Evening star., 1945-01-07

/ (The full tert of the message ,uas
] carried in most editions of yes
terdays STAR
! Today, in pursuance of my con.
sstitutional. duty, I sent to the Con
fgress a message on the state of tn,
Union-and this evening am tax.
ing the opportunity to repeat t,
you some parts of that message.
4 This war must be waged-it i.
being waged-with the greatest ane
most persistent intensity. Every,
thing we are and have is at stake
Everything we are, and have, will
tbe given.
| We have no question of the ulti.
mate victory. We have no question
/ of the cost. Our losses will bt
heavy.
{ But-we and our Allies will gc
!on fighting together to ultimate
total victory.
We have seen a year marked, or
the whole, by substantial progress
toward victory, even though the
year ended with a setback for oul
arms, when the Germans launched
a ferocious counterattack into Lux
embourg and Belgium with the OBJ.
vious objectives of cutting our line
in the center
Our men have fought with In
describable and unforgettable gal
lantry under most difficult condi-
tions.
German High Tide Ends.
The high tide of this German at
tack was reached two days after
Christmas. Since then we have
reassumed the offensive, rescued the
isolated garrison at Bastogne, and
forced a German withdrawal along
the whole line of the salient.
The speed with which we recov-
cred from this savage attack was
possible primarily because we have
one supreme commander in COM
plete control of all the Allied armies
In France. Gen. Eisenhower has
faced this period of trial with ad-
mirable calm and resolution and
with steadily increasing success. He
has my complete confidence.
Further desperate attempts may
well be made to break our lines, to
slow our progress. We must never
make the mistake of assuming that
the Germans are beaten until the
last NaZi has surrendered.
And would express most serious
warning against the poisonous ef-
fects of enemy propaganda.
The wedge that the Germans at
tempted to drive in Western Europe
was less dangerous in terms of VIM
ming the war than the wedges which
they are continually attempting to
drive between ourselves and our
Allies.
Enemy Propaganda Hit.
Every little rumor which Is in
tended to weaken our faith in our
Allies is like an actual enemy agent
In our midst-seeking to sabotage
our war effort. There are, here and
there, evil and baseless rumors
against the Russians - rumors
against the British-rumors against
our own American commanders IN
the field.
When you examine these rumors
closely, you will observe that every
one OF them bears the same trade
mark-"Made in Germany"
We must resist this propaganda
we must destroy it-with the same
strength and the same determina-
tion that our fighting men are dis
playing as they resist and DESTROY
the panzer divisions.
In all OF the far-flung operations
OF our own armed forces-on land,
and sea and in the air-the final
JOB, the toughest job, has been per-
formed by the average, easy-going,
hard-fighting young American who
carries the weight of battle on his
own shoulders.
Arms Needed, Not Monuments.
1t Is to him that we and all fu-
ture generations of Americans must
pay grateful tribute.
Butt Is of small satisfaction to
him to know that monuments will
be raised to him in the future. He
wants, he needs. and he is entitled
to insist upon, our full and active
Support-now
Although unprecedented produc-
ton figures have made possible our
victories, we shall have to increase
our goals in certain weapons even
more
Our armed forces in combat
have steadily increased their ex-
penditure of ammunition. AS we
continue the decisive phases of this
war, the munitions that we expend
Will mount day by day.
I shall not go into the details of
war productions and the require
ments OF war materials. They are
contained in the message that I
sent today, and I hope that many
OF you will have an opportunity to
read that in full.
But there Is one very human need
that I do want to mention.
10000 Nurses Needed.
We need 10000 more trained
nurses for our Army and Navy.
These nurses that we have, are
rendering gallant service to our
sick and wounded men, but they
have been called upon to do more
than their share. More than a
thousand nurses are now hospital
lied themselves-and part of this is
due to overwork. At Army hospitals
in the United States there is only
one nurse to 26 beds instead of one
10 Is beds, as there should be-
Since volunteering has not pro-
duced the number of nurses re-
quired, I asked the Congress in my
message, to amend the Selective
Service Act to provide for the in
duction of registered nurses into the
armed forces.
The need is too pressing to await
the outcome of further efforts at
recruiting. However, I urge regis
tered nurses throughout the coun-
try to volunteer Immediately for this
great service.
/ War Workers Must Stay.
The only way to meet our in
creased needs for more weapons and
new weapons is for every American
now engaged in war work to stay on
his war job-for additional Ameri-