Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-17
Common Sense Talk

week that ought to shame ana SOBER
rS here in this country when we feel
| coming on an urge to criticize other
nations. He was referring 10 our
lack OF discipline as people, our
coddling demands for ease and our
reu,sal to sacrifice in order to build
bore ! more stable and i more en-
during civilization.
| DR.. Freeman pointed to Germany 5
| re1yu,ameut. which the world crltl-
cizeS and denounceS. That is well
and good. but the speaker said we
can learn lesson from them. ana
we agree. The Germans, even under
leadership and the iron rule Of such
] = tv,3ut as Hitler. never could have
built the war machine that has swept
everything before it but for that
\ tremendous force which. for lack OF
= more specific word, was called
| >pir;,ual Germany. said the doctor,
n,3de the state lis god, revenge It's
eyangeliS,N. mechanism its weapon
and discipline lis supreme duty.
We can and should discard all Of
them. and especially the first. eN-
cop. the la<t-numed. We may build
those $4,000 airplaneS Mr.. Roosevelt
h3> talked about. but we Americans
mus; tiwd the moral equivalent OF
the force that has given Germany
her superb discipline"
Germans made the choice OF
"bayonet$ before batter" and right
irov il may DC that is what we should
do. nav have 10 do. But more spcci-
f;caIlv Our reference is TO gCnerali-
/ ,feS in the creed OF our national life.
While Hitlcr'> people were doing
that. however. Britain refused to
raise taxes to support defense, and
French politicians sought to win
favor by yielding to the clamor OF
Ieft-w;ngcrS for 4 shorter work.
week IN a bankrupt nation. All that
fits the United States exactly. except
that we arc not bankrupt yet. not
ve.-or are we and won't admit il?
Dr. Freeman carried the COMPARE
son 70 4 more humiliating point as
applied to Americans. Said he, we
are 50 fearful OF pain and have been
50 unwilling TO pay for our own mis-
takes that in seven years We have
Sado!cd on OH sons and daughters,
and even on their children. new
deDt of nearly thirty billions Of dol
lars. We have run to Washington
with all Of our problems, and weak
kneed politicians from the top on
down. seeking TO curry the favor OF
rinorities. and voters in general,
appropriated money in such great
gobS and in 50 reckless 4 manner
that thinking Americans have been
stunned and startled by the Wanton
waStefulneSS that has been going on,
and is still going on.
Dr.. Freeman posed the question,
and 4 vital one it is. as to whether
or not we are willing to submit our
selves by our own free action to
discipline as effective and as rigor-
ouS-cven half as much-as have
the Germans. To ask the question
is 70 answer il. at least in 50 far as
il relates TO the past seven years.
In the next seven. or perhaps less or
more. we may find. by force and
compulSion. there is no other escape.
Do we have the fibre to endure
| hardshipS to the point that by our
/ own free action we may snatch our
destiny as d brand from the burning?
| Nothing is palmer today in our ma
| tiOnaI life than that there must be
d retreat from reckless waste and
! sQuandcring. We must acquire
! again those qualities Of rugged char
actcr. Of perseverance, of sclf-re-