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15* THE AMERICAN SEE PAGE 11 COMMUNISM'S ROUTE TO AMERICA LIES LEGION THROUGH CHINA MAGAZINE By MADAME CHIANG KAI-SHEK AUGUST 1953 "We oiler all we are and all we have to secure the victory against aggression' Sure favorite in your circle Take a whiskey census among your friends. If your circle is typ- ical, you should find twice as many "7 Crown men" as those favoring the next most popular brand. That's because Seagram's 7 Crown outsells any oilier whiskey by more than two lo one! S*t| Shawm's tftfc It Sun SEAGRAM'S 7 CROWN. BLENDED WHISKEY. 86 8 PROOF. 65% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS. SEAGRAM-DISTILLERS CORPORATION, N. Y. : 1912 POPE HARTFORD was a well-known and highly respected car, especially in New England. The model above cost $4,000 with a six-cylinder, sixt y-horsepower engine. ears run their best on the best oasoline 1953 DODGE is hailed as the ' action car for active Americans." Its new V-8 engine utilizes a hemispherical combustion chamber and is rated at 140 horsepower. 1902 MARMON was a very advanced car. It boasted a pressure oiling system, the first side-entrance ton- neau and a unique suspension de- signed to absorb road shocks and give an easy ride. One terror of early-day driving was nar- ETHYL" row, steep mountain roads. You often met another vehicle at a tight spot. Then pas- sengers piled out while you squeezed by. This danger, plus the fact that many cars could not climb steep hills, made moun- tain driving a daring sport. But with to- day's wide roads, high compression engines and "Ethyl" gasoline you cross the highest ridges as a matter of course. "Ethyl" gasoline helps your engine de- ETHYL velop top efficiency by preventing harm- 1913 SIMPLEX was almost entirely built by hand ful knock that steals power So always fill from the finest materials. Though expensive — CORPORATION up with "Ethyl" gasoline and enjoy the $4,500 for the chassis alone —demand for it put New York 17, New York production a year behind orders. powerful difference. Ethyl Antiknock Ltd., in Canada - Vol. 55 No. 2. August 1953 Worlds I I 4.IOV THE AMERICAN H Quietest Tread Outgrips, Outwears them all! LEGION MAGAZINE Cover by ANGELA CALOMIRIS Contents for August, 1953 COMMUNISM'S ROUTE TO AMERICA LIES THROUGH CHINA ARMSTRONG by Madame Chiang Kai-shek 11 a WHY THE FREE CHINESE ARE SO IMPORTANT TO THE FREE WORLD. THE CHAPLAIN OF UPCHUCK (fiction) by John Wesley Noble 14 THE CHAPLAIN AND THE COLONEL SAW THINGS DIFFERENTLY. PREMIUM WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO DO IN ST. LOUIS 16 THE MIRACLE-RIDE TIRE HOW TO ENJOY YOURSELF TO THE UTMOST AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION. WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH THOSE ADDED YEARS? by William A. Ulman 18 THERE IS NO POINT IN DYING OF BOREDOM. • FOUR EXCLUSIVES give you RACING -COUNTRY STYLE by Alden E. Calkins 20 safety, silence, comfort found in ALL ABOUT THE PACERS AND TROTTERS. no other tire. (1) Interlocking HOW TO UNDERSTAND COMMUNISM by Victor Lasky 22 Safety for greater Tread "hold" YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT IT TO FIGHT IT INTELLIGENTLY. in all directions. (2) Silent J. 0. B. SOME SOLID ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN REHABILITATION 24 Traction Design cancels out hum and sing for world's quiet- SPINNING GEAR by Erwin A. Bauer 28 THE CLOSEST THING TO SURE-FIRE FISHING. est ride. (3) Intra-Tread Bumpers hold tread ribs apart THE NATIONAL LEGIONNAIRE 3! . muffle squeal. (4) Uni- Features Cushion Contour — more SOUND OFF 4 PRODUCTS PARADE .. f NEWSLETTER 35 rubber on road for smoother EDITOR'S CORNER. 6 ROD AND GUN CLUB. 28 PARTING SHOTS. 64 Manuscripts, artwork, cartoons submitted for consideration will not riding, longer wear. be returned unless a self-addressed, stamped envelope is included. Makers of The American Legion Magazine is the official publication of The American Legion and is Armstrong Pure owned exclusively by The American Legion. Copyright 1953 by The American Legion. Pub- lished monthly at 1100 W. Broadway, Louisville, Ky. Acceptance for moiling at special rate Foam Cushioning of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of Oct. 3, 1917, authorized Jan. 5, 1925. Price single copy, 15 cents,- yearly subscription, $1.50. Entered as second class matter June 30, 1948, at the Post Office at Louisville, Ky., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Non-member subscriptions should be sent to the Circulation Department of The American Legion Magazine, P. O. Box 1055, Indianapolis 6, Ind. EXECUTIVE AND EDITORIAL & ADVERTISING WESTERN 0FEICE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES 580 Fifth Avenue 333 North Michigan Avenue Indianapolis 6, Indiana New York 36, N. Y. Chicago 1, Illinois POSTMASTER: Please send copies returned