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THE AMERICAN LEGION FEBRUARY 1977 MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 1977 Volume 102, Number 2 National Commander

William J. Rogers

Table of Contents CHANCE OF ADDRESS Subscribers, please notify Circulation Dept., P. O. Box 1954, Indianapolis. Ind. 46206 using Form 3578 which is available at your SALT II INVOLVES FATEFUL DECISIONS 4 local post office. Attach old address label and J. BY NAT'L. CMDR. WILLIAM ROGERS give old and new addresses with ZIP Code Legion concerns stated as U.S.-Soviet arms talks resume number and current membership card number. Also, notify your Post Adjutant or other officer charged with such responsibilities.

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Advertising Sales THE PEACE AFTER YORKTOWN 14 Robert Redden Associates, Inc. Negotiations with the beaten British were not easy P. O. Box 999 Teaneck, N.J. 07666 201-837-5511 WASHINGTON AND THE SPANISH JACKASS; LINCOLN AND THE HAWAIIAN HERO 16 Publisher, James F. O'Neil Two seldom-told stories mark birthday month great Presidents Editor and Associate Publisher, of Raymond J. McHugh Production Manager, John A. Stanley Managing Editor, Frank Kuest SHOULD PROFESSIONAL SPORTS BE SUBJECT TO Senior Editor, Grail S. Hanford FEDERAL ANTITRUST LAWS? 22 American Legion News Editor Ralph E. Risley pro: REP. JOHN F. SEIBERLING con: REP. RONALD M. MOTTL Art Editor, Walter H. Boll Circulation Manager and Assistant Publisher, GIBRALTAR OF THE GULF 24 Dean B. Nelson Indianapolis, Ind. Fort Jefferson in Dry Tortugas is America's most inaccessible monument The American Legion Magazine Commission OFF THE HIGHWAY: ROCK ROOTIN' IN Benjamin B. Truskoski, Bristol, Conn. (Chairman) : Milford A. Forrester, Green- R. NORTH CAROLINA 46 ville, S.C. (Vice Chairman) ; James Kel- ley, Radnor, Pa. (National Commander's Rockhounds find treasures in Appalachia Representative) ; Billy Anderson, Miami, Flo.; Lang Armstrong, Spokane, JVash.; Norman Biebel, Belleville, III.; Adolph Bremer, Winona, Minn.; B. C. Connelly, Hunting- ton, W. Va.; Andrew J. Cooper, Gulf

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1977 "And what" you ask, "of the se- NOTES ON nior officer who abuses the system?" There are exceptions to the rule, but they exist less often than among OUR DESK civilians. The difference is that the military offender is newsworthy. The civilian usually is not. The myths disappeared when I simply looked around. From the newest airman to the top general, We are surrendering our edito- from a pleasant, if unspectacular I peacetime military men and women rial space this month to an Air house, which I rent. Today, am have plenty of very real work. Force veteran who has had a treated as a major general, a far The Military Airlift Command, judge mod- cry from my days as a private, but unique opportunity to opera- particularly out- probably the world's largest ern military life at close range. again, nothing tion of its kind, is constantly (and I John George Bacon, a Foreign Ser- standing when compared with nor- mean from minute to minute) ready vice officer, has been detailed mal civilian life. to do its wartime job. It is odd that he served more than 30 I still do my own yard work (as where most Americans respect firemen who years ago as a draftee. He found do many of the generals in my practice to save lives and property, surprises. Here is his ac- neighborhood) . I pay for any domes- some but some of the same people knock count: tic help I get (as do my neighbors). our military, who are prepared to do exactly the same thing. I rode through the gate, the I have heard such As neatly uniformed young man, For years, too, views as "the military is a home for a blue beret tilted jauntily to one A New Feature people who can't do well 'outside'." side of his head, snapped to atten- — Viewpoint Nonsense! The average officer or tion and whipped his arm across his airman could compete easily—and chest, signaling that we could pass. In this February issue The civilian life. They What a difference time can make. American Legion Magazine intro- successfully—in are, by and large, deeply dedicated, For the second time in my life, duces a new feature, "View- highly intelligent and full of en- I had come to cornfield-surrounded point," designed to encourage ergy. It is rare indeed to meet an Scott Air Force Base, IL. My first dialogue on issues of national officer today who does not have at "visit" was in January 1942, when I and international importance. a bachelor's degree. arrived as a $21-a-month private in Our monthly "Pro and Con" least Why do they stay in the military? the Army Air Corps. feature^ matches the opposing I was told, "Because I like mili- A few vivid memories of old Scott views of members of Congress. tary life. Why are you in the For- Field remain: the fellowship, too "Viewpoint" will invite the opin- eign Service? Why is a doctor a much activity for the money re- ions of men and women in in- doctor? I'm doing something I feel ceived, and a military policeman dustry, trade, education, the arts is important." It was reasonable. rescuing me from the evils of drink and other walks of life. There seems no end to misinfor- in front of the Clover Club bar in Our first "Viewpoint" on Page mation circulated about the military. Belleville and depositing me, not in 10 asks the question: "Will Air- For example: the hoosegow but at the main gate lines Go The Way of Our Rail- • Are allowed free postage . . . from which I could (and presumably roads?" Responding are John False. did) find my way home. Robson, chairman of the Civil • Get free dental care for families Eventually I left Scott Field and Aeronautics Board, and Charles . . . False. by 1946 had finished my military Tillinghast, Jr., just retired • Pay no federal income taxes . . . service, went on to college and spent chairman of Trans World Air- False. the next 25 years in the Foreign lines. • Receive free insurance . . . False. Service. This career took me to • with social Washington, London, Rome, Bonn, Don't have to put up payments . . . False. Khartoum, Saigon and the United In fact, my life style is just as it has security • Have free movies . . . False. Nations. In those years I worked been for years. And that came as a • Have the security of never being closely with people who made his- shock. From what I had seen in

"laid off" . . . False. tory: Clare Boothe Luce, Henry Cab- newspapers, magazines, on televi- • Receive free uniforms . . . False. ot Lodge, Adlai Stevenson, Maxwell sion and heard from uninformed The first set of uniforms is free Taylor, inter alia. My work was as acquaintances, I had come to accept for enlisted persons, but they pur- varied as the locations; from build- many myths about military people. chase them from then on. ing a recreation area in Khartoum Scott Air Force Base opened my military people being over- and evacuating dependent civilians eyes. As for taxes they do not paid, think about this one. There are from Saigon to advancing the Stra- Military do pay ; job security dependents do not more than 200 families on Scott Air tegic Arms Limitation Talks in Hel- have ; care hospitaliza- Force Base eligible for the food sinki and Vienna. receive free dental ; stamp program and Scott is but Then the Department of State de- tion benefits are limited; uniforms, — one of 154 major Air Force installa- creed that I should be the political insurance and movies are not free. tions in the United States. advisor to the commander of the And then we hear they are paid The myths are not all holdovers Military Airlift Command—at Scott too much—who ? from the distant past either. Air Force Base. After more than 30 The young enlistee who makes general, who, Much has been said about the years, I returned. $4,334.40 a year or the huge C-5 Galaxy cargo jet. Some Some things had not changed. I after 30 years of service, is paid un- billion in writers claim it performs poorly, but still walk to work; not from a free der $40,000 to manage $9 (Continued on page 50) barracks building as before, but the taxpayers' assets? THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 1977 1

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1977 3 The Commander's Message

Salt II Involves Fateful Decisions

any quarter. The undeniable promise of defeat for my native Maine, February is a time for taking from In our enemies, we hold is the best deterrent against any stock. A pause is forced on us by winter's heavy hand and the respite provides time to think and plan aggressor. In II the issues are complex. Negotiators speak for new seasons. SALT in the language of the physics lab of megatons and kilo- The United States, it seems to me, is at such a mo- tons. They compare exotic weapons systems and argue ment in its affairs with other nations. potential. They probe for details on highly sophis- A new President has taken the helm in Washington. their and ticated equipment far more mysterious than the inside He is a young man, surrounded by young men of a color television set that is enough to confound most women. For the first time in two generations we have of us. a man in the White House who was not personally in- They will weigh new American weapons carefully, volved in the struggle called World War II—certainly as the B-l bomber, the cruise missile, the mobile the most significant period in our 20th century history. such intercontinental missile, the Trident submarine and For the older members of The American Legion, this MX undersea weapons, the multi-warhead must seem almost impossible. Did the fight against Hit- a new family of rocket etc., etc. To one degree or another, matching ler and Mussolini and Tojo really end more than 30 Soviet weapons will be placed on the scale. years ago? Has it been almost 60 years since Woodrow American Legion would not presume to dictate Wilson called America to arms "to make the world The the final form of any agreement with the Soviet Union. safe for democracy?" acting on bitter lessons taught its own The calendar answers our question, and so do our But the Legion, World War I to Vietnam, does insist that younger comrades from wars called Korea and Vietnam. members from any SALT II agreement guarantee the continued capa- Would it be that President Jimmy Carter could come bility of the United States to discourage and deter to office with no concern about future wars; that he aggression from any quarter and guarantee its over- could concentrate his total energies upon the domestic — whelming defeat. problems that still wrinkle and soil our national fabric. In convention last August the Legion reconfirmed its But as Plato said "only the dead have seen the end of the B-l and Trident as necessary integral war," and a new American President, like all of us, support of in an American strategic defense "triad" of land must respect the words of an ancient Greek philosopher. parts to grips and sea-based and long-range bombers. We stand by So it is that Mr. Carter must quickly come don't presume to know what magic with questions of war—not combat itself, but the weap- those decisions. We numbers will guarantee peace. We simply say we must ons that would be used should the United States or its any potential enemy have enough . . . enough so that allies come under attack. that he might attack or intimi- Immediately ahead are negotiations with the Soviet can't afford the thought date the United States. Union. We call them "SALT II"—the seven-year-long With that said, we wish SALT II negotiators the second phase of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks greatest measure of success. Any steps, no matter how that were started almost a generation ago by the late away from nuclear confrontation will be wel- President John F. Kennedy. modest, comed by men and women everywhere. No one is more President Carter is well qualified. As a graduate of Legionnaire to see our full resources Academy and a nuclear submarine officer anxious than a the U.S. Naval Americans. by tech- thrown into the fight for a richer life for all he is schooled in the modern arsenals fashioned No one knows better the waste of war, the heavy cost nology. And he is bolstered by a quiet but capable team But no one knows better, too, Americans who have struggled for almost 15 years of military preparedness. of isn't it comes to national survival, second-best through disarmament talks with the men from Moscow. that when Some may say we veterans from old wars should good enough. stand aside and refrain from comment as the new negotiations are prepared. I don't agree. Throughout its history, The American Legion has never hesitated to speak out when national security was involved. For almost 60 years we have argued for a attack strong America that is capable of defeating any

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eted to serve as a sort of space taxi for ferrying men and supplies to and from orbiting space stations, and as an emergency ambulance service in space to rescue injured and stranded astronauts. An Interim Upper Stage (IUS) with the delights of being developed by the Department Wintertime is vacation time in As you toy of Defense will be used for missions Florida and this year you can weightlessness, your spaceliner be- requiring orbits higher than 500 plan one of those out-of-this-world gins to move up and down, back and operational limit des- forth, in gentle swaying motions. miles—the Shuttle's trips . . . literally ... for your voyage —and to inject payloads into escape tination is straight up—a huge resort The end of the fantastic trajectories to the moon and the hotel orbiting hundreds of miles comes with the softest of thuds. You planets. above the Earth. have arrived—300 miles above the development of the With visions of zero-gravity games Earth. In the process, you circled Ironically, the Shuttle parallels the develop- and shuttle flights to the Moon danc- the globe—and in less time than it Space rocket boosters ing through your head, you're off takes to fly the Atlantic. ment of the large that opened the era of space explora- to the airport. The moment you ar- A 21st century happening? Sur- story begins in the late rive your journey takes on the air prisingly, outings in orbit may be tion. The spacecraft designers of a Jules Verne fantasy. Poised practical a lot sooner than you think. 1950's, when the problem of how to restlessly at the end of a concrete The reason? Emergence of the re- wrestled with in- bring back returning spacemen with- ribbon is your waiting spaceplane usable Space Shuttle, a startling a gleaming, stubby-winged leviathan novation of the Space Age that out burning them to cinders. spacecraft slices into of the heavens. makes commercial exploitation of the When a You board the sprawling space heavens a possible reality. Earth's air ocean, it is traveling at Resulting giant and take a seat among the The first Space Shuttle rolled speeds up to 25,000 mph. temperatures of other passengers, ranging from fel- from its assembly plant late last air friction creates 5,000 de- low tourists to working scientists. around As you fumble with the safety har- grees. The spacecraft's angle of ness, the pilot's voice fills the cabin. be "Takeoff in one minute!" A moment reentry must a later, rocket engines deep within the precise. Even can bowels of the metal bird begin to small error pulsate with a quickening rhythm. throw it thousands of miles off course You stiffen. The great adventure is about to begin. with disastrous Takeoff comes with an unnerving consequences. As suddenness. You explode down the the late astronaut runway at a dizzying speed. In sec- Gus Grissom once onds you are airborne, climbing said: "We literally explode a man into steeply . . . endlessly. The soft con- tour seat becomes a man-eater as space, then bring acceleration forces hammer your him back like a body downward. Your weight in- meteor." Apollo astro- creases two . . . three times. You want to look out of the window, nauts referred to their reentry pro- but it is an effort merely to turn your head. Yet, there is no discom- cedure as "sliding fort. The pressure of acceleration, Enterprise Commander Fred W. Haise Jr. and Pilot C. Gordon down the stove- California the overwhelming thunder of the Fullerton pose with craft after roll-out ceremonies in pipe." Their bell- produce a pleas- rockets combine to year. Landing tests are scheduled shaped craft, only slightly more euphoria. ant for 1977 and the first orbital flight maneuverable than a descending rifle are hurtling over Africa, Soon you will be conducted in 1979. In 1980, bullet, had to be guided with unerr- mass, into night, the Eurasian land the Space Shuttle will begin opera- ing accuracy through an invisible into a crimson new and emerging tional missions from the Kennedy "window" in the atmosphere 300 the muted roar of dawn. Abruptly, Space Center in Florida. miles wide and 40 miles deep. Not engines drops to an the spaceliner's The Shuttle will solve a nagging an easy feat considering they had to

. . . then a hiss . . . audible rumble and often embarrassing problem for take aim from thousands of miles sensation. Your then silence. A new the National Aeronautics and Space out in space. against restraining body rises gently Administration—the astronomical If they barreled in too steeply, they centrifugal force that harness. The cost of doing business in space. In would be crushed and incinerated by comes from being whirled about your fact, NASA has designed its pro- the thickening air mass. If they mph . . . like world at nearly 18,000 grams for the next two decades came in too shallow, they would the end of a cord . . . has a ball on around this versatile space commu- bounce off the Earth's blanket of air cancelled gravity. You are in space. ter. As a roving work platform in and become aimless wanderers in it will be used to launch, re- space. Their final descent to an ocean M Against an out-of-this-world backdrop space, these NASA sketches depict various phases pair and replace expensive satellite landing was controlled by what vet- of space shuttle activities such as launch at systems, and to serve as a manned eran spaceman Tom Stafford once lower left, activating a space telescope (top), space laboratory for periods of up described as the most gratifying and retrieving a satellite, jettisoning a fuel days duration. Later it is tick- sight in the world to a returning tank and returning to a Florida landing field to 30 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1977 —

astronaut, "those big, beautiful, land- Directly beneath the Orbiter is a somewhat of a "grabber." It will be ing 'chutes." huge external fuel tank that feeds a computer controlled and accom- stick" without power. Even as the Apollo program was propellants to the Orbiter's main plished "dead — positioning The glide slope will be a steep 24 taking initial form, designers knew engines during liftoff. By compared to the two and a there had to be a better way to move the main fuel supplies externally, de- degrees, the half to three degrees for a commer- in and out of space. Huge rockets, signers were able to cut down on weight and allow cial airliner on a landing approach. such as the 363-foot-tall Apollo/ Orbiter's size and mission oper- says the Space Shuttle will Saturn V, then on the drawing more cargo space for NASA open an era of economical space boards, would be intricate and costly ations. Unlike the futuristic version de- activity. The cost of launching a to build and launch. Moreover, they scribed at the beginning of the conventional rocket carrying an un- would be totally expendable . . . each restraints manned payload runs from about $10 complete vehicle a one-shot invest- story, present technical Shuttle be million to million, depending ment. Only the Command Module, require that the Space $15 launched vertically like a conven- upon the launch vehicle used. The or crew compartment, of the huge liftoff, the Orbiter's manned moon missions, using the moon rocket would return safely to tional rocket. At engines and the two solid massive Saturn V, cost $400 million. Earth. three main booster rockets are ignited. At an In contrast, the average Space Shut- Researchers hit pay dirt in late altitude of about 25 miles, the two tle launch will average $10.5 million, 1961. An unusual, wingless shape solids shut down, pop off automati- and it can loft as many as three sat- emerged from wind tunnels at cally and parachute into the ocean ellites at a time. NASA's Langley Research Center in off Cape Canaveral. The boosters, Currently, the overall cost of de- Virginia. It wasn't much to look at, located by built-in homing devices, livering a pound of payload into resembling a halved apple—rounded on the bottom and flat on top. But tests proved it to be airworthy, and with the addition of small fins and rudders it could be maneuvered with relative ease. Elated designers dubbed their newest creation the "lifting body." The first lifting body was flight tested in 1962, the same year that astronaut John Glenn (now a U. S. Senator from Ohio) became the first American to orbit the Earth. The M2F1, a fragile craft constructed of plywood and tubular steel, was towed to a height of 10,000 feet and glided to safe landing near Edwards, CA. Test pilot Milton Thompson, who once jockeyed the needle-nosed X-15 rocket plane to an altitude of 211,000 feet and a speed of 3,700 mph, called the flight the most unique of his career. "It was an odd feeling to gaze from the canopy and not see any wings," he said. By 1968, advanced lifting body de- signs had been piloted to heights ap- proaching 100,000 feet and speeds beyond sound. Unmanned versions the Earth orbit runs from $600 to $1,700. were lofted into space by rockets, are recovered and returned to reduce the rammed back through the atmo- Cape for refurbishing and reuse. The Shuttle is expected to pound-in-orbit cost to approximately sphere at extreme velocities and Shortly after Orbiter is inserted $160. guided by radio control to safe land- into orbit, the external belly tank Additional savings will be achieved ings in the ocean. A year before runs dry and the Orbiter's main en- by the Shuttle's ability to retrieve Apollo 11 began its historic journey gines shut down. They will not be and repair ailing satellites that other- to the surface of the Moon, designers used again during the mission. The wise might have to be replaced en- were convinced that the stubby, belly tank is jettisoned and pointed tirely. For example, two days after wedge-shaped lifting body was in- back towards Earth by a small de- launch in April 1966, the battery deed the shape of tomorrow. orbit motor. It is the only piece of aboard the $50 million Orbiting As- The Shuttle's Orbiter is the main the Shuttle package which is expend- tronomical Observatory-1 failed, package. It is a delta-winged space- able. dooming the mission to failure. Had plane about the size of a DC-9 jet- the Orbiter completes its When the Space Shuttle been available, the liner containing a crew compartment, returns to Earth, zips mission, it defective satellite could have been controls, life support systems, a 60- through the atmosphere like any rescued and repaired at a cost of by 15-foot cargo bay, three main other aircraft and glides to a landing a Shuttle launch $10.5 million rocket engines for liftoff and two — on an ordinary runway. roughly one-fifth of the satellite's smaller rocket engines for maneu- The actual landing—to a commer- replacement cost. vering in space and to prod it out of passenger would be The Shuttle also will make it pos- orbit for return to Earth. cial airlines — 8 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1977 !

