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Show ffi nM-Mfri-.i-'-- " ' rnor H J?'!T f iiii;iii!i:ih!HI!!i:i:ib h S 1 1 1 lll!!ll!IBIII!l!llll!llltllllllllllll!IBIlllll jT H.Ot S 11 till C S IcLUlTl 2 BY rchest ROBERT RIDING iour . er of ( In my column last week I men- 27, mu tioned parts of Mayor Golden of the Black's talk at Post 117's regular the Si meeting. In it I stated that he irder tb said the City Council even had to light be erect the Honor Roll. I was a little the pu misinformed on that subject and ony Oi should have said that the City hrougn Council took it upon themselves to :it will erect tne Honor Roll, as a token statu of remembrance and appreciation ' j I of the men from this area who t B M were serving in the armed forces. 0f 'rjt I also stated that the City Coun- f Marc e" was percent back of Post .H SY 117's endeavors to boost West Mil- EEK.'' lard- Tnis didn't mean that they m whic were not 100 percent behind Post t0 ho: 89, or any other organization, in their activities. The reason it was s for tl written like that is because I'm 1 being (besides being a member) the Ad- r of coi vertising and Publicity manager outside for Post 117. Therefore it was nat- i Way i ural for me to boost my Post ivailabi From now on L'll not print local h resid Legion news in this column. News nd ths from either Post will be placed ; elsewhere in the paper, r new 1 I'm not going to be a "yes man" angemc for any one . . . Utah v S However, I do want to print news pertaining to the Veteran. So, if I get something of interest to Veterans, I'll put it in print. P. S. Mayor Black asks that if anyone knows of any name that ought to be on the Honor Roll, to notify him and it will be placed there. There are lots of arguments pro and con on Universal Military Training. (UMT) Here are a few quotes on the subject of UMT and the need for standing military power, sea and air supremecy In short National Defense. " A century ago it may have been possible for this nation to live remote from the rest of the world, but the foreshortening of time and space that have occurred occur-red since, the development of lethal leth-al weapons capable of spanning vast distances, the increased speed of communications, all make it clear to any thinking person that, as the Secretary of State recently observed: 'Unless we realize that peace is indivisible, we shall be forced to take part in a' war that is world wide'." Secretary Forrestal June 16, 1946 Williamstown, Mass. "Universal military training is a military program. Its primary purpose pur-pose is to build up a reservoir of trained manpower for a military emergency. Its by-products of great moral and social benefits are very important for a democracy such as ours, but its principal product, trained manpower, must be the real reason for its establishment." Sec. of War Patterson May 27, 1947, N. Y. Times.' "It is for that hope that the 'Return 'Re-turn of the Colors' holds particular significance. For when you receive your standards it will mean that you are returned to reserve status You are then a symbol of the ready strength of America to guard her peace and freedom. We hope it will be such a strength that potential aggressors will be warned to keep their sabers sheathed, and maybe to discard them altogether." Lt. Gen. J. Lawton Collisn Nov. 11, 1947, N. Y. City: OA |