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tions will so dispose our forces tina
We can strike at the common enem!
wherever the greatest damage cal
be done.
The militarists in Berlin and Toki,
started this war. But the maSsed
angered forces Of common humanit!
will finish 1t.
World Too Small to Provide
Room for Hitler and God.
Destruction of the material ant
spiritual centers Of civilization-thil
has been and still Is the purpose o
Hitler and his italian and Japanes.
chessmen. They would wreck tn.
power Of the British Commonwealth
and Russia and China and thu
Northumberland then combine al
their forces to achieve their ultimate
goal, the conquest Of the Unitec
States.
They know that victory for u!
means victory for freedom.
They know that victory for u
means victory for the institution Of
democracy-the ideal of the family
the simple principles Of common de.
cency and humanity.
They know that victory for u,
means victory for religion.
And they could not tolerate that
The world is too small to provide
adequate living room" for both Hit
Ter and God. In proof Of that, the
Nazis have now announced Their
plan for enforcing their new Ger
man. pagan religion throughout the
world-the plan by which the Holy
Bible and the Cross of Mercy would
be displaced by "Mein Kampf" and
the swastika and the naked sword.
Our own detectives are clear: the
objective of smashing the militarism
imposed by war lords upon their en-.
shaved peoples-the objective of lib
Grating the subjugated nations
objective Of establishing and secur-
ing freedom of speech, freedom OF
religion, freedom from want and
freedom from fear everywhere in
the world.
Superiority in Weapons
Must Be Overwhelming.
We shall not stop short OF these
objectives-nor shall we be satisfied
merely to gain them and then call
1t day. I know that I speak for
the American people-and I have
good reason to believe I speak also
for all the other peoples who fight
with us-when say that this time
we are determined not only to win
the war, but also to maintain the
security OF the peace which will
follow.
But modern methods of war
fare make 1t a task, not only of
shooting and fighting, but an even
more urgent one Of working and
producing.
Victory requires the actual wea-
ponS OF war and the means of trans
porting them to dozen points Of
combat.
1t will not be sufficient for us and
the other United Nations to produce
slightly superior supply of mum.
lions to that Of Germany, Japan.
Italy and the stolen industries in
the countries which they have over
run.
The superiority of the United
Nations In munitions and ships must
be overwhelming-so overwhelming
that the Axis nations can never
hope to catch up with it. In order
to attain this overwhelming superb
ority the United States must build
planes and tanks and guns and ships
to the utmost limit OF our national
capacity. We have the ability and
capacity to produce arms not only
for our own forces. but also for the
armies. navies and air forces fight
ing on our side.
Production Must Be Raised
Far Above Present Levels.
And our overwhelming superiority
OF armament must be adequate to
put weapons of war at the proper
time into the hands of those men
In the conquered nations, who stand
ready to seize the first opportunity
to revolt against their German and
Japanese oppressors. and against
the traitors in their own ranks
known by the already infamous
name OF "Quislings." As we get
guns to the patriots in those lands.
they too will fire. shots heard round
the world.
This production of ours in the
United States must be raised far
above its present level, even though
1t will mean the dislocation of the
lives and occupations of millions of
our own people. We must raise our
sights all along the production line.
Let no man say 1t cannot be done.
1t must be done-and we have un-
dertaken to do it.
10000 Planes, $1,000 Tanks
Ordered Built in 1912.
I have just sent a letter of direc.
ton to the appropriate departments
and agencies of our Government
ordering that immediate steps be
taken:
l. To increase our production
rate OF airplanes so rapidly that
In this year, 1912, we shall pro-
duce 10000 planes, 10000 more
than the goal set a year and a
half ago. This includes 5000
combat planes-bombers, dive
bombers, pursuit planes. The
rate of increase will be con-
tinued, so that next year. 1913,
we shall produce $4,000 air
planes. including 100000 combat
planes.
2. To increase our production
rate of tanks 50 rapidly that in
this year. 1912, we shall produce
$4,000 tanks. and to continue
that increase so that next year,
1913, we shall produce $4,000
tanks.
3. To increase our production
rate Of anti-aircraft guns so
rapidly that in this year, 1912,
we shall produce 10000 of them,
and to continue that increase so
that next year. 1913. we shall
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