foresighted ones because such things had never been heard of before.
 Therefore no real progress was made to safeguard the freedom loving people of the world against the onslaught of the barbarians who were adopting the progressive plans that were first offered to the De­mo­cra­tic nations by their foresighted thinkers.
 Limited space will permit the mention of just a few forewarnings offered by the writer during the past which if they had been followed would have saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of brave and freedom loving men who went forth and stood the brunt of the attack from the overwhelming forces of barbarians who have struck them down at all points of the Earth’s circumference because they lacked adequate means of defending themselves.
 In the year of 1909 Alfred W. Lawson wrote in his magazine FLY—Vol. 2, No. 1, Page 6, among other things, the following:
 “It appears to be the general opinion that flying machines for all time to come will resemble the little toys which recently flew around the race course at Rheims.
 “Few people are able to realize that the present aeroplane is but the germ of the real flying machine of the future, which will be as vastly superior in construction and carrying capacity as a modern battleship is to a canoe.
 “Eventually machines will be constructed which will carry thousands of tons of freight or passengers. These machines, however will not have wings or planes of any kind but will be manipulated by certain natural forces.”
 In the February, 1913, Congressional record, pages 3354-3355, over 29 years ago, Alfred W. Lawson in his message to Con­gress, among other things said:
 “With Germany enjoying a great fighting fleet of air cruisers and America without an air fleet this country in case of war with Germany, would present about a pitiable a sight as that presented of savage tribesmen who undertook to fight with bows and arrows soldiers with their up-to-date quick-firing guns.
 “Now, if Germany could blind us with a rain of fire and explosives from above today, Japan could do the same thing tomorrow. The Ja­pan­ese fleet could lay off any of our western coast cities from Seattle to Panama and by utilizing the very latest up-to- date aeroplanes could fly over our forts and fleets as though they never existed.”
 Thus, Alfred W. Lawson positively showed his foresight in the year of 1913 and this great nation positively proved its hindsight on the year of 1941.
 In the New York Herald of January 26, 1913, there was published the following:
 “In an open letter to Congress, Alfred W Lawson, Publisher of Aircraft, one of the foremost advocates of aviation in this country, calls attention to the lamentable and dangerous position of the United States in the advance of the new science of flight.
 “Mr. Lawson states that the time has now arrived for this nation to start the construction of a great aerial fleet both for offensive and defensive purposes. In fact, in view of the great progress of other nations along these lines fur-