic misrepresentations of VA hospital Other rehab matters that came before 2,122,579 early this winter. care. the 4-day conference included: (a) "If they [the AMA] want sick and Hundreds of technical points relating ARMED FORCES: disabled veterans remoxed from the hos- to VA administration of veterans bene- pitals, there's nothing in the to Help Wanted world fits in the field and (b) Questions relat- keep them from saying so," said Cmdr ing to the effect on veterans affairs of May 1st will mark the opening of a Connell. "But when they load their ar- two special government commission special Legion program to implement guments with misinformation and half- studies. Resolution 443, 1953 St. Louis Con- truths, then somebody has got to stand The VA sent central office specialists vention, which calls for "maintaining for up the facts." to sit in panels and compare notes on and building up our Armed Forces to Many doctors, long familiar with the its field operations with the Legion and the fullest strength in keeping with our Legion's and the Gov't's hospital pro- state service officers. In answer to the National resources." grams and policies, joined in criticism yearly demand of the service officers The Army and Air Force together of the AMA. Vice-Admiral Joel T. that death claims be decentralized, VA with the Legion's Nat'l Security Com- Boone, retired Navy physician and chief Higley made no promise of im- mission are asking for the help of the Congressional Medal of Honor winner, mediate decentralization. Legion's 17,200 Posts and their Au.xili- said the present AMA stand hurt the Dudley A. White, executive director ary units in bringing the story of the reputation of the whole medical profes- of the Federal Commission studying Army and Air Forces' interesting and sion. Boone, who heads VA medical overlap of state and federal function, varied career program to young men and services, served two years in the AMA formerly chairmanned by Dean Clar- women thoughout the country. House of Delegates. ence Manion, appeared on a panel. He To help do the job, the U. S. Army- Dr. Leonard Rowntree, for many said it was unlikely that his Commission Air Force Recruiting Service will pro- years chairman of the Legion's Medical would make recommendations that vide each Post with a complete kit of Advisory Board, characterized the whole would disturb the status of veterans materials. Speeches for Legion officials, AMA approach as tragically unsound. programs as federal responsibilities. newspaper releases, radio programs and Dr. Rowntree, now chairman of the The new Hoover Commission on gov- suggested Post campaigns are included. dean's committee of physicians to ad- ernment reorganization was represented While the Legion will bring the story vise the Coral (Fla.) Gables VA hospi- by its executive director, John B. Hol- to the public, actual enlisting of recruits tal and handle its residency training lister. into the services will be done by mili- program, is a former professor of medi- Questioning of Hollister reflected tary personnel. cine at Johns Hopkins and the U. of Legion indignation at false statements Window cards carrying the Legion Minnesota, was chief of the division of regarding the veterans program that Emblem will help bring the program medicine at the Mayo Foundation and had come from the first Hoover Com- to the public. In addition to the cards director of clinical research at the Mayo mission. Hollister, who was not con- and kits provided each Post, the Armed clinic. nected with the first Commission, said Forces will supply trained recruiting Dr. Norman Booher (Indiana) who that the new Commission would give personnel wherever requested by Legion had represented several Legion Nat'l hearings to Legion representatives on officials to help make the program a Cmdrs at meetings of the AMA House any matters on which the Legion wishes success. of said that situation Delegates, the re- to testify. He advised the Legion to quired the Legion to work closer with REHABILITATION: keep on its toes, since the agenda of practicing ph\sicians. Those doctors the Hoover Commission's work would Trutli (o the Fact could be counted on to take a s\ inpa- not be made public. Attacks on veterans medical care got thetic view of the \ eterans medical pro- Conference delegates were non- gram familiar with the the chief attention of more than 800 who were way plussed when, in answer to a question, the set-up Legion and state veterans service spe- VA works, he said. Hollister said he could not give any as- Dr. Booher reported that the cialists who conferred, March 2-5, on AMA surance that the new Hoover Commis- resolution all non-service nat'l vets rehabilitation problems at the condemning sion would publicly correct any mis- care for vets came from the Board Hotel Statler in Washington, D. C. It AMA statements of fact that might appear in of Trustees last year. "The is be- was the 31st Annual Nat'l Rehabilita- AMA its final report. Hollister explained that ing led a road its leader- tion Conference sponsored by The down back by he could not speak for the Hoover Com- American Legion. ship," he said. mission members on the matter. The American Medical Association's Booher urged the establishment of "educational program" to end VA care more Legion liaison committees with MEMBERSHIP: for indigent \eterans with non-service state medical groups. Such committees On Feb. 18, Legion membership for disabilities was hit sharply as a distor- are now working successfully in ten 1954 reported to Nat'l Hq hit 2,219,791, tion of the actual conditions of veterans' states, he reported. an increase of 16,206 above the same medical care. Jack Gleason, Chicago banker and date in 1953. head of a special nat'l Legion commit- Both Nat'l Cmdr Arthur J. Connell On January 31, the John G. Emery and VA chief Harvey Higley told the tee on the hospital controversy, outlined membership trophy was assigned to the service officers that the AMA's right to a series of steps being taken to provide Dep't of Louisiana. Trophy is based oppose the VA program was unques- correct public information on VA care. upon how Jan. 31 membership compares tioned, but that the nature of the medi- Later, Nat'l Cmdr Connell cited Hol- to average total membership over past cal organization's attacks should be cen- inan Harvey's article in the March 4 years. Louisiana had 97.95% of 4-year sured. Reader's Digest as an example of the average total by then. North Dakota, in Higley, as VA head, said that he sort of public information that Gleason's 2nd place, showed a figure of 97.84%. would have kept out of the controversy committee sought to correct. "I cite this In 3rd was Minnesota, with 88.97%.

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MORE VETERANS WHOSE REMOVAL FROM VA HOSPITALS IS SOUGHT

Public attacks on VA care for veterans with non-service- psychiatric cases, while many of the "sore throat " and grippe connected disabilities continue, The American Medical As- cases were hospitalized for something else and caught throat infections while hospitalized. With 123 in each 125 cases sociation represents non-service care for broke \'eterans as still to be accounted for in his Readers Digest article, and "a threat to pri\ate enterprise," and demands an end to it. the other two still in question, Harvey moved on to other Holman Harvey, in the March Reader's Digest, picked up fields — satisfied with his own answer to his question. (Re- the line of "socialism" and assailed non-service care AMA garding measles, two ca,ses were treated in all \'A hospitals and the v eterans' organizations. in 1952.) Harvey asked himself who the non-service cases were. He On this page, The American Legion continues to cite case answered that they were drunks and cases of sore throat, histories of \'A patients who would be denied care if the grippe, measles, etc. He cntireK' forgot to mention that non-service privilege for broke veterans were ended. The most non-service cases had mental illness, tuberculosis, can- Legion has reviewed 5,000 cases so far (none mental or TB) cer, heart disease, epilepsy, diabetes, arthritis and other and found that they spent $2,672,907.90 for private care chronically disabling diseases. Roughly two in each 125 VA before going to VA or being sent by their own doctors. Sixty patients in recent years fit into Harvey's "sore throat" and cases have already appeared on these pages. More will be alcoholic categories. Of these, some of the alcoholics are listed in futvne issues. c:ase \o. 61 CASE NO. 66 CASE NO. 71 age: .59 AGE: 51 age: 28 disability: Neuritis DISABILITY: Lung canccr DISABILITY: Varicose \ eins E.XPEXDITURE FOR PRIVATE CARE: $1,200 EXPENDITURE FOR PBIV.\TE CARE: $50 EXPENDITURE FOR PRIVATE CARE: NoUe REMARKS: Veteran is blind and has been REMARKS: Veteran had no money for (see remarks) bedridden for past two years. Spent all admission to private hospital. REMARKS: Veteran also has service-con- funds for private doctors and hospital. nected stomach ailment. Spent $4,000 No income except Part III pension. CASE NO. 67 on stomach ailment and went broke be- age: 62 fore he was able to establish service- CASE NO. 62 Dis.\BiLiTY: Diabetes, gangrene, cata- connection for it. Was in private hospi- age: 82 racts tal as welfare patient for varicose veins. EXPENDITURE FOR PRIVATE CARE: $100 DISABILITY: Arthritis CASE NO. 72 REMARKS: Was in private hospital and EXPENDITURE FOR PRIV.\TE CARE: $2,000 age: 44 discharged because of inability to pav' REMARKS: Nurse serving in Spanish and DISABILITY: Neuritis, nephritis, hemor- for surgery. Private doctor called VA for World War I. Was a chief nurse in city rhoids ambulance. No money. hospital and received 3 months' hospi- EXPENDITURE FOR PRIV ATE CARE: $700 talization free. Afterward used up own remarks: Wife was hit by car and de- C.\SE NO. 68 and sister's savings before VA admission. veloped brain tumor. This cost veteran age: 61 over $4,000. Has spent all funds and is DISABILITY: Burger's Disease CASE NO. 63 now broke. EXPENDITURE FOR PRIVATE CARE: $50 AGE: .57 REMARKS: Both Icgs amputated since CASE NO. 73 DISABILITY: Stroke, paralysis admission. Formerly received benefits AGE: 33 EXPENDITURE FOR PRIVATE CARE: $800 under Public Law 149. Reduced to disability: Spinal arthritis REMARKS: Veteran has not worked since $31.50 a month. Bedridden. EXPENDITURE FOR PRIV ATE CARE: NOUC 1950. Only income is compensation for REMARKS: Veteran has service-connected service-connected disability evaluated CASE NO. 69 shrapnel wounds of head and shoulders, at 30%. Has wife and daughter as de- AGE: 55 evaluated at 90%. Has wife and 3 chil- pendents. DISABILITY: Herniated disk dren. Wife hospitalized twice last year. EXPENDITURE FOR PRIVATE CARE: $5 Veteran heavily in debt and in-law helps CASE NO. 64 REMARKS: Veteran was out of work 4 support children. ace: 61 weeks. Went to private hospital and DISABILITY: CASE NO. 74 Cataracts was refused admission and told to go AGE: 58 EXPENDITURE FOR PRIVATE CARE: NoUC to VA. disability: Cancer of bladder REMARKS: Unemployed 9 years. Had both EXPE.NDITURE FOR PRIVATE CARE: $1,150 legs amputated in VA hospital. CASE NO. 70 REMARKS: Exhausted private funds be- AGE: 56 fore coming to \'A. \\'as in private hos- CASE NO. 65 DISABILITY: Stroke, paralysis pitals four times in last five years. age: 39 EXPENDITURE FOR PRIVATE CARE: $1,000 DISABILITY: Colostomy REMARKS: Unemployed 15 years. Wife C.\SE NO. 75 EXPENDITURE FOR PRIVATE CARE: is diabetic and blind and under con- age: 63 $10,000 stant medical care. Veteran is just out DISABILITY: Diabetes REMARKS: Had intestinal operation in of private hospital where he suffered EXPENDITURE FOR PRIVATE CARE: $1,150 sci-vice during 1943. Operated on twice stroke. Private doctor filled out Form REMARKS: Veteran spent all funds go- in private hospitals for colostomy. Spent PIO and sent veteran to VA. Has service- ing to private doctor before VA admis- proceeds from sale of grocery business, connection for amputation of right leg. sion. One leg amputated. No income l^aughter also had polio. Three of seven children are still minor. now except Part III pension.

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RECENT POST DOINGS: members of the Armed Forces. the first of 40,000 pine seedlings (do- 4()&8ers of Post 10, Boulder, Colo., nated by various business firms) in its ]> The 13 Posts of Mercer Countx , N. J., together with the Welfare Office, pro- packed and sent to men in the Armed 440-acre Recreation Area. vided Boulder youngsters with nearly a Forces and VA hospitals more tlian 1000 ]i Post 331, Milwaukee, Wis., held paper-bound books. 700 tovs and more than 150 dolls \ alued "K-\^et Sports Night" for returned vet- at $3300. erans of Korea. V^ets were awarded Cer- ]> In order to serve vets in the Bedford Post 41. Syracuse, N. Y., held \'A Hospital, and to do so by making > a "Good tificates of Honor, and heard talks by Citizenship Day Dinner" at trib- the vets "earn" what they receive, Post which outstanding sports personalities. ute w as paid to the local Legionnaires 99, Watertown, Mass., conducts monthly ]i A list of anti-red books whicli u))- who had been candidates beano games at the hospital. (some success- )ieared in this magazine spurred Post 59, ful, some unsuccessful) for elective of- El Paso, 111., to give 14 books about j> Post 1755, New York, N. Y., presented fices in the last elections. County chair- a plaque to Legionnaire Sen. Joseph R. communism to the town's public library. men of both major political parties McCarthy in recognition of his "out- participated. BRIEFLY NOTED: standing performance and achie\'ement ,1 Post Charleston, in combating ." 20, W. Va., presented ]t Freedoms Foundation awards for 1953 communism . . Colors to the "Special W. Va. Marine included Honor Medals for Comnnniitv ]> Flatlands Post, Brookbn, N. Y., do- Company" which recently left Charles- nated a $700 recording machine to Ft. Programs to (a) Auxiliary at Cainci ton for Parris Island, Hamilton Veterans Hospital. S. C, and basic Iowa (b) Post and Auxiliary at Nortli training. The Post also donated its ar- Harrisburg, Penna. (c) Post 105, ]3eca- > Residents of Valier, Mont., live 26 mory facilities for a 23-bout amateur tur, 111. (d) Department of miles from a hospital and ha\ e no res- Michigan. boxing program which raised $602 for Second Place General awards also went ident medical doctor. To fill the gap. the March of Dimes. to l Legion Auxiliary for Bo\ s' Post 36 has offered free ambulance serv- Nat and j> Among other Posts which ha\e re- 6i ice for emergency cases. The ambulances State Nation and Girls' Nation & Key ported donations to are eight station wagons. the March of Dimes to Peace Programs. A Radio Program are: (1) Post 23, Livingston, Mont., Honor Medal went to the Nat'l Auxiliarx ]> Post 1, Denver, Colo., offers a scholar- $321.45; Post 4, Billings, Mont., for its program on Letter from ship at any one of 4 Colorado institu- (2) NBC—"A $202.70; the Post at Greenville. tions of higher learning to the winner of (3) Mother." Miss.. Post Berlin, Ger- Nat'l has a the oratorical contest which the Post $1000; (4) 1, ]> Judge Advocate bequest many, Post Falls. of deceased for the sponsors in the public and parochial $50; (5) 902, Rock $1,000 from a \et III., $800 (raised by combining a con- "American Legion Institute for the scliools in Denver and its suburbs. Despite below-freezing weather and tribution from its treasury with the pro- Blind." Nat'l Hq has no record of any ceeds of a dance and an auction); such group and Departments or Posts deep snow, a good crew of members of (6) Post & Unit 298, Folev, Minn, (a town who know of the institution are asked to Post 57, Malta, Mont., turned out for of 1089 population), $1262. contact Ralph B. Gregg, Nat'l the kick-off breakfast for the Boy Scout Judge ]> Post 138, Philadelphia, Mi.ss.. planted Ad\ocate, Indianapolis, Indiana. fund drive. First day's woik of the fund netted over $450. j> As part of its Child Welfare program. IT SMELLS GRAND IT PACKS RIGHT Post 242, Detroit, Mich., took almost a hundred girls of the Guardian Angel Orphanage to the circus. Tots were given spending money; some got to talk with the lion tamer, others with the ring- master, others with the trapeze artist. For the boys and girls at the Michigan Home Training School and the Cairo Hospital, the Post prox'ided 300 pounds of candy, bundles of clothes, a radio, a corn popper, a large supply of popcorn, and entertainment.

]i Post 28, Roswell, N. M., presented a $1,000 check to the Eastern New Mexico Medical Center at Roswell, to furnish a ANGLING FOR LOAD UP yOUR PIPE hospital room. FLAVOR THAT FILLS THE BILL? WITH TOBACCO THAT WILL. } Post 455, Costa Mesa, Cal., a Post of 70 members, has distributed 2500 copies iT SMOKES SWEET IT CANT BITE! of its annual Church Directory to churches, hotels, and motels throughout SIR WALTER RALEIGHS BLEND OF CHOICE the county. Directory lists names and KENTUCKY BURLEYS IS EKTRA-AGEO TO addresses of all churches in the county, GUARD AGAINST TONGUE BITE. AND SIR clergymen, times of services, etc. WALTER RALEIGH NEVER LEAVES A SOGGY Post i> 190, Roslindale, Mass., inducted HEEL IN YOUR PIPE. STAYS LIT TO a group of 45 younger \eterans into THE LAST PUFF. membership. } Among Posts in Montana which have placed highway crosses at sites of fatal accidents are: Post 129, Paradise; Post 98, Brady; Post 53. Stanford; Post 81, Culbertson. j> The annual Gifts-to-Servicemen Pro- CATCH yOUR MOST /MEMORABLE gram of Post 281, Waukegan. 111., pro- PIPE SMOKING THRILL! \ided almost 300 ball-point pens for

