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i ok eacetime Unive ae i. i 9 4 lt would stand in the way of a dur- Goie Wor wo oh Ln ey hen ell Be ee If the Axis nations are to be completely disarmed after this war, why should the United States con- inue to maintain a gigantic militury establishment packed by national conscription? That would be he starting sienal far an international ‘armament ‘ace, as surely as our passage of the Smoot-Hawlcy Tariff Act precipilated world-wide economic repri- als and warfare. And the consequences of interna- ional competition in conscription may well be lisastrous, National conscription docs not fit into the picture £ any genuine world police system. Since none of he victor nations intends to put its couscriptees ander the supreme authority of a world government, hey will be expendzble primarily for national pur- roses. The very cuisteuce of such peotentialitics of lestruction and ageression on all sides will cancel out WW faith in the adequacy of a general international reanization to preserve peace. The elimination of mammoth national armaments therefore a prerequisite for the effective function- ng and authority of a supranational world agency. f£no nition arms beyend what is neccessary for the naintenance of dumestic order, and if a sincere at- cinpt is made to provide opportunities for peaceful hange looking to international justice, then no armies under the guise of “palice” will he necessary, The peace system and the military systems are irree- meilahle, America’s choice of post-war conserip- ion af this juncture would be a vole against peace- ul organization of the world community, 3 Universal peacetiine conscription would plan? in America’s demecratic ioi} Europe's cancer of military fosnatism, ieee PLEOR Wits payentel \ dan raion ie ae etic ine F els Merty. « equality, sand frutermily “ncaint Vet Navcleon weed it ors aomrans of ge - Fi haa des wee ATE for the Ont a re a ith : od States quiring dictatorial power and then plunging Eur into war. Prussia followed Napoleon’s lead, si: when conscription has been the tap root of inter tional militarism, a deadly cancer spreading throu out Europe and threatening increasingly the ent structure of civilization. But the United States has stood pre-eminent ame the nations as a land where men arc fice fivin 3 military scourge. For more than a century, thousa of the staunchest men of Europe forsook home ¢ ntrv to on hrava Ah Ofenie ernaccn aati ere ee Beak We ee ree mS pioncering in Amcrica to get away frem the glav and slaughter of Evrope’s militarism, And when tl looked upon the Statue of Liberty they saw it a positive guarantee of those deep desires. and tha taille eu, ghvaad <) Universal military training is not 4 ” alternative to a big standing arr. Secretary Stimson and Gencral Marshall have cently cJaimed that a period of compulsory milit training for all able-bodied youth, and their sul quent incorporation into a reserve, would cratic substitute for the large standing they say we must otherwise maintain. extraordinary claim! Universal conscription for one year of train the May Bill. for example. would MOD gaa y asia, 20 SRM ae, Wott velve a huge aud cxpensive establishment, The ¢ scripts cannot be trained without arms, tanks, + * . fat planes, and a vast quantity of war material ‘Th eands of permanent oflicers, non-commissioned | be a det army wh That is cers, and caretakers of government property will needed. And there would be fat contracts for shi clothing, food, and other supplies. We would 5 wilh an annual complement of 1,200,000 hey. 1 reach the age of 17 every year. Also, year aiier y well over a anillion would be graduated to sei! rivahs of the reserves. On such a ba-is we would in upanore Ginie a vactinilitury interest and lebisy rm Valve vy ee oe i" we wn abide iy iat Coa” ie CRE ww ae creer hadi cewsstds te. yt! +r be weetine ney Phe idea thal Cotseription eau he a hes Whtorontive daa awed tei? HUD pe bibe ebarpedter