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To uphold and defend the Constitution of the

United States of America ; to maintain law and

order; to foster and perpetuate a one hundred per-

cent Americanism; to preserve the memories and in-

cidents of our associations in the Great Wars; to incul-

cate a sense of individual obligation to the community,

state and nation; to combat the autocracy of both the classes

and the masses; to make right the master of might; to promote

peace and good will on earth; to safeguard and transmit to pos- con- terity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy ; to

secrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual

helpfulness.

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Page American Legion Auxiliary Convention. 56-62

American Legion Auxiliary Officers 55

Annual Report 93-124

Church Directory 17

Commission and Committee Meetings.... 11-12

Contests 14-15

Convention Sessions 31-37

Distinguished Guests 39-44

Distinguished Service Medal 28

Eight and Forty.. 63-68

5-9 Greetings to National Convention

Hotel Assignments 82-85

Memorial Program 16

National Officers 100-101

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Reunions and Dinners. 77

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VISIT YOUR LOCAL AUTHORIZED CADILLAC DEALER The American Legion has assembled in tensive streamlining of its own structure 43rd National Convention at the conclusion and a reorientation of its own efforts. This of a year crowded with dramatic events and was done to make of The American Legion mounting tensions. The climax of those a more effective instrument of service to events and tensions is yet to be reached. the nation. As an organization whose members have Great as have been the contributions in the past fulfilled America’s foreign pol- of The American Legion to the past wel- icy commitments in three great wars, The fare, security, and health of the nation, American Legion has felt a responsibility they shrink in comparison with the service both to participate in the development of which we and other like-minded Americans the nation’s present foreign policy and also may be called upon to provide in the future. to help in creating the military, economic This Convention has the opportunity and and moral strength necessary to carry out the obligation to carry forward the work of those policies. re-examining and redefining the goals of After intensive self-study, the National our organization. In so doing, we will be Organization of The American Legion has aiding in redefining the national purpose begun and has partially carried out an ex- and in creating the strength to fulfill that purpose.

William R. Burke National Commander

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M. L. LYCKHOLM Department Adjutant

9 Which doors are stronger?

Only in the 1961 Ford Family of Fine Cars are doors reinforced with steel beams

Ford Motor Company Rubber body mounts are used to seal rails. Guardrail frames in the Ford out road and engine noise. They pre- and Mercury curve out. They are builds better bodies vent it from being transmitted into strong in the middle. Guard rails also the car. The more rubber body mounts protect passengers in the unitized Doors in the Ford Family of Fine there are, the more effective the bodies used in Falcon, Thunderbird, Cars are unique. Reinforced with steel sound barrier becomes. With up to 50 % Comet and Lincoln Continental. beams, they are more rigid and there- more insulating body mounts in our * * * fore close tighter and quieter. It also cars, you get a remarkably quiet ride. These are five of the many reasons we means they keep their shape longer, * * * think you will find ( upon comparing reducing the likelihood of develop- our Also cars with other cars) that Ford ing squeaks and rattles. adding to the silence of the ride Motor Company builds better bodies. in our cars is extra sound insulation. * * * In the Ford Family of Fine Cars Compare door latches. Ours are bigger there is up to 57% more area covered and heavier than door latches in with sound absorption material. other cars. They hold tighter, re- * * * ducing the danger of doors springing open under impact. Statistics show Millions of car frames are shaped passengers who remain inside the like an “X.” Weak in the middle, in car an accident are twice as safe. they lack the strength of strong side American Road , Dearborn , Michigan

FORD • FALCON -THUNDERBIRD • COMET - MERCURY • LINCOLN CONTINENTAL Meetings of Standing Commissions and Committees

Sec- Americanism Commission: Executive Section. Foreign Relations Commission: Executive 9:30 a.m., September 8 and 9. Spruce Room, tion. and 9. Colorado Room, Hilton Hotel. 9:30 a.m., September 8 Hilton Hotel. Chairman: Martin B. McKneally, Newburgh, Emilio S. Iglesias, Montpelier, Vt. N. Y. Chairman:

Committee: Executive Section. Child Welfare Commission: Executive Section. Group Insurance a.m., September 8 and 9. Room No. 238, 9:30 a.m., September 8 and 9. Empire Lounge, 9:30 Hilton Hotel. Brown Palace Hotel. Chairman: Jerome F. Duggan, St. Louis, Mo. Chairman: Percy A. Lemoine, Baton Rouge, La. Internal Affairs Commission: Executive Section. 9:30 a.m., September 8 and 9. Savoy Room, Contests Supervisory Committee: Hilton Hotel. 9:30 a.m., September 8, 9, and 10. Columbine Chairman: Herbert J. Jacobi, Washington, Room, Shirley-Savoy Hotel. D. C. Chairman: Archie Pozzi, Jr., Carson City, Nev.

Legislative Commission: Executive Section. Commission: Convention 9:30 a.m., September 8 and 9. Beverly Room, inclusive. Gold 9:30 a.m., September 8-14, Hilton Hotel. Room, Brown Palace Hotel. Chairman: Jerome F. Duggan, St. Louis, Mo. Chairman: Harry L. Foster, San Diego, Calif.

National Security Commission: Executive Sec- Distinguished Guests Committee: Executive tion. Section. 12:30 p.m., September 9. Grand Ballroom, Hil- 9:30 a.m., September 8-14, inclusive. Distin- ton Hotel. guished Guests Suite, Brown Palace Hotel. Chairman: Col. Addison P. Drummond, Boni- Chairman: A. L. Starshak, Chicago, 111. fay, Fla.

Commission: Executive Section. Economic Commission: Executive Section. Publications 9:30 a.m., September 8 and 9. Tabor Room, 9:30 a.m., September 8 and 9. Conference Brown Palace Hotel. Room, Hilton Hotel. Chairman: Donald R. Wilson, Clarksburg, W. Chairman: George T. Lewis, Jr., Memphis, Va. Tenn.

Public Relations Commission: Executive Sec- Emblem Committee: Executive Section. tion. 9:30 a.m., September 7 and 8. Sample Room 9:30 a.m., September 8 and 9. Onyx Room, No. 508, Hilton Hotel. Brown Palace Hotel. Chairman: Julius Levy, Pittsburgh, Pa. Chairman: C. D. DeLoach, Washington, D. C.

Finance Commission: Rehabilitation Commission: Executive Section. 9. Room, 9:30 a.m., September 8-14, inclusive. National 9:30 a.m., September 8 and Denver Adjutant’s Suite, Brown Palace Hotel. Hilton Hotel. Chairman: Harold P. Redden, Longmeadow, Chairman: Robert M. McCurdy, Pasadena, Mass. Calif.

11 Rehabilitation Screening Committee: Resolutions Assignment Committee: Executive 9:30 a.m., September 7, 8, and 9. Sample Room Section. No. 509, Hilton Hotel. 9:30 a.m., September 8 and 9. National Head- quarters, Exhibit Hall IB, Hilton Hotel.

Chairman: Charles W. Griffith, Manning, S. C.

Meeting of National Executive Committee

11:00 a.m., September 10. Grand Ballroom. Brown Palace Hotel. Chairman: National Commander William R. Burke, Los Angeles, Calif.

Meetings of Convention Committees

The following Convention Committees will be com- Finance: 10:00 a.m., Sunday, September 10. Sil- posed of one delegate from each Department. Committees ver Room, Hilton Hotel. will hold their initial meetings at the times and places shown below. Subsequent meetings will be held at the call of the chairmen. Foreign Relations: 10:00 a.m., Sunday, Septem- ber 10. Colorado Room, Hilton (Meetings of Convention Committees will Hotel. normally be closed to all except committee members.) Legislation and Rules: 10:00 a.m., Sunday, Sep- tember 10. Beverly Room, Hilton Hotel.

Americanism: 10:00 a.m., Sunday, September 10. Spruce Room, Hilton Hotel. Rehabilitation (Claims and Rating): 10:00 a.m., t Sunday, September 10. Denver Room, Hilton Child Welfare: 10:00 a.m., Sunday, September 10. Hotel. Convention Center - Lower Level Foyer, Hil- ton Hotel. (Hospitals & Medical Services): 10:00 a.m., Sunday, September 10. Junior Ballroom, Hil- ton Hotel. Constitutional Amendments: 10:00 a.m., Sunday, September 10. Century Room, Hilton Hotel. Security (Military): 10:00 a.m., Sunday, Septem- ber 10. Grand Ballroom, Credentials & Internal Organization: 10:00 a.m., Hilton Hotel. Sunday, September 10. Savoy Room, Hilton (Naval): 10:00 a.m., Sunday, September 10. Hotel. Assembly Room III, Hilton Hotel.

(Aeronautic): 10:00 a.m., Sunday, September Economic (Employment & Veterans’ Prefer- 10. Empire Lounge, Hilton Hotel. ence): 10:00 a.m., Sunday, September 10. Con- ference Room, Hilton Hotel. (Merchant Marine): 10:00 a.m., Sunday, Sep- tember 10. Empire Room, Hilton (Other Economic Matters): 10:00 a.m., Sun- Hotel. day, September 10. Biltmore Room, Hilton (Civil Defense): 10:00 a.m., Sunday, Septem- Hotel. ber 10. Gold Room, Hilton Hotel.

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Saturday and Sunday September 9 and 10, 1961

Except where otherwise specified, admission is free to the contests listed below.

Junior Drum and Bugle Corps Preliminaries: 8:00 a.m., Sept. 9, Bears Stadium, W. 20th Ave. and Decatur. Senior Drum and Bugle Corps- The Caballeros, sponsored by Post 199, Hawthorne, N. J. Band Contest: l:00'p.m., Sept. 9, Brown Palace Hotel Ballroom and Civic Center.

Junior Band Contest: 2:00 p.m., Sept 9, Brown Palace Hotel Ballroom and Civic Center.

Motorcycle Drill Team Contest: 2:00 p.m., Sept. 9, Mile High Kennel Club Parking Lot, 6200 Dahlia.

- Senior Band Post 5, Joliet, III. Color Guard Contest: 2:00 p.m., Sept. 9, Wash- ington Park.

Junior Drum and Bugle Corps Finals: 7:00 p.m., Sept. 9, Bears Stadium. Admission: $1.00.

Senior Drum and Bugle Corps Preliminaries: 8:00 a.m., Sept. 10, Denver University Stadium.

Junior Drum and Bugle Corps - Garfield Cadets, Firing Squad Contest: 9:00 a.m., Sept. sponsored by Post 255, Garfield, N. J. 10, Wash- ington Park.

Chorus Contest: 2:30 p.m. Sept. 10, Brown Palace Hotel Ballroom.

Senior Drum and Bugle Corps Finals: 7:00 p.m., Sept. 10, Denver University Stadium. Ad- mission: $3.00, $2.50, and $2.00. (See 50c Firing Squad and Chorus - Cudworth Chorus, sponsored coupon in this Official Program.) Senior Color Guard- by Post 23, Milwaukee, Wis. Little Bills, sponsored by Post 118, Chicago, First Annual American Legion International III. Bowling Tournament: Sept. 9 - 13, inclusive, Celebrity Lanes, South Colorado Boulevard, Glendale. (This tournament is under the sponsorship of the 1961 American Legion Convention Corporation. All other contests Other 1960-61 National Champions listed herein are sponsored by The Ameri- can Legion National Contests Supervisory Junior Band - Craig Schlosser Continentals, Committee.) sponsored by Post 31, Milwaukee, Wis.

Junior Color Guard - Mutineers, Trophy Donors sponsored by Post 27, South Milwaukee Wis. Siingerland Drum Company - Ludwig Drum Company

Getzen Company, Inc. - Smith Music Sales Motorcycle Drill Team -Post 300, Miami, Fla. American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)

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Senior Drum and Bugle Corps Finals

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“Parade of Champions”

Sunday, September 10, 1961

7:00 P. M.

Denver University Stadium

Top American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps -i Competing for the National Championship

Admission Added Feature

Box Seat's $3.00 Four new 1961 Fords will be awarded

All Seats Reserved to members of The American Legion Legion Auxiliary by $2.50 and $2.00 or the American the Seagram Posts of The American Price of tickets will be reduced 50c by use of

coupon in the Official Convention Program. Legion.

Contest Drawings

Representatives of competing units will draw for positions at the Briefing of Judges times indicated below on Friday, September 8, in the Columbine 5:00 p.m. September 8, Columbine Room, Room of the Shirley-Savoy Hotel: Shirley-Savoy Hotel 1:30 p.m. Junior Drum and Bugle Corps

2:00 p.m. Senior Drum and Bugle Corps

2:30 p.m. Senior and Junior Color Guards Official Protest Hearings 3:00 p.m. Senior and Junior Bands 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 12, Columbine Room, 3:30 p.m. Choruses Shirley-Savoy Hotel

3:45 p.m. Motorcycle Drill Teams

4:00 p.m. Senior Firing Squads

15 Public Patriotic and Memorial Program

5:00 to 6:00 P. M.

Sunday, September 10, 1961 Greek Theatre — Civic Center

INTRODUCTORY SELECTIONS—The American Legion Choruses “National Champions of Song” Male Chorus—Alonzo Cudworth Post No. 23, Milwaukee, Wise. “Singing Legionnaires”—Sioux Falls Post No. 15, Sioux Falls, S. Dakota ADVANCEMENT OF THE COLORS PLACING OF THE MEMORIAL WREATHS Commonwealth Edison Post No. 118, THE AMERICAN LEGION—National Com- Chicago, 111., National Championship mander William R. Burke, National Ad- Color Guard jutant E. A. Blackmore THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY— Chorus and Audience National President Mrs. Henry Ahne- miller, National Secretary Mrs. Jane INVOCATION Mayer Rabbi Earl S. Stone - LA BOUTIQUE DES HUIT ET QUAR- Temple Emanuel, Denver, Colorado ANTE FEMMES—Le Chapeau National Mrs. C. P. Andrew, Le Secretaire-Cais- THIS IS MY COUNTRY siere Mrs. Thomas Leervig Combined American Legion Chorus Dr. Clyde Parnell, Director THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC Mr. Arthur Colby, Accompanist The Combined American Legion Chorus ADDRESS: “Our American Heritage” The Rev. William H. Moss CLOSING PRAYER National Chaplain, The American Legion The Rev. Fr. Robert G. Keating Department Chaplain, Connecticut MEMORIAL PRAYER Mrs. C. Fred Hanson TAPS National Chaplain, The American Legion Auxiliary RETIREMENT OF THE COLORS

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Church Directory

( Partial and synagogues in Denver, including (Following is a partial listing of churches most convention hotels, For a more complete those which may be easily reached from listing, consult the telephone directory.)

Methodist Assemblies of God Congregational of Christ) Park Hill District Council, (United Church Rocky Mountain 5209 Montview Assemblies of God Aurora 5700 S. Broadway, Littleton 1277 Boston Trinity 1820 Broadway Lakewood 9210 W. 2nd University Park 2180 S. University Bahai Assembly Logan Street Bahai World Faith Center 595 S. Logan 1805 E. Colfax Mormon Denver First Ward Episcopal 538 E. 7th Baptist Ascension Western States Mission 600 Gilpin Aurora, First 709 Clarkson 1550 Havana St. Barnabas First Southern E. 13th & Vine 1595 Pearl Orthodox St. John’s Cathedral Hellenic Orthodox 1313 Clarkson 573 Pennsylvania

Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Other Churches Conception Jewish Unitarian Church 1501 Penn All Denver Synagogues are open to 1400 Lafayette Legionnaires for New Year services. Christ The King 845 Fairfax Beth Ha Medrosh Hagodol (Orthodox) Holy Ghost Pentecostal 1580 Gaylord 633 19th Christ Temple 23rd & Washington Most Precious Blood Beth Joseph 2227 S. Colorado Blvd. (Conservative) E. 8th Ave. & Holly Mother of God Presbyterian Logan 475 Congregation Rodef Shalom Central (Conservative) 1660 Sherman St. Philomena 400 S. Kearney 2820 E. 14th First Educational Alliance 1362 Lincoln St. James Hebrew (Orthodox) 1290 Olive First of Lakewood 1555 Stuart 8210 W. 10th

Temple Emanuel Montview (Reform) Montview & Dahlia Christian (Disciples of Christ) 51 Grape Central 1600 Lincoln Salvation Army Headquarters 1841 Curtis Christian Science Lutheran First Grace (M.S.L.) 1401 Logan 880 Fairfax Seventh Day Adventist Central First, Aurora St. Paul’s (R.M.S.L.) 9th & Sherman 1300 Jamaica 1600 Grant

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19 PARADE INFORMATION

DATE: September 11, 1961

TIME: 10:00 A.M.

