be :

from a broad sword duels while the American athlete prized his college
letter on his sweater earned in intercollegiate athietés competition.
Here you have the two psychologies. The German. wes trained in combat for
ware The American was trained in combat for peace and pleasure, Both
had body building as the incentive, but the American athlete was taught
that you mist Say no a thousand times te temptation so that you could be
a champion. The net result was that the Germanic mind believed in des-
tryoing the other fellow, The American conception was in the words of
General Douglas MacArthur: Quote. On the fields of friendly strife are
sown the seeds which, in other years on other fields will bear the fruits
ef victory. Unquote,

In an AP dispatch a couple of weeks ago from Sardinia, war corres-
pondent Kenneth L. Dixon quoted a tall, fairehaired ited of the air
| forees as follows: “As long as we live under our present code of ethiés
and virtues there will always be war. I am not convinced but that war is
&@ pretty good thing." The men in the room in which sat American bombard«
iers and pilots, were shocked. It was hard for them to believe their ears.
Dixon said that you could almost hear the wheels of their minds turning as
the fire crackled in the stillness,

One said, "Just how do you mean that? I know places where you would

be lynched for a orack like that."

“What virtues does war have?", someone asked.

"Courage is one," the blond captain replied. “At home, in school,
in church, we are taught from kids that courage is a virtue - a wonderful
things Discounting all the substi tutes for war you find in sports and in
a daily competitive struggle for oxtetenee, war is a final mass test of
courage, the only one that gives great numbers of men a chance to prove
their physical courage at least,"

He stared into the fire for a minute, and then continued. “Unselfish-