Show Roosevelt Pledges I U. U S S. S Will Fight FightS I II Until Axis Topples S I Rapidly Growing War Production I i Will Aid Allied Offensive Due Soon President Assures World Text of Roosevelt Broadcast on Page 1 12 jj By LYLE C. C WILSON f E WASHINGTON Feb 24 UP President UP-President President Roosevelt Tues Tues- ues- ues laY jay had bad warned Americans that the United Nations must win the ar ar in ill the southwest Pacific tr r the United States must ex ex- sect to fight Japanese invaders On n California Oregon and ashington beaches r f As he spoke an axis submarine rine ne was shelling a Goleta Cal CaI refinery refinery fit It was an out all-out war alert But Bute Ie Je e promised that supplies would esp moving to all united nations lilies dUes and that the United States take the offensive Pledges ledges American Effort The president spoke spoke Monday I to th lh the world with a sumon sum sum- sum sum- tons rons on not only for unity at home and ind among the united nations A ht with a pledge that American ien women and machines will do doIl doto Il to r part in m the common effort I destroy German and Japanese militarism He He revealed for the first time Vat hat at thousands of American pound round troops and fliers are fight- fight kg tg on the Netherlands East Intes In- In Les tes battleground lying between c he Pacific ocean and the China Chinai i ia a. a on the north and the Indian ocean ean on the south r f Foolish fatuous turtle urtle policy he said of suggestions the United States should draw her men and ships lose dose around her own shores and possessions there to fight a last ditch battle against the axis divided divid- divid ed dand tand and cut off from the other united unit- unit id ed nations That is the axis game he be charged to divide and con- con quer luer tier I Hopeless was Mr Roosevelt's description of any project to send le e United States fleet to relieve General ne al Douglas MacArthur and Ss S's Am Filipino American heroes in Bataan province and the fortified of Manila bay Praises MacArthur Men MacArthur and his men are ing a delaying action That as the way the president de- de it But tu he said they were 1 bing momentarily more than ever W been deemed possible when that hat strategy for the Philippines tas as u laid out long ago t Mr ROos Roosevelt velt proposed a three- three int 1st program for Americans One One One-No No strikes THO No TWO No special gains privies privileges leges es or advantages for any group roup up or occupation Three Three Cheerful abandonment o of conveniences and modification tics tion n of the routine of our lives to win Win the war There was real cheer in Mr t's ts reference to Pearl uHe He said the tte United States I t eady joa hAs hAs' downed more more j Japa- Japa pat pa- pa pa- pa planes Panes I than the number of planes lost to in- in Japan Japan in dUding g those at Pearl Harbor ce Better er sun still his was assurance Continued on Page Pale Three Column One Oe j 1 Roosevelt Pledges Fight Until Axis Topples Continued from rage Pate One Ones that the vast 1942 armament plans plan s I January 6 would b be i e realized Will Hill Attain Goals The axis propagandists called calle d It fantastic Mr fir Roosevelt saidI said I I can tell you that those goals will l b he be attained Sharply almost bitterly he condemned condemned condemned con con- fifth columnists the selfish self self- fish ish the fearful and the jealous an anthe and d in m and out of th the Americans public life ife who have made damnable e misstatements and wildly our losses in men or materials material s t at t Pearl Harbor Those Americans who believed believe d We could live under the illusion o of f Isolationism Mr Roosevelt said I wanted scanted the the American e eagle gle t tI to o I Imitate the tactics of the ostrich i Now many of those same sane people afraid that we are sticking ou our r necks out want our national birto bird bir d I to be turned into a turtle But w we f prefer to retain the eagle as it is isI s s I flying high and striking hard i 1 Will Ill Take Offensive Soon we and not our enemies i 1 have the offensive we not no nothey t I they will yin win the final final battles and we not they will make th the e final peace He cited the lies of axis propaganda propaganda propaganda ganda and the axis story that w ware we weare weare e are soft playboys who would hire hir e Dutchmen Englishmen or Russians Russians Rus Rus- mans to fight for us He told the e axis to tell that one to MacArthur's MacArthurs MacArthurs MacArthur's MacArthurs MacArthur's MacAr MacAr- thurs thur's men or to the American America n sailors or soldiers who are shootIng shooting shoot shoot- Ing lag it out today with the Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese or to the marines The president demanded unInterrupted uninterrupted uninterrupted un interrupted production so that the t the supply lines which link the far- far flung united nations may be kept t open and reasonably safe for ou our r munitions ships and transports Vital mal to U. 