The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20
CHURCHILL FAILS
 TOSTILL DEMANDS
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disappointed, however.
 Admitting Cnurchill's tactiv to be "adroit" Rep. Harold Knutson, R., Minn., saw 1t as "a maneuver to delay opening front in the Orient and immediate aid to China"
 "He still considers Britain the first line of defense" complained Knut- son.
 Sen. Edwin c. Johnson, D., Colo, of the military affairs committee, commented: "He talks good Jap war. I hope action will follow his words"
 Sen. Kenneth s. Wherry. R. Neb., objected to that portion of Church. ills address devoted to answering Cnandler's previous charges.
 "He spent considerable time in an- swering the speech by Sen. Chandler while reassuring the senate and the American people that the British would stay to the bitter end" Wherry said. "He left unanswered many suggestions in Chandler's speech"
 One section of Churchill's speech was interpreted as a direct answer to Chandler's speech ofs Monday. Churchill said:
 Lots of people can make good | plans for winning the war If they have not got to carry them out"
 Chandler led the renewed clamor for aid to China with a statement listing four main objections to Churchills address: He said Chur- chill didn't explain why no effec- tive attempt had been made to re- open the Burma road; he charged that If there were a large British force in India 1t was being held off by inferior Japanese strength; he argued that If, as Churchill em- phasized, things were going so well in the aerial assault on Nazi-held Europe, Germany wouldn't slip out of the moose if we put the heat on Japan. Finally, he said, Japan is consolidating her gains in the Pa cific to such an extent that we must knock her out now-or never.
 Mir Churchill did not explain, I" Chandler said, "why the great armies of air and naval forces now marshalled, as he said, by Great Britain on the eastern frontiers of India, had not made a more effec- tive attempt to open the Burma road the facts are that this large British army in India has been held off for some time by a far greatly inferior Japanese army.
 Tt is my belief that unless we get at this main task of ours-and soon-that the Japanese will so con- solidate the gains they have made, both militarily and economically and become 50 strong that we may never be able to bring about her defeat"
 Although Churchill left the im- pression with most of his listeners that there has been no change in Allied plans to try to crush Ger many ahead of Japan, he also made 1t plain that there will be new moves against the Japanese while the big push in Europe is going on.
 He recalled that in his Casa blanca conferences with President Roosevelt it was evident that while the defeat of Japan would not mean the defeat of Germany, the de- feat of Germany would infallibly mean the ruin of Japan.
 "The realization of this simple truth" he continued, "does not mean that both sides should not proceed together and indeed the major part of the United States forces is now deployed on the Pa- cific fronts'
 The prime minister's speech strengthened belief here that the first blow will come soon, and against three Germans on the con- tinent of Europe. Then the AL lies probably will move against Japan, with the big offensive in the east expected to begin next fall in Burma.
 Thus, unless Germany collapses with unexpected speed, the United Nations will be hammering the Axis from both sides in a pincers move- ment large beyond even the dreams of Corporal Hitler" as Churchill referred to him yesterday U. s. to Bear Burden? Washington, May 20-- (UP) - Prime Minister Winston Churchills reminder that the major part" of American forces now are deployed in the Pacific led to the belief here today that the United States will bear the heavy burden of the war agaist Japan.
 Churchill referred to the army, navy and marine forces as a whole not simply to the U. s. Army. There never has been any question that a major part of the U. s. fleet and of the marine COTS has been assigned to the Pacific, and observers be- lieved that this outweighed the nu- merical superiority of army troops in the European and African the aters over those stationed in the Pacific.
 Disposition of military forces is largely secret. but these factors are known:
 The United States has two armies overseas-the Fifth Army in North Africa and the Sixth Army in the southwest Pacific. There are 10 U. s. Army Forces overseas, of which | .t., an,.lnunA anatnak kha Ian