The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-04-23
Economic . /.
National and International Problems
nseparable from Local Welfare

when the history of War II is writ
ten, that page belonging to the indomit-
able Dutch should be Illuminated with
the blood of heroes. For thousand
years, free men should stand and un-
cover whenever the Battle of Java is
mentioned They never had chance
those Dutchmen, but they freely gave
their lives in the hope that others
might have Il chance"
These were the opening lines of a
recent dispatch from Melbourne filed
10y Time" correspondent Robert Sher-
cd. What the Dutch did in Java, other
United Nations troops-English, Aus
tralian, Chinese-have done in many
theatres of war. They fought against
impossible Odds-but they never gave
|up fighting. They faced an enemy who
possessed sickening superiority in men,
guns, planes, ships-and they faced
him without flinching. Even today,
Dutch guerillas are harrying the Japs
in Java, precisely as i'm the Balkans
guerilla bands who have disavOwed
their puppet governments are harrying
the legiOnS of Hitler.
These are the kind of troops of which
great victorious armies are made.
These troops lost their battles simply
because they did not have the incred-
ible amount of equipment that modern
war demands. There were never enough
planes, never enough anti-aircraft guns,
never enough ships-of-war. Courage
could not do the impossible
The terrible series of disasters i'm the
who were less grimly determined on
eventual victory. But correspondents
universally report the higher of morale
in the international army which has
been placed under General MacArthur'S
command. The dramatic appearance Of
Macarthur in Australia brought new
hope to all the United Nations. And
great cause for hope, and certainty Of
victory is found in American war pro-
IductiOn. The precise statistics cannot,
of course, be printed. What can be told
lis that the instruments of war are
really rolling out of the factories now
and that signal progress is being
made in the production of ships to
carry them to the battlefronts
IN the meantime, our strategy in
lis to hold Australia until many
months from nOw-he will have the
and the trained troops and
1.-THE planes which will make IL great
Icountcr-offcnSive possible. Today, Aus
Itralia is the seat of destiny. 1t must
not be lost.
The AIiI in Australia has found il
populated by II BeopTp very much like
Americans. In size, ii is Il gigantic
country, with great extremes of topog-
Iraphy and climate. In population, it
lis small 100000. 1t is biSected by Il
Vast desert, which forms Il natural
defensive barrier. Its Anzac troops are
lamonG the finest in the world. Today
many thousands of Australians un-
doubtedly feel Il closer kinship with
significant commentary ON the Aus
| Itralian outlook that its government
asked President Roosevelt to send Mae
Arthur, an American General, to take
supreme command.
MacArthur's first words on reaching
Australia Indicate the temper of his
thinking. II came through. will re
turn" Those who know him say that
he will not remain on the defensive
IAN hour longer than is necessary. He
| is II brilliant advocate of offensive
WAR His plan is to strike hard and
mcrcilcSSly at the enemy. Those gen
erals who placed their faith in de
lcmSivc strategy have disappeared int"
the limbo of defeat. 1t took us Il long
time to learn that IIitler's commanders
| the daring.
In the interim before the ma iol
cOuntcr-otlcnSivc is launched, we may
be certain that the American Navy and
Air Force, working with other United
! Nations forces, will give Il good ac-
count of themselves. The submarine
fleet has taken Il heavy toll of Jap
warShipS and supply ships. Some i'm
Iportant blows have been struck by
American bomberS. The enemy is being
hlcd. Whenever we have had anything
approaching equality in numbers and
equipment, we have won the engage
imcntS.
\ short time ago, Chang Kai Chek
told Il group of American Officers that
| he would entertain them one day in
|Ioyko. The United Nations mean 90
take this war straight home To the
enemy-with a vengeance.
| X 4
It's not yet clear just what kind Of
Il tax bill Congress will pass. But some
1Of the provisions can he forecast now
| Income taxes will be increased, but
TO IL lesser extent than the Treasury
Iaslled. Exemptions will probably be re
lduccd.
| There is a fair chance of II general
sales tax, of about 3 per cent, being
Iadoptcd. In any event, there Will be
lmany new individual sales taxes on