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l.i;<.IO\ THE AMERICAN LEGION ~ :t" "~~ MAGAZINE — Cover by Ben Elsenstat Contents for July 1956

ALL ROADS LEAD TO CALIFORNIA by R. Wilson Brown 12 THINGS TO SEE ON YOUR WAY TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.

THEY SIGNED FOR US by Merle Sinclair 14 THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE COME ALIVE.

ACADEMIC FREEDOM, HUTCHINS STYLE by Kenneth Colegrove & Willmoore Kendall 16 IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHOSE OX IS BEING GORED.

STORMS AHEAD by Robert Scharff 18 HOW TO GET SET FOR THOSE BIG WINDS THAT ARE COMING.

Let's go. Legionnaires! LESSON IN DEATH by Comdr. Gerald R. Hunter 20 TOO MANY AMERICAN BOYS ARE SISSIES WHEN IT COMES TO GUNS.

HY WE SWEETHEART OF THE A.E.F. by Irene Corbally Kuhn 22 A PROFILE OF BELOVED ELSIE JANIS. MAIN LIHE AIRWAY ARE YOU ALLERGIC TOO . . . ? by 0. A. Battista 24 IT'S POSSIBLE THAT YOU ARE A VICTIM. DIRECT TO YOUR DO LEGION BOYS' STATES DO THEIR JOB? by Dr. D. W. Tieszen. . . 26 THE BOYS THEMSELVES PROVIDE THE ANSWERS. 38th ANHUAL NEWS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION 31 COHVENnON Features

SOUND OFFI 4 PERSONAL AFFAIRS . . 8 NEWSLETTER 29

EDITOR'S CORNER . . 6 ROD AND GUN CLUB. .28 Los Angeles — Sept. 3-6, 1956 PRODUCTS PARADE. 44 PARTING SHOTS 64 and on to Manuscripts, artwork, cartoons submitted for consideration will not be returned unless a self-addressed, stamped envelope is included. EXOTIC HAWAIII

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cioahcttcs © A I Co MooucT or or jModel Congress was held on the campus of Brookl> n College and at- Sound your Z ... make it tending were 100-odd people from schools throughout the New York area. \\'hat occurred there is .sorr.e- EASY ON OIL thing every American has a right to know. A number of bills w ere presented on the floor for consideration. One of the first asked for American FOR KEEPS recognition, diplomatic and cultural, of the Communist People's Republic of China. Almost ever)- delegate spoke — because in favor of this motion. Only we, the undersigned, and a very few others stood up and spoke against communism. The mcml)ers of the Congress and a goodly portion of the leaders virtually laughed our motions and our ideas off the floor. We said that we should stand up for the ideals we hold dear. Wt stated, let's try patriotism. Wq got shouts of "Fascist!" "Xazi!" "McCarthy! " and so on. A\'e s|ioke for American principles and THE RIGHT MAN? one delegate called the Stars and Sir: In view of General Omar Brad- Stripes a "rag." General .Mac.'Xrthur ley's repeated a.ssertions that the Gov- was called a traitor to his countr\' and ernment has no special obligation.s to one of the officials said, "I hate Alac-

veterans, it was probably only natural .Arthur!" The Neiv York World- that he should ha\ c been pushed into Tek'fim/// ajid Sun was called "a capi- the forefront to lead the fight against talist rag," and The American Legion

veterans' benefits. However, I submit and its National Commander were that those who gave him the ball called reactionary and fascist. We. would have been better off if they firmly believe that every taxpayer has

hat! handed it to someone else on their the right to know of this happening

team. The trouble is, the General is and also the right to know the extent too busy a man for this sort of thing. of communist infiltration of our pub- He draws full-time pay as a General lic schools because many of the dele- on acti\ e duty, by special Act of Con- gates in advancing their bills stated: .'" gress. This amounts to |20„i43.56 a "As nn teacher has often said . . year, and he also has two life-time Allen C. Browiiftld militar\' aides, plus permanent quarters Robert Lisak in the Pentagon. We don't know \\ hat Bert Rein the General does, but obviously the Brooklyn Army isn't pa> ing that kind of money just to have him hang around a water- FISHY cooler in the Pentagon. And that isn't Pennzoil with Z-7 all. The General holds do\\n another Sir: Princeton students used to cat job, as Chairman of the Board of Re- goldfish. The times have changed. In keeps engines clean search and De\ elopment of the \ iew of Alger Hiss' appearance there, it appears that they red Bulo\ a AVatch Co. This is said to pay now swallow It's true— you'll use less oil when you him $50,000 a year, and he also has liv- herrings. use Pennzoil with Z-7! For this ing accommodations at the Bulova Marjoiie McHale different Pennsylvania motor oil has ^^'atch headquarters. On the face of De Witt, N. V. an all-oil lubricating body that stays it, the General's job with the Bulova tough under even the most intense AVatch people is of great strategic CLARIFICATION engine heat and pressures. importance since last year they sold Sir: In > c)ur September 1955 issue one It also prevents formation of $27,000,000 worth of goods to our M. F. Disney of .Arlington, \'a., char- carbon, sludge and other oil-wasting armed forces. This entire set-up acterized me in his letter as "... a red, puzzles me no end, and I think an in- deposits. By keeping rings, valves ." a pinko, or a stinko . . The letter vestigation is in order. I think it is and bearings clean and free, was indiscreetly captioned: "Critics shameful that a grateful goxernment Pennzoil with Z-7 keeps the whole Re\eal Themselves." The evidence makes it necessary for a General of engine smooth running, safe, and w ill prove that I am an intelligent anti- the Army to take a part-time job to easy on oil— not for just a few miles communist. Please read and consider. make ends meet. Alind, I am not im- In The New Leader for July 21, 1945, after an oil change, but for keeps. plying that the Army isn't getting full there is a letter me captioned: Get Pennzoil with Z-7, The Tough-Film*' value for its $20,.543..^6 a \ear, and "X'arieties of Political joiners," a de- oil, now, in the exact seasonal I'm quite sure that Bulova isn't being nunciation of Kremlin devotees. In the grade for your car! cheateil. Still, it is unfortunate that the above magazine for Februar\" 5, 1949, General has to work so hard w hen it is there is an article by me titled: "Fare- obvious that he'd rather write reports IN EVERV STATE, well To .Morals." No communist [iroving \ the AT DEALERS that eterans who fought WHO would be delighted by it. Also in the w ar at the lower echelons never had CSrG fOR YOUR CAR now defunct Vhiiii Talk an article unit so good. Stellc der ni\ b\ line is titled: "So You're A Stcllc l\rriin Red-Baiter." It appeared in the April McLcainhoro, III. 1948 number w hile Stalin still had time to get mc. At our Post HIGHER EDUCATION Legion meeting of April 7, 1947, 1 introduced and se-

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HOW WE DO THINGS! Not LONG AGO, some of the wiz- ards who wage v. hat they like to call psycliological warfare came up with a dilK'. In all seriousness these press agents pro- |H)sed tiiat Uncle Sam give tiicni an air-

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they would cruise around the \\ orld treat- ing the peoples of the world to free movie shows. Tiiis, they argued, would bring on an era of good feeling, promote brotiicrhood and usher in the niillenniuni. Courtesy and resourcefulness qualify her for the job. Gaye Evans, telephone company Service I'ortunatch-, someone in A\'asliingtoii had

Ri'piesentative, obtains infoi iiKilion (or a ciislomer regarding his telephone service. enough sense to \ eto that one. PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANSCL ADAMS On tile otiier hand, consider rlic case

of John J. Siiaughness>'. John is a Brook- lyn man w ho used to work for the Army Chemical Corps. He once won a %275 She Likes to Help People award for an idea that sa\ ed taxpayers *53,000,000. A few years ago Joiin became A story about one of the telephone Service Representatives concerned at the way American gifts for overseas nations were being siiipped out whose "voice has the smile" whenever there's anything you'd like w irhout proper credit to this country. In- to know about telephone service. ileed.tiie markings could casih' be changed

to make it appear that the goods were coming not from the U.S.A. but from tiie One of the nice things about the Gaye sums up one of her main satis- U.S.S.R. In one case, the markings used tcle]jhone business is the way it brings factions this way: b\' one of our agencies showed clasped us close to people. "It's nice to have people think of the hands, the same symbol as that used by Many, many times each day — in telephone company as a place where the East German Communist Partw John \ in countless spoke up, and called for a ".Mark Ameri- oiu' community and com- they can always find courtesy and con- munities throughout the land—we have can" campaign. sideration. That's our job and we try Well, did Siiaughness\' get an- (he opportunity and the privilege of John to be good at it." other medal for his patriotism.' friendly contacts with those we serve. Don't be silh'. John got tired. Seems he .'Sometimes they are by telephone. Very w as disturbing someone, possibK' Khrush- often they are personal visits. chev or Bulganin. Among those with these contacts are And to date wc haven't heard of the Husiness Ollice Service Rejjresentatives American Civil Liberties Union doing a like Gaye (Mrs. Robert) Evans. thing about it!

"What we like people to do.'" says CONCERNING OUR WRITERS Gaye, "is to think of us as their per- A G1':NERAL rule we lio nor pub- sonal representatives at the telephone AS . lish biographical notes concerning c()ni|)any. Whenever there's any ques- the people who write for The Au/cridi/? tion about service or a bill or you're Lef^ioii Masiazinc, but \ou can get an idea nio\ ing or needing more service, we're of their caliber from the following; here to help in every way we can." Jack Denton Scott, who writes our Gaye Evans' job takes a special type l^od & Gun feature and an occasional magazine, is tiie author of person. One who is not only effi- article for this of book. All O/irJoois, published cient but understanding as well. a recent

b\ T he Stackpole Compain . Gaye (]ualifies in many ways. Even Helping the Blind. Raising money to provide Another of our contributors, Arthur ill her leisure hoins. she finds time to "(iiiidc Dogs for the Blind" has hcen one of Dalev', has won this \ car's l-'ulitzer Prize help olhcis. especially the handicapped Mrs. Evans' activities in the \ I'liliirc Club - for his sports w riting. .\rt had a baseball

and the needy. Another of her activi- an organization of Oakhiiid (('^lif.l l)ii>i- article in our April issue. ties is rehearsing a 26-girl choir. ness women. l?ol) Uhl, w hose article "I low Much Is > Our CjUii Worth?" appeared in last BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM month's issue, is the author of a new- book for l)o> s, entitled Trensiin's in the Dcl'ths, published by Prentice-Hall.

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Tom Aliihoncy, who h:is contributed a number of articles which liave aroused

considerable interest, is the author of the recent book The Great Merchants, pub-

lished !)>• Harper. Edward Hunter, who has written for us in the past and who is now working on anotlier article for us, has just had another l)ool< published, liraii/n'ashiufi. the Story of Men ivho Defied It. The publisher is Farrar, Straus and Cudahy.

Air. Hunter is the outstanding authorit\ on this much discussed subject. Another of our contributors, \'ic Riesel, recently lost his sight as a result of his crusades against labor gangsters and communists. By now everyone has heard the tragic stoiy of how Vic was blinded by acid thrown by an unknown assailant. However, not long before tiiis happened, \"ic Riesel \\rote for this magazine a More Than powerful expose of communism in one vital labor union, and this article will appear in our October issue. She ''Bargained'^ For SPEAKING OF BOOKS

SINCE SPACE limitations do not per- Dad Baker retired from active dairy- mit us to re\ iew books, it is impos- sible for us to tell you about many which ing —seven or eight years ago —but are worth your attention. However, here still keeps a half-dozen purebreds more are three which have special significance: So YotiWc Going in the Arniy, by Capt. or less as a hobby. John L. Begley, published by Military Ser\'icc Publishing Co. \\"\xh so many Dad goes all-out for these six. Tem- more oung men likely to be called into > perature-controlled barn, expensive ser\ ice, this book is vital. Forbidden Area, by Pat Frank, pub- feed . . . the works. As a result his lished by Lippincott. This novel is a real

thriller. At the same time it teaches a les- milk has a low bacteria count, a high son, showing how a few saboteurs can butterfat content. And as a favor to pave the way for an attack against this country. neighbors, he sells it just two cents T/.ic Dis^iossessed, by Geoffrey Wag- ner, published by Devin-Adair. A sus- above the ordinary price. pense story based on psych iatiy, with the mind of a v\ ounded soldier as a battle- Recently, a neighbor complained ground. Timely in view of today's pre- asked if she couldn't get the milk occupation with "mental health." "at cost." Dad agreed, and promptly TO HELP OUR SIDE sent her a bill for exactly what the MORE THAN a year ago, in June milk cost: 75?^ a quart. 1955, wc published an article by Arthur Daley, entitled "Will the Soviet From where I sit, ifs easy to mis- Union Sweep the Olympics?" You may recall it, and how it described the man- understand if you don't get all the

ner in which the Kremlin is subsidizing facts. Thafs why we ought to con- an army of athletes for the purpose of w inning the Olympic games. The idea, sider the other fellow's viewpoint be- of course, is to prove to the world that the Russkys are a race of supermen. fore we talk out. For example, you Our own Government can't throw the have your reasons for liking particular gold at Fort Knox into the breach, but one American concern has come up with beverages. I have mine. And whether an idea w hereby ever>- American can help foot the bill to underwrite the cost we're talking about buttermilk or beer of our participation in the Olympic , . . let's try to respect each other's Games. The company is Colgate-Palmo- live, and they will contribute up to $100,- point of view. 000 to the U. S. Oympic Committee, the amount to depend on sales of Colgate- Palmolive products. To get in on this, every time you buy something made by thcm, send the bo.x tops or wrappers to Olympic Fund, P.O. Box 84-C, iXIount Vernon, N. Y. Every wrapper or box top means another dime for our side. Check with your dealer for entry blanks. You can win some big prizes too. Copyright, 1956, United States Brewers Foundation

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZIN^E • JULY 1956 • 7 Your Personal AFFAIRS Information that will help you with your everyday problems.

Scientific wonders are piling up so fast this summer that the world of tomorrow seems almost a day early. Many of these "miracles" may never affect you directly. But here are four that definitely will: 1. In TV: Tape has been perfected to replace film for recording shows in black-and-white (and color tape is just about ready). It does the full job in- stantaneously (no time is lost in developing) gives much better reproduc- , tion, and is cheaper. For you who live in time zones where the live show can't be seen, tape will bring the program as good as new. And when "mural- TV" (5-ft. by 7-ft. image) comes along in the next few years, you should be able to hook on a taper to store up the shows you missed. Incidentally, TV now claims more time than anything except sleep in households with video sets (75 percent of the U. S. total). The picture boxes are turned on better than six houi-s a day there. 2. In clothing: True wash-and-wear fabrics for tailored garments will be here in two years, experts say. That means no more "drip-drying" if your dryer is capable of a good job, and no ironing. Base of the new fabrics will be Dacron, Orion, or nylon. 3. In medicine: A cure for the common cold is only about five years away, according to the latest medical calculations. Note that it will be a "cure"— not a vaccine. The trouble with vaccines is that they don't last long enough. The alternative is to knock the cold out when it strikes. What has made killing colds so difficult all along has been the chore of cornering and identifying the many types of viruses that lay you low. But progress on those twin problems has speeded up remarkably of late. 4. In autos: Turbine propulsion not only is being tried out on the road (by Chrysler), but is entering a new form in the "fi'ee-piston" engine (by Ford and General Motors). The regular turbine, of course, blows gas into the turbine. The free-piston engine pumps it in like a bellows by means of pistons (called "free" because they're not attached to a crankshaft). Turbine experiments, regardless of type, have these objectives: a quieter engine with fewer moving parts; and higher efficiency on cheaper fuels. If you have your eyes on the scientific horizon in general, expect the most spectacular discoveries in coming years in the fields of medicine and health. • • • Before anybody in your family heads for college this fall, figure minimum expenses by including these items: Tuition, rent (dormitory, fraternity or sorority house, furnished room), food, travel, insurance (life, medical, and possibly car), clothing, and in- cidentals. Ask your insurance man how to guarantee your children's education should something happen to you, and—conversely—how to recoup your investment should anything happen to them. Also check whether medical Be secure with MASTER PAD- insurance should be transferred from home to the college locality. LOCKS—steel laminated construc- As possible offsets against expenses, investigate: Part-time work (much tion plus genuine pin tumbler of this is available right in the school itself), fellowships, scholarships, and locking mechanism gives you great- government assistance. If you need quick, temporary relief, ask about bank er strength. or college loans, and tuition deferment. $1.2^ to $4.00 in a variety of Because figures on these items vary so widely, most institutions have sizes, at hardware stores and worked them out to fit their own cases. locksmiths everywhere! • • • Master Ipck Company. Small business—and that's most business—keeps getting healthier. The Small Business Administration thinks that general prosperity isn't the only WIS. MILWAUKEE 45, factor. Better availability of money (the government plays a significant UJothii- Lojt^eMz 'PoAJlMk^ ^MmyuctjuJUiAi role here) is another reason. So is the fact that military expenditures currently include more civilian-type items of the kind small business can supply. Write lor this "k Intelligent self-help can be of great value to the small businessman. Write * > illustrated booklet. the Department of Commerce or the Small Business Administration, Wash- ^"^'^ ington, D. C, for their lists of publications. You can get many a pointer for MASTER LOCK CO., 2600 N. 32nd St., Mllwoukt-e 45, Wis. just a few cents on a wide range of subjects. Please send me free booklet on Master Padlocks • • • Reminder: In a few days it will be time to unfurl your American flag Name for Independence Day. Be sure you have one. And be sure it's displayed Address properly. If you don't know, look up an article that appeared in this maga-

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The availability of nuclear weapons carried by long- The enormous strides made in U. S. military aircraft in range aircraft makes it possible for an aggressor to strike the past few years are illustrated by Air Force aircraft, a few suddenly and with devastating results. But in the hands of of which are shown here. Today, virtually all first-line U. S. peace loving nations, these weapons are a strong deterrent combat aircraft are jet powered and are twice as fast as to war. their World War II predecessors. But the demands of the Today the U. S. Air Force, Navy, Marines, and the Army future are so gieat that tomorrow's aircraft must fly even have aircraft second to none. But this leadership — so hard to faster and hicher. If America is to remain free. United States gain— can easily be lost. Vigorous programs of aviation re- military air power must continue to advance, through un- search, development, and production must be maintained if interrupted programs of research, development, and America is to continue to have aircraft second to none. production. How Ifesterdays Research and Development is Paying- Off Today

The many and exacting missions assigned to tlie Air Force place a greater burden than ever on research and development. Primaril)-, the Air Force must be ready to conduct global strategic air operations, to keep control of the aii', to support ground forces, and to maintain a strong air defense.

To help the Air Force carry out its global mission, many years of research and development have been spent in creating fighters, bombers, support aircraft, and guided missiles of the highest possible performance. An example is the B-52 Stratofoi tress, world's fastest and most advanced bomber. It flies at more than 600 mph, faster than most jet fighters in Korean combat. Built by Boeing, the B-52 is powered by eight Pratt & Whitney Aircraft J-57 turbojet engines. Years of intensive work, involving literally tens of millions of man- hours, were spent on the design and development of the giant airframe, its engines and its complex equipment before the first experimental B-52 took to the air. Today, B-52s are flying in the Strategic Air Command— paying off the long years of research and development. BOMBER CARRIES FIGHTER on long-range missions. Huge Convaii- RB-36 can launch and recovei- Republic F-84F. Extreme 10.000-mile range of the multi-engined bomber plus r).50-mph speed of jet fighter How Todays Research and Development gives great versatility, especially useful for photo survey. Can Pay Off Tomorrow

Aircraft and equipment for tomorrow's Air Force are today on drawing boards, at flight test centers, and in engine test cells. Some of tomorrow's combat aircraft will fly at twice the speed of sound. Some may fly without pilots. Even atomic aircraft engines are being developed.

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See the wonders of the West as you head for the National Convention.

By R. WILSON BROWN to point out the unusual formations and explain nature's M ay of making them. Down in the cave are modern restrooms and even a counter where you will be served YOU haven't thrilled at Old Faithful spouting boiling a box lunch. IFwater high into the sky; if you haven't stood on the If you continue on Highw ay 180 to El Paso, Tex., go summit of Pike's Peak and looked out into the far on across the border and into Mexico and visit our blue yonder; if you haven't seen Grand Canyon at sun- good neighbor. United States custom officers at the set when it turns into a basin of blazing colors; if you border stations can direct you to the good and safe haven't seen salmon fighting the current and climbing restaurants where you'll always find wild game on the up ladders; if you haven't gone through Hoover Dam, menu at reasonable prices. one of the engineering wonders of this world; if you Now we recommend that you go out of your v\ ay haven't seen the oldest and largest living things on earth, and head north via Highway 85 to Highway 66 in order the giant sequoia trees; if you haven't seen herds of to see the things which we think will interest \ ou most. buffalo and elk in their native habitat; if you haven't This will take you near atomland, the home of the walked in the depths of Carlsbad Caverns and seen the White Sands Proving Grounds. beauty which nature has in the formed the bowels of Going west on Highway 66 takes you alongside earth; if you haven't seen these and the other many Navaholand—the largest (16,000,000 acres) Indian reser- wonders of the W'est, you've missed knowing the land you call home. So, since all roads lead to Los Angeles at National Convention time, how about combining Convention with vacation and sho\\'ing the family some of the wonders of this great nation? You can see these things by plane, train, or bus. But when it comes to seeing your United States, you can't beat the family automobile. Even though wars may have taken you into the far corners of the globe, never underestimate for one minute the wonders that nature and man have wrought right here in our own West. The late Robert Riple>-. the "Belicve-lt-Or-Not" man, who probably saw more of the strange things of the world than any other American, said that such sights as Grand Canyon, Carls- bad Caverns, Yellowstone National Park, and Hoover Dam couldn't be matched any place in the world. Some wonderful spcttacles will be presented in Los Angeles. It's up to you whether your road to California is one here, at the mammotii Coliseum of the southern, central, or northern routes. But, no matter, take time for side trips, for no one route will vation in the country. Theirs is a primitive life far re- give you the whole picture of the magnificent West. moved from education, culture, and progress as you Better still, go by one route and return by another and know it. Most of the Navahos cannot speak or under- take side trips on both. stand English. They live in hogans made of logs and Let's go! mud. They dress m their traditional garb (and that The southern route is always popular, for it abounds doesn't mean feathers); men let their hair grow long

in natural wonders. From that approach you'll enter and tie it in knots at the back; women still carry pa- the West via New Mexico, probably via Highway 180 pooses on their backs; and their savings accounts, in the or 380. No. 180 leads you direct to Carlsbad Caverns— form of silver and turquoise jeweler\', are constantl>' definitely one of the wonders of the entire world. Here with them as part of their costume. They are friendly you may take an elevator or walk down 1,320 feet into and will wiilingh' show you inside their hogans and the earth and emerge into the largest underground pose for pictures, but be sure to tip them for they need labyrinth known to man. You will see a part of the 37 and want every bit of money they can get. miles of explored cave with beautifully formed and And you'll sec desert, miles and miles of it—stark, silent colored stalagmites and stalactites. There will be guides and lonely—but beautiful. But (Continued on page 60) 13 "

Governor Nelson's home at York- town was being si)ared. He himself fired the cannon that destroyed it.

Xhey igneA for^

who By MERLE SfNCIAIR Some little-know 11 facts about the amazing men

YOU WERE ASKED, Oil a quiz piograiTi, put their names to the Declaration of Independence. IFto name ten signers of the Declara- tion of Independence, what would be your chances of winning that freezer

or trip to Paris? Perhaps you would Smarting under my ignorance, I asked sound off with "John Hancock, Thomas a newspaperman of 30 years' experience Jefferson — uh — Alexander Hamilton — how many he knew. He remembered ." er— uh . . only Hancock! A prominent business "Oh, I'm awfully sorry!" the an- executive recalled Hancock and Edward nouncer would moan. "You've men- Rutledge. Not even the fact that he was tioned only two. Ham- a descendant of one of Rutledge's rela- ilton did not sign. But tive had wiictted his interest in mem- there were 54 others you bers of the Continental Congress. might have named! Come Fourth of July, we the people The sponsor's of the United States will celebrate the subjected to treatment that shortened money would be 180th anniversary of the signing of the their lives. safe, and you — well, Declaration. Let us remind ourselves They made possible the greatest na- you'd have plenty of that, with his signature, each of the 56 tion on earth — the United States, refuge company. Probably patriots risked everything he had, in- of freedom. Let's observe this anniver- not one frecdom-blest American in a cluding his life. As a consequence of sary by really getting acquainted with hundred could think of ten signers. I their act, some suffered imprisonment, these courageous forebears of ours, and certainly couldn't— until I realized what exile, slander, and broken health. Others thereby render them a tribute long

an ungrateful citizen I was, and decided sacrificed their entire fortunes, had their overdue. The least we, their beneficia-

to do something about it. homes pillaged and burned, or were ries, can do is to learn their names! 14

1, -

swcrcd to the nniiie of Hutton? I found he had come from England a short six years before the signing. Now he was placing his name on a document that proclaimed open rebellion against her. Button's life was tempestuous, and at 45 he v\ as killed in a duel b\- a political ad- versar>'.

It was odd to note that tlic rliree men

who wrote "Jr." after their names were

all called Thomas. Remembering that, I can rattle off patriots Heyward, Lynch, and Nelson without a single "er— uh."

Of greater significance v\ ere the stories

of courage and sacrifice 1 dug u|) about these three. Nelson was governor of \'irginia at the time. By mortgaging his estates, he V — (^.j, raised two million dollars virtually overnight to help finance the fighting in his colony. The next day his home at Yorktown was occupied b\' Cornw al-

lis' person^ staff, \\lien the rebels took the offensive. Nelson visited their firing line. He watched artillery raze all the houses of the neighborhood except his own. "Why do you spare mine?" he asked. "Out of respect to you. Governor,"

he \\ as told. ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER RICHARDS "Give me the cannon," Nelson ordered. e Properly shamed, 1 determined I'd Whereupon he d learn each one by heart. I did it during enemy, his books and papers destro>'ed, stroyed his o\\ n house. the sleepless nights of a convalescence, his family forced to flee. Mrs. Lev\is Th;)mas Nelson, Jr., and I highly recommend the exercise as was captured and held in a filthy bar- ga\e his entire fortune a substitute for counting sheep or racks for months. She refused a release CO his country, for he troubles! that hinged on her husband's forsaking was never reimbursed. "George Ross, Cieorge Taylor, the Revolution. Cieneral Washington He died penniless and ." George Clymer, Geoi-ge Walton . . managed to have her liberated on ac- was buried in a name- I confess to a pretty mechanical count of her failing health. She died less grave. means of imprinting the two > ears later as a direct result of her Twenty-four signers names on my mind for mistreatment. were lawyers, four were doctors, one keeps. I arranged them in Thus \\ as my memory test leading me was a minister, and three others had groups according to the to the more important stud>' of the men studied for the ministry. There were 14 man- same first names or similar behind the names. 1 soon had a fasci- farmers, nine merchants, and one surnames. Francis Light- nating project. Those Continental Con- ufacturer. John Witherspoon of New foot Lee, for example, gressmen began to come alive. I became Jersey, the minister, had been president helped me recall Francis more and more grateful to them. Free- of Princeton College for ten years.

Lewis and Francis Hop- dom, and my country's part in it, took W^hen a southern delegate to the kinson. on new meaning. Congress oppo.sed ratification because How interesting, I The names are interesting in them- "we are not ripe for revolution," the thought, that Francis Hopkinson was a selves. The Christian names are almost Reverend John Witherspoon rose to his songwriter among other things. And entirel\' those of today — John, Thomas, great height and shouted, "Not ripe! how tragic that Lewis lost his wife, as William, and C^eorge leading w ith six Sir, we are not only ripe but rotting it were, in the right for freedom. As a each. There is only one really odd one, for the want of it!" result of his stand against England, his that of Button Gwinnett, who repre- The shakiest signature on the famous Long Island home was ransacked by the sented Georgia. \Miat sort of man an- (Continued on page 46) 15 , Academic Freedom ffUTCffWS SmE

How a distingiiislied moiiibor of the Univ ersity

of Chicago faciihy, the head of the University's

As head ol tlic University of C^hicas^o Press, William T. Couch was expected to conforiii. Press, was fired for refusing to suppress a IjooIv.

