More Deadly Weapons

Rear-Admiral Ellis M. Zacharias states that "if every atom bomb and facilities for its manufacture were destroyed tomorrow, there would still be available weapons that would wipe the last vestige of human, animal and vegetable life from the face of the earth . . . the atom bomb is not being neglected either. We now have bombs 50 times more powerful than those dropped at Nagasaki and Hiroshima. They were of a primitive type already obsolete when used. These modern weapons bear only slight similarity to conventional armaments of the past, permit the waging of inter-continental wars from long distances. They are designed to destroy life in enormous areas ... in the light of those developments our most cherished conventional armaments—aircraft carriers, lava-spraying incendiary bombs and automatically fed heavy guns—represent an era of warfare that will never again return." This also is what Americanism means in reality. And that, in the light of this, our patriots still call for regimentation and military training—not because it will serve any purpose in defence, but because it means disciplined Fascist youth for America. Verily, it is a compliment these days to be called un-American!