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Show Washington News LetterBy Letter LetterB By B Congressman W K Granger GrangerWe GrangerWe We have all heard and read ofthe of ofthe ofthe the havoc brought to the Englishpeople English Englishpeople Englishpeople people by the notorious buzzbombs buzz buzzbombs buzzbombs bombs or robot bombs which aremoie are aremOl aremoie mOl moie e of a morale shattering shattcrmg instrument m in mstrument instrument strument than death dealing deahn although al although although though they have done consider considerable considerable considerable able damage to property in m Eng EngIland England England Iland land since smce they have been pro projected proSected projected jected Sected over the ChannelI ChannelThere Channel ChannelThere I Thcres There ] is speculation that these these'I thesesame thesesame ' same robot bombs carrying the theAmerican theAmerican theAmerican 'I I 'Isame American trademark may be beused beused be'used beused ' used against agamst the Japanese Japancsc " is 1S s our ourwar ourwar ourwar war in the Pacific progresses.with progresseswith progresseC\ progresseC progresses progresseCwIth progresseswith \ . wIth great effectiveness effectlvcncss TheGerman The TheGerman IGerman TheIGerman German VI tipe tape t pe bomb born ) has ha beensalvaged been beensalvaged beensalvaged salvaged and pieced together togcther byiWnght by bywnght byWright wnght Wright Field engineers and thisfall thIs thus thIsfaIl thusfall , faIl fall some 10 major aviationplants aVIatIon aVIatIonplants aviationplants plants were assigned the Job lob ] ob olmanufacturing of ofmanufacturmg ofmanufacturing manufacturmg manufacturing the robot bombsThey bombs bombsThey bombsThey They are now being tested in de defense defense dctense fense practice with their jet let pro propulsIOn propulsion propulsion pulsIOn engines gyro control controlordnance controlordnance controlordnance ordnance war heads and aVIa aVIahon aviation aviation hon tion assembly So this may be beone beone beone one of our future moves agaInst agaInstJapan againstJapan againsfJapan againsfJapanJapan Japan JapanJapan Japan s most serious weakness weaknessin In her war machine appears tcbe to tobe tobe be her merchant shipping TodayJapan Today TodayJapan TodayJapan Japan s merchant tonnage is nomuch not notmuch notmuch ! much more than one third of her1942 her 1942 tonnage in m 1000 ton shipsThey shIps shIpsThey shipsThey They have been able to offsetthis offset offsetthIs offsetthis thIs great loss in a small part bybuilding by bybuIldmg bybuilding buIldmg building large numbers of smallwooden smaIl small smaIlwooden smallwooden wooden vesselsJapan vesselsJapan vessels vesselsJapans Japan Japans s tanker tonnage has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been so severely cut down that thatsome thatsome thaisome some of our naval experts be belIeve believe believe lIeve the lack of fuel may be one oneof oneof oneof of the causes of the weakness weaknessshown weaknessshown weaknessshown shown by the Japanese air force forceOther forceOther I Other factors include mclude their poorly poor poorly . ly trained pilots technical techmcal superlonties super superIOntles superiorities IOntles iorities of the American Amencan carrierborne carrIer carrIerborne carrierborne borne planes and insufficienfradar insufficienfradarMacArthur msufflclent insufficient msufflclentradar insufficientradar radar radarMacArthur MacArthur s strike against agamst theCentral the theCentral theCentral Central Philippines is ] s a preliminary prehm prelim prehmI prehmInary preliminary Inary to our invasion mvaslOn of Formosa Formo I sa or Luzon which are essential essentialfor essentialfor essentialfor [ for future strikes against the Jap Japmamland Japmainland Jarmainland mamland mainland itself General MacAr MacArthur MacArthur MacArthur thur s invasion mvaslOn of the Philippine Phlllppmes Philippines Phlllppmescame Philippinescame ; came two months earlier earl1t > r than thanwas thanwas thaiwas was tentatively scheduled in m the theearly theearly thiearly early summer of this year and andthere andthere ancthere there are some indications mdlcatlons that thatthe thatthe thaithe the war m 111 the Pacific Paclhc is movingtoo movmg moving movmgtoo movingtoo too swiftly sw tly for supplies and reinforcements reIn reInforcements reinforcements forcements to catch up with 11and it itand ] t tand and that is one reason why it isnot is isnot ] S Snot not too optimistic to hope for arearly an anearly anearly early end to the war there afteithe after afterthe afterthe the conclusion of the Europearwar European Europeanwar Europeanwar war when Allied forces ancequipment and andequIPment andequipment equipment will wIIl be transferrecto transferredto transferred to the Pacific theater to engag engage engagethe engageIthe engagthe < \equIPment equIPment \ Ithe the enemv enemy |