Evening star., 1941-09-22
On the Record
U. S. Should Declare War Now to Keep
Fighting Far Awoy, Writer Urges

is still equivocal.
Hitler has reserved complete
freedom of action as far as Rus
sia is concerned. When Churchill
and Roosevelt demanded as a
peace aim the destruction Of tie
Nazi tyranny, Hitler and Musso-
lini countered with less un-
euuivocal demand: the destruc-
ton of the Bolshevist menace.
Hitler has not demanded the
end of the Communist regime, in
some part of Russia, and has
left himself free to negotiate with
Stain. If catastrophe overtakes
Stains armies and the United
States remains in a twilight zone
of aid short of something or
other, no one can foretell what
Stain might decide to do.
Britain must decide either to
open a new front right now on
the continent and divert a part
of Hitler's armies, when he is
running short of oil, or she must
decide to weaken her home de-
fenses by diverting to Russia the
bulk of her stored reserves. Any
poStponement of a decision Will
work wholly in the interests OF
Hitler. His fuel position and the
conditions in the occupied coun-
tries are serious now.
But Britain cannot make this
decision except at the gravest
risk without knowing precisely
where we stand.
Political Moves DeplOred.
Meanwhile, in Congress and
out of it, men are conducting a
war on two frontS-on the high
seas and at home. The opponents
of the administration range all
the way from honest but mis-
guided pacifists and partisan pol
iticians to Nazi agents, and to
those who openly predict civil
war if the policy of the President
is pursued. While the world
darkens, we observe the disgust
ing spectacle of politicians OPEN
ing a campaign for election on
the platform of American catas-
trophe and II told you So"
All these things are taken into
account abroad. Lindbergh's
speeches are printed verbatim in
Spain as pro-Nazi editorials.
Spain is the most important
country for Latin America, and
Senator D. Worth Clark lets out
a blast against the Good Neigh
Dor" policy and advocates North
American Imperialism.
The subcommittee of the Sem
ate investigating the movies in
fers that the administrations
supporters are all British agents
or Jews.
Thus, at the moment when
Russia is in most critical situa-
ton and Britain must make
momentous decisions, America
presents picture of raucous dis
unity and unreliability.
This is the way wars are lost
and nations destroyed.
Says U. S. Should Declare War.
Craftsmanship is not to wait
and see, but to foresee.
Analysis which is disinterested
and cool leads only to one logical
conclusion. This country should
declare war. Now.
1t should declare it when the
declaration will have huge polit-
ical consequences. It should de-
clare it while we still have allies.
1t should declare 1t while the
battle is far away-and for the
purpose of keeping it far away.
1t should declare war in order
to stop our avowed enemies from
fishing in our domestic waters.
1t should declare war in order
to achieve the maximum pro-
duction, and put criticism of the
administration where 1t belongs:
upon its efficiency.
Or it should make up its mind
to live in Hitler's world, on Hit
ler's terms, as the most despised
of nations-a country that was
only big, not great.
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