Evening star., 1943-04-13
Patterson
Continued From First Pagel

to the fighting power of the Army
he declared. IT.. {.
Mr.. Patterson; told the committee
that our Allies as well as our enemies
have systems of national. civilian
war service, and in consequence are :.
more fully modified than in this
country. The British, he pointed out. -
adopted universal war service three
years ago and from all reports their
system works we'll" osI
1T has not destroyed democracy" =
he declared. 1T has not resulted in -:
suppression of the liberties of the =
British people. But it has enabled Z
the British people to get planned !.
direction to the place in which they
can best serve in the war" -
Much of the discussion about man-.Sas - e :
power, Mr.. Patterson told the comLL,+
mlttee, has centered around the sizeN! I.
OF the armed forces. This has been i.
fixed, he said, at II 100000, off which. !.
100000 are to be in the Army. ne
I'm this discussion" he declaredT'r
"and in the discussion of labor needs.
of agriculture and industry, the chief
stress has been placed on number. :,
and on quantity. But in planning
the best use of our manpoWel" wesr -
cannot afford to overlook the point
of quality. Wars are not won by &
mere numbers, whether the unitsiss
be airplanes, tanks, machine gurlsl,c
or man. Intelligence, training and !.
physical endurance in men are as
important as speed, firepower andTt:
maneuverability of weapons xt,. ~
Mere Numbers Won't Do. '.ls
"Mr. Patterson stressed that "mereor
numbers" even an army of 5000, ,OoQ,a"'
will not do" but that the Army !
needed men with capability in guam y ~
tity to lead our troops. '- q. :
THE Army in 1943," he said, will. :.
require that 900 of each 1000 .solet,,
diers be assigned to jobs requiring ~
some degree of specialized training =
in addition to the basic military
training. Alertness and aptitude araAss
essential to rapid training in the. ,
complicated mechanism of modern, :
war. The Army must have the best !!
men capable of absorbing this trains.sr!,
ing, above all. The Army needsrA,s
vigorous, strong, young men" ,so et :
Mr.. Patterson was critical Of the /,
back to the farm" movement, arsAdi5
agreed that men are needed on the, ! !
farms to produce and harvest theo-s
1943 crops. But in this respect, Hs =
said So. "A ~, I.
I'VE have been dealing with the =
farm labor problem chiefly in terms, y /,
of the numbers of people who are;
needed. We have not given suffi--s -
cient attention to the kind of peon1a,,j
who should do the job. itso
whether the back to the farm :. !.
movement will seriously cripple vitarc-
war industries in certain localities,
whether in certain places it. WaR,s-
create an oversupply Of agriculturg''a
labor while still leaving other aesa-z,=
cultural areas in short supply. I carr :
not think of any better evidence H
the necessity for the control prns.q
posed in the Austin -Wadsworth rfll--.,,
than the back to the farm, moy6 ~ :
ment which we are now witnessing sc9 ,
Mr.. Patterson explained, however, - ).
he was disturbed" about the back y
to the farm movement" adding, s,n,,.
Remember, there is only hnit1f :
number OF physically AT young nSesaa4
When manpower in the, civihd Al, A
economy, because of the lack f,yssiS,
adequate controls, is so distributes.
as to keep large block Of our youras.M M :
est and best men out Of the arn6edAa
forces, there is no escaping the aSHn.,
that our armed forces win,s asaa'"s
direct consequence, not be as pooxs-az.-s
they should or could be- r.srsSS