The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-26

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Connecticut Mothers Clubs will
hold an open meeting on Friday
evening in the Elton hotel. The
meeting was called today by Mrs.
Katherine Johnson president of the
local unit and Is scheduled to get
under way at 8 p, m.
The organization will be asked to
adopt resolution which will be d.
rected to the president of the
United States. The proposed reso-
luton will urge that the United
States be kept out of all foreign
entanglements and to protect the
Monroe Doctrine.
The Mothers Club Is already on
record favoring the creating and
the maintaining Of the largest and
best equipped army and navy In
the world for this country.
A resolution was sent 10 the Re-
publican national convention urg-
ing that party TO adopt an anti.War
pledge In Its platform.
The peace organizations In the
United States have united for the
purpose Of having such q proposal
adopted by the Republican national
convention. The world peaceways
and various other anti-war organi-
cations have opened headquarters
In the hotel which houses the
Michigan delegation.
Anti-War Plank
There Is determined effort to
have an anti-war plank inserted In
the Republican platform by many
leading Republicans.
When the Democratic convention
Is held the peace organizations will
attempt to have that party adopt
q similar pledge.
The local Mothers Club has re-
ceived copies Of a recent address
given by Charles Francis Adams,
former secretary OF the navy, be-
fore the Worcester Polytechnic In
stitute. Mr.. Adams favors q fight
for peace. His remarks In part were
as follows:
"You are not different from the
fine boys Of forty odd years ago.
National character does not cas-
Ay CAiaiBCs w uAC INV 1900 Du-
triotic. II you are different at all
1t Is only In the growth OF
scientific desire TO ask questions
and be shown adequate cause.
ut Is no light thing for you II
your country drifts along the
edge Of war and finally becomes
involved. Others may talk lightly
OF things which involve misery
for you. You are right In remain
ing doubtful OF the need Of sacri-
fees until your doubts and ques-
lions are answered.
surely you do not believe that
the affairs Of Europe are of no
importance TO us. What I fancy
you TO feel would be more accur-
ately expressed by saying that
the affairs OF Europe do not con-
Germ us enough to Justify our
sacrificing millions OF your lives
In q probably futile effort to
change the fate OF Europe. Sure
ly your sympathies are with the
Allies. Surely majority believe
that we should give them every
aid we can short Of war, but
there the real problem begins.
Few, ] believe, think that our
youth should be sacrificed again
without adequate reason.
Many Mothers
mo one can exactly say what
motive swept us into the last war.
There were as usual many mo-
tives. II Is fair to say that fears
and thoughts and emotions grew
In our minds till we went off as
crusaders to come back saying
Never again One thing Is now
clear, that we should consider
you, who are to be the United
States shortly, In every thought
and emotion we have. We must
not again sacrifice millions Of
your young lives and condemn TO
living death millions more with
out adequate cause. We must be
just and calm and wise and
should not again allow our emo
tions to rise till we again find
ourselves at war without quite
knowing why, or measuring the
advantages against the cost.
zone more estimate Of Our sit
uation. Swayed by very proper
emotions most agree that we
should aid the Allies In every
way short Of war. The president
Of the United States with no au-
thorizing vote of Congress has
committed an act Of war thinly
yelled by a technical device
which may rob the act OF Its
legal significance.
"You boys should not be criti-
sized II you fear that again swept
on by emotions or by some nasty |