The Senate completed the victory of the Air Force last week. By an overwhelming 74-to-2 vote, it passed a $3,198,000,000 appropriation to get the 70-group Air Force program started. Coupled with the House's recent 343-to-3 endorsement of a similar bill, the Senate's action was conclusive proof that Congress considered air power the nation's first line of defense.
Only Senators Harry Cain of Washington and Glen Taylor of Idaho voted against it. Said Cain: "We're trying to do too much—too fast." Cried Taylor, running mate to Henry Wallace on the third party ticket: "When Wallace is elected President, we can reach an agreement...
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