Abstract

Why I Advocate U. M. T

The article presents the author's view on universal military training (UMT). According to the author, few of the people in the United States, today have confidence in the capacity of the U.N. to keep even such a precarious peace as they still have. But this does not mean that the U.N. must be discarded. It means that they must build on the foundations of the U. N. a structure that does not depend on a coalition of great powers for its existence-one that derives its power from the consent of the governed, from the people and not from sovereign states. The principal purpose of UMT is to do for their reserve and their National Guard what the draft would do for our standing army. UMT would provide a continual flow of trained young men into these forces. The only alternative to an adequate reserve and National Guard is a larger standing army and a permanent draft to supply the men.