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...redeemed and their independence established and protected. The entire resources in men and material, of the United States, stand behind that pledge." But Jap propaganda has continued to drum away on a shrewd line: why help or expect, help from an imperialistic, white U.S. Since last January, Premier Hideki Tojo has been purring that the Filipinos would get their independence as soon as they are "really cooperating" with Japan...
From a two-story brown brick quake-proof building in Tokyo, a metallic voice addressed the people of Japan one night last week. The voice was Premier Hideki Tojo's. The subject: total mobilization...
...Tojo's words could have surprised no one. For months, the official propagandists have been preparing the ground for his speech by emphasizing Japan's difficulties. Yet Japan's man-in-the-street must have been disturbed, for the address contained none of the reassurance for which all men, Japs included, hunger in time...
...Tojo and his home propagandists had their own reasons for presenting to the Japanese a dark portrait of the war; what they said and did for a calculated effect may have been exaggerated. But the fiber of Japan was certainly strained by grave material shortages, by malnutrition and overwork, by both known and intangible fears, by the absence of new victories. Tojo promised no relief: > All males between 14 and 40 (including students) must either fight or work in war plants. In 25 less essential occupations women will replace men. > All Government agencies, factories and schools which can be moved...
That makes a total of six South Bend in or near this activity who knew each other well back in their school days when Hitler and Tojo were just thinking. Yep it's a small world...