The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-30
The cherryTree
Where We Hdtchet Out
The Truth
. BREAKING A LANCE
. WITH COL. LINDBERGH
. OCEANS OFFER PROTEC-
TION
. BUT NOT ENOUGH

For once L want to break lance
with Col. Charles A. Lindbergh.
The Colonel flew the Atlantic, made
lot Of money, married Anne Morrow,
became thick friends with many Big
wigs, invented an artificial heart and
did many other things.
Once he craved to be let alone. He
went through terrific suffering. He be-
came surly to newspapermen, craving
aloneness; and he went to England in
search of quiet.
But when the Colonel steps up to
the microphone and lets go blast on
a great public policy he forfeits soli-
tude. He sticks his chin out.
1t is now fair to talk back to him.
want to do just that.
The Colonel talks out at time when
national defense is paramount issue.
He chatters about our safety as if
there could be no danger.
He seems to make it appear that
there is lot of talk favoring Ameri-
can entry into the war. But mainly
the burden of his talk is our safety,
because of the oceans.
X X X
Presumably the Colonel knows fly
ing. But a crack flying expert isn't
necessarily a final Judge of our for
eign policy. And he isn't necessarily
an authority on all matters affecting
national safety or the intentions and
abilities Of foreign powers.
So we're fully safeguarded from at
tack are we? Let's see.
Holland and Germany are at war.
Holland has an empire, part of which
is formed by the Dutch East Indies.
Secretary Hull has told Japan not to
monkey with those islands.
SUPPOSE JAPAN DECIDED IT'S
A GOOD TIME TO MONKEY WITH
THEM!
Keeping out Of war may not be en-
tirely matter of our own choosing.
AS these lines are written Germany
is giving the Allies terrific pounding
around the end of the Little Maginot
Line.
Suppose the Nazis, with air bases
100 miles from England, decide to rest
up a couple of weeks and then let go
at England with devastating air bomb
ardment.
Good authorities say the Nazis could
just about ruin England from the air.
Of course the Allies may turn the
tables and push back that driving
Nazi horde.
But suppose not!
The Dutch royal family took ref
uge in England. Suppose the British
royal family takes refuge in Canada.
Play with that idea for awhile.
And suppose the Nazis so rake Eng
land as to force the British fleet to,
back up.
They probably would back up on
Canadian bases.
We have declared this hemisphere
to be American, with no fighting al
lowed in these waters.
So, suppose the Nazis decide to fol-
low the British fleet!
1t is easy to say the seas protect us
from invasion. Maybe so. MAYBE!
But "maybe" is the best you can
make out of it.
However, invasion isn't the only
thing that can happen.
We can be forced into war by things
other than nvasion-UNLESS WE
DO A COMPLETE BACKDOWN ON
OUR DECLARED FOREIGN POL
ICY.
1t happens that both major political
parties are about equally forceful on
that foreign policy, which includes an
enlarged Monroe Doctrine.
x X x
Both France and England have pos
sessions in this hemisphere.
And the United States possesses the
Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines.
Aside from these things, Colonel
Lindbergh completely overlooked the
Nazi, Communist and japanese Fifth
Columns.
That's how the Nazis got into Nor
way so easily 1t helped them through
Holland.
The United States is lousy with
Fifth Column operations Of Nazis and
Communists.
Mexico is peppered with them. On
south through Latin America the Fifth
Columns have sneaked, bribed and
brow beaten their way.
SO Lindbergh thinks the United
States is isolated and guarded by
oceans!
Alaska is about IL miles from Soviet
Russia. Our outermost Pacific Islands
are almost on Japan's doorstep. In
two hours by air from Miami you can
step ashore on British territory. You
can walk to it over our whole northern
border
Look at your maps, read the war
news, think twice and see whether
YOU think we are so goldarned safe
from the worlds ravishing burglars!