Show TRY AND DO IT CONGRESSMAN WILLIAMSON of South k I. Dakota comes forward with a sensible proposal proposal to to combine the war department and the navy department into a department of defense and make it a three-bureau three af affair affair affair af- af fair with the of or the tile aviation branch But let anyone try to do it Of course the main things necessary to todo todo todo do would be to obtain the consent of the secretary of war r secretary of the navy the tile general staff of the army the war college the swivel chair admirals and their aides the contractors who furnish the supplies to the land and sea forces and finally the Navy league This would be so simple Seriously the tile proposal is meritorious We Weare Weare Weare are not a war-making war people so why a war department Department of defense is much more to the point and there is just enough to this tills matter of national psychology to focus efforts more in keeping with the tile national mind This country desires no force greater or more efficient than to maintain adequate defense |