GOT TO KEEP PUSHING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 September 1942, Page 4

GOT TO KEEP PUSHING

POLICY OF THE ALLIES IN THE PACIFIC AMERICAN ADMIRAL’S VIEW. BASED ON AN EXTENDED INSPECTION. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, 1.5 a.m.) WASHINGTON, September 15 The United States holds the balance of military and naval striking power over Japan in the Pacific said Rear-Admiral Blandy. who has just returned from an in- > spection trip of 26,000 miles. He said, however, that he was not bold enough to forecast the future Pacific situation. Asked whether we were m a position to hold the Japanese against anything they might throw? Rear Admiral Blandy replied: “I chink we are but we can’t do it by merely holding. We’ve got to keep pushing. The best defence is a strong offence. We can’t remain static.” Rear Admiral Blandy said that, with a few minor exceptions, ordnance material was being adequately delivered and was performing well. He particularly praised the naval anti-aircraft fire and instanced one torpedo-plane attack against American ships in the Solomons when, of 27 attacking Japanese planes, more than half were shoe down by the ships’ anti-aircraft fire.