Evening star., 1942-08-08
War Review
Atlantic Coast very soon, and two
ocean attack in the near future"
Ians "At War With Russia"
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ocean attack in the near future"
Japs "At War With Russia"
And in Seattle, Representative
Magnuson, Democrat, of Washing
ton, a member of the Naval Affairs
Committee. said in an interview that
the Japanese already are ct war
with Russian and have sunk sew
eral Russian ships in the Pacific"
on the ground they were carrying
American materials.
Owl cautioned that I'VE could
lose this war" and declared that
while some individual Americans
had made great sacrifices, "as a
Nation we are not yet more than
ankle deep in the war"
TOO many people it continued,
seem to feel that We are fighting
this war out of surplus-a surplus
of resources and productive capacity,
a surplus of time. That is not true.
We have plenty of some resources;
in others we are have-not ma
ton"
The review referred indirectly to
demands for a second front in Eu-
rope by asserting that popular
pressure for action on this front or
that of the many possible fronts
can serve no useful purpose"
Our forces are being disposed as
and where the military commanders
believe they get the maximum Of
results according to the best pro-
fessional judgment" Owl added.
When we cannot be strong and hit
hard everywhere. we must be able to
hit hard where it counts most even
at the price of leaving other areas
inactive"
Year of Preparation.
1--WE always knew that, for us,
1912 would be largely a year of
preparation, and that our allies
would have to do most of the fight
ing during most of the year. Before
we can do much of the fighting we
must move great numbers of men
and vast masses of material over
enormous distances.
This job, so far, has been done
with entire success; but we are going
to have to keep on doing it, in
increasing volume, until the war is
won."
Proclaiming that I'VE have done
pretty well but not well enough,
the report declared that while pro-
duction measured by standards OF
two years ago was amazing" the
output compared with what was
needed for victory was insufficient
by and large" Owl said, I'VE
have not been producing war ma
terial to the maximum of available
capacity, and have not been getting
that material to the fighting fronts
in time and in the volume that will
be needed to win"
Allies Carrying Load.
The review asserted that our allies
have carried most of the load and
we have not given them as much
help as we had led them to expect
1t added, however, that it was ex-
pected 1942 would be largely a
year OF preparation" and "our allies
would have to do most of the fight
ing during most of the year"
I'VE are deep in what may be the
decisive year of the war" Owl OF
served, but 1912 will be the decisive
year only if our enemies do no.
succeed in inflicting Gripping blows
on our allies before the year is out. ,
The review asserted that if Rus.
sia's striking power is paralyzed, thu
British power in the Middle Easl
broken or China's endurance ended,
the war will be decided in som.
later year not now foreseen ane
victory will be far more costly.
In July, the review said, the curv,
OF submarine slnkings Throughout
the world started downward and
while it was hoped this trend woult
continue, production of small yes
sells for the anti-submarine cam
paign is still tagging and in jun
was less than half of schedule"
Even if shipbuilding continue,
to rise and sinkings to decrease
we shall probably be well into 1874
before we again have as much mcr
chant shipping as we had on De
cember 7, l94l," the review declared
Owl was critical of faulty con
troll OF inventories and of flow O
materials" which it said had force,
some temporary shutdowns in wa
plants. The review added, however
that the war production drive wa
taking new turn to emphasize out
put of materials and that mistake
made this time were perhaps I'm
avoidable and will not be mad
again"
But, their consequences will b
with us for some time to come" tn
review added, and the resolution