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Show Eelail Trade Rises Dun & Bradstreet report this year that retail trade is 14 to 13 per cent above last year. The improvement over last year in the various regional areas is as (follows: New England, 4 to 7 per a. n a i a i. nrt. if.u ji. rem, jLasi, 11 iu z; ivriuuie West, 17 ,to 20; South, 14 to 18; Southwest, 8 to 14; Northwest, North-west, 12 to 15; and Pacific Coast, 15 to 18. A rise in retail trade was possible this year becanse this year tlhe United States produced produc-ed 3 billion dollars more in non-defense goods tlhan it produced pro-duced in 1940. However, OHM officials iniform us that non-'dtiense non-'dtiense goods will be cut by cne-third dluring 1942 (approximately (approx-imately 9 billion dollars). This means that the American Ameri-can people will not be able to luy as much next year as they did this year or last year, despite de-spite the fact that they will have more money as a result of the 'deifense spending program. pro-gram. . Generally speaking, we have not had to sacrifice. Next year we will feel the . pinch; we will realize tlhe seriousness of the situation. Without American Soldiers We are among tihe people ' of the United States who hope that the regime Of Adolf Hitler, which threatens the ' world, . can be toppled without tlhe ' . intervention inter-vention of American armed (forces. The 'foreign policy of President Presi-dent Roosevelt has been predicated predi-cated upon the hope that the prompt dispatch and safe delivery de-livery of supplies might make ; ure the defeat of - Hitler and thus ma'ke" it unnecessary for tae United States to conider the use of American soldiers. When France collapsed, the British faced a tremendous struggle. They were without assurance of supplies with which to fight and without the manpower necessary to defeat Germany even if supplies became be-came available. The Lease-Lend Act made up the first deficiency and tlhe attack on Russia answered the second need. Today tihe hope of defeating Germany, , without American soldiers depends upon up-on continued supplies from 'this country and continued resistance resist-ance o'f the Red army. . This ought to make it appar-est appar-est that it is to the interest of the United States to see that not only tlhe British but the Russians get what they need to maintain the fight against Germany. |