The American Legion Magazine [Volume 97, No. 6 (December 1974)]

Our Illegal Alien Problem: A look at the millions of illegal aliens in our midst; at the continuing flood of them; at their economic threat to legal Americans; and at the thorny problem of stemming the tide by Harvey Ardman -- Farewell to Youth: Mr. Asimov's mathematics indicate that if this world should find a happy solution to its direct problems, the elderly will become the majority. What then? by Isaac Asimov -- Should the U.S. Ban Nonreturnable Beverage Containers? Two Sides of a National Question: Pro: Sen. Mark O. Hatfield (R-OR), Con: Rep. Charles W. Sandman, Jr. (R-NJ) -- Seversky, Aviation's Versatile Genius: The life of the man who, from his arrival in America in 1921 until his death last summer, fought against odds to make the U.S. the world's No. 1 air power by Eugene Lyons -- A Pause on Wall Street to Observe the Bill of Rights: Text and photo commemorating the Congressional passage of the Bill of Rights on September 25, 1789 -- A Holiday Message: Season's greetings and some New Year's resolutions from the National Commander by James M. Wagonseller, National Commander, The American Legion -- Cover: Drawing by James Flora -- Letters -- Life in the Outdoors -- Veterans Newsletter -- News of The American Legion -- Dateline Washington -- Personal -- Legion Shopper -- Parting Shots