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The American Legion Magazine [Volume 84, No. 6 (June 1968)] THE AMERICAN . » MASAZ ! N E 2 Oc J U N E 1968 AMAZING ART OFFER Giant Blue & Gold Eagle To Decorate Your Home! Proud And Beautiful American Eagle Reproduced in Gleaming Gold As Giant Textured Mural Imagine having this exquisite and patriotic giant mural of the American Eagle, resplendent in shining gold on a luxurious royal blue background, proudly and beautifully adding his majestic beauty to your home. Above a fireplace, or above a sofa ... or in any other spot in living room, den or hall . this rich and beautiful decoration will transform the beauty and appearance of your home. The proud gold eagle is on raised surface, with wings spread ... a dramatic and beautiful sight. Offer Will Not Be Repeated This Season The HOMESTEAD, Dept. be- is We urge you to order this lovely and beautiful giant gold eagle P.O. Box 124, Grand Central Station New York, N.Y. 10017 mural now before our supplies run out. 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INC 1966 mural makes an ideal gift. j :) The American JUNE 1968 Volume S4, Number 6 CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Notify Circulation Dept., P. O. Box 1954, Indianapolis, Ind., 46206 using Post Office Form 3578. Attach old adilress label and give old and new addresses with ZIP Code LEGION number and current mernhersiiip card number. -Also be sure to notify your Post Adjutant. Magazine The American Legion Magazine Editorial & Advertising Offices 720 Fiftli Avenue New York, New Yorli 10019 Publisher, James F. O'Neil Contents for June 1968 Editor Robert B. I'itkin Art Editor Al IMarsliall THE STORY BEHIND OUR POLITICAL CONVENTIONS 6 Assistant Editor BY NEAL PEIRCE John Andreola Associate Editors The Story of how our political conventions developed over the last Roy Miller 130 years, as an unofficial way to narrow down the number James S. Swartz of Presidential candidates on Election Day. Assistant Art Editor Walter H. Boll Production Manager THE F-111 . OUR SCHIZOID AIRPLANE 12 BY ROBERT IRELAN Art Bretzfield Copy Editor The F-111, our military "plane of the future," can do fantastic things. Grail S. Hanford But as the child a of shotgun wedding between Air Force and Circulation Manager Navy, it has been and continues to be controversial. Here's Dean B. Nelson a close look at the plane and its split personality. Indianapolis, Ind. Advertising Director Robert P. Redden GEORGE WASHINGTON'S PRE REVOLUTIONARY FORT 17 Chicago Sales Office BY ALDEN STEVENS David Geller Associates, Inc. 35 East Wacker A travel article for today's motorists on Fort Necessity, near Drive Union- Chicago, III. 60601 town, Pa., where 22-year-old George Washington unwittingly 312 CEntral 6-2401 started the French and Indian War. Forty-sixth in the series "Seeing Historic America." Advertising Sales Representatives JE Publishers Representive Co. 8380 Melrose Avenue BASEBALL'S SECRET SIGN LANGUAGE 18 Los Angeles, California 90069 BY JOHN DEVANEY 420 Market Street San Francisco, California 94111 A sometimes amusing examination of baseball's on-the-field communications web that flashes signals and countersigns The American Legion around the diamond even in the quietest moments. Publications Commission: E. James Powers, Macon. Ga. (Chairman) i Howard E. Lohman, Moorhead, Minn. (Vice Chairman) SHOULD THE U.S. GIVE A TAX CREDIT ; Bob Whittemore, Watertoivn, S.D. (National Commander's Representative); FOR COLLEGE TUITIONS? 24 Lang Armstrong, Spokane, Wash.; Charles E. TWO SIDES OF A NATIONAL QUESTION Booth, Huntington, W. Va.; Adolph F. Bremer, Winona, Minn.; John Cicero, Swoyer. pro: sen. VANCE HARTKE (DEM-IND.) ville. Pa.; Clovis Copeland, Little Rock, Ark.; con: SEN. RUSSELL B. LONG (DEM-LA.) Raymond Fields, Guymon, Okla.; Chris Her- nandez, Savannah, Ga. ; Mylio S. Kraja, Youngstoum, Ohio; George D. Levy, Sumter, A LOOK AT NEW ORLEANS, LA 26 S.C.; Dr. Charles R. Logan, Keokuk, lotva; Frank C. Love, Syracuse, N.Y.; Morris Meyer, BY R. B. PITKIN Starkville, Miss.; J. H. Morris, Baton Rouge, An inspection La.; Harry H. Schaffer, Pittsburgh, Pa.; of old and new New Orleans, scene of the 50th American Bradley J. Stephens, Los Altos, Calif.; Wayne Legion National Convention to be held there in September. L. Talbert, Delphi, Ind.; J. Cornelius Tromp, Manhattan, III.; Benjamin B. Truskoski, Bris- VIETNAM NEGOTIATIONS— tol, Conn.; Robert H. Wilder, Dadeville, Ala.; NO GAME E. Meade Wilson, Mulberry, Fla.; Edward McSweeney. New York, FOR AMATEURS 32 N .Y., ( Consultant BY