Evening star., 1943-09-09

have made new, extensive plans for
the future. But throughout these
conferences we have never lost sight
of the fact that this war will be-
come bigger and tougher, rather
than easier, during the long months
that are to come.
This war does not and must not
stop for one single instant. Our
fighting men know that. Those of
them who are moving forward
through jungles against lurking
Japs, those who are at this mo-
ment landing in barges moving
through the dawn up to strange
enemy coasts--those who at this mo-
ment are diving their bombers down
on the target at roof-top level
every one of these men knows that
this war is full-time job and that
it will continue to be until total
victory is won.
And, by the same token, every
responsible leader in all the United
Nations knows that the fighting
goes on "a hours day, seven days
a week, and that any day lost may
have to be paid for in terms of
months added to the duration of
the war.
Every campaign, every single
operation that we plan and carry
through must be figured in terms
OF staggering material costs. We
cannot afford to be niggardly with
any of our resources, for we shall
need all of them to do the Job that
we have undertaken.
Your fellow Americans have given
magnificent account of them
selves-on the battlefields and on
the oceans and in the skies all over
the world,
You, Too, Must Serve.
Now it Is up to you to prove to
them that you are contributing
your share. and more than your
share. 1t Is not sufficient simply to
put money into War bonds which
we would normally save. We must
put money into War bonds which
we would not normally save. Only
then have We done everything that
good conscience demands. 1t is up
to you-the Americans in the
American homes-the very homes
which our sons and daughters are
working and fighting and dying to
preserve.
know speak for every man and
woman in America when I say that
we Americans will not be satisfied
to send our troops into the fire of
the enemy with equipment inferior
in any way. Nor will we be satisfied
to send our troops with equipment
only equal to that of the enemy.
We are determined to provide our
troops with overpowering superiority
OF quality and quantity in any and
every category of arms and arma-
ments that they may conceivably
need.
And where does our dominating
power come from? It can come
only from you. The money you
lend and the money you give in
taxes buys that death-dealing, life
saving power We need for victory.
This is an expensive war-expen-
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1t at minimum cost in lives.
>The American people will never
stop to reckon the cost of redeem
ing civilization. They know there
can never be any economic justi-
fication for failing to save freedom.
We can be sure that our enemies
will watch this drive with the KEEN
est interest. They know that sue
cess in this undertaking will shorten
the war. They know that the more
money the American people lend to
their Government, the more pow I
erful and relentless will be the
American forces in the field. They
know that only united and deter,
mined America could possibly pro-
duce on voluntary basis so large
sum Of money as SIS 900 900 900.
The overwhelming success of the