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AHEAD ADEAD ADEADw AHEADWASHINGTONThe AHEADWASHINGTONTbe WASHINGTON--Tbe WASHINGTON Tbe ASHINGTON-The ASHINGTON The WASHINGTON-The w . - - - official O1I1cl81 head head- headUne headlines ' - Une lines . hava bave have chCered chberpd Ch el ' 4 tut us : with almost almosi almostdaily almosidaily almostdaily daily victories vlctor1e.t vlctor1et . through tht'ouph thtouph ' Jb 1943 IH3 , , . but aWsober aQ7 aW aQ7.ober anysober .ober ober sober . contempta contemplation Qn off of :3944 3944 : f < 194 1M ( ' must mustmake mustmake mustmake make u ua us . look tooJ b behind bdII4 hf 4 them at the thereaUty thereality thereality reaUty reality of at our out ' wa war effort . * , In Italy Jtab : ' , the Pacific Pacl4e . islands .tand tand . . .t14 t14 and andNew . andNew .t14New New Guinea Gulaea . , , wa we hava have hate been engagedin engaaedin engaaed engaged , in co costly , . , , brave br.vO brvO bravo . ' but 'token.c token.c tokenc ' token-scale token scale - . - = ale flght Jlebfto fight JlebftoIng flghting . ing A very small .man man . fraction tracUon ; ot of our ourmassive ourmassive uz : mas.lve maslve massive . army arms arm , baa bas has even even ven DOw-a DOw a now--a now DOwamonth nowamonth now - - - amonth month more th thaq than two tWe > yeara 7eafJI yeas aqer after aqerthe afterthe afterthe the war .tarted-ae .tartedae .tarted tarted ae started--se started se . started - - - seen th the e elJe eger enemy.Thera enemyThera } > , tr . , . There have bave been dflclal dflclalth official mel eegtimetes e egtimetes egtimetesthat estimatesthat liIte . that 3,800.000 3800.000 3800000 2,500,000 2500000 2,50 250 , , , .000 000 , . . ( ( possibly posilb1y about bout II h a &hIreS hIreS third & &hIreSof thirdof thirdof of our preparing : army artn1 ' ) will ba be over over- overseas overseas overseas - - seas by New Yaar'a Yaara Year's Years ' ' Day Pay . Official Omcla1 pronouncements prono\U1cementJ prono U1cementJ \ dl.clOle dlclOle disclose dl.clOlethat disclosethat disclosethat . that we had b.ct bct . toUl four ( our " divisions v1s1011S in la action actionin . actionhi tIon tIonIn In Tunfsja Tunisia , . , five Dve la In Sicily SfcUy , . and at1d tour four touror fouror touror or five ftve in Itab-about Itab about Italy--about Italy Italy ' - - - about 10,000 10000 00.000 00000 00,000 , . to 7.000 7000 75,000 75000 7.000men 75,000men 7S,000men 7S000men " . , , men flghtinc ftchtlna fighting at a time Ume , . About half balf these divisions dMstons bave have baveI bavecarried havecarried havecarried I carried on through throueb , . ao .0 0 so . that only on17 half calU calUof halfof .of of . of them may be assumed aasumed , asumed to be b * addi addJ addl- addl addlUonal additional . - I Itlonal tional tlonal Uonal troops ' These 'lbe.e lbe.e lbee . con'lderatiODl conlderatiODl considerations con'lderatiODlI con'lderatiODlwou1cS considerationswould considerationswould ' I wou1cS would furnish fumlJh an . estimate .Urnats Urnats . that a aI alittle alittle alittle I little over 100 000 men had yet .een een seen seenaction . seenaction .eenacUon acUon action on this front tront . . \ On Guadalcanal and In the Solo Solo- Solomons Solomoos Solomons - - mons moos , , three different dlfterent divisions dlvllions have havebeen havebeen havebeen been mentioned . In New Nevy New Guinea Guineaelement . , , elemenu elements ? of ot two more mdre ba have " been of Olfflclally . , ftclalIy ficlally declared A division dlvlsioaf dlvisi ISSUD Isaup- Isaup Isaupposed la ISSUDposed . , , , IP1P- IP1P - IP1Pposed < - , posed to 10 have been involved Inv01ved Inboved ) at Attu . . . Thus TbUi in the Pacific Paclftc . , , the thtt estbnate estimate estbnateI estbnatecouId estimatecould eJtimatecould I couId could be safely .a.tel1 a.tel1 atel1 . . ' placed at around aroundI around90 I 90 000 in action acUon . , plus the 19,009 19009 19,000 19000 , , regu recu- recu regu- regulars recuwho regulars - lars who fought tougbt tor for the Philippines PblUpplne Phlllpplnes . . . I Certainly Certainly- Certainlyfew Certa - .few few . tew few more than JOO.OOO JOOOOO 200,000 200000 JOO.OOOI 200,000troopsoheteitth ! 200.000troops 200000troops . , . I troops-oM-tezJtb troops oM tezJtb troops--ohe-teitth ohe teitth - - - one-ten one ten - - , > th of e4 the Ule land lan4 tor force forcesupposed forcesupposed e esupposed supposed to ba be overseas oversea . now and andonly andonly . only an Infinitesimal lnflnItesltnal VA 21A1 2 % per cent of ofthe ofthe ofthe the army wa we have bave been raising and andtraining andtraining andtraining I yetI training to beat the AxIs-have AxIs have Awls-have Awls Axis - - have yet yetbeen yetbeen yetbeen been turned upon the tiJe enemy enemyThis enemyThis Tbia This does not mean their ftgbUnghas fightinghas flehttag ftgbUng fighting ' has not been great and historic historicValor historicValor historicValor Valor and greatness in combat donot do donot donot not rest on numbers number . Nor will wID any anyfuture anyfuture anyfuture future action of ot this war be more moreImportant moreImportant moreimportant Important than tba the work they had hadto hadto hadto to do The only point of this Jold sold soldtruth Joldtruth : coldtruth truth is we are still atm ia In the preparatory prepara prepara- preparatory preparatory - tory phase of thI this . war now more morethan morethan morethan than two years after ita its starL start starLREASONS startBEASON1 . REASONS ron FOR FORGETTING FORGE'ITINO FORGEITINO FORGE'ITINOThat FORGETTINGThat FORGETTINGThat ' That nona none of ua UI us has fully tully appreciated appre appre- appreciated appreciated - - ciated these facts however , , is fa dueto due dueto dueto to several .everal everal . natural reasons rea.ons reaons rea.onsIn reasonsIn reasonsIn . In the first ftrst place , , collapse of at the theGerman theGerman theGerman German war machine was anticipat anticipat- anticipated anticipated - - ed because of a shortage shortaee of oil oU obi and andraw andraw andraw raw materials , , and this proved unjustified un- un unJustlfted un unjustified - - justified Justlfted justifiedSecondly JustlftedSecondly Secondly . , , the air corps expected expectedbomblnes expectedbombings expectedbombings bomblnes bombings of ot German cities to bring bringa a possible capitulation due to the thesame thesame thesame same reasons , and this may crime crimeany c comeany me meany any day , . but it haa bas has not coma come yet yetFurthermore . . Furthermore , it was wise and nec nec- necessary necessary necessary - - essary for tor us to make the Naziscontinue Nazis Naziscontinue Naziscontinue continue to believe new invasions inva.lons invalons . of ofEurope ofEurope ofEurope Europe were imminent ImmJnent , . in fn order to tokeep tokeep tokeep keep aa as many Germans as possible possibleaway possibleaway possibleaway away from trom the Russian front frontFinally . . Finally the profound extent of ofNazi ofNazi ofNazi Nazi stubbornness in continued trult fruit trultless fruitless fruitless less resistance to the Russians bas has basbeen hasbeen hasbeen been truly amazing Only a nation nationwblch nationwhich nationwhich wblch which wants suicide could continue continueto to faca face what wbat Germany faces taces with withthe withthe withthe the new yearTbe yearThe year yearThe The Tbe end of the war in Europe Is Issurely Issurely issurely surely to ba be expected this coming comingyear comingyear comingyear year Fuller use of our great power poweris poweris 1 is . practically promised officially officiallynot officiallynot officiallynot not on far scattered atolls but In Inconcentrated inconcentrated inconcentrated concentrated power Places wherethe where wherethe wherethe the blows blow . are to ba be launched Iauncbed bave have bavealmost havealmost