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VA health care: One road leads to destruction; the other, to survival. 14

MURDER, MAYHEM, AND THE MOTHER TONGUE

How mistakes in Englishproduce a new gibberish. ByJames Kilpatrick 18

SCREEN VICTORIES

Nowfeatured in a magazine nearyou—the 12 best WWII movies. By David Krauss 21

CAR WARS: CAN AMERICA'S AUTO INDUSTRY DE SAVED? The U.S. has bstground, but thepresidents ofthe BigThree are optimistic.

By EdwardJ. Sullivan, Robert C. Stempel, HaroldA. Poling and Lee A. Iacocca 25

THE POWER OF IDEAS

ScholarJamesA. Smith tells how think tanks moldgovernmentpolicies. 30

THE FAMILY IN DANGER

We should treat the causes, not the symptoms, offamily breakdowns. By Robert Rector 32

WHO REALLY DISCOVERED AMERICA?

Norwegian explorer Helge Ingstad says the Vikings did itfirst. 34

INTRODUCING THE NATIONAL COMMANDER RogerA. Munson ofOhio takes the Legion helmfor 1992-1993. 39

EPA T M E N T S

BIG ISSUES Should Congress ban abortion counseling infederallyfinanced clinics? 8

VETVOICE 4 VETERANS UPDATE 36 PARTING SHOTS 76

WASHINGTON WATCH 10 LEGION NEWS 42

YOUR AMERICAN LEGION 12 VETS 50

COVER In their battle against Japanese auto makers, new U.S. production facilities, such as this Saturn assembly line, help the BigThreeproduce the cars America wants. Formore about today's car wars, see Page 24. Photograph by Ted Thai/TIME.

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If it is determined that an abortion would be in a given nondirective counseling on the following courses of woman's best medical interest, the regulations call for refer- action, and referral upon request: Prenatal care and deliv- ral to an appropriate facility. What the regulations prohibit ery, infant care, foster care or adoption, and pregnancy is referral to an entity whose primary business is abortion. termination. Doctors are required to give patients complete medical Several studies confirmed that employees of Title X clin- information about their condition—including information ics functioned appropriately under these guidelines by sim- about abortion if it is called for. What Title X regulations ply providing information and referral for abortion services do prohibit is allowing federally supported clinic staffs to only when requested by their patients. Under the new regu- "counsel" pregnant women to have abortions. Planned lations, however, these professionals are forbidden from Parenthood describes these staffs as "largely young and providing any information regarding the option of abortion, inexperienced" whose "formal training is relatively modest." even for patients who ask for such information. Critical decisions should be made by a woman with the If a woman who has a serious health problem becomes advice and counsel of her physician. pregnant and visits one of these Title X clinics, she should The Title X program is designed to assist low-income be informed of all of the options for her own safety. families with family planning. Abortion is not family plan- Doctors are also faced with the possibility of malpractice

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Hopes —and fears —that former mercial against Michael Dukakis, the Kalugin has already made headlines KGB agents would reveal the names of Republicans were also said to be by claiming that the Soviets interrogat- agents they recruited in the United preparing to run ads blaming Clinton ed three American POWs after Hanoi States are starting to evaporate. for the pollution problem caused by said all POWs had been returned. Though Crown Publishers and the waste from chicken-processing plants Russian Intelligence Service have in northwestern Arkansas. announced plans for a series of books Putting People First based on the archives, they also say no The group called Putting People Raunchy Rap names will be revealed of those First considered legal action against Legislatures in several states are involved in Soviet espionage or disin- the Bill Clinton campaign for appro- poised to follow the lead of formation operations against the West. priating the name of the organization Washington State in passing bills pro- Crown claims U.S. privacy laws pre- as a campaign slogan. The phrase hibiting the sale of sexually explicit or vent such disclosures. "Putting People First" showed up in violent records, tapes and CDs to But some individual former the title of a Clinton economic strate- KGB minors. 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gram. That way it's less partisan." "Legionnaires from all While most Legion Posts across the nation strengthen j try to sell the idea of voting, our democracy by encour- Post 233 in Loganville, Ga., aging Americans to vote," offers a reward. says Gary W. Sammons, Chairman "In our monthly bulletin, we "What we do is give everybody who of the Legion's Americanism Com- encourage voting at all levels—town, registers to vote a $10 meal in one of mission. city, county, state and national elec- two local restaurants," says Post 233 "Our Get Out The Vote program, in tions," Pickett explains. "We also offer Commander Robert E. "Bobby" Boss. various forms, has been a driving transportation to polling places for This is the first year that Post 233 force in community involvement for folks who need it." has offered a food-for-voting deal. over 72 years," Sammons says. "And "So far, 1,100 people have taken it's still one of the most effective ways llCCAI Priddy of Post 81, advantage of this offer," Boss says.

to get people to the polls." I Litchfield, Ky, also works on get- "And we plan to continue it next year. The Legion's Get Out The Vote pro- RIting out the vote. As Department "A lot of Posts couldn't afford to do gram grew out of a mandate from the Junior Activities Chairman, Priddy this program, but for us—it pays off," 1920 National Convention that called uses people-power to mobilize voters. Boss says. "People go to the polls and for "Legion men to become qualified "Legionnaires at our Post hand out we attract members from the publicity voters and fully discharge their patri- buttons and brochures encouraging that the program gets. In a town of otic duty." Over the years, the Legion people to vote," she says. "And we 3,100 people, we have 560 members." expanded the program to include all have a basket of Get Out The Vote but- Legion Posts nationwide have citizens, not just Legionnaires. tons in the local bank. unique ways of interacting with their "Wc make ourselves a presence at "People just don't think they can communities at election time. These most public meetings here in Utah," make a difference. But we tell them are just a few examples. says FJmer S. Pickett, Utah's 7th that they can." But just how successful is the District Commander and Adjutant of That's the same message Sanford Legion's Get Out The Vote program? Post 90, St. George, Utah. "We try to Bailey, Adjutant of Post 69 in According to a recent survey, some

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ans it once served. The ing from the full ravages of Post windows are dark and Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). VA some are broken, and has neither the staff nor the facilities stare sightlessly across to treat even a small portion of them. a landscape of wind- • Due to continued shortages of VA T whipped paper and staff, veterans filing claims and leaves. The interior is littered with appeals can expect even longer waits. broken bottles and the detritus of Currently, some veterans report wait- human suffering. ing as long as three years in getting Faded letters above the front desk their claims through the system. read: THROUGH THESE DOORS "No aspect of veterans benefits has PASS THE FINEST VETERANS IN escaped untouched," says VA&R THE WORLD. Chairman Stellar. "Surgery, outpatient Is this a gloomy reminder of what and inpatient care, nursing care, reha- once was? Not yet, but it could be. VA bilitation; even the GI home loan pro- today is fast reaching a crossroads in — gram and veterans' burial benefits its history, and soon must decide what VA health core have felt the bite of Congress' bud- course it will follow. One rood leods getary ax." Since the late 70s, VA's budget has Although the federal debt is at an been squeezed and squeezed by to destruction; all-time high, the public is demanding Congress, requiring VA to reduce and relief from Congress from soaring reduce the number of veterans eligible the other one, health-care costs. Dozens of health- for medical treatment (See "VA's to survivol. care proposals are wending their way Narrowing Door," February 1992). through committees on Capitol Hill. More recently, VA's budget has been ••••••»•«• Some go so far as to do away with held at a sustaining level, barely VA medical care, such as H.R. 1300. enough to do the day-to-day job. In continue to shrink. While the chances of this bill passing fact, for fiscal year 1992, VA suffered • To make ends meet, VA will be are remote, it indicates a sentiment a $900 million shortfall: Its budget forced to close additional hospital among some lawmakers that VA health was almost $1 billion less than it wings—most of them surgical wings. care is unnecessary. needed to care for its patients. The VA inspector general's office has This attitude has led to today's inad- Few in Congress expect VA's budget listed 33 hospitals where at least the equate budgets for VA. "If VA contin- to grow much more than inflation, if surgical wings may be closed. More ues down this path," says American that, in the foreseeable future, accord- will probably follow. Legion National Commander Roger A. ing to Rep. G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery • As the federal budget tightens, we Munson, "it is doomed. VA is an easy of Mississippi, chairman of the House can expect Congress to again narrow target. Anyone who thinks Congress Veterans Affairs Committee. eligibility standards. They will drive can't or won't touch VA had better take "VA has been subjected to a system- more veterans out of the system by a hard look at recent history. atic erosion by the very government limiting even further the amount of "No one dreamed that Congress that created it," says Chet Stellar, money they can earn and still be eligi- would dare attack Social Security, yet Chairman of the Legion's Veterans ble for VA health care. The lower rated today proposals are being seriously Affairs and Rehabilitation Com- service-connected veterans—the 0 to discussed to tax Social Security mission (VA&R), 30 percent disabled —could be income for recipients who earn above

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nonservice-connected veterans to have VA for their treatments, but at rates far because it would have allowed nonvet- access to VA via third party payments, below private health-care fees. erans to be treated in VA hospitals, the including private insurance, Medicare, • Rewriting the law to allow proposal to use Medicare funds to Medicaid or other federal programs. Medicare—the government's contribu- reimburse VA is a sound one, accord- There are other paths that offer VA tory health-care program—to reim- ing to Stellar. an opportunity to survive and open its burse VA for treatment and care of "But RHCI's plan to allow civilians doors to more veterans. Future Medicare-eligible military retirees and to be treated at VA medical facilities is prospects for a vital and healthy VA nonservice-connected veterans. intolerable while veterans continue to depend on a major influx of new cash. The idea to reimburse VA with be turned away at VA hospitals. Some of the ideas suggested by the Medicare funds originated with the "However, why not treat Medicare- Legion and others include: Rural Health Care Initiative (RHCI), eligible veterans at VA hospitals and • Allowing VA to make home loans which VA and the Department of allow Medicare to defray the cost of to veterans. The income generated Housing and Human Services (HHS) their treatment?" Stellar asks, referring from the loans could help support tried to push through Congress this Please turn to page 54 THE MA'S SICKBED By G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery

DEPARTMENT of Veterans To survive, VA must retool its individual veterans—must reassess THEAffairs (VA) health care system resources, restructure its priorities the system's mission and begin has never confronted a more crit- and look beyond its primary patient thinking of VA as a part of the whole ical watershed in its 62-year history population. It can still be indepen- health-care solution. than it does today. The course it dent, but it must be a player. Obviously, as our Armed Forces charts over the next few years will To some veterans, such proposals are reduced in size, fewer veterans determine its very survival. will seem an act of heresy, but the will be coming out of them in the Considering the perennially defi- hard truth is that if VA is going to be future. By the turn of the century, cient budgets and dwindling around in the 21st century, all sides the veterans' population of 26.6 mil- resources that have affected both its of the so-called Iron Triangle—VA, lion will likely have declined to 24.1 productivity and its reputation, con- Congress and the national veterans' million, and within 40 years after sidering that VA has become little service organizations, as well as that to around 13 million. Judging by more than a political afterthought in current VA hospital usage, only discussions of national health policy, about 10 percent of those veterans the public and policy makers must be will actually obtain VA medical care.

