Evening star., 1940-08-05
Knox, Calling Draft
Vital, Says 'h'sLaier
Than You Think
Patterson, Adler Also
Urge CONSUMPTION;
Legislators Debate
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-Secretary
OF the Navy Knox believes adequate
defense is much greater than q
Navy problem" and that the proper
protection OF the United States re-
quires compulsory military service.
I'VE must be prepared to defend
all we have and all We are or perish
as free people," he said in q radio
speech yesterday. This is not q
choice of our making. It has been
forced upon us.
ut Is later than you think"
Secretary Knox spoke with Robert
p. Patterson, new Assistant Sec
retary of War, and Col. Julius Ochs
Adler, civilian aide to the War Sec
retary. in a radio symposium ar
ranged by the Military Training
Camps Association and broadcast
nationally over c. B. s.
In the past we have resorted to
compulsory service whenever the
Nation was threatened" Mr.. Knox
said. To-day we cannot wait until
war is upon us. It will be too late. !"
"The Democratic Ways
Mr.. Patterson said an army of
1900 900 men is needed.
"All experience of the War De-
partment, past and present, in peace
and in war. indicates that such a
number cannot be recruited on a vol
untary basis. The only certain way
OF getting these men is to adopt a
system of compulsory military train
ing.
He asserted that voluntary enlist
ment placed the burden on the "pa-
triotic few" while compulsory train
Ing extends it to ALL" It is the
democratic way" Mr.. Patterson
>contended.
Col. Adler said:
Reports from circles in Washing
ton, letters from the Middle West,
whisperings from the shadows tell
us that there is little cause for
alarm; that America is in no danger
OF attack; that there is plenty of
time to wait for more definite signs
Of trouble.
These are the same fallacies that
made vassal lands of most of
Europe. They are the same fallacies
that will dull America into deep
sleep, if allowed to persist.
Train without fighting now, or
tight without training later.
"Only Hope Of Quarantining War"
Our hope of quarantining this
vast struggle (the European war;
Col. Knox said, land keeping it out
OF the Western Hemisphere rests al
most entirely on the success of our
efforts to build our defenses on such
a scale and with enough speed that
no combination of international
brigands would dare to test our
striking power"
Calling the war titanic strug-
gle" for domination of the entire
western world, Col. Knox said an
"unprepared" United States is
isolated amid it-not from the
turmoil and danger
"' Our problem of defense
today in the light of what has
transpired in Europe is much
greater than a sea problem. It is
clearly a matter of developing all
our land, sea and air forces If we
are to meet new methods of at
tack. ."
g" Until we get our two-ocean
Navy-and that is matter of four
years or more-land and air forces
have an overall value and an i'm
portance that cannot be. overesti-
Judge Patterson said "the prin-
cipal objection to voluntary enlist
ment is that it is undemocratic.
I'm return for equal rights and
equal privileges q democracy de-
mands of its citizens equal duties
and equal sacrifices. The obliga-
tion to defend America falls with
impartial justice upon every citi-
zen"
Two Of 18 Governors Opposed.
The National Emergency Com
mittee of the Military Training
Camps Association announced,
meanwhile, that only two of the
first 10 Governors to reply to a
QUESTIONABLE regarding compulsory
training did not approve the plan.
Gov. c. A. Bottolfsen of Idaho
said voluntary enlistment should
be completely exhausted" before
action was taken on compulsory
training, and Gov. Neis H Smith of
Wyoming said compulsory training
should be a ''last resort"
States whose Governors approved
the plan were Alabama, Arizona,
California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana,
Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nevada,
New Jersey, New York, North Caro-
lima, Oregon, Rhode Island, South
Carolina and Washington.
legislators Debate Draft.
Speaking in a radio forum from
Washington, Representative Fish,