The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-01-10
COMMUNICATION
To the Editor of the Butler

To the Editor of the Butler
County Press:
Peace resolutions beautifully word
ed, will not bring peace, Paid adver-
tisements picturing the horrors OF
war, will not bring peace. The re-
fusal of individuals to bear arms ir
defense of their country, will not
bring peace.
The hope of the people of the United
States for continued peace lies in the
following four principles:
ID Strict neutrality in any
and all disagreements and con-
flicts between other nations.
(2) Universal conscription in
any and all disagreements and
conflicts between other nations.
(2) Universal conscription of
capital, property and industry,
without profit and on the same ba-
sis as man power, in the event
of war.
(3) Federal control and regu-
lation of the manufacture and
sale of munitions and arma-
ments.
(4) Adequate national defense.
Our neutrality policy should def.
nitely restrict American trade anc
commerce to the end that the neutral.
ity policy would be superior to the
interest of any person, cor.
poration or group. 1t would place al
on all arms and munitions
sent either directly or indirectly tc
warning nations. 1t should repudiate
any responsibility on the part of this
nation to protect American invest
ments in foreign countries. 1t should
disclaim responsibility for American
citizens travelling aboard foreign
ships, open to the attack of an enemy
Protection should be denied Ameri.
cans refusing to evacuate war zones
The status of American citizenship
should be denied to any American cit
izen enlisting in the armed forces OF
a belligerent nation, and the armed
forces of this country should imme-
diately be withdrawn from the terri.
torial waters or soil of any nation
that has irvolved itself in war with
another country.
If the profit is taken from war
there will be no war! 1t has been main
tained that wealth and industry are
not adverse to war, because of the
large profits to be made from war
fare. The fighting men do not make
a profit from warfare, neither should
capital and industry If men can be
drafted for war, SO can industry
capital and all other resources of the
nation, and should be conscripted on
an equal basis with man power, with
out profit, in the event of another
war.
1t has been maintained that the
greed, avarice and personal ambition
Of arms manufacturers and muni-
5ions makers constitute one of the
greatest menaces to peace. Federal
control and regulation of the manu-
facture and sale of ornaments and
munitions of war would end that
Lack of preparedness in 1917 did
not keep the United States out of the
World War. Lack of preparedness
will not keep the United States out
Of another war. But if this nation is
armed to protect itself; if we have
and naval forces on a parity
with ambitious world powers; if we
are in a position to enforce our ma
tional stand of strict neutrality IN
all international disagreements, diff
ficulties and hostilities; then, and ther
only, can we hope to maintain peace
Not peace, as the saying isl AT
any price," but one preserving; tbs
safety, security, dignity and position
of our nation and its people.
FRANK L. HUMPHREY,
Dayton, Ohio