Evening star., 1947-11-11
Royal Declares U. 5.
Must Base Defense on
Universal Training \
BY the Assoeioted Press

universal training
BY the Assoeio.ed Press
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 11-Sec-
retary of the Army Royal declared
today the United States must base
| its defense on universal military
training program because the po-
tential forces that might be raised
against us are immensely powerful"
The world is in state which
we cannot sensiblv face without
adequate, military force" Secretary
Royal said in addressing Armistice
Day ceremonies in Independence
Hall.
I'VE must never lose the hope and
the belief and the desire that there
be peace" he said. I'VE must pre-
serve our faith, but added to faith
must be the reality Of works.
1T will only court disaster if we
adopt the soothing but illusionary
course of minimizing the Importance
of each separate imposition of any
selfish nation.
"As the 1930s must have taught
us, every aggressive step though
seemingly unimportant in itself
can, by cumulative combination with
other steps, throw us into war
and at the same time weaken our
will and our ability to fight that
war;" Secretary Royal said.
Japan Called Potential Friend.
CINCINNATI, Nov. IL (P).-Lt.
Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger today
described Japan as "a great reser-
voir of potential friends. to act as
a deterrent and perhaps even to
put off the day when our lads will
march again"
The commander of the 9th Army
of Occupation said the japanese
would have been savage conquerors
had they defeated u.s. but now
look upon us with respect and even
budding friendship"
The general did not elaborate on
Japan's usefulness as a deterrent"
in addressing an Armistice Day
ceremony. However, the islands lie
geographically between the con-
f1icting interests and ideologies OF
the United States and Russia.
Declaring that two world wars
should have taught this country the
lesson of preparedness, GenA Eichel-
berger asserted that "if, over
period of years, we had prudently
expended 81, 900, 600, 900 for indus
trial preparation and airplanes-
this as against the $700 900, 900 900
this war will have cost us by 1872
neither Germany nor Japan would
have dared fight U.S."
Kenney Urges Readiness.
NEW YORK, Nov. II LP.-Ade-
quate military preparedness is this /
Nations best guarantee of peace,
Gen. George c. Kenney said today,
adding that if our defenses are per-
mitted to lapse the probability is
that the United States as we now
know 1t will cease to exist
In addressing Armistice Day eere-
monies here, Gen. Kenney, COM
manding general of the Strategic
Air Command, said:
I'VE have fought two world wars
in the past 80 years for our prin-
ciples and if necessary we will fight
again to preserve them. We sin
cerely want peace, we want to avoid
war, but not at the expense of our
freedom"
The ceremonies were sponsored by
the New York County American
Legion and Mayor William ODwyer's
Committee for Armistice Day.
Vandegrift Dedicates Marker.
SAVANNAH, Ga, Nov. II (P. II
Gen. Alexander A. Vandegrift.
Marine Corps commandant, made
plea for preservation of peace today
in dedicating a monument to the "a
Chatham County Marines who died
in action in World War II.
"If we do not preserve the peace
which they purchased at so great
COST" the general said, I'VE will
have held their lives too cheaply.
We will have betrayed their trust"
Erection of the monument was
sponsored by the Savannah detach-
ment of the Marine Corps League.
Sound Economy Urged.
SCRANTON, Pa, Nov. II (P.-
The strength of America and it's
hopes for world peace depend not
only on it's armed forces, but on a
sound domestic economy, Rear Ad-
miral Oswald S. Colclough, judge
advocate general of the Navy, said
today. This is so because economic
difficulties anywhere in the world
can no longer be solved at the ma
tional level" Admiral Colclough
added, in speaking at an Armistice
Day ceremony here.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. II (P).-
Gen. Mark w. Clark said today
Communists "are making the great
est efforts of all time to enslave
the peoples of the world"
The 9Th Army commander, former
administrator Of the American oc-
cupation zone in Austria and war
time 5th Army commander, sounded
the warning in an Armistice Day
address at San Francisco's Preside. .
To-day, only two years after the
successful termination Of our long.
hard fight against NaziiSm and
Fascism, we are face to face with
the insidious propaganda and in
filtration of yet another evil ideol-
ogy-communism." Gen. Clark said.
"Our country, looking to part
nership of all nations as the hope
for an enduring peace, is foremost
among the world powers adhering
to that idea. We know full well,
however, that the greatest guaran-