Gadsden County Times

OUR WAR WITH JAPAN
The Sixth War Loan marks a new turn in the war both
on the fighting and the home fronts. It points our tremen-
dous war effort definitely in the direction of the Pacific.
During the first five war loans Americans were primarily
thinking in terms of beating Hitler.
Now our government asks us for a loan of 14 billion
more dollars of which five billion dollars must come from
individuals. Why? Haven't we nearly finished off our so-
called Number 1 Enemy? Can Japan hold up our powerful
war machine very long? Your son, brother and friend in
his Pacific foxhole wouldn't raise such questions because
they are up against realities, not day dreams. They kill
or are killed. They pray every waking moment for a sky-
darkening cover of friendly planes. They thank America
for giving them the finest medical care in the world when
their rendezvous with destiny in a Pacific jungle is at hand.
They know the war with the Japs is just beginning.
Here are some other Pacific realities so that you will
understand why there must be a Sixth War Loan and why
it is absolutely necessary that it be a success:
The Allied Military Command has estimated that it
will take years, not months, to lick Japan.
Japan's present army numbers about 4,000,000 with
2,000,000 more men available and fit for military service who
haven't been called up to date Another 1,500,000, between
the ages of 17 and 20, are not yet subject to the draft.
The Jap Air Force is growing.
In addition to millions of native workers. Japan has a
potential slave force of 400,000,000 conquered people. Fifty
percent of Japan's labor force is made up of women. An-
other 25 percent boys and girls under 20, the balance men.
The Jap workday is 12 to 16 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 dollars
—30 percent to 75 percent of which goes to taxes and com-
pulsory savings.
The Jap, as our men in the Pacific know, will fight to
the death. As far as the Jap is concerned, the outer Empire
—and the men who defend it-are the expendables. The
Jap will fight the Battle from inside the inner Empire.
The Jap believes that we shall weary of war too easily
and too early.
In the invasion of France, supply ships had an over-
night run to make. In the coming Battle of Japan, ships
in the Pacific will have long-reached round trips that often
take five months to make.
These realities are worth thinking about before you
keep your home front rendezvous with a Victory Volunteer.
Perhaps you will feel that the national personal Sixth War
Loan objective —purchase of at least one extra $100 War
Bond—is entirely too small for you. The better we face the
realities confronting our forces in the Pacific the quicker
the whole bloody business will be over and the sooner we will
welcome home our fighting men. That's an American reality
to work for with all our dollars and our sweat.