FORMATION AREA:

Broadway to Grant Streets

1 1 th Avenue to 1 4th Avenue

ROUTE:

From Colfax & Lincoln Sts.

to 17th Avenue to 17th St.

to Champa St. to 16th St.

to Cleveland PI. to Bannock

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REVIEWING STAND:

City & County Building

DISPERSAL AREA:

Acoma to Delaware Streets

1 1 th Avenue to 1 4th Avenue

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Thrill that comes once in a lifetime: First solo in the family car

A message from Chrysler Corporation to all you young men and women who will come of driving age this year

take out the Your state says you’re old enough the dumber drivers and red-hot speeds The first time you your own, you’re boss to drive. on American roads today. family car on of thousands of dollars’ worth of You have a driver’s license. The only real chance motorists and steel, rubber, aluminum and glass. Your dad says you can take the car. motoring have for the future is that young drivers coming on our roads It has everything it takes to get You’re on your own—no big person today will be better, safer, more re- you somewhere and back except a to tell you what to do, how to do it, sponsible drivers than their fathers brain. where to go, how fast to go there. or mothers. Don’t forget that’s the most im- Turn the key—Put ’er in Drive . . . There is no reason why they portant thing about driving— and the Step on the gas . . . and let her roll. shouldn’t be. brain is you. What are we waiting for? As one teenager, recently quoted One dumb driver can cause an You may have the quickest reflexes in a newspaper, says, accident, but when two dumb drivers in your block and 20-20 vision, but if meet, there isn’t a prayer. You be “We teenagers are good drivers. you don’t have 50-50 respect for other the smart one. only trouble is that because cars and drivers on the road and for The we’re so good some of us get too show the money your dad has put into that There are a dozen ways a kid can sure ourselves and take too many to car you’re neither old enough nor good of he’s growing up, but the surest way chances.” drive Grown-Up enough to drive. N o matter what that judge him is “Does he driving license says. Let’s look at it this way: Style— really grown-up?”

You’re starting to drive in an age when cars are built stronger, handle better and drive safer, but even a Chrysler Corporation Sherman tank or an armored Brink’s • IMPERIAL truck can’t stand up against some of PLYMOUTH VALIANT • DODGE DART LANCER CHRYSLER This ad appears in national youth publications as a public service of Chrysler Corporation The American Legion National Convention Parade

September 11 , 1961

PARADE CHAIRMAN HONORARY MARSHALS Captain Leonard I. Johnson Hon. Stephen L. R. McNichols Governor, State of Colorado Hon. Dick Batterton HONORARY GRAND MARSHAL Mayor, City of Denver Martin B. McKneally, Newburgh, N. Y. Robert M. Keating President, Denver City Council John M. Schooley GRAND MARSHAL Manager of Safety, City of Denver Lt. Gen. Emerson L. Cummings, USA Chief Gilbert Carrel Colorado State Patrol Commanding General, 5th U. S. Army Chicago, Illinois PARADE ORDERS The official parade of the Forty-Third National Convention of The American Legion will be governed DEPUTY GRAND MARSHALS by the instructions contained herein, together with Brig. Gen. Ashton Manhart, USA the Organization and March Time Table and Assem- bly Area Map which are made a part hereof. Commanding General 1. TIME: Fort Carson, Colorado (All times in these orders are Mountain Standard) (a) The leading element of the parade will move R/Adm. Thomas A. Ahroon, USN from the “Initial Point” (Lincoln Street at Commander, USN Forces Colfax) promptly at 10:00 a.m., Monday, Sep- Continental Air Defense Command tember 11, 1961, regardless of weather condi- Colorado Springs, Colorado tions. (b) The time and place of assembly for each department Lt. Gen. Robert M. Lee, USAF or element of the parade will be shown in detail on the Organization and March Commander Air Defense Command Time Table and Parade Map, a copy of which Ent Air Base has been mailed to each Department Adjutant Colorado Springs, Colorado and a copy of which will also be presented to the Department Parade Chairmen at the meeting of 11:00 Maj. Gen. Joseph C. Moffitt Parade Chairmen scheduled at a.m., Sunday, September Adjutant General 10, 1961, in the Lincoln Room, Shirley Savoy Hotel (Conven- State Capitol tion Corporation Headquarters), Denver, Colo- Denver, Colorado rado.

22 (1) MASSED COLORS: Eight (8) abreast. (c) A Parade Official will meet his assigned divi- All American flags the department and sion at the assembly area, following unloading. post colors of each Department and the He will direct the buses to proper parking at department and unit colors of each de- the dispersal area. partment of the Auxiliary will be massed (d) Because of the nature of the assembly area, the head of each department delegation accurate logistics are essential. PROMPT- at NESS IN ARRIVAL AT ASSEMBLY AREA in that order. American Legion units within depart- IS MANDATORY. (2) ments will march in formation eight (e) Aerial bombs will be fired to indicate approach fired abreast, one and one-half yards between to, and starting time. One bomb will be ranks. at 9:30 a.m., two bombs will be fired at 9:45 BANDS AND DRUM CORPS: As directed a.m., three bombs will signal the start of the (3) by drum majors, but not to exceed eight parade at 10:00 a.m. (8) abreast. (4) AUTHORIZED FLOATS AND AUTO- 2. ROUTE: MOBILES: In single column. No unau- From the initial point on Lincoln Street at Colfax authorized' floats or automobiles will be Avenue to E. 17th Avenue, left on 17th Avenue to permitted to participate. 17th and Broadway, down 17th Street to Champa (5) No maneuvers except for a forward move- Street, left into Champa Street to 16th Street, left ment. This is a MUST. All violators will into 16th Street, up 16th Street to Cleveland Place. be summarily dismissed from the parade. Right on Cleveland Place to Bannock, left into (d) DISTANCES: Bannock passed the Reviewing Stand in front of Between Divisions 30 yards the City and County Building and into the dis- (1) Between departments 20 yards persal area. (2) (3) Between elements of a department 10 yards 3. ASSEMBLY AREA: (e) All bands will play upon entering the seating are indicated on the Organiza- (a) Assembly areas area and continue to play to its exit. The Time Table and Assembly tion and March seating area will be indicated by appropriate Map. Area signs. (b) Instructions for each department will be fur- nished by the Parade Committee and will be 5. DISPERSAL AREA: distributed as heretofore indicated. Dispersal of the parade will be on Acoma, Bannock (c) Signs Carrying Department Name will desig- and Cherokee Streets, between 1st and 12th Ave- nate head of each Department assembly point. nues, under the direction of the Denver Police (d) The assembly areas will be designated as As- Department. The Parade Official assigned to each sembly Area No. 1 (Sherman Street) and As- division as liaison will meet and direct his assigned sembly Area No. 2 (Lincoln Street) . Divisions division to its buses. No. I, III, V, VII, will assemble in Area No. 1. Divisions No. II, IV, VI, VIII will assemble in 6. OFFICIAL REVIEWING STAND: Area No. 2. stand will be located in the (e) All busses and troop carriers will unload at The official reviewing the City and 11th and Sherman for odd numbered divisions 1400 block Bannock Street in front of will render a salute and at 11th and Lincoln for even numbered County Building. Elements passing the re- divisions. When unloaded, they will proceed to the National Commander while signs at 500 via E. 10th Avenue, west on Bannock and the viewing stand (eyes right). Warning of the distance dispersal area. and 150 feet will inform all units stand. (f) All floats will be spotted in the 1300 block to the reviewing Broadway on the east side of the street. 7. ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN PARADE PARTICIPANTS: 4. ORGANIZATION: AND CONDUCT OF resolution adopted at a meeting (a) All elements have been assigned to Divisions, (a) Pursuant to a at Miami Beach each under the direction of a Parade Official. of the National Committee no participa- The composition of these Divisions, order of on March 12, 1960, there will be or items of march, time and place of assembly is shown tion of any vehicles, equipment 8. This regula- on the Organization and March Table and wearing apparel of the 40 and Parade Com- Assembly Area Map supplied to Department tion will be enforced by the Parade Chairmen. mittee of the 1961 Convention Corporation. police, military and (b) All Department of Defense units will be (b) With the exception of the governed by applicable regulations. naval escort, and distinguished guests, eligibil- in the parade is limited to (c) Each Department Commander or appointed ity to participate and the parade representative will be responsible for the members of the American Legion Legion the order of march and promptness of arrival uniformed bodies of the American of the follow- at the assembly area of all units of his depart- Auxiliary, subject to restriction which shall be prohibited in the ment—all units conform to the following dis- ing activities tribution and formation. line of march: 23 drinking (1) The of or simulated drinking of Headquarters Company, 52nd Infantry, Ft. intoxicants. Carson (2) Participants under the influence of intoxi- Co. A, 52nd Infantry cation. Co. B, 52nd Infantry (3) Use of water pistols and electric shocking Headquarters devices. Company, 32nd Engineer Bat- talion, Ft. Carson (4) Female impersonators. Co. A, 32nd Engineer Battalion, (5) Fire crackers. Ft. Carson (6) Any presentation or representation either Co. B, 32nd Engineer Battalion, immoral or in bad taste. Ft. Carson (7) Distribution of souvenirs, promotional or Co. C, 32nd Engineer Battalion, advertising material either from floats or Ft. Carson by marching units. Headquarters Troop, 16th Sky Cavalry, Ft. (c) Violators of any of the above rules will be Carson summarily removed from the parade. A Troop, 16th Sky Cavalry, Ft. Carson Headquarters Battery, 57th Artillery Group, 8. FIRST AID STATIONS: Ft. Carson First Aid Stations will be established at Assembly Area, at intervals along the line of march and the 32nd Artillery (HJ), Ft. Carson dispersal area. 79th Artillery (HJ), Ft. Carson 81st Artillery (Corporal), Ft. Carson 9. PARKING OF CHARTERED OR POST BUSES 179th Army Band, Ft. Carson AND TROOP CARRIERS: 165th Signal Company, Ft. Carson After unloading in the Assembly Area, buses and troop carriers will proceed to dispersal area under Headquarters Det. Supply Group, Ft. Car- supervision of a Parade Official assigned as liaison son to a proper parking assignment. The liaison official Headquarters Det. 73rd Ordnance Battal- will meet his assigned division at the dispersal ion, Ft. Carson point (11th and Bannock Street) to conduct it to Co. A, 73rd Ordnance Battalion, Ft. Car- its parked buses (Personal belongings and all son equipment must be removed from the buses when unloading at Assembly Area). Co. B, 73rd Ordnance Battalion, Ft. Car- son 249th General Hospital, Fitzsimons Army Hospital ESCORT DIVISION H. UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS Assemble on Lincoln Street south of Colfax Avenue. U. S. Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard 1st 155 mm Gun Battery (SP) Assemble at 9:00 a.m. U. S. Marine Air Rescue Training Detach- Departure at 10:00 a.m. ment, Buckley Field

A. GRAND MARSHAL I. UNITED STATES AIR FORCE U. S. Air Force Academy Band B. HONORARY GRAND MARSHAL Lowry AFB Band C. DEPUTY GRAND MARSHAL J. ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF THE D. HONORARY MARSHALS UNITED STATES E. U. S. ARMY FIELD BAND, Washington, Headquarters & Hq. Battery 169th Arty. D. C. Group, Colo. Natl. Guard Headquarters & Hq. Battery 1st Howitzer F. MASSED SERVICE AND NATIONAL Bn., Colo. Natl. Guard COLORS. Battery A, 1st Howitzer Bn. Battery C, 1st Howitzer Bn. G. UNITED STATES ARMY Headquarters & Hq. Co., 140th Signal Bn., Massed Colors, Ft. Carson, Colorado Colo. Natl. Guard U. S. Army Garrison, Ft. Carson, Colorado Co. A, 140th Signal Bn. Co. C, 140th Signal Bn. 267th Signal Company, Ft. Carson Headquarters & Hq. Det., 217th Medical Bn., Headquarters Company, 2nd Missile Com- Colo. Natl. Buard mand, Ft. Carson 947th Medical Co.

24 3650th Ordnance Company, Colo. Natl. III. DIVISION Guard Assembly point: Sherman Street between 14th and 11th Avenues. Assembly Area No. 1 101st Army Band, Colo. Natl. Guard Assemble at 10:30 a.m. 119th Signal Company, Colo. Natl. Guard 18. RHODE ISLAND Tactical Fighter Wing, Colo. Air Natl. 140th (extending back to Wisconsin sign) Guard 19. WISCONSIN K. UNITED STATES COAST GUARD (extending back to Utah sign) RESERVE 20. UTAH U. S. Coast Guard Reserve, Denver (extending back to Oklahoma sign) 21. OKLAHOMA (extending back to Missouri sign)

I. DIVISION 22. MISSOURI (extending bapk to New Jersey sign) Assembly point: Sherman Street between E. 14th Avenue and 11th Avenue. Assembly 23. NEW JERSEY back to Ohio sign) Area No. 1. (extending 24. OHIO Assemble at 9:30 a.m. (exten4ing back to North Carolina sign) 1. American Legion 1960 National Champion- 25. NORTH CAROLINA ship Band IV. DIVISION 2. National Color and 1960 National Cham- pionship Color Guard Assembly point: Lincoln Street between 14th and 11th Avenues. Assembly Area No. 2 3. National Commander

4. National Officers Assemble at 11:00 a.m.

5. American Legion 1960 National Champion- 26. LOUISIANA ship Drum and Bugle Corps (extending back to Montana sign)

6. Past National Commanders 27. MONTANA (extending back to Alabama sign) 7. American Legion 1960 National Champion- ship Chorus, Jr., D&B Corps, Jr. Color 28. ALABAMA Guard, Firing Squad, Motorcycle Drill Team (extending back to Arkansas sign)

8. Foreign and Outlying Departments 29. ARKANSAS Canada (extending back to Michigan sign) Mexico 30. MICHIGAN France (extending back to Virginia sign) Panama 31. VIRGINIA Italy (extending back to California sign) Philippines 32. CALIFORNIA 9. South Dakota (extending back to Tennessee sign) 33. TENNESSEE

II. DIVISION V. DIVISION between Assembly point: Lincoln Street between Assembly point: Sherman Street Area No. 1 14th and 11th Avenues. Assembly Area No. 2 14th and 11th Avenues. Assembly Assemble at 11:30 a.m. Assemble at 10:00 a.m. 34. INDIANA 10. MINNESOTA (extending back to Washington sign) (extending back to Florida sign) 35. WASHINGTON 11. FLORIDA (extending back to District of Columbia (extending back to Kansas sign) sign) 12. KANSAS 36. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (extending back to Nebraska sign) (extending back to Delaware sign) 13. NEBRASKA 37. DELAWARE (extending back to Alaska sign) (extending back to Illinois sign) 14. ALASKA 38. ILLINOIS (extending back to North Dakota sign) (extending back to Maine sign) 15. NORTH DAKOTA 39. MAINE (extending back to Iowa sign) (extending back to Connecticut sign) 16. IOWA 40. CONNECTICUT (extending back to Wyoming sign) (extending back to Nevada sign) 17. WYOMING 41. NEVADA

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30 43rd NATIONAL CONVENTION, THE AMERICAN LEGION DENVER MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM, DENVER, COLORADO

Joint Opening Session, The American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary

Tuesday, September 12, 1961

8:30 a.m. — CONCERT: National Champion- INVOCATION: Rev. William H.

ship Band, Harwood Post No. 5, Moss, National Chaplain Joliet, 111. CALL FOR CONVENTION: Emil 9:00 a.m. — CALL TO ORDER: William R. A. Blackmore, National Adjutant. Burke, National Commander. ADVANCEMENT OF COLORS: 9:30 a.m. — ADDRESSES OF WELCOME: Honorable Steve McNichols, National Championship Color Gov- Guard, Commonwealth Edison ernor of Colorado Post No. 118, Chicago, 111. Honorable Richard Y. Batterton, “Star Spangled Banner,” American Mayor of Denver Legion National Championship Earl Franklin, Immediate Past Chorus, Alonzo Cudworth Post 23, Commander, Department of Colo- Milwaukee, Wis. rado

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Will F. Nicholson, President, 1961 11:45 a.m. — PRESENTATION OF REPRE- American Legion Convention Cor- SENTATIVES OF AMERICAN poration LEGION YOUTH PROGRAMS: Oratorical Contest Winner 10:00 a.m. — RESPONSE TO ADDRESSES OF Robert J. O’Connell (New York) WELCOME: Martin B. McKneally, Past National Commander, The Eagle Scout John C. Sulerud, Jr. American Legion (Minnesota) President, Boys Nation Jefferson 10:15 a.m. — NATIONAL CONVENTION MEM- J. Jarvis (Texas) ORIAL SERVICE The American Legion Baseball “Decade of Divine Guidance” Player of the Year The Back-To-God Movement, 1951 to 1961 12:15 p.m. — PRESENTATION OF NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP Invocation: Dr. Tom B. Clark, Past CONTEST National Chaplain WINNERS: Introduction of Utah District Com- “There Is No Death,” American mander Arden Legion National Championship Stewart Chorus, Alonzo Cudworth Post 23, 12:40 p.m. — PRESENTATION OF THE Milwaukee, Wis. AMERICAN LEGION’S 1961 Memorial Address: Rev. William NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER’S H. Moss, National Chaplain AWARD by National Commander Lighting of Convention Peace William R. Burke To Mr. Palmer Candle Hoyt, Publisher, The Denver Post Benediction 12:50 p.m. — PRESENTATION OF THE AMER- Taps ICAN LEGION FOURTH ESTATE AWARDS: 10:45 a.m. — REPORT of National Commander William R. Burke By National Commander William R. Burke 11:00 a.m. — GREETINGS: To Mrs. Henry H. Ahnemiller, Nat- Mr. Jack R. Howard, President, ional President, American Legion Scripps-Howard Newspapers Auxiliary Mr. Jack L. Warner, President, John S. Gleason, Jr., Administrator Warner Brothers Pictures of Veterans Affairs Ewald Turner, President, National 1:00 p.m. — ADDRESS: Speaker to be an- Education Association nounced.

