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Show THE PAGE TWO Army Strives to Take Some Of the Risks Out of Warfare Senate Setup Promises Injuries in Battle Defeat of Ardent Isolationists Assures Smoother Sailing on Program for Ordnance specialists call it "brisance." A layman would call it the shattering power of a detonated explosive. But whatever you call it, it's ter- Cooperative World Organization. By BAUKHAGE Conene- rifically dangerous. "jumpy." On army infiltration courses trolled brisance kills the soldiers are taught how my. Uncontrolled by rules of to crawl across rough terrain, safety, it kills and maims through barbed wire, while machine Americans. gun bullets whiz News Analyst and Commentator. Service, Union Trust Building Washington, D. C. in these weeks of Washington, WNU preparation for the forthcoming meeting of the Big Three, has gradually begun to realize that the result of the November election, whatever its effect on domestic politics may be, placed America face to face with the greatest problem in the field of foreign affairs that this country has ever attempted to solve. And regardless of how effective the efforts of our statesmen may be there is no question that the people have placed behind them a pledge of harmonious support. The President will sit down at the meeting, probably somewhere in the Middle East, with Prime Minister Churchill and Marshal Stalin, with the most specific mandate as to foreign policy ever given a President by the people of the United States. America's representatives at the United Nations' conference, which will probably take up the unfinished business started at Dumbarton Oaks, will enter discussions with the greatest military force and international prestige that any of this country's diplomatists have ever enjoyed before. When former Attorney General Homer Cummings' assistant AGs. There are certain other points To speak of safety methods in conworth noting. nection with the grim business of On the Foreign Relations committee whence must come approval waging war sounds incongruous. Yet the army's ordnance departfor international commitments, Senment, its ground forces, its air ator Reynolds and Senator Bennett forces and its service forces have Clark and Nye are removed. In any case, however, the removal piled up an amazing safety record in time of war. of Senator Nye, who was chairman For example,, look at the score of the powerful committee on comin the nation's three score govern mittees, means that such new apment owned, contractor operated pointments as are made will not be influenced by the North Dakotan's explosive producing arsenals under supervision of the U. S. army ordextreme views. nance department. Other factors make for support of In less than II the administration. The election has millionJanuary, 1941, pounds of powder and exof the greatly strengthened prestige plosives were produced in the U. S. Senator Ball of Minnesota who was Three years later, in January, 1944, most active in the fight to get the we more than a quarter of produced interoriginal resolution favoring an a billion pounds of explosives, and national peace organization before those three years our total the congress and the people. Simi- during was nearly 6 billion lar increased influence in the senate production pounds. will be exerted by former Repre Incredible as it may appear, in sentative Fulbright who fathered a handling the most powerful exlike resolution in the house. plosives known to man, some so A look at the Republican leadersensitive they must be transported ship in the upper house is worth under water, others so potent that while in this connection, too. a small amount penetrates five inches of concrete, it is nevertheGOP Minority less a fact that there were only Promises Moderation 255 injuries during 1943 throughout At present a quartet of leaders all these installations in America with Senator White as their nomiNor is this safety program connal head are at the helm. Of these fined to civilian workers. Our men Senator Taft, although usually rated in uniform have benefited greatly as strongly nationalist, is after all from modern safety methods. No on record as favoring the old League one would describe the job of a of Nations in principle, criticizing soldier on active wartime duty as a only the fact that its members failed "safe" job. Yet, granting that the to carry out their promises. An- soldier risks his life constantly in other of large influence, Senator the performance of his duty, the Vandenberg, has done a great deal army makes sure that he does not to interpret the trend of popular risk it needlessly. sentiment in the middlewest away Gun tubes, for example, which from a rigid nationalist viewpoint. must resist high pressures yet must He worked to that end in the Mackinac conference, and at the Republican convention last summer. He did yeoman's service in cooperation with Secretary of State Hull in obtaining senate support for UNRAA. the United States senate starts deliberations on the agreements which grow out of the parleys of the Big Three (or Big Four), and the later meetings of the United Nations' representatives, that body will have what now appears to be the necessary majority of senators