The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-11-19

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evidently considered his oath to thi
government about as serious as som
of the campaign promises made b.
his associates of the New Deal
What would we think or say; /
some U. S. senator born in German,
after becoming a United States citi
zen would advocate our going to wal
for Hitler?
Yours for Democracy,
ALBERT B. REPLOGLE
November Is, 1914
To the Editor:
Last week, at an America First
Rally in New York, private citizen
Col Charles A. Lindbergh boosted
that in 1888 he had urged Britain and
France to permit Germany to ex
pand eastward into Russia without
declaring war" For disinterested
champion of peace, this is revealing
indeed. His speech also questioned
the integrity of those who oppose
Hitler, and the racial flavor was in
jected in subtle crack about the
mixed races, mixed religions and
mixed creeds" of America.
The America First Committee poses
as a peace" organization and on that
basis has enlisted the support of
thousands of unsuspecting persons.
Though the aims and purposes of the
organization engineered entirely from
above by powerful few and reflect
ing in no way the voice or vote of the
constituent members) are closely
guarded secret, from a few slips of
high spokesman it is possible to fit
together a somewhat comprehensive
and utterly reprehensible picture.
"Out of their mouths" it will be
shown that America First is NOT for
peace, but only for participation
in this particular aspect of the war;
that the America First Committee is
NOT against the use of force, but for
it when it suits their needs.
On July goth of this past summer,
Senator d. Worth Clark of Idaho told
reporters, Instead of talking about
sending soldiers to Europe we ought
to think about using them here in our
own hemisphere" He further pro-
posed that the United States set up
'puppet governments" in South Amer
lea and back up these governments
with our military force.
On October 18th, 1889, in radio
speech, the ubiquitous Col Lindbergh
attacked the people of Canada for not
seeding from Britain and declaring
MAND the freedom of this continent
and its surrounding islands from the
dictates of European power"
Most open of all is that excerpt
from a speech of Gen. Robert E.
Wood, most powerful and potent of
the America Firsters. Americans
like myself feel that our true mission
is in North and South America. Il
With our resources and organizing |
ability we can develop. an only |
partially developed continent like
North America and a virgin continent |
ike South America. :. I think we
should also make it understood that |
10 government in Mexico, Central |
America, and the Caribbean South |
American countries will be tolerated
lnless it is friendly to the United
States, and that, if necessary, WE
ARE PREPARED TO USE FORCE
70 ATTAIN THAT OBJECT"
Thus we must conclude that not
'nly is the America First Committee
to the use of force, but they
would use that force against small
minority nations of this hemisphere
n the same way that Hitler uses force
-gainst the minorities of Europe.
The America First Committee adopts
oward small countries the brutal, i'm
'erialist program that Hitler has
made famous.
Let us follow this idea to its natural
Since Hitler is already
in South and Central
america, the nazis would have to be
listed by force, or perhaps a deal
ould be made with Hitler at the ex-
ense of Europe and Asia. That
7ould leave only the natives of those
ountries to deal with. Faced with a {
litter New Order" consolidating Eu-
ope and Asia, an American new or l
er" in the western hemisphere would
e inevitable (See Douglas Miller's {
You Can't Do Business With Hitler s
fully comprehend this aspect.) A 1
Military dictatorship to match that of 1
[itler's would be the natural, newt I
Bile conclusion Of such program. G
II this be peace, woe unto peacel
lemo to John StahIberg: t
Sholem Asch and Robert Nathan L
rite of human beings acted upon
environment, conditions of being I
nd other circumstances. In their C
use, the human being happen to be ?
sws. These are the people they ?
now best. Just as Richard Wright q
robes into the darkest aspects of a
egro life in Native Son." Just as a
holokov in "The Silent Don" pre- p
'nts an objective epic of the Co.'S b
lcks during the October Revolution. t
list as every great writer has de- a
'loped his characters: critically and Il
lalytlcally In the cases enumer- u
ed, the authors had the advantage d
being kin to the people of whom n
ey wrote, and the obligation of Il
arching self-criticism. Il
The Roman ROLAND reference was Il
philosophical evaluation of a n
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