Show if we up with the soviets from the butte montana standard post what will americans have to do to catch up with willi tile tho soviet union bryce N harlow arlow II deputy assistant to president eisenhower Elsen hower mentioned a few of tho the things in a speech at the recent southwest ost conference lit at chandler arizona in order to enjoy the glories of tile the present soviet sy system steni ho be said we would havo have to abandon shioo fifths of our steel stee I 1 capacity two thirds of our petrol eurn euill Capa capacity ity 95 berent pen cut of our electric motor output destroy two of every three of our hydro electric plants plant s and get along on oil a tenth of our present volume of natural ga gas s wo we would have to rip up 14 of every 15 miles 0 of f our paved highways and two of every three miles of our mainline railroad tracks wed sink eight of every nine ocean going ships scrap 19 of every 20 cars and trucks and shrink our civilian air fleet to it a shadow of its present size wo we would cut our living standard by three fourths destroy 40 million TV sots sets nine of every ten telephones and seven of every ten houses and then wo we would have bave to put about of our people back on the farm it is ia plain to see fice that wo we have a lot of work to do if we catch up with the sov so v lot let union |