Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-30
BY JUDGE ROBERT WINSTON.

Men and women of America: A
this hour a grave crisis confronts
you. And that is how to keep Amer
lea out of war Shall thousands oi
our sons tell us farewell for the last
time and find bloody graves in. dis
tant lands? Shall American mothers
be called upon to shed bitter tears
and pass SleepleSS nights, as they
did in 1917-18, when our boys let1
our shores to suffer the hardships OF
war, and if they came back at all
came back broken in spirit and shat
tered in mind and body? Does this
fate await you and await me? Forbid
it Almighty God. Rather, thousand
times rather, let America stay out
of war and mind her own business.
But how can we keep out OF war?
That is the question, question
which agitates every household in
the land and which we will now pro-
ceed to consider. Beyond all doubt,
the way to keep out of war is to keep
out of war. And by this l mean that
America should take no sides, play
no favorites, supply munitions OF war
to no belligerent nations. But how
may this be done? Has not the PreSi-
dent already assembled congress in
extraordinary session and is it not
feared that congress will pass the
cash and carry act and will not this
act make America an ally of Eng
land and the enemy of Germany?
Yes, the President has brought con-
gress together and has urged the pas
sage of the cash and carry bill-a
bill which may become a law unless
the people get busy and, in thunder
tones, tell their congressman that
they oppose the measure and want
no war. Verify, you the people, must
make yourself heard and felt Don't
permit the lobbyist and the munition
maker to fool you into war again
They are busy telling us we must
fight, fight to make the world safe
for democracy. The same old song
and dance we heard in the World
War, the same old buck and wing.
Yes, indeed, WarmOngerS and the So
called liberals have joined hands, and
both are secretly clamOring for war.
The former says, Go into this war
for the sake Of business" the latter
answers back and says, Amen Go
Strange bed-fellOWs they are. May
God give them wiser heads and bet
ter hearts.
Men and women of America,
awake from your lethargy. War
psychosis is in the air Sinister in
fluences are at work, influences poll
tical, commercial and financial, in
fluences of selfishness and greed,
which would exchange the gold of
France and Britain for the blood of
our sons.
And now l come to suggest the
plan to keep America out of war,
and a simple practical plan it is:
Write to both Senator Bailey and
Senator Reynolds, and also to all Of
the North Carolina congressman.
Urge them to retain the present neu-
trality law. Let them know that you
oppose the furnishing of guns, and
powder and shell to any nation at
war Tell them you are unalterably
opposed to taking sides. Urge four
things upon them:
(D Defeat the cash and carry bill.
(2) Ship no arms abroad.
(3) Take no sides in this fight.
(4) Retain the present neutrality
law
Let your letter be direct and to
the point. 1t will not do to say, gen.
orally, that you wish to keep out of
war. You must show how this may
be done
At this moment, the eyes of Eu-
rope are fastened upon America. Will
congress pass the cash and carry bill
and thereby become the ally of Eng
land and the enemy of Germany, or
will America stay out and leave Eu-
rope to fry in her own fat? That is
the great issue. And if any one
lmagines that the cash and carry bill
will not put America in this war let
him tell us why England urges its
adoption, and why its mere agitation
has boosted war stocks and sent them
sky-high and why German officials
declared, only yesterday, that the
cash and carry measure could only
mean "the first slip toward the Unit
ed States entering the war, and
81 would be a serious breach of econ
mic neutrality" Undoubtedly,a cash
and carry means taking sides, fol-
lowed by war and 4 for this reason.
England has the Ships and can come
and get munitions from us; Germany
has no chinc ond GOULD o,o.. Al. ;.