AS i HE advertising men tell us, there II",arc "good" and "bad" public relations words, freedom is certainly one By KENNETH COLEGROVE and WILLMOORE KENDALL of the good ones. An American public man would no more be found on the wrong side of tlic freedom issue nowadays than he would be caught championing sin. We are all for freedom. All of us are members of this or that society for its promotion in some chosen field. Even in iMr. Spcctorsky's exurbia, groups for the discussion of freedom are fast crowding out bridge, canasta, or gar- dening as the No. 1 hobby of American womanhood. It is the national cause. All of which woul'J be reason for loud cheers if w e could only be certain that ever\ l)od\' means the same tiiinL', when he sa\'s "freedom." Unhappih there appear to be as nuin\' different definitions of the word as there are groups to promote it. Some of these liefinitions are weird things which have Headtjiiarters of the Uni\ersit\ of Cliicago Press, and at little relationship to traditional Ameri- right the jacket of the book that caused all the trouble. canism as orilinars citizens Luiderstand it. It must be remembered that even the of tiieir talk is constructive and in- One of our nonstop talkers about comnuinists sell their tw isted program spirational. But sometimes it is not. freedom is Dr. Robert iVl. Hutchins, ill rile name of "freedom." Confused or left-tainted teachers try to former chancellor of the University of rile arena where all these rival defi- identify America's freedom ideal with Chicago and now president of the nitions of freedom come insistently to their ov\ n peculiar partisan or ideologi- $15,000,000 Fund for the Republic. Dr. the surface is the American school or cal aims. W'c have seen painful instances Hutchins, armed with his 15 millions, college. No one talks more about frce- of this attitude in the attempt to place is attempting, w ith a great flourish of ilom than the professional educators. "academic freedom" ahead of the se- academic names, to draft a standardized This is, of course, all to the good. iMo.st curity safeguards of the whole nation. redefinition of w hat freedom means, in 16 1

•.ill the primary categories of American life. Sometimes it seems as though the

earnest doctor is out to rewrite the American Bill of Rigiits, in a new egg- head version. In view of Dr. Hutcliins' higlih' pub-

licized concern over freedom, it is rele- vant to recall an episode which occurred at the University of Chicago, just before he resigned the chanccllorshii). W'e refer to the firing in 1950 of W illiam T. Couch, director and general editor of tile University of Chicago Press. This lirtlc-known episode supplies a curious background for the current frantic Hutchins activities in the name of academic freedom. The actors in this incident were:

( 1 ) Williivii T. Couch who, in his 13 years as director of the Uni- ss Hiit(liiiis. I ii^lit, Avitli Lawrence .S|)i\;ik, on ihe now-l.iiiioiis 1/r<7 llu- I'k TV pro- versity of North Carolina Press, gram. Cx'i tain remarks by the head ot the Fund lor the Rc|)iil)li< jnoxed einharrassing. made such a standout record in universitN' publishing that Chancellor Hutchins sought him out and persuaded him to come to Chicago in 1945 to and edit W!ITORSinr OF CHICAGO manage the University of Chicago Press. This appoint- KEiMORIAL TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON THE STATE OF THE UNIVERSITr ment gave him the status of a full professor on the Univcrsit>- RESOLVED, That the President be requested to transmit to the of Chicago faculty, with the Board of Trustees the follc-dng memorial on the state of the University, tenure which includes. together with the vote of the Senate on this motiono this (2) Morton Grodzivs, associate pro- The Senate of the University of Chicago is moved to deep concern fessor of political science at the for the well-being of the University, and especially the maintenance of University of Chicago, and its character as a free institution of higher learning, by various Couch's successor as director recent acts and declarations of the President, notably bis address of of the university press, after January 12, 19hh, at the Trustee-Faculty Dinner, and his subsequent statements of his views to individual members of this faculty. In the the discharge. address on January 12, the President, reiterating ideas expressed the (3) James A. Ciiiiiiinfil.hriii, vice year before in his Education for Freedom^ asserted that the University president of the University of must be dedicated to a new "purpose" -- a "crusade"- to procure "a moral, Chicago, in charge of business intellectual, and spiritual revolution throughout the world" that vrould affairs — the man w ho, imder involve a reversal of "the whole scale of values by which our society Hutchins' direction, fired liveso" And in the same address, as "necessari' preliminary steps" to ths Couch. accomplishment of this purpose, he proposed a system of educational and administrative changes within the University which included the setting (4) Chancellor Hutchins himself. up of a new Institute of liberal Studies to award the PhoD, degree as There was no question throughout a degree for teachers, and the alteration of the constitution of the the incident of Mr. Couch's compe- University so as to give the President authority to put into effect tence. His record at Chicago, as at the educational policies without previously securing the approval, by vote, University' of North Carolina, was a of the Senate or the faculties concerned, _^ brilliant one. The Senate, being convinced that a firm adherence to these After his discharge, 15 colleagues on principles is an essential condition of the intellectual greatness of the University of Chicago faculty', in- the University, as well as of its internal peace, has been deeply cluding members of the Board of Uni- disturbed by the apparent wish of the President to divert energies and versity Publications, signed a round- resources of the University to the service of a particular formula of robin deploring his removal and under- revolutionary changSo _ . scoring his ability. Apparently replying The Senate, in addressing this memorial to the Board of Trustees, to a rumored spoken comment of the declares its conviction that the principles it here urges and the measures chancellor that Couch had been an unit here advocates are minimum conditions of the further progress and satisfactorN' administrative officer, the>' the healthy functioning of the University in a free democratic world. told him: And the Senate, aware that the Board of Trustees has always recognized "We have not found you hard to get the primary responsibility of the faculty in the determination of along w ith in any sense, but an esteemed educational policy, wishes to express its belief that the Board, by giving the assurances the Senate asks for, would go far toward restoring, colleague, co-worker and friend. Wq both in the faculty and in the scientific and scholarly community at do recognize that you have persisted large, that confidence in the intellectual future of the University of in standing for the integrity- of scholar- Chicago which is now so deeply shaken, ly publication, in a way which might well arouse opposition. But we think (Dated 19hi0 (Signed) this clearly a virtue, not a fault, and a qualification for the position you have Wherever Hiitchins goes controversy invariably develops. This memorial by his held." [Cuinhmed on pa^e 54 University's Senate shows the alarm lelt by these men over actions by Hutchins, l)articidarly his preoccupation with "a particular form of revolutionary change." 17 By ROBERT SCHARFF

WITHIN THE NEXi fevv months the season of bad storms w ill be w ith us. During this period there's little that w e can do about the storms themselves, but there's plenty \\e can do to lessen their effects. When Hurricane Connie hit m>'

hometow n last year, it knocked o\ er trees and pow crlines, flooded roads and basements, damaged homes and automobiles, and even accounted for one death. Property damage in our small town ran around $75,000, not to mention a great many inconveniences — no

head

A portable t;ciiei aior is ,i <)cl Now is (lie iiiiio (o s(nrt plannino' to mini- investment it you are viihicrahle. power, no water, no telephone, and (lie elTecls of (lie sCorms thai many impassable roads — for over a mize are coming. week. We could have cut these losses in half if we had been prepared for the

storm and liad known what to do \ ()ur home, now is the time to lay

during it. \ our plans against upcoming We must consider a bad storm struggles with the elements.

like a major campaign dining a Just as any enem\- w ill attempt to w ar. As w e all know, a good com- cut \'our communication lines and manding officer makes his plans reduce your power, a bad storm's well in advance of a battle and is first blast usually knocks down ready for all eventualities. Since telephone and electric lines. In this \()u are the officer in charge of modern electric age, this can be a devastating defeat. (No light,

no heat if \ou have an\ thing but a hand-tired fiu'nace, no radio or T\', no refrigerator, no freezer, no electric clocks, no

appliances, no water if you depend on your own well, and no means of cooking unless >ours

Fill 'er up when a storm heads your way. (ias tan be a lile saver.

(iet your tar inside where it is not likely to be damaged.

18 Keep a can of gas available, prelerahh outside the house, lor emergency use. TAKE THESE PRECAUTIONS \()u is ;i gas stove.) That is, unless were totally prepared for weather's knockout punch. The most complete insurance against a power failure is a small 120-volt a.c. gas- engine generator unit. Kept as a standby, it can be connected into the electric powerline at the fuse box (after the master switch has been opened), and it will provide ample Have lamps loi" use "juice" for such essentials as a freezer, rein strategic plates. frigerator, furnace, and some electric lights. There are several important items that you should remember when considering the purchase of a generator. First, there are two types, self-excited generators and separately excited generators. In case of a Inn- A ricane, open windows The former type—those that use part on lee side ol iiouse. of the electricity they produce to excite their field coils—can put out Watch out for water^ about 400 of watts per horsepower seepage into basement. Turn up the refrig- engine capacity. The latter type will Mop or "man the pump." erator beforehand. increase the wattage output approximately 20 percent, but requires a storage battery to supply the prim- ing current. For ease of operation, compactness, and convenience, the

self-excited generator is best for the average homeowner. Be sure to purchase a generator whose frequency agrees with that of your electrical appliances (25 or 60 A battery-powered cyxles). A generator producing 1,000 radio is essential. to 2,000 watts is a good size for the PHOTOS BY DONATO LEO average home. One of smaller capacity wouldn't give power to operate the essential electrical devices; Store all your outdoor finni- one of much larger capacity ture before the storm begins. would require too much of an engine for practical home use. Sometimes a homeowner feels that the cost of a standby generator is too much of an investment for an item that A spring - operated may be used only once in a clock is iinj)oriant. year. To overcome this diffi- culty, one company Toro Manufacturing Corporation, has developed a generator that will work off the gasoline motor of their power handle, power lawn mower or similar tools using a 2% -hp. engine. But even without a home generator, lack of electric Keep plenty of power need not be a catastro- batteries on hand. phe. There are any number of makeshift measures that can be devised to provide the four If you have a fireplace you can cook while keej)ing ^varm. main essentials for living — light, water, heat, and some way to cook meals. For the best emergency lighting, a couple especially if you must work outdoors of Coleman type gasoline lanterns will give at night. Make sure that your flashlight ample, safe illumination for the house. Kero- or lantern is of the waterproof type and sene lamps and candles can also be used, that you have several fresh batteries on but with the latter be sure to locate them hand. in deep glass bowls or jars. And when they Unless you have your own well, you are lighted be sure to keep them away^ from probably will have no trouble getting curtains or other inflammable objects. An water. But if you have one and can't electric battery lantern or a couple of flash- operate it due to power failure, rain- lights arc handy during a power blackout, water or water {Coiitimied on page 62 ) Take a close look 19 at your insurance. By GERALD R. HUNTER COMMANDER, USNR Lesson lALFWAY UP THE miserable Rock rhe three men — all that remained of H their patrol — crouched behind a Jagged outcrop, one shaking, one hurt- ing, one listening. But over all the lonely, botched-up white sweep of the mountainside and valley lay a crackling silence. One was a sergeant, still blow ing w ith effort and pain, the right sleeve of his jacket gone and his shoulder trickling blood that gleamed vividly on the snow despite the tight, flat overcast. One was a pale-faced private, his mind paraly zed with fear, who held his body tightly against the rock so the sergeant would not notice him shaking; and the third was a corporal-striped Tennessee hillbilly who already had stuck his knife in a chink of the rock and w as gripping the ether-cold blade in his teeth to catch the slightest tremor of enemy movement too quiet for the human ear. The mountaineer's lips wanted to freeze to the blade, but he could re-

move it now> it was no longer needed. For tl:)ey were coming.

Tlic private uas as ^c.ned ol his rille as he Avas oi the enem)

that neither he nor any man could trust his recollection under fire. Then he muffled the big handgun against his jacket and pushed the noisy slide that final sixteenth-inch over the cartridge rim and into full battery position. They were ready, and they exchanged a sober glance as the corporal nudged the pale- faced private who crouched with the only Garand, his rabbit-frightened eyes

Field strij)ping an M l, an operation that can some day prove a life-saver.

One reason for the proud record of the Marine Corps is tact the that The expert rilleman's medal. it sets great store on marksmanship.

The steel of the knife could not count ridge. The brass cartridge case had nor add— it was only a sonic conductor; looked warm and reassuring, like his but it told him there would be many fireplace at home on an autumn evening. this time. And this tin)e they w ould be The sarge had trouble reaching around coming to finish the job. To add these his still-fat, barracks-conditioned stom- three to the nine poolroom-and-tea- ach but he worked the .45 out of its party kids that had learned their les- right-hand holster, where his dripping

son too late. The lesson in death is al- blood wanted to freeze to the leather, ways too late. and put the blunt nose of the .45 against He nodded to Old Bliverlip— his own a sharp projection and let it jack a round pet name for his sergeant—and quietly slow ly into the chamber. As it reloaded slid t)pen the bolt of his carbine, blew it toppled out the live round that had

out the snow, inspected the bore, let been at battery, but it w as a sound ex- the bolt back down with the top cart- travagance, for the sarge remembered INIIIIIIIIIIIiUIIIII I IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKilllllllllllllllllllllllllllli: iiinimiiii .i:iiiiiiiiiiii:iiiiiiiiiiiimii.i;

mm mm m shooi in Death BERLIN, Feb. 28^Ea.st Ger- a cam- many IS launching out paign to make marksmen *• and pre- of children of school ol school age. A Resolution urgihg the Ministers' Council sport Let's face it. When it comes to firearms at shooting as a "mass h. program was said that the J defense. essential to national .t The program will be con- we are raising' a nation of gnn-shy sissies. by the Society for ducted an Sports and Technics, ,8 which has been pro- agency among moting marksmanship rifles[ youths. Small-caliber used. and air rifles will be blazing hot and \\ ild and frantic in his had waited until too late, how his snow- The Resolution, dated teb-r in the cur- tragicaih bewildered face. stuffed gun barrel burst as he fired his ruary 9, appears | Gazette^ It isU A stone slipped in a hidden gnlh', and one wild, almost-wrong-way shot w ith rent Law Willi Stoph, I signed by the savage horde appeared from a dozen his rifle not even pointing the same w a>' for Defenise. s .8 ister , crevices. he was looking. It was then that the ^ ^ Then it began, with the hillbilly captain made a shrill strangled sound Tiie peace-loving reds are more fighting his rock-to-rock, hop-skipping and snapped the pencil in his hand and I j most Americans. j realistic than | retreat that always found time for the smashed the bits violently down on the

^lllllllllIUIllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1IIIIIIIIIIIllNIIllllllimilll1lllllll1IIIIIIII:il!l llllllllllllllllllllllllllMllillllNlllllllllllllllllllllNllllllllIll next hop because he had gotten his per- ammo case he was using for a field desk. secutor on the last. Bliverlip w ithdrew For, to him, it was not a new story. with your namby-pamby tea parties that his bulk slowly since, left-handed that And certainly not a pleasant one. Not ruined a boy—who woiilJ have learned way and having to sacrifice accuracy here, where it might yet cost him his to shoot." for distracting rapidity of fire, he was own life or later, when he must sureh' No, he would sympathize w ith them really bluffing his way out. run across some of these liids' parents and then go get drunk and curse w hat- They both would have liked to have whose eyes would follow and ask him ever stupidity was leading sensible saved the petrified private b>- the rock why he had made their children die. adults to ever believe that war could climb out of the rifleman's foxholes and

just punch that fairytale pushbutton . . . and then get drunk again and tell someone like me.

C)nl>- this time it happened not to end there. The delayed army announcement of this particular action on Old Baldy in Korea confirmed an a.stonish-

ing trend I had strongly suspected ever since my own experience beginning early in World War II: The effective- ness of the A7//ericai/ rifiei/;m iv the Korean War was 24,000 per cent worse than it was ii/ our Civil War of the lH60's! And if we consider—which we didn't— how superior are our current rifled v\eapons to the old Civil W^ar musket, the contrast becomes astro- nomical. The official figures lia\e now^ been

released b\' Lt. Col. Walter J. Felienz, chairman of the Arnn's Infantry School at Ft. Benning here in m\- home State of Georgia. Col. Felienz makes no bones about it— he considers the com- Junior Rifle Team of Post 2, Dover, Del., one of many such Legion groups. parison a national disgrace. The exact figures: It took .Sl^OOO but they knew with the certainty of It was not pleasant because he could rounds of small arms fire to kill each experience that this was not the time not tell the/// the truth. How could >'ou Red Chinese soldier in the Korean War. to win medals, that they would be just up and tell an anguished father or At the Battle of Cliicamauga .some 90 lucky to save either of themselves. weeping mother, ''You killed him your- >'ears ago it took the Confederate rifle- Their commanding officer bore them self. You with your 'safe,' murderous man, trained all his life in the Dixie out when they reported the incident damned automobiles and gut-drizzling woods, only 208 rounds to knock off after their miraculous escape. He list- fear of g/ms, your refined civilization each dead Union soldier. And that in- ened to them stoically until they re- that wants to forget that most of the cluded unaimeil covering fire. counted the part about how the private world is a dog-eat-dog bone\ ard, you (Co//ti/iiied o// page 4ii) 21 ofthe

£ii Hr ECr

Elsie Janis is gone but she

ill never be I'orgotten by the

(loiigliboys of \Aorld \Var I.

How Elsie looked a short time before the oiiihreak ol the war.

By IRENE CORBALLY KUHN

How the doughbo\ s looked to Elsie on a stage "soinew here in France." (iiic-w L .S.O. of Ei.sii, JAMS, the Oman World War I, is gone.

But Elsie \\ ill never be forgotten.

Not so long as there is a man left who nothing; the nickname w as w ell deserx cd. N'oLuig anti full of pep; and, as she lieard her ciiallcnging shout "Arc We The most \ i\ id picture of I'.lsie Janis lumped lightl>- off her pixcarious perch Downhearted?" and answ ered her \\ itii a Legionnaire carries in his memor\ on the cow catcher onto the hastily built a resounding "NO!" somewhere in w as etched on a day in late Alarch 1918, speaker's platform that had been erected

I'" ranee in that critical and decisiv e \ ear w hen spring was greening the scarred there, she threw her arms up and of 1918. fields of France. A whistle blew, a bell shouted her famous trade-mark "Arc She was almost 67 w hen she died in clanged, and 4,000 men in khaki scram- We Downhearted?" Four thousand iicr Be\ei l> Hills, (-alif., home on Feb- bled to get out of the w ay of a loco- voices answ ered her w ith a thunderous ruary 26, nine da\ s before her birthda>', motive chugging down the tracks into "No!" That's how the AEF remembers but she'll alway be \'oung to the men the roundhouse at Nevers. On the cow- Elsie Janis best, a memory golden who are getting on rhemsehes. These catcher was a slender dark-haired girl, bright ox er the dimming stretch of 38 onetime iloughbo) s of the Al'.l' re- hanging on w ith one hand, and w ax ing xears. member her as a slim, dark-haired, an American fiag with the other. Her Elsie Janis was in her tw entics when biight-e\ed girl in a steel helmet, the smile was incandescent. The men yelled she sang and danced her way through dancing, singing s\ nibol at the bloody, and stamped and cheered and looked the American and British sectors of muddy frontlines of their own wives and yelled some more. This was an France. She was the first entertainer to and sweethearts at home. She was not American girl from home, the first one perform for the AEF, and the only called "the sweetheart of the AF,i'"' for fhe\ "d seen in a lonu: time. She was woman entertainer permitted to go to 22 )

This is the picture of wonderful Elsie that remains in the memory of the men she met overseas.

the frontHnes. She was indefatigable, improvised stage on a rickety platform 610 performances. She was w itiiout an> and she thought nothing of giving nine on the edge of the woods just on the supporting compan\' at all, sometimes shows a day for the soldiers. Evcr\' threshold of safct\\ The booming guns even w ithout the l)and the soldiers or- show was 45 minutes long, nearl\- seven of the cnem\- and answering artiller\' ganized w hen they had time to prepare hours of solid, cf)ntinuous work a day. were often an accompaniment to Elsie's for her. The doiighbo\s worshipped w ith a mad rush in a staff car from one songs and imitations, her lively, high- her; dozens of men would ha\ e married show to another, over shcll-pockcd kicking dancing, and the sensational her. But her life, before and after the roads to the next hospital or base or cartwheels at the finish. war, was dedicated to the stage and She was in France for a \ear and her mother, Jennie, w ho had been her three months, and she gave a total of constant companion, chaperone, and manager since Elsie was a child. Not until N'ears later, and after her mother had died, did Elsie Janis marry Gilbert Wilson, a handsome, appealing man 17 years her junior. Although c\nics pre-

dicted the marriage wouldn't last, it did (SPian'sJficatre —for 15 years. When the>' separated, without scandal or recrimination, all . Managart Manas" _ Elsie would sa>' with the kind of gal- HARRV DA\IS_ lantr\- which so became Ikt, was, "We weu^|^™-^___ Matinees separated for no reason except that he

is still \oung enougii to ha\e another

JANJ^I life, I ju.st finish in peace ELSIE GANG and want to HER the one I've en)<)\ed so much." The\ A^^^AND Proot Rcvue ,„ a Bomb divorced; and, w ith charac- ""^ were never by Everybody ''Joles teristic generosit>', she willed a good Book by El»|e J*"'' Fe.hhcimer. part of her estate to her estranged hus- -"ZTZZT^^m^ apoeavs ^.o otlen. band. ,aUe Ibe b.ame. NOTE ^''^L^rrn'on" VV,' .0 Perhaps the reason Elsie Janis enjo\ ed CAST Oang life so much was because she lived it so The ..p^,^^., peveau um Kernell nicbard Ryan fully, got such a kick out of everything Eddie Hay Bill Reardoo Jan8«^cli Bradley Knoche Henry she did. She was a great lad\' w ho could Jerry HoeHstra Sam BurbanK Miller .TackTacH Brantera"' Frank be a ho\ den when the occasion called Cbarle. J-»«"»'Serbert GoR for it. She had depth and qualitx , an A i)laybill of the |)ostwar era shows that she tarried ihe show. (Coiitiiiiied oil page 5S 23 cHAXCF.s ARK, that >'ou ma\' be one of tlic esti- Tin; mated 20 million Americans \\ ho are allergic to one or more substances. The majoritN' of >'ou are not even aware that some of your discomforts arise from allergies. For example, lately doctors have been discovering cases ranging from allergies that affect the heart to an allergy that causes queer behavior. Are You It now is believed in authoritative medical circles that of all man's diseases, common or otherwise, none produces a greater collection of aches, wheezes, Allergic Too • • • ? rashes, and exquisite disturbances than the growing list of allergies. Do you writhe with a severe headache ever\' time \'ou eat shrimp? Do you know someone who can be severely nauseated by a sprig of celery? Do straw- If vou ache. itch, w heeze or berries bring hives to son Jimmy? Silk give mother a rash? Insect sprays put you to bed? The chances are tliat >'ou will itch, sneeze, sniffle, and smart during the sneeze, you may have an allergy. hay fever season this summer. But common symptoms like asthma or erup- tions of the skin are o. h. battista mosth old stuff as far as By allergies are concerned. Now they are finding these elusive irritants of \()ur body and mine to be even more far-reaching in their discomfort- who in essence developed an "allergy" to himself — ing effects. he was wound up tight as a mainspring — "W alk the How does medical sci- dog, walk the dog, w alk the dog." ence explain this strange Just because your emotional stresses have been disorder known as al- shown to cause allergic symptoms, you can't The tensions ol domestic life lergy? wipe out the fact that other things such as can cause allergical symjxoms. For a long time doc- heredity, exposure to the dusts, pollens, tors liave said that an al- foods, etc., play a part in allergies. In lerg) is not a disease. Rather, it is a addition, other influences also come heightened sensitivity to certain sub- into the picture — barometric pressure, stances—pollens, dusts, animal danders, infection, temperature, season of the cotton fillings, foods, and drugs to name year. Any of them ma\' be the under- a few. Now the horizon has expanded. lying culprit causing your discomfort. There may w ell be "internal" causes of But n o w y o u allergy; irritants that are expelled inside should rule out xoLU' l)od\- ma>' cause much of >'our emotional ten- troubles. sions and an One of the newest twists to the edgy disposi- w heezing and or itching caused b>' al- tion first. lergies is that the\' are outward e\'i- dences of the churning of your subconscious. Dr. Harry Swartz, one of the nation's foremost allergists and a member of the staff of New York's Roosevelt Hospital, said recently, "Mental factors can defi- so sensitive iliat some nitely iii!;i>:ravatL' most allergies. Their He was sparrows outside made him si(k. s\ niptoms may well be rooted in the mind w hether they suggest hay fever, liixcs, asthma, migraine, intestinal ilis- accident, e\ en the excitement of getting order or anv other of the man\' forms or expecting something highK' pleasur- this fantastic malady can take, it ma\' able ma\ bring on attacks. Anger and A fluctuating thermometer and not trace back to chocolate or insect rage are probably the worst offenders, Ijaromeicr can cause an attack. scales, to face powder or tomatoes, or and centuries ago Hippocrates is said to to any material agent at all." have advised the asthmatic to "guard According to Dr. AN illiam R. Hilary, it does api)ear, as more and more against anger." of Philadeliihia, "Repeated attacks of ul- cases are studieii, that almost evei"\' t\ pe So if \ ou'vc been suffering from heart cold sores, canker sores, and mouth of emotional stress to which modern murmurs, muscular aches and pains, cers ha\e been traced to a specific al- luiman beings arc subjected, may bring headaches, waning eyesight, chronic fa- lerg\'. So have peptic ulcers and many

alxnit some allergic reaction. Such tigue or headaches, it may well be that cases of pressure and burning in the

stresses as marital discord, loss of job, what >()u need to do is calm down! As chest and sour regurgitation. Even colitis, a serious dis- death of a loxed one, witnessing a bail one internist I know advised a patient chronic ulcerative 24 order, has been found in some cases to have an allergic base. In the urinary tract, too, allergy has been found at work. Recent investigations have laid the blame on it for some cases of kid-

ney colic. An allergy, it now appears, sometimes even causes cystitis." What about some of the case histo- ries of allergy-guilt from recent medical records? Take the case of the company executive who had asthma and hay fever every summer. Strangely enough, his doctor found that pollens — which usuall\' bring on these disorders — did nor cause his trouble. Tests showed that he was sensitive to feathers, particularl\' those of the sparrow. In tracking down clues to this case, it was eventually discovered that outside the patient s bedroom was a vine in which many sparrows nested. W^hen the vine was cut down and the sparrows departed, so did the executive's asthma. Who would have guessed it? Every- body around this man's office thought a miracle had happened to make such a marked improvement in their boss's disposition. To some people, even common bread

is not the staff of life but an insidious poison. iMilk can do some babies more harm than a slug of liquor. Fortunately, such foods are the secret agents of rebellion for only a very small percentage of the population. An associate of mine at one time ran into serious trouble each time he prepared for an important conference. He couldn't explain why, but each time he had such a conference he would feel faint antl would have to lie down in midafternoon. It was months before his problem was solved and then only after some shrewd medical dctccti\e work. It turned out that on those days he had a cheese sandwich and a malted milk sent into tiic office. Whereas on normal days he ate a lunch free of milk products and drank black coffee. The cheese was knocking him out. Many other unusual cases of allergy are on record. For example, one woman was so sensitive to eggs that she couldn't even wash dishes which contained

egg remnants; a man got palpitations \\ licnex cr he ate lamb; a 30-year-old schoolteacher reacted the same way to chocolate and shellfish; a housewife got attacks of gallbladder pain each time she ate a special brand of whole wheat bread that her husband insisted the wiiole family should cat. After exhausting every obvious solution to a patient's facial rash, a Chicago skin specialist asked the lady to bring her husband along on her next visit. She did. Her husbantl \\as a trim little man with a The Uouble was traced to the carefully groomed, stifHy pointed moustache. husband's waxed moustache. The doctor took one look at the moustache and a hunch registered. To the astonishment of his patient ILLUSTRATED BY CORDON HAKE and her spouse, he scraped off a bit of the wax that Maybe your forefathers handed kept the husband's moustache in shape. Rolling up their allergies down to you. the wife's sleeve, he made (Coiitimied ov pa;j.c 50)

25 Boys at South Dakota Bo)s' State lower the American Flag at sundown ceremonies.

Fourteen Iiuiidretl araduatcs of South Dakota Boys* State since

1940 tell what this Americanism program meant to them.

