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Publisher, James F. O'Noil Editor Robert B. THE UNITED NATIONS' Pitkin HAPPY (?) 25TH BIRTHDAY 4 An Editor BY THOMAS A. HOGE AI Marshall A reinew of the UN as it nears the end of its first quarter-century. Assistant to Publisher .lohn Andreola Executive Editor Mario V. Lubrano FAVORITE BRIDGE HANDS 10 Associate Editors BY B. JAY BECKER Roy Miller James S. Swartz An expert at the game looks at some interesting bridge hands Assistant Art Editor and bridge players. Walter H. Boll

Production ManafJ:er Art Brclzfield Copy Editor Gl HUMOR . . . VIETNAM STYLE 16 Grail S. Hanford Three pages of combat cartoons by Vietnam vet and former Circulation Manager Marine Sgt. Michael Hodgson, pro cartoonist. Dean B. Nelson Indianapolis, Ind.

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1970 BEN FRANKLIN SIR: I have just finished reading "Ben- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR jamin Franklin as an Old Man" in the May issue. I wish you and author Har- vey Ardman to know that in my opinion this is one of the finest articles I have Letters published do not necessarily ex- THE THREAT OF ORGANIZED CRIME ever read. As a description of the events press the policy of The American Legion. Keep letters short. Name and address must SIR: Congratulations are certainly in of American history toward the close of be ivrnished. Expressions of opinion and order for your excellent Benjamin Franklin's life, it is a master- requests for personal services are appreci- treatment of the ated, bvt they cannot be acknowledged or serious problem of organized crime in- piece. answered, due to lack magazine of staff for filtration of legitimate Charles Sawyer these purposes. Requests for personal serv- businesses. The ices which may be legitimately asked of article, "How Organized Crime Takes Cincinnati, Ohio The American Legion should be rr,ade to Over Business" (April), your Post Service Officer or your state by Donald (Department) American Legion Hq. Send Singleton, is a well documented and letters to the editor to: Letters. The graphic portrayal of the threat Editor's Note. Going through 130 lettei s American Legion Magazine, 1345 Avenue of posed by the Americas. New Yorlc. N.Y. 10019. organized crime to oui- private enter- we received on the article "An Analysis prise system, and indeed, to our demo- of the News Media" (March), we find cratic institutions. two letters that really quarrel. A TV man Rep. Dante B. Fascell (Fla.) Chair- in Cincinnati complains that The Amer- THE KOREAN PICTURE man, Legal and Monetary Affairs ican Legion has no business publishing SIR: "The Situation in Korea" (May), by Subcommittee of the House Com- anything Uke that because it is critical Gen. Charles H. Bonesteel III, was an mittee on Government Operations of his industry. (He faults nothing in the intelUgent and most informative report. Washington, D.C. article, only our right to publish it.) The lesson in Korea should serve as a Another reader raises hell because the reminder to all in Congress, institutions UNDERINSURANCE article wasn't tough enough on the of higher education and other persons SIR: As a subscriber in the insurance media. It is really a whitewash, he says, who seek to undermine our efforts to profession I was delighted with your a cover-up, because it doesn't expose a help secure peace in South Vietnam March article by Lester David entitled genuine conspiracy. without appeasement or surrender of "The Underinsurance Trap." Unfortu- One long, partly critical letter thor- the value of freedom and democracy. nately, attempts by insurance people to oughly agrees with the article and com- When given this opportunity, nations get this message to the public are most plains that the end was lame. It should such as South Vietnam can. in an at- often discounted as a sales gimmick. have pointed out what ought to be done. mosphere of hope and self-determina- You have indeed done your subscribers That's all the criticism received, none tion, achieve peace with the help and a great service by impartially bringing of which quarreled with a thing Scdd in support from other free nations. this serious problem to their attention. the article. One challenged the Legion's Michael J. DeAngelis James H. Aston right to freedom of the press, two wanted Rutland. Vt. Spokane. Wash. more in it.

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What are the achievements and fail- given much to optimism, sounded a Newsman Thomas Hoge has cov- ures of the UN as it reaches the age of gloomy note on the eve of the anni- ered the daily doings of the United 25? In an effort to find out at least some versary. Nations for some 18 years for an of the I took a poll of of international news organization. answers, many "Although we have been able to reach the 126 member states, through inter- the moon," he said, in a UN Day mes- views with their ambassadors, a study of sage last fall, "we often show incredibly IS 25 YEARS since the United Na- speeches made in UN debate and perusal shortsighted selfishness, complacency

ITtions was founded. And how times of commentaries by veteran observers of and indifference when it comes to meet- have subtly changed! Remember the diplomatic scene. ing the great challenges that we face here when Wendell Willkie's phrase, "one Those whose staffs I polled ranged from on earth." world," struck fear of a global bureau- the Super Powers to the infant African Talking to newsmen, Thant said the cracy in the hearts of some but almost choked others with sentimental yearn- ings? Their children wouldn't know what "one world" meant and to many of them the UN is a glass menagerie that you must take in when you visit New York. ) All of the emotion that surrounded the founding of the UN has faded into the past, and it's hard to remember that the high sounding principles enunciated by the Great Powers in 1945 were hailed as the beginning of peace to millions of war-weary people around the world. Now the UN is trying to restore some luster to its image by shaping up an elaborate program to mark its 25th birthday, Oct. 24. Climax of the celebration will be a global summit meeting which UN officials hope will inspire world leaders to take a closer look at the international peace forum's achievements and shortcomings and, hopefully, to pledge greater support for the UN. Much has happened since the majority of the 51 original members ratified the UN Charter on Oct. 24, 1945, when their thoughts were still dominated by WW2. The document cited four prime objectives: Edward R. Stettinius, chairman of U.S. UN delegation to San Francisco conference, signs "To save succeeding generations from state of Uganda and the Mediterranean UN could not do much about keeping the scourge of war. . . isle of Cyprus. Their opinions covered peace, unless the United States and the "To reaffirm faith in fundamental the spectrum of UN endeavor from its Soviet Union so willed it. human rights. . . prime mission of keeping the peace to "There can be no solid foundation for "To establish conditions under which such fields as colonialism, racial equality, the so long as the Super justice and respect for the obligations peace in world air pollution and the population ex- Powers insist on taking unilateral mili- arising from treaties and other sources plosion. tary action whenever they claim to see of international law can be maintained. . . diplomats felt that the is the threat to their security." "To promote social progress and better Some UN ."' becoming an unmanageable mammoth Thant's allusion was in part directed standards of life in larger freedom. . weight, But, before a year had passed, the which will collapse under its own at U.S. actions in Vietnam, but he might unless the Charter is revised to keep pace Soviet Union had cast its first paralyzing have added that the UN has failed utterly veto and staged a boycott of the Security with the times. to exert its authority in this local war, Council that forewarned of the Cold War The Founding Fathers in San Fran- which is precisely the kind the UN was to come. cisco must have realized that the veto set up to deal with. Twice the United In the years that followed, the UN could prevent the UN from taking con- States sought to bring the issue before the has averted some potential wars but certed action against any Big Power that UN Security Council, and twice its stood impotent while others were fought. chose to use it, or against any of its efforts failed. It has seen treaties flouted and freedoms friends. But it couldn't get them all into It failed in August 1964 when we stifled while it churned out resolutions the UN from the start without the veto. asked the Security Council to look into that seemed aimed more at mollifying So it was born a cripple. the Tonkin Gulf incident in which enemy everyone than in establishing peace. Secretary-General U Thant, never craft fired on U.S. warships. The Ameri-

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1970 By THOMAS A. HOGE Happy (?) 25th Birthday

cans accepted a Soviet request that North said Yost, in a speech to the General the past 25 years, but added that "all of Vietnam be invited to take part in the Assembly. us are keenly aware of how often we

debate, but Hanoi served notice that it "I think we have only to glance at have failed and continue to fail." would ignore any Council decision except some of the key provisions of the Charter Some of these failures have made a one based on the 1954 Geneva accords to see how we have fallen short of painful impression on the public mind, which the Communists and the French making them living realities, how sub- from the fighting that has gone on virtu- approved but the United States and stantially we have failed to develop the ally unhindered for more than 20 years South Vietnam refused to sign. Again in institution and the sort of international in the Middle East, to the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet bloc in 1 966, the United States tried to put Viet- society which the authors of the Charter nam on the UN agenda, but this time had in mind." which the UN played the role of spec- both Russia and France opposed it. and Commenting even more frankly in an tator. In 1948, the UN proved powerless to do anything about the Berlin blockade that threatened a confrontation between the United States and Russia. That dead- lock was resolved only after direct talks between the Super Powers. When Red China swallowed up Tibet in 1959, El Salvador called for action, but the ensuing silence said louder than any words that the UN could do nothing. Silence also followed India's invasion of the little Portuguese colony of Goa,

because the Soviet Union used its veto to block a probe. The UN apparently was looking the other way when Egypt launched hostili- ties against Yemen which culminated with the alleged use of poison gas against that little Arab nation. The bloody civil war in Nigeria raged on for 30 months with no interference

from the UN, mainly on grounds that it was an internal affair. But no such squeamishness had deterred the UN from waging outright war against the break- away African province of Katanga, to

force it back into the rest of the chaotic Congo. On the plus side, the UN has managed UN Charter, June 26, 1945, in presence of President Truman (left) and U.S. delegates. to stop a number of conflicts from bal- looning into major wars, but usually the Americans dropped the matter rather article he wrote earlier for the United when the United States and the Soviet than run into a veto. Nations Association, Yost said the UN Union wanted it that way. In the course of my poll, one West was extremely weak in the fields where A rare act of cooperation between the European delegate privately expressed it should be strongest peacekeeping and — two top powers enabled the United Na- the opinion that the UN came unstuck peaceful settlements. tions to halt the Suez war of 1956. It back in the early years when the United "To mention only its most conspicuous began as a fight between two Middle East States and the Soviet Union became em- shortcomings," he said, "the United Na- states when Israel invaded Suez, but took broiled in the Cold War and that it con- tions has no standing armed force and on major proportions when Britain and tinued to splinter as Britain's empire is obliged to rely entirely on national France joined the Israelis. slowly disappeared and France's Charles contingents mustered in time of crisis When the United States introduced a de Gaulle decided to go it alone in and subject to withdrawal at any mo- resolution in the Security Council calling Europe. ment. on all parties to stop the fighting, Britain One of the bleakest pictures of the "It has no decisive power to control and France vetoed it. The Council stood painted UN was by Charles W. Yost, a national armaments, limit national con- frozen until the Soviet Union reluctantly veteran diplomat and chief delegate of flict or enforce peaceful settlements. supported the Americans in invoking the the United States, which, as the biggest "Its principal organ for the mainten- famed "Uniting for Peace" resolution financial backer of the UN forum, about ance of peace, the Security Council, is that took the question out of the Security 33%, has the most at stake. often immobilized by Great Power an- Council and into the General Assembly, "None of us is under the illusion that tagonisms and the veto. ..." where there's no veto. As a result, the 25th anniversary should be a time Yost noted that the UN had scored Britain and France pulled back their for self-congratulation or complacency," some successes in restoring peace over forces.

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The UN had its finest hour as peace- Peace in the Middle East is apparently maker in 1950 when the Russians made the last thing Russia wants. The Kremlin the tactical error of boycotting the Se- is aware that the more chaotic conditions curity Council just when the Communists are in that troubled, oil-rich area, the

in the Far East attacked South Korea. better chance it has to establish a foot- With no Soviet veto to block them, the hold. member states launched the only major Some members are beginning to won- war ever fought under the UN banner, der whether the UN will ever be able to with the United States supplying most of carry out its supposed role as keeper of the men and money and the UN lending the peace in the Middle East or anywhere its name. The UN succeeded in halting else. The feeling was heightened by this the Indian-Pakistani clash over the prin- warning from U Thant. cely state of Kashmir in 1965 because "The members of the United Nations the Russians and Americans both wanted have perhaps ten years left in which to the shooting stopped and threatened to subordinate their ancient quarrels and

cut off aid to the two sides unless it was. launch a global partnership to curb the The UN. with a 3.500-man peace force arms race, to improve the human en- UN forces in Congo's Katanga were sent to halt secession by rebel army.

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on Cyprus, has prevented an explosion vironment, to defuse the population ex- It has been noted that some UN mem- between Greek and Turkish Cypriot plosion and supply the required momen- bers are less concerned with peacemak- forces on that explosive isle. Why? Be- tum to world development efforts." ing than with promoting their own in- cause the two great powers happened to General anxiety over chances of peace terests. In fact, a number have made the want peace in that part of the world. or war spilled over onto the Assembly profitable discovery that friction can For more than two decades, the UN floor when delegates discussed prepara- sometimes be beneficial. has been making aimless and largely tions for the anniversary. As long as the two Super Powers are futile efforts to bring an end to the run- "The first and paramount concern of hostile to each other, the smaller nations ning conflict between Israel and its Arab humanity is the avoidance of war and the found that by playing off one against the neighbors. When a full-scale shooting establishment of an enduring peace with other, they could reap handsome rewards war did explode in June 1967, after justice through the United Nations as in the form of new highways, steel plants U Thant, at Egypt's request, had pulled provided in the Charter," said Zenon and fertilizer factories. India and Pakis- out UN observers, the Security Council Rossides, the peppery ambassador from tan played this dangerous game for years, was called into emergency session, but Cyprus, which has seen more than its only to find that when they launched the war was over before the Council had share of strife. "Yet after a quarter of their own war over Kashmir in 1964, gotten through the speeches. a century ... we have not even tried to they nearly lost the financial backing of Since then, the UN has posted nearly do this in any coordinated or meaningful both big powers. 100 observers along the Suez Canal, but way." Some delegates complained privately Arab and Israeli gunners still exchange Ambassador Araujo Castro of Brazil that UN peacekeeping forces, like the shots across the waterway and planes told the Assembly that the UN was no now defunct UN Emergency Force in from both sides rain destruction on each sure pledge of world peace, adding that the Middle East and the late Congo other's positions. "it cannot even guarantee the territorial operation, do more harm than good be- Nor has the Council taken any con- integrity and security of its members. cause they tend to freeze a dangerous crete action to prevent the funneling of "The organization has not yet been situation and make for permanent insta- Soviet tanks and French planes to the able to escape the corollaries of power bility in a danger area. Yet it is a fact Arab states, which have vowed to avenge politics that assured its founding in that Egypt, by insisting on the removal their defeat at the hands of Israel. 1945," he said. of UN observers, jumped from the frying

6 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1970 WIDE WORLD PHOTOS pan into the fire and gave the world a vivid lesson in the value of such a force. And the UN Congo operation, with all its shortcomings, did maintain a peace of sorts in that volatile land. There has been a growing clamor among members to give the UN stronger teeth. In general, the peacekeeping operations have been improvisations depending on the cooperation of the government on whose soil the force is stationed. That's a far cry from the bold wording of Chapter 7 of the Charter which is supposed to empower the Security Coun- cil to employ blockades and other military methods to enforce its resolutions. The UN's failures to keep the peace are largely the result of its physical makeup. Under the Charter, the 15-na- Red Cnmese construct bridge across Tibetan river during China's drive to conquer the tion Security Council is the chief UN small country. One UN member called for action, but organization failed to act. peacemaking organ with sweeping AIJTHENTICATFD NEWS INT. powers in name at least. Under the

Charter it can declare economic and diplomatic sanctions against any nation deemed an aggressor and cut off all communications between the offending state and the outside world. If that fails to get results, the Council can, under Chap- ter 7, "take such actions by air, sea or land forces as may be necessary to restore international peace and security." It was quickly learned that such powers were largely academic in the face of Russia's use of the veto. Of the 105 vetoes cast by Moscow, one prevented an attempt to lift the Berlin blockade, another barred UN control of atomic weapons and a third killed a move to set up a permanent UN peace force. Others included six vetoes that ham- strung UN peace efforts in the Congo, five that hampered conduct of the Ko- rean War and one that blocked a UN probe of the Communist take-over in Czechoslovakia in 1948. The Russians cast their last veto in 1968 to block a probe of their invasion of Czechoslo- vakia that year. When the Western Allies realized that the Council had become virtually para- lyzed by Soviet abuse of the Big Power veto, they persuaded the General Assem- bly to pass the United for Peace resolution broadening the Assembly's mandate in peace and security matters. Then, as the Asians and Africans by sheer numbers won control of the As- sembly, the West gradually shifted the weight of authority to the office of Sec- retary-General. This led to the Soviet attack on the late Dag Hammarskjold in 1960 and the ingenious Russian proposal that the office of Secretary-General be vested in three officials, one from the West, one Neutral and one Communist. The plan would also give each of the three a veto. Delegates, realizing that the Russians were trying to bring on total paralysis, UN played the part of spectator when USSR and 4 Warsaw Pact nations invaded Czech- gave the scheme no support. oslovakia to put down liberalizing influences that threatened Communist control. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1970 7 CONTINUED The United Nations' Happy (?) 25th Birthday

Peacekeeping has become a dirty word to many delegates because these costly missions have brought the UN to the brink of bankruptcy. This is partly because the Russians defaulted $21 million in assessment on the $150 million Middle East Force and $40 million on the mammoth Congo operation which finally ran up a tab of $369.2 million. France kept up its Middle East payments, but re- mained $17 million in arrears on the Congo. The UN managed to keep both operations afloat by such sleight of hand measures as short-term loans from the UN Children's Fund and the sale of $200 million in UN bonds to member states, which finally got ofi" the ground when Heavy influx of small nations whose votes are equal to big powers suggests a need the United States agreed to pay half, if to consider new UN system of voting. As a bloc, ministates could control every issue. the other members would put up the ity to raise peacekeeping force. Then, by representatives of another power. balance. a its bitter experiences in the After years of haggling among mem- A showdown between the two Super wary from Congo and Middle East, the body de- bers of the 18-nation Disarmament Com- Powers was threatened in 1964 when the cided to keep financing on a voluntary mittee meeting in Geneva, the General United States, fed up with Russian fi- basis. Assembly finally agreed in November nancial delinquency, threatened to in- 1959 on general and complete disarma- voke Article 19 of the Charter which As a result, Thant had to pass the hat for before he able ment under effective international con- would deny a member its Assembly vote around two weeks was to raise the million needed to main- trol as its ultimate goal. if two or more years in default. $7 Fearful that a showdown might de- tain a peace force for just three months. The first breakthrough came in Au- have United States, Brit- stroy the UN, U Thant conceived an In those two weeks, war might gust 1963 when the signed a limited nuclear Alice In Wonderland scheme to have an broken out between Greece and Turkey, ain and Russia the disputants, which could have test-ban treaty in Moscow. Assembly with no votes. It meant, of main course, that only procedural matters split NATO and involved the Soviet Flushed with the success of this move, could be dealt with. Union and the West in a major war. the General Assembly gave its approval The strange plan worked for several U Thant has proposed that the 25th in 1968 to a treaty for nonproliferation months, until little Albania, reportedly session of the Assembly should make a of nuclear weapons. at the prodding of its big ally Com- contribution to world harmony by pro- A setback came in August 1968 when munist China, denounced the whole claiming a decade for disarmament, and President Johnson was about to an- procedure and insisted that the Assembly members have signified agreement. nounce the start of Russian-American resume its regular business by facing up Disarmament, which goes hand in talks on curbing the missile race. The to Soviet default. hand with peacekeeping, has been the Russians picked that time to stage their When Assembly President Alex Quai- top item on the Assembly agenda every invasion of Czechoslovakia. son-Sackey of Ghana demurred, Al- year and one of its most frustrating It was clearly impossible for Wash- bania's Halim Budo appealed his ruling problems. ington to press Moscow to start such and called for a vote. As members The West experienced its first disarma- talks in view of the mounting anxieties braced for the feared showdown, the ment setback at the hands of the Com- of the NATO allies in Europe and the United States suddenly announced that munists in 1946, when Bernard Baruch wave of alarm and outrage that swept

it considered such a vote procedural, presented the sweeping U.S. plan for the United States. one that would not run afoul of Article regulation and control of atomic weap- Hopes rose again when the Super 19. As the tremor passed, the United ons. Baruch proposed that an Interna- Powers held their arms limitation talks States yielded to the appeals of its nerv- tional Atomic Development Authority in Helsinki last fall. But in New York, ous colleagues and dropped its campaign have a monopoly on the world's produc- the UN Assembly failed to approve a to invoke Article 19. tion of atomic energy. It would have the joint U.S. -Soviet draft treaty prohibiting The obvious role that Red China had exclusive right to engage in atomic re- weapons of mass destruction on the in trying to bring a confrontation be- search and could punish any nation for ocean floor after a dispute arose over tween the two great powers and jeo- violating the agreement, without any verification procedures. pardize the future of the UN should Big Power veto interfering. On the eve of the second round of have been a lesson to those who argue The Soviet Union rejected the U.S.' Soviet-American strategic arms limita- that Peking deserves membership in the proposed plan, however, as "thoroughly tion talks in Vienna, Defense Sec'y peace forum. If a government could vicious and unacceptable" and laid Melvin R. Laird declared that success in prove so troublesome outside the UN down the line it has followed ever since: the negotiations would be impossible if

family, what would it do as a member? outlaw atomic weapons with a bare the United States wound up disarming When the Cyprus crisis erupted in minimum of international control with- while the Russians built up their stock- 1964, the Council gave U Thant author- out inspection of one nation's stockpiles pile.

