Show Released by Western Newspaper Union CART BEFORE HORSE nORSE MEN WITHOUT MACHINES l AS I READ In a a recent issue of Colliers Collier's W. W B. B Courtneys Courtney's graphic description of the German Panzer invasion of Greece I thought of what America has been doing to meet just such an nn attack We have called to the colors close to one and a half million men at a aI acost acost I cost of better than one and a half billion bUlion dollars to the government for I their food clothing and pay We WeI have taught those men to do fours tours I right and fours left or column right or left as troops were taught years ago when I knew something of sol sol- diering Today the striking force of an army does not consist of men It consists of machines of terrific destructive destructive destructive de de- de- de power when operated by highly trained specialists Such is a aGerman aGerman aGerman German Panzer division England France Poland and Greece learned that men alone no mOl matter how courageous and well trained could not stand against fast- fast moving machines operated by ex ex- We could not train our men inthe in inthe inthe the operation of machines for we did not and have not the machines That we did not have them is not the fault of the government for it takes some years to provide them The most valuable thing men can cando cando cando do now or could have done during the past year is to produce the machines with which an army must be equipped If it is to have a chance of success In our army of close to one millIon million million mil mil- lion and a half men we have bave two divisions of the regular army reasonably reasonably reasonably rea rea- well equipped with modern war machines and some partial equipment in a small portion of ot our National Guard For the million called into service we had practically nothing They pass out of the nr army y with no training that tha t will be of value in the defense of America The great m majority of them know nothing of the machines of ot modern warfare We have let war hysteria put the cart before the horse We have provided the men without having the machines for them to work with Why not first use American manpower manpower manpower man man- power in the factories producing the machines of war LET US INVITE LETTERS FROM TIlE THE BOYS nOYS IN CAMP FATHERS AND MOTHERS especially especially especially espe espe- those of rural communities are fearful of what the army may do doTO doTO I ITO TO their sons They would be pleased to know what the army can cnn cando cando do and is doing FOR their sons The one place where the army's public relations or publicity is falling falling fall faU- ing down is in connection with that 50 per cent of ot America which is ruraL There is greater interest in such sections in what the army is doing FOR its personnel than is tobe tc to be found among the masses of the cities If the army could encourage the young men to write letters to their town home newspapers each telling in his own way of what he does of ol the other young men he meets where they are arc from his interest in his daily routine and what it la is much would be accomplished People of each rural community are proud of their young men who are in the army All of the people of the community know each eat and every everyone one of these young men They are the boys not only of Father and Mother Jones but of every other other oth oth- other er father and mother A letter from any anyone one soldier to his hometown town newspaper is a letter to all the people people people peo peo- of the community It is in no way an impossible problem problem problem lem to induce the soldier boys one or more from each community each week to write such a letter to his hometown town paper Every editor and every reader would welcome such letters From reading rending them all fathers fathers fathers fa fa- and mothers would soon realize realize realize real real- ize what the army is doing FOR their boys Without its being a matter of censorship censorship censorship cen cen- company commanders could easily see that such letters did not contain anything detrimental to the interests of the nation Our army is entitled to the enthusiastic enthusiastic enthusiastic support of all Americans It Itcan Itcan can have that per cent support when those at home realize what their soldier boys are doing for the nation and what the army is doing FOR the soldier boys Letters from the boys to the town home papers will do the job and every editor of ot such a paper would welcome them A MILLION MEN in the army means a cost of ot better than 1000 a year But a billion is small change these days THERE IS ONE BORN BORl EVERY MINUTE A YOUNG MATRON living in a aLos aLos aLos Los Angeles suburb was telling me recently of her telephone problem We have a two-party two line she said and the other party Is the chairman of the Mothers of America America America Amer Amer- ica War Anti committee She monopolizes monopolizes mo mo- the phone so much that I do not have a fair opportunity to conduct the lm business of my out All Aid to Britain committee Seems like there is a new organization organization ution born every minute |