Show I I II More I or a Air Supremacy 1 ONCE NCE more moro tho the general public is r reminded mill etl o or of tho the air pro program m of the United States in war as Senator Thomas ThomM of Colorado rises in the tho Senate Senata to oppose the granting of increased naval nl appropriations t I Every dol dot dollar lar ar placed in in a n battleship is is n f dollar wasted declares Senator Thomas Ho recalls in our mind the haunting promises of the administration for fr American supremacy in the air air with tho the declaration that another six months of c war would ha haves havo o seen ten m myriads r of American airplanes destroying destroying de de- every Gorman German warship at nt rich Kiel The prediction is a safe one now that the war is over oer and can be bo no actual comparison of promises and re rc- re- re suIts No doubt Senator Thomas will bo be just as well pleased d by the destruction of German warships proposed by the r American delegation at the peace pence conference Senator Thomas Thomas' statement is interesting interesting- only in that it recalls I the first promise of the tho administration for American supremacy supremacy su- su in the tho air nir and its disgraceful failure It requires require no stretch of imagination n to see seo that the fire saving having Dg- Dg grace of our participation in tho the war came from our ability to get men to Europe Without the British navy wo we would still be bo dependent upon the tho air program ram promised in the early days of the war and the post poat mor mor- tem promise of Senator Thomas We heartily agree that 1 the thc time has hn como come for tho the e exercise e of frugality and nn economy economy econ econ- econ econ- omy in in ln government expenditures but we wo are opposed to f cutting off substantial protections while tho the air nir plans arc BO so fraught with dangerous leaks Great Britain has made it quito quite qu to plain that she will willI I retain her navy y Whether wo we have havo a league of nations Oran or-an allied n agreement Great Britain will be supreme on onI I r th the se seaB aA V We flare havo 1 0 practically conceded our all ally her herr I r point and wo we 0 are aro not to 10 promote our cause b bv by abandon abandon- fc Ii ing g the tho field to her If Great Britain is is to lead lend the world I hi in In naval affairs the least the tho United States can cnn do is to maint maintain ill a dir second place Na I |