His Excellency Dr. George K. C. 1:30 p.m. — REPORTS OF CONVENTION Yeh, Ambassador of the Republic COMMITTEES: of China Credentials and Internal Organiza- 11:15 a.m. — INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS tion Legislation and Rules 11:30 a.m. — PRESENTATION of Secretary of the Navy’s Meritorious Public 1:45 p.m. — SALUTE TO COLORS AND RE- Service Award by Admiral George CESS W. Anderson, Jr., Chief of Naval Operations, to National Comman- 7:00 p.m. — National Commander Burke’s der Burke. DINNER TO DISTINGUISHED GUESTS 11:35 a.m. — PRESENTATION by Mr. Wm. F. Richard McGlone, Secretary, Board of Di- Address by: Honorable M. rectors, American Heart Associa- Nixon tion, to National Commander Place: Grand Ballroom, Denver Burke. Hilton Hotel

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9:00 a.m. — CALL TO ORDER: William R. 10:25 a.m. — INTRODUCTION OF DISTIN- Burke, National Commander GUISHED GUESTS SALUTE TO COLORS Presentation by: J. Addington Wagner, Past National Commander INVOCATION: Rev. William H. Response by: Lawrence E. Hoffman Moss, National Chaplain 10:30 a.m. — REPORT of Program Study Com- REPORT OF CONVENTION mittee COMMITTEES: REPORT OF CONVENTION 9:15 a.m. — Constitutional Amendments COMMITTEES: a.m. Americanism 9:30 a.m. — Finance 10:45 — 11:15 a.m. — Rehabilitation 9:45 a.m. — Child Welfare 11:45 a.m. — Foreign Relations 10:00 a.m. — PRESENTATION by Mr. Hugh J. 12:15 p.m. — ADDRESS: Major General Ralph McGivern, Dominion President, M. Osborne, Deputy Commander, Army, Navy, and Air Force Vet- United States Fourth Army erans in Canada to National Com- 12:45 p.m. — PRESENTATION of William Ran- mander Burke dolph Hearst Americanism Trophy 10:05 a.m. — PRESENTATION by Earl H. by National Commander Burke Shackelford, State Director, U. S. REPORT OF CONVENTION Savings Bond Division, State of COMMITTEES: Missouri, U. S. Treasury Depart- 12:50 p.m. — Ecomomic— ment Employment and Veterans’ Pre- 10:10 a.m. — PRESENTATION of Medallion to ference the City of Miami Beach, the city Other Economic Matters in which the 1960 National Con- 1:15 p.m. — SALUTE TO COLORS AND RE- vention was held. CESS

Thursday, September 14, 1961

9:30 a.m. — CALL TO ORDER: William R. 1:00 p.m. — PRESENTATION OF COLORS TO Burke, National Commander Outgoing National Commander: by SALUTE TO COLORS Leon V. McCardle INVOCATION: Rev. William H. RESPONSE by Commander Burke Moss, National Chaplain PRESENTATION of Colors to In- REPORT OF CONVENTION coming National Commander COMMITTEES: RESPONSE by newly-elected Nat- 9:45 a.m. — National Security ional Commander 10:15 a.m. — ADDRESS: General Curtis E. Le- May, Chief of Staff, United States PRESENTATION of newly-elected Air Force National President of the Ameri- can Legion Auxiliary 10:45 a.m. — UNFINISHED BUSINESS 11:00 a.m. — ADDRESS: Honorable Harry S. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Truman, Former President of the BENEDICTION United States RETIREMENT OF COLORS 11:30 a.m. — DISCUSSION PERIOD FINAL ADJOURNMENT 12:00 noon — SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS —Election of National Officers: National Chaplain NOTE: The National Executive Committee will Five (5) National Vice-Com- •meet within 24 hours after the close of manders the convention, upon call of the Na- National Commander tional Commander.

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Montivel A. James A. Cobey Burke Justice William H. Dieterich Member, California Member, California Assembly Senate Wisconsin Supreme Court (President, The Society of Jeffery American Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Burke Hon. Cohelan Legion Founders) Long Beach, California Member of Congress, California Clayton A. Dills Jules M. Collins Henry R. Burkitt Member, California Assembly Manager, Chairman, Veterans Committee Sales Interstate ASCAP Conference of Nelson S. Dilworth Employment Security Agencies Member, California Senate Ted C. Connell Hugh M. Burns Commander in Chief Veterans of Foreign Mr. and Mrs. Cris Dobbins Member, California Senate Wars Denver, Colorado

Charles J. Conrad Col. John M. Burnside Member, California Assembly Honorable Peter Dominick Washington, D. C. Member of Congress, Colorado William O. Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. Burtnett National Commander Hugh P. Donnelly The House of Seagram Disabled American Veterans Member, California Senate

Mr. and Mrs. Herman B. Byer Mr. and Mrs. George H. Cornelius Henry H. Dudley Assistant Commissioner Indianapolis, Indiana Past National Adjutant Bureau of Labor Statistics The American Legion U. S. Department of Labor The Honorable Alan Cranston Herbert D. Eagle Honorable John Carroll Controller of California Sacramento, California Vice President, Occidental Life U. S. Senator, Colorado Insurance Company

S/FC William J. Crawford Maj. Gen. Hugh J. Casey (Ret.) Congressional Medal of Honor Joseph A. Eaton Schenley Industries, Inc. Holder President, Fawcett-Dearing Palmer Lake, Colorado Printing Company Eugene Cervi Editor, Cervi’s Rocky Robert W. Crown Mountain Journal Maj. Gen. Robert E. L. Eaton Member, California Assembly Deputy Chief of Staff, United States Air Force for Reserves Digby W. Chandler Rex M. Cunningham President, Annin & Company Member, California Assembly Honorable William A. Egan Governor of The Honorable Harold Chase Alaska T. F. Daley Lieutenant Governor of Kansas Associate General Counsel for Legislative Service W. A. Eisman Veterans Administration Vice President and General Honorable and Mrs. J. Edgar Chenoweth Manager, Royal McBee Corp., Western Division Member of Congress, Colorado Honorable Price Daniel Governor of Texas Alan A. Erhart James Chestnut Member, California Senate Manager, Data Processing Center Mr. and Mrs. Garth C. Daniels Veterans Administration San Gabriel, California A. W. Farmer Assistant Honorable Hatfield Chilson Alvin M. David Director, Benefits Consultants Assistant Director, Bureau of U. S. Federal District Court Old- Department Age & Survivors Insurance of Veterans Benefits Denver, Colorado Veterans Social Security Administration Administration

Mr. and Mrs. William J. Chisholm John M. Dervan Honorable Orval E. Faubus Denver, Colorado Director, Loan Guaranty Service Governor of Arkansas Veterans Administration

Victor Christgau Irving Ferman Director, Bureau of Old-Age Walter Desmond Vice and President, International Survivors Insurance Long Beach, California Latex Corporation

40 Mr. and Mrs. Herman Finkelstein LeRoy W. Gohn F. R. Hood General Counsel, ASCAP Veterans Committee Director, Information Service Bureau of Employment Veterans Administration Security Agencies Albert Finnemore Director, Contact Foreign Honorable Craig Hosmer & Bernard R. Goodman Affairs Service Member of Congress, California Veterans Administration Vice President, Warner Brothers Distribution Company Charles E. M. Howard George Fishman Robert C. Goodwin Commander-in-Chief Studio Representative Spanish War Veterans Director, Bureau of Employment Warner Brothers Pictures Security, Department of Labor Jack R. Howard Harry W. Flannery Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Greenaway President, Scripps-Howard Washington, D. C. Miami, Florida Newspapers

John R. Hann Palmer Hoyt John J. Flynn Francisco, California The Denver Post Vallejo, California San

Richard T. Hanna Maj. Gen. David W. Hutchison Jack Foster Member, California Assembly Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Editor & Publisher Rocky Mountain News Gilbert A. Harrison Denver, Colorado Miss Lucy Jarvis Washington, D. C. Associate Producer, The Nation’s Future, National Broadcasting Louis Francis G. J. Harvey Company Member, California Assembly Ministry Representative The British Ministry of Pensions Frank A. Jessup and National Insurance Chief, Near East, South Asia, Africa Public Safety Earl Franklin, Jr. . and Europe Rt. Rev. Benjamin G. Hawkes Division, International Past Department Commander Secretary to the Cardinal, Cooperation Administration of Colorado Archdiocese of Los Angeles Edwin C. Johnson Augustus F. Hawkins Denver, Colorado Myron H. Frew Member, California Assembly Member, California Assembly Ed C. Johnson Sheridan N. Hegland Member, California Senate Ford Frick Member, California Assembly Commissioner of Baseball Honorable Harold T. Johnson William Hendricks Member of Congress, California Director of Public Relations, Richard F. Frohlich Warner Brothers Pictures Director, Public Relations, ASCAP Col. J. Monroe Johnson Lt. Gen. & Mrs. Lewis B. Hershey Washington, D. C. Director, Selective Service System Edward M. Gaffney Member, California Assembly Roy E. Johnson Clarence N. Hockom Director, Public Information Denver Convention & Visitors The American National Red Cross Col. and Mrs. Alex P. Gates Bureau Special Representative Pan American World Airways Eric Johnston George A. Hoffman President, Motion Picture Comptroller, ASCAP Association of America Ernest R. Geddes Member, California Assembly James L. Holmes Gale F. Johnston Member, California Assembly Past President, The Society of Donald G. Glascoff American Legion Founders U. S. Brewers Association, Inc. John W. Holmdahl Member, California Senate Honorable Frank M. Jordan Secretary of State Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Sacramento, California John S. Gleason, Jr. Governor of South Carolina Administration of Veterans Affairs Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Keating Veterans Administration John J. Hollister President, City Council Member, California Senate Denver, Colorado

41 George Kelly Milton Marks Wilfred J. McNeil American Bankers Association Member, California Assembly President, Grace Lines, Inc.

Dan A. Kimball Mr. President, Aerojet-General and Mrs. Robert M. Marr Corporation Regional Representative The Honorable Distilled Spirits Institute Steve McNichols Governor of Colorado Honorable Cecil R. King Member of Congress, California J. Eugene McAteer Member, California Senate Mr. and Mrs. R. J. McPherson Monsignor Thomas Kirby Cheyenne, Wyoming Sacramento, California William P. McCahill Executive Secretary, President’s Oliver Meadows W. R. Koseluk Committee on Employment of the Staff Director Field Director for ADP Physically Handicapped Committee on Veterans Affairs Operations U. S. Department of Labor Department of Veterans Benefits Veterans Administration S. W. Melidosian John R. McCarthy Manager, Veterans Administration Insurance Center T. O. Kraabel The House of Seagram Director, Vocational Rehabilitation and Education Charles W. Meyers Service Veterans Administration Member, California Assembly Hugh J. McGivem Dominion President Dr. William S. Middleton Herman C. Kruse Army, Navy & Air Force Chief Medical Director Washington, D. C. Veterans in Canada Veterans Administration

Frank Lanterman George Miller, Jr. Member, California Assembly Member, California Senate

William F. McGlone Richard Lederer Secretary, Board of Directors Marshall C. Miller Director, Advertising & Publicity American Heart Association Warner Brothers Pictures Assistant Chief, Veterans Employment Service U. S. Department of Labor

The Most Reverend General Curtis E. LeMay Col. James E. Mills, USMC Joseph T. McGucken Chief of Staff Director of Information Bishop of Sacramento U. S. Air Force Headquarters, U. S. Marine Corps

William H. McIntyre H. W. Moore V. B. (Bill) Likins Past President, The Society of Assistant Director, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma American Legion Founders Policy and Planning, Department of Veterans Benefits, Veterans Administration Maj. Gen. Arno H. Luehman Director of Information Lt. Col. and Mrs. John C. Morgan Department of the Air Force Martin B. McKneally Congressional Medal of Honor Past National Commander Holder The American Legion Littleton, Colorado Jack C. Lundberg First Dominion Vice President Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada John C. Morgan F. M. McLaughlin Aviation Sales Representative Texaco, Inc. Los Angeles, California Gordon A. Lyons Assistant to the Manager Veterans Administration The Honorable and Mrs. James Regional Office Lester A. McMillan H. Morrison Los Angeles, California Member, California Assembly Member of Congress, Louisiana

42 Roscoe T. Morse Marshall M. Reddish Commander, The American Maj. Gen. Ralph M. Osborne Denver, Colorado Legion of California Deputy Commanding General Fourth Army Edwin J. Regan The Honorable Stanley Mosk Member, California Senate Attorney General of California Maj. Gen. Ralph A. Palladino Military Executive Honorable John H. Reed William A. Munnell Reserve Forces Policy Board Governor of Maine Member, California Assembly

William H. Parker Brig. Gen. Louis H. Renfrow National Commander Chief of Police (Ret.) and Mrs. Renfrow Catholic War Veterans Los Angeles Police Department Washington, D. C.

National Commander Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Person Frank H. Ricketson, Jr. Jewish War Veterans President, Chamber of Commerce Denver, Colorado Denver, Colorado

J. P. Nevins Gene A. Robens F. J. Petraitis Army, Navy and Air Force Special Assistant to the Under Automatic Data Processing Veterans in Canada Secretary of the Army Project Coordinator Department of Veterans Benefits Veterans Administration Quigg Newton Albert S. Rodda President, University of Colorado Member, California Senate Peter J. Petropoulos Lake Success, New York Honorable Byron Rogers Will F. Nicholson Member of Congress, Colorado Mr. Mrs. President, American Legion and Orie Phillips 1961 Convention Corporation Denver, Colorado Admiral Rufus Rose Honorable and Mrs. John NATO Headquarters C. Pickett Honorable Joe Nickell U. S. Court of Appeals, Honorable John H. Rousselot The Adjutant General Tenth Circuit State of Kansas Cheyenne, Wyoming Member of Congress, California

Honorable George Nigh Carley V. Porter Mr. and Mrs. James S. Rule Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma Member, California Assembly Coordinator, ASCAP

Honorable John A. Notte, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver M. Presbrey William Byron Rumford Governor of Rhode Island Washihgton, D. C. Member, California Assembly

Mr. and Mrs. George Nutil J. Russell Prior H. C. Saalfeld Los Angeles, California Deputy, Emergency Community Director of Veterans Affairs Services Office of Civil and Defense Edward L. Omohundro Mobilization Robert K. Salyers Chief, Veterans Employment Service Assistant to the Under Secretary U. S. Department of Labor Maj. Gen. William W. Quinn of Labor U. S. Department of Labor Chief of Public Information Department of the Army William T. Orr Vice President in Charge of Productions Bruce V. Reagan Earl H. Shackelford Warner Brother Pictures Member, California Assembly U. S. Treasury Department and Television

Miss Luella Reckmeyer Franklin L. Orth Consultant, National Executive Vice President, Organizations William Schaefer National Rifle Association American Heart Association Warner Brothers Pictures

43 Jack Schrade T. Ashton Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Scott J. Werner Member, California Assembly Evangeline Parish, La. Special Agent in Charge Federal Bureau of Investigation Denver, Colorado General Frank R. Schwengel Maj. Gen. Edward J. Timberlake, Scarsdale, New York USAF Vice Commander-in-Chief Lawrence H. Whiting U. S. Air Forces, Europe Past President Mr. and Mrs. Dave Sentner The Society of American Legion Chief, Washington Bureau Founders Hearst Newspapers

The Honorable Dr. William L. Whitson Alan Short Harry S. Truman Vice President, The Martin Member, California Senate Former President of the Company United States

Stanley C. Shubart Major and Mrs. A. J. Wickens President, Board of Directors Qualicum Beach, B.C., Canada National Jewish Hospital

Ewald Turner Frank J. Specht Theodore C. Wiehe President, National Education Schenley Industries, Inc. President, Schenley Industries, Association Inc.

Thomas F. Stack President, Air Force Association Marion Williamson Thayer Tutt Director, Employment Security Colorado Springs, Colorado Agencies The Honorable Elvis J. Stahr, Jr. Georgia Department of Labor Secretary of the Army John C. Vivian Denver, Honorable Bob Wilson J. Stancil Colorado W. Member of Congress, California Chairman, Board of Veterans Appeals Veterans Administration Lt. and Mrs. George E. Wahlen Charles H. Wilson Congressional Medal of Honor Holder Member, California Assembly A. L. Starshak Fort Carson, Colorado Chairman, National Distinguished Guest Committee L. Lee Wilson The American Legion Jerome R. Waldie Vice President, Member, California Assembly Fawcett-Dearing Printing Co.

Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Stearns Denver, Colorado Maj. Gen. Ellard A. Walsh Maj. Gen. Winston P. Wilson Orlando, Florida Deputy Chief National Guard Bureau General James Stewart Gadbois Management Company Beverly Hills, California Col. Jack Warner Chet Wolfrum President, Warner Brothers Pictures Member, California Assembly Jack A. Stockman Adjutant The American Legion of Maj. Gen. Frederick M. California Warren Army Reserve & ROTC Affairs His Excellency Dr. George K. C. Yeh Ambassador of the A. W. Stratton Republic of China Director, Compensation and Frank J. Waters Pension Service Los Angeles, California Veterans Administration

Edwin L. Z’Berg Laughlin Waters Stephen P. Teale Member, California Assembly Member, California Senate Los Angeles, California

The Vincent Thomas Philip Weinseimer, Jr. Honorable Eugene M. Zuckert Member, California Assembly North American Philips Co., Inc. Secretary of the Air Force

44 .

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The young soldier was taking his girl on a tour of the Army base. The couple approached a rifle range just as a group of trainees fired at a line of targets. The girl, frightened by the sudden noise, flung herself into the soldier’s arms. Vis- itors and soldiers standing nearby smiled. My first week The girl blushed and stepped back, say-

ing, “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to get so of basic training frightened.” “Oh, that’s all right,” the GI said with a grin. “Now let’s go and watch the . . . was about 48 hours old when I was heavy artillery.” herded along with 20 other trainees THOMAS LAUENSTEIN (Hazlel, N.J.) into a long wooden building. “Roll up your sleeves,” said a little blond nurse. -Cr -Or -Cr We did, and one by one we were called That’s just a sample from Reader’s These are actual anecdotes contributed into an adjoining room. Digest fun-filled feature, “Humor in to “Humor in Uniform” by readers.

Finally it was my turn. I started in Uniform.” But read on . . This feature is just one of more than cautiously but executed a snappy “eyes forty timely articles and features you’ll Beside the swimming pool at Lack- right” when 1 caught sight of a huge pic- find each month in Reader’s Digest. land Air Force Base, Texas, I noticed a ture of a scantily clad beauty on the wall. shapely young lady who was attracting Pick up your Digest today. It might For a moment 1 enjoyed the view, won- more than her share of attention. The be one of your most enjoyable experi- dering what a picture like that was do- focus of the attention was her white ences of the Convention— an adventure ing in a place so drably military. bathing suit, which sported a patch of you can repeat every month! I was still wondering when I felt two blue on the back. I inched my way quick jabs in left arm. I whirled in For humor, for inspiration, for educa- my nearer for a closer look. Beside the zip- surprise to see the nurse holding two tion, over people buy each per on the back of the suit was a mili- 21,000,000 hypodermic needles. issue the Reader’s Digest. It’s the tary stamp which read : “To Be Operated of “In the Army,” she said smiling, “we by Authorized Personnel Only.” world’s most widely read magazine. call it diversionary tactics.” A/2c L. WINKELMAN THOMAS E. LANGENFELD (Omaha, Neb.) (Pinecastle AFB, Orlando, Fla.) Reader’s Digest it n -Or --fc

Five registration and information booths are being maintained in Denver for the convenience of visitors. You can register for the Convention ($3.00) and find the answers to your Convention questions.

Registration -Informat ion

Booths are located at:

17th and Broadway iHSl

16th and Court Place N 1370 Broadway

17th and Stout

Foyer, Denver Municipal States Marine lines1 Auditorium

Information-only booths are open at the Air Terminal at Stapleton Field and the Lobby of Union Station.

Tickets for the National Convention Parade will be on

sale Monday, Sept. 11.

On July 25, 1958, the Maritime Administration, U. S. Department of

Commerce and the Atomic Energy Commission appointed States Marine

Our Cover Lines to be the General Operating Agent for the N/S SAVANNAH, Has there ever been a visitor the world's first nuclear powered merchant ship. to Denver who hasn’t been

filled with awe the first time States Marine Lines is honored to have been selected by our he saw the brilliant gold dome

of the Colorado State Capitol Government to aid in this vital project, being keenly aware of the im- against the background of the portance of the N/S SAVANNAH, not only to the American Maritime splendor of the front range of

the Rockies? Industry but to our nation and the world. It will be an outstanding ex-

Photographer Pat Coffey of ample to all nations of what our country is doing in the development Denver has caught a scene of nuclear power for peace-time uses. which will be a familiar one to thousands of Legionnaires States Marine is its attending the 43rd National Lines devoting utmost efforts to assisting our

Convention. Government in the important task of pioneering the application of nuclear

46 power to merchant vessels that unite the nations of the world in

peaceful trade. 1961 National Convention Commission

Harry L. Foster Chairman

Maynard K. Lawrence E. Henry R. James P. Hillstrom Hoffman Kruse Ringley

T. Paxton Harry K. Donald M. C. J. Wright Stephens Stinger McSween

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I 4*. Lawrence J. Maurice Daniel W Archie A. L. William H, Centola Stember Shaub Pozzi, Jr. Starshak Miller Advisory Advisory Advisory Contests Distinguished National Supervisory Guests. Convention Chairman Chairman Director

Ralph M. Omar J. John J. Floyd J. Louis E. Soleng Tom William Godwin McMackin Flynn Daley Drago NEC Liaison Stern NEC Liaison NEC Liaison NEC Liaison NEC Liaison NEC Liaison NEC Liaison

47 The American Legion 1961 National Convention Corporation

Officers

Will F. Nicholson Maj. Gen. J. C. Moffitt J. J. Rialto Philleo Neil King: President General Chairman Hannemann Secretary Treasurer Asst. Gen. Chairman

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

W. R. Egan Andrew James Charles Horan McConaty O’Toole

G. M. Quiat Paul Yetter Earl Franklin Marshall M. William Robert Reddish Chisholm Grauberger

VICE PRESIDENTS

Charles R. Joseph H. Leo Sullivan Buxton Leyden

48 The American Legion 1961 National Convention Corporation Honorary Officers

Honorary President

Hon. Stephen L. R. McNichols

Hon. Gordon L. Hon. John A. Allott Carroll

Hon. Wilbur Hon. Dick Alter Honorary Vice Presidents Batterton

N. Hon. Byron G. Hon. Wayne Rogers Aspinall

Hon. J. Edgar Hon. Peter H. Chenoweth Dominick 49 The American Legion

1961 National Convention Corporation

Board of Directors W. A. Baker John Barnard

*1 J. Frank Vincent Ralph Ennis Binder Dwyer

Earl Franklin William Grant Bert E. Truman Hall Clarence Edward C. Gregory Hockom Hofmann

James A. Henry Mark Kramer Tom. J. Lee Mort Lewin J. W. Liddell Kennedy Kirkpatrick

Emory L. Verne Olson Marshall M. John M. Paul Seifert Robert Selig O’Connell Reddish Schooley

50 The American Legion

1961 National Convention Corporation

Board of

Rodger Spahr A. W. Tribelhorn Directors

Charles W. R. Egan J. J. Andrew Neil King James Buxton Hannemann Horan McConaty

Maj. Gen. J. C. Will F. Charles Rialto Philleo G. M. Quiat Leo Sullivan Moffitt Nicholson O’Toole

Paul Yetter Joseph H. Robert William William M. L. Leyden Grauberger Chisholm Shorter Lyckholm

51 The American Legion 1961 National Convention Corporation Committee Chairmen

ASSISTANT GENERAL CHAIRMEN

Arthur L. Baldwin Henry Kirkpatrick

Hon. M. B. Frank P. Philip John M. Johns Lynch Milstein Schooley

Registration Equipment Halls and Procurement Seating

William Chisholm Ernest Benke Joe Salankey

First Aid Memorial and Sanitation

Rabbi Earl S. Joe Stone Pendleton

Provost Concessions

Capt. Leonard Capt. S. Gallo George Duey Johnson

52 The American Legion 1961 National Convention Corporation Committee Chairmen

Floats and Reunions Publicity Insurance Decorations

W. Rex Kerr Mel Green Canton George Kelly O’Donnell

Women Badges and Booths and Legionnaires Packets Information

Mrs. Bonnie Richard Geer Witherall

Distinguished Legal Guests Housing Ticket Sales

Quiat Charles J. J. A. W. G. M. O’Toole Hannemann Tribelhorn

Post Out- State Transportation Participation Hospitality and Tours

James Earl W. A. Baker McConaty Franklin

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A TRIP INTO YESTERDAY — is the thrill that greets Colorado visitors who ride the nation’s last regularly-

' scheduled narrow gauge passenger train during their summer visits to Colorado. This train is the “Silver- ton,” shown as it threads its way through the spectacular canon of the Animas River between Durango and Silverton, some 350 miles southwest of Denver. The train runs daily throughout the summer, departing Durango in the morning, stopping at the famous old mining town of Silver- ton for lunch, and returning to Du- rango in time for an early dinner. The 90-mile round trip gives passengers a look at some of the most magnificent scenery in America, inaccessible by auto, and also a ride on a means of transportation that all but has disap-

peared from the American scene . Photo by the Rio Grande Railroad, Courtesy of Colorado Visitors Bureau.

Cosmopolitan

Western Hotel

£Denver 2 , Colorado Mrs. Cecilia Wenz National Treasurer Mrs. Jane Gould Mayer National Mrs. C. Fred Secretary Hanson National Chaplain

Mrs. Walter H. Glynn National Historian

Mrs. A. J. Ryan Sr. Vice President Southern Division

Mrs. Henry Ahnemiller National President

Mrs. Forrest E. Erickson Vice President Western Division

Mrs. R. Harry Morrow Vice President Northwestern Division Mrs. Prince R. Black Vice President Miss Genevieve Division Bucher Central Vice President Eastern Division

55 American Legion Auxiliary 41st Annual National Convention Cosmopolitan Hotel Denver, Colorado

September 11, 12, 13 and 14, 1961

ADVANCE MEETINGS

Sunday, September 10, 1961

9:00 a.m.— NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COM- GIRLS STATE MITTEE MEETING Miss Doris Anderson, Chairman Century Room Silver Glade Room

9:45 a.m. — CREDENTIALS 12:30 p.m. — PAST PRESIDENTS PARLEY Mrs. Ellen B. Sandry, Chairman Mrs. Bowden D. Ward, Chairman Branding Iron Room Derrick Room POPPY 10:30 a.m. — PERMANENT ORGANIZATION Mrs T. G. Chilton, Chairman Mrs.. B. M. Jarrett, Chairman Bonanza Room Derrick Room JUNIOR ACTIVITIES RULES Mrs. O’Neill D. Ganey, Chairman Mrs. Thomas C. Smith, Chairman Broadway Arms Room Branding Iron Room EDUCATION AND SCHOLAR- CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS SHIPS Mrs A. D. Buck, Chairman Mrs. Frank S. Evans, Chairman Holiday Room Holiday Room MUSIC PUBLICATION Mrs. Donald E. Crakes, Chairman Mrs. Percy A. Lainson, Chairman Bonanza Room Branding Iron Room PAN AMERICAN STUDY LEGISLATIVE Mrs Stanley J. Autenrith, Chair- Mrs. Walter Wild Andrews, Chair- man man Empire Room Century Room CIVIL DEFENSE REHABILITATION Mrs. Anthony P. Genta, Chairman Mrs. J. Howard McKay, Chairman Broadway Arms Room Silver Glade Room CHILD WELFARE CHAPLAINS Mrs. O. L, Koger, Chairman Mrs. C. Fred Hanson, Chairman Century Room Empire Room

56 1:30 p.m. — REHEARSAL OF PAGES AMERICANISM Mrs C. B. Downs, Chairman Mrs. Luther D. Johnson, Chairman Theater Section, Denver Century Room Municipal Auditorium MEMBERSHIP Walter L. Dougherty, Chair- 2:30' p.m. — RADIO AND TELEVISION Mrs. Mrs Paul F. Critz, Chairman man Broadway Arms Room Silver Glade Room HISTORIANS NATIONAL SECURITY Mrs. Walter H. Glynn, Chairman Mrs. Glenn Hultquist, Chairman Holiday Room Bonanza Room COMMUNITY SERVICE 4:30 p.m. — RESOLUTIONS Mrs. Stanley A. Staidl, Chairman Mrs. Charles W. Gunn, Chairman Branding Iron Room Broadway Arms Room FINANCE 5:00 p.m. — MEMORIAL SERVICE Mrs. Robert S. Kreason, Chairman Greek Theatre Empire Room Civic Center

Monday, September 11, 1961

Mary Dobbs Tuttle, Convention Organist CONSTITU- 8:00 a.m. — OPENING SESSION — NAT- PREAMBLE TO THE IONAL CONVENTION, AMERI- TION (arranged by James S. Rule), CAN LEGION AUXILIARY, Thea- sung by U. S. Army Field Chorus, tre Section, Denver Municipal Maj. Robert L. Bierly, USA, con- Auditorium ducting.

PROCESSIONAL OF COLORS, READING OF THE CALL TO NATIONAL OFFICERS AND THE NATIONAL CONVENTION, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS; Mrs. Mrs. Jane Gould Mayer, National Secretary. James F. Hayes, Convention Chair- man, Presiding. GREETINGS BY: PROCESSIONAL MUSIC BY Mr. William R. Burke, National UNITED STATES ARMY FIELD Commander, The American Legion SERVICE BAND AND CHORUS, Hon. Stephen L. R. McNichols, Maj. Robert L. Bierly, USA, Con- Governor of Colorado ducting.

Hon. R. Y. Batterton, Mayor of CALL TO ORDER BY THE NAT- Denver IONAL PRESIDENT, Mrs. Henry Ahnemiller. Mr. Will F. Nicholson, President, The American Legion Convention INVOCATION, Mrs. Fred Hanson, Corporation National Chaplain. Mr. E. A. Blackmore, National Ad- “THE LORD’S PRAYER” (Ma- jutant, The American Legion lotte). Mrs. Lawrence L. Keever, Depart- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO ment President, Colorado THE FLAG, led by Mrs. Luther D. Johnson, Chairman, National Committee. PRESENTATION OF PAST NA- Americanism TIONAL PRESIDENTS: ANTHEM. Mrs. John William Macauley THE NATIONAL Mrs. Robert Walhridge Mrs. Boyce Ficklen TAPS IN HONOR OF OUR DE- Mrs. Frederick C. Williams PARTED WAR DEAD. Mrs. S. Alford Blackburn

57 Mrs. William H. Biester, Jr. PRESENTATION OF NATIONAL Mrs. Albin Charles Carlson PRESIDENT’S PAGES: Mrs. Melville Mucklestone Mrs. Bruce Ahnemiller Mrs. O. W. Hahn Mrs. Charles Newlands Mrs. Mrs. Malcolm Douglas Ted Van Fossen Mrs. Edward W. Wellman Mrs. James Morris Mrs. Martha Peterson Mrs. William H. Corwith Mrs. John H. Christensen Mrs. Louis J. Lemstra PRESENTATION OF NATIONAL Mrs. Mark W. Murrill CHAIRMAN OF PAGES, Mrs. C. Mrs. Lawrence H. Smith B. Downs Mrs. Charles B. Gilbert PRESENTATION OF VICE Mrs. Walter G. Craven CHAIRMAN OF PAGES, Mrs Ray Mrs. Norton H. Pearl Olson Mrs. Lee Hutton PRESENTATION OF NATIONAL Mrs. Hubert A. Goode PARLIAMENTARIAN, Mrs. Mrs. Norman L. Sheehe Charles Gilbert. Mrs. Willis C. Reed REPORT OF CONVENTION Mrs. E. A. Campbell COMMITTEES: Mrs. Rae Ashton PERMANENT ORGANIZATION Mrs. Harold S. Burdett —Mrs. B. M. Jarrett, Chairman Mrs. Percy A. Lainson Mrs. Bowden D. Ward CREDENTIALS—Mrs. Ellen B. Sandry, Chairman Mrs. Carl W. Zeller Mrs. J. Pat Kelly RULES—Mrs. Thomas C. Smith, Mrs. Charles W. Gunn Chairman MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO: Mrs. Robert GREETINGS BY: Lincoln Hoyal by Mrs. Malcolm Douglas Mrs. Alexander H. Gray, Junior Past National President RETIREMENT OF NATIONAL PRESIDENT’S COLORS INTRODUCTION OF NATIONAL RECESS CONVENTION CHAIRMAN, Mrs. 10: a.m. — THE AMERICAN LEGION CON- James F. Hayes VENTION PARADE

