Show joseph C grow grew warris warns half effort will not defeat japan by JOSEPH C GREW united states slates ambassador to japan until the outbreak of war and author of report from tokio written for or the treasury department ent in connection with the Rc taller SAY SAT YES IES 0 campaign to complete the nations a partially filled war sta stamp P albums album ASHINGTON D C in describing washington ascribing one of the big air battles over guadalcanal Guadal canal a recent newspaper account tells of an american flyer who parachuted from his crippled plane to the waters of lunga bay the navy craft which picked him up next went to the rescue of a japanese pilot seen struggling in the water nearby As the rescue boat reach edthe japanese flyer he suddenly pulled pulled out his revolver aimed it at the drenched american pilot and pulled the trigger the cartridge failed to explode then the japanese officer turned the aunon himself with suicidal intent again lie pulled the trigger and again ills his revolver tailed failed him at this point an american sailor knocked him out with a boat hook and pulled him aboard the lie american craft a prisoner almost dally daily one reads eye wit ness stories such as this one and all 0 of f them clearly demonstrate that war with our enemy in the pacific cannot end in compromise for ten years I 1 lived in japan the truth as I 1 know it from close observation I 1 is I 1 this nothing less than the exertion of our maximum capacities individually and collectively in a war of offense will bring our beloved country safely to the longed for haven of victorious peace the japanese are pawns of a senseless but mighty militarism a warrior caste which is ruthless and cruel ael beyond comprehension from the flood of eye witness mitat ac counts lints of atrocity and bastl bestial allty one il z 11 4 f R V JOSEPH C GREW says sas its fight to finch fact ct shines clear we must utterly crush ush that machine and caste cas and system stem if however we Arner leans think ink that and in ally we can continue to lead our normal lives leaving the spirit of self sacrifice to our soldiers and sailors we shall unquestionably run the risk of a stalemate with japan I 1 do not have the slightest doubt of our eventual victory dut but I 1 do not wish to see the period of 0 our blood sweat and tears indefinitely and unnecessarily prolonged we must not tail fall to realize that we VE are arc up against a powerful fighting machine a people whose morale cannot be broken even by su successive C defeats and untold economic hardship a people lie ho gladly sacrifice their lives for their emperor and their nation we must also remember that japan did not start this war ar without carefully laid military plans for victory over the united stoics and a peace dictated by their war var lords at the white house this is a total war the only answer to which is a total american victory it is a war ar in which half measures of any kind mean incredible waste ot of material energy and human life in ta this 1 Is sense a half filled war savings stamp album is symbolic of a halt half effort there are I 1 am told roughly million partially complete war stamp albums now in circulation these uncompleted stamp albums are in a measure like a million threats to a sp speedy cedy and victorious peace on the other hand for every war savings album completed and cashed in for a bond you the owner have bay helped some soldier or tailor sailor take a a forward step stel on the uphill road tu to total victory U US S tt q |