Evening star., 1942-01-13
Japs Struck Spark
That Created Unity
OF U. s., Says Martin
War Will Be Fought
In Mills, shipyords. He
Asserts in Rudio Forum


etantly the afternoon of December
7 when Japan attacked Pearl Har-
Dor and the unity Of effort Amer!-
cans will need to win the war were
the subject of talk made last night
by Representative Martin, Repub-
lean leader of the House and chair
man Of the Republican National
Committee, in the National Radio
Forum, sponsored by The Star.
Representative Martins talk,
originating in Washington. was
broadcast via the Nationwide Blue
network, being heard locally over
WMAL.
The text of his speech follows:
Fellow Americans: A strong unity
now binds the men and women OF
this Nation of every race, color, re-
ligious and political belief into one
resistless onsweeping determination.
We all have in this hour one su-
preme, deep, unshakable purpose
America shall be preserved; civiliza-
ton shall be saved.
Some believed ease and luxury
had softened the fiber of America
We now know that Is not so. When
the Japanese, in the very moment
they. were protesting peace. so
treacherously and savagely struck at
Pearl Harbor and the Philippines,
Midway, Wake and Guam, they did
something else They struck the
spark which lighted the temper OF
America. They delivered the blows
which swept all indecision from our
plans. The white heat of righteous
anger generated by those treacher-
Gus assaults perpetrated under the
cover of peaceful negotiations, has
welded the hearts and minds of all
Americans into one overpowering
purpose to stamp out completely
and for all time, brute force as a
domineering, aggressive power, and
TO restore right as the ruling force
of this world.
Long Years OF Hardship.
The integrity and the safety OF
America are now at issue. The
honor, the liberty, the ideals which
make life in America beautiful and
worthwhile are under assault in this
hour. 1t will be no easy job to de-
fend all those things we hold dear;
perhaps long years of hardship, pri-
vation. suffering, grief and toll may
lie ahead of US There will be a
great measure of blood. sweat and
tears for us. too. But our integrity.
our honor our liberty, our form OF
Government, and our way of life
shall stand unimpaired. however
hard shall be the task of keeping
them secure. of protecting them
against being trampled under the
ruthless heel of any aggressor,
Events have taken place which
the annals of mans climb from saw
agery to civilization. But the very
acts which have so blackened the
annals of man have brought about
other developments which will for
ever illumine the pages of history.
which record the most worthy and
inspiring deeds Of men.
We have been peace-loving peo-
pie here in America. We have been
a long-suffering people here in
America. We have been people
slow to anger here in America. But
We are now one utterly determined
one completely united people
united in a high resolve-the un-
Sparing defense Of our Nation, our
way of life. our ideals of civilization
and human progress.
The American people had prayed
for peace They had sought in
every way to stay out of war. But
let no man in this world mistake the
situation today. We are united in
our support of our Government, the
President, who is the commander
in chief of our armed forces, and
we rally to the battle to uphold the
highest ideals ard the best motives
of men. The job Of ending for all
time the threat of ignorant, british.
savage, ruthless power has been
thrust upon us. God helping us, we
will do the job this time so it will
never have to be done again.
NY fellow citizens, the task which
confronts us demands vastly more
than resounding phrases, catchy slo-
gans and fierce war cries. A job OF
million hard. tiring. unspectacular
details must be done. We do not
know how far into the future it may
stretch ahead of us 1t is going to
be a tough job, but it is going to
be done.
Our defense is not simply a mat
ter of marching troops. colorful uni
forms. glinting arms. blaring bands
and waving flags. This war is being
fought. and must be fought, in tex
tile mills, in shipvards. in foundries
and steel mills in machine shops and
mines. on the farms and in the fields,
as we'll as on the seas. over the seas
and under the seas. 1t is war OF
chemists. machinists. of every char
acter of artisan. as well as of mill
tary and naval forces.
Every Factory an Arsenal.
In the wars of former times. the
naval and military establishments
were the arsenals. In this war every
factory and every field of America
Is the arsenal. Every man and every
woman who can lend single effort
to the sum total of this complete
war is in the ranks of the fighters
now. Every man and every woman
is called upon to help defend the
Nation. Not only must We each con-
tribute our share OF arduous labor
and unhappy sacrifice, but We must
each do our part to maintain the
moral stamina and the unWavering
courage of every individual. young
and old. in order to contribute to the
victory which must and will be ours.
You know and I know tonight
that more than 130,000,000 free peo-
pie working in unison for a common.
high purpose are an invincible pow
er Millions of men will be fighting
under arms for the country: other
millions will engage in the equally
important task of production: still
other millions will be busy helping
to preserve the morale and spirit
Of the Nation. Make no mistake,
each task is Just as essential in its
way as the others