THE PEOPLE: What Kind of America?

If the U.S. people and their leaders had not made up their minds about what kind of Europe they wanted, did they at least know what kind of a U.S. they would like to see? For one thing, should the U.S. raise its boys to be soldiers?

Almost everybody except hardshell pacifists agreed that the U.S. must be stronger than before World War II. But what kind of military strength should the U.S. have? Was universal military training an indispensable part of this strength?

Last week, people with their ears close to the ground could hear a shifting of forces...

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