| Show josepht joseph C grow warns half effort will not defeat japan by JOSEPH C GRE GREW W united states Amba ambassador isador to japan until tho the outbreak ol of war and author ol of I 1 I report leport front from tokio written tor for the treasury department in connection with the SAY SAT TR YES S campaign to complete the nation patt lAlly filled war stamp albums album ASHINGTON D C in de washington ascribing scribing one ot of the big air battles over guadalcanal Guadal canal a recent newspaper account tells ot an amer jean flyer who parachuted from ills his crippled plane to the waters of lunga bay the navy cratl craft which picked him up next went to the rescue cu ot of a japanese pilot seen struggling in the water nearby As the rescue boat reached the japanese flyer lie he suddenly pulled out his revolver aimed it at the drenched dron ched american pilot and pulled tho the trig ger the cartridge failed to explode then the japanese officer turned the gun on himself with suicidal anten again he pulled the trigger and again his revolver failed him at this point an american sailor knocked him out with a boat hook and pulled him aboard the american craft a prisoner almost dally one reads eye wi wit t ness stories such as this one and all of them clearly demonstrate that war with our enemy in the pacific cannot end in compromise for ten years I 1 lived in japan the truth as I 1 know it from doss close observation Is this Noth lAi less than tho the exertion of our maximum capacities individually and collectively in a war of offense will bring our beloved country safely to the tha longed for haven c victorious peace the japanese are pawns of a sen senseless sele r but mif clity militarism a warrior caste which Is ruthless and am cruel beyond comprehension from tho the flood of eye witness ac counts ot of atrocity and bestiality one on JOSEPH C GREW says its fight to finish fatt fact shines clear wo we must utterly crush that machine and caste and an system if however we e americans Amerl car think that collectively and ally we can continue to lead our normal lives leaving the spirit of sa acu to our soldiers and sal sailors lors we shall unquestionably run the risk of a stalemate with japan I 1 do not have the slightest doubt of our eventual victory but I 1 do not wish to see the period of our blood sweat and t I 1 nd tears t C ars indefinitely and unnecessarily s prolonged we must not fall to realize that we arc up against a powerful fighting machine a people whose morale cannot bo be broken even by successive defeats and untold economic handsh hardship ap a people who gladly sacrifice their lives for their emperor and their nation we must also remember that ja japan P an did not start this war without carefully laid military plans for victory over the united states and a peace dictated by theli their war lords at the white house this is a total war tile the only answer to which is a total american victory it Is a war in which half measures of any kind menn mean inc redl dl blo ble wast nf material energy and human life in this sense a halt half filled war savings stamp album la Is symbolic of a half effort there are I 1 am told roughly million partially complete war stamp albums now in circulation these buncom plated stamp albums are in a measure like a million threats to a speedy and victorious peace on tile the other hand tor for every war savings album completed and ca cashed 5 hed in for a bond you the owner owne r have helped some soldier or sailor take a forward step on the uphill road to total victory U S treasury |
