Show The War This Week Allies Must Expect Hard Years Before Final Victory BY EVERETT COOLEY The American forces have now been in North Africa five and still the enemy has not been For those who were looking for a United Nations' m victory in our present position is none W too Too M much of our planning or JS lack of planning has Jill been done with the j w J thought in mind that J this war is something that will soon be over and we may again take up our lives where we B H t dropped the threads m 1 when we went to wL Perhaps the military and some government ag- Everett Cooley have made plans for a long drawn-out but a large majority of the people have the idea that the inconveniences we are now experiencing are for only a short The time and effort it has taken for us to drive the enemy into a corner of Africa should convince us that we have hard years ahead of us before the enemy is thoroughly crushed on all The speed with which the Nazis overran the Western European Greece and Yugoslavia undoubtedly has contributed to our thinking in terms of a quick just as the in Western Europe would cause us to think in terms of rapid downfall of the the prolonged see-saw struggle in Russia should cause us to think and prepare for a war of Our enemies have had war or military as their way of living for a decade Naturally in our rapid attempt at transition to all out we have made many But it is high time that we were getting down to correcting those mistakes and making good our all out war There are still those in our midst who are feathering their nests for the And there are those groups who try to make great gains politically and economically in a time when their services and products are absolutely necessary to our war At the present time there are many in the nation who are more concerned about defeating a presidential fourth terra than they are about defeating the In comparing things accomplished and things to be we have merely begun to Our way of life will have to be one planned for a lengthy There are a few bright spots in our war efforts that are worthy of recognition and One of these is the magnificent job being done by the automobile industry in which turned out seven billion dollars worth of war material last Another job well done is that done by Rubber Director who is announced that the production of synthetic rubber has advanced so well that he will be prepared to quit his post by the first of The Allies position in North Africa continues to improve But as General Eise-hower has a tough job lies ahead of the Allies before the Nazis are expelled from the African The plan to cut Rommel off from Von Armin in the North and to hold Rommel between Gabes and the Mareth line having the Allies will have to move in upon stronger Nazi forces in the North which are encamped in stronger fortified Reports have it that French-buit fortifications in Tunis and have been greatly strengthened by the in the newly acquired the American and have gained some valuable airports that will allow the air forces to pound the enemy So far it is the Allied air superiority more than anything else that has allowed the gains to be And the Nazis' effective use of land mines has done most to hamper our Perhaps unity is at last to be reached between the De Free French and those under General General Georges the Fighting French liason has been conferring with General Giraud for several days pertaining to a conference between and Apparently the mud of the Russian spring weather has seriously slowed down most activity on the Russian The Soviet forces are still in their drive upon They are having as hard a time to take that city as the Nazis have to push into the rich Caucasian oil Both sides report they have the enemy drive and have begun successful counter In the Pacific area most action consists of the incessant bombing of enemy installations by our flying Kiska island in the Aleutians is now a contestant with Malta for the title of most bombed spot on The army and navy have been attacking Kiska every day for the last week or The Japs are having a serious time to erect an airport on this |