Show i s r 1 J Je 1 r. r To 1 Total War Effort Demands End of Political Bickering w American Industry Now Rolling at Speed Which Means Victory for Allies Defeat Can a Only Come at Home r s By News Newt Analyst and Commentator Service 1343 II n Street N. N W. W Washington D. D C. C As the time grows shorter and the critical moment approaches when the Axis poises itself for tor a kno knock k out blow there Is one battle which the enemy is steadily losing The battle of France the battle of bf f Crete the battle of the Netherlands Indies are all deep scars on the Allied escutcheon es es- cutcheon But at last despite endless end less delays the selfishness and the bickering we have begun to win the battle of America In the laboratory on the drawing drawing drawing draw draw- ing board and now finally in the machine shop I and on the drill drUI field America is forging the weapons and the tile organization which will win That statement is based on the confidential reports of the performance perform perform- ance of American rifles cannon planes tanks and ships tested in actual warfare We are still behind the enemy in some weapons Some special artillery artil lery units of the Germans are su suo We have not reached the perfection perfection-in in training of paratroops We have not mastered the Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese art ait of infiltration We have not been able to work out the synchronization synchronization syn syn- of air forces with other forces as the Germans have done on land and the Japanese have done I on the sea But wherever our separate separate separate sep sep- arate units have been in action there I is high is high praise for both performance of personnel and material Where we have perfected that unity we have been highly successful American big bombers lead the world With the comparatively few now in action they have put out of commission 60 Japanese ships and destroyed destroy d' d as s' s many enemy airplanes The United States was far behind in aircraft carriers when the war began But we can build them faster faster fast fast- I er than Japan can We are building them now We are arc turning out eyes I of the navy Our navy after Pearl Harbor was constantly shadowed by I Japanese reconnaissance planes which have been in the air steadily Torpedo Boats Boat We are building an water under-water surface and air combination which will probably decide the war in the Pacific Our fast patrol torpedo I boats have an enviable record in inthe inthe inthe the Philippines our new destroyers destroy destroy- ers are tough skinned The Kearney Kearney Kear Kear- ney reached port after being almost cut in two with torpedoes Our new I merchant ships are tough too The along the Atlantic coast have been limited to ancient tankers tankers tankers tank tank- ers the only new tanker the subs were able to catch and hit and hit got into port under her own power General MacArthur reports that the new Garand rifle and the new carbines carbines car car- bines which have been substituted for the 45 revolvers give our mobile mobile mobile mo mo- mo- mo bile troops superior fire power Our light machine guns are at least equal to anything the Axis has pro pro- Our field artillery has been re re- re- re made Our light tanks have proved themselves themselves themselves them them- I the selves against against- Europe's best in same class our medium tanks are being improved in the light of experience experience ex ex- ex and army men believe our armored units soon will dominate in that field We have the men We now have trained men t to train other men and as the Axis draws on its reserves reserves re reo re- re serves of manpower our own army swells We are winning the battle of America before it is begun and unless the whole structure of the Allies is destroyed before we can get the ships we will be able to carry that battle Into the enemy's country That is the optimistic side of the picture The other side is the confusion confusion confusion con con- fusion on the home front Like France we are still battling each ether We are still afraid of f losing our own privileges and our own profits prof its group is fighting against group instead of uniting against a common enemy Although we have gradually abolished abolished abol abol- business as usual w we ha have ve not been able to abolish politics as usual Until we do we will not have a total war effort and without a total war effort we cannot wage a total war to victory Buy Duy Buy Defense Bonds Bonds- Golden Silence In all Washington taxicabs there are signs placed there by ord order r of the Public Utilities commission which read Dont kill Americans by loose talk You know Washington has has or or did have until th the tire restriction started start start- ed one ed-one one of the most remarkable taxi systems in the world You can ride miles for 30 cents There are areno areno areno no meters The cabs are all sedans no partition between driver and passengers passengers pas pas- and the drivers are very sociable That is one reason for the signs Not that the drivers are but they frequently repeat what they hear I The day the signs appeared I I 1 asked a driver if he had noticed any difference in the conduct of his pas pas- Oh he said it makes some of the brass hats whisper some that's all I 1 talked to a colored driver who had quite a c contribution on the sub sub- sect He may have been biased for he talked like a man who was a trained personal servant lIe He said this Careless talk is what gave the Japs the jump on us in this war You see when an American got real rich the first thing he did was to hire a Jap butler A lot of those butlers turned out to be captains and generals and admirals They heard a lot of careless talk and they learned a lot of important secrets The opinion may have been inspired inspired in in- by professional jealousy but butI I imagine the driver was not far wrong Buy Buy Defense Bonds Donds- War Program As A. Propaganda The Presidents President's gargantuan war program proved to be just what he probably intended it not it-not not merely a prescription for eventual victory in arms for the united nations but a powerful propaganda weapon We Americans dont don't quite realize in what high esteem our ability to tomake tomake tomake make things is held abroad I was told by officials recently returned from Europe that the thing about Americas America's war effort before Pearl Harbor which most impressed Europeans Europeans Europeans Eu Eu- was the statement by Henry Ford that he could produce a thousand thousand thou thou- sand planes a day Why Because the name Ford means more around the world in terms of concrete experience than the name of perhaps any other living living living liv liv- ing man Almost everybody has seen a Ford The second thing that most impressed impressed im im- im pressed Europeans which occurred since Pearl Harbor was the news that American pleasure car factories were to be turned over per cent to defense Why Because few towns in Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope are unfamiliar with the name of some branch factory of an American American Amer Amer- ican automobile manufacturer S e Geist eilt Did you ever hear of a poltergeist poltergeist poltergeist geist It is a strange kind of ghost that breaks dishes rattles pans upsets tables and chairs There are plenty of records of their behavior Well one visited me the other day While I was shaving I heard a crash I thought the dog had got loose jumped up on the dresser and knocked off oft the alarm clock But I looked at the kitchen door It was closed The dog couldn't open it I went into my bedroom Sure enough the clock was sitting at a weird angle on the dresser I picked it up The key that sets the alarm was bent almost flat fiat When I tried to straighten it it broke off oft Now who could have done that but buta a geist poltergeist C e e Twine Twine and and Japs Farmers who get binder twine must sign a statement that they will use the twine for handling farm products only Sisal products were cut off oft by the war in the Far East And the Japs have got hold of some of the best Manila best Manila hemp Rope made from Manila hemp is especially valuable to because it is like a certain well- well advertised ed soap It floats There is Js however one satisfaction satisfaction satisfaction tion about having the Japs get hold of that rope perhaps if we give them nough enough they'll hang them them- selves un |