The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-04-20
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by Con gresham Knutson
War Clouds Gather

fOn April 9th we observed the
/twenty-second anniversary of Am
erica's entrance into the World
war. In Washington, Philadelphia
New York and other large centers
the occasion was marked with
parades of armed forces and the
beating of drums. But scores and
scores of meetings were held by
men and women who are deter
mined that America shall not
again be drawn into a bloody
foreign war. On the evening of
April 9Th / addressed such a meet
ing for peace in New York City
that was largely attended and the
ferver displayed by my hearers
would have convinced the most
skeptical that the American peo-
pie do not want war so long as
peace can be hCnorably maintain
ed.
There is no question but that
the President and his New Deal
ers are heading for war. They have
tried everything else to bring about
recovery. l fear they now want to
try the sword. Indeed, the situa-
ton here in Washington is becom-
ing critical.
In order to counteract the war
propaganda and hysteria Of the
New Deal administration IS men,
bers, and former members of Con-
gress, met last Thursday and Or
ganibed the National Committee
to Keep America out of Foreign
Wars" was honored with election
as vice-chairman. Such prominent
men as Hamilton Fish. John J.
O'Connor, Oscar Youngdahl, Royal
c. johnson, F. b. Keefe, Albert E.
Carter, Ralph o. Brewster, Roy
o. Woodruff, and Usher L. Bur-
dick are among the incorporators
of this organization.
Our purpose is to counteract the
war propaganda with which the
New Deal administration is flood
ing the country. We propose to use
every resource available to conduct
an open and militant campaign of
education SC that the American
people may be kept fully informed.
The detectives of our organization
are:
1. To provide a national nonpart-
isan, nonprofit and ncnsectarian
organization through which the
America people can express their
determination to keep out of
foreign wars, and to promote peace
and goodwill toward men.
2. To counteract the inspired
propaganda emanating from the
White House and spokesman of the
New Deal. which has created mass
war hysteria throughout the ma
ton by inflaming the fears and
passions of our people and melted
hatreds against foreign nations.
3. To maintain the American
policy of nonintervention and
peace. and against entangling al
hances, war commitments, and
policing and quarantining the
world with American blood and
treasure.
4. To uphold adequate national
defense and the Monroe Doctrine.
8. To check the propaganda and
activities of all foreign nations in
this country which seek to entan-
gle us in Old World quarrels and
to fight their battles.
6. To expose propaganda eman-
ating from within, such as Com
munism, which seeks to have the
United States go to war with ia
pan and Germany for the benefit
of Soviet Russia.
Z. To combat the spread of Nazi-
ism, Fascism, and Communism in
America, and be Americans for
America regardless of race. colcr,
creed or politics.
8. To oppose racial and religious
persecution.
9. To take the profit out Of war,
and make public the activities and
propaganda of the war profiteers.
munitions makers and other self
ish interests.
10. To resist the activities of the
Internationalists, interventionists,
and other groups who would have
the United States use force and
ccmpulsion in international dis
putes; to exert it's influence to pre-
vent the Congress from delegating