The American Legion Magazine [Volume 84, No. 6 (June 1968)]

The Story Behind Our Political Conventions: The Story of How Our Political Conventions Developed Over the Last 130 Years, as an Unofficial Way to Narrow Down the Number of Presidential Candidates on Election Day by Neal Peirce -- The F-111 . . . Our Schizoid Airplane: The F-111, Our Military "Plane of the Future," Can Do Fantastic Things. But as the Child of a Shotgun Wedding Between Air Force and Navy, It Has Been and Continues to Be Controversial. Here's a Close Look at the Plane and Its Split Personality by Robert Irelan -- George Washington's Pre-Revolutionary Fort: A Travel Article for Today's Motorists on Fort Necessity, Near Uniontown, Pa., Where 22-Year-Old George Washington Unwittingly Started the French and Indian War. Forty-Sixth in the Series "Seeing Historic America" by Alden Stevens -- Baseball's Secret Sign Language: A Sometimes Amusing Examination of Baseball's on-the-Field Communications Web That Flashes Signals and Countersigns Around the Diamond Even in the Quietest Moments by John DeVaney -- Should the U.S. Give a Tax Credit for College Tuitions?: Two Sides of a National Question Pro: Sen. Vance Hartke (Dem-Ind.) Con: Sen. Russell B. Long (Dem-La.) -- A Look at New Orleans, La: An Inspection of Old and new New Orleans, Scene of the 50th American Legion National Convention to Be Held There in September by R. B. Pitkin -- Vietnam Negotiations -No Game for Amateurs: Second Guessing the Government During Vietnam Peace Talks Is a Dangerous Game by William E. Galbraith, National Commander the American Legion -- Letters to the Editor -- Dateline Washington -- Editor's Corner -- Books -- Life in the Outdoors -- Veterans Newsletter -- News of the American Legion -- Personal -- Legion Shopper -- Parting Shots