The American Legion Magazine [Volume 81, No. 5 (November 1966)]

Should the Voting Age Be Lowered to 18?: Two Sides of a National Question Pro: Rep. Charles C. Diggs, Jr. (D-Mich.) Con: Rep. Emanuel Celler (D-N.Y.) -- Will the Soviets Provoke a War at Sea?: Defense Secretary McNamara's Mention of "a War at Sea Not Involving Any Land Battles" Jolted Members of the House Committee on Defense Appropriations, but Received Little Notice Elsewhere. Here's What He Was Talking About by George Fielding Eliot -- The National Commander of the American Legion, 1966-67: A Biography of John E. Davis, Former Governor of North Dakota, Who Was Elected to Head the American Legion for the Coming Year at the Washington, D.C., Convention on September 1 by Robert B. Pitkin -- The Origin and History of Uncle Sam: The Living Original of the White-Bearded Man in the Stars-and-Stripes Clothes Was Born 200 Years Ago. Here's the Tale of the Man and the Symbol by Tom Mahoney -- A Brief History of the American Beard: For 60 Years, Whiskers Haven't Had a Chance Among American Men, but Now They're Starting to Sprout Here and There If History Repeats We'll Have a Bearded President Around the Year 2016 by Peter D. Bolter -- A Report from Washington, D.C.: 14 Pages of Photos and Text of the American Legion's 48th National Convention -- Letters to the Editor -- Editor's Corner -- Dateline Washington -- Life in the Outdoors -- Personal -- Books -- Legion Shopper -- Parting Shots