made aware of the department's con- Thus, it will be increasingly diffi- tributions to medicine and what it cult in the future to defend the con- can offer to help meet the nation's tinuance of certain VA medical pro- complex health care needs. grams. It won't be a question of VA must not stand on the curb and money, but of quality—not enough watch the health-care reform parade patients for health professionals to march past. maintain their proficiency, or enough To date, national health-care to justify certain services, units or reform proposals have either slighted entire medical facilities and, ulti- VA or called for its dismantling. It is mately perhaps, the system itself. clear that VA cannot exist in a vacu- Purely hypothetical, right? Well, um. It must either become more the VA inspector general recently interrelated with private-sec- REP. G.V. "SONNY" MONTGOMERY deeply targeted 33 surgical units for closing Chairman, Veterans Affairs Committee tor medicine and other government because of underutilization. It's health-care programs or face a grad- beginning, it's here and it's now. ual shutdown. 'WITHOUT VA, Though the size of the general veteran population will decline, The writer is a U.S. representative U.S. taxpayers from Mississippi and chairman of the there will be a dramatic increase in House Committee on Veterans would pay the number of older veterans. In the Affairs. This article is reprinted with next eight years, two-thirds of permission from The Washington more." America's male population over age Post. Please turn to page 54

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ITH THE collapse of Iraqi resistance in WHICH Is this what the Associated Press meant when it wrote about Operation Desert WENCH?— a "wench on an Humvee"? Storm, allied troops at last were able to enter Kuwait City. The Associated Press Many people, he said, "mistakenly It's not what might fairly be called a (AP) was right on associate bowling with rancorous hard word. An epithet is an insult. the scene as the con- behavior." Now comes the Seattle Times with an voy rolled in. A correspondent That was how he was quoted, any- article lauding Thomas J. Murphy, described the return in an unintention- how, in the Horry Independent. It's a newly installed as the city's Catholic ally vivid sentence: fair assumption that the sports writer archbishop. He succeeded one prede- "The wench on an American didn't mean rancorous (bitterly resent- cessor whose forte was to build build- Humvee was pulling a barrier from ful, malicious). He meant raucous ings and another who won affection the road." (rowdy, disorderly). He reached for the for raising consciousness. The writer Ah, those valiant women of the U.S. right word but somehow he found the asked a rhetorical question:

Army! Those of us who hunt homo- wrong word. It happens all the time. "What will be Murphy's epithet?" phones love nothing more than to read Epithet? Aaargh! The same startling

of a hardworking wench, for surely a I MEAN it. This kind of thing truly confusion turned up in The Wash- wench has greater appeal than a I happens all the time, and it happens ington Post one December, in a first- winch. I in the most respectable publications. person piece about adding something Then there was a news item in a My file of Wrong Words holds a heap different to Christmas gifts. Said the North Carolina weekly about a local of clippings from The New York Times, writer: "I've told my husband he's get- bowler, Scott Brazell. He had just The Wall Street Journal and The ting a fat book about the Middle East

bowled a perfect game, and he was Washington Post. I get citations from this year. I'll write teasing epitaphs on feeling great about one of the world's Newsweek and Time. Readers of my the package to see if he can figure out oldest sports. He wanted to defend it. weekly column send me 5,000 horrid what it's all about." examples a year of the abuse of the Epitaph? Yuccck! An epitaph is Long-time political commentator English language. Some of them are what one puts on a tombstone. James J. Kilpatrick also writes a funny. Viewed another way, all of them Presumably the writer meant epigram, nationally syndicated newspaper col- are sad. a witty saying tersely expressed. It cer- umn about language. Take the word epithet. Please turn to page 68

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Nancy and Jim had stopped at "There is only one problem with this had been planning for, it now seemed, as KOAs and state park campgrounds along the Gingko stuff," Jim grinned with a twinkle in long as I could remember. way, meeting other travelers and vacation- his eye. "It makes me feel so young that I end As soon as they sat down at the kitchen ers. They got to know one very interesting up chasing Nancy around the bedroom. And table, I noticed at once Jim seemed tired and couple during one of their stops. . .an author the one in our camper is too small. So, we're drowsy. Even during the excitement, I saw specializing in medical subjects and his trading for a bigger and hitting the road he really seemed exhausted. "Did you get beautiful Oriental wife. While somewhat RV again next weekend". enough sleep last night?", I asked. "What's older than Nancy and Jim, the four became Well, needless to say, I was over- that?," he replied confusedly. "I'm afraid immediate friends. During their first evening the changes in brother Jim. Jim hasn't been hearing too well," Nancy together, Jim and Nancy learned about the whelmed by my And I want to share this electrifying news confided. "The doctor says it's poor circula- author's latest work GINGKO/The Anti- with as many people as I can. I contacted the tion. And it's causing other problems for Aging Nutrient You Can Use. During that author of the powerful little book GINGKO/ him. His memory loss is most noticeable. evening they also discovered the "key" to The Anti-Aging Nutrient You Can Use and And he gets a ringing in his ears; I see his restoring Jim's healthy life back to him. put him together with my friends at Ameri- eyesight failing. Together with a heart prob- Gingko Biloba, they learned, is the old- can Surveys. The rest is history. Today you lem he suffered two years ago, I'm con- est tree on earth. . .a survivor of the Ice Age. can send for a copy for yourself at low cost. cerned with his allergies which act up all the It's indigenous to China but now decorates Gingko is astonishing! Discover the time now. We've dreamed and worked so streets and boulevards all over the world. It is help this simple preventative brings for heart hard for this trip. . .it's a shame Jim is so 'out totally resistant to blight and pollution; its attack, stroke, memory loss, impotence, of it'." leaves are a food substance which provide deafness, and blindness caused by circulato- "Where did I put my road map, Nan- treatment for a remarkable host of ailments, ry problems, asthma, dizziness, and other cy?," Jim asked. "Honey, don't you particularly those of circulatory problems conditions. remember. . .you put it under the driver's seat which afflict middle-aged and older people. Find out for yourself how it scavenges where you'd be sure to find it." She gave me Hundreds of hospital, clinical, and lab toxic free radicals from the cells, without a tearful look of worry. tests worldwide have shown Gingko Biloba side effects, and improves the quality of life I confess I was worried about them as extract to widen blood vessels to the brain, for young and older folks alike. So, don't they took off. And I didnU stop worrying as I heart, extremities of legs and arms, ears and give up your own dream. read the postcards they sent from various eyes. It is even said to fight organ transplant copy of GINGKO/The Anti-Aging stops along the way. About a week into the rejection better than the traditional pharma- A Nutrient You Can Use comes to you in a trip Nancy wrote to say they were thinking ceutical medication. plain wrapper for just $12.95 plus $3 post- about giving it up and returning home be- "That friendship was the beginning of a age/handling. 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compared to Hollywood's more elabo- seven Oscars by proving that personal rate recreations. battles are often tougher than the The Best Years Of Our Lives toughest military test. Veterans and (1946) (Embassy Home Enter- civilians alike can identify with the tainment, 1901 Avenue of the Stars, emotions of the memorable characters. Los Angeles, CA 90067): "I don't Twelve O'Clock High (1949) (CBS care if it doesn't make a nickel," pro- Fox Video): Few war films examine ducer Samuel Goldwyn remarked. "I the burden of command and its often just want every man woman and child debilitating effect on military leaders. in America to see it!" This one, the finest of the lot, shows This moving, truthful account of the stress and strain of jeopardizing three returning GIs and their painful men's lives day after day. readjustment to small-town life capped In one of his best performances, Gregory Peck portrays a callous gen- eral who suffers a nervous breakdown when he becomes overly attached to the crews who fly daylight missions over Germany. The general's split loyalties between military duty and human compassion create a complex, three-dimensional por- Please turn to page 56

"THE LONGEST DAY" John Wayne, top, and 472 U.S. GIs simulated the D-Day invasion.

"THE YOUNG LIONS" Marlon Brando, far right, portrayed a Nazi with a conscience.

"STALAG 17"— William Holden, below, center, as a cynical POW in a German camp.

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CAN AMERICA'S AUTO INDUSTRY BE SAVED?

By Edward Sullivan U.S. automakers American industry's cost-cutting strat- J. egy also includes procurement of parts are battling from low-wage foreign sources. automobile HHH HE AMERICAN Finally, to offset declining sales, industry is in the midst of a j/m^ for the U.S. American manufacturers have led the fierce competitive struggle way with aggressive price discounting with foreign automakers that market as and cut-rate financing. will determine its long-term foreign firms Despite these actions, Big Three viability. automakers have been losing the battle More than Big Three prof- close in for for the American market. During the its and fat executive pay- the kill. past five years, American automakers checks are at stake. Jobs, H have lost seven points in market share. American industrial prestige Even more alarming, the Big Three and the rate of long-term MB U.S. economic growth are in a Japanese-owned assembly plant. jeopardy. Despite their location, many of Furthermore, the success or failure these plants will contribute nearly as of the American automobile industry much to Japan's economy as to ours. to meet these competitive threats may Most of the high value-added compo- provide an indication of other Am- nents of these cars, such as engines erican industries' ability to withstand and transmission, come from Japan. At similar challenges. best, Japanese automobile assembly The foreign competitive threat has plants buy only 60 percent of their arisen from an unlikely source parts locally, compared to more than America's own heartland. 95 percent by a typical Big Three Japanese automakers have voluntar- manufacturer. ily restricted the volume of direct pas- These parts-sourcing decisions esfSS""*" senger-car exports to the U.S. market diminish the contribution of the since 1981. To increase their access to Japanese-owned automobile assembly the world's most lucrative auto market, plants to the U.S. economy. Indeed, Japanese manufacturers have built one third of the $30 billion automo- seven assembly plants in the United tive-trade deficit with Japan is attrib- States. uted to automotive-parts imports. Today, one out of every five cars The American auto industry has made in the United States is driven off been aggressively countering the Japanese threat. The industry has

Edward J. Sullivan analyzes the spent more than $11 billion per year auto industry, especially U.S. -Japan during the past five years to modern- .... v-i^r; automotive trade, for Congress, the ize plants and facilities and rejuvenate U.S. government and private invest- its product offerings. CASUALTIES Protesters lash out at ment and management firms. He is To improve its cost competitiveness, Japanese car makers after massive U.S. auto with Wexford Management Consultants the industry has shed more than industry layoffs. in Merion, Pa. 125,000 jobs since 1986. The

