Show economic highlights national alad international avnis inseparable front local avel faro fare may ID 10 waa an lu lit the history oatho of the modern world woral barly lu lit mouth the ito german lurman blitzkrieg was wad bouso lu in fuu full fury ou tho the low ules an ali miny army and ami air force which had been the ibo topic of con lu in Vuro peau les tor for years but which had never beal touted camo caine into hito at last tho the much vaunted def elme of belgium Bul aluia and holland crumpled like oo eo much before alitt greatest war machine tho the world hal had over tho the was on 00 lu in curnest earu mul and third kielch wua away to it a commanding load way 10 1110 was a tremendously day lu aiho aiho history of ahda country president to tho the congress Couy ross called tw lor un arnis arms production program which would make american dedouses in wid and our security absolute ile ho then naked asked that moro more than bo be appropriated ua as a starter so tho drive la Is a n moro more than ono one year old ohl it vas a drive which began in ill an at of intense tremendous it waa a drive which shortly artor after down to ito the polma where many al moat est succumbed to hop olesa despair jt it way was a drive which uan picked up its aa managed to gear itself itsek to war after of peace what are its ito fruits faulta today judged by world war 1 standards standard ards 9 wu we it are to doing well wo vo liate have khent it or committed ourselves tio 10 kaird our expense in the previous war was wo we iro are producing far liboro planes tanks and held field alecea than we v induced ulm our training pr program ive r men has gone much fa faatea titer bua and tills this la Is an important but indeed abo arll or ll has learned that world war 11 II la Is a very ry differ different ont mutter matter than world war 1 I hitler ling lias charged chau fied iho to rules and the iho standards stan darda py by what luio beat experts wo we should be doing we are moving fat far too slowly too too NN prime need la is fur which Ls lg glam priority ly by government over all other arnis arms yet the fact la Is that every official maito of what we would produce hiis has had bad to bo be revised and revisal downward only recently aaa va it ret that wo we bad planned for nearly enough big bombers bombera and an attempt Is being made now ito do tema tem edy that lack at the earne time it la is kalo truo true that ithal plano piano production has doubled alfice november we aro are woefully short on ord lance und it Is taking much time fline 0 o effect progress the army lias las been criticized in uila respect for lack lacking punch for being bound with rod red stape etc in reply tho the army answers that during the 2619 and it was waa given an overage average of only a year to spend for ordnance whatever the cause wherever the fault may ue he we wont have enough guas and aoi am muni tiou to reany equip our saat last expanding army for at least a year and persapa longer in perso personnel linel the record looks good 1 there were 27 complete lu in may am 1041 there live jive in may 1940 some borne ogree has been made toward developing mechanized and armored divisions no of which existed a your year ago but again equIp equipment mout are lit it to revise the previous downward tho the navy Is probably in better shape ithan ever in its ito history one buo reason being that it was waa given much money during peacetime when ithe illie army arany was waa given barely enough for subsistence nice but it will be 1040 1045 of 1010 I 1 be before we have a power powerful tul two fleet with men and oj of ficera trained to handle bundle it no one has haa boti been able to ito find a way to materially shorten the time it tul tules lukco es to td auw fighting craft 4 up we lye are going ahead but we are not going ahead la as fast us the exports experts think Is both ary and ble there la is criticism ot of the 11 frequent rest dout for being indecisive and for refusing to tiro fire thore there is criticism ot of industry for not aola adapting pt lulf readily to ito a war basla basis thoro thore Js jd criticism of tho the public at large for not realizing how deadly sor corlious lious our position L id 9 in a world largely iari goly domi dominated rated by the abels and for cor tho the arcila almest all who have been iva watching ilig the barije of aitho drive icem convinced that there bo be so I 1 ere odaie ups aud and that this country must swiftly turn its ait am pears into the actual ma chiava of warfare if it la Is to be secure in ithe light of history there la Is no excuse ifor for lal if allure lure and hitler has shown short n Us ua what happens to na HA eions which do tw too little and do it too date france hau has almost per coatto cent to axis demunda that cuine caine as LI shock but not nob as a our eur to loncoa and abia Wa hiton the democracies al aid everything P ible to stiffen the bade back of the vichy government but it wasi enough 1 gillitler has hla his banda around francol Iiran cos is neck and the wil squeeze leeze Is on war between and french troops and fighting bolpa ps may n now ow be expected fra la Is ga giving V ing german traps uld aid and supplies in africa mi kagland gland buat stand for that i |