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WAR INTERPRETIVE
CONTINUED from P: One)

quick and final victory. And all
the centuries of recorded British
weather lore point to no prolonged
spell of calm on England's sea
ramparts again before late spring
next year.
From 1905 'ehell's corner at
Dover, where the channel and
North Sea meet in the narrow
straits that offer the most practical
invasion bridgehead, to lands end
at the western end of the channel
and to pentland firth and h e
Atlantic North Sea confluence,
winter is a stark season for those
who 60 down to the sea in ships,
even in peace times. Until well
beyond the vernal equinox in late
March wind and rain and fog hold
high revel in those seas.
From mid-September to March
one to eight storms of gale force
per month strike on that long coast
line. Virtually half of every month
is checked off in days of rain on
the old records. Heavily clouded
skies and coastal fogs that spread
far inland are the rule rather than
the exception. London's pea
souper" fogs come then with their
own 'black outs that, in peace
time, set pedestrians cropping along
damp walls despite blazing street
lights.
Some British commentator has
styled this Churchill weather" in
honor of England's war captain.
Months ago Churchill told his
people that if they could hold Out
against German attack until winter
came, ultimate victory would be
theirs.
Yet Churchill weather." as he
himself has said, ''cuts both ways
in the air battle ..over England.
If gales halt German bombers
thrusting at British nerves and
war industries, they also would
halt British counter bombing
across the channel or in Germany.
If clouds and fogs obscure British
targets for Nazi airmen, they also
render far more difficult the task
of British fighters arising to hunt
the enemy on high.
The clutch of Winter-this year
with portents of unusual severity
in western Europe-well may force
a Nazi abandonment of invasion
plans until next spring. 1t also
may provide London md all OF
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F. D. R. TICHTENS
DRAFT MACHINERY
Continued From Page One)

France in the World War, is active
in sociological work, and for the
past month has been a consultant
of the budget bureau.
Col. William H. Drpaer, Jr., OF
New York, who is a reserve OF
ficer and specialist on selective
service.
Floyd W. Reeves, University OF
Chicago professor, who has been
serving recently as an executive
assistant to the National defense
commission.
Joseph P. Harris, professor Of
political science at Northwestern
University, Evanston, Ills, and an
advisor to the defense commission
on administrative matters.
The new men are Claiming, H.
Tobias of New York, director Of
negro work for the National coun'
sci of the Y. M. c. A., and Wayne
Coy of Delphi, Ind, assistant fed
eral security administrator.
Stephen Early, presidential sec.
rotary, said he would guess" that
he director of CONSUMPTION would
be appointed next week. The presi-
dent, he said, has just been wait.
ing for all concerned, I think, tc
reach an agreement"
Major Gen. Allen Gullion, judge
advocate general of the army, has
been regarded in Washington as
the man most likely to get the
job.
1t was secretary Stmson who
recommended that the position Of
under-secretary of war be estab.
lished during periods of emer'
gency."
Legislation will be needed, and
a bill has been prepared for sub
mission to Congress. The legisla
tors recently authorized the ,ap-
pointnent of an under-secretary Of
the navy and James V. Forresta]
was named.
Under the current set-up, the as
sistant secretary of var is respon
sible for procuring guns, planes
tanks and all other items vital tt
the army. Stimson a under
stood to feel that the secretary O.
war should bear that responsibility
! with the right to allocate port; Is
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of it to an under secretary and as
sistant secretary.