8 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JU LY 1970 All in all, right now seems a poor time nial territories to freedom. Had this sailed the United States in language that to launch a Decade of Disarmament. transition of nearly a billion people from even Adlai E. Stevenson, a champion of Disillusion over the general perform- subservience to autonomy been won African equality, found too much to ance of the United Nations over the past through insurrection rather than the or- stomach. Angrily, he branded it as "irra- 25 years has also been expressed by the derly processes of the UN Trusteeship tional, irresponsible, insulting and re- British, whose chief delegate. Lord Cara- Council, the result could have been global pugnant." don, told the Assembly that the anniver- war. The big powers who founded the UN sary should not be a time for stale ora- Yet this sudden influx of new, small, have become increasingly alarmed over tory but "an occasion for an honest as- inexperienced states has hampered the the staggering influx of small nations into sessment of our failures." capacity of the General Assembly to take the organization. When the forum was Perhaps the most searching appraisal proper action on peacekeeping, human founded with 51 members, the smaller came from Eldon Griffiths, secretary of rights and many other issues. ones were allowed in to give an aura of the Foreign Affairs committee of Brit- It is no secret that these newborn universality. But with the transition of ain's Conservative Party. In an interview states, particularly many new African dozens of African and Asian colonies to carried in VISTA, publication of the nations, have permitted race hatred to statehood over the past 15 years, the United Nations Association, Griffiths blind them to their obligations as mem- organization has swelled to 126 mem- acknowledged readily that the UN was bers of a world peace organization. bers, many of them little more than over- invaluable as a meeting ground. Disputes One example is the African influence grown villages. Yet their votes count the which could lead to violence if aired in on the Assembly's Committee of same as those of the big powers. The public, he said, are often successfully Twenty-Four, which is charged with Africans are understandably delighted dissipated in closed-door discussions. A keeping an eye on the progress of de- over their newfound strength and like to private chat between U.S. Ambassador colonialism. The committee has been remind their colleagues that they are Philip Jessup and Russian envoy Jacob meddling in the affairs of people who now in the driver's seat.

Malik at a UN cocktail party, it might seem quite content with the measure of "When after its independence, my be noted, led to the negotiations that self-rule they now enjoy. Thus, many country joined the United Nations, we ended the Berlin Blockade 22 years ago. Americans find offensive, to say the least, found a disproportionate [small] repre- Then Griffiths took a look at the other the committee's preoccupation with the sentation here of African states," side of the coin. He said the UN. in- status of Puerto Rico, which has chosen Uganda's Otema Allimadi told the Gen- undated with small nation members, no to remain a part of the American com- eral Assembly a couple of months ago. longer reflects the realities of world monwealth. "Today, hardly seven years later, the power. The more members the world The United States got a taste of leftist ratio has shifted, and the African states forum admits, he said, the more firmly black racism during the 1 964 Congo up- taken as a bloc are a majority." does the Assembly become the property rising when Washington teamed up with U.S. leaders have minced no words in of the Afro-Asians, whose delegates use Brussels to send a mercy mission to expressing their concern over the situa- attacks rescue the UN as a sounding board for Stanleyville to not only whites but tion. Commenting on various factors on their former "colonizers." It is a sad Asians and black Africans held hostage that hamstring the work of the Assembly, fact, said Griffiths, that Britain and by the rebels. Enraged at the Western Yost noted that "the influx of 'mini- France, voluntarily granted inde- action, 18 black African governments who states' progressively dims its reflection of pendence to many present UN mem- protested to the Security Council that the real power." bers, are constantly denounced as im- Stanleyville mercy lift was an act of ag- This view was reflected by former perialists. gression, colonialism and imperialism. President Eisenhower in an interview One of the UN's most important con- One after another, a parade of African with VISTA. The makeup of the UN, tributions, diplomats agree, has been the diplomats, including many foreign min- he said, was discrediting the organiza- helping hand it gave to raise these colo- isters, went before the Council. They as- tion. How could the General Assembly AUTHENTICATED NEWS INT. function when the United States had the same vote as the Maldive Islands, a patch of ground with a population of less than 100,000. U Thant noted with concern as far back as 1964 the "phenomenon of the emergence of exceptionally small new states" into the world body. He warned that under the present admission policy, UN membership might soon be granted to Nauru, an 8i,4 -square-mile former Australian Trust territory in the Pacific

with 3,000 people. Or it could open the doors to Pitcairn Island, a dot in the

Pacific populated by about 1 00 descend- ants of mutineers from the HMS Bounty of literary fame. Nauru won statehood in 1967, and Pitcairn is on the UN Co- lonialism Committee's list of territories deserving independence. Thant hinted broadly that member states might want to consider some system of voting weighted to population to lessen the inequity. One voting arrangement based on an

eventual membership of 1 nations Kennedy and Khrushchev at the UN. Heads of states do appear personally to urge 29 was support of an issue, but UN action often depends on joint U.S. -USSR agreement. {Continued on page 48)

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Favorite Bridge Hands

By B. JAY BECKER With apologies to readers who don't play bridge,

B. Jay Becker, daily bridge columnist for King Features Syndicate, has won we offer these interesting 35 national championships and played hands for those who do. 6 on U.S. international team.s five times.

ONCE UPON A TIME there lived a gal by the name of Helen Sobel and she was just about the greatest female bridge player ever. It was my privilege dint of sheer logic. The hand was played Accordingly she led the three of spades to have been her partner in national in the fall National Open Pair Champion- from her hand at trick two and did not team-of-four championships over a pe- ship of 1948. an event which she not only have the slightest difficulty making the riod of eight years during the 1940"s. won in 1947—together with Margaret contract as a result of her brilliant deduc- Though at various times I have played Wagar—but also successfully defended tion—since East had to squander the with or against nearly every top expert the following year. king to capture dummy's five. The ques-

in the world. Helen Sobel still stands out tion is how Mrs. Sobel was able to tell at in my mind as the most remarkable trick one that East's A-K of spades could East dealer. player—man or woman—of them all. be driven out without wasting her high Both sides vulnerable. When it came to card play. Helen cards and without using up her precious 10 Sobel was supreme. She exercised such entries to dummv for spade leads toward North i an incredible wizardry over the cards that the Q-J. A 8 5 you were quite often compelled to think If you stop to consider the logic of the V 10 7 4 2 that she had looked right through the three of spades play at trick two. you A 9 6 3 backs of them. She had one trait that I find it extremely sound. * K 5 4 have never seen equalled by any other East had to have at least the A-K of m West East ' top player—she treated every hand she spades and king of hearts as part of his A 10 9 4 2 A A K played as though she had never seen its opening bid. since there were only 14 V 3 V K J 9 8 6 like before. Most players rely heavily on high-card points missing altogether. Q 8 5 4 10 2 past experience and tend to play their It was also reasonable to assume that * 10 8 7 2 * J 9 (5 3 cards automatically in stock situations West could not have as many as two South a practice that occasionally causes them hearts or he would have led his partner's A Q J 7 6 3 to go wrong and wind up behind the suit in preference to his clubs, which V A Q 5 well-known eight ball. But Helen was were at best 10-9-x-x. since East had al- K J 7 never subject to this ready produced the jack of clubs at trick weakness; every * A Q new hand was a new challenge, and the one. It naturally followed from this that effect of this was that her deeply probing West had to have either a singleton heart The bidding: mind and her Aristotelian logic would or no hearts. East South West North frequently uncover an approach and a But if West had no hearts at all. which 1 V Dble Pass 2 method of play that violated all the tradi- was theoretically possible, it would fol- Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT tions of the game but would nevertheless low as the night the day that he had to Pass Pass Pass prove sensationally successful. The lady have a five-card suit somewhere. If he was indeed a champ! had. he would surely have opened that Opening lead—two of clubs. Take this hand where Helen was suit in preference to a four-card suit (as South. She became declarer at three no indicated by the deuce of clubs lead). trump, and made the contract by peek- Helen won the opening club lead in So West had precisely one heart. And ing at her opponents' hands! Not with her hand with the ace and was now able he had to have exactly four cards in each her eyes, of course—since that would be to deduce that East had been dealt the of the other three suits, for if he had less highly unethical and improper—but by A-K of spades alone! than four of one of them he'd have to

10 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1970 Helen Sobel was so adept at reading her opponents' cards it often seemed that she could see through the back of them. 9 have at least five of another. West thus would assume from her very pretty ap- over. "What does it feel like, playing with became marked with four spades and it pearance and her undramatic manner of an expert?" To which Helen replied, "I'm followed that East had exactly two. since playing bridge. For most of the years of not sure. Why don't you ask my part- Mrs. Sobel and the dummy had all the her illustrious career her partner was ner?" rest. Moreover, these two had to be the Charles Goren. and together they estab- It is undoubtedly true that many of A-K if East's opening bid was to be be- lished themselves as one of the most for- the classic hands of bridge are partly or lieved! midable pairs in the United States. Goren even largely the result of some accident, To lead a club or a diamond at trick had the much stronger personality of misunderstanding or quirk of human be- two in order to get to dummy for a spade the two and. besides being a very good havior that occurred at the table. The lead was sure to cost a trick as well as use player, he had established a great reputa- drama of a hand is often deeply colored up a vital entry to the board. So Helen tion for himself by his writings and his by the circumstances that surround it. saved her strength and led a low spade public appearances in all forms of media. and one of the best examples of this is a from her hand at trick two. As a result, whenever Goren and Sobel deal which occurred in the Trials staged Helen Sobel. who passed into the great played together at a tournament they in Miami Beach late in 1963. The top beyond last year, did not. outwardly, would invariably be surrounded by a 16 pairs in the United States had been present a strong or dominating personal- veritable sea of kibitzers, with Goren the assembled for a grueling six-day round- ity. She spoke softly but did not carry a greater drawing card. robin contest to determine which three big stick. When you got to know her well, It was at one of these tournaments that pairs would comprise the American team you found she had much more depth of Helen, who had a wonderfully wry sense that would attempt to wrest the world character and personal conviction than of humor, pulled a classic line when a championship from Italy the following most people who knew her casually lady kibitzer, who'd been sitting along- spring. side her all afternoon watching them ILLUSTRATED BY BOB CLARKE play, whispered to her after a hand was {Continued on next page)

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tually, East won the trick with the king D Favorite Bridge Hands and was forced to return a spade from his J-7 to my K-9—and I of course South dealer. suits, was describing a singleton heart finessed. But if West had decided to win Neither side vulnerable. and accordingly I jumped to six clubs. my jack of hearts with the ace in order playing with Vic- Had Sam Stayman, to stop his partner from being end decided to lead a heart the Q tor Mitchell, played, he would have been forced to contract would very quickly have gone the 8-5 into 10 6 3 return a heart from dummy's the way of all flesh and Sam would have 10-6! A Q J 9 spoiled one of the most extraordinary 4 The moral, if there is one, is that you Q endplay situations in the history of the East should never underestimate the power of game. Instead, Stayman decided to lead hearts! J 10 the six of low diamond in order to put me under V K Q a Also, incidentally, Mrs. Hayden and immediate pressure, in case I had a con- 10 8 I have given up playing the Gerber choice of whether or not to take a dia- 7 6 vention! mond finesse. South The next deal occurred in a regional When dummy came down, I quickly championship staged some years ago A A K 9 pair saw that with the three heart losers and in Los Angeles. The hand was played at V J 9 2 the possible immediate loss of a diamond, 4 many tables—regional championships in I could be set three tricks before taking California are attended by literally thou- * K J 9 one. However, faint heart ne'er won sands of players—but our story concerns fair lady, so I played the jack from itself primarily with the table at which South West North East dummy, basing practically all my hopes Mrs. Kelsey Petterson, West Coast star, J(» chance that Stayman had 1 Pass 1 Pass on the remote sat South. three to 1 A Pass 3 J(» Pass led a diamond from precisely 4 4^ Pass 4 A Pass the king. When the jack held I continued East dealer. 6 4i Pass Pass Pass with the ace, discarding a heart, and Both sides vulnerable. ruffed a diamond, fervently praying that North It is hard to believe that North-South West's king would fall. My prayers were 7 would voluntarily contract for a small not answered, however, so I continued slam in clubs with three heart losers in with a trump to the queen, followed by V K 8 6 3 2 7 5 4 2 each hand, but I can personally guaran- another diamond ruff, which finally J tee that the bidding took place the way established dummy's queen as a trick. 9 3 East it is represented in the diagram, since I After I then cashed the K-A of clubs, West held the South hand. ending in dummy, this became the posi- A9864 AJ5 My partner was Dorothy Hayden, and tion: VJ10 75 yAQ94 we had agreed several months before this 986 AKQ10 3 tournament that thereafter, instead of North * 10 7 * Q 6 using Blackwood for aces where a minor A Q 8 South suit slam was being investigated, we V 10 6 3 A A K Q 10 3 2 - would use the Gerber convention for Q V aces instead. * - -- According to the Gerber convention, West East *AKJ8542 you ask your partner about aces by bid- A543 AJIOVZ When she first looked at her amazing ^ ding four clubs—instead of, as in Black- V A 8 5 V K Q - hand, Mrs. Petterson naturally started to wood, asking for aces by bidding four no -- terms of whether it would be trump. The great advantage of using 4» — * ~ think in better to open the bidding with a forcing Gerber is that you can inquire for aces South spades or two clubs. A very at a substantially lower level and thus 4k A K 9 6 bid of two case can be made for either call, have a chance to get out from under if y J 9 good players would surely differ there are an inadequate number of aces -- and even top themselves about the proper in the combined hands. * ~ among All of which may be theoretically opening bid. of diamonds, the problem became en- sound but, unfortunately, when I bid When I cashed the queen However, the queen of hearts, I tirely academic when Mrs. Petterson four clubs I was simply trying to get to East discarded of hearts and West the player on her right open the a game in clubs and had of course for- discarded the nine heard spade. I then took the with seven diamonds! gotten all about our clever Gerber ar- discarded a low bidding the eight. this unexpected de- rangement. But Mrs. Hayden, alas, re- queen of spades, followed by Undaunted by covered the eight with the ten in velopment, Mrs. Petterson overcalled membered it well, and she responded East spades. After two passes, East, correctly by bidding four spades to show order to force my ace or king. with seven with three apparent quick tricks, dou- her two aces. Still unaware of the im- I took the ten with the ace and led the bled, West led the jack of hearts. plication of my four-club bid, I assumed jack of hearts, thus suddenly and com- and really nothing to the play. that Mrs. Hayden, having now bid three pletely disintegrating the defense. Ac- There was

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Mrs. Petterson ruffed the heart lead and In the same way, if you hold very third club with the eight of spades. De- promptly drew four rounds of trumps, good cards during a particular session clarer very properly discarded his dia- the knave obligingly making its appear- and wind up with a big string of plus mond loser on this trick and later lost a ance on the second round. When she scores, the outcome will still depend on heart to the ace, so he wound up making then proceeded to cash the A-K of clubs, whether your net plus is larger or smaller four spades with an overtrick for a score the queen likewise fell and Mrs. Petter- than that of the other players in the field of 450 points. (In duplicate bridge you son was now able to claim the rest of the who held the same cards as you did. score 300 points for making a non- tricks without bothering to play the hand But, though the luck factor is thus vulnerable game, plus the usual number

out. So she made seven spades doubled greatly reduced, it is not entirely elimin- of points for the tricks you make.) for a very fine score—2470 points. ated, as illustrated by this sensational When the deal came to be replayed at East-West were understandably de- deal from the world championship match the other table, it was the turn of an pressed by this result. They realized that between Italy and the United States Italian pair (Avarelli and Belladonna) to the hand was bound to turn out very played in New York in 1959. A North- hold the North-South cards, and their poorly for them, especially since East South slam appeared to be possible in bidding very surprisingly went as fol- had doubled the grand slam when he either of two suits, but as luck would lows: might just as easily have passed. It was have it an illogical slam bid in a third clear that North-South had managed to suit was the only successful one. East South West North achieve an optimum score that was un- (Stak- (Bella- (Har- (Avar- likely to be duplicated at the other tables. East dealer. gold) donna) mon) elli) As the East-West pair were discon- Neither side vulnerable. 2 Dble Pass 3 solately putting their cards back into the Pass 3 A Pass 4 4> North duplicate board, Mrs. Petterson turned Pass 4 V (!) Pass 5 A Pass 5 NT Pass 6 V ¥ Q J 7 5 Pass Pass Pass 6 5 A K Q 9 8 4 You would think, quite naturally, that West East the heart slam—with only a 4-3 trump 10 9 5 3 A 8 4 suit—would be a much inferior contract 9 4 2 V A 10 3 to six spades or six clubs; nevertheless K 8 7 Q J 10 4 3 2 Belladonna proceeded to make six hearts, 7 6 5 * J 10 and furthermore there was absolutely no South way of stopping the slam even though A K Q J 7 6 2 Harmon also chose a diamond as his V K 8 6 opening lead. A 9 Stakgold and Harmon were playing * 3 2 weak two bids, and the opening two diamond bid by East was known by all four The audience (largely pro-American) players to be preemptive in nature. heaved a huge sigh of relief when Fish- Avarelli's cue bid of three diamonds in bein and Hazen of the United States team response to his partner's takeout double very smartly stayed out of a slam with to her right-hand opponent and asked: represented a very good hand (which he the North-South cards. Played at either "May I please see what an opening seven- certainly had). After Belladonna had clubs or spades and without a heart lead, diamond bid looks like?" shown his spades and Avarelli his clubs. declarer can count 1 3 tricks six spades, "Seven diamonds? I opened the — Belladonna launched into four hearts. six clubs and a diamond but by an odd bidding with one diamond," East sadly — This mysterious bid was evidently based quirk of fate, a diamond lead in either replied. It seems that if you don't hear on the assumption that if Avarelli could contract severs the necessary communi- correctly you may become a winner. not support spades he was likely to have cation between the North-South hands, All important championships are very good hearts. Avarelli took the heart and declarer can then make only 1 played in duplicate form in order to bid seriously—he had no idea that Bella- tricks. minimize the element of luck. If your donna had bid a three-card suit—and he side is dealt a poor hand, or a series of an asking bid five Here is how the bidding went: made of diamonds. poor hands, it does not really matter very East South West North This required Belladonna to show much since the scores you make on those whether or not first (For- (Fish- (Sinis- (Hazen) he had or second hands are compared with the scores of quet) bein) calco round control of diamonds, and his arti- the other players in the tournament who ficial five-no-trump response announced Pass 1 A Pass 2 A* held these very same poor hands. So, the first round control. Avarelli then bid six Pass 2 A Pass 3 V fact that you finish with a lot of minus hearts, based on his misunderstanding Pass 3 A Pass 4 ^ of scores because of the bad hands you held Pass Pass Pass his partner's heart holding. does not necessarily mean you are out Playing the hand with a three-card of the running, for you may wind up with Italy's Siniscalco led the seven of dia- trump suit. Belladonna won the diamond the smallest minus score in the field monds and declarer won East's ten with lead with the ace, entered dummy with among those players who held exactly the ace, played a spade to the ace and a spade to the ace and led the A-K-Q of A the same cards as you did. led the A-K-Q of clubs. East ruffing the {Continued on next page) f

