Evening star., 1947-06-16


enjoined us not to pray in public would accept
as sincere worship little courtesies extended
by his children in public.
FRED A. CARLSON.
Medical Mobilization for War
To the Editor of The STAR
When a distinguished military surgeon and
peacetime administrator like Maj. Gen. Paul
R. Hawley makes recommendations, they should
command respectful attention. At a recent
symposium this efficient and aggressive med
ical director of the Veterans Administration
proposed radical changes in the traditional
Army medical setup. These proposals were re-
f1ectve of the deep and grave concern Of all
realistic thinkers about our survival as Ma
ton and in theology in event of atomic aggres-
sion. Briefly he would have one type OF organi-
zation to care for the Armys sick and wounded
in peacetime. In war he recommends radically
different type. They would be smaller. select,
specially trained groups of technical experts
adaptable to any conceivable exigency. These
minute-nen combat teams would also become
cadres of administrative and military leader
ship capable Of adequate expansion promptly
to meet the inordinate compulsions OF national
survival.
If the advent of atomic aggression imposes
military medicine, that need is even more COM
pelling for civilian survival. Hiroshima and
Nagasaki are but trivial warnings OF the total
disaster we may anticipate in event OF atomic
aggression The deviish conspiracies and coups
in Poland and Hungary are grim and realistic
reminders of the mercy and conscience OF
predatory communism. We may measure COM
munism's honor of solemn covenants by its
performance when the contract Is not enforc-
ible with superior might and ruthlessness. The
realistic conclusions give small comfort even TO
the optimistic, the sychophantic and the Wishful
thinking. From the record we must conclude
that the only consideration which would enjoin
atomic aggression by predatory communism Is
lack of dominant possession. Time may change
the balance of atomic power but there appears
to be small hope of changing communism's
avowed conspiratorial purpose. Therefore any
master plan of national defense and survival
must give fullest significance to the compul-
sions of this shocking but realistic conclusion.
In event of atomic aggression our collectlVe
ability to heal grievous wounds rather than the
traditional ability to inf1ict them will deter
mine our fate as Nation and an theology.
This means that primary stress and priority
must be laid upon organizing the total resources
of the healing arts throughout our Nation to
bidity without historical precedent. Those for
tunate enough to escape the undeclared on
slaught with it's holocaust of total disaster must
succor those whose consumate misfortune may
sound their own death knell. Once warned OF
an aggressor's murderous intentions, our mas
ter-plan of survival must go into Immediate
and dependable operation.
To this end the healing arts must be totally
mobilized and alerted for immediate action in
a master plan similar to the one proposed by
Gen. Hawley In organizing that plan OF sur
vival there can be no distinction between
civilian need and military need because atomic
aggression will be neither selective nor exclu-
sive Our Nation must plan and implement the
indvisible unity of total preparedness total
mobilization under single discipline of all-out
effort and purpose solemnly dedicated to sur
vival.
Let us get busy It is much later than we
think. THOMAS E. MATTINGLY, MD.
Prices and Money MANAGEMENT
To the Editor of The Star:
The absurdity of the political alibi which
tries to shoulder responsibility for the general
level of prices onto private industrial enter
prise (outside the banking system) becomes
apparent when it's logical implications are de-
veloped relative to the depression which has
been just around the corner for 10 these many
moons
IT, despite the fact that industrial prices
do not control living COSTS industry must pare
profits below what the market would afford now
in order to prevent an "inaationary spiral"
from developing in the alleged cost-of-living-
wage conflict, it follows that this same business
responsibility" for the public welfare should
compel industrial prices and profits to exceed
competitive levels when deflationary spiral
is threatening!
Is there any doubt in the minds of these
so-called statistical analysts, who have been
telling us that prices follow the law OF gravity
rather than the money supply, that price
collapse is impending? Has not the administra-
ton taken this idea that "our private enterprise
system now has the responsibility for prices"
from the Presidents advisory council estab-
lisl1ed by the Employment Act to tell us how
to prevent another depression?
ALDEN A. POTTER.
Fifth Column Propaganda
To the Editor Of The Star:
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