The American Legion Magazine [Volume 75, No. 6 (December 1963)]

Where We Stand or Fall: The greatest work of the Legion lies in the accumulative achievements of its posts in their towns by National Commander Daniel F. Foley -- America's Number One Santa Claus: A pictorial feature. If you mail a letter to Santa Claus, you'll agree, after a look at page 9, that Jim Yellig is just the man to get it -- The National Commander of The American Legion 1963-1964: America's best known interviewer interviews Daniel F. Foley, of Minnesota, who was elected to head the Legion at Miami Beach, Sept. 12 by Pete Martin -- Why We Deserve to Lose the Olympics: A three-time Olympic skating champion sounds off on the double standard of amateurism and its Cold War implications by Irving Jaffee -- Montana's Experiment With Juvenile Crime: A look at Judge Lester Loble, of Helena, and his removal of secrecy from the trials of juveniles who commit serious crimes by Donald John Giese -- The Battle of Los Angeles in WWII: The all-but-forgotten affair when the guns of war erupted in the night skies over Los Angeles, Calif. by David Lavender -- The Ocarinas and the Plaster Casts: How on earth could playing a "sweet potato" at a WWII army overseas hospital Christmas party help mend the musician's broken body? by Robert Hazelleaf -- Should Congress Enact the President's Hospital Care Program for the Aged? Two Sides of a National Question: Pro: Sen. Maurine By Neuberger (D-OR), Con: Sen. Wallace F. Bennett (R-UT) -- Dr. Collins' Life-Saving "Dog Tags:" What the California doctor started, to save his daughter's life, now protects many thousands by Lorraine Judson Carbary, R.N. -- Letters to the Editor -- Dateline Washington -- Books -- Veterans Newsletter -- News of The American Legion -- Rod & Gun Club -- Legion Shopper -- Parting Shots