Southern* Oregon News Review, Thursday, December 25, 1947 UMT Puts New Face on Old Army l n ¡versal Training o Program c* Called Modern, Démocratie I ESSIE walked slowly through (he By BAVKIIAGE N ew s <4« m /> î < en d C om m en tator. (W h y should universe! m ilitary sreming he necessery et ell? H ow Joes the Present plen differ from the "draft"? This is the second in e series of articles on this pertinent subject.) WASHINGTON.—What is universal military training? The more I learn about it, the more I am convinced that most of the people—both UMT’s supporters and opponents— have very little idea of what it really is. LEADERSHIP CHAMPIONS . . . Pal Wall, 18. (left) of Savannah, Ga., and Le Roy Donnay, 20. of Glencoe, Minn., were named national lead­ ership champions a i the 1047 national 4-H club congress in Chicago. In addition to the trophies with which they are shown, each received a $200 scholarship. I'm more interested in the people who oppose UMT because I think they are doing themselves and their children a great injustice by allow­ ing their thinking to remain out of focus. I ’d be w illing to bet that nine- tenths of the general public who dis­ young men to be trained. Although cuss the question these young men. legally, would are looking past have m ilita ry status, they would not the object of dis- be members of the armed forces, c u s s i o n. their would be subject to no duty other ideas focused on than training and would become something which members of the m ilita ry establish­ no longer exists. ment only in a national emergency. They have not NATIONAL SECURITY TRAIN­ examined what is This is. as Sen. Arthur Vanden­ ING COMMISSION, which would actually in front set the policies, standards, sub­ berg (Rep., Mich.) told his fellow of t h e m , and stance and character of the train­ senators, “ a significant moment to therefore are ar­ ing program. The commission would demonstrate the solidarity of this guing from a consist of three paid members ap­ hemisphere.” completely wrong And with the knowledge of that pointed by the President — two hypothesis. Old certain fact uppermost in their members, including the chairman, ideas stick. to be civilians, and one to be from minds members of the U. S. senate In other words, voted 72 to 1 to ratify the inter- Laukhage the armed forces. many people do American defense treaty agreed to GENERAL ADVISORY BOARD, by 21 American republics at the Rio not realize what UMT is NOT. It is NOT anything like the m ilitary serv­ which would provide the commis­ conference last summer. ice (conscription) which some of us sion with the best technical advice The hemispheric agreement for knew from personal contact in the on the moral, religious and educa­ mutual defense of nations in the past, and others knew from hearsay. tional phases of the program. The Americas embodies three main UMT, as proposed in the national board of 10 to 25 members would points : security training act, is totally d if­ be composed largely of civilians, ln case of armed attack from ferent in many essential principles serving part time (with pay), but • outside the hemisphere, all na­ from the "d ra ft” under the selective j would include at least three mem­ bers of the armed forces. It would tions have the automatic right to service system. meet the attack with m ilita ry force. have no policy-making authority If attack occurs inside the First why is it necessary? Let SELECTIVE TRAINING SYS­ me quote the reasons given by TEM, sim ilar to the selective serv­ —. hemisphere, American nations the house of representatives ice system of World War II, which may go voluntarily to the aid of the armed services committee, as would register, examine, classify, victim , with consultations to follow. digested in the November issue If attacks occur both inside the assign, defer, deliver and maintain of the Army Information Digest • hemisphere and outside the se­ records of men registered under (which article should be read in curity region immediate consulta­ UMT. its entirety for a real grasp of tions w ill be called. As you note, although m ilita ry the subject): V irtually unanimous approval of training (in the modern sense which The United States has tradition- is more than ever training in many the treaty by the senate was a good • ally depended heavily upon the valuable civilian skills) is the basis indication that congress was fully civilian reserve components. In ev­ of the national security corps, it J ery major war, the regular forces is devoid of many factors which j have constituted less than 10 per have made universal service in the j cent of the total strength. These past traditionally objectionable to I wars have been fought by citizen the American people. soldiers, directed and organized by In these days, any m ilita ry train- ! a small nucleus of professionals. ing insofar as it involves killing 1 is objectionable to the balanced per­ In the past, geographical isola- sonality. But, since we have not i . tion has provided adequate time for training and equipping large numbers of Americans — fresh from civil life and