of it to an under secretary and as
sistant secretary.
$1,000 Employed
Figures which Mr.. Roosevelt re-
ceived in the morning mail from
Secretary Morgenthau, who ad-
vised that he got them in turn
from the manufacturers, showed
that the aviation industry had 3D.
200 people on the payrolls in De-
cember, 1888, IS, 400 a year later,
and 100, 400 in August, 1910.
The tier of states from Maine to
Florida and the three Pacific coast
states still employ the bulk OF
workers in aviation plants. But in
the states lying between. employ
ment rose from 1900 in December,
1888, to 4,4OO in December, 1899,
and to 10, 500 last month.
There have been frequent indi'
cations that the administration was
DESTROYS of locating new defense
facilities, where it was practical.
in the interior and away from the
more vulnerable seaboards.
The President told me to tell
you," Early remarked to report
ers, that it is in this r e thai the
biggest gains from now on will be
made in the aircraft industry.
You all know that these are the
big agricultural bread basket
states, and they have raised objjec.
tons to the concentration of de-
tense plants and industri.. plants
on the seaboards because it was
taking the young men away from
the states and their homes and
adding them to spots already con-
gested.
$500 Jobs Provided
1.-The aviation industry alone, in
the last two years, has given en-
ployment to $500 men in that
area"
Morgenthau's statistics were cu.
perimposed on a map, which
showed that in California, Oregon
and Washington, the aircraft plants
had expanded employment from
10, 100 at the end of 1888 to 20, 600 at
the close of 1899, to $4,000 in A.
gust, 1910. The comparative rec
ord of Atlantic coast states showed
advances from 5000 to $4,000 tc
81, 800.
The latter states include all OF
New England, New York, Penn
sylvania, New Jersey City, Della
ware, Maryland, Virginia, the Car
olinas, Georgia and Florida. !
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England with brief moments Of
respite from air attack when ever
a storm ~intervenes to ground at.
tackers and defenders alike for
its duration.
1t cannot lessen, but only in
crease for England, however, the
horror of night air attack against
which no sure defense has been
found by any nation. There will
be month by month more hours
OF darkness and less of daylight
until mid-winter passes and the
added terrors of winter weather
to face for householders bombed
into the streets or shivering in
chilly air raid shelters.
The British charge Germany
with blind and promiscuous
bombing of London and other
cities. The known damage areas
thus far in London, so far as
censorship permits their disclos'
ure, seem to bear out the conten,
ton that the German attack is
primarily a war on British civilian
nerves. g.
Neither side has yet turned te
AL out" air warfare, however,
or to pattern bombing of great
cities to destroy them utterly. Thai
may be the next Nazi blow al
ENGLAND. Winter with its long
nights for operations would hell
not hinder such attack.
Pattern bombing means mark
ing off a great city on bomber
pilot charts into squares. To each
bomber group, certain squares
would be assigned for each raid
The pilots would fly to their ap'
pointed squares at high attitudes
They would need no sight of thei1
targets, relying exclusively on
their navigationa1 instruments te
reach an assigned square, ther
let go their loads of death anc
destruction-and come back an hour
later to blast the next square or
their maps.
That sort of attack has beer
pictured as the ultimate in an all
offensive against cities. 1t. would
be aimed at obliteration of the
whole city, not at any lesser tar
get. Long, winter nights would ia
cilitate, not hamper it's execution;
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CERNANS CLAIM
FACTORIES HIT
Continued from Pa-e One)

essential supply industries south
and east of London and "a;-ports
and other war-essential targets in
;ou,b and central England" were
attacked by smaller raiding squad
rCns.
One wave of British night raid
es was stopped approaching Ber-
lin BY way of the German Blight,
DNB said, and the other after pen
Grating western Germany as far
as Hanover.
The high command acknowl.
edged British Commandment OF
western German cities in which, il
said. /, civilians were killed, "nu-
mer0rs' others injured, several
garment houses destroyed and a
church cemetery hit.
It placed the cost yesterday OF
British air operations at IA planes
an. said only one German plane
gas missing.
Summarizing recent exploits Of
hree commerce : raiding German
submarines, the high command
said they had sunk IA merchant
men totalling 1852 tons. One Of
them, commanded by Lieut..
Commr. Bleichrodt, was credited
alone with having sunk nine ships
ntalling 5l,062 tons.
Informed sources, celebrating on
The conmunique, said British raid
es dropped eight explosive ar-d 4(
incendlary bombs which struck
residences in one hamlet in the
Moselle region and that others fel.
IN the Cologne-Aachen district.
Besides, they said, many incen'
diary cards (of phosphorus and gun
eotlon) were dropped on towns,
lsas and forests, but all apparent.
FEere picked UP before any dam
age was done.
The Nazi press also turned its
tire on Britain.
From the Old Testament we
learn that more than once on the
c'mrnand of God it is necessary tt
eradicate a whole generation
commented the Boersen Zeitung
May it not be possible that we
now are in an age of which the
0lole speaks in which it is neces'
vary to bring about a cleansing Of
peoples?"
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Man, Woman Killed
In Automobile Crash

ROCKINGHAM, Sept. q. Up
Harrison Freeman, 38, and Mrs. D.
M. Campbell, 81, both of East Rock
ingham, were killed today and four
persons injured in an automobile
accident three miles from here.
The injured are D. M. Campbell.
his three-year-old daughter, Frieda
Mae, Douglas Carpenter and Bill
Mishaw. They, too, are from East
Rockingham.
Freeman, Carpenter and Mishaw
were in one car. The Campbells
were in the other.
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PIT. AS Tag Sale
Brings In Sis Here