under labels Form 3579 to Post Office Box 1055, Indianapolis 6, Indiana. Lewis K. Gough, National Commander, I ndianapolis Texas; Russell John Stelle, Mc Leans E . Booth, Hunti ngton, tin, Lar- boro, Illinois, Chairman W. Va.; Roland Cocre- combe, Malta, Mont.; of the Legion Publica- ham, Baton Rouge, La.; George D. Levy, Sumter, tions Commission; Dan Clovis Copelond, Little S. C; Dr. Charles R. W. Emmett, Ventura, Rock, Ark.; Paul B. Logan, Keokuk, Iowa; P. California, and Earl L. Dague, Down i ng town. William Roan, Larks- Pa.; Daniels, vi lie, Pen no.; Emmett Meyer, A 1 1 iance, Ne- Josephus braska, Vice -Chair men. Jr., Raleigh, N. C; Safay, Jacksonville, Members of the Com- Dave H. Fleischer, St. Flo.; D. L. Sears, To- mission: Lang Arm- Louis, Mo.; Earl Hitch- ledo, Ohio,- Harold A. strong, Spokane, Wash.; cock, Glens Falls, N. Y; Shindler, Newburgh, George D. Baron, Herschiel L. Hunt, Aus- I nd.; Edgar G. Vaug ha n, Bethany, Conn.; Charles St. Paul, Minn. Managing Editor Advertising Director Publisher Boyd B. Stutter Fred L. Maguire James F. O'Neil Art Editor Eastern Adv. Mgr. New York, N. Y. Al Marshall WilliamM.DeVitalis Ass't to Publisher Associate Editors Western A dv. Mgr. Frank Lisiecki Robert B. Pitkin H. J. Prussing, Jr. Editor Irving Herschbein Detroit Adv. Rep. Joseph C. Keeley Manager Schipper-Webb Assoc. Advisory Editor James F. Barton West Coast Adv. Rep. Alexander Gardiner Indianapolis, Ind. Eschen & Roe Co. Please notify the Circulation Department, Publications Division, P. O. Box 1055, Unconditionally Guaranteed 3 Years/ Indianapolis, Indiana, if you have changed your address, using notice form 22S off address label Unserviceable tire will be replaced by comparable new tire which you may secure from your Postmaster. Be sure to cut the latest with full credit for the period of guarantee not realized. on your Magazine and paste it in the space provided. Always give your mem- bership card number and both your new and your old address, and notify your local ARMSTRONG RUBBER CO., West Haven 16, Conn.; Norwalk, Post or the Adjutant of your Post. Conn.; Natchez, Miss.; Des Moines, Iowa; 601 Second St., San Francisco, Calif. Export: 20 East 50th St., N. Y. 22. 2 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • AUGUST, 1953 LUCKIES FOR OUR ARMED FORCES in Korea and Service Hospitals and Veterans in V. A. Hospitals (AT LESS THAN 8< A PACK) Cases now available in two sizes •The 500-pack case— $39.30 • The 100-pack case— $7.86 the case Luckies by proviide Price subject to can or aill CIGARETTES You to one change without notice &i»r—ship" nt fortor , TAX-FREE*EE/ groeps- service r of the toMow^ 111 Fifth Ave., New York 3, N.Y. Army. F ' Dear Sirs: * r;; in Korea ces Please send me Lucky Strike order blank(s) with which I may TheAr * provide TAX-FREE Luckies by the case for shipment to: Z^^^" (Check those desired) ( ) Veterans Administration Hospitals ( ) Army, Air Force, Navy & Marine Hospitals oraer u ( ) Armed Forces in Korea Strike _ Your Name- LUCKIES TASTE BETTER! Address CLEANER, FRESHER, SMOOTHER City or Town. .State. A. L. COPR.. THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY L. _! . shake it on 1 every A ff% morning then . LOOKING FORWARD such an institution. Let that college re-achieve its esteem by correcting the Sir: I have just read the article in your leftist deviations that far outweigh the May issue by Sam Stavisky entitled good of teaching innovations attrib- How Veterans Stand in Congress. uted to it by the author. It will take From where 1 sit it looks as though many years for TC to get back on the wc stand just about where we should beam— and longer for the injuries it expect to stand under an administra- has created in the minds of ten mil- tion pledged to economy from the lion students to be mitigated. start. I think all veterans may well ex- A. G. Blazey, AI D. pect a drastic cut in Veterans Admin- I Vashington, hid. istration especially in hospitalization and pensions. The AMA has alw ays Sir: Teachers College, according to believed that the hospitalization pro- James C. G. Conniff, is "largely liberal- gram was a form of socialized medi- Democrat, Fair Dealish in politics; cine and although they may not come agnostic (neutral would be a fairer word) in religion; in of public every out and say so you can be sure of favor step their support of cutting the program education only, certainly non-sectarian to the quick. education; anti-dogmatic in the ex- of the day George H. Talbott treme; friendly to even- new idea; J Lexington, Ky. willing to try everything once, but harping on no one string." Let's take a look at the alternative: reactionary QUINSANA FIGHTS Republican (or Democrat); biased and authoritarian in sectarian religion; dog- matic in the extreme; unfriendly to every new idea; unwilling to try any- ATHLETES FOOT thing once; and harping on one string.