Show Let ns ng have rove faith that right makes might and andin andin I in m that faith let us to the end cud dare to do our oar duty I S as we understand it Lincoln I S Economy y a and alid zd Preparedness F fIENDS of the plan pan for form m universal mersal ersal military training arc are severe in their of ol Congressman dell fondell Mondell for presuming t to announce that the House of if Representatives would not approve the plan nn am and I also for overstating the probable cost The Republican members members- of oL the Senate committee after making an exhaustive investigation concluded that the plan would I. I cost much less than Mr ondell's Mondell's estimate of OO- OO and members of the House Buso assert that he hadr had his with the pacifist r no right to attempt to align party propagandists who are striving to reduce reduce- tho the country i to the state that the war found it in The program of r retrenchment which both houses of 1 Congress vigorously insist upon is gratifying to the 1 taxpayers of the nation There is no possible question 6 nb about ut that The taxpayers taxpayers' hope is that the program will bo be faithfully carried out The war has left a legacy of debt that is appalling Only by tho the greatest economy onomy and by a systematic and amI diligent effort to i. i revise the thc tax laws so that the taxes will fall faU more j I equitably and less onerously upon the backs of the people and at the tho same time produce greater revenues re can an the expenses of the government nt be bo met Yet the Consideration cration of what are arc necessary and what unnecessary unnecessary sary expenses r requires s the greatest judgment and state states states- and certainly some proper provision to Io provide provide provide pro- pro vide for the common defense is is not only onh- onha a n. necessary expense nSe but an imperative one ondell's j for uni er M Congressman j plea discarding al training on the ground of economy and his exaggerated estimates of its cost subject him to the suspicion cion that he Ie is personally opposed to the plan So were I 4 taU i nil all o of those early Uly peaceful souls who pr preached ache pa pacifism I l the war They were all aU wrong th then n and they ther are arc i rif U ong now The cost of f the war the war Avar both and j Vives lives ics would have beeD materially lessened had our been better belter prepared This is universally ad ad- now ev ri by the the most niost conspicuous ous of of the ersi- ersi while opponents opponents' o of preparedness It is true there is 10 immediate likelihood of another war var yet jt it is not Infrequently the case that it is tile unexpected ed that happens Are Arc w we wt th then n tc to I learn nothing g fro from the he le lessons sons ot of t the tho o past 7 If Jf universal uni training traming is too expensive to tobo wo bo undertaken what other means have its opponents to prop rop propose se to provide for the national defense 11 Arc Are we wea a to be lulled into insecurity insecurity- by y sophistry 7 1 |