The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-02-08

Information recently released from Europe shows
clearly the H. s. role In the rearmament ant-commun
st powers The overwhelming majority of the eQuipmen
now IN the hands OF twenty ready Allied divisions
has been supplied by the United States and By 1854,
when the medium term buiId-up will have been finished
The United States will have supplied about ninety per
,cnt 81 the Atlantis Forces material and the European
powers will have supplied about eighyfive PEI cent of
The manpowcr.
This Is in line with what shrewd L. q military lead
have said when appearing before Congress for mi
AIRY aid funds. Their argument that is better for en-
united States 10 supply military equipment than men
apparently borne out by developments In Western 10
rope, . aF
In addition TO soma twenty divisions which General
Eienhower now has at hs command there are eight or
ohef divisions which could be called action al
though they rot yet fully ready b. 1854. .arer.
there win be dozen combatready dviions--
eight Of them possibly CcIman--on guard reserve
lorcc-to support enlarged standing army. In addi-
ton several European countries such France are
perfecng quick mobilization plan, which viii provide
SHAPE with many additional Allied divisions The Brit
h viii be able 20 ferry additional divisions into Weser
Europe and the United states and Canada win be
ed 70 supply additional forces within sixty days by
1854 or earlier II the goal can be met earlier.
Under present plane by D-pIus-9o, the Atlantic al
lies win be able to field hundred active divisions ant
support them with about 5000 tactical aircraft Although
this preparedness goal has been reached progress
already attained significant II be remembered
that when General Eisenhower took command AZ SHAPE
only year aro, in January 1851 he had only two Amer
lean divisions British divisions and three French d.
visions, Of which at their peak Ii 1iRe 4
equipment Today, he has sx American iivi<0<z 4ptV
Isrihh divisions and ten French dtxk*>n> ~ hH NJ
divisions some N Italy and olk<sS /<h a. Nt 4Saf
tvbastIe standards ADDED "a his renS1h tsof tpaay
General Eisenhower also has strength nTfane
since the French mobilization plan already established
The Russians. II n believed have only about twenty
sS divisions in East Germany and Poland Therefore. the
troops under Eisenhowers command today. roughly
match those stationed in East Germany and rosand
However the catch comes in the fact that the Russan
have another hundred plus divisions which thes
could call into action IN the period Of few months pa,
by day the perfection Of quick mobilization plans
France and other counties and the steady hudup Of "A
lied strength. eloscr offSeng the Russian poen
tial in divisional power
The L. s has supplied lis European Allies with on'
million tons OF military equipment and l. making Il
main contribution in this line This certainly the loeca
course for this country. since the Europeans hcsevs
have plenty Of manpower. though short heavy mill
tay equipment and production facilities OF westerr
Earopes l73ooo.Ooo population. there are millions WI,
would gladly volunteer for military service since thes
people viii be defending their own countries and sine,
their combined population total exceeds that Of the Urt
cd states which Is only abou, i5e.o00o00 Il Il oNh
proper thar Western Europeans provide the manpo,
Gar the defense Of that section Of The world