The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-28


 list. I am glad that 1t does not contain my name.
 All of us Americans. of all opin- ions, are faced with the choice between the kind of world we want to live in and the kind of world which Hitler and his hordes would impose upon us.
 None of us wants to burrow un- der the ground and live in total darkness like a comfortable mole.
 The forward march of Hitler ism can be stopped, and it will be stopped.
 Very simply and very bluntly-- we are pledged to pull our own oar in the destruction of Hitler ism.
 Curse of HitIerism
 And when we have helped to end the curse of Hitlerism, we shall help to establish a new peace which will give to decent people everywhere better chance to live and prosper in security and in freedom and in faith.
 Each day that passes we are producing and providing more and more arms for the men who are fighting on actual battle fronts. That is our primary task.
 And 1t is the nations will that these vital arms and supplies of all kinds shall neither be locked up in American harbors nor sent 10 the bottom of the sea. It is the nations will that America shall deliver the goods. In open defi- ance of that will, our ships have been sunk and our sailors have been killed.
 I say that we do not propose to take this lying down.
 Our determination not to take it lying down has been expressed in the orders to the American Navy to shoot on sight. Those orders stand.
 Furthermore, the House of Rep resentatives has already voted to amend part of the Neutrality Act of 1887, today outmoded by force of violent circumstances. The Senate Committee on Foreign Re- latiors has also recommended elimination of other hamstringing provisions Tn that act. That is the course of honesty and of realism.
 Our American merchant ships must be armed to defend them selves against the rattleSnakes of the sea.
 Our American merchant ships must be free to carry our Ameri- can goods into the harbors of our friends.
 Our American merchant ships must be protected by our Ameri- can Navy.
 It can never be doubted that the goods will be delivered by this nation, whose Navy believes in the tradition of damn the tor pedoes; full speed aheadp
 Our national will must speak from every assembly line in our vast industrial machine. Our fac- tories and our shipyards are con- stantly expanding Our outpost must be multiplied.
 It cannot De hampered by the selfish obstruction of small but dangerous minority of industrial managers who hold out for extra profits, or for business as usual" It cannot De hampered by the selfish obstruction of a small but dangerous minority of labor lead- CTS who are a menace to the true cause of labor itself, as well as to the nation as a whole.
 Our Navy Is Ready!
 The lines of our essential de- fense now cover all the seas; and to meet the extraordinary de- mands of today and tomorrow our Navy grows to unprecedented size. Our Navy is ready for action. Indeed, units of it in the Atlantic patrol are gil action. Its officers and men need no praise from me.
 Our new Army is steadily de- veloping the strength needed to withstand the aggressors. Our soldiers of today are worthy of the proudest traditions of the United States Army. But tra- ditions cannot shoot down dive bcmbers or destroy tanks. That is why we must and shall provide for every one of cur soldiers equipment and weapons, not merely as good but better than that of any other army on earth. And we are doing that right now.
 For this, and all of this, is what we mean by total national de- fense.
 The first objective of that de- fense is to stop Hitler. He can be stopped and can be compelled to dig in. And that will be the be- ginning of his downfall, because dictatorship of the Hitler type can live only through continuing victories, increasing conqueSts.
 The facts of 1918 are proof that a mighty German army and tired German people can crumble rapidly and go to pieces when they are faced with successful re- siStance.
 Aid For Russia
 Nobody who admires qualities of courage and endurance can fail to be stirred by the full fledged resistance of the Russian people. The Russians are fight ing for their own soil and their own home. Russia needs all kinds of help - planes, tanks. guns, medical supplies and other aids-toward the successful de- fenSe against the invaders. From the United States and from Bri- ain she is getting great quantities of those essential supplies. But the needs of her huge army will continue, and our help and Bri- ish help will have to continue!
 The other day the Secretary of State of the United States was asked by Senator to justify our giving aid to Russia. His reply was:
 "The answer to that depends