A total of $115 was raised yes
terday by the >annual Parent
Teacher association tag sale.
Officers of the association ex-
pressed their appreciation OF the
generous response to the appeal
for funds to carry on the PIT. A.
program in the various schools OF
the county.
Miss Marilyn Lewis won the
prize for the greatest number OF
tags sold by any Individual. gibbs
Holmes was second. !
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DRAWN OUT
WAR PREDICTED
,.,rces Favor British Vic
torv. U. S. General Says
On Return

DISTINCTION, Sept. 21- Up -
~,odiction that the European
:, would be a long drawn OUT
,sict. with chances favoring
WI Britain, was made today by
leader General George V.
,..s,o. on his return to the War
..rtment for a months observa-
inn in England.
sropg, chief of the general STAFF S
ssr plans division, said mo halt
W. solution, no compromise soIu-
inn, was likely.
DV There can be only one of. two
.,.,lts. either complete breaking
y If Britain as an empire, or
.snolete obliteration of nazi in
s"snce in Europe" he contended.
Strong talked with reporters aft
:, reporting to Secretary Stimson
'aon his arrival from New York,
rnpre he, Major General Delos c.
S,nrnops of the air corps and other
nsrnbers of a special army mis-
.;on landed yesterday from a
,rsns,Atlantic plane.
.Basically, English morale is
,;oh he said. The people are a
,rit behind Prime Minister Church
IL Thew are cheerful but grimly de-
.armined to see the war through
ND IN remove once and for all the
ss7i menace from Europe. And l
think they can get away with it.
Personally, l believe the British
m not want military assistance
t-orn the United States as far as
hanover is concerned. They do
want the munitions we can pro-
iuce for them"
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Still Active

Mount Vesuvius, estimated to be
10, 900 years old, has nothing in
it's history to suggest it &c on = il?
wane, since one of its greatest
eruptions was in 1906.
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FATAL CRASH

OXFORD, Sept. IL R james
r. Hughes, %, Oxford truck driver.
was killed today near Petersburg.
Va, when his truck ran down an
embankment.
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War VS.. Traffic Accidents
The number of Americans killed
in traffic accidents dur ng the last
II years is greater by far than
the number killed in all the wars
that the nation ever has Uee1 in. 8
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WEATHER
Continued fro Page One)

WASHINGTON, September 21.-R-
Weather bureau records Of temperature
and rainfall for the "a hours ending 8
D. m., in the principal cotton-growlng
areas and elsewhere:
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AS used today by realtors, our
word "lot" comes from the Pill
grims drawing lots for a division
of ground,
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ALI rain falls within 3 10 days
O." change in the moon, but
OILY because there is a change
every seven days. 2
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differentiation of automobile
tires is more dangerous than over.
initiation. Q
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Sky Invaders Have Orders
To Commit Sabotage Acts.
Berlin Sources Declare
300-Plone Germon Air Armada Strikes
Al Dover and Southeast Britoin;
Raj Ruids Milan and Turin
INVADERS FLOAT Down

Home guards organized especially capture para
ehutist today searching for acveal Germans who
hailed out of arplancs In southeast England while IN he
Midands Another hunt for tho Of several
paraehutes-perhaps scrmana-found there
AT Berlin German quarters said parachutsts had
been landed in England 10 sabotage british dsfsnses
The parachutstr. informed German quarters said.
landed In the vicinity Of Manchester and Birm-
ingham. 10 carry out sabotage In that rich Industrial
sector
Only a few parachutsts were landed Il was said and
Naz official refused 10 give any Information
corning them
one home guard captured German arman with
injured foot IN Sussex but At least five others believed
hiding in woods
British military quarters. while admitting dis
coyery Of paraehnes In the Mldands. said they had
no confirmation Of reports that Of II landed
paraehutisis had been captured.
The ministry of home security had admitted IN
announcement that paraehues, apparently dropped
from aircraft. found In two Of England and
one Of Scotland last night
The ministry said widespread search Of the two
had not disclosed evidence that any parachntaa actually
had landed. but that the search continuing
The paraohutcs which found being examined
by aviation experts Eleven Of the paraehuea aid
to have been found In the Midands region
II was said unoffieiaIy thai the paraehues were
of type which differed from those employed BY
parachutiss In Belgium and Holland One report
that the pararhutes capable Of supporting
load Of 400 pounds each.
In the vicinity of north MidlC ads village between
rs and 20 parachues found after several hours
Of German air activity In the vicinity. farmer who found
several his land said he had Of any para
ehutizts and suggested II might be a German hoax
3OO-pane armada Of The German air force struck at
Dover and the southeast British coast today. as Britain
sayagey bombed Italian plane works and German and
industrial centers.
The battle the chalk cliffs u Dover fought among
low hanging clouds, thought by observers 10 have
been one Of the greatest AIR engagements Of tbs
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Anthony L. Stella, secretory
of the Century Amusement
corporation, colled OF Mayor
Horny Coins office lote yester-
doy to present him with the
$500 check which will Toxic
Miss Washington" to the
1910 Miss America" beauty
pooeont in Atlantic City in
September. However, both
Stello and the mayor ran into
trouble for there wos Peggy
Mason, Tocomo's condidote
for the Miss Washington"
title. trying TO put the "erob"
on the Jackpot. However,
Mayor Coin hos the situotion
we'll in hand and no one will
get thot check until the judges
hove announced the winner Of
the stote finols, which will be
held this coming Saturday,
August II, in the Century
ballroom. One Of the most
colorful shows in the city's his
tory is promised.
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Attacking Blue Army Meets
Resistance Along Deschuies

