Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 7

Ton in en KRBC THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS PAGE SEVEN i A singletorpedo 000 A torpedo plane $150 000J One 16-inch shell $750 one 800-Ib depth charge S92J One battleship $108000000 Total naval appropriations for the year 1014 come a neat $28515787948 Add to that the cost of sending millions of men from the European theater to the Pacific theater And of maintaining not only a Navy but an Army an Air Force Maintaining by then world-wide supply lines The cost of caring for the sick the wounded the battle-broken Add to that what we cant pay for in dollars and the terrible toll of human and it makes a pretty big bill for war gigantic ob ahead There are ways that Americans at home can speed the final phase of With a domestic aggressiveness that matches that of our men in the foxholes and on the With a realistic outlook on the time it will take the nature of the enemy the still tremendous output of human energy and sacrifice needed With a to a natural desire to slow up and to a tendency to be With scorn for the peace propaganda that the Jap will try to pump into our homes and our With the giving if need of every last cent to sweep the Pacific clear of Fascist hate to shyt off the beastly blare of Tokyo forever The Battle of Japan will soon begin It must be backed up paid for fought for by a free people who do not tolerate compromise We earnestly hope that this puts the situation clearly The reason it has been written is so that you will understand why there must be a Sixth War Loan Drive and why it is absolutely necessary that It be a success To make It a success you and every one of us at home must buy at least one extra $100 War Bond who been called up to date Another 1500000 between the ages of 17 and 20 are not yet subject to the draft The destruction of armies has not yet reached the annual rate of normal between 200000 and 250000 men a year The Jap Air Force is growing More and better planes are being built In addition to millions of native workers Japan has a potential slave foree of 400000000 conquered people 50 of labor force is made up of women Another 25 boys and girls under 20 the balance men The Jap workday is twelve to sixteen hours with two days off a month The Jap cannot leave his job change it or strike The highest daily wage equals about three American 30 to 75 of which goes to taxes and compulsory savings Japan has sufficient supplies to carry on a long war She has enough because her sons can survive on half a bowl of rice a day if need be Because of her extremely low standard of living Japan has gained a war production of fantastic strength And practically all of it is outside the present range of only the wort modem Allied bombers The Jap will not crack easily The Jap as our men in the Pacific know will fight to the death As we make our way slowly toward the outer rim of the Japanese Empire the Jap will hole in tighter As we are forced to lengthen our supply lines he can shorten and really start to fight As far as the Jap is concerned the outer and the men who defend are the expendables The Jap will fight the Battle of Japan from inside the inner Empire The Japanese Navy is not expected to take much aggressive action until the war gets into the home islands Presumably it will be used mainly for quick thrusts and high-speed fast get-away damage Contrary to popular belief Tokyo is not all Tokyo is a sprawling the third largest in the many times bigger than large sections of steel factories are fire-proof shock-proof concussion-proof earthquake-proof Homes will burn easily of course but they are not our military objectives And they can be easily Tokyo will not suffer too much from THi Jap Is counting on us to losa the war The Jap believes that we shall weary of war too easily and too early He believes that because of our great wealth industrial power enormous we shall have little interest in waging a long war And shall therefore settle for something less than unconditional surrender The Jap says are In fact counting on it The Jap is far away The single greatest obstacle to the crushing of Japan is distance Our battle lines now extend one third of the way around the globe But we are still 1500 miles from Japanese shores The nearest point from which we can at present launch co-ordinated attack is 1300 miles from the Philippines If we were to take Manila we should still be 1700 miles from Tokyo Planes do the full job from isolated bases For the real fury of offensive war depends upon a never-ending flow of supplies Shipping lanes must be established so that convoys can come and go unmolested In the Invasion of France supply ships had an ovei night run to make In the