Evening star., 1942-09-21

HS"i' SheDSs"A~' AlAdllIS llnFC oCCA
for years in selling their products.
To save our skins In a war OF sur
vival We have to have the sans
sort of treatment that apple growers
employ to get every one to MUNICH an
apple, florists use to peddle flowers.
and paint companies use to brighten
up houses and barns.
We just won't save scrap iron
every day because our country needs
1t. No, We must have a save scrap
iron week. launched by celebrities
at luncheon, with speeches by tne
celebrities, and pictures of the
celebrities smilingly throwing bits OF
scrap iron on bits OF scrap iron,v
We know what blood plasnia
means to our fighters, but there
must be special weeks" to rally
us to the cause. The same goes Tor
all of the other things that our
country needs to fight off the most
savage enemies 1t has ever faced.
Therell come time-and may the
Lord hasten the day-when we won't
think in weeks" but in seconds
Well Have to Answer. s.
AS 1t. Comdr. Bulkley explained
in recent interview, the men who
gave their lives in the Philippines
were fighting delaying action
fighting for time. The time was
for us at home. Some day We'll
have to answer as to what we dad
with it. a.
Can you imagine the Russians
having to pep up the defenders Of
their soil with special "weeks?" Can
you picture them having to resort
to such measures when their men,
women and children were In the
streets Of Stalingrad, In the attics
and cellars Of their homes, in hand
to-hand combat with the enemy?
The same enemy, mind you. that
we'll have to lick to win. And how
would We like to know that the
Chinese, in their gallant stand
against the Japs, had been forced
to adopt a Please, do what you
can week" to keep going.
To change the subject, Is there
any law against simplicity in this
country? Is there any line or
phrase, tucked deep down In the
Constitution, that forbids the solv-
ing of national problem the easy
way? We ask this because of the
debate that Is now going on as to
the merits Of the airplanes that We
are building.
Some say our fighters and bomb
ers are the best in the world. and
have definite advantage over the
planes Of our enemies. Others are
equally firm in the statement that
our planes are inferior, and that
only the skill and bravery of our
pilots have enabled them to hold
their own.
'Ay ANot HSh tIIC T1OkS.
This argument has been going on
1or quite a while. Unless we miss
our guess there will be still more
argument, and then a committee,
with little subcommittee attached
to 1t, will be named to investigate,
And, the committee will be COM
posed of men whose chief claim to
aeronautical knowledge is based on
having flown round trip from Wash
ington to New York on a transport
ship without once getting air-sick.
wouldn't it be very easy to solve
the question Of how good or bad
our planes are by simply asking the
opinion OF the pilots who have flown
them in combat? They must know.
You couldn't find better authority
on what an Airacobra or a Kitty
hawk or Lightning will do against
zeros and Messerschmidts than tho
men who have taken them up and
counted on them in a battle for
their lives. Io
These men could be reached. They
could be polled by cable overnight,
You'd get an honest answer, too,
because these men have a very spe-
cial interest in the planes that are
rolling from our plants. What they
said you could bank on, no matter
what argument was advanced by
Senator's. Representatives, aeronau-
tical engineers, stockholders and
swivel-chair aces. Sr
distributed BY McNausht Syndicate, mel
SIS