Evening star., 1943-01-01

Nine Editors Praise
War Efforts Speed;
Predict Victory
First Yeur's Successes
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Cited in Broudcusts
From Popers' Offices
Sy 'he Associated Press.

Sy .he Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-Nine edi-
tors representing some OF the Ma
tion's outstanding newspapers last
night lauded Americas accomplish
ments in its first year of the war
and expressed confidence in the out
look for 1s43.
The editors addressed the Nation
from newspaper Offices in various
cities in a special New Year Eve
broadcast by WEAF and the NBC
network shortly before midnight.
Erwin D. Canham, managing ed
itor of the Christian Science Moni-
tor in Boston, declared, I'VE have
come a far distance in 1912. In
1943 we will go even farther. On
last New Year Eve we were with
drawing from Bataan. Tonight we
are at the doors of Bizerte and in a
score of other strange places Our
soldiers and sailors and airmen
have proved great thing. They
have proved that the Americans Of
our generation have all the courage
and endurance and sacrifice and wit
that Americans have. had down
through our fine years"
War Efforts Speed Praised.
Speaking in Emporia, Kans., Will
liam Allen White, editor of the En-
poria Gazette, said:
I'm 1912 the democratic idea mott
waiting the United States has done
in IL months what the totalitarian
states have been doing for II years.
This has been done by the dynamic
force of democratic faith"
From Chicago, Paul Scott Mowrer,
editor of the News, pointed out that
this Is Americas first total war, and
the hardest we have ever had to
fight. More effort and sacrifice are
demanded of the civilian population,
In particular, than ever before"
For 1943, Mr.. Mowrer said "it Is
our hope. with the aid of our Allies,
to break the power Of Hitler. After
that, Japan"
Lawrence c. Martin. managing
editor of the Denver (ColoD Post,
warned that America must con-
centrate on winning the war in
preference to attempting solution
now of peace problems.
Job for Home Front, Too.
I'm 1943 we've got to kill Nazis
and Japs faster than they can kill
Americans" he said. We've sent a
million fighting kids to many fronts.
But it's not all their job. It's a job
for factory, farm, shipyard and
every heart on the home front"
From his editorial chair Of the
Kansas City Star, H. J. Haskell said
Americans have done some grum-
bling In the good old democratic
way. But this has not affected our
war effort"
He said the Midwest recognized
as its province the supplying of the
Nations food and there would be
no "faltering in the task"
w. s. Gilmore, editor of the De-
troit News, said that the worst
year for democracy like ours is
the first year of great war. -"
We have survived that year"
Warning that material comforts
and necessities mean little without
international peace and Justice,
John Paschal, editor Of the Atlanta
Journal, asked:
Our soldiers can and will bring
us victory, but can we promise them,
even here In the United States, a
Government, an economy and a
civilization worthy of their bravery
and sacrifice?"
Nations New Faith Cited.
From New York City, Charles
Merz, chief editorial writer of the
Times, said: The crowd in Times
Square tonight. is shouting Happy
New Year, and this cry finds its echo
in the Nation. AS a people we are
determined, and we are hopeful, and
we have even found a certain kind
Of happiness in a new faith in our
selves and new appreciation of our
destiny"
Ralph Coghlan, editorial page edi-
tor Of the st. Louis Post-Dispatch,
urged IAN expression Of our war
aims, as a powerful weapon against
our enemies" He asserted that Hit
Ter had capitalized on his new
order" and Japan likewise had prof.
tied from its description of the
Oriental co-prosperity sphere"