Evening star., 1944-10-17
Jap Losses Heavy,
But War ISM Over,
Nimitz Tells Forum
BY the Associated Press.

VIIIlIIL IclN TVIu
BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 17-American
task forces striking close to the
heart of Japan" during the last six
days have inflicted on the Japanese
"a rate of attrition which he can
i'll Afford" Admiral Chester w.
NimitZ, commander in chief of the
Pacific Fleet, said yesterday.
In an address broadcast from Pearl
Harbor to the Herald Tribune
Forum, Admiral Nimitz declared
Japanese ront-yard" losses in the
last six days have averaged more
than 100 aircraft and 10 ships
per day."
Since the 9th of October, when
Admiral Halsey's flyers first attacked
the Ryukyu Island in Japans front
yard, We have sunk 73 Japanese
ships and destroyed approximately
670 Jap aircraft the admiral said.
He warned, however, 1T would be
a grievious error to think that such
success would give rise to the hope
that there will be an early end to
the war with Japan"
No Reference to Jap Claims.
Making no direct reference to
japanese claims of heavy American
losses, Admiral Nimitz said that
more intense air opposition had been
met in the vicinity of Manila and |
Formosa than in the Northern
Philippines strike October 13.
But even there the enemy has
not been able to muster the neces-
sary strength to prevent our in
f1icting crippling blows" he added.
The Pacific operations, Admiral
Nlmitz said, illustrated the seagoing
qualities of American warships and
the superiority of United States
carrier-based aviation to japanese
aircraft, whether based on land or
On floating airports.
1t. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell,
Army Service Forces commander.
told the forum audience that in the
1rst lO9 days of the invasion the
Allies landed nearly $500 900 troops.
100000 vehicles and a total of IT,
100000 ship tons of munitions,
transport and supplies.
New Accent for Blitz.
"Blitz may be a German word,
but we've given it an American ac-
cent" Somervell said, adding:
These things that the German
generals boasted We could not ac-
compllsh today are proven
facts"
The three-day forums general
theme, Builders of the World
Ahead" will bring to the nstrum
40 leaders in the fields of industry,
government, science and the arts.
The forum, of which large por-
ton of the proceedings will be
broadcast, was opened with a dedi-
cation to the late Wendell L. Willkie,
written by Archibald MacLeish.
Librarian Of Congress, and delivered
by Raymond Massey, actor.
Speaking for the new force of
l2,O0O0O0 veterans of this war. 1t,
Charles Gg Bolte, chairman of the
American Veterans Committee, or
ganized two years ago for veterans /
OF this war solely, denied there was
any special veterans problem"
which differs from "the national
problem"
Educational Plans Outlined.
Man Coy,
rector of the information and educa-
ton division of the Army Service
Forces, told the forum of the already
fully blueprinted Army education
program to replace military train
ing during the posthostilities period
while our troops await their return
from Europe. {
The program, which will be cleo
tive, he said, in no case will DELAY
any soldiers return here. For this !
reason, each course has been divided
INTO 2O-hour classWork units, each |
independent of following units.
Walt Disney, Hollywood film pro-
Queer, outlined three objectives of
educational films for the postwar
period.
Our first objective" he said lis
TO reafflrm the ways and aims of our
democracy so that the man and |
woman who has been defending
them shall be determined to prove
them and make them real.
New Job Opportunities.
Then We must get down to eco
nomic cases, open their eyes to the
opportunities and methods through
which worker can achieve a posi-
ton of dignity and security. And
hnally we must work to train the
coming generations so that no
schoolroom can be so small and re-
mote that it shall lack the benefits
OF educational films"
DR.. Cole Coolidge, assistant chem
lcal director Of E. I. du Pont de
Nemours & Co.; said the new vet
erans may look to scientific re-
search for countless jobs.
Fifteen of our major manufac-
turing industries have been devel-
oped since 1870 he said, "and it has
been estimated they have created
lo,000,00O jobs never dreamed of be-