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Attitude Against Postwar Service Sways Congress Public Joins Influential Organizations in Objec tions to Training; Need for Interim Security Force Argued. By BAUKHAGE Neus Analyst and Commentator. WNU Service, 161* Etc Street, N.W. I Washington, D. C. I In the days that followed Presi- > dent Truman's message to congress urging universal military training < we, In Washington, waited to see if 1 there would be an echo to the Presi- 1 dent's words spoken so earnestly but j with so little effect on the audience ' before him. There was an echo all 1 right but it was an emphatic rumble of negation. I wasn't surprised ? I read my j listeners' letters. It was interesting to see the way ' the members of congress reacted to the President's message as he de- 1 Livered it I watched them with one 1 eye on the text of his speech as I stood squeezed into the crowd in the gallery of the house. Varied Reaction To Proposal Here are some of the sentences which I checked as bringing re sponse: "... above all else, we are strong because of the courage and vigor and skill of a liberty-loving people who are determined that this nation shall remain forever free." (Applause). Well, that was a gen eral, non-compromising sentiment. ' Nothing to do with the subject in hand. There was the statement that we didn't lack faith in the United Na tions organization, "on the contrary with all we have, we intend to back our obligations and commitments under the United Nations charter." (Mild applause, this time.) Then came the response to the flrst direct appeal for the measure in hand. The President said: "The surest way to guarantee that no na tion will attack us is to remain strong in the only kind of strength an aeeressor can understand?mili tarj power." Applause again but I had the feeling it was for the senti ment and not the suggested means of implementing it. When he said that "the basic 1 reason for military training" is to guarantee safety and freedom from I an aggressor, there was another 1 demonstration, but not quite as ener- I getic and many members, I noted, refrained from-any applause at all. The last note is the most em- ' phatic. "Good applause" followed the President's affirmation that "un- ' til we are assured that our peace machinery is functioning adequately, 1 "we must relentlessly preserve our 1 superiority on land and sea and in the air." But that to just what the ' congress to not willing to do because It believes the country is not willing i to have them do it I am sure of 1 that because I know they have been 1 receiving, as I have, far more let- i ters against military training than ' in favor of it. Most Sell Public Program Today, a man who keeps his fin- 1 gers on the pulse of congress as- 1 sures me that there will never be a 1 universal military training act until a great deal more "selling" has been done by those who believe in It, than has been attempted so far. This man, like the writer, is a convert to the cause, so his expres sion was the reverse of wishful thinking. Both of us, though mem bers of the American Legion, never favored their program for universal service urged upon congress, be ginning shortly after the last war. "There is too much organised op position," my friend said, "such powerful influences as the federal council of churches, some influential members of the Catholic church, virtually all of labor so far (and this includes the CIO and the AFL which often nullify each other's ef forts) the ooDegei and the unorgan ised group which might be called simply The mothers.' " Where do the returned veterans stand? It is too early to say. If they follow in their fathers' footsteps they will eventually vote for prepared ness. It is the tendency of men who have seen service to place a high value on thorough preliminary training. But they win not become vocal until they Join the ranks of the World War I veteran organizations or build others of their own. There Is, however, another force which may change the picture ? a change in the international set-up which win inject the element of (ear into the people'* attitude and since (ear starts the adrenalin flow ing that usually means action. Meanwhile, there are those who Feel that complete preparedness not Dnly is essential in the interim, even though a future world security or ganization is moving swiftly to Fruition, but that it will also act as ? stimulus toward such a goal. The argument runs, briefly: We must prepare to enforce peace, or prepare to fight a war. Many mem bers of congress realize this and would undoubtedly support the President's program if they felt they could do so without flying in the Face of the majority opinion of their constituents. I do not intend to use this column as a platform upon which to debate the issue now but I would like to present a viewpoint expressed by a medical man which made considerable impression on the comparatively few Washington ians who heard him address a re cent meeting in the capitol. The speaker was Dr. G. B. Chisholm, one of the world's foremost psy chiatrists, who served as chief medi cal officer of the Canadian army and is now deputy health minister of Canada. 