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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-29

branch of the government cannot do 1t alone. May the Congress do its duty in this regard. The Amer ican people will insist on fulfilling this American obligation to the men and women in the armed forces who are winning this war for us.
 Running Soldiers Of course, the returning soldier and sailor and marine are a part of the problem of demobilizing the rest of the millions of Americans who have been working and living in a war economy since 1941. That larger objective of reconverting wartime America to a peace time basis is one for which your govern ment is laying plans to be submit ted to the Congress for action.
 But the members of the armed forces have been compelled to make greater economic sacrifice and every other kind of sacrifice than the rest of us, and are en- titled to definite action to help take care of their special prob lens.
 The least to which they are en- titled, 1t seems to me. is some- thing like this:
 Mustering-out pay to every member of the armed forces and Merchant Marine when he or she is honorably discharged, large enough in each case to cover a reasonable period of time between his discharge and the finding of a new job.
 2. In case no job is found after diligent search, then unemployment insurance if the individual registers with the United States Employment Service.
 3. An opportunity for member of the armed services to get further education or trade training at the cost of their government.
 4. Allowance of credit to all members of the armed forces, under unemployment compensation and federal old-age and survivors in- surance, for their period of serv- ice. For these purposes they should be treated as If they had continued their employment in private indus try.
 5. Improved and liberalized pro- visions for disqualification, rehabili- tation and medical care of disabled members of the armed forces and Merchant Marine.
 6. Sufficient pensions for dis abled members of the armed forces.
 Your government is drawing up other serious, constructive plans for certain immediate forward moves. They concern food, man-power, and other domestic problems but they tie in with our armed forces. With in few weeks I shall speak with you again in regard to definite &C., tions to be taken by the executive branch of the government and spe- cific accommodations for new legis- lation by the Congress.
 All our calculations for the fu- ture, however, must be based on clear understanding of the prob- lems involved. And that can be gained only by straight thinking not guesswork or political manip- ulation.
 I confess that I myself am some times bewildered by conflicting statements that I see in the press. One day I read an authoritative" statement that we shall win the war this year, 1943 - and the next
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-29

I am sorry if I step on the toes of those Americans who, playing party politics at home. call that kind of foreign policy crazy al- triusm" and "starry-eyed dream ing"
 Meanwhile the war in Sicily and Italy goes on. It must go on, and will go on, until the Italian people realize the futility of continuing to fight in lost cause cause to which the people of Italy never gave their whole-hearted approval and support.
 Time Essential
 It Is little over a year since we planned the North African cam paign. It is six months since we planned the Sicilian campaign. confess that I am of an impatient disposition, but I think that I un- understand. the amount of time necessary to prepare for any ma- jor military or naval operation. We cannot just pick up the telephone and order a new campaign to start the next week.
 For example, behind the inva- sion forces of North Africa were thousands of ships and planes guarding the long, perilous sea lanes, carrying the men, the equip ment and the supplies to the point of attack. And behind all these were the railroad lines and high ways that carried the men and the munitions to the ports of embarka- tion - there were the factories and the mines and the farms that turned out the materials - there were the training camps where the men learned how to perform the strange and difficult and dan- gerous tasks which were to meet them on the beaches and in the deserts and the mountains.
 All this had to be repeated in the attack in Sicily Here the fac- tor of air attack was added = for We could use North Africa as the base for softening up the landing places and lines of defense in Sic- fly, and the lines of supply in Italy.
 It Is interesting for us to real ize that every Flying Fortress that bombed harbor installations of Naples from its base in North Af- rica required LILO gallons of gaso- line for each single mission, and that this is the equal of about 375 "A" ration tickets-enough gas to drive your car five times across this continent. You will better un- derstand your part in the war - and what gasoline rationing means If you multiply this by the gaso- line needs of thousands of planes and hundreds of thousands of jeeps, trucks and tanks now serving over seas.
 5000 Ships!
 l think that the personal conve- fence of the individual or the in- dividual family back home here in the United States will appear some what less important when I tell you that the initial assault force on Sicily involved 5000 ships which carried 160,000 men - Americans, British, Canadians and French - together with 14,000 vehicles, 600 tanks and 1900 guns. This initial force was followed every day and every night by thousands of rein- forcements.
 The meticulous care with which the operation in Sicily was planned has paid dividends. For our cas- ualities in men, ships and materiel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-29

