whatever his position or power, can or will force the people to vote in   
any predetermined manner. We glory in that freedom. It is a practical   
demonstration of the liberty we are fighting to preserve. But let it be   
remembered that in these political contests no candidate would have the   
slightest chance of election unless he declared himself to be whole-  
heartedly in favor of the national war effort. 0nly recently, the whole   
country applauded the court prosecution and punishment of certain men who   
had tried to sabotage our national unity. In fact, any individual or group   
who would presume to go against that unity or suggest compromise with the  
enemy would invite the odium of his fellow citizens,  
would be thoroughly discredited as a patriotic American and would forever   
disqualify himself from any further role in national affairs
 
                                                            
 
 
Finally, our certainty of victory is based upon military considerations.   
The justice of our cause and the unbreakable unity of our people are   
supported now by a growing military establishment which, when it reaches   
its peak, as shortly it will, cannot be withstood. Germany has already   
lost heavily in men and in material, Her war industry and Her reservoir of   
man power have been tapped to the utmost. She still has to face an England   
with forces intact, fully mobilized and in crescendo. Above all She still   
have to face America. With four million five hundred thousand men under   
arms, we have not yet called but a small part of our man power. And the   
youth of America knows machines. Our production of the engines of the war   
                        has already                         
 
                         surpassed