The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-06-02

Isolidy behind their Commander in Chief, that they recognize this as THEIR war and they are willing and eager to finance it.
 Tt proves also that the American people are not going sit back and wait for any forced saw ings plan in order to finance this most expensive war in all history. This, might add is vtally inn portant to
 q believe in the American people; believe that they will go to the very limit of their capacity if only they understand the urgency of the situation.
 Prom reports that have come to from all over the country and as a result of what I and heard on a seven- thousand mile trip from which recently returned, have come to some definite con- cusons as to the for our success. It seems to me that the explanation is found in the spirit of the American people and their deep-rooted deter mination to fight this through to victory.
 THE WAR SPIRIT SELLS BONDS:
 When the people really become aflame with the war spirit all the other problems seem to solve them selves Labor and management get together; pro- duction rises to all-tme high and bond sales go UP automatically That checks with what all our figures tell
 War spirit labor management relations, pro- duction and bond sales all go hand in hand
 Military terms to describe this Second War Loan victory-and it is a victory-are only partly appro- priate There can be comparison between the self-denal needed finance the war adequately and
 
 must face.
 Yet there is close relationship, very defn- ite similarity between the war on the home front and the war on the fighting front. Neither is won in a single engagement On both fronts the war must go on through a succession of gains until the final and complete victory is won We can speak of this success in the Second War Loan Drive only as victory in a minor engagement. It is like the talk ing of single fortified point while the main battle field and the main forces of the enemy still lie ahead
 THE REAL BATTLE IS STILL AHEAD OF US. All that we learned in this Second War Loan Drive, all the enthusiasm that we gained will be useful in the bigger job that WE STILL HAVE TO DO. l'
 THERE IS NO EASY WAY:
 "There is no automatic and easy process for winning battles on the home front any more than there is an automatic and easy process for winning battles in the field. The war must be won and the war must be financed by the voluntary united effort of the whole American people.
 What success in financing means to our fight CTS is illustrated by conversation I had recently with the Chief of Staff General Marshall came over to the Treasury to have lunch with me and, before he left he said MT Secretary, want you to answer a question for me and to answer it with complete frankness Can we military leaders plan to fight this war in an orderly way-in the surest and most effective manner-or must we take extraordinary risks for fear the money will not hold out?
 My answer was: General, the American people will take care of that What they have done n this Second War Loan Drive--the money they have pro- duced and the spirit they have shown-is proof enough for me that they will not let fighters suffer from lack of support until we achieve com- plete victory no matter how long that may be, nol how much it may cost
 THAT my answer to General Marshall. know it is the answer of the American people.