eoming Battle of Japan ships in the Pacific will have long-reach round trips that often take five months to make When Americans stop and think what all this means-more men and supplies than ever used in invasion transported over endless water can there be any question in their minds but that the longest hardest most expensive part of the war lies ahead? The part that cannot be tackled with half a mind or half a heart? THE COST OF THE WAR It is impossible to estimate the cost of the Pacific war in detail But the cost that can be counted is staggering The following figures will give some idea One task force of 12 carriers 3 battleships 6 heavy cruisers 10 light cruisers 30 destroyers means a warship-investment of about $2000000000 And it means hn extra $75000000 for planes Plus a pilot-training investment of almost $20000000 WITH the war in Europe not won by a long and the war in the Pacific hardly America is in mo position to settle down for a For even when the war in Europe comes to an end it does not mean that left in the Pacific is merely routine cleanup The pltin truth cf the matter is that weTiave not yet begun to wage full-sized war in the East And neither the Jap Furthermore it will be bigger tougher and longer than most Americans now expect In the interests of fighting the most quickly decisive war let no American fool himself on three the length of the war the strength and endurance of the enemy and the cost of the war If he has any doubts let him examine the facts: THE LENGTH OF THE WAR The Allied Military Command has estimated that it will take years not months to lick Japan One and a half to two years after the defeat af Germany is regarded as the absolute minimum To bank on any less time would be sheer folly self-deception of the most painful sort America must set her sights on a far horizon if she is to continue to fight a first-class war THE STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE OF THE ENEMY Sometimes Americans are apt to forget that the Jap is bred fed and trained for one to expend himself fighting us The Jap has never lost a war No Jap even considers defeat for that is something the Empire of the Rising Sun has never experienced His faith in the Emperor is supreme unquestioning final What happens to him his body his family are all incidental in the present pilgrimage for divine supremacy The Jap does not think as most human beings think He thinks with a blind fundamentalism The closer he gets to being licked the and the he fights Japan has never lost a war She does not expect to lose this one The Jap Has an enormous war machine present army numbers about 4000000 with 2000000 more men available and fit for military service 0 0 0 0 0 4 It A I 0 at least one extra Papular Dept Stora Quean Thaatra Roger Grocery Royal Crawl Bottling Ca RmoII A Robert Military Cleaners I A Clothiers Henry Saylas Scott Grinding A Machine Co South Toiu Lumbar Company Southwoit Coache Ino St John Motor Co Standard Oil Co of Teioc Rufut Starna Grocery Sun Electric Taylor Studio Tuyitco Robing Co Abilana Barbar Beauty Supply Ca Abilina Chriitian Callage Abilina Saving 1 Lan Amu Abilana Dollar Warka Dr William Allan Abilnna-Vlaw Bui Campany Abilana Wilding Supply Ca Aakara Shea Store Banner Craamarlaa A I Barrow Furniture Ca Bahrana A Bahrana Bebby Wolkar Bradihaw Brownlee IumH A Sana Caldwell Burten-Lingo Lumbar Ca Bart Chapman' Texaco Ste Citiiena National Bank City Co fa Compare A Compare Conally-Stapknna Tira CanHuntar-Hall Dial Fig A National Bank Flaldar-Dlllingham Lumbar Ca Fralay A Campany Granda Ladga Harry Go It Army Star Grace CMa Shop Grain Elactria Shop Ernait Griiaam'i Dr Grubba Hardin-Simmana Unlvanity Handrlck Mamarlal Hmpltol 1 Hickory Grill Heppa Auto Electric Service Employ' Humbla Oil A Ref Ca Independent lea A Haig Ca A (iMMtl Janning Lumbar Baa Keith Ca Kirby La Mad La Medical Supply Ca Lamen Shaphard Company Llntx Dipt Star Lana Star Go Ca McDanlal Muilc Ca McMurry Cellrga Majestic Thaatra Marge' Market Poultry A Egg Ca Mery Baauty Shop Millar-Farklni Mlntar'i Mod O'Day Modern Cleaners Tha Madam Market Montgamary Ward A Ca Meta A Curtit Grover NeUen'i Food Stora Oliver Plumbing Onyx Refining Cerp Pnngburn'c Fnloca Thaatra Paramount Theatre Parry Dental Laboratory Torrctt' Laboratories Taco Coca-Cola Bottling Ca Thamtan'i Dapt Stora Ungraa A Fraxlat Universal atari Vaughni Sweat Shop Wsddlngtaq'l Th Waffle Shop Waglay Realty Ca Wcitern Chevrolet Company Hotel Wooten Pharmacy Watt Taioa Cottenoil Ca Wait Taisa Utilities Tallow Cab A Transfer Bennett Young Radiator Ca Zanith Cleaner I iis is an official Treasury prepared under auspices of rcasury Department and War Advertising Council and Contributed by the above Individuals and Firms.