The American Legion Magazine [Volume 84, No. 1 (January 1968)]

Did Stalin Betray Us in the Battle of the Bulge?: Did Stalin Know Hitler's Plans for the Battle of the Bulge Weeks Ahead of Time, and Fail to Tell Us? This, and Much Else, Is in the Yet Unpublished Manuscript for a Film on the Great WW2 Struggle in the Ardennes. Here Your Editor Reviews Stalin's Role in Our Belgian Disaster, as Depicted in Film-Producer Tony Lazzarino's Manuscript -- When FDR Closed the Banks: At the Climax of the Great Depression, America Was Virtually a Cashless Society When FDR Closed the Banks in March by Mark L. Streets -- You'd Be Tongue-Tied without Poker: With a Complete Bust, and No Aces Up Your Sleeve, You Can Stand Pat and Try to Bluff Your Way Through, but if You Have to Lay Your Cards on the Table You Might Not Then Get the Best of the Deal. We've All Won in Poker if You Consider How Much the Game Has Contributed to the Language by Webb Garrison -- Savannah, Ga. -America's First Planned City: A Travel Article for Today's Motorists on Georgia's First City (Founded 1733), an Atlantic Seaport and Important Revolutionary Stronghold. Forty-First in the Series "Seeing Historic America" by Alden Stevens -- Should the President Be Elected by Direct Popular Vote?: Two Sides of a National Question Pro: Rep. Charles E. Bennett (D-Fla.) Con: Rep. Ogden R. Reid (R-N.Y.) -- The Counterfeit Executive -a Business Problem: A Brief Sketch of the Problems of Business in Choosing Executives, Compounded by Mythical Notions and Real-Life Frauds by Peter Duffield Bolter -- A Blueprint for Vietnam Tomorrow: How the National Commander Saw Vietnam's Possible Future in His Recent Visit There by National Commander William E. Galbraith -- Letters to the Editor -- Dateline Washington -- Editor's Corner -- Veterans Newsletter -- News of the American Legion -- Life in the Outdoors -- Personal -- Books -- Legion Shopper -- Parting Shots