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Today w Tomorrow _____ _ By WALTER LIPPMANN --- . nf the time it takes to BeCfand train men, to produce I'T „ nd load them, and to cross ”°°t ns what we do here at ,he affects the battle only some later For this reason it xs m°nw« important that we hear far ‘fa battle a few hours earlier Tater than that we should have °r reliable understanding of what am be neded in the future. I t, nr-king estimates of the future nur"temptation is to try to predict f 1 when the war or some ,lie of it will be concluded. Al S6 invariably the prediction of ft leads to trouble. For civil dat are almost certain to take f e changeable time - tables as Ses and to feel that they have fen if the time-table is al :;rpd in the Philippine campaign fare as the President disclosed n his message .ahead of schedule. Z the European campaign, we f re behind the schedule in July, ■!v ahead of it in August and Intcmber, short of it in early De pp„ber and now almost surely we af very considerably behind it. The military planners do, of course, have to draw up schedules and time - tables in order to move ,r0ops and supplies. But military men know that all time - tables are tentative and subject to quick and radical changes. Estimates of the future, in which dates are named, are certain to be misleading to civilians. What kind 0< estimate, then, is both true and useful? It is an estimate which in the first place is always conserva tive in the sense that it takes no account of miracles, windfalls, hap py accidents: in other words it is. an estimate which assumes that the armed forces of our enemies will have to be beaten in military combat oy the armed forces of the Allies. This does not mean that the war must not also be waged politi cally, morally, economically. Far Iron. it. But it does mean that we must not ever assume that the im ponderable weapons will be effec tive unless our military power is decisive. We may then say, I believe, that the true and useful estimate will be one which describes conserva tively the probable result of the present operations. Where, in oth er words, shall we be when Gener al MacArthur has reconquered Lu zon? Where shall we be when Gen eral Eisenhower has squeezed Von Rundstedt out of the Belgian bulge? This is what Congress and the people need to know because the measures they take now to sup port the war will affect the situa tion which is likely to exist after the Luzon and Ardennes battles have been fought. General Bradleys statement to the press provides the clew to an understanding of the real situa tion with which we are dealing: ‘In leaving the Ardennes line lightly held,’ he said, “we took what is known in military termi nology as a ‘calculated risk’ to strengthen our nothem and south ern drives. In other words, instead of employing our surplus divisions I in the then - quiet Ardennes, we i used them to attack in other sec tors.” 1 This discloses the important mil j itary fact that General Eisenhower I aid not have enough divisions to I defend his whole line and also to :i attack in the plain of Cologne and in tne oaar. it is well for us to rea lize the basic situation, namely that General Eisenhower is operat ing with limited forces. It is also well to realize that the German army has fallen back behind the fortifications of the Siegfried line and of the Rhine, and that these fortifications can be held with a smaller number of inferior troops than can the Allied line which is in the open country. Furthermore, we must under stand that behind its fixed de fenses, the German army, given time, has the capacity to crate new offensive divisions; that our winter offensive was launched though we could not use our su premacy in the air, in order to deny th« Germans timi to become still stronger in the spring Finally, we must realize that by nur present dispositions the only way into Germany from the west is’ by frontal assault. For in the present phase of the total war we io not have in Europe the troops and the amphibious power to out flank the German defenses. This power is now committed in Luzon. Assuming, as we have the right to do, that General MacArthur re covers the Philippines, Japan will then have been cut off from her conquests in the South Pacific and probably also in Burma and Ma laya. This will be a big victory, comparable to the North African and Italian victories which drove the Germans out of the Mediter ranean. But the citadel of the Japa nese power, which is in the home islands, in Manchuria, and in China to the Yangtse river, will still be as intact as was the German cit adel before the landing in Norman dy and the battle of France. Assuming that Eisenhower has stabilized his front and that Mac Arthur has recovered the Philip pines, we shall stand befo:l; the real and inner defenses of Ger many, and in the approaches to the defenses of Japan. Decisions of the highest consequence will then have to be taken as to whether enough additional force can be mo bilized to support a strategy of di vided effort for simultaneous as saults, or whether it will be neces sary to return to the orthodox mili tary principle of concentrated force. SIX CITY BLOCKS I PAVED LAST MONTH, ENGINEER REPORTS Six blocks of streets were and paved with sand as phalt hot mix and one block wid ened during the month of Decem er it was reported yesterday by u y Engineer J. A. Loughlin. in addition, 800 linear feet were graded and paved on Greenfield .ate ^"’e at the Ninth street en iance. Fifty-two blocks of dirt greets were scraped under the maintenance program, beaded ar.d paved last month eenth t'J'°(bl°Cks on South Eight nenth between Carolina avenue and Nun street; one block on North Fourteenth from Grace to Ran 5’ °ne on South Second, u. , n ^nght and Meares; one b ockof Wnght street, from Tfiird 'o Fourth. One block of Nutt Ooss1 (Was, surfaced. from Red street ° Walnut street Walnut Sec”dWas w*dened from Front to -V_ tfadesboro Man Named Aide To New Governor norAnf„IGH\Jan- 11-—(AP)—Gover annrinterry today announced the of Hoyt Patrick Tay: live ariv adCSe°r0’ as his leSisla sion of!i!0rror the current ses In ™ vhe General Assembly. Govern^ ng the ann°uncement, the k- °r Said he expected Tav ruarl r?a[n ?ere through Fe't tive’Vio1 ^'h.lch time the execu ed to bf‘Sdeare ^ W3S expect' the^aa! c former senator from bracw Senatorial District, em ^nlyV'fV countics of Anson, of wfntonf^ c°n' He :S a native Bo.-d^ri Dal^^as, War portrait a. penci1 and crayon mml do,1,6 Pyle was sold for i=~-Cl1Uon dollar: in War Bonds. SOPER SUDS .... 23i Palmolive Soap Re« .* g^«on Soap .Bath 8Ue J ocr;a8on Toilet. OcSn” r?!owder .6< a?0n Cleanser.5< REID’S SUPER MARKET _ Maffitt Village WILMINGTON AREA = SCOUTS TO MEET The annual meeting for the Wil mington district, Boy Scouts of America, will be held at the Luth eran parish house at 7:30 p.m. to day. . A report on 1944 activities, set ting objectives for 1945, and elec tion of officers will take place during the business part of the program. Officers to be elected include a chairman, vice-chair man, and commissioner, and ap pointive officers are chairmen of tile six operating committees. W. J. Riley, council commis sioner, will preside at the meet ing, and J. E. L. Wade will lead the group in some songs. Carroll Tinsley, assistant Scout Executive will report on activities during 1944. L. F. Woodbury, Jr., nation al council repiesentative, will give the report of the nominating com mittee. All district committeemen, troop committeemen, Scoutmasters, Cub masters, commissioners, merit badge counselors, and their wives are invited to the meeting. Troop 19, sponsored by the First Baptist church, will give a Ten derfoot investiture ceremony to close the session. Main speaker for the event will be the Rev. Mortimer Glover, rec tor of St. James’ Episcopal church, whose subject will be ‘‘Hie Value of a Scout Troop to a Sponsoring Institution.” -V The Egyptians brewed beer from barley as early as 3,000 B. C. 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