Show by W R I 1 G H T A PATTERSON PATTE R S 0 N f 7 released b by western Nw Niwa pape paper union MAKE 21 MAXIMUM AGE FOB THE DRAFT IN IM WAi washington HINGTON there 1 is now some talk of changing the present draft law and instead of taking men up to 35 85 years of age to fix A maximum of not over 25 that would be a move in the right direction but why go 90 as far as ai 25 years for the maximum in this country approximately men reach the voting age of 21 each year up to that age but a very small percentage has become settled on ona a lifetime job or has married and established a home and family these young men could at some time between the ages of 18 and 21 devote a year to military training without any sacrifice of position for them themselves selves their families or society in general in tact fact a year of soldiering at that age would be a distinct advantage to ft the e great majority physically and men mentally tally they would still be at a formative age when such training ng would be beneficial in the making of better citizens when it would tend to break down class distinctions taking these young men at some time between 18 and 21 years would provide at least men to be trained each year and that Is about j as many as we could handle br pay for with all the hysteria that has gripped gri piled america we have actually ac inducted into the conscript army much less than half alf a m million ion in men n since the passage of the draft act we are not going to fight a war tor for the next three to five years at the earliest and possibly not then training men of 30 to 35 years of age now means they will have passed the really effective age belore before they will be needed men of 18 to 21 trained now now would be at their most effective age by the time their service ice as soldiers is needed in the regular armyde army we have the organized national guard the marine corps and the navy and naval reserves close to trained fighters ight ers there is a turnover turn tum over in these hese forces each year of better than 25 per cent A quarter of a million men are moving back into civilian life after three br more years of military or naval training T they h e Y would be e ad added d to our effectives should br bede t iv e s should d war ar come e I 1 taking a million young men each year between the ages of 18 and 21 with our organized army national guard marine corps and navy and naval reserves and with the men who pass through these organized services at the end of five years we would have a fighting force of better than trained men of effective age and that is some army in any mans country it if we must have conscription eption in this country let us have it on practical and sensible lines that will give us an effective fighting force when we may need it and without serious sacrifice on the part of the individual or society 0 EFFECTIVE propaganda VIA BALLOON IN THE FIRST world war lord northcliffe publisher of the london times was assigned assign edthe we job of distributing antiwar anti war propaganda in germany when we entered the war james keeley then one of the best known american newspaper men was given a similar assi assignment g n by our government and h be e worked with northcliffe in london lord northcliffe devised a unique and practical method of distributing dis propaganda in germany he used small gas filled balloons to each of these he be attached on 0 D a 20 I 1 low w burning fuse hundreds of leaflets leaflet printed in german with lafavor a favorable wind blowing towards germany thousands of these balloons ballo oni were released just behind the allied lines As ai the wind carried them over germao german territory the burning of th the fuse would release th the e leaflets a few ata at a time the ever lightening load would keep the balloons afloat until they had traveled so tar far as a hundred miles into germany several million copies of president wilsons Wll Wil sons famous flag day speech printed in german were delivered to the G german ermin people by that method c r lord northcliffe North cUfie told me in london a few days after the signing of the armistice that he be believed the distribution of that one piece of propaganda had bad more effect on the break i in german morale than anything else they had done he emphasized that statement by pounding my knee so hard that it was sore tor for some time PAYING THE DEBT SEVEN BILLION BIL LION DOLLARS added to what we owe means adding to the debts of each family of ave ve about that is each fam farr ilys illys share or of the added national indebtedness future generations will pay atif it if this generation does not if this generation does pay it will be with inflation money which win will be worthless The families of this generation will at least pay an additional interest charge of 1680 each year |