sible to cut down on the cost of launching manned and unmanned SAYS the HENRY into deep space or to MORGAN spaceships planets. It will eliminate the costly rocket boosters necessary to over- "Good appliance come Earth's gravity. The Shuttle could take up a spaceship system piece by piece and then haul up the repairmen are engineering crew to put it together. It could transport the flight crew, scarcer than if the mission is manned, and keep them on station until launch from doctors who Earth orbit. The same process could be used to construct and service large space bases housing scientists, en- make house gineers and technicians for a variety of scientific and industrial research projects and to survey and monitor calls." the Earth's environment and resources. Did you know that there are over a An international flavor already has billion appliances in use in the United States today? And three repairmen. At been assured for Space Shuttle mis- least that's the way it seems when one sions. Occupying the huge cargo bay of mine goes on the blink. With more of the Orbiter on many flights will than two dozen electrical gadgets in my be Spacelab, a pressurized manned house going snap, crackle and pop, I got tired of trying locate a laboratory and an instrumented plat- finally to guy with enough ambition to take my form with instruments for experi- money and I decided to learn how to ments which must be exposed to the make the repairs myself. The NRI course is really easy to un- space environment. The laboratory, When a well-aged comic like me de- derstand . . . with lots of pictures to cides to go back to school, you can bet being designed and built at a cost show you what they're talking about. the family jewels it won't be back at They even send you a professional ap- of $500 million by the 10 nations of P.S. 93. I'm going to learn at home, or pliance tester at no extra cost. the European Space Agency, will not at all. So I sent away for NRI's With the tester and a few basic tools home study course in Appliance Repair offer working space for four persons you probably have already, you're . . . and I took the course. for up to 30 days, although nominal ready to service most electrical appli- With a mechanical aptitude slightly missions probably will av- ances. After a few months, you'll be Spacelab below that of King Kong, I needed a fixing your own appliances like I do, erage one week. Spacelab personnel course that started at the beginning or you can start earning spare time are in addition Orbiter' s nor- and didn't move ahead too fast. Well, to the money fixing them for your friends and NRI did just that. They started with mal three-man flight crew. neighbors. Before you know it, you can electricity—what it is and what it does landing site have your own full-time business and The prime launch and and went from there. You proceed at — be independent. for Space Shuttle operations will be your own rate of speed. Whip through Take my advice and clip the coupon. NASA's Kennedy Space Center in it if you want to, or take your time. Even if you don't know which end of a What counts is the fact that you learn, Florida. The space center was se- screwdriver is the handle, they can give in a way that it sticks with you. lected because of its existing launch you real professional training that'll You learn two things : how to repair help you break into the appliance re- facilities which were readily adapt- appliances—from little one cylinder pair field. It's one of the few things I've able to Shuttle operations. gas engines to refrigeration and air ever sent for that was even better than conditioning equipment ; and how to get A shuttle landing runway is they said it would be ... so why not started in your own appliance business. 15,000 feet long, 300 feet wide and invest a postage stamp to see if it's That can mean money for you either right for you. The NRI catalog is free has a 1,000-foot overrun at each way. If NRI can turn old ten thumbs and there's no obligation. No one will end. Concrete thickness is 16 inches Morgan into a reasonable facsimile of knock at your door or bug you at home. a repairman, think what they could at the center, sloping to 15 inches do NRI doesn't use salesmen. They don't for you on the sides. need them. NRI's no fly-by-night outfit. They've Take it from Henry Morgan, the ap- In the Free World, the Orbiter run- been training men for more than sixty pliance repair field could sure use some is matched in length . . way and width years . and they've had over a million good men. Now. only by a strip at the NASA Hugh students. It's the oldest and largest L. Dryden Flight Research Center/ home study school in the field of electronics and electricity, so they know it Edwards Air Force Base in Califor- better than anyone else around. nia's Mojave Desert. Henry Morgan The runway is roughly twice as long and twice as wide as the run- 759-027 NRI^-j-'^m NRI SCHOOLS of-the-mill commercial landing facil- APPROVED FOR TRAINING ~J 'i \SM McGraw-Hill Continuing Education Center CAREER ity, although a number of domestic Cji •TT7T 3939 Wisconsin Avenue. UNDER G.I. BILL wasnin ton dc 20016 Check for facts 9 ' and foreign airports have landing i ni strips far exceeding average dimen- Sounds interesting. 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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1977 9 J — Will Airlines Go the Way off Our Railroads?

By JOHN E. ROBSON By Charles C. Tillinghast, Jr. Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board Ex-Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, TWA

The railroad story is not a happy one. Rail passenger Given Chairman Robson's observation some months service has been almost completely nationalized back that "the worst thing that could happen to the and a big chunk of the Northeast railroads is semi- airlines is that they go down the same bumpy track the nationalized. railroads have traveled," I'm not sure that his views Will the airlines end up like the railroads ? They could, and mine are all that far apart on the basic question of but needn't. what it takes to maintain a viable, scheduled air trans- It might seem ridiculous to suggest that the fate of portation system to meet the public need. the railroads could befall the airlines. While railroading I am quite certain, however, that it is pure nonsense is widely perceived as an old-fashioned, lethargic indus- to expect that greater competition will produce any try, the airlines have been thought of as a modern, pro- better result for the airlines than it did for the rail- gressive, "growth" industry. But their luster has dimmed roads. Even as we spend federal funds trying to reduce in recent years, as it has become apparent that all is not excess competition between railroads in order to pro- well beneath their sleek exteriors. Some signs of diffi- vide economic rail service for consumers, there are culties: those who pretend that this same • Four of the nation's six largest air- kind of competition among airlines lines have had recent close calls will produce more, better and cheaper with insolvency. service. Far from producing these • The scheduled airline industry op- desirable results, adoption by the erated at a deficit of $84 million in Congress of a proposal for open skies 1975. During the 1970's, return on under which there would be a real investment for the airlines has free-for-all among air carriers would averaged only 3.9 per cent a year. ultimately bring about a concentra- • Total traffic on U. S. scheduled air- tion of the industry and, perhaps, lines has grown only 2.8 per cent a nationalization. year during the first six years of the While the airline industry seems to 1970's, less than a quarter of the be making a remarkable recovery previous prevailing growth rate. from yet another severe economic • The slowdown in traffic growth illness, our basic problem today re- has caused lay-offs and declines in mains the same as in the past—in- employment. More than 10,000 em- adequate earnings. What the airlines ployees were furloughed during desperately need is a string of the recent recession, and total em- profitable years. Without a strong ployment on the scheduled airlines economy and the fare increases is 20,000 below its peak in 1973. necessary to keep up with inflation, • Airline productivity, the measure particularly as it affects our two Robson of the industry's efficiency and in- major costs—fuel and labor—such Tillinghast novation, has grown only 4.0 per years won't be possible. cent a year during the 70's, only half its historical rate By 1985, an important part of our fleet—the 707's of growth. will have become inefficient and economically obsolete. • Costs have risen about 40 per cent above their level Whether they will be environmentally acceptable is at the start of this decade. Prior to this, costs had re- questionable. TWA will need to replace its aging jets in mained steady or dropped. the interests of economy and environmental compata- Since each of these symptoms was a hallmark of the bility. TWA will have to purchase approximately 100 railroad industry's earlier decline, their appearance in new jets at a cost of roughly $2 billion, but how is such a the airline industry led to questions: Are these symp- sum to be raised? Obviously, without substantial profits toms chronic? Or are they the temporary result of a it will be impossible, for traditional lenders have made uniquely difficult period the airlines faced in the early it clear that they have no desire for future loans to 70's? airlines until they've demonstrated an ability to earn Heading into this decade, the airlines were experienc- solid and consistent profits. ing traffic growth of about 15 per cent a year. Expecting The task of restoring the financial health of this in- it to continue, they ordered large numbers of new planes, dustry, a task incidentally that hasn't been accom- many of them huge and expensive jumbo jets. Most of plished for the railroads, is clouded by the threat of the airlines felt compelled by competition among them- deregulation—also known as re-regulation and regula- selves to switch over rapidly to these jumbo jets. Five tory reform—which has received much attention in the consecutive years of high earnings in the mid-1960's past year and will be on the calendar in the 95th enabled the carriers to finance these unusually large Congress. additions to their fleets. The airlines, like the railroads, have been conceived But as delivery of these new planes started in the as occupying a middle ground between the monopoly (Continued on page ^2 (Continued on page If2)

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1977 11 Monday, February 6, 1976. Quit- would appear that a carelessly dis- next year, at a rate of more than ting time had come and gone carded match or cigaret was to blame 200 per hour, 2 million Americans in the cafeteria where Gary Kamin- for the blaze which raged through the at work and at play will become ski worked as a fry cook. The 22- year-old, three-story Kappa Sigma burn victims. Their wounds will be year-old Univ. of Nebraska student fraternity house near the Baker inflicted by everything from Fourth was hurrying to leave. Draining Univ. campus in Baldwin, KS. Occu- of July fireworks to gasoline to mac- scalding grease from a deep fryer pants fled as best they could. Some aroni and cheese simmering on the into a two and one-half gallon stain- jumped from top-story windows. kitchen stove. Yet, unless these ac- less container, he ignored the 485- Five, however, did not escape. The cidents strike us, our families or our degree temperature. Quickly he state fire marshal reported after- friends, they will remain little more wrapped the caldron's handles with ward that the five, ranging in age than items in our neighborhood rags, lifted it and headed for the from 19 to 22, were trapped because newspapers. In fact, burns today are disposal point. Suddenly, the con- the house did not have adequate so pervasive that they have become tainer slipped from his grasp, clat- avenues of escape. A fraternity America's "silent epidemic." tering across the tiled floor and spokesman lamented: "We never The Galveston, TX, physician who spewing grease over the hallway. thought a fire would go that fast." coined that phrase is Dr. Duane L. Off balance, Kaminski sprawled head- Sunday, September 19, 1976. A Larson, chief-of-staff of the re- long into the searing pool. Lincoln, NE, man and his 13-year- nowned Shriners Burn Institute. For the next 27 days, he was clois- old daughter smelled gasoline fumes "Twelve thousand persons die from tered in a local burn unit recovering in their home and began to investi- burns each year—half of them chil- from second and third degree burns gate. They traced the odor to the dren," Dr. Larson reports. "That which blistered his palms, arms, garage where fumes apparently were figure becomes even more startling chest and legs. escaping from the family automo- when you consider this: the esti- Monday, June 28, 1976. Five Army bile. For some reason, the pair mated number of children who died National Guardsmen prepared for moved on to the basement, leaving a or were crippled from burns in 1969 a day of range firing of a 155mm door connecting the garage open be- alone was greater than the total self-propelled howitzer during field hind them. Fumes seeped into the number of fatal or crippling cases of training at Camp Guernsey, WY. All basement, and were ignited by the polio during 1954—the peak year of were in the gun's armored crew cabin pilot light of the water heater. The that epidemic." when the first round was detonated. blast cracked the ceiling in an up- Burns can happen anywhere, but The breech malfunctioned. Hot stairs bedroom and loosened the some states tend to have more each gasses flooded the cabin, blowing per- house's exterior brick facing. The year than do others. Dr. Larson calls sonnel from the back of the weapon. basement was gutted by fire, and these—Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi All were airlifted to a nearby hos- father and daughter were rushed to and Florida—the "burn belt." Those pital for treatment of first, second a local burn-treatment facility with four states register more burns an- and third degree burns. first, second and third degree burns. nually than regions of considerably

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part of the answer lies in the climate and the elderly patient do very related deaths recorded in the United and living conditions. poorly with the burn," says Dr. Lar- States each year. "In the south especially, water son. "In burn units around the coun- "In the past, patients with exten- heaters are located in the garage," try, a 50 per cent burn leaves the sive burns simply were put aside, Dr. Larson explains. "That also is victim only a 50/50 chance of sur- expecting that they would expire the common storage place for gaso- vival." something which they did with great line. If the fuel container is tipped Given the modern advances regularity." over, the volatile fumes are ignited achieved in burn treatment, and the So says Col. Basil A. Pruitt, Jr., by the water heater pilot light." proliferation of care facilities around M.D., commander and director of the Aside from the danger of tipping, the country, that is a good survival U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Re- burn researchers report that studies rate. Especially for a patient whose search at Fort Sam Houston, San show that none of the gasoline con- body is half covered by burns. Still, Antonio, TX, and head of the famed tainers manufactured for home use care may not be what it should be Army Burn Unit of Brooke Army are safe. All pose some threat of es- in all areas, and the survival rate Hospital. caping fumes which may ignite probably is much lower in those re- "In the 1930's and '40's," the under the right circumstances. gions. former American Burn Association Burn causes are almost as numer- "I seriously consider the burn vic- president says, "patients with burns ous as the injuries themselves. Flam- tim to be the 20th century equivalent over 30 or 40 per cent of their bodies mable liquids such as gasoline lead of the Biblical leper," says Dr. Rob- ^'3d no matter what you did. Today, the way. But matches, open space ert W. Gillespie, a Lincoln, NE, this is no longer true." heaters, hot food and drink, hot bath surgeon and American Burn Associa- In recent years, Colonel Pruitt ex- water, vaporizers, wall sockets, ex- tion panelist. "Too often he or she plains, both attitudes toward burn tension cords, defective wiring and is relegated to the far end of the victims and treatment of them has power lines are not far behind. All hospital hallway to receive super- changed. Just how and why are hard are common to the home where, in- ficial treatment at best." to pinpoint, however. vestigation shows, 90 per cent of all One reason for marginal care as "You really can't nail down the burn accidents occur. Further, three- it exists is that burns—of all when, where or why of the begin- fourths of those could be prevented. injuries—are grotesque. They are nings of modern burn treatment," Shrine efforts in the burn area are ugly; they are odorous; and pa- he says. "Perhaps the 'why' stems slanted toward youth since their tients require around-the-clock care from the fact that the burn is one treatment centers are open to young- —a burden some nurses and phy- of the few injuries which affects all sters age 15 and below. That age sicians are unable or unwilling to organ systems. As such, it makes the group does not, however, monopolize shoulder. This despite the fact that, burn patient a good model for any the injuries, nor is it most prone to according to the American Burn other surgical injury. He has all the fatalities. The elderly also suffer Association, children under the age physiological changes of a patient greatly from burns. of four and the elderly, 65 and over, who has been hit by a truck. Only "In general, the young patient account for well over half the burn- (Continued on page 36)

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1977 13 The Peace After Yorktown J\[egotiations with beaten British were not easy

Ask the average American which A year later, France persuaded to Spain) and Henry Laurens, a battle ended the Revolutionary Spain to join the struggle, promising past president of Congress. War and he'll probably say York- to help her get Gibraltar, Minorca, But Vergennes was not satisfied. town where George Washington and Florida and most of the land west of He told Luzerne to convince Con- the Continental Army (with the the Alleghenies. Spain declared war gress to order the American delega- help of French troops and ships) on England in April 1779. After tion to consult with the French forced Lord Cornwallis' surrender. carefully calculating the tide of government and follow its lead. But Yorktown did not end the war events, so did The Netherlands. This was the world situation when nor win the peace, since the British As powerful as Britain was, it was Cornwallis surrendered on Oct. 19, still held much of America. Peace obvious she could not hold off this 1781. Lord North, the British Prime and independence required yet an- phalanx of opponents indefinitely. Minister, took the news of York- other brilliant American victory, this There had to be a settlement or town "as he would have taken a one at the conference tables of bankruptcy for all. But the fighting ball in his breast." Europe. continued through 1779, as the war- "Oh God," said North, again and In that contest, three Americans again, "it is all over." —the venerable Benjamin Franklin; But it was far from over. The a sharp New York congressman and British still held New York City, lawyer, John Jay, and one of the Charleston, Savannah, Wilmington Revolution's leading philosophers, and six different outposts in the old John Adams—outwitted the sea- Northwest (now the upper mid- soned diplomats not only of Britain west), not to mention Canada and but also of France, Spain and The the West Indies. Washington's un- Netherlands. derpaid army had no chance of dis- They thwarted plans to relieve lodging them. France had other fish America of the territory between to fry. the Alleghenies and the Mississippi, Yorktown's greatest impact was to prevent citizens from fishing off on British public opinion. Five the Grand Banks, to force to repay months later, the King finally bowed dispossessed Tories, and, worst of to public opinion and let North re- sign. Minister was all, to saddle it with a halfway in- The new Prime dependence that existed only at the Lord Rockingham, an ardent peace whim of the Great Powers. And advocate, a pro-American. His elec- they did this against heavy odds. tion was a bitter pill for George III. To Americans now as well as then, In Paris, Franklin had often been the Revolutionary War was a glori- approached by North's unofficial ous struggle for freedom. To every John Jay emissaries who offered peerages and other nation that mattered in those substantial pensions to leading patriots independence. North days, it was only part of a much weary antagonists attempted to im- —but not larger struggle—and not the most prove their bargaining positions. had been willing to give America important part, either. The way most By 1780, the trickle of peace feel- everything, except the one issue for it fighting. of the civilized world saw it, Britain ers turned into a torrent. Britain's which was and France were the main belliger- will and ability to fight were seri- Rockingham had other ideas. He to ents. They were contending world- ously eroded. was willing to convince the King wide to see which would end up the Congress appointed John Adams grant independence—if that meant strongest, most dominant, most to superintend American interests. reconciliation between Britain and prosperous nation. Even before the The French weren't pleased. Foreign her American colonies, or at least Revolutionary War broke out, they Minister Vergennes wanted to con- the destruction of the French-Amer- were vying with each other in India, trol negotiations and he knew Ad- ican alliance. Rockingham took the Africa, the Caribbean—and on the ams was no puppet. one step his predecessor had re- Paris to seas. And the British were winning. In June 1781, Vergennes instructed jected: he sent a man to The American Revolution provided his ambassador to the United States, treat with the Americans officially. France a splended opportunity to the Chevalier la Luzerne, to manipu- That man was Richard Oswald, in even the odds. As soon as she saw it late Congress into appointing a a former Scottish merchant now an was a serious business (the Ameri- docile, pliable peace mission that his 80's, known as a liberal and can victory over Burgoyne at Sara- would neutralize the stubborn American sympathizer. In touch toga was proof enough) she sided Adams. with the most enlightened ideas of with the rebels and started shipping Congress was a pushover for his time, Oswald had predicted that mil- them arms and cash. A formal treaty Luzerne. It believed his noble talk the United States might have 80 between France and the fledgling about the sanctity of American lion people by I860 and that Great might need its friendship. United States came Feb. 6, 1778, in ideals. It added four men to the Britain States had 31 Paris, negotiated by Franklin and peace mission: Jefferson and Frank- (Actually, the United still about France's Foreign Minister, the Comte lin (both known French sympa- million people by then, de Vergennes. thizers), Jay (then U.S. ambassador ten times its 1780 population.)