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have been gradually retreating in mar- ket segments where competition with

the Japanese is most severe. Chrysler and General Motors, for example, no longer build their own subcompacts. They import these cars from Japan and Korea. Ford's subcom- pact was designed and engineered by Mazda. In the compact market seg- ment, the Big Three's production- capacity commitment has been cut by 30 percent during the past five years. Keep in mind the Japanese are rapidly moving upscale and recently introduced new products that are now in a position to attack the Big Three's heart and soul—the midsized family- car market. THEIR BABY A team of design, engineering and manufacturing experts guid- In all likelihood, American auto- ed the 1993 Chrysler Concorde from concept through production. makers will continue to lose market share over the next several years. In recognition of this new reality, Three cars has improved 12 percent, General Motors recently announced while the quality of Japanese vehi- that it will permanently close 26 plants CHRYSLER cles has remained flat. and lay off 75,000 more workers with- RESPONDS Look at design. This month, in the next four years. Ford and Chrysler has just come out with new Chrysler are expected to follow with midsized sedans Chrysler Con- plant closings and worker layoffs of The American buyer — corde, Dodge Intrepid and Eagle their own. will see better Vision featuring a design that The threat to the American auto — quality U.S. cars. moves the windshield forward and industry can hardly be exaggerated. the rear wheels back. So now a mid- Within 10 years, competitive forces sized car has the interior space of a could force a major shrinkage of the By Lee A. lacocca fullsized car. Big Three perhaps eliminating one. Chairman & CEO — Look at safety. There's no question Furthermore, the American automo- FTER reading Edward who the leader is. American car tive parts industry, which constitutes Sullivan's article on makers. Chrysler was the first com- Please turn to page 28 whether the American pany to make driver's-side air bags auto industry can be standard in all our American-built VETVOICE saved, I felt like one of cars; first to put them in a minivan; those people running for President. first in a sport-utility; and in our new He dug for every bad slip we made midsized cars we have duel driver WHAT'S YOUR OPINION? 20 years ago. And he found a few, and passenger air bags as standard Do you believe America's auto because we made a few. But he for- equipment. The Japanese can't say industry can be saved? got to ask a question voters are ask- that. ing this year: "What have you done The Big Three have invested $131 Call your opinion to (900) 740- for me lately?" billion in new plants and products in VETS. You can vote, record a let- Start with the sticker.IVs the the past 10 years to get more com- ter to the editor, and listen to Japanese automakers who are raising petitive. Just in the last year, Chrysler opinions of others. Calls cost $1 prices, not us. On average, prices on has opened a new Jeep plant in per minute and proceeds support Japanese vehicles are up 5.9 percent Detroit, a new minivan plant in Legion programs. Opinions from in the last year. Chrysler's are up 2.2 Europe, and a new tech center north the Vetvoice line published in the percent. of Detroit for 7,000 people. magazine are indicated with a Look at quality. Any gap there And we did all that with a reces- symbol. Q was between Japanese and American sion going on. Think about what we

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high-tech materials will end up GENERAL MOTORS somewhere else outside the United FORD RESPONDS States. RESPONDS Foreign ownership won't upgrade our country's productive capabilities. A foreign-owned U.S. It won't train our work force or Our goal in the 1990s auto industry would improve our global trade balance. It is to be competitive probably will erode our sophistica- eliminate jobs. tion in research, design, engineering all over the world. and high-wage production. By Robert C. Stempel I take issue with Mr. Sullivan on By Harold A. Poling Chairman & CEO several points, but on one in particu- Chairman & CEO lar: General Motors does not support protectionist legislation. We have a N GENERAL, Edward COULDN'T agree more long-standing position of opposing Sullivan is right on tar- that competition today restraints or caps on imports. Among get when he talks about in the U.S. automotive other things, such rules distort trade, I the importance of the market is brutally fierce. American automobile investment and production. They But Ford Motor Com- tend to provide incentives to increase industry to our national economy. pany is meeting the challenge, and capacity in areas not covered by The auto industry is the largest seg- we have aggressive plans in place to ment in the manufacturing sector of restraints. ensure that our customers will be the U.S. economy, accounting for The only real way to fight the offered high-quality cars and trucks is over a million jobs. That's one out of challenge from Japan for the at prices that represent value. American auto industry to every seven jobs in America. become Our goal in the 1990s is to com- The auto industry uses 40 percent more competitive. The three domes- pete worldwide to the fullest extent tic companies have been working of the machine tools, 20 percent of of our capabilities—just as we have the semiconductors, 20 percent of very hard to do just that. been doing for the past 89 years. Our the aluminum, 20 percent of the Although you wouldn't know it focus is on: glass and 12 percent of the steel con- from the news reports, the U.S. • Investing heavily in new cars, sumed in this country. industry is already producing trucks and powertrains. Ford has If the domestic industry goes high-quality vehicles that are spent $28 billion over the past five under, Americans will still have cars fuel-efficient and offer outstanding years on new products, and we will to drive. They may even be assem- levels of safety. spend at an even higher rate over the bled in this country. But if But it's apparent that the auto next five. We intend for every new foreign-based companies own the industry stands a better chance of entry in each market segment to be American automobile business, the remaining competitive if it gets some world class. higher-wage jobs, design, engineer- outside technical assistance. As a • While we are investing at record ing, research and handling of Please turn to page 62 levels, we also are improving our efficiency and cost control. Ford reduced fixed costs by $3 billion in the 18 months ending last year, and we are looking for another $1 billion to remove this year. • As efficiency improves, we also want to make Ford a great place to work. We're pushing management decisions down, emphasizing team- work, maintaining and increasing our training and education, demand- ing excellence of execution, and con- ducting research and development on new technologies and techniques. We're confident that our invest- ments and product strategies will bring success in the years ahead. Already, we're seeing very favorable results in the way our customers have responded to our new cars and ENGINES OF CREATION Each GM Saturn is built by a single, well-organized team, not by the usual assembly line of workers. trucks. Please turn to page 63

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lic will not even consider buying an In theory this may be true, but at American-made car. great short-term trauma to the econo- (JarWars Often the attributes of the car in my. Furthermore, totally free trade in terms of quality or appointments have the United States must be reciprocated nothing to do with consumers' prefer- in Japan. In reality, there are several ence for Japanese cars. Consider the problems with both these policy mea- half of all manufacturing jobs associ- following: sures. ated with the automotive industry, is Toyota makes both the Toyota Protectionist policies ease the pres- in the midst of a violent shakeout. Corolla subcompact and the Geo sure on American automakers to main- While the American automotive Prizm for Chevrolet. The cars are tain their hard fought world-class com- industry is no longer the powerful identical in every way but one—the petitiveness—regained only recently. force that it was back in the 1950s and nameplate on the back. Nevertheless, It must be realized that consumers 1960s, it would be a mistake to dilute the Corolla is selling far better than benefit from intense competition. the importance of the industry to the the Prizm—the inventory-to-sales Consumers suffer in terms of quality country's overall economy. Combined, ratio of unsold Prizms is nearly four of product and prices when protection- last year's revenues of the Big Three times that of the Corollas. ist measures are enacted. nearly equaled the dollar value of For example, the Gephart Bill Texas' entire economy. Additionally, buying psychology for a large aimed at reducing the trade deficit one out of every 28 jobs in the U.S. costing the THEportion of the public is so skewed with Japan could end up economy can be directly attributed to against American-made automo- average buyer of Japanese cars nearly the automotive industry. biles that all of the Big Three's a 30 percent premium ($125 per Furthermore, it is important to real- achievements at improving quality and month based upon average Japanese that the ize American automobile rejuvenating product go unnoticed. car prices and prevailing credit condi- industry is one of America's bridges Experts are divided over exactly tions). Domestic manufacturers in turn from the smokestack to high-tech to raise their what should be done, if anything, to would be expected prices It is natural tendency for economy. help the domestic auto industry. Some 10 percent to 15 percent ($25 to $55 free-market economies to mature and argue that every American job in the per month based upon average Am- shed their smokestack industries in erican car prices and prevailing credit U.S. industry must be defended—if favor of cleaner, high-tech industries. not by corporate competitiveness, then conditions). The automotive industry, however, by import quotas and tariffs. It is particularly grating that such is not a typical smokestack industry. Other experts believe that the nation policies are advocated by the multimil- Leading edge technologies may be is best served by unfettered free mar- lion-dollar per year chief executives of among the keys to America's competi- kets in spite of the short and long-term the Big Three who know full well tiveness during the next 50 years. risks to the U.S. economy created by what the impact of these policies Technologies such as advanced robot- continued erosion of the automobile would be on the household budgets of ics and composite materials depend on industry. the average American. the automotive industry to achieve Finally, protectionist policies even- world-class status. tually doom the nation's economy to The crucial battle for the American slower productivity growth and open market that looms in the years ahead the door to trade retaliation, all of will not be waged in the factory or on which will slowly lead to a long-term the showroom floor. It will be fought economic slowdown. in consumers' minds. Somehow, a balance must be Certainly, American manufacturers achieved to maintain the benefits of must continue to improve plant, prod- intense competition without leading to uct, quality and cost efficiency. But the free-trade consequences of believe it or not, American automobile destructive competition. The only way manufacturers have made huge strides this can be achieved is through poli- in each of these areas over the past cies that advocate the general princi- five years. Nevertheless, nearly all ples of free trade and at the same time consumer surveys, by a wide margin, expand the U.S. car market. suggest that car buyers believe The principles of free trade guaran- Japanese manufacturers make better tee that competitive pressures will cars than their American counterparts. remain intact, assuring consumers No doubt consumers who in the product choice and high quality while past have been burned by a lem-on, keeping the lid on price increases. treated with indifference in the show- Market expansion eliminates, or at room, and outraged at the million-dol- least delays, the destructive aspects of lar compensation packages allotted to intense competition. the chief executives will be slow to Free-trade market expansion of the ROUGH TIMES Boris the Bulldog, give the Big Three a second chance. , U.S. auto market can be realized the Flint, Mich., hockey team mascot, Due to past sins, a significant seg- through new fiscal policy measures. doesn't like Japanese cars. ment of the American car-buying pub- Please turn to page 62

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0. What is a think tank? "Think tank" is a curious American colloquialism, A borrowed from World War II military jargon. It was used to describe a secure room where military planners could retreat to think and to plan strategy.

Q. How many think tanks are there in the USA? IDEAS my best estimate, there are about 1,200 think tanks A By operating across the United States, many of them uni- versity-based. In Washington, D.C., where we have probably the INSIDE THE GOVERNMENT largest concentration, there are roughly 1 10 or 120. A half- MACHINE: PART 5 dozen of these are large, with budgets in excess of $10 mil- lion or $12 million. Yet the typical think tank is much smaller, with a budget in six figures and perhaps a half- dozen staff members.

No one elected America's Q - What are some of the most noted? think tanks, but most of A The prototype in Washington is the Brookings Institution. It was set up in 1916 and over the years our leaders listen to them. has had the most diversified policy research and publishing program. They work in public and The American Enterprise Institute (AEI), which was set behind the scenes. How much up in 1943, has had a notable career exploring a range of economic problems and some foreign policy issues. power do they really have? The Center for Strategic and International Studies, founded in 1962, has done good work in bringing together scholars, businessmen, people in Congress and the Executive Branch to examine strategic questions and work AN AURA of mystery surrounds the very toward consensus on policy problems. subject of think tanks, with people mainly The Rand Corporation is the prototype of the contract asking, "What are those people up to?" research organization and is noted for military research and They're up to a lot, scholar James Allen development. Smith discovered in his research on the researchers. Think tanks have helped lay the ground- Q. What public policies originated in think tanks and work for some of the most important later became the law of the land? changes in the policies and structure of the A Well, aside from specific policies, it's important to see American government this century The influence of their a different kind of influence—a broader impact that research and books, position papers and newspaper articles, doesn't necessarily translate into legislative action. seminars and Congressional testimony, never seems to stop Think tanks over their history have acted to push gov- growing. ernment to become more expert. Take such organizations James Allen Smith has been a university professor and as the Bureau of the Budget, now the Office of think-tank scholar. His book, The Idea Brokers: Think Management and Budget, the Congressional Budget Tanks and the Rise of the New Policy Elite, is a major Office, even the Council of Economic Advisors—the very

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Their rationale: "l/l/e have genuine distrust of permanent bureaucracies and civil servants, and have preferred experts outside government.

Their impact: "The deregulation of the airlines, energy and other industries was a direct consequence of private research centers.

