Word: armaments
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That President Truman's charted route ultimately means war seems an accepted truth on the part of at least some supporters of his plan who want armament for strict preparedness purposes. This is the greatest current tragedy in light of the fact that it is not too late to redirect our policies triumphantly. What endangers this country is not the ideology of socialism but the seizure of power by disciplined groups string-pulled from Moscow...
...week's end, there were plenty of facts to fill in the story. The planes, surplus Consolidated PB4Ys (the Navy's version of the B-24), had been bought from the War Assets Administration without armament. They had been flown from Bush Field, Ga., by five U.S. airmen, all of whom were turned over to the U.S. Embassy in Managua. Four were deported to New Orleans, arrested, and charged with violating the U.S. Neutrality Act. A fifth, an AWOL air force captain, was handed over to military authorities in Panama...
...mustn't be too smug about these revelations," commented Harris yesterday, "and it's important to note that you can't judge military preparedness merely by national income." As the report points out, before the Nazi invasion one third of the total output went to capital goods and armament production...
...French steel production of 12 million tons would be quite a comfort to Frenchmen, even if western Germany were turning out 10.7 million by that time. The real basis of Germany's prewar threat to France was the fact that Germany could make three times as much armament as France could. As long as the French stayed ahead, it was safe to let German industry rise. Europe would never be rebuilt if keeping the absolute level of German industry down was made the first consideration of European planning...
...liberal ; he will identify tolerance with indifference to right and wrong, truth and error; he will spread the lie that men will never be better until they make society better and thus have selfishness to provide fuel for the next revolution ; he will foster science but only to have armament makers use one marvel of science to destroy another; he will foster more divorces under the disguise that another partner is 'vital'; he will invoke religion to destroy religion; he will even speak of Christ and say that he was the greatest man who ever lived; his mission...