Show unified command Is urged by official OGDEN AIR MATERIEL AREA hill field utah the best way to achieve an effective and at the same time an economical national defense system is through unification of the armed forces arnold R roe roc assistant to the civilian chief of the personnel section at hill field and himself a veteran of world war 11 II told the salt lake city round table club when he spoke ke before them recently at the temple square hotel such a defense system is necessary because the united states cannot afford to be caught unprepared again as it was at pearl harbor world peace under the united nations is not yet a reality and as long as the present international bickering and distrust continues we must be prepared for any eventuality he said those who preach isolationism are arc talking t akin g to deaf ears because most of f the people realize that this is a thing of the past roe said there can be no iron fence in the sky like the maginot line which h I 1 failed so miserably in its task of holding out the nazis roe told of recent startling air aircraft developments and outlined the proposed plan for unification of the armed forces which would give autonomy to the army air forces the ground forces and the navy wo we have got to have the best possible national defense system if we are going to assure preservation 0 n of our oar american way of life he said |