Evening star., 1940-12-12

as UldL WHICH
Jay Franklin. Hitler used from
the start: Revolution. The Third
Reich grew fat on the treachery,
de .eatlsm and fifth columnists of
its natural foes. Nov, inside the
circle Of the Nazi conquests it is
evident that the objects of Hitler
spell enslavement and destruction
for all of the sub-races who are not
Germanic. With the discovery, it is
becoming politically possible for the
friends of freedom to turn the con-
quered against the victors and over
throw the new Europe from within
if the democracies are ready TO
pay the price.
An extremely important booklet
on this subject is now required read
ing for the members of the British
diplomatic service. This is entitled
100, 1000, 900 Allies-If We Choose"
and it is written by one who signs
himself "Scipio." pen-name which
is believed to mask the identity of q
very important figure in British pub
lie life Incidentally. the booklet is
published in London by Victor Col
lancZ, Ltd. rs one OF series of
Victory Books.
To "SClplC "A name which will
suggest the Young 7crlan who van-
qUished Hannib7l-tho formula for
victory is simple: Social reform at
home, social reformation in the new
Europe and the Third Reich. For
these purposes he proposes TO re-
organize the British diplomacy, the
British propaganda and the British
home security policies. in order to
work with the anti-Hitler minorities
and the oppressed peoples under
Nazi occupation for an overthrow OF
Hitlerism from within.
ter-Reformation.
In short, he proposes to deal with
Hitlerism much as the Roman
| church dealt with Lutheranism az
the time Of the Reformation, by
vigorous counter reformation which
would wipe out the abuses Of the
| church and preserve Catholicism.
He doe not conceal tho fac that
there will be powerful and sustained
opposition IL Ii: program. his
analysis Of the NaZi fifth column il
/ French business circles bears star
ting similarity 70 observable events
! in this country. 90 the out
I break of war was the ruin of the
only world they (the conservatives
| could think tolerable. In order to
win they must permit the social
revolution which planned war
economy demands: In order to pre-
vent that social revolution they must
become traitors to their country.
Being men of little courage they did
neither, but chose the path of COM
promise. Putting every obstacle in
the way of an efficient prosecution
of the war, they still offered lip
service to the war effort. Then
when the French war effort, not
unnaturally, proved unsatisfactory,
they held up their hands in despair
and talked about the irwin -ibilitv
Of the Na7i wa machine All tls
impossibility of democracy proving
as efficient as dictatorship"
ne fNute OF
Equally important are "Scipio's'
comments on the role of labor in
defense: IF they (workingmen)
believe that industry is really being
organized for the national and not
private benefit, if rationing means
equality and not the restriction of
the necessities of the poor and a
broad choice of alternatives for the
well-to- do - 1t is no use telling
people to go to it. if there is nothing
to 60 to; no use talking about sacri-
fees as long as society remains d.
vided into rich and poor - . unless
they can see with their own eyes
that their own position is being i'm
proved and that the government is
really working for free world with
equality as its basis
Grim confirmation on this point
is given by the United States Navy
Department, which has announced
that the Walsh-Healey Act is re-
sponsible for delay on vital naval
defense supplies. This is the law
which guarantees fair wages and de-
cent hours to workers on Govern
ment contracts. The Navy reports
that many industries refuse to bid
for Navy contracts and it is now
suggested that the way to deal with
this unsavory situation is to repeal
the safeguards for labor rather than
to invoke the authority of the ma
tional service law to compel plants
to work for the good of their country.
It Is the lesson of this war that
those governments which have prac-
ticed business as usual and have
preferred to persecute social dis
senters rather than to accept social
reform have been push-overs for
Hitler. "Scipio's" little book makes
it clear that the only way in which
Hitler can be defeated is to push
social reform to its ultimate conclu.
sions and invoke against the NaI
war machine the fierce forces Of
social revolution inside the Europe
which he has conquered.
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