The American Legion Magazine [Volume 91, No. 3 (September 1971)]

Cover by Gerry Gersten -- The Dilemmas of a Sea-Level Panama Canal: An Official Study Recommends That We Build a Sea-Level Canal Across Panama. It Faces Some Difficulties by Irving Michelson -- The Life of Phineas T. Barnum: The Story of America's First Great Showman, from Obscurity to Fame by Peggy Robbins -- A Letter to the Wall Street Journal: The National Commander Points Up Some Positive Things That Were Omitted from a Gloomy Report on the Legion in the Wall Street Journal by Alfred P. Chamie National Commander, the American Legion -- How Our Autos Will Change by 1980: Government Has Made Clear to Auto Makers the Steps They Must Take to Make Cars Truly Safe. Here's How They'll Drastically Change Your Car by the End of This Decade by Harvey Ardman -- Should The President's War-Making Powers Be Defined?: Two Sides of a National Question: Pro: Sen. Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. (R-Md.) Con: Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) -- Letters to the Editor -- Personal -- Dateline Washington -- Life in the Outdoors -- Veterans Newsletter -- News of the American Legion -- Legion Shopper -- Parting Shots