The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-02-22
COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS


World Unite," amending it to read,
"Unite to Smash the English-Jewish-
Democratic High Finance"
DR.. Ley, head of the so-called Ger
man Labor Front, is trying to turn the
old slogan to the purposes of the Hit
Ter propaganda, by attacking the
"base, despicable capitalism" of the
English and French governments.
This reminds one of the war-cry of
the Kaiser's propagandists in 1914
1913, when they claimed that Great
Britain brought on the war Gn which
the Germans did not believe the Brit
ish would really take part,) by the
alleged "encirclement Of Germany"
The characteristic use Of the word
democratic" in connection with "high
finance" is one of the earmarks of the
iNazi spouting, just as the use of the
word "co-operation" is the earmark of
the japanese discussion of the "Chi-
nese incident. Something has hap
pened to the mental processes Of these
peoples. 1t seems to be species of
intellectual nihilism, aiming at the
confusion Of tongues as means to
the confusion Of thought among their
own people.
The viewpoint of those who believe
that now is the time for the United
States to take the lead in peace efforts
in Europe and that there can be no
ipeace without a just economic settle
ment is well presented by Florence
Brewer Boeckel in recent comment for
1.-THE National Council for Prevention of
War. In discussing what may be peace
moves by this country and factors
which she thinks may be making this
an opportune time to propose nego-
tiated settlement, she says:
Lied by men like H. G. Wells, there
is an increasing group in England
which realizes that the elimination Of
present dictators will not solve the
underlying world economic problems
Of which the relationships are symp-
toms. On the other hand, solution Of
the problems may very well put an
end to relationships and aggressions.
The attitude of the neutrals and small
democracies in Europe shows that they
realize these facts.
"Since no belligerent can move for
peace without weakening it's own po-
lsition and since any effort on the part
of the other neutrals must be ineffec-
tive if unsupported by this country,
the responsibility of the United States
to open way for peace is clear A
satisfactory and lasting settlement at
this time may not be possible, but it
is question of now or never, for after
a prolonged war, such settlement
will obviously he-inpossible."
GAS the thunder of war shakes Eu-
rope we should remind ourselves that
the present brutal suppression Of lib
erty had it's root in little acts of re-
preston, of hate and prejudice that
swelled to a gigantic flood.
american liberty and democracy
are put on trial by what may appear
as small Incidents. They are jeopar-
died when a labor leader is not al
lowed to speak at the time of strike,
when a Negro is burned by a mob or
excluded from hospital staff because
of his race, when sharecroppers or
migrant workers are exploited, when
highly qualified Jewish students are
unable to secure admission to a medi-
cal college. Federal Council Bulletin
issued by Federal Council of the
Churches Of Christ in America.
The Church And Social Justice
Why the Catholic Church speaks out
on economic life and it's betterment is
given in the recently published pro-
gram, "The Church and Social Order
issued by the Archbishops and Bishops
of the Administrative Committee of
the National Catholic Welfare Confer
ence.
The message in the program is adj
dressed primarily to Catholics but the
Rev. Raymond MCGOWAN of the Ma
tional Catholic Welfare Conference
points out that it deserves study by
jail. Reading of one passage, which
gives only one reason why the Catho-
lie Church speaks, shows the basis of
his plea for its consideration by peo-
ple~of all faiths. Here it is:
'fIn existing circumstances the obli-
CATION of the church is manifest. Who
can deny the close relationship be-
tween economic injustice and long
train of evils, physical, social and
moral? Unfair wages due to a greed
for excessive profits and insecurity due
to false and immoral economic princi-
Iples lead directly to under nourish-
ment, bad housing, inadequate cloth
ing, and indirectly to irregular family
relations, child delinquency and crime.
Excessively long hours of work in
some industrial areas and in some in
dustrial processes create dangers to
life and limb, impair the health of
working man, and impoverish whole
families through infection, disease and
premature death. Because human be-
ings and not animated machines toll in
industry, therefore the church cannot
abdicate her right and duty to speak
out in defense of the rights of human
personality, nor fail to declare uncom-