The American Legion Magazine [Volume 86, No. 5 (May 1969)]

A Look at Atlanta, Georgia: A Preview of the City Where the Legion Will Hold Its 51st Annual Convention this August 22 to 28 by R. B. Pitkin -- How Pure Is Our Food?: Even Though More of Us Are Growing Fat Than Thin on American Food Today, the Purity of Our Food Is in Question on a Wide Variety of Fronts. Here's a Look at Some of Them by Raymond Schuessler -- Do We Need a New System for Nominating Presidential Candidates?: Two Sides of a National Question Pro: Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.) Con: Rep. Henry C. Schadeberg (R-Wis.) -- The Great San Francisco Fire and Quake -1906: An Account of Three Days in April 1906, When a Great American City Was so Gutted by Quake and Fire That It Had to Start Over by Thomas A. Hoge -- The Story of Samuel F.B. Morse and the Telegraph: A Bit of the History of a Versatile American Genius Who Turned from Oil Painting to Science -to Perfect the Telegraph 125 Years Ago This Month by Robert Silverberg -- Some GI Bill Authors Today: Eight Members of the Original Legion Team That Drafted the WW2 GI Bill of Rights Met in Washington on March 14 to Fill in Some of the History -- Editor's Corner -- Letters to the Editor -- News of the American Legion -- Dateline Washington -- Life in the Outdoors -- Personal -- Legion Shopper -- Parting Shots