'Maturity Needed For Peace His thesis is that "this is a sick world, with an old, chronic but ever more extensive and serious sick ness. Its sickness has recently be come acutely dangerous and the fu ture is uncertain indeed." It is a sickness which has made us "the kind of people" who fight mninr war* pvptv IS nr 20 vpars. The cure is education. Just as in dividuals become neurotic because they are not mature, and thus are unable to cope with the situations they must meet, so the world has developed a behaviour pattern which produces something which no body wants: war. We must have enough people who can show tolerance, be patient, and above all have the ability to com promise. These are qualities of ma turity, Dr. Chisholm points out, and people, mature in this sense, would not want to start wars and would prevent other people from starting them. But the doctor realizes that edu cation will not produce such matur ity in one generation. But such a state must be realized or we face one of two alternatives. Either we must become a race of trained killers, or a race of slaves. Until we can achieve education sufficient to avoid such horrible fates, "for so long as it may take to change the bringing up of chil dren enough in this world, our close watch on each and everyone in the world should not be relaxed for a moment." The first step in eradicat ing war is an attainable stopgap, Dr. Chisholm believes. Security must be achieved and the valid fear of agression eliminated. This means legislation backed by imme diately available combined force prepared 10 suppress ruuuessir mny appeal to force by any peopUs ot the world. The administration of such a force is a delicate problem but it can be devised If and when the great power really wants it. The second step would be to pro vide the opportunity for all peoples to live on economic levels which do not vary too widely, either geo graphically or by groups within a population. This means a redistribu tion of material. This Is possible since there are enough resources In the world to go around. It is impossible in this apace to dc justice to Dr. Chishoim's views bul the main points are these: he feels that man has developed one consist ent pattern at behaviour which causes him to Indulge In a major war at frequent Intervals; that go ing to war represents immaturity; that Immaturity can only be cured by education beginning at childhood with an accent on the "sciences of living"; that until are achieve ma turity we must unite ruthlessly to suppress the effort on the part of any nation or anyone In any nation to start a war. Psychiatrists may not solve the problem of arorld peace but It is safe to say that imntature laymen won't either. Meanwhile, what congress must decide is how dry the country wants to keep our powder. j BARBS ... fry Baukhage Television win be a great help to the police. One way win be ex posing the rackets of confidence men. ? ? ? War must make people generous. The "march of dimes" contribu tions to fight infantile paralysis1 In creased H per cent last winter but fisWn^Cannarity food had a l^^^jdopped. It takes an orchid seven years to produce its first bloom and once around the dance floor can finish it ? ? ? The only American foreign serv ice man (state department) eve: arreted on charges of espionage eras completely vindicated and pro : mo ted to a responsible position. His arret was tat a plain mistake, but | he had ta ha triad I ? ? ? ???? I Elephants Now Used to Clean Up Blitzed Hamburg | Kieri, 15 years old. Is one of the elephants placed into service to aid in the cleaning np of much-bombed Hamburg, Germany. Kieri is being assisted in the job by Many, a 25-year-old mate, barely visible on offside. They are pulling the remains of an automobile from a blitzed building. An elephant can haul 3,Mff pounds without much effort, and never seems to tire, even after long hours of work. Japanese Object to Strict Food Control Program A huge Ihmi of Japanese face a bannered platform In Hibya park, Tokyo, during a demonstration acainst the current food shortage. The park is tn downtown Tokyo, adjacent to the palace grounds. The Japanese objected net only to lack oI food, bat te any control over their food supplies. Chinese Army Styles With Us "G.I." umbrella protect ing him (ram the rata, this grinning Chinese sentry el the 7Mh national army stands guard at sue of the decks at Kiirum, where the Chinese troops were landed by aaita ef the D. 8. 1th leet. Truman's Big Turkey PreaMeat Barry 8. Truman la akowa with a It pea ml turkey pre- ] ?carted to him on behalf of Um tur , key fiewers ef Mlnneaeta. It wee i ?rat prtae la Mhweaata turkey shew, i #?