Askov American., 1941-11-13

lects duty on the others, even on the
lease-lend material we were shipping
China until few weeks ago? Whose
freedom of the seas are we going to
fight for? Think.
Senator Shipstead tells me we are
rs per cent in the war. One more
step is total war. Repeal of the
Neutrality act, arming our merchant
ships, and don't forget the rider,
which says they may be sent to bel
ligerent ports, will send your sons and
brothers to die in Crimea or Africa
on a thankless mission. The same
mission the A. E. F. went on, over
20 years ago, and whose armistice
we celebrate this week. Think.
Ball says we are in the battle of
the Atlantic as result of attacks on
our shipping which was supplying our
troops in Iceland. There has not
been an American ship sunk which
has been on strictly neutral missions
and unarmed. The torpedo boat was
giving the location of a German sub
to the British navy, the tankers were
hauling oil to warning nation, and
the merchant ships were on the same
duty and were flying the flag of
Panama; some were armed. Iceland
is of no military value to us and
will be used as lever to get us into
this war.
Ask the boys who are home from
camp this month, what new guns or
equipment they have. They shoot
cannons made from 2x4's; machine
gun fire is Simulated" by flag wav-
ing over wooden gun. Ball says
"the objective of our policy is to de-
feat the Nazis". Are you going to
send the boys to die in front of Hit
ler's armoured divisions armed with
broom sticks and equipment that Eng
land doesn't want? Think.
The big salvation cry is the -Four
Freedoms. May the goddess of
liberty grant we have, and keep them
here. Is Stain an advocate of the
freedoms; is England's treatment of
India an example of that -Four Free
doms" or their treatment of Ireland?
When Stain occupied Finland with
out declaring war, or when he oc-
cupied Esthonia, Latvia, or Lithuania,
was he preaching that gospel? When
this war is over, and if we police the
world, will we be forced to fight
Russia to make him or any other
country give these freedoms, or, are
these small countries our enemies,
including Finland, the only one who
paid us their debt?
Will we be lined up with friends
or enemies or against the entire
world? Britain who was allied with
France has turned and sunk all the
French ships she could find. She
has also occupied French Syria. Will
Stain, Hitler, Churchill or Japan
knife us if we get in? What insur-
ance have we? My friends, your only
insurance is strong, well equipped
army and navy at home. Remember
what Lindbergh told you three years
ago, when he said, eff we lose this
war, it will be because we have given
away all our defense materials and
men," 1t looks painfully true. If we
are called to raise an army of eight
or ten million men, equipped ready to
fight, supplied with ammunition and
transported to foreign shore; we
will be impoverished before we start,
and we are calling the bluff of war
machine of that magnitude. Think.
England believes she can win this
war by defending England. Let us
follow her honorable example by de-
Tending the United States. Let Dot
tie Thompson rave, check facts close
ly, think clearly and through a sub
ject. Keep America strong and we
will be sitting in the golden chair
when the rash that re-occurs every
20 years in Europe is burnt out of
its own fire.
Our policy, instead of the one Ball
should be:
Keep our heads, our tempers and
our emotions.
Tend to our own business.
Keep our ships away from all bel
ligerents.
Suggest any war monger to enlist
himself or send his son or brother
All military men concede that a
strong air arm absolutely makes in
vasion impossible.
We have given ten billion dollars
worth of food to England. This is
one hundred dollars worth for every
person over there. More than the
average American will get this year.
England's exports to the Argentine
have increased II per cent over the
same month year ago. Most of this
increase is in steel, copper and tin.
All items are restricted here. They
advertise business as usual. Think.
am just sincere American try
ing to read the facts as I see them.
If you think I am wrong, give me
facts, not oratory. I will fly P-40
in defense of the United States, but 1
do not owe allegiance to any other
country, and neither should you.
HAP O'MALLEY.
Hinckley, MINI.
P. S. Now do you know why there