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University of Iowa speech and dramatic art programs, 1967-1969

1967-03-01 "Oh, What A Lovely War!" Page 5

" . . . great armaments lead inevitably to war. If there are armaments on one side, there must be armaments on other sides . . .
"The increase of armaments that is intended in each nation to produce consciousness of strength, and a sense of security, does not produce these effects. On the contrary, it produces a consciousness of the strength of other nations and a sense of fear. Fear begets suspicion and distrust and evil imaginings fo all sorts . . .
"This, it seems to me, is the truest reading of history, and the lesson that the present should be learning from the past in the interests of future peace, the warning to be handed on to those who come after us."
Lord Grey of Falloden, Foreign Secretary, 1905-15

"Ten milion lives were lost to the world in the 1914-18 war and they say that seventy million pounds of money were spent in the preliminary bombardment in the Battle of Ypres; before any infantry left their trenches the sum of twenty-two million pounds was spent, and the weight of ammunition fired in the first few weeks of that battle amounted to 480 thousand tons.
"I do not believe that that represents the best use the world can be expected to make of its brains and its resources. I prefer to believe that war hurts everybody, benefits nobody—except the profiteers—and settles nothing . . .
"As one who has passed pretty well half a century in the study and practice of war, I suggest to you that you should give your support to Disarmament and so do your best to ensure the promotion of peace."
Field Marshall Sir William Robertson, Chief of Imperial General Staff, 1915-18

"Tell me who profits by war, and I will tell you how to stop it."
Mr. Henry Ford

"Our nation is now engaged in a brutal and bitter conflict in Vietnam . . . We will stay until aggression has stopped. . . . Special Vietnam expenditures for the next fiscal year are estimated to increase by $5.8 billion. . . . We will need expendtures of $58.3 billion (over-all defense) for the next fiscal year to maintain this necessary might. . . . We may have to face long, hard combat or a long, hard conference, or even both at once. . . . I am hopeful and I will try to end this battle and return our sons to their desires. . . . It is a crime against mankind that so much courage, and so much will, and so many dreams, must be flung on the fires of war and death."
President Lyndon B. Johnson, State of the Union Message, January 12, 1966

FACTS AND FIGURES
World War I cost $105 billion and killed 10,000,000 people.
The world spends in excess of $130 billion a year on arms today. The nuclear stockpile alone amounts to the equivalent of twenty tons of TNT for every man, woman, and child on earth.
Three and one-half million shells were fired at the Battle of Messiness Ridge in twenty-four days (May 21-June 14, 1917). One H-bomb could have devastated the whole area gained in twenty-four seconds.
One atom bomb in 1945 caused as many casualties as the entire Battle of Arra.
One Polaris missile is twenty-five times as destructive as the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima.
The total military and civilian casualties in World War II amounted to 76,460,000, of which nearly one-half were killed. Prorated against the cost of killing a man in combat, the expense came to $240,000 per dead fighting man.
Report from Vietnam—Killed in action from 1961 through November 27, 1965: U.S. Military Personnel—1,359; South Vietnamese—26,686; Viet Cong—94,475.

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" . . . great armaments lead inevitably to war. If there are armaments on one side, there must be armaments on other sides . . . "The increase of armaments that is intended in each nation to produce consciousness of strength, and a sense of security, does not produce these effects. On the contrary, it produces a consciousness of the strength of other nations and a sense of fear. Fear begets suspicion and distrust and evil imaginings fo all sorts . . . "This, it seems to me, is the truest reading of history, and the lesson that the present should be learning from the past in the interests of future peace, the warning to be handed on to those who come after us." Lord Grey of Falloden, Foreign Secretary, 1905-15 "Ten milion lives were lost to the world in the 1914-18 war and they say that seventy million pounds of money were spent in the preliminary bombardment in the Battle of Ypres; before any infantry left their trenches the sum of twenty-two million pounds was spent, and the weight of ammunition fired in the first few weeks of that battle amounted to 480 thousand tons. "I do not believe that that represents the best use the world can be expected to make of its brains and its resources. I prefer to believe that war hurts everybody, benefits nobody—except the profiteers—and settles nothing . . . "As one who has passed pretty well half a century in the study and practice of war, I suggest to you that you should give your support to Disarmament and so do your best to ensure the promotion of peace." Field Marshall Sir William Robertson, Chief of Imperial General Staff, 1915-18 "Tell me who profits by war, and I will tell you how to stop it." Mr. Henry Ford "Our nation is now engaged in a brutal and bitter conflict in Vietnam . . . We will stay until aggression has stopped. . . . Special Vietnam expenditures for the next fiscal year are estimated to increase by $5.8 billion. . . . We will need expendtures of $58.3 billion (over-all defense) for the next fiscal year to maintain this necessary might. . . . We may have to face long, hard combat or a long, hard conference, or even both at once. . . . I am hopeful and I will try to end this battle and return our sons to their desires. . . . It is a crime against mankind that so much courage, and so much will, and so many dreams, must be flung on the fires of war and death." President Lyndon B. Johnson, State of the Union Message, January 12, 1966 FACTS AND FIGURES World War I cost $105 billion and killed 10,000,000 people. The world spends in excess of $130 billion a year on arms today. The nuclear stockpile alone amounts to the equivalent of twenty tons of TNT for every man, woman, and child on earth. Three and one-half million shells were fired at the Battle of Messiness Ridge in twenty-four days (May 21-June 14, 1917). One H-bomb could have devastated the whole area gained in twenty-four seconds. One atom bomb in 1945 caused as many casualties as the entire Battle of Arra. One Polaris missile is twenty-five times as destructive as the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. The total military and civilian casualties in World War II amounted to 76,460,000, of which nearly one-half were killed. Prorated against the cost of killing a man in combat, the expense came to $240,000 per dead fighting man. Report from Vietnam—Killed in action from 1961 through November 27, 1965: U.S. Military Personnel—1,359; South Vietnamese—26,686; Viet Cong—94,475.