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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY MARCH 22,1948
The Editorial Page
An Argument Against UMT
(Editor's note: This is the last of three editorials on Universal Military Training. The preceding editorials have presented an explanation of the provisions of the training bill and an argument for its acceptance.)
Universal Military Training in this country is claiming more of the people's attention with the increasing seriousness of the international situation. The case for U. M. T. can be argued both pro and con, but, either way, the main question has yet to be answered: How much will this program aid national security and preparedness?
A war department estimate based on conditions at the U. M. T. experimental station at Ft. Knox, Ky., provides an interesting starting point or the argument. This survey shows that about three out of every 10 regular army officers will be needed to take the 18-year-old recruits through their basic training.
Professional Courses
The majority of these professional soldiers could well spend their time improving their own proficiency. Modern warfare requires more of officers than a familiarity with the manual of arms. A not-too-fantastic parallel would be pulling atomic scientists out of their research jobs to teach physics to high schools.
professional Soldiers
In the event of another war, trained technicians in the enlisted ranks could be of as much importance as qualified officers. The proposed I.M.T. program could not possibly turn out trained fire controlmen, say, or radar repairmen in 12 short months. Former G.I.'s in these ratings know that even in wartime they went through an expedited training period of 18 months.
Combat Training
Too, the greatest percentage of soldiers are not used in the combat ranks. They are assigned to supply troops, intelligence service, training schools, and hospitals. Combat training as proposed under U. M. T. would be a sheer waste of manpower. By advocating U. M. T. as an immediate measure to prevent war, military leaders are also defeating their own purpose. They seem to forget that a war in as few years as they predict would still catch most of the 15 million veterans in the last war. It might even be argued that with such a standing reserve as this there would be no need for additional men, men who are untried and unproven.
Finally, instead of deterring other nations from their warlike policies, our U. M. T. program could be the green light for a world-wide conscription race.
Europe, as an illustration, has expended itself for the past 150 years on military conscription without having prevented a single war. The only continent on earth where universal military training has been intensively applied has also been the continent on which all the major wars of modern history have been fought-James D. Head.
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Dear Editor
Drill Ye Tarriers
Dear Editor.
In the University Daily Kansau, March 12, 1948, you printed an article entitled "Communists Try To Use Y. W. C. A." In the article a Mrs. French "charged that the Y's songbook included two songs which appear in the official songbook of the Communist party! Although I am not familiar with the history of "Sing Along The Way," I can shed some light on "Drill Ye Tarriers, Drill!" (sometimes spelled terriers).
"Drill Ye Tarriers, Drill!" was written by Thomas F. Casey. Casey worked as a common laborer in a blasting gang when he first came to America, but his natural gift for humor and singing started him along the road to success in true American fashion. In an effort to vary his theatrical programs, he presented his song which is currently making Communists out of the Y. W. C. A.
In every walk of life, men have fought and worked to the stirring air of some particular refrain. The important part that these songs have played in building up this country has been overlooked by historical chroniclers. The songs of labor are, for instance, no less important than the war songs of a nation. The cowboys, sailors, and railroad men all boast of their ballads. Back in the elegant eighties, Irish paddies, using steam drills to remove rock, had their own musical
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classic which sang of their monotonous routine. "Drill Ye Tarriers, Drill!" voiced the humorous aspects of the rock-drilling profession and hardly had been released by the author-composer when all the stalwart sons of toil rent the sidewalks of New York (Yes, Mrs. French's New York was built by Irish Communists—they had red hair, too) with lusty voice.
I have written this letter disregarding consequences which I may suffer at the hands of the attorney general, because this witch-hunting must be properly labeled and checked before mob hysteria sweeps into action. If we fail we may have to suffer some very unpleasant and costly consequences.
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Army Veteran Recalls With Pride His Former Disciplining Of MacArthur
San Antonio, Texas—(UP)—Not many men can boast of chasing Gen. Douglas MacArthur anywhere. Ed. Armstrong, Sr., 82-year-old veteran of two major wars and the Philippine insurrection, is the exception.
He chased MacArthur off the parade field in the Philippines.
He chased MacArthur on the parade street. "It was this way," the former soldier explained. "I was a major in the
30th infantry under the late Mal Gen. Douglas MacArthur, father of the now-famous commander of allied occupation forces in Japan.
That was in 1899, and Doug, Jr., was a mischievous 16-year-old boy. He had the same squint in his eyes that he has today. He wore his cap at the same jaunty angle. Then, as now, he wore his shirt open at the throat."
He added that it probably was the curiosity of young Doug that caused him to get too close to the reviewing troops. "It was my duty to chase him off the field," Armstrong said.
Education Fraternity Initiates 13 men
Phi Delta Kappa, national education fraternity, initiated 13 new members March 18.
them are Charles A. Byers, Grant Clothier, Eldred C. Jones, William Hessenflow, Vivian Lowell Sutton, education seniors; Robert T. Gray, Charles A. Harkness III, College seniors; Horace W. Malin, Charles G. Morehead, Kenneth L. Oldham, Levi G. Redfield, Wayne W. Ruppenthal, Harley J. Wendt, graduate students.
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