By DR. D. W. TIESZEN

DEAN. BLACK KILLS STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE. SPEARFISH. S. DAK.

soijiH OAivOiA \\c rcccntl)' ran a survey of boys \\ Iio INhave attcnilcd the South Dakota American Legion Boys' State — to find out what, in later years, their experience at Boys' State had meant to them. The results are an interesting measure of, and guide to, the Boys' State program. It has been 21 years since the Americanism Committee of the Department of llhnois brougiit 200 boys together at Springfield for the first American Legion Boys' State. The idea caught fire in Legion circles. The St. Louis National Convention in 1935 adopted Boys' State as a national Americanism program. In 1936 Ohio, Pennsyl- vania, and West Virginia joined Illinois. By 1940, 34 State Legion organizations were operating Boys' States. In 21 years the program has reached more than a third of a million bo\'s. The American Legion Auxiliary now V 1955 BoNs' State l)egiiis, as ten ^Venatt liee, W .isli. sponsors a nationw idc sister program. Girls' State, and in boys are seen oil' at the station. Boys were spon Nebraska tiie public schools have helped bring Boys' and sored by Post 10 and se\eral W'enatchee civic groups 26 1

dirls" Counties into e\ ci > county of the State, as a prelude to Nebraska Boys' State and Girls' State. Boys' State has found its way into all the 48 States and Panama. Capping all these programs are Boys' Nation and Girls' Nation. Certain practices can fairly be said to characterize the t>'pical Bo\'s' State program. Usually the program lasts for

one \\ cek, and is held in the State capital or on a college campus. Boys arc sent from communities all over the State. A mythical "49th State" is set up in which boys organize municipal, count\' or parish, and State govern- ments. They elect officers from con- stable to governor. By doing, they learn the ways of government at all levels. At 47 Boys' States, boys assume the roles of govcinnient for a week. Books are used, but only as a supple- ment. Usualh' the Bo>s" Staters arc high

sable for the kind of government that Americans enjoy. Now 21 years have gone b\-. More than a third of a million boys were once Boys' Staters. What have been the results? South Dakota Boys' State officials sought the answer. They decided to ask the boys themselves, now mostly grow n to young manhood. The Boys' State officials w anted to know if the program in their State actually contributed to the civic interest and competenc\' of these \ c)ung men, and if the boys who had been chosen for leadership in high school actually became leaders in later years.

Bo\ s' State started in South Dakota in 1940. It w as sus- pended because of wartime restrictions from 1943 through 1945. The survey covered the years 1940-42 and 1946-53 — eleven years in which about 2,800 bo>'s attended South Dakota Boys' State, and then scattered all over the globe. Nearly a half no longer lived in South Dakota. Tracing them was the first job. With the help of high school principals a high percentage of current addresses was found. Questionnaires were then sent to the boys directly. They were not asked to identify themselves, so they would feel free to express any opinions. x\pproximately 1,400 answ ers were received— an unusually high response. About one-third of those who answ ered were still under 21, and about one-sixth were over 30. Half were in their Each Boys' State sends delegates to Boys' Nation. Here, \95'Z twenties. By and large they were still a young group, w ith Boys' Nation delegates chat with Congressmen on Capitol steps. their most creative years ahead. The first question asked of the bo>'s was: school juniors. It is hoped that as seniors they will return As yon look at it voiv, did your experience at South to their high schools and spread a little of \\ hat they have Dakota Boyi State create any interest in citizenship which

learned. The bo> s must be selected and sponsored. Ameri- yon still retain? can Legion Posts send most of the boys, but Kiv\anis, Ninety-six point nine percent of those w ho answered Rotar>', Lions Clubs, Junior Chambers of Commerce, and said "yes" to the question. Since the questionnaire was similar groups sponsor boys for this American Legion completely anonymous, the strength of the affirmative re- program also. The sponsor pays in the neighborhood of sponse is a forceful demonstration of the impact w hicii S30 to $40 per boy, depending on the conditions in the the program made. particular State. Another question the \'oung men were asked was: In 1935 Hitler was developing a dangerous sort of lead- Have you served yonr nation. State, city, township, ership in Ciermany. At the same time many Americans school district or local ward in any appointive or elective were becoming increasingly aware of the type of leader- office? If so, what? ship and ideas of government being developed in the Ninety-three boys, or 7 percent, said "yes." The per- Soviet Union. This same period was one of economic de- centage doesn't seem large. But the youthfulness of the pression when even some Americans began to wonder group is a significant factor. Further, office holding is not whether the democratic concept could survive. a necessary end product of the Boys' State program. Par- Boys' State was one of the answers supplied by The ticipation—by reading, thinking, debating, forming deci- American Legion to these threats. Here, it was felt, was sions and voting—these are important goals of the program. a program which would help create virile, independent, But 92 percent of the bo\ s who actually had held an office imaginative, and informed leadership, which is indispen- said that the Boys' State experience ( Contiinied on pane 50 27 LEGION

IF YOU'RE ONE of the lucky ones and REMINGTON ARMS CO. INC., an IF YOU'RE REALLY interested in all own a hunk of property with a pond, you nounces the development of the fastest and phases of fish, from cooking to freezing, can have it stocked free of charge. Each most powerful handgun cartridge in the you might like to know that the Fish and

> ear the I'isli and A\'ildlifc Scr\ ice, Depart- w orld, the 44 Remington Alagnum. It has Wildlife Service has just prepared what ment of the hiterior, AX'ashington 25, D. C, a 240-grain, gas-check, flat-nose bullet w ith they call Circular 36 listing more than a gives away more than 30,000,000 fisli to a muzzle velocity of 1,570 feet per second thousand technical authors and subjects stock 30,000 noncommercial ponds in 42 and a muzzle energy of 1,310 foot-pounds. ranging frt)m the control of fungus on pike

States. (Tlie laws and policies of 24 States The 240-grain magnum is considered a eggs to correct methods of cooking shrimp. prohibit stocking of farm ponds witli fish highly accurate cartridge with a midrange This circular is in reality an index telling produced in the State hatcheries.) If you traiectory of .6 inch at 50 yards and 2.3 you where to obtain those publications on liave a piece of \\ ater large enough to con- inches at 100 yards. fishery subjects that have been compiled

\ ert into your own prix ate bass pond, just by the Government. Knowing where to drop the Fish \Vildlife people a line put your finger these and A COUPLE OF gimmicks in taking the on books costs $1.50 and they'll tell you how to go about this kinks out of your leaders: AVilliam Hirber- from the Supt. of Documents, Government "l)ack\ business of creating ard fishing." nik, 7325 Eglise A\enue, Rivera, Calif., Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C. suggests that you simply hold the leader

DAVID TRUMBO, R. I). 2, Box 376, at both ends, then pull it briskly across the STAMP COLLECTORS take note. Be- jeffersoin ille, Ind., comes up with a teaser rubber heel of your shoe or boot. A few fore long you'll be noticing wild turkey% trick: "This is for the bass boys," he sa>'s. times across and the leader will straighten antelope and king salmon three-cent " Take a piece of bright tinfoil and tie it out and become easy to handle. Nick A. stamps. These colorful pieces of postage ro a hunk- of fishing line and secure it so Schons, 420 Spruce Street, Boulder, Colo., were recommended by President Eisen- that it dangles just above the water's sur- says he puts a rubber band or a piece of hower la.st September to create and main- face at a w aterfall. Go back earh the next rubber betw cen thumb and forefinger and tain greater public interest in the Nation's morning and cast arounii that area. Bass pulls the line straight between the pieces natural resources. are curious critters, and the shining, mov- of rubber. ing object attracts them to that spot. I've caught my limit often this wa>'." YOU READERS of Rod and Gun who ha\e cdiuributed hunting or fishing tips that w (.re printed here are in for a pleasant surprise. "N'ou are in a book. In a chapter, "Outdoor Notebook," of the newly published book All Outdoors many of you are mentioned !>>' name and your helpful hint is published. All Outdoors is available from "BUD" TESCH, Director of our Na- the Stackpolc Co., Harrisburg, Pa., for tional Americanism Commission, announces $4.95. the winners in the 1956 .McNutt 50-ft. MRS. GLENN MORTON, Narka, Kans., Postal Rifie Match shot in February. has tdinid a new use for the common as- YOU CARP FISHERMEN w ill like l^oift First place in the team score went to ()inn. "If \()u are going fishing and using (jiss {\rrp, put out b>' The Ohio Di\ ision Post 224, Carmi, III., with an excellent nniuiows as lixc bait," she sa> s, "anti the\' of Wildlife, 1500 Dublin Road, Columbus, score of 1,446. Hobart Large of that Post begin to float to the top, drop two or three Ohio. Price 25 cents. Plenty of dope on won first in individual competition with aspirin tablets into the w ater and stir. This how to catch em antl cook 'cm. Ohio metallic sights, anil Gale Stockton of Post w ill re\i\e the tiny fish ami keep rliem gives the fisherman real help w ith its maps 30, Gresham, Oreg., placed first in indi- l)ep|)>' ilunng your fishing hours." show ing lakes, streams, and wildlife areas. vidual competition w ith telescoiiic sights. As we said in May, the conservation de- Official award of the Paul \'. McNutt

Rifle roph\- ill LEGION POSTS /)/c-j.m> j/otc: \ou are partments of man\- States gather valuable National .Match 1 w be made aih ised that \ oin- re<]uests for rides for information for sportsmen. AA'rite the con- to Post 224 of Carmi, 111., at the 1956 Na- ceremonial and ilrill purposes shoulil be ser\ ation department at vour State capital. tional Convention. forw anled to: ( Jommaiuiing Officer, Alajor

Item Sufiph' Management .Agenc> , I.erter- ABU SPINNING REEL, listing at $24.95, EDWARD KOONS, 484 82nd St., Brook- kenny Oninance Depot, (^hambershiirg, is announceil hy Charles G'arcia & (Jo., dis- h n, N. v., also has a little ginunick he Pa. A maximum of ten ceremonial rifles, tributor of the famous Mitchell reel. The feels might be handy for campers and other suitable for firing blank ammunition oid\', .\bu is priced between the Mitchell and woods-w andercrs. "If you get lost or con- is authorized for donation to each I-'ost Mitchell (>ap, and features full bail pickup fused about your position in the woods," recognized b\ the \'eterans Adnunistra- with bottom mounteil drag which permits he says, "you can tell the points of the tion anti appro\ed bv the Department of eas\' changes of drag tension w hile [ilav ing compass by your watch. Point the hour the Army. Replacement for rifles lost, a fish. The antire\erse control is on top of hand in the direction of the sun; halfway stolen, destro\ed, or nonfunctional is not the housing for convenient manipulation. between the hour hand and 12 o'clock is authorizeil. Rifles :ue not > et av ailable, Bail and handle fohl well back for easy approximateh^ due south." but rei]uests w ill be filed and fillcil later. storing. (Continued on page 51)

2g • I'm; ami;rk AN l EdioN magazine • july I9.'i6 A DIGEST OF EVENTS WHICH ARE OF PERSONAL INTEREST TO YOU

WHY ALL VETERANS HAD BETTER JOIN eran today, you have no need of a pension and cannot THE AMERICAN LEGION: qualify for one. For the first time in its history, this "Newsletter" is But supposing you should become permanently and devoted to just one subject. totally disabled so that you can no longer work , and your

Subject: The eight-year attack on veterans benefits, income falls away? . . . What will you do for income? how it operates, what it means to America's war veterans Right now, under those circumstances, you could and their womenfolk, what they can do about it. qualify for a veterans' pension in recognition of your former

There are three classes of veterans. They are: (1) The service to the nation in war. . . . And under similarly restricted circumstances your widow and minor children majority , who are not using any benefits today and may not know what protection they now have; (2) Veterans with might qualify for a pension in the event of your death. service-connected disabilities, and (3) Veterans who have met with ill-health and financial adversity and are now using Your pension rights, like your medical care privilege, the protection against such adversity that the present are an ace-in-the-hole which you now possess, which stand veterans laws provide. between you and the unpredictable calamities that strike the rich and the poor out of the blue every year. All three groups are under serious attack, and in danger of losing precious rights. The recent report of the Bradley Commission urges

that your rights to such protection be wiped off the books .

If you're an average veteran you probably get no vets The Bradley report argues that if you are stripped of benefits today, although if you're a WW2 vet you probably all other income by tragic circumstances beyond your control (it could be an auto accident tomorrow, a heart attack when used some of the GI Bill benefits in the past. . . . You may not know what protection you have at present. you least expect it, the onset of arthritis or tuberculosis, a If you are a veteran of WWl, WW2 or Korea you have crippling industrial accident) you should depend on your a substantial right to two major veterans benefits — now Social Security benefits for a living. under heavy attack — in the event a reversal of your fortune The argument is phony, but it comes from a high-level should put you in need of them. Commission of the Government, and is advanced to justify Your two precious protections are non-service-connected doing away with your pension protection. medical care and veterans pensions. Calamity could strike you tomorrow, but you cannot draw any Social Security benefits until you are 65. You can't use either of these benefits if you continue to . . . When you do draw them they won't add up to a prosper as well as the average veteran is prospering, but living and were never supposed to. they are there if you need them . You can hear and read such attacks on veterans'

benefits eve.y day. . . . They are all attacks on precious What if you should be afflicted with a disabling disease

rights that you now possess. . . . They are all phony in one or disability that puts you out of work, exhausts your way or another, because they have to be. income? . . . When you have run through your savings, can no longer pay doctors or hospitals but still need more The nation's veterans program is sound, sane, well- care , where would you get it? regulated, moderate and stands up well under honest study.

Under the present law, in recognition of your past . . . There are no give-aways or handouts in it. . . . The military service you American Legion has always insisted, and the Congress has , would be eligible for the excellent care agreed, that each benefit should make sense and serve provided in VA hospitals as soon as a bed were available. a clearly recognized purpose. Of 22 million living veterans, about 60,000 have had such misfortune and are getting non-service-connected VA Pensions are for widows and orphans with limited care today. . . . Present policies of the Congress are to

income , or for veterans whose income has been cut short maintain such care at about the same level. by unavoidable disability and unemployability.

The Coolidge Administration started the policy that Compensation is for those who were disabled in war service, paid in relation to the degree of the war-incurred offers you this protection back in the Twenties. . . . The first

Hoover report, in 1949, began what has turned out to be disability . . . and for widows of those whose deaths were an unending drive to close out the VA hospitals. ... If it caused by military service. succeeds you will have lost a guarantee that you now have . Medical care is for service-connected disabilities at

any time ... it is for non-service connected disabilities only

Your pension rights are available on the same sensible when the sick veteran cannot afford his own care. . . . And basis. ... If you are prospering as well as the average vet- then only when space is available in a hospital system 29 ". whose total number of beds is regulated by Congress . as the N. Y. Herald Tribune said: . . the report repudiates the idea that just because a man has worn the uniform

Congress has set the ceiling on hospital beds at 131,000, he is entitled to a living from the government." but the Hoover report of 1955 opened its assault by saying that Congress was trying to care for 17 2 million veterans — Fair enough, except that (1) No present law gives a a scare figure that exaggerated by more than 17 million! living to any veteran simply because he wore the uniform, and (2) The Bradley proposals would do away with benefits Veterans are accused of lying by the thousands about that aren't awarded on that basis by a long shot. their income in order to get free hospital care. . . . But the General Accounting Office studied 40,000 patients' Two Hoover reports and the Bradley report haven't yet records and found only some 400 whose incomes were high fooled the Congress, which is as wise to all the misrepre- enough to justify a second look. ... It then went over an sentation of the veterans program as The American Legion is.

additional 25,000 and found some 800 more. . . . Out of But make no mistake. . . . The anti-veteran drive is 65,000 (the average daily non-service-connected patient load strong and united ... so strong that the editor of the Wichita in the entire system) it found that 97% didn't have (Kansas) Beacon recently called it a "well-financed, well-

enough income to justify a second look. . . . Probably few organized conspiracy." ... It has been government-supported

public programs can match this record. from the top. . . . The Bradley and the Hoover reports were

paid for out of the Federal treasury. . . . Many newspapers But in the attack on your stand-by rights against and some civic groups, anxious to chuck the expense of calamity, these figures are twisted in public releases and the veterans program, back the attack. published statements to play up the remaining 3% of liars are then said typify all patients as and cheats who to If it keeps rolling, with such beautiful teamwork, it will

. . . only found VA patients. Mind you, even this 3% has been succeed unless veterans unite against it more strongly.

second look. . . . to have enough income to justify a The campaign is working on public opinion. ... It The second look has not been taken. never stops no matter how foolish its statements look when There is only one aim to this distortion of an excellent exposed. . . . Little publicity is given to any exposures. . . . and well justified program — and that is to destroy it. In the long run, the anti-veteran masterminds know that the

Congress, however well-informed it may be, is responsive It may come as a surprise to the service-connected that to public opinion. they, too, are under fire. . . . The Hoover Commission urged Congress can be sidetracked if the last year that compensation for war disabilities be reduced, The wisdom of the to the so that especially in the categories in which most of the war-injured public can be made hate veterans much Congress can feel the hate. find themselves. . . . The Bradley Commission goes one better and starts a discussion of ways to get most of the So the attack is not kidding the Congress, and it is not service-connected off the compensation rolls entirely. ... It

kidding the veterans organizations. . . . But it is kidding the objects to their numbers! . . . This is a new tune. living daylights out of the general public, and firmly expects In the attack on these sensible, purposeful benefits, a payoff in the long run. figures are falsified, twisted, exaggerated, misused every day. What can veterans and their widows do? . . . Sober recommendations are made by austere commissions which bear no relation to the facts.

In any battle for public opinion — organize . The Bradley Commission presents facts showing that The American Legion and its Auxiliary make up the nearly all recipients of pensions, widows and veterans alike, most solid organized resistance today. have almost no other income and are a seriously disabled Two million eight hundred thousand veterans of World group of people. War I, World War II and Korea are united in The American

. . in It skips a few pages and says to end the pensions. Legion. . More than a million of their womenfolk The To see some more of the Bradley method, take a look at American Legion Auxiliary solidly back the Legion. the Bradley chart on page 35 of this issue. ... It is just a But there are 22 million veterans, every single one of sample of what America's 22 million veterans have to whom is the target for the attack. contend with in hundreds of pages of the $300,000 Bradley "study" that was requested by the President. Most Legionnaires believe in the decency of the present Newspapers and magazines play up the exaggerations to veterans program, don't get benefits themselves .... How about the millions of veterans who aren't in the Legion? the sky, even exaggerate them more themselves. . . . When Farm and Ranch Magazine recently cried out against the All of them stand to lose rights that some of them may

in the future. . . . of them include vets' program it said soberly that 30 milli on servicemen and desperately need Many and women who are now drawing needed benefits. their families and descendants are getting free medical care : men stay on Probably a record for the number of untruths that can be They are the target. . . . They cannot afford to sardined into 16 words. the sidelines. Readers' Digest recently ran another scare piece on For their own good, American Legion Posts should sign Auxiliary, where they can be veterans benefits, gave it the lead-off position and titled it them up in the Legion or the "The Rising Cost of 'Veteran Aid — Where Do We Go From counted in support of their own interests. Their absence from the Legion is already being cited Here?" . . . Rising costs? . . . The VA budget has fallen $3 their billion in the last nine years. as "proof" that the Legion's resistance to the attack on

The Bradley report was widely heralded in many benefits should be ignored . ... It is said that the Legion influential newspapers as something to be supported because. doesn't speak for them!

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NEWS ofTAeAmerican Legion

and Veterans' Affairs

gets to a vote in the House it could mus- Belated Action Gives HR7886 ter a majorit)'. Much closer to passage at presstime Chance of Approval in House w as HR7()89, the so-called Hardy Bill, designed to completely rewrite the basis

on which compensation is paid to de- When Legionnaires read these words ner strongly protested this continuing pendents of persons who die of sen ice- the final action of the House Veterans delay, on the more than reasonable connected causes. Affairs Committee on the American Le- grounds that the House Committee on The Hardy Bill passed the House last gion's War Veterans Security Bill Veterans Affairs had next to nothing to year, and was before the Senate Finance should be known. ISut at learn from shallow Bradley report. (HR7886) the Committee on June 6, when Legion rep- presstime, June 7, that bill was still in Hearings on the Bradle\' report began resentatives testified on it. the committee, where it has been intro- early in May and continued through The Bill proposes to indemnif\' sur- duced during the first week of Januar\-. most of that month. vi\ors by a mixed formula that would Chief aim of the bill is to prox ide bet- Past Nat'l Cmdr Donald R. Wilson include ( 1 ) ending servicemen's inter security for older veterans whose in- testified for the Legion on the Bradle\' demnity, (2) covering all members of come is limited by ad^•anced age. report on May 9-10. He roundly con- the Armed Forces with Social Securit)', It would increase the amount of pen- demned the report as prejudiced and ( 3 ) supplementing Social Securit)' Ijenc- sion payments paid monthl\- to \eterans umealistic — summarizing tlie findings fits for survivors with a combined pa\- who qualif\-. It would ease somewhat which he had earlier presented to the ment called compcnmVion and indem- tlie income ceifings which disbar ^ eter- Legion's Nat'l Executive Committee nity, which would be based essentialh' ans from qualifying for pensions. Most ( reported here in June ) on the military pay grade of the de- important, it would remove the disabil- the Bradle\' hearings appeared ceased \eteran when in senice. ity and unemployability requirement for When The Legion has endorsed the general to be o\er. Committee member Rep. veterans over 65 whose income is low idea of the Hardy Bill, which in 7nost of of- enough to qualify them for a pension. Bernard W. Kearney New York cases would ser\ e as well as or better fered a motion, that the Vets On June 6, the House Vets Affairs on May 22, than the present survi\ ors' benefits. Committee preiDared to go into executi\ e Affairs Committee vote on the Legion's Howev er, there are holes in the com- bill 24. to session in which it would take action to on May Chmn League refused plicated bill which could leav e widows report out, or not to report out, all legis- entertain the motion, stating that further and children in serious need after losing lation before it dealing with \eterans study of the Bradley report was in order. a husband or father by a senice-con- compensation and pensions. then left for a League Washington nected death. It was expected that action would be week, returned early in and the June Danger spots occur in portions of the taken on June 8, just too late to be re- dates for final consideration were then bill which don't adequately provide for ported here. Action was also expected said to be scheduled for June 6 and 8. ( 1 ) widows with se\ eral children and on the Legion's bill to improve compen- If voted out at that time, the bill (2) survivors where Social Securitx' sation payments to \eterans ser\ - with could then proceed to the House Rules benefits are too small. ice-connected disabilities. Committee, where more dela\' could These weaknesses were pointed out to Because HR7886 had been held in a ensue. the Senate Finance Committee by Le- single committee for better than five Legion estimates are that if the bill gion representatives on June 6. months, only a miracle could see it so far as through the House in this session of Congress. CARRYING OUT LEGION FLAG CAMPAIGN By the middle of April, the Commit- tee had completed its hearings on the bill, and planned to decide on voting it out at that time. When the Bradle\' Report to the Pres- ident on veterans pensions and compensation was released on April 23, House Vets Affairs Committee Chmn Olin E. League, of Texas, (who had several times announced his personal opposition to the Legion's bill) reported that the committee had decided it would be necessary to study the Bradley report before acting on the Veterans Securit\- Bill and all other pension and compensation leg- Stfiic above shows prcsontaliou of l."> U.S. flags to .sliidciits ol T«)i>soii clomcntaiy islation then pending. school in Maryland, lor tlassrooms. Dep't Legion oHicials made prescncation, and

Legion Nat l Cmdr J. Addington W ag- included a talk and a dcnionstiation to the children on Flag history and etiquette. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1956 • 3J ) )

LEGION LEADERS: Bonds still outstanding, held by some (Randel Shake, Director, Legion Nat'l Know Your Legion 130,000 W\V2 vets, which used to earn Child Welfare Commission.) them a total of $650,000 a year in in- That no further financial appropria- Do you hold an office in your Post terest but now earn nothing. They can tions be made for the U.S. Nat'l Com- or on a Post committee? Do you plan be put into E or H bonds where they'd mission for UNESCO until the Congress to run for office? Are you called on to earn a total of $780,000 a year at 3%. has made a thorough investigation of address other groups for the Legion? The Gov't wants to get the Leave the Commission and of UNESCO it- Or do you just want to know more Bonds in and pay them off. self, as requested by the 1955 Nat'l about America's biggest volunteer or- To cash them in, take them to any Convention of The American Legion. ganization? National Bank. It will send them to the (C. A. Tesch, Director, Legion Nat'l A mail order home study course on Federal Reserve Bank which can cash Americanism Commission.) the workings, stmcture and meaning them, or issue their full value in interest- That a $37 million House cut in the of The American Legion and its pro- bearing Savings Bonds in your name. 1957 Civil Defense appropriation be grams, from which 40,000 Legionnaires restored. (NeilR. Allen, Oregon, Chmn, have already graduated, is now offered LEGISLATIVE: Legion Nat'l Civil Defense Committee. once more by the National Member- Legion Asked This That the $75,000 budget of the Presi- ship and Post Activities Division, says The dent's Nat'l Security Training Cotnmis- Director C. M. Wilson. In recent weeks American Legion sion, knocked out by the House, be re- This will be the 11th term of The spokesmen made numerous requests of stored. (Granville S. Ridley, Tennes- American Legion Extension Institute. the House, the Senate and the President, see, and Rev. Feltham S. James, South Deadline for enrollment is August 15. pursuant to American Legion nat'l poli- Carolina, Chmn and V'ice-chmn, Legion's Post Commanders are urged to set cies. Nat'l Securit}' Training Committee.) up study groups for this correspond- Here, in capsule form, are some of That if the present Reserve Training ence course, designed for American the requests, followed in parentheses program does not satisfactorily bolster Legion leaders, present and prospec- by the Legion officials who made them: the military manpower reserve by vol- tive. Graduates will receive a certificate That the report of the Bradley Com- untary enlistments after a fair trial then of graduation, a wallet-size duplicate mission on veterans benefits be discount- the Congress again consider a compul- certificate, and a mortarboard patch for ed as invalid. (Past Nat'l Cmdr Donald sory reserve training program. (Ridley.) their Legion caps, which signifies Ex- R. Wilson, W. Va., Chmn, Legion Spe- That Gl Bill trainees be permitted tension Institute graduates. cial Committee on the Bradley Report. more than one change of program in A step-up tuition rate encourages That Federal surplus properties cases where a vet cannot continue his group enrollments. One to four enroll- which may be useful in Civil Defense studies because of physical or mental ments in one order are $6 each. Five work be made available to State and disability or other compelling personal to nine enrollments in one order are $3 Territorial Civil Defense organizations. reason. (Legion-sponsored bill intro- each. Ten and more enrollments in one (Miles T. Kennedy, Legion Nat'l Legis- duced by Rep. Elizabeth Key, W. \'a.) order are $2 each. lati\e Director.) That proposals by foreign shipping in- Coupon for enrolling appears on this That Defense Dep't cease charging terests to weaken the cargo preference page. former servicemen for eopies of their act, which requires that half of U.S. discharges. (Kennedy.) foreign aid shipments be sent abroad on LEAVE BONDS: That legislation strengthen the re- U.S. merchant ships, be rejected. Casli Them employment rights of reservists retimi- ( Henry C. Parke, New York, Chmn, Le- Committee.) Do you have any Aimed Forces ing from military duty, seeking their gion Merchant Marine former jobs. Lea\e Bonds? It's to for (Kennedy.) time cash them MEMBERSHIP: something better, because they are no That military back pay be paid mem- longer drawing any interest. bers of P}iilipj)ine Seotits during periods tj-itical Year Originally, the Gov't gave Leave in WW2 when they were on parole from In late May, Nat'l Cmdr J. Addington prison camps. (Past Nat'l Chaplain Bonds in place of cash, for accumulated Jap Wagner urged "full steam ahead" for E. Duffy, Ohio, and Ass't Nat'l leave, to VVW2 vets. They paid inter- John all American Legion Posts and Dep'ts Director Clarence Olson.) est at 2/2% a year. But they were five- Legislative on their 1956 membership drives. year bonds, and the five years is up for That Federal grants to strengthen "We can still exceed the 1955 enroll- all of them. State child welfare programs be ap- ment this year if all Legionnaires will There are $26 million in Leave pro\ed on a matching funds basis. continue to put in time and effort," said Cmdr Wagner.

