Evening star., 1941-12-10
Roosevelt Summons
State and Military
Leaders 10 Farley
Conference on Defense
Of Western Hemisphere
Called at White House

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aggressors who sneak up In the
dark and strike without warning.
We have learned that our ocean
girt hemisphere is not immune from
severe attack"
Links All as Foes.
AS revealed by the White House
earlier in the day, the President
Jumped Germany and Italy in the
same category as Japan as enemies
of this Nation.
J And Germany puts all other re-
publics of the Americas into the
category of enemies" he added.
THE people of the hemisphere can
be honored by that"
The damaging blow to the Ameri-
can Pacific Fleet in Sundays attack,
the startling loss of two of Britain's
greatest battleships in Malayan &C
ton this morning, air raid alarms,
both genuine and false, along both
American coasts yesterday, the now
obvious fighting strength of the
japanese fleet air arm and the pos
sibility of powerful hostile naval
units moving across the Atlantic to
the Western half of the world-all
these lend weight to the realization
of deep danger which is suddenly
threatening
Encouraging support.
Precise nature of new continental
or hemispherical defense measures
are not, of course, being made pub
lie but it is significant and en-
couraging that most of the Central
American nations, vital to protec-
ton of the Panama Canal, already
have declared themselves formally
at war with Japan while key coun-
tries on both coasts Of South Amer
lea are making their ports and
facilities available to United States
arms.
White House Secretary Stephen
T. Early told press conference this
morning that radio survey showed
approximately 90,000.000 persons,
virtually every adult in the United
SJdIoS, lldu llStCilcd W tAic iNo'
dents address last night. The au-
dience. he added, was the largest In
! history.
/ The response by telegram, tele-
/ phone and mail received at the
/ White House since delivery OF the
! speech also has been record-break-
/ ing, Mr.. Early said, and reflects a
( complete unanimity of national sup
port for the wartime government.
( Meanwhile. American industry
prepared to keep its wheels turning
seven days per week while great
new program of expanding produc-
tive capacity was being hurriedly
drafted.
Both of these steps and diver
sion to war use of more than so per
cent OF the principal metals going
into civilian use in the past year
were announced by the President at
his press conference late yesterday
and again in his speech last night.
Warns of Long War.
The degree to which these and all
other war measures are certain to
strain the resources and the efforts
| of every American was emphasized
repeatedly last night by Mr.. Roose-
welt.
| I'VE are now in this war" he said
| in deliberate words which were
going out by radio from a dimmed
and heavily guarded White House.
we are all in it-all the way. Every
single man, woman and child is a
partner in the most tremendous
undertaking Of our American his
tory.
1T will not only be long war
it will be a hard war. That is the
basis on which we now lay our plans
That is the yardstick by which we
measure what we shall need and
demand; money, materials, doubled
and quadrupled production-ever-
increasing"
Continued Aid Promised.
Again, at this point. the Presi-
dent repeated an earlier promise
that aid to the fighting foes Of Ger
many and Italy-Britain and Russia
will not cease. BY this policy o!
assistance, he said. precious months
were gained. A steady stream OF
tanks and planes, of guns and ships
of shells and equipment-that is
what these 18 months have given
u.s.
Those who are left in the civilian
lines shall have to give UP many
things entirely" in a material way
he cautioned, but with confidence
he asserted his conviction that
they will retain all those great spir-
itual things without which we can
not win through. The United
States can accept no result save
victory, final and complete"
On the military and naval phases
of this war, the President added
little to what already has been said
so far" he acknowledged. "the
news has been all bad. We have
suffered a serious setback in Ha-
waii. The reports from Guam
and Wake and Midway Islands are
still confused, but we must be pre-
pared for the announcement that
all these three outposts have been
seized"
(Thus far, conflicting reports
have been received about the
Midway Islands, located scarcely
$500 miles from Hawaii and po-
tential base for new bombing
attacks upon the Hawaiian
Islands. Their loss would be po-
tentially much more serious than
loss of Guam or Wake)
Scorns Hints of Disaster.
Against ugly little hints of COM
plete disaster" Mr.. Roosevelt urged
disbelief, describing Japanese boasts
Of naval supremacy in the Pacific
as IAN old trick of propaganda
fantastic claims to spread
fear and confusion among us, ant
to goad us into revealing military
information which our enemies art
desperately anxious to obtain"
The true extent of the "seriou,
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