whose constituencies have expressed themselves in favor of broad international cooperation. The people have spoken. It now depends on the wisdom and the ability of their servants to produce the kind of a plan for the postwar world which will be at once thoroughly American in principle, acceptable to our friends and effective against our enemies. A brief review of the new complexion of the senate reveals how strikingly the people spoke in favor Without the help of these Repubof international cooperation. licans and their colleagues, and of course Senator Austin and Senator Trend Evident could White, , the administration Before Election s vote. This hardly get a The trend became evident before more conservative element will also the election in four primary contests, furnish a valuable check against efand bipartisan support for the polforts toward extreme internationalicy of international forces was ism on the part of the administraachieved and cooperation has been tion which might turn the people reinforced by other circumstances against the administration and thus as well. Beginning with the defeat defeat its own purpose. of "Cotten Ed" Smith of South CarPerhaps the task of checking agolina in the primaries we find in is too for human gression his place the senator-elec- t Johnston hands and human great minds to achieve. who, in his campaign, pledged his But never before in our history has support of the administration's for- America had such an opportunity to eign policy. lead the world toward the goal of Another defeat in the primaries good-wianJ peace among Dations. was that of Senator Worth Clark of Idaho, whose opponent (now senator-In all the various discussions conelect Taylor) campaigned on a strong internationalist platform, the cerning the restoration of sound curfirst to win on such a program in rency conditions in the postwar pethis state so strong in the Borah tra- riod, the British balance of payments appears as one of the chief dition. Another ardent isolationist to fail stumbling blocks, the Alexander renomination in spite of his splendid Hamilton institute points out. As record as a skilled legisla'or was a result of the war, the balance of Bennett Champ Clark. His fall was payments of Great Britain has wita mighty blow to the isolationist nessed a material deterioration. cause since he was a member of the The foreign trade of the counNye munitions committee, composed try has shown a large excess of imof Senator Nye of North Dakota, ports over exports which, before the Clark and Senator Bone of Washingwas met institution of ton, a group which for years has primarily through the shipment of been the of emphatic gold and the liquidation of British-ownespeech and acforeign assets. It is estimated tion. that, during the war. Great Britain The other two members of this has lost approximately $4,000,000,000 of some of the best foreign assets group have departed likewise: Senator Bone was appointed to a judge- held by British nationals. ship in his home state; Senator Nye The loss of income from these forwent down to defeat before the three eign investments has naturally had times governor of North Dakota an adverse effect on Great Britain's elected on a clear-cu- t international balance of payments and, unless it platform. Is counteracted in other ways, it Another breach was made in the will reduce her ability to buy mernationalistic front by the withdrawal chandise abroad. In normal times. of Senator Reynolds of North CaroGreat Britain received about lina who, like Senator Bone, left from her foreign investments. An additional $400,000,000 per voluntarily. There were two other defeats in annum was received from British Substantial sums were final senatorial contests to be noted. shipping. also earned each year by British inSenator Holman of Washington mentioned in the famous book, "Under surance companies operating all over the world and by the financial Cover," for his alleged leanings, was replaced by operations of the city of London. Since the poorer foreign investWayne Morse, a Republiean who leans well toward international co- ments remain in British hands, it Is Senator difficult to determine with any deoperation, and the Danaher of Massachusetts who gree of accuracy what the returns went down before the aggressive on these investments will be In the campaign of Brien McMahnn, one of postwar period. two-thir- two-third- ll lend-leas- well-sprin- g d 0 well-like- B R I E FS . . . by Haukhnpe Labor management production committees are now operating in more than 5.000 war plants. - Geographically isolated from the rest if the country by the Rorkies, California before the war had more thar. enough oil for domestic markets In the West Coast states. In consequence. It developed a substantial export market in the Far East. contest for a popu lar song that will "stir up the pro pie's fluliliiiK spirit" has been an nounced by the Japanese triform? Hon board. A nation-wid- e Fruit Juices will be available in concentrated form, like candy, after the war. when it is expected there e will be an oversupply of prod th-!