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Show national and department proems pro-ems of The American Legion made more effective. Tnd interesting through us. of Legion amateur radio operators patching information, prog-resfreports, prog-resfreports, etc., and exchanging exchang-ing ideas concerning member-skip member-skip Boys State and Boys Nation,' Na-tion,' Legion Baseball, the oratorical ora-torical contests, and visits of the National Commander and ottier national officials. The committee is planning an American Legion Amateur Call Book, listing all known Legionnaire ham operators. order to have the information in the call book as complete as possible and to establish an effective network, Buchner urges aU Legionnaire ham operators op-erators to contact him wh name, address, Legion Post number, and call letters. The chairman of the Amateur Ama-teur Radio Network Committee may be contacted as follows: Collins Rowe Buchner, 8336 Second Ave., Inglewood, Calif, W6JEJ. All communications will be acknowledged. LEGION SEEKS NAT'L CHAIN OF 'HAMS' An extensive campaign is under way to establish a nationwide na-tionwide network of American Legionnaire amateur (ham) radio operators, ColUns Rowe Buchner, chairman of the Amateur Am-ateur Radio Network Committee Commit-tee of the Legion's National Security Commission, has reported. re-ported. "Solidification of Service" is the theme of the drive to establish es-tablish such a network which, Buchner points out, can serve the Legion and the nation in various ways, not confined to periods of disaster alone. "The amateur radio operator," operat-or," Buchner said, "handles communications with friends and relatives the world over, without cost. On many occasions, occa-sions, he is the only outlet for communications from our servicemen, serv-icemen, missionary workers, embassy staffs, field service technicians, exchange students, and tourists to their loved |