Tuesday, Septem ber 12, 1961

8:30 a.m. — CONVENTION RECONVENES, PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITU- Theatre Section, Denver Municipal TION, led by Mrs. A. Buck, Chair- Auditorium. man, National Constitution and Bylaws Committee. ADVANCE OF COLORS GREETINGS BY NATIONAL CALL TO ORDER BY THE NA- OFFICERS: TIONAL PRESIDENT, Mrs. Henry Ahnemiller. Mrs. Forrest B. Erickson, National Vice President, Western Division INVOCATION, Mrs. C. Fred Han- Mrs. A. J. Ryan, Sr., National Vice son, National Chaplain. President, Southern Division PLEDGE OF Mrs. Prince R. Black, National Vice ALLEGIANCE TO President, Central Division 1'HE FLAG, led by Mrs. Luther D. Johnson, Chairman, National Mrs. Harry Morrow, National Vice Americanism Committee. President, Northwestern Division Miss Genevieve Bucher, National “AMERICA,” led by Mrs. Donald Vice President, Eastern Division E. Crakes, Chairman, National Mrs. Walter H. Glynn, National Music Committee. Historian

58 Mrs. C. Fred Hanson, National ADDRESS—Mr. John Morley Chaplain RETIREMENT OF NATIONAL Mrs. Jane Gould Mayer, National PRESIDENT’S COLORS Secretary RECESS Mrs Cecilia Wenz, National Trea- surer 11:00 a.m. — The American Legion Auxiliary REPORT OF: will meet in joint session with The American Legion, Denver Muni- Mrs. Walter H. Glynn, Historian cipal Auditorium. Mrs. C. Fred Hanson, Chaplain REPORT OF THE NATIONAL 3:00 p.m. — DIVISIONAL CAUCUSES PRESIDENT, SOUTHERN DIVISION — Silver Mrs. Henry Ahnemiller Glade Room, Cosmopolitan Hotel REPORT OF NATIONAL COM- EASTERN DIVISION — Century MITTEES: Room, Cosmopolitan Hotel

REHABILITATION—Mrs. J. How- CENTRAL DIVISION—Broadway ard McKay, Chairman Arms Room, Cosomopolitan Hotel DIVISION — Empire POPPY—Mrs. T. G. Chilton, Chair- WESTERN man Room, Shirley-Savoy Hotel NORTHWESTERN DIVISION — PRESIDENT’S PARLEY— PAST Lincoln Room, Shirley-Savoy Hotel Mrs. Bowden G. Ward, Chairman

MUSIC—Winning Chorus of Music 7 :00 p.m. — DEPARTMENT SECRETARIES Contest DINNER

Wednesday, Septem ber 13, 1961

8:30 a.m. — CONVENTION RECONVENES, REPORT OF NATIONAL COM- Theatre Section, Denver Munici- MITTEE: pal Auditorium CHILD WELFARE — Mrs. O. L. ADVANCE OF COLORS Roger, Chairman CALL TO ORDER BY THE NA- SPECIAL PRESENTATION — Mr. TIONAL PRESIDENT, Mrs. Henry George Fries, Associate Director of Ahnemiller. Field Organization, Muscular Dys- trophy Association INVOCATION, Mrs. C. Fred Han- REPORT OF NATIONAL COM- son, National Chaplain. MITTEES: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO EDUCATION AND SCHOLAR- THE FLAG, led by Mrs. Luther SHIPS — Mrs. Frank D. Evans, D. Johnson, Chairman, National Chairman Americanism Committee. PAN AMERICAN STUDY—Mrs. “AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL,” Stanley J. Autenrith, Chairman led by Mrs. Donald E. Crakes, Chairman, National Music Com- SPECIAL PRESENTATION—Mr. mittee. Richard Reuter, Executive Direc- tor, CARE PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITU- TION OF THE AMERICAN LE- REPORT OF NATIONAL COM- GION ANXILIARY, led by Mrs. MITTEE: A. D. Buck, Chairman, National Constitution and Bylaws Commit- CIVIL DEFENSE—Mrs. Anthony tee Genta, Chairman

59 —— — ——

ADDRESS — Mr. Howard D. ADDRESS—Lt. Col. Margaret R. Forbes, Director, Eastern Instruc- Johnson, War Staff Advisor, Air tor Training Center, OCDM Defense Command MUSIC—Winning Quartet, Music REPORT OF NATIONAL COM- Contest MITTEE: NOMINATION OF NATIONAL OFFICERS CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS —Mrs. A. D. Buck, Chairman. PRESENTATION OF DISTIN- GUISHED GUESTS PRESENTATION OF NATIONAL CONVENTION CHAIRMEN BY NATIONAL CONVENTION 12:00' noon— RECESS CHAIRMAN

1:30 p.m. — CALL TO ORDER BY THE NA- REPORT OF NATIONAL COM- TIONAL PRESIDENT, Mrs. Henry MITTEES: Ahnemiller RADIO-TELEVISION— Mrs. Paul REPORT OF NATIONAL COM- F. Critz, Chairman MITTEES: COMMUNITY SERVICE — Mrs. AMERICANISM Mrs Luther D. Stanley A. Staidl, Chairman Johnson, Chairman. REPORT OF EIGHT AND FORTY GIRLS STATE Miss Doris An- —Mrs. C. P. Andrew, Le Chapeau derson, Chairman National.

PRESENTATION OF 1961 PRESI- PRESENTATION OF DEPART- DENT OF GIRLS NATION MENT PRESIDENTS. REPORT OF NATIONAL COM- RETIREMENT OF NATIONAL MITTEES: PRESIDENT’S COLORS. JUNIOR ACTIVITIES — Mrs. RECESS. O’Neill D. Ganey, Chairman. NATIONAL SECURITY — Mrs. 8:00 p.m. — STATES DINNER, Denver Hilton Glenn Hultquist, Chairman Hotel

Thursday, September 14, 1961

9:00 a.m. — CONVENTION RECONVENES, REPORT OF NATIONAL COM- Theatre Section, Denver Municipal MITTEES: Auditorium. MUSIC — Mrs. Donald E. Crakes, ADVANCE OF COLORS Chairman. LEGISLATIVE Mrs. Walter Wild CALL TO ORDER BY THE NA- Andrews, Chairman. TIONAL PRESIDENT, Mrs. Henry PUBLICATIONS—Mrs. P. A. Lain- Ahnemiller. sOn, Chairman. INVOCATION, FINANCE Mrs. Robert Kreason, Mrs. C. Fred Han- Chairman. son, National Chaplain WOMEN’S FORUM ON NATION- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO AL SECURITY Mrs. E. A. Camp- bell, Chairman. THE FLAG, led by Mrs. Luther D. Johnson, Chairman, National MEMBERSHIP — Mrs. Walier L. Americanism Committee. Dougherty, Chairman. 60 RECOGNITION OF QUOTA DE- INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS, PARTMENTS. by Mrs. Willis C. Reed, Past Na- tional President. FINAL REPORT OF CREDEN- TIALS. PRESENTATION OF COLORS TO THE RETIRING NATIONAL ELECTION OF NATIONAL OF- PRESIDENT, by Mrs. Rae Ashton. FICERS. REPORT OF RESOLUTIONS RETIREMENT OF COLORS. COMMITTEE — Mrs. Charles W. ADJOURNMENT. Gunn, Chairman. NATIONIAL EXECUTIVE COM- UNFINISHED BUSINESS. MITTEE MEETING (Immediately NEW BUSINESS. after adjournment).

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National Convention Chairman HALLS AND SEATING Mrs. E. Beach, Chariman Mrs. James F. Hayes G. Mrs. Marie Seaman, Vice Chairman Convention Secretary Mrs. John More Hadden, Jr. HISTORY EXHIBIT BADGES Mrs. Jane Adams Kyffin, Chairman Mrs. A. A. Sager, Chairman Mrs. Fred Wiberg, Vice Chairman Mrs. George Peck, Vice Chairman HOSPITALITY DECORATIONS AND FLOWERS Mrs. Fred Falkenhagen, Chairman Mrs. Laura Hull, Chairman Mrs. Grace E. Evans, Vice Chairman Mrs. E. W. Hurley, Vice Chairman INFORMATION DISTINGUISHED GUESTS Mrs. Berda B. Cardinal, Chairman Mrs. Ben B. Naffziger, Chairman Mrs. H. A. Stewart, Vice Chairman Mrs. L. L. Keever, Vice Chairman JUNIOR EXHIBITS EIGHT AND FORTY Mrs. Arviel Boyd, Chairman Mrs. Mayro Cox, Chairman Mrs. E. E. Oetken, Vice Chairman Mrs. Marie White, Vice Chairman LOST AND FOUND EXHIBIT ROOM Mrs. Claude Johnson, Chairman

Mrs. Carl Hendren, Chairman Mrs. Cora I. Clark, Vice Chairman Mrs. H. Hunter, Vice Chairman MUSIC FINANCE Mrs. Carl Kendall, Chairman Mrs. Lee Crawford, Chairman Mrs. Leslie Taylor, Vice Chairman Mrs. Charles Bitter, Vice Chairman MEMORIAL FIRST AID Mrs. Marguerite P. Thompson, Chairman Mrs. Agnes Wyss, Chairman Mrs. Ella O’Brien, Vice Chairman FLAG REGISTRATION NATIONAL CHAIRMEN’S LUNCHEON Mrs. Harry Forrest, Chairman Mrs. Glenn Berry, Chairman Mrs. Velma Carroll, Vice Chairman Mrs. Andrew Grissom, Vice Chairman

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Friday, September 8 Mrs C. P. Andrew Mrs. Thomas N. Leervig PRE-MARCHE Le Chapeau National Le Secretaire-Caissiere COMMITTEE MEETINGS Histories and Trophies Display Child Welfare, Scholarship and National Friday and Saturday Jewish Hospital Liaison Branding Iron Room Mrs. Valentine Delles, Mrs. Irene P. O’Connor and Mrs. Doyle Clark, Chairmen Partnership Ott, Chairman Broadway Arms Room— 10 a.m. to Noon Mrs. C. Winfield Empire Room-— 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Credentials Permanent Organization Mrs. J. E. Allen, Chairman Mrs. Josephine Jenny, Chairman Derrick Room— 11:00 a.m. Holiday Room— 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Resolutions Constitution and Bylaws Mrs. Bruce B. Warren, Chairman Mrs. Claude Golding, Chairman Holiday Room— 11:00 a.m. to Noon Bonanza Room—10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Rituals and Emblems Finance Mrs. Charles L. Sonnanstine, Chairman Mrs. Robert N. Haws, Chairman Derrick Room— 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

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Rules and Orders READING OF CALL TO LA MARCHE NA- Mrs. Jack Weisberger, Chairman TIONALE OF 1961 Bonanza Room— 11:00 a.m. to Noon READING OF MINUTES OF LA MARCHE Trophies and Awards NATIONALE OF 1960 Mrs. Eddie Glass, Chairman Empire Room— 11:00 a.m. to Noon GREETINGS: Mrs. Stanley E. White, Le Chapeau, Departe- Rehearsal mental of Colorado La Concierge and Pages Honorable Stephen L. R. McNichols, Governor Century Room— 10:00 a.m. to Noon of Colorado Honorable Richard Y. Batterton, Mayor of the City of Denver PRE-MARCHE POUVOIR Gen. Joseph C. Moffitt, General Chairman, American Legion National Convention Cor- Cosmopolitan Hotel - Broadway Arms Room poration 1:00 p.m. Friday — Mrs. James F. Hayes, National American Le- gion Auxiliary Convention Chairman Mrs. Lawrence Keever, Department President DIVISIONAL CAUCUSES of Colorado Mr. Earl Franklin, Jr., Department Com- p.m. 10:00 mander of Colorado Eastern Division Empire Room Mr. Randel Shake, National American Legion Southern Division Holiday Room Child Welfare Director Central Division Century Room Mrs. E. L. Evans, National Executive Com- Western Division Bonanza Room mitteewoman, Colorado Northwestern Division. ...Broadway Arms Room GREETINGS BY DEMI-CHAPEAUX NATION- AUX AND INTRODUCTION OF CHA- PEAUX DEPARTEMENTAUX: LA MARCHE NATIONALE Mrs. Russell N. Warford—Eastern Division Mrs. Luther Durham—Southern Division Cosmopolitan Hotel - Century Room Mrs. George G. Speir—Central Division Mrs. P. O. Kelly—Western Division Opening Session—September 8, 1961 Mrs. Bernard Hershorn—Northwestern Divi- 7:30 p. m. sion. PROCESSIONAL OF NATIONAL OFFICERS, NATIONAL CHAPEAUX PASSE AND DIS- GREETINGS BY LES CHAPEAUX NATION- TINGUISHED GUESTS AUX PASSES: Mrs. Harry Kehm CALL TO ORDER BY LE CHAPEAU NA- Mrs. Walter L. Davol TIONAL Mrs. Clarence Pax Andrew Mrs. George Murphy Mrs. John A. Gordon PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, Mrs. Hugh McClung led Mrs. by Charles Larson, La Concierge Na- Mrs. Robert Haws tionale Mrs. Raymond Chenault Mrs. Ellen Lou Warren INVOCATION by Mrs. William J. Schlau, L’Au- monier Nationale Mrs. Dee P. Davis Mrs. Valentine Delles “FLANDERS FIELD,” Mrs. Luther Durham, Le Mrs. Edsel Swanner Demi Chapeau National Mrs. Crawford J. Mortensen Mrs. D. A. Craig “AMERICA’S ANSWER,” Mrs. George G. Speir, Mrs. Lowell C. Allen Le Demi Chapeau National Mrs. Leo C. Colton THE NATIONAL ANTHEM Mrs. Herman Edwards Mrs. Otis R. Aaron ROLL CALL Mrs. Thomas N. Leervig, La Sec- Mrs. Ray A. Stratton retaire Nationale Mrs. Robert Snow

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Mrs. M. Stephen Hunnicutt September 9—9:30 a. m. Mrs. Charles E. Titlow, Sr. Mrs. Mayro Cox MARCHE SESSION Mrs. A. P. Sundry Mrs. James Michelet INVOCATION—Mrs. William C. Schlau, L’Au- monier National REPORT OF SPECIAL MARCHE COMMIT- TEES: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG— Mrs. Charles Larson, La Concierge Nationale CREDENTIALS—Mrs. J. E. Allen

PERMANENT ORGANIZATION — Mrs. Jo- PRESENTATION OF MARCHE CHAIRMEN seph Jenny by the National Chairman of the Marche Com- mittee, Mrs. Mayro Cox RULES AND ORDER—Mrs. Jack Weisberger REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEES AND NOMINATIONS OF NATIONAL OFFICERS INTRODUCTION OF AREA CHAIRMEN: Child Welfare—Mrs. Valentine Delles PRESENTATION OF NATIONAL PAGES— Constitution and Bylaws—Mrs. Claude Gold- Chairman of Pages, Mrs. Frank Dilley ing Mrs. Albert F. Daniel Finance—Mrs. Robert Haws Mrs. Jack L. Crawford National Jewish Hospital—Mrs. Doyle Clark Mrs. Frank Norton Partnership Mrs. C. Winfield Ott Mrs. John McElroy Mrs. Byron Thumma Rituals and Emblems—Mrs. C. I. Sonnanstine Mrs. Lee Trickey Trophies and Awards—Mrs. Eddie Glass Scholarship—Mrs. Irene P. O’Connor LE CHAPEAU PERSONAL PAGES: Mrs. Bernard J. Utley GREETINGS: Mrs. Harold Smith Mr. William R. Burke, National Commander of The American Legion LA SECRETAIRE PERSONAL PAGE: Mrs. Henry Ahnemiller, National President of Mrs. Edwin Lange American Legion Auxiliary Mrs. O. G. Roger, National Child Welfare LES MARECHALS: Chairman, American Legion Auxiliary Mrs. H. C. Anderson Mr. Percy A. Lemoine, National Child Welfare Mrs. Tommy E. Jones Chairman, American Legion Mrs. J. Howard McKay, National Rehabilita- tion Chairman, American Legion Auxiliary REPORTS OF NATIONAL OFFICERS: Mrs. Frank Evans, National Scholarship Le Chapeau National — Mrs. Clarence Pax Chairman, American Legion Auxiliary Andrew Mrs. Jane Gould Mayer, National Secretary, La Secretaire Caissiere Nationale — Mrs. American Legion Auxiliary Thomas N. Leervig Mr. Ed Wieland, Director of Education and L’Avocate Nationale—Mrs. Otis R. Aaron Scholarship Program, The American Legion L’Archiviste Nationale—Mrs. James Gleason

L’Aumonier National Mrs. William J. Schlau MEMORIAL SERVICE— Mrs. William J. La Concierge Nationale—Mrs. Charles Larson Schlau, L’Aumonier National Hat Box Editor Mrs. Herman Edwards

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(Catch Route 13 bus on 16th Street; or Route 28 bus on 16th Street at any point north of California Street)

81 Directory of the National Convention

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THE HOSPITALITY CENTER — home of the Denver Convention and Visitors Bu- reau. Dedicated in 1951 and located at 225 West Colfax Avenue, across the street from

Denver’s famed Civic Center . . . conveni- ent to the business district and on leading highways. Visitors are invited to call and secure free information on the attractions offered by our City and State.

