THE AMERICAN LEGIONM A 6 A Z I N E 4- 20c«FEBRUARY 196 WHAT IS THE EUROPEAN COMMON MARKET? J' A UNITED EUpOPE CAN AFFECT THeCjOBS AND TRADE OF ALL OF US BY HOWARD WHIDDEN GEORGE WASHINGTON HUMAN BEING THE NEW HAMPSHIRE BY T.R. FEHRENBACH SWEEPSTAKES A STATE LOTTERY FOR 1964 READING YOUR OPPONENT S* BRIDGE HANDS By Wm. S. ROOT SEAGRAM DISTILLERS COMPANY, N.Y.C. BLENDED WHISKEY. 86 PROOF. 65% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS. The Great Entertainer welcomes two hot favorites to the big time Everybody knows 7 Crown tastes great cold (as in the four famous drinks on the left). But some like it hot — and you'll know why when you taste either of these steaming mugs laced with America's favorite whiskey. Delicious after a bout with Jack Frost. Both are easy to fix. And thanks to the Great Entertainer's special quality of taste both belong in the big time. Here's how! 7 Crown Hot Toddy: 2 oz. 7 Crown, 1 tsp. sugar, stir in mug. Add hot water. Garnish with cinnamon stick. 7 Crown Hot Grog: 2 oz. 7 Crown, 1 tsp. sugar, 1 tsp. lemon juice. Stir. Add hot water or tea. Both are delicious. Say Seagram's and be Sure The American FEBRUARY 1964 LEGION Volume 76. Number 2 POSTMASTER: Send Form 3579 to P.O. Box 1055, Magazine Indianapolis, Ind. 46206 The American Legion Magazine is puhlished nuinthly at 1100 West Broadway, Louisville, Ky., by The American Legion. Copyright 1964 by The American Legion. Second-class Contents for February 1964 postage paid at Louisville, Ky. Price: single copy, 20 cents; yearly subscription, $2.00. Order nonmember subscriptions from the Cir- culation Department of The American Legion, AMERICA WITHSTANDS THE SHOCK TEST 8 P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis, Ind. -16206 DANIEL F. FOLEY BY NATIONAL COMMANDER CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Why our form of government sustained the shock Notify Circulation Dept.. P. O. Bo\ 1055, oj the murder of its chief. Indianapolis, Ind., 46206 using Post Office Form 3578. Auach old address label and give old and new addresses and current membership card nuinl>er. Also be sure to OUR FIRST MARTYRED PRESIDENT 9 notify your Post Adjutant. picture feature on Abraham Lincoln, whose 155th birthday A The American Legion we note on the 12th of February. Executive and Administrative Offices Indianapolis, Indiana 16206 10 Daniel F. Foley. National Commander WHAT IS THE EUROPEAN COMMON MARKET? WHIDDEN BY HOWARD The American Legion You can't pick up a newspaper without reading about the Publications Commission: Ki-ukuk, loua Market. But how many Americans feel that Dr. Charles K. Logan, Common (Chairman): Ad,.lph F. Bremer, Kinona, it is so important? they know what it is or why Minn. (Vice Chairman); Lang Armstrong, Spokane. Wash.; Charles E. Booth, Hunting- ton, W. Va.; John Cicero, Sicuyeroille, Pa.; Hollywood, Fla.; Clovis Cope- 12 E. J. Cooper, THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SWEEPSTAKES land, Morrilton, Ark.; Paul B. Dague, Doun- Guymon, Okla.; BY D. FRANK O'NEIL ingtown. Pa.; Raymond Fields, Hernandez, Savannah, Ga.; George D. will Chris New Hampshire has legalized a State lottery, which Levy, Sumter, S. C; Edward Longstreth, La N. Y.; go into operation this year. Here are the Jolla. Calif.; Frank C. Love, Syracu.se, Morris Meyer, Starkville, Miss.; Robert details and the background of it. Mitchler, Oswego. III.; Harry H. Scliaffer, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Harold A. Shindler, Lafayette, Ind.; William F. Taylor, Greensburg, Ky.; BEING 14 Benjamin B. Truskoski, Bristol, Conn.; Robert GEORGE WASHINGTON, HUMAN H. Wilder, Dndeville, Ala. Edward McSweeney, BY T. R. FEHREWBACH Armonk, N. Y. (Consultant) Some have debunked the Father of Our Country, but most people have made a marble statue of him. What was The American Legion Magazine among men? Editorial & Advertising Offices he like as a man 720 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10019 Publisher. .lames F. O'Neil HOW CAN WE SAVE OUR VANISHING WILDLIFE? 16 Editor Robert B. Pilkin DURWARD L. 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Roll be instead erecting a Common Wall against Imports — up your sleeves and let's get barrier that would hurt U.S. farmers hardest of all. about doing it." President Foreign sales of U.S. products are vital to U.S. Johnson. agriculture . Our farm exports comprise one-fourth in value of all U.S. shipments abroad, and sales to CULT OF VIOLENCE the Six—France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Italy, and "We must recognize that the Luxemburg—amount to $1 billion annually. romanticized cult of the fron- The Common Market nations have already submitted tier, with its glorification of vio- to the demands of their own farmers to ban U.S.