I An increase in membership is the sur- Anieiiian Legion Extension Institute ! P. O. liox 1055 est way to defeat antiveteran recom- I Indianapolis, Indiana ! mendations of the Bradley Commission I ' I and to win passage of the War Veterans ' Enclosed is draft for ,$6, payable to The .Imrrirtni Legion. Enroll nie in ttie I Security Bill to liberalize existing laws Mill icnn oi The American Lciiion Extension Institute at the address bclo^v: I providing aid for aged and unemploy- able vets, the Commander pointed out.

I Naine__ | (See NetL'sletter on page 29.)

I ! Nat'l Membership and Post Activities I Street address I Dix ision pointed to another good reason I I

I City k zone Stale I for Dep'ts to come up with strong mem- figures. Delegate strength of I bership I I Legion Post | each Dep't at the 1956 Nat'l Convention

I {If ordciin^ more than one course, use special I'ates cited in story on this pacje, aiui uriie out | will be determined by Dep't member- order, listing all names and addresses of enrollees.) I | ship one month before. I J

32 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1956 Planning The Gopher State took the lead po- Hawaiian Tours sition by reporting a percentage of 106.9 Work on the 1957 membership eam- The first of the six pre-and post-con- of its ax erage previous four year enroll- paign also got underway in late June. vention tours to Hawaii is scheduled to ment of members. This report made Membership eards, statement of dues leave from San Francisco on August 24. each year by May 1 determines the fonns, membership application blanks, The tours, sponsored by The Ameri- leaders of the Parade and priority in and planning booklet for 1957 member- can Legion, were designed to gi\ e Le- seating position in the Convention Hall. ship were scheduled for mailing to Dep't gionnaires going to the Convention an The Dep't of Idaho will march second Hq for distribution to Posts by July 1. opportunity to combine the trip with a in the Parade, and North Dakota will The area membership conference for visit to the Island Paradise. be in third place. Delaware, Louisiana, the Departments of Alabama, Florida, Detailed information as to schedules, Nebraska, Nevada, Iowa, Alabama and Georgia, Mississippi, North and South rates, accommodations, and sightseeing South Dakota make up the rest of the Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West can be had by writing to: first 10 Dep'ts in the Parade. Virginia will be held at the Dempsey Olficial American Legion Hawaii Hotel in Macon Ga. Convention Sites Tours The Departments of Arkansas, Louisi- 5959 South Cicero Avenue As Convention time — Sept. 3-6 — ana, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas will Chicago 38, 111. drew nearer, officials were busy arrang- hold their Area Membership Conference ing for the sites of Convention activities. at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel in Aus- JUNIOR BASEBALL: The American Legion Hq hotel will tin, Tex. Write directly to the hotels for be the Biltmore, and the Auxiliary and SoiUli room reservations. American Tour 8cS;40 will be at the Stader Hotel. All The Departments of Iowa, Kansas, An All-American Legion Junior Base- sessions of the Convention will be held Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and ball team will tour eight Latin American in the Shrine Auditorium, and meetings South Dakota will hold their Area Mem- countries next fall. The details of the ol standing Commissions and Conven- trip bership Conference at the Fort Des were announced by Nat l Cmdr J. tion Committees will take place in Pa- Moines Hotel, Des Moines, Iowa. For Addington Wagner at a press conference triotic Hall. in New York City on May 22. reservations write R. J. Laird, Dep't The reviewing stand for the Big Pa- Adjt., Dep't of Iowa, Argonne Armory, A team of 16 players selected from lade on Sept. 3 will be in the Coliseum. Des Moines, Iowa. throughout the U. S. will fly to Colom- The Parade will form at Adams Boule- All Area Conferences are being held bia, Cuba, El Salvador, Mexico, Nica- vard and Figueroa Street and march on Aug. 11-12. ragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, and Vene- down Figueroa for about a mile then zuela. The tour—which has the complete

CONVENTION: turn right into the Coliseum. backing of the State Department — is American Legion Departments were Leading- the Parade expected to begin on Sept. 10 and end reminded that time was nmning out for about Oct. 20. In late May, Nat'l Hq at Indianapolis them to have their floats constructed. The players will be selected on the reported that the Dep't of Minnesota Those wanting information on float basis of their scholastic averages, citi- had won the honor of leading the Big specifications and construction write: zenship qualities, and playing abilities.

Parade on Sept 3 at the 38th Nat l Con- Jones Decorating Co. To be eligible they must have played on vention in Los Angeles immediately fol- 2807 Sunset Boulevard an American Legion Junior Baseball lowing the eight outlying Departments. Los Angeles, Calif. team during the current season and must have been graduated from high school prior to July 1 of this year. Does Any of This Unclaimed Each Department will recommend one pitcher, one catcher, one infielder, and one outfielder to Lou Brissie, Com- Army Money Belong to You? missioner of American Legion Junior Baseball, not later than July 20. The The U. S. Army has more than 18,000 Cookson, Paul R., Decatur, 111. Darst, Thomas Cla.vton, La Crosse, Wis. team will be selected from among tho.se checks that were mailed to people Dotson, James, Fort Dix, N. J. nominated. (mostly ex-GIs) but which were re- More than $400. Planning for the tour began two years turned by the Post Office and are still Aulles, Alejandro, Bronx 57, N. Y. Aust, Bill.v D., Falls Church, Va. ago. The American Legion, in sponsor- unclaimed. Is any of it yours, or do you Austin, Marvin L., Leachville, Ark. ing the "good will project," said Nat'l Raker, Kenneth I., Middleboro. know anyone who may be a person Mass. Barrett, Otis H., Oakland, Calif. Cmdr Wagner "believes that this repre- named below who has a claim to one Rateman, Billy J., Bremerton. Wash Bear, James T.. Manhattan, Kans. sentative Legion Junior Baseball team of the checks? Berry, Darrell E., Bakersfield, Calif. to Berry, James H., Dallas, Tex. can do a great deal increase under- All of the unclaimed checks below are Blanch, Allan C, San Francisco, Calif. standing and good will for the United for $400 or more. They were sent to the Bleavins, Mark E., Lincoln, Nebr. Bolta, Jorse R(idri<,:uez, Mayaguez, P. R. States in Latin America." persons named below, at an address in Borgen, Oscar Eddie, Colorado Springs, Colo. Latin countries re- Rranham, John W., Indianapolis, Ind. The American the town named in each case. If you Brown, Alvis R.. Huntsville. Tex. sponded enthusiastically when asked by can be of assistance in locating the Brown, Louis, Jr.. Hopkinsville, Ky. Caudle, Helen, San Diego, Calif. The American Legion through the State rightful owners you will help them and Champ, James L., Orleans, Va. Department if they wished to have the the Army. Champlin, Donald R., Brooklyn. N. Y. Chandler, Ferman A., Ft. Sam Houston. Tex. team visit them. Put possible claimants in touch with: Childers, Robert E., East Omaha, Nebr. Cla.vton, Lester, Cambridge. Ohio. If the tour becomes an annual c\ent, Uncleliverablc Check Section, Special Clemensen, Raymond A., FPO San Francisco, Calif. Departments which have had a repre- Claims Division, Fiiuince Center, U. S. Collins, Trov, Chicago, III. sentative on the team will not be jicr- Army, Indianapolis 49, Indiana. Cook, Berlyn R., Peoria. III. Copeland. Norman W., Washington, D. C. mitted to send another player until More than $600. Cowan, William L., Sumter. S. C. Cuzzort, Calvin, Chattanooga, Tenn. every Department has had at least one Baker, James H., Oakland, Calif. Davis, John W., Los Angeles. Calif. Ballen, Ella M., Conway, player on the team. N. C. Dean, William J., Toronto, Canada. Barbour, Charles A., Camp Gordon Ga. Wells, Pearl E., Texarkana, Tex. Another example of the enthusiastic Barnes, Willard M., St. Louis, Mo. Bauer, William R., APO 154, New York. N. Y. Additional names will appear in fu- support of American Legion Junior Base- Baugh, Ruth L., Spencer, Ind. Brock, Vivian Viola, Middletown, Ohio. ture issues. l)ail which has mtide it the largest youth

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1956 • 33 sports program in the U. S. comes from pany will contribute a dime to the U. S. the tragic plight of the South Koreans. the General, were Bloomington, 111. Olympic Committee up to a total of one In dire need, said Post 56 of that city has 1,000 boys 8 million such sets. This will bring $100,- the 300,000 war orphans—young boys and girls—who roam the streets of every to 17 y ears of age playing baseball un- 000 for the American team. this summer. To fi- South Korean city. They desperately der Legion auspices Prizes nance the program, the Post arranged need, shelter, schooling, and a chance To encourage sending of these box for a three-hour TV show which helped to learn a trade. tops the Colgate-Palmolive Company Foundation, of raise some $3,000. The American-Korean has set up a contest which closes on Among the baseball celebrities who which Gen. Christenberry is the Presi- July 15. funds participated in the program was Budd\' dent, was organized to provide First prizes in the contest will be four Blattner whose Game of the Week pro- and equipment for assistance of these all-expense trips to the 1956 Olympic war-stricken children. gram is heard throughout the country. games; second prizes are t\venty-five The Bloomington Junior Baseball pi o- The Foundation is nonprofit, nonsec- Bel! Howell movie cameras 16-mm. & tarian, nonpolitical. It provides Ameri- gram, now in its 12th year, has expanded projectors; third prizes are sets and 35 cans an opportunity to help the unfor- each year. It has trained 7,500 bens of duet Longine watches consisting of a tunate children of the country which the in all. a watch. man's watch and woman's U. S. sa\ ed from communist aggression. HELP WANTED: Tliere are 450 fourth prizes of Emerson The American Legion Auxiliary^ has all-transistor portable radios. already asked each Unit to contribute the Olympic Fund Entry blanks can be clipped from $5— a sum sufficient to enroll an orphan June issue of Tlie American Legion A unique fund-raising drive and con- in school for a year. Magazine or obtained from a dealer. test which will provide $100,000 for the Legionnaires and Posts can help pro- The sentence, "1 think every American U. S. Olympic team and at the same vide for the well-being of the Korean should support the United States Olym- time give lucky Legionnaires a chance orphans by contributing to the Ameri- ." pic Team because . . should be com- to win one of 519 prizes was announced can-Korean Foundation, 345 East 46th pleted in 25 words or less and mailed by the Colgate-Palmolive Company. Street, New York 17, N. Y. with the box tops, wrappers, labels, etc., Details of the contest were gi\'en in The money will be used for vocational to: Olvmpic Games Contest the June issue of Tlic American Legion training and shelter. Some examples of P. O. Box 3-A Magazine. The contest gives Legion- what American dollars can do in South Mount Vernon, 10 N. Y. naires, Auxiliares, and their families a Korea are given below. $300 will buy blankets, stoves, fuel, chance to help send the U. S. Olympic Helping Htind team to the 1956 games in Melbourne, A lamps. Australia, without contributing money. Speaking last November before the $100 will buy classroom supplies and

For e\'ery set of three box tops, soap Dep t Commanders and Adjutants meet- library books. wrappers, carton end-flaps, or sales slips ing in Indianapolis, Maj. Gen. C. W. $50 will buy extra tents for housing. of Colgate-Palmolive products the com- Christenberry, USA (Ret.) discussed $5 will pay a teacher for a Meek.

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MORE MONKEY BUSINESS IN THE BRADLEY REPORT

In the last eiglit years the government has spent millions Hradk'X' report, where it sccins to sliow the Picsidciil how the investigating the nation s program ot \eterans benefits. The pay of the average enlisted man compares with the pay of the recent Bradley report had a hndget of $3()(),()()() all hy itself. average non-farm civilian worker— to support the argument The two Hoo\ er reports cost large sums. The General Ac- that veterans of past wars and their widows can have their counting Office and other agencies have investigated vets throats cut and never feel it. benefits. None of the reports have been friendly. Take a close look. The black line is the enlisted man's pay. To date, the vast sums spent investigating veterans affairs The broken line is the civilian's pay. Study the lines. At first have proved one thing only, namely that the veterans' pro- it looks as if the two groups had long earned almost the same, gram is wise and soimd. Sounds funny, but it s true. but that by 1954 the enlisted man had forged ahead. The two Hoo\er Commissions and the Bradley Commis- But when you read the small type you see that the 1918 sion had enough dough, time and staff to have found an\- earnings are called ]()() for both groups. Don't ask us why, thing seriously wrong, and to have stated it plainly and but every $417 of enlisted pay is called 100, and every honesth'. Had they found it, there would have been no need $1,059 of civilian pay is called J 00. How can you and the to have loaded their reports with nonsense and deceits. Yet President read this, if $417 and $1,059 look the .same? the last Hoover report was packed with pious nonsense, such Can you tell how the enlisted pay really compares to the as exaggerating by more than 17 million the number of civilian pay in 1954? Looks like the enlisted man is ahead, \eterans entitled to VA medical care, and padding the cost and doing just fine, like Bradley says. Well he isn't. He's of federal medical care by including non-medical expenses. much further behind than in 1918. Where the two lines are The official phonying of the record has reached such pro- even in 1918, the enli.sted man is really $642 behind. Where portions that shortly after the Bradley report appeared last the enlisted man is "ahead" in 1954, a la Bradley, he has April, Tlie Wichita (Kansas) Bewco/i warned newspaper and really sunk to $2,133 behind! magazine editors to study the anti-veteran tripe that comes Then how come this neat little Bradley chart seems to across their desks, and editorialized that there must be an show you and the-President and all the editors and com- organized, well-financed conspiracy against the nation's mentators and Congressmen that the enlisted man is ahead? veterans. Good advice. When Gen. Bradley testified before That's a good question, and a straight answer should be the House Vets Affairs Committee a reporter was heard to interesting. mutter: "This report's as phon\- as a three dollar bill." "Yeah," Over on the right we have a chart of our own, where we said another, "but try to tell your city editor that. have told the same story with the same figures. But we've Last month we showed some of the silliness in the 410 made $417 look like $417, and we've made $1,059 look pages of the Bradley report. like $1,059. This shows what really cooks. But when \()u Herewith another sample: look at our chart you can see that telling the facts straight The Bradley report tells Ike that most veterans benefits ruins the whole argument. The enlisted man in 1954 is are no longer needed because, among other absurd reasons, making $1,672, or less than half of the civilian's $3,805. militar\' pay is so high today. Judging from the tone of the Bradley report, if it had Our war veterans were in service in 1918, 1945, 1951. found anything seriously wrong with the veterans program They aren't the fellows who are in service today. Neither the $300,000 wouldn't have been wasted on silly arguments are their widows. Bradley is arguing the idiocy that benefits decked out with trickx' charts. for one group should be wiped out because, he says, another group is doing just fine. So much for (a) the thinking. Now peek at (b) the method. The chart at the left below comes from page 89 of the

Index of com- Index of weighted Averages, Index of compensation in Selected Years 1865-1955 pensation in current dollars current dollars 1918=100 for Each Series (1918 = 100) (1918 = 100) 400 400 3,000

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Average compensation of civilian 2,000 non-farm workers S 240 240 /•/ /• / Average compensation of civilian non-farm worlcers 1918»$1,059 = 100 160 160

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^Average basic pay of enlisted men 80 1918-$417-100 Average basic pay of enlisted men

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How the Bradley Report compares civilian How civilian pay reall.v compares pay with the base pay of enlisted men. with the base pay of enlisted men. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1956 • 35 :

William Anderson (1948) and Frank L. IMc- BEAUTIFUL AMERICA: M. last surviving member of the first staff Bride (1952) and Roy L. Gabriel (195.1), Post 31, Kewaneo, 111. of Gen. Pershing in France. Keep It BeaiidTiil Oscar T. Bredeken and James L. Carter and .Albert W. Tegtmeyer (all 1950), Post 241. Chicago, c. T. BUSHA, JR., Past Dep't Cmdr of Here's a that every III. Montana (1921-22), of a stroke, in program Post Wesley J. Anderson and John F. Elliott and should carry out pronto. All it takes is Dallas R. Helton and Herman Kiimmelehne (all Washington, D. C. 1951). Post 474. Matteson. III. R-\Y Nat'l passing the word. No budget, no resolu- Robert R. Petrone (1955). Post S85. Chicai;o. III. o. CAREER, Past Executi\e Frederick T. Bolton (195.1) and William J. Clara- tions to Committeeman from Dep't of Iowa debate, no nothing but passing ban (1954) and Roger IM. Bohn (1954). Post 190. the word. Detroit. Mich. (1939-41) and longtime member and Joseph Barkman (1954) and Arthur Dillon (1956), The word is Keep America Beautihil. Post 211, East Tawas. Mich. chmn of The American Legion Mer- Joseph BambeneU (1954) and J. iM. Henry (1955) chant Marine Committee, in Des Moines. Bring it up at the next Post meeting, and and Howard Clark (1955) and R. Burr Mann

— for this month — remind all and sun- (1955) . Post 9, Winona, Minn. c;-\iL T. JUDD, former Adj't of Dep't of Paul A. Frey (1949) and Gen. Ralph E. Truman dry about project #7 of Keep America (1952) and Ciiarlcs L. Urown (1952), Post 69, the District of Columbia, at his home, Springfield. Mo. Beautiful, Inc. — to wit: Carry a litter in Washington, D. C. John J. Foley (1956), Post 8, Dover, N. H. hag in your car ivlien you go on a trij). Charles H. Willev (1947) and William A. Laurie BRIG. GEN. DANIEL B. DEVORE, 95, the (1951) and William D. MatPherson (1952), Post If yours is one of the Posts that has 21, Concord. N. H. second oldest member of The American Robert Dunwoody and Joseph Bonin (both 1956). one of the 4,()0()-odd Legion-sponsored Legion, at his home in Washington, Post 78, Enalcwood. N. .1. Boy Scout Troops, or that works with George J, Popp (1956), Post 240. Paterson, N. J. D.'^C. Victor Chankin and Martin Wilson and John R. ill one of the 60 Boys Clubs aided by Le- Doyle (all 1954). Post 54,1. New York, N. V. ERSKiNE MYER, Dciiver; a Legion Charles J. La Hait, .Sr., and Otto Palitsch and gion Posts, carry the to the kids. Founder and first Nat'l Executive Com- word Simon Miller and 3. Frank McGowan (all 195,1). Just tell them that when Pop climbs into Post 628. Troy, N. Y. mitteeman from Colorado. Frank J. Williams and Harry E. Vogt and Ed- E. K.\Y, the jitney to take the family for a spin ward J. Zenger (all 1950). Post 665. Buffalo. N. Y. CAPT. OSBORNE Mc Past Dep't Charles Croopin, Sr., (1955), Post 685, Port that's their to say Cmdr of Panama Canal Zone (1928- cue Jcrvis. N. Y. "Wait Pop! Let's get a litter bag." Abe Sugarnian and Phil Isaacs (both 1947) and 29), in Chelsea, Mass.

Lester Steiner (1956), Post 101 1, Brooklyn, N. ^ . Then when the cigarette packs arC" Harry .Skinner (1955). Post 17,16. Rego Park, EDWARD DRiEMEYER, Past Dep't Cmdr N. Y. empty, or the bubble is unwrapped, of Illinois (1953-54), of a heart attack. gum Rev. Milton B. Faust (195,1), Post 241, Spencer, or the en-route grub is devoured, wliy N. C. Harry S. Dyar and George F. Hane and Walter BRIEFLY NOTED: into the litter bag goes the scrap paper, R. Hall and John W. Dow (all 1956), Po.st 64, Marietta. Ohio. banana peels, apple cores, or ha\ e Allegheny County, Pa. Americanism what Charles M. Guthrie, Jr. (1955). Post 12, Read- ^ you, instead of out the window to litter ing. Pa. Committee dedicated a new bronze James J, Kerwin and George C. Snyder and up beautiful America. Jesse G. St. Clair (all 1955). Post 44. Northumber- plaque on June 14 at the County Court land, Pa. Everybody's geting into tiie act. House. The plaque will replace earlier Up Edward S. Hagan (1955) and Thomas J. Curry front. Ethyl Corporation features this (1956) , Post 15,1. Philadelphia, Pa. one with the words of the Pledge of Har.-v R. Lawton (1915) and Lamont A. Wil- idea in an ad in this issue. Conionwealth liams (1916) and Cecil H. McKinslry (19,17) and Allegiance on it. The new plaque will Emmeit G. Le;iihan (1918), Post 1. Seattle, Wash. Edison Post of Chicago recently rang in contain the words "under God " which John F. Dick (195,1) and Dr. Luman S. Roach Chicago Bo\'s Clubbers and Boy Scouts (1955). Post 107. Kalama. Wash. have been added to the pledge since Post Commanders or Adjutants are on it. the earlier dedication in 1951. asked to report life membership awards What's a litter bag? No particular Dep t of California "Ham" radio net- to "Life Memberships," The American product, just something that'll hold ref- work recently took part in a very long Legion Magazine, 720 5th Ave., New use in your family car. Mom's shopping distance emergency call for an ambu- York 19, N. Y. Date of award is re- bag if you can get it away from her. lance. A call was made from a mobile (juested in all cases. Some boys' groups take a leg oil an radio unit in a car which came upon an old pair of jeans and sew up the bottom. automobile wreck near Rawlings, W'yo. PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Then, on each trip, a iresh paper bag This call was picked up by a ham oper- PAST N.\t'l CMDU MILO W.^RNER, goes into it. J- ator in Hawaii who contacted Legion- named Civilian Aide in Ohio to See. of And if you do something al)out tliis naire Jack A. Krieger, North HolK wood, the Army, and a ci\'iliaii member of Air Calif., operators in — if you bring it up at a Post meeting who alerted the 236 Advisory Board to Toledo Air Reserve or sell it to a kids' group — drop a note the California network. Center. to Tlic American Legion Magazine and Attempts to reach a ham in Wyoming GLEN s. LOCKER, Past Dcp't Cmdr of tell us l^riefly what you did. Keep Amer- failed and Kreiger telephoned Van Minnesota (1942-43), retired after 41 ica Beautihil, Inc. wants to know, and Nuys, Calif., police. Sergeant Freeman years service with U. S. Steel Corp. call we'll tell tliem — if you tell us. Calvert, a Legionnaire, put the on EARL CHANDLER, former member of the police teletype wliich routed it via LIFE MEMBERSHIPS: Legion Nat'l Field Service, appointed Dallas, Denver, and Laramie and got Tlie citation of an individual Legion- member of Idaho Veterans Welfare help to the disabled car. Elapsed time: uaiie to life membership in his Post is Commission. 25 minutes. a testimonial by those who know him JOHN J- WICKER, JR., a Lcgiou Speaking at Dep't of New York an- l)est lias Founder and Past Dep't Cmdr of Vir- that he served The American nual dinner, Nat'l Cmdr. J. Addington Legion well. ginia (1923-24), elected to Board of Wagner urged rejection of any proposed Below are listed some of the previous- Directors of The American Legion En- \isit to the U. S. b\' So\iet leaders ly un]iublished life memberships that dowment Fund Corp. Khrushchev and Bulganin. have been reported to the editors. Thi-y HOHERT II. BUSH, Past Dep't Cmdr of At the same dinner citations were

Iowa 1950-51 , of Legion are arranged i)y States. ( ) and member awarded to columnist George Sokolsky Legislative Commission, presi- Dr. C. C;. Godard and James W. Cyphers and named and Victor Riesel. Charles B. McCabe, Fred R. Walker (all lyift), PosI 99. Folev. Ala. dent of Federal Home Loan Bank in Harr.v V. Mann (1919) and Georce IJ. Dohert.v publisher of the New York Daily Mirror, (195,1) and Tlionias A. Kelly (19M) and John C. Des Moines. accepted the citation for Riesel who was Arthur (1954), I'usl 199. San Jose, C'alil. J. J. Kelly (1950) and Henry H. (Jreen (195,1), Died: hospitalized as a result of an aeid-thro\\'- PosI I, Allanl.i. Cia. IM. M. Ray (1950) and Arthur B. Dillon (1951) HRIC;. GEN. M. A. W. SIIOCKLEY, 82, ill ing attack which left him blind. and David H. Hirsch Piist .16, .Savannah, (1952). Island lias presented Ga. Tampa, Fla.; l)elie\ ed to ha\e been the ^ Dep't of l\hode

3^ • I MF \MURICAN Ll£fll()N MAGAZINE • JUI Y 1956 a Hanimond spinet organ to tht' Rhode Island \'eterans Home in Bristol for use in its new chapel. Legion's Nat'l Education & Scholar- ship Committee approved model scholarship bill which embodies the best

featines of a number of State la\\ s au- thorizing scholarships for children of deceased and disabled vets. States interested in writing or revising their laws along lines of this model bill can get copies from Nat'l Child Welfare Div., American Legion, P.O. Box 1055, In- dianapolis, Ind. ^ 4th District of Dep't of Illinois received congratulations from Dep't Cmdr A. W. Leonhard for successful Annual Dance which netted over $2,000 for service work in three VA hospitals. ^ American Battle Monuments Com- mission will dedicate six cemeteries in Europe in July together with memorials to WW2 dead. Cemeteries are at Cam- bridge, England, St. Lament, St. James, Epinal, and Draguignan in France and Anzio, Italv. More . . . and more . . . and more ^ The 1955 report of the Boys Clubs ECHO SPRING answers the call of America shows 60 Boys Clubs assisted by American Legion Posts during 1955. for truly smooth Col. Monroe Johnson, Legion J. Kentucky Straight Bourbon founder and longtime NEC member,

was honored at a dinner of the Post No finer bourbon ever came Kentucl

^ Nat'l Cmdr J. Addington Wagner gave the address dedicating the new MINERALS AND AMINO ACID Hq. Building opened by the Dep't of Colorado on Memorial Day. Denver Mayor Will F. Nicholson, chmn of the Legion's Nat'l Security Commission, and Gov. Edward C. Johnson also participated in the ceremonies. ^ Coast Guard Midshipman Ernest Charles Allen of South Hadley Falls, Mass., is the 1956 winner of the Ameri- can Legion Annual Award of a watch to the member of the Senior Class of tlie dl Methionine 10 Coast Guard Academy who excels in Compar* fhit formula athletics. NOW YOURS vfith any ofhmr I Yes. we want to send you FREE a 30-day supply of ^ The American Legion has become high-potency VUasalc C F. Capsules (a $5 00 value) VITASAFE CORP., Dept. 738 so you can discover for yourself liow much healthier, 43 West 61sl Street, New York 33, N. Y. the first veterans organization elected to happier and pcijpier you may fee! after a few days' Please send me free a 30-day supply of the proven trial' Each capsule supi)lies your body with well over full VITASAFE OF (Comprehensive Formula) Capsules, membership on the Joint Commis- the minimum adult daily needs of the 11 important and full information about the VITASAFE plan, vitamins, plus 11 minerals, choline, niositol and sion of Mental Illness and Health. The I am not under any obUt^atlon to buy any additional amino acid. vitamins, and after trying my free sample supply. Commission is an organization of about Potency and Purity Guaranteed I will ACCEPT OR REJECT the benefits and You can use these Capsules confidently because strict substantial savint^s offered by the VITASAFE Plan. 20 professional groups doing research U- S. Government regulations demand that you get In any case, the trial month's supply of 30 exactly what the label slates — pure ingredients VITASAFE Capsules is mine to use free. work in the field of eflects and mental health. whose beneficial have been proven time I ENCLOSE 25^' (coins or stamps) to help pay for time again! packing and postage. Dep't of Kansas will conduct its fiist ^ Amazing New Plan Slashes Vitamin Prices in Half Dep't American Legion College at With your free vitamins, we will send you complete Name details of an ama/ing new plan that provides you Hutchinson, Kans., in a three-day ses- with a 30-day supply of vitamins every month for Address Just $2.00 — GO',' less than the usual retail price. sion beginning 13. But remember — you're not obligated to buy from us July City now or ever' The supply of free capsules Is limited .Zone. — ^ American Legion 1956 Veterans Da\' so mail coupon today? This offer is limited to those who have never before I taken advantage of this generous trial. Only one I (Cmiliiiiicd VITASAFE CORPORATION on next page) trial supply per family. | 43 W

