Show r Released by Western Newspaper Union OUR SON JOHN JOHNIS JOHN JOHN- IS IN TIlE THE ARMY OUR SON JOHN JOlIN is in the army said Farmer but we do not know where he hI is We can write him at an address we have and know our letters will wilI be forwarded but where they will reach John we do not know He may be somewhere in the United States or he may be in England England Eng Eng- land Ireland Russia Iran Egypt or Libya Libyn He may be bc in Java Burma Burma Bur Bur- ma India Australia or in any anyone one of the many south Pacific islands Or he ma may may be In Africa in Dutch Guiana the Canal Zone or any one of the several islands of the Caribbean Caribbean bean sea or it might be the Philippines Philippines Philippines Philip Philip- pines or China or Norway Norway we we do donot donot donot not know Because his ancestors came from Norway 1 expect John would like to be bc there helping to drive the Germans from that Hun- Hun infested country We know he is doing his best wherever he is In that little statement about his hisson hisson hisson son John Farmer painted paint paint- ed a picture of this war and of the Americans who arc are fighting in it for forus forus us A war which encircles the thc globe a war on every sea and on every continent the continent the must terrific conflict the world has ever known the result result re reo re- re sult suIt of which will determine the freedom or slavery of practically all peoples For America it is being fought by people of all races and all nationalities ties for of such uch America is made In our armed forces are men whose ancestry comes from all the nations of Europe Asia Austral Austral- asia South America and from the tribes and peoples of Africa They are the product of the American American Amer Amer- ican melting pot poL Freedom the opportunity opportunity opportunity op op- op- op for advancement to prosper prosper prosper pros pros- per to live as ns free citizens has made of them the kind of Americans who will give their all that they and their children may retain the rights and privileges WAR IS DIFFERENT THAN LAST CONFLICT AMERICAS AMERICA'S problems in World War I were much different than those confront confronting ng us in this conflict Then we had an enemy on one battle line linein linein linein in Europe To be sure it stretched from the Atlantic through to the Black sea but we had allies who had b been n holding that line and who offered offered of of- us landing places for troops We had a war on one ocean only the Atlantic German subs and German German German Ger Ger- man raiders were fairly numerous but we had the navies of France England and Italy to join with our own Today TodDY we are fighting on the seven seas of the world We have only the navy of England and the limited number and size of ships of the Dutch in the East Indies and andI j I those of Australia We have no landing places in continental Europe or in the Far East Enst where we can place an army World War I was not an out all war so far as America was con con- We did not become the arsenal arsenal arsenal ar senal of Democracy We were the breadbasket of the Allies While we supplied food England supplied us with ships France supplied us with artillery for which England supplied the ammunition American pilots flew French and English planes We had no tanks World War I was a conflict of men men- This is a conflict of machines At the end of 18 months in 1918 we had an army of some three million men in France and practically no made American-made machines In this war at the end of four months we weare weare weare are supplying the machinery of war warto warto warto to all of the Allied na nations INCOME IE TAXES AND BATTLE FRONTS THE FACT THAT 22 million Americans planked down their money to pay their income tax without without without with with- out any perceptible murmur of complaint Is the best evidence of any lack of enthusiasm for the prosecution prosecution prosecution prose prose- cution of the war in which we are engaged People will back the government government government gov gov- to the out all limit The Theone Theone Theone one place where war apathy is found round is in m the halls of congress A large majority of the men who represent us in our legislative bodies arc are evidently thinking more of winning winning win win- ning votes votes than than of 01 winning the war warThe The rank and file of 01 American labor laboris is willing to work 48 or 60 CO hours a week if it that be needed to supply tanks ships guns and airplanes American farmers and American i industry in will cheerfully sacrifice war profits that our freedom and liberties Uber liner liber ties may be preserved The coterie of minority lobbyists at Washington does not represent anything other than themselves Our law makers may discover that at the next elec elec- tion Buy Buy Defense Bonds Bonds- W WHAT AT HAPPENED APPE ED TO M I PLANS WHAT HAPPENED to the M bill of we heard much two or three years ago Newspaper and magazine stories and whole books were written about it It was to draft all men and women all wealth and industrial plants all labor and the farmers farmer's land There were to be beno beno beno no strikes no profits no wage in creases It provided for an all out war and was to b be passed by congress congress congress con con- gress along with any declaration of war |