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Present Army q Foundation
Need Seen for Strong MiIitory Force
At Leost for Several Generations

bone-yes, and the heart and soul
of the Army Of the future, the
Army that will carry on when the
present emergency is over. The de-
fense of this Nation, with its vast
interests, its wealth, its resources,
its far-f1ung territorial spread, can
no longer be entrusted to a mere
skeleton Army such as we have hith-
erto maintained in time of peace.
The world grown smaller, the time
element grows shorter; there is no
longer any surety that there will be
time to clothe such a skeleton in
the flesh and blood of trained men
and ready weapons which alone can
give it life.
Secure Bases Are Vital.
Navies and air forces cannot
function without secure bases, and
only an army can make those bases
secure, at home or abroad. Thus
we or Britain would be quite help
less to act now in the Far East
with naval and air power alone,
were 1t not for the fact that the
Philippines, Hong Kong, Hawaii,
Singapore and the Netherlands In
dies are garrisoned by strong forces
of highly trained troops which must
be dislooged by any potential enemy
before our naval and air forces can
be denied the use of those base
positions. Likewise we should, If
any enemy were to seize by a sud-
den descent a base position in this
hemisphere, be quite helpless to dis
lodge him unless we had trained
and equipped troops with which to
drive him out, under the cover of
the fire of our ships and aircraft.
The fire alone would not dislodge
him. Crete was taken by German
soldiers, not by German bombs,
while Malta, far more exposed, in
cessantly bombed, still remains in
British hands.
For the future, We shall always,
as far as can be foreseen, need an
Army adequate to the grave re-
sponsibilities which a troubled fu-
ture may impose upon it. We ought
not therefore to think of what we
are doing now solely as provision
against a present emergency, need
full though it be thus to provide; we
morrow and tomorrow and tomor-
row We shall reap the fruits Of our
immediate labors, and that the SOL
dier of today is not only the guard
ian of the present but also the
pioneer of our future security.
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War Games to Delay
Louisiunu School Dute
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BATON ROUGE, La, Aug. IA
The Louisiana State Education De-
partment, at the request of Army
headquarters, has advised schools
in the vast Louisiana Army ma
neuvers area. comprising half the
State, to postpone opening of classes
from two weeks TO a month.
After serious consideration" said
John M. Foote of the education de-
partment, lit was decided that there
would be considerable danger to
school children going to and from
school. particularly in school buses.
with the roads crowded with troop
conveys"
Approximately 100000 troops will
participate in the war games in
September.
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ton rather thanMaJ. G. Fielding Eliot.
an emergency structure for tenn
porary shelter from storm that
will pass. Emergency considerations
have been we'll to the forefront, so
much SO as to obscure that distant
view which there has hardly, in any
case, been time to contemplate.
Yet in so far as foresight is
possible, it is plain enough that we
face a troubled future, in world,
in which it is doubtful whether this
generation or the next will see any
possible chance of dispensing with
powerful armed forces for our Sc
curity. Looking backward, it seems
madness that we should have ap-
preached the turn of the century
with a regular Army Of $4,000 men,
that we should have spent the
greater part of the halcyon 20s
with little more than 100000 troops
under arms and with nothing which
could be called an organized field
force in the continental United
States. 1t is unlikely to be so again.
The average citizen has begun
to look outward, has commenced,
greatly against his will, to consider
the position and responsibility of
the United States as great power
in relation to the other great pow
erS of the world He is beginning
to realize that that position cannot
be maintained, nor that respon-
sibility discharged, without the ele-
ment OF force to underlie and sup
port American diplomacy, even
though it be not actually applied in
every case And he is also begin
ming to understand that the force
must be adequate in quality, size
and distribution to command full
respect.
Will Need Army Long Time.
In plain words, we shall need an
Army for a long time to come, a
much larger Army than We have
been accustomed to maintain, and
an Army in a far higher state of
immediate readiness for action. Just
what the organization and details
of that Army should be, is a mat
ter for far more detailed considera-
tion that could be given within the
scope Of this article; the point to be
made is that the draftee now under
training is not a temporary volun-
teer called up to extinguish a forest
fire, but a member of a permanent,
trained fire department which will
continue to exist after he has left
1t and to the building of which he
is making invaluable present contri-
bution-and in which he may, II
he so chooses, find a future career
OF profit and usefulness.
The draftees of today are indeed
the pioneers of the Army of to-
morrow, the Army which will be
an essential ingredient of our ma
tional security program. The train
ing which he receives and the spirit
with which he undergoes that train
ing will contribute to the building
of military units which will have
continued life and which will con-
tinue, in one form or another, to
be a part of that living organism,
the Army Of the United States, long
after many OF the young men whose
service was yesterday extended have
tucked their honorable discharges in
their pockets and returned to civil
ian pursuits. Many Of them, Of
course, will stay in the Army. The
increase In mechanization demands
an increase in the proportion Of nom
commissioned officers and specialist
ratings which will serve to make
the Army as attractive a career as
the Navy has been for many years.
These young men will be the back
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lattOn. At least
we S h a ii not
have the founda-
ton of our mill
tary power un-
dermined a n d
the work of the
past year frit-
tered away. 1t
does not seem to
be ge n e + l y
r e liz d that
this pres e n t
Army is in very
truth a founda-
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on any change in the conference
report. This sort of thing had been
talked about in the Capitol cor
ridors and may account for the
large record vote cast against the
1e months proposal, which many
members really thought would be
defeated and then restored in the
conference committee. The Admin
istration, however, took no chances
and rallied its forces to win. Had
greater pressure been exerted by the
Administration, the majority for the
bill would have been larger. But
since the Administration leaders saw
Evening star., 1941-08-14
This Changing World
U.S.. Keeps Watch Over Martinique,
But Pluns No Immediate Moves