THE AMERIC,\N LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL. 1954 41 24th Corps, 201st Signal Depot-While in Korea ]> American Legion Auxiliary voted member of Nat'l Aeronautics Commit- during winter of 1946-47, I was injured in a $25,000 for the Wooden Church Cru- tee, appointed by President Eisenhower fall. Need to contact Paul Gallagher (who lived in the East before he entered the Army), sade as a tribute to Nat'l President Bur- on 11 to Brigadier in Feb. be General or anyone who remembers my injury, espe- dett. Donation will build one complete Air National Guard. cially John Gilday. Write Frank D. Gilbert, 2042 Kane St., La Crosse.^Wis. Claim pending. church in Western Germany. Past Nat'l Cmdr Leicis K. Cough, 2nd Inf. Regt., Co. M-Pvt. William Thomas Grady was stationed at Fort Assiniboine, Mont., in ]t Maury Stember, Adjt, Dept of New elected of California Veterans chmn April. 1908: lost a limb at Havre, Mont., June York, and party while fishing off Florida Board which supervises state veterans' 24, 1908. Would appreciate hearing from any- one who served with Co. M, 2nd Inf. Regt., at coast landed 500 pounds of fish. affairs and programs. that time, and from Dr. James K. Ashburn. Claim pending. Please write Grady at Route Dept of York produced a 14- B. Nat'l ]> New Ralph Gregg, Judge Advo- *1, Walnut Ridge. Ark. minutc, sound-and-color film entitled cate, hired as counsel for Indiana Toll 14th Armored Div., 471h Tk. Bn., Co. A-Need to contact Dr. Calhoun, who lived in Wisconsin Post Public Relations Thinking for The Road Commission. Appointment was an- prior to entering service, or someone who American Legion. Designed to help Posts nounced by Governor George N. Craig, knows his address. He operated on my eyes, and knows of my being wounded when tank build better public relations thinking, Past Nat'l Commander. blew up on the road to Khengouft, France. March 15, 1945. Need help to establish claim. film can be had from Motion Picture Harry E. Engelund, retired Los Ange- Contact Frank Mizera, Box 713, Prague, Okla. 358th Port Bn., ISlst Port Co serving in Section, Nat'l Public Relations Division, les Police Lieutenant, named by Nat'l -While the Philippines, 1943-44. I had ear trouble. To The Amer'^an Legion, P. O. Box 1055, Cmdr Connell to be Sergeant-at-Arms establish claim, need to hear from buddies who served with me. Write William D. Bickers, Indianapolis, Ind. for 1954 Washington Nat'l Convention. Box 65, Ingraham, 111. 2nd Inf. Div., 23rd Inf. Regt., Co. K—Anyone who J> Fourth annual "King for a Day" pro- Died: remembers my being injured in or around Bel- gram is scheduled for April 23-24, at leau Wood, July 17, 1918, and being taken The Reverend HiJlis Duggins, Rector to a Base Hospital near Chaumont to be Charleston, W. Va. Sponsored by Dept treated for shell shock and head injuries, of St. Paul's American Episcopal Church 40 & 8, program provides two days' fun please write Albert J. Rasmussen, 36 Victoria in Rome and Dept Chaplain of Italy St., Revere 57, Mass. Claim pending. and entertainment for crippled, under- Army attached to VA, U. S. Veterans Hospital, 1950-52, of a heart attack in Rome. Palo Alto, Cal.-In Aug, or Sept., 1945, T/5 privileged children. Gifts, nurses-in-at- Odis O. Adkins and Israel Posner were trans- Netvhouse, Past Dept Adju- tendance, insurance policies, hotel rooms Howard ferring a patient from Ward 2 to Ward 17. tant of the Philippines. They summoned Leo Van Dale (whose home and meals are provided through 40 & 8. in 1945 was in W. Va., in the general vicinity Havelka, one- of Charleston) from I to help them. In American Legion hospital addi- Jerome (Jerry) famed Ward TB the course of the transfer, Adkins suffered eye man band who for 22 years led Illinois tion at Battle Creek, Mich., is nearing injury. Those who remember the incident, or Dept in Nat'l Convention parades, at his who know the addresses of the persons in- completion. Auxiliary has pledged half volved, please contact Odis O. Adkins, RFD in Lake, 111. Newton, Ala. Claim pending. of needed for Furnishing Fund, home Fox #1, $30,000 757th Railway Shop Bn.— At Camp Robinson, Ark., Sick: with Post contributions thus far $3,300. in 1944, Frank L. Copple suffered a broken leg. William R. McCauley, Past Dept He was hospitalized at Camp Robinson, Ark., Opening of new wing is scheduled for and later in Kennedy General Hospital, Mem- Illinois, hospitalized with a April. Cmdr of phis, Tenn., where he was discharged from military service. May 22, 1944. Anyone who fractured hip. served with him please contact him at Box 24, ] Nat'l Cmdr Arthur J. Connell and R. L. (Boh) Gordon, Past Nat'l Vice Speer, 111. Claim pending. Americanism Director Lee R. Penning- 166th Inf., Co. K, 1940-45-1 was treated for an in critical in Dermott, ton were guests of the National Council Cmdr, condition ear ailment in 1943 and 1944; now wish to contact those, especially the doctor who treated Ark., hospital with cerebral hemorrhage. of the Boy Scouts of America in Wash- me at Fort Barranear, Fla., in 1943, who re- member ailment and treatment. Write Edward ington on Feb. 9. COMING EVENTS: Clutters, Route 2, Kitts Hill, Ohio. Claim The Council each year selects 12 out- pending. Dept Conventions: 8th Cav., Troop D, Glenn Springs, Tex., Feb., 1919 standing Boy Scouts who are brought to —Anyone who served with me, or who remem- bers my fall at the Field at the Polo Asheville, N. C, May 20-23 Meet Washington to visit the national capital Field in Marfa, Feb. 22, 1919, or who recalls and meet the President. Two of the 12 St. Petersburg, Fla., May 21-23 my being in base hospital, please write Samuel J. Franco, 24 Jaques Ave., Worcester, Mass. this year were from Legion-sponsored Lamar, Colo., June 4-6 Help needed to establish claim. 452nd AAA—Aaron James, a native of Demopolis, Sioux Falls, S. Dak., June 13-16 troops—Ronald R. Brown, Long Prairie, Ala., served with this unit in France, England, Minn, and Harold Duncan of Grass Val- Globe, Ariz., June 17-19 and Germany in 1943-44. He is now hospital- ized in Ohio. Anyone who remembers him ley, Ore. Warren, R. I., June 18-20 please write his cousin, John Byrd, 1513 Parson Manchester, N. H., June 18-20 Ct., S.E.. Canton 7, Ohio. ]> In early January 4,000 persons at- 17th Field Artillery, Battery A-Jack R. Pavis, of tended a Boy Scout Jamboree at Salt Grand Forks, N. Dak., June 20-22 Mt. Carmel, Pa., served as a private with this unit from 1927 or 1928 to June 19, 1932. Last Lake City, Utah, where Ernest D. Kim- Palmer, Alaska, June 23-26 known address: 939 Market St., JefFersonville, Ind. Anyone who knows his whereabouts ball, of Ogden, Utah, June 24-26 Boy Scout Chmn for the Dept please write his sister, Mrs. Anna Kwapick, Utah received the Silver Beaver Award Hobbs N. M., June 25-27 710 Fairmont Place, Bronx 57, N. Y. Settle- 25-27 ment of estate involved. —highest honor of the Boy Scouts. Bozeman, A4ont., June 2nd Div., 38 Inf. Regt., Co. B-In Korea, Oct. 18, 28-30 1952, Sgt. McKinley J. Savoie suffered a gun- I> The Legion's annual Pilgrimage to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, June shot wound of his left knee. No record of his this wound. order the tomb of Abraham Lincoln at Spring- Boys' Nation, July 23-30 at University of having been treated for In to establish a claim, he needs help of those field, 111., was held on Feb. 12. Maryland, College Park, Md. who recall the incident. Contacct E. J. Dronet, Service Officer, P. Box the Cameron Parish O. 559, The impressive ceremonies and Cameron. La. 788th AAA Bn.-At Liege. Belgium, in 1944, my address by Nat'l Cmdr Arthur J. Connell feet and legs were frozen and I had bronchial were broadcast over the 500-station COMRADES pneumonia. I was a PFC at the time. My were lost, and 1 need help to estab- radio network of the Mutual Broadcast- records lish claim. Those who remember me and my ing System and telecast over WICS-TV, IN DISTRESS illness, please write Robert D. Stroud, Route Beaufort, N. C. does not #1, Springfield, 111. Space permit notices to contact 532nd Port Bn.— Anyone who served with T/5 persons for any purpose except to assist in Henry D. Parks at Norfolk, Va., or South A visit to New Salem Park, where establishing a claim for a veteran or his Wales, or in France, please contact Billy Bentley, Veterans Service Officer, State Dept. Lincoln lived and a banquet at the to dependents. Statement that effect should of Veterans Service, Thomaston, Ga. Abraham Lincoln Hotel climaxed the accompany notice. day's activities. Navy Army USS Admiralty Islands—Need to locate John P. PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: 452nd Ordnance Evac. Co.—Anyone who served at Darch of Astoria. Oregon, who served with me Camp Campbell, Ky., with me, and who re- in WW2. Disability claim pending. Please Jobs, Honors, Activities: members the injury to my leg before going on write to Albert Holten, 31 Greenway East, maneuvers in Aug., 1943, please contact Thur- New Hyde Park. N. Y. Colonel Joseph }. Foss, Congressional low A. Jackson, 308 W. Broadway, McLeans- Naval Supply Base, Navy 140, Espiritu Santo, New boro. 111. Would especially like to hear from Hebrides—Anyone who was with me on the Medal of Honor winner, WW2 ace and Dave McKenna and John Rhoades. island between July, 1944 and Dec, 1945, or

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who remembers working with me on Pier 4, loading cargo, please write Jerry V. Svoboda, Clements, Minn. Need affidavits for pending claim. USS Missouri—Anyone who remembers me as a Time to SWITCH to Fireman 1/c aboard ship from June, 1944 to Dec, 1945 please write Alfred Costa, 29c Pleasant View, Fall River, Mass. Claim pend- ing. Com. Fair Photo Group 2, Photo Recon Sqdn. 5- Anyone who remembers me on Guam in 1945, something BETTER? particularly corpsman who treated my jungle rot, please contact Leonard P. Leberg, Pitts- ville. Wis. I'SS Fall River-Anyone who served aboard ship in WW2, and particularly those in 7th Div. under Lt. Murphy, and anyone knowing ad- dress of Joe Krodei of Conn., please write to David Hughes, Mill Street, Jackson, Ohio. Need help lor pension. USS Cu.vama (WW1»—Anyone who remembers my entering a gas hatch aboard ship on March 29, 1919 and being poisoned by carbon mo- noxide, please contact Garland Phillips at Mel- rose, N. M. Need help to establish claim. 2nd Marine Div., 8th Marines— Suffered blindness attack at Nagasaki, Japan, in Oct., 1945. And was carried on stretcher to sick bay. Need to locate stretcher bearers Cpl. Charles S. Mley, of Pa. and Cpl. J. K. Johnson, of Conn. Also any others who remember the incident. Now suffering periodic attacks, and need help to establish claim. Write Millard Austin Heliums, 4,^16— 12th Court North, Birmingham, Ala- bama.

Air Hq, 6332nd Air Base Group—While on Okinawa, Aug. 1949-Aug. 1951, Major Cary G. Dunn suffered from an intestinal condition, and was treated at a dispensary. No record of his hav- ing been treated at a hospital. He died of intestinal cancer, which is thought to have been caused or aggravated by this condition. Pending claim is important to his widow and family, which includes two children. Anyone who knew him. or who knows of his illness, please write Mrs. Cary G. Dunn, 910 S. Tami- ami Trail, Sarasota, Fla. Rolling Field, I942-43-Pvt. William F. Treadway served as a guard at the Pentagon during this period. Also during this period, he was hos- pitalized. Anyone who remmembers his hos- pitalization please contact Darrell B. Hancock, 1222 S. Broadway, Lexington 3, Ky. Claim pending. MISSING IN KOREA FREE WHISKEY TASTE TEST KIT! YOU'RE in the same boat as the Name, rank, and complete unit should be IF Contains 2 glass jiggers, instructions clearly spelled out — no abbreviations. Re- guy on the left—ready to make a and "Whiskey Expert" cards. Write plies to these notices which ask for money we'd like to say this: change— Calvert, Room 1321 AL, 405 Le.x- should be reported to the editors. ington A\ enue, New York 17, N. Y. Maybe it's time for you to switch 24th Div., 21st Inf. Regf., Co. I-Cpl. Walter Ray (Offer not good where local regu- Baker captured at Chochiwon, July 1950; to a better whiskey ... a whiskey 12, lations forbid, died at Chungan, Jan. 12, 1951. His mother, like Calvert that is made in a mod- Mrs. Cecile M. Baker. Rockbridge. 111., would like to hear from the 3 repatriated soldiers ern million dollar still and blended who knew him for six months. 7th Div., 32nd Inf. Regt., Co. C-Pvt. OUn L. to the new modern taste of most Johnson reported killed in action on Old Americans. Compare Calvert with Baldy, March 25, 1953. His parents, Mr. & Mrs. Ed Johnson, R. 1, Irene, S. D., would your present brand like this: like to hear from anyone who served with him, and from the parents in of men who served Sniff a sample jigger of Calvert Co. C with their son. 24th Div., 2Ist Inf. Regt., Co. D-Cpl. Harlan R. and your present whiskey for pleas- Reuter missing since Nov. 1, 1951, at Kum- song. Anyone knowing the circumstances of ing aroma. Taste each whiskey criti- his disappearance and/or having any informa- cally to judge flavor, smoothness— tion about him please write his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Sylvester Reuter, Route 4, Dubuque, and freedom from bite. Choose the Iowa. 32nd Inf. Regt., Co. A-Sgt. James E. Goody miss- one that really pleases you more! ing since July 20, 1950; last seen fighting in Taejon. Anyone who has any information See if it isn't time for you to about him please contact his sister, Mrs. Marie better Coleman, P. O. Box 148, Roseville, Ohio. switch to something better—a 24th Div., 19th Inf. Regt., Co. C-Cpl. Robert L. uliisketj like Calvert! May missing Nov. 4, 1950. Anyone who knew him, or who knows anything about him please write his mother, Mrs. Leona May, 1602 S. 10th St., Eldora, Iowa. 2nd Div., 38th Field Artillery, Service Battcry- SFC Burton A. Gracey missing near Somin- dong, Nov. 30, 1950; reported to have died in youNi prison camp. Any information about him Compare. ««ahd would be appreciated by his father. Burton A. Gracey, Sr., 304 Alexander Ave., Bronx 54, N. Y. 2nd Div., 38th Inf. Regt., Co. G-Sgt. Omar G. Blowers missing since Feb. 12, 1951; reported to have died in Camp No. 2, May 30, 1951. switch to Calvert Anyone who was with him when he died, or who knew him in Korea, please write his mother, Mrs. Martha Blowers, Box 26, Swain, N. Y. 31st Inf. Regt., Co. M-Paul E. La Fond missing CALVERT RESERVE BLENDED WHISKEY-86.8 PROOF-65% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS. since withdrawal from North Korea Dec. the CORP., NEW YORK CITY 12, 1950. Anyone knowing anything about him, CALVERT DISTILLERS THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1954 • 43 and/or the circumstances of his disappearance tact H. Guy Watts, 200 Huntington Ave., Bos- 3rd Port Transportation Corps Ass'n—Eighth an- please write his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. ton 23, Mass. nual reunion, Atlantic City, N. J., May 15-16; La Fond, 10 Burhans Ave., Warrensburg, 30th Inf. Div. Ass'n— Eighth annual reunion and Ambassador Hotel. For info contact Archie N, Y. convention. Savannah, Ga., July 1-3; Hotel C. Harshaw, 5011 Osage Ave., Philadelphia 251h Div., 3Sth Inf. Regt., Co. F-2nd Lt. Harry L. DcSoto. Info from 30th Inf. Div. Ass n., P. O. 43, Pa. BuUington reported missing 10 miles north- Box B, Bergen Station, Jersey City, N. J. Co. L, 332nd Inf. (WWD-Reunion. East Liver- west of Hamchiang, July 22. 1950. No word 3Sth Inf. Div.-Reunion, Kansas City, Kan., Oct. pool, Ohio, May 13. Contact Colin J. Morton, ever received from him. Anyone who served 1-3; Town House Hotel. Info from Mahlon S. 2281/2 W Fifth St., East Liverpool, Ohio. with him please write his mother, Mrs. Helen Weed. P. O. Box 1001. Kansas City, Kan. Co. D, 803rd M.P. Bn. -Fifth annual reunion, G. Bullington, 33 S. Potomac St., Baltimore 69th Inf. Div.-Reunion. Washington, D. C., Aug. Southampton, L. L. N. Y., May 22; Scotch 24, Md. 20-22, Hotel Shoreham. Info from Pierce Rice, Mist Inn. For info write James A. Cameron, 32nd Inf. Rcgl., Co. B-Pvt. Theodore Rodriquez Room 404. 109 W. 42nd .St.. New York. N. Y. 139 Herrick Road. Southampton, L. I.. N. Y. missing March 26, 1953. No word since then. 42nd (Rainbow) Inf. Div.— 36th annual reunion, 216th General Hospital .\ss'n (WW2)-Fifth annual Anyone who knew him, or who has seen him Boston. Mass.. July 12-14; Statler Hotel. Info reunion, Boston, Mass., May 28-30; Sheraton- please write his aunt, Mrs. Virginia Castro, from R. Allen Gibbons, P. O. Box 342, Roa- Plaza Hotel. Write Andrew J. Menzia, 79 n995 Herron St., San Fernando, Cal. noke, Va. Middle St.. Lowell. Mass. 24th l>iv., Engr. C. Bn., Co. D-Sgt. Earl J. 88th (Blue Devils) Inf. Div.-Reunion. Hartford, 13th Field Artillery Obs'n Bn.— Reunion, New "Rusty" Huff reported missing Aug. 2, 1950; Conn.. Aug. 12-14; Hotel Bond. Write Gerald York, N. Y., May 29; Henry Hudson Hotel. lasi seen puttmg up a roadblock in Naegong-ni. LeMav. 159 French St.. Watertown. Conn. Info from Wallace Gibb, 1350 Oeden Ave., Anyone having any information about him Midvfest 90th (Tough 'Ombres) Inf. Div. Ass'n- New York 52, N. Y. please write his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Earl J. Reunion, Fargo, N. D., Sept. 25; American 817th T. D. Bn.— Ninth annual reunion. Buffalo. Huff. 7761 Baxter St., Pittsburgh 21, Pa. Legion Club. Write Thomas J. Ameson, Box N. Y.. June 5; Hotel ButTalo. Write Ted 2nd Div., 2nd Combat Engineers, Co. D— Sgt. 962, Minneapolis, Minn. Warner, 280 Hastings Ave., Buffalo 15, N. Y. George Thayer missing smce Dec. 1, 1950; last 102nd (Ozark) Inf. Div. (WW2)-6th annual re- 325th Field Artillery Ass'n & 325th Field Artillery heard from near Kunu-ri. His parents, Mr. & union, Philadelphia, Pa., July 16-18; Benja- Auxiliary— Reunion Kokomo. Ind.. June 5-6; Mrs. Glenn Thayer, 411 Venango Ave., Cam- min Franklin Hotel. Write Michael D. Coyle, Frances Hotel. Info from Paul Moore. 802 bridge Springs, Pa., would appreciate hearing 5766 Dunlap St., Philadelphia 31. Pa. West Poplar St., West Frankfort, 111.; info re from anyone who has any intormation about 415th Railroad Telegraph Bn., AEF— Annual din- Aux. from Mrs. Claude P. McLaughlin, ner, Chicago, III., April 24; Morrison Hotel. R. F. D. #2, Thorntown, Ind. Richard 55Sth Held Artillery Bn., Battery C-PFC Info from James j. Maher, 3723 So. Rockwell 1127th & 1400th M. P. Companies-Reunion, Pitts- alter G. KremI reported missing July 14, 1953, St.. Chicago 32. 111. burgh, Pa., June 5-6; Roosevelt Hotel. Write especially re- battle of Capitol Hill. Anyone, Co. C, 131st Inf. (WWD-Reunion, Chicago, III, Frank Farina. 1001 Serrill Ave., \'eadon. Pa. turned POW's, having any information about April 24; Majestic Hotel. Details from Bill 753rd Railway Shop Bn.— Fifth annual convention, Mrs. him please wriie his parents. Mr. & Collins. 1000 No. Crosby St.. Chicago. 111. Youngstown, Ohio. June 12-13; Pick Ohio George Kreml, Box 99, Mokcna, 111. Battery B, 55th Field Artillery, A.E.F. Veterans Hotel. For info write C. C. Jackson, P. O. Box 2nd Rocket Field Artillery Battery-Lt. Robert L. Ass'n — Thirtieth annual banquet, Boston, 2, Youngstown, Ohio. Jaiie,5 missing in vicinity of Sochang-ni, since Mass., Apr. 24; Hotel Manger. For info con- 23rd Engineers (WWl)— Annual reunion, Elkhart, April 23, 1951. Anyone haviny any information tact Frederick J. Milliken. 12 Puritan Ave., Ind., June 19-20; Hotel Elkhart. Info from about hm please contact his wife, Mrs. Robert Dorchester 21, Mass. James P. Henriksen. 2922 North Kilbourn Janes, 105 Frisbie Court, Syracuse, N. Y. 317th Field Signal Bn. Assn— Reunion. Boston. Ave., Chicago 41, 111. 7th Cav. Regt., Co. D-PFC Ervin J. Dannemiller Mass.. April 24; Parker House. Details from 506th Engineer L. P. Co. (WW2)-Sixth annual re- Oct. 12- missing since the action at Chorwon. I. C. Austin, 180 Prescott St.. Reading. Mass. union, Detroit. Mich.. June 19-20; Veterans n, 1951. No word since then; not on POW Iceland Veterans-Third reunion, Philadelphia. Pa.. Memorial Bldg. Info from Donald Dihie, Danne- list. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul April 30-May 2; Victoria Hotel. For details 16182 Jonis Ave.. Allen Park, Mich. Ohio, miller, 915 Silvercrest Ave., Akron, write Dave Zinkoflf, 5211 Girard Ave., Phila- Co. C, 746 Railway Operating Bn.— Annual reunion. would appreciate hearing from anyone who delphia 31, Pa. New \'ork. N. Y'.. June 22-24; Times Square has any information about him and/or his Machine Gun Co., 108th Inf.-Annual reunion. Hotel. Info from Otto Kunzer, 406 Nassau disappearance. St., Bellmore, N. Y. Rochester. N. Y., May I ; 40 c& 8 Club. Con- Samuel 2nd Div., 9th R.C.T., 3rd Bn., Hq Co.-Sgt. tact George Y'alteau. 1000 Winton Rd., N.. 3rd Bn., 107 QM and 732nd Ord. Co.-Reunion, pre- iM. iVIoody missing since Dec. 1, 1950; Rochester 9, N. Y. Fort Atkinson, Wis., June 26-27; Legion Dug- the Any- sumed to be dead by Dept ol Army. 732nd Railway Operating Bn.—Third annual re- out. Contact W. Krentz, 902 N. Main St.. Fort him please one having any intormation about union. Cincinnati. Ohio. May 1-2; Hotel Sher- Atkinson, Wis. Enter- write his wife. Mrs. OIlie Moody, 2-D aton-Gibson. Write B. C. Derrington, 4500 ISth Engineers (WWl)— Annual reunion and picnic, prise Homes, Macon, Ga. Pittsburgh, Pa.. July 10; West View Park. Free Thomas Allerton Blvd., Fort Wayne 5. Ind. 1st Marine Div., 7th Marines, Co. I-PFC 103rd Inf. (A.E.F.)— Reunion, Augusta, Maine, supper served to members of 15th Engrs. of July J. Cherf missing on Berlin Outpost, since May 8-9; Fitzgerald-Cummings American WWl, and to their families. Info from Neda 19, 1953. Anyone having any information about Legion Home. Info from Richard E. Brann. M. Duncan, 1238 S. Braddock Ave., Pitts- him please write his parents, Mr. & Mrs. John lOf) Western Ave.. Augusta. Maine. burgh 18, Pa. M Cherf, 303-l

44 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL. 1954 WHY SO MUCH HORSEPOWER? -and now in ^arlitl bolt action .22 ^ / (Conlhiited front page 27)

say he never will get caught in sucli a trap in a car that lacks reserve power. But many dri\'ers who have slipped into that trap would argue otherwise — if MARLIN'S SENSATIONAL they were alive. An agile, high-powered car slants the scales more in favor of the erring driver. The more powerful MICRO-GROOVE RIFLING' engine responds faster and provides the burst of speed needed to pass. The more brings the most accurate plinking nimble car reduces the time a driver spends in the left lane. and small-game shooting ever known! Greater horsepower enables drivers to maintain normal cruising speeds and still have throttleroom to spare. While moving at customary speeds, the more PROOF! Two typical 10-shot patterns fired at powerful engine is utilizing only a part 100 yards by a noted gun editor and marksman. of its potential capacity. AVhen the en- Note (at top) tight group from a Marlin .22 with gine operates slowly at more normal revolutionary new Micro-Groove Rifling—exclu- speeds, it is more economical dur- and sively Marlin's. Note wider dispersion of bottom able than a less powerful engine push- group, fired from new .22 of famous make with ing the same car at the same speed. regular rifling. Two years of intensive firini; with Packard's engine, according to Nance, guns equipped with Marlin Micro-Groove bar- achieves its efficiency at a maximum rels shows increases in accuracy of 20% to 25%! mere 40 m.p.h. Consequcntl>', the en- Micro-Groove Rifling was perfected by T. R. gine costs less to operate, lasts longer Robinson Jr., Marlin's famous Director of Re- and still has plenty of power available search and Development—and is available only if needed. in Marlin Guns. More power helps a driver get away to faster starts— not tire-squeaUng, jack- rabbit starts, which no auto company recommends, but reliable take-offs that get the driver through crowded inter- HERE'S WHY: Note that Micro-Groove Rifling sections and make room for traffic to (top) has SIXTEEN . . . SHALLOW . . . grooves as the rear. Auto makers believe that to- compared to regular rifling (bottom) with SIX day's crowded highways and city streets . . . DEEP . . . grooves. Easy to see why Micro- make quicker response, greater agility Groove means faster, more even dissipation of and maneuverability most important heat through the barrel . . . far less gas leakage, and necessary. too — a major cause of bullet "flipping" at the Greater power lets a driver clear mouth of the barrel. Far less barrel erosion, too. steep grades more handily and gets him Also— Micro-Groove avoids deep scarring of the around aggravatingly slow trucks on bullet, thus lessening wobble and air resistance, hills. Human temperament being what which cause inaccuracy. it is, there will always be impatient drivers who will try to get around a traffic-blocking truck on a long incline. Since more power will let such drivers pass more quickly, thereby reducing See Marlin Micro-Groove at your dealer now. the hazard to other drivers, it seems Available in all Marlin bolt actions, as well as sensible to provide the power. semi-automatics. Same models oflcred also with The public itself contributes greatly Marlin's long-famed Ballard type rifling. to the demand for greater power. Year MODEL 81-DL, $30.95. Full tuhular maga/ine takes short, long by year, buyers seek more car comfort. and long litle .22 cartridges. Other Marlin .22 bolt ac- Greater comfort often means greater tions from $24.95. Prices slightly higher west of Rockies. weight. As weight is added, so must ' Trademark ami Patau Peihlint; horsepower be added to keep the power-to-weight ratio in balance, if the The Wamt Foh Game AlarUn Pine Guns Since \%l0 car is to maintain good performance characteristics. Aside from the weight factor, vari- VALUABLE COUPON NAME. ous accessories gobble up much of the -MAIL TODAY! horsepower an engine develops. TIic The Marlin Firearms Co. generator, fan, air cleaner, manifold Dept.4-AL New Haven, Conn. STREET. me catalogue with infor- heat control valve, Send fuel and water mation and plioto-illustrations pumps, power steering unit, muffler and of Marlin Guns, plus new car- toon booklet, "More Fun wiili CITY_ JONE. air-conditioning unit, etc., drain away Your .22 Rifle." Also send me much a pack of (check preference) of the power that normally single or double-edge enclose STATE. would be used to drive the car itself. Marlin Razor Blades. I lOt: for handling. Engine, transmission and rear axle fric-

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAG.'V^INE • APRIL, 1954 • 45 tion also draw off significant quantities 265-h.p. In 1932, that same "bomb" — cles are on the road, regardless of horse- of horsepower. Tfiese factors combined supercharged — turned up a skyhigh pow er. can easily reduce power output by 40 320-h.p.! The 1931-1932 Alarmons had But accident rates have not increased per cent. Thus, while indicated horse- 125-h.p. and 200-h.p. tucked under their in proportion to the rate of vehicle power may be 200, only 120 brake bonnets. Lincolns in those years churned registrations or miles traveled. A\'hile horsepower or so is actually delivered up 150-h.p. The Pierce-Arrow, circa horsepower rose 83 percent between to the rear wheels. (Brake horsepower 1931, was propelled by a I50-h.p. mill, 1930 and 1953, and the number of vehi-

is that power which reaches the end of and in 1936, a special model called the cles on the road increased roughly 106 the crankshaft.) Silver Arrow had a 300-h.p. engine, al- percent, traffic fatalities from 1930 to These considerations obviously are though the standard production V-12 1952 (last available statistics at this writ- not enough to pacify the critics, if for held a puny^ rating of 1 85-h.p.! ing) increased but 15 percent! Nothing no otlier reason than that many people "So what?" critics ask. Traffic deaths in those figures to show that higher

\\ ho argue in favor of less horsepow er remain high (but not steadily higher). horsepower is the killer. Any increase bclie\ e that horsepower is synon>'mous In 1930, about 33,000 persons w ere killed in fatalities is repugnant to the sensibili- w ith speed. That is not strictly so. Ac- in trafHc accidents of all kinds. In 1937 ties, but horsepower cannot be tagged cording to Chayne, about five horse- as the sole culprit. power must be added to an engine's Figures which most emphatically output to produce a one-mile-an-hour portray the fact that power has little increase in speed. As speed increases, so, to do with causing accidents are the too, does wind resistance, which tends total traffic death rates per 100 million to pull down that 5-to-l ratio. vehicle-miles. Nor is speed necessarily curtailed by In 1927, the first year in w hich ac- a mere reduction in power, f'or proof, curate deaths-per-lOO-million-miles fig- one need onh' to look at Europe's cars, ures are available, the rate w as 16.3 per- which often are smaller and much less sons killed for every lOO-million miles powerful than American cars, but traveled. In 1930, it had dropped to 16. w hich often are capable of out-running By 1952, the rate had fallen to 7.3, and or at least keeping pace with most in the first nine months of 1953, it was American makes. The fastest i\merican down to 6.7. That, according to the stock cars are capable of speeds roughly National Safety Council, was the lowest in the 100-115-m.p.h. range. ever recorded for a nine-month period. Yet consider the following foreign Another somewhat morbid but never- nameplates and their power ratings: theless graphic picture is painted by the Jowett Jupiter, 64-h.p.; Porsche, 70- death rate per 10,000 vehicles. In 1930, h.p.; Sunbeam Alpine, 80-h.p.; A. C. deaths per 10,000 vehicles stood at 12.4. Ace, 85-h.p.; Austin Healey, 90-h.p.; A peak of 14.4 w as reached in 1934. The Alfa Romeo, 93-hp.; Alvis, 93-h.p.; death rate has dropped steadily since,

Triumph T. R. 2, 95-h.p.; Frazer-Nash, so that in 1952, it was 7.2, exactly half "I get hysterical every time I think of it — 100-h.p.; Riley Pathfinder, llO-h.p.; and eight electric percolators, eight!" the rate of 20 years ago.

Fiat V-8, 1 lO-h.p. AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE These accurate measuring methods Nothing startling in those figures. show that while horsepower and num-

Yet because they employ axle ratios and 1941, bloodiest of all years, almost ber of vehicles continue to climb, traffic favorable to development of high 40,000 persons were killed. In 1952, fatalities are declining. If all those 55 speeds, arc able to reach power peaks at fatalities were slightly lower than that million vehicles on the road today w ere low revolutions per minute, in some - about 38,000. powered by 70-h.p. engines, would cases have a more favorable power-to- At the same time, average horsepower traffic fatalities similarly be cut approxi- weight ratio, and other factors, most of ratings rose impressively. In 1918, ac- mately in half? It's not likely. Rather, it these foreign cars will reach speeds cording to Chayne, average horsepo^' er would seem that the reduced death rates are a measure of the efficacy of safety equal to those of the most powerful in U. S. autos was 20. By 1930, it was U. S. stock cars and in some cases quite up to 75, an increase of 275 per cent. campaigns and more rigid policing of definitely exceed them. The 90-h.p. Between 1930 and 1942, the average highways. Austin Heale\', for instance, can reach w ent up to 115-h.p., a boost of 53 per Highway accidents are not governed a scorching 140-m.p.h. and the 95-h.p. tent. In 1953, it was 137-h.p., or 19 per by the amount of pow er that cars pos- Triumph has been clocked at 124-m.p.h. cent above the 1942 figures. sess but by the amount of judgment,

True, not many of them can get away Thus, it appears that high traffic skill, experience, courtesy and common as quickly as, say, a Cadillac Series 62, fatalities and high horsepower are in sense possessed and used by drivers. a Chrysler New Yorker Deluxe or an some way interrelated (discounting And, critics must agree, neither Ford Olds 8S, but put those cars up against those peak fatality years of 1937 and nor Studebaker nor an\' other auto a moderately powered Alcrcedes-Benz 1941, when average horsepower was maker can control individual driv ers.

(I50-h.p.), Jaguar (160-h.p.), Ferrari much lower than it is now ). But tw o If a drunk, or a reckless youngster, { I70-h.p.) or any o( a number of other significant factors rule otherw ise. or a near-sighted driver, or a slow poke foreign speedsters, including most of One is the increase in number of or a careless motorist in a 230-h.p. car those listed above, and when the domes- vehicles in use. In 1918, onl\- 6 million kills himself {)r others because he had tic cars are "fiat-out," the foreign cars cars, trucks and buses were registered in no control over himself or his car, or w ill be leading and still digging dow n. the U. S., according to the Automo- was physically unqualified to drive, or (jitics of the "horsepower race" bile .Manufacturers Association. B\' simply was inattentive, would any of should keep in mind another fact: 1930, over 26.5 million \ chicles were them have been better off had the car

1 here is nothing new about it. It has registered. In 1953, however, nearh^ 55 been a 70-h.p. Porsche? Of course not, been w ith us for a good man>- \ ears. million privatch' and publich' owned since the German car can exceed 100 In 1928, for instance, Duesenbcrg's vehicles were in use. It follows that m.p.h. no matter whose foot is on the straight eiglit pow er-plant de\ eloped more accidents will occur if more vehi- accelerator. Further, the Porsche is vir-

4g • THE AMERICAN LEGION iMAGAZINE • APRIL. 1954 tually as formidable an obstacle on the highway as any U. S. car. Would the critics then install gover- Are you an'j)^"n.ale? nors on all vehicles? These devices re- strict speed, not horsepower. A speed SCORE YOURSELF What do women say about men — in can be adjusted so that a governor A "he-man"— hut not a "au I'-tuiin" the privacy of their own dressing 50-m.p.h., will not travel over ( 211 iioints) vehicle rooms? 100 models— real "pin-up"girls that matter, at all. Good naliirvtl (iilth scnsv i>j hiintor) or 25-ni.p.h., or for an "Ideal —but not (I "good time Charlie" —gave the answer. To be have yet been uncovered to No facts (If) points) Male," they said, demands the qualities people w ho drive the higher- Ambitious— hut not o grind prove that at left. Score >'ourself! If you have all are responsible ( I.) points) powcred cars of today these qualities, you score an "Ideal" 100. Said Sociable—a good talker aud mixer for a lopsided share of accidents. ( 10 points) find no GM's Chayne recently: "We Good looking— but not loo handsome evidence that horsepower has any sig- (15 points) Most important— a nellgroomed ap- nificant relation to road speed. Records pearance . . . with hair kept neat at- of arrests for rural speed violations without messy goo ' (25 jjoints) ages, test to the fact that cars of all makes and horsepower ranges are in- volved, in about the normal registration ratio." A driver with 200 h.p. at his com- all of it mand is not compelled to use sub- at all times. If he suddenly needs stantial power, however, it is reassur- ing to know it is under the hood. By the same token, knowing it is there is no reason for drivers to pass on hills, howl along at 90 m.p.h. or take similar risks. But drivers have always persisted ^11 in taking such gambles. Auto makers want to reduce the risks. Higher horse- power helps. A critic can argue that he will never drive so foolishly. If so, then there may be no valid reason why he should buy a car that can produce adequate power in emergencies. But another driver may prefer to have the power reserve, the comfort and safety that higher horse- power makes possible. The fact that hundreds of thousands of cars on the Amazing new "no grease" discovery powered by engines de- road today are keeps hair neater than gooey oils and creams- veloping 180 or more horsepower scalp cleaner^ too! proves that somebody wants them. keeps hair and

If enough motorists agree that horse- Here's how to "up" your score as an keep scalp free of flaky dandruff. At power has climbed too high and decide "Ideal" Male! Use Fitch Ideal — the drug counters. And ask Barbers for applications. that their next cars will have 100-h.p. hair tonic that makes it easier to professional good-looking, neat all day or less instead of 200, then horsepower keep hair

. . .and cleaner at the same time! surely will decline. Pure economics, Fitch Ideal's magic grooming in- after all, bears most heavily on power gredient helps keep hair and scalp cannot be ratings. If high horsepower cleaner because — not being oily, sold, it won't be offered. sticky or creamy— it won't trap dirt to clog scalp pores! And its tingling There is little indication in the in- tonic action relieves itching, acts to HAIR TONIC dustry that reductions are in the offing, however. Authoritative spokesmen say 300- it is not impossible, in fact, that MIBnClAMINfinilGArHOME! h.p. engines may well be relatively com- Get ORDERS and CASH from your mo mon within five or ten years. Such rat- man—do work in SPARE TIME ot home ings certainly are not beyond reach. A — or expand into FULL TIME business. using Sfiid coupon for Free facts about modified Chrysler Firepower V-8 ihe newest and most fascinating: of .ill home operated businesses. For deliver canvassing^no selling. We even supply the cir- only regular grade gasoline can Ihe first time a simplified machine culars you mail to bring back cash and orders. tilings 309 h.p. And one of these modified the fabulous profits of Plastic Don't waste a minute. Rush your name. We'll Sc-Aling and Plastic Laminating send you FREE and postpaid pictures, prices, using special fuel, has ex- A ilhin the reach of the small opera- details, and all the facts you need to start. powerplants, \"V. Anyone can learn to operate the Mail coupon or send name on postcard. Wo iii.tchine with charge. ceeded 430 h.p.! At least one other auto a few minutes practice then with our Magic Mail Plan can WARNER ELECTRIC CO. company's present engine has been it mail orders pouring in daily \vith cash in every envelope. No 1512 Jarvis Av., Dept. L-32 D, Chicago 26, III. brought up to 300 h.p.

