The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-29

Sen. Bankhead Tan Woi Ne'S 70
military equipment and plenty to
ca. between battles.
II Johnny Doughboy is so rumer-
Gus that only a fraction OF him can
be transported into combat scenery,
what remains behind is worse than
useless, idling about IN uniform and
consuming stuff that is needed BY
his brethren on the firing line
Furthermore, Il sources Of home
production are overly depleted. It
is downright weakening to the field
which cannot wage efficient war
without ample quantities Of weap-
ors and ammunition, as well as
stomachsful OF just the kind Of
chow that doughboys thrive on.
Now. there is, as a matter OF
fact, an acute shortage Of farm
manpoWer already, and it was TO
this that Senator Bankhead as
spokesman for a distinctly agricul-
tursl state, referred to especially,
Other solons from the farm belt
were prompt to agree with him.
support for Bankhead
Urban industry apparently is not
quite as tightly pinched vet as are
the rural areas. Nevertheless, there
are lawmakers representing city
populations who are worried as TO
the future and the Alabama legis-
lator seems certain OF substantial
support from them
Our own troops are not the only
ones whose wants are under discus
sion.
Complaints have been coming for
some time from both China and
Russia that the aid they have re-
ceived thus FAR from their sssociat.
ed United Nations has been far
short OF what they had expected
and urgently require to hold their
own against Japan and Germany
respectively.
Senator BaEkhsad points out
that it IS not men that Premier
Josef Stain and Generalissimo
Chang kai-shek are appealing for
There is no scarcity OF warriors IN
either country, but armIng them is
a critical problem.
The Alabama scion advances this
proposition:
Due to geographical reasons, it
VIII be very slow work for Uncle
Sam to unload any formidable az
gregation OF men either along the
RussO-German frontier or in east
ern China. The Russians and Chi
nese, however, are on the precise
spots where the two campaigns are
raging Why doesn't It benoove US
to pour equipment into Soviet and
Chinese hands even If it involves
delay in our American program
which can wait a bit2
A Navy is a different matter.
No Navy, Air Problem
The Navy moves itself about au-
tomaticslly ard doesn't require the
travelling facilities that a land army
does. That il TO say, ii HAS them,
already. They 10 not have to be
created in such hurry.
The same IL true of the air
forces. Planes are being manufac-
tured az a pretty swift pace And
manning either a navy or an avis-
ton corps does not recessitate 50
enormous a personnel as an army.
Neither one is such a drain on ordi-
nary Industrial capacity.
Army men, it may be said. do
not take very kindly 10 Senator
Barkhead's argument.
Their account IS that they have
weighed all the considerations that
Bankhead mentions and made
every due allowance. pro and cor.
They believe their conclusions are
correct.
Il is natural for a professional
not to like having ar outsider but
ting in.
The Alabama scion NAV be a
better economist than they are.
though Anyway, he knows more
about agriculture. And he has made
quite few converts.
There appears to be small oues-
ton as 20 the Russian and Chinese.
VeTllCts
Those folk want men Il they can
get them, but, primarily, they want
supplies