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peace. He was nominated with those
speeches still echoing in the ears of the
delegates.
He was nominated by the support of
the international groups in the con-
vention and in the country. Moreover,
he was opposed by the isolationists who
controlled the organization of the Re-
publican National Committee because
Willkie was an avowed interventionist
1t was a public dogfght. Willkie was
the only Republican candidate who took
the internationalist, interventionist posi-
tion boldly and unequivocally before the
Republican National Convention met.
During the whole campaign, time and
again, vociferously. in plain words, Mr.
Willkie declared that the way to peace
was to keep Britain fighting While we
armed. The public response to this atti-
tude gave the Republicans the largest
vote they had cast for dozen years.
The only voices raised against this policy,
in the campaign of aid to Britain as a
way to peace, were raised by Norman
Thomas, Socialist candidate, and by Earl
Browder, Communist candidate.
In June, after the two nominations
We're made, Senator Burke, Democrat,
of Nebraska introduced the conscription
bill in the Senate and Congressman
Wadsworth, Republican, of New York
introduced the bill into the House The
Pan-Anerican Conference opened in
Havana, which lined up the govern
ments of this hemisphere against the
totalitarian powers. Secretary Stimson
and Secretary Knox were called to the
cabinet in a gesture of coalition that
would present solid front of the inter-
national interventionistS against the iso-
lationist policy and line up the country
against Hitler and Mussolini.
Immediately after Dunkirk, the Presi-
dent began negotiating to trade so obso-
lete destroyers to Britain for naval bases
in the Atlantic, ranging from Newfound-
land to the South American coast. The
trade received the unqualified approval
of the American people. Wendell Willkie,
the Republican candidate, Endorsed the
destroyer deal, saving his partys face
by grumbling because the deal was not
conducted publicly-an obvious impossi-
bility
In September, in the midst of the
campaign, again the President took our
foreign policy to Congress. After full
and hot debate, with Mr.. Willkie sup
porting the measure, the Selective Serv-
ice Act was passed. BY passage of that
act, the United States, with Congress
concurring, advertised to the world that
It was arming against the menace Of
Hitler and the totalitarian powers in Eu-
Evening star., 1941-08-31
u. S. FOREIGN POLICY HELD PEACEFUL
Contendng Factions Have Same Goal

The first week of September marks the
second anniversary of World War II.
Also, it marks the fourth year of
definite foreign policy outlined by Presi-
dent Roosevelt in his Chicago speech in
the early autumn of 1887, when he de-
clared that free people should "quaran-
tine against the aggressor"
Even then, and indeed, since the be-
ginning of our republic, two definite
groups or schools of thought have grown
side by side, but sadly enough they have
grown with a sort of malevolent neu-
trality toward each other. Yet both de-
sire peace; the isolationist group, seek
ing peace by ignoring the war, and the
group which holds that this countrys
road to peace is to support with our
industrial strength the cause of any
free country that is fighting ruthless
sggreSSor who is marching our way.
Neither group can guarantee peace for
the United States in a world in flames!
Only demagogues promise peace-un-
eonditionally!
The Monroe Doctrine was the tradi-
tional expression of the so-called inter-
ventionist group in American politics.
1t was limited to peace in this hemis-
phere, but KoSsuth and Kosciusko in
Europe 100 years ago, defending the
rights of free people in Europe, at
tracted American sympathy almost uni
versally, but. not, of course, to the point
of armed Intervention
America sympathized with the Ger
man revolution of 1848 and American
opinion stood largely with France when
Germany overwhelmed her in 1870 The
country followed President Wilson when
he led us into the first World War ito
make the world safe for democracy"
Right or wrong, futile or effective, that
was the slogan of the interventionists,
after our national peace policy had
failed in 1917 We could have swallowed
our pride when our ships were sunk, but
we could not repress our moral 1ndlgna-
ton when the Central Powers began to
overwhelm and Cypress the free peoples
of Europe. Fools? Maybe, but still
Americans.
In 1880 and 1881, President Hoover
Joined the interventionists when his
administration demanded that civiliza-
ton stop the Japanese aggressors in
Manchuria. But Great Britain played
politics; Germany was not interested;
France turned a cold shoulder to the
Hoover plea. So the League of Nations
hemmed and hawed our plea off the
table. When President Hoover went out
Of Office. his foreign policy was continued
Evening star., 1941-08-31
By Wiiiiam Allen White.