ever since the blockade has been
lifted and the United States
started feeding the islands. But
he said frankly all the time that
in the event we decide to take
the islands and his government
orders him to resist, he will do so.
This at least was the situation
last week, before Petain decided
to forget his promise to the
French people that defeated
France would remain neutral for
the rest Of the conflict.
Thus even if the United States
Government, in agreements with
the Latin American govern
ments. decides that Martinique
must be taken into protective
custody until the end of the war,
it is probable that Admiral Rob-
ert will be given time to think
things over. From the naval
point Of view this does not pre-
sent any dangers.
May Take Over Ships.
But while the State Depart
ment is pondering the question
of the occupation of Martinique
other measures regarding France
might be taken shortly.
There are today IL French
merchantmen in American har-
bors. These have not been taken
over as has been the case with
the ships of other countries
which have associated them
selves voluntarily or otherwise
with the Axis powers.
The Vichy government is said
to have foreseen this possibility
and following the urgent advice
of Berlin it is getting ready to
sabotage these ships, which in
cludes the pride of the French
merchant marine, the Normandie.
Scores of secret agents are re-
ported to have come to the United
States during the last six months.
The State Department has found
that the best policy was to humor
the Vichy government and has
not denied visas to individuals
who were sent here camouflaged
as representatives of the Boy
Scout movement or ION business"
Some have been indulging in
propaganda for Vichy. Others
had more definite assignments,
such as preparing the ground for
the sabotaging of the French
vessels. This is not possible I'M
less the officers and crews who
man the ships are willing to obey
orders from Vichy. These orders
already have been issued, but the
men had to be humored to induce
them to do a thorough job.
Agents Talk With Sailors.
Vichy agents spend much time
in the cafes on the water front
in New York where the crews
gather every day. The sailors are
being told that the British are
responsible for their plight and
for the plight of their families in
France. They are told that the
Germans are doing their utmost
TO relieve the food situation and
that the Nazi government even
goes as far as to give food to the
poor French families from the
Reich's larder.
This propaganda is naturally
making an impression on these
Frenchmen who are longing to
return to La Belle France.
The Free French representa-
tives are doing little-if any
thins-to Offset the Vichy propa-
ganda.
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Term Oh military
service for the
drafted t"oops.
The D e m o.
cratic party, by a
vote OF 1872 to 65,
voted to extend
the term of serv-
ice by 18 months,
while the Re-
publican p ar t y
voted, l33 at q,
a & a / n S t the
measure. Which
will We to
have heen the
Evening star., 1941-08-14
BY GOULD LINCOLN.