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On April 12, 1782, Oswald called on Benjamin Franklin in Paris. The other U.S. commissioners weren't available. Jay was still rep- resenting the United States in Spain Adams was in The Netherlands attempting to secure a loan; Laurens had been captured by the British en route to Europe and was being held in the Tower of London, and Jeffer- son had stayed in America. On the very day Oswald met Franklin, the British scored a sur- prising naval victory and greatly strengthened their bargaining power. Since Yorktown, Admiral de Grasse and the French fleet (the same ships that had helped trap Cornwallis) had been picking off British islands in the West Indies almost without opposition and itching to meet the British. While Franklin and Oswald were exchanging handshakes, de Grasse was getting his wish—and wishing he hadn't. He lost when he attempted to seize Jamaica and was routed by Adm. Sir George Rodney. De Grasse was captured. Of course, the news did not reach London for weeks. Franklin took Oswald to Ver- sailles, to meet Vergennes. Franklin told the French Foreign Minister what he wanted to hear. To Oswald, though, he privately made it clear that he was ready for secret negotiations. Franklin entrusted Oswald with a memo that would have caused much trouble, had Vergennes seen it. It involved Canada. "In the mind of the people in general," Franklin wrote, "would it looking around for a likely candidate fishing "on the banks and elsewhere not have an excellent effect if Brit- to sell out to Britain. The newborn for both fish and whales." ain should voluntarily offer to give United States seemed a good choice. The "advisable" articles, which up this province, though on these Jay was also certain that France Franklin recommended "as a friend," conditions: that she shall, in all would do anything to prevent Spain for the sake of future amity, began times coming, have and enjoy the from switching sides. Jay didn't with compensating those whose right of free trade . . . unencum- trust Spain, France or England. homes and property were destroyed bered with any duties . . . that so The second event to upset Frank- by the British or their Indian allies. much of the vacant lands there shall lin's Canadian apple cart was the He also recommended that Britain be sold as will raise a sum sufficient sudden death of Lord Rockingham. acknowledge her error in starting to pay for the houses burnt by the The King grudgingly accepted Lord the war, that she establish recipro-

British . . . and also indemnify the Shelburne as the new Prime Min- cal shipping privileges for the two royalists for the confiscation of their ister. The shakeup further delayed countries, and that she cede Canada estates?" negotiations. It also put into office a to the United States. Franklin still The British negotiator took the man committed to peace and to some had his hopes. proposition back to the cabinet. He formal tie between England and Though Vergennes wasn't privy returned to tell Franklin that Rock- America—not independence. to what was happening between ingham did not seem "very averse." Oswald and Franklin resumed Franklin and Oswald, his many spies Circumstances, however, conspired their conversations and Franklin reported their intensive conversa- to prevent Franklin from obtaining presented a written proposal. It was tions. To reassert control, he sent a Canada for the United States. First divided into "necessary" and "advis- message to Congress via Luzerne. was John Jay's arrival in Paris on able" articles. Congress already was considering June 23. Jay's two years in Spain The necessary articles asked "a replacing its negotiators, on the convinced him that King Charles full and compleat independence of grounds that they weren't doing III was willing to take anything the 13 states," minus all British anything. James Madison beat back Spain could get from America, while troops moving Canadian boundaries the attempt only with difficulty. ; giving little or nothing. He knew the back north from the Ohio River, "if Vergennes also had his undersec- Spanish coveted the U.S. west and not to a still more contracted state retary, Joseph Rayneval, talk pri- Gibraltar. He was sure they were on an ancient footing;" freedom of (Continued on page 38)

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1977 15 )

Washington Lincoln —And the Spanish Jackass —And the Hawaiian Hero

George Washington of course was "first in war, There is a plaque beside the Kawaiahao church in first in peace, and first in the hearts of his country- downtown Honolulu honoring a brave Hawaiian, men." But he also was a first-class gentleman-farmer, a James Kekela, who was recognized by Abraham Lincoln. shrewd businessman and an innovator in war, politics, A Honolulu-based non-denominational religious group diplomacy and agriculture. sent Kekela in 1853 to pacify cannibal inhabitants of the By the end of the 18th century, when iron agricultural Marquesas Islands, almost 1,000 miles north of Tahiti in implements were being introduced, it became imperative the South Pacific. He stayed for 46 years on the lonely to have proper beasts of burden and and remote island of Hiva Oa with draft. Oxen and horses were not com- only a few basic possessions, try- pletely efficient, especially if com- *** ing to persuade the Marquesans to pared to the mule. change their life style. But to have good mules, a jackass Two Seldom Told Because Kekela and his family to sire the mules was indispensable. were Polynesians, related to the It had to be a "blooded jack." Stones Observe Marquesans, some of whom popu- Spanish jackasses, descendants of lated Hawaii from 600 to 800 AD, the donkeys brought into Europe by the cannibal tribes tolerated them. Arab armies in the 8th century, were Birthday Month But the Marquesans had a fierce famous for their breeding prowess, hatred for white men. South Amer- their strength, their docility, their of Americas Most ican slave-labor vessels, drunken frugal appetites and their resistance seamen and whaleship harpooners became the famous had menaced the islanders. to disease. One Celebrated Presidents "rucio" carrying Sancho Panza along- The American whaling vessel, side Don Quixote on his "Rocinante" Congress, out of New Bedford, MA, in their La Mancha adventures. dropped anchor in January 1864 in Washington in 1778 met a Havana Puamau Bay. The Congress had merchant by the name of Don Juan years as a merchant in Spain. been damaged in a storm and had de Miralles, who had become the first Washington speculated on their to make repairs and obtain water *possible role at Mt. Vernon and Mr. official Spanish representative to the and provisions. Seaman Jonathan Continental Congress. Miralles be- Miralles offered to ask King Charles Whalon was warned that the "is- came a friend and an enthusiastic III of Spain for two Spanish jack- landers were cannibals" when he put admirer of General Washington, vis- asses as a gift. out two longboats to trade with the iting him regularly and talking at But procrastination was a trade- natives. He was seized by the can- length about many different topics, mark of the Spanish government. ( Continued on page 45 agriculture included. He owned a cat- Time dragged and in 1779 Miralles tle breeding farm near Havana. pleaded with the Spanish Prime Min- One day their discussion turned to ister, Count Floridablanca, and with the merits of jackasses to breed good the influential Minister of the Indies, mules, and Mr. Miralles extolled the Josef de Galvez, to speed the ship- qualities of the Spanish jackasses, ment of two "garanones" or Spanish well-known by him because of his jackasses to General Washington, "... a man so memorable and who has acquired such a well deserved reputation." He even appealed to the King when he learned that Spanish jackasses were considered so valuable that a "royal order" was needed before they could be sent abroad. Miralles died in April 1780, at Mor- ristown, NJ, while a guest there of General Washington. Francisco Ren- don, his successor, renewed the plea in Madrid, but time rolled on. In 1785, Spain sent a new Plenipoten- tiary Minister to the United States, Diego Gardoqui, a wealthy Bilbao merchant who was aware of the promised Spanish jackasses. He stressed that his success in the United States might well hinge upon the delivery of the jackasses as soon as he arrived in New York City. Finally, a royal order was issued (Continued on page 4h)

16 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1977 YOU NEVER KNOWWHO YOU'LL MEET ATAN ARMY RESERVE MEETING. One thing is certain. The people will be from different backgrounds. And whether they're doctors, construction workers, or professors, they all have one thing in common— pride in their ability to do something worthwhile for their community and their country. Army Reservists do important jobs and earn good pay. They spend 16 hours a month and two consecutive weeks a year learning to perfect those jobs. In addition to the satisfaction they get from serving their country, there's the added attraction of working with the hometown banker or seeing the judge smile. There are lots of interesting people in the Army Reserve. Drop in and meet some of them today at your nearest Army Reserve center. THEARMY RESERVE. PART OF WHAT THEY EARN IS PRIDE. .

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GAS GUZZLERS GOING - - -

1977 IS ERA'S CRUCIAL YEAR. MANDATORY RETIREMENT TO END?

Gas guzzling autos are slowly driving 4.5 million citizens are forcibly retired out of style. The current year ' s models each year. A recent poll found that 86 are averaging six percent better fuel percent of the American people oppose economy—and a mile per gallon— than 1976 mandatory retirement. Under cars , according to the Environmental the proposal being introduced in Protection Agency. this session of Congress, however, labor The 1977 automobiles, on an industry-wide agreements which facilitate or even en- basis, average 18.6 mpg of gasoline, some- courage early retirement would not be what exceeding the 18.0 mpg fuel economy precluded. standard for 1978 specified by a 1975 law on a fleet basis. Of all the major auto makers, only Ford and Chrysler failed to PEOPLE & QUOTES meet the 1978 standard in the current model A PRESIDENTIAL SKILL SCIENTIST, BUT . . . year. By 1979, the auto manufacturers, "The most important skill "We have learned that the will have to both domestic and foreign, for any President is leader- scientist-advocate, on either improve the average gas mileage of all ship. A national leader, to be side of such a debate, is their cars to 19 mpg, and to 20 mpg by 1980. effective, must have the likely to be more advocate ." The auto makers are conforming to the ability to lead this country than scientist. . Phillip and the vision to know where Handler, president, Nat'l law by improving their engines, developing it must be led." President Academy of Sciences. new engines and reducing the weight of new Jimmy Carter. cars NOT WORTH A HOOT NAVY LEADS "As measures of many im- The stalled drive to get just four more "I think the United States portant attributes of person- Navy maintains its position ality and character and states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment of maritime superiority, but talent, the tests (college has entered its crucial "do-or-die" phase only by a narrow margin." boards) aren't worth a hoot this year, with proponents sounding a James Holloway, Chief of —and never were intended to cautiously optimistic note following last Naval Operations. be." Dr. Harold Howe II, educator. i November' s elections . Many ant -ERA forces WORLD LIP SERVICE in seven states which have yet to ratify "The only universality that THE PRESS SPEAKS the amendment were defeated, thus making one can honestly associate "The First Amendment North and South Carolina, Nevada, Florida, with the Universal Declara- guarantees freedom of the Utah, Indiana and Illinois prime targets tion on Human Eights is uni- press, but it doesn't require versal lip service." William people to read newspapers." for the final push. W. Scranton, U.S. Delegate Harold R. Lifvendahl, VP Thirty-four states have already approved to the U.N. and Director of sales, Chi- the ERA and four more must do so before the cago Tribune. Constitution is amended. Deadline for U.S. FORTUNATE "Those of us who have SPECIAL INTERESTS ratification is March 1979. But 1977 is the been fortunate enough to be "Instead of the United crucial year, according to Mary Brooks of bom in the United States in States being run by a well- the League of Women Voters , since most the 20th century naturallv knit behind-the-scenes power ." state legislatures meet only every other take freedom for granted. . group (as the conspiracy year. Milton Friedman, Nobel eco- theorists would have it), it is nomist. whipsawed by a great multi- Meanwhile, there have been moves in plicity, of special interests." several states that have ratified to A WATCHFUL EYE John Gardner, chairman, rescind approval of ERA. "As Europeans, it is only Common Cause too clear to us that we cannot remain indifferent to CONSUMPTION BINGE A bipartisan move to end mandatory anything that happens in the "Children born within the retirement of wo rkers will be renewed this United States in the matter last 10 years will see the year in the new 95th Congress. It's reported of strategy, politics or the world consume most of its that support for economy." Jacques Koscius- oil during their lifetime." Dr. action is growing among ko-Morizet, French Ambas- M. King Hubbert, federal legislators, who are cognizant that some sador. Geophysicist.

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WASHINGTON Opposing Views by Congressmen on The Question . . PRO & CON

Should Professional Sports

Applying the antitrust laws to professional sports profound disapproval of would regulate only the business operations of any group of business- the industry, not the sports or games themselves. men being allowed to get Exempting the sports business from the antitrust together to substitute col- laws would have undesirable consequences. lusion and monopoly for Should the owners of the multi-billion dollar pro competition and a free sports industry have a freedom to monopolize that marketplace. no other American industry has? Certainly, in an eco- Should employees in the pro sports industry be nomic system based on denied the same right to bargain freely with their free enterprise, those who employers that employees in every other private want to be exempt from industry have? the rule of competition Do sports fans want TV sports blackouts? have the burden of show- Rep. John F. Seiberling (D-OH) Do we want league-wide fixing of ticket prices? ing that an exemption is Do we want the owners of existing NFL teams necessary. Merely saying that it is necessary is not to decide that Memphis and Birmingham may not enough. Furthermore, whenever an antitrust ex- join the NFL, regardless of the proven support for emption has been granted (as in the case of utilities

football in those cities? and public transportation, for example) , the public Do we want the owners of the Baltimore Orioles has always insisted that the government—and not alone to keep an American League baseball team the industry itself—act to regulate the industry's out of Washington, DC? business activities. I believe that the answer to all of these prelim- The owners of the pro sports industry have failed inary questions is an unequivocal "No!" And I think to demonstrate why they—unlike the rest of the most sports fans will agree. entertainment industry—need an exemption from But that is not the answer that the big moguls the rule of competition. of the industry want. They want the right to oper- Until and unless they can justify an exemption, ate pro sports as a business cartel, free of the ordi- pro sports should be just as fully subject to the anti- nary rules of competition. They want to retain the trust laws as all other industries. right to "buy, sell and trade" employees as though they are pieces of property. No doubt some businessmen in other industries would like the same freedom. But the law in the United States has been that competition—not mo- nopolization—will be the rule. Competition has made American industry strong, and it has made the American standard of living the envy of the world. The antitrust laws express the American people's

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22 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1977 Be Subject To Federal Antitrust Laws?

The role of profes- hockey tickets average $7.71 apiece. Furthermore, sional sports in our baseball provides millions of free admissions to society is manifold. They honor students, boy scouts and girl scouts, little give communities pride leaguers and underprivileged children. and a rallying point One of the main reasons for antitrust laws is to when their team is a win- prevent excessive prices to the public. It is incum- ner. They set a standard bent upon us to provide the consumer the best of excellence for our product we can at the lowest price. Of the major youth to emulate. They professional sports, baseball does the best job. I give skilled athletes the can't sympathize with baseball owners who com- opportunity to showcase plain the average club has been losing about $80,000- their talents. But, the a-year during the past decade. They know, as I do, Rep. Ronald M. Mottl primary role of profes- that the market value of their franchise increased (D-OH) sional sports should be by much more than their losses during that period. to provide the best possible entertainment at the But I do sympathize with the paying fan who is a lowest possible price so the greatest possible num- victim of exorbitant ticket prices by the antitrust ber of fans can afford to buy tickets. And baseball regulated football, basketball and hockey empires. stands head and shoulders above football, basket- Baseball has operated effectively without re- ball and hockey in meeting this primary challenge. straints in the past and I see no reason to shackle Perhaps it is coincidental, but baseball is the our national pastime now, simply for the sake of only professional sport exempt from antitrust laws. change. Even the oft-criticized reserve clause re- I submit that if football, basketball and hockey ceived at least inherent support of the players in were exempted, perhaps they too could better serve the recently-approved player contract. It's time for the average fan by lowering their admission prices. a change all right. A positive change for Joe Fan. Now, I am not about to argue that baseball is And removing baseball from antitrust exemption more enjoyable than football, basketball or hockey. is not the change the fan needs. It's conjecture whether Carlton Fisk's dramatic home run in the 1975 World Series was more exciting than Lynn Swann's spectacular receptions in Super Bowl X or John Havlicek's unbelievable game-tying shot in the fifth game of the NBA 1976 play-offs. But what is not conjecture is how much it costs the fan to witness great moments in sports history. And that is where baseball leads the way.