and along these lines the President outlined six objectives which he plans to recommend to Congress for necessary legislation. Various phases of the war front as well as the home front were covered in the address. A direct tip was passed on to Japan to expect plenty of action-soon.
 The text of the Presidents address follows:
 Over a year and half ago I said to the Congress: The mili- tarists of Berlin, Rome and Tokyo started this war, but the massed angered forces of common human ity will finish it."
 That prophecy is in the process of being fulfilled. The massed, angered forces of common human ity are on the march. They are going forward an the Russian front, in the vast Pacific area, and into Europe-converging upon their ultimate objectives, Berlin and Tokyo.
 The first crack in the Axis has come. The criminal, corrupt Fascist regime in Italy is going to pieces.
 The private philosophy of the Fascists and Nazis cannot stand diversity. The military superiority of the United Nations-on sea and land, and in the air-has been ap- piled in the right place and at the right time
 Hitler refused to send sufficient help to save MuSsolini. In fact Hitler's troops in Sicily stole the Italians motor equipment, leav- ing Italian soldiers so stranded that they had no choice but to surrender. Once again the Germans betrayed their Italian allies, as they had done time and time again on the Russian front and in the long retreat from Egypt, through Libya and Tripoli, to the final sur render in Tunisia.
 Mussolini came to the reluctant conclusion that the Jig was up. ' he could see the shadow of the long arm of justice.
 Brit he and his Fascist gang will be brought to book and pun ished for their crimes against hu- manity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-29
[otal Victory Nothing Less Goal Of American People

1 day comes another statement equally authoritative" that the war will still be going on in 1949.
 Two Extremes
 Of course both extremes = Of op- timism and pessimism-are wrong
 The length of the wa will de- pend upon the uninterrupted con tinuance of all out effort on the fighting fronts and here at home. The effort is all one.
 The American soldier does not like the necessity of waging war. And yet - if he lays off for one single instant he may lose his own life and sacrifice the lives of his comrades.
 By the same token = worker here at home may not like the driving, wartime conditions under which he has to work or live. And yet - if he gets complacent or indifferent and slacks on his job, he too. may sacrifice the lives of American soldiers and contribute to the loss of an im- po-tant battle.
 The next time anyone says to you that this war is ''in the bag" and its all over but the shouting you should ask him these questions:
 Are you working full time on your job?"
 Are you growing all the food you can?"
 Are you buying your limit of war bonds?"
 Are you loyally, cheerfully CO., operating with your government in preventing imitation and profit eering and in maxim. rationing work with fairness to all?'
 Because - if your answer is No - then the war is going to last lot longer than you think
 The plans we made for the knocking out of Mussolini and his gang have largely succeeded. But we still have to knock out Hitler and his gang and Tojo and his gang. No one of us pretends that this will be an easy matter.
 Total Victory!
 We still have to defeat Hitler and Tojo on their own home grounds. But this will require a far greater concentration of our national energy and our ingenuity and our skill. It is not too much to say that we will pour into this war the entire strength and intelligence and will power of the United States. We are a great na- tion - rich nation - but we are not so great or so rich that we can afford to waste our substance or the lives of our men by relaxing along the way.
 We shall not settle for less than total victory. That is the deter imitation of every American on the fighting fronts. That must be, and will be, the determination of every American here at home.
 Most orang-utans seem to know
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-29

air over Burma ad now enjoy su- periority. We are bombing Jap anese communications, supply dumps, and bases in China, Indo- China and Burma.
 But, we are still far from our main objectives in the war against Japan. Let us remember how far we were, year ago. from any of our objectives in the European theater. We are pushing forward to occupation of positions which in time will enable us to attack the Japanese islands themselves from the north, from the south, from the east, and from the west. ] You have heard it said that while we are succeeding greatly on the fighting front, we are failing miser- ably on the home front. This is an- other of those immaturities a false slogan easy to state but un- true in the essential facts.
 Only One Front!
 For. the longer this war goes on the clearer it becomes that no one can draw blue pencil down the middle of page and call one side "the fighting front" and the other side 'the home front" The two of them are inexorably tied to- gether.
 Every combat division, every naval task force, every squadron of fighting planes is dependent for its equipment and ammunition and fuel and food, as indeed it is for its manpower, on the American peo- pie in civilian clothes in the ofices and in the factories and on the farms at home.
 The same kind of careful plan- ming that gained victory in North Africa and Sicily is required if we are to make victory an enduring reality and do our share in build ing the kind of peaceful world which will justify the sacrifices made in this war.
 The United Nations are substan- tially agreed on the general objec- tives for the postwar world. They are also agreed that this is not the time to engage in an interna- tional discussion of all the terms of peace, and all the details of the future. We must not relax our pressure on the enemy by taking time out to define every boundary and settle every political contro- versy in every part of the world The all-important thing now is to get on with the war - and to win it.
 While concentrating on military victory, we are not neglecting the planning of the things to come, the freedoms which we know will make for more decency and greater jus- t1ce throughout the world.
 Among many other things we are, today, laying plans for the return to civilian life of our gall lant men and women in the armed services. They must not be demo- billzed into an environment of in- flation and unemployment, to a place on a bread line or on a cor ner selling apples. We must, this time, have plans ready-instead of waiting to do hasty, inefficient, and ill-considered job at the last moment.
 have assured our men in the armed forces that the American people would not let them down when the war Is won.
 I hope that the Congress will help in carrying out this assur- ance, for obviously the executive
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-29

