Show General Cod Var Peril rr I Despite pite efforts of the Ue United States to avoid a precarious cold war by honorable means the thc nation nation nation na na- tion today is in such a war that has the potentiality of turning into a shooting war on short notice Such a warning was brought to members of the Salt Lake City Rotary club Tuesday at its weekly luncheon in the thc Hotel Utah by Maj Mai Gen W W. M. M Robertson deputy deputy dep rIep- uty commanding commanding- general Sixth army headquarters San Fran Fran- cisco I think it is a mistake that we wedo wedo wedo do not today have universal service service service ice which could give our civilian components a state of readiness not otherwise attainable It would constitute a powerful deterrent to any potential aggressor In its iLc absence I consider a selective service law now being considered by congress almost a must for here time as time much muchas again we gain as I as four months months months-in in a state of preparedness preparedness pre pre- he said I Gen Robertson gave club members members mem mem- bers bels good news when he said I Never in our entire peacetime history his his- history his I tory have we been so strong strong- mill mili miHI I But compared to our only I possible aggressor we are arc far outnumbered outnumbered outnumbered out out- numbered in men tanks guns airplanes airplanes airplanes air air- i planes nn and submarines On the theother theother other hand we have the capability of reacting immediately an and so 50 violently to any act of aggression against us that this factor alone should be an effective c deterrent r f |