Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-11-15 | Page 17 | S. L. Favored by Coast Man for Air Base

IS S SI L LI FAVORED BY COAST MANFOR MANFOR MAN FOR AIR BASE Defense Association a t tion i o n Leader Visits City The opinion the United Stat States s was forced into the last world war through lack Jack of adequate defense and it will be able to stay out of the next world war anI only so far as its air defense is adequate was expressed In Salt Lake City Friday by A. A S. S Dudley of Sacramento Cal Cat chairman of the National Air Frontier Frontier Frontier Fron Fron- tier Defense association Arriving by plane at 5 a. a m. m Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- day Mr Dudley also expressed the opinion that Salt Lake City was the logical site for lor location of ot the theair theair theair air defense base in the Rock Rocky mountain mountain moun moun- tain lain region as part of the national air defense base system authorized by the last congress ors Favors Salt Satt Lal Lake e City Coming to Salt Lake City to attend attend attend at at- tend the conference of the National National National Na Na- Reclamation association and to confer with Gus P. P Backman executive secretary of the chamber of commerce on the city's efforts to obtain location of the air base Mr Dudley said Salt Lake City's inland position made it ideal for such a base Canada and Mexico each have characteristics that would make them suitable for an enemy to land and this cit city's s location location location loca loca- tion between the two borders makes it the safest site from that standpoInt standpoint standpoint stand stand- point the visitor said He said that the military committee corn com com I headed by Lieutenant Colonel I John Reardon investigating proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed sites for lor air defense bases probably would report to Secretary of War Dern about December 1 I The will not recommend any sites Mr Dudley said but will merely hand over the data accumulated accumulated and leave the decision of sites up to congress Expanding his idea that this nation nation nation na na- na- na tion was drawn into the World war through lack of adequate defense Mr Dudley said that Germany was regarded by America as so well armed as to constitute a menace to world democracy and the United States consequently felt impelled to join the opponents of militarism whereas had this country had adequate adequate ade ade- quate defense it could have re remained remained re- re out of the war secure Inthe in tho the knowledge that it could have repelled any attackers Another War Var Se Seen en Military leaders in Washington D. D C. C regard Germany as not prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared for war at present but feel that another world war Is Imminent probably within two ho years when Germany feels strong enough to fight said Mr Dudley Explaining that the purpose u of the association was to unite American Ameri Amen can public sentiment behind an adequate air defense program he pointed out that such a defense program would cost less than the construction of four battleships which he said would t tot total o t a I The next war he said will go to the swift and the nation that is equipped with the most efficient bombers able to sever the tho Industrial industrial industrial indus indus- trial nerves of its opponent will enjoy enjoy- the favored place among the combatants I Air Advocate J I 41 w- w I hr A. A S. S Dudley