Evening star., 1948-06-23

q nom de plume Please be brief.
Is to see to it that system of effective world
disarmament is set up before the Russians
can manufacture their own atom bomb.
Therefore, the question boils down to: How
can We either persuade or force the Rus
slams to join in such project?
Our first step, it seems to me. should be to
propose to the world through the United Ma
tions, and SIS dramatically as possible, the
worldwide total abolition of all heavy arma-
ments and conScript armies with provisions
for adequate international inspection, aboli-
tion of the United Nations veto and the set
ting up of 3 world police force on the basis
Of the Cu!bertson quota-force principle, plus
the adoption of the Baruch plan for atomic
control in It's entirety. We should give this
proposal the maximum amount of publicity
throughout the world, including the Soviet
Union, and we should give the Russians
definite time limit in which to accept.
Meanwhile. we should be building up our
armed strength, concentrating particularly on
our Air Force and especially on long-rang
bombers and bombing bases. If the Russians
reject our proposal, we should then say to
them substantially the following:
by your rejection of our proposal you have
indicated to our satisfaction that you really
are not interested in world disarmament at
present as it would interfere later with the
forcible spread of communism throughout the
rest OF the world. AS long as we have the
exclusive possession Of the atom bomb, we
have the uppeh hard and 1t is to our interest
and, We believe, to the worlds interest to
have showdown with you now rather than
later. If you cannot be persuaded willingly to
join us in this disarmament, we propose to
force you to do so even if it means bombing
you into submission"
Russians Might Accede.
If we approached the Russians in this way,
it seems to me possible, if not probable, that
if convinced that We meant what we said)
they would accede to our demands.
The fundamental and devastating mistake
made by President Harry Truman, Secretary
George Marshall and, it would seem, by all
the Republican contenders for the presidency
is in believing, or in pretending to believe,
that if the Marshall Plan is a success, if we
build up our armaments and take firm stand
against any further Communist expansion, the
Russians eventually will decide permanently
to modify or reverse their present policies.
This attitude on the part of our foreign
policy makers plays into the hands of the
Russians, whose policy is based on the as
sumption that they can delay having show
down with us until they are ready. Is 1t
PROBABLE that they will be any more co-opera-
tive then than they are now? I'm afraid that
the correct answer Is: No. H. K. HOWARD.
Training School and Apprentices,
To the Editor Of The Star:
A story on bricklaying school by
Malcolm Lamborne, jr in section B of The
Star OF Saturday, June 6, stated that Brick
layers Apprentice" Training School at Ayr
lawn Farms, Bethesda, Md, has (and we
quote 'the stamp Of approval from the Labor
Departments Apprentice Training Service"
The Apprentice Training Service of the
United States Department Of Labor has no
authority to approve schools of any kind.
This agency is charged with assisting employ
ers to set up apprenticeship programs only. APP
premiership programs involve workers who
are learning the trade while employed on
actual productive work An apprentice is paid
wages all the while he is in training, and is
helping journeymen with their work. There
fore student trying to learn trade in
school is not an "apprentice."
And the Apprentice Training Service does
not enter the picture in the arrangement de-
scribed by Mr.. Lamborne Actually the ref
erence to an "apprentice' training school is
a misnomer. There is no such animal. AS
We have already Indicated one is not an
apprentice" unless he is being trained on
the job and Is actually receiving wages.
The purpose of this school is to determine
whether or not the students have sufficient
aptitude for brckleying to enter apprentice
ships, as Mr.. Robert r. Furman, chairman OF
the Home Builders Apprenticeship Committee.
has indicated. 1t is really selective device
used to reduce the turnover and to make for
more efficient apprentice training 1t is not
intended to be substitute for apprenticeship,
since all competent authorities agree that it
takes at least three years on the job to train
an all-round skilled brickayar
AS far as the Department of Labor is con-
cerned, what has been established is an ap-
premiership program meeting minimum stand
ards recommended by the Federal Committee
on Apprenticeship. The Montgomery County
Committee of the Home Builders of Metropol-
itan Washington has such an approved pro-
gram and is working very hard to make it a
success. 1t is hoped that the first apprentice
will be indentured in the very near future.
LOUIS NEMEROFSKY,
Field Representative Apprentice Training
Service, Silver Spring, Md.
Butter and Margarine Substitute
the Editor of The Star: