The American Legion Magazine [Volume 100, No. 6 (June 1976)]

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Box 1954, Indianapolis, Ind. 46206 G. WILES BY NAT'L. CMDR. HARRY using Form 3578 which is available at your Proposals to surrender waterway meet stout Legion resistance. local post office. Attach old address label and give old and new addresses with ZIP Code number and current membership card num- HELP FOR LAWMEN 3 ber. Also, notify your Post Adjutant or other Maryland department alerts police to federal benefits officer charged with such responsibilities. 1776-1781 IN THE SOUTH 6 BY GENE GLEASON The American Legion Magazine Editorial & Production Offices decided in southern colonies Outcome of Revolution was 1608 "K" Street, N. W. Washington, D.C. 20006 KARATE! 10 202-393-4811 A mysterious, ancient Oriental art gains popularity in West (New York direct line) 212-586-3460 Office of Publisher THE MANY FACES OF RUSSIAN INDUSTRY 12 1345 Avenue of the Americas BY PROF. ELLSWORTH RAYMOND New York, N.Y. 10019 212-586-3110 Lifting the lid on secret Soviet arms production AMERICA'S FIRST LIBERATED WOMAN 14 Advertising Sales LYNWOOD RHODES Robert Redden Associates, Inc. BY MARK P. O. Box 999 While 'respectable girls' watched, Nellie Bly circled globe Teaneck, NJ. 07666 201-837-5511 IS REVENUE SHARING A CURE FOR OUR CITIES? 18 Two sides of a National Question Publisher, James F. O'Neil pro: REP. ROBERT W. KASTEN, JR. (R-WI) Editor, Raymond J. McHugh con: REP. JAMES R. JONES (D-OK) Senior Editor, Grail S. Hanford Managing Editor, Frank Kuest OFF THE HIGHWAY: WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE 20 A merican Legion News Editor Fourteenth in a series for the turnpike driver Ralph E. Risley Art Editor, Walter H. Boll Production Manager, John A. Stanley WIDOWHOOD - - - MOST WOMEN WILL FACE IT 22 Circulation Manager, Dean B. Nelson A practical guide for helping meet family crises Indianapolis. Ind. BICENTENNIAL LANDMARK: PHILADELPHIA 24 The American Legion The Fourth of July belongs to City of Brotherly Love Magazine Commission Benjamin B. Truekoeki, Bristol, Conn KIDS HAVEN'T CHANGED 36 (Chairman) : Milford A. Forrester, Green Youth Conservation Corps scores hit with youngsters. ville, S.C. (Vice Chairman) ; James R. Kel ley, Radnor, Pa. (National Commander'^ Representative); Billy Anderson, Miami, Fla. IT IS STILL 1940 IN LONDON CELLAR 38 Lang Armstrcng, Spokane, Wash.; Norman Churchill's war room reflects tense Battle of Britain Biebel, Belleville, III.; Adolph Bremer, Winona, Minn.; B. C. Connelly, Hunting ton, W. Va.; Andrew J. Cooper, Gulf Shores, Ala.; Raymond Fields, Oklahoma Photo Credits City, Okla.; Chris Hernandez, Savannah, Ga. This month's cover painting de- James V. Kissner, Palatine, III.; Russell H Laird, Des Moines, Iowa; Henry S. Lemay picts the heroism of Sgt. William Lancaster, Ohio; Loyd McDermott, Benton Jasper in the defense of Charleston Ark.; Morris Meyer, Starkville, Miss.; J. H on June 28, 1116 as he rescued Morris, Baton Rouge, La.; Robert F. Mur phy, Chelmsford, Mass.; Robert A. Okeson South Carolina's flag in the face of Diamond Bar, Cal . ; Floyd J . Rogers, To British fire. The painting by H. peka, Kans.; Harry H. Schaffer, Pittsburgh Charles McBarron was commis- Pa.; Wayne L. Talbert, Delphi, Ind.; Frank C. Love, Syracuse, N.Y. (Consultant), Ed sioned by the Army's Center of ward McSweeney, New York, N.Y. (Con Military History. The Battle of sultant) Guilford Courthouse (page 6) was The American Legion Magazine is owned and also painted by Mr. McBarron. published monthly by The American Legion. Legion. Other photo credits this month include Copyright 1976 by The American Culver Photos, The Bettman Archive, Shir- Second class postage paid at Indianapolis. ley Starbuck, H. Armstrong Roberts. S. Ind., 46204 and additional mailing offices. Henry Cho, Novosti, Tass, Sovfoto, Sy Price: single copy, 20 cents; yearly sub- Seidman Collection (NY) Wide World, scription, $2.00. Direct inquiries regarding UPI, California State Historical Society, circulation to: Circulation Department, P. O. Penn Mutual Life Insurance. Box 1954, Indianapolis, Ind. 46206. Send editorial and advertising material to: The American Legion Magazine, 1608 "K" Departments Street, N. W., Washington, D.C. 20006. NOTES ON OUR DESK 4 LIFE IN THE OUTDOORS 40 NON-MEMBER SUBSCRIPTIONS DATELINE WASHINGTON 21 PERSONAL 42 Send name and address, including ZIP VETERANS NEWSLETTER 27 SHOPPER 46 number, with $2 check or money order to Circulation Dept., P.O. Box 1954, NEWS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION . .28 PARTING SHOTS 48 Indianapolis, Ind. 46206. Manuscripts, artwork, cartoons submitted for consideration will not be returned unless a self-ad- Microfilm copies of current and back is- dressed, stamped envelope is included. This magazine assumes no responsibility for unsolicited material. sues of The American Legion Magazine are available through: University Micro- - films, N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, Mich. pd ! CTTVT A CT"17R • " undeliverable, please send Form 3579 to: 300 * 1 I HiJ\ . p. o. Box 1954, Indianapolis, Ind. 46206. 48106. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JUNE 1976 The Commander's Message The Panama Canal Is Not Negotiable! Vigorous opposition in Congress and the tides of an Zone in three years and subsequently surrender the election year have slowed the State Department canal itself. A treaty would require ratification by two- campaign to give away the Panama Canal; but it has thirds of the Senate. Thirty-eight of the 100 Senators not been stopped. are now on record against any treaty revision. But It must not succeed! even the Senate does not have the power to cede away Surrender of U.S. sovereignty over the Panama Canal sovereign property. Such an action must be joined by Zone and loss of American control over the Atlantic- the House of Representatives where 246 of the 435 Pacific waterway could have devastating results. If the members are on record as opposed. United States were relegated to the status of a conces- Chairman Leonor K. Sullivan of the House Com- sionaire, operating the Canal at the sufferance of mittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries puts it this others, the Navy—no longer a two-ocean force—would way: have to reevaluate its ability to marshal forces in world "The current situation is the culmination of a sus- trouble spots ; access to Asian markets for major Ameri- tained campaign by the State Department since 1964 can farm products would be in question; the U.S. Mer- to erode United States sovereign rights, power and au- chant Marine and coastal shipping fleets could face thority over the Canal Zone and the canal through the major economic and traffic problems; Communist Cuba salami process. Under the Constitution, only the and other Latin opportunists would be encouraged to Congress, which includes the House of Representatives, work their mischief against U.S.

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