Their true power: "In quiet conference rooms and seminars, think tanks can bring together people of diverse perspectives and hammer out a workable consensus. They can alter public opinion.

Their uniqueness: "They are essentially an American invention. New democracies in Latin America and Eastern Europe are looking to the American model, even the Japanese.

existence of these research and advisory agencies is a direct up the mechanisms for the administration of the plan. In the result of the influence that private think tanks have wielded 1970s, the deregulation of the airlines, energy, and other outside of government. industries was a direct consequent of research and policy decisions in a number of private research centers, especial- Q. But how about legislative influence? ly Brookings and AEI. A The first and best example of a specific think tank idea In the 1980s, the Goldwater-Nichols Act dealing with finding its way into law goes back to the very begin- defense organizations emerged out of discussions at the ning of Brookings when its founders felt that budgeting Center for Strategic and International Studies. procedures in the federal government were completely inadequate. Q. Is this year's political campaign being fueled by The Brookings staff drafted and helped to assure the pas- think tank ideas to any extent? sage of the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, and, in A Yes. Probably the best example is the idea of the flat tax. fact, staffed the Bureau of the Budget for a time while the - This can be traced back to the work of scholars at the government was setting it up. Hoover Institution in California. Of course, as we've seen, In the 1940s, when policy makers were discussing the those ideas were pretty badly distorted by the campaign. Marshall Plan, Brookings scholars again helped in setting Please turn to page 64

OCTOBER 1992 31 THE AMERICAN LEGION — Commentary The Family

able to send their children to college. lies with children have been whacked But families today don't look ahead the hardest—their tax burden increas- with the same optimism. Many fear ing faster than any other group in What hurts fomilies? they will be unable to match their par- society. ents' standard of living, let alone In 1950, for example, the average

High taxes, exceed it. For many, the American family with two children paid just 2 stagnant wages, dream is fading. percent of its income to the federal Some of the family's problems have government in taxes. Today, the aver- poor schools. been caused by government neglect. age family with two children turns Who's responsible? More common, however, are the prob- over 24 percent of its earnings in fed- The government. lems created by government itself, eral income and Social Security taxes. usually in an effort to solve some other When state and local taxes are added Here's how it problem. Social economists call this in, the tax burden grows to more than can stop the pain the "law of unintended consequences." one-third of total income. Consider family finances. For sever- How much has it hurt? and start healing al decades families with children have America's families. seen their incomes increase more LOOK at the numbers: If today's slowly than others in society. In fact, family paid the same effective tax families with children are the lowest rate that Ozzie and Harriet paid in

income group in America today. After it would have an additional Rector 1950, By Robert taxes, their per capita income is lower $8,120 in disposable income each than that of singles, elderly households year. Meanwhile, mortgage payments HE AMERICAN fami- and married couples without children. (principal and interest) on the typical, ly has fallen on hard Because they have more members, newly purchased single-family home times. families have to stretch that limited in America now average about $660 a At one time every income to meet their needs. Families month, or $7,920 a year. American generation with children face heavy expenses Thus, if federal tax rates hadn't had the reasonable such as home mortgages—a cost not increased so much over the last four expectation that it borne by most elderly—and saving for decades, far more families would have would enjoy a higher college—a cost avoided by both sin- been be able to share in the American T standard of living than gles and the elderly. dream of home ownership. the previous generation. We expected Unlike their own parents, today's But high taxes are not the only to be better off than our parents, and parents are plagued by an education financial drag on U.S. families. our parents worked hard to see that system that leaves children knowledge- Equally important is the slowdown in we were. able about sex, drugs and getting in wage growth.

It became a point of great personal touch with their feelings. But don't ask In earlier times, families with just pride when first- and second-genera- them to calculate numbers, write a one wage earner, typically the father, tion American families —many of simple declarative sentence, or distin- could expect to see their earnings rise them headed by unskilled laborers guish between right and wrong. Please turn to page 66 with modest educations—were able to We can't look to Washington to purchase their first homes, or were solve these problems because Wash- Robert Rector is a policy analyst ington helped create them. specializing in welfare and family One way government has hurt is by issues for The Heritage Foundation in TORN In 1965, parents spent 30 hours over-taxing the family. While almost Washington, is a week with their children. For parents D.C. He co-editor in 1985, family time dropped 40 percent, all Americans have been battered by of Steering the Elephant: How to 17 hours a week. rising taxes since World War II, fami- Washington Works.

OCTOBER 1992 33 INTERVIEW EWho Really discovered America?

Columbus is credited with discovering the New World. Not so, soys this noted Norwegion explorer. He tells how he found the first evidence thot Vikings londed end lived here 500 yeors before Columbus.

IN MOST parts of the a very old settlement at L'Anse au Meadow on the northern United States, Oct. 12 is coast of Newfoundland. My wife and I excavated this site still a legal holiday in over the next seven years — together with a team of archae- honor of Christopher ologists and other scholars from several countries. Columbus. But after al- Our findings, which are now accepted everywhere, are most five centuries of that the settlement was clearly Norse and undoubtedly the being revered as the man legendary Vinland of the old Norse sagas. who discovered America, The site includes the remains of houses and artifacts that the Italian navigator has stem directly from the Viking Age. We also uncovered a lost some of his luster and smithy that was used to produce iron precisely according to many of his supporters. the process used during that time in Norway. Experts today agree that Columbus certainly de- Q. When was the settlement founded? serves credit for opening A Radioactive-carbon dating, the artifacts and building up the New World to . layouts, plus our knowledge of that era, place the time exploration. But when it just prior to 1000 A.D. This is exactly the period when the comes to discovering Icelandic sagas—which were finally put into written form America, they say, "Chris, baby, you just didn't make it in some 200 years later—tell us that Leif Ericson sailed west time. In fact, you were 500 years too late." from Greenland and discovered America. One of those experts challenging Columbus' claim is Nor- This was 1,000 years ago and 500 years before wegian explorer Helge Ingstad, 92, who in the 1960s uncov- Columbus' first voyage to the New World. Leif, incidentally, ered America's first European settlement in Newfoundland. was the son of Eric the Red, a Norwegian who led a flotilla In the following interview with The American Legion from Iceland to colonize Greenland in 986 A.D. magazine, Ingstad tells us who did discover America and offers his proof. Q. And Indians could not have built such a settle- ment? American Legion Magazine: Everyone knows that A No, no chance whatever. Nor Eskimos, nor later fur "in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue" and discov- traders, nor whalers. ered America. Yet your research indicates that Viking The finds at L'Anse au Meadow are absolutely Norse. seafarers did this 500 years earlier. What hard evidence This has since been confirmed by authorities from the proves this? Smithsonian Institution, the American Museum of Natural History and the National Museum of Canada. The site is

Helge Ingstad: In (he 1960s, I discovered faint traces of now listed among the world's protected historical treasures.

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VOYAGER Columbus failed to HIGHLIGHT reach India and China but, his Christopher Columbus finds earned him fame.

0. Could an experienced seaman like Columbus have known about the Icelandic sagas and the New World Christopher Columbus: "As a sailor, they describe far to the west of Europe? he couldn't have doubted that the A There are no clues that he was aware of these things. And even if he did know, I doubt that the knowledge world was truly round, and that you would mean much to him because the sagas and old Norse didn't simply drop off into space some- " maps of that time dealt strictly with lands and sea routes to where. the north. Evidently, Columbus was convinced he would Viking settlers: "They returned to Green- find India China not a whole new continent sail- and — —by land after a few years. Hostile Indians ing directly west from Spain. made life so difficult they had to leave. Unlike Columbus later set- Q. So people can't maintain that Columbus was actu- and ally an Italian who sailed for Spain using ancient tlers, the Vikings had no firearms. Norwegian maps? The first settlement in America: "The I No, I think this remarkable man was much more influ- finds at L'Anse au Meadow are A. enced by Marco Polo and his accounts of the Orient. absolutely Norse. This has since And as a sailor, he couldn't have doubted that the world been confirmed by the Smithsonian was truly round and that you didn't simply drop off into Institution. space somewhere out beyond the horizon. Viking expeditions to America: "Scandi- Q. What made you conclude that the Vinland navia was overpopulated, and this led described in the Icelandic sagas was located in to heavy pressure to emigrate. There Newfoundland and not farther south along the East was also an inbred spirit of adventure Coast of the United States? and desire for plunder. Please turn to page 58

OCTOBER 1992 35 — Veterans update

PETROCHEMICALS SUSPECTED IN GULF WAR ILLS

HJHHWK ANY DESERT STORM leaded fuel for cooking and heating, health problems years later, but waited Vj Jfl GIs may be suffering often in unventilated areas. Leaded too long to document their illnesses. WM jm from petrochemical fuels also were used by the Iraqis to As a result of American Legion W&J0 exposure, according to set crude-oil fires. intervention, two Desert Storm veter- UBUlUBUUBUM recent medical reports. The VA has called for a full registry ans are currently undergoing medical Medical experts say the complaints to be created of personnel who served tests at Walter Reed Army Medical of memory loss and hair loss, aching in the Gulf region. Legislation to cre- Center in Washington, D.C. Also, the joints and general fatigue match up ate a registry has been introduced in Legion's Family Support Network has with symptoms of hydrocarbon and both chambers of Congress. To date, provided financial assistance to their lead poisoning. more than 60,000 Gulf veterans have families. Troops exposed to smoke and chem- received VA treatment for a wide vari- The Legion urges Gulf War GIs ical contaminants of fires set in ety of ailments. with health problems, no matter how Kuwait may have an abnormally high Shortly after the Gulf War, The minor, to complete VA Form 21-526, level of hydrocarbons in their blood. American Legion advised Desert Veteran's Application for Compen- Lead poisoning may have been Storm troops to immediately report sation or Pension. A Legion Service caused by leaded fuels which were any medical problems to VA. The Officer will help veterans fill out the extensively used during Desert Shield Legion wanted to ensure that the latest form. This Legion assistance is avail- and Desert Storm. Leaded gasoline, wartime veterans avoided what hap- able to all veterans, not just Le- kerosene and diesel fuels were used in pened to thousands of Vietnam and gionnaires. Contact your nearest a variety of vehicles, and troops used WWII veterans. They had war-related Legion Post for more information.

