The American Legion Magazine [Volume 99, No. 1 (July 1975)]

Our Crumbling Role in the Americas: A report on our relations with our neighbors in Canada and Latin America, most of whom are making strong bids to depend on us much less than in the past by Thomas Weyr -- A Report on Amnesty Hearings: The National Commander provides members with the texts of some communications he has had with a Congressional committee on the subjects of (a) amnesty by legislation and (b) who is invited to testify about it by James M. Wagonseller, National Commander, The American Legion -- Should the United States Adopt a 200-Mile Sea Limit? Two Sides of a National Question: Pro: Rep. G. William Whitehurst (R-VA), Con: Rep. Glenn M. Anderson (D-CA) -- 50 Years of American Legion Baseball: The ups and downs of the first half century of the first national baseball program for teenagers, undertaken by the Legion in 1925 and still going strong by George W. Rulon and R.B. Pitkin -- The Fourth of July, A Bicentennial Feature: A look at how the Fourth of July has been celebrated over the years, and at why our nation's birthday has always been observed on that date despite arguments to use some other date by Malcolm G. Pomeroy -- The Plot to Stop the Next Flu Epidemic: A look at world-wide efforts to have a vaccine for the next variant of the flu virus before it becomes epidemic by Harvey Ardman -- How to Register a Bicentennial Project: A case history of a Legion-sponsored community war memorial that was dedicated this year, with the status of a project on the national register of The American Revolution Bicentennial -- Cover: Drawing by James Flora -- A Look at Our Mail -- Life in the Outdoors -- Veterans Newsletter -- News of The American Legion -- Dateline Washington -- Personal -- Legion Shopper -- Parting Shots