THE AMERICAN SEE PAGE 14, REDS IN KHAKI LEGION How communists operated as MAGAZINE members of our Armed Forces OCTOBER 1952 The American Legion at New York . .An account of the National Convention . Starting Page 29 - SEAGRAM'S 7 CROWN. BLENDED WHISKEY. 86.8 PROOF. 65% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS. S E A G R A M D I ST I L L E R S CORP., N. Y. ' CARSMIN THEIR BESTON THEBEST GASOLINE , 1952 BUICK Roadmaster with the Fireball 8 engine — a valve-in-head design that "makes the most of high compression." Dynafiow Drive and optional Power Steering make driving the Roadmaster an almost effortless pleasure. 1932 LA SALLE had an automatic vacuum- operated clutch, and a unique shock ab- sorber system. You varied the stiffness of the shocks to fit changing road conditions. ETHYL" With their polished leather seats and bright brass trim, yesterday's automobiles looked mighty good to their owners. But Grandpa will tell you they did not have enough power under the hood. 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That's because VOL. 53 No. 4 your facial skin is irritated from shaving— probably because you're CONTENTS FOR OCTOBER, 1952 using a razor blade ground like a HOW THE REDS MADE A SUCKER OUT OF ME 11 penknife and you have to "bear BY EDWARD G. ROBINSON down" to shave clean. A famous movie star takes you behind the scenes. PAL's patented Hollow Ground FIRE IN THE NARROWS (fiction) 12 process makes "bearing down" BY CHICK MANWARING Concerning two rangers and a disillusioned wife. unnecessary. You shave with a This is a scene that REDS IN KHAKI 14 light, light stroke; your face is cool, will be duplicated in hundreds of Posts BY HARVEY MATUSOW when L e £ i o n n a i r e s as fold to HOWARD RUSHMORE relaxed— your skin isn't irritated, come marching home from the Convention. How commie GIs went all out for Stalin. is left smooth as a teen-ager's! 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