WELCOME AMERICAN LEGIONNAIRES TO THE FORTY-THIRD NATIONAL CONVENTION!

We invite you, while in Denver, to visit THE WORLD FAMOUS CHIROPRACTIC HOSPITAL where so many of our comrades have been restored to health. Write for Further Information

SPEARS CHIROPRACTIC HOSPITAL E. 10th & Jersey. Denver 20. Colorado Phone: DExter 3-1581

AFTER THE CONVENTION, FOLLOW THE SUN ON A UNITED JET!

Most of the great vacation areas of the west are only a few hours from Denver by United Jet. Why not plan to spend some extra days after the convention enjoying

sunny California beaches, exciting Las Vegas night life, or the balmy enchantment of Hawaii! United’s many available tours include hotel, sightseeing, many extras and round-trip jet fare ... all at one low, package price

• • • with all arrangements made for you

FOR RESERVATIONS, First Class or Custom JET Coach, see your Travel Agent or call United. /MAINLINER/ HOLIDAYS — - AUNITED

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Suppliers for the American Legion grave marker, gavel, bell and other items

DENVER CIVIC CENTER—One of the most famous views in America looks from the west steps of the Colorado Capitol Building across Denver’s Civic Center. At the west side of the Center is the Classic City and County Building. Grounds are beautifully landscaped with trees from many lands. In the background are the snow-crowned Rockies

of the Front Range . —Colorado Visitors Bureau Photo by O. Roach.

87 THE AMERICAN LEGION

Extends its appreciation to the

Ford Division of Ford Motor

Company for again providing the

courtesy transportation for officials

of The American Legion during

the 43rd Iffiational Convention.

88 PIKES PEAK — Colo- rado’s best-known mountain as seen from the Garden of the Gods near Colorado Springs. Back in 1806, Lt. Zebulon M. Pike said the 14,110-foot peak would never be scaled. N evertheless, thousands of vacationers each summer drive com- fortably and safely on a w ell-maintained auto highway to the top, while other thousands enjoy a trip to the top by cog rail- way or in buses. The highway usually is opened by mid-May and remains open until snow closes it in October. —Colorado Visitors Bu- reau Photo, by O. Roach.

Good News Travels Fast

And the good news at Eastern is the great and growing fleet of pure-jet aircraft, all of them capable of air speeds in the 600 miles-per-hour range. New Boeing 720’s and Douglas DC-8’s will soon be joined by forty of the most advanced jets on the horizon — tri-engine Boeing 727’s.

For your jet reservations, call Eastern Air Lines or your Travel Agent. -/easternAIR LINES f DEPENDABILITY.. .FROM THE GROUND UP Welcome to Denver, headquarters of the most experienced jetline in the West!

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GOLDEN JET 707 REFRESHING AND RELAXING—That’s the story of a vacation in the lovely mountains of Colorful Colorado. These visitors are soak- ing in the spectacular beauty of gem-like Loch Vale, against the spectacular back-drop of Taylor Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park. The park is one of two national parks in Colorado, which also

has five national monuments and 11 national forests . —Colorado Pub- lic Relations Dept. Photo.

CHICAGO and eastern connections LOS ANGELES Enjoy Gold Carpet® Service, superb

meals, cocktails. Club Coach and First Class on every flight. FLOATING DOWN THE RIVER—Float trips down the spectacular canyons of the Green and Yampa Rivers in Northwestern Colorado’s Jet Power Viscount IPs Dinosaur National Monument remain among the most thrilling of and DC-7B’s to the North American Continent’s vacation adventures. Cliffs on either side loom up to a half mile above water level; white water rapids toss the rubber boats as leaves in a storm; hungry fish wait ALBUQUERQUE to be caught at every creek inlet. Vacationers are cautioned not to DALLAS attempt these trips without professional help.—Photo by Colorado Game and Fish Department, Courtesy of Colorado Visitors Bureau. EL PASO HOUSTON KANSAS CITY BEST WISHES SAN ANTONIO FROM YOUR FRIENDLY TULSA CHEVRON DEALERS WICHITA Marketing Chevron Gasolines For reservations, phone Continental and R PM Motor Oils at DExter 3-1561 ( 24-hr. reservations). Tickets, Hotel Cosmopolitan and Denver Hilton. CALIFORNIA OIL COMPANY Exploration • Production CONTINENTAL Refining • Transportation • Marketing AIRLINES National Emblem Sales For the convenience of American Legion and Auxil- Welcome Legionnaires iary members attending the National Convention, the Na- tional Emblem Sales Division ROCKY MOUNTAIN mm will maintain three booths. Most frequently needed uniform items, Legion and Aux- cervi'S Journal iliary jewelry, and other organizational supplies will be on hand and available for DENVER’S AUTHORITATIVE purchase. BUSINESS NEWSPAPER Celebrity Lanes Sales booths will be located at: The West's Most 1652 Broadway Complete Recreation Center Cosmopolitan Hotel

Denver Municipal 1960 and 1961 National Convention Badges Legionnaires Auditorium supplied by Welcome The store room at 1652 THE KING CO. We ore Happy to Host the Broadway will be open from 310 Alhambra Circle Coral Gables, Fla. American Legion's Phone HI 3-7835 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. from Thurs- 1st Annual Bowling Tournament "Specialists in CUSTOM day, Sept. 7 through Thurs- Advertising Requirements" Write for Information day, Sept. 14. The booth at the Cosmopolitan Hotel will be Enjoy "Magic Triangle" bowling open from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 Bowling at its exciting best p.m. from Friday, Sept. 8 80 AMF La nes at Celebrity Lanes through Thursday, Sept. 14. JOHNSON STORAGE & MOVING CO. The booth at the Municipal 221 BROADWAY Auditorium will be open only DENVER, COLORADO during the hours of the Con- COMPLETE MOVING SERVICE vention business sessions, AGENT FOR UNITED VAN LINES Sept. 12-14.

CONGRATULATIONS TO

AMERICAN LEGION

on the occasion of its

43rd ANNUAL CONVENTION

SUN OIL COMPANY THE DENVER MINT of the United States Treasury Department is the world’s second largest gold depository. First opened as a Philadelphia, Pa. U. S. Government mint at the present location in 1906, the building was enlarged in 1934, and again in 1946, and is now the most modern mint in the country, producing more than sixty per cent Producers - Refiners - Marketers of the country’s coins. This beautiful building, a replica of a Florentine Palace, adjoins Denver’s Civic Center. (U. S. Treasury Quality Petroleum Products Photo, Courtesy Colorado Visitors Bureau.) Annual Report

The last 32 pages of this Official Program of the

43rd National Convention contain a brief Annual

Report for 1960-61. In accordance with the re-

quirements of The American Legion’s Congres-

sionally - granted charter, a completely detailed

report has been assembled and will be presented

to the Congress for publication. However, this full report will not be available in printed form until early in 1962.

Believing that the delegates to the National

Convention are entitled to receive a concise statement of the activities and achievements of the past year, your National Headquarters includes this pictorial report as a part of the Official Pro- gram. In this way, we are assured that every delegate (and, in fact, everyone who registers for the

Convention) will receive this condensed Annual Report.

May we also add that this considerable addition to the Official Program would not have been possible without our numerous advertisers. We commend the ads published in this Program to your attention. NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS P. O. Box 1055 700 North Pennsylvania Street

Indianapolis 6, Indiana

WASHINGTON OFFICE 1608 K Street, N. W.

Washington 6, D. C.

AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE Editorial and Advertising Office 720 Fifth Avenue New York 19, New York

A full, detailed report has been submitted to the Congress of the United States in accordance with the provisions of Public Law 249, 77th Congress, approved September 18, 1941. Thtee Poppies

IT MMORTALIZED IN THE FAMOUS poem, “In Flanders’ Fields,” by Colonel John McCrae, the bright red poppy has become uni- versally identified through tradition as the memorial flower for

American war dead. Returning servicemen of World War I remem- bered the poppies which had lined the devastated battlefields of France and Flanders, and looked upon the red blossoms of the poppy as a living symbol of their dead comrades’ sacrifice.

As a memorial emblem for the war dead, the poppy gradually developed as the symbol of a grateful nation’s compassion toward those who had suffered disabilities of mind and body through the ravages of battle. Thus, the poppy today not only honors the dead but signifies assistance to the living victims of war.

Another symbol has been forged by the indescribable horrors of war, uniting in a grim bond those who would dedicate their endeavors that the sacrifices represented by the red poppy have not been in vain. It is a symbol which identifies those men and women whose memories of heroism, unselfishness, affection, and devotion have inspired them to serve their nation in time of peace as they did in time of war. It is the emblem of The American Legion, which

all Legionnaires are proud to wear.

National Adjutant .

American Legionnaires Are Veterans of—

World War I ..

Aug. 2, 1918 — The 120th Regt. F. A. pursues retreat- ing Germans.

World War II . . .

( above) Oct. 20, 1944 — Invasion of Leyte Island in the Philip- pines.

Korean War . . .

March 30, 1951 — Rifleman of 25th Infantry Division in attack on the west central front. 1961 : Legionnaire Astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil “Gus” Grissom became the first

two Americans to reach outer space . . while American youngsters made flying leaps of their own in The American Le-

gion’s baseball program . . . and the Legion reached down to help others who had little hope of getting their feet off the ground

. . . National Commander Burke visited

General MacArthur . . . Sgt. York, World

War I hero, was not forgotten by the

Legion . . . Legionnaire John F. Kennedy spoke at the 42nd National Convention, and on Jan. 20 he became President of the

United States . . . The American Legion continued its support of military preparedness, including an adequately armed Navy

. . . Cardinal McIntyre addressed the Na- tional Executive Committee at the Na-

tional Commander’s Dinner . . . the Armed Forces Color Guard symbolized The Amer- ican Legion’s unrelenting endeavors in

behalf of national unity and strength of

purpose . . . Memorial Day services of the Legion included one at the Canadian bor-

der . . . Vice President Johnson greeted

the chief executive of Boys Nation, Jeffer- son James Jarvis of Ft. Worth, Texas. An eventful year for National Commander William R. Burke: He called on newly elected President John F. Kennedy and presented the Chief Executive with an

American Legion lapel pin . . . Commander Burke received a special pin from the Boy

Scouts . . . the National Commander re- turned from an extensive overseas tour and reported to Secretary of State Dean

Rusk . . . and Secretary of Defense Robert

McNamara . . . Commander Burke’s itin- erary in the United States included the famous Liberty Bell ... A grim note was injected into his year when he addressed a Miami memorial service for Howard F. Anderson, commander of Havana (Cuba)

Post No. 1, who was executed, without

trial, by a Castro firing squad . . . the National Commander received firsthand information on the strength and morale of American forces in Southern Europe from

Admiral Brown . . . and in the Far East

from General Magruder . . . Commander Burke talked over veterans problems with another famous Legionnaire — President Dwight D. Eisenhower — prior to his departure from the White House. Q O IT. o' o' 3 3 D_ Q_ X > 5T CL e**. §

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ITH ITS ANNUAL membership tabulated in the millions and with a W myriad of interests and activities, The American Legion of necessity must maintain a National Organization of considerable size and competence. Chief executive is the National Commander, who is elected by the delegates at each annual National Convention. Serving in this office from October 20, 1960, was William R. Burke, a public relations executive from Los Angeles, California.

As chief administrative officer, National Adjutant E. A. Blackmore, formerly of Wyoming, directs the internal operation of the National Headquarters of The American Legion in Indianapolis plus its offices in Washington, D. C., New York City, and various field stations.

More than 350 full-time employees, all members of The American Legion or the American Legion Auxiliary, staff the various divisions.

American Legion Nation- al Headquarters, Indian- x - apolis, Ind. This $2 /\2 million building is provided rent-free by the State of Indiana. National Chaplain

NATIONAL VICE COMMANDERS

The Rev. Wm. H. Moss (Tennessee)

George K. James M. Vincent J. Dr. Harry H. R. C. Godwin Walker Wagonseller Maxheim Kretzler (North Carolina) (Massachusetts) (Ohio) (Iowa) (Washington)

Bertram G. Davis (New York) National Judge Advocate

Francis Polen Glenn B. (Indiana) Hoover National (IOlL'd) Treasurer National Historian

This seven-story office building, built by The American Legion in Washington, D. C., houses its National Capital Operations. National Convention

Harry L. Foster, San Diego, Calif., Chairman, National Convention Commission Maj. Gen. Joe C. Moffitt, Denver, Colo., General Chairman, 1961 American Legion Con- vention Corporation Will F. Nicholson, Denver, Colo., President, 1961 American Legion Convention Corporation William F. Miller (Oregon), National Convention Director npHE NATIONAL CONVENTION is the governing body of The American ^ Legion. Approximately 3,000 delegates, elected from their home departments

(states), assemble annually to elect the National Commander, Chaplain, and five Vice Commanders. They consider some 500 resolutions and set the policies and programs for the year ahead, including the legislative proposals which The American Legion will place before the Congress of the United States. — —

The National Convention Commission, in its task of selecting capable

cities as convention sites, is concerned that a city can offer the best possible housing for delegates and visitors, that the city has proper facilities for this gigantic annual meeting, and that the city can finance such an undertaking.

The National Convention Commission has been fortunate in securing cities capable of holding a National Convention for the next three years as follows: 1962—Las Vegas, Nev.; 1963—New Orleans, La.; and 1964—Dallas, Tex. The selection of each of these three cities, as well as any proposed site of a future

National Convention, is in conformance with the policy of the National Con- vention Commission that when the Commission recommends to the National Executive Committee, and the NEC considers, a city for a future convention, such recommendations and considerations are based on a tentative award to that city subject to future investigation and verification that the city is capable of holding a National Convention.

ETWEEN NATIONAL CONVENTIONS, the administrative authority of B The American Legion is exercised by the National Executive Committee composed of the National Commander, the five National Vice Commanders, National Chaplain, and one committeeman (plus alternate) elected by each De- partment. Past National Commanders are life members of the NEC without vote. The NEC appoints the National Adjutant, Treasurer, Judge Advocate, and His- torian. The NEC also has full and complete control over the annual budget.

National Executive NEW HAMPSHIRE— F. J. Daley CHAPLAIN Committeemen NEW JERSEY—W. G. McKinley Rev. William H. Moss, Tenn. NEW MEXICO— Dr. D. H. Reed ALABAMA Hugh W. Overton Louis E. Drago — NEW YORK— Past National Commanders ALASKA—Herald E. Stringer NO. CAROLINA—Tim T. Craig ARIZONA—Soleng Tom NO. DAKOTA—William Stern Eric Fisher Wood— Pa. ARKANSAS—Abe J. Davidson OHIO—Merle F. Brady Hanford MacNider— Iowa CALIFORNIA—John J. Flynn OKLAHOMA—Coleman Nolen Alvin M. Owsley—Texas CANADA—John B. Finucane OREGON— Karl L. Wagner John R. Quinn—Calif. Wiliiam R. Egan COLORADO— PANAMA, C. Z. —R. G. Bush Henry L. Stevens, Jr. —N. C. CONNECTICUT—J. G. Leonard PENN. — W. E. Alessandroni Louis Johnson—W. Va. DELAWARE Wasserman —M. PHILIPPINES—J. J. de Guzman Ray Murphy— Iowa D. OF C. —Harold D. Beaton PUERTO RICO—G. M. Font Harry W. Colmery—Kan. FLORIDA— E. Meade Wilson ISLAND John A. Ryer RHODE — Daniel J. Doherty—Mass. FRANCE—Dana W. Lyman SO. CAROLINA E. Roy Stone — Stephen F. Chadwick—Wash. GEORGIA—James E. Powers SO. DAKOTA— E. E. Hoelscher Raymond J. Kelly—Mich. HAWAII —Wallace C. S. Young TENNESSEE—Walton D. Griffin Milo J. Warner—Ohio IDAHO—Peter B. Wilson TEXAS Joe L. Matthews — Lynn U. Stambaugh—N. D. ILLINOIS—Omar McMackin UTAH Clark Cheney — Warren H. Atherton—Calif. INDIANA—Ferd Badt VERMONT J. R. McGinn — Edward N. Scheiberling —N. Y. IOWA— Donald E. Johnson VIRGINIA— L. Eldon James John Stelle— III. ITALY— H. Armand de Masi WASHINGTON—L. Armstrong Paul H. Griffith— Pa. KANSAS— Keith Brecheisen WEST VIRGINIA—L. O. Bickel James F. O'Neil—N. H. KENTUCKY— D. B. Hancock WISCONSIN— Lloyd J. Berken Perry Brown—Texas LOUISIANA—A. V. LaBiche WYOMING—C. B. Metz George N. Craig Ind. MAINE—William J. Rogers — MARYLAND— D. L. Brigham Ex Officio Erie Cocke—Ga. MASSACHUSETTS—G. T. Olga COMMANDER Donald R. Wilson—W. Va. MEXICO N. Schmelkes Lewis K. Gough—Calif. — W. William R. Burke, Calif. MICHIGAN—Thomas Roumell Arthur J. Connell—Conn. MINNESOTA— Daniel F. Foley VICE COMMANDERS— Seaborn P. Collins—N. M. MISSISSIPPI —Ralph M. Godwin George K. Walker, Mass. J. Addington Wagner—Mich. MISSOURI —William H. Cain James M. Wagonseller, Ohio W. C. "Dan" Daniel —Va. MONTANA—John S. Wulf, Jr. Vincent J. Maxheim, Iowa John S. Gleason, Jr. — III. NEBRASKA—S. M. Huffman Dr. Harry H. Kretzler, Wash. Preston J. Moore—Okla. NEVADA—Thomas W. Miller R. C. Godwin, N. C. Martin B. McKneally—N. Y. Ameticanism

Martin B. McKneally, Newburgh, New York, National Americanism Chairman C. A. Tesch, (West Virginia), National Americanism Director

/~^UR FOREFATHERS laid the foundation for a civilization that is the envy

of the whole world. This is our heritage. It is a challenge; our responsibility,

our duty to improve it and to guard and protect it.

