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Generals and Admirals. Much of the confusion in the public mind stems from Army-Navy antagonism, by now diminished, but still flickering. One day 13 months ago Secretary Stimson told the U.S. the reason for Los Angeles' air-raid alarm: "Enemy agents flew over in 15 planes." Navy Secretary Knox called it a false alarm...
Manpower. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and Under Secretary Robert P. Patterson had endorsed compulsory national labor service. Newsmen scented an Administration quarrel. But their questions struck no fire: there was no disagreement, said Franklin Roosevelt. The only question was when, if ever, such a law would be necessary. The law would create a lot more Government machinery, make life more complicated, lead to increased regimentation. And while there had to be some regimentation in time of war, the President hoped the National Service Act could be avoided. At least it should be delayed as long as possible...
...Congress still huffed & puffed over the plan for an Army of 8,200,000, a Navy of 2,900,000. War Secretary Stimson went on the radio last week to take the Army's case to the people. His argument was the same that Senator Theodore Francis Green of Rhode Island had made two weeks ago (TIME, March 8). The big Army was made to carry out a specific strategic plan, which must be secret. The training of men must be continuous, if the blows to be struck are to be continuous. Said...
...fact that Henry Stimson hoped the people would learn: the civilians in the U.S. war effort were not pulling their share of the load on the farm or in the factory. His remedy, now also before Congress: a general service act which (as in Britain) would put every man and woman on call for service in the war economy...
...were important are now sub-enemy. This is the inevitable loss of war. But in the hasty conversion of the colleges into arsenals of technocracy, definite opportunities which exist to maintain the liberal tradition throughout the war must not be wasted in the training programs. Secretary of War Stimson has said that the Army training program will temporarily destory liberal education. It need...