The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-09
World Peace
Offers Field
for Women
Strong Demands Should
Be Presented for
Neutrality.
BY DOROTHY ID. BROMLEY
Times special Writer

ISN'T there something. " a reader
Iasks me. that busy woman
with two children and no money to
spend can 90 in the interest Of
peace besides a little par.or propa-
ganda27
DECIDEDLY there is something that
American mothers and all lovers Of
peace can 90. and do quickly. They
can demand. 1ith the swelling voice
of millions Of women. that Congress
and the President give US neutrality
legislation with teeth Ia 1t before
We celebrate once again Christs
rising from the dead.
The eyes OF the mothers Of the
country were on the Capitol and the
White House during that last nee
TIC week when Congress and the
President haggied over a neutrality
resolution that was gradually pared
down 70 a six-month mandatory
embargo Oh munitions TO all bellig-
crents.
What We got was something, at
least. 10 send up a cheer over. For
the isolau0nists among .he Con-
grcssmen insisted that VIC in Amerl-
ca must look after our own ps and
a and not place a time bomb UNI
der the country for the sake OF
pulling England imperial chest
nuts ont Of the FIRE.
Mr.. Roosevelt should have heaved
2 sigh of relief iand so should Mrs.
Roosevelt that they not leave
ou his shoulders broad as they are
the sole responsibility for moves
which might easily Imphcate this
country IN war. 1 shouldn't want. If
I were President. 20 carry on my
conscience the lives of millions OF
mothers sons.
Departure From Neutrality
It was a responsibility which Pres
idcrt Wilson little by little assumed.
without realizing that he was de-
parting from his ideal of strict neu-
tralty i'm thought and deed.
on that fateful April he would
have been glad. no doubt TO turn
The clock back to August, 1914
Perhaps if the first Mrs Wilson.
who was an ardent lover Of peace,
had lived tho tale would have been
different. or If the President had
taken Bryan's advice and forbidden
loans to belligcrcnts there probably
would now be no American boys
lying under rows and rows of crosses
i'm France-and Europe itself might
not be on the verge of another
holocaust
II was the loans We made. the
wheat. the cotton. oil and other
contraband we sold which filled
American money bags as well as the
graves in France. Lest this cOun-
try make the same tragic mistake
again-tO use a phrase that is
hardly adequate-We must rush to
the dikes before it is too late.
We must demand adequate neu-
trality legislation even if it means.
as George SOulc said I'm a recent IS
sue of the New Republic it will
mean, the complete abandonment
Of our foreign trade We must de-
mand that the Congressman stick to
a man to Senator Robinson's fine
phrase.
We want no war. We want no
wealth gained from war"
We must tell Congress. we must
tel England. that we will be nei-
Their her secret nor her open ally
when next size mans her guns.
Calls Upon Women to Plan
The woman whose letter 1 have
quoted Is ready for such a sac
rfice. Her husband. former
teacher. walks IA miles a day to his
relief lob. and she carries water.
washes out Of doors and reads by
candleIight.
Yet I am sure. She writes. "tha.
we and countless others like us
would gladly do twice as much and
suffer far worse hardShipS if we
could feel that an our struggles
would not end in insecurity and
violence and heritage of chaos
for our children"
If tho unthinkable is not to hap
pen We must organize other women
to demand adequate neutrality leg
lSlauon. or If We are members of
such organizations as the League of
Women Voters. or the Federation OF
WOmen'S Clubs. We must use our in
fluenCe TO have neutrality laws SUI
perSede all other measures on the
groups legislative program.
Finally We should JOIN the peace
organizations which pledge them
selves 10 devote their best cner-
giles 10 obtaining water-tight neu-
r3litv legislation
MISSIONARY TO SPEAK