Democracy is a dynamic experiment which is experienced anew by each

generation. While America is toda3^ the beacon light of a disorganized and dis-

illusioned world, it is ours to determine the character and quality of society and our citizenry of tomorrow.

The program of the American Legion’s National Americanism Commission gives recognition to the ideal of human values and the dignity and worth of the individual. The many activities are designed to create improved living for every

individual, recognizing all of the inalienable rights of man and the human quali- ties of mind and heart.

Ninety-eight of the nation’s top high school hoys Here they underwent a week of extensive study on assembled in Washington, D. C., for the 16th annual the organization and operation of United States Boys Nation, sponsored hy The American Legion. government. Through 49 Boys States, sponsored by American Legion Departments in 1961, 25,609 high school boys were brought together for a week or more of intensive training in the functions of city, county and state government. Two boys selected from each of the Boys States—98 in all—attended the 16th Annual Boys Nation on the campus of the University of Maryland, July 21-28. The youth- ful statesmen set up a mythical Federal Government with all of its branches and major agencies. Girls State and Girls Nation, conducted by the American Legion

Auxiliary, offer similar training for high school girls.

Nearly 355,000 high school students were estimated to have taken part in The American Legion’s 1961 National High School Oratorical Contest program, won by Richard J. O’Connell of New York City. Since the beginning of this Contest, which has the approval of the National Association of Secondary-School Principals, $162,000 in Scholarships has been awarded National Finalists. The

1961 National Finals were held at East Hartford, Connecticut, April 20, and the

1962 Finals are to be held &t Salt Lake City, Utah, on April 12, 1962. This will be the 25th, or Silver Anniversary, of this important youth program.

Although the primary aim of The American Legion Baseball program is the furtherance of Citizenship and Sportsmanship, the proficiency developed by many young players attracts the interest of organized Baseball. Many present “Big League” stars were former Legion Baseball players.

Increased sponsorship of The Sons of The American Legion and Boy

Scouts of America is an encouraging sign of a greater concern for the welfare and proper training of the youth in the local communities of America by Legion

Post officials and members. New records of achievement in these and other Americanism programs have been set during 1961.

The importance of spiritual values in the lives of all Americans is evidenced by the increased activities in The American Legion’s Back to God program on the national, department, and post levels during 1961.

Some 26,620 School Award Medals were presented by American Legion Posts in recognition of achievements by elementary, junior, and senior high school

students across the land. This is an increase of nearly five hundred over the 1961 record.

Other activities falling within the broad framework of Americanism include: Flag education, American Education Week, patriotic holiday observance, get-out-the-vote campaigns, marksmanship, cooperation with Boys Clubs, and the continuance of the counter-subversive program. “The Firing Line,” publica-

tion of the National Americanism Division in the counter-subversive field, has

been widely recognized and acclaimed for its thorough documentation, several issues having been reprinted in the Congressional Record. ate

Percy A. Lemoine, Baton Rouge, La., National Child Welfare Chairman Randel Shake (Indiana), National Child Welfare Director

OINCE THE BEGINNING of the Child Welfare Program in the early 1920’s, ^ The American Legion has held fast to its original purpose of guaranteeing care and protection to the children of veterans and of improving conditions for all children. The first 20 years saw an individual case-by-case approach to the problems of children and brought emphasis to the need for community responsibility while pointing up the plight of the economically dependent child. Changes in our way of living during the second 20 years has brought with it the task of helping meet society’s child welfare problems in breadth while remembering that human misery can likewise be measured in depth. This new approach has added emphasis to the legislative and preventive aspects but has preserved the broad community-centered but nationally-focused program of service to all children. During the year past the community-centered aspects of the child welfare program revealed an expenditure of $7,778,715.61 by The American Legion and its affiliated organizations. Much of this amount was accounted for by direct help to the children of veterans on a case-by-case basis, during periods of family

Typical of American Legion participation in one phase University of Minnesota for research of causes, pre- of the child welfare program is the Department of vention, and treatment of rheumatic fever and heart Minnesota’s half-million- dollar endowment to the diseases, especially as these maladies affect children. emergency. This amount likewise brings child welfare expenditures to a total of $171,299,374.41 since the program was started. In the nationally-focused program through legislative testimony to Con- gressional committees and letters to Senators, Congressmen, and Administrative officials, The American Legion has made its position known on juvenile delinquency, obscene literature, and keeping the United States Children’s Bureau intact. It has supported additional appropriations to fight venereal disease, amend-

ments to continue Social Security payments to orphan children till age 21 if

attending school, and equity amendments to the “Junior G. I. Bill.” Through the American Legion Child Welfare Foundation the attack has been continued on the Nation’s number-one child welfare problem—the critical shortage of trained personnel. Grants have been made to such organizations as the Delinquency Control Institute at the University of Southern California for the training of police officers in handling juveniles, the Louisiana Youth Com- mission for the training of correctional workers in the Southern States who are on the job but desire further training, and to the National Association for Prac- tical Nurse Education to help recruit school drop-outs to take up practical nursing. In the 1960’s the Nation’s 68 million children, 55 per cent of veteran parent- age, face a maze of new problems—problems fraught with great variations, tre- mendous complications and vast intricacies. In the aggregate they seek help in the realistic facing and solution of these problems. The shape of the world today dictates a strong Nation—a strong Nation presupposes strong individuals—and strong individuals can only come about by so molding our children and youth that they can stand firm against the pressures

of life. This, then, is the broad aim of the American Legion’s Child Welfare Program.

American Legion child welfare encompasses the spiritual and social problems of the child as well as his physical well-being. American Legion grants aid the specialized training of law en- forcement officers in such programs as that of the Delin- quency Control Institute at the University of Southern Cali- fornia. One of the oldest activities of The American Legion’s rehabilitation program is the manufacture of M emorial Poppies by hospitalized veterans.

Rehabilitation

Robert M. McCurdy, Pasadena, Calif., National Rehabilitation Chairman

John J. Corcoran (New York), National Rehabilitation Director

HE REHABILITATION AND WELFARE of war veterans and their de- T pendents continues to be The American Legion’s primary responsibility. To this end, the 42nd National Convention adopted a broad program for legislative and administrative action during the organization’s 1960-61 year. The major convention-established legislative goals were: Increased rates of compensation; a liberalized pension program; re-opening the National Service Life Insurance program; and expanded VA facilities for aging veterans. National Commander Burke outlined these and other goals in his February 28, 1961, presentation of the Legion’s rehabilitation-economic program to the House Veter- ans’ Affairs Committee. In subsequent appearances before that committee or its subcommittees, the National Chairman or National Director provided the details of The American Legion’s position on the veterans’ medical care, compensation, pension, and insurance programs. The compensation bill (H. R. 879) reported by the Veterans’ Affairs Com- mittee and passed by the House failed to satisfy the Legion’s goal, either as to the amount of the proposed increase or its distribution. Little hope remains that Congress will enact in this session the increases deemed necessary by the Legion so as to re-establish the compensation program on a balanced, liberal, and equit- able basis. Meanwhile, the Legion’s campaign to secure support in the House for a limited re-opening of NSLI was believed to be gaining headway. Hearings on the issue by the Veterans’ Affairs Committee were completed in mid-June, and the National Chairman’s statement was well received by those members present. The new pension law (PL 86-211) has been in effect over one year. It is now evident that it will not accomplish the good originally claimed for it by those in government who urged its enactment on the Congress. The 1960 National Convention painstakingly shaped one master resolution (out of 55 received) to spell out the changes believed necessary in the new pension law (Res. No. 320). From this basis, plus the accumulated evidence of deficiencies, the Rehabilitation Commission was in a good position to present to the Veterans’ Affairs Committee the Legion’s arguments for a liberalizing revision of the new pension plan. Continued surveillance of the veterans’ medical care program has been necessary to secure the funds required for operation of the VA’s facilities at maximum capacity. Particular effort was devoted to gaining Congressional approval ol the agency’s budget needs for fiscal 1962, including the full increment of $75 million for modernization of the older VA hospitals (a twelve-year program to cost a total of $900 million). Pursuant to 1960 convention directives, the Rehabilitation Commission has placed increased emphasis on the Legion’s program to secure the support of Congress for an expansion of VA facilities to provide for the care of aging and chronically ill veterans. At its 38th annual conference last March, the commission adopted the theme “Aging With Dignity” to represent The American Legion’s aspirations with respect to the aging war veteran population. That our efforts are beginning to have some effect may be seen in the fact that the House has recently approved a Veterans’ Affairs Committee request for special funds to enable the VA to undertake an intensive analysis of the problems associated with the care of aging veterans. The Rehabilitation Commission has continued to stress the importance of basic service work at the community level, and has given increased recognition to the role of The American Legion volunteer hospital worker. Last May the National Executive Committee reassigned the National Field Service to the National Rehabilitation Commission. This move should make for a more effective liaison between the commission’s staff in Washington and those encountering rehabilitation problems in the field stations of the VA throughout the various departments of The American Legion. The past year has demonstrated again that we must guard against the attitude that the problems of war veterans are all solved. Much remains to be done. New problems continue to arise; and, there is a constant danger that the continuing unwarranted attacks on veterans’ programs will result in renewed attempts to dismember the VA as the single agency for administration of war veterans’ benefits.

Strong medicine for a disabled veteran — a veterans hospital volunteer shows a bedridden veteran that a physical handi- cap can be overcome. Nike-Hercules missiles point skyward as America defends the ramparts of freedom.

National Secufity

Addison P. Drummond, Bonifay, Fla., National Security Chairman James R. Wilson, Jr. (Pennsylvania), National Security Director

Confident of our future as a great and growing nation, secure in the knowledge of our might, The American Legion will continue to advance the cause of preparedness.” —National Security Report to the 42nd National Convention, October 18-20, 1960

IWpN WHO FOUGHT IN WAR to preserve freedom formed The American UviL Legion as an instrumentality to advance many worthy causes. Not the least of these was concern for the state of America’s military forces. The founda- tions of our present national defense system were proposed by The American Legion long before they became reality with the Legion’s support. This past year has witnessed a further extension of our interest and activity in pursuit of military and civil measures adequate to safeguard the Nation’s future.

In these times maintenance of unquestioned military power is not a matter for debate rather the issue involves the selection of weapon systems which will comprise this military power.

Acting through its National Security Commission and Committees vital leadership has been exercised to create a climate of public opinion willing to underwrite unprecedented sums for national security. Had this climate not been created vast appropriations for space exploration, Polaris nuclear powered sub- marines, increased airlift capability, beefed up Army and Marine striking forces would not have been approved. In appearances before the Committees of Congress we indicated our opposition to proposals which would seriously curtail production of the B-70 bomber and nuclear powered aircraft programs and reduce the reserve components. Our position was also presented on such issues as renovation of the Coast Guard Academy, reassertion of strategic importance of Alaska defenses, and the necessity for maintaining a required basic ROTC program in our colleges and universities. Personal appearances before Congressional committees also dealt with the Civil Defense effort and The American Legion’s concern for streamlining government machinery in support of Cold War strategy. Through its National Security Program, The American Legion has under- taken to provide the United States with a trained resource of civil defense workers. Legionnaires across the nation are cooperating with Civil Air Patrol officials and educators in our National Aerospace Education Program to inspire interest in aviation and space among our young people. Nation-wide distribution of “The Air Review” and the “Merchant Marine Bulletin” has served to keep the membership alert to developments in these areas. To remain free, our nation must retain a military strength sufficiently creditable to deter aggression and to advance our national aspirations. The task

of The American Legion is clear; we must advance this cause.

George T. Lewis, Jr., Memphis, Term., National Economic Chairman Clarence W. Bird (Vermont), National Economic Director

TEADY, SUBSTANTIAL AND GAINFUL employment with a moderate S degree of security is the basic need of all veterans and a fundamental part of our American way of life. It was in response to such needs that the Economic Commission and the five Committees functioning thereunder were created. Changing times have brought about varied and different economic problems, therefore, the National Executive Committee in May 1961, approved the recommendation of the National Executive Committee Program Study Com- mittee; that authority to have a Labor Relations Committee and an Agricultural and Conservation Committee be rescinded and that remaining functions of said Committees be transferred to the National Economic Commission. This was accomplished in Resolution Nos. 60 and 61 of the May 1961 meeting. Remaining Committees assigned to the Economic Commission for supervision and coordination are: Employment, Housing and Veterans’ Preference. The Legion’s own “Employ the Older Worker Week” program, is observed annually the first full week in May each year, this year observed May 7-13. There has been progressive interest shown in this Citation Award Program which was initially inaugurated and observed in 1959. Acting upon authority of 1960 National Convention mandates the Com- mission has supported in the Congress adequate funds for: the Veterans Employ- ment Service; employment of the older workers; the Bureau of Veterans’ Re- employment Rights; and the President’s Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped. In view of a 1960 Convention mandate the Housing Committee supported in the 87th Congress: an extension of the G. I. Home Loan Guaranty Program which under present law expires for World War II veterans July 25, 1962; and funds for continuation of the direct loan program on the same basis as now authorized by law. Since our last annual report to the National Convention, the staff of the National Economic Commission has actively handled over a thousand cases which were previously unfavorable to the veteran, his widow and dependents. Favor- able results were obtained in approximately 40 per cent of these cases. Lump sum payments were secured for the veteran running from $500.00 up to, and above $25,000.00. During his extensive overseas tour, National Commander Burke conferred with many leaders of other nations, including Israel’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Golda Meir.

Foteign delations

Emilio S. Iglesias, Montpelier, Vt., National Foreign Relations Chairman William F. Hauck (Indiana), Director of the Washington Office and Staff Liaison with the National Foreign Relations Commission

TUT OW WILL THE BEST INTERESTS of the United States be served? That Jh JL question is the cornerstone of the Foreign Relations policy structure of The American Legion. Any program or proposal which will not serve the best interests of our Country will not fit into our basic building plan. The last National Convention of The American Legion (42nd) in Miami Beach, Florida, again established a policy structure of familiar design and appearance. Its paramount theme is absolute opposition to Soviet Russia’s efforts to convert the entire world into a Communist camp. To this end The American Legion advocates: ( 1 ) adequate military preparedness as the strong arm of our foreign policy; (2) West Berlin and its corridors must be kept free and open at all hazards; (3) Red China should not be admitted to the United Nations nor recognized diplomatically; (4) no further retreat from attempted communist advances anywhere in the world; (5) firm support of the Monroe Doctrine including the restoration of freedom to the Cuban people; (6) opposition to any attempt to subvert our sovereignty, especially the repeal of the Connally Reservation; and (7) termination of any cultural or trade relations with countries which aid the communist effort. All of the trouble spots in the world are of serious concern, but because of its proximity to our shores, Cuba presents a particularly alarming situation. Early this year, National Commander William R. Burke clearly stated our posi-

tion on Cuba when he said The American Legion believes that it is necessary to eliminate the Castro regime in Cuba by all means necessary, including sanctions and embargo and unilateral action if that becomes necessary. He pointed out that the basis for this policy was not simply retaliation for the seizing of Amer-

ican assets and the jeopardizing of American lives, but because it is in the best interests of the United States. In the face of Krushchev’s recent ultimatum on Berlin, the policy of The American Legion is to stand firm. The American Legion is convinced that we have the military strength to resist any efforts to oust the West from Berlin, if we have the will to stand fast. This is not the first time such threats were made and we are still there. National Legislative Chair- man Jerome F. Duggan and Rep. Olin Teague (D-Tex.), chairman of the House Vet- erans Affairs Committee, discuss veterans legislation.

