Show December 7 On Saturday December it will have been sixteen years to the day since the tho Japanese naval air assaulted Pearl Harbor At this very moment the sunken hulk of the Arizona some of it ft still projecting projecting- above the water flies files the theU U U. S S. flag and the lapping of the tho waves on the rusting metal and and the of the metal on the flagpole rope arc are the only sounds to be heard on the spot Ironically with World War 11 II only onTy twelve years distant the United States is again faced with a critical international situation It seems that international wars are more frequently When World War I erupted in Europe Europe Eur Eur- ope in August of 1914 the world had experienced experienced experienced ex ex- 8 several veral scores of years without worldwide conflict Twenty-one Twenty years elapsed d between World War I and World War II Now with twelve years having elapsed since tho the end of World War II there are those who wonder if another nine years will pass without war That question may be he answered by what the United States accomplishes Inthe in inthe inthe the missiles rockets and general defense fields between now and then It is interesting to note incidentally that the tho anniversary of the adoption of our J Federal by Delaware the first state to approve the document falls on December and the day was observed for years by the Sons Sona of the Delaware and the DAR Thus December has a double historical historical historical his his- significance for all Americans It is well to remember that D December ember has been a tough month in the history of this country and that ordeals and trials have been successfully borne by Ameri Amen cans Washington encamped at Valley Forge on December 19 1777 he was to todie todie todie die on another December day December 12 1799 and after what was perhaps pe the most perilous winter of our country's existence the Army Washington and the United States survived Americans in 1957 and this includes officials in Washington must not fail to demonstrate the same determination will power and shown by another mother generation of Americans at Valley Valley Valley Val Val- ley Forge in 1777 and at Pearl Harbor in 1941 1911 to meet met the Communists' Communists threat facing us so 80 today |