The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-31


 that attack alone.
 Coastal cities practiced the "black- nufs1 that they had believed far NWay enlv a few months before. Guam had been lost early.
 wake and Midway islands In the Racine were the scenes of terrific battles which were to write new legends into annals of the Marines. Gallant Philipine and American troops were throwing back resufg- tng Japanese landing and air at- facks.
 Germany and Italy brought their tyapagtite pact into play by declar- ing war on the United States. The united States promptly accepted the challenge.
 Eruption of formal worldwide gar changed the philosophy of ~T0O Little end Too Late" which frequently described the defense program Of early le4i Into @ vigor- nug, ali-out seVen-day week v!c- korV program. "Remember Pearl nsrhoT" wss tabbed as the war sy.
 Production Had Rolling Start Much in the way of armaments, however, had been accomplished prior to the outbreak of war. After December accomplishments began 70 double and triple overnight. Tn one year, tanks from factories ct Detroit, Hammond, Ind, Ber- wick, Pa, Schenectady, N Y, Glma, O., end St. Charles, Mo, nave gone Into battle on the waste lands oS North Africa.
 Planes from production lines in zg cities including Buffalo, Hart sosd, Kansas City, san Diego, Los Angeles, Seattle have fought and bombed creditably.
 ArneTiean-made trucks are roll. ing over tiae treacherous Burma gaad ln the Far East loaded with aEmarnentg for the Chinese Armies Gf 0eneFaIissimo chlang Kai-Shek. AHmegicaa-made guns, munitions end other war instruments already age ln action.
 American grown fruit, vege- tables, eggs and meat have been eonsigned in great quantities to sBse desn0egaeies,
 A year sgo the nation was faced witb e defense program which agnwuntsd to little more than &20,- eoD00, 600. Today Congress has autlh0glzed spending of more than yaO00 000. 600. And plans are bee lng drafted by Administration, Army, Navy, and OPM officials to salso this total to more than eI50,. h10O0000O tog assurance Of vic. laEE
 Dafsnse Spending To Scar During the first six days of De- eesnheg alone, approximately $40. e9eNoO was paid out by the Fed egak Treasury for armainetlts and sl7ppIies. TIhlg spending is at the xeke Of nearly e2,0O0, 100000 month, Late next year or in early fa43 it will soar to nearly e6,000,- eo9DO0 6 month.
 10 provide some of the money for the etaggering armament spending, the Congress enacted stiff taxes. Corporations were taxed more. Aaliisenents, cosmetics and other e0mm0dIties were taxed by as much es 10 per cent. A large part Of the eongEesslOnal tax program, however, asked the man on the street to con- tribute more of his income to the program, Exemptions were cut to fhe bone.
 T'he Iesl model defense program aek oniv changed to Q victory znAnel doubled in size but It's ad- @inigtgatt0n was Te conditioned end Fe-vltailzed. The old National x1ezense Advisory Commission - a faamN0Wer Of world War 1 days = wss jHnked by the President early fn the year and the Office Of Pro. suction Management assumed con- NaL
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 Prom the OPM during l04l easne drastic reductions in the pro- 6t1eticn of automobiles, washing amaehines, stoves, igoners, bicycles hatFpins and tBousands of otber aeeetiEne consumer items. Where neeAuetl0n could not be curtailed wssely, products were simplihed, NssteriaIe were conserved and sub. Bzs1utes were made the order Of tfRs 6ag, 4 ASalvage for Victory" ogyaFs was initiated and con. NsnaeKp were advised how to @eakher the storms Of defense and gar on the home front.
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