BY GOULD LINCOLN.
G.. o. P. in this year 1941
stands for grand old politics. The
Republican party in Congress is
making a sorry record as the
Nation faces grave. dangers. One
hundred and thirty three Repub-
lican members of the House
voted on Tuesday against the
Army service extension bill.
Twenty-one Republicans had the
vision and the patriotism to sup
port the measure. Had there
been two less votes for the bill,
it Gould have been defeated. 1t
is a safe bet that had that
happened, the Republicans who
thought they were playing smart
politics would have been very,
very i'll. 1t is an old axiom in
politics-legislative politics-that
1t is safe to vote against a
measure which is unpopular in
some quarters, but which is sure
to carry, despite the negative
votes. 1t is quite another thing,
however, to vote against a meas
ure tied up SO intimately with
national welfare as the service
extension bill and defeat it.
Had the measure been defeat
ed, the blame would have gone
to the Republican party. And
those Republicans in the House
who opposed it would have been
holding the bag. They would
have been on a hot spot. They
would have succeeded in turning ,
back a measure which the Presi-
dent and the Army's highest Of
f1cers have repeatedly said is
essential for the safety of the
country. They would have sue
ceeded in making this country
look like 80 cents in the eyes
of its potential enemies-the
Axis powers. What the Latin
American peoples would have
thought would have been that
the United States, preaching so
greatly about the defense of the
Western Hemisphere, had no
serious intention of going through
with hemiSpherical defense.
Here was no question of en-
trance of the United States into
the wars in Europe and in Asia.
Here was only a question of
adequate national defense. And
the great majority of the Re-
publicans in the House, under
Republican leadership. turned
their backs squarely on the meas
ure. Gen. George C. Marshall
had testified that unless the
draftees and National Guardsmen
and reServiStS were retained in
the service, two-thirds of the
American Army would have been
demobilized. This is no Joking
matter, with the country threat
ened from both the East and the
West. The Republicans knew or
should have known that Japan is
so moving in the Far East as to
become more and more of
menace to this country and its
interest. They should have known
that NaZi Germany is driving
ever westward, and has forced
the present French government
into a new declaration of col
laboration', which means in all
probability that the Nazis will
get naval and air bases in Dakar
that part of Africa nearest the
Western Hemisphere. Yet they
stuck to their opposition to re-
tanning the Army intact-an
Army that is still only partially
trained. Either they were dumb
or worse.
Time For Unity.
If ever there was q period in
the history of the United States
when politics in international
affairs should be absent. this is
the period. If ever there was a
period when every step looking
to adequate national defense
should be taken, this is it. For
any political party, under such
circumstances, to deliberately cast
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the political aspects and desired to
avoid embarrassments to members
mailing from isolationist sections OF
the country, the final vote was
closer than 1t otherwise would have
been. The close vote does not by
any means reflect the sentiment of
the House on any concrete issue
relating to the emergency but
merely reflects the domestic politics
of the draft and bet that in No.
vember, 1S42, the war will be over
or that the issue will have been
superseded by other issues far more
controlling in the voters minds.
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Evening star., 1941-08-14
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.


No immediate steps are planned
by the administration in regard
TO the French possessions in the
Caribbean Sea. A number of
American naval units have been
watching Martinique and Guade-
loupe for the last few months.
These are ready to close in and
take the islands whenever the
Government decides that this is
necessary.
But for the time being, it is
said in well-informed quarters,
such a step is not contemplated.
Evening star., 1941-08-14

States, now Is
the time for US
to pitch in and
help them out.
A man can't
stay in WASH
ington two or
three days as I
h a v e without
feeling sorry for
our lawmakers.
Night and day,
with no regard
for themselves,
t.hPv are work.
ing to think up
Evening star., 1941-08-14
BY MAI. GEORGE FIELDING
ELIOT.

The passage of the Draft Exten-
sion Act, even by the slim majority
which the House saw fit to accord
it, is a matter for public congratu-
Evening star., 1941-08-14

HE opinions of the riters this their not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented in The
Stars effort oUe all sides OF questions of interest to its
readers although such opinions be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
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McLemore-
Wants Us to Help
Tax Boosters
BY HENRY McLEMORE.

