Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-01-17
CARTER'S

~ " HORACE CARTER

This IS the third in a series of
articles on World War III, the
va. OF s,uvivaD
uaa, j, probably the United
c..-as's best military leader,
General Dwight D. Eisenhower,
: ,,,v making a tour of the Eu-
,,o.ao countries bound together
a.,.. with this nation in the
,IaSr,v knit Atlantic Pact. Once
T-srr,, the great military leader
W.. faced with the prospect OF
v.,.nD.nz together the worlds
.,.' nations into an organized
,.-.- win history making sue
r.,, The general then succeeded
IN the formation OF the greatest
r,...-ary ottense ever known.
-.say as supreme command,
.,,. d. military forces OF the men,
r.r- Of the Atlantic Pact, General
Eisenhower is faced with a task
.os a.-....z.ug. and quickly, a de.
ions. max vii. through necessity
,--. % be the most powerful
.g,.. .1oWn.
IN. ASK facing him is so great;
-a.- sa.v an American Of his cali
H.. HouI accept such a chaI-
...-.. Looking MIN right in the
III. Is 4 INDUSTRIOUS Russian
b TIA. has never demohilized
,.... Would War II. When our
IT,. nations were allowing. their
.-a-r power to dwindle to
- .-..n- resembling an over
s. ao- scout troop, Russia
.,o.. ..a. 20 build up its power
70 d pg.n- heretofore only a
a,.. . the Soviet household
~-s 10 doubt among anyone
tat .s.. land army is the
/ ...-- IN the - y
Rave also built up a powerful
S.-wa..aa Ecet and the experts
|a....g ma. their air force is a
.pCv.,E-! one. Their Navy is be-
..-... 20 he week and ineffective
To- n. Ion Curtain has kept
lou all v.sitors for 50 long that
len ms 5 simply a matter OF
1 coo..-'gro.
IL cc..rast to this might fac
4 lin nm on the enemy side of the
lin. re General has a chaotic
5Eu0-.. divided internally, not
S ko0w.og what to do, failing tc
sagycc with the United States on
4rcarU,n- Germany, and COM
3p.a.cir nOnchanlant about build
3iag Up It's defenses. In short
3FgaC.. in particular, and several
so.aey European countries in gen
8eGan agc prefectly willing to al
How Us 20 defend them. They have
Shown practically no initiative
80 start building their own mill
Stagy and industrial power but
5haro expressed the lukeWarm de-
Sin 10 do so provided we foot
taa bills.
3 For a long time, the United
Sta,es has been footing the bills.
sTae fighting of this war will be
no exception but caught in the
moose OF circumstances, this
9t,m" Ne have no alternative. Eu-
gropc must be defended or else
stoa Russians can take it with
sno loss Of strength and thereby
Ta.a,a,n its power to attack the
Pc Of the free world We do not
nean 70 suggest that the defense
81 Europe can or will be built
80 withstand the Russian on
Saight. Frankly, we do not be-
ieE1 hat military defense can or
W. be built there strong enough
70 turn back the Soviet thrusts.
FL, We do believe in fighting
tnem every step of their aggres-
s. way. thereby weakening
dn'm from tire start of their cam
paIgn rather than allowing them
20 take over new assets and at
fne same time maintain their
nlltary power unhampered.
Should they be able to overrun
EUROPE and take over it's indust-
pa potential, they would have
eou0!ed their access to coal and
pied their access to steel. Rus
la IS short of these materials
hd the procurement of them in
sood condition and Immediately
Valuable, would even more seri-
usIy lessen the free nations
lumat" chance of success.
Inc United States although
aEing only one-sixteenth of the
PROS population produces one
lrQ OF all the industrial output
the world. This factor and it
Ohe IS the bright spot in an
HerWlse darkened era for
herlcans and the other free ma
us This industrial power if
mutilated by war, could
o'e the difference in the end.
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