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1954 • 4-7 CAN WAGES BE GUARANTEED? (Continued from page 29) Made-to-Measure employers have a "social responsibility" are already so large that the ability of CLOTHES concerning jobs for employees. the higher-cost companies to continue 4. The GAW is regarded by some as operation would be seriously weakened. FOR MEN a means to put pressure on emplo>'ers to (I think David McDonald, the steel do all they can according to points 1, workers' powerful leader, recognizes 5" 2, or 3. difficulties, «42 50 to 73 the and is likely to moder- 5. The more moderate defenders of ate any job guarantee demands.) NATIONAUY RECOGNIZED CAW say that it could be used merely 4. Business cycles have numerous NATIONALLY PRICED to increase pensions and social security causes and cannot be entirely elimi- contributions. For example, the C.I.O. nated, and the boom-and-bust swings has suggested that the wage guarantee that affect many industries make any might be reduced by the amount the real guarantee of annual w ages impos- employer pays for unemployment in- sible. There is no evidence that reces- surance. (Of course, contributions to sions can be prevented by government unemployment funds do not prevent CINCINNATI 7, OHIO unemployment, and help only those Wtile loi nome ol our (WlUSIVf JUIHORIZfO AGtNO in yool loiolity ^^^^^^^^^^^^ who are laid off.) 6. A good many argue that GAW is GIVE TO desirable on the ground that it would "create purchasing CONQUER Chronic Ailments power" and thus help eliminate recession. (This is the CANCER FREE BOOK — Gives Facts notion that spending — not production

— makes business, and that saving is bad.) Avoid - ^uA C0lO*^ 1| 7. It would help keep out subversives, some assert. 8. GAW has actually worked in some AMERICAN cases, helping to iron out seasonal and Why neglect health? Write today for large short-term unemployment. CANCER 140-page FREE BOOK which tells about the In my opinion, points 5, and causes, effects and latest institutional methods 1, 2, 4, SOCIETY for these ailments. McCIeary Clinic and Hos- 8 are true and sound. The others seem pital, C466 Elms Blvd., Excelsior Springs, Mo. to be either only partially true or are entirely illogical (e.g., point 6). All DRAINS cellars, cisterns, wash tubs; leave a question as to the general ap- spending or giving individuals IRRIGATES - CIRCULATES - SPRAYS money plicability of the GAW scheme. to spend. Eight Arguments Against It rii..l.>r. Motor couplinc In- 5. GAW may actually increase in- " st, linless .ih.nft. 1" inlet; 3 j DOES NOT CLOG OR RUST! The points made against GAW are stability in business and in employment, if . .ish w ith order. I West of .'iCiiM f.UAR- I MONEY BACK as follows: in some cases. In early 1954, for in- LABAWCO PUMPS 1. It has shown little growth over a stance, some textiles, electric appliances, Belle Mc.id 56, N. J. 50-year period. automobiles, zinc, and steel have been 2. It has been abandoned in a major- produced in excess of quantities de- ity of the cases in which it has been manded at current prices. GAW under tried. Much disagreement as to its mer- such circumstances might prevent a PAYS BIG! SEND FOR FREE, BIG. TRATED CATALOG NOW! Graduates report its exists. This is true among both em- readjustment of supply to demand. It '.liikins substantial income-s. Start and run vour /BOOKfi own business quickly. Men. women of all aKes. karri easily. Course covers Sales. Property ployers and employees. could sometimes cause accumulations Management. Appraising:, Loans. MortpaRes. and iHOwl 1 elated subjects. STUDY AT HOME or in class- 3. A majority of those who have of stockpiles or of saved-up reserves rooms in leading cities. Diploma awarded. Write TODAY for free book! No oblipration. studied the subject appear to agree that tliat would cause trouble. I think that Approved for World War II and Korean Veterans WEAVER SCHOOL OF REAL ESTATE (Est. 1936) GAW is not generally good in all in- very pi"obably a weak "marginal com- Suite 300 Law BIdg. Dept. AL Kansas City, Mo. dustries, places, and times: It is not a pany" would find a fixed charge like panacea. Its success is limited by sev- GAW so burdensome at times that it PREPARE FOR eral definite conditions without which might be forced to shut down. You see, POSTAL CAREER it has not worked sati,sfactorily — con- GAW becomes a sort of fixed charge, ditions such as a stabilized product, a and raises the break-even point so that Veterans have a special preference when seekinp Postal employment. Take arlv.intage of your vet- eran's privileges. fauh' steady annual demand, possibility a smaller decline in volume of business Now you may secure a poclcet edition of a handv Practical Course in prep.iratlon for examination as of accurate annual forecasts, and low may cause losses. Clerk or Carrier for U. S. Postal Dept. Learn how to earn FINANCIAL INDEPKNDENCE and fixed cliarges. It is possible that GAW would en- SECURITY. Ideal worklnfi" conditions and hours. KETIRE WITH A PENSION. For example, a leading automobile courage go-slow tactics on the part of

I-'or Ct)MPLETE COURSE, send only $IO,0(l to . . . conipan>' executive is positive that the workers. DACTAI EY ^^^'^ LIBERTY, I^W3 Mil" t^jr ALAMEDA, CALIF. impossibility of anticipating within a 6. GAW does not mix well \\ ith col wide range how many cars will be lective bargaining — a very serious diffi- produced next year makes GAW in- culty. No point I have turned up im- OWN FIXIT SHOP applicable. Also, in the steel industry, presses me more than the fact that the Sta''t saw filing .sliop — cither spare where labor leaders in the past have only well-known GAW schemes thai or full time — in your Irasement or Rara^,'e. No sr-llinir. Hartlware stores considered demanding GAW, there are have worked and lasted have been 'Ari saws frn- \im on coniniissitin Irasis. Sleaily Near' nnirnl liiisine.ss (as in most "capital-goods industries"), established outside of collective bar- \o rypol ii'liri' [icct ssai V. I^as\ pa v- gaining. In 1952, out 2,600 collective- ^inr'tlts. KltKIO hiiii k le t ^ M () N' K Y great difficulties. These arise on account of '.MAKING PACTS — tells how to start. No ohliKation, No salesman of inevitably wide cyclical swings in bargaining agreements, only 20 under- will call. Send postcard todav. to guarantee wages or employment, FOLEY MFG. CO. • 439-4 Foley Bldg. • Minneapolis 18, Minn. demand for steel, and the fixed charges took

4g • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1954 and most of these were not for a full Not all so-called GAW schemes go er who uses it to get maximum produc- year. The scheme tends to increase the this far, and there may be important co- tivity out of a veteran labor force, it is desire of labor leaders to have a part operation between employer and em- in no way socialistic. And if the wage is in management so as to increase the ployee to stabilize employment without paid out of labor productivity, who will security of income they hope to gain. bringing the government into the pic- criticize? This takes them into price-making, sub- ture. But in a world of free choice, But if the aim of those who demand contracting, and the like. where people of different abilities and GAW is to "shift the cost of unemploy- 7. One difficulty closely connected changing tastes are experimenting, com- ment to management" (Reuther), or in with collective bargaining is the tend- peting, and improving production other words to grab for labor a part of ency of GAW schemes, once adopted, methods, how can w e try to guarantee profits, what then? Unless enterprise is to become fixed and inflexible, thus re- full employment and incomes that are free under competition to organize pro- ducing flexibility in the company's satisfactory to ever>body without fall- duction and direct it so as to make only operation. This tendency is confirmed ing back on pretty complete govei'n- things people are willing to pay for, by the experience of American com- ment control? If payrolls are maintained and thereby to earn a competitive profit, panies in South America, where GAW at the expense of profits and interest only one kind of enterprise can be is in fairly common use: their expan- on investment, the incentive to enter- found — the government. Then wages, sion has been retarded. prise and investment is destroyed. And annual or other, would be guaranteed 8. There is real danger that GAW if "wages" are paid, not out of the by taxpayers. may increase monopoly or government product of labor, but out of profits or But there is good in "security," and control, or both. This means danger to taxes, who is going to do the paying? as employers can do more than they the American system, a system based What is the Final Judgment? do to help stabilize business and em- on competition and individual initia- I propose three basic tests: (1) Does ployment, it is wise to end our study of tive. You can see this danger clearly in GAW provide stability or security of GAW with due consideration of the the assertion by the C.I.O. leadership productive work and income? (2) Does valid suggestions it makes. that unemployment is a "national prob- it maintain freedom of individual To begin with, employers should give lem." In Walter Reuther s words lurks choice, among producers as well as advance notice of layoffs, with the idea the threat of pressuring management to among consumers, thus avoiding social- of helping continuity of employment. cooperate in "national economic meas- ism? (3) What source of wages does it This should be combined w ith all pos- ures" to maintain full employment. recognize or provide as a basis for the sible help or suggestion as to other jobs. Such talk points straight toward social- proposed "guarantee"? Close cooperation w ith public employ- ism and the welfare state. Certainly the scheme does not meet ment agencies is essential to the success You can't charge that luanagement is these tests 100 per cent. In a limited of the project. directly responsible for eviploynient way, under some conditions it may in- When severance pay is feasible, it instability, without attacking the sys- crease stability and worker security. should be provided for. tem of free private enterprise. If established voluntarily by an employ- More adequate unemployment insur-

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*Prices subjecf fo change wi/hoo/ notice. "Kleonbore" is Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. by Reming- ton Arms Company, Inc., Bridgeport 2, Conn. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1954 49 ancc sN stenis are needed in some States. seasonal variations and cycle swings, ing GAW I have seen was made in In general, one of the most important can be more thoroughly studied and 1950 by Jay Hormel, Chairman of the \va>'s to deal with the problem is to provided for than has yet been at- Board of Geo. A. Hormel & Co., well improve our system of reserves for un- tempted. To some extent, they can be know n as one of the few concerns that employment and for retirement. (Em- eliminated. For the rest, they can be have made a GAW scheme work: ployers are not satisfied with the setup more accurately forecast, and then be "Certainly our company is wholly of such "funds" as that of the United dealt with by saving up reserves when unable to redeem the money considera- Aline W orkers.) business is active and by planning to tion in such a guarantee unless we can The legal exemptions from the pay- spread the w ork so as to minimize la\ - keep our people actually and profit- ment of "time-and-a-half" for overtime offs. Such plans would include diversi- ably employed. The entire asset value slioiiici be extended to allow more con- fication of products, developing prod- of our compan\', cashing every thing wc tinuous wage pa\-ments. To this end, ucts for different seasons, production to own, would only be sufficient to re-

the exemptions should apply to non- build up inventories, research to devel- deem a ten months' guarantee. . . . So, union workers as well as union mem- op new products or markets, and many when using the phrase 'guaranteed an- bers. They should be made more flex- others. nual wage,' we must ask the question ible, with different bases for overtime The only sure wa\' to stabilize em- — guaranteed by w hat? The only guar- in different industries. ployment is to stabilize business, and antee zve tnoiv of is the ability of The most surely effective way, how- tiiat is indeed a large order. Probabh management to manage, coupled with ever, is to deal w ith the causes of busi- the onl>' way to eliminate business ivillingness of ivorkers to ivork. If either ness instability as the source of insecu- cycles is to kill business. fails, then the guarantee fails." rir\ . The two great kinds of fluctuations. The wisest brief statement concern- THE END

MINOR LEAGUES BUT MAJOR HEADACHES (CoiiliiiiictI froiii pti^e 19) called the \()ung pitcher to his office. mington to the Phillies in mid-season, With almost all the games scheduled

"I.isten. 1 know you've been misbe- enabled the Giants to beat him 3 to 1. for night. Fox keeps his charges busy having," he told the youngster. "Your Giant Manager Leo Durocher later during the day with practice sessions. dad is here — outside that door. Do you told Fox, "After reading your report He stages a two-hour workout each day w ant me to tell him what >'ou've been on Jordan, I didn't know w hether we St. Cloud is at home. The sessions begin doing, or will you stop?" should even bother to have taken the at 10 a.m. and at one o'clock Fox dis- "I promise, Charlie," the bo>' an- field." misses his boys. They spend the rest of swered. "No more trouble." It might be interesting to look at a the afternoon at the movies, fishing or

The boy kept his w ord. He w ill be typical report which Fox sends to the just relaxing. Games start at 8 and Fox out of the Army soon, and the Giants parent club. This one concerns a player requires the players to report by 5:45. consider him big league material. sold by St. Cloud to another team in the On the road, he sets a curfew tw o and Alany parents keep in touch with league. The Giants, thinking this move a half hours after the end of each game. Fox throughout the season. Fathers on Then, he makes a check of the players' Summer vacations often journey to St. rooms. DO YOU HAVE A FRIEND Cloud to check on the baseball poten- Travel is not as tough in the North- who ought to have a subscription to the tialities of their offspring. ern League as it is in some of the other Legion Magazine? If you send $1.50 to- "I have a business minors. distance — at home that junior gether with his name and address to — The longest from could enter. Should he stick to base- The American Legion Magazine Aberdeen, S. D., to St. Cloud — is about ball or not?" the anxious father will ask. Circulation Department 400 miles. After finishing a night game Or perhaps it'll be: "How far do you 700 North Pennsylvania in Aberdeen Charlie and his boys ride Indianapolis Indiana think m>- bo>' can advance in baseball? 6, all night on a bus, arriving in St. Cloud it will bring him a year's subscription. Can he make the majors? Or should the next morning. he quit?" "We have a driver assigned to our Those are tough questions for Charlie. might not have been a wise one, asked bus and none of the players has to Fie tries not to dodge them; but some- for a report. Fox's report w ent this way: drive," Fox explains. "Sometimes there's times he just can't answer. If there is "Hitting 250 right now. No pros- a lot of fun on these trips, especially doubt he waits till the end of the sea- pect. Shows poor on a high ball w hen w c have a boy with musical talent. son when he is in a better spot to judge pitcher. Poor arm, average runner, The kids like to sing and even put on a youngster's ability. fair fielder. Do not believe he will shows of their own as we ride along." "It takes at least a year," Charlie says, hit good pitching. Our staff has no Fox as manager is part of the fun. "to be able to appraise a player. Some- trouble with him if pitcher keeps Often w hen the team is home, Charlie times it takes longer than that." the ball high. Terrible against all and his w ifc Elly invite players to their Fox and other minor league managers left-handed pitching. IVlight make house for a home-cooked meal. Other rate their youngsters monthl\- through- Class B ball, but that is his limit." private families entertain the boys, and out the season. In earl\' fall Charlie It's hard to figure when Charlie has there arc restaurants in St. Cloud where makes a final report not only on his time to w rite such reports — or do any- a friendly proprietor is happy to pick own players but also on every player thing else. Besides managing, he must up a ball phn er's meal tab. in the league— just in case the Ciiants serve as coach and trainer, and even On the road Charlie's players receive might want to draft one of them. nursemaid. He must also catch the $2.50 a day for meals. Their salaries are When Charlie was at Sunbury in 1951 games. With a roster of only 17 men, as low as $175 per month, but with he made a very important report on an minor league managers must play. But lower expenses than they'd have in large opposing player. The Giants won the Fox plays w ith a thousand problems on cities, they sometimes save a little. JMost National league pennant that year and his mind. Even when playing, he of all, from Fox and the other minor by only one game. Charlie's report on coaches at third when not at bat or on league managers, these bo>^s arc learn- Niles Jordan, who went from Wil- the bases. ing their trade — baseball.

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Charlie is expected b>' tlie Giants to produce a winning team. But the parent club puts most emphasis on develop- New Greaseless Way To ment of future stars. Carl Hubbell, Giants' farm director, told Fox, "It's Keep Your Hair All Day - better to teach your pla> ers one thing during an entire season than to win all your games." VITALIS With V-7

Although his salary is small, Charlie likes his job. It is a real thrill for him to walk into the Giants' clubhouse, after his own season is o\ er and see one of his old boys. Last season Fox \\ as visit- ing the Giants when Ra\' Katt, w horn he had managed at St. Cloud in 1948, spotted him. Ra\- rushed over and shook Charlie's hand. "Hi ya, Skipper," shouted Katt. "How'd it go this year? Ciood to sec you again." That's when Fox can grin and re- member that here is another youngster to whom he gave that push and help that sent him to the big leagues. Fox's record has been good. Since he started managing at Bristol in 1947, none of his teams has finished out of the first division. His salary has kept in- creasing. But still he is forced to work in the off-season. Last winter he had a job as steam man for the New York Central railroad. Makes even dry, unruly hair easy Prevents dryness. New Vitalis to manage. Keeps hair neat with maintains your hair's iiatiiial mois- Charlie's ambition is to manage the V-7. new ^retiseless grooming dis- ture balance better than any other Giants someday. But he know s the odds covery that outdates messy oils. Nev- leading tonic. Try new Vitalis with are against him. er a gummy film or '"oil-slick" look! V-7. You'll like it! "It's a tough climb," he admits. "And PRODUCT OF BRISTOL-MYERS I realize that very seldom does a major league club promote its minor league manager to the big job." AffpmmTi,||T I I BECOME AN EXP ERT HI Fox's observation is backed up by AbyuiiiiiHNI figures. There have been 16 managerial SEND FOR FREE SAMPLE LESSON Execotive Ace >unt.Hnts and C. I', A's earn $4.0U(,l to SlU.OOO a year. changes in the majors since the start Thousands of firms need them. We truin .vuu thoruly at home in spare time for C. 1'. A's examinations or executive accounting positions. of the 1951 season. Brooklyn's Previous experience unnecessary. Personal training under supervision Wnk of staff of C. P. A's. Placement counsel. Write for free book. "Ac- S04y That Pays." and sample lesson. Alston is the only minor league career countancy, the Profession LASALLE Extension University, 417 So. Dearborn St. DIRECT from manager brought up to fill one of those A Correspondence Institution Dept. 4361H; Chicago 5, III. , "PAY AS I / You!^ 21 16 vacated spots. This is [you piAY"S''"P**'^*®'^ a tremendous j^'^TISFACTION GUARANTEED, or your GIANT BALLOONS I Sm.ll Oowi- Pen.,, Surolus Govt. ' Vmoney back! NOW you can save up to 50% blow to the aspirations of a man w illing U.S. NEOPRENE li lirtli Ai \ "..itl.ir, t.iiei't lialooiK uiew purchase from America's leading

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New Way them to the plate. After all studs are in radiators should be backed by a tin nailed on, return the plate to position, or asbestos sheet, concave at the top Without Surgery and nail it down. (The studs may be to throw the heat forward. toenailed to the plate, but this does not If your heat comes from a warm-air Science Finds Healing Substance That have the holding power of the method furnace, new ducts must be run and Relieves Pain — Shrinks Hemorrhoids described.) Then toenail the upper ends registers installed. The ducts should be For the first time science has found a of the studs to the rafters. rectangular in cross section so that they new healing substance with the astonish- The ne.xt perpendicular measurements can be installed between wall studs on ing ability to shrink hemorrhoids and to will establish the limits of standing the low er floor to reach the attic. There, stop bleeding — without surgery. In case after case, pain was relieved headroom. This is marked on the rafters they can be run betw een the floor joists promptly. And, while gently relieving on both sides of the room to determine to reach the desired register positions. pain, actual reduction (shrinkage) took the location of the horizontal ceiling You may wish to call in a professional place. joists or collar beams, which support heating man or tinsmith to install the Most amazing of all— results were so the ceiling proper. The ceiling joists air ducts. thorough that sufferers made astonishing statements like "Piles have ceased to be can be made with 2-by-4s provided the Auxiliary heaters are sometimes easier a problem!" span is not excessive. They can be to install and cheaper than using your The secret is a new healing substance nailed to the sides of the rafters; or, regular heating source. There are many (Bio-Dyne®) — discovery of a world if it is necessary for them to line up types: portable or built-in, operated by famous research institute. with the wall studs and rafters in order electricity, oil, or gas. Now this new healing substance is offered in ointment form under the name to keep wall joints in alignment, thej' Your plans may call for a bathroom of Preparation H* Ask for it at all drug may be toenailed to the rafters with in the attic. It is best to call in a pro- stores — money back guarantee. 'Trade Mark supporting board or cleats, then nailed fessional plumber to do the job, unless to the sides of the rafters and joists. The you have adequate tools, time, and ex- main difficulty in putting the joists in perience to do it yourself. Usually the NEW LOWER PRICES! place is to keep them properly aligned bathroom will be more economical if and at the same height from the floor. located above the bathroom on the floor In framing around the chimney, don't below so that the same sewer vent can let the wood touch the brick. Box in be used. This also permits taking the

the chimney and fill space with non- pipes between studs up to the attic with- FOLDING CHAIRS combustible insulation. out taking them through studs or joists. Installing interior partitions is very When this is impossible, a major instal- OUTLAST ALL OTHERS! much like installing wall studs. They lation job is in prospect, since a new Unequaled for strength, can be erected with studs on 24-inch sewer line, vent, and water pipes must comfort, safety, convenience centers; 2-by-4's are preferable, with be run from the basement to the attic, OVER 10 • MILLION IN USE double studding around doors. The first which means tearing out plaster and Write today for complete facts! step is to cut the lower plate and the lath on floors below. Newer houses with AMERICAN SEATING COMPANY, DEPT. 179 partition studs to length, and nail "expansion attics" often have the plumb- 901 Broadway N. W., Grand Rapids 2, Michigan through the plate into the studs. This ing roughed in, ready for the installa- assembly is put into place on the floor tion of fixtures. and the lower plate is nailed down. Prior to insulating and closing in the PUMP WATER fiJ^// Then the studs are toenailed into the walls, all electrical wiring should be DRAIN WASH TUBS. CtUARS. CISTERNS^H collar beams. completed. The lighting requirements IRRICATE-FILL TANKS-DRAW WELL WATER.^ Pumpi 2800 GPH 420 GPH al 75' High ot 160O Interior corners, where a partition generally will be the same as in any GPHIfom25'well Sturdy. Ruslprool Alloy Metal Sn Blade Impeller Uses any 1/8 to 1/2 H P. Motor, Will Age is butted up against a side wall, require other room, plus a stairway hall light. not leak or clog Fits any garden hose Immediate ||||^ or an additional stud (or studs) as a nail- This stairway light should be controlled Money Back Guarantee Send Check. M 0 . C O D j MOORE MANUFACTURING CO. ing surface for the edge of the corner by two 3-way sw itches, which will per- swiDisioDO en new j i • s e t sheet of wall material. Full-length par- mit the lights to be turned on and oflf tition framing should include wood at either the head or foot of the stairs. bridges or blocks between studs at chair Also, have plenty of convenient outlets rail height to insure rigidity. Extra in the attic electrical system. bridges or blocking are added to the Insulating your attic will do a lot to sides of door framing to prevent vibra- give \'our home an even temperature tion when doors are slammed. both in summer and winter. Of the MONEY MAKING FOR YOU WITHOUT INVESTMENT! Provisions for heating attic rooms whole house, the attic is most vulner- No experience needed to act as our Local vary according to the type of heating able to loss of heat and to the sun's rays, Dealer for Master Work Uniform Rarments. Every business concern a prospect. Adver- system. Generally, most home heating and insulation there gives the highest tising embroidered on parmenta is a big sales feature. Stores can't compete. You can easily systems \\ ill carry up to 50 percent ad- return in comfort for dollars spent. earn up to many thou'^nndflof (lollars yearly. We supply all Salt ji Equipment FKKK. Write ditional load. It should, therefore, be no Insulation generally comes in 3 forms: GEO. MASTER GARMENT DIV. 144 WATER STREET LIGONIERt INDIANA great problem to extend the heating sys- as blankets or continuous rolls con- tem into the nev\ ly finished rooms, ex- tained in waterproof paper; as batts 16 cept that in the case of a hot-water inches w ide and 24 or 48 inches long, .1 Was system equipped with a hot-water ex- similarly covered; and as a loose fill, in Nearly pansion tank in the attic, the tank will bags. For ceiling or roof, 4 inches of in- Crazy Itch... Itch ha\e to be raised above the radiator sulation is considered the standard Very first use of soothing cooling, liquid D.D.D. level. Prescription positively relieves raw red itch- thickness. caused by eczema, rashes, scalp irritation, chaf- If the heating system is hot-water or For the roof and ceiling installation, ing other itch troubles. Greaseless, stainless. — steam, pipes must be run through the the batts or blankets are tacked or trial bottle must satisfy or money back. Ask your druggist for D.D.D. PRESCRIPTION. walls to the radiators in the attic. Built- stapled between the rafters and collar

52 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1954 beams by means of strips of paper pro- temperatures; in cold w eathcr, it allows a beginner to do properly — through vided along each edge for that purpose. water vapor to escape; thereby reduc- g>'psum-board and plywood, to the pre- The long rolls, which are just the right ing the pt>ssibility of condensation. At- decorated, insulating wallboards that width to fit between the studs, can be tic louvers should be placed as high as are color schemed at the factory and cut to proper length with a sharp knife. possible, and should be big enough to need no finishing at all. The \apor barrier, which should face give at least 30 square inches of vent The prt)ccdure for appl)'ing wall- the inside of room, is highly resistant area for each 100 square feet of attic board depends upon the t> pe and size to passage of moisture vapor. of board used, the type of surface to

Accordion-type insulation, a paper w hich it is to be applied, and the meth- 1 /3 PITCH honeycomb with three layers of alumi- od of application. W'allboard planks num foil, is light to handle and easy to and tile usually ha\ e tongue-and-groove install. One side of the insulation is edges so that tight, interlocking joints stapled along a rafter. Then the accor- can be made between the diHerent dion pleats are pulled open and the taut pieces. The larger panels ma>' or may

material is stapled by its other edge to not have tongue-and-groove edges. the next rafter. Planks, tiles, and panels can be nailed There are two basic ways of applying dircctl>' to studding and rafters. On insulation to an attic room. One is to planks and tiles the nails are driven into apply insulation between the collar the base covers and hides the nailheads. beams and all the way down the rafters. When panels are nailed into place, nails The other method is to apply insulation w ith fanc>- heads can be used and prop- between the collar beams, down the crl>' spaced to provide a decoratixe short run of the rafters and then dow n floor, distributed in at least 2 louvers. touch. Or, the nailheads can be cov-

the studs. Loose insulating wool is suit- It is advisable to cover the openings. If ei ed w ith molding strips. Tlie w allboard

able around \\ indow s and in otiicr hard- you use w ire screening, to keep out can be painted, w allpapered or left w ith to-gct-at places. birds and leaves, increase your vent area natural manufacturer's-finish. Plywood If the walls and ceiling are to be cov- by 20 percent; if you use mosquito net- is installed in the same manner as w all-

ered with insulating board, it ma> not ting, increase the vent area by 50 per- board except that it doesn't come w ith be considercti necessar>' to use insula- cent. These are minimum figures; larger a tongue-and-groove.

tion behind it. However, tlie best pos- openings are better. l inisiiing up the dormer w ill depend

sible protection w ill be obtained if both There are several ways to panel the on the f\ pe. The shed dormer requires insulating board and insulation are used. attic w alls and partitions. Plan the easi- a ceiling applied to the underside of the

Adequate ventilation above the insu- est way that suits \ our taste. ^ ou can rafters. For a flat ceiling in a gable or

lation should never be omitted. In hot go from genuine plaster — hard, time- hip dormer, \ ()U w ill have to put cross weather, it prevents excessively high consuming, and almost impossible for members betw een the studs, resting on Young Veterans! reconsider the Army -"^ advantages ' ^--^^

IF YOU'VE received your Army discharge Your within the past 90 days, you've already had a taste of civilian life. You've had a valuable Army Career chance to compare.

Well, how does it stack up? Is it all you Benefits! expected? (Con you afford to This is just to remind you of your Army career advantages. They're still there—waiting for you steady lifetime income plus continuing medical pass them up?)

—if you re-enlist within 90 days after discharge. and dental care . . . and even legal counsel for • Opportunities for specialized Perhaps now is a good time to re-examine them yourself and your family? When you add it up, training and education from your new civilian point of view. the total is guaranteed security. And security • A pay raise every two years— these days is pretty to Take your Army training and education for hard come by. and increased promotion oppor- instance ... as an experienced soldier you now And remember! You are still eligible for your tunities have a better chance for special instruction in a re-enlistment bonus if you return to the service • A family allotment when married variety of fields. that And pay raise every two within 90 days. • A 30-day paid vacation every year years, with increased promotion opportunities So, examine your Army advantages carefully. • Increased responsibility with in-

. . . i/iat look? how does Compare them with what you are now getting or creased service And while we're talking benefits, let's not will be getting. Then see if you don't want to • And eventually, retirement with forget about retirement. Where else can you re-enlist. There's a lot of satisfaction in making steady income retire after only twenty years on the job with a your career one of service to your country!

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the side plates, to \\ hich the ceiling ma- ing companies for inforii/ation on board, insulation, and floor cov- terial can be fastened. A peaked ceihng using their products in attic re- erings) is rarely used. inudeling: Kimberly-Clark Corp., Neenah, The final job is to lay the finished Armstrong Cork Co., Lancaster, Wis. (Insulation) flooring material. A hardwood floor Pa. (Wallboard, insulation, and M AND M Woodworking Co., 2301 niay be nailed int{) place on top of the floor coverings) N. Columbia Blvd., Portland, subfloor after the building paper is laid, Celotex Corp., 12C. S. La Salle Ore. (Plywood) or you may prefer to use linoleum or Street, Chicago 3, 111. (Wallboard Masonite Corp., Ill West \\'ash- asphalt. If the underfloor is rough, sheet and insulation) ington St., Chicago, 111. (Wall- of i/i-inch plywood or i/8-in^'h hard- Douglas Fir Plvw ood Assn., Ta- board and insulation) board will serve as an excellent base for conia 2, Washington (Plyw ood OwENS-CORNING FiBERGLAS CORP., either linoleum or asphalt tiles. To lay HoMASOTE Co., Trenton 3, New 16 East 56th St., New York 22, either linoleum or asphalt tiles, follow Jersey (Wallboard) N. Y. (Insulation) the manufacturer's instructions to the Infra Insulation, Inc., 525 Broad- Sloane-Delaw'are Floor Products, letter. the end way, New York City 12 (Insu- Trenton, New Jersey (Floor lation) Coverings) The author, in cooperation ivith Insulite Co., 500 Baker Arcade Upson Co., Lockport, New York

The American Legion /Magazine, Bldg., Minneapolis 2, Minn. (Wallboard) has 7//ade a detailed study of various (Wallboard) U. S. Gypsum Co., 300 W. Adams vianiifactiirers' literature and sug- Johns-Manville Co., 22 East 40th St., Chicago, 111. (Wallboard, and gests that you ivrite to the folloiv- St., New York City 16 (Wall- insulation)

I WAS THE TARGET (Conliniied from f>o«e 21) questioning. He is allowed to consult has been repeated so often and so ve- for this committee and I will show it with his counsel before answering a hemently that it has registered, as is the as long as I am here. question — something never allowed in v\ ay w ith Big Lies. The stereotype of Another witness at the same set of courts of law. Moreover, many times a bullying committee madly hunting hearings also began the familiar baiting w e find a witness abusing this privilege innocents — created by those w ho have early. Asked to identify himself, he b\' inquiring of his counsel whether or a vested interest in covering up past or said sarcastically, "My name is Edwin not he should answer the question at all. present subversion — has been accepted Miller Max. I would assume that you On the whole, and I speak as a prac- uncritically by too many Americans would know that much." Later he in- ticing lawyer, persons interrogated by who ought to know better. terrupted himself to remark, "I wash the House Committee on Un-American If the public — and in particular more Mr. Jackson [Representative from Cali- Activities enjoy more rights and wider editorial writers, columnists, and com- fornia] would stop leaning against the protections than they would in a court- mentators — could read the full tran- flag; it looks discourteous and it shows room. Judges, moreover, would never scripts of the hearings, there w ould be a lack of interest." After a lot more of permit witnesses to invoke the Fifth no need for this article. They would this needling, a committee member sug- Amendment to cover refusal to give recognize the absurdity of that stereo- gested that Congress "is entitled to a information as often or as arbitrarily as type. The best I can do here is to pick show of, if not respect, at least common do suspected communists testifying to a few morsels, almost at random, from decency and common courtesy." "Un- Congress. Those who profess to be op- the committee records of the last two der penalty of what?" the belligerent posed to the committee's iiiethods are years. To appreciate their full flavor, Max shot back, adding that he showed usually pulling the public's leg. In truth however, one must imagine the sound courtesy enough by not leaving the they are scared of the committee's and sight effects — the sneers, the sar- room w hile testifying. objectives. castic taunts, the mocking gestures, the Pat Kearne\' and I sat as a subcom-

After a year of it, I can attest that unfriendly audiences. mittee in Albany, N. Y. X State em- Congressmen looking into the opera- ployee, David Rappaport, announced his tions of Aloscow's fifth columns here The sheer gall of some of the wit- "lack of esteem" for the committee and are more sinned against than sinning. nesses is breath-taking. Consider Ben his belief "this is an outrageous pro- Theirs is the real "ordeal by slander." Margolis, a Los Angeles lawyer, for ceeding." Evidently he did not consider I have seen plenty of "hysteria," but example. He opened his sworn testi- it outrageous that his wife, along with without exception the hysterics have mony with this wallop: "I wonder if others, was distributing a scurrilous been communists and their sympathizers \ ou would permit the reading of a pamphlet during the hearings, in which rather than Congressmen. Compared to voluntary statement by a witness who we were described as monsters who committees probing conventional crimes has no intention of becoming one of "would crush all those who disagree and corruptions, ours is a paragon of your stool-pigeons." He worked up with them." fair play. Witnesses and their counsel, from this snide introduction. "If you In Hollywood, with Mr. \^elde in to put it bluntly, get away with more stand on your knees before this com- the chair, screen writer Edwin Huebsch mischief calculated to hogtie the pro- mittee," he explained at one point, "you took the stand wearing a large button ceedings and defeat the purposes of can talk all you want; if you stand on inscribed "Fire \'elde!" then informed Congress. If Mr. Velde or any of us your feet, you are shut up." another Congressman that he did not treated witnesses as roughly as Senator Though Mr. Margolis stood on his regard X'^elde "qualified to conduct an Kefauver or the late Senator Tobey did feet and stepped on our toes, he was impartial hearing." in their day on TV, we would reap not shut up — the committee tried and In response to a simple request for his abusive editorials rather than posies. failed to dam the flood of his vitupera- birthplace, an alleged communist said, More than 15 years of expert propa- tion. Finally the exasperated chairman "Aliddletown, Connecticut — one of the ganda against the committee has given remarked that he was getting a little birthplaces of the Bill of Rights w hich the country a distorted picture of its weary of this "contemptuous attitude." this committee is trying to destroy." J. work. Tlie nonsense about "inquisitions" To which Mr. Margolis blandly re- Allen Frankel, w ho had been identified and "w itch hunts" and "unfair methods" sponded: "1 have nothing but contempt as a communist by three witnesses,

54 • the AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL. 1954 treated the coniniittee to a lecture equat- ing their body w ith the Spanish Inqui- sition, the New England w itch-hunts of 1692, and Hitler in our ow n era. A physician, Alexander E. Pennes, informed the Congressmen that they represented "the biggest hoax that has with amazing ever been perpetrated on the American

people. . . . You w ant to destroy the American Constitution, and I am here T-160... to defend it." In Detroit a witness rep- rimanded the committee counsel, Frank NOT STICKY S. Tavenner, Jr., for his pronunciation NOT GREASY of the word Negro. Air. Tavenner tried hard to pronounce it more suitably for A McKesson Product the witness, but couldn't quite make the grade and was again bawled out by him. William B. Esterman, an attorney w ho had appeared for an array of com- munists, called to the stand himself, began by objecting to the seating ar- rangements. Then he demanded a larger table. Asked whether he was aware of the testimony of another witness, he replied, "I have read a lot of your por- Gives hair a * Veil-groomed" look tliat lasts! ." nographic literature. . . Tawn Hair Creme in the unbreakable plastic bottle is the brand new Not content w ith having invoked the answer to a well-groomed look, makes hair look naturally smooth, lustrous Bill of Rights, Ur. Jacob S. Druckman in minutes -and wonderful T-160 keeps it that way from morn to night. Tawn Hair Creme will not make hair, hands or comb sticky-won't leave also claimed the privilege of conceal- unattractive grease spots. Tawn Hair Creme helps lubricate dry scalp-will keep ment as a doctor. His logic was at least hair free from loose dandruff and in good condition.

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ymfT fli all citizens, perhaps best with T-160 is the new hair dressing for men who // munity of and is oul fif sirick profession, from want to look their best at all times. $1.00 plus tax. vrite McKessm known by the medical & Rahhuix. Inc. the virus the poison and the evil Dept. A-454 and Bridgeport, Co^ni intents that this conunittee wishes to 'awn HAIR CREME foist and propagate into the minds of citizens. ... As a member of the medi- cal profession we have a very keen nose EARN $25 TO $75 A WEEK ROLL OF HONOR for the odor of disease." When Con- ISSIiaiiai IN SPARE TIME AND WAR MEMORIAL gressman Doyle denied being diseased, Dr. Druckman wisecracked: "We ...No SellinlTo Do I IDEAS SENT ON REQUEST ' SPECIAL DESIGNS-NO OBLIGATION found many patients with tuberculosis J With Guaranteed JETMATIC WRITE who have the same attitude." FLOUR CITY ORNAMENTAL IRON CO. Venetian Blind Laundry Confronting one James AVatts in the DEPT. L MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. You can elart your own businees part time in your basement or into infiltration of guntee. In i\ short time, course of an inquiry when vour profits exceed vour job siilarv. you will make it your FULL TIME biisi- labor unions, a conunittee member had nene, rb hundreds ot others have done. LEARN Tren.endouB unfilled demand from homes, offices, factories, for this low-coat service. the fortitude to express an opinion. "I JETMATIC. made by world's larccst manu- facturer of Venetian blind lamidries. guar- MEAT CUTTING haven't nuich confidence in your judg- anteee perfect results without taking blinds apart or Imnd rubbinfr. WHITE TOD.W Train quickly tn 8 short weeks at To- ment on anything," Mr. Watts told him for complete details and experience of hun- ]e

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Question: Trap you by asking if you $6.50 Worth of STAMPS -k SERVING INSTITUTIONS are a member of the Conuiiunist Party? standard Catalog Value for only ^^^^ BUSINESS HOMES Mr. Boatin: You want to restrict the ^ Imagine pottinK 321 all different stamps —guaranlet'd ?(j.r)0 Catalog Value—all freedom of speech. PURPOSE for only 25c! Anii uiiat a sensational LUXWOOD collection it is—packed uith hard-to-get Asked to identify his photograph and fitainps and sets from all over the worldl Includes United Nations— the 3 &rst signature in connection with a dubious TABLE stamps issued; Great Britain —War Prop- aganda Kct of H; Monaco—I'ope Pius passport, William H. Glenn only triangles; So. Moluccas — General Mac- FREE Arthur — plus hundreds morel You'll "Midget Ency- deigned to say: "I fill hundreds of spaces in your al'oum am skeptical of this c 1 15 p e t.l i a of at the amazing bargain rate of 13 stamps Stamps" — plus committee, the same as the previous for only IcI Bargain Approvals included. Stamp Identi- Money-back guarantee. fier and Die- witness. . . . You haven't been investi- Send 25

gating lynching, the murder the ZENITH CO., 81 Wiiloughby St., Brooklyn of 3368 Lincoln Street Franklin Park, Illinois 1, N.Y. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1954 • 55 ." Negro people. . . Had Air. Glenn surpassed himself in toughness to the the target end of s\ steiuatic cefamation, made certain false statements "for the committee members. Professors whose it is ironical and disheartening to read purpose of deceiving the State Depart- relations with traitorous activities are editorials and hear radio spiels accusing ment as to the use he was making of the under examination drag in allusions to us of "badgering" witnesses and using passport?" This netted another nan academic freedom. But all of them — "unfair methods." In too many cases the seqnit/ir: "I think you are decei\'ing the actors, teachers, w riters, trade unionists balky communists are treated as heroes American people by not investigating — clam up when the substance of the bravely "defying" a lot of villainous the lynching that has taken place and inquiry, their role in the Kremlin's fifth Congressmen. Consider the feelings of is taking place." columns, is mentioned. our committee members, after having

Libby Burke, a dancer, was being I have been impressed, in listening to been roundly insulted by some Fifth- questioned about alleged contacts with recalcitrant witnesses and reading tran- Amendment character, w hen they con- certain atomic scientists. She reacted scripts of earlier years, w ith the repeti- front headlines slanted in the character's with a confused lecture on her rights. tion of certain key words, slogans, ar- favor. Said Congressman Jackson, 'if \ ou ob- guments. The insults are standardized, The hearings held with benefit of ject you have only to sa>' you are not the contempt is calculated. One after television, of course, have operated to and never have been a communist." "I undo some of the mischief. No unprej- don't want your briber\' in that form," udiced viewer could fail to contrast the lady replied, and resumed her ti- the restraint of the committee under rade. "If I seem enraged, I am enraged," the most trying circumstances w ith the she paused to explain. conduct of "unfriendly" witnesses. In- Ja>' (jorney, a Hollywood song w rit- deed, the committee has received er, having refused to answer the vital numerous letters from citizens com- questions, demanded permission to sing plaining that w e are too meek and too a song instead. The committee counsel tender w ith the self-evident communists. remarked that this would be "rather But since we believe in the American unusual." Oh no, Gorney sneered, system of fair play, w e prefer to err in others have done so — "The>' have sung that direction. long songs — trained pigeons I call them. Paul Shipman Andrews, an attorney

. . . And they have done quite a little who represented a hostile witness, had singing." the good grace to declare at the end of A standard gambit of the balky wit- the hearing: "I have been deeply im- nesses is to smear previous w itnesses of pressed with the fairness show n by this w hom they disapprove, especially for- committee in its entire action here; and mer communists cooperating w it h the m\- client has repeatedly stated to me, government. Thus John \\'alcott Porter, in private conference, that he, too, was asked if he were acquainted w ith a cer- deeply impressed with the same thing." tain person, answered that he assumed But Mr. Andrews, unhappily, is the counsel was "referring to one of the exception. the salary increases stool-pigeons or informers in the stable "Give out the notices of at the end ot the day. Let them faint on maintained by this committee." Cole- At least one sympathetic journalist, their own time!" man A. Young, in Detroit, took the Eugene Lyons, touched my heart with AMKRKAN LEGION MAr.AZ!VV_ same tack: "If your information comes a published plea for "a wee bit of un- from stool-pigeons and paid informers, derstanding and fellow-feeling for the you might have any kind of informa- another these witnesses and sometimes investigators." Members of the Con- tion." Grover Johnson, in Los Angeles, their lawyers hurl the same niudd>' epi- gressional committees exploring the referring to his identification under thets. Physicians, questioned, all invoke communist conspiracy, being human, oath as a communist, laid dow n the law the Hippocratic Oath along with the make mistakes. But they are in an en- to Congress: "1 refuse to affirm or deny Fifth Amendment. Educators all in- terprise of the highest importance to the statement of anyone w hom I con- voke academic freedom. Ministers with the country, in accordance with the sider a stool-pigeon." fellow-traveling records all cloak them- dut>' imposed upon them by the entire Faced with cliarges against him b>' selves with sanctimonious references to Congress. former comrades, Paul Perlin self-right- freedom of religion. As Senator Alexander Wiley of Wis- eously expressed "an abhorrence of I cannot escape the conclusion that consin recently stated: "How many stool-pigeons"; more explicitly: "Such the strategy for frustrating and dis- espionage agents, how many subversive people should be surrounded by con- crediting the committee derives from government employes, might still be tempt, hatred, and should die unla- a single source — that somewhere there engaged in their nefarious w ork had it mented and be left to rot." Repro\ed is a brain trust or high command. The not been for Senate and House com- b>' Mr. Jackson, this witness sneered: patterns of conduct and even the phrase- mittees courageously flushing these ene- "I doubt your veracit\', with a capital olog\' are far too slickly standardized mies out from the darkness so necessary doubt and a capital veracity." And for to be explained as coincidence. to the enemies' success!" Mr. Doyle he had a special bouquet: But my real dismay is not w ith the The one certainty, in common sense, "The very fact that you are hostile to communists and their friends, engaged is that the nefarious work of the ene- me is one of the highest compliments in protecting themselves and their cause. mies goes on, that for every spy ring

that could be paid me." I have learned to bend under the storms broken up, a few remain, that for every of their invective, to discount their concealed Kremlin creature exposed, This kind of tiling could be quoted hysterical outbursts. W hat dismays me dozens or scores remain to be exposed. for hundreds of pages. The committee is the fact that a large portion of the The need is not for know-nothing abuse

is subiected to braw ling lectures, unre- public swallows their communist dis- of the investigating committees but sponsive and evasive answers, slurring tortions and blandly echoes the red for greater public understanding of asides, and sarcasm without limit. An billingsgate. their difficult and often painful job. actor well know n for tough-gu\ roles Having sat for weeks and months at THE END

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This activity is increasing, and that Defense organization was a phony or volunteers to see what went on. There fact marks a turn in the tide. The men- close to it. The Alayor had appointed a is general resistance to letting CD police tal attitude of the nation toward nu- CD council, according to State law. auxiliaries walk beats with patrolmen, clear weapons during most of the first The Council was doing little or nothing though for handling holiday traffic they nine years of the atomic age has been that it was designed to do. Many mem- are more welcome. dominated by the gloomy romanticists bers hadn't attended more than one These and other humble facts of life of the "no place to hide" school, joy- council meeting in two years. Often seriously cramp CD progress in half of fully wailing "there's nothing you can the phony councils took their position a sampling of New Jersey towns in- do, this is the end, alas!" The increase as a political honor and little more. spected. There's no reason to think of Civil Defense workers in nearly Some communities were deceived, things are different elsewhere. every American town shows that this because phony councils got newspaper X suicide fixation is now losing its grip. publicity, with pictures of ambulances Regardless of the municipal jealousies Our present Civil Defense organiza- and stretchers over captions announcing and stodginess, towns get results where tion, as an actual instrument against Civil Defense progress, when in fact a good CD council is named. Some New- atomic attack today, is not nearly so Jersey mayors appointed CD council cheering as is the fact that it is moving. WALLY members simply to honor them. Others Two truths must be faced: (I) Present made poor appointments because they preparation hasn't scratched the surface, had little guidance as to the sort of Present plans practically ignore un- council that would get things done. (2) obouV clv3«li(- oaM*! o«eiV. years of mis- derground defense. -at< Hou Said WAS tH'iM^ Newark went through two council, VIII direction because its original a»ul Some CUickt for tt\« This writer recently took a close look though largely made up of competent kiddies C'wcrt- (^aJU ' bjuf a at the Civil Defense set-up in New men, did not know how to be CD lendin' we a. right men for Jersey. council, and weren't the it. The prob- New Jersey, whose five northeastern the job as they conceived counties contain an almost unbroken lem has been solved in Newark now, inspecting be- chain of towns and cities adding up to but the pattern is worth communities one big community larger than Phila- cause it appears in man\' delphia proper, has a strong state Civil and seldom works. council looked Defense law. It also has working agree- The original Newark rather ments with the neighboring cities of upon itself as an executive body coun- New York and Philadelphia. These two than a policy body. Though the policemen, firemen, cities, with northern and central New cilmen were not — they par- Jersey, make up one vast target of more doctors, civil engineers, etc. responsi- than fifteen million people, a huge in- celed out different executive Council dustrial complex, two major seaports, bilities among themselves. police functions, fire- and vital transportation networks. Mnrc/:. IV 17 A.I..M.) members took on func- By law, each of New Jersey's 566 fighting functions, public works functions and other municipalities has its own 15-man Civil little that would protect the community tions, medical noth- Defense council, appointed by the had been or was being done. Some in- specified CD duties. They knew ended mayor. None of them, from Newark adequate CD programs were making ing about these functions, and Newark air (New Jersey's biggest city) down, has gestures. A handful of auxiliary police- up with a State-ordered face. After anything that smells like the sort of men and firemen had been trained with raid alarm that fell on its itself as Civil Defense that could face up to a more publicity than their capabilities in that, the council re-constituted heads of the nuclear attack realistically. a nuclear bombing would warrant. The a policy body, while the - police, pub'ic Many of New Jersey's towns and publicity M as pardonable where it was local services fire, 'jxperts cities are making progress, but in all of used to recruit more auxiliaries. But works, etc. — sent department to work with Civil them the group of people working is there was as much fanfare in other on detached duty Operating Com- too small. The kind of CD that cuts towns where further training of auxili- Defense as a Technical this set-up Newark nuclear bombs down to size is the kind aries was not sought. mittee. With new by modern in which every citizen knows his part. The kind of Civil Defense that we is now making progress city of Newark, after two years of flounder- now plan depends mostly upon vastly U. S. standards. Even so, this million has no warden ing, now is making good progress by enlarging the ordinary municipal serv- nearly half a — though current standards, but would suffer in ices with trained, stand-by auxiliaries. system worthy of the name the important a bombing vastly more than Stockholm, Resistance to training auxiliary police the warden system has Defense Sweden, though Stockholm has nearly and firemen often came from the police function of introducing Civil twice the population of Newark. and fire departments. to each individual resident. told IX In one of New Jersey's larger cities, A New Jersey State CD official instances, CD The actual Civil Defense structure of the fire chief for two years opposed all the writer that, in many duties up among several communities in New Jersey training of disaster fire-fighting auxili- councils that divided This writer shows a number of weaknesses, even by aries on the theor\- that his boys had themselves got good results. such suc- the admittedly inadequate standards of always handled things OK. In fact, his saw no working example of firsthand study of present efforts. What holds for New regular department was and is far be- cess. Admittedly, a have re- Jersey seems to hold for most of the low par for ordinary peacetime safety. all 566 municipalities might country, with New Jersey perhaps In some of the more corrupt cities, vealed some. somewhat better than average. auxiliary policemen were unv\ elcome to XI Civil In nearly half of a sample group of the police department for the apparent In almost every town where New Jersey towns studied, the Civil reason that the regulars didn't want the Defense could produce no tangible re- THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1954 61 "

suits to justify its organization, council with municipal officials, whether they RUPTUREEASER members complained of public apathy elect to move or stand still. Keg. In U.S. i'at. OfT. (A Piper Brace Truss) toward Civil Defense. Val Peterson, XIII Federal director, has complained of The ability of the present Federal public apathy too. Probably a great deal CD plan to spare half of the estimated DoubU...4.95 exists. But official apathy seemed to be victims of a nuclear bombing depends ight or left the kind that is hurting. upon the complete carrying out of pres- CD leadership in New Jersey towns Required ent plans for municipal readiness. It is had, time and again, caused citizen A strons, rornT-rittlng washable support. Back lac- a simple fact that our best prepared ing adjustable. Snaps up In front. Adjustable leg apathy. Not only apathetic leaders, but strap. Soft, flat groin pad. No steel or leather communities are a long way from such bands. Unexcelled for comfort. Also used as after enthusiastic leaders who didn't know operation support. For men, women and children. readiness. Mail orders give measure around the lowest part leadership, were creating apathy. of the abdomen and state right or left side or Meanwhile, present plans ignore near- double. We Prepay Postage Kxcept on C.O.D.'s. The commonest mistake observed ly all steps to provide underground PIPER BRACE CO. was issuing a call for volunteer CD shelters. Even our national leadership 811 Wyandotte, Dept. AL-44, Kansas City 5, Mo. workers before any plan to use them shuns the idea of America going under- had been worked out. Volunteers ground. in that I'll Send You This Handsome showed up numbers embarrassed Yet there is no shrewder move against a leadership that really nothing CASE had for atomic attack than to fix up a few feet SAMPLE -FREE them to do e.xcept leave their names. of earth and overhead shelter between and Show You How to Make For want of action, the volunteers be- you, on the one hand, and the bomb and Up to $15.00 in a Day came apathetic. WRITE for this FREE Tailorine its flying wreckage on the other. SampleCase packed with 15Ubeau- tiful^ big-value suit and overcoat Leadership often got volunteers to- I A good "after-damage" organization, I fabrics. Take orders from friends, fellow - workers, others, for fine gether and quality tnade-to-measure clothes. bored them to death with toward which we are creeping thanks Pocket big cash profits in advance. Because wearing oar suits and over- harangues selling Civil Defense to men to a handful of reafistic people in most coats brings more orders, we make it easy : yoa to get your own clothes without Ic cost. No Deeded. and v\ omen who had turned out of their , SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. of our communities, can save half the ^ SEND N'stem These are not New Jersey "scandals," can raise the estimated saving of people GROW MINIATURE TREES they are common examples of how our to something like 90%. KJ|>^WJ| fRii! SEED & PLAN present CD structure falls dow n, where Just as disaster multiplies itself with New fascinating BOUBYI % i % % Ol'POUTUNITYl Real LIVING it does fall down, all over the country. chaos, so does a good defense multiph' "Ming" Trees—Beautiful elm, orange, itself, A victim spared by a good shel- oak, cjrpress—any kind 1 Full grown but Examples of the same mistakes are in miniature. Help us till huge demand from Interior Decorators, Offices, hand from Virginia, New York, Cali- ter is not only one less victim to care Hotels, etc. FIIEE Seed and I'lan write: for, but one more rescuer to work. Dept. AL4 fornia, Pennsylvania, and other States. % NATIONAL NURSERY GARDENS , 8463So. ViB Nesi, Ingleweed 4. California The better CD set-ups in New Jersey Fifty thousand "victims" turned into res- clearly showed that where the local CD cuers by smart shelter is an immediate advantage of 100,000 people. RADIO & TV NOISES council and the heads of the city serv- Eighteen feet of earth saved two men INSTANTLY ices wanted a good CD set up, their NEW PATENTED ELECTRONIC IN- programs were away ahead of their at ground zero in Hiroshima. A few VENTION "CLEAR TONE" filterelim- little Inates noisy interference caused by all neighbors'. feet of cellar and a shelter from motor appliances, autos, oil burners, etc. Simply plug radio falling wreckage saved a dummy in an or TV cord info Teaneck, N, J,, with a population of filter and filter into wall socket .Enjoy utterly in "CLEAR TONE" reception. Try 5 36,000 and a lot of enthusiasm, is on the demolished house Nevada, days— MONEY BACK GUARANTEE, SEND lOc for postage & handling. last lap of a project to train 500 auxili- With Stockholm-like shelters in our Household Prod., Dept. Scarsdale, 34, N. Y. ary CD policemen, with most of them business areas, and cellar shelters or already trained. Another town of 25,000 their equivalent in residential areas, with an apathetic CD council has 40 twenty million estimated casualties HOW "MR. BINGO" HELPS auxiliary police and isn't training any could shrink to a comparative vanishing yOUR ORGANIZATION TO more. point under the most concentrated at- Manville, N. last fall had an emer- tack that it is permissible to visualize. MAKE ;:iOOO% MORE MONEY J,, genc>' a line Nuclear weapons just aren't the ' when turned ' main gas was Our new Mr. Bingo "Double-Up, ' "Triple-Up, special cards and other new Ideas and Improved weapons they seem to be, against hu- Bingo supplies and service will mean bigger crowds off and then on agaimin the small hours at your granies — Hundreds of dollars In extra profits for your organization. of the morning, during a public service mans underground. Their ability to de- — Send for FREE OurMar- strike, CD volunteers were alerted, and stroy property — immense as it can be FRFF""-^ Wholesale Catalog Matic Gift in a short time helped warn every shrinks in the presence of masses of Catalog at Whole- ( for recofirnlzed religious householder of the danger of open survivors ready to restore services, clean groups, clubs, ho.spltals sale Price Levels and fraternal groups only) pilot lights and other automatic gas fix- house and gang up on fires. MR. BINGO Game Mfg. Co., Dept. MB- 10 tures operating without flame. Since XIV 1009 E. BALTIMORE ST., BALTIMORE 2, MD., U. 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I • SAVE MONEY hands of the local CD officials and the never happen. It is a positive step to- IN WALK COMFORT heads of municipal services. They have ward peace, toward preventing nuclear Factory type shoe repair job saves the pow er to carry out the plan where warfare. Nuclear warfare is only invit- you the torture of breaking in new they have the will. lead- ing to a dug-in aggressor if he can count shoes. Send shoes to But where the ROBERT'S SHOE REPAIR SYSTEM ership is apathetic or too unimaginative on quickly wiping out his intended to meet the problem it prevents carry- victim. The victim must remain ex- 129 Fulton Jt, • N. Y.38. N. Y. ing out the plan. Authority remains posed to extend such an invitation.

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Why, then, has America done noth- shelter today probably feels a little like ing about cheating and preventing nu- a fool as he listens to the questions of clear warfare by going underground? his neighbors.