The average ticket price for major league baseball I have read in The American Legion Magazine for Feb- during 1976 was an anti-inflationary $3.45. By com- ruary the arguments in PRO & CON: "Should Profes- sional Sports Be Subject To Federal Antitrust Laws?" parison, the average pro football ticket price this year is $8.89, the average NBA ticket $6.12, and pro IN MY OPINION THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION IS: YES NO

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1977 23 Massive walls of Fort Jefferson and coral-strewn waters of Gulf of Mexico guard America's most inaccessible national monument

From the tip of Florida, an came hideouts for pirates and thugs. in Cuba? Would Texas form an al- emerald-like chain of reef is- It was not until two years after liance with France? With England? lands trails westward into the Gulf Florida came into the Union in 1821 Washington did not want to allow of Mexico. Most visitors to these keys that the government sent Commo- unwelcome Europeans a foothold on stop at the southernmost point in dore David Porter to clear the area the Gulf coast. So, the United States the continental United States, Key of pirates so American ships could government decided to build a fort West. More adventuresome travelers be assured safe passage. The pirates' on Garden Key in the Dry Tortugas continue by private boat or amphib- heavy craft were no match for Por- as the largest link in a chain of ian plane to a cluster of coral out- ter's shallow-draft boats and he and coastal defenses stretching from croppings known as the Dry Tortugas his squadron pursued the brigands Maine to Texas. or "the Gibraltar of the Gulf of until they were captured or until The Army Corps of Engineers Mexico." they fled to Cuba or the West Indies. planned Fort Jefferson on Garden Over 500 years ago Ponce de Leon Porter's actions against the pirates Key, but construction did not begin discovered these islets. Noting an paved the way for a lighthouse on until 1846. Artisans from the north abundance of loggerhead and green Garden Key in 1825. and slave labor from Key West built turtles in the surrounding waters, Military experts quickly recognized the fort. The dimensions were mas- he named the keys Las Tortugas or that a fortress in the Tortugas sive. Fort Jefferson was to be the the turtles. Later, when he discov- could control navigation in the Gulf largest of the 19th century coastal ered there was no potable water on of Mexico. Commercial ships from forts in America. Millions of bricks the islands, he added the word "dry" the Mississippi Valley sailed through went into the construction of the to the original name. Today, al- the Gulf en route to the Atlantic eight-foot thick walls, and huge slate though wind and sea have eroded Ocean, and this sea trade was on squares shipped from New England away four of these coral caps, the the upswing. The government also were used to form the floors. seven remaining islands are still realized that if an enemy seized con- Work went on and on, year in and known as the Dry Tortugas, and on trol of the Tortugas it could stop year out. Once the War Between the Garden Key a traveler may visit this commerce. States began, the fort became a mili- America's most inaccessible national The memory of the British attack tary prison mainly for Union army monument, Fort Jefferson. on New Orleans was still vivid and deserters. In many cases these pris- Treasure-laden galleons of Spain England's development of her West oners replaced slaves in the labor once made regular runs past the Dry Indies possessions worried many. force, but some slaves continued Tortugas and the bits of coral be- Others asked: Was trouble brewing working on the fort until they were

24 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1977 emancipated by President Lincoln in 1863. The fort was built in three tiers and the middle tier was par- titioned to house prisoners. Soldiers in the guard station refused to live on the same physical level with the prisoners, so the guard station was raised a few inches above the prison cells. Some historians say that no shots were ever fired from Fort Jefferson, but others disagree. Although the fort wasn't then completed, federal troops occupied it in 1861. In addi- sailors inspect 19th central coastal battery tion to readying the fort as a prison, Visiting the occupancy was ordered to prevent reef as they had believed. After 20 Frigate birds in large numbers Florida secessionists from taking it years of construction and use, the also arrive at the Dry Tortugas in It is possible that Fort Jeffer- over. massive structure settled and the summer. With a wingspan of almost son may have fired a few warning walls had begun to crack. seven feet, these birds soar like shots at Confederate privateers, but In 1874, the army abandoned the graceful black kites in the updrafts battery of almost 100 cannon its fort, but in the 1880's the navy be- above the Keys. Sometimes they no real action. saw gan to use Garden Key and Fort prey on the terns, stealing an egg Fort Jefferson could accommodate Jefferson as a base. The battleship here and there, but for the most garrison 1,500 men, but the average Maine sailed from Tortugas Harbor part the frigate birds feed on fresh pris- numbered 500. Its most famous to be blown up in Havana Harbor in fish from the sea. of convicted oners were a group men 1898. Fort Jefferson is America's most of of conspiracy in the assassination In the early part of the 20th inaccessible National Monument, but Lincoln. The group in- President century, the navy used the fort as a visit is well worth the effort. The cluded Michael O'Loughlin, Samuel a wireless station. During World War Chambers of Commerce in Marathon, and Edward Spangler. Arnold I it housed a seaplane base. FL and Key West can provide infor- Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, wrongly In the 1930's, the U.S. Department mation on charter boat or amphib- convicted as a Lincoln conspirator, of the Interior took over the man- ious air transportation to the monu- also served time at Fort Jefferson. agement of "The Gibraltar of the ment. Supplies and gasoline are not Dr. Mudd was unaware that Presi- Gulf" and it became a National Mon- available at the Fort, nor are over- dent Lincoln had been shot when ument. Its natural resources were for night accommodations. Camping is he set the leg of John Wilkes Booth. the most part unmolested. Shells, permitted on Garden Key in a picnic Only later did he learn that Booth coral, tropical fish, turtles and their area complete with charcoal grills, was a fugitive from justice. But Dr. nests may not be disturbed or col- picnic tables, electric lights and salt- Mudd was convicted of conspiracy lected within the monument. water restrooms. Camping and living and sentenced to a lifetime of hard The combination of great amounts aboard boats in monument waters is labor in prison. of light and warm water work to- limited to one 14-day stay from Dec. He made four attempts to escape gether to produce coral reefs in the 1 to March 31 or from May 15 to during his confinement at Fort Jef- shallow waters at the edge of off- Sept. 1. Dorothy Francis ferson. Once he hid inside the barrel shore tropical islands. These reefs in of a cannon on a visiting vessel. the Fort Jefferson area support com- Twice he hid under a ship's floor- plex marine life. Snorkeling and boards. And in another bid for free- scuba diving are excellent. Even a n dom he secreted himself in a lifeboat. beginner can identify sea fans sway- m Each time, officers dragged him back ing in the underwater currents, sea to his cell to finish out his sentence. anemones, lobster, sponges. Indis- In August 1867, yellow fever raged criminate hunting greatly diminished through the Tortugas. Of the 300 the sea turtle population, but thou- men living there, 270 died. Dr. Mudd sands of hatchling greens have been volunteered his services, and he and released on the beaches at Fort Jef- Dr. Daniel Whitehurst from Key ferson in an effort to rebuild the West worked around the clock to population. relieve suffering. When the fever out- Small fish abound in Fort Jeffer- break ended, the survivors petitioned son waters, as do amberjack, grou- President Andrew Johnson to pardon per, wahoo and tarpon. Shark and Dr. Mudd, citing bravery beyond the barracuda also are frequent visitors. call of duty. Two years later Dr. Each year between April and Sep- Mudd did receive a Presidential par- tember sooty terns gather on Bush don, but it came about mostly Key in the Tortugas for their nesting through relentless efforts of his fam- season. The adult terns winter in the ily rather than as a result of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean grateful prisoners' petition. Sea, while the young leave their par- Little important work was done ents and fly some 9,000 miles to the on the fort after the Civil War. The coast of West Africa. They do not "If I believed in reincarnation Corps of Engineers discovered that return to the Tortugas until at least would I still be here?" the foundations rested on sand and their fourth summer, when they be- coral boulders, not on a solid coral gin their own nesting. THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE

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Veterans Newsletter

VA TO PAY RECORD $403.4 MILLION IN of a Foreign Post Development Committee INSURANCE DIVIDENDS: A record $403.4 mil- which will report directly to National Com- lion in insurance dividends , or $26. 6 million mander William J. Rogers .. .Members of ad more than in 1976, will be paid to more than hoc committee are: Dan C. McDonough

4, 100 , 000 veterans holding one of three (Alaska) ; Daniel S. Campbell (France) ; types of insurance, Veterans Administration Helmut Spangenthal, West Germany (France) ; announced. . .Dividends will be mailed on R. H. (Bob) Winkler, West Germany (France) policy anniversary dates. . .Some 3.5 million Gordon A. Ballantyne (Mexico) ; Wallace C. S.

WW II veterans will receive $368.1 million, Young (Hawaii) ; Harry G. Mantzouranis or average $104 each. . .An estimated 114,300 Greece (Italy) , and Gilbert M. Font (Puerto WW I veterans will receive $23.1 million, Rico) or average of each, while more than $202 SENATOR JACKSON, MRS. BIRCH BAYH WIN 550 , 000 Korean era veterans will get $12. HIGH LEGION AWARDS: million, or average of $22 each, VA says. . Sen. Henry M. Jackson Dividends will be paid on U. S. Government Life Insurance, National Service Life (D-WA) has been select- Insurance and Veterans Special Life ed to receive the 1976 Insurance policies. American Legion Award for Distinguished Ser- vice, while Mrs. Mar- MILITARY EXCHANGE , COMMISSARY PRIVI- LEGES MODIFIED FOR BLIND, SEVERELY DIS- vella Bayh was awarded ABLED VETERANS, DEPENDENTS: Defense a National Commander's Department now allows blind, other severely Citation. . .Awards were disabled veterans and/or dependents who are to be presented during authorized exchange, commissary privileges the Legion ' s 17th An- to have person of their choice accompany nual Washington Confer- them while shopping, or shop for them unac- ence, Feb 20-23... Sen. Jackson is honored for companied. . .Person selected need not have 36 years of distin- own privileges. . .Implementing instructions, guidance available from separate military guished service as a departments. member of Congress, including six terms in the CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE SAYS MEN MISSING House and now serving his fifth Sen- IN VIETNAM MUST BE DEAD—LEAGUE OF FAM- term as ILIES CALLS REPORT WHITEWASH, URGES ator. . .Mrs. Bayh, CARTER TO PURSUE NEGOTIATIONS FURTHER: wife of Indiana Sena- After 15-month investigation, House Select tor Birch Bayh, is Committee on Missing Persons in Southeast honored for her un- selfish Asia in final report said it found no evidence devotion to any of the 751 servicemen unaccounted the humanitarian cause of eliminating for are alive. . .Committee asked Defense . . She is Department to resume case reviews to deter- cancer. a mine whether to classify MIA as presumed former cancer patient, a former president of dead. . .National League of Families of Ameri- can Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia the Legion Auxiliary's Girls Nation and past honorary refuted the final report calling it "an national chairman of the American . incomplete, incompetent whitewash of the Cancer Society. The National Commander's Banquet, honoring entire POW/MIA issue" . . .League says findings members of Congress, will make it more difficult to obtain infor- will be held Feb. 22. mation from Indochina government offi- LEGION OPPOSES POSTAL CHANGES: The cials .. .Urged President Carter to establish American Legion says the U.S. Postal Service a special commission to work out an honorable realignment program underway is direct vio- solution to the problem and also pursue di- lation of both Veterans Preference Act of rect negotiations with governments in- 1944 and Veterans Adjustment Act of 1966, volved. . .League asked Carter not to declare which guarantee certain veterans employ- POWs and MIAs dead prior to receiving full ment rights. . .National Commander William J. information on all the missing men. Rogers wrote Postmaster General Benjamin F. Bailar asking that all personnel actions FOREIGN POST DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE under realignment program be stopped or NAMED Immediate Past Legion National rescinded pointing out new regulations Commander Harry G. Wiles was named chairman do not provide for adequate veterans rights.

26 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1977 Valuable Life Insurance Protection. American Legion Life Insurance

These days it's reassuring to know your American Legion Life Insurance naire ... at no additional cost. To enroll you must be a Legion Mem-

Plan keeps pace with the increasing insurance needs of thousands of ber in good standing, under age 70 and be able to meet the underwriting Legionnaires and their families. requirements of the Insurance Company.

Eligible Legionnaires may add to their insurance estates with up to 6 There's no better way to provide your loved ones with the security units of life insurance. Benefits may be continued for life and the cost they need and deserve than to add to your insurance estate. For bene- per unit is $24 a year. Eligible Legionnaires under age 30 may apply for fits and rates, see the chart below. up to $60,000 in benefits for $144 a year.

Then, fill out and mail the Enrollment But now there's more good news! Benefits for deaths occurring in 1977 Card below along with your check have been increased 10% ... up to $66,000 for the under 30 Legion- or money order for the amount of coverage you select.

*PRORATED PREMIUM shown provides protection throughout 1977 Benefits & Premiums—Annual Renewable Term Insurance (Policy Form GPC-5700-374) assumes your completed Enrollment Card will be received by Benefits determined by age at death and include the 10% SPECIAL INCREASE and for deaths occuring duri ng 1977. Maximum coverage limited to 6 Units. the Administrator (and approved) during February with coverage Age at Death 6 Units 5 Units 4 Units 3 Units 2 Units 1 Unit effective March 1, 1977. If your Enrollment is not approved your Through age 29 $66,000 $55,000 $44,000 $33,000 $22,000 $11,000 money will be refunded. Prorated premiums for applications re- 30-34 52,800 44,000 35,200 26,400 17,600 8,800 ceived in March will be $18 per Unit. 35-44 29,700 24,750 19,800 14,850 9,900 4.950 EFFECTIVE DATE: Insurance becomes effective on the first day of 45-54 14,520 12,100 9,680 7,260 4,840 2,420 55-59 7,920 6,600 5,280 3,960 2,640 1,320 the month coinciding with or next following the date the mem- 60-64 5,280 4,400 3,520 2,640 1,760 880 ber's enrollment card is received in the office of the Adminis- 65-69 3,300 2,750 2,200 1,650 1,100 550 trator, subject to Insurance Company approval. Insurance may be 70-74 2,178 1,815 1,452 1,089 726 363 75-over 1,650 1,375 1,100 825 550 275 maintained in force by payment of premiums when due. Prorated Premium* $120 $100 $80 $60 $40 $20 IF YOU LIVE in FL, IL, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PR, TX, or Wl send for special card. Applications and benefits vary slightly in some areas. DEATH BENEFIT: When an insured Legionnaire dies, the beneficiary receives a lump sum payment once proof of death is received by the Insurance Company. MAIL TO:

EXCLUSIONS: No benefit is payable for death as a result of war or an act of war, The American Legion

if the cause of death occurs while serving, or within six months after termina- Life Insurance Plan, tion of service, in the military, naval or air forces of any country or combination P.O. Box 5609, of countries. Chicago, III. 60680 INCONTESTABILITY: Your coverage shall be incontestable after it has been in Application Subject to Underwriter's Approval force during. your lifetime for two years from its effective date.

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information regarding your Full Name -Birth Date- insurability will be treated as Last First Middle Mo. Day Year confidential except that Occi- Permanent Residence- dental Life Insurance Company Street No. City State Zip of California may make a brief Name of Beneficiary- -Relationship- report to the Medical Informa- Example: Print "Helen Louise Jones," Not "Mrs. H. L. Jones" mation Bureau (M.I.B.), a nonprofit membership organization Membership Card No. Year Post No State- life of insurance companies I apply for the amount of insurance indicated below, (check appropriate box or boxes). which operates an information 6 Units 5' Units 4 Units 3 Units 2 Units 1 Unit % Unit exchange on behalf of its members. Upon request by another The following representations shall form a basis for the Insurance Company's approval or rejection of this member insurance company to enrollment: Answer all questions. which you have applied for life or health insurance, or to which 1. Present occupation? -Are you now actively working? a claim is submitted, the M.I.B. Yes No If No, give reason- will supply such company with Have you been confined in a hospital within the last year? No Yes If Yes, give date, length the information it may have in of stay and cause its files. 3. During the last five years, have you had heart disease, circulatory disease, kidney disease, liver dis- Occidental may also release, ease, lung disease, diabetes, or cancer, or have you had or received treatment or medication for high information in its file to its re- blood pressure or alcoholism? No Yes If yes, give details. insurers and to other life insurance companies to which you I represent that, to the best of my knowledge, all statements and answers recorded on this enrollment card may apply for life or health in- are true and complete. I agree that this enrollment card shall be a part of any insurance granted upon it surance, or to which a claim is under the policy. I authorize any physician or other person who has attended or examined me, or who may submitted. attend or examine me, to disclose or to testify to any knowledge thus acquired. Upon receipt of a request from Signature of you, the M.I.B. will arrange dis- Dated 19 Applicant , closure of any information it GMA-300-19 10-70 (Univ.) 277 may have in your file. Medical The American Legion offers this insurance through Occidental Life Insurance Company of California. Home Office: Los Angeles information will only be dis- ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AUTHORIZATION closed to your attending physi-

I have received and read the Notice of Disclosure of Information at left. Further, I authorize any cian. If you question the ac- practitioner, clinic, facility, in- curacy of information in the physician, medical hospital, or other medical or medically related Bureau's file you may seek cor- surance company, the Medical Information Bureau or other organization, institution or person having rection in accordance with the any records or knowledge of me or of my health to give Occidental Life Insurance Company of procedures set forth in the Fed- California any such information. eral Fair Credit Reporting Act. A photographic copy of this authorization shall be as valid as the original. The of address the Bureau's in- 1 19 Signature of Applicant formation office is P.O. Box 105, Dated , Essex Station, Boston, Mass. I apply for additional Legion Life Insurance. My present certificate number is 02112; Phone (617) 426-3660.

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1977 27 AMERICAN LEGION NEWS AND VETERANS AFFAIRS

tion in 1972 and 1976. As governor and then president of Duke, he has partici- Henry Cabot Lodge pated in scores of international confer- ences and seminars. Dr. Wilcox has held important positions on the staffs of major con- On Legion UN Panel gressional committees dedicated to international affairs and his Atlantic

Council is Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, "What we earnestly hope," Rogers the major private voice in the United States in the former U.S. envoy to the United Na- said, "is that our objective reappraisal support of North Atlantic tions and a chief negotiator in the will help rekindle the dreams of Lake Treaty Organization (NATO.) Vietnam peace talks in Paris, heads a Success and San Francisco. What Le- Col. Brandstetter, an aide to Gen. group of distinguished Americans who gionnaires want is a true international Matthew Ridgway during will conduct an American Legion study forum for peace and opportunity." World War II, has spent much time in the last 20 of the U.S. role in the United Nations. It is anticipated that the Legion panel years in Latin America. King and Gold- The action was pledged by National will examine the political, economic and berg both occupy executive positions Commander William J. Rogers upon his peace-keeping implications of U.S. par- that require intense attention to interna- election last August at the National ticipation. Special attention will be paid tional political and economic trends. Convention in Seattle. U.S. relationships with non-aligned and They are also members of The Ameri- Serving with Lodge will be Dr. Terry so-called Third World countries within can Legion. Sanford, president the organization. The selection of the chairman and of Duke University Rogers said he hopes members of the j two members of the Legion's Foreign and former governor panel will have an opportunity to meet Relations Commission, Rogers said, in- of North Carolina; with Rep. Andrew Young, D-Ga., Presi- sures that Legion mandates and posi- Dr. Frank O. Wilcox, dent Carter's choice for new U.S. Am- director general of bassador to the UN, and possibly with tions in the international area will the Atlantic Council Kurt Waldheim of Austria, secretary receive full consideration. of the United States general of the world organization. Legion Gives Carter and a former As- "The panel's primary objective," sistant Secretary of Rogers said, "is to recommend the Position Paper on VA State for European proper role for the United States in the To maintain its on-going programs Affairs, Past Na- United Nations. I look forward to a concerning the welfare and care of vet- tional Commander Lodge constructive, substantive report. The erans, their dependents or survivors, Joe L. Matthews of panel is composed of distinguished The American Legion presented a posi- Texas; Henry B. King, president of the Americans who represent a diversity of tion paper outlining its proposals and United States Brewers Association; political experience, a keen knowledge recommendations for the Veterans Ad- Bernard R. Goldberg, president of of national and international economics ministration to President Carter. American Distillers Corp.; Dr. Robert and share a common dedication to the The Legion stressed concern over the P. Foster, president of Northwest Mis- best interests of America." impact National Health Insurance would souri State University and chairman of Lodge served as U.S. ambassador to have on the VA's medical service; called the American Legion Foreign Relations the United Nations under President for the VA to remain as the one execu- Commission; Commission members Eisenhower from 1953 to 1960 when tive agency responsible for implement- Joseph Ellinwood, and J. Alvis Carver, he was the unsuccessful Republican ing veteran related laws; recommended and Col. Frank Brandstetter, a member candidate for vice president. Before the VA administrator be raised to cabi- of the American Legion Public Rela- going to the UN, Lodge served as a net level; and expressed interest in see- tions Commission. Foster and Goldberg congressman and senator from Massa- ing that salaries of VA health care per- will serve as co-chairmen. chusetts. President Kennedy named him sonnel be raised to level of civilian In announcing the study group, Rog- ambassador to South Vietnam. He sector counterparts. ers noted that out-going Secretary of served both President Johnson and Also recommended was adequate new State Henry Kissinger pledged the full President Nixon as a special envoy dur- VA construction and facility moderniza- cooperation of the State Department. ing various peace initiatives on Vietnam. tion programs; expansion of the VA's He said he is confident this same coop- Dr. Sanford was an early candidate alcohol treatment and rehabilitation eration will be offered by Secretary of for the Democratic presidential nomina- program; and increased monthly rates of State Cyrus Vance. compensation for dependents. The Le- Reiterating the pledge in his Seattle gion opposed changes to current 10 acceptance speech, Rogers said the in- year limit on completion of education

quiry is not designed to make jingoistic and training under the GI Bill and demands that the United States quit the asked for a periodic review of all vet- UN, or that the UN quit American eran benefits programs. shores. But he noted deep concern In conclusion, the Legion urged Pres- among Legionnaires and other Ameri- ident Carter and Congress to give prior- cans that the UN is not demonstrating ity to the budget needs of the VA and progress and that the United States con- for the President to emphasize his policy tinues to carry a disportionate share of on veterans and their dependents in his the organization's financial burden. Goldberg Foster State of the Union message to Congress.