have been low - in fact, far below our estimate.
 All of us are proud of the su- perb skill and courage of the of flcers and men who have con- ducted and are conducting this operation. The toughest resistance developed on the front of the Brit ish Eighth Army, which included the Canadians. But that is no new experience for that magnificent fighting force which has made the Germans pay heavy price for each hour of delay in the final Vic tory. The American Seventh Ar my, after a stormy landing on the exposed beaches of Southern Sicily. swept with record speed across the island into Palermo. For many of our troops this was their first battle experience but they have carried themselves like veterans.
 Credit To Leaders
 And we must give credit for the coordination of the diverse forces in the field, and for the planning of the whole campaign. to the wise and skillful leadership of General Eisenhower, Admiral Cunningham, General Alexander and Air Marshal Tedder have been towers of strength in handling the complex details of naval, ground and air activities.
 You have heard some people say that the British and the Amer jeans can never get along well to- gether you have heard some peo- pie say that the Army and Navy and Air Forces can never get along well together - that real coopera- tion between them is impossible Tunisia and Sicily have given the lie, once and for all, to these nar- minded prejudices.
 The dauntless fighting spirit of the British people in this war has been expressed in the historic words and deeds of Winston Chur- chill-and the world knows how the American people feel about him.
 Ahead of us are much bigger fights. We and our allies will go into them as we went into Sicily together. And we shall carry on together.
 Today our production of ships is almost unbelievable. This year we are producing over 19 million tons of merchant shipping and next year our production will be over 21 million tons. And in addition to our shipments across the Atlantic we must realize that in this war, we are operating in the Aleutians in the distant parts of the South west Pacific, in India and of the shores of South America.
 For several months we have been losing fewer ships by sinkings, and we have been destroying more and more U-boats. We hope this will continue. But we cannot be sure. We must not lower our guard for one single instant.
 One tangible result of our great increase in merchant shipping - which will be good news to civil fans at home - Is that tonight we are able to terminate the ration in gof coffee. We also expect that within short time we shall get greatly increased allowances of sugar.
 Aid To Russia
 Those few Americans who grouse and complain about the in- conveniences of life here in the United States should learn some
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-29
Humanity On March Declares President
 In Radio Broadcast
Punishment for Mussolini; Six Objectives Out lined for Servicemen, Women

Unconditional surrender of Italy, punishment of Mus soni and other Axis leaders vigorous offensves against Hitler and Tojo and nothing less than Total Victory
 for the allied forces the war objecves outlined by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his worldwide radio broadcast last evening On the home front united action in production continue Consideration must also be given the Rehabilitation of serEcemen and Woen
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-29

Most orang-utans seem to know teh scientific principle of the lever
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-11-10
Back From the Wars
Back From the Wars
Bomber Group Leader Tells
|Of Aid Given SuIerno Invaders

