London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1945, London, Middlesex                                When we assumed the role of Soldier we did not Lay aside the role of George 26 775 Omorrow 1 8 1945 peacetime army plan draws new arguments by Richard Oulahan tomorrows Bureau the question of Artie Ricas postwar forces with which we will keep the peaces a topic of hot discussion and debate throughout the country these and action on peacetime military training is expected to draw High priority on the Calendar of the new presi Dent Roosevelt touched off Public discussion at a Prass conference when he said he intended to ask the new Congress for action on the conscription question this its been going Strong Ever the peacetime array is not a new for More than a year two Bills have been before the House of repro May which Calls for compulsory military training for All youths As soon As they reach the age of or graduate from High which Ever is first and the Gurne Wadsworth which asks for a years service for Young men within three years after their eighteenth the debate now going on is not so on the Issue of As it a discussion of what form the proposed Universal training should and when action should be they ask delay one the latest expressions came from 12 University who have asked president Roosevelt to delay consideration of the highly controversial question of Universal postwar military training at lease until Complete Victory Over Germany is in Aletter made the educators said we suggest that experience with prohibition i amendment indicates a Wisdom of attempting to Del Ermine Longrun revolutionary policies in they added continuing program of Public education As to requirements of National defense is certainly in but we Challenge the necessity of urging american people to under tensions of War psychology in order to bring them to decision which it is said they would not reach under More Normal signers Are Oliver Carmichael of James Conant of Edmund Day of Harold Dodds of Rufus Harris of Robert Hutchins of Frederick Middlebush of soldiers favor peace army members of the armed forces have indicated they strongly favor postwar Universal in War depart ment surveys conducted during the past year in All army men voted variously from 65 to 69 per cent in favor of postwar veterans groups appeared wholly in favor of the proposed the actively campaigning for immediate passage of Laws for conscript advocated in a a Post War program calling for a respect Able army and merchant and a Navy equal to combined fleets of the rest of the the veterans of foreign wars favored a permanent army of three two million above current congressional Deane Chancellor of the University of Robert Sproul of Donald Tressider Herman Wells of and Henry Wriston of the National opinion research University of found that 79 per cent of the people questioned Are in favor of postwar military a solid 17 per cent of those were flatly opposed to any Law which would require boys to take a years Mili tary training after the when they become 18 years a compilation of polls puts the american Public opinion at about 70 per cent in favor of american women As a group Are even More in favor of according to a Survey made by the women Home in answer to the question do you believe your men should be required to devote one year to military training in peacetime 33 per cent an swered the girls said no but in Sharp contrast to Ameri can women of tomorrow opposed As a group to conscript according to a sampling made by the Institute of Public opinion through Scholastic Only per cent said they favored one years compulsory military training for 17to23yearold boys after the boys questioned on the same Survey disagreed with the and voted per cent in favor of a postwar draft in the recent girls and boys were among the few groups which took a stand against postwar conscription of any kind was the Board of managers of the National Congress of parents and which condemned something so entirely revolutionary to our Way of although this group is not necessarily representative of american teachers As a there were some educators who saw a threat to educational institutions in a Law which would take away Man teenage students for a years a brisk argument developed Over the immediacy of the president a Way to keep peace supported by the the and a sizable portion of the was in favor of action this other groups sought delay in any Deci Sion on our postwar army until after the the Federal Council of churches of Christ in America came out openly for this brought a pro testing flood of editorials from the pro conscription the papers comment other religious groups were Quick to Back up the Council of and clerical thought in America seemed to be overwhelmingly against any action on the question until after the defeat of Ger Many and some newspapers supported the View of the said the san Diego Union it would seem that final decision could Well be held in abeyance until the conclusion of the War gives our men in the armed a Chance to express their views on the typical comment was in the washing ton posts rebuttal to the american Council of said the Post the United nations must be founded Dixie Gas Harvest bumper crop of Loans t Loans under the i Bill o f rights to onetime Farmers and farm lands in the armed forces Are being certified throughout the and yearnings for five acres and Independence Are materializing for those who can show they have Chance of making a Success from fhe first reports indicated a flood of implications from the agricultural wih other sections making skimpy this is right in line with sex according to the veterans Southern Farmers Are in of Spring planting and interest 8 at a Peak the Josla Solf Ixon file planting season comes around in rest of the officials expect a influx of f 1 at he present to figures Are Avail the number Oil value of the Loans regulations the Issue farm Loans were announced in the last of the three sets of set up by the veterans admin to govern guarantees on Loans Lor Homes and j forms for it ions were not distributed until Loans made privately if on businesses Imd May per cent private Advance