MORE COAL FOR MORE MOTORS!
General Chiang Kai-shek said recently that in modern war the military is to the economic as 25 to 75. Do you gasp at such a claim for the importance of the production front in the present world conflict. ■ The Chinese Generalissimo’s statement in favour of the economic factor doesn’t go nearly far enough! In fact, it indicates the backwardness of technical levels in the Far Eastern theatre. In the Soviet campaign the ratio is about 8 to 92. “The nation will win which has the best motors,” said Joseph Stalin. America is to give awards for victories on the production front the same as in battle. Australia’s striking power depends | upon what is done in industry. Aus- i tralia’s defences must be built in the I workshops. Australia’s survival may I depend upon the man on the job. I
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Grey River Argus, 29 April 1942, Page 7
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144MORE COAL FOR MORE MOTORS! Grey River Argus, 29 April 1942, Page 7
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