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single-handedly undertaken a ten-trick CONTINUE D Favorite Bridge Hands contract. So East doubled five hearts. West led the king of spades and shifted clubs. Luckily for declarer, Stakgold was a niche in the Hall of Fame when he ac- to the nine of diamonds. East won the one with the doubleton club and it complished a feat that appeared utterly dummy's queen with the ace and he made did not matter whether he ruffed high, impossible to perform. Here is the hand: the best return of a spade, ruffed in low or not at all. Actually, Stakgold dummy with the deuce. rutted with the ten, which was as good South dealer. Hirschberg had already lost two tricks as any play he could make on the hand. Neither side vulnerable. and was now faced with the problem of Belladonna overruffed with the king, North winning the rest of the tricks if he was to cashed a high spade on which he dis- A 3 make the contract. It seemed certain that carded dummy's last diamond, and led Q 9 2 East must have all five missing trumps the eight of hearts, successfully finessing V K Q 10 6 3 2 for his double to make any sense, so de- against Wesfs nine. East won the eight 4 * K J 10 clarer reluctantly concluded that he with the ace but that was the only trick West East would have to lose a trump trick and the defense could take and Belladonna AAKJ 10 go down one. chalked up a sensational 980 points to 972A65 — 10 8 7 4 3 But upon thinking the matter over bring the Italians a net gain of 530 points y y 9 5 4 A J 7 some more, Hirschberg detected a ray on the deal. *9864 *732 of light that he saw would give him a Obviously, Belladonna and Avarelli South chance for the contract: it might be pos- had been skating on thin ice—they had A Q 8 4 sible to expunge East's apparently sure bid and made six when the opponents A K J 6 5 trump trick. So, at trick four, Hirsch- had the A- 10-9-4-3-2 of trumps between V 4 8 4 berg instituted a rather diabolical plan them. It can hardly be said that they * A Q 5 of play by leading the nine of hearts from deserved the slam, since at best they had dummy. about a 10% chance of making it. But The bidding: East realized that declarer would fi- the nature of the game is such that, even South West North East nesse if he followed low, so he covered in the best of company, players tend to I V 4 A 5 y Dble the nine with the ten, which South won overreach themselves from time to time, Pass Pass Pass with the jack as West showed out. De- and while these players generally get clarer thereupon led a diamond to the punished for their transgressions which Opening lead king of spades. — — king, ruffed a diamond with the five and is only poetic justice the archives of — then cashed three high clubs, ending in bridge nevertheless reveal that sin is oc- Hirschberg was South and opened the dummy, to produce this four-card posi- casionally rewarded by Dame Fortune bidding with a heart. West had a tactical tion in which East has more trumps than problem of sorts and elected to solve it South and yet finds them to be inef- with an overcall of four spades. West had fectual: no idea whether he could actually make four spades, but he thought it likely that North North-South could make four hearts A - in which case he was willing to take his Q at he also chances four spades—and 10 6 3 thought that even if his opponents could not make a game in any suit they would West East be put under severe pressure by the pre- A J 10 eniptive bid with the and might come up 7 4 3 wrong answer to it. Of course, it also occurred to West that if his partner had precisely the right tickets he might even South come limping home with ten tricks. ^ Q North was likewise faced with a tac- V A K 6 tical problem after West came in with - four spades. There were only three bids * - he could seriously consider: he could while virtue falls helplessly by the way- double, or bid five diamonds, or bid five Hirschberg led the ten of diamonds side. hearts. Any one of these calls could turn from dummy and East now had a choice The very same year— 1959—saw out to be right or wrong, but after con- of two different ways to commit hara- Ralph Hirschberg, prominent New York sidering the matter fully, North chose to kiri. If he ruffed with the three, de- expert, play a hand as declarer that must bid five hearts. clarer would easily score the remaining surely rank very high in any album of East, by contrast, had no real problem. tricks by overruffing with the six and great hands. There was nothing really He had every reason to think he could trumping his spade in dummy. So East dramatic about the background; the deal beat five hearts—counting the A-J of ruffed with the seven, instead. arose in a sectional tournament in At- diamonds as worth at least one trick, an South overruffed with the king and lantic City and the outcome itself was almost certain trump winner to back up trumped the queen of spades with the by no means of earthshaking conse- the ace of diamonds, plus whatever tricks queen of hearts, as East helplessly under- quence. But Hirschberg carved himself his partner could produce after having {Continued on page 42)

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Dateline Washington . JAPAN-WATCHERS WARY CRIME GAIN SLOWS FIRST U.S. VETO IN UN

Even as U. S. attention is riveted on After two decades, the United States Indo-China. a House study mission has recently cast its first veto in the UN returned from the Far East with an uneasy Security Council under circumstances feeling of concern over Japan ' s trend which indicate that our government in- toward reviving expansionist ambitions. tends to make direct use of its p ower. The mission found Japan to be friendly Over the past 20 years, during which toward the United States, but sensed the Russians utilized their own veto that beneath the surface it is straining power in the Security Council more than to expand both its economic sphere of 100 times, the United States held back. influence and military muscle. Instead, the United States worked behind Japan has risen from WW2 defeat to be- the scenes to achieve its objectives. come the world's No. 1 shipbuilder. No. The United States abruptly changed its 2 auto maker. No. 3 steel producer, and policy over an issue that did not require is, the mission reported, turning even its veto. The Security Council was con- more to heavy industry. It also found fronted with a call for sanctions indications that Japan, already the against Southern Rhodesia, and Great world's sixth largest military establish- Britain was ready to cast its own veto. ment, is under increasing pressure from The U.S. vote was unnecessary. within to rid the country altogether of However, the U.S. veto was a clear U.S. security controls, in order to signal that the Nixon Administration, un- rearm fully. like its predecessors, is prepared to "There seems to be a readiness to show its UN power openly. commit a substantial portion of Japan's vast wealth to the reestablishment of a PEOPLE AND QUOTES major international military force," the PAY FOR WORK outside." Robbin W. Fleming, study mission warned. "Our system of free enter- president, Univ. of Mich. prise works because it offers a Crime keeps going up, but for the U. S. day's pay for a day's work. We FOOD FOR PEACE citizenry concerned the latest statis- must be certain that this phi- "No work could better promote the tics offer a slight gesture of consola- losophy is carried through in cause of world peace Government." Rep. Jack H. and development than that tion. The 11% rise in serious crime for McDonald (Mich.) which is aimed at solving the 1969 above 1 968 was the lowest increase world's problems of hunger." over a four-year period, according to the BLOUNT TALK President Nixon. "We're looking for a postal system that works before the PRESIDENT'S POWER Preliminary figures from the FBI's one we've got stops working." "... There is too much of a Uniform Crime Report also disclose that Winton M. Blount, Postmaster gray area in the President's last year violent crimes rose 11%: mur- General. power as Commander-in- der, forcible rape, Chief. It ought to be delineated 7%; 16%; robbery, DRUG EPIDEMIC so Congress, the American 13%; aggravated assault, 9%. Property "... through education we people and the President would crimes also recorded an overall rise of can and must arouse the Amer- have a clearer idea just how 11%: larceny ($50 and over) 21%; auto ican public to the seriousness this function is exercised." Sen. of the drug problem. The crisis Mike Mansfield, Senate Ma- theft, burglary, 5%. 12%; is becoming an epidemic." jority Leader. The North Central States led all the Myles J. Ambrose, U.S. Com- rest with an upward crime trend of 15%. missioner of Customs. RED PROPAGANDA MIXTURE Over the country, suburbia suffered the "... anti-American propa- CAMPUS SKEPTICISM ganda, like all Communist biggest increase, 13%, as against 11% "The public is increasingly propaganda anyway, is an in rural America and 9% in the big skeptical of the ability of the amalgam of truth and false- cities. university to govern itself, and hood . . . the truth element in During 1969, police arrests for all the members of the internal Conununist propaganda is rel- criminal acts, excepting traffic offenses, university community are in- atively immaterial." Leonard creasingly fearful that they Schapiro, professor, London rose 7%: juveniles, up 11%; adults, up 6%. will be controlled from the Univ.

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1970 15 GI Humor. . Vietnam Style

SHOWN HERE aic some examples of the work of 24-year-old former Marine Sgt. Michael Hodgson, of Sac- ramento. Calif., whose prize-winning syndicated cartoon series, "With Sgt. Mike." appears in dozens of U.S. newspapers and in Armed Forces publications in Vietnam and other countries where American soldiers are stationed. A combat veteran of the Vietnam war, in which his "studio" was often a fox- hole or a pup tent in the jungle, Hodg- son knows how our fighting men feel and think about military life there and about events taking place at home. His cartoons mirror our troops' wit, irony and earthy humor. They show how our soldiers make light of some of the darker moments of war. how they often are able to see something funny in almost any situation.

". . . An' you say th' bullet entered thru your right ear an' exited

thru th' left one— well there doesn't seem t' be any serious damage."

"Actually, why I'm fightin' over here is quite "Why is it when demonstrators criticize— it's free speech, t' cut an' dried— I'm tryin' stay alive," but when th' vice president criticizes it's suppression??"

"Now where th' devil did that point man go?!'* •

"Whaddya mean eat 'em if I'm captured!!"

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GI Humor...Vietnam Style

revoked your "2-S" deferments."

18 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1970 WATER REPELLENT in an aerosol can is a new product of Dow Corning. Called "Camp Dry," it is heavy duty containing IIFE IN THE OUTDOORS silicon, and can be used for both canvas and leather, such as tents, clothing, boat sails, hunting boots and gloves. Water rolls Vacations right off. Price: $2.39 for a 16-oz. can. Dow Houseboat Corning Corp., Midland, Mich.

a new fun idea that's making a only to ward off rain but also spray when There's FIGHT POLLUTION on your next camp big splash along both coasts and in many the wind kicks up. ing trip by taking along a couple of the inland lakes and rivers—the vacation on Houseboats are easy to handle, and about large plastic garbage bags, writes Bert Hawk water. Each year thousands of families are the safest hulls afloat. Barring hurricanes, of Ft. Wayne, Ind. Use them to collect per- locking up their land-bound homes, and the most trouble you can get into is to be- manent rubbish such as bottles, cans and climbing aboard houseboats to enjoy a week come stranded on a sand bar. But even this plastic items so you can take them out of or two, or even just a weekend, on the is possibility because their shallow a remote the woods with you for appropriate dis- comfort, too, because the will carry through bounding main. In draft pontoons them posal. modern houseboat has all the room and lux- some mighty thin water. And the keel on ury of a large travel trailer; it's more like a the stern-drive's shaft kicks up the prop the kind floating cottage. Lengths range from 32 to when it hits bottom. Many houseboaters PLASTIC CIGAR HOLDERS, 50 feet. One representative model is 41 feet take along their own, or rent, a small out- that come attached to cigars as mouth- long, sleeps eight, and has a shower, bath- board boat for fishing and water-skiing pieces, make good popping lures, reports room, separate master bedroom, a dinette, when their floating home is anchored; when Kenneth Healy, Jr. of Duncansville, Penna. with the and such kitchen niceties as hot-and-cold under weigh, it's easily towed behind. Put a hook through one barbed water, a refrigerator, gas stove with oven, point at the thin end, and insert a cork in and a double sink. the open end. Glue on colorful feathers if But houseboats are expensive gadgets; PLASTIC PILL BOTTLE will keep your desired. snagging when they're priced in five figures, almost as much fly or spinning lure from you're carrying your rigged rod to a new as fully equipped homes, partly because WHEN GOING into the deep woods, carry fishing spot, writes Mrs. Elbert Hieronymus they must be made seaworthy and must be a roll of fluorescent tape, says Alfred Geiss- of Atlanta, 111. Drop the lure in the bottle, supplied with stern-drive engines. So how ler of Radcliff, Ky. Blaze a trail with it; run with leader attached, and snap on lid. can a family with a couple of children, on a strip around a tree every so often to act a budget income, afford one? The answer as markers. They'll help you find your way is simple. Rent one! Rental agencies now back. on the way back, remove the A PENNY BALLOON will make a hula And operate in almost all large water recreation tape; keep the woods clean and green. skirt for your favorite bass lure, advises areas. In-season prices range from $250 to Douglas Lee of Lansing, Mich. With a scis- $400 a week, depending on the size of the sors, shred the bag of the balloon, leaving POSITIVE FIRE STARTER, called "Redi boat. Off-season prices from $200 to $300. it can be slipped over the the neck so body Fire." will give you a blaze in one minute, A three-day weekend costs from $90 to of the lure. even with wet or snow-soaked wood. Kit $140. consists of a small snap-open venturi fun- There are a few precautions to remem- nel, igniter material and matches. Wt: 2 ber. Don't hire one that's too small for your FISH SPOTTER, new from Bushnell. Pasa- ozs. Price: $1.49. Recommended for sur- family. Overcrowding can ruin your trip, dena, California, weighs only 5 lbs. and vival packs. From: Skyline Trail, 1 355 West especially in foul weather. And make sure measures 5 inches cubed. Solid state, all 25th St.. San Bernardino, Cal. the boat has adequate bathroom and kitchen transistorized, its transducer sends out ultra- facilities. Take along an extra styrofoam sonic waves which bounce off fish and re- ice box for drinks and the fish you catch. flect back to your boat, showing as light TO AID in putting on tight shoes or over- Also, take warm clothes, even in summer; flashes on a calibrated scale which reads shoes, use waxed paper, suggests C. F. Bol- a squall on the water can be chilly. And in feet of depth. Battery operated. Price: ton of Lockport, N.Y. Slip a piece about good rain gear, of course, is a must, not $115. (See photo.) eight inches square under your heel; it will help your heel slide in. Then the paper can be pulled out easily.

A MESH potato sack makes a better fish keeper than does a hooked stringer, advises Bradley Carr of Attica, Ind. It keeps them alive whereas they'll often die on a stringer especially when the boat is constantly in motion. Moreover, the damp sack will keep them from drying out on the way home.

PHOSPHORESCENT self-sticking tape will help anglers catch more fish. Called

"Sportsman's Glow Tape," it is re-usable and comes in strips 4V2XV2 inches. Can be applied to plugs, spoons, wobblers, spin- ners, even wrapped around bare hooks. Price: $1 for 4 strips, from Conrad Preci- sion Industries, 630 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10020.

If you have a helpful idea for this feature send it in. If we can use it we'll pay you $5.00. However, we cannot acknowledge, return, or enter into correspondence concern- ing contributions. Address: Outdoor Editor, The American Legion Magazine, 1345 Ave- Bushnell's battery-operated fish spotter tells depth where fish are. nue of the Americas. New York. N.Y. 10019. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1970 19 —

WASHINGTON Opposing Views by Congressmen on The Question... PROA4 CON SHOULD A U.N. PEACE

"YES" lousE Concurrent Resolution 29 which I have intro- peace-keeping decisions. H duced in the Congress reaffirms the support of My resolution would re- Congress for United Nations peace-keeping and peace- affirm the support of the making operations. United States government Why should the United States support employment for peace-keeping opera- of United Nations forces for observation and patrol in tions. Specifically, it would situations which may threaten international peace? encourage support of spe- And why would the United States encourage and cialized training units hy 4 support the concept of a permanent, individually re- United Nations member cruited force under UN command for impartial peace- states for employment in keeping duties? United Nations peace- Conceding that the UN has not met all of the expecta- keeping operations; make Rep. William F. Ryan available to the United tions envisioned upon its founding 25 years ago, it (D-N.Y.) remains the world's best hope for the future of man- Nations transport, com- 20th District kind. However, if the UN is to be a force for peace, it munications and logistical personnel and facilities; and must have the support of the great powers. Otherwise, show our resolve to advocate or support, on all appro-

it is helpless in situations like Vietnam where the fail- priate occasions, proposals for guidelines to govern the ure of the United States to take the Vietnam conflict financing, training and equipping of peace-keeping before the UN was a major error. One of the lessons to forces for effective use. be drawn from the tragedy in Vietnam is the necessity I am well aware of the feeling that a serious problem for multilateral peace-keeping efforts. facing the United Nations is that member states lack If the United States asserts the right to intervene the will to make the UN what the Charter intended unilaterally, then its conduct will be used to justify an international organization to maintain world peace. similar action on the part of the Soviet Union, China or A resolution passed by the United States Congress, others. representing a nation which is the largest financial sup- How then can our country reconcile its desire to porter of the UN—will show our commitment to the contribute to world peace and security without assum- idea of an impartial peace-keeping force. This was our ing the posture of self-appointed policeman? Through resolve when we signed the Charter. If we lead the support of suitable United Nations forces to observe way, members who, in recent years, have held back and patrol in situations that might threaten interna- on their resolve, should also be willing to fully support tional peace and security. such a peace-keeping operation. A standby UN peace-keeping force would be able to investigate charges of aggression and then enforce its

If you wish to let your Congressman or one of your Senators know how you feel on this big

20 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1970 KEEPING FORCE BE CREATED?

THE UNINITIATED, the Nor do I expect anyone to say with a straight face Toidea of a United Nations that such a force could have prevented the war in Viet- peace-keeping force has a nam or—before that—in Korea, the first real test of the certain appeal. But it will UN's peace-keeping ability. There, aside from the not work no matter how South Koreans, the United States bore the brunt of the fervently its advocates fighting and all the financing. may hope it will. Beyond the fact that a so-called UN peace-keeping This concept of a multi- force would be totally ineffective, the very principle nation army is not new by upon which it is based is abhorrent to me and, I believe, any means. It has been a majority of the American people. It is abhorrent be- tried before, and it has cause it would mean the surrender of this nation's failed miserably to live up sovereign right to conduct its own affairs and relations Rep. H.R. Gross to its own billing. One has with other nations. And what American father would (R-lowa) 3rd District to look no further than the want to see his son compelled to serve in the hoary so-called Arab-Israel war of 1967. ranks of a mercenary army under the command of There was a UN peace-keeping force on the scene foreign officers? then, commanded by an Indian general. This force had Moreover, what self-respecting government would been in existence for some time—camped between the want its citizens to serve under the United Nations opposing sides—but when the fighting started the gen- Military Staff Committee on which Russia is repre- eral was told to take his men and get out or get run sented and which would mean that every deployment over. The UN force promptly packed up and left, to the and use of troops in a United Nations force would be surprise of no one. Even Sec'y Gen. U Thant admitted known to the Soviet Union and its Communist satel- its unmitigated failure. Nothing has changed since then lites, though not a single Iron Curtain soldier would be to cause any realist to believe a new force would be a part of the force? any more effective in any present or future situation. The establishment of such a force ought to be re- Take the recently concluded Biafran rebellion where jected out of hand. it is reported 2 million natives were massacred and starved to death. Again the UN was utterly impotent to stop that tragic bloodletting. And I doubt seriously that anyone in his right mind would contend that the Rus- sians would have allowed a UN peace-keeping force to interpose itself not so long ago between invading Soviet troops and the virtually helpless Czechoslovakians. :2

I have read in The American Legion Magazine for July the arguments in PRO & CON: Should A U.N. Peace- Keeping Force Be Created?

IN MY OPINION A U.N. PEACE-KEEPING FORCE SHOULD BE SHOULD NOT BE CREATED. issue, fill out the ^'ballot" and mall it to him. SIGNED. ADDRESS.

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1970 21 — — The Background of THE TRAGEDY AT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY THE Students for a Democratic they saw any connection between the the beginning, the carefully organized Society got what it wanted on tragedy of May 4 and the two-year effort plan from the outside that led to May 4. Monday, May 4, 1970, when of SDS to bring it about, the Times didn't The silence has been fairly enormous. In

four students were killed and eleven publish it. Nor, in interviewing them, spite of all the words published about

others injured in a confrontation with the did the Times report any question it put Kent, a country that needs to know what Ohio National Guard at Kent State Uni- to the eleven students that related the led up to the shooting has been pretty versity. It wanted martyrs and had been two-year drive of the SDS at Kent to the well shielded by its media from what is seeking an event like this on many cam- sad showdown. The tenor of the inter- an open story. puses, including Kent. view seemed to point to President Nixon It was on June 24th and 25th, 1969, Though not well known nationally as the guilty party. that the Committee on Internal Security until May 4, Kent is a big university, the The Kent Stater (the student news- of the U.S. House of Representatives second largest in Ohio with 21,000 stu- paper at Kent) had done better a year held hearings on SDS activities at Kent

dents. The SDS and related organiza- earlier. On April 21, 1969, it spelled out, State during the 1968-69 school year. tions—whose objectives follow the world point by point, the SDS's stated strategy The hearings themselves fill a volume Communist line to the crossing of the larger than this magazine, but in its last tee and the dotting of the last eye annual report, the committee digested its have striven to make martyrs on Ameri- Kent hearings into shorter form. Here is can high school and college campuses for the digest, in full, reprinted from pages many years. They were successful at 43 to 52 of the annual report of the com- Kent within less than two years of their mittee: opening effort. Even with the spotlight on Kent since STUDENTS FOR A Democratic Society May 4, it is still a sort of well-kept secret was involved in four disturbances that the Kent tragedy was the culmina- two of them marked by violence—on the tion of a two-year concerted effort, led campus of Kent State University in Kent, by SDS, to create a "major confronta- Ohio, during the academic year 1968- tion" on the Kent campus. 1969. On May 5, the day after the tragedy, The Committee on Internal Security ". the New York Times reported that . . held public hearings June 24 and 25, until recently the school's most serious 1969, to receive testimony regarding the demonstration was a 1958 panty raid on activities and demands of SDS which cul- Policeman holds in right hand pistol tak- two women's dormitories . . . since then, minated in attempted and actual disrup- en from a student on KentState campus. except for some rowdy Friday nights, the tions of university functions. The com-

students, mostly middle class . . . main- for whipping the Kent students into a mittee also heard testimony on the tained peace with local residents and in mob state of mind whose goal was "a procedures followed by the university in fact had a distinct reputation for major confrontation." The Kent Stater response to those activities and demands. ." apathy. . . The Times headline said that then showed the students at Kent how Appearing as witnesses were: Dr. the shooting shattered "60 years of quiet events that had already happened by Robert I. White, president of the uni- at Kent State." then fitted, step-by-step, into the SDS versity, accompanied by his assistant, And if we can believe the New York plan for a coming violent showdown. Richard A. Edwards, and Dr. Robert Times' choice of witnesses and quotes, If anything hovers over the deaths at Matson. vice president for student affairs;

not even the sanest students at Kent seem Kent State it is those SDS words "major Margaret A. Murvay. student who at- to relate the sad events of May 4 to the confrontation." It happened at Kent and tended SDS functions as a reporter for steady drive of campus and non-campus four students paid for it with their lives. the campus radio station; Lt. Jack R. militants to bring on a violent event In the weeks that have elapsed since the Crawford of the university police de- there. On May 11, the New York Times tragedy, with the country groping to partment; Chester A. Williams, uni-

published a lengthy interview with eleven understand it, there has been ample time versity director of safety and public ser- students at Kent who seemed to have for all the media—newspapers and major vices, accompanied by Security Officer some sense. But if one of them said that networks—to have told the public, from Donald Schwartzmiller and Investigator 22 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • J ULY 1970 )