for a up to f guarantee amount of Wilf Farmers and obtain Loans for the up rinse tet improvement of to pay off indebtedness or r or repair farm As provisions of the i the does not make farm it Only guarantees repayment of privately contracted loan if is unable Sci fulfil his financial u the weight of the governments nukes it com Tiara matter for vet Erasi to obtain n a private Compario or tvs for a practical purpose and there is a reasonable Chance of veterans Bureau officials report that a Large number of Loans for farms Are being sought by Cit bred and euro psychiatric reasons for the Large number of requests from the latter is probably that these men believe that on a farm they can find the quiet and Independence necessary to Complete the sudden interest in farms shown by City boys is harder perhaps its the beginning of a Back to the soil lending advisory committees and government officials Are making a conscientious Effort to discourage these Fanner they Are pointing out the dangers in present inflated land the High mortality of new farms and the Pitfalls for in unscientific the anticipation now is that most Loans will be granted to veterans of 38 and older who were prewar a major part of the Loans will be granted for equipment and improvement of Purchase or building of farms will be it an interested Veteran needs More than a Mere yen for life on the farm in order to qualify for a actual experience is the main basis for applications for farm Loans go through a winnowing process that is perhaps the most careful and thorough Given any Type of loan provided by the i Stop checks and aids for the Veteran farming is so charming Joseph chairman of Graham Paige and Raymond ii steady flow of the Promise far bound soldiers a steady Al rot Otiller which and harrows All in one operate then you milk the gather the and watch the Money Roll Farmer Are webbed into a nationwide system of Echelon de from local Farmers themselves to Frank veterans in nearly every farming Community in the country there Are local advisory which donate their services to Brief former servicemen on the situation in that the various processes and Steps through which a loan application sounds like an endless amount of red but actually each step is designed to Aid the most Loans Are cleared in less than a huge lending operations i farm Loans Are expected eventually to snowball into a huge lending operation involving thousands of Veteran Farmers and the whole farm Economy of the the matter of homesteads has interested Many there is still Public land remaining in Colo new North South Wyoming and Small areas in and lands in the original thirteen North Caro new new new Rhode South Carolina and and in the states of West Ken Tennessee and Are not part of the Public they Are governed by state and information on them can be had from state no Public lands Are known to remain Undis posed of in the states of Iowa and information on More than two million acres of unappropriated government land in Alaska can be obtained from the general land that office can also Funish information on homesteading on Public land in those states Juch have the Booklet shall i Beai Farmer can be obtained upon request to the department of Washington it tells about opportunities in including kinds of their sound farming methods and sources of credit associated press photo in strength of the great to shrink from that reality would be to jeopardize the new venture in collective Security at the very the new York times asserted we believe that our friends abroad would when the War to see this country militarily Strong rather than militarily behind thelme i Jet plane output High production Board officials said in Washington that Jet propelled fighter planes will displace Standard fighter escort Craft to a Large degree in to War against according to the new York the scheduled increase in Jet planes for this year is and Foi next year it May top All single plane also marked for greater out put Are b17s and with the increase in b29s expected to be very the times the Marianas United states must keep the Marianas As a permanent Western Pacific Pearl believes Artemus assistant Secretary of Navy for he expressed his views in an inter View two Days after the announcement that Admiral Chester Nimitz had established Forward Headquarters several thousand Miles West of Pearl exact location was not who has just returned from a tour that included the and the said other bases should also be kept and he also commented that american Carrier forces will encounter More and better enemy probably Jethro they hit closer and closer to the heart of Navy boosts tonnage Secretary Forrestal said the Navy will ask Congress for funds to build an additional half a million tons of ships Over the three and a half million ton nage called for in 1945 for Restal said the Navy is planning for a Long new cars shelved Hopes for the production of passenger cars this year and for an immediate postwar automobile in abundance were dashed by a report of the office of War the own estimated a pent up Public demand for 12 to 15 million new cars after the this would require three years of record breaking product the Agency said no new passenger cars would be turned out in mean a million and a half cars Are being taken off roads Early and the Supply of new automobiles in the hands of Essen tial Drivers is dangerously French plants mobilised a first contracts under a program to bring French Industry Back into the War Effort Call for production of army tires at the Renault Plant near Paris and the Michelin Plant at the United press also included is production of the United states is behind schedule on these two said the the combined production and resources Board conferred with officials in Washington on such questions As coordinating tire production and deciding How French output might be expanded to handle Essen tial French Paris alone was said to need new tires for food both the Renault and Michelin plants were left undamaged by the with the former already repairing army tires at the rate of a most French textile Mills also were with labor Only raw materials Are needed to Start said the Dis