Evening star., 1941-03-30
AND OUR SACRED HONOR
by Claiming Pollock

to be taxed to the utmost and necessary to bear
against enemy will be useless if haven't the
Last January, when Hitler boasted of having than
10000 combat planes Secretary Smson telling Congress
that army has ESQ., Plainly the situation calls for every
thing muster not only physically but mentally
ally and spiritually in unity and loyalty, and selessness
and striving in the The delivery of
West Point to the British would have been tring setback
compared with the possible probable consequence
of paralysis of any part of Our defense effort and who
dmnishes that effort may be effective enemy
Democracy than any soldier in an invading army
More than before perhaps we have reached the point
where must do that which, if were done by everyone
would be destructive of the good Every American
has become vital and essential part of the structure that is
America. Greed, dishonesty loafng and quitting that
wouldn't matter much in normal times be undoing
And make mistake, Americas foes not only quick
such weaknesses but eager and ready aggavae
and profit by them Methods and examples to be found in
of published confessions. Page after page of Jan
Valtins startling book Out of the Night" tell of
strikes and civil disorders engineered by Nazi and Soviet
agents Almost always the plots carried out by
pectng citizens who could not understand that they
preparing the ruin of their countries AS Valtn they
have no in<ling of the dark forces egging them on
But whether the interruption of national defense be
aliencontved only the result of human desire for gain
and personal rights this moment for monkey wenches
fuss three plants do close down for few
days? The is that days delay might send
hundreds of into action llTaned and illequipped.
Secondariy and very seoondary at that is that
each CRATER and racketeer and cheer and shMker and
deserter spreading corruption subactng from the
of morale and efficiency, contributing his bit to what Hitler
had mind when he said he expected America to destroy it.
self Each of them giving truth and force and effect to
Hitler's indictment of all Democracy.
The punishment will not be the firing squad No shot
Benedict Arnold 1t may not be the loss of gotten gains
Arnold died comparatively rich The penalty he paid
DEATH but the fact that he had to live with himself
His crime his executioner. broken man. General
Benedict Arnold died victim of his conscience, and
of public scorn and neglect.
Whether not they sent to prison. should not want
to be among the maeactors Fort Devens should
be of those who put the brakes defense
should to listen to what something within would
be saying whenever read of child killed by bombing
plane against which there had been insufficient preparation
should not to take the chance however remote of
seeing what knew to be needessy long casualty lists of
fellow citizens of standing alone with myself while the
flags of countys conquerors passed by should dread
hearing spoken in America the requiem Marshal Petain
nounced France O spirit of enjoyment stronger
than our spirit of sacrifice We wanted to haze than
wanted give We tried to spare effort and met disaster