28 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1977 — !

Italy Commander New iSTOP SPENDING $25 wv™per pair — for WORK BOOTS.'

^omung YOU DOIM'T Haband, the famous HAVE price-busting mail TO PAY order people from Paterson, N.J., have a special NO MORE New Price Deal to put some hard-earned dollars back in your 95 pocket Order your for Boots GENUINE by Mail LEATHER

Giuseppe lacono has been elected Com- UPPERS mander of the Department of Italy, The and American Legion, headquarters in Rome GENUINE tfftcp& PLIOTUF Committees Oil Resistant, Acid Resistant, Cut Resistant, Defended Life-of-the-Boot The American Legion/ Auxiliary has Heel & Sole mobilized against any Congressional action which would abolish or change the current format and responsibilities of the Veterans Affairs Committees in either the Senate or House of Repre- sentatives. A letter-writing campaign is directed to all appropriate Congressional channels from Legion groups and individual Legionnaires across the country. Legislation introduced by a special Senate panel near the end of the 94th Congress recommended "streamlining" BREAK-IN the Senate committee system structure. Included was a proposal to abolish the PERIOD, and Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs ' INCREDIBLE WEAR and transfer its functions and oversight | The famous Genuine Goodyear Plio-Tuf sole is requirements to a Committee on Hu- j thick non-skid, cushioning, flexible, requires no break-"* in, can't come off, and gives twice the wear you'd get from^ man Resources. At its fall meeting, the I ordinary rubber or crepe bottoms. And Haband specifica- ™ Put it all together and i Legion National Executive Committee itions go on from there. Get tough inner soles, solid brass you've got a Work Boot adopted Resolution 20 vigorously op- eyelets, solid nylon stitching, soft chamois suede gusset 1 tongue that keeps out stones and dirt , tough braided nylon BARGAIN like you just | to either the posing any move abolish I laces, and built-in full support shank in the arch. You get "never see: $10.95 per pairi 6" Senate or Veterans committees. | perfect full ankle boot, full width sizes so they don't ' House I Postpaid to your door ! | pinch even with heavy socks. You get high roomy box toe National Commander William J. with plenty of room. get natural long- And you tough, I You'll Never Get a wearing Cowhide Leather Uppers! Leather breathes — Rogers has sent telegrams to all Sena- I doesn't burn your feet, feels natural, and yet protects you I BETTER DEAL! I tors. Legion National Legislative The | better than anything. Put it all together and you've got a Commission has sent individual letters work boot bargain like you just never see: $10.95 per pair HABAND Co. (Est. 1925) Postpaid! Yor'M Never Get a Better Deal! 265 N 9th St., Paterson, NJ outlining to each member of the Senate, 6" :use THIS Genuine Leather Ankle Boots, the Legion's position. The Senate com- with Genuine Goodyear Plio-Tuff ! COUPON TO mittee has oversight over legislation that order DIRECT sfSP) Oil Resistant Heel and Sole! affects nearly one-half the U.S. popula- | HABAND COMP/*cr-}5kect tion and involves nearly $20 billion i 265 North 9th Street Service Paterson. N.J. 07530 annually. I Dept. |Gentlemen: Please send me pairs of your genuine leather work boots for ORDER ANY ou^S'T^ *° The Real Pay-off | which I enclose $ WIDTHS D & ££/r

{Guarantee: If I not'iike The unemployment rate for vet- do them when I ;ee them, Habanff" | will refund every penny of my remittance without question! erans who complete G.I. Bill training | 70E-407 sii« r\. i 1 How is 3.3 per cent, compared to a 6.7 Style |Manv "£eEE hj per cent rate for those who do not SName Apt StreetS*~* WORK complete training, according to the ZIPf BOOT [City State I I I I I 1 $10,951 Veterans Administration. s THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1977 29 I I'M YOUR AMERICAN

IT'S GREA T TO 30 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1977 — .

ment, medical care or job training opportunities. What a year! We traveled, talked LEGION CARD . and distributed petitions. Old Legion- naires remembered that they came back to a country that offered no systematic I was born 58 years ago. My birth In 1938, I was adopted by a disabled rehabilitation. They were determined was planned in Paris and St. Louis. I Legionnaire. We spent a lot of time at "this will not happen to my son." Well, actually came into the world in New the Post Home, talking about the world as everyone knows, the GI Bill passed, York City. By today's standards I guess situation. Hitler and Mussolini were rat- and soon after I was adopted by a brand I'm middle aged; however, my ideas are tling swords in Europe. My Legionnaire spanking new member named loe. loe still youthful, just as they were in 1919. was concerned. He had lost a leg in had returned from the Pacific in 1946. I am a 3V2 x 2Va inch card entitled World War I. He also had two sons of His dad signed him up in the post. It "Official Membership Card—The Amer- military age. happened all over the country and my ican Legion." My home is in the bill- What debates about the strength of membership card family grew to over folds of men and women veterans all the U.S. Armed Forces! Finally, through three million. over the world—2,700,000 of them. the efforts of the Legion, the United Joe really didn't know what he I have sons and daughters ranging in States started strengthening the military. wanted to do. He and his friends were age from one to 57. The- vast majority The draft was reinstated, and one of my getting reacquainted, and what better are under 30. Legionnaire's sons was called. place than at the Post Home? In 1919-1920, my parents were I was still with my disabled veteran For 27 years, the Legion belonged to "doughboys" who served with the on December 7, 1941. The family had only one generation; now there were American Expeditionary Forces. They just returned from church when we got two. formed The American Legion and that first year adopted more than 800,000 Well, they said it of us. Their purpose? r d &£,e „fo f DU e. QTfje American legion quite simply through our Preamble. & Membership Application One part of that Preamble was very important back in the 20's: "To consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness."

NEW Member ( ) Reinstatement ( ) There was a post-war recession, and KrapletedCiSEW

ated. Today it is the Veterans Admin- knew everyone! And by that time my the Legion. Once again it responded istration. family had grown to over a million. and legislation went through Congress There was jubilation after the Presi- One day in late 1943, my Legionnaire to update the GI Bill for Korean vet- dent signed the bill and some of Ron's and I were attending a state fall confer- erans. Once again posts opened their fellow Legionnaires suggested he enter ence. A call was received from National hearts to assist veterans returning from politics. Ron ran for County ludge and asking for petitions in support of a piece war. served in Con- of legislation called the "GI Bill." Ser- won. Subsequently, he During the period of the 50's and gress and Lieutenant Governor vicemen were returning from World became early 60's, I was adopted three times. It State. War II with few benefits for readjust- of the seemed as though I couldn't find a home. Oh, I was around. But my M Over 58 years American Legion involvement in community affairs has kept pace with Legionnaires seemed to have an attitude a changing America. Typical activities are shown at the left. Clockwise from upper left: of "Let George do it." Maybe it was volunteer ambulance crews; community recycling programs; environmental education; beautification and reforestation; emergency medical service, and CB radio support for because everyone had a TV set and rel- law enforcement agencies ative peace. That changed in the mid- 60's. The United States became involved in another war. This one was called a

"conflict," but to the Legion it was still KNOW YOUBBL0NG (Continued on page 52)

THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1977 31 POSTS IN ACTION

An Eagle Scout Honor Guard welcomed Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, when he arrived at Birmingham, AL airport to participate in special Veterans Day At the 29th annual awards dinner of ceremonies. Armstrong, a former Eagle Scout, was presented with the Distinguished the Kings County (NY) Legion Baseball National Veterans Award during the annual dinner by Legion Commander William J. Rogers. Shown with Eagle Scouts are from left: David Payne, Brian Parker, Joel Program, 18-year-old Anthony Ramirez, Moore, Armstrong, Howard Day, Lance McKerley, Beau Coleman and Rene Hall. right, was presented the Ballplayer of the Year Award for 1976 by Tony Cur- A Living Memorial to veterans of all cio, baseball chairman and member of wars, living and dead, was established Post 819, Brooklyn, NY. Ramirez by Post 222, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Orig- played outfield for team sponsored by Post 391, and attends Columbia Uni- versity. About 800 players participated in the 1976 County baseball program.

Members of Post 166, Lakewood, NJ, collected over 300 toys as individual Christmas gifts for mentally retarded men and boys at New Lisbon State School. Shown are only a few members who participated in the program. From General Wiley Pickens (left), a World left, standing are Stanley Shearman, I Veteran and first director of vet- John Fortino and Theodore Kosovic. War inated by post commander Andrew E. erans affairs for North Carolina (1946) Seated, from left, are Fred Grabert, Buchta, the memorial (shown) is located was presented with a Life Membership James Ireland, post commander William in the city recreation area, has a 30 Plaque by Commander Robert Cruze Melton, Henry Von Bergen and William Forman. foot flag pole and base contains plaques (right), of Post 297, Raleigh, NC. from various organizations. Pickens is charter member.

At 85, John Schaefer, right, is one of the oldest active post commanders in The American Legion. On left, past Queens County Commander Victor Ab- States, a basketball team bondolo congratulates him on being In competition with teams from throughout the United sponsored by Post 16, Huntington, WV, won the 1976 National AAU Junior Olympic elected commander of Post 28, Queens, 13-14 Champions title at Las Vegas, NV. The team won third place in 1975 finals. NY for 1976-77. Shown with team is post commander Robert Vass, far right

32 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1977 George Karibjanian TAPS to represent veterans. Lambert is a man- Clarence A. Jackson, 85, Indianapolis, power specialist and has worked for the Named Legionnaire IN, department commander (1925-26), U.S. Department of Labor's Operation of the Month and member of board of directors of Mainstream as a project director in Legion Publication Corp. (1925-33). northern Maine. George Karibjanian, 80, a charter member of Theodore Roosevelt Post 4, South Dakota Wins Trophy Leslie Caston Wannamaker, 93, Cheraw, Vineland, NJ, is February's Legionnaire SC, department commander (1926-27). The Department of South Dakota of the Month. In 1919, George was won the Alvin M. Owsley Trophy, instrumental in building the post and Lambert On Manpower awarded annually by The American assumed its mortgage. He has held ev- Legion to the department showing great- Council est membership percentage gain for the Daniel E. Lambert, adjutant for the year ending Veterans Day, compared to Department of Maine, The American the average total membership for the Legion, has been named a member of previous four years. South Dakota the State Manpower Planning Council showed an 87 percent increase. For Lee & Arthur Hodge, Florida retirement living began at Veterans Village*

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hodge are from Martins Ferry, Ohio. Mr. Hodge is a member of American Legion Post *1, in Wheeling, W. Virginia. Direct quotes excerpted from an unsolicited testimonial letter.

"It's not too late to take advantage of the building boom... especially ery county and post Legion office, act- when it comes to building a good substantial home which Veterans Vil- ing as service officer for the past 53 lage does. You can't beat it, and they stand behind their promises. We years. moved into pur 'Yorktown' August 6, and it's just what my wife, Lee, During World War I, George served wanted. We're very comfortable, and our neighbors are just great! The in the Army with the 104th Engineers. director of our Recreation Center has a most active calendar of events II He was active in World War as chief . ..you can't possibly be bored! People are coming here from all over the air raid warden and director of ground U.S.A. All are interesting people and there's always something to do. observer corps for the Borough of We're a great community of Veterans and other people living together Vineland. in an environment of life at its best. What more could you ask for?" The octogenarian organized the Thanks, Mr. and Mrs. Hodge. We couldn't have said it better. United Veterans Council of South Jer- If you're interested in having neighbors like Lee and Art Hodge, and the sey, serving as its first president. He hundreds of other families who have already bought homes in Veterans constructed a permanent Vineland Village, clip and mail the coupon. We'll send complete details on our Honor Roll for all veterans and was FHA/VA approved U.S. Guaranteed G.I. Mortgage, homes. instrumental in obtaining veterans hous- Prices as low as $17,990 No down payment and no closing ing for the city. He received the "Citi- costs for qualified buyers; and the zen of Vineland Award" in 1968 for monthly carrying costs are really low his efforts in having a Veterans Hospital

Act today . . . get your Free informa- located in South Jersey. George ran his tion kit and find out how you can enjoy own photography business for over 45 a fun-filled, sun-filled retirement. years and is a member of the American Prices are subject to change without notice. Photographers Association. VETERANS VILLAGE, Seven Springs Seven Springs |^ Can You Top This? 3912 Seven Springs Boulevard

If you are looking for a fine example New Port Richey, Florida 33552 of Legionnaire loyalty, devotion and Send my FREE Veteran's Village Kit (color brochure, model plans service you should remember Claude and prices, Florida inspection trip details) by return mail: Buzick, of Mankato, MN. Name In 52 years he has enrolled 7,757 Address new members, or an average of 149 City State- Zip_ each year. Since joining the Legion in Interested in with 1 bedroom 2 bedrooms 3 bedrooms 1925 he has attended 40 national and home I would like to plan a visit to Veterans Village. 45 district and/ or department conven- EQUAL HOUSING Phone * tions. At 83, he is still active in his NO COST OR OBLIGATION OPPORTUNITY post's functions.

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Korea, Jan. 1952. Please contact "The American Legion Magazine, 1608 "K" St., NW, Washington, DC 20006, CID #358." 4th Div 8th Inf, Service Co.—Need to hear from comrades who remember Harold B. Smith received a fall from a moving truck striking his lower back against the tail- gate, in Hertgen Forest, Germany, Oct. of 1944. Please contact "The American Legion Magazine, 1608 "K" St., NW, Washington, DC 20006, CID #359." 602nd Reg, AA Bn, 38th Brigade HQ—Need information from any comrades who recall Sam Parr fell and injured his left leg and head while stationed at Long Island, NY, Dec. 19, 1942. Please contact "The Ameri- can Legion Magazine, 1608 "K" St., NW, Washington, DC 20006, CID #360." USS Kittiwake (ASR 13)—Need to hear from comrades who remember Arthur Emmer- son was struck on the head in the chain locker while operating in the Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of the Canal Zone. Oct. 1947. Please contact "The American Legion Magazine, 1608 "K" St., NW, Wash- Wilson, Mattingly Retire After Long Legion Service ington, DC 10006, CID #361." 407th S & T Co.—Need information from James R. "Jimmy" Wilson, Jr., and Charles E. "Chuck" Mattingly, have retired after any comrades who recall Bennie Jackson while stationed at Ft. Bragg, NC, Dec. 17, and years, respectively, with national staff. 33 years 31 The American Legion's Shown 1973. Please contact "The American Legion receiving plaques from National Commander William J. Rogers, are Mattingly, center, Magazine, 1608 "K" St., NW, Washington, #362." and Wilson, right. Wilson was first WW II veteran to join national staff in 1943 after DC 20006, CID Base, LA, Division, Repair service with Army Air Force. He retired as director, National Security Foreign Re- Algiers Naval R — Section—Need to near from comrades who lations Division, after holding several other national posts. Succeeding him was G. remember Donald J. Haberle sustained in- Michael Schlee, former deputy director under Wilson and an Army veteran who served jury to big toe when a 30 Foot steel plate tumbled. Please contact "The American in Vietnam. Mattingly joined Legion national staff in 1945, transferring to Washing- Legion Magazine, 1608 "K" St., NW, Wash- ton Headquarters in 1950. In 1972, he was appointed deputy director, National ington, DC 20006, CID #364. Legislative Division. In changes related to Mattingly's retirement, Edward J. Lord 80th Inf Div, 342nd Dif Reg, Med Det^Need recall was named principal assistant director, and E. Philip Riggin was appointed assistant information from any comrades who Jack C. Payne was hospitalized while sta- director, succeeding Lord. Both served with the U.S. Army in Vietnam. tioned at Camp Howes, TX, March 29, 1943. Please contact "The American Legion COMRADES IN DISTRESS contact "The American Legion Magazine, Magazine, 1608 "K" St., NW, Washington, 1608 "K" St., NW, Washington, DC 20006, DC 20006, CID #364." Readers who can help these veterans are CID #356." urged to do so. Usually a statement is US Coast Guard Radio HQ, Alexandria, VA needed in support of a VA claim. —Need to hear from comrades who re- LIFE MEMBERSHIPS Notices are run only at the request of member Leo Clyde Saxon injured upper The award of a life membership to a Le- American Legion Service Officers represent- right shoulder in baseball game, April 13, a Post is a testimonial by ing claimants, using Search For Witness 1946. Please contact "The American Legion gionnaire by those know best that such a member Forms available only from State Legion Magazine, 1608 "K" St., NW, Washington, who Legion well. Service Officers. DC 20006, CID #357." has served The American of the previously informa- 1st Marine Div, Police informa- Below are listed some USS Card, (CVE 11) 1943)—Need Co.—Need Post awards tion from any comrades who recall David tion from comrades who recall Edward unpublished life membership the editors. They Creamer, Jr. was struck on the head by a Robshaw Keeney injured his back in a that have been reported to States or Departments. W.T. Hatch during battle stations. Please bunker fire* and cave in while stationed in are arranged by James Terry (1975), John Farrar (1973), Phillip Armstrong, Tommie Jones (both 1969) Post 30, Pomona, CA Clayton Record, Sr, Robert Record (both This VET Did It - and YOU 1976) Post 53, Hemet, CA Leon Morgan (1976) Post 213, Shafter, CA Walter Pine (1976) Post 350, Los Angeles, injuries left me -War but Can Do It I CA handicapped, Isidro Samporna (1974), Atansio Alcala badly success now I'm a financ,al (1975), Martiniano Atad, Apolinar Sangalang Locksmith, KS Zg Too! (both 1976) Post 798, Stockton, CA as a Besides™J" tthe your training. Fred Douglas, Fred Dennison (both 1976) I can work is fascinat.ng._lf Thomas Cosgrove (1975) Post 826 Woodland can. - Hills, do it anybody CA Larned, Kan. John Eliot (1976) Post 34, Milford, CT gfen Johnson Everett Kennedy, Robert Mongell (both Fairbanks, Harold Belcher, 1975) , Theodore Make Up to $10 an Hour—even while learning! Ernest Linders, Jr. (all 1976) Post 102, Man- chester CT James Cain, Thomas Root, (both 1976) An- Train drew Walters (1975) Post 58, Dunnellon, FL Thomas Roberts (1976) Post 103, Punta FAST Gorda, FL at Home! Be a LOCKSMITH! George Bennett, Arthur Vandenberghe (both 1976) Post 31, Kewanee, IL If enjoy fixing things, you're a "natural" enable you to get your share of this always- you Richard Ahlback (1976) Post 304, Chicago, to make hundreds of EXTRA DOLLARS a profitable business. Hundreds we've trained IL year in the fascinating business of Lock- are doing it. So can YOU. Ted Bittner (1976) Post 716, Chicago, IL Oscar Clements, Chester Crawley, Wm. smithing. Rising crime has increased de- MAIL COUPON to discover how Locksmith- Hurst, Michael Lewis, Francis O'Brien, (all mand for service a thousandfold. Yet there's in during can keep the extra money coming McCullough (1971), Post 58, only one Locksmith for every 17,000 people! 1976) John ing spare time — or in your own full-time Greencastle, IN COLLECT CASH PROFITS ALMOST AT ONCE! business. Ideal for retirement— good jobs, too. Joe Elliott (1976) Post 137, New Castle, IN Lowell Fowler, J. H. Hamiel, A. R. Hurley, You're "in business" ready to make $5 to BELSAW INSTITUTE, 247F Field Bldg. Ralph Hutzell, W. E. McCleary, Golden Kansas City, Mo. 64111 $10 an hour a few days after you begin Mitchell (all 1975) Post 464, Adel, I Accredited Member NHSC. Belsaw's shortcut training. Easy, illustrated Dwight Wheeler, J. D. Wickersham, Wm. Hendren, Elbert Hankla, George Biggerstaff, lessons complete with ALL practice equip N. Hunt, Wilmington, Del. — "I make $50 a Inez Pitchford (all 1976) Post 52, Harrods- ment PLUS week extra." — burg, KY R. Davis, St. Louis, Mo. "I cleared $110 last Morris Estrade (1967), John Guirovich, Jr. • ALL TOOLS YOURS TO KEEP Saturday." (1975) James Bernard, Norman Paternostro, • KEY MACHINE YOURS TO KEEP Ed Boyle, Pittsburgh, Pa. — "My business going George Rombach, Jr. (all 1976), Post 307, • EXPERT PERSONAL ASSISTANCE at top speed. I'm moving to bigger quarters." New Orleans, LA • BUSINESS-BUILDING HELP Joseph Calegari (1976) Post 124, Westfield. MAIL THIS COUPON • NO SALESMAN WILL CALL MA Bronis Kontrim, Peter Strazdas (1975) Post 317, Boston, MA I THIS DO-ALL PRO BELSAW INSTITUTE, 247F Field Bldg. Edward Dubois, Robert Gifford (both 1976) Kansas City, Mo. 64111 I Post 368, S. Boston, MA KEY MACHINE YOURS Joseph Maciosek, Robert Roessler, Birger Rush FREE book, "Keys to your Future." Ronning, Herbert Weiz (all 1976) Post 282, i St. Louis Park, MN TO KEEP.'J Name. Elmer Steffen (1975) Earl Ott (1973) Post Can add $25 418, St. Paul, MN Address. i Edwin Hermanns (1976) Post 37, St. Louis, Jto $40 a week MO to your in- B City .State. .Zip. Wm. Head, Sam Baston, Ernest Davis, come . . . and Sj i L. L. Descombes, A. G. Taubert, Glenn Bliss, doesn't cost Richard Altenhof (all 1976) Post 131, War- you a penny mmm JggBS rensburg, MO extra! IfflEfl HM HBH I THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1977 : — !

