The American Legion Monthly [Volume 19, No. 4 (October 1935)]

Legion ON 1 H L Y PFRMAMFMT F N F KarlDetzer - Wythe Williams Rabbit Maranville - Hugh Wiley Rupert Hughes - Leonard H.Nason .A CONVENTION NECESSITY! Post caps are now available in two A combination passport and grades and B. Detailed specifi- — A identification badge cations are set forth below. Legion caps are a real Convention necessity. Be sure you have yours— order it now! Upeclfjicatlonl. — GRADE A Material—14 oz. American Legion blue uniform Grade A—Style 1 lettering $2.25 cloth. Grade A—Style 2 lettering 2.50 Embroidery—All embroidery, including the emblem, Grade B—Style 1 lettering 1.95 which is reproduced in colors, is in pure silk. Grade B—Style 2 lettering 2.20 Trimmings— Genuine gold silk piping. Tan sateen Note: Special reduced prices in lots of 12 or more caps. lining. Genuine leather sweat band. Lettering —Two types of lettering available. STYLE 1 provides for the Post numerals only on the Division, American Legion, 777 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, Ind. Emblem The right hand side, and state name in full only, on the left, directly beneath the emblem. No deviations or is remittance for , for one Post cap, Here my S additions. STYLE 2 provides for the Post numerals only on the right hand side, and the town name in full size Grade , with Style lettering as follows: with state name abbreviated on the left. Additional or special forms of inscription extra. Prices upon application. (please print lettering instructions carefully,) Delivery—Caps are not carried in stock, but made Name only to special order. Two weeks required for delivery. Street GRADE B Same as for Grade A, excepting made without lining, City State and with less expensive sweat band. Note: Serge caps to match state uniforms available at no I am a member of Post No Dept. of. extra charge. Be sure to specify material name, and weight. 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Send me by mail, without obligation, your new book describing The Phoenix Mutual Retirement Income Plan. Date of Birth_ Home Address- ©'9?5, p - OCTOBER, 1935 I ; the purposes :(7o uphold'and the Constitution. (fforQod'and'country , we associate ourselves togetherjor following defend <~s ofthe UnitedStates ofAmerica; to maintain law and order,- tofoster andperpetuate a one hundredpercent (Americanism to preserve the memories and incidents ofour association in theQreaJfWar; to inculcate a sense of"individual obligation to the com- munity,state andnation; to comhat the autocracy ofboth the classes andthe masses; to make right the master ofmight; to promote- peace andgood willon earth ; to safeguardand transmit to posterity the principles ofjustice.Jreedom and democracy; to conse- crute and'sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.— Preamble to the Constitution. ofThe American Legion. October, 1935 Legion Vol. 19, No. 4 MONTH L Y Published Monthly by The Legion Publishing Corporation, 455 West 22d Street, Chicago, Illinois EDITORIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICES EXECUTIVE OFFICES WESTERN ADVERTISING OFFICE 521 Fifth Avenue, New York Indianapolis, Indiana 307 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago Editorial and Advertising Correspondence Should be Addressed to the New York Offices, All Other Mail to Indianapolis Clover Design: Roped! by Arthur Mitchell Guest Editorial: the crisis in American civilization by Will Durant 3 The Sabotage of the Pacifist by Rupert Hughes 4 Cartoons by John Cassel Home, Feet, Home by Hugh Wiley 6 Illustrations by Wallace Morgan The Man on Horseback by Wythe Williams 10 The Little Roan by Leonard H. Nason 12 Illustrations by Herbert M . Stoops Cease Firing? Never! by Karl Detzer 16 $500 a Month for Big Moment Stories 18 Illustrations by J. W. Schlaikjer Old or New, It's Baseball by Rabbit Maranville 20 Regular Meeting by Frank A. Mathews, Jr. 22 Illustration by Frank Street The Shifting Background by Phil Conley 24 Drawings by Graltan Condon Under the Rio Grande by Fairfax Downey 26 The Legion Looks at Youth by Philip Von Blon 28 A Lesson in Rank by Wallgren 32 Bursts and Duds Conducted by Dan Sowers 33 Ever Hear of a Moon Floater? by John J. Noll 34 News of Veteran Interest 64 Get Those i^g Members Early THE battle orders for 1936 have now been written and the whole American Legion moves into line, ready to go forward to the new objectives. Your post can help mightily by enroling 100 percent of its 1935 strength for 1936 before the new year starts. Plenty of posts have done just that. There are many ways to do it. One way is to hold, as early as possible, a meeting to discuss all the important actions of the St. Louis convention. Ask those who attended to report, or read the high spots in the official summary of proceedings. Then, name your committees and get under way, before Thanksgiving Day and the end-of-the-year holidays slow things up. It you've got a Napoleon available, make him membership chairman. The American Legion Monthly is the official publication of The American Legion, and is A. Stanley Llewellyn, Camden, S. C; Raymond Fields, Guthrie, Okla.; Frank L. Pinola, Wilkes- owned exclusively by The American Legion. Copyright 1935 by The Legion Publishing Cor' Barre, Pa.; Ed. W. Bolt, San Francisco; Perry Faulkner, Montpelier, Ohio; Jerry Owen, Port- poration. Entered as second class matter Sept. 26, 1931, at the Postoffice at Chicago, 111., under land, Ore.; General Manager, James F. Barton; Business Manager, Richard E. Brann; the Act of March 3, 1879. President, Frank N. Belgrano, Jr., Indianapolis, Ind.; Vice-President, Eastern Advertising Manager, Douglas P. Maxwell; Editor, John T. Winterich; Managing John D. Ewing, Shreveport, La.; Secretary, Frank E. 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In reporting change of address (to Indianapolis office) be sure to include the old address as well as the new 2 The AMERICAN LEGION Monthly ? * EDITO RI AL* The Crisis In American Civilization By Will Durant, Guest Editor FOUR basic problems confront the American peo- cation than nearly all the rest of the world combined, ple today—problems so vital that their simul- and then we make education a disqualification for taneous attack upon us constitutes a major crisis public office.

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