POST started BRIEFLY NOTED f[ 7, Camden, N. J., has Service for Post's aid to members of his Coutitiucd a scholarship fund for the Camden staff and for Post's having permitted its ( national ceremonies will be held in New County chapter of the Gold Star Wives home to be used as a recruiting office

Orleans on Nov. 1 1. of America to enable the children of the without charge. Rhode Island Legionnaires are or- Gold Star Wives to further their school- f[ POST 12, Reading, Pa., has placed ganizing an Auxiliary State Police Force. ing. billboards at four entrances to the city. POST Troy, N.H., pic- urge church attendance. Nat'l Cmdr J. Addington Wagner d 56, gave framed They and Dep't Cmdr John F. Stay of Penn- tures of the Four Chaplains to the Troy f[ POST 82, Millville, N.J., presented a svlvania participated in a unique me- library, churches and schools. Post also; 2/4-hour stage production, Tlte Life of morial ceremony in California on May provided subscription to The American Christ, on two nights during Holy Week 29. The Harvey Aluminum defense fa- Legion Magazine for the high school before approximately 2,300 persons. The cilities were dedicated in memory of the and library; presented a flag and stand play was written, directed, and pro- war dead. to library; sells flags on nonprofit basis. duced by Post member G. Vernon Pep- War Orphans Educational Assist- ([ POST 542, Put-in-Ray, Ohio, located per. Most of the costumes for the 94- ance Act has been passed by House of on an island in Lake Erie, sponsored a member cast were made bv Auxiliary Representatives with changes recom- blood donor program in which 28 island Unit 82. mended by The American Legion. Rill residents were taken to the mainland to ^[ POST 252, Rreese, 111., donated provides scholarship help for children of give blood. Local air and ferryboat con- $1,228 to a fimd to provide lights for men who died in ser\'ice or of service cerns donated transportation. Softball diamonds at a city park. connected cause. ([ THE SCHOLARSHIP program of Post ^ POST 9, Oelwein, Iowa, has distrib- The Maryland Detachment of the 423, Mt. Carmel, 111., has for two years uted 5,000 pamphlets describing the Le- Sons of The American Legion won the provided $500 each to two children of gion's Rack to God movement and con- 1956 Arthur D. Houghton membership veterans. taining prayers for before and after trophy. Maryland showed a 1955 mem- d POST 539, Los Angeles, Calif., trans- meals to homes in that community. bership which was L59.69% of 1954. ports a wheelchair vet bowling team ([ BLIND POST 403, Wood, Wis., is the Tenth Annual Nat'l Veterans Art Ex- from hospital to bowling alleys and has first to enroll its J 957 membership quota. hibition co-sponsored by Post 253. Santa raised money to supply the team with POST 239, Forth Worth, Tex., has Monica, Calif., has been announced. bowling balls and to pro\ ide spending raised $3,122.75 to pay medical bills Entry blanks and full information can money for its members, and further the education of a four-year- lost his legs in an auto ac- be had from Charles V. Livezey, 709 d POST 409, Gowanda, N.Y., is spon- old boy who Ray Street, Santa Monica, Calif. soring the formation of an Army Reserve cident. ^ Justice Raymond E. Raldwin of the Antiaircraft Rattery in its area. Post f[ POST 2, Shakopee, Minn., has voted Conn. Supreme Court of Errors has has made its building available for the to give $20,000 to a fund for building a been given the Connecticut American reserve unit's meetings, combination city hall and civic center. Legion's first Annual Americanism POST 27, Harris])urg, Pa., furnished d POST 8, Denison, Iowa, awarded U Award. Dep't Cmdr Leroy R. Rutler watches to the outstanding boy and girl the color guard at the dedication of U.S. made presentation at dinner honoring in the graduating class of Denison High Route 322 as "28th Division Highway" Riildwin, who is former Governor and School. in Pennsylvania, Senator and a long-time Legionnaire. POST 173, Rath, N.Y., holds Sunday C[ POST 209, New York, N.Y., contrib- C[ Thomas E. Paradine, Vice-Chmn of afternoon jam sessions, at which guest the uted $5,000 to Just One Rreak, Inc., an Nat'l Public Relations musicians include seven veterans from Commission spoke organization which helps the physically at the dinner. the Rath VA Domiciliary Home. handicapped to find employment. J[ POST 2, Petersburg, \'a., initiated a RECENT POST DOINGS: U POST 1, New Redford, Mass., spon- fund-raising project that underwrote a POST sored an amateur talent show. First prize d 10, Newark, N. J., has been ac- shopping spree for five-\'ear-old Rosalyn was $75.00, plus an expense-paid trip tive in alerting the public—through the Jane Amos, prior to her entering a hos- to local New York and an audition for the press—about movies which are pital for serious surgery. Ted Mack Amateur Hour, leftist in content or which are made bv POST 298, Rattle Creek, Mich., gave POST 45, Junction City, Kans., has C leftists. Posts has also worked with other d seven American flags to the Purdy broken ground for a new Post home, community organizations in an effort to school, and has let contracts for $44,682 for its stop sale of comic books which help to POST 257, N, Miami Reach, Fla., construction. U foster juvenile delinquency. operates a blood bank for that commu- THE RITUAL TEAM of Post 54, Rattlc C POST 134, Morton Grove, 111., num- H nity. Post recently held dance to honor Creek, Mich., inducted 25 patients bers 45 of its members in the Post gun TR donors, and gave certificates of merit to at The American Legion Hospital at club. Nineteen Post members recently 21 persons who have donated at least Fort Custer into The American Legion. donated blood to a seriously ill Morton one gallon of blood. Grove resident. ([ POST AND UNIT 73, Tama, Iowa, POST 13, Monroe, La., ijresented a C POST 527, Hamburg, N. Y., presented spearheaded community drive which televised discussion of American Legion The American Legion Medal of Hero- raised more than $1,200 to provide deli- activities. Participants were Past Nat'l ism to Robert Forness and William cate heart operation for seven-year-old \'ice Cmdr Leonard Jackson, Dep't Vice Winston for their rescue of two women girl who, unfortunately, died after sur- Cmdr J. H. Morris, 5th Dist. Cmdr C. A. from a burning building. gery. Rarnet, and Post 13 Cmdr Gordon Gib- C POST 167, Plaquemine, La., gaxe U POST 23, Leavenwortli, Kans., do- son. After the panelists had spoken, they American flags to city fire dep't for its nated $5,000 - one-half of a citywide answered telephone queries about the two new fire stations. Post's Rifle Squad goal of $10,000 - for a new sports field Legion from viewers. has for city. sold businesses in the community the f[ POST 5, Waterville, Maine, presented on the idea of flying the flag on legal C POST 11, Newport, K\-., was awarded a mechanical lift to an incapacitated lo- holidays and has also sold numerous the first plaque of its kind by the local cal man to enable his wife to transfer Mags. commander of the Army Recruiting him from bed to a chair.

3g • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1956 Write me, Arthur F. Carmody, 142 E. 33rd back lo camp in a motor vehicle. I now need COMRADES St.. New York, N.Y. to hear from anyone who served with me dur- 79th Div, 314th Inf, Co M-Need to contact any- ing the period irom 1940 to Sept. 25, 1945. one who served with this outfit near the l.es- Write me, Walter Cox, R.D. 10, Kingsport, IN DISTRESS say, France, airport in July 1944 and who Tenn. Claim peiiding. remembers that I was buried alive. Especially 274th Armored Field Artillery Bn, Battery A and

need to hear from the 2nd Lt who dug me .Service Battery— I drove an ammunition truck Space does not permit notices to contact out. Write me, Herbert L. Bayles, Box 156, in the ElO. 1 now need to hear from an>onc persons for any pnrpose except lo assist in Bratlleboro, Vt. Claim pending. —especially from doctors and men iji the 90th Engrs HP, Co B (WW2)-Need to hear from Medical Dept— who remember me. Write me. establishing a claim for a veteran or his de- anyone who served on Canal Project and who Charles A. Newell, P.O. Box 313, Hamler, pendents. Statement to that effect should knew T/5 Robert H, Underwood, Write Mrs. Ohio. Claim pending. accompany notice. R. H. Linderwood, 4060 Germantown St., 314lh Cav, Troop D—Need to learn whereabouts Davton, Ohio. Claim pending. Send notices to: Conn-ades in Distress, of William Webber who served with Fred 97th CA AA-While serving with this outfit in Ha- The C;unn at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Tex., in Aug. and American Legion Magazine, 720 Filth waii in Nov. 1942 I fell and hurt my back. I Sept. 1918, and in the 62nd Field Artillery, Avenue, New York 19, New York. was picked up and carried to the hospital by Battery D, at Camp Jackson, S. C. Gunn had M/Sgt McGovern (or McGovernor) and a Lt fainting spells and fell out of formations and whose name I do not remember. 1 was treated on hikes at both posts. Write Edgar M. Army at Tripler General Hospital. In order to estab- Howerton, Service Officer. 105 Pryor St. N.E., lish claim, I need to learn the whereabouts of Atlanta 3, pending. 1st Div, 1st Sig Co, 7814 S.C.U. Det.-In to Ga. Claim order these and Pvt Bill (Everett. men of Williams .Station establish claim, 1 need lo hear Iroin 336th Engineers and Complement, Camp Rudy Wash.) and Capt. Davis; also need to hear Bednarz, Billy Duckworth, Likens, Rucker, Ala. I942-43-My late husband, Stan- Van D. from anyone else who remembers me. Write or anyone ley M. Demaradzki, injured his foot on an who ser%ed with me in Regenburg, me. Roy E. Stone, Box R.D.3, Heber Germany, 199, obstacle course while serving with the 336lh in Aug. 1948 when I was injured in Springs. Ark. a jeep wreck. Write me. Ljle Engrs. He was hospitalized, and when re- O. Larson, Bo.x 102nd Div, 405fh Inf, Co C-In order to establish 1371. McGill. Nev. leased from the hospital was assigned to the claim, I need to hear from Capt Harold J. 1st Div, 26th Inf, Station Complement. He then had a limp, and Hq & Hq Co-Need to hear from Lazano. Sgt Fickey. T/Sgt Novia Hamick, and anyone who served with was a projectionist at one of the camp thea- me in Bamberg, Ger- anyone who served with me during the period many, in late 1951 and early 1952. ters. In order to establish claim, I need to Especially 1942-1945 in the U.S.A. or in France. Write need to hear from: hear from anyone who remembers him. Espec- Cpl Wilbur James Kelly, me, (former Pfc) Louis B. Reed, 510 SE. Ave- (Baton Rouge. La.) ially need to hear from Casimir J. Mroghow- and Cpl Joseph Ostwacki nue H, Idabel, Okla. (Newark, N. J.). Write me, Leonard Oslosky, ski, Harry J. Kane, and Robert Lee Thomas, 117lh AGF Band— In order to establish claim, 1 Box 698. Export, Pa. Claim pending. Jr. Write me, Mrs. Stanley Demaradzki, 72 need to hear from the following men who 2nd Div, 9th Inf, Co G-While on a coal detail Amherst Road, Sunderland. Mass. served with me at Leghorn. Italy, from May in the fall of 1929. I was thrown 363rd SL Bn, Battery B-ln order to establish from a wagon 1945 to Apr. 1946: Wilson D. Roberts (from AAA and suffered a hip injury. In order to establish claim, I need to hear from Capt Massey and Norfolk. Va., area); Stuart I. Warren (W. Va.) claim, 1 need to contact anyone wno knows from Sgt Sullivan who left for OCS while we LeRoy J. Miller (Chicago area). Write me, of the accident, especially were stationed at Davis, N. C. Also from the wagon Ben Bencal, 135 Den Quarry Road, Lynn, Camp driver and from the driver of the car that Mass. need to hear from anyone who recalls that 1 took ine to the infirmary. Write me, Preston had asthma and that 1 was unable to take 1.32nd Ord MM Co—While serving in Europe in .\rtell Conn, Western State Hospital. Tenn. rough training. Write me, John M. Kinsella, 1944-45 1 contracted arthritis. 1 now need to 5lh Div, 14th Machine Bn, 771 Merriam Ave., Leominster, Mass. Gun Co C-In order hear from Lt Smith. Lt Cunningham, Sgt to establish claim. I need to hear from men Mott, Sgt Yale, and anyone who remembers 485th Engr Bn, Co B-In July 1954 my hands were who were with me when I went on sick call. my attacks overseas. Write me. Lovic D, Ed- burned by boiling grease at Deggendorf, Ger- Especially need to hear from: Mechanics any- wards, R.D. 1. Box 163, Smackover. Ark. many. I was a cook. Need to hear from Shorten and L. Gerring. Blacksmith Cannon, one who remember the incident or who knows 144th Ord Motor Vehicle Assembly Co— I need to Lt Newton Smith, Cpl Bladley. Capt Henry the whereabouts of Melvin Martin. Alfriedo hear from anyone who remembers that I in- Mershan. Write me. .Mike J. Zoiicha, Central Molino. Pfc Stewart. Pfc Lamia, or Cpl Dona- jured my back while lifting a truck tire out of City, Nebr. freo. Write me, Jackie L. Lance, Grcsham, frozen mud in France. Write me, Biiford W. lOlh Cav, Troop F-In Sept. or Oct. 1942 1 was Necessary, Appalachia, Va. Claim pending. Nebr. Claim pending. injured when thrown from a horse: I was 555th Sig Depot Co— In order to establish claim, treated at the station hospital. Camp Lockett, 241st Field Artillery Bn, Battery A— I was the mo- I need to locate Maj William Crouch who Calif. Need to hear from anyone who served tor sergeant of this battery; my nickname was commanded this company in Feb. 1945. Write with me. Write me. Timothy McCo.v, 812 N. "Doc"; I had trouble with my feet and back. ( ('.nil I i II llril nil iu\l j>IIC:^c) Blaine St., Muncie. Ind. When we went on hikes. I had to be hroirjht 12lh Cav. Troop E—While on the Mexican Border at Columbus. N. Mex. in 1916. my back was injured on a foot locker. Some of the boys worked on my back with iodine or horse lini- ment. In order to establish claim. I need to hear from anyone who served with me. Especially recall Sgt Christofferson who had been an instructor at Finger High School at Roseland. 111., south of Chicago. Write me, D. A. Enderlin, Colton. Oreg. 24th Div. 13th Field Artillery, Battery B-My left leg was injured when I fell off an FWD truck; the truck also ran over the leg. Need to contact Capt Albert E. Billings (battery commander), Sgt Roy Scott, George Tripp, and Carol Tripp with whom I served in 19.^0-34 as a mechanic (pfc. specialist 4th class). Then while serving with Hq Battery of the I3lh FA in 1941 after Pearl Harbor, I fell on my back in the eucalyptus forest and was partially paralyzed from my legs down. John Young (a cpl or sgt, known as "Squattv") and S/Sgt Schlimp rubbed my legs till I could get up and walk. Need to contact these men and Capt Elmo (Hq Btry commander) and Capt Morton (medical officer* who sent me to the North Sector General Hospital on Oahu for X-rays. In 1941 I was a s, sgt; mv nickname was "Jumbo. " Write me. Bernard H. Ouinn, 50n Masey Drive, Syracuse 6, N. Y. Claim pending. 28th Div, 112(h Inf, Co A-In order to establish claim, I need to hear from Sgt Bugen, Robert Gray. John Ward, or anyone else who was in this outfit. 1 served in the light machine gun section through Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. Write me. Walter Heustis, Causeway St., Minis. Mass. 33rd Div, 124th Field Artillery-Need to contact 1 anyone who served with me in the South Pacific. 1 worked on the 105 guns and was a machine gunner. Write me. Chester F. Maty, 2212 Palmer St.. Chicago 47, III. Claim pending. 4.':th Div, 158th Field Artillery, Battery F-While stationed at Fort Sill. Okla.. in Mar. 1941 my E. J. Reynolds late husband, Harold .4. Watson, had pneu- Tol.ncooCo.. monia. When released from the hospital he Winslon..Salem, ENJOY MILD, TASTY N.C. developed acute asthma. He was discharged Dec. 10. 1941. was called back into service ...COOL- SMOKING Feb. 22. 1943. and served at Fort Lewis, Wash., in the Field Artillery, Unassi!;ned, Casual Section. In order to establish claim, I need to hear from anyone who served with him at either of these posts or at Camp Barkeley, Tex. Write me. Mrs. Harold Watson, P.O. Box 5. Sweetwater, Tex. 77th Div, 305th Inf, Co K-In order to establish claim, I need to PRINCE hear from ALBERT anyone who was at Base Hospital 44 at Pougues-les-Eau\, "America's largest-selling smoking tobacco France, from about Oct. 10 till Dec. 1918. THE AMERICAN LEGION M.\G.\ZlNt • .lULY 1956 • 39 COMRADES IN DISTRESS home State was Indiana. Need to hear from Great Lakes, III. Medical Hq, Med Storeroom- anyone who remembers me. Write me, Albert While delivering medical supplies to (Coiitiiiiicd) Camp H. Gilpin, 2520 W. 7th St.. Los Angeles 57. Perry on Wednesday (visitors' day) in Oct. Calif. Claim pending. or Nov. 1917. I was me, Lewis E. Hall, R.D. 10. Box 6i:, Pine knocked off a truck by Fort Leavenworth, Kans., 8th Depot Bn, Co B, a steam pipe which Bluir. 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ECONOMY UNIFORM OUTFIT • Consists of trousers, cap, shirt ami tie Matchiii" Jacket also available The bargnn that you have been waiting for —at a price you can afford. A complete American Legion uniform. Cool and comfortable for summer wear. Package consists of trousers,

shirt, cap and tie. Matching Eisenhower Jacket also available.

TROUSERS • Made for durability. 14-ounce nylon blend gabar- ^, , dine. Crease and stain resistant. Gold stripe Vi '"'-'h wide down \ .\ side seam. Zipper fly. Unfinished bottoms. Must be dry cleaned. »»- Order by waist size and give your height. Shirts— Regulation long sleeve (32 to 35, neck sizes 14 to 18). Uniform JACKET • Eisenhower style. Elastic inserts form "extended waist- shirt of pre-shrunk broadcloth. band." Material same as trousers, with 1/2 gold stripe to form White No. T.'i.'i?-? .... $4.10 ^^^li^jfl Blue No. 7567-7 $4.40 sleeve cuff. Sleeves easily altered for proper length. When ordering give breast and waist measurements along with height.

SHIRT • Regulation pre-shrunk broadcloth long sleeve uniform shirt. Order by color, neck (14 to 18) and sleeve (32 to 35) sizes.

CAP • Standard unlined cap with Post number and State name embroidered in full. Give lettering instructions and head size.

TIE • All Wool, full length tie in either blue or gold. Specify.

Economy uniform outfit No. 71-7 $19.65 with trousers, cap, tie and blue shirt Economy uniform outfit No. 72-7 $19.35 with trousers, cap, tie and wtiite shirt Jacket only. No. 73-7 $18.95 Trousers only. No. 70-7 $10.95

Be sure to give the following infornuition Polo Shirt Finest combed cotton — when ordering package uniform. yarn with interlocking stitching. Byron collar, short sleeved in cream Jacket—Breast and waist measurement and height. Trousers— white or navy blue. Small, medium, height. Shirt Color, neck sleeve large and extra-large. Specify size Waist measurement and — and

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How much? 1 2 for $ 1 .00. I need to contact anyone who remembers me. Especially Products Where available? .loseph A. Kaplan & Sons, recall: 1st Ssit Hope. Pfc Witt. S/Sgt Andrews. Maj Bailey (the CO), and 49 W. 33rd St.. New York City 1; de- S/Sgt Huddleston, all from Tex.; S/Sgt don- partment stores. key and S/Sgt Jack Hickman, from Okla.: Cpl Jimmie Gerne from Ark.; and Cpl Fox. 1st Lt O Neal. Pvt Cuddle. Cpl Havener. Pfc Murray, Pfc Favere. Write me. Ernest C. Parade Westbrooks, Box 714, Jena, La. Claim pending. Santa Ana Arm.v Air Base—Need to hear from men stationed at this base during the period 1943-45. I was in the 833rd Guard Sqdn las a prisoner chaser). B&N Administrative Sqdn, Air Base Suppl.v Sqdn. Especially need to hear from: Maj Miller (Base Hospital); doctor and A sampling of items which are in process of development or are coming on the market. other personnel at EM IDispensary; Capt Bowers (833rd Lt Moncrief: Mention of products in no way constitutes an Guard Sqdn); endorsement of them, since in most cases they Maj Myers (Provost Marshal); Lt George are described as represented by manufacturers. Bernhardt (of Champaign. 111.); Lt Pasquale; What is it? Capri Piggy Back Pen. Sgt Norby; Ben Agajenian; anyone from Maj Littlefield's sqdn: Capt Fritz; Capt Nelson; What does it do? Makes available two sil- Sgt Bill Lang; Sgt Hiem; Betty Derigo; Sgt vered tip points and two ink supplies in John Petho; Sgt James Andrus; Maj Pritchard; each pen because one refill rides piggy Sgt Currier; Sgt Holsclaw; anyone from Maj back atop the other inside the pen ready Pritchard's sqdn. Also need to hear from the ATC Sqdn barbers on Guam and from my for instant use. capt when I was in charge of the ATC barber- How much? $1.95. shop at the end of WW 2. Write me. Keith E. Where available? The Paper Mate Co., Harper, R.D. 4. Danville. III. Claim pending. Merchandise Mart, Chicago: stationery and drugstores, etc. OUTFIT REUNIONS What is if? Yankee-Handyman Spiral Ratchet Driver. Send notices to: Outfit Reunions, The What does it do? Drives screws, drills holes, American Legion Magazine, 720 Fifth Ave- etc.. faster because of its extra length. nue, New York 19, New Vork. Holds accessories in plastic magazine Reunion will be held in month indicated. handle. For particulars, write person whose address How much? $5.98. is given. Where available? Yankee Tools, inc.. Phila- delphia: hardware stores. Army is it? Cutting Strip- What Jo-El Wire and 3rd Chem Mortar Bn (Korean War)— (Sept.) Frank ping Tool. E. Tenney, 1273 S. H?.icock St., Louisville 3, Kv. What does it do? Strips wire easily by 3rd FA Obsn Bn-(Aug.-Sept.) Walter T. Cald- of adjustable opening which fits means well. 2449 E. Livingston Ave.. Columbus 9. exact wire size. Ohio. How much? $1.95. 4th Cav— (Aug.) M. J. Loberg, Annandale, Minn. 5th Div-(Sept.) Lawrence F. Smith. Neffsville. Pa. available? Where Jo-El Co., 14209 Leroy 10th Station Hosp (WW2)-(Sept.) Harlan V. Ep- Ave.. Cleveland. Ohio. land. 153 Sherman Ave.. Waterloo, Iowa. 1 1th lnf-(Sept.) Wilbur R. Noyes. 132 Cambridge Dr.. Louisville 14. Ky. 29th Div-(Sept.) Shirlev R. Shelton. P.O. Box 56(10. Washington. D. C. 31st Ry Engrs (WWl»-(Aug.) Roy Roepke. 12912 Malena Dr.. Santa Ana. Calif. 32iid Div-(Sept.) Anthony Cusmano. 16314 Car- lisle Dr.. Detroit 5. Mich. 33rd I>i», Detroit & Mich. Chapter-(Julv) Roe L. Green. P.f). Box 473. Detroit 31. Mich. 33rd Field Hosp— (Sept.) Edmund J. Rooney. Jr., 8920 S. Bishop St.. Chicago 20. 111. What is it? Bell & Howell Automatic .34th Div-(Sept.) Junior F. Miller. Red Horse Movie Camera. Armorv. Des Moines 10, Iowa. 37th Div-(Sept.) Jack R. McGuire. 21 W. Broad What does it do? Operating on the same St.. Rm. 1101. Columbus 15. Ohio.

principle as the human eye, it has a 41st Div-(Aug ) S. B. Huntling. 526 NW. Broad- way. Portland 9. Oreg. photoelectric cell that opens and closes What is it? Adjustable Trunk-Lid Lash. 48th Surgical Hosp. and 128th Evac Hosp-(Aug.) lens iris automatically, with a small What does it do? Holds trunk lid securely Jay W. Matthews. 611 5lh St. SW.. Pipestone. motor, to insure perfectly exposed mo- open to permit the carrying of capacity Minn. 56th Pioneer Inf (WWl)-(Aug.) Leo P. lllig. 216 tion pictures. A warning flag drops in the loads. W. Crawford St.. Ebensburg. Pa. finder if there is insufficient light for pic- How much? $3.65 postpaid. 62nd Sig Bn, Co C-(Aui;.-Sept.) William L. lure-taking. Where available? G. G. Sales & Mfg. Co., Hancke. 2245 3Ist St.. Rock Island, 111. 71st Battery 384th How much? $289.95. 5058 W. Wolfram St., Chicago 41. CA (AA), H, and AAA AW, Battery D-(.Aug.) H. K. Stover. Jr., Box 171 Where available? Bell & Howell Co., 7100 West Point. Va. McCormick Rd., Chicago 45; camera 85th Chem Mortar Bn-(Aug.) William F. Mona- stores. han, 328 E. Spring Ave.. Ardmore, Pa. 88th Div-(Aug.) C. L. Williams, HOC Majestic Bldg.. Detroit 26. Mich. 91st Chem Mortar Bn (WW2)-(Aug.) Herman Converso. 2831 W. Lexington St., Chicago 12, 111. 91st Div-(Sept.) Archie Walker. Drawer 2219, .Seattle II. Wash. 99th Div-(July) John E. Cummings. 3222 W. Cary St,. Richmond. Va. innth Div-(Sept.) Thomas C. Burdett. 114. S. Main St.. Taylor, Pa. 10.3rd OM. Co E, and 728lh Ord Co-(Aug.) Harold R. Sharpe. 526 Hillcrcst Place, Gettys- burg. Pa. 106th Div-(July) Douglas S. Coffey. 18 Cornell What is it? Drillmate. St.. West Orange, N. J. What does it drill hits do? Sharpens and I07lh Trench Mortar Batter.v-(July) R. J. Good- other tools with an attachment for a will, 72(1 Dclcglisc St.. Antigo. Wis. ',4 -inch drill. 115th Inf. 1st Bn. Hq Co-(Aug.) C. B. Greene. What are they? Jakson Showcrings. How much? $2.95. Box 396. Easton. Md. 128th Evac Hosp and 48th Surgical Hosp-(Aug.) What d<» they do? Replace unsightly con- Where available? Popular 4115 Mfg. Co., Jay W. Matthews, 611 5th St. SW., Pipestone, ventional metal shower hooks. Made of Glencrest Rd., Minneapolis 16, Minn. Minn.

