Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-02


l. Lindbergh speech that l can
agree with. but the very heart
of his discussion is a menace to
the country and TO the liberties
for which he consistently has
failed to express any warm devo-
ton.
Yes. il is true that we have
been inching Sidewise into war.
that any warnings that he may
have given in time, none OF which
i remember, were almost wholly
disregarded in favor of socialis-
tic gains" for professional
unioneers, Communists and in
veterate ivy-league study-boys,
and that we have assumed an
other mission TO impose our
ideas on the rest of the world.
OUT when Lindbergh asks,
- rs il not time for us TO
turn TO new policies and new
leadership" My answer is that
the next change Of leadership tn
the United States cannot be
made according to our schedule
until january, 1915. and that.
msanWhIfe, change can be ac-
CompliShed only by such violence
as would drive the country into
snarling gangs of free-lance pa
trioteers. and duplicate here the
situation that enabled Hitter 10
take Rumania by thought wave.
We elect our leaders every
four years, and the present one
has barely begun his third term.
10 which he was elected by a
people who had every reason to-
know just what sort of man he
was and just what means and
methods he was using 10 cleo
himself.
The American people cannot
plead That they were duped by
Franklin Roosevelt at any
time after 1884. by which stage
OF the game the dew was off the
rose. 4
The people had occasion TO OBJ
serve that Mr.. Roosevelt was in
cllned 10 the oblique approach.
that he would give largess out Of
the public purse TO organize the
mendiCant or otherwise depend
ent vote under party politicians
and cold-eyed professional case
workers. and that he really had
no plan but was Just improviSing
as he went along and tossing an
other bunch Of commuters TO the
lions when they seemed likely 10
quiet down.
TNiE LAST campaign was
Il really hot one in which the
people were told the whole
truth about President Roosevelt
and reminded that. like some
fighters in the ring. he had n
way Of looking at your shoes
when he was fixing TO bust you
on the chin.
Moreover, they knew that
neither he nor Willkie had any
right TO pledge himself TO a
four-year policy toward the war.
and that any pledge 10 Shun
foreign" wars would have meant
a promise not 10 resist any
enemy. all international wars
being foreign"
You don't live under preSi-
dent eight years without learn
ing all there IS 10 know about
him. and the American people
knew Franklin d. Roosevelt az
your hand knows your own
pocket. Then they elected hinA
a third term, and, as one WHO
opposed him and most Of hiSU
works. / have TO believe they
did that because they knew him
so. rather than in spite Of their
knowledge.
We are supposed TO be en-
lightened people-not cattle--in
the United States. and If we
aren't. then we have been vast
ing an awful lot of man-hourS
and money on education and
ought 10 convert those colleges
into imbeciliums.
DUT NOW comes Lindbergh.
- proposing new policies
under a new leadership"
Well, it goes without saying
that we can't adopt new policies
without a change of leadership.
and that we can't repudiate the
elected leadership of Franklin
u. Roosevelt. with all his known
faults. without repudiating the
people. and l should like 10
know how Lindbcrgh proposes
TO 60 about that.
And freedom OF speech still
being one OF the liberties which
Lindbergh enjoys. | would urge
him 10 give us all tell right
away. because times awastin.
and | am one who has wanted A
change of leadership for years.
If il is impeachment that
Lindbergh has in mind his plan
falls in before the words are
uttered, because that would give
us Henry Wallace for president.
who was elected by Mr.. Roose-
welt himself. with the very idea
that if he should die from the
wear and tear of office Wallace
would pursue the same policies.
And. oreovc President
Roosevelt will not be impeached.
anyway, unless we get into war
and get a colossal licking. in
which case it wouldn't much<