Maj. Earl Edward Batten, %,
squadron commander of a BIS
Mitchell medium bomber group, de-
scribes the Is days of aerial bomb
ing at Salerno as the finest job
of bombing done by the Air Forces. :"
They came and told us if we
couldn't help the boys on the ground
out, it would be complete wipe
out" he said. I'VE were taken from
the Strategical Air Force unit for
target missions to give support to
the ground forces and we liked it
much better.
I'VE could see what we were do
ing, sometimes bombing localities
just two miles ahead of the troops.
You felt like you were helping them
out and that is why I think the
boys did the best job of bombing
that's been done in this war.
once we were told that the troops
planned to take a town near
Salerno two hours after we were
scheduled to bomb it and that was
the prettiest piece of bombing
have ever seen. Sure enough, we
found out later that the ground
forces had taken the town Just two
hours after we had made our visit"
Led First Salerno Raid.
Maj. Batten's group led the first
medium bomber raid in Italy-at
Salerno.
I'VE had a good time on that
raid" he said. I'VE sort of sur
prised them"
Maj, Batten, who participated in
seven missions over Salerno during
the IS days, said antiaircraft fire
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was scared most" was during his
45th mission.
You think about the folks back
home and know that after so mis-
sions you get to go home, and you
wonder If you're going to get yours
and you start sweating it out from
IS to so. Don't let anyone tell you
the pilots aren't scared when they
60 out on a mission. Everyone of
them is scared"
Maj. Batten is now home on a
3O-day leave visiting his wife and
his mother, Mrs. Frank Clark of 1908
Rhode Island avenue NE. He at
tended Mckinley High School and
the University of Maryland, where
he played varsity basket ball, and
was an engineering student at Tu-
lane University in 1898, when he left
to enter the Army Quartermaster
Corps.
He later was transferred to the
Air Forces and received his training
at Ellington and Randolph Fields,
Tex. He had been overseas since
September, 1912, and returned to the
United States October IT.
Every time you lick War savings
stamp you help lick the Axis
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was as bad as We have had. but
the fighter opposition was nil. They
used mostly dive bombers. We didn't
have any fighter escort until the
ground forces went through Naples"
he added.
Maj. Batten explained that the
pilots over there handle the medium
bomber halfway like a pursuit ship.
One pilot outran fighter plane and
got away by maneuvering. I guess
the fighter pilot got tired sitting
outside and skidding around him. !"
Nearly Shot Down.
The closest Mai. Batten came to
being shot down was during mis-
sion in February.
About 40 Goering Flying Circus
Pilots, about the best they have-I
guess they were brought down from
RuSsla-attacked us before We
reached our target and trailed US
through the ack ack back to the
deck. I was leading the tail-end
fight and one broke through o>.~
fighter escort and tailed me for 30
minutes. My tail gunner got hit
and the flight leader and tail gun
ner ahead of me. l was just lucky
guess.
They sit and look at you for
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while and then duck down and come
up after you under your belly. I had
IL holes in my ship when we came
down and my brakes were out. The
pilot landing just ahead of me-we
landed IS second apart-had 200
holes in has plane and as he landed
his left tire went fiat and he swerved
in front of me.
Luckily, my nose was in the air
and just pulled over him, other
wise I would have gone right
through him. When I landed again
and realized for the first time I had
no brakes, then, I really began to
sweat" he laughed.
Tells of 45th Mission.
However, the time Maj. Batten
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-11-10
Summit Park Citizens
Oppose New Association

Stating that there was no need to
establish new citizen association
in the area, the Summit Park Citi-
zens' Association last night declined
to indorse the Fairfax Village Citi-
zens' group for membership in the
Federation of Citizens Association.
The zoning Committee was unan-
imously disbanded because it was
felt that its work was completed.
The association approved the send
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-11-10

ing of letter to Traffic Director Van
Duzer asking that the bus stops at
the northwest corner of Pennsyl-
vania and Branch ovenues Sc. be
moved further west to relieve con-
gestion.
Named to the Safety Committee
were Mrs. Harvey Deal and Mr.. Will
liam F. Fallon.
The meeting presided over by
Charles A. King, was held at the
Anne Bears School, Thirty sixth and
Alabama avenue Sc.
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OPEN THURSDAY GAM. sPM.

Every time you lick War savings
stamp you help lick the Axis
Smyrna times., 1943-05-27
AID CROP MOVEMENT
War Food Administration to Help
Delaware Farmers

Delaware's vital fresh vegetable
crop will be helped in its movement
to market by the War Food Admin
istration, G. E. Ocheltree, Chair
man of the Delaware Agricultural
Adjustment Agency, reported to-
day. These efforts will seek to
eliminate food wastage during the
1943 vegetable harvest. Delaware
leads all the States in the produc-
ton of some vegetable crops.
Should any crop be dumped on the
fresh market faster than it can be
consumed, the War Food Admin
istration will purchase the surplus
for diversion to processing plants
for out-of-season consumption. Dur
ing the fresh vegetable season the
administration will focus consumer
attention on particular products of
which the supply appears to exceed
the demand. In tbs marketing pro-
gram the cooperation of the retail
trade and consumer groups will be
solicited.
Smyrna times., 1943-05-27
TAX RECEIPTS
IN INKENTCOUNTY
Collected Total of $569,623 in
Four Years; Record Col
lection Ever Attained
LAST YEAR THE BEST

The Office of Enoch H. Johnson,
county treasurer and collector of
taxes, had collected up to Tuesday
a total of S557 ,27491 in taxes for
the past four years within the diff
ferent taxable years, an additional
$11, ,842.55 between years, and $685.
OF penalties, a total of S569, ,623. .48.
The aggregate tax levy for the four
years was $685., 5,372.85. Mr.. John
son, who will be succeeded in office
next Tuesday by Webster Phillips,
submitted his four-year report to
the Kent County Levy Court, dis
closing one of the best records ever
attained by the office. The 1912
tax levy was S148,233.99, and of the
S142,736.53 was collected.
With an exemption of S6,721 noted,
there is created a credit to the Of
flee of 81, 1,223.54 for the year. The
penalty collected on 1912 taxes was
S194.09. The figures for the pre-
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