Evening star., 1944-01-23

hirelings try to create dissension
between the fighter on the farm, the
fighter in the factory and the fighter
at the front.
Shall Not Succeed.
"They shall not succeed because
all three fighting fronts have the
same two detectives, quick victory
in war, justice and jobs in peace.
"One man more than any other
in all history has given dynamic
power and economic expression to
the ageless New Deal. That man is
Roosevelt. Roosevelt has never
denied the principles of the New
Deal and he never will. They are a
part of his very being.
Roosevelt. God willing, will In the
future give the New Deal firmer
foundation than it has ever had be-
fore. So on with the New Deal, on
with the winning of the war and
forward march for peace, justice and
jobs"
Mr.. Rayburn linked Secretary of
State Hull with Mr.. Roosevelt in his
praise of American leadership dur
ing the war. He said:
Il think if Andrew Jackson walked
among us today and looked about
him at this America that is again
fighting for freedom, his eye would
be drawn to two great figures, work.
ing hand in hand, battling side by
side, In the old cause dear to his
heart. One of these Americans is
Franklin D. Roosevelt. The other is
Cordell Hull.
Here in our land we have not had
to endure the blast from the air nor
the atrocities of the Fascist march.
We have not had to rebuild our city
streets from ruin, nor scorch our
fields. Yet in the war that engulfs
us. there is an achievement-an
American march to victory, that the
historians Of this war will set down
in shining letters. 1t is a story
marked by greatness of spirit. It is
the story of a great Nation inf1amed
overnight into total war. -.
Our enemies did not think this
could be done. Among ourselves
there, were some who agreed with
our enemies, there were doubters
Our Government, moving to the
will Of all except that little handful
of defeatists, refused to deal with
the enemies of free people. And
our Government and our people
went beyond that. Through our
commander in chief, we proclaimed
a quarantine of the aggressor. And
under his leadership we got down
to the job of preparing for war on
a scale unequalled in all history.
THAT is the story that is marked
by greatest Of spirit, that is the
job the people of America and their
Government tackled three short
years ago. 1t is the job they have
carried on ahead of schedule.
I'VE still have among us, of
course, that small minority who
were afflicted with jaundice of the
spine in 1910 and enlargement of
the spleen in 1943. These hecklers
still complain. Our enemies have
long since learned to respect the
might of this fighting America. Let
all Americans do the same!
Cites Production Record.
America has produced $4,000
field guns, 81 times the number pre-
duced for World War No. l We
have produced 80 billion rounds of
small arms ammunition, 9 times our
production for World War 1. We
have produced over five billion
pounds of high explosives, 10 times
our production for World War I.
1--WE produced more than $4,000
military airplanes in 1943 Even
more significant, our rate of produc-
ton of bombers in December, 1943,
was twice the rate in January, 1943,
and in heavy bombers three times
the rate in January, 1943. Each
month we have more than tripled
the production of a year ago-yes
tripled our ability to transport the
heavy bombers which are crippling
our enemies industry.
Those are few of the tools OF
fWar that American canital and