Jobs Available of Maritime Labor and Training, pensation for the disease last January, Maritime Administration, Attn: the Legion objected to the guidelines' Veterans with health-care skills who Awards, Rm. 400 7th St. restrictive language. are victims of the military downsizing 7302, SW, Washington, 20509, may find a career with the Department DC Now VA has told the National of Veterans Affairs (VA). Some VA hos- Academy of Science (NAS) to develop the guidelines for compensation. This pitals and clinics are in critical need of Birth Defect Grant means that final compensation rules people with special medical skills. The American Legion Child will not be completed earlier than July According to Greg J. Haag, director Welfare Fund has awarded the of VA's Healthcare Development and Association of Birth Defect Children 1993, according to Legion experts. As a result, veterans suffering Retention Office, there are jobs avail- (ABDC) a grant of $9,300 to help from able for critical-care nurses, pharma- support a registry of children with peripheral neuropathy probably will not receive disability compensation cists, physical therapists, occupational birth defects. Many Vietnam veterans' until late 1993. therapists, physicians assistants, regis- children suffer from birth defects, tered record-technicians, medical which the Legion believes are linked The disease is linked to Agent record personnel, respiratory thera- to Agent Orange. The Legion's grant Orange exposure and affects the ner- vous system. pists, dietetic technicians, medical will allow ABDC to expand its out- technicians, medical technologists and reach and refer more parents of birth To date, VA has not explained why diagnostic radiology technologists. defect children to agencies that can it is taking so long to produce guide- For more information, contact your provide help. lines. nearest VA medical facility. For more information, write: Association of Birth Defect Children, Guam Veterans Inc., 5400 Diplomat Circle, Suite 270, Merchant Marine Medals Researchers are looking for WWII Orlando, FL 32810, or call (407) 629- Merchant Marine seamen of World veterans who served on Guam to help 1466. War II, Korea and Vietnam are now in a study that may establish a link eligible to receive medals in recogni- between the island and two diseases tion for their service. In addition, a More Delays Parkinsonism-dementia complex and medal has been authorized for mer- Vietnam veterans suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosisare. The chant seamen who served in the peripheral neuropathy have already study is being conducted by scientists Persian Gulf in direct support of oper- waited almost two years for VA to take in Reno, Nev., in conjunction with VA. ations Desert Shield and Desert action on the disease. Now there is Veterans who were on Guam during

Storm. Proper documentation must be more bad news: They will have to wait World War II should contact: Susan F. presented before the medals arc yet another year. Schweitzer, APDA Information and awarded. When VA released initial guidelines Referral Center, 1000 Locust St., For more information, write: Office for service-connected disability com- Reno, NV 89520.

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OHIO Roger A. Munson ELECTED NATIONAL COMMANDER

ATIONAL COMMANDER Roger A. But the fact is, many on Capitol Hill rarely hear from Munson, 66, of Heights-Hillcrest Post 104 veterans who are unhappy about eroding veterans benefits. in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, is a salesman. "Congressmen and senators say that if just one percent of When he's not selling freezers and kitchen all Legionnaires wrote to them, veterans benefits could be cabinets, he's selling The American Legion. saved," Munson explains. A manufacturers' representative who "I think we [Legionnaires] are just too interested in help- handles all types of merchandise, Mun- ing other people. We all look out for our communities, chil- son has built a family firm, R.A. dren, the disabled. And we don't worry so much about our Munson & Associates, into a $9 million own benefits and problems." operation. Both his sons, Roger Jr. and James, work for Munson is right. Legionnaires annually donate some 4.4 the company. Like his dad, Roger is a Navy veteran. million hours of volunteer service and more than $56 mil- "Before I even started my own lion toward charities for handicapped company, I was selling the Legion and children, disaster relief and cancer the values that it stands for," Munson research. The list goes on and on. said in an interview at Legion head- 'YOU CAN'T STAND "Fellow Legionnaires, we've got to quarters in Indianapolis. "For almost start thinking about ourselves," states 50 years, I have told people to join STILL. JUST Munson. "Capitol Hill doesn't consid- The American Legion, to vote in elec- BECAUSE SOME- er veterans benefits sacred anymore. tions, to have a stake in our country's The only way we can save them is to future." THING WORKED speak out, to write in with our objec- Today, with veterans benefits under tions." heavy attack in Washington, National IN THE PAST, In the past, the veterans voting block Commander Munson says that his was enough to deter cost-cutting skills will be tested, immediately. DOESN'T MEAN attacks on veterans. The economy was "Signing up members, helping peo- strong. A large military was essential ple to register to vote and supporting THAT IT WILL in view of the Soviet threat. Now, programs in the community is one WORK FOREVER." with a bad economy and the Soviet thing," Munson explains. "Doing bat- Union gone, nothing is safe from bud- tle with the President and Congress is get cuts. another. "If there's one thing I've learned in

"I will have to find ways to sell the sales business, it's that you can't ideas as effectively as I sell products." stand still. Just because something Selling the Legion's view on worked in the past, doesn't mean that

Capitol Hill has never been more it will work forever." important. Veterans benefits are no Munson says he believes Legion- longer sacred in Congress. naires can no longer influence Con- "We need to make ourselves more visible," Munson gress by just voting in elections. says. "If we are to protect VA medical care, education bene- "We have to write congressmen and senators. We have fits for veterans and other valuable programs, we've got to to call them. We have to give them no quarter on veterans make our presence felt." issues. No member of Congress, no elected official will Munson pauses, reaching into his briefcase for a manila address a veterans issue without knowing that 3.1 million folder. He opens the folder and holds up a single sheet of Legionnaires are watching, waiting and will react swiftly paper with the Legion's emblem on top. and decisively in the interest of veterans." "You see that," Munson says, pointing to the top of a chart. "Some 89.5 percent of Legionnaires vote in elec- tions. Isn't that incredible? No organization can match It's tough to catch Munson saying much about himself. those numbers." It's always "we," "the Legion" or "Legionnaires" at the

OCTOBER 1992 39 beginning of every sentence. But here's decade, throughout most of the 1980s. some background information. How have our national security require- A resident of Mentor, Ohio, Munson had ments changed? to grow up fast. His mother died when he BOur country spent the 1980s building was 1 1, his father, when he was 22. a military machine capable of count-

"I had to become more independent and ering the Soviet threat. And we did it well. take care of myself," Munson says. "My But now the Soviet Union has been experience helped prepare me for running chopped into separate republics. Com- my own business and for a commitment to munism is dead there and throughout the Legion." Eastern Europe. The fall of the Soviet Munson joined The American Legion in Union didn't really eliminate multiple threats

1946, after serving in the Navy during to our national security, it merely replaced

World War II. According to Munson, the Legion was really old dangers with new ones. a vehicle for good will. And there are also other very real and less defined poten- "I think one of my greatest accomplishments was my tial threats in the Middle East and in Asia. Our nation's mil- role in getting a health clinic built for Camp Cheerful, a itary forces must continue to be well-manned and camp for crippled children in Strongville, Ohio," Munson equipped, not to pursue war, but to preserve the hard- says proudly. "The project festered for a number of years, earned peace.

but I managed to get the right volunteers and we did it—we got Camp Cheerful a health center." Q. What are some of these new dangers? Munson's hard work and determination did not go unno- A At the height of Soviet power, many of the world's hot ticed. At the Post level, he served in every elected office. spots were kept under tight control. Fear of the Soviet He went on to become Commander of Ohio's 13th District Union's military muscle caused hostile neighbors and and later on, Department Commander. nationalists to refrain from aggression. National leadership positions soon followed, including a Today, the power vacuum created by the collapse of the seat on the National Executive Committee; Chairman of Soviet empire has left countries such as Syria and Iraq free the National Security Commission; and National Vice to pursue independent agendas. There are now many small Commander. A member of numerous commissions, nations, ambitious and hostile, who possess chemical and Munson truly rose through the ranks to become National nuclear weapons. And many of these countries are no Commander. longer afraid to use them.

"I traveled a lot in those days, with my sales business The other danger is the potential lack of control over and with these Legion commitments," Munson recalls. "I weapons in the territory of the former Soviet Union. didn't see my family as much as I wanted to. But the work Without central control of its large stockpiles of chemical

was worth it and my family understood." and nuclear weapons, the threat of an independent missile Munson and his wife, Jane, were married Feb. 12, 1949. launch exists. Perhaps some madman could try to start Jane has served as president of Ohio's 13th District Legion World War III. Auxiliary. Also, we can't forget about the former Soviet army's The Munsons have two sons, Roger Jr. (a Legionnaire 60,000 tanks. Or the navy's potent submarine force. Or its and Navy Vietnam veteran) and Jim. They also have one formidable surface fleet. daughter, Judith. Roger Jr. and Jim work with Munson at R.A. Munson & Q. Now that the USSR is gone, our government is Associates. Judith is an ordained minister with the Church committed to reducing the size of the U.S. Armed of the Nazarene in Portland, Ore. She is married to a Forces. How can we cut our military without endanger- Nazarene pastor and currently is teaching at the Western ing national security? Evangelical Seminary. - Consider this: 500,000 active duty troops and 250,000 The entire Munson family is religious. Roger Munson is n. Reserve component troops will be separated from the chairman of the 1st Covenant Church of Willoughby Hills. service by 1995. That's a 25 percent reduction in active His wife is a member of the Board of Christian Education; duty strength; a 21 percent cut in Reserve capacity. These Roger Jr. is a Deacon and Sunday School Superintendent; are major force reductions. and Jim is a member of the church's trustee board. To protect our national security, we must do three The Munsons have five grandchildren: Adam, Anthony, things. Max, Karla and Jason. First, we must not cut too much, too soon. This means "My family is very important to me. Both families—my that the United States must not drop its troop strength wife and children and my fellow Legionnaires. But let me below 1995's projected levels. Some in Congress support reiterate our mission: deeper cuts in defense, falling prey to delusions of opti-

"Don't stand still. You can't stand still. Or everything mism. It's still a dangerous world. we fought for will be lost." Second, the citizen-soldier should remain a full partner In a face-to-face interview, The American Legion mag- with active duty forces in combat. The Pentagon's post- azine asked Munson what direction the Legion should go. Cold War defense plan, called Base Force, would limit the Here are some excerpts from that conversation: role of the National Guard in war. The Legion must press DoD to keep citizen-soldiers as an integral part of the American Legion Magazine: You headed the Le- defense mix. If this is not done, our country could find gion's National Security Commission for nearly a itself in another Vietnam.

40 THE AMERICAN LEGION National Commander Roger A. Munson

Finally, speaking of Vietnam, we cannot let the changing need to let them know how important the POW/MIA issue role of our military overshadow the POW/MIA issue. I is. believe that by not resolving this issue, we place our national security in jeopardy. Our military must know for a 0. Many veterans, not just POW/MIAs, pay a price fact that no American service person will ever be left for their military service. What can they expect from behind. VA medical care? A As a medical-care provider, VA helps many veterans Q. The Legion is constantly working on the who can't get treatment elsewhere. Either they can't POW/MIA issue: helping families, conducting investi- afford a private hospital or their war injuries require spe- gations and sending representatives to Southeast Asia. cialized care that only VA can provide. Can we do more? But money problems have hurt VA's ability to serve vet- A The Legion is regularly criticized by DoD officials erans. . who work on the POW/MIA issue. But that's only Service-connected veterans can expect long waiting peri- because we're fighting for the families, and not for the ods for treatment. Some are even turned away. For non- image of their bureaucracy. service-connected veterans, the picture is much more bleak. At the national level, the Legion's emphasis is right on Thousands are denied VA treatment every year. With a $1 target: Urging the President and Congress to declassify and billion shortfall in VA's medical care budget, significant release all POW/MIA information and helping POW/MIA improvement is unlikely. families to get through government red tape and stone- Veterans exposed to Agent Orange can expect little help walling. We're doing everything possible at that level to from VA. For nearly 20 years, VA has skirted the issue of resolve the issue. compensating veterans who were exposed to the defoliant

But there is an opportunity to do more. When we pub- in Vietnam. Dioxin, one of its chemical ingredients, has lished the Legion's special investigative report on been proved to cause cancer. VA does not yet accept this POW/MIAs in the March issue of The American Legion conclusion for Agent Orange itself, despite the weight of magazine, that was only a first step. Now, we need to write evidence. letters to our elected officials. We need to call them. We Please turn to page 70

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DELAWARE, KANSAS TOP RECRUITERS

