Show OUTLOOK the dim peace gen omar N bradley army chief of stall staff was taking a dim view ot of the possibilities of peace in fact he admitted to the senate armed services committee the prospect of a war is appreciably greater now than it was three months ago affo adding forcefully to the pattern of evidence which U S armed forces representatives have been constructing to support their requests for a military draft and universal training bradley said 1 I think we would be neglecting our duty if we did not try to tell you that we are a little bit m more ore afraid something will happen than we were three months ago when we were talking in in lif terms of reserves and he added we are not so sure that war might not be looming in the immediate future to his testimony bradley appended this clincher unless we are willing to fight a defensive war on this continent you must have a aselve reserve in being and a trained reserve or else you are going to sit here until you can build it up train it and equip it and in the meantime you may have lost a all 11 footholds from which you can attack russia because we know thit that we are all speaking about russia there it was a responsible appraisal by the chief of staff of where the present talking war between russia and the U S might lead what caused general bradley to think the situation is more critical now than it was three months ago he say but there is only one apparent explanation the tide of power politics has turned against russia and is moving in favor of the western democracies with ERP beginning to channel money and supplies into europe the fields most favorable to communist growth poverty hunger and dissatisfaction are starting to be reclaimed As far as getting control of western europe was concerned communists saw their main chance go glimmering when they lost the italian ian election they have in short gone beyond the stage where they can carry out territorial acquisitions through political coups in order to expand further now russia probably would have to apply force which in this case would be the red army and that may be why general bradley thinks war is more of a likelihood now than it was three months ago |