The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28

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 Rockefeller made his views known in Q letter. They were summed up in this sentence" T would rather die fighting the brutal, barbarous, in human force represented by Hitler ism than live in a world which is dominated by that force." He called for national unity behind President Roosevelt and moratorium on strikes, lock-outs and work stoppages.
 Addressing q meeting of the Amer lea First Committee in Chicago, Wheeler charged that President Roosevelt had destryode American neutrality and was preparing the na- ton for @ declaration of war, thus setting course for total annihila- ton of our magnificent civilization. !"
 Bullitt, addressing meeting spor- sored by the United China Relief, said America not only had to pro- duce war materials for Great Brit sin and China, flor our own salva- tion." but must see that they are delivered.
 Gibson, in a nationally broadcast speech from Chicago, called for United States conveys to Britain.
 John D. Rockefeller Jr.
 New York, April 28.-(UP)--Pres. ident Roosevelt should take inme- diate steps to make sure that Amer lean war materials and food are "laid down at Britain's door," John D. Rockefeller, Jr., said today in de- tailing his ideas of what should be America's role in the world crisis.
 Rockefeller expressed himself in @ letter to Arthur Hays Sulzberger, publisher of the New York Times and trustee of the Rockeller Foundation. His views crystalized were: "We should stand by the British empire to the limit at any cost"
 "Like most people. hate war;" he wrote. "All my life have hated 1t. I have always preferred the ways of peace and have followed them when- ever possible. But when all peaceful methods have failed and the issue was worth standing for at any price. if 1t meant a fight, I have never hes- itated to see 1t through on that basis.
 q. It Is my firm conviction. ar- rived at in anguish of spirit, that the people of the United States and of all the Americas should see this conflict through; that we should stand by the British empire to the limit and at any cost.
 "The issue that is being fought out Is simple and clear cut. Shell free men live under laws of their making and under leaders of their own choosing, or shall human being exist as slaves under the lash of the ty- rant while all that makes life worth living, and even life itself, are sub. feet to the whim of the oppressor?
 1T am convinced that force can never be permanently subdued by force, that hate cannot annihilate hate nor evil drive out evil. Never theless, for myself, and say 1t delib- erately. would rather die fighting the brutal, barbarous, inhuman force represented by Hitlerisnn than live in a world which is dominated by that force.
 He saw two things as absolutely essential" (l) A "uiiited public opinion solidly behind the Presi- dent in whatever may be necessary to achieve the desired end;" (2) a determination on the part of indus try and labor to keep production at top speed, meaning the elimina- ton of strikes, lockouts, and "stop- pages of every character"
 Senator Burton K. Wheeler
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