Show ECONOMIC highlights happenings that affect the future of every individual national and international problems inseparable from local welfare A single common word survival covers the most awesome problem that this tills nation has ever faced it is almost impossible to visualize the destructive power of the weapons that exist today and the even more terrible ones that will probably come into existence in the relatively near future I A vast literature has been written on what we must do it if we are to continue to exist as a nation A very distinguished authority charles A lindbergh makes an impressive contribution to it in a brief article appearing in the saturday evening post of july 17 entitled our best chance to survive general lindbergh begins by pointing out that in atomic war an initial attack made without warning could kill hill millions and destroy all the great cities thus unless the nation possessed military forces which were both extensively decentralized as well as extraordinarily powerful its ability to re ballate in kind might be destroyed too he writes the hydrogen bomb and the supersonic missile have eliminated defensive security on the surface of the earth the roost most elaborate defensive network we devise would intercept only a fraction of modern enemy aircraft launched in a determined attack on this country atomic bombs can atso also ato alo 0 be delivered by submarines ships hips or saboteurs sabot eurs and one bomb will erase one city here general lindbergh observes that to strike without warning 1 Is against our traditions so of course Is capitulation the one alternative Is vast military strength we must maintain an inexpugnable means of retaliation a of delivering our bombs in the event a surprise attack Is made upon this country and after we have absorbed the first terrific blow this means he goes on that we must have great numbers of air bases so many that our power could not be paralyzed in that initial enemy attack no matter how great its scale it further means research development and industrial decentralization programs that will improve the et ef of our future weapons and reduce our vulnerability so far as possible he believes important war establishments of all kinds should be located outside the major target areas general lendbergh also emphasizes the human element in the military forces in this element he writes lies an extraordinary opportunity port unity to increase our power and reduce our costs our ingenuity in the use of man has not kept pace with our ingenuity in the use of the machines man manufactures economy conomy itself demands that long years of expensive training should be followed by opportunities P pay ay mid and conditions which encourage people to remain in the careers they were trained for finally general lindbergh advocates a prodigious air force a strong army a strong navy and strong allies the task is a formidable one but he is convinced that it Is within our capabilities and that it Is absolutely essential to survival to quote him once again As long as a dangerous enemy exists our security will lie in the indestructible power to destroy |