The American Legion Magazine [Volume 86, No. 1 (January 1969)]

Our Troubles with France: A Close Look at the Political Policies of France's Charles de Gaulle that Have Led to a Deterioration of French-American Popular Regard by Leavitt Ashley Knight, Jr. -- The Great Klondike Gold Rush of 1897: There Had Been Nothing Like It Before, there Has Been Nothing Like It Since, and there Can Never Be Anything Like It Again by Lynwood Mark Rhodes -- Should We Maintain Our Present Status in the Canal Zone?: Two Sides of a National Question Pro: Sen. John G. Tower (R-Tex.) Con: Sen. E.L. Bartlett (D-Alaska) -- How to Convict Criminals without Their Testimony: A Report on Scientific Crime Detection Methods that Could Help Remove the Hobbles Placed on Law Enforcement Officers by Recent Court Decisions by Richard Curtis -- How the First GI Bill Was Written (Part I): First of a Two-Part Series on the Dramatic Fight Waged by the American Legion for Enactment of the GI Bill of WW2. A 50th Anniversary Feature by R. B. Pitkin -- The Legion Starts Its Second 50 Years: The National Commander Kicks Off Our Next 50 Years with an Account of Legionnaire Action Now, and of an Ideal for the Future from the Past by National Commander William C. Doyle -- Letters to the Editor -- Dateline Washington -- Life in the Outdoors -- Veterans Newsletter -- News of the American Legion -- Personal -- Legion Shopper -- Parting Shots