Evening star., 1942-03-15
Democracies 10 Win
If Time Is Utilized,
Wallace e Declares
Vice President Coils
On All America to
Speed Production =.
By The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
OMAHA, March 1.-THE democ-
racies will win the war. Vice Presi-
dent Wallace said tonight, mot
merely because we have shown our
capacity to fight with q whole
hearted spirit, but because the
people of the entire world appre-
ciate that we are fighting for the
prosperity and dignity of the COM
mon man In all nations"
He delivered that summation Of
faith in his first major speech since
the Pearl Harbor attack before a
Midwest audience of farmers and
city folk.
Hitler and Japan, he said, ARE
driving desperately against time
They must knock us out by 1912 or
not at all. All signs indicate that
the summer of 1912 will be repeti-
tion of the summer of 1918. with
the Axis making one last desperate
all-out attempt.
But when the final struggle is
brought to finish, we can have a
better peace than at the end of
1918, provided every person in the
United States realizes that his every
action every day is producing re-
suits in terms of life and death for
our young men.
Stoppages May Be Vital.
~The industrial leaders and
workers who expand the produc-
tion Of rubber and copper. alumni
mum and steel will save the lives
Of thousands. The man who stops
the production of even single
plane may determine the outcome
of battle on which will depend a
short war or a long war"
The fall of Singapore, the loss of
Java, the threat to India, Australia
and Africa and even to our own
shores-all these disasters mean that
we haven't a minute to lose in
putting productive power on the line
of battle everywhere in the world"
he added.
America Is now fully awake
except for those who so lack imag-
nation that it would require the
Jar Of bombs falling in their own
cities and the occupation of our own
United States by the enemy to stir
them to putting forth the last final
ounces of energy"
To the farmers, he said:
Thanks to the farm program and
your own indomitable spirit. there
will be plenty of corn, wheat, cot
ton and livestock products for the
war effort. Yes, and there will be
ever-normal granary supplies ready
to function for the hungry millions
overseas when the war ends"
Industry Fully Awake.
To his audience in general:
Industry, at last, is, I believe,
fully awake also. Our aluminium
production in 1912 will be two and a
half times as much as in 1899. Our
steel production in 1912 will be more
than so per cent greater than in
1889. By 1914, under plans now be-
Ing rushed, we shall be able to pro-
duce synthetically here in the United
States as much rubber as we for
merly imported from the Far East
Our copper production in 1912 will
be third more than in 1899.
Yes, industry is going to town.
and by the grace of consumer self
denial. it will all be expressed in
terms of shipping, planes, tanks
and munitions"
He declared that if it had not
been for President Roosevelt's naval
enlargement program and encour-
agement Of power development
Hitler would be master of the
world today"
Looking backward" he added,
Il am sure the President feels that
he should have done more. But as
a matter Of fact, it was impossible
for him to do more until such time
as the majority of our people fully
realized what Hitler and the Japs
were really up to.
Losses Taught Lessons.
Prom the President on down.
those who preached the intent of
Hitler and Japan to dominate the
world were called war-mongers. I
myself was bitterly attacked when,
at Des Moines, in August, 1910, I
called attention to the true nature
Of the world struggle.
Nov Pearl Harbor, Singapore
and Java have demonstrated be-
yond all doubt what we are up
against. These losses prove how
foolish and dangerous 1t Is to feel