The American Legion [Volume 126, No. 4 (April 1989)]

Cover: Castro's Drug Connection by William V Cigliano -- Do We have the Will to Prevail?: No Nation Is Wise Enough to Lead the Free World, but the United States Has Been Destined to Accept That Burden by Ernest W Lefever -- The Drug War Turns Global: "God Help Us, If We Lost This Battle" -- The Cuban Drug Connection: Castro Is Serving with Distinction in the Soviet Drug War Against the United States by Max Primorac -- Salaries in America: Best-Paying Jobs of the 1990s by Phyllis Zauner -- Man's Assault on Nature: The Acid Raid Debate Provokes "Regional Trench Warfare" in Congress by Jay Stuller -- Battle Report: Heroes of the High Seas: Marked Men in Thankless Jobs, WWII Merchant Seamen Measured Up Each Time They Shipped Out by James N Sites -- Is Our Tax System Fair?: "The Just Man Will Pay More and the Unjust Less" by John Hanly Adams -- Legion Fires Back at Critics of Vietnam Veteran's Study: The Centers for Disease Control Has a Vested Interest in Disproving the Legion Study, Says Nat'l Cmdr. H F "Sparky" Gierke -- Recruiting the Old-Fashioned Way: Top Legion Recruiters Reveal How They Get New Members -- Vets Call It Home: Pennsylvania Legionnaires Provide a New Beginning for Homeless Veterans -- Big Issues: Should Congress Repeal the Catastrophic Coverage Act? -- Letters -- Commander's Message -- Dateline -- Your American Legion -- Veterans Update -- Veterans Alert -- Parting Shots