The Independent . es only, leavingthe authority to determine the priorshipment of foodstuffs and other non-military commodities in the hands ofthe Interstate Commerce Commission. AmericaOver All The Council of NationalDefense has resolved togive the United States ab-solute mastery of the air even if ithas to break all records of expenditurefor military aviation. Congress is in-vited to consider an appropriation of$600,000,000 for aeroplanes and theirutilization in addition to the $64,000,-000 already voted. The importance ofthe aerial arm in modern warfare hasbeen demonstrated over and over ag
The Independent . es only, leavingthe authority to determine the priorshipment of foodstuffs and other non-military commodities in the hands ofthe Interstate Commerce Commission. AmericaOver All The Council of NationalDefense has resolved togive the United States ab-solute mastery of the air even if ithas to break all records of expenditurefor military aviation. Congress is in-vited to consider an appropriation of$600,000,000 for aeroplanes and theirutilization in addition to the $64,000,-000 already voted. The importance ofthe aerial arm in modern warfare hasbeen demonstrated over and over againin the course of miitary operations inEurope, and experts at Washingtonare convinced that victory is only pos-sible to the side which enjoys suprem-acy in aircraft. Three types of planesare in demand: swift, light, high-fly-ing battle craft; observation machinesflying at intermediate levels to directartillery fire and the movements oftroops, and low-flying machines forbombing trenches and attacking Underwood <£ Underwood RINGING AGAIN FOR WAR Not since 1776 has the Liberty Bell rung inwartime until at noon on June 13, when it rang-a last call for subscriptions to the Liberty , held open for the purpose, flashed thesound from Philadelphia all over the country Prison for While the Govern-ment is making readyDraft Resisters +u~ ~, u- * the machinery for the selective draft, the police are busyrounding up those who failed to regis-ter. Up to the present time the authori-ties almost everywhere have been verylenient and have permitted those whomthey arrested to register and go freein spite of the fact that they hadviolated the law. But those who refusedto register after arrest have been heldfor a prison sentence in every case,since it is evident that such men werenot merely neglectful of their duty butdetermined to defy the law. Amongothers who have come into conflictwith the authorities were members ofEmma Goldmans No - ConscriptionLeague who were arre
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