Thomas Kelley; and Committee Investi- its leaders and recognized spokesmen grams developed by SDS national officers gator Neil E. Wetterman. and (2) a larger number of individuals and the national council. Testimony showed that SDS emerged who were sympathetic to the movement, During the 1968-1969 academic year, as an organizational force on campus in supported SDS demands, and partici- initial SDS activity revolved around the spring of 1968 when individuals who pated in SDS activities advocated by the "rap" (discussion) sessions in Kent State had been operating for several years leaders. dormitories, together with rallies and under the aegis of the Kent Committee University officials estimated that the film showings. To End the War in Vietnam decided they "hard core" of the Kent State SDS com- Key attraction at a public affair for which the SDS reserved the Kent State WIDF, WORLD auditorium on October 24, 1968, was Mark Rudd. Rudd as chairman of the SDS chapter at Columbia University won notoriety as a leader in the seizure of campus buildings in the spring of 1968. Rudd also returned for a Kent State SDS rally and march protesting the national elections on November 5, 1968. At least seven films, made available from the SDS regional office in Cleve- land, were offered to Kent State students by the local SDS chapter. The films were among those listed in the catalogue of "Newsreel," a film company with main offices in New York City. Newsreel is engaged through several outlets coast to coast in the acquisition, production, and distribution of films propagandizing the causes of the radical minority and New Left movements. A witness who viewed two of the films—one dealing with the Black Panther Party and another simply titled "Weapons"—testified both reflected unfavorably on law enforcement officers. The Black Panther film was effectively

utilized prior to a sit-in on November 1 3,

1 968, by the combined forces of the SDS and another campus organization. Black United Students. In the course of several days of propa- Kent ROTC building, fired by militants, burns unhindered as Ohio National Guard ar- gandizing, SDS had achieved an alliance rives on campus. Students stoned firemen, cut hoses to bar efforts to put out fire. with the BUS for the purpose of prevent- would become "more well known" under prised no more than 15 to 25 members ing recruiters from the Oakland, Calif., the name of SDS. in a student enrollment of 21,000. How- Police Department from conducting in- In response to the group's petition for ever, this relatively minuscule group of terviews on campus on November 13. approval of an "innocuous" constitution hard-core activists could count on On the ev of the scheduled appearance that spring, the student government em- support from 150-200 students for meet- of the recruiters, SDS sponsored a meet- ployed the customary procedure in act- ings and for most of the incidents on ing in the campus education building ing on such petitions by granting the campus. The number of supporters attended by members of BUS. A film Kent State chapter of SDS "provisional" would fluctuate with the issues and the on the Oakland-based Black Panther status as a campus organization. This nature of the action. A seasonal fluctua- Party was shown. The presentation was was enough to give SDS access to uni- tion was also observed, with about 200 highly emotional and "geared to make versity facilities. (This status of tempo- students likely to participate in an SDS- the police look bad," according to an rary recognition continued until the uni- sponsored activity in the fall quarter and eyewitness. versity suspended the SDS charter on only about half the number in the spring Oakland police officers portrayed in April 8, 1969.) quarter as "freshmen see that there are the film were berated as "racists" by a Although its constitution provided for other activities on the campus besides speaker at the SDS meeting. The speaker a roster of officers and a membership SDS." further exhorted the audience to action

based on payment of dues, there were no Members of the stafi: of the Ohio on the following day to insure that no known officers and do dues payment. regional SDS, located in Cleveland, some campus recruiting would be conducted Local SDS'ers could pay $5 to the na- 30 miles from Kent, also made frequent by that law enforcement agency. tional office for a "national" membership appearances on the Kent State campus. On the afternoon of November 13, and subscription to the official news- The staff was identified during the hear- approximately 150 SDS supporters paper, New Left Notes. They might also ings as consisting of Corky Benedict, joined with some 200 members of BUS receive a membership card from the na- Lisa Meisel, Terry Robbins, Bobbi Smith, in occupying the student activities center. tional organization, as one Kent Stater and Charlie Tabasko. This staff engaged While nonviolent, the 5-hour sit-in never- did. The Kent State chapter had no in supplying "educational" pamphlets theless forced postponement of some membership applications or membership and films to chapters such as Kent's, as interviews of potential recruits by the cards. well as sending out mimeographed news- Oakland Police Department. The three The SDS membership locally, there- letters and directives aimed at getting demands of SDS on this occasion were:

fore, was described as consisting of ( 1 local SDS members to carry out pro- a ban on campus recruitment by the Oak-

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1970 23 CONTINUED The Background of theTragedy at Kent State University land Police Department: the disarming graphed Organizers' Manual for the tion of the struggle." of campus police: an administration Spring Offensive, copies of which were The objective of such actions was also agreement not to "infiltrate" organiza- piled on a table at a campus lecture spon- spelled out in the manual. SDS did not tions in order to keep an eye on them. sored by the local SDS chapter. seek reforms but creation of a so-called The university administration had The manual, which was introduced as revolutionary class consciousness among made an unsuccessful attempt, prior to an exhibit during the committee's hear- students which would enable them to the sit-in. to establish an on-going comings, was an avowed attempt by the identify with struggles in Vietnam and munication with the local SDS chapter. SDS regional office in Cleveland to help Cuba while struggling against "capital- Dr. Matson testified that the SDS leader- local chapters implement a spring pro- ism" and "imperialism" at home. SDS ship refused an invitation to meet in his gram to "Smash the Military in the members were expected to hold them- office and demanded instead that he schools." The Ohio region of SDS selves ready "to move, to desanctify, to journey to the SDS meeting place. When claimed that its inspiration was a two- confront, to escalate, and ultimately to the official agreed, he found that the part program of the same name adopted defeat the system we live under." SDS leaders had no specific concerns to early in February at a regional SDS University officials sought to counter- discuss with him, although their sit-in conference at Princeton. N.J., with SDS act the proposed SDS "spring offensive" occurred only 4 days later. One SDS member at the meeting, in fact, derided the official for expecting the organization to keep the administration informed of its plans. The sit-in failed to accomplish a single SDS demand. It did, however, impel the administration to plunge "into the task of adjusting our student personnel and administrative staff assignments, procedures, and policies in dealing with major student disruptions and disorders." according to Dr. White. Throughout the winter quarter, the president recalled, meetings were held involving the president's cabinet, the student affairs staff, and the safety and public service division, as well as outside law enforcement agencies on city, county, and State levels. The combined efforts led to the formation of "confidential emergency procedural guides" which set fleeing if forth "who does what" in the event of Students exploding tear gas on May 4 seem to be taking incident as it were a joke. further attempts to start campus dis- National Secretary Michael Klonsky in a number of ways. In addition to the ruptions. serving as one of the authors. previously described confidential guide- Concurrently, the administration con- The manual, written by Ohio regional lines for procedures in the event of cam- sulted with the faculty and sought to im- stafferTerry Robbins with assistance from pus disruptions, the university adminis- prove communication with the rest of the activists in the Kent State SDS chapter, tration on March 7. 1969. issued a state- student body. University policy, as de- proposed issues and called for a series ment of policy which warned students, scribed by its president, was to protect of escalating actions in their behalf on among other things, that: (1) the uni- dissent while rejecting coercive or violent the campus and in the community. Pro- versity would not respond to proposals actions and to institute change to meet posed demands included ( 1 ) immediate for change advanced by force or threats legitimate student grievances. Cited by withdrawal of American military forces of violence: and ( 2) the university would the administration in this connection was from Vietnam and support for the Viet- not tolerate disruptions of university ac- the fact that the Black United Students namese Communist forces: ( 2 ) an end tivity. ended their alliance with SDS after the to ROTC: (3) an end to counterinsur- During a recess at the end of the win-

November 1 3 incident and thereafter gency and police training on campus: ter quarter (March 22-26) the adminis- worked with administration representa- (4) an end to draft assemblies and track- tration conferred with State and local tives through the normal process of con- ing in high schools; and (5) open admis- legal authorities and set in motion the sultation. The BUS has obtained ad- sions for so-called Third World, black machinery for issuance of temporary re- ministrative support for developing and white "working-class" people. straining orders when needed. educational programs with particular Demands were to be pursued through When students returned to class for relevance for black students. a series of "escalating actions" described the spring quarter on March 30. they Kent State officials were alerted dur- in the manual as follows: were also informed that a new system ing the winter quarter to expect planned "During the course of the struggle it of immediate suspensions might be ap- disruptions during the spring quarter, will probably be necessary and helpful plied to those who attempted to disrupt which would begin officially on March to carry out a series of escalating "mini' university processes. Before the spring 30. "The signals coming from the SDS." actions to help build consciousness and quarter was ended, the university would the president explained, "were so clear dramatize the issue. Beginning with have an opportunity to test the efficacy of that tensions and concerns were evident guerrilla theater actions in dorms we can its newly adopted procedures. throughout the entire campus, even to escalate to disrupting classes, street Witnesses supplied a detailed account the most casual observer." One of the marches, quick assaults on buildings, etc.. of three disruptions of Kent State Uni- clearest signals was a 10-page, mimeo- before moving to the major confronta- versity operations planned by SDS and

24 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • J ULY 1970 executed with varying effect during the Following the speechmaking in front effort to violate "as much as possible" spring quarter. of the Student Union, 35 to 40 SDS sup- the administration's ban on SDS's use The first attempted disruption occurred porters marched through various cam- of university facilities. When the union April 8, 1969, in behalf of demands pus buildings to the chant of "Ho, Ho, versity set the date for its closed discip- raised only a day or two prior to the ac- Ho, Ho Chi Minh." They disrupted linary hearings stemming from the April tual demonstration. The demands re- some class sessions as they handed to 8 affair, the SDS chapter added a fifth flected all of the campus issues proposed other students literature spelling out SDS demand to its original four—"open and in the aforementioned Organizers' Man- demands. The demonstrators (number- collective hearings for all those sus- ual for the Spring Offensive, with the ex- ing about 50) continued on to the Ad- pended"—and promised to "open up" the

ception of the manual recommendation ministration Building in an attempt to hearing on April 1 6. on "Open Admissions." tack their demands to a door. Efforts by Mimeographed leaflets, headed "Open in the the Recommendations manual on demonstrators to force their way into It Up, or Shut It Down!" were distrib- the subject of the Vietnam war, ROTC. the building were thwarted by the uni- uted by the Kent State SDS to explain the and counterinsurgency and police train- versity police. Police officers, however, organization's expanded demands and to ing on campus were reworded, and the were struck by demonstrators. The 15- solicit supporters for an SDS rally and following local SDS demands were then minute confrontation ended only after march on campus April 16. "Open the mimeographed in leaflet form and circu- SDS leader Howard Emmer ordered the Hearings!" and "Free All Political Pris- lated on campus: students to "quit for now." The coordi- oners!" were the slogans for the rally nated action of the law enforcement and march. agencies in the area thus foiled SDS's By the time the SDS rally had con- first attempted disruption in its "spring cluded, the organization had garnered offensive." v some 100 supporters for its march on The university reacted quickly and the music and speech building where firmly. First, it suspended the SDS chap- the disciplinary hearing was underway ter, pressed assault and battery charges before the student judicial council. The against six demonstrators for attacking demonstrators stormed through two sets police officers, and imposed immediate of locked and chained doors with the aid suspension upon a number of students of such improvised instruments as a 7- involved. (All of the charges were still foot iron bar from a dismantled coatrack. pending at the time of the committee's When SDS supporters reached a third- hearings, with exception of those against floor corridor, they were confronted by Alan DiMarco, who entered a plea of university police and sheriff's deputies nolo contendere and received a fine and who forestalled any entry into the actual jail sentence.) It also obtained temporary hearing room. The accompanying din restraining orders barring from the cam- nevertheless served the purpose of dis- pus five demonstrators whom the admin- rupting the disciplinary proceeding. istration viewed as leaders of SDS ac- In accordance with prearranged pro- tivity. They were students, Howard cedural guides, Ohio State police were Emmer, Colin Neiburger, and Edward summoned to the campus, at which time Erickson, and nonstudents, Jeffrey 58 demonstrators were arrested. Charges Above, tragic sequel is no joke. Powell and George Gibeaut. filed against them on the same day, which One of the ( 1 ) abolish ROTC because it supplies nonstudents identified as were still pending at the time of the com- leaders for an alleged "imperialist" being present on campus April 8 was mittee's hearings, included trespass, in- American action in Vietnam. Terry Robbins of the Ohio regional citing to riot, participating in riot, and (2) abolish the Liquid Crystals Insti- SDS in Cleveland. This marked the first malicious destruction of property. Tem- tute. (Engaged in cancer research, the • of several appearances by Robbins dur- porary restraining orders had been lifted university institute also held a research ing the "spring offensive" at Kent State. to permit the five SDS activists barred grant from the U.S. Defense Depart- He was later joined by other regional from campus to appear as witnesses at staffers. ment, which led SDS to charge it with The liaison maintained between the disciplinary hearings. As a result of involvement in a Government counter- the local and regional SDS was also il- their behavior during the demonstration, insurgency program.) lustrated by the record of telephone toll they were subsequently found guilty of (3) abolish the Northeast Ohio Crime calls between the Cleveland ofllice and the contempt of court and sentenced to fines Lab (an agency of the State of Ohio as- Kent residence of Edward Erickson. and jail sentences, which were being ap- signed space on campus). Erickson was identified as a Kent State pealed at the time of the committee hear- (4) abolish the Law Enforcement student, eventually suspended for parti- ings. School (a university curriculum which cipation in the campus disorders, whose The confrontation between demon- produces professionally trained law en- Kent home had been the base for most strators and police and the ensuing mass forcement officers). of the SDS activity off campus. Toll arrests involved no injury to SDS acti- Events of April 8 began with a rally charges showed a total of 36 phone calls vists, their supporters, or the police. A called by the SDS chapter to advertise had been made from his residence to the representative of the Kent State police the four demands. A spokesman for the Cleveland regional SDS between Febru- testified that, in addition to breaking university administration offered to meet ary 21 and April 24, 1969. through the barricaded doors, there were with three SDS representatives to discuss A university disciplinary proceeding oral threats to "kill" directed at the their complaints, but the offer was re- on April 16, involving two students sus- police by SDS members during the con- jected. SDS reportedly viewed its de- pended after their participation in the frontation in the third-floor corridor. mands as nonnegotiable. Its announced attempted disruption of April 8, pro- The Ohio regional SDS was repre- intention on April 8 was to organize sup- vided the issue for another, more vio- sented in the April 16 events by Lisa port for a mass march on the Adminis- lent SDS demonstration. Meisel, who joined in the march on the tration Building for a symbolic nailing SDS had sponsored a series of rallies music and speech building. During scuf- of the demands on the door to the meet- after the April 8 incident and engaged fles between the demonstrators and some ing room of the board of trustees. in dormitory "raps" in an acknowledged of the approximately 200 students who THE AM ERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1970 25 5

CONTINUED The Background of theTragedy at Kent State University opposed the SDS march at the door to which a wealthy few repressed the ma- tinue "politically repressing" the organi- the building, Lisa Meisel was observed jority in America. Miss Dohrn justified zation. to grab a student by the back of the shirt. violence directed at police officers and The strident tone of SDS speakers con- Another outsider on campus that day forecast that both blacks and whites tinued up to May 22, when another SDS was Jim Mellen, a guest speaker at the fighting "oppression" would have to rally set the stage for what was to be the rally preceding the march on the dis- carry weapons for the purpose of self- final "action" in the spring off'ensive at ciplinary hearing. Mellen was introduced defense. Kent State. as a representative of the Radical Edu- Speeches by Corky Benedict and SDS A witness testified that speechmaking cation Project at Ann Arbor, Mich., a member Rick Skirvin, a former student in front of the Student Union included a New Left research and propaganda or- at Kent State, emphasized that they ex- declaration by SDS member Rick Skir- ganization. University officials also dis- pected power to be wrested from the vin that: "We'll start blowing up build- covered that 10 of the 58 demonstrators "ruling class" in America only through ings, we'll start buying guns, we'll do arrested on April 16 were not actually the application of force and that an ele- anything to bring this— [obscenity for enrolled at the school. ment of revenge would enter into revo- school] —down."

Subsequently, regional and national lutionary violence. SDS was able to muster only about 1 SDS officials and other outsiders put in Although the April 28 meeting marked persons, however, for the ensuing march appearances on the Kent State campus the only known appearance of a current aimed at disrupting an ROTC Review during a series of rallies and other pub- national SDS official on the Kent State Day ceremony on the campus. The dem- lic events avowedly aimed at drumming campus, local activists maintained tele- onstrators invaded a chalked-off area on up support for additional militant SDS phone contact with the national office in a field where the ROTC cadets awaiting actions on the campus. Chicago, according to an examination of review were standing at attention. Chant- The organization's strategy was out- toll charges from the Kent residence of ing slogans, they pushed their way lined in a pamphlet. "The War Is on at the previously mentioned SDS activist, through the cadet ranks. A university Kent State," which was circulated during Edward Erickson. Eleven phone calls official warned the demonstrators over a campus speech-making by SDS officials, were made from the Erickson residence public address system that they had en- defining the organization's strategy. to the SDS national office in the period tered the equivalent of a classroom area The pamphlet, coauthored by Terry February 21 to April 24, 1969. and were subject to university discipline Robbins and Lisa Meisel of Ohio Re- Also at the meeting April 28 was Joyce as well as civil arrest. SDS supporters gional SDS, explained that SDS at Kent Cecora, local SDS activist and former continued demonstrating for another 10 State had shown tactical flexibility by Kent State student, who spoke on Kent minutes without arousing retaliatory ac- using rallies, dorm "raps," etc., geared State SDS demands. Her militant obser- tion on the part of the cadets and finally to "increasing the possibility" of strug- vations at another rally May 6 were pub- marched off the field. gle. It announced that SDS was working licized in the campus newspaper. This Warrants were subsequently issued for on more elaborate explanations of its rally was sponsored by a campus com- the arrest of 15 individuals on a charge demands because the struggle would con- mittee that had been organized to proof disturbing a lawful assemblage. tinue despite the mass arrests of April 16. test the earlier arrests of SDS demon- The demonstration was cited as an Robbins and Mellen were on hand strators. An eyewitness testified that the example of the special problem which the for an SDS rally held in a campus park following account in the Kent Stater university administration faced as a re- the day after the mass arrests. The theme was an accurate rendition of Miss Ce- sult of an influx of organizers and other of their speeches on April 17 was the cora's position: outsiders. Of the group of 1 5 individuals immediate need for some kind of mili- "Earlier, a Students for a Democratic who unsuccessfully sought to disrupt the tant action to show the university that Society (SDS) spokeswoman called for ROTC review on May 22, the university the SDS was "strong" and was not going armed rebellion on the Kent State cam- president testified, five had been identi- to be stopped by "racism," "imperial- pus. fied as students, five had definitely been ism," or "political repression." Of the "Joyce Cecora, SDS member, speak- established to be nonstudents, and the 200 persons attracted to this rally, at ing to approximately the 200 persons others had yet to be identified. least one half were classified as merely sitting under the searing post-noon sun The university administration came to curious onlookers. called for the use of arms to end what view Students for a Democratic Society Another outdoor rally and march on she called the 'repressive actions of the —in the words of President White—as April 20 involved use of the services of administration.' "Sitting on the grass in "an enemy of democratic procedure, of Ohio regional staffer Corky Benedict. front of the Administration Building is academic freedom, and of the essential Benedict returned to join three national not fighting!' she emphasized. As she university characteristics of study, dis- and local SDS representatives in a spoke, several of her male counterparts cussion, and resolution." At the same speechfest in Williams Hall on campus stood beside her holding two red SDS time, SDS was classed as only one part on April 28. Handbills gave top billing banners aloft. of the problem of student unrest. " to Bernardine Dohrn, the organization's 'They used guns at Cornell, and they The dual approach of ( 1 ) being pre- national interorganizational secretary, got what they wanted,' she said. 'It will pared to resist proposals for change ad- " who was to discuss "repression" and SDS come to that here!' vanced by force while (2) remaining re- demands. Speakers for the banned or- A similarly aggressive position was sponsive to change pursued through ganization obtained use of a university taken by Joyce Cecora in a talk at a legitimate procedures had the following facility by appearing under the sponsor- Kent State dormitory the previous Feb- positive results, according to. witnesses ship of a local Yippie group. ruary 27, witnesses informed the com- representing the university administra- According to testimony from a committee. Aroused over the arrest of an tion: mittee investigator who attended the ses- SDS activist for distributing literature on (a) Incidents provoked by SDS ac- sion Miss Dohrn told the 125 individuals campus in violation of State obscenity tually "de-escalated" and campus sup- attracted to the meeting that SDS recog- statutes. Miss Cecora reportedly declared port waned in spite of an SDS program nized a necessity for an organized revo- that the SDS would burn and level the for a series of "escalating actions." lution to destroy a power structure by campus if the university did not discon- (b) Faculty, students, and citizens of

26 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JU LY 1970 the Kent community expressed spon- ly hurt us; over sixty of our people have to be among the leaders) went on a win- taneous support for university policy, been banned from the campus, at least dow-smashing, stone throwing spree in and all major parts of the campus com- 1 1 face heavy charges, with total bail the town of Kent, with the military cam- mended the performance of the univer- exceeding $120,000, and the Adminis- paign in Cambodia as the excuse, pre- sity's police force. tration has succeeded to some extent in text or reason, according to how you (c) Personal injury and major destruc- scaring a lot of people and obfuscating look at it. On Saturday, May 2. the ." tion of university property were avoided. our original demands . . ROTC building on the Kent campus fd) The university completed the aca- was burned to the ground by arsonists. demic year "free and unfettered with no THAT IS THE END of the Housc Com- Students threw rocks at the firemen shameful compromise and with increased mittee digest of its Kent hearing of and chopped the firehoses. Townspeople mutual respect among the parts of the June 1969. It seems to end on a promis- said that college mobs had terrorized campus." ing note of a restoration of the universi- them in the weekend rioting. These

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Shortly before shooting, Guardsmen, surrounded by students, line Kent's campus center near burned-out ROTC building.