HE LEGION'S shire, Montana, Minnesota, Mexico, South Dakota and great job all of our local membership Ohio, North Dakota, Wis- Idaho were also eligible for recruiters have done." campaign, consin, Maryland and the grand prize drawing, a But Jordan reminded Breakthrough Rhode Island earned $1,000 check equal to $165 for Legion recruiters that the T '92, invitations to the of added a each and each the winning De- 1993 membership year had welcomed punch to the final "Pizza Da Pie" party. partment's official delegates already begun. Jordan urged 1992 national membership The Departments of to the National Convention. the 350 Legionnaires at- totals. Delaware, New Mexico, The grand prize drawing tending the 29th annual Thirty-one Departments South Dakota, Idaho and was scheduled to be held at National Membership

exceeded 96 percent of their Kansas won $2,000 each in the "Pizza Da Pie" party. Workshop July 3 1 to Aug. 2 1991 final membership by addition to their invitations Anthony Jordan, Chair- in Indianapolis to "reach for May 5. Four officers from to the "Pizza Da Pie" party. man of the National Mem- the all-time high heading each of the Departments The Departments of bership and Post Activities into the 75th anniversary were invited to be honored Delaware and Kansas Committee, congratulated year of the Legion." guests at the "Pizza Da Pie" earned first place honors all the Departments that Jordan told the workshop party during the National and their choice of a 1992 participated in the campaign. participants that to reach Convention in Chicago last van or car by finishing at "Breakthrough '92, which the 1993 membership goal August. the top of their categories, began in April, has boosted of 3,225,000 members, they For achieving that goal, with the highest percentage and sustained membership would have to stress mem- 19 of the Departments also increase and largest numeri- growth much later in the bership renewals and ensure earned a check for $1,000, cal increase for their membership year than in high retention by transfer- and five Departments Breakthrough '92 goals. the past. Total membership ring members from Depart- earned another $1,000 for The Department of Dela- is about 30,000 higher this ments' headquarters Posts achieving 99.36 percent of ware selected a 1992 Olds- year, which shows what a to local Posts. their final 1991 member- mobile Silhouette mini-van, ship by July 27. and the Department of West Virginia, Vermont, Kansas chose a 1992 Ford Iowa, Pennsylvania, Nebras- Crown Victoria. Legion's Dispatch A Hit ka, Indiana, New Hamp- Delaware, Kansas, New N LESS than Complimentary subscrip- six months, tions are received by all more than National officers, Past 22,000 Legion- National Commanders, chair- naires and mem- men of all standing National bers of the Auxiliary have Commissions and Commit- become subscribers of The tees, and Department Com- Dispatch, a biweekly news manders, Adjutants and publication launched by The Service Officers. American Legion in August In addition, the com- 1991. plimentary subscriber list The Dispatch publishes includes all current District, news, features and "how-to" County and Post commanders stories about Legion pro- (the latter sent in care of the grams. Extensive coverage Post adjutant). Select National

also is devoted to continuing Auxiliary officers and Sons of updates about legislation The American Legion officers WWII MEMORIAL Pennsylvania Legionnaires last June concerning veterans, particu- also receive Tlie Dispatch. in honoring participated the dedication of a memorial WWII larly VA health-care issues. To receive a year's sub- Gold Star veterans who were alumni of St. Thomas College The Dispatch is published scription, 22 issues, send a and the University of Scranton. From left, Nicholas Pezak the second and fourth Fridays check or money order for $ 1 from Post 411, Jessup, Pa.; Charles Cardoni, Post 411; to The Dispatch, P.O. Box Frank Matyjevich from Post 948, Scranton, Pa.; Michael each month, except August Hynak, Post 411; Robert Zelno from Post 328, Archbald, and December, with daily 1055, Indianapolis, IN Pa.; and Dr. A.J. Sebastianelli, Post 411. issues during National Con- 46206. VISA and MasterCard vention. also are accepted.

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Paderewski Goes Home To A Free Poland

GNACE Jan panying the remains to dedication to American vet- mains were moved, the Leg- Paderewski Warsaw were a delegation erans, PNC Kogutek placed ion placed a new plaque near Polish states- of Polish-Americans and a Legion plaque at the the Maine mast housing. man, concert U.S. and foreign dignitaries, Maine in 1981. While in Although Paderweski is pianist and including Legion Past Nat- Poland last June, Kogutek interred in Poland, his heart friend of American veter- ional Commander Michael attended the dedication of remains, in America. After ans, finally rests in a free J. Kogutek and Secretary of the Ignace Jan Paderewski he died, his heart was Poland. The first modern- Veterans Affairs Edward J. Museum in Warsaw and placed in a cemetery niche day premier of Poland, Derwinski. donated the plaque to the in Brooklyn. But six years Paderewski became a sym- Paderewski's final resting museum. ago, the heart was moved to bol of his homeland's quest place is in a crypt in St. In ceremonies at Arling- a Polish-American shrine in for freedom. John Cathedral in Warsaw. ton before Paderewski's re Doylestown, Pa. When Paderewski died in Paderewski was involved America in 1941 as the in Polish freedom move- leader of the Polish govern- ments after World War I. Legion Magazine Wins Award ment in exile, President And following Germany's Franklin D. Roosevelt invasion of Poland in 1939, HE September The judges praised the ordered his body to be he led the Polish gov- / 1 1991 WWII magazine's "comprehensive placed in Arlington Nation- ernment in exile. After jj Commemo- coverage in a great narrative al Cemetery until it could his flight from his home- rative Issue of style." be interred in a free Poland. land, Paderewski frequently The American SNAP'S Excel Awards rec- Since Roosevelt's order, thanked American wartime Legion magazine won first ognize excellence among the

Paderewski 's remains were veterans for their sacrifices. place in the annual Excel association's 300-member kept in the housing of the Paderewski, the largest awards sponsored by the publications. The WWII is- Maine's mast in Arlington contributor ever to The Society of National Associ- sue was the largest ever pro- National Cemetery. American Legion Endow- ation Publications (SNAP). duced by The American After a one-hour mem- ment Fund, gave the fund The issue won the single Legion. It contained 128 orial service June 27, $28,500 from his American issue category for publica- pages, and featured 22 arti- the remains were carried concert piano tour in 1925. tions with $400,000 or more cles and more than 100 through the cemetery's main He received the Legion's in advertising sales. photos and illustrations gate on a caisson and highest honor, the Dis- shipped to Warsaw on June tinguished Service Medal, 1 29, the 51st anniversary of in 1926. Florida's 'Casey Cason Dies Paderewski's death. Accom- To honor Paderewski's ONGTIME World War II. BOYS Nation "Perhaps Cason's greatest and Florida legacy is the thousands of L Boys State vol- young people he influenced unteer Owen through Boys State and "Casey" Cason, 80, died of Boys Nation." said Florida cancer June 10 in Winter Sen. Bob Graham, a close Haven, Fla. friend of Cason. For 25 years, Cason sang He is survived by his and smiled his way into the wife, Patricia Adams Cason, hearts of those in the and daughter, Patricia Legion's Boys Nation and Cason, of Miami. Cason Florida Boys State pro- was buried at Roselawn grams. Cemetery in Lakeland, Fla. Cason's five-decade law The family requested that enforcement career began any donations be made to when he joined the Florida the Florida American Highway Patrol in 1941. He Legion Boys State Inc., P.O. LEGION TRIBUTE From left, Arlington Cemetery superintendent patrol Orlando, FL John Metzler, PNC Michael J. Kogutek and VA Secretary Edward rejoined the highway Box 547936, Derwinski remove Paderewski's plaque for the trip to Warsaw. after serving in the Army in 32854-7936.

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In Dewey Burketrs Book, 1+1 Boes Equal 1

HE DEPART- the next few years is cloud- could still receive treatment ver office, directing it to MENT of Vet- ed. He spent some time in at VA hospitals if the Naval supply Burkett's Army med- erans Affairs mental hospitals, regained Records Correction Board ical records. The VA region- (VA) surely has his original personality and accepts his contention that al office was expected T to think twice returned home to the his mental disorder caused to reach a decision before about Dewey Burkett's Burkett family, which had his bad conduct. He's been the year's end.

claim for service-connected not seen him for 1 1 years. trying since 1953 to change It's a Catch-22 situation, disability. He had no memory of his the status of his Navy dis- according to Gerald Van- Burkett has lived two Rice persona. charge. denberg, a claims represen- lives in the U.S. military: In 1950, he joined the Burkett claims he can't tative in the Legion's of- one as a friendly Navy sea- Army as Dewey Burkett and hold a job or afford the psy- fice in Washington, D.C. man and the other as a shy, suffered a concussion in a chiatric help he needs while Vandenberg says the dis- nervous Army private. parachute jump. He again living on his Army pension ability for which Burkett is American Legion Post 4 wandered, this time from and wife's salary. trying to get benefits leaves in Burkett's hometown of his Army post, and ended With the financial help of him confused, making it Fort Collins, Colo., is help- up in a state mental institu- Post 4, Burkett went to difficult for him to present ing the 69-year-old veteran tion where he received elec- Washington, D.C., in Nov- his case. in his claim for disability troshock therapy. Trans- ember to present his case But Burkett is deter- based on dual personality ferred to Valley Forge Army before the Board of Veter- mined. "An injustice has and schizophrenia. Hospital in 1951, Burkett ans Appeals (BVA). been done," he says. "And Burkett's dual-personality then insisted he was Bill The BVA remanded I'll keep at it until it's cor- odyssey began in 1940 at Rice. Burkett's case to VA's Den- rected." age 17 when he was hit on A subsequent FBI inves- the head with a laundry tigation revealed he was stick by a housekeeper. He both Bill Rice—a Navy sea- wandered off dazed and man—and Dewey Burkett confused until he was an Army private. picked up by a circus con- The Valley Forge psy- cessionaire who believed chiatrist blocked the Rice Burkett was his lost son, persona from ever again Bill Rice, who ran away two emerging. He classified years earlier. Suffering Burkett as schizophrenic amnesia, Burkett adopted with multiple personality the Rice identity. disorder. Schizophrenia has At age 19, Rice joined a combat-aggravation dis- the Navy and earned a Navy ability rating that allows commendation for his service connection. action as a World War II Two years later, however, gunner. While stationed at an Army medical examina- the Armed Guard Center in tion board classified him as Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1943, suffering only from a dual Burkett wandered from his personality — a condition duty station in confusion. with no disability rating. So MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS Post 26 of Charlestown, He was court-martialed for when Burkett received a Mass., presents the first annual Strout and Sullivan memo- being absent without leave general medical discharge, rial scholarships to students of Bunker Community College (AWOL) and spent six he was granted a pension in Charlestown. The scholarships are named after H. months in the Portsmouth, but not service-connected Vincent Strout and Lt. Col. William F. Sullivan, past of 26. From left, Past National N.H., Navy brig. disability. Commanders Post Commander John P. "Jake" Comer; Timothy M. Burke, A short time later, he Burkett has gone through recipient of the $1,000 Strout Memorial Scholarship; went again. The numerous appeals trying to AWOL Bunker Hill Community College President Kathleen E. Navy finally issued Burkett prove he has schizophrenia Assar; Christine A. Davis, recipient of the $1,000 Sullivan a bad conduct discharge in in addition to a dual person- Memorial Scholarship; and Past National Historian James 1944. ality disorder. W. Conway, Post 26 Commander. Burkett's recollection of Failing that, Burkett

