The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-09-10
Straight From
Washington
BY STEPHEN M. YOUNG
Congressman at Large, Ohio

Washington.-Ship with partly
completed batteships provided for just
before and after Pearl Harbor are u.s.
ing lot of steel and other material
which could be used to better advan-
tage in the construction of bombers and
freight carrying cargo planes. The 49,
OO0-ton battleship IOWA was launched
recently. Air supremacy will win this
war. Then America should maintain
that air supremacy following the war.
Right now, the urgent need is for cargo
planes and for more American bomb
ers. Constructing more battleships may
be simply wasting public money.
Prediction
Here is a prediction. Hitler will put
out definite peace feelers before Decem-
Der. Any proposals for peace coming
from Berlin or Tokyo should and will
be fatty refused This war must go on
to Il Knockout.
The American Way
The American production will aston
ish the world and in the end, Hitler,
the Jap military and naval clique, and
Mussolni will be driven from power
because of rugged Yankees who built
up private enterprise and free Ameri-
can industry. Those fine Americans a
few generations back who founded
| little machine shops - small business
that later became big busineSS-put
back their profits for development, re-
search and expansion, and trained
their sons to enlarge and carry on their
work, are the men who in the end
will bring Hitler and Mussolini to
their destruction. Some of these men
were Germans, liberty-loving people
who came to America in 1S4S following
the revolution of that year, to enjoy
our freedom and the American way OF
life.
Air Supremacy
a complaint made in Washington re-
garding the status of the air arm in
the navy is that air officers have not
been promoted rapidly enough. Brass
hats in Washington may not know it
but most Americans know: victory fOl
this nation is dependent upon our ail
supremacy. IT is interesting to note
that when Winston Churchill made his
trip to Moscow to confer with Stain
he went on an American bomber. Great
Britain has not produced any giant
bombers as faSt-hying or as sure ii
operation as our own. There is one
fundamental difference between Brit
ish and American bombing technique
Young Americans are trained for day
light bombing British for night fly
ing and night bombing. America,
planes are built for precision high alti
tude daytime, bombing. consequent!
are faster, stronger and more heavily
armed, but necessarily carry a mucf
lighter bomb load.
The Hard Way
The battles at the Solomon Island.
have been great American victories
This offensive, however, was really al
experiment to determine future Pacific
policy on our part. The question W.
Americans must answer is, is it wOrtl
the cost in lives and materiel for IL
to go to Tokyo the hard way-islant
by island or should we accumulate eX
tensive air power and then unleash OuI
flying fortreSses and bomb Japan int
ii pulp?
We will win, and i'm the end the ,Jal
war lords will be taught such Il lessor
they and the world will never forget
Americans and Americans, alone, mus
determine whether it is worthwhile tt
lose thousands and thousands of OuI
fine young men in the winning of thi
war the hard way. Air supremacy fol
us will win, and the cost in lives ant
materiel might be comparatively light
Dies
In Congressional cloakrOoInS it il
said that Congressman Martin Dies i:
much put out. The r. B. |. has don,
such great work in recent months
there is nothing left for the Dies Com
mitlec and not Il chance for him Il
secure newspaper publicity he loves.
keprisal
In Norway Il German soldier WA!
gored 10y bull and in reprisal, so til
said, the Germans lined up twent.
cows and shot them.