Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-17
ALL ONE WAR

DeCldIiHS JlldI Ine NOrtN African
and Sicilian victories tied in with
operations in the Pacific as we'll
as with those ia Russia. Mr.. Roose-
velt said all Allied plans have been
based on the fact that 1T is all one
war, and it must be governed by
one basic strategy"
Thus far, he said, there has been
"one serious gap in the lines of
our globe -circling sea power"-the
gap between northwest Australia
and Ceylon.
But by ridding The Mediterranean
of Axis power, Mr.. Roosevelt said,
the Allies now can go on to take
complete control of the waters
of the eastern Indian ocean and
the Bay of Bengal" And having
thus closed the gap, he said, I'VE
shall be enabled to strike the Jap
anese on another of their highly
vulnerable flanks."
AS a result of Allied victories in
the Solomons and New Guinea and
the resultant acquisition of island
bases from which to take the of
fensive, the Japanese threat to
Australia, Mr.. Roosevelt said, "has
been practically dissipated.
And after a long period of de-
fensive strategy in Burma" he con-
tinued, we are determined to take
the offensive there"
Declaring that new military aid
in getting to China and that the
Allies daily are cutting down Japa-
nese air strength in that theater.
the President said that process
will continue until we are ready to
strike right at the heart of Japan
AS though bidding for Chinese
confidence at time when Japan
has been reported making indirect
peace overtures to that long -Suf-
fering nation, Mr., Roosevelt said:
The United Nations will never
again let her have authority over
the islands which were inundated to
her by the League of Nations.
Japan obviously is not to be
trusted. And the same thing holds
good in the case of the vast terri
tories which Japan has stolen from
China starting long before this war
began"
RETURN MANCHUKO
This appeared to be a promise
that Manchuria, seized by Japan
in 1881 and renamed Manchuko,
will be returned to China.
OF the fate of Germany and
Japan. the President said:
When Hitler and the Nazis go
out, the PruSsian military clique
must go with them. And the war
breeding gangs of militarists must
be rooted out OF Germany-and out
of Japan-if we are to have any
real assurance of future peace"
AS to this country's role after
the war, he added:
1--WE seek national cooperation
with other nations toward the end
that world aggression be ended and
that fair international relationships
be established on permanent
basis.
The policy of the good neighbor
has shown success in the hemis-
phere of the Americas that its ex-
tension TO the whole world seems
to be the logical next STEP
Mr.. Roosevelt did not propose
any specific legislative program to
congress. He suggested no cures
for the manpower muddle. But he
did suggest that I'VE should move
for the greater economic protectios
of our returning men and women in
the armed forces-and for greater
educational opportunities for them. y
And for all citizens I'VE should
provide a further measure OF social
security in order to protect them
against certain continuing hazards
of life" he added.
BE STUDIED NOW
Such things, and eventual de-
mobilization. should be studied
now and much of the necessary
legislation should be enacted" the
President said.
Saying that the fight in the
Orient would be "long and diff
ficult" and would be accompanied
by heavy Allied losses. the Presi-
dent said 1.-The power of Japan will
not collapse until it has been
literally pounded into the dust-it
would be the utmost folly for us to
try to pretend otherwise"
He went out of his way to en-
courage "the spirit of revolt against
Nazi dominance in the satellite
countries under German control" i"
Mr.. Roosevelt devoted much OF
his message to calling attention to
The ,,oictoGac nf Adolf Hitler