Testifying on the basis of her personal ty's function to get on with teaching. No events led to the calling out of the Na- observations at SDS meetings and dem- such account exists of events in the 1969- tional Guard. On Monday, just before onstrations. Student Margaret Murvay 70 school year. There will undoubtedly the shooting, college mobs taunted and stated that the arrests and immediate sus- be hearings in Congress covering agita- hemmed in Guardsmen, threw large pensions of SDS supporters on April 8 tion for violence at Kent from last Sep- rocks at them. The Guard used tear gas and April 16 weakened and. in fact, tember on. Since the news media seem to until it was exhausted. One Guardsman crippled the Kent State SDS chapter. have no inclination to put such con- said that some collegians had come at Many supporters dropped out of SDS ac- nected stories together the country will them with coathangers in their fists, tivity thereafter in fear of future arrests probably have to wait for new hearings, hooks out. A tape recording, the Guard or the possibility that their parents would and then for someone with an interest reports, indicates a lone shot fired some learn of their activity. Many other SDS in publishing them. 10 or 11 seconds before the Guard members were deflected from other ac- Obviously, the inclination of a nucleus opened fire. After the event, numerous tion by the necessity to raise bail. Miss of Kent students to precipitate mob ac- arms were found on the students' prem- Murvay reported. tions with their senseless consequences ises and one gun was reported found SDS confirmed the findings of Miss did not die with the 1969-70 school year. thrown in a stream. Murvay. The previously cited pamphlet, But the public record is vague up to There you have two backgrounds at circulated on campus after the mass ar- Friday, May 1, 1970. On that day a Kent State to choose from. You have the rests of April 16, and bearing the title band of "students" (that's what the press version of an idyllic, peaceful, panty- "The War Is On at Kent State," acknowl- calls them, though invariably non-stu- raiding campus invaded by brutal au-

edged that . . . "The repression has clear- dents and faculty members often seem thority. Or you have the record, the end

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Not a puzzle. Not a contest. Mail to: No need to be at the Convention to win. The Seagram Posts -^^^^i For tine 24th consecutive year Seagrann Posts 658, American Legion, P.O. Box 191 ^ii?^jP California; 807, Illinois and 1 283, New York are Portland, Oregon 97207 donating four new Fords to the Gentlemen: American Legion National Convention Corp. When you win, your post wins an extra $250, I am a member of Post #. American also donated by Seagram Posts. Legion, or a member of Unit # Drawings will be held Sunday, August 30, 1 970 during the Drum and Bugle Corps Finals American Legion Auxiliary located in (City) of the American Legion National Convention, (State) Portland Civic Stadium, Portland, Oregon. Please enter my name in the free drawings for Here's how you enter: four Ford Galaxie 500 2-door Hardtops, do- Send in an official (or mail coupon a postcard nated by the Seagram Posts to the American or letter using the coupon as a guide). Legion National Convention Corporation of Do not send your membership card. Oregon. Drawings to be held Sunday, August All entries must be received 30, 1970 in Portland Civic Stadium, Portland, no later than midnight Oregon. Entries must be received no laterthan August 28, 1970. Midnight August 28, 1970.

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE » JULY 1970 29 OLD-TIME JULY 4th POSTCARDS

THE IN YEARS around 1910, nobody would think of mailing a brief message to a friend early in July without penning it on the back of a July 4 postcard. The postcards shown here are only a few samples of the enormous variety that was available. Besides these patriotic cards there were many warning against youngsters injuring themselves with fireworks, including a "comic" one whose message was to send your son a postcard before July 4, he may not be around afterward.

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A DIGEST OF EVENTS WHICH VETERANS NEWSLETTER ARE OF PERSONAL INTEREST TO YOU JULY 1970 HOUSE VETS COMMITTEE WORKING PRE-SERVICE STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS ON DISABILITY COMPENSATION BILL: FOR VIET VETS STARTS THIS MONTH: Late in May Legion Rehabilitation Starting this month, Vietnam vets Director Ed Golembieski testified be- who borrowed federal funds for educa- fore the Subcommittee on Compensation tional loans prior to entry into mili- and Pension of the House Committee on tary service will begin getting a Veterans Affairs expressing the portion of those loans excused under Legion's support of proposed legisla- legislation supported by the Legion

tion to amend compensation law . . . and recently signed into law . . . The bill, S3348, proposed by Sen. Outstanding loans obtained under Herman Talmadge (Ga.), Chmn of the the National Defense Education Act of Senate Subcommittee on Veterans Legis- 1958 and the Higher Education Act of lation, had already unanimously 1965 by persons on active duty July 1, passed the Senate . . . Among other 1970, and those who enter service things, it would (1) increase the after that date will be forgiven up to monthly payment to a totally disabled a maximum of 50% of the total amount, veteran from $400 to $450, (2) in- at the rate of 12-1/2% for each year crease disability compensation rates of consecutive military service. for those rated 10-90% disabled by Those interested should contact a about 11%, (3) increase by about 11% Legion service officer or VA represen- the additional compej;isation for de- tative regarding PL91-230. pendents of those veterans whose disability for compensation purposes is LAW ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION LOANS rated not less than 50% and (4) estab- AVAILABLE TO VIETNAM VETERANS lish a special presumption for dis- ALONG WITH G.I. BILL BENEFITS: ability for certain prisoners of war. Vietnam veterans who want to go to Here is a table showing how the pro- school for careers in law enforcement posed 11% increase would affect may now be eligible for loans up to monthly benefit payments for disabled $1,800 in addition to collecting G.I. vets Bill benefits for the same educational

courses . . . Recent passage of Disability Present Proposed PL91-219 permits receipt of funds 10% $ 23 $ 25 under the Law Enforcement Education 20% 43 48 Program to cover tuition, fees and

30% 65 72 related expenses . . . The Legion's 40% 89 99 Education and Scholarship Program re- 50% 122 135 ports that over 750 colleges and uni- 60% 147 163 versities offer courses which qualify

70% 174 193 under the law . . . Interested students 80% 201 223 should contact the Law Enforcement 90% 226 250 Education Program, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, U. S. De-

The following table gives the partment of Justice , Wash . D_j_C^ 20530 monthly step-ups proposed for depend- for complete information on the ents of veterans whose disability is program and a list of schools offering rated at 50% or higher: courses.

Classification Present Proposed VETERANS AND PATRIOTIC HOLIDAYS Wife, no child $25 $28 CHANGE OBSERVANCE DATES IN 1971: Wife, 1 child 43 48 A reminder that there's less than a

- Wife, 2 children 55 . - 61 year to go before changes in patriotic Wife, 3 children 68 75 and veterans holidays begin to Each add'tl child 13 14 take place ... In 1971 Veterans No wife, 1 child 17 19 Day will be observed on the fourth wife, 2 No children 30 33 Monday in October . . . Memorial No wife, 3 children 43 48 Day will be observed on the last child Each add'tl 13 14 Monday in May . . . Washington's Mother or father, ea. 21 23 Birthday will be celebrated on the

third Monday in February . . . Colum- If passed by the House, the act would bus Day, celebrated (in states that take effect January 1, 1971. observe the event) on October 12,

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CONTINUED VETERANS NEWSLETTER has been made a national holiday and ments —which in many cases could mean will be observed on the second a higher monthly benefit — if their Monday . . in October . You'll have total income and net worth is low to learn a whole new set of dates. enough . . . Check with Legion service officers or VA contact representatives VA HAS JOBS FOR VIET VETS WITH before making any change. MILITARY MEDICAL BACKGROUND: If you're a Vietnam vet with mili- AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK: tary medical experience of almost any The week of Oct. 25-31 will be kind, there is probably a j ob waiting known as American Education Week . . . for you at a Veterans Administration Co-sponsored by the Legion, the Nat'l facility somewhere in the nation . . . Congress of Parents and Teachers and Depending on your specialty, you could the U.S. Office of Education, this is probably work and at the same time the week American parents are invited collect benefits for training or edu- to visit their community schools to cation . . . The VA has a centralized inspect and participate . . . The personnel system which covers a wide theme for 1970 is "Shape Schools For choice of work locations and job The '70's" . . . Legion posts looking types . . . Check with the nearest VA for ways to help their schools by office for information. participating in American Education Week may find useful a packet that is OHIO LEGION SETS UP SCHOLARSHIP AID now available ... It contains a man- FUND FOR CHILDREN OF LEGIONNAIRES: ual, an information leaflet for The American Legion of Ohio has set parents, a poster, a source book for up a fund to grant scholarships to speakers and writers, sample news re-

children of . . its Legionnaires . leases and other items . . . Cost:

Effective Sept. 1, four scholarships $2.00 . . . Order stock #058-01968 of $500 each will be awarded to first- from Americ an Education Week^ P.O. Box year students of colleges, universi- 327, Hyattsville, Md^ 20781. ties, trade schools or other accredited post-high school institutions VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL of higher learning . . . The number of ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS ARE EASED: grants awarded each year may vary Veterans 65 or older with non-ser- according to funds available. vice-connected disabilities, and who do not draw pensions, no longer have NOTIFY VA WHEN CHANGING RESIDENCE: to disclose financial details in order About a half million dollars worth to enter a VA hospital . . . Nor does of benefit checks get returned each a notary public have to witness their month because veterans fail to signature . . . However, they still notify the Veterans Administration must certify that they are unable to that they have moved ... To pre- pay for VA hospitalization. vent interruption of benefits, let the VA know when you change your VA NOTES: address . . . Don't forget to include July 25th is the final cutoff date your new zip code number . . . Let the for WW2 veterans to take advantage of Post Office know you're moving too. G.I. home loan guaranty benefits . . . Surviving widows of veterans who COLLEGE INFORMATION FILM AVAILABLE: received pension from the VA for The Legion's Education and Schol- nonservice-connected disabilities arship Program people recommend under the old law must apply for pen- that posts and Auxiliary units con- sion at the time of the veteran's sider use of the film entitled "The death under the pension law then in New Colleges" as part of their com- effect . . . It's not too late to con- munity effort to assist parents and vert WW2 GI term insurance if it is to students to plan for education beyond your benefit . . . Disabled war high school . . . The 28-minute veterans qualify for a 10% Civil color film describes options avail- Service preference on positions with able to students and is distributed the Federal Government . . . Any per- on a free loan basis by Sears -Roebuck son who served on act ive duty in the F oundation, 7435 Skokie Blvd. armed forces of the U.S. for not Skokie, 111. 60076. less than 90 days and was released or discharged under conditions other than SERVICE-DISABLED VETS CAN CHOOSE dishonorable is eligible for a PENSION OR COMPENSATION AT 65: special type loan insured by the FHA Veterans who receive disability com- . . . Ask your Legion service officer pensation should be aware that when or the VA about a "Certificate of they reach age 65, they are eligible Veteran's Status" and any other items to switch to disability pension pay- of interest above.

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for it. Both in individual scholarship Nat1 Exec Committee Backs grants and in the total program, it is considered one of the largest. The 1971 Na- tional Finals Contest will be held April Cambodia Action State College, President's 29 at Northwest Missouri Maryville, Mo. Legion leaders support Administration on Southeast Add to the above, the 50 $2,000 col- Asia policy; authorize huge increases in Nat'l Ora- lege scholarships awarded directly from The American Legion Life Insurance torical Contest prize money; 50th Anniversary Com- Trust Fund to eligible relatives of in- mittee dissolved; Spirit of 76 Committee formed. sureds each year and the Legion's total college scholarship grants annually reach The American Legion has expressed In an action designed to further em- $143,000 at the national level alone. during the its "wholehearted support ... of the phasize Legion youth programs the Com- Fifty names were selected President's decision to eliminate Com- mitteemen voted huge increases in col- Committee meetings and notices were in munist military sanctuaries in Cambodia lege scholarship prize money for the the process of going out to the 1970 win- Contests run by ners as this went to press. (See page 34 and . . . calls upon members of Con- High School Oratorical gress and the American people as a whole the Americanism Division. Funds se- for tentative list.) to give it the same support." cured from The American Legion Life Those interested in the National High The action, along with others, was Insurance Trust Fund will boost the School Oratorical Program should con- taken at the spring meeting of The Amer- present National Oratorical First Prize tact the Education and Scholarship Di- ican Legion's National Executive Com- award from $4,000 to $8,000. Second vision of the Americanism Commission, mittee at National Headquarters in In- prize nationally will go from $2,500 to The American Legion, P.O. Box 1055, dianapolis, Ind., May 4-7, 1970. $5,000, third prize will go from $1,000 Indianapolis, Ind. 46206. The President was urged "to take to $3,000 and fourth prize will go from A special committee set up to study further action, as and when he deems $500 to $2,000. In addition, each depart- the Legion's life insurance program rec- it essential to the safety of our troops ment winner who participates in the ora- ommended an increase in life insurance in South Vietnam and to the successful torical contest at the regional level will unit coverage up to four units. Present prosecution of that conflict, to elimi- also receive $500 from national. Thus, coverage is one unit. The committee re- nate, by military action all enemy sanc- the American. Legion's oratorical cash searched and recommended against en- tuaries, installations and areas wherever box is now worth some $43,000 annually tering into the accident and health in- situated that afford actual or potential to high school students willing to try surance field, hospitalization and major bases for enemy action against our forces ." and those of our allies. . Legion Auxiliary Gives $50,000 to Legion Rehab & Child Welfare The Legion felt such military action was necessary and should be taken for the sole purpose of hastening the cessa- tion of fighting and inducing the accel- eration of the Paris peace talks in order to secure peace. Under the chairmanship of National Commander J. Milton Patrick (Okla.) the Committee adopted a total of 48 resolutions as part of Legion policy. (A digest of all resolutions adopted appears on page 35.) Other National Security/ Foreign Af- fairs mandates condemned the brutal treatment by North Vietnam of U.S. prisoners-of-war, urged a payment of $2.50 a day additional to P.O.W.'s for each day in captivity, opposed Congres- sional efforts to restrict use of authorized military funds in the conduct of the Viet- nam War, opposed return of Okinawa to Japan and urged Japan to take a greater role in Far East affairs. The So- viet Union was also condemned for increasing tension in the Middle East and the Legion urged that the U.S. supply Mrs. H. Milton Davidson, Legion Auxiliary National President, presents a flower bouquet containing three checks totaling $50,000 to Nat'l Cmdr Patrick for use in the Legion's sufficient arms and other materiel to Rehabilitation and Child Welfare Programs during the recent Nat'l Executive Com- Israel to allow it to maintain a balance mittee meeting. The breakdown: $20,000 to veterans rehabilitation, $20,000 to of power in that area of the world. child welfare and $10,000 to The American Legion Child Welfare Foundation, Inc. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1970 33 NEWS

medical insurance, and conversion to a Committee called for: sufficient funds permanent plan of insurance instead of to properly operate the Veterans Admin- the present term policies. They also did istration hospital and medical program: a study of Trust Fund uses, a compara- support for an amendment to the U.S. tive study of similar insurance programs Constitution to permit prayer in public and the administrative workload and buildings; an increase in pay and other cautioned Legion departments entering benefits to bring an estimated 43,000 into any insurance program to thor- military families above the poverty level; oughly study all plans before proceeding. amendments to law to permit service The Legion's Life Insurance Plan families to receive welfare and social now has some 96,000 policy holders and service programs and benefits; legisla- its premiums exceed the $2 million level. tion to make July 24, the date American Jn the 12 years since the inception of astronauts landed on the moon, as a the plan and through March 31, 1970, national holiday; and legislation to au- more than $8'/2 million has been paid thorize guaranteed and direct loans to to the designated beneficiaries of de- veterans for the purchase of mobile ceased members of the Legion. homes to help relieve the housing short- The Nat'l Executive Committee age. adopted the recommendations of the At the National Commander's Ban- Subcommittee on Reorganization that quet to the Committee held on the eve- the Legion make the following title ning of May 6, Committeemen and changes for Lt. Gov. three national commissions: George Nigh (Okla.), addressed guests heard Lt. Gov. George Nigh of rename the National Executive Committee Banquet. National Rehabilitation Oklahoma, a personal friend of Nat'l Commission as the National Veterans The Executive Committee approved Cmdr Patrick's, decry flag burners and Affairs Commission; rename the Na- tentative National Convention awards to defilers and state that "the future of the tional Child Welfare Commission as the the cities of Houston, Tex., for Aug. 27- United States cannot and should not be National Commission on Children and Sept. 2, 1971; Chicago, III., for Aug. written by those who pour blood on Youth; and rename the National Publi- 18-24, 1972; Los Angeles, Calif., for draft cards and burn flags." He added: cations Commission as The American Aug. 24-30, 1973 and Miami Beach, "People have the right to demonstrate Legion Magazine Commission. The sug- Fla., for Aug. 16-22, 1974. A Legion and dissent. But the right to dissent must gestions were made in the interests of delegation from Philadelphia presented never be that to disrupt. We must realize modernization and to increase public a tentative bid for 1975, which would that progress is change, but change is understanding of Legion commission just precede the National Bi-Centennial not necessarily progress. We must get functions. Since the title changes can Celebration of 1976. the best out of change, eliminate what only be accomplished by amending the In connection with National Conven- is bad, and then move forward." National By-Laws, they will have to be tion matters, the Committee approved Some important future dates set dur- adopted by a a two-thirds vote of the Na- mandate requiring that admission to ing the Committee sessions were: tional Convention in Portland, Ore., be- Convention business sessions be re- • National Membership Workshop, fore becoming official. stricted to those wearing official conven- at Nat'l Hq, Aug. 6-7. The final report of the tion badges or other 50th Anniver- acceptable official • The fall, 1970 meetings of the sary Committee was credentials. They made by its chair- also fixed the conven- Nat'l Executive Committee will be held man, Albert tion V. LaBiche (La.), and the registration fee for 1971 and beyond Oct. 21-22 with national commissions committee at $5.00 for was dissolved. He reported delegates, alternates and and committees and the Conference of a successful guests. Golden Anniversary cele- The present fee is $3.00. Mem- Department Commanders and Adjutants bration from all aspects. bers of musical Here are some and marching groups meeting Oct. 19-20, at Nat'l Hq in In- of the accomplishments; will continue to placement of register for $1.00 each. dianapolis, Ind. The Executive Commit- the Gift to the Nation, Some other a permanent light- resolutions adopted by the tee will also meet briefly before and after ing system at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery with a Legion Life Insurance Scholarship Recipients large marble plaque describing Legion About 10,000 applications were received and Auxiliary donations from Legion- in the third annual selection of the Legion's Life Insurance Plan Scholarship Program. naires everywhere ($100,000 has been Here is a list of 50 recipients of a $2,000 college scholarship, which set aside for perpetual maintenance); must be considered tentative. pending verification of the eligibility of those selected. 400 Flames of Freedom placed by Le- Alternates have been chosen in the event any prime selectee may prove ineligible. gion departments and posts in positions

^^''}''°^^^Sue Va ; Susan Kuhn, Spillville. of prominence . Iowa; Katherine Seaberg. around the nation; a inmanInmin^-^r^T^n^l'S.C^ Lynne Louise Haase, Baton Rouge, Ronald La.; Linda Lee Carev Beaumont Tev highly successful 50th A. Beymer, Jr.. Diagonal, Iowa; Nancy M. Clowney, Georgetown Anniversary Com- Knight. Postville Iowa; I C Janice E Elizabeth M. Legnon. Jeanerette, La^ Beveriy J Blessing Braden: memorative ton Fla.; Susan Jill ' Bottle program; a donation Rouse, Los Altos Hills, Calif.; Linda G. Tacy, Las Vegas Nev Mfchaelj" by the J. W. Dant Co., a division of Wavne^Pa Tho Me'^'pJl^r'V'^- ^*^r^' ^'"^''^ GeraW R Dor^êni^k ^^'y ^""^^ Tibbits, Chandler, Ariz.; Linda Schenley Industries, of M SPwpk^'w.h^;!^! Patricia Gurzewda Rockwood. $250,000; sales PhifShia Pa n^nnrit''' Pa.; Stanton Steven Kremskv. St. Vincent, Minn.; Carl Edward of 50th Anniversary items by the MinnMinn. Donald WayneW^^ Arm, Eckstrand, St. Paul, Em- Blackburn, Mo.; James G. Bruce, Bark River • Madonna Thelen, Mich Sister blem Sales Division which amounted Gratton, Wis.; Judy Marlene Stanley, Blue Rapids K^ns Susan Marv to FV/'oîMo.; James Edward Powell, rJJ'.^^'t''^^' Elwood, Ind.f Stella Klfes Seûr Ind more than $271,000; national and local Centralia, Kans.; Kathleen Anne Flinn. Rutland Vt^ Margaret M Grodzinsky. television, ' '^,^•"^5 St. Albans. Vt.; James Theodore Pacochl radio and press coverage of Kent,K.nt ??o^.^''"'î?r'^"T'^v'y'^Conn.; Phihp J. Flannelly, Rochelle Park, N.J.; Richard A. Murray Lvndhurst N J tremendous N ^^- Judith Lynn Carroll, Hicksville magnitude and : N.Y?Ma^fe Bednars^^^^^ the release Binghamton,lin'ohImton^''T?''v''N.Y^; nT"'- Catherine • DeLisle, Manchester, N.H.; Martin Lowery Chicago 111 and sale of a U.S. William Horace Cull 6<^ American Legion Harrodsburg, Ky.; Daniel J. Honan, WinthrorMass^ Jerry Ray Franceses - Maria Rock, Scars- Commemorative Postage Stamp and daSâlTe, NN.Y.Y RandallRandail J^l*"^ W.W Freytag, Napoleon, Ohio; Larry A. Smith, Lorain Ohio- «onaidRonald E First Day Cover. Erickson. Langford, S. Dak.; Robert David Del Bene, Girard Ohio.