WILLIAM E. GALBRAITH, NATIONAL COMMANDER THE The American Legion Magazine is published AMERICAN LEGION monthly at 1100 West Broadway, Louisville, Second Ky. 40201 by The American Legion, guessing the government during Vietnam peace talks Copyright 1968 by The American Legion. Second-class is a dangerous game. postage paid at Louisville, Ky. Price; single copy, 20 cents; yearly subscription, $2.00. Order nonmember subscriptions from the Cir- Departments culation Department of The American Legion, P.O. Box 1954, Ind ianapolis, Ind. 46206. LEnERS TO THE EDITOR 2 VETERANS NEWSLETTER Editorial and advertising offices: 720 5th Ave., 33 New DATELINE York, N.Y. 10019. Wholly owned by WASHINGTON . 4 NEWS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION 35 The American Legion, with National Head- EDITOR'S quarters at Indianapolis, Ind. 46206. CORNER 5 PERSONAL William E. Galbraith, National Commander. BOOKS 23 LEGION SHOPPER 55 31 PARTING SHOTS 5R NONMEMBER SUBSCRIPTIONS Send name and address, including ZIP num- ber, with check consideration will not be returned unless $2 or money order to ft=mn.^H ''I^; l'^'""'"' a self-addressed stamped envelope is included. This Circulation Dept., P. O. Box magazine assumes no responsibility for unsolicited material! 1954, Indian- apolis, Ind. 46206. POSTMASTER: Send Form 3579 to P.O. Box 1954 Indianapolis, Ind. 46206 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JUNE 1968 — It's one of the best and most compre- hensive Red Cross articles I've ever seen. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR It will make a great hit throughout the entire organization. James F. Collins, General, USA (Ret.) President, American National Red Cross Letters published do not necessarily ex- Russia has long desired, to the Indian press the policy oj The American Legion. Washington, D.C. of of Iran's Keep letters short. Name and address must Ocean. We know the Shah be jurnished. Expressions of opinion and close friendship with the West, but, requests for personal services are appreci- nevertheless, in of Britain's depar- TIME FOR A SECOND LOOK ated, but they cannot be acknowledged or view answered, due to lack of magazine staff for ture from the Gulf area, we must not SIR: Thomas Hoge's article, "A Second these purposes. Requests for personal serv- underestimate the probable political Look at the UN" (April), is the most ices which nxay be legitimately asked of Tlic American Legion should be made to significance behind Kosygin's appear- interesting article on the world organ- Service or your state your Post Officer ization that has at- (Department) American Legion Hq. Send ance in Teheran. been brought to my letters to the editor to: Letters. The Ronald W. Dietrich tention. Congratulations to you and the Ave- American Legion Magazine. 720 5th Washington, D.C. author. nue, New York, N.Y. 10019. C. C. MOSELEY HUMAN PITFALL Beverly Hills, Calif. BRITAIN'S RETREAT FROM THE EAST sir: Under "People and Quotes" in your in SIR: It is not too soon for our State De- Dateline Washington feature for May, sir: As Mr. Hoge points out his second partment to begin watching, very, very you attribute a quote, entitled "Com- look at the United Nations, while Russia closely, political moves in the East, and puter Pitfall," to Rep. Cornelius E. and France are in arrears to the total one hopes that your article, "Where Gallagher, but give his state as New whopping sum of $78 million, nothing Does Britain's Retreat from the East Hampshire. Representative Gallagher is has been done to enforce Article 19 of Leave Us?" (May), can serve as a re- from New Jersey (13th District). the UN Charter, which the U.S. sup- minder that we cannot afford to wait Barney Swift ported and which would deny these two until 1971, when Britain will complete Englewood, N.J. countries their vote. Recently, six mem- her withdrawal, to review the situa- bers—the Congo, Haiti, Dahomey, Do- tion. One must be aware of the doors Our source said New Hampshire, but minican Republic, Mali and Paraguay that will be opened by Britain's deci- New Jersey is right. Apologies to Repre- more than two years behind in their sion. Recently, Russia's Premier Kosy- sentative Gallagher and New Jersey. payments were barred from UN voting. gin paid a visit to Iran, the first Soviet The total arrears of these six hardly head to do so since Stalin was there for RED CROSS CLOSE-UP wealthy nations amount to a bit over bul- the WW2 meeting with Roosevelt and sir: To paraphrase the subtitle of "The $146,000.
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