Show joseph C grew warns I 1 half haff effort will not defeat japan t by JOSEPH C GREW united states stales ambassador to japan until the outbreak of war and author of report from boklo j i written for the treasury department in connection with the et ailers SAY SAT YES IES cam palto to ti complete the be nations luu partially filled wat war stamp albums albo mii W washington ASHINGTON D C in de scribing 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 reached the japanese flyer he suddenly 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 gun on himself with suicidal intent again he pulled the trigger and again his revolver failed him at this point an american sailor knocked him out with a boat hook and pulled him aboard the american craft a prisoner almost daily one reads eye wit ness auch s uch as this one and all of 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 is 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 ol of a senseless but mighty militarism a warrior caste which is ruthless and cruel beyond comprehension it Z 1 ap IN ap fato y AP sr A I 1 JOSEPH C GREW says its fight to finish from the flood of eye witness accounts of atrocity and bestiality one fact shines clear we must utterly crush that machine and caste and system if however we americans think that collectively and individually we can continue to lead our nor mal lives leaving the spirit 0 of self sacrifice to our soldiers and sailors all we shall unquestionably run the risk of a stalemate with japan I 1 do not have the slightest doubt of our eventual victory but I 1 do not wish to see the period of our blood sweat and tears indefinitely and unnecessarily prolonged we must not fail to realize that we are up against a powerful fighting machine a people whose morale cannot be broken even by successive defeats and untold economic hardship a people who gladly sacrifice their lives for their emperor and their nation we must also remember that japan did not start this war without carefully laid military plans for victory over the united states and a peace dictated by their war lords at the white house this is a total war the only answer to which is a total american victory it is a war in which half measures of any kind mean inc incredible edi waste of material energy and human life in this sense a half filled war savings stamp album is symbolic of a 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 speedy and victorious peace on the other hand for every war savings album completed and cashed in for a bond you the owner have helped some soldier or sailor take a forward step on the uphill road to total victory U S treasury DeP deparis arim |