The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1942-04-30
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Total War Effort Demands
End Of Political Bi(kering
American Industry Now Rolling at Speed
Which Means Victory for Allies; Defeat
Can Only Come at Home.
By BAUKHAGE
Neus ANALYST and Commentator.

WNU Service, 1343 H Street, N. W.,
Washington, ID. c.
As the time grows shorter and the
critical moment approaches when
the Axis poises itself for a knock
out blow, there is one battle which
the enemy is steadily losing. The
battle Of France, the battle of Crete,
the battle of the Netherlands Indies
are all deep scars on the Allied es-
cutcheon. But at last, despite end
less delays, the selishness and the
pickering, we have begun to win the
battle of America.
In the laboratory, on the draw
ing board and now finally in the
machine shop and on the drill field
America is forging the weapons and
the organization which will win.
That statement is based on the
confidential reports of the perform
ance of American rifles, cannon,
planes, tanks and ships tested in
actual warfare.
We are still behind the enemy in
some weapons. Some special artil-
lery units of the Germans are su-
perior. We have not reached the
perfection in training Of p~aratroops.
We have not mastered the jap
anese art of infltration. We have
not been able to work out the syn
chronization of air forces with other
forces as the Germans have done
on land and the Japanese have done
on the sea. But wherever our sep
arate units have been in action there
is high praise for both performance
Of personnel and material. Where
we have perfected that unity we
have been highly successful.
American big bombers lead the
world. With the comparatively few
now in action they have put out of
commission 60 Japanese ships and
destroyed as many enemy airplanes.
The United States was far behind
in aircraft carriers when the war
began. But we can build them fast
er than Japan can. We are building
them now. We are turning out ''eyes
of the navy" Our navy after Pearl
Harbor was constantly Swallowed by
Japanese reconnaissance planes
which have been in the air steadily.
Torpedo Boats
We are building an underwater
surface and air combination which
will probably decide the war in the
Pacific. Our fast patrol torpedo
boats have an enviable record in
the Philippines; our new destroy
ers are tough skinned. The Kear-
ney reached port after being almost
cut in two with torpedoes. Our new
merchant ships are tough, too. The
sinkings along the Atlantic coast
have been limited to ancient tank
ers; the only new tanker the subs
were able to catch and hit got into
port under her own power. n
General Macarthur reports that the
new Garand rifle and the new car
bines which have been substituted
for the AS revolvers give our mo-
bile troops superior fire power. Our
light machine guns are at least
equal to anything the Axis has pro-
duced.
Our field artillery has been re-
made.
Our light tanks have proved them
selves against Europe's best in the
same class; our medium tanks are
being improved in the light of ex-
perience and army men believe our
armored units soon will dominate
in that field.
We have the men. We now have
trained men to train other men
and as the Axis draws on its re-
serves of manpower our own army
swells. We are winning the battle
of America before it is begun and
unless the whole structure of the
Allies is destroyed before we can get
the ships. we will be able to carry
that baltle into the enemy S country.
That is the optimistic side of the
picture. The other side is the con-
fusion on the home front. Like
France we are still battling each
other. We still are afraid of losing
our WI privileges and our own prof
its. group is fighting against group
instead of uniting against a common
enemy.
Although we have gradually abol-
ished business as usual. we have not
been able to abolish politics as usual.
Until we do we will not have a
total war effort, and without a total
war effort we cannot wage a total
war to victory.
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