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364 Holton, La Pone, Ind. 131st AAA Gun Bii-(Aug.) Melvin Wilson, Cen- Pickering. 59lh Seabees— (Aug.) O. W. Nichols, Long Beach, tral City, Pa. ^ 134th Inf, Service Co & Band-(July) Jiclc Cun- St. Leonard, Md. ningham, York, Nebr. 93rd Seabees-(Aug.-Sept.) Darle Christy, 715 W. 142nd AAA Gun Bn (Mobile) (WW2)-(Sept.) 36th St.. Kansas City II, Mo. Charrette-(Sept.) Ralph Morelli, 141 Bel- Jolin L. Miller, 6411 Wister Lane, Houston, USS Tex mount Ave.. N. Arlington. N. J. liSS (1950-52)-(Aug.) Joe Liguori, P. O. 144th FA (WW2)-(Aug.) Hobart O. Skofield, P.O. Delta Box 531, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Box 32, Santa Barbara, Calif. Stillman, 230 148th Inf (WW2)-(Sept.) Robert E. Albright, 2140 L'SS Enterprise— (Sept.) Chauncey Ave., York 17, N. Y. Hawthorne St., Toledo 6, Ohio. Park New Gnstafson-(Aug.) D. M. Gladson, 2336 St. 151st Ord Bn-(Sept.) Dan Shaw, 2617 S. 19th St., I'SS New Castle, Ind. Paul, Indianapolis 3, Ind. Ludlow-(Aug.) 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He was 69 at the time of tlie signing, ently were unrelated; Samuel and John is a matter of sober historical record and suffered from palsy. "My hand Adams, sometimes referred to by the that Caesar Rodney arrived in the halls trembles, but my heart does not," he Tories as "that brace of Adamses" were of Congress just as the name "Dela- said valiantly, as he inscribed his name. cousins. ware" was called. Anybody worth looking up, this Among the most distinguished sign- "I vote 'Yes!'" he cried, then sank Hopkins? Let's see — tev times Gov- ers was Benjamin Rush who, at 25, was exhausted to his seat. ernor of Rhode Island, chief justice of the outstanding surgeon of the colonies, Some of the signers were the biggest its Supreme Court, first chancellor of with an international reputation. A man financial backers of the Revolution and Brown Universit\', and America's first of magnificent achievement in a num- lost every cent they had. Carter Brax- abolitionist! The simple home in w hich ber of fields, he was honored by several ton of Virginia, richest of them all, died this fighting Quaker entertained Wash- European sovereigns. His biggest con- in debt, a broken-hearted man. His for- ington, Lafa\ette, and Fi'anklin still tribution to the Revolution was in sav- tune had been in ships, and all were stands in Providence. ing the lives of 4,000 soldiers when yel- captured by the British. Hopkins Mas one of the few old men low fever threatened to eradicate The wife of John Hart, a farmer, was who signed the Declaration of Inde- Washington's army. dying when the Hessians reached his pendence. \A e are prone to think of the It was on July 4, 1776, that Congress farm a few months after he signed the members of the Continental Congress as approved Thomas Jefferson's draft of famous document. He was driven from elderly and august. Actually they were the Declaration. But it was on July 2 her side, his property was ruined, and a pretty young and vigorous lot, lead- that the formal resolution to dissolve his 13 children fled in all directions. He ing lives that would make good movie all bonds with Britain was voted, thanks managed to escape into the New Jersey plots today. Only seven were over 60, to the adroit maneuvering of its pro- woods, where he lived like a fugitive with Ben Franklin the eldest at 70. ponents. for over a year, his home oftentimes a Eighteen were still in their thirties; L> - Delaware had two representatives cave. He refused to leave the State on man Hall of Georgia was 29; Lynch present at this session, Thomas McKean account of his wife; but by the time he and Rutledge 27. Not one of the 56 and George Read. And they were was able to return home, she was dead. \\ ore a beard or mustache. The>' were deadlocked on the matter of ratification. Though almost 70, he thereupon joined not the fashion of the day. The State's third delegate, Caesar Rod- Washington's army as a private! Considering their life expectancj-, ney, was suffering from cancer, which As Lewis Morris was about to sign, these men \\ere remarkably hardy. had already affected half his face. He he received word that the enemy was Ele\en died in their seventies, ten in was confined to what physicians con- at the gates of his Long Island home, their eighties, and three lived to be o\ er sid.ered his deathbed in his home 80 but that his property would be spared 90. The only reason George Wythe of miles from Philadelphia. if he would withhold his vote for \^irginia M ent at 86 \\ as that he had AlcKean, who favored ratification liberty. been poisoned, presumab]>- b\' a grand- had on July 1 dispatched a note at his "There are plenty of homes, but onl>' nephew. own expense by messenger to Rodney's one country," he answered, and affixed Ciiarles Carroll outlived by sLx years home. his signature. Everything he possessed the last of the other signers, dying at "Get to Philadelphia at the earliest was taken from him, and his famih- was 95, a few years after he spaded the first possible moment," the message read. driven into exile. earth of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Early the next morning Rodney rose These stories merely hint at the The onl\- brothers w ho signed were from his bed in fever and pain, and wealth of impressive facts I gleaned Francis Lightfoot and Richard Henr>- rode the 80 miles in a thunderstorm. about the determined patriots of '76. To get across to the newly Ameri- canized, to children, and to those who just don't appreciate the freedom they enio>', we have to dramatize its story. The intrepid signers of our glorious Declaration of Independence can provide that drama. They'll be glad to come back, if we'll let them, to help defend the American way against certain iniquities that George III never thought of.

There is a treasure house of material in our libraries awaiting those of you w ho are looking for a patriotic theme- program chairmen, teachers, scout leaders, project committeemen, radio and TV arrangers. During this 180th year of commemoration you can work up quiz programs, essay and oratorical contests, dramatic skits, or even a spell- ing bee based on those famous signers' names.

As individuals, you may find, as I did, a rewarding hobb\- in the acknowledg- ment of a debt to those w ho signed for AMEIUCAN LEGION MACiAZlNK us. THE END

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and Eighters by our American Legion. Dee E. Gambrcll Richer, Creamier, Oklalioina City, Okln. AERO SHAVE PENSIONS Saues 20^a Can! Sir: 1 wish to write a few lines to say off!' how unfair General Omar Bradley is concerning veterans' pensions. The

bo> s went into service well and strong (Continued from pjijt' -/) but did not come out that way. I wonder if Bradley wouki con- cured passage of a iiiDtion to li;n c all General in his ))ension. new members sign a statement that sider taking a cut As tliey are not members of the Commu- for merging social security and pen- nist Party or any other subversive sions, what riglit iiave they to do that? Social security is something a group. The reckless stigmatizing of JUST PUSH VAIVE- good Americans as reds can onh- play person has given to since he started OUT COMES LATHER! tiic into the hands of the communists \\ ho to work. A pension is something • Richer, Creamier Lother rejoice in this al)usi\ c practice. Government owes the veteran for his • No Brush Needed Joseph R. Lcbo service to his countr\'. Don't let Gen- • No Greasy Cream New York City eral Bradlc>- and the Government get • 3 Beard Softeners away with this. Mrs. Mary Luchek HOW TO GET IT Hoscnsack, Fa. Sir; riie reason veterans iiave so much Sir: W\\\ someone please tell me win trouble getting their requests granted the Government has never done any - is simple. There are not enough vet- thing about pensions for \V\VI veterans organizations. I am sponsoring FLORIDA Homesites erans? They arc all now reaching their a new one, The Foreign Legion of sixties and it is time that somctiiing $10 down $10 month American X'eterans. W'c will go to should be done about pensions for Europe for a sufficient length of time Highlands Park Estates on beautiful 84-sq.-mile them. According to the newspapers, to be mistaken for foreigners wlien Highlands Lake in the heart of the pinelands and the Commission appointed by the we return. Then we will be able to citrus area. Full % acre at amazingly low prices. President reported a pension system get anything we ask for in ^Vashing- For details, no obligation, write: Dept. AL 7 to be obsolete. AVell, if others can re- FLORIDA ESTATES, Inc., Notional Headquarters, ton. Walter Williams tire on pensions and get their social 1029 Vermont Ave., N.W. Washington 5, D. C. security too, why can't veterans? Qiiincy, III. Mrs. R. E. Riickel Marshall, Ala. RANK-AND-FILER SPEAKS LEARN Sir: Recent news regarding plans of MEAT Sir: In the decision to break with 1 lie CUTTING the administration to discontinue all American Legion, only the High Brass Train quickly In 8 short weeks at To- pensions for veterans over 65 except ledo for a bripht future with security in the vital meat business. BIp pay, of the Forty and Eight had a chance with service-connected disabili- full-time jobs — HAVE A PKOFITABLE those MARKET OF YOUR OWNl Pay after to voice an opinion. We \'oyageurs liraduation. Diploma given. Job help, ties is tragic news to me as it must be isands of successful trraduates- from the forks of the creek, we who 33rd year! Send ow for hlix. new illustrated FREE to several million other veterans of log. No oblltratloi G.I. Appn pay dues, work first for the good of NATIONAL SCHOOL OF MEAT CUTTING WWL I am 70 years of age and my Dept. A-69. Toledo 4, Ohio the Legion and in so doing for La social security payment is on a great- Societe, have nc\er had the oppor- STOPPED ly reduced basis. Loss of my $78.50 tunit\' of opposition to the deliberate per month soldier's pension would un- IN A JIFFY manner now being employed to bring or money back doubtedly mean that I w ould be com- ITCH about disunion of these two great pa- first use soothing, cooling liquid D.D.D. pelled to enter a soldier's home. Very of triotic organizations. Prescription positively relieves raw red itch The communist E. Sausser John caused by eczema, rashes, scalp irritation, chaf- rats, leftwingers and others who Kelso, ]Vash. ing— other itch troubles. Greaseless, stainless. would like to see the American way 43{^ trial bottle must satisfy or money back. of life destroyed are happj- to know Sir: The report of the Bradley Com- Ask your druggist for D. D. D. PRESCRIPTION. that we Legionnaires are feuding with- mission, appointed by President Eisen-

in our own ranks. I call on our Grand hower to strip veterans of their bene- Become an

Chef de Gare and his Associated fits, is the most colossal piece of Grand Chefs to discuss the possibility asinine stupidity that has ever come of returning the Forty and Eight to under my observation. I wonder if KCOuninnT- all its members, going back to the General Bradley and other veterans original constitution which asks that of his rank would be happy to take Auditor— C, P. A. we be good Legionnaires loving God the same retirement pay that he rec- The demand for skilled accountants men who really know their business— is increasing. National and state and loyal nonprofessional Country, to The American ommends for the legislation is requiring of business mucli more in tlie Legion (not to a few set on destruc- soldier. The professional soldier was way of Auditing, Cost Accounting. Business Law, and Income Tax Procedure. Men wlio prove tlieir tion of our parent organization) before educated at Government expense but qualifications in this important field are promoted to we are accepted as candidates for La he offered no more than the non- responsible executive positions. Societe. This select few claim they professional in ultimate sacrifice. Any SEND FOR FREE BOOK have been embarrassed by the Na- member of Congress should be sum- Knowledge of bookkeeping unnecessary. We train you from ground up, or according to your individual tional American Legion — it \\ ould marily defeated at the polls, regard- needs. Low cost: easy terms. seem to me that more embarrassment less of party, if he casts a vote to con- .Send name and address on the lines below {or free has been dished out by the High Brass sign the veterans of this country to illustrated book describing the LaSalle Accounting training and the opportunities in this highly profitable of Voiture Nationale than meets the poverty. field. eye. AVhy not put personalities aside, Frank D. GrisC lAQAMP EXTENSION UNIVERSITY make the apologies w hich are due, do Phoenix, Ariz. any and all things necessary to again 417 S. Dearborn St., Dept. 7361H, Chicago 5, III. re-establish us as a strong La Societe, Letters published in Sound Off! do not necessarily represent the policy of The Name working for The American Legion American Legion. Name withheld if re- your letters short. Address: Address and all its programs? When this is quested. Keep Sound Off. The American Legion Maga- ill done we w be welcome as Fortv zine, 720 Fifth Avenue, New York 19, N. Y. City Zone. . . .Slate. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1956 • 47 a )

LESSON IN DEATH

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That difference seems to explain \\ liy nel under my tutelage would have The situation called for drastic re-

so many Americans die needlessly and starved had they been dumped into a formation, and I worked hard to get in ever greater numbers on modern zoo, armed with a weapon of their a training program underway. But battlefields, and \\ hy our modern wars choice. everyone felt he was already pretty hot

cost so much dollarwise. The average If possible, the situation is worse stuff", and when I was transferred a year American soldier is a nincompoop at today. later my small arms dump was crammed tile world's most dangerous game, a A'ly initial assignment as gunnery with unused practice ammunition be- novice who waited and brought, in in- officer was at NAS Atlanta, a big air cause the vast majority of those rotten stinctive marksmanship, too little too station. But it is cusy to remember even marksmen were neither interested nor late. It cost him his life and will con- 14 years later that, excepting the ordered to acquire any proficiency. tinue to do so until the average Ameri- Marine Guard, on the entire station As a result of this Atlanta disillusion

can father quits kidding himself about only two officers, a Commander Lin- I caught a fine fascination in discover- the "danger" of letting boys learn to scott and a Lieutenant Thompson, and ing what success other installations shoot guns. my two gunnery petty officers. Price were experiencing, and as the war con- To illustrate more clearly, let me go and White, were even safe to "solo" tinued I found out: it was a comedy, back more than 1 3 years to a time when on the range with a loaded gun. The and not a very funny one. I exchanged the joys of swamp ram- first incident took place right after I To augment the evidence, in 1943 I bling for the agony of being a gunnery took over, as the Marine Guard was was to requalify for my expert rating

officer. changing one night. with the handgun. I had always pre-

By profession 1 was a naval aviator, In tile guardroom one marine was ferred the .45, and I am about as big little concerned with other people's use sitting atop a stack of books on a table, as a damp cigar-but from the combined of w eapons except those used in aerial his back to the plaster wall, studying air stations of iMelbourne and Banana gunnery; but when World War II came for some rating or other. The incoming River I could find not a single person along with its manpow er shortages even guard dropped his Thompson sub- willing to try with that "mule-kicking" among the military, I, like others con- machinegun on the table. The Thomp- caliber! I finally got one man to make sidered accidentally qualified in various son gun went into full automatic fire, it a duet with the .38, and his score was specialties, became a gunnery officer— chopped the stack of books to shreds a collector's item— a curio collector, that collateral assignment I was to hold un- and kicked itself off the table just as the is. And in requalifying for expert rifle- til late in the w ar. And my first reaction studious marine's buttocks dropped. It man in Hawaii, where with war so to that assignment was one of severe shot holes through his trousers, pounded much closer I had plcnt>- of cooperators, shock: virtually nobody was even safe plaster loose all over the room and only one beside myself made the grade, to handle a firearm, much less compe- scared the living hell out of the entire a tall California Seabce named Jim tent to hit any thing w ith it. detail. These particular marines were Freeman. For some obscure reason I had as- the gun-savviest we had there at the The horrible truth was pretty hor- sumed all this time that persons in the time. rible: our American fighting men, our Armed Forces- were prctt>' hot with a The second incident concerned the riflemen, had no "claw s." They couldn't rifie and at least passable with a hand- executive officer of the station, who, hit; and nian>- of them couldn't even gun. I knew we had all been exposed at a reception topside in the same build- load their guns, get the safety off, and briefiy to such military training, and I ing, took out a policeman's revolver to pull the trigger. And it w asn't because had been naive enough to suppose such admire it and shot out one of the win- any comparison exalted my opinion of exposure had taken. But the sad fact dows-to much spilling of drinks and my own prowess unduly — back in was, the rank and file of Navy person- ripping of gowns. Georgia I ki/oiv I am iust w hat fhc\- call fair-to-middlin'.

What I had learned firsthand about the Navy was also true of the Arnn- and—to a far lesser extent—of the Ma- rines. It is true that you see many servicemen wearing row-s of tin marskman- ship medals that hang down to their knees; but these, like most of v/y wartime medals, are passed out like cracker- jack prizes. The onl\- military marksmanship medals of significance are those of expert rifle and expert pistol (including distinguished rifle and pistol). And while it would be w himsical to expect every modern rifleman to qualify for these, those woods-trained Confeder- ates probably could have done so, as well as their backwoods Union oppo- nents. Those Civil War shooters could have qualified f{)r "expert" because the>' didn't wait to begin practice until the bugle sounded "attack." Nor did they wait for impending v\ar, or until the deer jumped, or the quail flushed. Guns were their lifelong friends. They knew their rifles.

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The comparison proves a truism as the same was true, you remember, at applicable to shooting as to carrying Dienbicnphu in Indo-China. American out a fire drill, operating a type\A riter, riflemen learned a little about night triple-tonguing a trumpet, or flying an vision the hard way, but the ones best airplane: 99 percent of the operation qualified to pass it on were too busy THE LURE THAT must be instinctive and automatic if one to get it down on paper. Yet the cure . NEVER GOOFS is to be free to concentrate on that is in sight, has been underway for two other all-important 1 peixent that is very experimental years now, with the With its lifelike motion, its exclusive offset hooking and the target. It is too late to learn to same Colonel Fellenz currently engaged its quick-penetrating hooks, shoot at that time; learning to operate at Fort Benning in teaching soldiers the Flatfish is always geared for the gun effectively and instinctively how to hit at night. action. It brings in the fish—and Essence of the method is to keep both should have been done long ago. The that's for sure! World's largest selling high the gun is only a tool for placing the bul- eyes open and the head so plug. Over 17,000,000 sold. Get it let, a mere platform from w hich to de- soldier sees (nights must be brighter «t your tackle dealer's. Write for 48-page liver the goods. than they used to be) the muzzle of his book with fishing secrets of famous anglers.

In short, the gun is not a weapon until rifle and the apparent target in line, HELIN TACKLE CO. 4099 Beaufait Detroit 7, Mich. it can be fired effectively; it is onl\- then learns the instinctive relationship. excess baggage which tends to bring a Serioush', some light is necessary in dangerous and false sense of security. training, of course. The common error U-E Thus the ability to shoot subconscious- of night firing, the colonel found, is to Hinges S-Q A-K ly, consensus says, is w hat divides the fire three to six feet too high and con- America's most popular remedy is men from the boys, the quick expert siderably to the left, and the cure is to 3-IN-ONE Oil. Penetrates and frees teach the rifleman to his long gun from the dead incompetent. It loses shoot stiff hinges and locks. Gives last- battles or wins wars. It cost us millions just as the cowboy used to snapshoot ing lubrication and rust protec- in dollars and thousands of lives in with his Peacemaker. tion. Leaves no gummy deposit. Korea; it could cost us billions and mil- Colonel Fellenz said that a majority l\ lions in some other forsaken hellhole. of troops taking the night-firing course 3in-one;oil Several known factors enter into this for the first time, even the most recent currently fashionable trend of shooting combat veterans, will not hit the target w ithout hitting, getting shot without at all. A man with exceptional night shooting back. Perhaps the most cru- vision can do no better than six hits for FREE FOR ASTHMA cial of these is a factor for which there 16 shots on the black target—bur at end If you suffer with attacks of Asthma and choke and gasp for breath, if restful sleep is difficult be- seems no really satisfactory cure under of the course the number of hits will cause of the struggle to breathe, don't fail to send at our present mores, and for that reason go up to around 12 for 16. once to the Frontier Asthma Company for a FREE trial of the FRONTIER ASTHMA MEDICINE, I shall touch on it only briefly. But the vast majority of the shoot- a preparation for temporary symptomatic relief of paroxysms of Bronchial Asthma. No matter where It is that only a precious few Ameri- ing, or threat of shooting in any con- you live or whether you have faith in any medicine under sun. send today for this free trial. It can soldiers, thotigh armed and imder ceivable in conceivable place, the war any will cost you nothing. lire, ever fire back. Fostwar reports must be assumed to take place in da>'- Frontier Asthma Co. 494-A Frontier Bldg. 462 Niagara St. Buffalo 1. N. Y. show that the average combat soldier light. And even if it doesn't, even if the never even fired his rifle. colonel succeeds in teaching every man The reasons were, medicos said, pri- in the Army to "shoot from the hip" EXTRA marily ps\ choIogicaI — that Americans at night, such a veneered shooting pro- mohey;. no longer live intimately with their ficiency will not alone win many wars. TO rifles, that rifles $50 $100 OR MORE and shooting have been For the basic requirement still exists: For Yourself or Group With Big Value jilted in favor of hotrods and chasing that the rifleman, even after stagnation, $1 .00, $1 . 25 and )1 .50 Assortments ol floozies, and that moralists have adapted must be able to kill a distant cncm\' be- CHRISTMAS AND EVERTOAY and confused and conflicted moralit> for that enem\' can kill him. To do this GREETING CARDS FREE EIFT WRAPPINCS. EinS. GADGETS A minor factor, though quite notice- he must first learn to handle his rifle as Show leading 21 and 24 Card Christmas. Relieious. AU Oc- able in the Korean \A'ar, was the radi- casion Assortments. Many Slim subconsciously as he handles his foot or cards, .Stationery. Salt and cal tactical Peppers. No Experience Needed. change of shifting from day- his Adam's apple, and this he cannot do Profits to lOOc-r plus Bonus Write for SAMPLES On time to nighttime warfare. Colonel Vc\- within a boot Approval, FREE Alhvim few-month period of Imprinted Christmas lenz, who fought in both Europe and camp, no matter how good the training. Cards,HEDENKAMPCatalog, details, Korea, feels this is one angle that needs F^e must get it as too few of us got it 3SI Broadway, Dept. AL-2 New York 13, N.Y. working on. The colonel is Cf)nvinced —from years in the woods and fields, that the Oriental can see much better where every target is a new variable Troubled with GETTING at night than can the Occidental, who w ith most of them sporting or danger- UP NIGHTS, Pains in BACK, long has been accustomed to artificial ous, where we had to learn to make HIPS, LEGS, Tiredness light of some kind. Further, he has con- the rifle a true part of ourselves for- or If you have these symptoms cluded that the Westerner has no belh* ever come home razzed, emptyhanded, then your troubles may be traced to Glandular Dysfunc- for night fighting. or on a litter. tion ... a constitutional disease. Medicines that give temporary relief will not remove Be that as it may. Colonel Fcllenz From somewhere, the rifleman— f/.ic the cause of your trouble. Neglect of Gland- Dysfunction often leads to premature says that the Oriental is a practical fighting man—must ahxady have it, nor ular old age'and sometimes incurable malignancy. fighter who hits tiie enemy when and just hope to get it after he receives that The past few years men from over 3,000 communities have been successfully treated where he can least with danger to him- little invitation to rally to his flag. here at the Excelsior Institute. They have self. In other words, to the Oriental, Marilyn didn't become Monroe over- found soothing relief and a new outlook in the future of life. war is still strangely war, not a gabfest night. When American fathers realize The Excelsior Institute, devoted to the over treatment of diseases peculiar to older men paperwork and Martinis. In Korea, this, and either pour or beat that reali- by NON-SURGICAL methods has a NEW he says, the Allies had superiority with zation into the genteel heads of their FREE BOOK that tells how Glandular Dys- function may be corrected by proven NON- artillery and air; the Chinese and North wives, their wars w ill cost far less and SURGICAL treatments. This book may prove of utmost importance in your life. Koreans quickly discovered that more of their Johnny's will come day- Write today. There is no obligation. light w as an aid of the heavy stuff, and marching home. tiif, knd Excelsior institute, Dept. B 3532. Excelsior Springs, Mo. 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ARE YOU ALLERGIC TOO ... ? — ( Continued from page 25 )

one more scratch on her already well- latest reports claims that allerg\' ma\- fancies as to the cause of it. Treatment scratched arms and applied to her skin possibly play a role in nearsightedness. of allergies by a competent ph>'sician

a tiny bit of the shiny, black hair- The suggestion is based on a five-\ ear is not only prudent, but speedier and stiffening preparation. In a matter of study in which an unusually high num- more profitable. But \'ou can help >"our minutes the scratch test showed positive ber of allergies to foods and pollens physician trace your troubles to their in the form of nasty red welts. This was found in a group of nearsighted true origin by calling to his attention particular allergy problem was solved patients. These patients seemed to have some of the things pointed out in this with the help of a barber, a pair of greatest loss of sight when sensitivity article. Let him in on your true inner scissors, and a razor. Removal of the w as high. emotional state when he's checking you wax-impregnated moustache cleared up Of far greater seriousness, however, for a heart ripple or a stomach ulcer.

the facial rash in a few days and the is the recent finding of Dr. Conrad Give him a fair and honest report of man continued his lf)ng-standing prac- Behrens, that allergies can sometimes your operating disposition, because tice of kissing w ife\' goodb\'c each be related to glaucoma, the much your doctor's-office demeanor is prob- morning. dreaded c\e illness that causes about abl\' cjuite different from the way you

Of increasing importance, too, is the 1 5 percent of all blindness. Some of Dr. act art)und the office or on your job.

fact that you may react to certain drugs, Behrens' glaucoma patients have shown One thing is certain about getting whether given by injection or by stead>' improvement after being placed comforting relief from any well-dis- mouth. For example, doctors frequenth on a strict diet which contained foods guised allergies that may be troubling test patients for an allergic reaction be- which did not irritate them. Extracts you. Your doctor and you ma\' liave to fore giving an injection of penicillin. from the eyes of some patients suffer- be good detectives and follow man\' Dr. Max Berkow itz, a visitor from Israel ing from glaucoma have caused severe clues before exposing the true cause. A studying the effects of drugs on chil- cases of hives in these patients when good illustration of this point are the

dren, found 1 1 percent allergic to the injected into their own arms. Here, two following cases. sulfas, 7 percent to penicillin, less than indeed, is a real clue, a hopeful break Johnny was an asthmatic child. Skin 2 percent to aspirin. in man's fight especially against the allergy tests said that he was superal- Dr. Hal M. Davidson, of Atlanta, chronic type of glaucoma in which the lergic to rabbit hair. The parents were CI a., became interested in cerebral al- tension in the e>'eball grows progres- up in arms w ith the physician w hen he lerg>' some years ago w hen a 37-year- sively. suggested this. "\\'h\', Johnny never old lawyer complained of slight head- Your heart can suffer from allergies touched a real rabbit in his life!" aches and hive outbreaks. Frequenth' too. Dr. Joseph Karkavy, of New York, In\ estigation, however, revealed that the patient was unable to speak plainly. has made a study of "heart allergies." the child had a much prized toy—a large At times, too, he would almost lose For example, in one of his studies of teddy bear full of rabbit hair. The toy consciousness, and be forced to sit 100 patients with coronary-artery dis- was thrown away, and the child's down. This could happen anywhere ease, all heavy smokers, 44 showed al- asthma cleared up—much to the surprise even in the middle of the street. The lergic skin reactions to tobacco. The and relief of the skeptical parents.

lawyer reported that this condition fre- patients were relative!)' \'oung, averag- The other case is described 1)\' Dr. quently occurred after, but only after, ing 45 years of age. R. G. Arthurs, in the Ontario Medical he had eaten eggs, crabs, oysters, or What about treatment for your al- Review. He tells of one of his patients straw berries. lergies? who reacted with a stuffy, then running Since 1935 Dr. Davidson and col- Firstl>', now that allergies have been nose 'w hencver in the presence of an>' leagues have studied 5,000 patients with shown to be responsible for many more authorit)' or person whom he regarded marked insomnia, sluggish thinking, troubles in addition to the common as superior. It was concluded that the stuttering, depression, general unhappi- garden variety of aches, rashes, and mood involved here was anger, a re- ness—all traced to allergy and relieved wheezes, you should anaU ze >'our ow n pressed anger, a mood which the pa- l)y allergy treatment. symptoms more criticalh'. It is unwise, tient did not feel as such at the time but Allerg\' can pla>' many uncomfort- of course, to combat an allergic condi- w hich promptly revealed itself in symp- able tricks on the eyes too. One of the tion b\' follow ing >'our ow n w hinis and toms in the nose. the end

DO LEGION BOYS' STATES DO THEIR JOB?

( CoiiliiiiK il li oni f/ai'f' 27) contributed to their interest; so they litical party— high above the national This figure is approximately three times desired to take on some of the respon- average in this respect. When asked the national average. College attendance sibilities. whether the\' had been active in their was of course not considered as a neces-

Because the American political sys- party beyond activit>' as voters, 9 per- sary factor in leadership. But it was tem is based primarily upon the activi- cent indicated that they had assumed considered as a significant clue in de- ties of two major political parties, most leadership responsibilities in the parf\' scribing the type of boy actually' com- Boys' States are similarly organized. of their choice. And again the\' paid ing to Boys' State. In other words, the

Reference to actual party designations tribute to Boys' State influence. Eight\ - t\'pical ex-Boys' Stater is now a well- and affiliations is avoided. In most Boj s' six percent of those assuming such re- trained individual. States the two political parties are sponsibilities said that the program had One of the questions w hich caused designated as "Federalist" and "Na- been one of the positive factors in en- considerable interest concerned the tionalist" w ith no reference to any his- couraging them to assume such leader- granting of the \ote to eighteen-\'car- torical or still-existing group in the ship. olds. The (luestion was asked: United States. One of the tjucstions asked was: The question of extendin^i the fran- Were the former Ho\ s' Staters mem- Did you attend college after fii/ishii/<^ chise to 18-year-olds is of public inter- bers of some political party? Of the hi^h school? est today. Do you believe that at age boys over age 21 a total of 77 percent An amazing total of 89 percent an- IS you ixere capable of casti/ig an intel- indicated actual membership in a po- swered "yes" to the above question. ligent ballot?