Advance elements OF Blue and
Red armies made first battle con-
facts Wednesday at a bridgehead
on the Deschutes river between
Tenino and Yelm.
MAJ. Gen. Walter p. story's at
lacking Blues met resistance at
the first important stream 10 be
crossed II they are 10 succeed In
an invasion Of Red territory
north of the Deschutes.
Maj. Gen. George A. Whites
Reds received their orders 10 ad-
vance at 8 o'clock Tuesday eve
ming. What has happened since
then Is shrouded In command
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British Insist on
Tiqhi Blockade

LONDON The British are will
ing TO DO everything IN their
power 10 relieve European food
shorfages-after the war
But. until Adolf Hitler II de-
feated. they say. the British viii
not relax their blockade ~ the
continent 20 permit passage OF
food ships whose eargoes might.
directly or indirectly. aid Germany
In prosecution Of the war.
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posts. army base headquarters and
the umpires rookery at Yelm.
All that Is known 10 press cor
respondents IL that roads we're
clogged with troop conveys Tues
day night m the two vast bodies
Of infantry. artillery and auxiliary
forces moved toward each other
under cover Of all the darkness
they could ehisci out Of a brightly
moonlit night
Here In a wide angle south of
Tacoma and east Of Olympia. first
stages Of q battle Of major pro-
portions are developing a. a train
ing mAneuyers for some 1000
Continued on Page 10, Column ~
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Soldier Is Injured
In Truck Accident

CHEHAIIs-Private George r.
Station Of Vancouver Barracks
was In critical condition in hos
pital Wednesday from injuries suf-
fered in a truck accident during
Pacific Northwest war games.
Driving without ligbts during q
blsckout test, the truck missed .
bridge approach ten miles south
Of chehalis and turned over sew
eral times. Lieut.. Donald Lloyd
Of Vancouver Barracks escaped
injury.
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Sinclair. s.0ls: Frank Adams.
LAP: Elyin Dulansy. l.i5i. ana
Frank y. Dotson. / .04s.
Taylor, who eampaigned the
state In a trailer-honse ana enter
tanned prospective voters with
cowboy and hiIlbiliy tunes had
ii,sii votes In returns from 40
out Of the states Tsz precincts,
Only a few votes behind was
James Boutwell,. Twin Fails county
district Judge with 1888. and
George Donart, wslser attorney.
with ii57i.
Republican Senator John Thomas
walked away with his party's
nomination 10 serve the two years
remaining In the term Of the late
Sen. william 4. Borah. Thomas
had z2.5T5 votes. compared 10
400 for his nearest opponent. Abe
Golf 81 Moscow. Five other
aapirants were far behind.
The three-way neck and-neck
battle for the Democratic sena-
torial nomination was simulated
in the Republican first district
congress race Unofficial returns
from I'll out Of 100 precincts gave
Edward Caffnsy. Of orofno. s.szf.
and DR. Kez r. Henson. u coeBr
d'Alene. 5.sIs
Incumbent Republican Q. A
Bottoifsen received 1859 votes In
the Republican RBber natorisi
bracket His opponent. Thomas
HeDougaii 81 Boise. ran up a
protest vote Of 5.7zi.
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Plans faf alterations snd Al.
fitians % tas Pierce eoinfY s0s-
pitai as authorized ~ a thrss-
mil levy voted AZ tas lat slse-
ton. Hffs n ne hanas n ths
county commissioner Wednesday.
Ths plans more than % page.
u blue prinfa and Instructions
ssrs drawn - ne Tacoma aren't
tselarai firm. Mock a Morrison.
Ths WORK NIu coat approximately
m fisli amount u ths isgy. about
tzz5 900
Commissioner. studying the
plans. said a call Zoe bllis probably
would b. made neat week.
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Last Survivor Of Siege Of Lucknow
And Indian Mutiny in 1857 Passes

