Evening star., 1939-09-04
Declares United Stutes
Must Stoy Out Of War
Evils and FutiIity Of Lost
Conflict Cited to Support
PIeu for Neutrality

To the Editor OF The Star:
An indefinable and subtle propaganda
has been working In the past few years
toward psychology that IF and when"
new world war is launched the United
States must, perforce, be embroiled in it.
This is evidenced by the pronounce
ments of diplomats" statesmen" and
other jittery mouthpieces. Editorials in
our daily press TEEN with scary admo-
nitions to the effect that war in Eu-
rope is war in America. The radios
are fairly alive with denunciations of
this" and premonitions of that"
The Congress has appropriated "bil-
lions for defense; war boards have been
organized; neutrality" is to be adjusted.
SO that our arms and munition manu-
facturers may sell death machines and
munitions to our late "allies" and c. C,
G. boys are to be drafted into the Army
1t all bears the earmarks of the same
psychology which kept us out of the
last World War"
In the name Of Heaven, are there no
true patriots to speak from the house.
tops In favor of peace for the United
States to offset all of this ranting about
making the world safe for democracy?
Europe has been seething and boiling
over into wars of hate" and aggression
for centuries and America has main
tanned her integrity and neutrality in
tact, until the unfortunate experiment"
she embarked upon in 1917.
1t is recognized that the voice of
America is being raised for peace in the
world, and properly SO, but all too often
that voice carries the implication that
"if" there is to be war the United States
must take part in it, The boys who will
become the gun fodder of the next
world war" have had no voice raised in
their behalf, and this feeble protest is
inspired and written while vet 1t NAV
not be treason to do so.
What did the United States get out
of the last World War? 1t may be in
teresting to list few of the blessings"
which flowed directly or indirectly, from
that horrible conflict:
Thousands of her sons were killed and
wounded, billions of dollars have been
eXacted from taxpayers for bonuses and
pensions to the worthy survivors. thou
sands of homes wrecked and left with
WIDOWS and orphans, thousands of in
]ured and manned service men and
women being hospitalized throughout the
United States, billions of dollars ex-
pended in carrying on a war that we
might have world security" millions
upon millions of dollars loaned to our
allies which will never be repaid. inf1a-
ton, def1ation and disrupted Industrial
ism which led to one of the worst world
expressions in all history; billions of dol
lars OF national debt for poSterity to nav.
millions OF men still hunting for Jobs,
millions Of the youth of America walk
Ing the streets and looking into a future
that is dark and bleak, thousands of in
dustial and commercial businesses
ruined or crippled, farmers subsidized
with millions of dollars annually, and
they are still cropping in the dark: unrest
and generalization among millions of
workers, strikes, lockouts and bloodshed:
billions of dollars expended in public
works and for relief, tax burdens un-
paralleled, governmental industry" reg
ulation and paternalism which is
bringing the country into the shad
ows of bankruptcy; America, the home
OF the brave and the free has been
overrun by the European apostles of
Communism, Nazi-ism. Fascism, toryism
pessimism, militarism, propagandism
and many other insidious 'isms" that
threaten our institutions here at home:
our religious and moral life received a
shock from which we have never fully
recovered; lastly but not least, we Sc
cured the enmity and contempt of all
Europe.
Is it not time that we looked to the
preservation of our material, religious
and moral stability at home and let Eu-
rope take care of her own?
GEORGE c. SHINN,