planes to land
upon and fly from that would enable a thousand a day to be sent
across the Atlantic Ocean by their
own power direct from American
factories to the battlefields in Europe.
One of the high navy officials laughed good naturedly when the plans were first mentioned to him. He asked: ‘‘How could an airplane be made to fly upon or from an ocean going ship when a raging sea tipped its ends at an angle of 70 to 80 degrees?”
The writer told him that airplanes would not fly to and from Airplane Carriers under such conditions but only when the weather was favorable for it. Even then, however, the high official claimed that Airplane Carriers could not be made practical.
At a social gathering in New York in 1910 the writer was introduced to the Secretary of War by the hostess who told him Mr. Lawson was going to show the Government how to build flying machines that would defeat the enemies of this country in case of war.
This secretary, whose offices, no doubt, were adorned with the pictures of warriors squatted upon horses took one quick glance at the writer and suddenly turned on his heel and strutted away with a contemptuous look upon his face but without uttering a solitary word.
This country must put men of foresight in the highest positions in order that the Western Hemisphere will stand in the front ranks of progress and keep in a position where our Free American Government cannot be blasted to pieces by the loot loving barbarians of the Eastern Hemisphere.
So if this war is to continue several more years it is time to use foresight and plan the improved methods that will be necessary to finally win.
Of course, our high officials who are in charge of the war today are not responsible for the lack of foresight shown by our high officials who were in charge of affairs yesterday. But they are certainly responsible for their own lack of foresight today if it is the cause of tomorrow’s failures.
Yes, we are to blame for tomorrow’s catastrophes if we do not use foresight to prevent them today.
BUT, great humanitarians are always willing to sacrifice their physical bodies for high principles, if necessary, and as I believe that there have been developed in the Western Hemisphere a sufficient number of such super-quality beings to safeguard the higher principles of the FREE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT I feel confident that when this war ends the STARS and STRIPES will still wave with dignity and honor and will then stand upright as the emblem of true liberty that will be maintained by that greatest of all principles JUSTICE FOR EVERYBODY HARMS NOBODY.
The Original Benefactor
One of the high navy officials laughed good naturedly when the plans were first mentioned to him. He asked: ‘‘How could an airplane be made to fly upon or from an ocean going ship when a raging sea tipped its ends at an angle of 70 to 80 degrees?”
The writer told him that airplanes would not fly to and from Airplane Carriers under such conditions but only when the weather was favorable for it. Even then, however, the high official claimed that Airplane Carriers could not be made practical.
At a social gathering in New York in 1910 the writer was introduced to the Secretary of War by the hostess who told him Mr. Lawson was going to show the Government how to build flying machines that would defeat the enemies of this country in case of war.
This secretary, whose offices, no doubt, were adorned with the pictures of warriors squatted upon horses took one quick glance at the writer and suddenly turned on his heel and strutted away with a contemptuous look upon his face but without uttering a solitary word.
This country must put men of foresight in the highest positions in order that the Western Hemisphere will stand in the front ranks of progress and keep in a position where our Free American Government cannot be blasted to pieces by the loot loving barbarians of the Eastern Hemisphere.
So if this war is to continue several more years it is time to use foresight and plan the improved methods that will be necessary to finally win.
Of course, our high officials who are in charge of the war today are not responsible for the lack of foresight shown by our high officials who were in charge of affairs yesterday. But they are certainly responsible for their own lack of foresight today if it is the cause of tomorrow’s failures.
Yes, we are to blame for tomorrow’s catastrophes if we do not use foresight to prevent them today.
BUT, great humanitarians are always willing to sacrifice their physical bodies for high principles, if necessary, and as I believe that there have been developed in the Western Hemisphere a sufficient number of such super-quality beings to safeguard the higher principles of the FREE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT I feel confident that when this war ends the STARS and STRIPES will still wave with dignity and honor and will then stand upright as the emblem of true liberty that will be maintained by that greatest of all principles JUSTICE FOR EVERYBODY HARMS NOBODY.
The Original Benefactor