after the rise of Adolf Hitler by Presi-
dent Roosevelt
BY 1885 it was obvious that Hitler
aimed at the domination of Europe, that
he was arming for great war. And
slowly, in the two years that followed,
American opinion again began to divide.
The isolationalists, who had risen to de-
feat the League of Nations, were begin
ming to cry: Let Hitler alone!" And the
international interventionists were be-
ginning to feel that Hitler's aggression
menaced free people everywhere, event.
ually even in the United States.
By 1887 the two ancient groups in
American politics, the isolationists and
the internationalists, began to line up
again. When the President declared In
1887 that the "aggressors should be quar-
antined," great outcry rose that he was
dragging us into war. But it was evil
dent then that President Roosevelt ac-
cepted the Hoover policy to oppose inter-
national aggression. He rallied by his
quarantine" speech in Chicago in the
autumn of 1887 the remnants of the
forces which went into battle around
President Wilson in his struggle for the
League of Nations.
A year later, in August, 1888, at
Kingston, Ontario, President Roosevelt
declared in a public speech: The peo-
pie of the United States will not stand
idly by if the domination of Canadian
soil is threatened by any other empire"
That speech was made when Chamber
lain and the British Tories were trying
to appease Hitler That speech, also,
aroused the isolationists and cheered up
the internationalists. Again it was
Roosevelt is leading us into war" Old
lines were forming again. Six months
later, after Chamberlain had sur
rendered, when Czecho- -Slovakia had
fallen, when Austria was conquered,
when the Poles were threatened, again
President Roosevelt declared that our
frontier is on the Rhine" The isolation
ist answer to that war cry was the
passage of the arms embargo bill by a
vote of 200 to 1873 in the House, which
President Roosevelt declared promoted
the spirit of war in Europe.
1t was evident even that long ago
that he was trying to establish peace
by using the torce of American diplo-
matte power to check Hitler's aggression,
while the isolationists were seeking peace
by economic isolation. That Embargo
Act would have tied our hands. While
it was law, we could ship no implements
of war to Europe, even to aid Great
Britain Yet the Embargo Act would
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was at work as the troops moved in.
He sought to convince the Shah of Iran
of the futility and waste of fighting the
Russians and the British. Before long
Sir Readings work had been successful.
Two days after the campaign began
the Iranian government resigned, to be
succeeded by government at whose
head is Prime Minister Ali Furanghi.
On Thursday he announced to the Par
lament in Teheran that orders had been
issued to Iran troops to cease resistance
to the Russian and British forces. Be-
fore the invaders would agree to peace,
it was reported from London, they would
demand that the Iranian government
turn over to them all the German tech
nicians in the country, that Iran guar
antee facilities for transport of war
supplies from the Persian Gulf to Russia
and that steady flow of oil be main
tanned to feed the British Navy, Army
and Air Force in the Middle East The
Iranian order to cease firing came 80
minutes after Soviet war planes dropped
six bombs on a Teheran suburb
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did not come. We still hao peace. Then
came the occupation of Iceland, and an
other outcry followed, still wildly de-
nouncing the President for leading us
step by step into war. And finally came
the demand of the heads of the Army
that the time of the draftees and the
militiamen be extended. Once more a
futile isolationiSt indictment was drafted.
Again the American foreign policy tri- :
umphed in Congress-but by a squeak!
It had been four times submitted to
Congress and four times it had won. 1t /,
had gone to the people and it had been
indorsed by a tremendous majority of
the voters. 1t has been established as
the settled peace policy of the United
States.
1t has guaranteed peace for two ter
rible years in a time of war. Without
that policy, no one can deny that Britain
would have been defeated before now.
The peace policy of intervention and in-.
ternational alliance with those who are
fighting Hitler has been tried and tested.
The meeting on the cruiser Augusta in :.
the Atlantic, when Prime Minister
Churchill and President Roosevelt out :
lined the democratic objectives Of the,
war, furnished again a new slogan
around which free men could rally, But
again the whoop of impotent wrath aroso-
from the defeated isolationists. Again it
died in vain reverberations. AS peace
policy. international intervention for the
United States has won. 1t has proved its
worth. More than that the isolationlstS,
enemies of that policy, would not today
denounce the eight-point program. They
would not go back and withdraw our
soldiers from Iceland. They would not
pull out of Newfoundland. They would
not, if they could, take back the de-
stroyers, the planes and the guns that
we have sold to the British for Atlantic
island bases. Certainly they would not
take away those tons of armament that
rearmed Britain after Dunkirk and kept
Britain fighting.
The step-by-step policy by which his
enemies have claimed Roosevelt is Lead
ing up into war has been proved STEP
by-step policy that has preserved peace.
If ever this country needed the proof OF
the value of its peace policy, the foreign
policy of the country for the last four
years has proved itself. 1t is still not
strong enough to guarantee peace. No
foreign policy will insure peace, and yet
If the proof of the pudding is the eating
thereof and not the chewing of the rag.
the foreign policy of our country, after
two years of world war. is q pudding OF
peace.
Evening star., 1941-08-31
Far Eastern Front

