Evening star., 1940-06-19
War Declaration
Held Desirable
America Urged to Strike
While Allied Help
Is Available

To the Editor of The Star:
A bloc is forming in Congress which
has for its object the "appeasement" of
victorious Hitler This idea was voiced
recently by one politician who said Roos-
evelt would not be wise choice for Pres
| ident if Hitler wins because of his present
attitude Senator Adams opined yester-
day that the United States would be
without a single friend in the world be-
cause of the denunciation of Hitler, Mus
solini and Stain.
Such bloc is distinct menace to
American safety. In everything he has
said or written, Hitler has made plain his
intention to conquer the world. The
United States is part of that world and
the appeasers will only aid in that con-
| quest, not benefit from it.
Col. Lindbergh, once the idol of the
| world, advocates isolating ourselves and
| arming to the teeth, with a refusal of
| all aid to the Allies. Let us examine his
thesis Arming to the teeth will require
from two to four years. Hitler is already
armed to the teeth and-if he wins-he
will have the shipyards and ships, NUM-
tions plants and all material of Europe,
Asia and Africa, and-mark this!-he has
the will and the capacity to force not only
his own people but the people he has con-
quered, to work like slaves to build
bigger and more devastating army. The
tanks that have been moving down the
French were made by the Czechs If
Hitler wins, the time for the United
States to prepare to defend itself can
be counted in months or weeks, not years.
Col. Lindbergh and some Senators
speak of the impossibility of his invading
the United States. They seem woefully
ignorant of the Latin Americas. Every
country south Of the Rio Grande has
| large native group that is constantly ripe
for revolution; every country has large
number of Germans as we'll as pro-Nazi
natives; some countries have a large
number of Italians as well as pro- -Fascists
natives. All these countries are alive with
foreign agents. This combination needs
only spark to explode with devastating
force and this spark undoubtedly will be
supplied by the news of final victory
in Europe for Hitler These facts are
common knowledge and only the most
shortslghted persons or totalitarian SYM
pathizers would try to obscure their
significance. In the past six months
between $50 and 200 German chemists
and engineers have passed through Homo
lulu from Germany to Mexico and South
America" Chemists and engineerS are
the spearhead of Hitlers army.
The United States is not in a position
to fight alone, as it might have to do
against two or more Latin America coun-
| tries in addition to the Nazis and Fas-
| cists, and will not be in three years. By
that time there will be nothing left to
| fight for
When house in the middle of the
| block is burning, only fools stand around
and say, wait till we get our new fire
apparatus next week" No, today is the
| only time we have and We must fight
with what apparatus we have. Our
pAoAASo, oAliio3 ulOIley, 1000,
and our volunteers fully equipped, should
even now be on their way to Europe to
our front line of defense. 1t is our war.
yet we say that the man who goes to
fight will lose his citizenship. 1t is our
future and the future of our children
that are at stake. yet we say we cannot
send aid to those fighting our battles!
A declaration of war against Hitler
would neither hasten nor retard his plans
If he wins. The countries of Europe
cry aloud the futility of appeasement yet
that is being advocated by some of our
Senators and public men.
The only way we can compete with
Hitler Is to match the effort the Ger
mans are making. Alone, we cannot do
1t with the start Hitler already has. Our
only hope is to fight while we still have
| friends who will fight with us. Let us
| fight while our fighting will count Six
months from now it will be hopeless.
DIR. OLIVE SWEZY,
Berkeley Calf.
June II.