Show We Shall Never Be Quitters AFTER A R some days' days respite apparently due to I V bad weather nazi bombing raids in force lorce on the London area have been resumed Bombs of ot all sizes and incendiaries are again being showered down Indiscriminately on the homes and churches factories and businesses schools and streets ts of England's England great metropolis Yet London still stands and Londoners continUe continue con con- to go about their business dodging bombs putting out Incendiaries and dulling the edge of ol nazi wrath by their calm courage and stubborn stubborn stub stub- born refusal to permit wanton death and destruction de de- de- de to dismay them Certainly if it Britain finally wins the war the common people the people the men women and cl children chil chil- l- l dren in civilian life will life will rank as heroes along with the bravest of the empires empire's aviators soldiers soldiers soldiers sol sol- sol sol- diers and sailors Statistics on civilian casualties casualties cas cas- to date compared with those in the armed forces prove that The common people of Britain especially London are in the frontline frontline front frontline line trenches of this war war and and they are proving proving ing trig themselves good and brave soldiers Recently a resident of Salt Lake City has received several letters from a friend in Lon Lon- don A few tew excerpts from those letters are not riot only ony worth publishing for their interesting sidelights on the war in London but as well because they reveal the spirit of the civilian populace their resolution and their faith in ultimate victory Here are the quotations Nazis will probably have told you that London London London Lon Lon- don Is a smoking ruin Nothing is further lurther from the truth London still stands four lour foursquare foursquare square to all the winds that blow and what is more snore important the inhabitants neither quail nor quiver at the threats which originate from Goebbels Goebbels' propaganda office He cannot cannot cannot can can- not destroy London even with his largest bombs nor will he demoralize Londoners with words words words While this noisy interchange of compliments compliments ments meats a heavy German bombing r raid id was going on in complete darkness outside we were sitting in front of a comfortable fire lire with the lights full lull on We are just reading a book or a newspaper We do not feel brave neither do we think we are brave but there Is no trace of panic even when the explosions are near If they get very near we Just pop Into the space under the staircase for lor a minute or two until Imminent danger is past Describing a visit to the West End We Ve saw nw one or two damaged places but we saw hundreds of ot undamaged places of business ss We saw queues waiting to go into the picture sh shows ws We saw trolley buses doing their usual runs etc etc What of the morale I say that it is ex ex- ex I have no leer fear of the courage of th the Londoners falling failing Give us the produce of your factories and we have the men who will do the rest We are greatly encouraged by the attitude and speeches of President Roosevelt He and his people are safe in backing us as we shall never be quitters in the tremendous fight light for lor freedom Thousands yes es millions of Londoners still refuse to be terrified I can only assume that they think death is better than shame They calmly and deliberately go about their business come what may I was for three years a soldier in France during the last war I operated op op- crated on many fronts with Frenchmen EnglIshmen Eng Eng- Welshmen Canadians Australians and Americans but never have I I. I seen anything to be compared with the workaday workaday work work- aday day courage of the men women and even children of London This stoutness of heart is what is going to kill kIU the German war ma ma- chine |