"Too expensive, would bankrupt us," The Federal government, if it means says FCDA director Peterson. Yet Swe- business in the field of Civil Defense, den is doing it and so is Norway. could do a lot to create enough shelters They're putting key industry and mili- to make them stylish. tary installations underground too. At the dawn of the atomic age, more XV houses have been built without cellars iH CAR Of course it would bankrupt us to than ever before. The Federal govern- put Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, New ment has helped finance most of them. York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Phila- In a nuclear attack, the cellarless houses Mil MOTOR delphia entirely underground tomor- will be the biggest death traps in any row. Bethlehem Steel couldn't be buried affected area. BLOCKS alive overnight or for peanuts. But The government is still financing houses. It can require, and get, cellars with bomb shelters that meet minimum requirements as a condition of home fi- nancing. Short of that, it could offer especially attractive financing for houses with shelters. Alunicipalities can encour- age more shelters by refusing to assess, for taxation, one underground room that meets minimum shelter specifications for every so-many people in a dwelling. Of course home shelters should be de- S^Al% LCAKS INSTANTLY! — signed for peacetime uses studies, TV SAFE, SURE, PERMANENT! rooms or what have you. WILL NOT CLOG RADIATOR! Any limited program that will actu- ally get some home shelters built would produce many more. When the house- Stop Radiator Trouble NOW holder feels that shelters are acceptable and stylish, when he knows not one RADIATOR KLEN-ZUR removes rust, scale, lime, oil, queer duck but several dozen respect- grease . . . contains no harm- able people who have them, the style ful acid. Gets snowballs. By the time several thousand cooling system home-owners are showing off their clean as new. "Come on, it's bedtime. Let's get this junk shelters, built to FCDA specifications, of yours out of here." RADIATOR RUST-ROUT shelters will like zoot AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE tend to spread prevents further rust accumula- suits, TV and hi-fi. tion, eliminates water pump there are lesser steps and beginnings XVI squeaks. which we could take, any of which How to get America to start build- BOWES "SEAl FAST" CORP., INDIANAPOLIS 7. IND. would start reducing our present invi- ing mass shelters of the sort that will BOWES PACIFIC CORP., RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA tation to attack. protect thousands of people in business Peterson's FCDA is trying to encour- areas is a question. This writer can age home-owners to provide themselves only offer some ideas, not a plan that with cellar shelters, chiefly by adver- would work. INVENTORS 1. survival tising the Nevada tests, with their dra- It would seem that the If you believe that you have an invention, you should find out how to protect It. We are registered Patent Attorneys. matic proof of the sort of protection of millions of people, and consequently Stolid for copy of our Patent Booklet "How to Protect \nur Invention. " and an "Invention Record" form. No that can be had. of a nation, is worth a very large in- obligation. They are yours for tlie asking. There is no sign of any mass move- vestment. McMORROW, BERMAN & DAVIDSON lUclalcreii l'.,ic.m Attorneys ment of home-owners to dig in as a 2. There is no protection from nu- 1463 Victor Building Washington 1, D. C. result of this campaign, and it is doubt- clear weapons that compares to un- ful that expense is the reason that we derground shelter. The earth is almost have not even begun to provide under- sure-fire protection. >50 >600 ground protection. We can easily af- 3. The atomic age is here to stay. Borrow to ford beginnings, however little we can Nobody is going to uninvent nuclear BY MAIL afford a complete job. weapons. Shelters that we build today

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g4 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1954 good; again look for bugs of sturdy patience. Cast the bug to a spot you construction, but don't bother about au- figure bass are lurking — then let it rest thenticity. It isn't too important in this there for a full half minute. Now twitch case. it gently. Let it rest again for a half KmPP Now you're ready to fish. minute. Twitch it twice this time and The most important thing to do is to follow that with a rest. One more tw itch cast your fly, whatever it is, and give and if action doesn't follow, try another CUSHIONED COMFORT it a lifelike action. Do this any way you spot. Briefly, make the bug behave — or can and you have mastered fly fishing. misbehave — like a creature hard put to There are no tricks or gimmicks; just stay afloat. cast > our flies as we've described and A beginner at fly casting should tr\' make them behave naturally. to select open places for his first efforts, Take time to watch how spent flies places w here there are few trees, bushes, drift and tumble in the current of a and other obstacles to foul back casts. stream. Allow your wet fly to drift Alwa\ s strive to deliver the fly to a freely in exactly the same manner. given spot as easily as you can. An un- Watch an injured or crippled min- natural disturbance on the surface tends now someda>'. It will dart, flounder to put fish on guard. Try also to move and hesitate in an erratic manner. Your about noiselessly, w hether wading the streamer or bucktail should behave in bank, in the water, or in a boat. Fish a similar fashion. Alake a cast. Allow are sensitive to >'Our movements. the streamer to sink, then retrieve it by There's one more thing to remember; gcnth' twitching your rod tip, mean- alwa\ s go fly fishing with confidence. w liilc collecting line in the palm of Fishermen have done so for generations,

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It was the malign fate of the Kuomin- up in the Lake Baikal, Kuznetsk Basin in heavy industry. It is significant that tang leaders that they never attained and Tashkent areas. Direct rail con- nine of the ten major projects in the peace. nection with Siberia will give the new Five-Year Plan are for Manchuria. The The conimunists, when they seized Chinese development an uninterrupted termination of hostilities in Korea, Cliina in 1949, dusted off the old Sun supply and equipment link with Russia permitting the restoration of the Japa-

Vat-sen plan and bolshevizcd it. iMao itself, and the European satellites. nese-built Yalu River hydro-electric in- used his first three years of rule to carry When we recall the recent National stallations, will accelerate Manchurian out a Three-Year Plan to repair the Geographic Society disclosure that Rus- industrial expansion. ravages of the War Two and rebellion sia's primary atom bomb and power Red Chinese blueprints apparently

> ears and to restore China to its 1937 plants are located in the Lake Baikal call for the massing of China's economic productivity levels. For jManchuria the region, and near the uranium deposits might in the two Northern regions of sights were set on the 1943 Japanese in the Uzbek Republic at Tashkent, we Manchuria and the Northwest, both ad- production mark. Mao has substantially jacent to Siberia and capable of being reached his goal, if we may believe joined, in time of war, with the Russian available reports. The magnitude of the economy. Central and South China w'ill reconstruction task may be inferred be given the role of feeder to the North, from the 1952 report of Po Yi-po, Pe- their own development made second- king Minister of Finance, that $3 billion ary, at least for the initial years. Agri- (U.S.) was allocated that year in the cultural China will pay the bill under national budget to economic recon- a merciless system of forced production struction — an amount which topped drives and confiscatory taxation. ]V52 defense totals by approximately How great Red China's ultimate con- 75%. This despite the drain of the tribution to the Russia-China axis will

Korea War. be is conjectural. Certainly it will be Red China is now in the first of what immense. China is sitting on an untapped promises to be a series of Five-Year storehouse of natural resources vital to Plans, which will equip the nation with heavy industry. A large part of this a mass production economy. Like the latent mineral treasure, in the unknown Soviet model, the plans will mount in regions of Central Asia, has not even crescendo with the \'ears. The first been surveyed. A part of the first Five- \'hn, while providing a year-by-year Year Plan calls for a thorough geologic step-up of all present industries and survey of the nation— a task which was mines, as well as farm productivity, pro- initiated by the National Resources poses to lay the foundation for what is Commission of the old Chiang govern- to follow. ment.

First, and most significant, it will beat At present China stands w here Russia

rlie Ciiina transportation problem by "You sure we're still on route •iO-'" stood in 1928 on the eve of its first linking up China's Western and North- AMEItlCAN LEGION MAGA7.IXK Five-Year Plan. It is certain to repeat western rail netw orks w ith Soviet Rus- many of Russia's experiences, although sia. All indications point to the vast it comes to its undertaking with many border province of Sinkiang— a store- can see the broader significance of the advantages which Russia lacked 25 house of undeveloped and largely unex- Sinkiang developments in China. The years ago. If uninterrupted by political

plored mineral riches—as the intended Tashkent area is just across the border developments, it seems likely that China pivot of China's industrialization pro- from Sinkiang. China's emerging indus- will accomplish the miracle of indus- gram. The discover)- of uranium in un- tries will be joined with Russia's string trialization far more rapidly than did disclosed richness southwest of Tihwa of Central Siberian war industries. The its sister communist state. is a preview of w hat may come. Russian two economies will constitute a single China's immediate problem is to get technicians have been in Sinkiang, ex- burgeoning unit, pointed at America. successfully past the first Five-Year

cept for a few years in the Forties, since While the focus is on the Northwest, Plan. It is the first Plan which is the

1933, secretly mapping out the re- Red China is proceeding steadily with hardest. National economic disbalances sources and strategic possibilities of the the restoration and extension of the arc then most acute. The strain upon province. The current Five-Year Plan great industrial complex which the the population is most punishing. Bugs w ill see Red China's rail line between Japanese created in iManchuria. Here appear in the program, and an inexperi- Lanchow and Tienshui in the north- Red China has come in for a free legacy enced and inexpert leadership makes west, and the uncompleted line betw een in the form of the estimated $2 billion grave mistakes. There is a constant Chungking and Tienshui in the west, capital investment which Japan sank in shortage of administrators and techni- joined up with Soviet Russia by a rail- the province. It was Chinese communist cians. It is during the first Five-Year road which will be driven 1,200 miles immobilization of this region—the rich- Plan that the United States will have its through Sinkiang to the Siberia border. est in China—that strangled Chiang Kai- best opportunit)' to derail the whole A Russian line will then link this trans- shek's econom\' during the nightmarish undertaking.

Sinkiang railroad with Russia's own years betw een 1945 and 1948, and w hich It is in the nature of Five-Year Plans Turk-Sib Railroad, which parallels the contributed heavily to his fall. Since to w iden out expansively after the first China Northwest frontier, and thence they gained full control of Manchuria faltering start. Tempo quickens. Know - with the Trans-Siberian line. in 1948, the Chinese reds have restored how is acquired. Each Plan feeds the Once this is completed, the way will it and meshed it into the general econ- next: the basic industries and transpor- l)e clear for the construction of a great omy of China. The ambitious plans of tation systems laid down in the first five top secret industrial district in China's Peking for Manchuria are apparent years are the scaffolding of the later Xorthw est, secure from ordinary attack from the reported 1952 industrial con- projects. After a few years the whole

• THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1954 enterprise picks up amazing speed and Tse-tung get past his present Korea hur- smoothness. dle, let him make a few conciliatory As was the experience during Rus- gestures, and a sizable claque of "Lib- Anatone gives healthful sia's first Plan, the American pubhc erals," both in Great Britain and the will hear much misleading scuttlebutt United States, will begin rooting for the support while it slims! from wishful thinkers, about the failure success of his Five-Year Plan. China's of the Plan. We will be told that the industrialization will be seen, not as a

people are rising up against it. The old threatening war maneuver, but as a wishful thinking about a split between "Bold New Program." A hint of what Mao and iMalenkov will be served up is to follow was the recent announce-

with many variations. I believe we can ment of a Detroit auto man that he be prepared to discount most of this. looked to Red China as a bright spot Given political stability, Alao's zealot for the marketing of American cars. It team can succeed in its ambitious ven- is not inconceivable that UN voices will ture. be raised to urge International Bank for Working in Mao's favor are sev^eral Reconstruction and Development loans factors which have not yet been suf- to China to aid the Five-Year Plans, or ficiently weighed. One is the peculiar Technical Assistance grants. Some of us

fitness of a totalitarian system for high- are that foolish. Certain it is that large pressure public works undertakings. sections of the West will quickly drop This is as true today as in the times of their guard against Peking, once the Supports sagging stomach muscles. Helps you get blessed relief from Cheops, the pyramid builder, or of Shih Korea shooting war is over. Mao may nogging backache. Slims Inches off Huang-ti, the Emperor of the Great be depended upon to exploit this fuzzy- your waist. The scientifically-devel- Wall. The monolithic state, with its mindedness of Western "Liberals" with oped ANATONE BELT now helping thousands of men in oil walks of life. total power over each individual citizen, the same expertness he with which Mode of elasticized fobric with rein- can mobilize a nation's resources with- played ducks and drakes w ith the Insti- forced stitching, special stays to pre- vent wrinkling end rolling. No crotch out the waste motion of the democratic tute of Pacific Relations. piece. Forget diets, forget exercises

process. Appropriately, Mao's state has . . . results guaranteed or purchase 26" 52" its army of labor slaves— political pris- IF Red China's calculations w ork out, price back. Waist sizes thru Introductory mail oners—ready to be hurled into the con- the China which will confront us in order price—moil coupon today. struction task as human expendables. 1970 or thereabouts is something which 98 Alatthew Woll, in his startling report will raise the hackles on even the most to the United Nations, estimated their optimistic. 10 day free trial . , .send no money number at between 1,000,000 and 2,000,- China is a flood of manpower which 000; other unconfirmed estimates are needs only to be trained and harnessed MAGIC-MOLD, Dept. 3804 467 Livonia Ave., B klyn 7. N. Y. higher. In industrial military ap- a status scarcely higher than to a modern and Send me for 10 days' FREE TRIAL an ANATONE (plus posluge). the political slaves are the recruited ar- paratus to upset all the ratios in the BELT. I will poy postman $4.98 If not completely satisfied, I may return the mies of peasants and city" unemployed modern world. Russia's 210,000,000 have ANATONE for full refund of purchase price. My waist measure is who are sent, under communist disci- shown a political momentum, since they Name pline, has to labor on public v orks. One acquired a modern economy', w hich Address dispatch from behind the Bamboo Cur- staggered the West. China's 470,000,000 City Zone State Save money. Enclose money now ond we poy tain tells of will be an avalanchial force. Q 20,000,000 peasants recruited postage. Same money-bock guarantee. Add 50c Prepoid at one time to work on the giant con- The Korean War has upset all West- extra on Canadian and Foreign orders. only. servation and hydro-electric projects on ern fixed beliefs by revealing, that the the Yangtse, Huai and Yellow Rivers. Chinese soldier, if expertly led and

A second major factor is the high modernly equipped, is a first-rate fight- rate of educability of the Chinese peo- ing man. Generals Stilwell and Wede- ple. Only in the early stages of the meyer told us the same thing, years be- Plans will China be dependent upon fore, but we did not heed them. We TOWELS 4 A Large Size Non-Woven C>i Russia and the European satellites for had to learn it the hard way. With in- * QQ I I MIRAFAB® I technical direction. Today, the hand exhaustible sources of manpow-er at its Xfti Assorted Colors ONLY Order Now. Monev Back Guaranteed of the Russian is felt heavily at all points command, China has only to solve the HANDICRAFT MILLS, Dept. T-453 in China's industrialization picture. problem of materiel, to become un- 304 East 32nd St., New York 16, N. Y. Once Red China's technological school beatable. Already, the Korean War has program gets into mass graduate pro- given Mao a headstart toward his ulti- duction, keen-minded Chinese youths mate goal which has cut years off his will be able to take over the posts of timetable. It has given him a nucleus of responsibilit)' and operate the new in- trained fliers w ho have had more mod- BE A HIGH-PAID MAN IN dustrial apparatus. And youth, unfor- ern combat experience than those of YOUR COMMUNITY with this tunately, is still in large numbers behind any other nation except the United LONG NEEDED INVENTION

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1954 • ^1 behind the Chinese Red Army which measures which will keep Mao Tse- It is the humiliating record of those w ill transform it into the v\ orld's most tung from consolidating his power. For who have decided Far East policy for dynamic righting machine. Before the example, it is to prevent him from ever America that they have had three ex- prospect of such an army, equipped getting set for the industrialization tremely favorable opportunities to halt like the West with air power, guided which would make him a military giant. Mao Tse-tung, and that they have missiles and the atom and hydrogen It is to refuse firmly to entertain any muffed all three. The first came in 1946 bombs, all present American calcula- appeasement policy toward him, now when our Marshall Mission made the tions of a Free World shield of island that he is weak, such as diplomatic rec- ghastly mistake of embargoing and re- powers stretching from Hokkaido ognition or UN admission. It is to re- straining Chiang Kai-shek when he was through Formosa to the Philippines and fuse to negotiate a quitter's peace in ahead in his civil war with the Chinese Australia takes on a hot-house unreality. Korea w hich will leave him the physical communists. The second came in 1948 If we are realists, we must accept the and moral fruits of victory. It is to when the United States washed its bitter fact that nothing in Asia could place full American military and eco- hands of Nationalist China w hile Chiang stand up against such an army, or even nomic support behind Syngman Rhee, still controlled two thirds of the con- a portion of its maximum strength. By Chiang Kai-shek and such other leaders tinental area and, with help, could have the same token, there is grave doubt of Asiatic military force as are willing stopped the Reds at the Yangtse. The that even the United States could with- to fight our battle. It is to strangle Mao, third came in 1951 w hen General Van stand the China Red Army w hich will from his Eastern side, by a tight, unre- Fleet had the Chinese communists in be in being by 1970, w hen allied with laxing embargo, w hich will require the Korea softened up for the knock-out the crushing might of Soviet Russia. full-going cooperation of our supposed punch and w as restrained from deliver-

A cold-blooded mathematical view "Allies." It is to encourage, in all re- ing it. of what lies ahead for us, if China re- warding ways, the guerilla forces within The present opportunity to halt Mao mains communist, leaves no other con- China which are eroding communism's Tse-tung is not as favorable as any of clusion than that the United States will grip upon the country, and to promote, the preceding, but we must take it, or face a consolidation of anti-American through our CIA, the infiltration of risk the unthinkable. The difference be- might in the 1970s which makes our continental China with trained sabo- tween the present choice, and the prior survival as a free nation highly uncer- teurs and resistance leaders from For- three, is that the endangered nation in tain. If, on some bleak day in the Seven- mosa and the other islands. It is to take 1946, 1948 and 1951 was not the United ties, we wager our survival upon a all necessary steps, even including direct States but Nationalist China and South man-to-man, plane-to-plane, weapon- trade subsidy, to prevent Japan from Korea. Today, it is ourselves. There are to-weapon test of strength with the slipping into the Red China orbit times w hen a nation which has reached Moscow-Peking axis, as it then will be, through a resumption of Japanese-Chi- the pinnacle of world leadership must the outcome w ill be at the best doubt- nese commerce. It is to keep Red China lead, or succumb to more resolute na- ful. in such a state of domestic turmoil and tions. The present is such a time. Its Fortunately, there is an escape for uncertainty as to prevent her from opportunities may never be repeated, if America from the nightmare future reaching the political stability under we muff them. They will certainly be w hich appears to be building up for us which the Five-Year Plans can be suc- forfeited if we allow ourselves to be de- in Asia. That escape is to stop Red cessfully carried out. toured into the bottomless bog of China now. This docs not mean going Even this may fail, but it is worth appeasement. to war w ith her, but it does encompass trying. THE END

UNCLE BOONE AND THE BIG NEWS (Continued from page 15) his name?" asked the leader suspiciously. side and a little bitter toward Uncle trap line. I wanted the hound, and but

"From the papers," replied Uncle Boone. If it hadn't been for his paper for Uncle Boone's paper reading, I Boone calmly. reading we would have already been might have had him. "So you know who we are, eh?" away on our trap line before the kid- Fog Horn wasn't at all pleased w ith asked the man, leveling down on Uncle napers arrived. An extra good catch the intruders. He backed up against the Boone with the gun. of muskrats had kept us so busy skin- wall w ith us and a low rumbling growl "Sure," replied Uncle Boone quietly. ning that he hadn't had time to finish came from his throat. "You'd better "You're the fellows who kidnaped the paper the night before. So he had watch N'our dog," warned the man w ith

Danny Wellington. I was looking at insisted on finishing it before we ran the gun. "If he starts anvthing, I'll shoot Danny's picture in the paper just be- our traps. "The news will be old before him."

fore you came. You've come a long we get back," he had said. Anyhow, I "Lie down. Fog Horn," ordered ways since you took him." was a little prejudiced toward his new s- Uncle Boone. "The man's afraid of "You're right, Swamp Rat," growled paper reading. It was the main thing you."

the man, "but knowing it won't do you w hich kept him from selling me old Fog "Have the old man rustle us some any good. Fd blast you right now but Horn. "Can't do without him. Son," he grub, Tony," said the beefy-face fellow. there's no use in having you lying had said. "He's my paper hoy. Goes "I'm hungry." around in the w ay all day. Just do what over t(j Woody's corner every morning "Me, too," said the little man w ho I say and I'll let you breathe until sun- at eight and gets the paper. Woody was watching the boy like a hawk. down. The two of you move over there feeds him some meat scraps, then gives "I was coming to that," said Tony

against the wall w here I can watch you him the paper. I can't get along without curtly. He waved the gun at Uncle while we warm." my paper." Boone. "Rustle us some grub. Pop," he

As we moved tow ard the wall Uncle He wasn't telling me anything I didn't said, "and don't try any tricks." Boone picked up his pipe and tobacco know. I had often been at Woody's "I can give you some coffee, side off the table. "Any snioking allowed?" when Fog Horn arrived for the paper. meat and biscuits," said Uncle Boone.

he asked. The man glared at him but Then, too, since I had been trapping "It's nothing fancy but it'll stick to your said nothing, so he carefully loaded his with Uncle Boone I had noted that the backbone."

pipe and fired it. paper was always on the front steps "Let's have it," said Tony shortly.