Ira Luckett (1976) Post 155, Hannibal MO 338th Inf, Co L, 85th Div (WW 2)— (June) USS Essex CV/CVA/CVS-9— (June) Wm. Wm. Taylor, Jr. (1976) Post 41, Oradell, NJ Mike Burns, Jr., 107 Hotz, Marissa, IL Mayes, PO Box 247, Waverly, VA 23890 Joseph Moore, Joseph Mauriello (both 62257 USS Gen. H.W. Butner (AP 113)— (Apr) 1976) Post 55, Hackensack, NJ 348th Fid Art'l Bn, Bat B. 91st Inf ( WW2) John Washbourne, 409 W. Broad St., Wil- Frank Wuzzardo (1973), Don Hart (1974), (Apr) W H. Mills, 3352 Hampton Rd., Ral- liamstown, PA 17098 Ray Bano (1975), Robert McGowan (1976) eigh, NC 27607 USS Hilary P. Jones (DD 427) ( WW2) — Post 95, Bridgeton, NJ 362nd AAA Srch Lgt Bn— (June) John Irvin, (June) John Hooa, PO Box #9, Trevor, Charles Marro, Gordon McCarter, Robert 348 Parkview Dr., St. Albans, WV 25177 IA 51575 Clouse (1976) Post 120, Lambertville, NJ 373rd FA Bn, BAT B— (April) Ted Cham- USS Lexington (CV-2)— (May) Walter Reed, Gerard Loehr, Philip Smith (1976) Post pion, 430 Clement Ave., Charlotte, NC 5410 Broadway, Apt #105, Oakland, CA 279, Lincoln Park, NJ 28204 94618 Byron Miller (1975), Maurice Granger 417th Bmb Gp L (WW2) US AAF— (June) USS Manning (DE 199) (WW2) — (May) (1976) Post 18, Silver City, NM Glenn Clark, 1705 Bradley St., Bossier Glendon Coffee, 428 Gladys St., Bessemer, Robert Justinger (1972), Maurice Charpin, City, LA 71010 AL 35020 Norman Harris (both 1976) Post 175, Syosset, 457th AAA AW Bn, Bat C— (June) Leonard USS PC 1137— (June) Lester Tweed, RT #2, NY Tomczak, 39 Northeast Ave., Rochester, Pequot Lakes, MN 56472 Harold Vogt (1976) Post 205, Kenmore, NY NY 14621 USS Tangier (AV-8)— ( June) Leonard Ernest Marshall, Wm. Sporbert (both 1976) 493rd Arm'd Fid Art'l Bn, Bat C (WW2) Barnes, Jr., 154 Montanya Ct., Walnut Post 265, Garden City, NY (Mar) Ralph Lattig, RT #5, Box 1014, Post Creek CA 94596 James Diebold (1973), Joseph Porempski Falls, ID 83854 USS Tennessee— (April) Claude Farmer, 322 (1974), Alvin Bauer, Arthur Wolf, (both 563rd AAA Vet's Assoc.— (June) James W. Commerce St., San Antonio, TX 78205

1975) , Donald Reil (1976) Post 708, Buffalo, Higgins, 7 Tufts Ln., Nottingham Green, NY Newark, DE 19711 Air Fred Morris, Emedio Torre (both 1976) 795th AAW Bn, Bat B— (June) Steve Saus- 557th (M) Bmb Sqd, 387th Bmb Gp B-26's— Post 1087, West Hempstead, NY nock, 111 S. 3rd St., Minersville, PA 17954 (June) Billy Hibdon, 9231 E. Nassau Ave., John Earley (1976) Post 1308, Pine Bush, Fort Screven, 8th Inf Regt— (Mar) Larry Denver, CO 80237 NY Knecht, 171 N. Shore Terr., Punta Gorda, Med Detach, Sta Hosp, Goodfellow Fid, TX 33950 Kenneth Richardson (1976) Post 1603, Lyn- FL (WW2)—(May) Herbert Leopard, RT 5, donville, NY Box 304, Henderson, TX 75652 Walter Kennedy, Gabriel Miller (both Navy ND Air Nat'l Guard— (June) Stan Gifford, 1976) Post 1790, Rochester, NY Box 5536, State U Sta., Fargo, ND 58102 James Ross (1976) Post 706, N. Fairfield, Navajo Vict (WW2)— (June) Tom Tabb, 1679 OH S. Mulberry, Jackson, GA 30233 Miscellaneous Jessee Rosenberry, Richard Rotz (1976), VP 11—VPB 11— (June) Wm. Barker, RT 1, Hilton Russell (1952), Robert Sanders, Clyde Box 86, Henderson, TX 75652 Nat'l Sojourners, Carlisle Chap #120— (Apr) Schaefer, Raymond Sites (all 1976) Post 223, USS California—(June) Harold Bean, 220 E. Joseph Breitenbach, 917 Hamilton St., Shippensburg, PA Pear St., Staunton, IL 62088 Carlisle, PA 17013 Joseph Huey (1975) Post 667, Havertown, PA Joseph Landow (1976) Post 713, Philadel- phia, PA F Charles Albert, Willard Albert (both 1975), John Baker, Ernest Beakey, John Bender, TRY THIS NEW PIPE "FREE" 30 DAYS Carl Christenson (all 1973) Post 922, Cana- densis, PA So different that it's patented by the Estanislao Rodgers (1975) Constantino Na- varro, Delfin Wenceslao, Esteban Cabanos, UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT This top grade Mediterranean briar Charles Mulvaney (all 1976) Thomas Ford patent number 3267941 incorporates a sensational invention (1970) Post 1, Manila Philippines that contradicts every idea you've ever Napoleon Stizza, Leonard WaddLngton, Ro- land Saucier (1976) Post 61, Warwick, RI yHAG/C //VCH had about pipe smoking. It completely Otis Crumpton (1976) Post 453, Dallas, TX eliminates breaking-in. Tars, sludge, bite, James Brockway, Albert Estabrook, Ernest Grenon, Ernest Logan, Walter Pyer, Doc and bitterness never reach your mouth. Simon Melvin (all 1975) Post 26, W. Leb- You get cleaner, cooler, tastier, moisture-free anon, VT thoroughly enjoyable smoking. You can try it Life Memberships are accepted for pub- before buy it. lication only on an official form, which we you JT provide. Reports received only from Com- ^ ^ mander, Adjutant or Finance Officer of Post which awarded the life membership. It's the first pipe in the world that's They may get form by sending stamped, guaranteed to give unadulterated self-addressea return envelope to "L.M. Form, American Legion Magazine. pleasure to smokers. 1608 K St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006." On a corner of the return envelope write the number of names you wish to report. Give it 30 days— No written letter necessary to get forms. No cigarette, no cigar, nor any other pipe can give you the full rich flavor, OUTFIT REUNIONS aroma, deep down satisfaction, enjoyment, and peace of mind that you get Reunion will be held in month indicated. from a Carey Pipe. For particulars write person whose address is given. You may be a pipe smoker with a rack full of pipes Notices accepted on official forms only. tobacco, in perfectly controlled proportions, cooling the For form send stamped, addressed return and still searching for the ideal smoke, or perhaps you smoke, eliminating all tongue bite, and creating MEL- envelope to O. R. Form, American Legion would like to switch to a pipe to cut down on cigarettes LOWNESS, MILDNESS, and SWEETNESS that was Magazine, 1608 K St. N.W., Washington, D.C. or expensive cigars. never before enjoyed in pipe smoking. 20006. Notices should be received at least The Carey Pipe may look like any ordinary pipe, but Today, over one hundred and fifty thousand pipe five months before scheduled reunion. No it's a lot different! In fact, written letter necessary to get form. there's nothing like it in the smokers smoke Carey Pipes almost exclusively. They whole world. The Carey Pipe is made of the finest all Earliest submission favored when volume aged got started by accepting my most unusual offer to mediterranean briar but, its big of requests is too great to print all. — secret lies in the ex- test a Carey Pipe for 30 days, without any risk on their clusive patented "MAGIC INCH," cleverly concealed part whatsoever. in a bite proof nylon stem. Army They were all granted the same option, an option which is yours also. After 30 days, if you agree that the 7th Inf Div— (June) Louis Wise, 3001 Rich- It's Not a Filter Carey Pipe is the best smoke of your life, you may keep mond Ave., Matoon, IL 61938 The "Magic Inch" is not a filter that gets soggy and (Mar) it; if you don't agree, whack it with a hammer and 14th Arm'd Div (Midwest Reunion)— loaded with foul smelling goo. A soggy foul smelling Arnold Breitlow, RT #1, Dakota, MN return the broken pieces to me. The trial has cost you filter transmits its stale foul odor into each successive 55925 nothing! How many businesses are that sure of their puff of smoke, creating more 17th Eng Bn, 2nd Arm. Div, Co A—(May) problems than it solves. product? Willard Curtis, 110 S. Revena, Ann Arbor, It's Not a Trap MI 48103 Make Your Own 30 Day Test 37th Eng Bn (WW2)—(May) M.T. Gordon, The "Magic Inch" is not a trap collecting moisture Clip out the coupon below. Fill in your name and US Reynolds Army Hosp., Ft. Sill, OK that gurgles with every draw. It is not a trap that must address and send it to me TODAY. I'll send you a full 73503 be cleaned after every smoke. 53rd Inf Reg—(May) Jack Lynch, 1830-2nd color brochure, absolutely free, so you can select your favorite style and shape for your 30 day trial. St., Wasco, CA 93280 It's Almost Magic 66th Inf Div (PVD) (WW2)— (June) R.M. Not my magic but Hesse, 26 E. Curtis St., Linden, NJ 07036 NATURE'S OWN MAGIC. Warm E. A. Carey, Dept. 246B 99th Inf— (June) Delbert Stumpff, RR 1, Box winds pick up moisture by evaporation from the oceans, 3932 N. Kilpatrick Ave., Chicago. III. 60641 163, Wellsville, KS 66092 lakes, rivers, and streams, lift it high into the atmos- 121st Inf Reg.—(May) James Brake, 1069 phere where the cooler upper air squeezes it into drops Okay Mr. Carey. Send me your full color bro- Dr., 31204 Mimosa Macon, GA of water that fall back to earth in its most perfect state chure so I can select a pipe to smoke for 30 days 140th Inf Med Det (WW2)— (June) Jack of purity. Just as the colder upper air of the atmosphere on a free trial basis. Bixler, #6 Lyric Ln., Little Rock, AR 72205 causes rain, the cool air entering the "Magic 156th Inf of 31st Div—(Apr) Evan Janise, Inch" chamber through the special louvers of the RT 1, Box 71A, Ragley, LA 70657 patented Name 222nd AAA Srch Lgt Bn (WW2)— (June) Carey stem, causes immediate condensation of the CA. Hap Hinton, 4308 Burdine St., Bos- moisture in the smoke where it drops to the bottom of Address- sier City, LA 71010 the chamber, is absorbed by the natural fiber sleeve of 187th Preht Inf, Co E, 11th A/B Div (WW2) the "Magic Inch," and in turn, is evaporated into the City_ (Feb) Pat Kenny, 213 Myrtle St., Myrtle — outside air. No accumulation ever remains to form Beach SC 29577 sludge or slugs of bitter tasting goo. The "Magic Inch" 338th Inf (WW2)—(Mar) R.C. Souder, Jr., _Zip Code_ 1837 Waverland Cir, Macon, GA 31201 also mixes purifying oxygen with the smoke from the THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1977 35 —

(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13) EPIDEMIC A small Tampa Cigar AMERICA'S SILENT

Manufacturer in the burn patient, those changes would like to are magnified many times." ^ With that in mind, researchers demonstrate to a turned to studying the burn victim few Havana Lovers in hopes of answering questions aris- ing from other major injuries. Along that you can still enjoy the way, solutions to burn problems the unique Havana Flavor began to appear. hasn't been any sort of without Mr. Castro's permission. "So, this revolution," Colonel Pruitt empha- savoring and lingering over a fantastically mild and flavorful Cuban If you remember sizes. "Rather, it has been an evolu- offer — leaf cigar in the days before the Cuban embargo, you will be interested in this tion, ranging over a few decades." and the story behind it. While technical advances in burn When the Cuban embargo hit, we and other small manufacturers of fine custom- understandable made cigars faced ruin. Our very existence depended on maintaining the same incom- treatment are easily parable quality we had made our reputation on. only to medical professionals, they group of The solution was pure cloak-and-dagger. One dark night a few years ago a are vital to the victim and his fam- daring Cuban expatriates put to sea carrying a precious cargo of Cuban tobacco seeds. — ily. In many cases, lives depend on of Cuban gunboats they finally reached their destination After running a gauntlet them. Take, for instance, the acute Honduras. Here under almost identical conditions of climate and soil, this prime need to replace lost body fluids. Until tobacco flourishes to this day, far from its native land. This is the tobacco we use to make remained our superbly mild and flavorable cigars — cigars an expert can't tell from Havana. only a few years ago, that a mystery. My Offer to r**To order: Fill in, enclose with check and mail to: "The big survival improvement Cigar Lovers THOMPSON CIGAR CO. came from the early 1940's," Colonel 200 No. Edison Avenue, Box 1839, Pruitt explains. "That's when we dis- postpaid a variety Tampa, Fla. 33601 I will send you covered the importance of the pa- of 60 Factory Fresh Cigars. O.K., TOM; Ship me on your Money Back tient's tremendous need for fluid Smoke one or a half dozen with Guarantee Delivered Before that, dehydra- our compliments. If these cigars The Thompson Sampler - For $8.90 replacement. A070 aren't all you expect and a great Check for $8.90 Attached. tion created a high mortality rate deal more, return the remainder Name with patients dying from shock and by Parcel Post and I'll refund your acute renal failure." money. No questions asked. Your Address delivered cost is only $8.90 for Treating burns often might be 60 Factory Fresh Cuban Seed City compared to a Rube Goldberg crea- Leaf Cigars. State Zip. tion. Something happening in one area causes something else to happen KIMBERTAL in another. When one problem is — i I The Most Sought after Name in controlled, another arises to com- i|! i Doberman Pinschers m but- "I'll show you how to cash in on the profitable badge and it after fluid Champion-sired pups brod for plicate things. So was ton business." BADGE-A-MINIT lets you make metal pin back superior size, conformation, and impeccable disposition. badges for pennies which you can sell for up to 75C each, or needs were identified. FULL HEALTH & TREATMENT photo buttons tor as much as $2.50 each. GUARANTEES Get FREE sample button and fully illus- Researchers then found that the . SHIPPING WORLDWIDE money making plans by return .American Express, Hank Americard trated burn and Master Charge mail, or send $34.95 plus $1.75 ship- principle cause of death among ping to BADGE-A-MINIT, Ltd., Box 618. infection. The Army KIMBERTAL KENNELS Dept. LE-27 LaSalle, Illinois 61301. patients was R.D.7,Kimberton,Penna.19442 215-933-4982 or 933-3600 Burn Unit which made the discovery also produced antiseptic creams to combat it. In the early 1960's, the Unit introduced a special burn cream which significantly reduced deaths Stop Denture Pain from known infections. That only led to infection from other sources, which today remain as a major killer. As more and broader-spectrum antibiotics are developed and intro- and Toothaches Fast duced, new infections appear. The exotic is not always involved, with effective however. Frequently, organisms within the human body cause the problem. During times of good health they are harmless—and many are Numzident beneficial. After a burn, though, these organisms invade the dam- Also recommended for cold sores. aged area and, according to Colonel ". Pruitt: . . cause a lot of prob- Numzident's formula helps give fast temporary relief . . . lems." Currently, the number one soothes irritated, sensitive gums . . . specially formulated cause of death is ordinary, garden- for people who can't stand dental pain . . . and the variety pneumonia." suffering of toothache. Numzident is an all-purpose anes- In the past, the majority of burn pain reliever that works! thetic dental treatment cases was confined to If not available at your drug counter, treating skin surface. Now, however, send $1.25 to Dept. N, Purepac, Elizabeth, NJ 07207 another area is recognized to be

