Arkansas State press., 1944-06-02

eAouiio AIIlCd W Tic MiooAc Gose
But interior lines become Q weak
ness when a nation goes on the de-
fensive. As a matter Of fact, Gen.
eral von Clausewitz. who wrote one
Of the most authoritative books on
strategy. said:
When you have to 60 on the de-
fensive, it Is too late to 60 ON the
defensive"
When you do so. interior lines
make 1t all the worse.
Veritas comments on the position
Of the enemy In the present situa.
ton as follows:
". the fact that he is inside q
circumference which he must MAIN
tain Is Z deadly disadvantage be-
cause he Is pinned down at every
point on the circle, whereas his OPP
ponents are free to exploit their la
tent advantages Of exterior lines by
hitting everywhere at nee II they
choose"
Therefore In viewing the present
situation in Europe we must bear
these two factors In mind:
First, the Nazis a hold down the
revolution within until the Germans
realize that their last myth Of Sc
curity Is exploded. But second, the
strategic position Of the Allies, cou-
pied with their superiority in man.
power, air power and amount Of
equipment, gives them a decided adj
vantage.
Through the fog Of the battle. the
occasional glimpse we catch must
be interpreted in the light Of these
| fundamentals.
Training for Farmers
Recently. the once Of Defense
Transportation announced that pub
Lie vocational training schools In 100
cities throughout the country were
turning over to the automotive In
dustry q constantly Increasing
number Of workers trained In enc or
more phases Of automotive indus
try"
The United States once Of Edu-
cation IL sponsoring the automotive
maintenance training program.
They are trying to help fll the gap
In automotive maintenance person
mel caused by the war.
But what many people do not
realize 10 that 1t is also conducting
courses that directly touch the farm.
Congress appropriated $l2, 500, 900
for the food production war training
program which the ONCE Of Educa-
ton administers.
The minimum age limits for both
out-of-school and in-school persons
have now been removed and all
courses are now offered to urban as
well as rural persons.
Twenty-Five courses are being Of
fered In which the farmer is inter-
ested. and they all the way from
the operation, care and repair of
tractors, trucks and automobiles to
soil and water conservation. And
besides the various handiworks in
the mechanical line around the farm
such as machinery repair, wood
working, elementary electricity and
construction Of farm machinery and
equipment, there are special courses
in milk production, poultry produc-
ton, eggs, pork, beef, mutton, lamb.
wool. s~oybeans, peanuts and various
commercial vegetable production.
There is general training for farm
workers, production Of fruit and
nuts, vegetable gardening and pref
ty nearly everything that one has TO
know how to do around a farm
These courses are condussed
through the cooperation of the pub
lie schools and are responsible to
the state board for vocational edu-
cation.
william T. Spanton. chief Of the
division for vocational agriculture.
says he believes that on q ~dollar-for-
dollar basis. no appropriations made
by congress to stimulate increased
food production have contributed
more to this end than has been true
of the appropriations already made
TO the U. S. ONCE Of Education for
these specific vocational training
programs.
Practically all Of our 5000 local
departments Of vocational agricul-
ture, scattered widely throughout
the entire country" says Mr.. Span
ton, have available on the local
school ground 4 well-equipped farm
shop building where courses In farm
machinery repair are given to farm.
ers and where. at the same time,
their much.needed farm machinery
and equipment can and 10 being &C.
tually overhauled and repaired"