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LEGIONNAIRES VA Doctors, Nurses Need Better IN ACTION Post 155 of Walters, Pay Incentives, Legion Says Okla., proudly boasts of having two WWI veterans HE American ported most of the provi- maintain a well-manned and among its ranks. The Post Legion has told sions of S.1424, which well-equipped military to gave the two WWI veterans the Senate Com- would require VA to estab- preserve peace. Stated that certificates to commemo- mittee on Vet- lish mobile health-care clin- the Legion believes the De- rate their Service. Ninety- T five erans Affairs ics in 30 states over a five- partment of Defense should year-old C.V Payne has that it supports doctor year period. However, the proceed slowly and exercise 72 years of continuous and nurse pay reform to Legion recommended wait- great caution in downsizing membership, and 95-year- enable VA to become more ing for the results of a pilot the Armed Forces. (Senate old Virgil Williams has 15 competitive with the private program before expanding Subcommittee on Defense years continuous member- sector. the clinics to 30 states. of the Committee on Ap- ship at Post 155. The Legion testified in A Legion spokesman also propriation) Also honoring WWI vet- support of S.2575, which told the senate committee Foreign Aid. Favored erans was Post 183 of would improve the recruit- that the Legion supports increased foreign aid in fis- Strasburg, Colo. Legion- ment and retention of VA passage of the "Veterans cal year 1993. (Senate For- naire Peter Christ turned nursing personnel. In ad- Preventive Health Act of eign Operations Subcom- 100 last June, and Post 183 dition, the Legion urged 1992," which would allow mittee) celebrated Christ's birthday VA to more accurately esti- VA to adopt more preven- Female Veterans Health- with a pot luck dinner. mate the cost of recruitment tive-care procedures. Care Services. Supported One of the first duties of and retention programs in Other Legion congres- S.2028, which would newly elected Commander its annual appropriation sional testimony included expand VA health-care ser- Arnold M. Peterson of Post requests. these issues: vices furnished to women 284, Colonial Heights, Va., In other congressional 1993 Defense Appropri- veterans. (Senate Commit- was to present the Post's testimony, the Legion sup- ations. Urged Congress to tee on Veterans Affairs) Legionnaire Of The Year POW Benefits. Called Award to Roger Puckett for for review of VA's adjudica- his outstanding service in BOY SCOUT OF THE YEAR tion and training guidelines Post activities. on all POW disabilities. Post 317 of Skaneateles ARK WES- (House Subcommittee on Falls, N.Y., honored 70- LEY Gibson Compensation, Pension and year member Edward A. of Valrico, Insurance) Cronauer, who was Post 317 Fla, was nam- VA Drug Pricing. Urged Commander in 1934-1935. M ed Scout of decreasing the price VA has Cronauer received a plaque the Year for 1992 by the to pay for drugs. (House signed by Past National National Executive Com- Subcommittee on Health Commander Dominic D. mittee and will receive an and Environment) DiFrancesco commending $8,000 American Legion Veterans' Eligibility For him for his 70 continuous scholarship. VA Care. Recommended years of membership. A member of Boy Scout creation of eligibility rules Legionnaires from the

Troop 1 1 sponsored by Post that would provide veterans Department of Connecti-

139 of Valrico, Mark is the access to VA medical care. cut don't walk away when son of Col. and Mrs. Gary (House Subcommittee on children are in need. The C. Gibson. Mark is a recent MARK WESLEY GIBSON— Hospitals and Health Care) Department raised $7,341.50 graduate of Bloomingdale Scout Of The Year Disability and Indem- through its Legion Family Senior High School and nity Compensation (DIC) Walkathon for the Children's plans to major in environ- Kan.; Christopher D. Wack- Reform. Supported com- Miracle Network Telethon. mental engineering at Texas er, Post 43, Durant, Iowa; prehensive DIC reform In addition, Legion and

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VA—may be Medicare-eligible. Chairman Stellar notes a growing HEALTH Also opposing H.R.5263 is VA attitude of lawmakers and others who CARE Secretary Edward Derwinski, who see VA as a veterans' welfare program. Continuedfrom page 16 complained about H.R.5263 in a letter "This attitude is responsible for VA to Rep. G.V "Sonny" Montgomery, being a target for budget cuts." chairman of the House Veterans "I am sick and tired of lawmakers Affairs Committee, which drafted the and others who try to equate veterans' to H.R.5263 currently in Congress. bill. benefits with handouts," says National H.R.5263 calls for Medicare to pay VA Derwinski told Montgomery that Commander Munson. "They are directly for treatment of nonservice- VA was already serving virtually all earned benefits paid for in blood, and connected disabled veterans and mili- eligible veterans, and H.R.5263 would the scars are there to prove it." tary retirees at three or four test sites. place an unfair burden on the system. Which course VA will follow "H.R.5263 would not only allow Many veterans, however, would depends on VA's leadership and the more veterans to use VA medical facil- argue that VA is definitely not serving veterans' community itself. As long as ities, but also would save taxpayers "virtually all eligible veterans." veterans say nothing to their elected money. VA can provide health care to "Mr. Derwinski appears to believe representatives, the VA budget will Medicare at less cost than private doc- that eligible-by-law veterans and veter- never be enough to care for all the

tors and hospitals," says Legion ans who need VA care are one in the poor and sick veterans who need it. National Commander Munson. same," says Munson. "We know this is "Whether it's open heart surgery, However, there is strong opposi- not the case." burial or education benefits, or the tion from HHS, which administers But the blame is not wholly VA's, need to buy a new house, VA eventu- Medicare. according to Stellar. As a cabinet level ally touches the lives of all Leg- The problem, says a HHS spokes- entity, VA has heavy-duty political ionnaires," says National Comman- men, is that Medicare is unwilling to ties. If the administration sets forth a der Munson. "The day will come pay for a veteran's care—someone they budget, "it would be political suicide when you and I will need some help see as already eligible for care at VA to dispute it," said a high level VA from VA. When that time comes, I expense. Currently, as many as 12 mil- source. "If VA's top echelon makes too hope and pray VA will be there for lion nonservice-connected veterans many waves, they are replaced with both of us." more than half the veterans treated by someone more politically malleable." By Ken Scharnberg

THE VA'S SICKBED

Continuedfrom page 16 to effectively care for aging veterans. modest incomes who more often 65 —9 million individuals—will be The expansion of its outstanding than not cannot afford private health veterans. non-institutional care programs insurance and who, in the case of its This challenge raises many ques- (adult day care, hospital-based home older patients, would further burden tions. Does VA have enough long- care, etc.) to all VA hospitals, the a Medicare program already bursting term care programs? Enough nurs- restructuring of medical center mis- at its fiscal seams. Bottom line: with- ing home beds? How many of these sions, the conversion of hospital beds out VA, taxpayers would pay more veterans will seek and obtain VA- to nursing home beds and other logi- for the care of veterans who are for-

sponsored care? Are there feasible cal changes have received far too lit- tunate enough to make their way to ways to expand this number? Would tle attention. VA officials project that it, and many others would fall veterans agree to pay part of the cost these changes are five to eight years through the cracks. to avoid being denied VA care alto- away. In my view, that's not soon More than half the nation's practic- gether? enough. ing physicians have received at least VA must develop a strategic plan Equally important is the question a portion of their training in VA hos- to address these and many other of whether the public will continue pitals. Each year, VA trains approxi-

considerations, and it must have the to support an independent health- mately 100,000 health-care profes-

means (money, staff, equipment, care delivery system for its veterans. sionals, and it is affiliated with more

infrastructure) and the vision to do There are very good reasons that it than 100 medical schools across the

it. should. country. VA has one in every 16 hos- VA cannot be all things to all peo- This country and its veterans have pital beds in the nation. Its medical ple; its resources are limited. In call- traditionally looked to VA to treat research program benefits veterans ing on Congress to enact stream- combat-related injuries and disabili- and non veterans alike. lined eligibility rules that provide ties and the postwar stress-related Such a system is not one we can

certain veterans with all needed and rehabilitative needs of those who afford to lose by wholly fusing it into health-care services, VA leaders accept the nation's uniform. Its medi- a national health-care plan. We can- have failed to launch the changes cine is particularly sensitive to the not allow VA health care to lose its

required to meet this objective. unique concerns of the more than 1 identify, to be lost in the crowd of

Congress must establish explicit million veterans who annually use its health care by voucher, but it can eligibility criteria, but this task has hospitals. certainly complement the reform been complicated by VA's failure for The VA patient population is com- effort. It can and must be a part of more than a decade to position itself posed of individuals with, at best, the solution.

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OCTOBER 1992 65 their children than parents in earlier Clearly, parents are trying to resist generations, from 30 hours per week the financial pressures which are forc- FAMILIES in 1965 to 17 hours by 1985. ing mothers into the labor force. About Continued page 33 from Since parental influence and guid- half the employed mothers of pre- ance are the most important factors in schoolers work part time so they can a child's psychological, moral and devote more time to their family. intellectual development, it should What today's parents are looking for over time. Indeed, between 1950 and come as no surprise that this "parent- from the government is pretty basic. 1970, the average income of fathers ing deficit" is exacting a high toll. It's what their parents had: an econom- doubled after adjusting for inflation. As Susan Koshute, a Pennsylvanian ic and tax system that provides for a

But these increases have slowed to a mother of three, puts it: "Kids need slow but steady improvement in family crawl. Between 1970 and 1990, the their parents. It seems like a lot of finances, allowing the wife to stay wages of the typical male head-of- children these days are being raised by home at least during the children's household grew by only 20 percent in the TV—with obvious results. We try early years. inflation-adjusted dollars. And taxes to shield what our kids are exposed to, Our system no longer provides this ate up most of that. but they are clearly affected by what steady growth. Consequently, many of Squeezed by the double burden of other kids pick up, and what they do." today's parents with preschoolers have higher taxes and stagnating wages, Surveys show that nearly all parents become "tag teamers." Mom cares for many families did the only thing they feel the pressure to work harder and the kids while Dad is at work, then could do to keep ahead of the bill col- longer to keep the family financially Dad takes over while Mom works the lector. They sent the homemaker—the afloat is eroding family life. evening shift. person who always had been there to A 1989 survey by The New York take care of the children after school Times found that 72 percent of way to help families with chil- —into the job market. In 1965, just employed fathers and 83 percent of THEdren is simple. Government should 33 percent of mothers with children employed mothers feel torn between reduce the huge family tax burden were employed; today it's 62 percent. the demands of their jobs and their to ease the financial pressures that The inevitable result? More than desires to spend more time with their force parents to spend more time on half of all children under the age of 5 families. the job and less time with their kids. are now being raised by baby sitters, A 1988 USA Today survey found Another unwanted government gift nannies or day-care centers. that 73 percent of two-parent families to parents is lousy schools. What exists today has been dubbed would have one parent remain at home While the U.S. education system "the family-time famine." Parents typ- full time to care for the children if spends more money per student than ically spend 40 percent less time with "money were not an issue." almost any other nation, American stu- dents rank dead last in academic achievement when compared to other industrialized countries. This is hardly Get Relief the way to prepare for the high-tech 21st century. Back&Nec The only category where American students score high is "self esteem." A Conservative Therapy, Translation: "We don't know anything, Comprehensively Applied but we feel great about it." The Back Machine™ combines the most effective ways to attain relief from back and neck pain into Typical in her complaints about the one easy to use, safe unit designed to help you return mediocrity of the public schools is to a more normal, pain free life. And it feels good, even Anna Lee, mother of three in if you hurt. Arlington, Va. Lee, a part-time secre- How The Back Machine Works: tary married to a house painter, com- • Massage - Soft rollers massage muscles, increasing plains, 8-year-old son is keeping circulation, reducing muscle spasm, tension and stress. "My • Stretching - Muscles are passively stretched, increasing up in school but they really don't teach flexibility and reducing pain. him much. He has virtually no written • Traction - Mild traction restores spine length and pliability, work. I simply can't imagine what they relieving disc pressure. do during the week. But when a parent • Mobilization - Restoration of movement occurs and promotes expresses concern, they stonewall you. alignment of the spine. kids in private school Five Years of Clinical Use I'd like to put my Tested by doctors, physical therapists, and or teach them myself at home but we chiropractors, The Back Machine has proven just can't afford it." YES! I want to relieve my back pain. safe, effective, and comfortable Please send me a FREE brochure and Video. Parents also are worried about the 60-Day Home Trial VHS DBETA lack of moral values or the outright We're so confidenti Name warped values communicated by the you'll experience Address back pain relief that public schools. City we offer The Back Former U.S. Secretary of Education State .Zip. Machine with an William Bennett warns of the "values vening Phone unconditional 60-day money ( ). clarification" ideology that has swept back guarantee. the public schools. This movement Call or Write Today For FREE Back Technologies BROCHURE VIDEO 2525 West Casino Road 'Everett, WA. 98204 teaches that right and wrong are rela- AND 1-800^133-5599 tive; if it works for you it's "right," and © 1992 Back Technologies, Inc. Dept. 569 1-800-433-5599 shouldn't be criticized by parents or

