Evening star., 1945-01-06

lily on the right of the worker ITO q
useful and remunerative job.% The
other rights, he said, are a decent
home, good education, good medical
care, social security and a reasonable
farm income. stfe,
"The Federal Government must
see to 1t that these rights become
realities-with the help of States,
municipalities, business, labor and
agriculture" Mr.. Roosevelt insisted.
= Warns Against Cartels.
The President said "our policy is,
OF course. to rely as much as pos
sible on private enterprise to pro-
vide jobs" but he warned that pri-
vate enterprise must work without
the sitting presence of monopolies
and cartels."
Expansion of small business and
development of our natural resources
are other factors entering into a
prosperous country, the President
said.
Mr.. Roosevelt declared the present
tax system, which has been geared
primarily to the needs of war, must
be revised for the peacetime so as
to encourage private demand. While
no general revision Of taxes is pos
sible until the war ends on all
fronts" the President said, Con-
gress should be prepared to provide
tax notifications when the war ends
in Europe that would encourage cap
ital to invest In new enterprises and
provide jobs. He added that taxes
which bear too heavily on consump-
ton must be reduced or eliminated
to maintain high employment.
While holding out no hope that
the war will end this year, the
President said that the year can
see the final ending of the Nazi-
Fascist reign Of terror in Europe"
and also "the closing in of the forces
of retribution about the center Of
the malignant power of imperialistic
Japan"
Basic Strategy Reviewed.
In what he described as review
of the basic strategy which had
guided three years Of war, the Pres
ident said the tremendous effort
|of the early years were directed
toward a concentration Of men and
supplies at points where they hurt
our enemies most"
1t was plain, the President said,
that the defeat Of either enemy re-
quired the massing OF overwhelm-
ing forces in positions in which the
enemy homelands could be directly
attacked. In the case Of Japan. he
explained, 1t was necessary to await
the completion of expansive prelim-
mary operations; in the European
theater and In the Mediterranean
area the bases were already avail
able.
Always, from the very day we
were attacked. 1t was right militarily
as well as morally to reject the
arguments of those slaort-sighted
people who would have had us throw
Britain and Russia to the Nazi
wolves and concentrate against the
japanese" the President said.
Therefore, he said. the decision
was made ITO concentrate the bulk
Of our ground and air forces against
Germany until her utter defeat"
Tribute Paid to Allies.
Paying tribute to England, Russia
and China, the President recalled
that aS Z result Of the combined ef-
forts Of the Allies great military
victories were achieved In 1914.
4 Mr.. Roosevelt added. however,
that We, have now reached the
most critical phase Of the war;" He
warned that while the Allies have
been successful in the battle against
German submarines, the Nazis may
succeed in working improvements.
They have recently increased their
U-b0at activity. he added. In the
Pacific, the President said, "the
fastest moving offensive In the his
tory Of modern warfare" has been
conducted IN the past year, but
there Is still hard fishting ahead,
costly lighting.