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Show I MS m Li 1 L ... u. wrfcl Contrasts in the News: The silver-lining tribe Is whooping whoop-ing that everything is peaches and cream. They oppose an increase In manpower for the armed forces. Although every fact debunks them they convey the impression that Americans should start ripping phone books so they'll have enough confetti to flip at victory parades in a "few weeks" . . . Meanwhile, the Japs are being pushed around in the Pacific. But it's far from a pushover. push-over. From Tarawa came a dose of grim news that froze the facial muscles: mus-cles: About 3,000 marines spearheaded spear-headed the initial assault on that island, is-land, but only a few hundred escaped es-caped death or injury. A group of senators are giving our genuine Good Neighbors a coating coat-ing of mud. We refer to the nations that declared war against America's Ameri-ca's enemies and have done everything every-thing in their power to aid us. Friendly relations between Uncle ' Sam and most of his neighbors have been a shining light in a darkened j world . . . However, these senators sena-tors have been mum when it comes j to a neighbor that has been running errands for our enemies and aiding the Axis to kill American soldiers and sailors. They look the other way when it comes to doing something some-thing about pro-Nazi Argentina. j Much space has been devoted to sob stories about the suffering of ; Berliners. They come from neutral j sources. Indeed, the bombing of ' any city isn't a picnic. But the Nazis asked for it by starting the : war and gloating about the cities : they massacred. The Nazis gave ! others a taste of total war. Now j they're getting it. All war is brutal . . . Buried in every report of raids on Berlin are figures about the planes lost by the Allies. Let's give our sympathy to the families of the brave fliers who are giving their lives to end a war they never wanted. There has been an avalanche of postwar plans. All have one ideal In common: Fasciam must be wiped out and never allowed to crawl again. They know that Fascists in Germany and elsewhere represent great dangers to America's security ... At the same time many of those idealists can look you straight in the eye and insist that we must not deprive Fascists In America of their civil liberties. Although they j know Fascists here only use free- i dom to help them spout their poison. The army, navy and marines are I composed of different races, creeds, j religions and political beliefs. The , United Nations also have many of ' the same differences. But they are strongly united, fighting and dying J together. Their unified strength is j winning the war . . . But political ; differences in Washington are hin- ; dering the war. And in too many ! American cities people of different j races and religions will not get along i with each other. Although they are i far from the battlefields and are forced to make fewer sacrifices than 1 any fighting man of the United Nations Na-tions they can't match the patriotism patri-otism or unity of men in uniform. Congress Is now orally juggling a laudable bill: To provide economic security for demobilized soldiers. That deserves every American's support ... At the same time. Congress Is dynamiting the dam of rationing and price control. It holds back the flood of inflation. If unleashed, un-leashed, it will blast every American's Ameri-can's economic security, including the Americans who return from the battlefronts. Berlin Is being drenched with bombs. Headlines about it make thrilling reading. We hope It will force the German-vermin to throw in the brownshirt. But wars can't be won by wishful thinking as some of our editorialists seem to be doing do-ing . . . For contrast we offer a headline from Hitler's newspaper nt time when London was being blitzed by the LuftwalTe: "London Bombed Again, British Soon to Surrender." Sur-render." Tho Magazines: Wendell Willkle Is getting sick of that empty phrase, too that "free enterprise" echo. In his Look piece, Mr. W. offered this squelcher: "Some of the talk we hear about 'free enterprise' or 'private 'pri-vate enterprise' Is Just propaganda on the pari of powerful groups who have not practiced real enterprise In a generation and have no intention of doing so" ... II. F. Armstrong nutshells our war aims in Foreign Affairs: "Our aim In this war Is the defeat of our enemies and permanent perma-nent victory over their minds." Never In (lie history of the worlil has there been more reason to hope for permanent peace than today. Victory Isn't hi the bag. hut war lov-Ing lov-Ing nations are In a rut. Piplomats nmouK the penee loving countries have made u vital dowii-p.-n inenl on happy world . . . Only tho Isolationist. are Irving to wreek Iho.'M' plans. Only Hie Jack as si riches surer at every attempt to form a family of nations They insist il won't work. Vet they nro tho same people who said they loved peaee , uiul knew how to lusiuo It. |