I was feeling all weak and scared in- each day when we came in from the "And don't get careless or I'll drill you."

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I sliced the meat and put on the "Gee, that's great," said the boy. coffee while Uncle Boone made up some "Sounds just like a television program I biscuit dough. "You'll have to move see when I'm at home. They'll find me, FEITIDN HRE back from the stove," he said when the too." biscuits were ^eady^ "We use it for both "Sure, they'll find you," said Uncle Get COOL RELIEF heating and cooking." Boone, turning the meat slowly. "They with this "Why don't you buy another one?" always get their man." asked beefy face. "Can that stuff," growled Tony. MEDICATED "Not much money in kidnaping "They'll never find us. Those dumb m POWDER muskrats," he replied. "By the way, dicks don't have the least idea where we \\ here did you fellows leave your car?" are." For sore, burning feet—you just can't "Why don't you shut him up, Tony?" "They'll get you, though," said get the same relief with mimedicated powder that you get with Ammens! demanded the little man in a high- Uncle Boone cheerfully. "Either dead Because Ammens Powder with its pitched voice. "He's a smart-aleck." or alive they'll get you." special medicinal ingredients gives "Cool down, Marty," snarled Tony. "Shut up, you old fool," screamed 3-u'ay medicated skin care: (1) "You and Dorch had better not forget the little man. "A4ake him shut up, Quickly soothes, relieves irritated skin. (2) Cush- that I'm running this show. Your job is Tony. I can't stand that stuff." ions sore skin to promote healing. (3) Fluffy to watch the boy and you'd better do it "What's the matter, Marty?" taunted texture gives cooling protection against further right. What this old geezer finds out Tony. "Are you losing your nerve?" irritation. For real i/zeJicated skin care, get won't hurt anybody. Sure, Pop, I'll tell jMarty didn't answer him. His thin Ammens Medicated Powder. All drug counters. you what we did w ith tiie car. Wc loos- lips were drawn in a taut line and his FREE irial-size can. Write today to Dept. L-44, Bristol- Myers Co., Hillside, N. J. (OJ}er limited to U.S.A.) ened a railing on the river bridge and eyes were restless. Right then I was rolled it into the water, then put the more afraid of him than of the others. Guaranteed by "''^ railing back in place. Nobody will find He was likely to snap at any instant and L Good Housekeeping AMMENS that car in a hundred years." start shooting. •ij^^t.. t.Mrt'iJ MEDICATED POWDER "That bridge is four miles away," said When the food was on the table Uncle Boone. "How did you happen to Tony lined us back against the wall find this place?" while they ate. Fog Horn crouched at "It wasn't a happen so," said Tony. our feet and eyed Tony balefuUy. I "Dorch knew the way." was scared and knew it showed on my

Uncle Boone stroked his whiskers and face. I looked up at Uncle Boone but looked at Dorch closely. "I I totally unconcerned over our thought he seemed J.R REDINGTON&CO. knew that face," he said. "He's the sneak danger. His long face was calm and DEPT. 197 SCRAMTOM 2, PA.J who used to put out a few traps in the little crinkles appeared at the corners of swamp then steal muskrats from every- his eyes as he watched the boy eat. "Do body else." you like jelly, Danny?" he asked when TV PICTURE I sure thought that was the end of all of the meat had disappeared. INTERFERENCE "Vid-tronic" TV Uncle Boone. Dorch jerked out a gun "I sure do," replied the boy. WAVE TRAP stops PICTURE in- and leveled it at him. "I used to want "I'm just getting the boy some jelly," STOP terference instantly. No more annoying wavy lines, to shoot you," he grinned. I'll Boone flung toward as he "Now Uncle Tony INSTANTLY jumping pictures, streaks, do it." reached to a shelf and took down a jar etc. caused by autos, ap- RADIO & TV pliances, power lines. Tony spoke without even turning his with a little wild blackberry jelly in it. Eosy! Attac hes to set in New elec- 30 seconds. head. "If you shoot, you won't live long "There's enough here for the boy," he NOISES tronic design "Bcll-tronic" $298 enough to see him fall," he said. His said, walking over to the table. He line filter eliminates "Add 2S< NOISES caused by all mo PP. 0 Shpg. voice was low and level and cold. opened two biscuits and smeared them tors, oppliances, autos, oil No C O D. — Try 5 Doji burners, etc. Simply plug Dorch lowered the gun immediately. with the jelly. "Try these, Danny," he Money Bock Guaronlee radio or TV cord into filter SPECIAL C/l For "He called me a thief," he whined. "I said. & filter into wall socket. OFFER >Pf PPO Both Dof>'t Atcept Infeiior Imitot.or.^ won't put up with that." I was expecting Tony to object, but POSTPAID $1 BOX 3t4. DEPT. AL 6 "You are one," said Tony. "Why he only glared at Uncle Boone. The TUBE Wf40LESALERS CO. rockville centke. n. should you get hot when somebody calls boy ate the jelly hungrily. When he you one?" had finished there was stain on his lips. Store Route Plan That silenced Dorch. Without an- He erased it with a swipe of his sleeve. other word he slipped his gun back into A cold gray day was dawning outside. BE A COUNTER CARD DISTRIBUTOR Ki-p, a shoulder holster and spread his hands Flocks of ducks were chuckling and your own. .lU on rc-tallt-rs of all kinds; supply natlonally-iulveitlsed Aspirin, Cos- metics, Druss, Notions, 200 other neces- toward the stove. The boy seemed to talking as they passed over the cabin. sities on self-selling display cards. Big values at 5c and 10c to $1. Heal with pay little attention to their wrangling. "Lots of ducks piling up this morn- AAl firm, pioneer of the field. Free book gives all the facts. Write WORLD'S PRODUCTS CO., Maybe he had become accustomed to it ing," remarked Uncle Boone. "The boys Dept. 13-M, Spencer, Ind. during the forty-eight hours he had would sure like to know about it." been in their custody. His eyes were "Who are the boys?" asked Tony HEMORRHOIDS on the skillet of meat. suspiciously. CUDIIKII^ WITHOUT "How long since you've eaten, "Just some fellows who like to hunt OnifUnH SURGERY in cose after Danny?" asked Uncle Boone. ducks in the swamp," replied Uncle easel Pain stopped I "Not since yesterday morning," re- Boone. Read about In case after case of sim- ple piles, bleeding was plied the boy in a low voice. "Will they be likely to come today?" DOCTORS' TESTS! stopped, swelling re- "Well, it'll be done in a jiffy," said asked Tony. duccd, cracking healed

. . piles . shrunk WITHOUT SURGERY Uncle Boone. "Then you can tank up. "I was supposed to let them know if thanks to amazing PAZO Ointment ! In It'll make you feel a lot better. I'll bet the ducks were flying this morning," he 9 cases out of 10, pain was actually slopped or materially >'our mother would be glad to know said. "If they were, the boys intended reduced. Pazo acts to soothe inflamed tissues, relieve itch- that you \\ ere about to get a hot meal. to come out for a little afternoon hunt- ing inslantly. Hundreds of doctors pre- scribe it They're looking for you everywhere. ing." ! In tubes with perforated pile pipe. Also modern Suppositories. Get Even the FBI is on your trail." "Well, they won't hear from you," Pazo®. get wonderful relief right away THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1954 • ^9 said Tdii)'. "You niiglit as well know saw i\Iarf\ was looking right at him. getful of us for the moment they rushed the set-up, Pop. We're taking \ our big When I k)oked down again the word to the window and Marty sent three boat tonight and going down the creek "Come" stood out plainly on the collar. shots crashing through the glass. "Men to the wildest part of the swamp. With a final pat on Fog Horn's head with guns," he said wildly. "We're Dorch, here, knows how to get there. Uncle Boone arose. trapped. Trapped like rats!" In that way we'll leave no trace. Then In a few minutes Fog Horn got up, When they remembered us we al- w e'll hide out until the law sorter cools stretched himself and walked to the ready^ had them covered with the guns down. If we starred in daylight some door. from the corner. "Yes, trapped like hunter or trapper might spot us. So "Let that big brute out, Marty," com- rats," said Uncle Boone grimly. "Drop we're staying right here until dark." manded Tony. your guns." "What will you do for food down "I won't," said Marty. "I saw some- Tony and Dorch dropped theirs in- there in the swamp?" asked Uncle thing you didn't see, Tony. That old stantly. Alarty hesitated for a moment. Boone. man wrote something on the dog's col- "Shoot it out of his hand, Mort," Uncle

"We'll take all you have, then worry lar. He's trying to send out a message Boone commanded me. 1 w as about to about more later. Dorch, here, says we to somebt)dy." do it when the gun clattered to the floor. can live on fish and game." "Keep those two covered, Dorch," "Come on in. Woody," shouted Uncle

"It's a good living if > ou can get it," ordered Ton\-. "I'll see if Marty's lying Boone. said Uncle Boone. "You said you would Woody and three fellows who had be leaving no trace but iMort and 1 will come duck hunting with him trooped know w here >'ou w ent." into the room and stared in surprise at "But you won't be telling," said Tony the outlaws. "This is Danny Welling- coldly. "You don't think we would ton," explained Uncle Boone, gesturing leave you alive, do you?" toward the boy, "and these are the rats

"If you shoot us, somebody w ill find who kidnaped him. Will you fellows our bodies and be hot on >-our trail," deliver them to the sheriff and let said Uncle Boone calmly. Danny's folks know that he's here?" "We'd thought about that, too, said "With pleasure," said Woody. "We'll Ton>'. "When a house burns w ith folks deliver them!" in it there's nothing much left. Folks "I'm glad you got my message," said would just say that it was too bad Uncle Boone. that you went to sleep and let your 1 looked at him in surprise. "But you house burn right d(nvn on you. Such didn't send any message. Uncle Boone," things do happen, \ ()u know." I said.

I could feel cold sweat popping out "Oh, \ es, I did. 1 told Woody yester- on me. Tony was right. The\- were day that if the ducks were flying I going into the swamp without leaving would lock old Fog Horn up and not a single clue behind. Since Uncle Boone let him come after the paper. When usuall)- kept several boats, no one was Fog Horn didn't show up Woody knew likely to notice that one was missing. the ducks were flying." ." "Say when . . \Mth the car buried in the river and "But you w rote on Fog Horn's col- AAIlCItK AX l.i:(;mN MAf;A/INl'. their trail to tlic heart of the big swamp lar," I said. covered, there w ould be nothing to fear. Uncle Boone laughed. "That was a

Feeling all weak inside I looked at or dreaming." He walked cautiously trick, Son," he said. "I knew Fog Horn

Uncle Boone to sec how he w as taking toward Fog Horn and peered at the would go to the door and I was afraid his death sentence. He w as calmly read- collar. "You're right, Marty," he ex- they would turn him out, so 1 let iMarty ing a piece of old newspaper which claimed, then turned angrily toward see me writing on the collar. It fooled served as a cover for a dish shelf. That Uncle Boone. "You whiskered old him. He thought I w anted the dog out." irritated me. "If it hadn't been for your idiot," he said. "You thought you'd pull Woody and his companions herded reading we'd have been gone to the a fast one. I'll pay you off for this about the outlaws to the door. Before he went - traps before they got here," I blurted. sundown. That dog's not going an\ outside Woody reached into the pocket "Now look w hat a mess we're in." wherc. They'll find his bones right of his hunting coat and pulled out a "Oh well. Son," he said indifferently, along w ith yours." paper. "Here's your paper, Uncle "some die voung and some die old." "1 just thought ma> be you might let Boone," he said. The boy v\ as asleep with his head on him out," said Uncle Boone quietly. "Thanks, Woody," said Uncle Boone. the table. The three outlaws had their The day settled down then to one "I don't want to get behind with my heads together and w ere talking in low of waiting. The outlaws took turns reading." He leaned over and tilted tones. I looked toward a corner w here sleeping and watching us. The boy slept Danny's chin. "There's another jar of our guns stood. If I could reach my 12 most of the time. Uncle Boone and 1 jelly in the closet," he said with a grin. gauge automatic, they wouldn't all go w ere finally allowed to sit down w ith "Could >'ou use some more?" into the swamp. I edged toward it but our backs to the wall. I couldn't keep "I sure could. Uncle Boone," replied Tony saw mc at once. "Do >'ou want my c\es off the small clock which Danny. to die now or later?" he asked omi- ticked away on the table. I found my- Uncle Boone turned to me. "Spread nf)usly. self counting the ticks and wondering Danny some jelly. Son," he said, "while I stepped back to my place. Fog Horn how many there would be until sun- I look over the paper." Then he looked growled at the sound of Tony's voice. down. Each tick suddenly seemed to at me sharply and little crinkles ap- Uncle Boone knelt beside him and measure an important span in my life. peared at the corners of his eyes. "Read- stroked his neck. Then 1 noticed some- The hands were nearing twelve ing's a mighty good thing, you know," thing else which made my heart leap o'clock when I heard voices outside. he added. w irh hope. Uncle Boone had a rusty nail Marty, who was on guard duty, heard "Sure, Uncle Boone," I agreed hastily. and was scratching letters on the dog's them, too. "W^ake up," he half shouted, "Reading's a mighty good thing." collar. My hope died (luickly when I shaking Tony and Dorch roughly. For- THE END

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Tlio Uc'^iiiiiiii;;; «>f tli<> End for a pla>', but the tall, rangy young groom found himself in difficulties when he gave All opti7/iist is a hopeful guy the theater doorman a right to the jaw that Possessed ivith the delusion sent him sprawling. As he explained it to That the end of a speech is drawing nigh the law he was quite within his rights. Here When the speaker says, ." he'd paid a lot of good money for those ''In conclusion . . Fred D. Baldwin tickets—and when he'd handed them to the doorman he'd deliberately torn them in two! Short DiMv«> Mary Alkus "\\ h;u seems to he ni\- trouble?" asked the green golfer who was really a pretty Phew Ask Mc iiorrible spectacle out on the course. She has a nose for scandal "\\'ell," drawled the old pro, "I'd say And, we may well assume, her mostly that you're too near the ball after ability to sinell it \ ou swing." Displays her scents of run/or. Harold Helfer Berton Bralev

... Ami Diriy. Two Kii4»whw\%- The two most comiiion kinds of lies being The rifle instructor was dumfounded. told in the world today are little white ones "I can't understand how you could get fi\ e and bis; Red ones. bull's-eyes on a 600-yard range w ith your T. iMcInerney J. sights set for 300-yards. "Sec that rock halfway down tliere?" his feet, his body a mass of bruises. Then answered the mountaineer rookie. "Well. the chauffeur jumped back into his limou- I'm bouncing them off that." sine and dro\e off, wliile the victim gazed George Pkimm

after iiim sadK . Then, shaking his shoulilcrs and \\ alking The L4»n$f (*riii«l towards tiie curb, he mutrcrcd reassuringly Hold my hand, nurse; (picll my quakes, to himself: "After all. w hat can the>- do to And be sweet consoler me.'" my Dan Bennett While the dentist grimly makes A moinitaiii ol my molar. Philene Hammer Favts of lAU-

According to go\ ernmcnt chemists, life is Kmb»rriissiiioii( basically an interaction of enzj mes. from his —News iteuL Small lommy had come home first day at school. If life is iiiteroctiiig etityiiies, "Gee, iMom," he said, "our teaciicr sure There must he umtitenzymes ainl menxymcs. asks some funny questions. She w anted to RiClLXKD Ak.MOLR know where I w as born." "And did you tell her," asked mothei', Jii!i«tiliealioii "that you w ere born in the Women's Hos-

Hone> mooning in a West Coast city, it pital?" "1 was their first trip from the remote Mon- "Nope!" replied l oniinN-. didn't want tana ranchland where they had grown uji. the fellers in the class to think I was a sissy.

Wanting to sec and do e\ crything tiiey had 1 told her the Yankee Stadium." "But in our group insurance plan, read and heard about, tlic>- bouglit tickets F. G. Kernan the whole group must get injured at the same time."

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To fight the ''battle of the bulge," It wojdd appear, is vain.

For if yon win you're sure to lose,

And if yon lose yon gain. B. Bahm

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Decade: A tinie-si>an leaving most ladies five years older. Shannon Fife

He Diflii't .Mean II

A recent immigrant to the United States was lost in thought about his > cars of op- pression in Europe as he crossed a busy street in a large city recently. Suddenly tiiere w as the screech of brakes and he w as lying unconscious on the pa\ ement, having l)een hit by a huge limousine. \\'iien lie came to, he found a li\ cried chauffeur bend- ing over him, a notebook and pencil in his hand. As the immigrant slowly gave his name and address, he climbed painfull>' to "Hey, Uncle Louie! I How come you always stick us in a corner:

"72 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • APRIL, 1954 \'}}\mn V/;.

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