Evening star., 1940-06-26

belief 10 that We should facilitate
them in every way subject u two
limitations. First, that 1t involves
no action which takes us to war
and, second, that rs liberty lives
by law We must act within the law.
PART VIII.
Peace or War.
Today many of our citizens, con-
sciously or unconsciously, are con-
sidering peace or war with tine
totalitarian governments.
The most vital realism In all our
relations requires that we keep out
Of these wars unless the Western
Hemisphere Is attacked.
1t is solemn determination. Our
price of war is the lives Of our sons
and the poverty Of our grandchil-
dren, But we are here also con-
sidering the fate of our Nation and
the fate of liberty in the world.
Can Defend Our Freedom
Even II Europe Fails.
1t is nonsense that we cannot de-
fend freedom here even If the Old
World fails. Our ancestors, with
sparse population and resources for
the first so years Of this Republic
sustained liberty here when most
of the world was ruled by despots.
We can do it again If We have to.
And the spirits Of American boys
buried in Flanders % years ago rise
before us today to warn us that We
can make war but we cannot assure
liberty in the Old World.
The hope OF mankind and the
hope Of civilization is that democ-
racy survive on this continent.
Those who advocate war should
never forget one thing. The first
necessity of any great war is to set
up dictatorship. France and Eng
land were compelled to do so. But
with our already weakened structure
Of liberty and the fabulous national
debt we shall have, and the mania
for power of the New Deal. we would
be generations in restoring free men
in America. We should be sacri-
ficing the last sanctuary of liberty
in the world in the belief that we are
defending liberty.
Whole Energy of Industry
Needed to Arm Ourselves.
Those who feel we should inter-
vene in this war should take note of
other realistic reasons why we
should keep out. II we join. we
shall in our own unpreparedness re-
quire two or three years to make
ourselves effective. That will be
too late In the meantime we should
require the whole energies of
American industry to arm ourselves
For us to declare war would do the
Allies more harm than good.
The final realism is that If we
are to keep cool and not stimulate
war there must be an end to pro-
vocative speech by our ofiicials Ex-
pressions of indignation or regret
do not require insults. The first re-
Sponsibility of the President of the
United States is to abate war, not
to stimulate it. 1t is not the province
of the President of the United
States to create hate. irresponsible
talk in explosive times may bring
danger And we need remember
that the day will come when we
might be of service to humanity in
dealing with these same men for
peace
Might Help Abate Hate
At Final Peace Table.
And there is an infinite service
that America can bring to the world
After this struggle We shall see hate
sitting at the peace table We might
with our moral force and counsel
abate its dread consequences.
know the famine, disease and suf-
fering that is yet to come with this
war. With our economic strength
and our compassion We can save
millions of lives, give aid to recon-
struction and inspire tolerance and
hope again to the world.
In foreign trade after this war
We shall meet an impoverished Eu-
rope, reduced in its standards of
living, and, above all, armed with to-
talitarian-directed exports and i'm
ports. All that points in three di-
rections. American workers and
farmers will require more protec-
ton than ever from imports. We
shall need modified counteractior
on exports. We shall need to develor
self-Sufficiency in our own industrial
production. Under these impacts
the Hull treaties will 60 to the
heaven of forgotten issues.
PART TX.
The Regeneration of America.
Finally, the greatest task of al
deals with the intangibles of ma
tional life. 1t is to stiffen thu
stamina and the morals of our peo-
Pile. 1t is to unity their ideals and
lift their spirits.
have said whatever the outcome
of this war. whatever the solution
OF our domestic crisis. the form OF
this world will not be the same. We
must meet great change. And we
will meet with moral and spiritual
degeneration in the world.
In time these world storms will
blow themselves out. Perhaps it will
be a long time. But the spirits of
Luther, Goethe, Schiller, of Mazzini
and Garibaldi still live. And here
upon our soil the temple of liberty
must stand. that men may be in
spired to return to its worship.
But truly We have been following
the suicide road for liberty that led
to disaster in Europe. But let me
give you word of encourag ement.
Those countries were economically
lean from the last war. We still
have economic fat on our national
bones. Those countries were weaker
in their fidelities to liberty. We are
tougher in our fidelities.
Qualities of Our People
Hold Ability to Meet Storms.
Our ability to meet these storms
and these changes will abide in the
qualities of our people.
There is in every nation some