34 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1970 • Calls for changes in National By-Laws of the the National Convention in Portland on Legion to rename the Nat'l Child Welfare Com- mission as the National Commission on Children Aug. 30 and Sept 3. The Spirit of '76 Committee and Youth. (4) • Conference • The 1971 Washington At its spring meeting, the Na- Calls for changes in the National By-Laws of the to rename the Nat'l Publications Com- 13-17 with the Banquet Legion will be held Feb. tional Executive Committee cre- mission as the American Legion Magazine Com- to the Congress scheduled for Feb. 16. ated The Spirit of '76 Committee mission. (5) • Fixes the registration fee for the National Con- • the The spring, 1971 meeting of to help form plans for the Legion vention for 1971 and beyond at $5.00 for delegates, alternates and guests and $1.00 for mem- Nat'l Executive Committee will be held national pro- to participate in the bers of musical and marching groups. (10) May 5-6 preceded by the meetings of gram of celebrating the 200th anni- • Requires that admission to National Conven- and committees on tion business sessions be restricted to those national commissions versary of the founding of our wearing official convention badges or other acceptable official credentials. (9) May 3-4. nation. National Commander J. • Asks approval to reimburse The American Milton Patrick has named John A. Legion for Life Insurance Trust Fund expenses. Other (44) Digest of Resolutions Jones (W.Va.) as Chairman. • Calls for retention of the Coast Guard Selected members of the committee: Frank Reserve. (12) Here is a digest of the resolutions • Authorizes issuance of national certificates of C. Momsen (Minn.), vice chmn, commendation for fire fighters. (13) the National Executive Com- adopted by • recipients of Canadian Friend- E. Roy Stone (S.C.), Milton M. Nominates the mittee at its May meeting in Indian- ship Award. (16) Carpenter (Mo.), Frank W. Nay- • Calls for restoration of American passenger apolis. The identifying number follows fleet to pre-eminent position on the high seas. lor, Jr. (Kans.), L. Eldon James each resolution in parentheses. (3) (Va.), Robert C. Ayers (Ind.). • Authorizes temporary charter for Barney Condo Post 2, Dep't of Canada. (27) • President's decision to eliminate Supports the • Authorizes temporary charter for Dinalupihan military sanctuaries in Cambodia Communist Post 62, Dep't of the Philippines. (28) for further actions of that type if neces- and calls • Authorizes temporary charter for Associated sary in the future in order to insure safety of • Opposes the practices of certain branches of Veterans Post 64, Dep't of the Philippines. (29) U.S. troops and produce a lasting and honorable the armed forces which supplant Civil Service • Authorizes temporary charter for Pres. Manuel peace. (26) employees with enlisted or commissioned per- L. Quezon Post 66, Dep't of the Philippines. (30) • brutal treatment of American Condemns sonnel of the armed forces. (37) • Authorizes temporary charter for Naga City prisoners-of-war in Southeast Asia, calls for • Urges the adoption by all states of the Inter- Post 68, Dep't of the Philippines. (31) at all levels to inform and Legion campaign state Compact on the placement of children for • Rescinds certain Nat'l Child Welfare Commis- arouse the public as to the situation and asks foster care. (40) sion non-legislative policy resolutions. (41) that the President press the United Nations for • Supports legislation for pay increases for mili- • Seeks participation in the White House Con- investigative commission. (8) an lary enlisted men. (11) ference on Aging in 1971. (25) • legislative efforts to restrict the use Opposes • Supports legislation to permit financing of • Rescinds certain National Rehabilitation non- funds in the conduct of the of authorized mmtary mobile homes under the G.I. Bill. (48) legislative policy resolutions. (19) Asia. war in Southeast (32) • Supports legislation to pay U.S. prisoners-of- • Concerns specifications, bids and contracts for • cash scholarship prizes in the Le- Increases war in the Vietnam War an additional compen- Emblem Division merchandise. (17) School Oratorical Contest to gion National High sation of $2.50 per day for each day in captiv- • Rescinds certain National Emblem Sales non- a>a,000 for first prize, $5,000 for second prize, ity. (46) legislative policy resolutions. (18) for third prize, $2,000 for fourth prize and $3,000 • Condemns the U.S.S.R. for increasing tension for the promotion of the Na- sets aside $12,000 in the Middle East and calls for the U.S. to sup- tional Oratorical Program, all funds to be se- ply to Israel sufficient arms and other materiel cured from the American Life Insurance Trust to permit it to maintain a balance of power in National Convention News Fund. (45) the Middle East. (47) • Authorizes use of American Life Insurance since 1932, The • Asks that July 24, the date American astro- For the third time scholarship to each Trust funds to grant a $500 nauts landed on the moon, be set aside as a department winner who participates in the Le- American Legion will hold its Annual national holiday. (15) Nat'l School Oratorical Contest at gion's High • Opposes actions of individuals and groups National Convention in Portland, Ore. the Regional level. (43) who aid draft evaders and deserters. (1) • committee to be known as "The Spirit convention will take place in Forms a • Deplores pretrial judgment of American ser- The 52nd of '76 Committee" which will help form programs vicemen accused of various crimes. (2) the 200th anniversary of the the City of Roses Aug. 28-Sept. 3. The to commemorate • Calls for changes in the National By-Laws of of the Declaration of Independence. (42) signing the Legion to rename the Nat'l Rehabilitation Legion met there for its 14th in 1932 • operate the Vet- Calls for sufficient funds to Commission as the National Veterans Affairs erans Administration hospital and medical pro- and for its 47th in 1965. (See next pa(>e) Commission. (6) gram. (20) • Questions v/isdoni of the return of Okinawa to Japan if that base is needed to suppoit Ameri- can troops in Southeast Asia and urges Japan to take a greater role in Far East affairs. (7) Gift to the Nation Roster of Honor • Supports amendment to the U.S. Constitution to legalize prayer in public buildings. (14) • Supports the concept of supplementary income of the underemployed to provide an incentive for wage-earners rather than rely solely upon public welfare programs. (38) • Urges the amendment of federal and state laws so that members of the armed forces and their families may be included in welfare and social service programs and benefits. (39) • Supports legislation to authorize the transfer of $5 billion from the National Service Life In- surance Fund to an investment fund to be available for the purchase of direct home loans for eligible veterans. (33) • Calls for legislation to remove the time limitation on the duration of eligibility of veterans for guaranteed and direct home loans and to revive eligibility for all veterans whose eligibility has expired and has not been used. (34) • Calls for the support of legislation to amend the Dual Compensation Act to provide that ex- servicemen who have been placed on the "temporary disability retired list" while serving their first term of military duty shall be eligible for employment with the Dep't of Defense immediately following retirement. (35) • Asks a program to treat and rehabilitate veterans having the disease of chronic alcoholism. (24) • Calls for the removal of restrictions against the receipt of armed forces retirement pay, due to length of service, concurrent with VA compensation. (23) • Calls for legislation to permit eligible wives and widows to pursue educational training through correspondence courses. (22) • Opposes legislation which seeks to suspend is this Roster of Honor if you contributed to the Legion's Gift to the or discontinue payments of disability pension to Your name on war veterans residing outside the U.S. (21) Nation program to permanently light the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National • Supports legislation that will provide that any Cemetery during the Legion's Golden Anniversary Celebration. The three volumes Reform Act shall guarantee existing privi- Postal above contain the names of some 85,000 Legionnaires and Auxiliares on 1,364 leges which are now granted veterans prefer- shown in Indianapolis. ence eligibles. (36) pages and rest in the Emil A. Blackmore Museum at Nat'l Headquarters THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1970 35 NEWS-

Headquarters hotel will be the Port- States Dinner at the Portland Hilton in and send in your free coupon. You need land Hilton. The Legion's Auxiliary will the Grand Ballroom on Wed., Sept. 2, not be present to win the car should your headquarter at the Ramada Inn and hold at 8:00 p.m. name be drawn. A prize of $250 will also its convention at the Portland Civic The Legion's National Executive be awarded by the Seagram Posts to the Auditorium. Committee will meet twice during con- post of each car winner. Convention sessions will take place at vention sessions. The first meeting takes The big parade will step off at 11:00 the Portland Memorial Coliseum Sept. place Sun., Aug. 30, at 2:00 p.m., at the a.m., Mon., Aug. 31 from in front of 1-3, preceded by meetings of the stand- Portland Hilton. The post-convention the Memorial Coliseum, proceed across ing and convention commissions and meeting will take place Sept. 3, immedi- the Broadway Bridge, go south on Broad- 28-31 Port- ately following the committees from Aug. at the adjournment of con- way to S.W. Main St. The reviewing land Hilton, the Benson Hotel, the New vention in the Coliseum. stand will be in front of the Portland Heathman Hotel and at the Coliseum. The Nat'l Drum & Bugle Corps Cham- Hilton. Parade length is about one mile. President Richard M. Nixon heads a pionship Finals will be held Sun.. 7:00 National Convention Headquarters long list of dignitaries invited to speak p.m., Aug. 30, at Portland Civic Sta- staff offices will be in Convention Hall or appear at the Convention. dium. Reserved seats are $2.50 and gen- at the Portland Memorial Coliseum, Among those invited: eral admission seats are $2.00. Conven- opening Aug. 24. • Sen. Henry M. Jackson (Wash.), tion registrants will receive a 50-cent dis- The Contest Supervisory Committee Chmn of the Senate Committee on In- count coupon in their Convention Pro- Headquarters and meetings will be at terior and Insular Affairs. gram. Tickets are available on a first- the Masonic Temple, 1119 S.W. Park • The Governor of Puerto Rico, the come, first-served basis. To order tickets Ave.. Portland, Ore. Honorable Luis Ferre. by mail, make checks or money orders The American Legion Press Ass'n will • H. Ross Perot. President of Elec- payable to The American Legion Con- hold its annual meeting and election of tronic Data Systems Corp., Dallas, Tex. vention Corp. The address is 1119 S.W. officers at the Sheraton Motor Inn, Sun.. Mr. Perot is scheduled to receive an Park Ave., Portland, Ore. 97205. Those Aug. 30. 1 :00 p.m. Their Annual Awards award for his efforts as a private citizen who purchase tickets prior to Aug. 15 Banquet will be held Sat., to help U.S.P.O.W.'s in North Vietnam. will automatically receive the 50-cent Aug. 29. also at the Sheraton. • Comedian "Red" Skelton has been discount on each ticket in the order. invited to appear at the National Com- The 24th Annual Drawing for the four mander's Dinner to Distinguished Guests Ford automobiles donated by the Sea- Convention Contest Schedule at 7:30 p.m., Tues., Sept. i , in the Grand gram Posts of the Legion (658. CaUf., Below is a list of the sites, dates and Ballroom of the Portland Hilton. 807. III., and 1283, N.Y.) will be held times of competitions and other Legion • The Auxiliary will hold its annual during the Finals. See ad on page 29 sponsored events which will take place at the 1970 National Convention in Portland.

Saturday, Aug, 29 'Junior Color Guard Contest. 8:00 a.m.. Lents Park. 92nd and Holgatc. 'Junior Band Contest. 9:00 a.m.. Lin- coln High School. 1600 S.W. Salmon. 'Senior Band Contest. Follows Junior Band Contest. Exact time to be announced.

'Motorcycle Drill Team. 2:00 p.m., S. P. Yards parking lot (if held).

[ pN.W. .GLISAN ST . Sunday, Aug. 30 , , _ , OLIUG 'Junior Drum & Bugle Corps Prelimi- naries. 8:00 a.m., Marshall High School. 5l|lf. 0 3aii5 3905 S. E. 91st Ave. 'Senior Drum & Bugle Corps Prelimi- W. 6URNSIDE ST. naries. Follows Junior preliminaries. Exact time to be announced. 'Senior Color Guard Contest. 9:00 a.m.. kmc STADIUM r::^ Lents Park, 92nd and Holgate. 'Firing Squad Contest. Follows Senior Color Guard Contest. Exact time to be announced. 'Auxiliary Musical Groups Contest. 9:00 a.m., Hilton Hotel Ballroom.

'Chorus & Quartet Contest. 1 :00 p.m. Hilton Hotel Ballroom. 'National Convention Patriotic and Me- morial Service. 4:30 p.m., Hilton Hotel Ballroom. 'National Drum & Bugle Corps Cham- / PORTLANO ^<-6 , ^ AUDITORIUM \J O./ pionship Finals. 7:00 p.m.. Civic Sta- dium. If rained out. to be held following Map of downtown Portland area showing parade route and other points of interest. evening same place and time. 36 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1970 NEWS

A Memorial to the Late Madlyn E. Stember responsible for placing the flags, remov- ing them, and storing them. Post 117, Defiance, Ohio, joined with the Defiance Volunteer Fire Dep't to purchase 110 new flags for the city. Post 245, Cross Plains, Wis., presented five-by-eight-foot flags, that had flown over the nation's capitol, to four schools. Post and Unit 42, Enosburg Falls, Vermont, gave a flag to the New Berk- shire Elementary School at the latter's Dedication Day ceremonies. Post 662, Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, combined the dedication of a new flag pole with a ceremony accepting a Memorial Plaque donated to the post by the late W. L. Belfrage. Post 166, Alliance, Ohio, provided 50 flags and poles for the use of the Alliance H.S marching band in presenting half- time shows at football games. In recognition of the service performed by the Roger Williams Savings & Loan Assoc. in making flag sets available at less than cost, Post 60, Provi- dence, R.I., presented to Allyn Suttell, the bank's president, an engraved Paul Revere Bowl. Seven thousand of the three-by-five foot flag sets, suitable for display on buildings or at home, were

Maurice Stember, Dep't of New York Adjutant, visits the IVIadlyn E. Stember Coronary sold. In the photo, 1. to rt., are Frank Care Unit, a memorial to his late wife, in the IVIercy Hospital, Rockville Centre, N.Y. Williams, Adjutant; Albert Anderson, April 10 witnessed the culmination of In the photo, Mr. Stember and Sister Post Cmdr; John O'Connell, Rhode the desire of Maurice Stember, Adjutant Mary Jean Brady, C.I.J., Mercy Hos- Island's Nat'l Executive Committeeman; of the Dep't of New York, to perpetuate pital Administrator, receive an explana- Robert Bergeon, chairman, Presentation the memory of his late wife, Madlyn E. tion of the monitor equipment in the Committee; Mr. Suttell; and Joseph Stember. At Mercy Hospital, Rockville coronary care unit from Sister Frances Meagher, Sr., Finance Officer. Centre, Mr. Stember dedicated the Healey, Director of Training. Madlyn E. Stember Coronary Care Unit in the presence of a representative group Legion Flag Observances of friends. Post 487, Chester, III., presented a The unit is considered the finest and flag to the Illinois State Penitentiary, most modern of its kind in the East. It Menard, for the prison hospital's flag contains five beds and the most efficient pole. This is the 16th flag the post has and sophisticated medical equipment given to Menardians. While on the sub- available in the treatment of coronary ject of flags: Wilbur Kelley, a nightshift problems. The staflf of nurses assigned to Seven thousand flags at less than cost officer in Menard's South Cell House, the unit have all completed the necessary while spring cleaning dis- course of comprehensive training. The at home, An answer to anti-war protesters (dis- unit contains a specially constructed covered two aged American flags care- turbance without solutions) at Cortland floor, introduced as the result of an oc- fully wrapped in the yellowing pages of State College was produced by Post 489, currence in another hospital wherein a a 1925 issue of Sparta Illinois' News- Cortland, N.Y., which purchased a new patient stepped onto the floor and re- Plaindealer. The paper-wrapped flags ceived a fatal electric shock. The new had been secreted behind attic rafters of unit has taken steps to prevent such the Kelley home in rural Ellis Grove. happenings with the inclusion of a One of the antique flags bears 45 stars, $4,000 flooring. correlating its age with the admission of Planned are refinement of techniques the State of Utah in 1896; the other, and addition of improved equipment as bearing 46 stars, represents admission of related progress is made in the medical Oklahoma to Statehood in 1907. Both and hospital professions. More than half flags have been appraised and are the cost of the $60,000 project already thought to be priceless. has been realized through donations by Post 32, Papillion, Neb., solicited American Legion friends to the Depart- funds and bought flags, some 72 in all, ment of New York, 31 Chambers St., to be affixed to each town light pole on

New York, N.Y. every official holiday. Legionnaires are "So we may fly colors 24 hours a day." THE AM ERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1970 37 NEWS

all-weather flag for the post and installed floodlighting "so that we may fly the colors 24 hours a day." Post 489 shares its post home with Agnes Hallinan Women's Post 1671. In the photo, the flag obscures 489's half of the sign. L. to rt. are Clay Fulton, Americanism chmn; R. F. Bentley, Adjutant; Philip Beiter, Chaplain; and Albert Bellardini, Cmdr.

Classroom flags from Post 1298, N.Y.

Post 1298, Esopus, N.Y., gave eight classroom flags and a copy of "The American l,e^ion Story" to children at the Port Ewen School. In the photo, Robert Graves, principal of the school "There was, and commander of the post, makes the on Flag Day, a flag flying from every house, and sometimes two flags. presentation to children who gave Vet- The community of Maplewood, N.Y., nard Plumley; and Dave Smith, Ad- erans Day speeches. has about 1,500 residents, many of jutant. Post 79, Ainsworth, Neb., observed whom speak with a Slavic accent. There the Legion's 51st birthday with a red. was, on Flag Day, a flag flying from white and blue cake baked and decorated every house, sometimes two flags, and by Mrs. Henry Beel. The theme was from every school and playground. They lettered colorfully: "U.S.A.—Unity and also put out flags when astronauts are Service for America." The flag was in orbit. "The roster of Maplewood Post joined below by flags of the Army. Navy, 1615 (postal address is Watervliet)." Air Force and Marines. Around the wrote a news reporter, "can be likened middle tier were smaller flags of the Post to the Leningrad city directory . . . 640, Ohio; a $70,000 Post Office United Nations. The

names are misleading . . They're Amer- "Buy a Flag Today," says the sign The Onondaga County Legion, N.Y., icans." In the photo, above, every house atop the car, a suggestion put forward gave a new flag (see photo) and 300 feet on Cohoes Rd. has two flags. by Sons of the American Legion, Post of nylon rope to the Veterans Adminis- 213, Clarissa, Minn., who urged people Post 640, Chesapeake, Ohio, built a tration Hospital in Syracuse. In the to fly the Stars and Stripes at their homes new post office structure at a cost of photo, 1. to rt., are Jason Parson, as- on holidays. Encouragement came from $70,000, leased it to the U.S. Post sistant Hospital Director; Emmett Sleeth, Legion officials and the mayor. In the Oflice Department for a term of ten

photo, 1. to rt., are Gene Lindquist, Nat'l years, and, to top it off, donated a IN Executive Committeeman; his son, Sven; flag which had previously flown over COMRADES DISTRESS Readers who can help these veterans are Kent Watts, the group's squadron com- the nation's capitol. At the dedication urged to do so. Usually a statement is needed mander; Post in support of a VA claim. Cmdr Ray Petersen; and ceremony, in the photo, are, 1. to rt.; Mayor Harlan Notices are run only at the request of Ameri- Dixon. (Photo below) Paul Hayes, 1st VCmdr; Post Cmdr Ber- can Legion Service Officers representing claimants, using Search For Witness Forms available only from State Legion Service OlTicers.

