Show f I B BRIEFS R I E F S by Baukhage I f fi r If you want to be an army officer i s you pretty nearly have to be literary literary liter- liter ary as well as literate At least a page 16 circular advising as to the thet t 1 I type e of books officers should read include books on philosophy political science military science history international relations Stalin's Secret Service and Hitler's Mein Kampf Others are representative works of all the leading countries Too dumb to fight That's a new one but it is what the army says about draft registrants registrants registrants regis regis- trants who cannot read and write After trying to teach illiterate tees the complications of modern military machines the Selective Service administration has ordered that a tz fourth grade education or its equivalent is now necessary before you can get into this new army |