Evening star., 1942-03-29
Overseas Writer'S
Hear How 10 Win
.War-and Lose Il
Soyre and Dr.. Evott
Among Speakers at
Anniversary Dinner


Among Speakers at
Anniversary Dinner
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marine temperatures over 90, ex-
pecting every moment to be shaken
by depth bombs. One captain told
him Of being shaken by 100 depth
bombs and getting seven Japanese
ships in exchange.
DR.. Evatt Chief Speaker.
The chief speaker was DR.. Herbert
We're Evatt, Minister of External
Affairs of Australia. Greatest in
teest was expressed, however, in a
symposium, How Can the War Be
Won?" by a group of correspondents
who have covered the European bat
tleflelds.
If you want to know how to lose
the war" said Edgar Ansel Mowrer
Of the Chicago Daily News, "just
step to the phone and call Hitler.
Or else call Riom and try to get
Daladier. Or call King Leopold of
Belgium. Yes, France wouldn't fight
to save Czechoslovakia. She had
too few arms to help Spain. She
thought it would be better to let
Japan alone as an element of order
IN the East. And in the end France
didn't give a damn for United
Europe. She was fighting only to
save herself"
The same spirit, Mr.. MoWrer said,
even now seems to have cropped up
in America and newspapers are
talking about the duty of America
being only to save America.
This sentiment was echoed by
William L. Shirer, author of Berlin
Diary"
Psychological Failure.
The only place where the war
can be won, Mr.. Shirer said, is on
the battlefield. 1t is impossible to
win it in the factory, however i'm
portant production may be. America
is falling down, he felt, in the
psychological warfare of which Hit
ler is consummate master.
This failure of the United States
in psychological warfare was
stressed by Jay Allen, who spent
several months in a German prison
camp. Prisoners we're subjected to
supposed propaganda, he said, but
when he got out he found that,
in so far as information relating to
the United States was concerned,
it was all true. The Germans could
find no better propaganda than
| the editorials from some American
| newspapers and the incidents in
dicating a divided opinion in the
United States.
THE Germans let us read papers
all right" he said. why shouldn't
they?"
The people in the United States
are the only ones who think we're
going to win the war" declared
John T. Whitaker, Chicago Daily
News correspondent.
Tells Of French Arms Output.
This is understandable. he stressed,
when it is considered that French
factories alone have produced more
arms for Germany than America
has produced for the allies.
why die for Poland" read a
headline in one of Frances greatest
papers, Louvre, just after the
declaration of war.
The same spirit. he insisted, now
is rampant in this country.
America hasn't learned the mean
ing of sacrifice, declared Hallett
Abend, New York Times correspond
ent in the Far East.
China alone has lost 2,550,0O0
killed, 450 900 seriously wounded, and
more than 100000 wounded. II
the United States had gone out"
proportionately like Australia, he
said, there would be about 100000
In the Army and 100000 would
be in war industries. II this coun-
try had gone out" to the same
| extent as New Zealand, he insisted
the numbers would be much greater.
H. v. Kaltenborn, radio commen-
tator. insisted that the American
public. including labor, was ready to
90 to war without reservations, and
that there could be no patience with
those who are trying to hold up the
war effort.
Short Talks by Radio.
From overseas by radio came
short talks from members Of the
Washington organization now on
active duty.
Robert st. John, radio broad
caster: Raymond Daniel Of the New
York Times and Joseph Evans of the
New York Herald Tribune, and Bob
Trout spoke from London. John
Raleigh, Martin Agronsky, Robert
Sherrod and H. r. Knickerbocker
gave first-hand accounts of the
scene in Australia.
The keynote of the night was
struck by Henry Luce. publisher OF
Time and Life magazines, who has
Just returned from London.
The war, as exemplif1ed by the
British younger generation today,
Mr.. Luce said, has become search
for the meaning of life, struggle
to regain our souls"
Australian Leader Speaks.
Asserting there can be no under
rating of Japan, DR.. Evatt warned
that unless the United Nations
speedily organize all manpower and
resources, victory will be long de-
layed. He said further that the
japanese intend to attack both
India and Australia simultaneously.
Turning to a discussion Of pro-
posalS of an Allied command with
headquarters in Washington. DR..
Evatt said that Australian Prime
Minister Curtin believed that lin
relation to the Pacific front, COM
mon council established here in
Washington would enable Australia
to make more effective contribution
to the cause we have in common"
Single Objective.
From the beginning of the war,
Australian and New Zealand troops
have been in the forefront of many
battles, he added. 1--WE do not boast
of this. = No. we talk of the one