HOW ORGANIZED CRIME TAKES OVER BUSINESS THE lOQT" BIRTHDAY OF NIKOLAI LENIN THE ADVENTURE OF THE MAYFLOWER PILGRIMS A day any Pacific Theater Finished in gleaming nickel, the Colt .45 Colt's edition of the American veteran will remember forever. How he features palm leaves engraved on Heritage Picture History of World and his buddies won it the hard way. the slide, and an engraved list of War II—-a 640-page, illustrated Inch by inch. Beach by beach. historic actions in the Pacific. chronicle of the war. It was a proud victory and each man Grips are of exotic Brazilian Rosewood. The entire package is available performed his individual bit of heroism. This collector's item comes pacl<aged from your Colt's Registered Dealer. To honor everyone who had in a rich Obeche wood case along Also available—the European Theater a part in that victory, Colt's is offering with seven, deactivated nickel-plated Commemorative. Ask about it. a limited-number, 25th anniversary cartridges. Also included is a special Colt's Small Arms Division, Commemorative. Hartford, Connecticut 06102. The American APRIL 1970 I'olumc 8S, Number l LEGION CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Notify Circulation Dept.. P. O. Box 1954. Indianapolis, Ind.. 46206 using Post Oificc Form 3578. Attacli old address label and give old and new addresses with ZIP* Code Magazine number and current membership card number. Also be sure to notify your Post Ad j u taut. The American Legion Magazine Editorial & Advertising Offices 1345 Avenue of the Americas Contents for April 1970 New York, New York 10019 Publisher, James F. O'Neil Editor Robert B. Pitkin WHY CAN'T PEOPLE GET HOMES? 6 Art Editor Al Marsliall BY L.A. KNIGHT. JR. Assistant to Publisher A look at the situation that is making decent housing unavailable Joim \ndreola to almost anyone hut the well-to-do and Executive Editor government dependents. Mario V. Luluano Associate Editors Miller _ Roy James S. 5\\ ariz THE lOOTH BIRTHDAY OF NIKOLAI LENIN 10 Assistant Art Editor Walter H. Boil BY ALBERT L. WEEKS Production Mauufier World Communism celebrates its founder's 100th birthday on Art Bret/field April 22. Here's a closer look at Lenin than Copy Editor those in Communist lands are Grail S. Hanford allowed to see. Circulation Mana tier Dean B. Nelson Indianapolis, Ind. Advertising Sales HOW ORGANIZED CRIME TAKES OVER BUSINESS 14 Robert Redden Associates, Inc. Ill West 57th Street BY DONALD SINGLETON New York, N.Y. 10019 A round-up of the methods used by the "mob" to milk private 212-246-25-16 business of its assets, and some of the warning signs of The American Legion impending Mafia takeover of a business. Publications Commission: I James E. Po\ver>. Mainn, (^a. ( Chan lunii : Benjamin B. Truskoski, Bristol . Conn. ( l ice Chairman); James K. Kellcy. Radnor . Pa. 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French requests for personal services are appreci- ated, but they cannot be acknowledged or New Orleans, La. answered, due to lack of magazine staff for these purposes. Requests for personal serv- ices which may be legitimately asked of There is no dark side of the moon. It The American Legion should be made to your Post Service Officer or your state keeps one face to the earth, but the sun (Department) American Legion Hq. Send shines as much on one side as on the letters to the editor to: Letters, The American Legion Magazine, 1345 Avenue of other. The earth never rises or sets on tlie Americas, New Yorlc, N.Y. 10019. the moon. At any point on the near side, the earth hangs always in one part of the sky. The earth is never seen from NEWS MEDIA ANALYZED the far side. sir: Your article on the news media is excellent. It crystallizes, succinctly, the CONGLOMERATES EXPLAINED various phases of news reporting, and SIR: In her article, "The New Giants of points directly to the methods used the Business World" (February) , author which are subject to examination by the Christina Kirk has done a masterful job media which has a prime obUgation to of opening up the complex world of con- the U.S. public. glomerates for the layman. following items seem to be par- The James F. Holmes emphasis ticularly important: Too much Portland, Ore. on the sordid and violent; too little on what's good; encouragement of pubUc THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE disorders by giving them publicity that's sir: Every magazine today seems to be enjoyable to its organizers; promotion concerned with articles sex, inflation, of superficial values and giving prom- on drugs, riots, obscenity and mvu-der. inence to the grotesque, and knocking What a terrific change of pace to read virtues. Thank you for the article. "How They Built the Brooklyn Bridge" in the Cyrus S. Kauffman Washington, D.C. March issue. Thanks to you and author Lynwood Mark Rhodes for the most in- teresting story that I have read in a long, sir: Your article in the March issue, long time. "An Analysis of the News Media," is ex- V. Wm. Coolman cellent and very timely. Congratulations. Zionsville, Ind. Herbert C. Pfremmer Lake Crystal, Minn. VIETNAM AND U.S. ARMY PLANNING sir: What a contrast in the vision of sir: I hope many readers took several our military establishment, as evidenced minutes out to examine the detail in Carl in Harvey Ardman's article, "How Viet- Rose's cartoon on pages 6 cind 7 of your nam Tested U.S. Army Planning" (Feb- March issue, illustrating "An Analysis ruary), and the vision of our political of the News Media." The closer you look establishment in Vietnam. Undoubtedly, at this drawing the fimnier it is. And too, the vision of the military has less- the sadder. What's sad is that we recog- ened our casualties. One cannot but nize it as the world of TV news, and it wonder who was responsible for the illustrates the appalling and predictable political policy, which recalls the debacle sameness of it that comes at us like a in the second phase of the Korean War. broken record. What's funny is that Mr. Tom B. Watkins Rose has pulled the scoop of the century Fredonia, N.Y. by giving us tomorrow's, next month's and next year's news in a few precious HILL little inklines. SAN JUAN sir: In article, Chsirge San I. L. Schwartz your "The Up Chicago, III. Juan Hill" (February), you state that Gen. Joseph Wheeler was known as "Fighting Joe." I always believed that sir: Your penetrating article about some Gen. Joe Hooker was the man known of the weaknesses of the news media as "Fighting Joe." dealt chiefly with bias and shallow re- Clarence F. Miller porting in public affairs and lopsided Buffalo, N.Y. views of our society. But there's some- thing less mischievous in some of our "Fighting reporting that bothers me jxist as much. Both men were known as in That is the parroting of falsehoods out Joe." Each man received the name of sheer ignorance uncorrected.