50 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1956 On this question tlic Bo\s' Staters found rather easy to classify them into showed very little agreement; 55 per- a dozen general categories: Zemo Great For cent answered "yes," and 45 percent Number answered "no." The surve>' tlid not ask Outstonding Memor/ Answering Percentog for reasons, but some volunteered state- Itchy Skin Rash Friendships made 311 25.3 ments. One rather vigorous negative Zemo, doctor's formula, promptly re- Political campaigns 243 19.8 a statement said: lieves itching of surface skin rashes, Amount learned about "This proposition [the vote for 18- eczema, prickly heat, athlete's foot. Zemo government 218 17.7 stops scratching and so aids faster heal- year-olds] may be of public interest Cooperative spirit shown 89 7.2 ing and clearing. Buy Extra Strength but I think not /// the public interest. Interest created in Zemo for stubborn cases. Grcaseless! I don't know why the issue keeps com- government 86 7.0 ing up at all. I am against the 18-ycar- Individual participation 63 5.1 DRAINS cellars, cisterns, wash tubs; old vote because: IRRIGATES - - SPRAYS 59 4.8 CIRCULATES Well-planned program minal Type P I'ump has l.OOl uses "1. Eighteen-year-olds have only an house, garden, farm. Pumps 3,0(if> Tlie speakers 53 4.3 "H; 450 GPH 80' high; or 1.800 aesthetic interest in the State. They sel- GPH from 25' well. Use 1/6 to 3/^ legislature 40 3.2 HP motor. Motor coupling Included. The ]" Intel: ^.t" nutlet. Stainless steel dom own property, business or pay j.jlt. WON T RUST! WON'T CLOG! Democratic atmosphere 24 1.8 Fn-^ilf.ii.i II i^h with order. taxes. They may have sonic higli-flown MONEY BACK GUARANTEE Centrifugal Counselors 23 1.8 notions of democracj', but state affairs L'ABAWCOPUiyiPS,BelleMeail56,N Court proceedings 16 1.3 are pretty day-to-day. They have no 'vested interest' in the state. Several conclusions can be drawn "2. Eighteen-year-olds are very in- from the above replies. In the first place, 40 ACRE GOVERNMENT experienced in the so-called 'ways of the "outstanding memory" dealt with OIL LEASES-$100 the world'. Seldom have most of them something positive. Secondly, there was You do no drilling, poy no taxes, may realize o king-size profit without ever leoving home. Write been very far away from their own a gratifying combination of answers in- for free moo and literature. community. They simply have not had dicating that the boys had acquired a American Oil Scouts, Dept. I, 7321 Beverly Blvd. Angeles 36, Calif. time to gain perspective. better understanding of government los "3. Most 18-year-olds arc immature and tlie philosophy undcrl>ing it. society. For instance, the interesting "by- in their concept of Thirdly, one of 42 top recently in the Sioux Falls newspaper products" of the program seems to be PERFORMING MODELS. 8' lliru 18' eight teen-agers were asked who was "friendships made." This was the thing ..from $39.25 incl. trt BOAT for juvenile deUnquency. In one-fourth of the Fishing, etc.. with modem styl- responsible best remembered by lunabout , ng, adv; ccd de-siffn. No experience neces- every case the answer was 'the parent'. former Boys' Staters. y. iiiii.iieur Ccin easily .Ts.scmble. Save V-2 KIT 2/3 "factory-built" pricesi FIBERGLAS. TRAILERS, ACCESSORIES Often true, but none were willing to Government has become increasingly ~ r ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 3404 Lyndale S. recognize responsibility the part impersonal. In States election to any on some Minneopolii 8, Mini of 18- and 19-year-olds themselves. statewide office has become difficult "Of course the voting age is always without the services of a professional arbitrary. But by age 21 our young public relations firm.

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1956 • tend to follow? In asking this question problem, and the figures seem to show spent at Boys' State as an exceptional!}-

Bo> s' State officials did not imply that that rural America is having some diffi- fine experience. I am thankful I had the participation in the acti\ itics of Bo> s' culty in retaining its proper share of opportunity. I feel that it gave me a lot State had an>' influence on the voca- qualified leadership. better understanding of our govern- tional choices made. The breakdown Finally, the survey asked the boys for ment." is an interesting one: comments. These were free response Another comment was: items. The bo> s were invited to write "It instilled in me the desire for more Occupation Number Percentage down an\ thing they wished. Perhaps a education and motivated me towards Military service 211 18.0 dozen of the comments \\ ould be classi- it. It was interesting and a broadening Engineering 205 17.5 fied as being critical of the program. experience." Farming 161 13.7 Some of these comments charged that A recent Boys' Stater said: Teaching 158 13.4 power politics dominated Boys' State "I attended Bo\ s' State during the Attending school 137 11.6 politics. One said "A number of us Korean War. My impression from Boys' Medicine 109 9.3 didn't really know \\ hat was happening State \\ as that this country was and is Clergy 45 3.8 until we were ready to come home." worth fighting for." Law 41 3.5 One comment was "As is often true of What do the above comments and Science 42 3.5 elections. Boys' State elections were statistics show? Twenty-one years after Trades 33 2.8 decided not by platforms, promises, or the first Boys' State they indicate this: Pharmacy 18 1.5 indi\'idual qualifications, but by friend- The Boys' State movement is one of Dentistry 11 .9 ships, real or implied." While these the most successful of all American Miscellaneous 10 .8 comments were small in number, the>- Legion projects. The high percentage of former Boys' should be carefully regarded. Boys' The Boys' State movement is signifi- Staters entering the professions is of in- State would be missing a golden oppor- cant in terms of numbers alone. Already terest. In part it helps explain the unusu- tunity for service if it did not challenge a third of a million young men have ally high proportion going to college. its young men to see that principles been affected by it. Each year 20,000 The occupations generally classified as must take precedence over friendships outstanding boys continue to benefit. professions count for more than half in the affairs of state. Former Boys' Staters retain their en- the boys responding. The above figures On the positive side were many hun- thusiasm in later years. It is remembered may ultimatcl\' be modified by several dreds of favorable comments. One com- not as "just another camp" or "a week factors. In the first place, not all persons ment from a West Point cadet included of good fun." It is remembered later for answering the questionnaire answered the following: the contributions it has made to the this particular question. Eleven point "It is not surprising, but I want to lives of individuals. It is credited by the six percent \\ ere still in school and did tell you that many cadets are Boys' young men themselves as sparking their not further list a vocational choice. Staters. Aly counselor at Boys' State enthusiasm for activity and interest in Another 18 percent were in military gave me a rating of 'outstanding' in government and pt)litics. By a resound- service. It is not likely that this entire honesty. Since that time I have had a ing 96.9 percent, young men in later group will elect military service as a greater regard for absolute honesty in years credit it with helping create a career. The combination of the abo\'e everything. Here at West Point the permanent interest in citizenship. factors may change the final tabulation, benefits of this philosophy are especially The survey furnishes evidence that but in any event it appears that the evident." leadership can be identified in the high number of former Boys' Staters going Another graduate said: school years. This is not to sa\' that all into professions will be unusually high. "Bo\'s' State provided a vivid picture leadership can be so identified, nor is

While South Dakota is largely a rural of State go\ ernment and an inspiration it to say that all leaders get to attend State and the boys who come to Boys' for practicing better citizenship." Boys' State. No one connected with State include many farm boys, only Said another: the Boys' State movement claims for it 13.7 percent plan on farming as a career. "Bo>'s' State w as one of the highlights a monopoly on leadership. But the fact "How're you going to keep 'em down of my life and stands out above all else." that these young men in proportions on the farm" seems to be a continuing One said: "I look back on the time I above the general average are showing interest in civic and political affairs, the fact that the\' are so largely in occupations w hich are considered to carry influence, the fact that they sought for themselves such high goals in terms of education, all point to their successful identification as leaders in school. The South Dakota surve\' is but the first of many. Other State surveys now

being contemplated \\ ill add to the findings. They will show that the benefit

of Bo> s' State arc far reaching. Tiic active promotion of democratic ideals in the hearts and minds of Ameri- cans has always been a concern of the Americanism program of The Ameri- can Legion. This program is successful

to the extent that it touches the souls of men and inculcates in them a vigorous desire to advance this heritage. Boys" State—twenty-one years old this

"I said, 'The maid is a litllc hard of lu'aring.'" year— is doing just that, and the boys AMiniCAN LEGION M ACAZINK themselves bear witness to it. the end

52 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1956 !

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Uie GO is (jfreat tit a ACADEMIC FREEDOM, HUTCHINS STYLE (Continued pom page 17)

As the case developed it became cellor Hutchins to stand with him on than Couch. But after the university plainly apparent that it was not Mr. such an issue. When Mr. Couch per- had made a part of the affair public, he Couch's ability but his independence sisted and put Hutchins in a position determined that all the more important which w as at issue. Couch, a zealous be- such that Hutchins had to approve pub- facts of the affair should be made pub- liever in true academic freedom, had lication of the book or be convicted lic. He appealed his dismissal to the strong ideas about the dangers of arbi- before his faculty of suppression, a deep Council of the Senate, the ruling aca- trar\' decisions in university publishing, chill came into his relations with the demic body of the university. Over the whether such decisions were made b\' chancellor. protest of President E. C. Colwell powerful factions of professors or by When the dismissal came, the cir- (Hutchins' second in command), the the administration of the university. cumstances were made particularly of- council voted to investigate the case Dr. Hutchins had other views. It be- fensive for Mr. Couch. Although it \\ as and authorized the appointment of an came apparent that he expected to make Dr. Hutchins who had originally en- investigating committee. Hutchins, him- arbitrary decisions when it suited him gaged him, Mr. Couch was given no self a party to the dispute, did not wait to do so. It was inevitable that Hutchins opportunit)' to defend himself face to for the council to appoint the commit- and Couch should clash. face with the chancellor. The unpleas- tee: he appointed it himself. The facul- The issue came to a head two years ant chore of firing was turned over to ty tamely acquiesced. before the Couch discharge when an Vice President Cunningham. Couch Although the committee was stacked unpleasant disagreement arose between was called in and given an opportunity with Hutchins' selections, it apparently Hutchins and Couch over the publica- to resign: when he declined, Cunning- made an honest investigation. Some of tion of a controversial book, Americans ham fired him as he would have dis- its findings were favorable to Couch. Betrayed, by Professor Grodzins. This missed a ianitor. It declared that the dismissal was "a book discussed, with embarrassing A bare announcement of the action gross violation of the rights accorded frankness, some of the excesses of our appeared in the Chicago Tribune on to members of the University commu- wartime relocation of the nisei Japanese. November 22, 1950. It said: nity." It pointed out that Couch had It scotched some exalted wartime repu- "James A. Cunningham, universit>' been given no "opportunity to defend tations. vice president, announced with regret himself on charges of inadequate per- Dr. Grodzins had done his initial re- Monday that Couch's position was be- formance of duties." But it did not bring

search on the hook at the Universit\' ing terminated. . . . Cunningham de- the responsibility home to Chancellor of California. On the ground that the clined to discuss the matter saying it Hutchins, nor did it recommend University of Chicago had received a was private." Couch's restoration. protest from the University of Cali- The brusqueness of the action put The atmosphere in which the in- fornia, Chancellor Hutchins upheld a Couch in a cruel position— a position quiry was conducted may be under- ruling that, if maintained, meant that which was certain to be injurious to his stood in the light of a letter which the the book would be suppressed. Mr. future career. No officer or professor chairman of the committee sent to Couch could not reconcile such a course had previously been discharged from Couch after the conclusion of the in- with his concept of property rights and the University in this manner except vestigation: American tolerance of dissent; he saw under circumstances personally dis- "Regardless of who was right and the issue as that of a "little man" being graceful. To announce the dismissal, but who was wrong," the chairman ex- deprived of his property and silenced to withhold the reasons, was to leave plained, "there could be no undoing of by powerful institutions like the Uni- an unmistakable implication of turpi- what has been done, no possibility of versity of Chicago and the Universit\ tude. restoring you to the directorship of the of California, and he was ingenuous Such high-level pressures would have Press." enough in his thinking to expect Chan- disheartened a less courageous figure The paramount concern which appeared to be in the chairman's mind

\\ as to prevent publicit)' concerning the Couch case from becoming widespread. His letter cautioned Couch against in- sisting on public discussion of the incident lest Couch's career be injured. It was this hush-hush spirit, which per- vaded the case throughout, which was

its most disturbing aspect to those \\ ho knew the facts. There was to be another surprise ending to the controversy. In place of Mr. Couch, the editorship of the University of Chicago Press was given to Dr. Mor- ton Grodzins w hose book had been the cause of the first major break between Hutchins and Couch in 1948. Dr. Grod- zins' selection strains the limits of coin-

cidence. It is just the kind of procedure whicii a slick public relations expert would advise to forestall any public suspicion that Hutchins had fired Couch in reprisal for Couch's successful

"II would serve you right if I gave you some." defense of Grodzins two years earlier. AMKIIKAN LECION MAGAZINE And there the Couch case stands.

54 • THE AMERICAN LEC.10N MAGAZINE • JULY 1956 Mr. Couch is now holding another con- spicuous position in the pubhshing world. Dr. Hutchins has left Chicago to assume his Fund for the Republic post w here he has become a national oracle on academic freedom. His voice is raised in such forums as Aleet the Press on behalf of the unhappy teacher w ho is being pushed around by ruthless in\estigators of communism. There is no record that Dr. Hutchins has ever included Air. Couch in his casualty lists of professors whose civil liberties have been violated.

There is another curious feature of this Couch case. None of the familiar self-appointed guarantors of academic freedom, whose voices are usualh' raised loudly in defense of teachers w ith communist or fellow traveler records, have shown any interest in the Couch case. The "liberal" sob sisters have w rit- ten no articles about the case in the leftw ing weeklies. The Academic Free- dom Committee of the American Civil Liberties Union made a gesture of interest, but quickly dropped its inquiries. The Association of University Profes- sors has not taken cognizance of the Couch dismissal. The Association of American University Presses made a perfunctory inquiry, but ended by ac- cepting a University of Chicago w hite- wash statement for public consumption while calling Hutchins' conduct "shameful" in statements made for private consumption. Such extraordinary "liberal" mj'opia when Dr. Hutchins appears to

be the offender is a sad commentary upon the actual validity of current "liberal" civil liberties outcries. If academic freedom in the United

States is to be something more than a w hitew ash for Fifth Amendment plead- ers, it is important that such an apparent case of academic injustice as that of Mr. Couch should not be shrugged

aside. Freedom, by its very nature, is not unilateral. It must be applied indis- criminately to conservatives and leftists

alike. Those who violate its spirit should be put under the searching X-ray of public scrutiny, regardless of the unctuousness and the vociferousness of their "liberal" protestations. In this Couch case there can be little question that there was a serious mis- use of authority by Dr. Robert M. Hutchins. There was the discharge of a capable university official without affording him an opportunity to defend himself or to confront his accusers —a procedure w hich Dr. Hutchins him- "here's no self has scathingly denounced in his dia- tribes against congressional investigations. There was an unmistakable coverup of the facts, and an attempt to like GORDON'S discourage Mr. Couch from taking his case to the newspapers. There was an apparent mobilization of all the aca-

demic and publicity forces at Hutchins' 94.4 PROOF. lOOX NEUTRAL SPIRITS DISTILLED FROMGRAIN-GORDON'S DRYGIN CO.,LTD.AINOEN,N.J. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1956 • 55 command to visit reprisals upon Couch member. The historian Dixon Wecter, nent of communism and as an upholder because he insisted upon administering late director of research at the Hunt- of academic freedom found the Uni- the Universitx- of Chicago Press with- ington Library in California, noted in versity of Chicago inhospitable during

out subordination to Hutchins' personal a magazine article the large number of the Hutchins > ears. likes and dislikes. All the familiar in- first-rate men who left Chicago under It will be asked, what can be done ". gredients of academic suppression were Hutchins . . including many of at this late date about this injustice? in tiiis case. Chancellor Hutchins' original staff who Obvioush', Mr. Couch cannot, in the A small incident reveals the extraor- have left from academic cardstacking, present temper of the University of dinary lengths to w hich the Hutchins politicking or sheer uncongeniality." Chicago, be restored to his position. But partisans went in this controversy. The final epitaph upon the spirit there will be other Couches unless

There is published in Chicago a maga- which Hutchins introduced into Chi- American public opinion is alerted to zine, I'octry, which has considerable cago was written in 1944 by the full what has been done. There should be literar\ influence. Mr. Fred Wieck, Air. Senate of the University of Chicago, an unsparing investigation of the Couch Couch's assistant in the press, who re- comprising the 119 full professors. In case hy those who are genuineh' inter- signed after liis chief was discharged, a memorial to the board of trustees of ested in academic freedom. Full and wrote a pLiblic statement of the case the University, the Senate protested pitiless publicity should be directed

for Poetry. The editor slated it for against the stifling of academic freedom upon those responsible. publication and wrote a sympathetic at the university under Hutchins. Parts To conduct such a full-dress inquiry, foreword. It w as already in type when of this memorial are reproduced on it would seem that the appropriate some influence reached the magazine page 17. We call your particular atten- agenc\' would be the Fund for the Re- and insisted upon its suppression. Since tion to the final paragraph deploring public. The Fund, at its inception, Foerry derives its own financial con- Dr. Hutchins' "apparent wish" to "di- stated that: tributions from sources close to the uni- vert energies and resources of the Uni- "VVe regard the sphere of operation vcrsitN', it is easy to surmise what versity to the service of a particular of the Fund as including the entire field happened. formula of revolutionary change." of freedom and civil rights in the That Dr. Hutchins' friends should The restrained scholastic language of United States." resort to such coercive methods to close this memorial is an indication of the The Couch case, w itli its discharge of publicity channels to Mr. Couch indi- troubled intellectual waters which were a qualified professor, without prelimin- cates that we are in the presence of a flowing at Chicago under the regime ary hearings, as a result of difference of real civil liberties violation. Men do not of the willful president, later chancellor. opinion with his superior, easily comes ordinarily shrink from the publication AVhaf Hutchins was trying to do in w ithin the scope of this program. of the facts unless there is something Chicago in those years was clearly ex- The fact that the Fund Director, Dr. indefensible which they wish to con- pressed in a magazine article by one of Hutchins, is the outstanding principal ceal. his warmest admirers, and his former of the case makes it all the more im- Were Mr. Couch's discharge an iso- publicity man, Alilton Mayer. Mayer perative that the Fund should act, if it lated instance of highhandedness during wrote: is to be accepted as a fairminded civil the Hutchins regime at Chicago, v\e "Air. Hutchins is trying to overturn liberties agency. might be inclined to give the former American education. Aren't you glad? To ascertain the truth about the chancellor the benefit of the doubt. [He also] is trying to revolutionize the Couch case, the Fund should allocate fi- L'nf()rtunatei\', it is not. The 20-year modern world, and when a great big an appropriate grant of money to Hutchins reign witnessed a continual handsome university goes revolutionary, nance a thorougiigoing inquiry. A com- fairminded- struggle between Hutchins and many it is time to sit up and take notice. [He] mittee of unimpeachable public of the most distinguished members of is proposing a little island of socialism ncss, whose members inspire his facult>-, a struggle that resulted gen- in a capitalistic country." gonfidence, should be app{)intcd to conduct the inquiry. This conniiittee erally in victory for Hutchins and de- It is little wonder that Mr. Couch, parture, sooner or later, of the facult\' with his courageous record as an oppo- should not be appointed by the Fund; it should be a committee of educators.

It sliouid examine imsparingh' all the principals in the case. Its proceedings should be open to the public and its findings should be wideb' publicized in the educational and the popular press. Neither Dr. Hutchins nor the Uni- versity of Chicago can afford to carry the stigma of academic suppression which this incident affixes upon them in the minds of many Americans. On

the other hand, it is patently unfair to the public to keep from it the facts of an affair tliat might help to explain the dominant influence that leftwingism has achieved in some educational circles.

If a powerful influence that is designed to regiment academic opinion is

operating in America, it is the duty of the Fund for the Republic to point this

out, and to publicize it. American academic freedom must not be used to destroy all freedom. If it is being used "Because I've got fruits ami vegetables and meats in the to this end, it must be corrected. AMKiticAN i.EoioN MAcjAziNK dttp fifcze. That's why." THE END

55 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1956 ROD AND GUN CLUB •(Continued from page 28)- ATHUTESFOOr JOSEPH A. BOWERS, 210 E. Palmer LEE ARKIN, 1960 S. 73rd Street, West Dr. Scholi's Ave, Glcndalc 5, Calif., tells us that he Allis 14, Wis., uses scissors to catch fish. has been a commercial fishennan for more He offers: "To have a long-lasting and Famous than 30 years, and would like to impart a unbelievably strong white streamer for Prescription little information that might be of service your favorite spoon, use white parchment Now Compounded to readers of this column. "Aloon phases paper which can be scissored to any design and Obtainable and atmospheric pressure tip you off to the or shape and used over and over again. And Everywhere preparedness of the fish to feed or not to it will never dry out like pork rind does." Dr Scholl feed," he says. 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SWEETHEART OF THE A.E.F. (Coiilimied front page 23) effervescence like champagne, and a om, beautiful women for an audience. to shine on Broadw a\'. The vehicle was plain \\ holesomeness like good, home- But Elsie's inflections, gestures, and The Vanderbilt Cup, and it ran r\vo baked bread. postures, her duplication of the stars' years. Elsie Janis was established. After

She was born on March 6, 1889, in mannerisms, created a perfect illusion that she capivated audiences in one hit Columbus, Ohio, a descendant of pa- every time; and the child's spectacular after another. The Hoyden, The Fair triots. Janis was a stage name. Tiie talents did full justice to the grownup Co-Ed, The Slit// Frincess, and A Star family name was Bierbower, and her subjects. Washington loved the little For a Night, which she wrote herself father, John Bierbower, used to tell her girl w ith the dark curls from President when she was barely 22. Now other stories of his great- great- great-grand- McKinley's home State. Elsie Bier- talents were burgeoning, and her cre- father w ho helped build the stockade bower was soon in general demand as ativeness was asserting itself in song- around York, Pa. It was not surprising a society entertainer in the Capital, and writing, dramatic sketches, and comedy that with this heritage Elsie, a proud her local fame soon brought about her skits. member of the DAR, should feel so first professional engagement at Chase's And all the time her solid achieve- strong an urge to be a part of \-\'orld Theatre in Washington. Soon her ment as a singing, dancing, all-round

War I. She couldn't fight to "make the mother was invited to bring her to performer was being duly noted by world safe for democracy," but she New York. She was engaged to appear critics who were no less enthusiastic could use her talents to cheer the fight- on the famous old New York Roof than her audiences. In 1913 her greatest ing men. And she did. Garden, and she stopped the show the triumph to date was her appearance as

She \\ as x^oung \\ hen she \\ ent to war first night. The Gerry Society for the costar with the great team of A'lont- but she was also at the height of her Prevention of Cruelty to Children gomery and Stone in The Lady of the Slipper, fame, a \ cteran of the stage from the stopped it the second night. at the Globe Theatre on Broad- age of ten, a star at 17. As a matter of Airs. Bierbower was not stopped way, w hich had housed an earlier Alont- fact, she was launched on her career however. She was determined now to gomery-Stone hit of eternal memory, from the W^hite House. Her mother led see her daughter a great stage star. Elsie The Wizard of Oz. the choir in the church which William went to school like other children; biK, The story was the same happy saga AlcKinley, then Governor of Ohio, unlike most other youngsters, she spent of success in London w here she went regularly attended. When iMcKinle>' long hours studying music, dancing, and the following year, 1914. In her first became President, Elsie and her mother elocution, perfecting her imitations, appearance there she scored one of the were White House guests, and the adding to her repertoire. A canny the- greatest successes ever achieved by an talented little girl did her act w ith tre- atrical agent urged her mother to American. But this was the year the mendous success before the diplomatic change the cumbersome name of Bier- war began, and the marching men en- corps. That she was a natural-born bower to one which would fit more training for France at Waterloo Sta- mimic was discovered when she ap- neatly into lights, and "Janis" was con- tion, the stories of heroism and gal- peared briefly with James O'Neil's trived out of the girl's middle name. lantry sifting back from across the compan>'. And it was her amazingh' ac- And just in time, too, for her first real Channel fired her young, eager heart curate and entertaining imitations of hit was at the New York Roof in the u ith pity and a desire to do something, Alae Irw in, Edna jMae, Delia Fox, and summer of 1905, in a travesty called anx thing, to be a part of the struggle. other dazzling stars of the period which Wl:ieu We \]\'rc 41. Her sleek, smooth There w as nothing she could do be- enchanted sophisticated Washington- imitations did the trick. \ond sweetening their last days at ians. It might seem incongruous for a The following year brought her star- home, and brightening the brief leaves ciiild to evoke mental portraits of bux- dom. She w as only 17, the > oungest star of the British Tommies w ith the magic of the theater and the illusion that, for a time at least, everything was just as it always had been. She did that, and she did it w ell. She was in London again when the United States entered the war, and she came home to recruit on street corners, to sell Liberty Bonds, play benefits, and give camp shows. She also began her campaign for permission to entertain our ow n soldiers overseas. When that was finalh' forthcoming, she lost no time getting to France. Her mother went along with her, a strong all\' in tile second stage of Elsie's campaign. For she w as not satisfied to be in Paris, in comparative comfort and safet)', or in an\- of the other safe "bc- hind-the-lines" places suggested to her as suitable for a Broadway star and a woman. She argued and reasoned w ith colonels anti generals. The men in Paris didn't need her for diversion and

"I can fry you a toiiplc of ct^gs, aiul I have some boiled potatoes left over entertainment the w ay the dirty, cootie- from yesterday, and there's some coffee I can warm up, and—a—maybe I can cluttered doughboys in the trenches did. dig lip some crackers and cheese—and— It got so that every time she saw a AMi;ilI< AN I.KCION MAGAZINE YAICA hut in some quiet, safe place.

