Evening star., 1941-12-30
Senator Capper Finds
Nation Determined
To See II Through
Real Strength Of US.
Is Spiritual, He Says
In Radio Forum Talk


The United States new-found
unity Of purpose in the face of the
war was discussed last night by
Senator Capper, Republican, Of
Kansas in speech delivered in the
National Radio Forum, arranged by
The Evening Star. The address was
broadcast nationally by the National
Broadcasting Co. and was heard
locally over WMAL.
The text of Senator Capper's ad-
dress follows:
We have passed through most
historic week in the Nations Capt.
tai. For the first time the United
States welcomed a British wartime
Prime Minister. Thirty-three ma
tions participated in the strategy
conferences at the White House the
past week and pledged their best
efforts on the side of freedom and
democracy under the leadership OF
President Roosevelt and Prime Min
lister Churchill. Our country-your
country and mine-is now the heart
of a world strategy to win Worlo
war. Washington can now be re-
garded as the political capital of the
English-speaking peoples and the
nerve center of the Allied war ef-
fort.
wish all of you could have been
with us in the Senate chamber
when Mr.. Churchill addressed the
toint session of both houses OF Con-
gress. I happen to be one OF the lew
whose record of public service goes
back to the last war. We old-timers
have listened to many notable ad-
dresses in the Senate chamber, but
I think I speak for all my colleagues
when say that never have we heard
any speech which for eloquence and
sheer fighting spirit quite equaled
the one delivered last Friday. The
Prime Minister spoke impressively
of the colossal task facing the de-
mocracies in this war. He pre-
dfcted still greater hardships and
trials to come. But he voiced the
faith. sure and invlolate," in the
final victory and in the future peace
which Britain and America will one
day establish and perpetuate. The
neople of the United States, through
their representatives in Congress,
acclaimed Winston Churchill that
day as a great man, an inspired
leader. and a beloved and trusted
comrade in arms.
New Unified Spirit.
This historic strategy conference
IN the National Capital undoubtedly
will be effective and far-reachlng
and most satisfactory. Unity and
broad strategy is being achieved
with marvellous rapidity.
We were attacked without warn
ing by treacherous foes. Every I'M
portant influence at Washington,
regardless of political considera-
ton, is now lacking our Com
mander in Chief In the supreme
objective of an al-out defeat OF
the Axis powers and Japan.
I am glad to assure you at this
time of extreme peril that essen
tial unity, military as well as econo-
mic, is being achieved; that there
is common determination in Wash
1ngton to fight side by side until
eli threats to freedom have been
eliminated.
Plenty of trouble is ahead, no
doubt hut T see gratifying evidence
in the last week here in Washing
ton of closer cooperation between
Government and industry, between
Government and labor-stronger
than 1 have ever known before.
There's a new unified spirit-not
flag waving particularly-but a
determination by all classes OF cit
izens to stand by the Government
and see it through. I find out In
Kansas, my home State, the same
feeling is rapidly growing. The
farmers are standing loyalty by the
President in the mightiest struggle
our country has ever known. l be-
lieve this Whole-hearted support
exists in every State in the Union.
Fully Aware Of Our Peril.
We begin to realize that our war
effort today dwarfs all previous
military planning. 1t is in fact a
world war-the first time in all
history a world war. I believe we
all are now fully aware of the neces-
sity for a co-ordinated Allied war
effort. The bulk of loyal Americans
realize there must be complete con-
fidence in the men now intrusted
with working out the co-ordinated
strategy necessary to win the war.
We are forced into this great
struggle for the establishment OF
Justice whether we want to be or
not. There is no longer any with
drawing for any one of us. We
enter the war with complete unity
and with full confidence in ultimate
victory. We must see this thing
through. We must stay on the job
until victory and final peace are
won. It's time to fight with every
thing we have.
I say the traditional American
spirit, united and strong, will win
this war.
1t was not until the disaster at
Pearl Harbor that the country
walked up and became fully aware
of our peril. We were attacked at
a moment when our Government
was making an honest effort to
secure peace in the Pacific. The
United States will answer that trail
torous attack in a way that the
Japanese will understand
It's the same story wherever in
the world this war is being fought
by the Allies: Not enough airplanes
not enough tanks, not enough ships,
not enough anti-aircraft guns-a
terrible handicap for American
fighters. America is producing at
least five times as many military
aircraft as Japan is producing; yet