The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-22
Rev. Dr. Curran Condemns Aid for 'Communstic Russia

 out 6 single gallon of gasoline and no American citizen should sacrifice a single one of bis pos sessions as long as a single bit of equipment or material is be- ing sent from the United States to goddess Russia.
 We denounce the promise of aid to Communistjc Russia as made by President Roosevelt on the occasion of his recent inter- national fishing expedition with winston Churchill. President Roosevelt had no authority t9 pledge American aid to Com muniStic Russia. The Lend Lease Bill was never intended to refer to Communistic Russia. The promise of aid to Commit nistic Russia as made by PreSi- dent Roosevelt with the con- nivance and in the presence of winston Churchill was a dicta- torial usurpation of power, and insult to the American Congress and a blot upon the history of our country. If the President wishes to aid Soviet Russia, we challenge him to ask the pres ent Congress for approval of such 8 measure.
 Quotes Pope Plus
 We denounce the Presidents promise of aid to Communistic Russia in the words of Pope Plus XI who said: Communism is intrinsically wrong and TO one who would preserve Christian civ- ilization may collaborate with It in any undertaking whatsoever" We denounce the Presidents promise of aid to Communistic Russia in the words of the Amer ican Legion of. the State of New York. We resolve" declared the American Legion on August 18th at its New York State Conven- tion in the city of Rochester, that the State Legion go on rec ord as opposed to our country, the United States of America, giving aid to Communistic Rus Sia in its war with Nazi Ger many or any other country" We call upon the American Congress to pass a similar resolution against aid to Communistic Rus sia. We call upon the American Congress to remove the Lend- Lease Bill in its entirety from our statute books.
 The American people are un- alterably opposed to war. That is why we are opposed to every step being taken by our admin istration to lead us into war. We charge our national admins tration with doing everything possible to thwart the desire uf the American people for peace. We charge our national admin istration with engaging in for- eign policy of provocation with the hope that it will plunge us into war. We charge our na- tional administration with en- gazing in a domestic policy of exciting false alarms among our fellow citizens. We charge our tional administration with engaging in political policy of robbing the United States of America of its poli- tical freedom and national in- dependence. By provoking for- eign nations against us. by arous- ing fear throughout the nation and by making our independence subServient to the foreign poli- tics of Great Britain, the na- tional administration, which was elected to power for the pres erYation of peace, hopes to jus- tify the repudiation of its sol- emn prediction peace promises to the American people.
 Provocations
 What is the reason for the widely publicized difficulties that are supposed to exist between this country and Japan? Is it becau&e Japan has threatened to : land upon our Pacifis coast? Is 1t because Japan has threatened to move in on the Philippines? Is it because Japan has taken the initiative in an economic boy colt of America? Is 1t because our existence as a nation is threatened by the armed power of Japan at sea? Our Pacific