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The Legion can ensure VA's survival Since the Supreme Court found that A. two ways: flag-burning is a protected form of ROGER MUNSON Urge Congress and the administra- free speech, the Legion has been on Continuedfrom page 41 tion, through the Office of Man- the offensive. We've taken our cause agement & Budget, to give more on a state campaign to pass memorial- money to VA. Congress gives VA just izing resolutions to protect the flag.

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eries. Long waiting periods. Veterans But, as the nation's largest veterans I'll do it. turned away, with no where else to go. organization, the Legion must face But there are so many good guys

And VAs money problems are at least some new challenges. and I hope we can concentrate on partially responsible. Skyrocketing postal rates are threat- uplifting the good people instead of ening the lines of communication that focusing exclusively on hunting down enable Legionnaires to organize com- the bad ones. munity service and coordinate charity VA's dedicated doctors, nurses and The amazing walk-behind "brush hog" 8 events. volunteers. Veterans who fly the The DR FIELD and For example, The American Legion POW/MIA flag and fight for a full magazine, which cost $180,000 to accounting. Citizens who rally for a BRUSH MOWER mail in 1970, today costs close to $5 strong national defense and a strong CLEARS & MAINTAINS meadows, pas- million. Legion publications at the National Guard. People who work tures, wood lots, wooded and rough non-lawn Department and Post levels are also toward a constitutional amendment to areas with ease. CUTS tall grass, weeds, bram- suffering under the burden of overly protect our flag. bles, tough brush and saplings up to 1" thick. inflated postal rates. How can we help You can't stand still. Let's work CHOPS/MULCHES most everything it cuts. our communities when we can't afford together to build on the good people Leaves NO TANGLE of brush to pick up like handheld brushcutters and to talk to them? that are in our corner. If we do this, sicklebar mowers. Perfect for Securing better education benefits our efforts can only take us in one low-maintenance wildflower Desert Storm veterans is another direction forward. meadows, European-style for — woodlots, walking paths, or challenge for the Legion this year. any area you only Today's Montgomery GI Bill provides want to mow once a only 42 percent of the average cost of month or once season! a state college tuition in 1990-91. Taps' Available They deserve more. •SellPropelled Posts needing a cassette recording of Membership is also important. We "Taps" for sounding military funerals or must set realistic goals for growth patriotic services may receive one by not too high, not too low—and reach writing to George Gregory, 2985 Night- those objectives. Today, the Legion ingale, Rochester Hills, MI 48309. can expect to grow 3 percent every The recording features the "Taps" year, at least. And we must make this of President John happen. The more people in the sounded at the funeral F. Kennedy, complete with the firing of Legion family, the stronger our organi- 'DETAILS of the DR* FIELD and BRUSH MOWER the rifle squad. Another recording of zation is. I including prices, specifications, and "Off-Season" I "Taps" available from Gregory is the the American Flag, the I Savings now in effect. There is no obligation. I Protecting traditional Army "Taps." 'Mime symbol many of us risked our lives for, will be one of my personal priorities Copies of the recording are free, but | defray the as National Commander. Defending it donations are appreciated to costs materials, recording and mailing. |To:COUNTRY HOME PRODUCTS*. Dem. 4921 OF i will be a challenge for The American of l»ox 89J-crrv_ I^oad,^^Jotte_VT _05445 , Legion. to THE AMERICAN LEGION 5

2219th Pltn.,MCRD (San Diego 9/66) 11446 MAG-52(Serv.Sq.-1944/45) 11558 Marine Det., USS Philippine Sea CV-47 17091 LIFE MEMBERSHIPS VETS Marine Det., USS Mississippi - (1947-53) 17236

1 Life Membership notices are published for Legion- Continuedfrom page 52 Marine Det., USS Kearsage CVA-33 1 502 MAW-1 34 11669 naires who have been awarded Life Memberships by their MAWS-7/MGCIS-7/MACS-7 Assn. (WWII) 17190 posts. Platoon 372 (San Diego 1960) 22891 Life membership notices must be submitted on official VMF-215 30007 forms which may be obtained by sending a self-addressed, VMSB-235 & VMSB-236 (WWII) 14332 stamped envelope to: Life Memberships, The American

Washington Navy Yd. Guard Co.,Mar.Barracks(8th & Legion Magazine, P.O. Box 1 055, Indianapolis, IN 46206 l)(To1 975) 11529 Coast Guard Edward J. Moran (1991) Post 113, Saybrook, CT Thomas Langan (1991) Post 8, Winter Haven, FL Lee Morehead (1 992) Post 35, Mount Dora, FL

Bodton Radio Station (Truro 1 1 Bernard N. Moerdyk Bushnell, MA) 509 (1992) Post 101 , FL Robert Government Island/Bay Area CG WWII Vets 1 1444 Merchant Marine A. Pankovits (1992) Post 8, Munich, Ger. LST-202 (WWII) 11421 Frank Shimon (1 992) Post 460, Solon, IA LST-764 11567 Stanley R. Kijek (1 992) Post 43, Naperville, IL

USCG Papaw (WWII) 1 1 424 David Chase (1 991 ), Chester Carr, Carl Elovitz (1 992) Keystone Mariners of Pennsylvania 11665 USCGC Papaw 11 604 Post 8, Lexington, KY MS Pennsylvania Sun (1944-45) 1 1557 USS Casper PF-12 10056 Samuel Cernak (1 992) Post 224, Easthampton, MA USSCorCaroli AK-91 17049 Cecil Osgerby, Alize Raven, Weston Raven (1986), USS Glendale PF-36 1 7031 Kerry Ball, Ernest Flesch, Roy D. Keller, Allen

USS Gloucester PF-22 1 1 463 Lambert, Robert Smith, Clarence Tewksbury, Bert USS Sausalito PF-4 3001 Vant, Grant Watson, Stewart Wieland (1987) Post 7, USS Van Buren PF-42 10529 Miscellaneous Caro, Ml William M. Rice (1991) Post 570, St. Clair Shores, Ml Donald Bodelson, Leo Zarbock (1992) Post 54, Red 295th JASCO 11193 Wing, MN

8007th/801 3th AFRS (Kyushu, Kokura-Japan) 1 1 505 Harold S. Boquist, Albert Brumm (1988), Ritha M. Marines CINCPAC Staff (Marines/Army/Navy) 11638 Lucking (1989), Robert J. Westin (1990), Mervin A. Civilian Conservation Corps - Nat'l. Assn. 1 1 086 Hamre (1991), Richard Carroll (1992) Post 65, Dakota (Navy.Marines, Coast Guard) Bull Session IV Rosemount, MN 1st Bn., 5th Marines, B Co. (Korea) 17085 21683 Thomas R. Murphy (1992) Post 2, Manchester, NH 1st Div., 1st Rgt., 1st Bn., Co. B (WWII) 30001 Filipino War Veterans, Inc. 22877 Frank V. Lenkey, Robert J. Sandberg, Russell B. 1st Recon. Bn. 14329 Iwo Jima Survivors of Texas 22242 Waddell (deceased) (1990), Norman E. Beatty, W.

2nd Bn., 5th Rgt., E Co. (Vietnam-1 967-68) 1 1599 Iwo Jima Survivors of N.Y. 21737 Fred Belet, Robert L. Dodd (1991) Post 258,

3rd Bn., 1st Marines, L Co. (Vietnam 67/70) 17121 Iwo Jima Veterans 1 7308 Blairstown, NJ

3rd Bn., 4th Mar.Div., I Co. (Vietnam 1968-69) 1 1554 LZ Brush Run -(Vietnam) 10214 Anthony A. Abone (1992) Post 24, Rome, NY 3rd Bn., 1st Marines Assn. (1941/45) 30006 National Counter Intelligence Corps Assn. 21052 Rocco A. Sidari (1988), Samuel F. Navarra, DeForest 3rd. Bn., 4th Mar. Rgt. (1928/88) 22307 Operation Crossroads, J.T.F.-1, Sect.J-32/J-4 (USS Williams (1992) Post 35, Albion, NY

5th Div., Signal Cos. (WWII) 30004 Mt. Mc Kinley/A & B tests) 1 7296 Robert E. Fountain (1992) Post 246, Baldwin, NY 5th Div., 26th Rgt., 1st Bn., Co. A (WWII) 30008 Operation Olympic/Coronet (Army/Navy-WWII) William H. Baxter, James L. Bonadio, Lawrence 5th Rgt., 1st Bn, Co. D (1967-68) 30003 30014 Bowman, Richard L. Burgler, Jerome F. Burngas-

9th Engr. Bn.,1st Mar. Div. (Vietnam 65/70) 11445 Operation Dragoon (Aug. 1944) 1 1657 ser, Dimitri J. Churpita, G.E. Cullen, Fred J.

10th Special Class (1951) 1 1653 Shemya Vets (Aleutians-1943/46) 1 7278 Forsaith, George Harvey, Franklin Licht, James E.

19th Prov. Marine Co. (Recife,Braz.-1942/44) 30005 Tet '68 1 1 543 Schaff, Charles J. Schear (1992) Post 264,

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" got to remember," he explained, "I'm "Apparently, our cultures are more similar than we thought. 73."

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76 THE AMERICAN LEGION Remember Your FirstAerobics Class?

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. . . and no one would have dared suggest our instructors wear the latest designer leotards. But we endured those weather-beaten days on the drill field because we knew personal fitness was not our only goal. National fitness was. The responsibility for keeping the American people safe and free was ours . . . and if it meant doing push-ups at 0500 hrs, that's what we did. A lot of things have changed over the years, but at least two things are still the same . . . You will have a hard time getting a veteran to pay to do push-ups, no matter how popular it becomes . . . and you can count on the members of The American Legion to speak out for a strong National Defense. Who will help the nation remember how hard it is to be prepared for war, if we don't.

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