havaalmost almost officially oIDciaUy been sufgested suggested suggestedDlsa suggestedDisappointments sufgestedDisappointments Dlsa Disappointments polntmentB cannot continue continueto to delay the Inevitable Yet if It we weconUnue wecontinue wecontinue conUnue continue only to plod along remotesandy remote remotesandy remotesandy sandy Island by island in the Pacl1lc Pacific Pacl1lcJlnd Pacificand Pacificand Jlnd and mountain by mountain to in Italy Italywith Italywith Italywith with no more than 200 000 men In Inaction Inaction inaction action on land anyone can see this thiswar thiswar thiswar war could last laat interminably < ( thelong the thelong thalong long hard years orieinally originally forecast > ) My best guess guest i is . Germany will yet yetcrack yettrack yetcrack crack track and quickly qulckl7 , . that tha the war In InEurope InEurope inEurope Europe will certainly end in the ftrst brat ftrstIIx bratsix hrstsix IIx six : months of 1944 1944 , , , probably the firstquarter first firstquarter firstquarter quarter and that ' Japan J'apan will wl1l last lastless lastless lastless less than a year longerGETTING longer longerGETTING . . . GETTING GETl'ING GETlING ' ELECTEDAND ELECTED ELECTEDAND ELKCTGDAND AND ' ' TAX 'TAX VOTING * " ' A young lawyer friend of mine Inthe inthe In 'the the ' the Southwest decided to enter paUtics polltics poll paU 'tics tics ' tics as a career He started the theright theright theright right way , , at the bottom gettinghimself getting : ; himself elected etected to a county board ot of ofiupervlsors otI otsupervisors ofsupervisors ofsupervisorsAt I supervisors iupervlsors supervisorsI iupervlsorsAt I At once . , , however bowever he raised the theI thetax thetax I tax levy on all aU real estate In ahe die aheI diecounty ihecounty I county caused an Increase in the theI thevaluations thevaluations thevaluations I valuations and just about doubledthe doubled doubledI doubledthe I the tax bill bur on all the people J I JI Jthought Ithought Ithought I thought that would nip his political politicalI politicalcareer politicalcareer politicalcareer I career practically In embryo But ButImmediately . , I stateI Immediately mmedlately he ran tor for the state statelegulature stateegtslature stateleeislature legulature egtslature and was Waf elected almoat almost almostanantrnously almostunanimously almostunanimouslyBoth : unanimously anantrnously , anantrnouslyBoth Both he and I found tound that not a aI a.ingle atingle asingte .ingle ingle tingle . taxpayer resented or remem remembered rememiered remembered I , bered iered bis his permanent doubling of ofI oftheir ofheir oftheir I their heir cost of ot living llvlng In his communi communl community communit communly t ; y , . . , but a small smaU group of Jndtvidu individu individuits indtviduals : als its whose lands were benefited beneftted by bywilding bybuilding . building wilding a sewer through tbroueh their piuptrty prop- prop piup- piup property prop property - - erty trty thereby increasing its value valueand valueind valueand and ind certain fanners fannen farmers who obtained obtainedcounty obtainedounty obtainedcounty county ounty : roads through througb their property propertyclearl.T propertydearly propertyclearly clearl.T clearlT dearly . remembered bis bla his work In Intheir inheir intheir their heir Interests'development interests-'development interests 'development development interesta Interests- Interests - - ' 'development development ' of the thecounQ theounty thecounty counQ- counQ ounty counQI : - , , " I " suppose I"1Ppose I1Ppose the they , . would.caU wouldcaU would'cau would.caUItand would'cautand would . ' * callIt It-and It and t--and t - - - and they thet ' whooped up almostmanimous almost almostunanimous almostunanimous unanimous manimous sentiment .enUment enUment aentlment . for tor him m his . hisictions Hisactions actions ictions DaJ oald Dald off oft ofi |