The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-02

of July %, 1882, seymour ""i"'"
is the fascist bugle for announcing
the new policy. He treasures en-
ployers that the, Army constitutes
rock Of stability" against domestic
"unrest," in the concluding paragraph
Of his 4S page annual report for the
fiscal year ending June 1888.
I'm the obvious state of unrest now
prevailing throughout the world,
evidences of which are plainly visible
even in our own country, an efficient
and dependable military establish
ment, constantly responsive to the
will of its Government, constitutes
rock of stability and one OF a ma
TONS priceless possessions"
And, in view of this, warns the
profusely decorated general, ut Is
my conviction that at this moment
the Army's strength in personnel and
material and its readiness for en-
ployment are below the danger line.
I consider it of the most urgent i'm
portance to the United States that
this condition be rectified without
delay"
1t will no longer be necessary to
deny shipments of munitions to
armories adjacent to industrial
centers. The more fascist trends the
Government develops under the stress
of the intensifying crisis, the more
openly will it reveal the length of
its club and the point of its bayonet.
Although it is admitted that the
relative geographical security of the
United States doesn't require "a mill
tary establishment comparable to the
great armies existing in certain of
the foreign nations" Macarthur
wants nearly 5000, 10000 added to the
$270000000 already appropriated by
Congress for the fiscal year 1884.
Furthermore, he wants the National
Guard to be increased by 700 Off
GERS or at worst to be maintained at
not less than its existing strength,
with roughly $4,000 officers, 48 drill
periods instead OF the SO now paid
for, and 2 weeks active training an
nually; Tor the organized reserve,
100000 officers, with two weeks &C
tive training for at least 10000 of
them annually; for the regular Army
an enlisted strength of 10000; for
the Reserve Officers Training Corps
and the Citizens Military Training
Corps, the support of programs
equivalent to those carried out under
the 1882 authorizations.
WHILE technically correct in stat
" ing that the $27O,OOo,ooo appropri-
ated by the last Congress is approx
mately $65,0O0,o00 'lesS than that
made available for similar purposes
for the fiscal year 1882" Macarthur
has painted an entirely misleading
picture. He fails to say what the
War Department has been given be-
tween June, the end of the 1888
fiscal year and late October, fully
more than month before the is
suance OF this report. This fact is
especially relevant because hundreds
of millions for the very things q lay
reader Of the report would believe
the War Department has been cruelty
deprived ot-motor vehicles, mech
ani5ation and airplanes were al
totted to the War Department by the
Public Works Administration as long
ago as Oct. 7S, 1883.
nN Got. n, 1888, the P. ". A. al
v lotted the War Department $1o,-
100000 FOR motorization, and $780,
900 for aviation construction. BY
the same date 1t had been allotted
5000 900 for ordance. In addition,
II hs dreceived (also under the pre-
text Of public works, $1,000 900 for
seacoast defense; $2,238,624 for the
National Guard; $57,797,776 for the
Quartermaster Corps and a mere
Sf76,i7o for the signal corps. This
makes a total Of s9o,712,570. And
when we add to this sum the 1901,
037,3l5, allotted by the same date for
the Civilian Conservation Corps, an
acknowledged arm Of the War De-
partznent, we see how great Is the
discrepancy between the official pic
ture and the truth.
To disarm criticism, the report