unskilled in the art of war — before it was nec­ essary to send them into battle. In any future emergency, however, no such cushion of time» can be expect­ aware of the cardinal principle of ed. There must be sufficient trained successful foreign relations that forces in being on any future emer­ commitments abroad are worse gency day. than useless unless the nation form - strong and lasting alliances to sup­ The regular forces today consti- port those commitments. The hem­ . tute no more than the tradition­ ispheric treaty had in it the makings al nucleus of professional m ilitary of a good foreign policy. skills. Furthermore, they are spread Meanwhile. President Truman thinly over a large area of the world, had some thoughts on how inter- engaged in occupation duties. In the circumstances, the size and de­ eliminated the predatory forces in American defense could be ad­ gree of readiness of the reserve com­ the world, have not even isolated vanced from theory to the realm ponents become matters of the most them, certain measures of self-pro­ of actuality. He proposed to con­ vital concern. For if these reserve tection like UMT are necessary. gress that the Panama canal be converted into a sea-level water­ components are not 'adequate, the What are the features of m ili­ way (see map), and that a unified overall m ilita ry strength of the tary training which stick in the command be established in the A t­ United States is a hollow shell. craw of the average free Ameri­ lantic area with Adm. H. P. Blandy The reserve components are far can? in authority over army, navy and • below their authorized strengths air forces from Iceland and Green­ and are without hope of filling their Probably the first (the thing that land to the Caribbean. quotas by voluntary means alone. used to overwhelm me at certain These authorized strengths repre­ moments in my early months in the CHALLENGE: sent the barest minimum estimate army) is the lack of freedom. No of manpower requirements. longer was I a free man whose lib ­ Accepted Republican leaders had issued a erty could be curtailed only after a The national guard is at approx- direct challenge to the adm inistra­ • im ately 16 per cent of its author­ ju ry tria l and the judgment of my tion to offer a bill incorporating ized strength, the organized units of peers. Suddenly, I was confronted President Truman’s ration-and-con- the organized reserve corps at 14 by the Articles of War, the court trol recommendations for combat­ per cent, and the unassigned reserve m artial system, and in some cases ing inflation, and the measure which pool at 35 per cent (summer of (although I personally never suf­ the administration finally proposed 1947). The 1,200,000 members of the fered much from it even in war­ was neither more nor less than any­ unassigned reserve pool are merely time) the petty tyranny of a supe­ one had expected. names on paper, untrained and un­ rio r in rank. Handed to the senate judiciary organized. But the trainee under the pro­ committee by Averell Harriman, UMT wovfld build up the reserve posed national security training act secretary of commerce, the specific • components to their authorized is not subject to the Articles of War bill called for expansive powers to strengths, and would achieve a sta­ at all during the first phase of his ration food, gasoline, steel and other b ility and an increased efficiency of training and only conditionally dur­ scarce commodities. Theoretically it was a bill to allo­ our ready forces that do not now ing the additional six months of obtain. The alternative would be a service, depending on which option cate m aterials to essential users, he may elect. control business inventories and regular army of about 4,500,000. NEWS REVIEW Defense Pact Ratified; Inflation Bill Offered I 3 I 2 3 4 5 6 Consideration was given the 7 . claim that future warfare would be of the pushbutton variety requir­ PROFITABLE D U ST BOWL ing "only a handful of scientists.” This claim is a dangerous illusion. I f there is another war, it w ill be more "to ta l” than the last, and w ill involve a greater number of human beings without any hope of distin­ Out in Idaho they have a “ dust guishing the combatant from the bowl” that not only is not worrying noncombatant. The war in all prob­ the good people of that state but ability w ill come into the cities and stands to bring them in a lot of the homes of the people of the money. United States. In such event, the They're even planning for its ex­ survival or recovery of the nation pansion, for in that dusty, sage­ m ight well depend on the presence brush-covered expanse of land lies of well-disciplined and able-bodied 60 per cent of the known American men in every community. supply of phosphate rock, source of phosphorous, one of the three p ri­ The foregoing, then, were m ary plant foods. some of the reasons which Experts say that the dusty treas­ guided the armed services com­ ure which Idaho is shipping here mittee of the house to vote out a and there in an ever-widening range national security training act. holds the key to a new