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measures were immediate require
nents" and said they represented
preparation for peace"
He told veterans that peace was
"just as vulnerable as any hill you
ever captured-unless it is vigorously
and constantly defended"
Chairman Bridges of the Senate
Appropriations Committee, who ad-
dressed the convention yesterday,
said in an interview on national
defense last night, that he would
strongly urge" in the next session
of Congress that the Nation begin
moving industrial plants under
ground in order to protect them in
case of atomic attacks.
Backs Universal Training.
In mis- convention address, Senator
Bridges Endorsed universal military
training, becoming the second Re-
publican leader to do so within a
week.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey Of New
York announced his support at the
Legion Convention in
New York last week.
In an interview later, Senator
Bridges said the next great step
in our national defense" is to move
production plants underground.
He told reporters that early in
the next session." he would call in
new heads of the armed forces to
discuss the proposal. He said he
thought the underground strong
holds should be constructed al
Government expense and used both
for research and production.
Says Cost Will Be High.
"It's going to cost a lot Of money,
he added, but I, for one, am will
ing to face it during the next ses-
sion."
Senator Bridges said he thought
the underground movement should
be started to protect industry
rather than to speed immediate
production Of huge number OF
officials have de-
this week.
"Aeronautical developments are
coming so fast" he declared, that
planes would be obsolete almost be-
fore they were produced. And a
strategic atom bomb attack could
wipe out industry. 1t seems
like a better plan to safely store
our planes and give industry a place
where it could swing into production
without the fear of delay"
More Strings to Aid Urged.
He added that he would lead a
delegation of IA Senator'S to Europe
next month to see what Is being
done with money the United States
has been pouring into foreign ma
tions fors relief.
IT feel increasingly that there
must be more strings attached to
the aid we give" he asserted.
He said he thought the Marshall
plan is "basically sound" but that
he wanted to see whether European
countries actually are using the
money to build up their own pro-
ductive capacities.
Bonus Resolution Passed.
Meanwhile, the delegates CO.
operated yesterday to approve two
that would add billions
of dollars to veterans benefits-with
a Federal bonus for World War II
veterans, and a sizable pension for
their older comrades.
The bonus move asks Congress to
give veterans of the last war So for
every day served in this country and
$4 for every day Of overseas military
service. The pension request would
give q lifetime grant of 500 month
to every veteran at the age Of IS.
A similar resolution was rejected by
the American Legion last week. A
report from the Employment Com
mittee that is almost assured Of pas
sage next week demands tighter en-
forcement of the Veterans Pref
erence Act for Federal jobs.
One resolution approved by the
unit supports a bill introduced by
Rees of the House Civil
Committee, requiring that
veterans pass Government Job ex-
before they can add free
points to their final score. Under
present law, disabled veterans get
10 points to their credit before be-
ginning the tests. Nondisabled vet
Grams get five free points.
The vFW also wants Congress to
make it unlawful for any group to
sponsor talks similar to those de-
livered by former Vice President
Henry A. Wallace during his Eu-
ropean tour carly this year.
Speeches Called Insult.
In a resolution adopted yester-
day, the VFW said the speeches
against the foreign policy Of the
United States" were IAN insult to
the citizens of the United States" "
Congress was asked to pass legis-
lation that would allow action to be
taken in the Federal Courts against
any organization directly or indi-
rectly sponsoring, encouraging or
paying the expenses of anyone
speaking in a foreign country in op-
position to the foreign policy of the
United States
In an address yesterday, Brig
Gen. George Horkan, Of the Quar-
termaster Corps, told delegates the
first war dead from overseas will
arrive In this country for burial on
October 10. Docking at San Fran
cisco, q conveyed Liberty ship will
carry the bodies Of 5000 servicemen
victims of the japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor.
Fifteen days later, Gen. Horkan
said, another ship will arrive at
New York, carrying q like number
Of dead from temporary cemeteries
In the European area.
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