Article, "Senator Truman's Views on National Defense"

ARCHIVES AND REDERDS get SENATOR VIRES oa BATIONAL SERVICE' the Benator Harry a. Trumsa of o of the Besete Milstery Affaira Committee with 35 yeara' service in the National Guerd, the Asericen Force in France and the Organized Resesve dozga, in wheb he nos holde e connission an Colonel of Artillery, whe especiolly intereated in the technical of seticeal defesse. thinga are were moet escouraging, nome of them vere be asid. the Teetore vere com- Tinel to of questity, not quality, and bence can be remedied with serefol nie bighest prates went se the sew stgat, enteh be desoribed 0.9 Muntellevably accurate." At one peat in the Weat, the delegation vea trasted to a deponstrution by a of hesvy bombing planes setar the mare developed in Air Compa Isboratories and per- hape the bost closely marded militery segret ta wither of our ereed forgem. PAe ao besetor Trusan, "I thow of the difficulties la saking e shot the tergat, and 1 have seen a een- siderable emoent et sertel during the Norla end since. If anyone had told no beforetest spot banba could be drogped with such sa I eaw out en the Nest Const, I would not bave belleved his. Te have overy pesson to beliere no foreign porrer hes anytbing to our bonbing otght. thers ia ao mudh tels of foreign agles in Amertes, let me any that the any 1# teking every preczution to prosest ite mili- tery secrets. The perta of this bombisa sight, when sone of eux perty ass and thick faw persons not setuelly assigned to operate it beve seen, are ande in more thas 100 factories. The orders are ao plaged that no siagle can know when be 1a axking a part for this atght. *The parta are assenbled in our enra Isboretories by trusted personnel, and the stabte are parefolly guarted efter being to bombing aquelizona. Tou esula bunt all over # bombine aguadace without secins, nueh lesa handling, ose, and probably you would neve B