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S Defenses I If we lost communication wit with h the southwest Pacific he warned all of that area including Australia Australia Australia Aus Aus- and New Zealand would fall under Japanese domination Japan Japan Japan Ja- Ja Ja Ja- pan could then release great numbers numbers numbers num num- bers of ships and men to launch attacks on a large scale against the coast of the western hemisphere hemisphere hemi hemi- sphere phere including Alaska At the same time she could immediately extend her conquests to India and through the Indian India n ocean to Africa and the near east and try to join forces with Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many and Italy If we were to stop sending munitions munitions mu mu- to the British and the Russians Russians Russians Rus Rus- in the Mediterranean and Persian gulf areas we would help the he nazis to overrun Turkey Syria Iraq rag rag- Persia Egypt and the Suez canal the he whole coast of north Africa and the whole coast of wes west t Africa putting Africa putting Germany within easy striking distance of South America But he said there were those till still thinking in terms of the days day s of sailing ships who wanted us to pull our warships merchant ships ship s and planes into our own waters If he continued by suc such h fatuous policy we ceased to protect protect protect pro pro- the north Atlantic supply lin linto line t to Great Britain and to Russia w we weI e I would help to cripple the splendid d counteroffensive by Russia against t the nazis and we would help t to o deprive Britain of essential foo food d supplies and munitions We could no longer send aid ai d of cf any kind to China China to to the brave brav e people who for foI nearly five years year s have withstood Japanese assault destroyed hundreds of thousands thousand s of Japanese soldiers and vast quantities quantities quantities quan quan- of Japanese war munitions It is essential that we help ChinIn China Chin a in her magnificent defense and i in n her inevitable counteroffensive counteroffensive- for that is one important element In the ultimate defeat of Japan Divide and Conquer The object of the nazis and th the Japanese is to separate the United Unite d States Britain China and Russia and to isolate them one from another another another an an- other so that each will be surrounded surrounded surrounded sur sur- rounded and cut off from sources source s of supplies and reinforcements I It t I I I II is the e old familiar axis policy of divide and conquer Explaining that we are fighting around the world and may still have to yield some ground the president said he could regain it by overwhelming the axis with a policy of carrying the war to the enemy in distant waters waters waters-as as far faras faras as possible froll front home And he called the maintenance of our long communications lines a very job In spite of the length and difficulties difficulties difficulties of this transportation he continued I can tell you that we already have a large number of bombers and pursuit planes manned by American pilots which are now in daily daily- contact with the enemy in the southwest Pacific And thousands of American troops are re today in that area engaged in operations not only in the air but buton buton buton on the ground as well Violated Written Pledge fledge fledged Mr Roosevelt pictured for the millions sitting with their world maps the almost encircled plight of the Philippines before the war began and told how Japan had violated its written pledge when it fortified those innocent appearing appearing appearing appear appear- ing dots of islands east of the Philippines Guam lies in the middle of them he said saida a a lone outpost which we did not fortify Guam's defenders since are dead or transported to Japan and the marines on Wake island were not far behind them And now Japan has completely encircled the Philippines Mr Roosevelt denied that the Philippine situation would have been altered if Japan had not attacked Pearl Harbor on December December December Decem Decem- ber 7 and denied again wildly exaggerated reports of damage to that naval base Contempt for Whisperers You and I he said have the utmost contempt for Americans who since Pearl Harbor have whispered or announced off the record that there was no longer any Pacific fleet that fleet that the fleet was all sunk or destroyed on December December December De De- cember 7 that 7 that more than 1000 of our planes were destroyed on the ground They have suggested slyly that the government has withheld withheld withheld with with- held the truth about casualties casualties- that or men were killed at Pearl Harbor instead of the figures officially announced They have even served the enemy propagandists by spreading ding the Incredible in incredible incredible in- in credible story that shiploads of bodies of our honored dead were about to arrive in New York harbor harbor harbor har har- bor to be put into a common grave Pla Play Into Axis ls Hands nand r iy Almost every axis broadcast Berlin Rome Tokyo quotes Americans Americans Americans Amer Amer- who by speech or in the press make damnable misstatements misstatements misstatements misstate- misstate ments such as these Mr Roosevelt explained that some information could not be disclosed disclosed disclosed dis dis- dis- dis closed but said the government had confidence that the people could hear the worst without flinching He bespoke discretion discretion discretion tion not only in the withholding of news but in the adverse criticism criticism cism of the government He promised that the public will be told the general trend of how the war is going As for Pearl Harbor he gave the casualties and damage again 2340 killed wounded three warships destroyed others damaged damaged dam dam- aged some of which are back in service and others coming back and some ships not damaged at all Pleads for Cooperation The president said that with few exceptions labor capital and agriculture know this is no time for undue profits and advantages His message to labor was We shall not stop work for a single day If any dispute arises we shall keep on working while the he dispute is solved by mediation conciliation or arbitration until arbitration until the war is won Mr Roosevelt saluted the battling battling bat bat- Dutch Chinese and British He paid tribute on its birthday anniversary to the Russian army He Fie warned of a hard battle ahead and said Never before have we had so little time in which to do so much |