Legislative

Jerome F. Duggan, St. Louis, Mo., National Legislative Chairman Miles D. Kennedy (New York), National Legislative Director

HE “LIFE” OF ALL RESOLUTIONS requiring legislative action expired T with the final adjournment of the 86th Congress last year. We greeted the new (87th) Congress with a fresh and revitalized legislative program, the result of action taken by the 1960 National Convention and the fall meeting of the National Executive Committee. In our efforts to carry out the legislative program we try to give attention to every resolution but our major effort is directed to those resolutions affecting veterans and their dependents, national and internal security, child welfare and Americanism. Again, as in the previous Congress, a concerted effort is being made in both the Senate and House to delete the so-called disclaimer affidavit from the National Defense Education Act of 1958. We have again made it known to Congress that

The American Legion is firmly opposed to such a proposition. The American Legion has been trying to get a standing committee on Veterans’ Affairs established in the U. S. Senate. Many times we have made our position known to the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. So far we have been unsuccessful. In this Congress we have renewed our efforts to this end, calling upon the membership of our organization and the Auxiliary to en- courage Senate support of our proposal. The much publicized pension law, (Public Law 86-211) which became

effective July 1, 1960, is also a subject of our current legislative program. As previously stated in our Legislative Bulletin, The American Legion did not conceive or sponsor this legislation. We were not completely satisfied with the law and qualified our support by reserving the right to return to Congress with such proposed amendments as our experience with the law, after same had been tested in operation, were found to be necessary. Our bill, one of many, is H. R. 886, which was introduced last January. We have been given reason to believe that hearings on this subject will be held in the near future. The American Legion has appeared on several occasions before Appropria- tion subcommittees in both the House and Senate in support of funds for pro-

grams in which it is vitally interested, and will continue to do so as additional hearings are scheduled. This battery of television cameras at last year’s Na- tional C onv ention parade indicates the value placed by news media on American Legion activities.

Public delations

C. D. DeLoach, Washington, D. C., National Public Relations Chairman William F. Hauck (Indiana), Director of the Washington Office r II AHE PUBLIC RELATIONS POLICY of The American Legion is to establish ^ the organization in the public mind as a staunch advocate “for God and Country” dedicated to the service of community, state and nation, and the principles outlined in our Preamble to the Constitution of The American Legion. The American Legion Public Relations Commission and Division constantly strive to maintain better public relations on the home front—“where The American Legion lives”—in the cities and towns that contain our nearly 17,000 Legion posts and 2,700,000 members. In support of this policy, we continue to tell The American Legion story in newspapers, on radio and through television; in addition to holding annual public relations seminars featuring top newsmen of the nation and representatives of mass communications media. Our Public Relations Division has not done this job. without the help of the volunteer workers in all of our Posts. It is reflected in the thousands of news clippings and radio and television news items across the country. An Independent Newspaper Publisher’s Award will be presented to Palmer Hoyt, editor and publisher of The Denver Post, not only as a commenda- tion for his 40 years as an American Legionnaire but also in recognition of his 40 years “as an acknowledged craftsman in the field of journalism in the United States.” The top public relations trophy—the Fourth Estate Award—this year will be presented to Jack Howard for the Scripps-Howard Newspapers and Colonel Jack Warner of Warner Brothers Pictures for their outstanding contributions (in the field of communications) to the American way of life. It was with deep regret that we announced the resignation of James V. Day as National Public Relations Director on June 12. When his health permits, it is anticipated that he will be assigned to other duties within the organization. He is succeeded by Charles J. Arnold of Arlington, Virginia, former Pentagon Direc- tor of Information, Office of Army Reserve and ROTC Affairs. James F. O’Neil, publisher, The American Legion Maga- zine.

The American LEGION Magazine

Donald R. Wilson, Clarksburg, W. Va., Chairman, Publications Commission

James F. O’Neil (New Hampshire), Publisher, The American Legion Magazine

HE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE, published under directives of T National Conventions and the National Executive Committee, continues to be the only direct medium of communication between the National Organization and every Legionnaire. Approximating 56 pages, it is distributed each month by the Publications Division, supervised by The Publications Commission, appointee of the National Commander and the National Executive Committee.

This requires a budget of $3,300,000. Funding is derived from an allocation of 75c per year (unchanged since 1919) of each member’s dues, totaling about $2,000,000, and annual advertising returns of $1,000,000.

Income losses are depreciating the gain between operating revenue and expense. The net gain for 1960 was $60,000; down $170,000 from 1959. The first six months of 1961 reflect a plus of about $50,000.

The budget continues in the black only because of drastic economies. If relief is not forthcoming soon, the consequences will be serious to The American Legion and the magazine. Intefnal Affaits

Herbert J. Jacobi, Washington, D. C., National Internal Affairs Chairman

Robert E. Lyngh (Colorado), Assistant National Adjutant and Director of Internal Affairs Division

YNTERNAL AFFAIRS is the name given to the Division which is responsible for most of the “housekeeping” functions of the National Headquarters. A smoothly-functioning, adequately-staffed administrative organization is just as important to a non-profit organization as to a purely commercial undertaking.

Perhaps, it is even more important, since The American Legion functions 99.9 per cent on the good will of its members.

Seven standing committees—Constitution and By-Laws; Graves Registra- tion and Memorial; Department and Post Membership Activities; Pilgrimage; Resolutions Assignment; Awards and Ceremonials; and Group Insurance—are attached to the Internal Affairs Commission “for supervision and coordination.”

Operating as a part of the Internal Affairs Division at National Head- quarters are: Department and Post Membership Activities Section; Insurance Department; Library; and a variety of other service functions.

Below are some of the statistics which indicate the magnitude of the National Headquarters’ operations.

Posts Chartered Mail 7/1/60 to 7/1/61 Number of Posts 7/1/60 16,745

Incoming Letters — _ 2,932,406 Cancelled 7/ 1 / 60 to 7/ 1 /6 1 213 Incoming parcels - - __ 3,117 Chartered same period 96 Outgoing letters — 422,990 Number of Posts 7/1/61 16,628 Outgoing parcels __ 35,920

Duplicating Supplies 7/1/60 to 6/30/61 Paper cut and processed Pages Mimeographed 2,256,058

846 reams or 1 0 Vi tons Pages Multilithed and Multigraphed 4,142,386 Envelopes and labels addressed 289,770 Freight and Express Letters transcribed 12,158 In, 207,585 lbs. —6,090 cartons Addressograph plates cut 1,550 Out, 97,691 lbs. —2,718 cartons Outgoing telegrams _ 1,262 npHE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP record of The American Legion is a source of wonder and even envy to others and, at the same time, of constant dis-

satisfaction to the Legion itself. Outside observers are amazed that a voluntary

organization which cuts across all social, economic, and educational levels attracts and holds nearly 2,700,000 members each year. American Legion leaders, on the

other hand, criticize themselves severely because their membership is not greater.

Reaching a peak in the period immediately following World War II, annual membership eventually appeared to stabilize at about the 2,700,000 level, with a gradual but by no means consistent decline. Statistically, the decline is less than the annual deaths among members.

Since the pool of eligibles from which members of The American Legion

are drawn cannot increase and is, of course, being cut by deaths, a similar decline in American Legion membership might be considered normal.

However, 1961 found The American Legion and its Department and Post Membership Activities Committee in no mood to accept a complacent attitude toward membership. Instead, the Committee presented an ambitious plan calling for both maximum impact in 1962 and for long-range planning and expansion during the next decade. The plan was approved by the National Executive Com-

mittee at its 1961 spring meeting, and since then major steps have been taken to

start putting the plan into operation.

The Department and Post Membership Activities Section (formerly the Membership and Post Activities Section) at National Headquarters, which started

Eligibility Dates American Legion Membership

You are eligible for membership in The Strength American Legion if you served honorably

in active military service between any of

June 1, 1960 2,563,866 the following dates, all inclusive:

World April 1917 to June 1, 1961 2,514,680 War 1— 6, November 11, 1918 December 31, 1960 2,679,255 World War II —December 7, 1941 to September 2, 1945 Expected by Korean War—June 25, 1950 December 31, 1961 2,630,000 to July 27, 1953 the year with a total of three staff members, was expanded by transfers and re- organization to 15 positions.

A complete revision of all membership materials provided by the National Headquarters was launched, beginning with a new membership card. Studies were put into motion in an effort to answer two major membership questions:

( 1 ) During a time of high population mobility, how can membership drop-outs be reduced? (2) What changes in American Legion structure and programs are needed, if any, to adapt the organization for maximum service in large, new suburban areas?

Research completed by the Committee in 1961 leaves no doubt that means are available to the average American Legion Post to substantially reduce the number of drop-outs. A program to concentrate the attention of the Legion’s more than 16,000 Posts on drop-outs has been developed as the cornerstone of the 1962 membership campaign. At the same time, plans and studies were started preparatory to pilot studies and possible demonstrations in one or more metropolitan areas during the coming year aimed at the expansion of The American

Legion during the decade of the ’60’s into suburbia.

Enough experience was gained during 1961 to demonstrate that greater attention to drop-outs can eliminate the gradual membership decline which has been experienced in the past 10 years. There is also a firm conviction that, by adapting The American Legion Post to serve suburban areas, the next 10 years can and will witness a positive growth.

The American Legion Life Insurance Plan

O INCE ITS INCEPTION in April 1958, the Insurance Plan has operated at no ^ cost to The American Legion and has produced an estimated 15,000 new members.

As the result of a continuing favorable experience, more than $200,000 has been invested in a trust fund for insured members with more than $13,000 set aside in a catastrophe reserve.

An excess of one million dollars has been paid in premiums by insured members since 1958 and more than $500,000 has been paid in claims to the designated beneficiaries of Legionnaires.

During the past year, $226,645.00 was paid in claims. The American Legion retained $11,603.66 and was further reimbursed $50,601.00 for administrative expenses during 1960. Finance

Harold P. Redden, Longmeadow, Mass., Chairman, National Finance Commission Francis Polen, Indianapolis, Ind., National Treasurer Robert R. Fleming (Indiana), National Comptroller

O THE 10-MEMBER NATIONAL FINANCE COMMISSION is given the Ttask of establishing the annual budget. While the National Convention is the top governing body and sets the amount of the annual dues, the authority to expend funds or to obligate the National Organization financially has been reserved for the National Executive Committee.

The operation of the National Organization of The American Legion is a $6 million a year undertaking. About 60 per cent of this sum is derived from the $1.50 annual national membership dues paid by each member, which is allocated as follows: 75 cents subscription to the monthly magazine, 25 cents by action of the National Convention is reserved for the Rehabilitation Program, and the remaining 50 cents is available for Americanism, Economic, and Security Programs and the service and administrative divisions of the National Organ- ization. Other major sources of income are advertising in the national magazine, sales by Emblem Division, interest on invested funds, and Endowment Fund earnings and contributions which are restricted for the Rehabilitation and Child Welfare programs.

Reference is made to the Auditor’s Report at the conclusion of this Annual Report.

Jsfational Emblem Sales

HE AMERICAN LEGION emblem is the exclusive property of the National THeadquarters. The sale of the emblem, emblem pins, merchandise carrying the emblem, and other items of organizational equipment is the responsibility of the National Emblem Committee and the National Emblem Sales Office, located at National Headquarters in Indianapolis. The following tables show gross sales,

net earnings, etc., for the entire calendar year 1960 and for the first four months of 1961.

January 1 to December 31, 1960 January 1 to April 30, 1961

( 1 2 months) (4 months) Gross sales $1,319,742.47 Gross sales $ 437,439.42 Cost of goods sold 884,469.45 Cost of goods sold 289,048.23 Overhead 323,991.42 Overhead 106,373.87 Operating profit 124,177.78 Operating profit 47,203.97 Less Distribution from Profits: Less Distribution from Profits: Commission to Auxiliary 19,191.55 Commission to Auxiliary 5,055.59

Net Profit to National Organization ..$ 104,986.23 Net Profit to National Organization $ 42,148.38 GEO. S. OLIVE, SR. TROY G. THURSTON JOSEPH B. BAERNCOPF k.j.(hugh) CARPENTER RALPH W. SNYDER TOM L. M ELVEN Geo. S. Olive & Co. JOHN D. HARRINGTON ADRIAN E.WILHOITE WALTER B. CHANDLER Certified Public Accountants EVANSVILLE, INDIANA

JOHN M . RABER JOSEPH A. CAMMACK MARSHALL S. ARMSTRONG The Indiana Building A. M. PICUCCI S. STANLEY PAUL JOHN H. BUCHANAN GEO. S. OLIVE, JR. JOHN J.VAN BENTEN 120 East Market Street MILTON E. DEVOE, JR. M. PARNELL BAKER JOHN T. KOKOS Indianapolis 4, Indiana Wl LLIAM J. CARON GLENN H. RHOADES MElrose 5-8631 VERLI N H. PETRY DONALD L. GARDNER ROBERT W. WELLER PHILIP L. BLUM ENTH AL, J R. April 17, 1961 JAMES E. COMMONS

I William R. Burke, National Commander, The American Legion, National Headquarters, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Dear Sir:

We have examined the condensed statement of financial condition of The American

Legion, National Headquarters, as of December 31, 1960, and the related condensed

statement of income and expense for the year then ended. Our examination was made

in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and accordingly included

such tests of the accounting records and such other auditing procedures as we

considered necessary in the circumstances.

In our opinion, the accompanying condensed financial statements present fairly

the financial position of The American Legion, National Headquarters, at December 31,

1960, and the results of its operations for the year then ended, in conformity with

generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with that of

the preceding year.

Yours very truly

Certified Public Accountants

PERMISSION TO PUBLISH EXCERPTS PROM THIS REPORT OR REFERENCES THERETO, WITH MENTION OF OUR NAME, REFERENCES ARE APPROVED BY US. IS. WITHHELD UNTIL THE FORM AND SUBSTANCE OF SUCH EXCERPTS OR :

THE AMERICAN LEGION, NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS

Condensed Statement of Income and Expense and Unrestricted

1 Surplus (Deficit), Year Ended December 3 1 , 960 INCOME:

Dues - $1,343,517.33 Earnings—reserve fund 10,468.01 Earnings—general fund.. 41,790.06 Publication Division: Income $3,108,845.42 Expense 3,024,398.56 84,446.86 Emblem Division Income 1,332,568.73 Expense 1,227,652.42 104,916.31 $1,585,138.57 EXPENSE: Administrative 608,948.91 Economic 53,524.30 Americanism 109, 711. 03

Legislative . 88,642.64

Public Relations - . - 222,387.66 Executive 276,969.31 National Convention 150,703.33

Security - 70,876.26 Finance — 87,028.29 Membership Life Insurance Program 52,122,62 1,720,914.35 Less: Allocation to Rehabilitation 42,588.78 1,678,325.57

( 93,187.00)

OTHERINCOME-net 16,414.46

EXCESS OF (EXPENSE OVER INCOME) ( 76,772.54) ALLOCATED TO REAL ESTATE FUND ( 948.00)

( 77,720.54)

UNRESTRICTED SURPLUS (DEFICIT),

- - JANUARY 1, I960 - ( 261,530.07)

UNRESTRICTED SURPLUS (DEFICIT), DECEMBER 31, 1960 $( 339,250.61) : :

THE AMERICAN LEGION, NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS

Statement of Financial Condition at December 31, 1960

ASSETS

CURRENT FUNDS: General Cash on deposit and on hand $ 935,299.54 Notes and accounts receivable.--. 279,285.30 Inventories 482,675.97 Investments 889,085.95 Furniture and equipment—net.... 225,328.48 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges.. 125,463.73 Due from other funds.. 418,078.00 3,355,216.97 Deduct: Due to other funds 617,522.20 $2,737,694.77 Real estate Washington, D. C. building 805,938.15 Restricted Due from general fund 66,894,78 Total current funds $3,610,527.70

TRUST FUNDS Cash 13,439.52 Accounts receivable 69,367.47 Investments 3,251,566.48 Due from current funds—general 7,228.37 Total trust funds 3,341,601.84

RESERVE AND RESTRICTED FUNDS: Cash 3,014.61 Investments 460,446.13 Due from current funds—general 529,106.52 992,567.26 Deduct: Due to current fund—general 418,078.00 Total reserve and restricted funds.. 574,489.26 $7,526,618.80

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA APRIL 17, 1961 : : :

THE AMERICAN LEGION, NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS

LIABILITIES AND FUNDS

CURRENT FUNDS:

General Accounts payable $ 446,359.69 Employees' withholdings 38,423.77 Accrued taxes 10,229.13 Deferred income 2,452,01 8.30 Unrestricted surplus: Allocated to accumulated depre- ciation $ 129,914.49 Unallocated

(deficit) .... (339,250.61 )

( 209,336.12 ) $2,737,694.77 Real estate Washington, D. C. building fund balance 805,938.15

Restricted Fund balance 66,894.78

Total current funds _J. $3,610,527.70

TRUST FUNDS:

Pershing Hall Memorial Trust Fund unexpended

income - 7,228.37 Overseas Graves Decoration Trust fund balance.... 266,806.88 Employees' Retirement Trust fund balance. 3,067,566.59

Total trust funds - - 3,341,601.84

RESERVE AND RESTRICTED FUNDS:

Reserve fund - — 24,185.1 1 Restricted fund 21,197.63 Child Welfare fund - 84,431 .31 Rehabilitation fund 444,675.21

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