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S S SS 5 S S 55 s 55 5 5 5 S S S SS SS S S S S i S tS S S V S S I 5 L 7 S t. t Associated Associate Press W ind d Falla Lend Ears fo to Concert With S Falla sitting close against his side sides Prest- Prest listened to an army band concert at Fort Riley Kan April 25 from the theof form of his train rain FOR PRAISES CAMPS AT END OF O TOUR Suggests Service By Youths In Peacetime By Merriman Smith WASHINGTON April 29 UP President Roosevelt returned Thursday from a day 17 war inspection inspection inspection in in- trip prepared to explore the possibility of having every young American contribute a year of service to the government in peace as well as in war The chief executive was greatly impressed by the physical and mental improvement of the country coun- coun country try ry he saw during his mile trip and he attributed this to the war training programs in industry industry indus- indus try ry and the armed services So he now intends to examine the question of whether this training should hould be continued after the emer emer- gency The president went into 20 states tates as far west as Colorado and into Mexico for a meeting with President Avila Camacho during his journey which began on n April 13 and ended Thursday morning He visited 12 army posts I a marine training base a naval air station and four war plants He le met and talked with the governors gov- gov govi i of 12 states and numerous industrial officials He saw the nations nation's growing army being trained under actual I fire ire with live ammunition He saw aw combat planes and bullets for them hem coming from the production lines mes And all put together the president president president dent found evidence that the nations nation's nations nation's nations nation's na na- na- na tion's total war effort has improved im- im improved proved roved greatly since he covered miles on a coast to trip last ast fall The first half of the new trip was made public after the president president president dent swung down through the southeast into Texas and on to Mexico The final phase which was off the record until Thursday began at Corpus Christi Christ Texas where he bade Avila Camacho farewell on April 21 Then Mr Roosevelt lt stopped in Colorado Kansas Nebraska Ne- Ne braska braska Missouri Indiana and Kentucky In a press conference with the three Dress association n roz who a accompanied compani d dh h him on n- n nth th the i last t phase of the trip Mr Roosevelt said this trip had raised in his mind the question of what to do with the widespread and more orless or orless orless less permanent installations that have been erected during the war for the training of American you youth tho Vast Improvement He said the present training programs programs for for military service and industrial employment were employment were producing producing pro pro- a vast improvement in the health and mental alertness of the nation and that the country did not want a net loss on the training training training train train- ing facilities for which millions have been spent Mr Roosevelt was asked whether this indicated he was thinking in terms of continuing continuing continuing con con- the training programs after after aft aft- af t er the war He said that it did but he Indicated in indicated indicated in- in he had no definite plan in mind just the question of how the nations nation's wartime machinery to train youth should be used in peacetime The president also was impressed by the advances made by the armed forces and industry since his last trip He said he returned to the White House with increased confidence about the showing the American forces and equipment will vill make in the forthcoming battle battIe battle bat bat- tle tIe of Europe As in the case of his western inspection inspect on trip last fall the president president president dent returned to the White House Housein in a shaking head-shaking mood over what he felt was the thUd mild war spirit of S Continued oJ Page on-Page Z Four S S F D R Returns From Day 17 Tour our of War Camps Plants Continued from Page Pig One Washington as compared with the country at large Two vo Differences He said he found two things that hat the country had that Washington Washington Wash- Wash ington did not have 1 A sense of ot proportion The people eople outside Washington he hc explained cx- cx know they are in a a. war and nd understand this fact tact They do donot not magnify what he called the Vr wrong ng things which are of ot relatively relatively rela- rela ively minor importance 2 A sense of perspective Mr Roosevelt said he found throughout through through- out the country a tendency toward correct eva evaluation of world events and actual combat developments which he found lacking in Wash Wash- ington The whole temper of the country country coun- coun try ry he added addea is far more sober far ar more intelligent than the attitude attitude atti- atti tude ude of some parts of Washing Washing- ton After bidding Camacho good-by good at Corpus Texas the president president pres- pres ident dent went first to Fort Worth Texas April 22 for a day of relaxation relaxation re- re at the ranch of his son Elliott who is on duty in Africa as s a colonel with the army air force orce The first inspection stop after Fort port Worth was at Camp Carson Colo Cob where the president got a hand first view of the new rocket gun un the bazooka a lethal instrument instrument in- in strument In fighting tanks He HeIso also Iso went to Denver the same day ay to inspect an army hospital the dc air station at LoWry field and the he Denver ordnance plant where Remington Arms is turning out caliber 30 ammunition He spent Easter with the troops at t Fort Riley Ran Kan an The next day daye dayI he e toured the Glenn L. L Martin airlane air- air airplane airplane plane lane assembly plant at Omaha Omah Neb On April 27 Mr Roosevelt made madeI two wo stops in the middle west west one one onet i at t Jefferson Barracks St. St Louis I where he reviewed tr troops ops who vho had been in the army less than thana a month and the other at Evansville Evansville Evans- Evans i ville ille Ind md where he saw tic lie c Aviation turning out the P 47 P 47 Thunderbolt fighter planes Smashing mashing Climax The trip came to a a. smashing climax at Fort Knox Ky where the he president watched an armored force orce demonstration of battle fire- fire firepower firepower power ower and where he made the first presidential visit to the bulging gold jold vaults of the United States depository Summing up impressions of ot his trIp rip the president said that after viewing all branches of the armed servIces he found they were out ot of f their growing pains and well into nto the stage of being grown up He le noted a general improvement irs in n army camp operations particularly particularly so-called so housekeep housekeep- on or the ing ng and material side I Admitting that there still was room oom for improvement both in the army and industry he said allowances allowances allow- allow ances should be made for the magnitude mag- mag of the task He took the airplane plants he visited as one example saying aying they are now really really realy real- real ly y reaching their permanent stride tride The R Republic Aviation plant at EvansvIlle Ind md is 15 making malting actually actual- actual ly y only half an airplane he said The he other parts are supplied by bythe bythe the he automotive industry Ground for or the plant was broken only last August and the plant really opened in n December For the first few months there were production d delays de- de lays ays because of ot lags in irs parts This situation has straightened out ut to a a great extent he added predicting that overall production of f combat planes would continue to o increase every month for the rest est of ot this year I Likes Like Time Saving The president liked Jilted the time beng be- be ing ng saved in modification centers for or aircraft dwelling at length in his lis train aboard-train press conference on n the speedy way in which new improvements were being added to planes lanes after they come off oft the assembly assembly as- as embly lines Mr Roosevelt said he found the country without serious complaint on n rationing particularly food ra- ra He raised the point with each ach governor he met and said newfound only a few strictly local conditions which he added were being eing worked out He said the position of ot the governors with whom he talked was that there will always be a vociferous few who complain about anything in genera general Looking back on his 24 hours with Avila Camacho Mr Roosevllt Roose- Roose qi said h h a R better un un- d t-c t i g of f e each h- h hoth oth others other's needs e ds grew from their meeting He said he le and the Mexican president saw eye ye to eye on plans for the Americas Amer- Amer cas and that he was delighted to have lave the opportunity to meet and taUt talk wi with th Camacho The president was away from Washington for 17 days His return was announced by White House Secretary Stephen T. T Early who accompanied him himon himon himon on part of the trip The president returned to the White House Thursday after competing corn com an inspection trip which I started April 13 Early said |