Evening star., 1945-11-15
EisenhowerSee
PeaceDraft as
Force for Peace
General Tells Hearing
U.S.. Won't Have Time
To Train for Next War
TEXT OF EISENHOWER testimony
on page A-22.
BY ROBERT BRUSKIN.

zen. EISENHOWER IOUdy SUrOng-
ly' urged universal military
training in peacetime, caution
ing that "if war comes to us
again the facts seem inescapable
that we will not have time to
train units before we are faced
with the final issue of defeat or
victory"
The commander who led the Al
lied armies to victory in Europe told
the House Military Affairs Commit
tee that the United States must be
prepared on the day the enemy at
tacks "or we may never be prepared
to avert defeat at the hands of any
aggressor who uses against us the
weapons of the future"
"The greatest single motivating
force for world peace today is the
organized military potential Of the
United States" he declared
Eisenhower Greeted Warmly.
Gen. Eisenhower was greeted on
his entrance in the hearing chamber
by loud burst of applause from
spectators VINO filled every seat.
Asserting that he spoke ION the
basis of my obligation to the 5000, 600
Americans who served under me in
Europe" he strongly" urged adop-
ton of the legislation which would
give one year of military training to
all youths 18 and 10 years of age.
Our weapons must be better" on
the day an enemy attacks, he said,
"our resources must be promptly
available and above all our man
power must have already been
trained. This training must be
given in time of peace. The only
difference now, and the great lesson
of World War II, is that it must be
done before, not after the first shot
is fired"
Must Avert World War III.
Gen. Eisenhower asserted I'VE
must train them to avert World
War III, not refght World War H."
Every combat leader agrees that
the mass of the Army must be COM
posed of younger men who are more
adaptable to combat positions and
possess more vigor and dash, he de-
clared. These men, trained since
the end of the war, would inject
younger blood into the ranks of the
veterans who would be available in
the civilian reserve, he said.
Unless this is done, 'the alterna-
tives are the criminal sacrifice of
unframed young men, or calling on
unfair proportions of older men who
have already done their duty" he
asserted.
Russia Wants to Be Friendly.
Questioned by Representative
Thomas, Republican, of New Jersey
as to whether Russia could be con-
sidered potential aggressor, Gen
Eisenhower said Russia wants to be
friendly and "has not the slightest
thing to gain by war with the United
States" He added:
Il believe Russia's policy is friend
ship with the United States. There
is in Russia desperate and contin-
uing concern for the lot of the COM
man man and they want to be
friends with the United States"
There was a furry of applause as
he declared:
There will never be war between
Great Britain and the United
States"
No One Nation Can Challenge u. S.
Asked if he considered future
peace impossible, he said: eff
didn't think it possible, I wouldn't
be here. I would have jumped out
of my plane"
Right now, he said, "there is no
one nation in the world that can
challenge a prepared America"
From his post in Berlin, Gen.
Eisenhower declared he was "in-
timately familiar" with the attitude
OF leaders from the other United
Nations. This familiarity" he said,
assured me that fl their minds
there exists no fear of our motives
In keeping ourselves strong.
U. S. Potential Is Key to Peace,
1T is my personal opinion. that
the greatest single motivating force
Tor world peace today is the or
ganlzed military potential of the
(See TRAINING, Page A-22.)