Evening star., 1941-09-22
Hitler 0utproducing
Democracies, Garvin
Warns u. 5, Britain
Danger Acute Thot Allies
Will Be Too Late Again,
English Editor Says
BY HELEN KIRKPATRICK,
Foreign Correspondent of The Star anc
Chicago Daily News.

Foreign Correspondent of The Star and
Chicago Daily News.
LONDON, Sept. 22-Kiev's fall
and the ensuing threat to the Don
Basin Russias great industrial
region-caused J. L. Garvin, one of
Great Britain's greatest editors, to
issue grave warning yesterday to
the British and American people
The democracies are being out
produced by Hitler. according to Mr.
Garvin, who is editor of the Weekly
Sunday Observer. Once again, as
before the war when neither Britain
nor America was alive to the dangers
and, secondly, as at the time of
Frances destruction, there is acute
danger that the democratic effort,
however increased it may be, will be
too late again in coping with the
proportions of this far greater crisis
Both peoples, Mr.. Garvin de-
clareS, must wake up to the fact that
the fall of Russia may mean Hitler's
victory. This means that Britain
and the United States "alike must
rouse themselves to replace largely
and in time the Soviets enormous
wastage of warplanes and military
mechanism. Our fate may hinge on
this before the autumn is out"
Support of Reds Held Essential.
Mr.. Garvin opens his article by
explaining that observers never have
looked to the United States critically
and that I'VE don't look at the mote
in their eye without seeing the beam
in Britain's eye" For that reason the
articles is addressed to both peoples
who must realize and at once, he
says, that support for Russia is
essential to their own salvation.
Mr.. Garvin, who is most careful
with figures, estimates that at
present Britain and the United
States together 'are not yet en-
ploying as many hands or as much
machinery on war production as are
at work in the Third Reich alone,
without speaking of auxiliary mining
and manufacturing throughout sub
jugated Europe" There is much
foolish talk, he thinks, of potential
capacity to outproduce Hitler:
There may be, and at present there
Is, almost as much difference be-
tween latent capacity and realized
power as between dream and per-
formance.' Two fundamentals must
always be borne in mind: Russia S
lnexhauStible numbers of fighting
men, Hitler's grim preponderance of
fighting machines
Mr.. Garvin then turns to prac-
tlcal aspects. Britain must secure
maximum production Immediately
and nothing but large recruitment
of women can meet the needs of
factory power" he AYERS.
On the American side, Mr.. Garvin
finds the fact that only 20 per cent
of the American industrial effort is
on war work-a figure given by
American eXperts-most seriously
disturbing. ITO mobilize twice or
thrice that percentage of capacity is
the only means on earth of out
producing Hitler and winning both
the war and peace"
Would Bar MeddIers.
Another beam in Britain's eye,
which Mr.. Garvin notes in survey
ing American production. is the
mediocre purchase policy of the
British government before Church
ills administration was formed. On
this he blames the present made
quate American war production
Confusion and mismanagement in
the United States are not Britain S
business, he says, adding:
British critics tempted to meddle
had better keep their fingers from
the scissors"
Whatever the reasons, here or in
the United States, the fact remains
that Russia is in dire danger and
sore need; the world is in jeopardy"
He concludes that the combined
Western democracies cannot outpro-
duce Hitler in the machine power
of war until the further American
changeover from the usual business
to the victory business becomes
sweeping and intensive For that,
new spiritual and imaginative i'm
pulsives are required as well as
physical factors. At present the
average American citizen feels the
inconvenience of war without its in
spiration. If the United States came
in the effect of that moral revolu-
tion on American temperament
would work dynamic miracles"
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