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equally as important. A patient's —Use your head. mind may require as much treat- —Don't allow matches as chil- NOW! Get in on the ment as his body. dren's playthings. "Psychologically, the burn's im- —Turn the handles of pots and pact depends on whether the face pans inward on stove, table PROFITS in (IV or the bathing-suit area—perhaps or counter. the non-bathing-suit area—is in- —Don't smoke in bed. volved," Colonel Pruitt says. "If the —Use and store gasoline properly. SMALL burn is badly disfiguring, there is a —Always follow directions for use terrible psychic shock. We have of cleaning fluids, and use learned that the badly burned pa- them only in well-ventilated ENGINE tient—the one who is grotesquely places. disfigured—dies a social death. —Insist on flame-retardant mate- Think about it. How many hideously rial in children's sleepwear. REPAIR! deformed people do you ever see? —Make sure food and drink are Work part time, full time- Not many. 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(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15) By the middle of August, while ity to cede any territories east of it The Peace After Yorktown France was advising Jay and Frank- to His Catholic Majesty." lin to scale down their demands, The French made a furious at- vately to Jay. His message: the Shelburne had decided to grant tack on Gibraltar. But the British American claim to lands west of the Franklin's "necessary" articles. On force, now strengthened by Lord Alleghenies was "foolishness, not Aug. 23, he dispatched Lord Howe Howe's men, beat them decisively, meriting serious refutation." Jay to Gibraltar with a powerful force, killing or capturing 2,000 of the at- listened without arguing. Not only to break the Franco-Spanish siege. did he intend to press these claims Five days later, Shelburne's cabi- with the British (as Franklin had net reluctantly gave Oswald the already) but he expected to win. power to promise "the absolute and On August 6, the advance text of immediate acknowledgment of the Oswald's still unsigned commission Independence of the Thirteen Colo- reached Paris. Jay searched through nies," as long as America would be it, looking for a mention of "The satisfied with Franklin's necessary United States of America." There articles. But he was to grant this was none. boon "only in the very last resort." Shelburne's men in London had Meanwhile, Vergennes was trying told Oswald to seek some "political to devise a formula that would serve league or union of amity to the ex- French interests while satisfying clusion of other powers." If the both Spain and America and bind- Americans wouldn't agree, he was ing them to Louis XVI. He arranged to conclude an agreement which at talks between Jay and Pedro Ar- least prohibited the colonies from anda, Spain's ambassador to France. making alliances. As for indepen- They were to devise a compromise dence, the document said, that would that split up the American west. be granted "as the price of peace." Vergennes suggested that the Span- Jay objected immediately. If the ish take everything west of Lake negotiations failed, America would Erie. Aranda promptly claimed even have remained an unrecognized col- more territory. lection of colonies. If they succeeded, Jay could scarcely believe his ears. John Adams America would be allowed only a "We are bound by the Mississippi," truncated sort of independence. he told Aranda. "I have no author- tackers. Unfortunately for the Brit- ish peace negotiators, this news did not reach London till September 30. On September 18, the Gibraltar victory as yet unknown, Shelburne's cabinet rewrote Oswald's commission. They knew they had recognized TAKE 4 American independence, but they tried to tell themselves that it only ORDERS granted the American commissioners "the title they wished to assume." NEXT Working in perfect harmony now, Jay and Franklin agreed not to tell the French anything until all was WEEKEND settled. A week into the talks with Oswald, the British found out about . . earn the shoes Gibraltar. They turned tough, but of your choice! the Americans continued to win concessions, though only through

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38 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1977 The draft also gave the Americans The U.S. trio offered to "compro- compensation since such powers the "right to take fish of every kind mise," dropping the boundary line were reserved to the states. Anyway, on the banks of Newfoundland and down to the St. Lawrence and the it was the states, not Congress, other places," and to dry and cure middle of the Great Lakes. which had ordered confiscation of fish "at the accustomed places," Meanwhile, Clark and his men Tory properties in the first place. whether in British or American ter- burned Indian villages in southern Congress could only "recommend" ritory. Jay granted the British the Ohio, in the war's last land action. restitution. Would this satisfy the free navigation of the Mississippi, Had the peace commissioners known British? but also stipulated that both parties about it, it might have strengthened On the morning of Nov. 26, the should have free access to "all America's position. Clark's earlier three Americans met for breakfast rivers, harbors, lakes, ports and western expeditions had helped Jay at Jay's Paris apartment. Franklin places" belonging to either nation, when he bargained with the Spanish. read his colleagues a letter he'd "in any part of the world." This Nine days after Clark won his bat- written to the British. It combined phrase paved the way for the joint tle, Rayneval again visited Lord diplomatic blackmail and propa- U.S.-Canadian St. Lawrence Seaway Shelburne. It was already too late for ganda. He told the British that if project. the French—though they didn't they pressed Loyalist claims, he'd When Oswald brought Jay's draft know it. On Nov. 25, with Rayneval demand repayment of the damages to Shelburne, the Prime Minister ex- still in London, the final round of suffered by the patriots. Fearing it ploded. Oswald was reinforced with Anglo-American talks began. The "might unhinge the whole negotia- another negotiator, Henry Strachey. two parties had agreed on bounda- tion"—open up old wounds, damag- Jay sent out a call for reinforce- ries. Now, they tackled the other ing any chance for reconciliation ments, to Adams in Holland. Frank- two difficult issues: the fisheries and between America and its mother lin was still in "indifferent health" compensation for the loyalists. It country, Oswald and Strachey sur- after a kidney stone attack and the was now that John Adams, Amer- rendered on both loyalist compen- Americans needed more firepower. ica's original peace commissioner, sation and the fisheries. At about this time, the very last made his influence felt. The fisheries problem was solved fighting of the Revolution was taking The loyalist issue was a touchy by giving the Americans the "lib- place. George Rogers Clark gathered one. If Britain gave in here, it would erty" rather than the "right" to fish 1,100 mounted riflemen and set out hurt its standing with its colonial off the Grand Banks, and by grant- for the Shawnee Indian villages in subjects the world over. But the ing drying and curing privileges on Ohio territory. Americans pointed out that Congress the shores of Nova Scotia and Labra- The Paris negotiators talked on, had not—and could not—-give its dor—but not on Newfoundland. unaware of Clark. commissioners the power • to grant On Saturday, Nov. 30, more than

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42 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1977 single agency, the CAB, be charged with regulating the airline industry. There simply are too many govern- An expert ment agencies attempting to direct and influence the outcome of policy issues directly affecting the airlines, and the result is confusion and in- tells you efficiency leading to extensive delays, extravagant expense and bad policy. 2. CAB involvement in the detail of fares and rates should be de- how to get creased, permitting carriers to establish their prices at levels considered appropriate by the airlines. The marketplace would make the final back in judgment as to whether or not the product was properly priced. Steps to prevent undue profits would need to be taken when and if this should shape! occur. One step might be adoption of a "zone of reasonableness," permit- increases and de- ting fare and rate Our files show that thousands 15-20 per cent in each creases of of men want to get hack in shape, direction without CAB review. but don't know how to go about it. 3. Recent arbitrary changes in the We decided to ask an expert, CAB's fare and rate standards that Mike Fretault, leading fitness authority. have prohibited fully justified and necessary increases in domestic fares Here are his answers. should be withdrawn. These arbitrary most men can see an increase in strength of rules established Q. How can I get back in shape? adjustments in the around 10% and measure an extra inch or two of A. There is only one answer to that: get more several years of CAB investiga- muscle on their shoulders, chest, biceps—and an after exercise. inch or two less flab around the waist. tion have prevented airlines from Q. Won't sports do the trick? obtaining annualized revenue in- Q. But it's hard work, isn't it? A. Sure, sports are great, provided you practice creases in hundreds of millions. At A. Absolutely not. Most men between 15 and 65 a "complete" sport like jogging, swimming or in good general health can run through the full the same time, steps should be taken rowing a few hours every week. Unfortunately, program without getting tired. Bullworker train- internal reg- most men don't have the time or energy for that. to avoid the inexcusable ing is progressive so you perform better each using time, yet the training always seems easy to you. ulatory lag that results from Q. How about calisthenics? costs to arrive at historic, out-of-date A. Also very good, but even a beginner's pro- Q. What can I expect from continued training? gram should comprise at least 200 to 300 repeti- future cost-based fares. A. The sky's the limit. There are specialized ex- tions. Most men find calisthenics tiring and boring competitive imbal- ercises for building-up or trimming down any 4. The current and give up after a few workouts. body you want to: broad, muscular airline route sys- part of your ance in domestic shoulders—bulging biceps, powerful wrists and Q. Isn't there an easier way? tems, under which some airlines are forearms—a deep, manly chest tapering down to A. There is one outstanding home training meth- muscular thighs and calves. You forced to be far more competitive a flat, trim waist— od I use and recommend. It's fast, it's easy and strength increases of up to 4% a week; changed. can expect than others, should be it keeps you interested because during every that's 50% in just three months and I have seen There should be a directive to the workout you actually see your strength increasing many men go on to double and even triple their on the built-in Powermeter gauge. strength. CAB to seek a balance of competitive exposure in new route awards. Q. What's it called? IF Mlj, A. Bullworker® training. It's based on Isometric 5. Current procedural practices at See your strength g-r-o-w-i-n-g techniques which have been proven to increase by day on the the should be streamlined in day CAB strength three times faster than conventional built-in patented order to permit more rapid decision methods. POWERMETER

i policy issues. This m , making on major it take? Q. How long does [50 application to fares, has particular A. The introductory "get back in shape" pro- rates and route matters. gram requires only 70 seconds of exercise per Q. How can I find out more about Bullworker? day. The complete advanced training program Basically, too many have expected A. I suggest you write for the Free Booklet in takes about 5 minutes. color. It contains complete details about Bull- airlines, despite the too much of the worker training and tells you how you can try a Q. What kind of results can I expect? clear lessons to be learned from the Bullworker for two weeks in your own home A. After 2 or 3 weeks of introductory training, without cost or obligation. history of the railroads. Of particu 246 lar concern is the fact that the huge © BULLWORKER SERVICE, 201 Lincoln Blvd., P.O. Box 20, Middlesex, N.J. 08846 capital needs of this industry over " *" I satisfied the next decade cannot be BULLWORKER SERVICE • Dept. BW2564 without fundamental changes in the FREE 201 Lincoln Blvd., P.O. Box 20, Middlesex, N.J. 08846 the regulatory environment and in Please send me my FREE full color brochure about BULLWORKER 2 perceptions of the regulators. BOOKLET without obligation. No salesman will visit. pumping billions Before we start Name Age into "FLYTRAK" of public money (please print) lets protect our com- or "CONAIR," Street Apt. No. mercial air transportation system demanding too from those who are City much from it. Let's focus on the need to keep demands on the industry State Zip its finan- within realistic bounds of Canada: Home delivery duty paid. Ask for FREE booklet. cial capacity to do the job. end THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1977 43 (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16) given to fortify himself during his Excess wax affecting your hearing? Washington and the Spanish trip. Washington seemed to have the Jackass same thought at far away Mt. Ver- non. He issued detailed instructions I "I Now Hear by Charles III authorizing the ship- to John Fairfax, the overseer of Mt. ment of one, not two, Spanish jack- Vernon, to travel to Boston to receive BetterThan Ever asses as a gift for General Washing- Tellez and his jackass and to be care- ton. The "garahon" was bought in ful with the drinking habits of the old Castille, the region from which Spaniard. the Sancho I During My Panza "rucio" hailed. Tellez and the donkey traveled in Pedro Tellez, a breeder and "ar- easy stages the 250 miles from Za- riero" or mule driver from the an- mora to the northern Spanish harbor Wye Lifetime." cient city of Zamora was hired to of Bilbao on the Bay of Biscay, and care for the jackass until it would from there on the American brig —Frank White, Walnut, Calif. be delivered at Mt. Vernon. He Ranger, captained by Job Knight. "I think you have a ^H^H proved to be a remarkable man. They left Bilbao Aug. 8, 1785, bound miracle medicine when HJP^I^B Three centuries before he might have for Gloucester, near Boston, where it comes to ears," con- HE' gone to the New World with Colum- Tellez tinues Mr. White who H% Jfl and his jackass landed Oct. 26. bought Debrox® Drops Mfc£

(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16) In our experience . . Lincoln and the Hawaiian Hero This Printing Calculator is the Most nibals, stripped of his clothes and was being dragged to an open hearth Reliable oven when Kekela intervened with in the the enraged Chief Mato. When his SAA95 pleas failed Kekela turned to ran- World. som, offering Mato his musket, boat and his stiffly starched white trou- sers, black claw-hammer jacket and beaver hat. -The cannibal chief was over- whelmed and promptly released Jonathan Whalon. "The poor wretch of a whalerman tossed and turned all night in his pallet, moaning and whimpering," Kekela noted in his diary. "I finally got him to kneel down and thank the Good Lord for saving him." The Congress sailed with Jonathan Whalon and the role played by James Kekela was ultimately reported to President Lincoln. Although Lincoln was deeply in- Size: 9-1/4" X 11" X 4-1/8" Wt. 6 lbs. 10 oz. volved with the War Between the moved by Kekela's States, he was so Deluxe, Heavy Duty bravery that he personally ordered that $500 in gold be sent to the Calculator with Memory, Hawaiian along with gold hunting 10 Digits, Percents, Add Mode, Plus Much, Much More. case watches, two double-barreled With the same precision that goes and reciprocal calculations; non-add nota- Chief guns (one for the Marquesan into the world famous Canon Cameras, tion,- group and grand totalizations; buf- Tahitona) a silver medal for a Mar- you can now buy an advanced elec- fered keyboard; plus much, much more. quesan girl of Kekela's household tronic printing calculator at a price 15 day no risk trial so low it makes the old fashioned Jonathan Whalon Try a Canola for 15 days. If you don't who had warned obsolete. mechanical adding machines find that it's the finest, most advanced against going ashore, and a spyglass, CHAFITZ is America's largest merchan- printer for the money, simply return it two quadrants and two charts. diser of consumer electronics, and we've for a prompt refund. One year parts, Kekela acknowledged the gifts sold tens of thousands of printing cal- 90 days labor warranty from Canon. (Over culators ... we have no reservation in from Lincoln in a letter, written in 75 service centers) saying the Canon Canola is the most rein part: Hawaiian, which said liable in the world. Solves any Business Problem "Hiva Oa, March 27, 1865 imagine, for the price you'd expect ... Plus a Permanent Record to pay for a basic adding "To A. Lincoln, President of the machine, of Your you can now buy a calculator that Work United States of America. solves most business problems in Whether you're a financial executive "Greetings to you, great and good seconds and gives you a permanent doing a complex analysis of a corporate friend: my mind is stirred up to ad- record of your work. income statement or a homeowner dealing with the booby traps of income tax dress you in friendship by receipt of A Machine Years Ahead in time, you'll find the Canon Canola the your communication and gifts. Features, Design and Quality right machine for the job . . . and at a "When I saw one of your coun- price you can't afford to pass up. 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COD • The Perfect Keyboard-for maximum ORDER NOW BY MAIL OR PHONE TOLL FREE Author Robert Louis Stevenson speed, fewest errors. The Canola's keys visited the Marquesas in 1888 in his are spaced, shaped, and pitched to ac- 800-638-8280 74-foot yacht Casco, read Kekela's commodate natural hand movements, Hid., D.C., No. Va. residents call 301-340 0200 we challenge you to find a faster, more When You Think Calculators, Think Lincoln and in his volume, letter to comfortable keyboard. Stevenson "In the South Seas", • More Advanced Features: memory; wrote: "I do not envy the man who 10 digits; percent key with mark-ups and discounts; 2, or 3 place fixed or can read it without emotion." 0, 856 Rockville Pike, Dept. 343 —By William Menard add-mode ($) decimal selection,- power Rockville, Maryland 20852 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1977 45 i

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zoy comes in pre-cut plugs . . your assur- diseases infest it. could play football on it and not . ance of lawn success. get your feet muddy. Even if chil- That's what happens to ordinary grass, dren play on it, they won't hurt it but not to Amazoy Zoysia. Every Plug or themselves. — Guaranteed to Grow CHOKES OUT CRABGRASS "MOWED IT 2 TIMES," WRITES WOMAN In Your Area • In Your Soil Thick, rich, luxurious Amazoy • AMAZOY WON'T WINTER KILL For example, Mrs. M. R. Mitter writes grows into a carpet of grass that —has survived temperatures 30° me how her lawn ". . . is the envy of all chokes out crabgrass and weeds all below zero who see it. When everybody's lawns around summer long! It will NOT winter • AMAZOY HEAT KILL— here are brown from drought ours just stays WON'T kill. Goes off its green color after when other grasses burn out, Ama- as green as ever. I've never watered it, only killing frost, regains fresh new zoy remains green and lovely! when I put the plugs in. . . . Last summer beauty every Spring—a true peren- Every plug must grow within 45 days or had it times. Another thing, we mowed (2) nial! we replace it free. Since we're hardly in we never have to pull any weeds—it's just business for the fun of it, you know wonderful !" NO NEED TO RIP OUT we have to be sure of our product. Wonderful? Yes, Amazoy Zoysia Grass IS PRESENT GRASS UP 200 time to order wonderful ! Plant it now and like Mrs. Mit- Now's the your ter you'll cut mowing by 2/3 . . . never have Amazoy Zoysia plugs—to get started on a lawn that will choke out crab- FREE TO PLUGS another weed problem all summer long the JUST FOR ORDERING NOW! rest of your life grass and weeds all summer long MORE THAN A HALF BILLION PLUGS SOLD! and year after year. And from Iowa came word that the state's Compare Bonus Plug offers with our leg. nationally advertised prices and see how you largest Men's Garden Club picked a Zoysia Plug it into an entire lawn or limited "problem areas". Plug it into save! lawn as the "top lawn—nearly perfect" in Consider the time and money you in- poor soil, "builder's soil", clay or its area. Yet this lawn had been watered vest in your lawn and it doesn't pay sandy soils—even salty, beach areas, only once all summer up to August to struggle with grass that burns out and I guarantee it to grow These represent but 2 of thousands of just when you want it most. Order happy Zoysia owners. Their experiences PERFECT FOR SLOPES Amazoy now and let it spread into show that you, too, can grow a lawn from If slopes are a problem, plug in thrilling beautiful turf! part shade to full sun, and it will stay green Amazoy and let it stop erosion. Or And remember: If it isn't Amazoy, and beautiful thru blistering heat, water plug it into hard-to-cover spots, play- you're not getting the plugs that bans—even drought! worn areas, etc. made Zoysia famous. r To: Mr. Mike Sandin, Zoysia Farm Nurseries, Dept. 441 Work Less • Worry Less • Spend Less | (Our 22nd year) General Offices and Store Easy To Plant, Easy • Perfect For Problem Areas 6414 Reisterstown Rd., Baltimore, Maryland 21215

