Navy secretary's willingness to publish letter suggests he and his advisers recognized that they were reaching a critical ment in the war. A significant segment of the public was beginning to find the war's cost intolerable. The news reels produced from the film displayed the horror of war with disturbing candor. It is driving some mothers crazy. Why can't objectives be taken in some other way? It is most inhuman and awful. Stop. stop.
When do spirit, tenacity, resilience and bravery cross into madness? When cities are incinerated? When suicide attacks become the norm? When atomic weapons are used? Japan's leaders test the limits of national endurance in the war's last year.