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Talk Inaugurating Bomber Campaign
Delivered by Hon. E. L. Bartlett. Over
Radio Station KINY On Feb. 5, 1942
The smoke of battle that overhangs the Pacific . . .
the smoke of defense that screens the outposts of dem
ocracy . . . and the smoke of burning courage that feeds
the steadily advancing flame of victory ... all this
originates in the smokestacks of American industry.
It pours in clouds from factories where eighteen men
labor to maintain each soldier in the field . . . where
draftsmen’s pencils scratch out bombers . . . where
welders’ torches knit the seams of battleships . . . .
where proving grounds test tanks and heavy artillery
where, in short, World War II is being won — behind
the lines.
America is at war. We are engaged in a fight to
overwhelm and forever eradicate the forces of total
itarianism which have swept across more than one
half of the earth’s surface. We have undertaken this
tremendous war effort not as a grandiose gesture of
altruism to pull somebody’s chestnuts out of the fire,
but because the future of our beloved country is at
stake. America is straining every nerve and muscle of
its production capacity to become strong enough to
maintain and preserve its way of life, as well as to
preserve its identity as a nation.
No thoughtful American can doubt the ultimate su
premacy of our nation and its subsequent powers for
cementing a peaceful world. But Peace is not a gift.
It is the result of hard work and sacrifices of the in
dividual in the qaulitn of effort that creates Peace. We
must devote all of our energies—financial, moral, spir
itual and intellectual energies—to the rebuilding of a
world fit to live in and a civilization fit to live for and
die for, a civilization more in step with fundamental
and eternal laws.
To do this in a world at war requries more than .just
oratory, or expressed declarations of purpose, or the
all-to-frequent and premeditated eloquence of the pro
fessional patriot and flag-waver. It requires, among
other things, that we now make available to the Gov
ernment of the United States as much of our own per
sonal funds as we can spare beyond the expenses in
cident to the bare necessities of living. It means that
we must lend the Govrnment. through th purchase of
United States Defense Bonds, the major bulk of the
east monies necessary to the successful conduct of
this war.
The Defense Savings Bond program is designed to
appeal to every class—to every man, woman and child.
It provides for the purchase of the ten-cent savings
stamp as well as the fifty thousand dollar investment.
It offers to every person, regardless of age, color or re
ligious creed an equal opportunity to become a part
ner in the greatest enterprise in the world—AMERICA,
t gives each of us a responsibility as partners in Am
erica to do everything he can to defeat our enemies.
This war, the military experts tell us, will be won
in the air, and, though there still may be some carp
ing critics who doubt the efficiency of the airplane as
a major offensive weapon, there can be little doubt
among the majority of us—who are not hidebound by
outmoded tradition—as to the deadly effectiveness of
air power. One has only to take stock of the Japanese
attack at Pearl Harbor to find the answer to any ex
pressed doubt on the subject. Further, it will be noted,1
the most outstanding factor in the President’s Victory j
program, as outlined on January 6, is that of military:
and naval plane production, in an unprecedented plan 1
which calls for the building of 60,000 planes this vear
and 125,000 in 1943.
What has plane production as part of the Victory
Program to do with Alaska and its purchase of De
fense Bonds? you ask. Just this: . . . Alaska is going
to buy a heavy bomber. As a matter of fact, Alaska
purchases of Defense Bonds will unquestionably buy
many heavy bombers before this war is over, but
during the month from Feb. 9 to March 9, the people
of this Territory are going to subscribe $350,000 for a
Flying Fortress which will be christened the “Spirit of
Alaska"—a plane which may carry the pioneer spirit
in the Far East, to the southwestern Pacific, to the
Middle East, or even, to Berlin itself.
The United States heavy bomber is sometimes call
ed a flying battleship, or winged artillery. It costs ap
proximately $350,000 and can be built in a period of
•between 12 and 18 months, whereas a battleship costs
$90,000,000 and takes five years to build. The bomber
carries a crew of nine, instead of the battleship’s 1,600.
but it can carry ten tons of bombs — one ton more
than the total weight of the projectiles fil ed in a broad
side of the 16-inch guns on a battleship.
In size and effectiveness, the U. S. Army’s Flying
Fortresses has no rival anywhere except the huge four
engined flying boats built for the U. S. Navy. Even on
very long flights when fuel takes up extra capacity,
the Army’s big bomber can carry 3,000 pounds of
bombs 3,000 miles, take time to find vital military ob
jectives, drop its devastatng load of explosves and re
turn to its starting point. Finally, the Flying Fortress
! can fly at a height in excess of 35,000 feet, which takes
it above the range of anti-aircraft guns to altitudes
where all but the latest and largest fighter planes
must maneuver at a disadvantage.
This heavy bomber—this titanic of offensive war
fare—is the sort of direct contribution that Alaskans
will want to make toward the destruction of our en
emies.
Planes ripping up our airfields in the Pacific roar
“Wake up, Amercans! You have a job to do. . . a big
job.” Well, we had better wake up, for if we planned
[to roll the Grand Coulee and Boulder Dams into one,
it would be just a morning’s work compared to the
| job ahead of us. That job takes men . . . and materials
... and money . . . and that money must come from
you . . . money to put into United States Defense
Bonds . . . money to buy tens of thousands of planes
that will carry our fight to our enemies on all of the
world’s fronts.
The “Spirit of Alaska” may be but one of many
thousand such planes that will be in service before
this year is over, but it will represent in powerful
terms our belief in the things for which America
stands. We are atwar—at war with the foulest group
of foreign aggressors that history has ever known. All
that we hold dear . . . our God, our native land, our
Democratic way of life, our very homes are at stake.
So I ask, tonight, that every Alaskan stand . . . and
with his hand over his heart, take this oath with me:
I swear to put every dollar and every cent I can into
buying the ships, the guns, the tanks and the planes
that are needed by America and her Allies for sure
and inevitable Victory. I swear, too, today or tomor
row, to buy United States Defense Bonds and Stamps,
and to keep on buying them every week or every pay
day.
Let’s make the “Spirit of Alaska" mean something
real, something more tangible than mere words. Let
us make this first heavy
bomber just the forerun-,
ner of scores yet to come i
through Alaskan bond pur
chases, a steady procession
| of bombers and fighter
planes rolling from factor
' ics all over the country un
til — as our President has
j said — “With confidence
| in our armed forces . . .
; with the abounding deter
mination of our people . . .
. we will gain the inevitable
1 triumph—so help us, God.”J
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Civilian Defense
To Be Better
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 — Civ
j Ilian Defense Director Landis
I was quoted as saying:
“‘It is urgently necessary that
I civilian defense be stripped
| down for emergency action.”
Landis threw into discard the
office of inspector generals and
the know-your-government div
ision. The director declared that
neither is of any further value in
the OCD. The inspector general’s;
office had been charged with ad
vising OCD on regional organiz
ational problems. Most of its func !
tions had either been taken overt
by the army, or absorbed by oth
er personnel.
"Know-your-government” was;
a morale building division em
ploying 13 consultants. Its work
is largely carried out by agencies 1
as the Office of Facts & Figures.,
“At the same time, it must be
realized that many men and wo-1
men affected have been serving1
patriotically and volunteering'
their services. It is hoped they ,
will find other opportunities to
serve in the war effort.”
Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps
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dicate the shortest sea route to the prized island.of Java—through the Strait o£
Macassar, which has been the scene of a four-day running battle in which Unit
f5* Mahons sea and air forces have sunk or damaged at least 33 Japanese ships.
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i denote sites ot known Jap landings and bases.
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