Evening star., 1936-08-18

men. With aviation what it Is, the
front may be anywhere and every
where. Therefore every one will be q
belligerent: every one will be enlisted;
when it is over, therefore, every one
will have to get bonus: and in the
end every one will get a pension. Be-
cause every one will be either vet
eran or a widow or an orphan, or all
three. And, Of course, If the next war
doesn't take care Of quite everybody
why we can have another war after
that. In the course Of generation
we would all be under the Govern
ments benef1cent wing and everybody
would be happy. 1t almost seems
worth the wars.
Can't Pay Out Of War Profits.
hope nobody is worried as to how
we are all going to pay ourselves PEN
sions for our patriotic services after
the next war. We shan't be able TO pay
them out of the war profits, which
We might tax away from the proflteers,
because, of course, there aren't going
to be any profits in the next war. But
there will be lot of land fought over,
and lot Of crops destroyed, and so
we will cut down more forests and
plow up more land wherever there Is
a spot. II any, safe from shells. And
afterward the rains and the rivers
and the winds will blow away more
soil, so that we shall not only have to
pay the patriots bonuses as fighters,
but In their capacity as farmers, we
shall have to pay subsidies as well.
And that will add to purchasing power.
Industry will immensely over-expand,
because that Is one fine thing about
There Is no overproduction. What you
produce you blow into bits almost i'm
mediately; the government buys it for
that purpose; 1t borrows the money to
buy it. and when the fighting Is over
you have got the plants and the debts,
a lot of scrap iron. and a Reconstruc-
tion Finance Corporation. You sub
sidiZe the plants in order to make 1t
possible for them to move on to .
peace-time basis, and that adds to
purchasing power. too. Since all the
world Is poorer, after flrst-class war,
prices go up, and therefore you have
prosperity. For we must all have
learned in recent years that the more
We pay for everything the better of
we are. And If everything Is costing
a great deal, and we are therefore all
we'll of, we could perfectly well afford
TO pay pensions to veterans, their
wives and their eventual orphans.
Need Bigger, Better Wars.
That ought to be self-evident. For
II the world never made a war, never
blew up the contents OF mines, never
cut off machinists' hands or blinded
draughtmen's eyes, or brought up
rickety children or denuded forests
and fields, but just went on working
and producing and trading and con-
suming. we might create 50 much and
get so rich that prices would go to a
point where everybody could buy. and
then, of course, no community could
possibly afford to give anybody social
security in the form OF pensions and
bonuses.
So our hest hope OF state support
for everybody is plainly to have bigger
and better wars. And If We just keep
at it long enough and upon this single
task concentrate the work and genius
of mankind. We may eventually make
q war in which all the veterans, wild
ows and orphans. will be dead vet
erans, widows and orphans. Then We
shall have achieved the fnal COM
plete security which IN the grave.
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