Nogales international., 1941-11-14
No Expeditionary Force

1t across the ACanClc In the second place, we maven
sufficiently large forces of trained soldiers to send
And in the third place, if we had the ships and the
trained soldiers, we haven't the armament for them
to use for effective fighting.
So there you are without ships, without soldiers,
without armament. And we are not going to have
either the ships, the trained soldiers the arna
ment for two or three years. By that time II. all
probability, the war will be over.
There is no point, therefore, at the present time,
in seriously discussing the matter of expedtionary
force being sent to Europe.
There is considerable agitation in England about
sending expedtionary force to the continent The
British are in much the same situation as ourselves
They have neither ships, the men, the arma-
ment What ships the British have at their command,
they need for transportation of munitions and food,
of both Of which they have shortage.
Although Britain has large contingent of dis
cpned and seasoned soldiers, she hasn't enough OF
them to get anywhere in combat with the forces the
Germans have available in the field. When it comes
to armament they are about as badly off We are
ourselves And their great hue and cry is for us to
send them more tanks, more planes, more guns.
Although we are tearing our shirts to help them
to these things, their complaint is that are not
supplying them with enough
When William Jennings Bryan was secretary of
state in the Wilson administration, he is said to have
remarked that America was in no danger, for a mil
lion men would spring to arms over night for our
defense.
The folly of his statement became very evident
when America began to prepare to put army In the
field In the days when men fought with swords and
rifles America could produce million warriors over
night.
Today, men fight with planes and tanks, and
planes and tanks must be made and men must be
trained to use them.
Planes and tanks cannot be built at the rate Of a
million over night nor men be trained to use them at
million over night.
Germanys great advantage in the present war
lies in the fact that years spent in Great
ing her army, and her success has been due to the
fact that during the years she was creating her
army France and England and the other European
peoples were neglecting to do so.
us. health aide says Uncle Sam may have to
ration food Prices are making folks do their own
rationings
Considering the thickness of some lipstick we've
seen "crack a smile is right.
Most people are more interested in pay day than
in making every day pay
Beauty secret: Keeping your nose out of other
peoples business prevents it from becoming flat
Just for fun check UP on the next bushel of wheat
you buy There are $4,000 seeds in a bushel.
There's even a bright side to the new income tax
be thankful you won't be taxed on what you think
you're worth.
No girls complexion is pretty enough for man
to wear ON his lapel
Science is using the tough ends Of asparagus
stalks for defense products This should be encour
aged-some day they may find some defense for us
against spinach
Wouldn't it help national economy and speed up
armament progress if sword swalowers could be per-
suaded to 90 on diet of used razor blades?
The hats this winter seem to be woman's clown
ing glory.
How about a slight pause in the war for nation
Identification?