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the way it went all the she wondered why she had come to double. That's SPONSOR 50 KADiTS w histlc blew% she kept singing, France at all. But when the sign hill- time. A back as they boarding her show went up, and the and the men kept looking word got around that "Elsie Janis To- w ent away. night" was Elsie in person and not a The whole war was like that. And moving picture, every man who could one day it was over and Elsie Janis Y., run, walk, or crawl to the hut was there. came back home, to Tarrytown, N. of the Then Elsie didn't wonder w hat she was a town full of history and legend had lived there for. She knew. She sang and American Revolution. She danced and turned cartw heels, and the there for years in the old Philipse now preserved as a his- whistles and stomping and > ells w ere all Manor House, the musical accompaniment she needed. torical shrine, open to the public. For A project that will interest your Legion her weeks and months the new spapers had Eventually, of course, she cut post members. Boys need Legion help way through the redtape and began her and advice. Teach them patriotism, tour of tile frt)nt. She sang from a cap- Americanism, and Christianity. A Ka- of America unit will help them be- tured boche truck; the fellows presented HAVE YOU A FRIEND dets come good citizens—and they'll do you until a Mihsciiption to The her w ith helmets and Iron Crosses who oiiglil lo hiwc proud at parades and other functions. Mai>,azine.' II you send she was so w eighted dow n and encum- AnierUan L(i>,ion FREE—Send today for free literature $1.50 together with his name and address to— bered by metal she could hardh' walk. about sponsoring a Kadet unit. The Anieiitan Legion Magazine For 35 years Elsie Janis kept a diary. Cirtulatioii Department KADETS OF AMERICA She wrote every night she was in P.O. Box 1055 HEADQUARTERS • SAVANNAH. TENNESSEE France on w hat she'd seen and done Indianapolis G, Indiana him a year's subscription. that day, where she'd been, w hat it was it will hrinii; THorUlO€ FOLDINC like. Her vivid, illuminating style, so BANQUET like her, is one of the best personal rec- JTABLESI ords of the war. Take the entr\' for been full of stories about her, long ac- Friday, March 29, 1918, for instance, counts of her unremitting labors, those after an unforgettable week in Paris in nine shows a day sometimes, always which the gunfire of the advancing four or five. The entire community Germans could be seen in distant flashes turned out to greet her, for she could along the horizon, and heard in a boom- not have been more affectionately or ing that seemed to grow louder each enthusiastically regarded if she had school or day: 27th If you are on tlie board of your post, won the w ar singlehandedly. The churcii or on the house or purchasing commit- your olub. you will be interested in "Everyone was confident the Ger- her with the title of tee of Division honored this modern. Bidding Pedestal ISaiiquet Table. catalog and special discounts. mans were stopped. That da\" 'Big Captain and gave her a medal. The 94th Write for Monroe Co., 69 Church St.. Colfax, Iowa Bertha' hit a church, killing 76 and Aero Squadron gave her the title of wounding 90. Wc started out on our General. second tour. Our first stop was Nevers, She was soon off again, touring with the largest railroad center in France. Gang," up and "Elsie Janis and Her E 3 There, w ith an American flag in my down the country for months on end.

hand, I got aboard the cowcatcher of When 1921 rolled around, she felt a ." a Baldwin locomotive. . . great yearning to be in France once That was the time 4,000 men con- again for the coming of spring. In May verged on the yard to hear her. The\' that >'ear she was there, and almost her carried away a memory of gallant Elsie first stop was in the American cemetery >- Janis so vivid that it w ith in wrote Xl remains them Romaigne. This is what she o o to this day. in her diary that day: Others remember her in other places, "As we stood there, beneath the flag- ^ I«t >- for she v\ent on from Nevers to Issou' pole, an aged Frenchman laboriously dun, where the 1 I 2^ aviation school was; to pulled Old Glory from her place on « z Tours, Angers, St. Nazaii-e, Base Hos- high and in the distance 'Taps' sounded. ee. - pital 101; then to Saveney w here 1,800 It seemed to me that those 25,000 white a> w— patients were quartered in the biggest crosses, supposedh' s>'mbolic of death, American hospital yet set up. It was slowly but surely changed into khaki- §> >-

here, she records, that she found Alex- clad smiling men, and I found myself E S _ «» ander W'oollcott making himself useful. wanting to cry out 'Are ^^'e Down-

At Rangeval she put on her show hearted?' Unconsciously, I w as holding

in an old brickyard. At AIoliens-le-Bois out my arms, just as I used to do when

"the men were mostly from Chicago. I yelled the question to perhaps these O c They had built a platform in the heart same men. The old Frenchman thought oj

of the woods. They had a band that I was mad, but I imagine he was used " played 'Darktow n Strutters' Ball.' At to madness by that time. Mother, who » 2 the end of her show there she really was feeling as one is supposed to feel 1— went w ild, leading the band, dancing, in a cemetery, said, gently, 'Come on,

turning one cartwheel after the other. dear, let's go.' I followed her in a sort

It was too much for the platform. It of daze. I can assure you that I heard Legionnaire

gave way and she went through it and voices calling "So long, Elsie! Come had to be hauled out, still laughing. again!' Retailers! She began to sing again as if nothing She answered their call on February had happened, and just then a whistle 26, 1956. Elsie Janis and her gang are t/se this handy coupon for your FREE membership in the R.A.C. blew and the men were off, on the together again. the end

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1956 • 59 ALL ROADS LEAD TO CALIFORNIA tCDitliinuil jrum pti^e 13) don't worry about getting lost. The described as one of the engineering which was assembled frtjm materials roads are paved and filling stations and v\onders of the world. It is four times imported from all parts of the world. trading posts arc scattered all along the height of Niagara Falls, is 660 feet You can take a guided tour of the the way. thick at the base, took five years to castle. And you can even rent rooms in Crossing into Arizona via High\\a\ build, and cost $165,000,000. Lake Alead, it for the night. Within an hour after 66 you'll pass by the Painted Desert formed by the dam, impounds water you leave the castle >ou'll be in the and the Petrified Forest, both of w hich for Arizona, California, and Nevada low est spot in the AVestern Hemisphere

\ ()u can see in a matter of a few min- cities as well as for the irrigation of while within a few miles of Alt. Whit- utes. Then with a short side trip north, some 2,000,000 acres of desert. ney, the highest point in the hemi- you're at Grand Canyon, America's Now you are in Nevada. With the sphere. Now, on to Los Angeles via nature-made wonder. You'll look out exceptions of Hoover Dam and Lake Highway 6 along the Sierra Nevada over the 200-miIe-long canyon, as much Mead, which Nevada shares with Ari- Mountains and the Mojave Desert. as 18 miles wide in places, and you'll zona, Nevada's claims to fame are man- If you pick a more central route, wonder at the great masses of weather- made. Those claims started in 1931 Colorado is your first Western State; worn rock formations which rise out of w hen the State passed laws making di- and you can't beat it for sheer beauty its mile depth. Sun and shadows against vorces easy and gambling king. With of scenery. You'll probably hit Colo- the streaks of color from mineral de- onl\- six weeks residence required to rado Springs first, and here are two posits give off a galaxy of hues w hich cut the ties that bind, Reno boomed musts. First see your Air Force Acad- is a challenge to camera fans. Note the into the divorce capital of the nation, emy in the making. Then take the Colorado River winding its wa> and both Reno and Las \êgas lost no cable car up to the 14,108-foot top of through the gorge toward Hoover time in building cards, wheels, dice, and Pike's Peak. If you head north, there's I3am, Arizona's manmade wonder, "one-armed bandits" into a major in- Mount Evans Highway, the highest where it is impounded to serve thirst) dustr>' which is now the state's No. 1 auto road in North America. The cities and parched deserts and w here it source of revenue. world's highest suspension bridge turns its power into electricit\ foi' cities Traveling on Highway 95 you are stretches 1,053 feet over the Royal as far away as Los Angeles. headed for Las \êgas, which has more Gorge of the Arkansas River. There's If you enter Arizona at a more south- neon signs, more million-dollar casinos, Summit Lake, 12,740 feet above sea ern point, then drive north through more million-dollar hotels, and more le\ el, near the top of Mount Evans—the Oak Creek Canyon (Highway H9-A), gambling tables and machines than any highest lake in the nation which can be between Prescotr and Flagstaff, and see other comparative area in the world. reached by road. Then comes Rocky v\hat nature can do with mountains, Even shoeshine stands and drugstores A'lountain National Park w here you'll valleys, streams, and great rock forma- have their slot machines, and in the big see 65 peaks towering more than 10,000 tions all rolled into one. You'll pass casinos fortunes are won and lost every feet into the sky. through Jerome, once a great mining day on man's urge to take a chance. If you can then take time to return center, now a real ghost town hanging Regardless of whether you frown or south, visit Mesa A'erde National Park stubbornh- to the side of a mountain. favor, it's all a part of America w hich w here > ou'll see the best preserved pre- ^ Ou'll come out on Highwa\ 66 near must be seen to be understood, and historic cliff dwellings in the nation. the entrance to Grand (ân\on. which is duplicated in no other State. If >ou haven't seen Sw itzerland, have After you have seen the canyon, con- From Las Vegas go northwest on a good look at Colorado and be satis- tinue northwest to Hoover Dam, the Highway 95 to No. 58 and enter Cali- fied, for the natural beauty is just as highest dam in the world, forming the fornia via Death Vâlley. You'll pass marvelous. biggest reservoir in the world, anti Death \'alley Scotty's fabulous castle. From Colorado >ou cross into Utah where nature provides three outstanding marvels—tw o to look at and one to O swim in. The latter is Great Salt Lake, where you couldn't drown if you wanted to because it has six times the salt content of the ocean. This lake, with no known outlet, is the largest west of the Mississippi River.

Utah is the Mormon State and in Salt Lake City, a short drive from the

lake, you w ill sec the church's greatest tabernacle. Now head south, which is on your direct route to Los Angeles, to see two other marvels of nature—Bryxe Canyon and Zion National Park. At the former you stand on the rim and look down to the floor from which rock formations, aged and worn b\' time, reach for the sky like huge columns. At the latter green valleys arc sandwiched between towering cliffs and the whole is garnished with wild flowers and moss "Says, '\VariuT Brothers make another big Western. Everyl)ocly report \vork fed from mountain springs—the whole Itring Social at nine o'clock. Secmity card'!" reached by a road w hich is cut through solid rock.

• IME AMERICAN lECiK)N MAGAZINE • JULY 1956 From Zion your natural route is on Highway 410 to Alt. Rainier National While traxcling tiirougb Oregon \ ou

a bceline to Grand Canyon, Hoo\ cr Park, 337 square miles of rugged moun- will see vast forests. This is lumber Dam, and Las \^cgas which \\c pre- tains, forested valleys, and towering country with more than 300,000 million

viously discussed. crags. Here \'ou w ill see more li\ ing feet of timber, ^'ou w ill also find more If you enter the \\'est in Wyoming, glaciers clinging to the sides of Alt. than one thousand lakes, making Ore- head immediately for Yellowstone Na- Rainier, the third highest peak in the gon a fisherman's paradise. tional Park—the land of 120 geysers; United States. Continuing southward into California 4,000 hot springs; herds of buffalo, elk Take Highw ay 5 to Highway 99 and you'll find yourself w ithin range of an- and deer; and the begging bears. Old then south to the Columbia River. Then other side trip— to Lassen \'^olcanic Na- Faithful spouts boiling water some 174 take a side trip back east on the Wash- tional Park w here as late as 1921 there feet into the air about every 65 minutes. ington side of the river to White Sal- was an eruption which shot smoke, Falls of hot mineral \\ater give shades mon, w here you cross over into Ore- steam, and ashes thousands of feet into of the rainbow to rock terraces. Bears gon. You'll be near The Dalles, a place the air and la\ a boiled o\ er its cone.

w ill come up to your car begging for of many upthrusts of rock \\ hich sup- On to Sacramento and into San i'ran- food. Look at them and photograph port homes perched 50 feet above their cisco w here \ou ////ist dri\ e across riie them, but keep clear as they are un- neighbors, and where one flight of stairs Cjolden Gate Bridge, certainly a won- predictable and their claws arc sharp. between two streets ascends an almost der of man's engineering imagination \A'atcii for the herds of buffalo grazing perpendicular cliff for three blocks. and al)ilit\'. Take time for a meal on

in the meadow s. Let the kiddies ha\ e a Here too \'ou ma>' sec Indians spear Fisherman's ^\'harf where they serve lesson in nature by suggesting they tic salmon. evcr>'thing that swims—and don't over- a string to four corners of a cloth, put Traveling west on the Oregon side look the big crabs cooked while ytm an egg in it, then lower it into one of the Columbia River, you'll see the watch and wait. of the boiling pools w lierc it ill be beauties of mountains and valleys and Now comes w hat may ap(iear to be cooked hard in a matter of iust a few will come to Bonneville Dam where a long side trip, but ^ (xsemite National seconds. is the effort, > ou must stop to marvel at the things Park well worth time and

From the park \()ur route to Cali- fish can do. Here, believe it or not, sal- for here \'ou will see the oldest and fornia goes into Idaho. No matter what mon work their way up ladders and largest living things on earth—the giant route >'ou take througli this Stare, you elevator lifts for a distance of 5,900 feet sequoia trees. Some are estimated to be of are in a great hunting and fishing para- as water cascades down against them. 3,500 > ears old and grow to heights dise. One-third t)f its area is forests and There are 100 fish pools, each 40 feet 300 feet w ith one measuring 96 feet in everywhere there are lakes and circumference. Stop to consider rliat moun- long, 1 5 feet wide and six feet deep, tain streams, some in the central moun- each higher than the other in a spiral some of these great trees sprouted 1,500 tains so remote rhc\' can be reached to the top of the dam. That's the route years before Christ and 3,000 ) ears be- only by mule pack trains. of the salmon to the top. fore Columbus discovered America. At If you arc on Highway 93 in the one spot ()ur road is out right through Continuing w est to Portland you can > southern tliese giants of part of the State, have a look then take Highway 99 southward and the trunk of one of at Sun \"alley, the fabulous swimming you are California bound. You might nature. and skiing resort built on a mountain At nine o'clock any evening stand in be interested in another side trip to see by a railroad as another American pla\ - the valle\' and watch the mile-higii col- Crater Lake National Park. The lake ground. A short side trip from Sun umn of fire fall off (ilacier Point. is in the crater of an extinct volcano X'alley will put \'ou in the Craters of Rangers push the huge pile of burning surrounded b>' cliffs, and the water is the Moon National Alonument where wood off the peak just so you can mar- the bluest of blue. It's six miles in diam- \ ou will see the results of early-day vol- vel at a great sight. And the waterfalls eter and 1,996 feet deep at an elevation canic action. witiiin the park are beautiful. of 6,200 feet. Now take \-our choice: head north to If >'ou w ant to see more big trees, go W ashington and approach Los Angeles on to Fresno then east to the Se(|uoia via the Pacific Coast route, or cut down National Park. through Nevada and enter California Otherwise we suggest \'ou take the in the Death Valley area. shortest route to the Pacific Ocean and

If >'our road to California is farther travel Highway No. 1 right down the north and you get >'our first peck of coast, ^'ou'll have an ocean on one side, the West in iMontana, a great ranching mountains on the other, and you'll see State, we'd still recommend that \'OU picturesque towns like Carmel and get make a beeline for Yellowstone Na- some good closeup views of some of tional Park which this State shares in By Most Reverend our countr\''s famed lighthouses. part \\ ith Wyoming. Then head north- ROBERT JOYCE While in Los Angeles take your pick w est on Highways 191 and 10 to Butte, St. Peter's Catholic Church of all kinds of sight-seeing. Set aside w hich sits on the "richest hill in the Chaplain, Post 31, Rutland, Vt. one day for a trip to Catalina Island. world" in an area which once supplied You can fly or take a boat. Once there, Oiu' Father, to as iialf the nation's copper. Continue north we come Thee ride the glass-bottom boat and see w hat to C] lacier National Park, where you'll 1 hy children, to offer our adoration goes on beneath the clear w aters. see the rugged scenery and wildlife and thanksgiving. We ask Thy bless- If you're an old salt, visit the world's w hich is so typical of the West. And ing upon our Coimtry and all our largest manmade harbor at San Pedro. you will see some of the 60 live glaciers fellow citizens. In particular we beg See the orange groves, the oil wells, the w hich are w ithin the park's boundaries. Thy blessing for The American unusual architecture. X'isit Union Sta- ^ es tiiey are live glaciers! beautiful building; Forest Lawn, Legion and its Auxiliary; may we tion, a You are now on the road to Wash- a most unusual cemetery which also serve Thee and our fellow men in ington and Grand Coulee Dam, said to happens to be a park of art treasures; faith and charity. Through Christ be the greatest power producer in the take a drive on an>- one of the freew ays Our Lord. Amen. >\()rid. Continue southwest to Yakima, to see what Los Angeles is doing to a great apple-producing area, and up solve the traffic problem; and see at

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1956 • least one version of the Hollywood you'd like to take time to visit our five crops on one parcel of land in nighrchil). good neighbor to the south while one year. Amazing too that the irrigat-

By all ine;ins wangle an invitation to you're in Los Angeles. And \\ hile \ ou ing water comes all the way from the

sec a ni()\ie studio, for there man's in- Colorado River \ ia concrete-lined genuit\' reaches its zenith. You'll then canals. For a comprehensive guide to tour- realize that a raging ocean on the screen On \'our way home take a different ing with tips on accommodations, traffic is but a small pool with an electric ma- route so you can see s{)me of the things laws, toll turnpikes and w here to w rite chine churning up w a\ es and manufac- you missed on \()ur wa>' to the Con- for free information about the places turing fog; that some of the storm\- vention. Then \\ hen >'ou are home, we you want to visit, the Texaco Touring skies \ ()u'\ e seen in the movies are not think \ou'lI look back on your Con- Service has an excellent guide. This book- in the heavens but painted on giant vention-vacation trip as one of the let may be obtained free by writing The walls, that rain can be turned on and highlights of your life. You'll be proud Texas Co., 135 East 42 Street, New off at will, that grass is artificial and that \'(ju ha\ e that much more of your York 17, N. Y. comes in big rolls which can be spread America tucked awa\' in >'our memory. out at w ill, and that ships sit on dry And you'll be prouder than e\ er that land w hile cameras make them appear are that far south, go a bit farther east you live in this wonderfLiI land which to be w allowing in a turbulent ocean. and visit the Imperial Valle\' and see offers so much for so little. It \()u didn't see a bit of Alexico how irrigation has turned a desert into It's a fact— \'ou just can't beat our across tile border from El Paso, maybe a region which can raise as man\^ as own Lhiited States. iiii; end

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from stream or lake can be used. Boil pected, for instance, set the refrigerator house. Set up emergenc\' lighting units it and add water-purif\ ing tablets, how - and freezer at the lowest possible tem- w hile da\"light still persists, particidarh' ever, before using it. If \'ou have ad- perature setting. Covering the freezer around stairwa\s and frcquenrlx used

vance warning of a storm, fill all pots, w ith blankets or tjuilts w ill increase the areas in the house. Open refrigerator or pans, sinks, and bathtub with water insulation, but make sure >ou don't freezer as little as possible. Flan most from the well foi- use when the power block the air vents. Crumpled news- of the meals from cans. If the loss of is off. paper or excelsior betw een the blankets power should extend into the second If a power failure means an end to and freezer will help. Then if the pow er da\', look into the possibilit>' of pur- your heat, then vou must have some fails, there is less likelihood of food chasing dr\' ice from a dair>' or ice t\ pe of gasoline or kerosene space spoilage unless the current is off for an cream storage plant. An unopened, tilled heater. Don't tr>- to heat the whole extended period. freezer will keep its contents, without house. Limit >'our living quarters to Since trees are the number one men- spoilage, for 72 to 96 hours without two or three rooms, preferabK the liv- ace to property in a high wind, it's a electricity.

ing room (especialh- if it has a fire- good idea to keep all dead wood pruned Co down into the basement occa-

place), the kitchen (because it has a out. \\ here a tree trunk separates into sional I > to make certain that no water sto\e), and the dining room (because two secondary trunks to form a crotch, is coming in. At the first sign of water it usuall\- links the two). A gasoline or there is always some danger th:it the seepage, remove everv'thing of value an alcohol camp stove, if you have an trunk w ill split at the crotch. To pre- from the basement. If the water con- electric range, is another essential. You vent this from happening, the crotch tinues to come in, there's little \'ou can can use your fireplace for cooking as should be cabled, or braced and cabled. do except "man the pumps." A hand- w ell as heating. Use a guy wire arrangement to protect operated boat pump or gasoline-engine

Since these substitute power sources all new ly planted trees. pump w ill do the job nicelv'. require fuel, alwa>'s keep a supply — Usually during a bad storm a large If the powerline should come down white gas (the onl\ t>pe of gasoline amount of rain falls, causing the gutters in \our yard, leave it alone; call on tiie suitable for lanterns and camp stoves) to overflow unless they are completeh utilitv' compan\' instead. Even if \ou or kerosene or alcohol— for the devices clean. Check to be sure that all leaves, are positiv e that the lines are dead; don't on hand. Keep these inflammable liquids dead branches, and other debris are ev er touch them w ith your bare hands. in tightly sealed, and clearly marked removed before the rains come. To Use a dr\' board to move the lines, but cans. Don't store in the home. Keep prevent any debris caused b\' the storm do this only if they are a real hazard. them on a high shelf in the garage or, from clogging the downspouts, wire The loss of heat in the house in cold better still, in a special in-the-ground cages (ol)tainal)le at hardware stores) weather sets up the problem of freez- storage space. If you plan to use gaso- shouki be installed at the top of each ing pipes. The possibilitv' of a pipe line lanterns, make sure that \-ou have so that debris can't wash from the gut- freezing can be reduced b\ keeping a

a few extra mantles. If \ ou have a fire- ters dow n into them. trickle of w ater moving through a pipe place, keep some dr\- logs in the base- Before the elements strike, store all because the colder water moves on ment or garage. outdoor furniture, garbage cans, and through and is replaced before it freezes

A w indup alarm clock is handy to other loose exterior items. Take down b>' the warmer water from the main. have around. A battery or portable awnings, tie fences and gates in place, If this isn't po.ssible (when you have radio set is also a valuable piece of reinforce or take down all T\' anten- \our own well) the onlv' alternative is equipment during an emergency. With nas, and put the car in the garage. to drain the line. Shut off the main the extensive radio coverage given a While on the subject of the famih' water valve and be sure that all the storm, such a set w ill allow you to be bugg\% be sure to fill up the tank w ith w ater runs out. Drain heating lines and well informed about its progress even gasoline. Most service stations use elec- furnace in aililition to the regular w ater if the pow er is off. tric pumps, and if the power goes out, lines. Speaking of being informed, the it means no gas. Also remember to keep If the roof leaks during the storm, weather bureau's accurate predictions off the roads in your automobile during there's nothing you can do outside the sometimes allow you to take other pre- a bad .storm unless absolutely nccessar\-. house. Inside, however, spread out a cautions. When a severe storm is ex- During the storm itself, sta>' in the waterproof covering (or pans or pails

ff2 • THL AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1956 if the water is really pouring in) below any major repair job, it's a good idea the leak. Run rags around the edges of to check your insurance policy. After POST EXCHANGE the covering to keep water from doing Hurricane Diane a friend of mine spent SALES HEIP WANTED-M ALE-FE MALE HOUSEWIVES and over a week cutting up trees that had SALESLADIES: $5.00 per hour and up. Sell further damage. World Stainless Tableware, Euaranleed 50 years. Proven sales plan sells it. Get your own set FREE. If a tree has blown down and is rest- blown over and then learned that his Details, write World Stainless Distributors, 1012Cutler St., Schncctady. N. V. Dept. 17. ing against the roof or exterior wall, it fire insurance policy covered payment Advertising Book Matches— Easy to sell— full or part time. Cash commission. UNION LABEL, all styles, sizes. Powerhouse sell- can cause additional damage unless it is for the taking down and removing trees ing hit FREE. Superior Match, Dept. J-756, 7530 Greenwood, damaged wind. Chicago 19. secured. Should the tree be propped by Sell profitable sideline. Calendars, advertising specialties. against the house, use several large Many fire insurance policies today Every businessman ord ers. U.S. Calendar, BrooHyn 10, N. Y. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIE S pieces of timber or planks to hold it. have extended coverage so that they $5,199.99 WAS PAID to John Belts, in a few weeks. GROW MUSHROOMS. Cellar shed. Spare, full time, year round. We pay Place one end of the plank against the will cover losses brought about by $3.50 lb. FREE book. MUSHROOMS, Dept. 204, 2954 Admiral Way, Seattle, Wash. of the house and the other windstorms or tornadoes. Such policies foundation FRANCHISE opportunities nation. wide! Profitable distributor- against the trunk to take the weight off cover all damage to the house itself, ships, agencies. Request information. NATIONAL FRANCHISE REPORTS. L-528 . 333 North Michigan. Chica go 1. the top of the tree, so it doesn't rest but, unless they are mentioned in the P ERSO N Al-MI SCELLANEOUS policy, antennas, awnings, fences, BOOK MANUSCRIPTS CONSIDERED for national distribution. All against the building. Use guy wires and TV subjects welcomed. Atlen: Mr. Henderson, Greenwich Pub- turnbuckles or heavy rope to brace the automobiles, or temporary buildings are lishers, 489 F ift h Av e nue. N e w York. FOREIGN S. U.S.A. JOB LIS TllgGS tree and thus prevent it from shifting. not covered. Damage resulting from HIGH PAriNG JOBS. All types. Foreign, U.S. Chance to travel. Fare paid. Application forms. For information Write Section If a branch falls near the house and water, snow, frost, or rain is not cov- 95G. National. 1020 Bioad, Newark, N. 1. there's a chance that it may be blown ered except when it takes place as the against the house, secure it in place by direct result of a previous damage means of a heavy rope and stakes. caused by the windstorm or tornado.

In the case of a hurricane, it is a good (Water damage insurance at present is idea to keep the windows on the lee too expensive for the average home- side (the side opposite the direction of owner; however, the United States the wind) of the house open. This will Government is now considering subsi- tend to equalize the wind pressure and dizing private insurance companies to STOP may help to prevent a great deal of allow for such coverage at low rates.) damage. Remember that the wind in a Thus, furniture or draperies ruined as At this Sign hurricane changes direction in the mid- a result of rain blowing in through an dle of a storm, so be sure to keep a con- open window wouldn't be covered. But stant vigil to be certain no rain or wind if wind first blew the window out, the is coming in. policy would then cover subsequent During a tornado the safest spot in rain damage. the house is generally the basement; After the last drops of rain or the during a flood, it is a good idea to get final blast of wind, operation mop-up, as high as you can. If the local authori- the same as in a real battle, must get ties advise you to evacuate, be sure to underway. But if you were prepared heed their warning. It's for your own and were on constant alert, the chances and your family's safety. are that you got by the storm with a After the storm has passed, it would minimum of damage and inconvenience. be well to look over your house very Remember: Be ready to take the sting carefully to see whether or not it has out of the weather's fury by always been damaged. But, before you start being prepared. the end

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • JULY 1955 • 53 Sail Sight 1 ing, windows opened and people threw wads of money down to him. One day the The ivaiter totals 7//) the check concert violinist tried it and played bril- And tears it fro?/? his book, liantly, but nary a coin was tossed down Then places it face down — by heck to him. Bewildered, he met the other poor- He cannot bear to look! — Richard Armour playing violinist that afternoon and asked his secret. "That's easy," replied the novice fiddler. "You've also got to be a book- What EXsff'i maker." — The man w as telling about a frightening Al Spoxg experience he'd had out W est. "It was har- rowing," he declared. "Indians to the left Be Wonderful It'll of nie, Indians to the right, Indians to my I pen you this passionate rhyme rear, Indians in front, Indians everywhere." To tell you in love with you I'm "Whew!" exclaimed a listener, "What And hoping this passion is dual did you do?" And fondly reciprocate you'll; "\\'hat could I do?" There was a sigh. "I bought a blanket." And that, in a union ideal, — Harold Helker Parting Amalgamate happily we'll; With Blessings, both female and male. To come as undoubtedly they'll. Shots We'll live in harmonious style Yes, you'll and they'll and I'll. — Berton Braley surgeon added with a smug smile, "This case illustrates my theorj' of the influence And Using the Jack! of the brass instruments on mouth infec- Even women u'ho knou' nothing about tions." cats are experts at changing attire! Looking back at the patient again, he — S. S. BiDDLE asked, "What instrument do you play?" "Cymbals, doctor." How True — E. J. Ritter, Jr. Heard from a speaker before a group of Easy to Please business men: "The human brain is a wonderful mechanism. It starts working the 0)ie thing you can say for a moth, he moment you are born into this world and doesn't }ni)id taking a back seat. never stops until you stand up to make a — Anna Herbert speech." — A4ilton Harrington Unfortnnate Truth Taet What is the cause of jiiost marital clashes? Cash is. It viakes you curb that vasty crack — Hal Ch.adwick When you are on the brink; "I vas cleaning it when it accidentally Ifs really thinking all yon say, went off." More Than Meets the Ear Not saying all yon think! — F. G. Kernan For weeks an out-of-work conceit vio- Vi^^iblc Fact A watched daily ar- linist had en\ iously the Fair Enough Too many of our youngsters are attend- rival of a very bad itinerant violinist who ing little-read schoolhoiises. played in the street below his window. The surly worm gets the bird. — Jack Herbert When the street musician finished play- — Don Tanner

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The resident surgeon of a local hospital is a conceited fellow who always likes to show off how much lie knows. One da>', followed by a number of students, while doing his rounds of the wards, he stopped at one of the beds and explained, "This patient has a mucous infection affecting the teeth and the chin bone." Then turning to the patient he said, "I see by your chart that >"ou're a musician. Do you play a brass instrument?" "\'es, doctor," replied the patient. Turning to his student audience, the

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