Evening star., 1942-01-23

Next year 5000 anti-aircraft guns
This year 5000 900 tons of merchant shipping
Next year 100000 tons of merchant shipping.
No other nation in the world has undertaken could
undertake such In 1912 alone will produce
nearly many weapons supplies of
all the B months since the fall of France In 1912 alone will
produce many planes Hitler did in all the years
before 1899 when he preparing for world conquest
We Decide to Do the Job
The mmensy of the production that have set ourselves
enecs tn tnat mas Deen emeeeeo IN ns country
business Ossn changed people determined
to get the job over with as quickly as possible.
Napoleon said that Prussias chief business War is
lers only The business Of the United States from
welfare of its people We reluctant to exchange bust
for Hters
rights passed a neutrality August 1895. But when
Hitler invaded Poland in September 1889 it became evident
lated while penazng the democraces who
had We repealed those features of the law first
learning OF the lesson that merely wanting peace does not mean
that nation can stay at peace
But did than repeal laws We began gradually.
take action defense September the
President appointed War Resources Board to survey the
when its finished Then invasion of the Lowands
Of France spring 1910 revealed
of the Naz machine peril On May g. s4o
the President created the National Defense Advisory Commits
sion partly composed of leading indusas 1t "ad
visory" commission and aim defense"
But the lines of oense pushed closer BY December 1910
London had become first line of security We could not let
Britain fall for want of food tanks planes The
President determination the arsenal
Congress gear urgent
needs the free nations the ONCE Production Management
supersedng the National Defense Advisory
mission O. p pooled the practical experience of industry
and labor organization responsible for assisting the Army
give
aid to the democracies short of war"
The End of Business 5 Usual"
AS the endeaSe billions began be spent the size of the
job had undertaken became apparent to ALL job
big to be reconced with business usual August
941 the Supply Pores ALLEGATIONS Board
direct the harsh task of curtang the less essential civilian
duses that available 60 for the
production of first things-munitons-
Then Hitler showed his hand and held sword made
Japan
To speed the mobilization of the Nation total war; on
49, the President announced the creation of War
Production Board with full final authority
lean production given to one man, the chairman
How badly how we'll have in the 18th months Just
past. prepared for the total forced upon
The dollar translated into the yardstick
by which measure what have done.
On July 190 with the tragedy of Dunkrk fresh before
spending for defense
100000 January 194 the legs-
By the following the Nazis invading
Sa spending at the annual of 106 billions
December l94l spending had reached annual of
almost 20 billions
True, this was an accomplishment.
But it is only fraction of what
free Nation The President has told that step up
spending total to than billions
year to than billions month in 1943 The
of 1S billions spent in the month of December 1s4
represented little more than one-nh OF our national income
We must divert than one-hah OF national income
to the prosecution of the
That the mobilization every man. woman
dollar and ingevery plant tool machine bit material
to contribute total effort Literally military
strength will depend what the people, without
The report which follows is the story of the foundations
have laid for such total effort They strong founda
onS But they foundations only The President has told
that must face the fact of hard long
bloody costly war" How hard war, how long
bloody at how great COST depends how quickly
erect the structure these foundations
The will be given by 132000Oo0 who,
never having failed crisis face the gravest