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Show Gas Masks For All The British government has decided de-cided to manufacture sufficient gns masks to supply the entire popu-lat popu-lat on if It "becomes necessary." This, we submit, Ls one straw to show which way the winds of war arc blowing. The only d.'fense agalnist the Ix.mbing of cities and helpless civilian ci-vilian populations, in the next war, w 11 be superior air strength available avail-able for the job. The use of gus masks will be necssary to protect cltl.'X'ns from stray raiders, even if there are adequate aircraft for defense. de-fense. Under the circumstances It might be well for the people of the United Str tc-s to know what is going on in th world and not to beguile themselves them-selves with the idea that they are llvini in a world whore aggression Is dead and a war is an outside possibility. |