2nd AF, 457th Gp, 749th Sqdn, 334th AAB (Ephrata, Wash. Nov. 20, 1943)—Need information from Lts. Trost, Funk, and Burks, and any other comrades who knew of injury to Henry L. Harrison when 50-cal. machine gun loosened and hit his left knee during training flight of B-17-F. Write "CD 37, American Legion Magazine, 1345 Ave. of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 10019." USS Dyson (DD572), South Pacific, 1943-45)— Need information from shipmates of Harry T. Hart who recall that he suffered from rheu- matism, and was put to bed, and was also treated for loss of hearing caused by gim fire. Need to hear particularly from Medical Lt. Schwei. Phm 1/C Wick, Wt l/C Williams. Wt 3/C Fisher. Wt 2/C Cook, Cwt Moore. Cwt Chwalek, B 1/C Clark, MOMMIC Wal- lace. Write "CD 38, American Legion Maga- Clarissa, Minn., zine, 1345 Ave. of the Americas, New York, Sons of Legion & Legionnaires made sure everybody got the message. N.Y. 10019." 38 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1970 .NEWS

County Cmdr; Alan Chadwick, Hospital Va., on April 18. Mrs. James accom- fighter Arthur Lehmann, for heroism; Director; and John Rogers, chairman, panied her husband. Mr. O'Neil is a and several Gold Star Mothers of the Flag Committee, and Dep't Sgt-at-Arms. member of the Nat'l Advisory Board of Vietnam War. A citation was presented the MacArthur Memorial Foundation. to the Buckley family by 3rd VCmdr The statue, which was unveiled by Mrs. John Comer, Suffolk County Council, Jean MacArthur, is a duplicate of the and chairman of its Law & Order Corn- figure of her husband that was dedicated mittee. Lehmann was given the Legion's last fall at West Point at the opening of Medal of Valor for saving the life of a MacArthur Hall. In Norfolk, it is situ- 22-month-old baby at a fire in Revere, ated at the entrance to the MacArthur Memorial. Principal speakers at the Nor- post 272, Rockaway Beach, N.Y., gave folk ceremonies included Lt. Gen. Bruce two-year subscriptions to The American Palmer, Deputy Chief of Staff of Wash- Legion Magazine to all barber shops in Knowlton, ington; Maj. Gen. Wade its territory. Operation Barber Shop is Supt. of the Military Academy at West the start of a program to take the Le- Point; and Lt. Gen. W.C.G. Rich, gjon's objectives and accomplishments Gen., Deputy Com'g COMARC. W. to the community. In the photo, 1. to rt., Fred Duckworth, Foundation president, are Viet Vet barber Oscar Siflinger, a presided. Onondaga County, N.Y.: flag to VA Hosp. post member, receiving the first issue;

. „ ," , , PCmdr Robert Ott; and shop owner Her- Post 38, Dundalk, Md., gave a flag to Wisconsm Gov. Warren Knowles signed ^.a- "^^^ ^mmger. Grange Elementary School and repre- a bill allocating $10,000 for the repair sented the Northern Central District at of buildings at the state's Camp Ameri- > ' the delivery of a new bus to the Balti- can Legion. State-owned but operated more Assoc. for Retarded Children. In by the Dep't of Wisconsin, the camp offers rest and recuperation free to any rw -cr the photo, Steve Redyk, right. District , 'm^^^™; t^bh^W^ -i ' ' Chmn, presents the truck to Herbert state veteran whose physician certifies Fedder, Executive Director of the As- that the veteran needs it for recovery ..^e^^^^^ * sociation; looking on are Doug Sprouse, from an operation, breakdown, etc. ^»JaUUU| District Cmdr; and Rick Wilson, as- J POSTS IN ACTION ^ sistant chmn. ""''"^ll^^ TB:**^ ' While Post 125, Gulfport, Fla., was stag- ^ ^ • ^ ing its largest blood donor party in its ^ call front history, a came from Bay Med- Hj^^B . -g,! ^ ical Center at St. Petersburg for "A" Positive blood. The 32 blood and cash Two-year subscriptions spread the word, donors gave 293 pints and $200. The needed supply was rushed to the Center. PEOPLE IN THE NEWS The donors were given a roast beef ^^^^^ McFarlin, of Crookston, Minn.,

, Dep't Vice Cmdr, appointed Dep't Com- Four Legion ROTC medals were mander to fill the vacancy created by the awarded to students of the Univ. of death of Lyie C. Mikelson (American Pennsylvania's ROTC program by Post Legion Magazine, June 1970). McFarlin 20, Philadelphia, Pa. Harry K. Stinger is employed as a county veterans service Post 38, Md.: a flag and a new bus (center in photo). Past Nat'l Executive ' ', ~ Committeeman, made the presentations, ! ! ! American Legion Life Insurance aidedjjuby Johnr u Campbelluii/iN andJTJames BRIEFLY NOTED (1.) ^^^^th Ending April 30, 1970 R. Kelley (rt.). Scholarship grants of over $5,000 will Benents paid Jan. 1-April 30, 1970 $ 590,558 four graduates Benefits paid since April 1958 8,738,813 go to 1970 of Scotland, Basic Units in force (number) 168,220 Pa., School for Veterans' Children, ac- New Applications approved since cording to the Pennsylvania Legion's k T JE« r New Applications rejected 647 Scotland School Committee, which also American Legion Life Insurance is an official approved the continuation of scholar- program of The American Legion, adopted by the National Executive Committee, 1958. It is ships to 16 graduates in the amount of decreasing term insurance, issued on applica- $8,500 for the 1970-71 school year. The tion to paid-up members of The American Legion subject to approval based on health and money, which also provides other pro- employment statement. Death benefits range from $11,500 (full unit up through age 29) in grams for the school, is derived prin- decreasing steps with age to termination of cipally from a five-cent cut of the dues insurance at end of year in which 75th birthday occurs. Quoted benefit includes 15',; of the 260,000 Pennsylvania Legion Legion ROTC medals to Univ. of Penn. "bonus" in excess of contract amount. For calendar year 1970 the 15',; "across the board" members. Scotland School is a state in- increase in benefits will continue to all partici- stitution of nearly 600 needy children of In ceremonies involving Legion awards pants in the group insurance plan. Available in iisM and full units at a flat rate of $12 or $24 a K P < 'XA CU 1 l\/f F\ 1^ deceased and unfortunate veterans. y rOSt 04, CnelSea, iVlasS., Uonald year on a calendar year basis, pro-rated during the first year at or a month for insurance FMprtlder, fOStPrist CnaplamPhanlain andanH chairman.f'hairmnn LawT awi $1 $2 approved after January l. underwritten by two The American Legion was represented & Order Committee, and his wife per- commercial life insurance companies. American - is II til f1,2/J m U.i. trustee operating under the laws of Missouri. F. O'Neil at the unveiling of the Bonds to worthy recipients. Receiving James f^Amedcan "Legion^" "AdmVnistlrld^'by "^'Thl statue of Gen. Douglas MacArthur at the bonds were: the family of the late American Legion insurance Department, P.O. n„]: r\eei i„~ d...,i,i„,, j c Box 5609, Chicago, Illinois 60680, to which the MacArthur Memorial at Norfolk, Police Officer James Buckley and nre- ^vrite for more details. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1970 39 —

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officer. 17th Sig Oper The new vice commander to re- Bn (WW2)— (Sept.) E. F. Hof- 82nd Seabees, 519th CBMU— (Sept.) Al Patrick meister, 710 Crown Ave., Scranton, Pa. 18505 3822 Ave. place is J., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11210 McFarlin Maurice Joel, of Wood 20th, 1171st 1340th & Combat Eng Bns (WW2) 543rd CBMU— (Sept.) John Miller, 117 N. (Aug.) Po- Lake. — George Rankin, 5711 Ave. H., tomac St., Hagerstown, Md. 21740 Brooklyn, N.Y. 11234 Patrol Sqdn VP 211— (July) P. J. Carisella, 215 23rd Field Hosp— (Aug.) Jose Tafoya, 119 Lugar Nahant St., Wakefield, Mass. 01880 de Oro, Santa Fe, N. Mex. 87501 Frank H. Strong, of Maryville, Mo., re- USS Advance Base Sect'l Drydock— (Aug.) 27th Div— (Sept.) George Rogers, P.O. Box Howard Gruber, 7 Osborn La., Bridgeton signed as Nat'l Executive Committee- 985, Troy, N.Y. 12181 N.J. 08302 29th man to become a candidate for public AAA— (July) Lynn Wiseman, R. 3, Plym- USS Franklin (CV13)— (Sept.) Richard Fulfarr. outh, Ind. 46563 2485 Falcon St., East Meadow, N.Y. 11554 office. 30th MP Platoon— (Sept.) L. C. Hamilton, 2439 USS LST 264— (Aug.) Buddy Red Horn, 3435 Gayland Rd., Jacksonville, Fla. 32218 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 34th Reg't & 893rd Tank Dest Bn— (Sept.) USS Miller (DD535)— (Sept.) USS Miller Re- Fred T. Kuszmaul, assistant director of Harry Sinclair, Gambrills, Md. 21054 union, P.O. Box 77423, San Francisco, Calif. 37th QM Co (WW2)— (Sept.) Malen Carter, 94107 the Nat'l Child Welfare Div., 15 elected vice W. Augustine Ave., Mansfield, Ohio 44902 USS New Mexico— (Sept.) Amadeus Bible, 4929 Dafter PI., chairman of the Council of Nat'l Or- 40th Div— (Sept.) Edward Lown, 305 Highland San Diego, Calif. 92102 Ave., Maybrook, N.Y. 12543 USS Wyandot (AKA)— (Oct.) Frank Dennis, ganizations, a major component of the 43rd Div— (Sept.) Joseph Zimmer, State Arm- 2005 Otter Valley La., Nashville, Tenn. 37215 Nat'l Committee for Children and ory, 360 Broad St., Hartford, Conn. 06115 USS YMS 478— (Sept.) Charles Nelson, 526 Al- fred Rd., 52nd Eng (WWl)— (Sept.) A. J. Schill, 1411 So. Toms River, N.J. 08753 Youth, is which prominent in organ- Black Rock Rd., Swarthmore, Pa. 19081 izing White House Conferences on that 54th Sig Bn— (Sept.) George Brugnone, 680 AIR Bundy Ave., San Jose, Calif. 95117 3rd AB Gp, HQ & HQ Sq., 521st matter, and in implementing & 522nd Air recommen- 63rd Sig Bn— (July) W. V. Nevill, 275 E. Fair Serv Gps— (Aug.) Walter Baker, 216 Arthur dations made by the Conferences. Oaks, San Antonio, Tex. 78209 St., Zelienople, Pa. 16063 70th Eng Lt Ponton Co— (Sept.) David Russell, 58th Bomb Wng— (Aug.) Joseph Pokraka, 1730 102 Pine Blvd., Lake Pine, R.D. 2, Marlton, Laporte Ave., Whiting, Ind. 46394 N.J. 08053 Clarence H. ("Cap") Olson, of Arling- 81st Serv Sqdn (WW2)— (Aug.) Nicklas Kri- 91st Cml Mtr Co (MTZ, AP0957)— (Sept.) voniak, 1700 Westmoor Dr., Austin, Tex. 78723 ton, Va., named by Gov. Linwood Hol- Adam Repsher, 13 Musconetcong Ave., Stan- 217th Aero Sqdn (WWl)— (Oct.) W. J. Cain, hope, N.J. 07874 906 Massena Ave., Waukegan, 111. ton to the Virginia 60085 Veterans Affairs 129th Field Art'y, Bat E (WWl)— (Sept.) W. H. 367th Ftr Gp, 392nd, 393rd & 394th Sqdns— Commission. Myers, 5200 Harvard, Kansas City, Mo. 64133 (Oct.) J. T. Curtis, 1713 Marsalis Dr., Abilene, 132nd AA Gun Bn— (Sept.) David Dodson, 29 Tex. 79603 Bridle Path La., Feasterville, Pa. 19047 374th Aero Sqdn (WWl)— (Sept.) Conrad Fri- day, 224 E. Ave., 135th Eng (WW2)— (Sept.) John Dwyer, 95 E. Oak Moorestown, N.J. 08057 DEATHS 24th St., Huntington Sta., N.Y. 11746 135th Field Art'y, Tp D Cav, Bats B&E (WWl) MISCELLANEOUS — (Sept.) Howard Sweet, RFD Perrys- Retreads— James C. Bangs, 76, of Pocatello, Idaho, #1, (Oct.) John Bouchard, 56 Elmwood burg, Ohio 43551 St., Newton, Mass. 02158 Past Nat'l Vice Commander (1958-59). 147th Field Art'y (WWl)— (Sept.) Paul Grosz, World War Nurses— (Aug.) Ann Tompkins, 919 Main St., Rm. 3, Rapid City, S. Dak. 57701 P.O. Box 196, Leesburg, Fla. 32748 148th Inf, Co H— (Sept.) Frank Hudak, 4541 John G. (Jack) Little, 78, of Park Ridge, Lmda La., Sheffield Village, Lorain, Ohio 44054 NEW POSTS 111., assistant director of the Public Re- 158th Combat Reg't— (Sept.) Charles Fonseca. 235 E. Washington St., Phoenix, Ariz. 85004 lations Division at Nat'l The American Legion has recently Hq., 1950-55. 168th Reg't, 1st Bn— (Sept.) Sec'y, 34th Div., P.O. Box 616, Des Moines, Iowa 50303 chartered the following new posts: 172nd Inf Tank Co (Korea)- (Sept.) Robert Barney Condo Post 2, Restigouche, Richard F. Hanlen, of New Cumber- Fitzgerald, RFD 4, St. Albans, Vt. 05478 204th Field Art'y land, Pa., a vice chairman of Bn (WW2)— (Aug.) Lou Quebec, Canada; Mescalero Apache the Nat'l Sharpe, Box 328, Checotah, Okla. 74426 Post Distinguished Guests Committee. 246th Coast Art'y— (Sept.) Ray Cross, 1209 48, Mescalero, N. Mex.; Mocksville Kerns Ave. S.W., Roanoke, Va. 24015 Post 195, Mocksville, N.C; and South 251st Port Co, 497th Bn— (Sept.) Herbert Hux- soll, 965 Edgetree La., Madison George Ehinger, 81, of Dover, Del., Cincinnati, Ohio 45211 County Post 90, Bemis, Tenn. 252nd Trans Trk Co (Korea)— (July) James president of the Legion's Child Welfare Jeffreys, Hamilton, Ala. 35570 272nd Field Art'y Bn— (Aug.) R. W. Hope, 3202 THE Foundation and a General Member of Devine St., Columbia, AMERICAN LEGION S.C. 29205 N-ATIONAL 308th Eng— (Aug.) Fred Lautzenheiser, 938— HEADQUARTERS the Child Welfare Commission. APRIL 1970 5th St. N.W., New Philadelphia, Ohio 44663 30, 309th Ammo Tn (WWl)— (Sept.) H. E. Stearley, ASSETS 403 N. Meridian St., Brazil, Joseph W. Brown, 70, of Ind. 74834 Nashua, N.H., 328th Inf Combat Team & 263rd Field Art'y— 153,098.84 Past Nat'l Vice Cmdr (1946-47) and (Oct.) Allen Gordon, Box 123, Rockland, 619,898.47 Maine 04841 3.814.819.50 Past Dep't Cmdr (1945-46). 338th Mach Gun Bn— (Sept.) H. J. Schmitz, 906 Trust Funds : Washington St., Eldora, Iowa 50627 Overseas Graves Decoration 349th Inf, Co H (WWl)— (Aug.) John Tray, Trust Fund 304,077.57 Frank E. Barr, 78, of Wichita, Kans., 1617 E. Main St., Ottumwa, Iowa 52501 Employees Retirement 354th Inf (WW1&2)— (Oct.) Trust Fund 4,756,713.68 5,060,791.25 Past Frank Whaley, 205 Dep't Cmdr (1937-38). Ruby St., Paris, Mo. 65275 Improved 508th Eng— (Aug.) Jim Sipe, 2299 Mt. Zion Rd., Real Estate 821,521.81