* l? t fiv y Visible Speech Device for Deaf At a demonstration at the Ben laboratories in New York, Edgar Bloom Jr., totally deaf maa, talks with Miss Harriet Green over a telephone to which a cathode ray translator is connected. The device, known as "visi^ bio speech," translates sonnds into patterns of light on the screen. Hull Awarded Nobel Peace Prize Former Secretary at State Cordeil Bun haa been awarded the Nobel Peace prise. Photo ahowi Mr. aad Mrs. Hall as they read eonyratalatory ?essayeo la their Washtaytoa apartment. The tormer V. 8. secretary of date was selected tee to his oetstaadiay work la the early eryaai ?atioe work at tho Catted Natioaw ss^ettats. TIRE RATIONING If you are an automobile owner in search of tires, here is one thing to keep your eye on. The tire industry is pulling all sorts of wires back stage to lift export restrictions. At present they are permitted to export 400,000 truck tires and 100,000 passenger tires during the last quar ter of this year. They would like to, export a lot more. In the first place, they don't have to worry about OPA ceiling prices when selling abroad. Secondly, they can build up their postwar markets by getting in on the ground floor. So they would rather sell more tires abroad. But if they do, they sell less tires at home. And today a tire certificate issued to a person desiring to buy a tire is nothing more than a hunting license. He can go out and hunt for a tire. If he's lucky enough to find one, his certifi cate entitles him to buy it. DEPARTMENT OF PEACE When the house foreign affairs committee heard testimony on the Randolph bill to create a department of peace, the star witness was a 64 year-old former mule-driver from Mnrnnnfnnm \17 Va ?>iv/igaiitunU| ?? . w a. Chairman Sol Bloom and mem bers of his committee listened with rapt attention as Raymond M. Davis read a 16-page statement on why the United States should take the lead in establishing a new cabinet post to spread the gospel of peace throughout the world. After he finished, white-thatched GOP Rep. Charles Eaton of New Jer sey declared: "Mr. Davis, you may be un schooled, as you tell the com mittee, but you certainly are not uneducated. That is one of the finest document] I have ever listened to." World Peace is not just a hobby with the West .Virginia coal man, though he describes it as such. It is a burning ideal: A self-made busi ness man who now operates two coal mines employing more than 500 workers, Davis had made many speeches at his own expense throughout the country urging a gov ernment department of peace. He also has written a proposed constitu tion for the United Nations that has attracted wide attention. The state department thought well enough of his ideas to invite him to the San Francisco conference as an observer. Rep. Jennings Randolph of West Virginia, freely admits that Davis was the chief spark plug behind his peace resolution. "When I was looking at the rear end of a mule all day in West Vir Kiiiiu Ludi mines, says uavis, 1 never thought that one day I'd be instrumental in having such an im portant piece of legislation intro duced in congress." Note?The second initial of Da sis' name stands for "Moses." Perhapr what we need are more plain, garden-variety Moses' of the Davis type, instead of striped-pants diplomats, to lead as out of the international wil derness. ? ? ? BOWLES HOLDS INFLATION FLOOD OPAdministrator Chester Bowles is one of the most abused men in Washington. Everyone is badgering him. Congressmen demand that their constituents increase the price of this or that. Farm groups want to raise the price of milk or cattle. Business groups want to abolish all ceiling prices. Probably the common man doesn't appreciate it, but here are some things which will happen if Chester Bowles loses his battle to stop the inflation flood: 1. Every person putting his money in uie insurance does so with the idea of getting his money back?100 cents on the dollar. But if there is inflation, the insurance dollar will be worth 75 cents, 50 cents, or even 30 cents. 2. Every person on a retired pen sion, whether a railroad employee, a college, a school or a big corpora tion employee, will see his income shrink if there is inflation. 3. Every widow living on money left by her husband will see that in come shrivel. 4. Every school teacher will have great difficulty having her salary move up when the value of the dol lar moves down. 5. Every civil servant, whether working for city, state or federal government, will be in the same boat as the teachers. 6. Every college endowment, every charity or other enterprise with fixed invested capital stands ready to have its investment evaporate with inflation. ? ? ? CAPITAL CHAFF C. When Eugene Meyer, publisher of the Washington Post, celebrated his 70th birthday, bis family gave him a party on Sunday, the Post staff gave him another one on Monday, and on Wednesday he was guest of honor at a luncheon. C One high government official is certain, from studying a list of Pres idential appointments, that Harry Truman does not intend to run for President in 1948. "Obviously," be says, "Truman's preparing to run for governor of Missouri." CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT MISCELLANEOUS eLt to kill roaches, lice. beu, etc., with Greever's Insect Powder wttA ddt. Ask your dealer or write Dcpart meat W. Greerer's. inc.. CkUhswk, Va. SEEPS, PLANTS, ETC. postpaid Large bulbs, bloom next aorta*. Free bargain catalogue, best varieties. CORAL RIDGE NURSERY Wilsea - Nertb Cantas Let's Finish H? Buy Victory Bonds! 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