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(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2) Sir: I do not belong to the Legion, Notes on Our Desk but I hope you who have fought our wars will continue to stand for military parity with the Soviets. It's during the 1973 Israeli airlift and, hard to understand people who think more recently, in carrying relief sup- we can have peace by limiting arms, LOCKSMITH plies to the victims of the Guatemala and by detente. It didn't work with You'll EARN MORE, LIVE BETTER earthquakes, the C-5, the world's Hitler or the Japanese; why should Than Ever Before in Your Life largest aircraft, performed exactly You'll enjoy; your work as a Locksmith it work with the Russians? because it is more fascinating than a as it was designed to do—and did it hobby— and highly paid besides! You'll Mrs. M. H. Parker with excellence. Even the highly go on enjoying the fascinating work, Fitzgerald, GA year after year, in good times or bad critical watchdog of governmental "I have already because you'll be the man in demand in master keyed my an evergrowing field offering big pay spending, the General Accounting Elks Lodge and jobs, big profits as your own boss. What Sir: The minimum wages in the apartments . . 38 more could you ask! Office, said, "MAC (the Military Air- so you see my Postal Service testify to the power Traill at Home- Earn Extra Rifht Away! locksmith course $$$$ lift Command) did an outstanding is practically All this can be yours FAST regardless of the postal unions. paid for." of age, education, minor physical handi- job of airlifting equipment and sup- Adelindo Orsi, Jr. caps. Job enjoyment and earnings begin Mrs. William Little Azusa, Calif. ." as quickly, easily learn plies to Israel. . . That job, to a AT ONCE you Evansville, IN to CASH IN on all kinds of locksmithing degree, jobs. All keys, locks, parts, picks, special great was done by C-5s. "The tools and equipment come with the aerial delivery of combat tanks and course at no extra charge. Licensed Sir: Give the Postal Service em- experts guide you to success. other outsize cargo by C-5s was an Illustrated ployes a little credit ... a great Book, Sample Lesson Pates FREE impressive use of airlift capability, Locksmithing Institute graduates now number of them are war veterans. earning, enjoying life more everywhere. and it is impossible to assess the psy- You, can, too. Coupon brings exciting should ." Why they be denied cost of facts from the school licensed by N. J. chological impact. . . State Department of Ed., Accredited living raises. The price of our bread So, on, Member, Natl. Home Study Council. come America! Judge the and kids increases, too. Approved for Veterans Training. private, the general, the soldier and LOCKSMITHING INSTITUTE Nancy L. Kelly Div. Technical Home Study Schools sailor, but do so with an open mind. Chicora, PA Dept. 1221-027 Little Falls, N.J. 07424 Forget the stereotypes. LOCKSMITHING INSTITUTE, Dept. 1221-027 military Div. Technical Home Study Schools The man or woman to- Sir: I have been a career postal em- Little Falls, New Jersey 074Z4 Est. 1948 day is still the watchdog of free- ploye for 10 years and my salary Please send FREE illustrated booklet, "Your OppoN dom. has just reached It tunities in Locksmithing," plus sample lesson $13,750. took me pages. I understand there is no obligation and no six years of part-time work before I salesman will call. John George Bacon, 56, a na- attained the title of "full time reg- Name.. tive of Spokane, WA, served in (Please Print) ular" and a normal 40-hour week. World War II, then attended is Address.. It not fair to blame Postal Service Georgetown University and problems on labor costs. City/State/Zip I , joined the U.S. Foreign Service Ralph Jaros ' Check here if Eligible for Veteran Training _ —J in 19^9. He has served in many Cleveland, OH positions in the Department of State; in London; Rome; Bonn; FIND TREASURE! Sir: As a veteran of World War II, the U.S. Mission to the U.N.; FREE Detect deeper, locating gold, silver, rings, coins Korea and Vietnam and a Postal with a world-famous White'! Literature! Khartoum, Sudan; and in Sai- criti- metal detector! Service employe I protest the gon. He completed the National cism in your October article. War College; was Executive Di- A. R. Serean AC7-E DEPT. rector of the Arms Control and Dover, DE PLEASANT VALLEY RD.'.SWEET HOME. ORE. 97386 1011 Disarmament Agency in Wash- ington; served at the Amer- Sir: I want to put unfounded reports ican Embassy, Bonn; and as to rest. The Teamsters Union has no diplomat-in-residence and pro- plans now or for the future to at- FROM SEED science at ALL KINDS AND FORMS fessor of political tempt to bring members of the Curious, odd-looking, strange spe- Drake University, Des Moines, Armed Forces into our union. In fact, cies of plants that thrive anywhere IA. with little care. Flowers of exqui- I personally believe that unioniza- site beauty and fragrance. Send Bacon is currently political tion of the Armed Forces would be only 15c in coin for 50c Pkt. or 2 Pkts. for 25c and Seed advisor to the commander, Mili- neither desirable nor feasible. and Nursery gpt*g tary Airlift Command, Scott Air Frank E. Fitzsimmons Catalog. FKBE R. H. SHU M WAY SEEDSMAN Force Base, IL. He holds the Washington, DC Dept. 306 ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 61101 Department of State Meritori- ous Honor Award and the Editor's note: Mr. Fitzsimmons is Arms Control and Disarmament president of the International Agency Superior Honor Award. Brotherhood of Teamsters. His union has never supported efforts by some government employee Letters to the Editor unions to organize the military FUND RAISING Sir: The many letters on the con- services. Easy way to raise money for Organization your troversial "Amnesty" issue which because everyone has fun playing BINGO! flT Thousands of Organizations are making up to have appeared in The American Sir: Regarding the American Federa- g-r $500.00 per week using "BINGO KING" supplies Legion Magazine surprised me in tion of Government Employes Union and FREE Idea Bulletins. Write for FREE catalog pj^ their frankness and division of opin- to unionize the military—if it isn't y and details on raising money for your Organiza- E tion. ion. The fact that the magazine lunacy, it is certainly a suggestion PLEASE GIVE NAME OF ORGANIZATION. printed them augurs well. that Mr. Brezhnev would approve. Meyer Wldrevitz Ken Littlefleld Dept. 702A, Box 2588, LITTLETON, COLO. 80120 Chicago, II Ancram, NY

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(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 31) MARTIN'S FLAGS I'm Your American Legion Card HAPPY BIRTHDAY a war. There was nationwide debate BETSY ROSS FLAG 200 Yeats Old concerning the merits of our involve- June 14. 1977 ment, it as though the Prompt shipment. Ask for our and seemed colorful WHOLESALE Cotolog for 1977 young Vietnam veteran was receiving MARTIN'S FLAG CO.. FORT DODGE. IOWA 50501 the brunt of the criticism. Well, the For the first time — a fiberglass Do-lt-Yourself Legion couldn't stand for that. Veterans Kit! No welding Scamp kit includes all parts HYDRAULIC JACK REPAIRS you need and fully-illustrated step-by-step assem- were returning, and this time I was for- bly manual. Scamp can be completed in 60 hours Earn While You Learn In Your Spare Time Also available ready to with minimum tools. Trained and qualified mechanics needed NOW to service tunate to be adopted by a Legion Dis- hitch-'up-and-go. inoperative hydraulic jacks. BIG opportunity for ambitious men. We show you HOW — in your basement or garage to trict Commander in Wisconsin. earn spare time cash in an expanding industry. Don't wait, ACT NOW! Get the facts. Our slogan was "Service First—Mem- Write for folder No. A2 and free offer. bonus bership Second." Write: SCAMP. DEPT. AL-2 Backus, Mn. 56435 Hydraulic Jack Repair Manual Co., Inc. of these Vietnam veterans catalog. Many ! Rush 12 pg. full color $2.00 enclosed. G.P. O. BOX 3 • STATEN ISLAND, N.V. 10314 joined The American Legion, and in ! Name Age Address l THE ORIGINAL 1976 I was adopted by one of them. I City- .State, .Zip- Bus Home Remember the debate among World J^Phone: j iliW TOQLLdI War I and World War II veterans? Here we go again. Fortunately, I'm (genuine JPorceloorcelain C LEARN wise enough at 58 to know that this §tjli MEAT CUTTING FLUSHES UP TO will pass. In many posts it already has. SEPTIC am quickly in 8 short weeks at Toledo SEWER OR TANK My Vietnam veteran is active with for bright future with security in the vital meat business. Biff pay. full-time jobs — our scouting program. Last summer he A PROFITABLE MARKET OF YOUR -No Digging Up Floors- LHAVEOWN! Time payment plan available. Di- INSTALLS EASY. ANYWHERE! is ploma given. Job help. Thousands of suc- had the Boys Scout Troop, which m cessful graduates. OUR 54th YEAR! Send NOW for a big new illustrated FREE catalog. No obligation. CI. Write McPHERSON, Inc., Dept. AL sponsored by the post, clean the creek approved. NATIONAL SCHOOL OF MEAT CUTTING. No. 7 1-02- 0197T. Dept. - 1 33 Superior, Toledo. a 1 1 N. Ohio 43601. Box 15133 Tampa, Florida 33684 that runs through Veterans Memorial Park. They did a terrific job cleaning HEAD LETTUCE cans and rubbish from the creek. This RUPTURED fall they planted trees. TRY MY NEW KIND OF One of my relatives belongs to a GREAT LAKES ICEBERG-TYPE I Legionnaire who heads our local volun- ALL AMERICA WINNER, TRY IT GUARANTEED TRUSS Resistant to heat and sun. Medium size. Solid crisp I wore 8 kinds of trusses in 5 years, none teer ambulance service. Two members heads. Send 15c for big packet or 2 packets worked, so I designed my own. A Truss like CDCC you've always wanted. A Truss that won't slip or pinch no matter for T fxLL. of his committee are on call at all times 25c and New Seed & Nursery Catalog. how active you are. Now you too can enjoy this Comfort and R. H. SHUMWAY SEEDSMAN Protection. Write for Free Literature to: SPORTSMAN, P.O. Box and the ambulance stands ready to rush Dept. 304 ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 61101 96, Dept. 62, Barrington, III. 60010 any person in the community to the nearest hospital, forty miles away. At the state convention last summer, ^ I met one of my sons who is in the wal- BUY1 and let of a Legionnaire whose post is operating a CB REACT Center. This center monitors the emergency channel and re- GET1 ports to law enforcement agencies. The question of energy and its con- servation was the topic of a discussion ONE PIECE POROUS ELASTIC at the post meeting the other night. An ad hoc committee was instructed to invite representatives from the local BODY CONTROLLER power company to attend a special meeting next month. The post will also GUARANTEES INCHES OFF! invite the public. After all, energy affects all of us. During my 58 years as a Legion Reg. $14.50 membership card, I've been to a lot of NOW places. One thing I've learned; the problems which affect veterans and their 2 for $14.50 families are the same—whatever concerns their fellow man and community, • STOMACH CONTROL... state and nation. • BACK SUPPORT... I've got a grandson in the "nursery" Style M2581 • SECURE NON-SLIP STRAPS at our Indianapolis Headquarters. I'm SIZES (at chest) SMALL 32-34. • STRAIGHTENS BACK, LIFTS || MEDIUM 36 38. LARGE 4LV42, SHOULDERS proud of him. His parents have already X LARGE 44-46. X X LARGE 48 • SURE-SNAP CROTCH left—this is normal in membership card Mail Coupon to: MAGIC MOLD, Inc. Dept. AL-2 families—so I'd like to see you help him get adopted. He asked me to ask you PREPAID. Enclose Check STYLE CHEST SIZE 0UANT. PRICE if it would be all right for him to belong or Money Order for total. COD. Enclose at least to your post. I know you have a friend N.Y. SALES TAX $2.00 lor deposit. whose billfold will give him the care he POST. S HANDLING 85C © 1976 MAGIC MOLD. INC. TOTAL needs, so have him or her fill out the

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Sportsmen and their families should Kren of Bridgeport, Ohio. He fills always wear glasses in the out- them with petroleum jelly, aspirin, doors, especially hunters, according cold cures, linament, and other reme- to eye specialists. Some hunters leave dies for use in emergencies. They're their prescription glasses at home or small, light, and take little space. in their car or tent because they don't want to risk losing them; as a result WHEN tight hunting or fishing boots the big buck they think they see are difficult to put on, a plastic baggie Denture sometimes is actually another hunter. will help, according to Mrs. Leroy If it is a deer, their vision is too poor Isley of Cortez, Colorado. Slip it over for accurate shooting. Even with per- your heel before inserting your foot fect eyesight, a hunter needs glasses in the boot; your foot will slide in Security. for protection; a twig that scratches easily. Then pull out the baggie. an eye as he pushes through brush or past a tree branch can cause a serious ON a camping trip, if your wife de- CONFIDENT. COMFORTABLE. infection and perhaps eventual loss of cides that without face cream her SECURE. Because you know sight. Every hunter should have his beautiful complexion will be ruined KLUTCH is working. No matter eyes tested for distance vision, and by the outdoor weather, Margaret where you are. No matter who then invest in a pair of shooting Weiss of Long Beach, California, sug- you're with. You won't be glasses with impact-resistant lenses in gests ordinary mayonnaise. It works. wide-angle frames. These will actu- embarrassed by denture slip. ally be more efficient than his regular KLUTCH's Exclusive formula glasses because he'll be able to see holds. that's holds and And through the top of the large lens when More About really what's he tips his head down to look through important the rear sight of a rifle or along the Deborah when you want barrel of a shotgun. If he's afraid of to look and losing them, he can tie a cord from In its November issue, the Ameri- feel your best. their frame to a button on his jacket. can Legion Magazine unwittingly solution is to have two KLUTCH. The perfect stumbled into a smouldering New glasses, even though he The one you pairs of England controversy over Deborah doesn't need corrective lenses. One KLUTCH Sampson Gannett, a woman who can count on. should be tinted sunglasses to absorb Mi ADHESIVE FOWKtt the sun's glare. served with the Continental Army Try the 25* FOR OCNTJU. HATES 75 to 85 percent of first Gray is best; it doesn't interfere with and who may have been the KLUTCH color perception. Shielding the eyes woman in a uniform of the American Security Test: in bright sunlight also results in armed services. better vision during the dusk and at The November account cited 19th Dept. 703-B KLUTCH CO., night when he might be driving home. century accounts that Miss Sampson ELMIRA, NEW YORK 14902 pair should have clear The second may have been black. These accounts Please send me one handy pocket lenses to be worn in cloudy weather; size container of KLUTCH. I have en- were prevalent more than 100 years if no correction is necessary, at least closed 25£ for postage and handling. ago. score of readers, however, they will protect the eyes from A have informed the editors that mod- Name . scratches in the woods or stray shot ern New England historians, after Address in a duck blind. A rifle sight is also important. The painstaking research, are now con- City open type requires concentration on vinced that Miss Deborah was white. front State Zip the rear sight near the eye, the Charles Bricknell of Plympton, sight and the distant target; the eye MA, writes that the Plympton town must change focus very quickly which clerk says all records indicate she causes eye strain, especially in older was of English and French ancestry. hunters. The peep sight is an im- school librarian at provement causing less strain, but Mary Wade, Sharon, where Deborah is bur- 8W00 best of all is the telescopic sight; the MA, crosshairs and target appear to be at ied, seconds this view. Largest Manufacturer the same distance from the eye and Julia Ward Stickley, former staff and Distributor of adjustments in focus aren't necessary. member of the National Archives in BINGO Supplies It is also an easier sight to use while Washington, writes that she spent 15 the shooter is wearing glasses. Free Catalogues available for: years researching soldiers of the Campers, hikers, bike riders, also * Complete bingo * Flags & banners Revolution and found no evidence to supplies * Plaques & trophies fishermen and boatmen need similar support early references to Deborah * Tables & chairs -k Jar & breakopen eye protection. On water, there is * Armchair races tickets History Illus- glare even on overcast days, and as a black. American * Fund raising through group travel swollen, sunburned eyes can be seri- trated, published by the National Dept. AL-2 ALL STAR BINGO INC. ous and quite painful. Tinted bifocals Historical Society at Gettysburg, P.O. Box 2816, Clearwater, Fla. 33517 solve an annoying problem for the PA, adds its weight to the argument. trout angler; the lower magnifying It should not be lost in contro- If have a helpful idea for Life in you portions of the lenses make it easy to versy, however, that Deborah was, the Outdoors send it in. If we use it we'll hair-like leader. tie a tiny fly on a indeed, a remarkable young woman pay you $5.00. However, we cannot ac- They are available with tinted lenses knowledge, return, or enter into correspon- who fought side by side with the men in wide-angle frames. dence concerning contributions. Address: of the Revolution and created a tra- Outdoor Editor, The American Legion are plastic pill bottles on dition that thousands of women Magazine, 1608 K Street, N.W., Washing- A USE for small in today's armed forces. ton, D.C. 20006. outdoor trips is suggested by Matthew following

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THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 1977 57 TO MY VALENTINE

My husband doesn't like gardening That task is strictly mine, And I never really objected Until a hoe was my valentine. —Beth Cook

WISHFUL THINKING

His plans to make a comeback Are castles in the air How can he make a comeback When he was never there? —William Walden

PAST MORTEM

Everything is moving at such a fast clip There's an instant nostalgia craze; Events of a couple of months ago are Referred to as the good old days.

—George 6. Ludke

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You'll never get to lead the band if you can't face the music. —Doris Clarke "This is the greatest day of my life, I've been expelled! THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE FEMININE FOIBLE

A bargain is what any woman Has never really missed; SILENT TREATMENT Something she cannot use, At a price "I've got a job at last, Dad," the young actor reported. "It's a new she cannot resist. play and I take the part of a man who has been married twenty years." —David Bissonette "Wonderful!" exclaimed the father. "That's a start anyway, my boy. Maybe one of these days they'll give you a speaking part."

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—George E. Bergman TOGETHERNESS

In the land of the lion, the family that preys together stays together. — Raymond J. Cvikota MODERN MATH

The shortest distance between two points is always under construction. — "Thank God it's Friday!' Honey Greer THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE

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