York, Pa. 17402 Less : Accumulated OUTFIT REUNIONS 713th AAA Gn Bn, Bat B (1950)— (Aug.) Ted Depreciation 278,112.11 543,409.70 Davis, National Guard Armory, Camden, Funded Depreciation Reunion will be held in month indicated. S.C. 29020 (Securities & Casli) 278,112.11 821,521.81 For particulars write person whose address is 726th Rwy Oper Bn (Aug.) — George Myers, Jr., Furniture & Fixtures, Less Depreciation 315,498.08 given. Rt. 1 Box 266, Chillicothe, 45601 Ohio 88,181.50 Notices accepted on official forms only. For 735th Rwy Oper Bn, Co C— (Aug.) William form send stamped, $13,040,507.74 addressed return envelope Tatman, 7216 N.W. Coronado, Kansas City, to O. R. Form, American Legion Magazine, Mo. 64152 LIABILITIES, DEFERRED REVENUE 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 813th Tank Dest Bn, Co B— (Aug.) John & NET WORTH 10019. Notices should be received at least five Capozzi, 319 S. 6th St., Jeannette, Pa. 15644 394,053.81 months before scheduled reunion. No written Base 19— 386,993.45 letter necessary to get form. Hosp (Oct.) George Taylor, 121 Glen- briar Dr., Rochester, N.Y. 14616 2,014,057.99 Earliest submission favored when volume of Trust Funds : requests is too great to WAC-WAAC (Bergstrom AB, Del Valle Field, print all. Overseas Graves Decoration Austin, Texas)— (Aug.) Mrs. Gladys Glass, Trust Fund 805 Newman Dr., Austin, Tex. 78703 304.077.57 ARMY Employees Retirement 1st GHQ MP Bn, Co A (WWl)— (Oct.) Robert NAVY Trust Fund 4,756,713.68 5,060,791.25 Bickford, 27 Main St., Ashburnham, Mass. Net Worth : 01430 2nd Marine Div— (Aug.) Hugo Genge, P.O. Box Reserve Fund 904,553.31 113, Willow Springs, 111. 60480 1st Louisiana Inf & 114th Eng (WWl)— (Oct.) Restricted Fund 1,529.063.58 28th Seabees (Oct.) Bruno Petruccione, G. L. Jeansonne, 3514 Halsey St., Alexandria, — 12 Real Estate 821,521.81 La. 71301 Imperial Dr., New Hartford, N.Y. 13413 Reserve for Rehabilitation 168.173.92 42nd Seabees— (Oct.) George Rapp, 42-37 Union for 3rd Cav Gp, 3rd & 43rd Sqdns— (Sept.) Hugh Reserve Child Welfare 115,239.73 St., Flushing, N.Y. 11355 for Bodell, 4161 Lincoln Blvd., Dearborn Heights, Reserve Convention .. 60,000.00 55th Seabees (Oct., Overseas) Mrs. Mich. 48125 — Myron Reserve for Publication .. 36,687.74 Dean, 4125 N.E. Maywood PI., Portland, Ore. Gift to The Nation 5th Arm'd Div, 10th 34th & Serv Cos, Tank Bn 69th Seabees— (Oct.) Eric Arenberg, 270 104th (Sept.) — Maintenance Fund .... 99.906.25 (WW2)— Mrs. Robert Moritz, Ra- St., Stone Harbor, N.J. 08247 venna, Neb. 3.735.146.34 68869 70th Seabees, 1005th, 1006th Dets (WW2)— 11th Field Unrestricted Capital 1,449,464.90 5,184,611.24 Art'y— (Sept.) R. J. Summers, 293 (Sept.) Ernest Porter, 12 Water St., Arling- N. Maple Ave., East Orange, N.J. 07017 ton, Mass. 02174 $13,040,507.74 40 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1970 STRAIGHT KENTUCKY BOURBON WHISKEY • 86 PROOF • ©ANCIENT AGE DISTILLING CO., FRANKFORT, KY. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1970 41 FAVORITE BRIDGE HANDS that would betray the extraordinary —-r(Continued from page 14) workings of her mind and leave her lis- ruffed with teners completely the three. South then returned able, and it was now that Rossant finally frustrated, breathless and in the six of diamonds from dummy. Alas, abandoned his earlier reticence long an utter state of confusion. poor East—it was again his turn to play enough to utter one word: double. On top of all this, Sylvia was also and this time declarer's what A-6 of trumps The play followed normal lines. Low you might call "accident-prone." stood greedily poised over him to gobble led the king of hearts, and upon receiving Sometimes a card would inadvertently up the 8-4. the deuce from his partner—which meant fall out of her hand, or else she might Of course, the hand was a great per- stop—shifted to the nine of clubs. It is make a bid out of turn, or she would sonal triumph for Hirschberg and he was difficult to describe the feeling of joy somehow or other miscount trumps, or accorded due homage for his outstanding which welled in Rossant's breast when she would play the deuce of a suit from feat, but a few years before this incident the club made its appearance. He cashed her hand when she actually had meant to occurred he had also participated in an- six club tricks in a row and then returned play the ace, or do any one of a number other famous hand that was notorious a heart through Shore's Q-9. Low, who of other things that had the effect of for an entirely different reason. Hirsch- had kept all his hearts, proceeded to driving even her most temperate part- berg was playing with Jack Shore in the cash them one by one, and the outcome ners crazy. But the wonder of all this, Vanderbilt Cup knockout team-of-four was that Shore lost six clubs and six and what unfailingly endeared her to the championship—which at that time used hearts to go down eight—2300 points! members of the club, was that in a phe- the total point method of scoring, very After that debacle, the Hirschberg- nomenal number of cases Sylvia's inad- similar to rubber bridge. On the hand Shore team did not win the match. vertent errors would react in her favor that follows, they were opposed by two When the 28-board match was fin- and produce a sensational triumph. Her fellow New Yorkers—Joe Low and Sam ished, and before they had had a chance opponents would be left in an utter state Rossant. to compare their results with those at of consternation and she'd have created the other table, one of Shore's team- a conversation piece that would spread North dealer. mates came over to him and anxiously like wildfire among the members of the North-South vulnerable. asked how he and Hirschberg had fared. club, to become a talking point for weeks Said Shore: "We had a good game ex- on end. North cept for one hand," a comment that must The deal that follows occurred only A K 9 5 4 Q rank as one of the great understatements a week or so after Sylvia joined the club. 8 4 of all time. West was in no mood to be trifled with K 4 In my daily syndicated bridge column when the hand shown was dealt. He had 10 7 3 I occasionally feature the remarkable shortly before this deal completed a West East adventures of a girl named Sylvia. To- rubber with Sylvia as his partner with J 10 2 day she is a dear friend of mine but I disastrous results. Actually, the rubber A K J 10 5 3 2 did not make her acquaintance until had gone along very smoothly except that J 8 7 3 5 2 after she had joined the bridge club many during the bidding on one hand Sylvia 9 4> K Q 8 5 2 years ago of which I was a member. had said something she shouldn't have South Sylvia was probably the worst player said and paid for it to the tune of 1400 A 8 6 3 ever admitted to membership in the club, points. Aside from this one minor inci- V Q 9 7 and it is very doubtful that she would dent, West had no reason at all to get A 10 Q ever have been accepted by the Admis- excited. * J 6 4 sions Committee had they realized what an The bidding: outrageously poor player she was East dealer. when she North East South West applied. North-South vulnerable. Actually, Sylvia had (Hirsch- (Ros- (Shore) (Low) just started to play bridge at berg) sant) that time, and, in her North anxiety to accelerate her 1 Pass progress as J 9 A 1 NT 2 V quickly as she could she loved 2 A Pass 2 NT Pass — the ¥ Q 7 6 4 2 game dearly she made it 3 NT Dble Pass Pass — a point to Pass play regularly at high stakes with and K 5 against only the best players in the club. West East Opening lead—king of hearts. This decision of course made her very A Q 10 8 7 A 5 4 3 2 popular with the expert members of the V K 10 8 V J 9 Hirschberg opened the bidding with a club. Popular, that is, when she was an 9 8 4 3 J 7 6 5 spade and Rossant—^who certainly had opponent, a condition it was not always * 9 7 * Q J 10 the values for a two-club bid, considering possible to arrange. South the favorable vulnerability elected — to Sylvia's thinking at the bridge table A K 6 pass. Shore responded with a no trump was marked by peculiarities and aberra- V 5 3 and Low quietly entered the fray with tions of the most unexpected kind. She A K Q 10 two hearts. North naturally bid two was utterly incapable of applying any * 8 6 4 3 2 spades and Rossant, ordinarily not a shy orderly method of thinking to the many bidder, for some reason that's difficult to diverse problems of the game. Probably The bidding: explain chose to pass again. all her thought processes seemed entirely East South West North Shore felt he had top values for his rational to Sylvia, but she was seldom Pass 2 A Pass 7 A previous no trump response and he also able to convince her tormented partners Pass Pass Pass wanted to his show respect for Hirsch- of the soundness of her brand of logic. berg's voluntary rebid which — would When her unfortunate partners, after a Opening lead—nine of clubs. ordinarily indicate extra values—so he particularly gruelirig experience, would weighed in with two no trump. ask why in the world she had done what Sylvia was South and said two spades Hirschberg thereupon raised Shore to she did, she would invariably come forth after East had passed. Undoubtedly, she three no trump, which seemed reason- with some strange and exotic reasons did not have the slightest intention of 42 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JU LY 1970 opening the bidding with two spades. POLYMERIC She may have been counting aloud how MAN-MADE many spades she had, or she might have NEW PRICE been referring to the preceding hand in some obscure way, but, whatever the SHOES reason. West quickly passed and North justifiably raised Sylvia to seven spades. Sylvia was aghast at this turn of events, but as usual she took everything in stride. Upon winning the club lead in dummy, she returned a diamond, and, having learned earlier that day how to finesse, she played the ten from her hand. The finesse having succeeded, she cashed the A-K-Q of diamonds, discarding a club and two hearts from dummy as both opponents followed suit. Sylvia then finessed the queen of hearts successfully.

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44 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1970 . . .

New Veterans Benefit Plan actually pays you - . $100 a week cash income when you are hospitalized $10,000 lump-sum cash

if you are permanently disabled

Tax-free "extra cash" paid on top of any other insurance benefits. .

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S., if You qualify now if you hold an honorable discharge from the Armed Forces of the U. you are not on active duty, and if you are not receiving a VA disability pension or compensation This could well be the most important set of benefits offered to you since you were discharged! Now— as a all this valuable protection . . You get qualified veteran— you can take advantage of this "extra cash" Veterans Bene- Here's how the. Veterans Benefit Plan pensation or pension, or conditions cov- fit Plan that not only pays you valuable works: $100.00 a week $14.28 a day) will ered by Workmen's Compensation or Em- ( money when you are hospitalized— and be paid directly to you from the very first ployers Liability Laws. You are free to a big lump-sum cash benefit if you day of hospital confinement — even for use any hospital in the world except only: permanently disabled— one day — and for as long as 52 weeks, nursing homes; convalescent, extended- should become each time a new sickness or accident hos- care, or self-care units of hospitals; or Fed- but, in addition, actually pays cash for pitalizes you. Even if you have been in the eral hospitals. a yearly check-up by your own doctor hospital for a full year — and have col- help him keep you in the best pos- $10,000.00 Lump-Sum Cash Benefit to lected your full $5,200.00 of benefits, as sible health! insurance. Vet- long as you have kept your policy in Unlike any other disability Most veterans are in their late thir- force you will be entitled to all your bene- erans Benefit pays you $10,000.00 extra ties, forties, and fifties— the years when fits all over again if you have been out of cash in one lump sum if you become both earning power and family obliga- the hospital for at least six months. permanently and totally disabled from any tions are at a peak— and also the years Think of it! You're protected immedi- new sickness or accident. when serious health problems begin to ately for new accidents off the job. After If, before age 60, you are totally dis- you've had your policy 30 days, you're abled for 12 consecutive months, and take their toll. That's why you probably covered for new sicknesses, and when doctors determine you are unable to work already carry regular health insurance. you've had your policy for only one year, at any job, you are entitled to this big But it's a fact that in these "danger you're covered for chronic ailments you've extra cash benefit. Of course, you must years" ordinary health insurance— by full time for at least had in the past — conditions that come have been employed itself— simply isn't enough. months before you became totally dis- back again and again or are likely to recur. 6 That's why the 67-year-old Physi- There are only these minimum neces- abled and your policy must remain in con- cians Mutual Insurance Company—run sary exceptions: war, military service, tinuous force during the 12-month dis- by doctors—has created this low-cost mental disorder, alcoholism or drug ad- ability period. plan to give you the extra cash protec- diction, service-connected disability for Pays Extra Money to Help Keep You matter what other which you are receiving goveniment com- tion you need no in the Best Possible Health coverage you have. It pays tax-free, ex- To encourage you to see your doctor regu- pense-free extra cash direct to you in • Off-the-job accidents covered im- Benefit will up to mediately, as soon as your policy larly. Veterans Plan pay addition to any other company's insur- $10.00 toward the cost of an annual rou- is in force • New sicknesses cov- ance you carry, group or individual, or policy is days tine physical check-up. You see your own ered after your 30 even Medicare . . . plus a big extra cash old • Even pre-existing conditions doctor any time within 60 days after you lump sum for permanent disabiUty . . . are covered after only one year! receive your notice. and, for the first time, actually pays cash to your doctor to help him keep you well! Of course, you may have only i one like policy with Physicians Mutual. Special Limited Enrollment expires August 15, 1970 Pays "Extra Cash" When You're ^ Hospitalized — Pays Money to Help

. . . Act now and you get your first month for only $1 Keep You Well and Out of the Hospital As your doctor will tell you, few . . . Use Enrollment Form at the end of this announcement A things are more important to your health than regular medical check-ups. (continued on next page)

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1970 45 Read here and on the preceding page about how you may (continued from preceding page) " ' w The most serious illnesses (cancer, for ing in even when you are on the sick- yourself permanently unable to work. example) can often be cured when de- list and hospitalized? Debts could pile Perhaps you'd receive small monthly tected early enough. To encourage you up fast — and your savings swiftly dis- payments from social security or other to see your doctor regularly, the Vet- appear. You may recover your health insurance, but this big lump sum could erans Benefit Plan actually helps pro- — but you might never recover from be a lifesaver toward wiping out large vide a yearly routine physical check-up. the tremendous financial loss. debts or helping to pay off your mort- But even if you see your doctor reg- Now, however, you can stop worry- gage. Or perhaps you'd want to use it ularly, you might still be hospitalized ing about where the extra cash is going for your children's education or invest by a sudden accident or unexpected to come from — if you take advantage it for needed income. illness. Would your present insurance of the extra cash protection off^ered by cover all your medical expenses? Al- the Veterans Benefit Plan. Why the Plan Has Been Called "the

most surely, the answer is no. Best Insurance Buy Since G. I. Not only does it provide extra pro- Life Insurance" But even if it did, what about your tection when you are hospitalized — but family's living expenses? Who would it pays you a big extra cash lump-sum With all these extra cash benefits, you pay the rent or mortgage . . . your benefit for permanent disability. Con- might expect the Veterans Benefit Plan monthly payments ... the food bills sider what this big lump-sum payment to be very expensive. But here's the and all the other bills that keep on com- could do for you if you should find best news of all! It costs only $4.95 a

/f You Have Questions, Here's aHandy Checklist ofAnswers

1 What is the Veterans Benefit Plan? If I [e] become hospitalized, when do my you must have been employed full time for at benefits begin? least six It is a new non-government insurance plan for months before you became totally dis- honorably discharged abled and your policy must remain in continuous veterans of the Armed $100.00 a week ($14.28 a day) will be paid di- of force during the 12-month disability period. Forces the United States—who are not now rectly to you from the very first day of hospital on active duty and who are not receiving com- confinement. 13] Can I drop out at any time? Can you pensation or pension for service-connected or '— ' drop me? non-service-connected disability from the Veter- Pt] How long will I be paid? ans Administration—that pays extra cash direct We will never cancel or refuse to renew your For as long as 52 weeks (as much as $5,200.00) to you when you are hospitalized, plus an addi- policy for health reasons—for as long as you live while you are hospitalized for a new sickness tional lump-sum payment for permanent dis- and continue to pay your premiums. We guar- or accident. Each new period of hospital con- ability. In addition, the Veterans Benefit Plan antee that we will never cancel, modify, or finement pays up to the full 52 weeks bene- provides a physical examination benefit each terminate your policy unless we decline renewal fit, as long as there is an interval of six months year to help your doctor keep you in the best or modify all policies of this type in your entire from the last hospital confinement. possible health. state. You, of course, can drop your policy on any renewal date. 8 When does my policy go into force? I

2 Why do I need the extra cash of the 14 How do I report a claim? It becomes effective on the date your Enroll- Veterans Benefit Plan in addition to my ment is received. New accidents are covered With your policy, you will receive a simple, regular health insurance? on that date. After your policy has been in easy-to-use Claim Form which you send directly Probably your present hospital insurance won't force for 30 days, you are covered for new sick- to the company when you wish to report a claim. nesses cover all your hospital expenses. But even if which begin thereafter. 15 How much does it cost to join? it does, you will still need help to pay all your What if I have had a health problem that other expenses at home. And if you become fg] Only $1.00, regardless of age. After your first may occur again? permanently disabled, you can surely use an month you pay only $4.95 a month through age additional lump-sum payment in cash, to help Pre-existing conditions are covered after your 49; only $5.95 a month from age 50 through 59; you pay off large debts, your mortgage, or put policy has been in force for only one year. and only $6.95 a month from age 60. to some other important use. 10 What isn't covered? 16 Why are the premiums so low?

Only First, we believe veterans, as a group, are 3 How do I get my "physical" each year? these exceptions: war, military service, I better insurance risks. Second, by mental disorder, alcoholism or drug addiction, encouraging Veterans Benefit Plan actually pays your own regular check-ups, we hope to service-connected or non-service-connected dis- minimize the doctor up to $10.00 annually toward your routine chances of hospitalization and ability for which you are receiving government permanent dis- physical examination only if (but you want it). ability. Finally, this is a compensation or pension, or any condition mass enrollment plan You get special forms yearly to take to your —and no salesmen are used. covered by Workmen's Compensation or Em- doctor so he can give you your check-up within ployers Liability Laws. 60 days. [17] Why is there a "deadline" date?

11 Does the Veterans Benefit Plan pay in In order to offer the Plan to properly qualified any hospital? veterans without any other requirements and [T] Can I collect even though I carry other health insurance? still maintain our low rate, we can only make You will be covered in any hospital in the world the Plan available on this basis during a limited Yes. This Plan pays you in addition to any other except nursing homes; convalescent, extended- enrollment period. The deadline date is firm— company's health insurance you carry, whether care, or self-care units of hospitals; or Federal we cannot accept the enclosed Enrollment unless group or individual—even in addition to Medi- hospitals. postmarked on or before that date. care. Of course, you may have only one like

if I policy with Physicians Mutual. 12 What become permanently disabled? 18 Why should I enroll right now?

Should you become totally disabled for 12 Because an unexpected sickness or accident consecutive months before you reach the age could strike without warning— will Is there a lot of red tape to qualify? and you not of 60, and it is medically determined that you be covered until your policy is in force. Remem- No. The only qualification is that you are an are unable to work at any job, you are entitled ber, if for any reason you change your mind, you honorably discharged veteran, as noted in (1) to a permanent total disability benefit—a lump may return your policy within 10 days and your above. Even veterans over 65 are welcome. sum of $10,000.00 in tax-free cash! Of course, $1.00 will be refunded promptly.

46 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1970 qualify now for this valuable Veterans Benefit Plan

month through age 49 — from age 50 gators are used. It all adds up to high at any cost! Mail your Enrollment to- through 59 only $5.95 a month - 60 quality protection at low cost. day. The same day we receive it, we regardless of will issue your Veterans Benefit Policy and over, only $6.95. And Offered by "the Doctors Company" (Form Series) and automatically your age, you get your first month for P321 policy in force. only $1.00. Your policy is backed by the resources, put your integrity, and reputation of Physicians We'll also send you an easy-to-use Extra Benefits Give You Real Security Mutual Insurance Company, "the doc- Claim Form so that when you need and Peace of Mind tors' company" since 1902. For many your benefits you will have it ready to years we specialized in health insur- use. In addition, you'll receive special For as long as you live and continue to ance for physicians, surgeons, and forms each year to take to your doctor pay your premiums, we will never can- dentists exclusively. Headquartered in for your medical check-up. cel or refuse to renew your policy for Omaha, Nebraska, where it is incorpo- health reasons — and we guarantee that No Risk — No Obligation rated and licensed. Physicians Mutual we will never cancel, modify, or termi- now serves hundreds of thousands of JUST ONE THING MORE! Because nate your policy unless we decline re- policyholders in all walks of life all this is a Limited Enrollment we can newal or modify all policies of this type across America direct by mail. Our only accept enrollments postmarked on in your entire state. Board of Directors is still composed en- or before the deadline date. But please tirely of respected members of the med- don't wait until the deadline. The How We Can Offer So Much ical, dental, and insurance professions. sooner we receive your Enrollment, for So Little No branch, department, or instru- the sooner the plan will cover you. We Information recently revealed by the mentality of the United States Govern- cannot cover you if your policy is not Veterans Administration (NSLI) shows ment has any connection with this Plan in force. that veterans live longer and are in bet- or with Physicians Mutual. No veterans Simply fill out the form below and it today. ter health than the general male popu- organization is in any way connected mail with $1.00 When you receive your policy, you'll see that it lation. That's why it is possible for you with this offering. — a properly qualified veteran — to is simple and easy to understand. But as Why You Should Enroll Today directly benefit from the low cost of if for any reason you change your mind, return it within this remarkable plan! Once accident or illness strikes, it will you may 10 days and Secondly, by encouraging our mem- be to late to get "extra cash" protection we will promptly refund your dollar! bers to take regular check-ups each year, we hope to keep more of our pol- PHYSICIANS MUTUAL icyholders out of the hospital. This INSURAIVCE COMPAIXY means lower claims costs. 115 South 42nd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68131 Thirdly, the Veterans Benefit Plan

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THE UNITED NATIONS' HAPPY (?) 25TH BIRTHDAY JOHN NY WETS (Continued from page 51) ties of the United Nations to the whole to strengthen the United Nations and BED-«MY world." make it more effective. HIS The Soviet Union has been using the One is to give the world forum an UN's 25th anniversary as a sounding independent source of income by levy- HIS board for Kremlin propaganda. Russian ing an improvement tax on services the WETS BED delegate V. L. Issraelyan recently told organization is performing in develop- the General Assembly that the past quar- ment of backward areas of the world. WETS HIS ter century had been filled with events Another would pay the UN a fee de- JOHNNY "of the greatest historic significance, rived from Outer Space communications such as the formation of the Community by satellite. of Socialist States (Soviet bloc), the col- A third would permit the UN to lapse of the colonial system of imperial- charge for Ucensing commercial ven-

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NOSTALGIA PARTING When each groovie's returned SHOTS to his groove And each crackpot's gone back to his crack When shoes cover feet And hairstyles are neat Will the good old days then come back? M. Mulligan

"TRUTH IS STRANGE" Variety may be the spice of life, but it's the monotony that provides the groceries.

Lucille J. Goodyfar QUICK-CHANGE DARTIST One car length for ten miles of speed Allowance space 'tween cars I heed: At thirty, I leave spaces three Some wild guy scoots in front of me! DOROTHV ElZFN HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL After the protesters liave succeeded in abolishing war, mavbe they'll go to work on death and taxes.

S. .S. Binm.i CONFUSION OF VALUES A sense of universal worth Asserts itself—to wit: When nothing is important. You may get a lot of it. Paul Armsironi.

"George! You bring Mother right back here!" TESTAMENTARY TRUTH Thrift in a man is never more appreciated

than when his will is read. TllK AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE D. O. Flv.w

A LA MODE ON THE ROAD When we travel, we look hard all HE TRIES HARDER afternoon For a decent place to eat no greasy On a jet flight to New York, a 'iOO-pound geiilleiiian was quietly reading — spoon his paper when a stewardess asked if hi' would cave for a cocktail. Nol But when we find it, do we try? looking up he replied. "I'm a lover, iioi a drinker." The stewardess' re- .?" No, my husband whizzes by it. action was a surprised, "Oh . . (There's always sure to be another "In fact," he continued, putting hi.s paper down and giving her his coming soon.) lull attention, "I'm prohably the third greatest lover in lustorv." JOVCI. klRClIFR Mf.(.(;I\S()\ "Is that right?" said the stewardess. "And who woidd you say No. I and No. 2 were?" "Benjamin Franklin and Abraham Lincoln," declared the 300-poundei "But they weren't great lovers," protested the stewardess.

" "Oh, my gosh," he .said, slapping his gigantic thigh, "then I must l)e No. 1 ! Paiwdakis

DECLARATION SIGNER A junior account executive was drowning his sorrows one night in a tavern because his boss, a rough type, had fired him for no reason at all. It happened just after the boss had sent some prints of the Declara- tion of Independence to be used or put on walls or whatever. "What's wrong with that?" the young man was asked. 'I dunno," was his reply. "All I did was read it, add my name to the bottom, and pass it on!" Dan BrNNKxr

WHICH TOOF? Uncle Bertram, in town to visit relatives, told about going to a strange doctor about a boil on his neck. The yoiuig doctor stated, "It's caused by a bad tooth." This surprised Uncle Bertram. Nevertheless, he removed both his denture plates and held them out to the physician. "If you'll just tell me which one it is, doctor," he lisped, "I'll knock it out right now." "It still doesn't feel just right." La.ni; Olinc.iiousi: THE AMERICAN I.L.CION MAGAZINE

56 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1970 NOW— FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER... Johnny Cash ' sings a[! his greatest hits

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