Show MT J H aa washington I 1 NEWS LETTER ky by congressman CONO RUSSMAN GIZA GENERAL MARSHALLS 18 REPORT the recent report by the chief of staff to tile secretary of war tins has attracted such widespread atten attention 1 I on that it merits the reading of every citizen n who ho wants to know irom nom an official source just what has been done and why it was done general marshall Is admired most by tho those se who know him general said of him marshall it Is tile tho best officer of his time t the summary of the report tol fol iowa 9 briefly I 1 tho ll 11 military tur situation as we find it on julya 1943 it will be remembered that hint our onfry entry into the war was ni marked aried by a sua succession of serious reverses nt at pearl parl harbor lit in the philippines and through the malaysian go it was it a time for calm courage and stout resolution on the part at of the people of the united states with put our pa cefic fleet crippled anti and the philippines overwhelmed at the outset gewere we forced to watch tho the enemy pr piu 0 gres groi avely engulf our resistance to I 1 ils his advances vances one year ato ago the german offensive in russia was sweeping through thorough the donetz basin jeopardizing the whole of south nu asin and the ahe caucasus and ominously menacing the allied positions in the middle ast e ast Itom mets afrika korps alth selected italian troops lint had the british with their bucks backs to cairo threatening the lifeline of the british empire our successes lp in the coral sen sea and at midway and the ho repulse of tile the japanese forces in n the aleutians Aleut lans ians had not prevented the japanese from carvin godt out a position of control ot of a vast empire from which they threatened india Au australia australi anti and our own pacific position aryear A year ago the united states ability to lo transport its power piles munitions and troops the atlantic was being challenged by cub ab marines which lit in a single month had sunk bunk tras of shipping I 1 july 1 1943 finds the united spates my and davv n I 1 t e the axis pow powers c is lin in purpose purpose and in bp operation era tion a un unity ity shared ahin when thelba tho toc caslon demands by the british commonwealth mon wealth of nations the chinese dutch french and other fighting ele merits among our friends and supporters the atlantic tile tho enemy had been driven from north africa and europe has been encircled by a constantly growing military power tile the Itus russian army engaging two thirds of the german ground forces find and one third of tile the german air fleet in deadly and exhausting combat has dispelled the legend logani of the lie invincibility of the german panzer divisions tile the british isles are stronger strong pr than ever before and a now new F fiance rance Is i aels ing ine from the ashes of 1040 1019 strategically the enemy in europe has been reduced jo io tile the defensive and tile the blockade Is complete in the pacific the japanese are being steadily dlly ejected or rather d from their conquered territory the th aleutians Aleut lans ians oro arc about to bo be cleared of nil all tracks and traces of the enemy in I 1 the lie south in ml I 1 southwest fic two facts are ly evident to the japanese command a ns well as ai to the world nt at large our progress may seem slow but it Is steady and determined find and it has hai hoi a by a terrific destruct loa of enemy plants planes and surface vessen this attrition must present an ing nc pro blent for the miedy high command whatever satisfaction they may draw from iha fanatical sacrifice flee of their soldiers with whom our forces come in contact the destruction of their air power and Fi shipping lipping continue on an increasing and truly remarkable scale in brief the str sir ngoh of the enemy Is steadily declining while the combined power of the he united nations ij ii i i rapidly increasing more rapidly with each succeeding month there can hr be but one result and every resource i source we possess Is being employed to hasten the hour of victory without undue sac nc of the lives of our men |