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Show nomic side of the picture. Gross national income of 'he Soviet block totaled 112 billion dollars dol-lars for 1950. For the western po-.vcrs the total was 430 bil lion dollars. The Soviet and its satellites produce 33 million metric tons of steel in 1950, the western powers 142 million tons. Soviet bloc crude oil production totaled to-taled 46 million me'ric tons, western powers 459. Everyone is well aware of j American foreign aid for the past few years, but what of 1951? What is our effort com- pared to the effort of Europe? ! In 1951, the to'al military ex- penditures for the nine European Euro-pean countries will be $7,919 j millions. The United States ; will spend six times that much ; or $48,473 millions. To express I it another way, 'he United ' States will spend 15.7 per cent I of its national product for mili-i mili-i tary purposes, while Europe I will contribute only 8 per cent I of its naHonal product for mili- tary purposes. It seems to me that Europe has a long way to go to equal our military effort, and if Europe raises its. contribution o only a major share of our effort, ef-fort, United States aid would not be so imperative. We can supply equipment and munitions muni-tions and use our manpower to preserve the world's greatest industrial empire in all his'.ory. Without America's arsenal of democracy, which demands adequate ade-quate skilled manpower, the free world cannot withstand Communism regardless of the size of our armed forces. P The Senator Reports To The People Senator Arthur V. Watkins V f v 1 A i,y War, war and war is the record rec-ord of the Democratic administration adminis-tration since 1917. This is not a political observation, obser-vation, it is an assertion of fact Why have these wars occurred? occur-red? I am not prepared to state any one reason, but I have a feeling deep inside that United States foreign policy was a major contributing factor, at least in World War II and in Korea. Where do we stand today with respect to our foreign policy? We are preparing to defend the free world and ourselves too. There are no differences in. our objective everyone, at least every morally responsible person, wants to see world peace preserved. The method of achieving our objective, however, how-ever, is the center of the "great debate" and the differences differ-ences which exist within and between the 'wo American political po-litical parties. On the question of manpower and the position of the free world to defend itself, I should like to offer some statistics compiled com-piled and released by the Foreign For-eign Relations Committee of the Senate headed by Chairman Connally (D., Texas): Nine western European nations na-tions have a total population of 173 million, with 2,103,000 in their armed forces. The United Unit-ed States, with a population of 152 million, has 2,300,000 men 1 1 under arms and with an immediate imme-diate goal of 3.500,000. On a ratio basis, here is how ihe manpower contribution looks: For ea.hv 1,000 Americans, Amer-icans, 15 are in the armed forces; Luxemburg, five out of every 1,000; Danes and Italians, seven out of 1,000; Norwegians and Portuguese, eight of 1,000; Hollanders, 11 out of 1,000; Belgians, Bel-gians, 12 out of 1,000; Englishmen, English-men, 14 out of 1,000, and France 17 out of 1,000. The average for the 12 nations of Europe is 12 men out of each 1,000 population. popu-lation. In addition, we now propose the drafting of 18-year-olds. What do the Europeans do on this phase of the problem? We propose to draft 18-year-olds for 24 to 26 months of service. Belgium gives compulsory military mil-itary service for 12 months, as do Denmark, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway. France trains her young men for 18 months, as does Portugal. Great Britain only recen'ly extended such service to 24 months. Therefore, if Europe contributed contrib-uted manpower to its armed forces on the same ratio which the United Spates has reached, the forces of Europe would total 2,595,000 or 400,000 more than presently used. This would more than make up the differential differ-ential which the United States is supposed to do with 100,000 troops Now let's look at the eco- |