Show released ne leased by western news paper union OUR ARMED ARME D F FORCES AND DE DEMOCRACY WHAT THE FUTURE of america will be following the close of the titanic world conflict Is a grave question will we continue as a ile he public with a system of free competition or will we follow t the he nations of E europe drope into some fo form rm of state socialism many writers and students of 0 political li trends profess to see us heading toward dicta dictatorship torsh IP and a totalitarian tali tarlan government with state socialism cial ism regimentation a creation of classes and with the philosophy on which the nat nation foil was founded and on which it has grown thrown into discard the future of america its ideals its philosophy of govern government me nt lies iles largely in the hands of the men who are today in our arm armed ed forces fighting t the he nations battles living in a section in which largo large numbers of our army n navy avy and marine corps forces are stationed I 1 have an opportunity of knowing and talking with hundreds of them those with whom I 1 have talked represent I 1 am sure a cross section of the whole and if so it Is encouraging those I 1 have talked with represent a what we refer to as all classes but they recognize no classes sons of the employer and the em employee are buddies and place or wealth are not considered the employees son may be wearing the chevrons che or shoulder straps which designate him as 83 boss and the employers son recognizes the ability the chevrons che or shoulder straps represent those who come from homes of wealth and those from homes of poverty those from the farms and those from the cities all sleep under the same canvas eat at the same mess perform the some same duties between them there Is ii no question of class or distinction it Is only merit I 1 and ability that count they are imbued with the idea that the ideals of the armed f forces should bo be the ideals of the nation that advancement should depend upon merit and ability that while all start from the same point the display of ability should designate the leaders they would not pull the macarthurs Mac Arthurs down to the level of the john does but would give the john does the opportunity to climb to the place of a macarthur Mac Arlhur it if they have the ability and exercise it that Is the alipy the navy and the marine corps that also Is the america amerlia of today and yesterday when the war Is over I 1 belleve believe the men of the armed forces will demand that it be the america of tomorrow our soldiers sailors and marines believe they are fighting tor for that kind of a civilization they are fighting to maintain a nation whose philosophy of government has offered opportunity to those with ability and where the development of such ability has made progress tor for all in practically all cases you find them opposed to any form of state socialism to regimentation to a division into classes and they will I 1 believe carry their ideals with them when the war Is over and they return to civilian pursuits they represent the hope of our continuing as a republic 4 HOME TOWN TALENT MEETS A NEW NEED I 1 ATTENDED a dramatic production staged by a high school class recently it was a good show and was appreciated by the home town audience it was an evidence of the home towns ability to provide its own entertainment as such towns did when we grandfathers wore were buys the home towns of america will not dry up and die of inertia because of aj a lack of tires instead of bright lights the night clubs und and the paid professional performers of the larger centers we will turn to the simple but satisfying entertain ments of yesteryear provided by our home town schools churches lodges and clubs that cannot be listed as a war sacrifice crince in 0 WAR SHOULD SLOW US DOWN in some spots pots and increase our speed in others it should mean less revolutions per minute of automobile wheels and more revolutions per minute of wheels in war equipment plants it should take a few minutes longer to got get from home to factory and a few minutes less to do a job inside the factory door 0 0 VOLUNTEER WHEAT AND regulation two million acres of nature provided wheat would feed a lot of our chinese allies it if we could got get it to them THE CIVILIAN conservation CORPS ald a real service to american youth in the years wien wian there was a lack of jobs available it created employment tor for thousands and did much to maintain morale now the boys of the camps are ape needed in the munitions plants or in the armed services of the nation the being spent to maintain the camps would help pay for the tanks guns and planes these boys would be building 0 or r csini and that would be a betle bed er way of spending such a sum |