Show CONGRESS MUDDLES ON with characteristic stupidity a senate bloc including members of the military affairs committee is investigating airing and advertising to the world certain military secrets inspired by the president acting in the capacity of com mander in chief of the military forces the question was brought into the foreground by the crashing of a new type light bomber which was being demonstrated to representatives of the french government with a view to obtaining I 1 a unit order some members of the senate and officers in the army and navy are all fussed bussed up over the matter they think we should unload our obsolete air equipment on england and france keeping any modern worthwhile models secret but unfortunately the purchasers insist upon having something to say about this when anve investing sting hundreds of millions of dollars in airplanes the president had two objectives in mind when encouraging the sale of superior airplanes to these thes e friendly countries first the strengthening of the democracies and thereby probably preventing war second by the encouraging of mass production of airplanes putting this country in a better position to supply and defend itself in case of war besides furnishing labor for american workmen and factories ter i es this week the president called the military affairs committee to the white house and spent an hour and a half haf trying to get these obvious facts through h their thick skulls and now there is resentment sent ment on the part of other members of congress and talk of blowing the entire lid off this is the one weak spot in a democracy ra C y w which aich makes it unable to cope with the dictatorships |