and broader The act would set up four agen­ agricultural economy in the entire cies: intermountain and Pacific West. In ages past the Rocky mountain NATIONAL SECURITY TRAIN- ING CORPS, consisting of all area of southeastern Idaho, north­ continue export controls; but admin­ istration spokesmen admitted that the allocation powers provided for would authorize the government to impose consumer rationing and even to buy up entire grain crops if it saw the necessity for such action. And through the welter of the nd- ministration-Republican melee over what to do and how to do it there came at least two charges of "so­ cialization” from top U. S. business­ men leveled at the government's avowed program. park. Overhead the sky was clear, making the stars stand out. Tiny pinpoints of light, they left no trace of the storm which had blan­ keted the ground with a thick white cover. She turned and looked be­ hind her. The solitary tracks she had made looked lonesome by them­ selves. There should be two sets, Ear H arm ony she thought with a sigh. Last New "W het's the metier, ¡odkins?" Je- Year’s Eve there were two sets. Mine and Jerry’ s. The thought of mended the hootshop meneger. "Cen t . t Jerry made her feel worse. She tried ; you help the customer?" "No, sir."' replied the essislenl. "lie's to push it out of her mind. Sec here, trying Io find lu o shoes the! st/ueek in Jessie, she admonished herself, the seme key!" you’re out here to get some exer­ cise and enjoy yourself. Stop being Doing nothing Is the most tir e ­ a fool. It's over, finished. You ami some thing in the w orld, because Jerry ure all washed up. Forget it. you ca n 't stop and rest. But her inner mind wouldn’ t let her. Aim ed R ight Ruth, her roommate, had the ra­ “ J im m y !” his m other ex­ dio going full blast as she opened the door. Guy dance music poured claim ed. "H o w dare you kick your out, filling the room with memories. little brother in the stom ach?” “ I t ’s his own fa u lt, Ma. He "That you, Jess?” She called from turned uround.” the bedroom. "Yeah,” Jessie took off her pert little hat and threw it at the closet door, then regaining her self-con­ trol she laid it neatly on the shelf "Wish you'd chunge your mind and go with us.” " I have a headache." She tried to get interested in a story. It was no use. even the stories were full of happy couples As happy as Jerry and I used to be. There I go again, j • L« •*‘’ * ’ When Your Children have COUGHS ...D U E TO COLDS ► GIVE THEM GOOD-TASTING S C O n'S EMULSION Ipa build sta m in a — help « b u ild (stance to coldt, If youngster» don't enough natural A AD Vitamin« I S. it t ’e Is a high energy FOOD T O N I C - a "»«Id m in e ” o f n a tu r a l AAD V ita m in s and »neriry- hulldltig natural oil. F.aay to ta k e . Many d octor» recommend It I Buy Unlay at your drug atnra. FODDER Spuds fo r Cuttle A New Jersey cattleman. Eugene K. Denton, has a theory that might ! go a long way toward easing the grain shortage. MORE than |ust a tonic — His idea is to feed cattle raw po­ it's powerful nourishment! tatoes instead of grain. Experimenting with 20 yearlings purchased especially for the pur- j pose. Denton fed them on a special Ó70* ¿ fó fto y TONIC diet, based on ground potatoes, salt and molasses, for 25 days. The steers, which averaged 667*4 pounds when the experiment began, showed an average gain per steer of 1.4 Ruth, her roommate, had the for so-called pounds a day or 25*4 pounds per radio going full blast. steer for the test period. Prof. W illiam Ljundahl of Rutgers she reminded herself, why can’t I Bn* kacbee. leg paint. broken sleep, tuonful ¡»a»- university department of animal •age» utuaily go ao much quicker if \ <»u awttcfe just forget him? That stupid quar­ to Foley (the new kidnev bladder) Fill» ’I hey husbandry called the experiments a rel. She tried to remember what it atimula'o*iu«gi«hk>dne\ «.then ALLAY BLAD­ success. D E R I It 1(1 I A I ION. 'I hvt a tho « iuae of m«*t had been about und couldn't. It aint, aabea, urge« oare t A o u y to enhrtlu *5 Idaho Cashes in on Phosphate eastern Utah and southwestern Wyo­ ming was a tropical playground for countless prehistoric monsters. In passing on to whatever reward was in store for them, these monsters bequeathed themselves to posterity in the form of rock phosphate, some six billion tons of which are esti­ mated to be underground in that Idaho-Utah-Wyoming sector. Prior to 1934 use of phosphate in the West was negligible. The rich, volcanic soil was in little need of fortification. Also, the lim ited sup­ plies of the commercially manufac­ tured fertilizer were being used al­ most exclusively in the eastern and southern states. Then, during World Wa. II, one Idaho landholder, J. R. Sfmplot, be- Sho w aited at the corner, Joy- I «usly — then pensively then e x­ pectantly — then ciiH iially — then anxiously—and an hour passed. " M u n ,” she said, ” is u brute, faithless and untrue, im a p a h le of keeping a prom ise.” Tw o hundred yards down the street he said the same things about women. She was at the wrong corner. Pagans’ New Year ew iyfody & •jö&f