The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-05-18
WAR DRUM
BEATS NEAR
BY MONROE MASON

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the present European war are fading
The Roosevelt administration is ner-
vOusly trying to stem the tide of in
evitable participation. Nationwide
trends of resentment against foreign
relationships are growing despite eff
forts of peace propagandists to keep
America aloOf from hostile entangle-
ments. The greatest Democracy in the
world faces a mOmentous decision. II
controls a vast store-house of raw ma
erials which belligerent democracies in
dire need desire to purchase in order
to wage war against the dictators. Wher
the neutral blockade tightens raw ma
terial needs will become a serious prob
lem to all the nations now at war.
The sympathies of America are with
the Democracies hence a free purchas-
ing access to our raw material supply
must be provided. The dictator nations
will attempt with all their might to
stop this traffic and America will soon
become a massive target for dictator
onslaught.
This is a situation which deserves
serious study and consideration by
leaders of the Roosevelt regime, who
control raw material distribution. Wag-
ing of total war in Europe has become
a fact. Dependencies of several of the
belligerents are located on the Western
hemisphere, within the Monroe Doc.
trine" sphere of action. ANY attempt
to invade a dependency, regardless of
who owns the soil would be regarded
by America as a violation of the doc.
t11ne. America would consider sucI
action as declaration of war. In.
volvement on this basis is only a ques.
ton of time and unhappily cannot be
prevented.
The average American has a com.
pick that the nation will not enter the
war under any condition. That is I'm.
true. The danger cited above is i'm.
mlnent and far too near for those I'm.
believers, who are not farsightec
enough to know that the belIigerent,
OF both sides are on the verge of pre-.
clpltatlng a crisis to involve America
Neither side has any consideration fo1
American neutrality with raw materia
distribution at stake Nations at war
IN desperation, will violate any rule OF
international law in order to curb the
traffic OF war supplies or defend ter
r1tor1al bases where they are stored fol
passage to key military centers. Mos
all OF the belligerents excepting Ger
many have territorial possessions on tb,
western hemisphere. This is a pbas,
OF the present war which America mns-
be prepared to meet before if is tor
late
Colored military man-power is al
most impotent. Army and NAVY 70.
strletions are muddled Racial youtl
OF enlistment and draft age pass the
descriptive, glowing posters for recruit,
IN disgust. One can guess how tbe
Youngsters feel when they view these
ilyPocrlVlcal Army, Navy, Marine Corps
and Coast Guard "Ads", depicting q
term OF enlistment in the service Of
Uncle Sam" Failure to explain that
IN these branches, they are accepted
only as Solutions" "Join the Marine,
and see the world" This statement
Is one of the biggest jokes ever plac.
arded In public print. It means only
a white marine can see the earth and
all It's boundries. The Army and
Navy are ostracised units admittino
only whites to train.
There isn't Colored combat ar.
tlllery unit in the Army or a rating
for Colored seaman offered in tbe
Navy. In the National Guard and
Reserve Corps many states have Col.
ored Federalized units. These units
are trained by Colored officers. many
OF whom are graduates of the Army
War College. The enlisted personnel
is intelligent and very attentive to dis
clpllne, far beyond the average civilian
soldier of other groups.