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Show I PERSHING'S TALK ON PREPAREDNESS. When the Tnllod St.-itcs was gotiinc ready to enter tho world war. one of : Ihe condemnations directed against the administration was tbe lack of pro paredncss as a result of ;i poltcj of in- ' nilforoncr xtonrilng o or a lone pe rlod of year?. Today our congress i- repeating this mistake of plarlnc, America In a 5tnie of unpreparcdnrs Nearly every com I prchonsivo plan, as elaborated by ihe , general f a f f : is bcinjj cua io pieces bv congress. The experience gained by ihe war Is not being followed booaust COttgreM refuses to provide the means We onre more are proceeding lo trust to luck. In testifying before n house committee commit-tee on disarmament, General Pershmc ' warned the country not to lull Itself J Into a sense of security without mill i 1 a ry alertness While expressing ap- 1 Iproai oi ine proposal Or a world lls-armamcnt lls-armamcnt eonlereuce, the lornn i enm mander of the American expeditionary forces said the United states should co ahead with Its present navy yard and army programs until a definite agreement had been reached by at least tho five great world pOWerfl "We should steer clear of drifting into a pacifist state of mind, simply because be-cause we are discussing this subject, ' General Pershing asserted "None of us wants war but we do not want to be caught unprepared If war comes." Until some agreement is had, I would say that the sate policy for the United Slates lo pursue would bo to continue our armv and navy programs and not allow ourselves to be caught j unprepared, as we were at the begin ning of the world war It is unsafe,' and unwise for one nation to disarm, at such a time as this unless the others oth-ers do likewise " This discussion in congress is Inning Inn-ing Its bearing on the Ogden ars n.l 1 If the leaders in ihe new adminJ tra tioo. decide on severe army retrenchment, retrench-ment, the arsenal will not be built up as it should be |