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MONDAY. JANUARY 8. 1945"
NAZI HOME
FRONT
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal gained the im
pression from recent con
versations with General1
Eisenhower while touring
the European battlefronts
that the general believes j
the German army will
have to be completely de
feated before the civilian
front will collapse. The is
suance of new Nazi de
crees banning all entertain
ment and cultural activi
ties, except the radio and
the movies coincident with
introduction of a 60-hour!
working week in all of
fices and imposition of!
death penalties for violat
ors of the regulations |
lends support to this belief
that the civilian front is i
still dependable. For de-!
spite their desperate posi
tion , the Nazis would
scarcely dare to “tighten
the screws” so mercilessly
if they were dealing with
a populace ready to rise up
against authority.
However great dissatis
faction may be, the fate of
the ringleaders of the re
cent army plot to ove
rthrow Hitler emphasises
the impotence of civilians
to launch an effective re-!
volt against the regime.!
Furthermore, the impulse
to revolt may be much less
intense than fear of defeat
at the hands of the Allies.
Nazi propaganda has of
late been directed toward
installing such fears and
convincing the people that
the utmost sacrifice is
preferable to capitulation.
The extreme measures
that are now being taken,
to mobilize the people for
a last fight will, however,
be a supreme test of their j
powers of endurance.—(
Juneau Empire).
NOT IGNORANT
OF WAR
With surprise, and also
a glow of satisfaction, some
of the war correspondents
are discovering that people
at home seem to know
what is going on in the
war. Thus Quentin Rey
nolds, in a little sheet call
j ed the Camp Murphy Mes
sage, published in Forida
tells this eye-opener.
He was in Sicily when
they were trying to take
San Stefano, and the Col
onel said bitterly: “Back in
Palermo they don’t even
know there’s a war on.”
When he reached Paler
mo, a captain sadly re
marked that in Algiers
they didn’t even know
there was a war on.
In Algiers, a little later,
a staff officer told him that
at home they didn’t know
there was a war on.
Then he came home.
And to his surprise he dis
overed that where he went,
American civilians really
did know there was a war
on. Better still, they were
actually doing something
about it. They were sup
porting the war effort,
loyally and intelligently. So
he concludes:
“Stop rapping the folks I
back home. Believe it or
or not, 90 per cent of them
wish they were with you.'
Give the people at home a j
break. What the hell—
they’re our allies aren’t
they?”—(Fairbanks News
Miner).
SERIOUSNESS OF
INTENTIONS
The manner in which
men conduct themselves in
war, in peace and in all the
things they do in life de
pends upon the seriousness
they manifest in striving
for their goals.
In olden times, so a fable
goes, there lived a dog that
was very, fast on his feet—
a great runner. He was
constantly boasting of his
ability to get up and go. j
One day, however, he took
after a rabbit but was un-!
able to overtake it. And;
loud and prolonged were
the laughs of the other
dogs because of his inabil
ity to pick up is feet and
lay them down fast enugh.
“Well”, said the dog who
failed to live up to his
boasting, “that rabbit was
running to save his wife
while I was only running
for the fun of catching
him.” — (Fairbanks News
Miner).
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