- ucts. were taught how during training courses. Our realistic training methods are actually safety methods. Experience has shown that the average recruit is as frightened by battle noise and battle confusion as he is by bullets. Such a soldier becomes excited, perhaps fires his rifle unkills or intentionally, perhaps wounds his own comrades instead of the enemy. Such a soldier is unsure of himself, nerve - taunt, Soldiers Taught How To Avoid Accidental Postwar Treaty Approval xJt t Thursday, November 30, NEPHI, UTAH TIMES-NEW- battle-- green above their heads, and TNT charges explode nearby like enemy land mines. Graduates j Photo-Cel- Enables l Blind to Operate Machinery Safely Important new mechanical devices to simplify life for returning servicemen who have lost their sight and for the upwards of 200,000 civilian blind in the United States are announced by the American Foundation for the Blind. Chief of these devices, in view of Its wide application to the employment of blind people, is a new c use for the versatile cell. The foundation has adapted the "electric eye" principle to make completely safe the operation by blind people of electric sewing machines in workshops and in their homes. In practice this device puts a safety curtain of light around the rapidly plunging needle. The moment the fingers of the blind operaphoto-electri- tor reach dangerously near the needle's point and come within the light circle, the machine stops in a split second. Another useful invention which will soldier crawls under barbed wire, aid sightless people in business is not over it; that a soldier whose called the "bill detector." This gadalso utilizes the "electric eye", weapon is not clean and ready to get function when needed is a soldier principle and was first thought of by a sightless Canadian, George A. most likely to become a casualty. Mention the word "doughboy" to most persons, and they think of a man with a rifle and a bayonet. That may have been true in pre vious wars, but it is not true in this one. Safety training and practice in the army gTound forces goes a long way beyond this basic conception of the American foot soldier. Weapon training adds to the soldier's chance of survival by making him versatile with a great many more weapons than his rifle. Among these are hand and rifle grenades, combat knife, automatic machine pistol, carbine, pistol, automatic rifle, three types of ma- FA? chine guns, two types of mortars, flame thrower, bazooka, mines and P$S tf t J booby traps, bangalore torpedo and other demolition equipment. Most probably the individual infantryman will never be called upon to use all these weapons in combat, but he The "magic eye," a may at any time be called upon suddenly in an emergency to use cell, stops the needle of the power any one of them. The knowledge and sewing machine as soon as the opfacility gained during training in- erator's fingers come within the creases powerfully the safety fac- circle of light. With this attachment tor protecting the uniformed man in blind persons may safely use many kinds of machines. battle. In addition the army ground forces protects its men in the field Lafleur of Overbrook, Ontario. In by careful instruction in battle and this contrivance a beam of light field sanitation, in personal hygiene, scans the numerals of paper curin the safe use of drinking warency and the number of times the in and defense against diseases light is reflected from the bill is inditer, caused by insects and parasites. cated by a buzzing noise. The numEven so Email a thing as the comber of audible sounds indicates the mon foot blister is not ignored in denomination of the bill. army safety practice. Already in limited use by sightless Fewer Air Corps Accidents. workers is the "audio-scale.- " This Equally insistent on the highest enables them to weigh certain obpossible safety, standards in the jects by sound rather than by dangerous business of waging war is touch. Here a flashing light is regisc the army air forces training comtered by a cell. If the mand. During the first six months of scale registers overweight, the 1943 a total of 13.4 million military sightless operator hears a sound of flying hours were logged in conhigh pitch; if underweight, a sound tinental U. S. During the same of low pitch; and if in balance, no period in 1944 the total was 20.1 sound at all. This idea, too, first came to a blind person, Mrs. Evelyn million. Despite this impressive increase of more than 6,500,000 hours, Watson of Buffalo. In war plants fatal accidents and death totals this audio:scale has such uses as were actually reduced. weighing out specific amounts of Furthermore, the improvement is powder for fuses, mica for radio mechanisms, and uniform buttons. continuing. In July, 1941, the accident rate for training type planes was the lowest yet recorded. Dur ing July in the continental U. S. Winter Driving Hazards trainees in undergraduate pilots' Can Be Reduced by Taking schools logged an amazing total of s, A Few Simple Precautions flying time in 17's, 18's and 27's, with only one fatal accident! The following practices, based on Graduate pilots operating combat National Safe'y council research, type airplanes in transition schools are recommended by the Safe Winand in the replacement training ter Driving committee to all who units established safety records, too. must