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NO-STRADDLE
JANUARY 1942—VOL.
101, No. 1—THE 2,745th ISSUE
EDITORIALS
WE MAY BE WRONG BUT NEVER IN DOUBT
BUY
BUY
* United States *
+ United States *
DEFENSE
SAVINGS
BONDS and
STAMPS
MEDALS AWARDED THE
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OT being my province to talk about
war, this one exception can be
tolerated. Wars take years to
start but are generally concluded
in one or two days—like the last movement
of a rattlesnake is necessary before the
"dead" declaration. For us to properly
handle the slogan of "Remember Pearl
Harbor," three times the necessary activity
is needed to make sure of the job. Our work
must be done "safe" and in order to do the
job, with a preponderance of effort.
NITY of the U. S-, and its leadership
fully endorsed, will save much
prior wasted time, which invested
on war promotion, increases the
volume of war work, automatically. So the
U
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DEFENSE
SAVINGS
BONDS and
STAMPS
doubling or tripling of our all-out efforts will
be equal to 4 times the 1941 work. Even
adopting the extreme degree of 50% of
national work, as done in England, still
leaves a huge production for civilians, plus
the important advantage over England of
being self-sustaining in food.
HUS is a situation whereby pianos
could do more than 50% of produc-
tion in 1942, compared to 4 1 , and
still be within bounds of good taste
and conforming to the ethics of proper con-
duct during a period of war. A piano com-
pany in Germany reported its biggest year in
1940,
but not knowing its prior "Biggest
Year" it is impossible to tell just how many
pianos were made. England is still making
pianos—and publishing two piano trade
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