The American Legion Magazine [Volume 94, No. 1 (January 1973)]

The Purity and Impurity of Our Tap Water: The water that comes from America's faucets is the best that any 200 million people ever had, but nobody who knows anything about it is the least bit complacent by Leavitt A. Knight, Jr. -- How They Carried the Mail West: Though we tend to think that the Pony Express was the only way we got the mail west 100 years ago, it was just a small part of the fascinating 20-year saga of western overland mail by Lynwood Mark Rhodes -- Should the President Have Unlimited Authority to Achieve a 1973 Spending Ceiling of $250 Billion? Two Sides of a National Question: Pro: Rep. Wilbur D. Mills (D-AR), Con: Rep. Charles A. Vanik (D-OH) -- A Short Guide to Modern Auto Tires: Tire ads present a bewildering assortment of choices for the car owner, but with a little classifying, the maze of offerings can be reduced to some sense by Harvey Ardman -- Cover: Photo by John Pitkin -- Letters to the Editor -- Veterans Newsletter -- Personal -- News of The American Legion -- Dateline Washington -- Legion Shopper -- Life in the Outdoors -- Parting Shots