II we love our legislators and We
must because we elected them and.
with our own money, gave them
trip to the Capital OF the United
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There is no immediate danger
that the new ally of France-the
Reich-will use these bases.
Diplomatically, it is believed
that a precipitated action would
have a bad effect. For the time
being, although nobody has any
hopes any longer that France
will remain neutral in this war,
for appearance sake at least,
Marshal Petain will go slowly in
putting into effect his co-opera-
ton with the Reich. Although
public opinion is stifled in France,
the Vichy rulers must take care
not to go too far on the limb.
Hence their cooperation with
the Reich is going to be gradual.
In diplomatic quarters it is felt
that if we went into Martinique
just to show our displeasure with
Vichy, this would give that gov
ernment a splendid opportunity
to tell the people of France that
America has become an aggres-
sor. The Germans would then
be invited to enter North Africa
and send forces to Casablanca
and Dakar to protect these vital
ports against an eventual Amer
lean and British aggression.
1t is realized in responsible
quarters in Washington that this
will be the final result of the
new French-German co-opera-
ton. But many diplomats here
would prefer to have few weeks
or months respite before the
Germans actually enter the West
African ports and establish them
selves with their air force and
submarines there. Many things
could happen within the next few
weeks.
Able Admiral in Command.
But there is another reason
which makes operations against
the French Caribbean possessions
doubtful at the present time.
The French feet composed of
two cruisers and an airplane car
rier is under the command of an
able French naval officer, Ad-
miral Robert.
He has been on the best of
terms with the American Of
ficials, who include naval officers.
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Draft Vote
Political
Gamble
1912 Elections Muy
Tell How Citizens
Regard House Action
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

The biggest political gamble of
decade was taken by members of
the House of Representatives in
their vote on the extension of the
Evening star., 1941-08-14

If ever there was q period in
the history of the United States
when politics in international
affairs should be absent, this is
the period. If ever there was a
period when every step looking
to adequate national defense
should be taken, this is it. For
any political party, under such
circumstances, to deliberately cast
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-03

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YNFANTILE PARALYSIS

YNFANTILE PARALYSIS
 In the majority of cases infan- tile paralysis is Q mild and perhaps unrecognized iilness-that Is, 1t may pass as "cold" or grip" and the illness may escape recognition, es- pecially in view of the fact that 1t leaves no evident paralysis or weakness. Tn time of an outbreak of many cases of infantile paralysis 1t is wise to be suspicious of any mild illness that purport to be Q "cold" or grip" Tn fact the in- telligent parent should always be suspicious of such Illness, at least enough to be on the alert for any unusual manifestation, keeping ever in mind the fact that "cold" or grip" is not . diagnosis Of an illness but merely meaningless label to apply when you do not know what Is the matter.
 During an epidemic many carriers and persons with mild undiasnosed polIomyelitis (infantlle paralysis) probably spread the disease unin- tentionally and unknowingly. It IS in the earlier stage, the stage ot onset, before the patient feels III enough to give up to take to bed, that this disease, like most other respiratory infections. is most read fly spread from person to person.
 It is practlcically impossible to isolate each child during an cpl. demic. The best precaution is prob ably a kind of partial isolation That is, keep the child from un- necessary contact with other per- sons, especially persons or children with whom the child has not been in contact regularly, say in school It may be safer to keep a child in school where he comes In contact only with persons who haven't the disease or are not carriers, than to remove the child from school and perhaps permit him to come in con- tact with new persons or groups who may possibly be carriers.
 Certainly a child should not be permitted to attend the movies, church or Sunday school when po- lIornyeiitis is epidemic. Nor should the child be taken on trips by any means of travel.
 Again say it is wise to be es- pecially suspicious of all alleged "coids" when infantile paralysis is prevalent in the community.
 Swimming itself is all right. but the. child should not enter a swim miEg pool used by many people when infantle paralysis is prevail ent. for the water may be contam- mated.
 Whether a physician is called or not. every one must remember that 1t Is necessary to report every case or suspected case of infartile par alysis to the local health officer or health department.
 The virus of the disease is gen. erally conveyed via spray infection -ln visible or anvisibly fine drop lets of moisture or mucus given of from nose aud mouth in coughing, sneezing and talking. There is some evidence that the infection is con- veyed also via water Gas in 6 con- taiminated swimming pool) and perhaps by files.
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