drive this winter: Pilots in 1. Fill your car to comfortable Flying Fortresses e achieved an low in crack-ups- . capacity and go prepared to get Also in July, 1944, there were through, regardless of snow or ice. 2. Reduce your speed to conform only two fatal accidents in the highspeed Billy Mitchells. to the conditions of the road and This is not the safety record of a take no chances. commercial airline, or even a comS. Use tire chains on ice and snow mercial truck fleet, but the safety to reduce braking distances as much experience of a giant air force en- as 40 or 50 per cent. Chains also gaged in global war. provide necessary "go" traction, The motto of the army has never and uniformity in performance unbeen "Safety First." In army parder severe winter road conditions. lance safety is knowledge. Army 4. Follow other vehicles at a safe airmen achieve safety because they distance. It takes from 3 to 11 know. times as long to stop without antiis the procedure for skid chains when pavements are Typical forced landings in water, which insnowy or icy. cludes how to swim through fire, 5. Apply brakes on slippery pavehow to handle rubber boats and ments lightly and with a pumping parachutes, defense against sharks, action. If yon jam on the brakes, to take lock precautions and throw your car against wind, they may weather and the hundreds of haz- into a dangerous skid. Try to avoid ards that confront men adrift in need for making a quick stop In open water. Airmen know how to front of another vehicle. A rear-en- d take every conceivable precaution collison may cripple yotr car In case of jungle landings, or any for the duration. other type of landing which may 6. Keep windshield and windows lead to danger or difficulty. clear of snow and lee outside, and In war great hazards cannot be fog and frost Inside. Remember, avoided, but trained and disciplined you must see danger to avoid it. men with a knowledge of those haz7. Keep posted on winter road and to avoid weather conditions. A safe driver Is ards, and the "know-how- " or to overrorne some of them, have always aware of his limitations and developed one of the greatest orequipped to get through safely and ganized safety programs o all time. on time. Be a good defensive driver. of these safety-in-batt- courses are le not likely to suffer needless wounds or needless death. They know that in crawling it is vital to keep the bead and body down; that a smart n x- photo-electr- ic photo-electri- twisted or broken ankle can disable a soldier as effectively as an enemy bullet. American fighting men learn how to jump from a moving vehicle and land without injury. This Is only one of the many tricks taught in army training camps. A also be light for easy aiming and transportation, are tested with excess pressure rounds before acceptance to insure their safety in the hands of the troops. Now our projectiles are "bore safe." They cannot explode within the gun. Reflecting this confidence in the safety of their weapons, our men are now regarded as the finest marksmen in the world. Escape Hatches in Tanks. The combat crew inside a battle tank cannot have and do not expect to have absolute safety. But the army sees to it that within the limits of normal battle hazards they are protected from unnecessary risks. Tanks are provided with hatches on both the top and bottom surfaces for easy escape, regardless of the position of the tank. New automatic controls reduce driver's fatigue. Seats are cushioned against shock and are provided with safety belts. Padding is placed at many points to avoid dangerous impact shock. Forced ventilation cools the tank interior in summer heat, and drives off toxic gun gases during combat. Accident prevention, however, in no way impairs the effectiveness of our fighting men, the war department said. A army continues to be our objective. There are fewer sprained ankles, wrenched knees or sprained backs in our field armies of today because safety training programs have taught men how to jump correctly from relatively great heights with rifles and pocks. Men lifting various heavy otjects in the field do so without injury because they hard-hittin- tough-bodie- d Majy casualties used to be caused by premature explosions of projectiles. Exacting tests of both guns and ammunition have practically eliminated this danger. Shells are now termed "bore safe," meaning that they will not explode within the gun tube before intended. Antiaircraft guns, like the one pictured, fire very shells of comparatively small caliber. The gun crews, nevertheless, feel confident that they will not be Injured by their own weapon. PT-13'- -- igjj -- -- 5 ? JLfStt I: U ...... i (Gnovs's COLD Tales of the Town: This story has never been printed before, we are told. . . . How Vice President Henry Wallace scared his staff during the Chicago convention. He left word that he was not to be awakened until 8 a. m. . . . His secretary rapped on the connecting door and, getting no answer, opened He was it and looked in. alarmed to see two boys asleep in the twin beds. . . . The secretary hastened to spread the alarm. . He finally located the Vice President in the lobby reading a book. . . . 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