PAGE TWO UMT—Yes or No? The importance of the Universal Military Training issue, now before Congress, has attracted widespread inter est on campus. To air both sides of the proposal, the Daily Collegian has asked staff-members Peter Warker and Wil bert Roth to delve into the pros and cons and present them side by side in the editorial co Many arguments, most of them in some respects sound, have been presented by those persons who feel that Universal Military Training is objectionable. If any individual personally were to set haimself to it, he could probably think of many at this moment. Cost, the implications of mili tarism, the undesirability of tak ing a few months out of a young man's life—there are lots of ob jections of one sort or another. UNIT Necessary But they all weaken and break down before the undeniable fact that UMT is necessary. It is nec eAsary to support our foreign pol icy of containment of Commu nism and support at democracy. It is necessary for our own de ft.nse, and ii war were to come pernaps our very survival. linty those deluded few who pictuie woiid events through :o.se-colored glasses can positively z.ate that no war is possible for a .erm of years. Some of the na- L icn's top military and civilian Livas ag.ee war may come at any And let no one deceive mmseif, ..r regular Army, Navy, and Air orke are going to be shorthand a, unable to accomplish their Lission «ithout UMT. Withc.ut UMT the Nation can hope that its National Guard .111 be able to create rapidly a :.ined force for quick mobiliza on. Atom Bomb Worthless Without UNIT to furnish the _.fined manpower, airplanes and ,ckets and all other gadgets of a chnological civilization, includ ig the Atom Bomb, will be umT will strengthe n our Regu_ r Arms, build up the National uard, provide manpower for the ;triplex weapons of modern war, nd give realism to our foreign olicy. These positive and compelling _axons for UMT obliterate every rgument and reduce to a mean igless shadow all the objections UMT you have ever heard. —Wilbert Roth "HOTEL UNIVER From an ideological point of view, Universal Military Training in any nation is the strongest ar gument possible for that nation's playing the gruesome game of in ternational power politics. But devoid of all ideological implica tions, the use of Universal Mili tary Training today evaluated on a purely practical basis is not only inefficient and wasteful, but also seems to be militarily unsound. What Air Corps officials, Navy authorities, and scientists insist we need is a comparatively small, highly trained, superiorly equip. ped, and swiftly maneuvered ma chine to supply the most efficient execution of battles. if have them we must. The large-sized army that UMT would provide is worthless for a war in which a single bomb o f the atomic or bacteriological vari ety can fragmentize and decimate cities. Constant Jeopardy Not only will large concentra tions of forces be in constant jeop ardy of total annihilation, but the industrial centers that are needed to supply sizeable forces will have to be kept functioning at their peak capacity throughout a con flict. Nagasaki was once a n indus trial center. But if we win we will need a large trained force for occupation, it is said. For occupation of what, one asks? Of blasted rubble, end less plains, dying clusters of be trayed humans? And who will pay for an occupation force? Not in Military Camps But, the military says, UMT will be good for young men. It will give them educational oppor tunities and a chance to develop themselves in character and phys ique. Nonsense! It is preposterous to assume that the best place for the education and character de velopment of the youth of any country is in military camps un der military discipline. Rather let the millions of dol lars that would be poured into militarism and regimentation be efficiently used in providing more free education at the college level for the youth of the United States, so that future generations will be trained not for killing, but for representative government and the intelligent, rather than the forceful, solution of world problems. —Peter Warker THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA 11=1•1 CALENDAR Wednesday, February 25 WRA Bowling Club, WH, 6:30 P.M. THETA Sigma Phi, 412 OM, 6:24:1 p.m. CHESS Club, 7 Sparks, 7 p.m. FIRST Aid, 1 Sparks, 7 p.m. PHYS Ed Student Council, 415 7:15 p.m. WINDCREST Wives, Commu nity Hall, 8 p.m. CATHAUM—Road to Rio. STATE—Night Song. NITTANY—Each Dawn I Die College Hospital Admitted Mon da y. George Pringle. Discharged Monday: Betty Wil liams, Beverly Kantor, Elizabeth Smith. Admitted Tuesday: David Fitz gerald. Discharged Tuesday: George Pringle, Robert Austin, Joseph Glick. 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