Palmer saw q cannon ball
crash through the window Of
his fathers residence and Kin
his sister.
Despite his youth. he helped
carry messages and ammuni-
ton for the British troops, and
was afterwards awarded the
Lucknow medal for bravery.
After serving with the Inn
perisI army and a. q famine
relief official In India. he went
10 England In 1907 and retired
70 the Cowfchan district Of
British Columbia eight years
later. Funeral viii be held At
QuAmiehan, b. c. Thursday.
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BASEBALL
FINALS
NATIONAL LEAGUE

First game:
New York 900 900 900 0oI-I 3 ]
Boston 900 900 900 600 S
Hubbell and o'Dea; Erickson
and Berries.
Cincinnati at Chicago. post
poned. rain.
First game:
Philadelphia. 900 100 so1--5 0 0
Brooklyn. -. 1o1 OIL I0x--6 . 0
81 johnson. Frye 90. Beck ~
and Warren: Fitzsimmons. Casey
"a, Carleton te) and Phelps.
Second game:
New York 900 900 600 8
Boston 49,. 600 Ola I0x--s . I
Cumbert. Lynn 90 and Dan
ming: Sslvo and Berries.
Pittsburgh at st. Louis, night
game.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston $3.50. 200 900 1O0-s 6 I
New York 0o2 900 silks N Q
johnson. Galehouse 80 and
Foxx: Ruffing and Rosar.
Washington 010 0lO lez-5 III I
philadelphia. 900 zi0 eoe-s ! 4
Chase and Early; Potter and
Hayes.
Chicago at cleveland d, night
game.
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end. iiartispsoi. iioufnemOuth and
Plymouth. arms works AZ Ezstsr
and Bristol. 81 TANKS 81 North
killiaKhAfn. ard alfifsmss Al East
church. DsilnE. Marlborough.
AnfiaVef. Oldham and htlddls Wal.
bop bombed : outpost ships znd 2
fCoutinusd On Page 10 Column -
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Wants 10 Extend
Benefits Of SIS.

wAsIffsGTOs sen. Robert y.
Wagner. D. ~ r.. Wednesday tn
tfedsesd legislation Hbich would
bring approximately 10 1000 200 al
flilonai workers under IN eaeial
security al anf inefeass fhs
amount ~ federal funds agallabls
fgr distribution 20 ''paofsf'' states
DE inffoiuesd ths BAN On me
fifth anniversary ~ ths original
soelai security act. shleh ~ also
spanaafsd II ne senate
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ACTION CAN BE FAST
Monsieur X on
Trial in France

RON, France-The Petain gov
ernment's supreme court began
Wednesday an exhaustive study of
French policies of the last 20
years, in an effort TO determine
why France entered the war and
to fix the punishment for leaders
deemed responsible for her mill
tary defeat.
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Metro Coldwyn-MaYer
Barred From Germany

BERLN-The propaganda min
istry announced today II had
ordered the Berlin office Of Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer company TO with
draw all its films from circulation
in Greater Germany" by tomor-
row. regardless Of contracts
1t was announced the order was
issued because Of Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer production Of anti
German films"
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Duncan, b. Cast surv1-
yor Of the Indian mufiny and
the siege Of Lucknow In 1857
was dead here today.
He was Charles George
Palmer, IS. veteran Of the
British imperial army.
Palmer was q son Of Gen
eral Henry Palmer, and WIS
born In the Punjab. When his
mother died In 1856, he ae-
oompanied his fathers unit
the 4sth native infantry, TO
Lucknow.
During the famed siege Of
that town % years ago
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ESTIMATE sxprssE

TAFT estimated annual cost n
ths expanded dsfsnss forces would
reach 1900 900. 0oo. an Increase If
5000. 900 900 over current "a
prnss
Taft asserted that probably more
wealthy youths would ~ into ths
army via volunteering than under
a draft system. Since Inc rich
are about tNo per cent u the total.
Il IL stiil true that - per cent a
hos drafted are going 70 - ths
boys without means" hs argued
n D; l. necessary 10 draft sol
eisrs now. he asked. why not uss
eompulsion 70 get men Tor other
essential tasks ?" fis cited ne need
Of men In airplans plants. ship
yards. and othsf dsfsnss indus
tries.
The secretary s4id ths need for
eOnscriptIou Uas tNO-f0id
IA Psychological" need Tor
teaching young Americans ths
price ~ which their liberties are
held the price u sacrifice
30 train men 10 operate the
4 war instruments ths nation i