The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-23
WIN TOGETHER
OR FIGHT ALONE

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We have more in common
; with the British than with any
of our Allies and depend moro
upon them. If they so cut of ths
war, the war comes TO America
But, while Informed opinion
here holds that Russia will stick
in the war as long as Stain
sticks in the Kremlln-i. e., i'll
definitely yet about Britain
there turks in the mind of re-
Sponsible authorities this ques-
ton: If Churchill falls, who Sue
ceeds him?
Some appeaser? And then,
how long will Britain stick? So
the President goes Tar to satisfy
Britain's one inspiring popular
leader. Which means, sometimes.
pretty far, for the Prime Minis.
ter is still an amateur strategist
and likes to influence Ali I'd
strategy.
Before last December Church
i'll said: Give us the tools; we'll
do the job" At that time we
could spare them a good deal of
lend-lease aid. But Pearl Harbor
also meant Singapore; the job
had doubled; the demand for
tools had quadrupls I. Also the
demand on British manpower.
And the very moment they need
ed more arms, so did we.
So, fairly enough, they ap-
pealed to us not only for more
tools but for more men. Despite
some propaganda criticisms,
they are using on or near fight
ing fronts or in armed services
and war industries, a higher pro-
portion of their man-power than
we. Yet if they wanted more If
our men to help, we had to train
and equip those men. Also the
President decided, usually Cor
valid reasons, though sometimes
against military advice, that to
protect our interests we must
scatter our forces over the globe.
Especially, bemoan the Brit
ish, over the Western Hemis-
phere, where the danger was re-
mote, instead of here, and there,
where it was immediate. Often
here-and-there turned out to be
The British Isles, or parts of the
Empire.
And they are saying now, in
stead of supplying Brazil, b.
ivia or Bogota, think of Belfast,
Basra, Bombay. There is where
he shooting is or will be, now,
,oday." Which may be British
out is true.
1t is a tough problem to
trike balance between giving
hem the American equipment 1
hey need to hold the firing ;
ines, while at the same time $
the American men 2
hey need to help them drive j
hose firing lines forward. :
)ON'T MAINTAIN (
'YPES IN USE
Another complication is that,
S we gradually limit our equip
1ent to fewer types, we drop
ONE types we have supplied to
he British; yet we don't provide
Or supplying spare parts to keep
hose older types in service until
'e can replace them with new
r. The British object-under-
Now both sides are right, but
lie two different rightnesses
eed to be reconciled. American
Ulcers need to be a bit less mar =
wv in their Americanism; a bit r
SIS suspicious of British who,
ter all, are fighting Hitler
lille we train to fight him.
British officers need to avoid
,pearance of Interior motives,
show more confidence in the
'od-will of American officers
no are under strict orders to
ay fair, to seek the greater
cd of the greater number.
9TH need to insist less on win
ne the war in the British way
the American way and more 4
just winning the war by COM
omise and team work. -
General Marshall understands -
IS. The Army's Chief of Staff -
IS extremely close to General
rshing, and knows the diff
tiles the A.EF. commander
d when, in a situation strik-