-2-#92, January 31, 5 p.m., from Kuibyshev
 
and the Soviet Union. It also observes that he was
 
responsible for the establislment of diplomatic re-
 
lations between the United States and the Soviet
 
Union. Referring to the "sudden attack" of Japan
 
upon the United States and the declaration of war
 
by Germany and Italy which immediately followed, the 
 
editorial states that the agressors counted the un-
 
preparedness of the United States and hoped to "bring
 
it to its knees by quick blows".    It remarks that the
 
attackers enjoyed all the advantages of their sur-
 
prise attack and inflicted serious losses upon the
 
United States, but that "under the
 
vigorous leadership of their outstanding President, the American people
 
have met the greatest ordeal of their century and a
 
half of history in a united and worthy manner and are
 
filled with an unwavering determination to achieve,
 
jointly with other freedom loving nations, a final
 
victory over Hitlerism and its Allies" The editorial
 
states that the President is bending his every effort
 
to this end and briefly refers to his arament program
 
 for 1942.
 
     The final two paragraphs of the editorial state
 
 
that the Soviet people, who are now bearing the brunt
 
of the struggle