AMERICAN FORCES
SENATOR URGES LIMITATION
WASHINGTON, January 21. Senator John H. Bankhead, the leader of the farm bloc in the Senate, today said that it would be dangerous for the United States to withdraw from war production many more men for the armed forces, It seemed that the most practical solution was for the United States to continue to serve itself and its allies as an arsenal of production, supplying food and weapons, and calling on its allies to furnish the additional man-power necessary. The time had come for Congress to fix the maximum size of the army, he said. If the present rate of increase was continued the United States would have an army of 12,000,000 this year. Senator Bankhead said: "Our soldiers, if they are sent across the Atlantic, must travel 3000 miles and encounter submarine hazards, and across the Pacific they must sail 6000 or 7000 miles and risk destruction from the Japanese fleet, submarines, and planes. "Of all countries, China and Russia are in the best position to furnish the men. China alone could raise 25,000,000."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 19, 23 January 1943, Page 5
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