New Britain herald., 1926-08-27
( o o nel Questions Whether It Is Worth While For U. s. To Collect Foreign Obi- gations At Price Of Animosity
Senator From Conn. Tells New Haven Convention to Beware of Propagan- da of Pacifsts Who Would Neglect Pre- paredness.

New Haven, Aug. 27 CP-Trn,t.s States Senator Hiram Bingham. ad- dressing members of the America, Legion here today, cautioned ,h. Legionnaires and the public against the 1nsidious propaganda of paci- l.sts who preach unwittingiy the destruction of the United States un- der the velvet guise We Do No, Want War
 senator Bingham spoke briefly upon his introduction to the reeio, after he and Col. John A. Cutcbin, or Virginia, the principal speaker of 'he forenoon session, had marched 10 the platform amid the applause or those present.
 Urges National Defense
 Senator Bingham's plea that strict attention be paid to the develop- ment Of national defense gas reit- efated by Col. Cutchins. He ba. leNed the Legion should have q. one of it's objectives the sbaninp A, public opinion along lines of ma uonal defense.
 The Legion should have as oh. lectlves the shaping Of public oni1- lon along lines of national defensA the educating and leading people ,n Ihe consideration of questions of foreign policy and the fostering of friendly international relations" :" Col. Cutchins declared.
 
 T would like to see Legion mem. bers stand behind these men who the striving earnestly and inteIJi- gently to make the national r,,ard q real first line force" Col. Cutchina said.
 National defense is closely allied with international defense,n he con. .tinued, declaring that the sispiS- cant thing is that tn, men who had seen the war didn't want unfriend. ly agitation and unnecessary in- tlammation.
 These statements and jingoistic utterances all emanated from our pahtical representatives" he said
 and l may say, sooner or later. I hope to see the American Legion adopt as one Of it's major objectives the conduct of a campaign to de- crease the number of representa- 1 tives in congress.
 Foreign Debt Issues Taking up the question of the debt owed the United States by other countries, he asked if "as- suming for the sake of argument that our late allies or associated powers can pay. Is 1t worth all of the hate and animosity it is en- gendering to try to collect?" The speaker thought 1t was not.
 Senator Bingham told of an amaz- ing amount of propaganda which largely carried by women was going around the nation" Concerning one incident of this he said: Just the other day a woman came to me with proposed amend ment to be introduced into congress which would make it illegal to man. ufacture, carry or possess weapons of any kind and which would abol- | ''Ai tAiS NA III navy anu hidl luo corps. This, of course, sounds ri- diculous. but stranger things than that have happened. We must bs on our guard constantly"
 Turning to the advances which had been made in the national de- fense during the past year. he said tha. the appointment of three as- sistant secretaries to take charge of commercial aviation. of army avia- ton and of naval aviation. was A distinct step forward. l Baseball teams representing legion post of New Britain and New Haven will meet this afternoon to decide the championship of the state posts. New Britain reached the finals by defeating the Ridge field nine, 13 to this morning in game postponed from yesterday afternoon. New Haven won from New Milford II to yesterday.
 The final business session of the convention will be held tomorrow morning at which time election of officers and new business will be taken up.
 The annual parade will be held during the afternoon.