The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-11-06
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claring that he is opposed to remov-
ing restrictions which keep American
ships out Of combat zones.
We think Senator Bilbo is one
hundred percent right and sincerely
hope that Senator Wall Doxey will
also oppose the move to let Ameri-
can ships go tinto combat zones.
To send American ships into those
zones is the last step which will in
volve us Immediately in an unlimited
air and naval war with Germany.
We think any congressman or Sena-
tor who wants to keep this country
out of a shooting war will oppose
sending our ships into belligerent
waters.
Those congressman who talk about
freedom of the seas and about what
a tragedy it is for America to let
Germany tell her where she can send
her ships are misleading the Ameri-
a people, in our opinion.
Two countries engaged in a life
and death struggle of war naturally
draw a combat zone which they tell
other nations to steer clear off in
order not to get shot at. Only q IA
ton wanting to get involved in the
shooting would go into the zone. il
is not a question Of Germany telling
us where we can and cannot go.
The restriction prohibiting the en-
try Of American ships into combat
zones was a wise provision when pas
sed and it will help keep US out OF
the conflict any more than we are
already in it. We personally hope
the neutrality act is never repealed
and that every Mississippi congress
man will have courage enough to OPP
pose its repeal.
Even if America were prepared to
to engage in a shooting war today
we would be opposed to her entry
into the European war.
But for an unprepared America
to get into the German-England-
Russian ENHANCEMENT is suicide and
mass murder.
NV vii WAN 'S
will stand IDLY by and let an unpre-
pared America get drawn into a con-
flict that she is unprepared to win
now. When. she will be prepared to
win a wal is known only to God
and maybe John l.. Lewis.
The real enemies of this country
aren't the Wheelers, Lindberghs and
Nyes, who are warning the nation Of
what we face, but the persons who
are so STUPID that they think that
because we are Americans we can
stop tanks and guns with men on
foot.
If the President and the Congress
allows this country to go to war
without being properly equipped to
win they will go down in our history
as men who betrayed their W
country to help save England. Not
a very pretty picture.
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There is n thing we haven't
been able to understand about the
revision Of the neutrality act. Why
should American ships carry wal
materials to Britain? No authority,
including the President, any mem
Der of Congress or even the British,
have offered any practical necessity
for it. British ship sinkings were low
er in August and September than
any two previous months of the
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1t seems obvious that the only clear
cut result of such revision would be
to open that final gate toward actual
involvement.
Two refurbished submarines of the
u. S. Navy have been given to the
British and Polish navies and joined
those fleets Tuesday, a dispatch said.
If we could have u way we would
give every average ship, submarine,
gun and every other implement OF
war to the British and Russians IT
they can make use of them to
Russia especially since she at least
is fighting.
We certainly don't want apotheI
Reuben James incident. III our'mer
are going to sail the seas let's al
least give them ships they'll have
q chance to get back into port with
And until we get those ships, a
least. not start fighting a war.
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George Morris, Washington cor
respondent of the Commercial APP
peal, points out the fact that we i'm
port all the rubber we use in thi
country, principally from the Dutcl
East Indies which is controlled chief
" by the British. The source OF tina
rubber is readily available to britain
as much as to the United States. Ye
~big-hearted Uncle Sam has adopte'
a policy of buying the rubber from
the Dutch East Indies and then lease
lending it to the British. A recen
statement of Leon Henderson, pric'
control car, permitted tire price
in the U. S. to advance ten percent
This makes it nice for America
automobile owners.
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