The 1ovial Ambassador OF Japan IN
the United States, Admiral Kichisaburo
Nomura, visited the White House on
Thursday and left with Mr.. Roosevelt
personal letter from Prince Fumimaro
Konoye, the Prime Minister of Japan.
For Al minutes the President, the AM
bassador and Secretary of State Hull
talked Afterward Mr.. Hull said that
there would be more talks and that Mr..
Roosevelt would reply to Prince Konoye.
What the note said is still secret, but
it is known that an &stempt is being
made to put a stop to American~Japa-
nese antagonisms. The coming week 10
expected to bring disclosures Of the de-
tails Of this extraordinary and portentouS
effort at insurance of peace in the
Pacific.
Evening star., 1941-08-31
European Front

The anger of the French at their domi-
nation by Germans and their loss of
influence with the French leaders of
their near German government erupted
last week and forced on the Axis a sort
of western front.
On Wednesday afternoon Pierre Laval,
former Vice Premier of the Vichy gov
ernment and lead
Shots Hit ing French pro-
Pro-Nozi loyoI ponent of strong
collaboration with
Germany, was at Versailles, registering
anti Communists to fight in volunteer
force alongside Germany in the war
against Russia. BY him was Marcel
Deaf, former Air Minister, and like
Laval, a leading collaborationist The
anti-Communist legionnaires were TAX
ing the oath of allegiance when shots
rang out Bullets struck Laval in the
arm and chest tenth of an inch below
the heart, and Deaf in the arm
At once Paul Colette, %, identified by
police, as a Communist, was arrested for
the shooting. He had been among the
legionnairies. Two days later Laval sent
this word from his sick bed in Versailles
to the authorities:
Il request that Colette not be exc
cutai.'
When he was asked by a magistrate
why ne shot Laval and Deaf instead of
the high German officers present at the
ceremony of the oath-taking, Colette
replied:
why would you want me to fire at
a German officer? I have no reason
to do that because they are in France
to carry out their duty"
Lavals temperature rose, and with
each passing hour the possibility in
creased that he would die of his wounds.
Evening star., 1941-08-31

have placed us in jeopardy when Eu-
ropean war broke out by allowing our
ships to carry to either belligerent con-
traband of war. the unassembled parts
of guns and planes, the raw materials Of
war, wheat and oil. That law represented
the drastic isolationist position: Let
Great Britain fight alone, but let us risk
actual entrance into belligerency when
our ships, carrying not the implements
of war but contraband of war, were sunk
by either belligerent in the conflict that
was gathering. We were back in 1914
Wilson's hewildered days.
The second World War opened Sep
tember 8, 1899. Then, under the danger
of war and under the pressure to keep
out of belligerency, the Presidents for
eign policy relating to the European
conflict was definitely formed and
formally announced in Congress, in
thousand newspapers. The Roosevelt
foreign policy frankly was to aid Great
Britain short of war, to send her all the
war materials she could buy and pay
for, and to give her every aid and en-
couragement short of belligerent CO.
operation. That policy the President
and the inteventionist group felt was
the only policy which would keep Amer
lea at peace.
They took that position as a peace
party; certainly not as war party. The
Embargo Act was repealed at the PreSi-
dents suggestion. In score of ways
the President and the internationalist
group made it plain that we had no desire
to deceive Hitler about our national
antagonism to his ruthless plans to con-
quer Europe.
AS the war developed, after the fall
of Poland, step by step, as the war
changed the European picture, the Presi-
dent, as the leader of the interventionist
peace party, of course, had to shift the
expression of our American foreign policy
to meet the exigencies of the second
World War. Hence the fall of Poland
was answered by the repeal of the isola-
zionist Embargo Act in the early winter
of 1899, after the President proclaimed
an emergency for the observance Of
American belligerent neutrality and after
he issued orders increasing our armed
forces. The President summoned Con-
gress in special session to repeal the
Embargo Act. Again his isolationist
opponents instinctively reacted with an
uproar that he was leading us into war.
They appealed to the people in vain.
Congress followed the President. The
Embargo Act was repealed. In early
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November the President signed the Neu-
trality Act
The foreign policy of the international
group which splits fairly even both the
old parties, was made evident as the war
opened in Norway, Holland and Belgium
in 1910. Then in the late spring, after
France fell, the United States Navy De-
partment traded back so of its planes to
the manufacturers for reshipment to the
Allies President Roosevelt announced
a national policy of trading in obsolete
Army and Navy weapons to make them
available for immediate resale to the Al
lies. His isolationist adversaries tried to
rally Congress against the President.
They failed. Public opinion supported
him and he sent hundreds of thousands
of old guns, which could not be used for
training American soldiers, to Great
Britain after Dunkirk; also he sold to
Great Britain for cash thousands of
ments and munitions of war. They
were shipped on British ships It was
evident that the people were with Mr..
Roosevelt. 1t was all part of the
foreign policy of the United States-to
stop aggression and help to keep or to
restore peace in the world
On June 10, 1910, President Roosevelt
delivered his "stab-in- -the-back" speech,
directed at Mussolini after the Italians
entered the war. 1t was evident then
that American opinion was forming
around the thesis that If We could keep
England fighting while the United States
armed we could maintain peace in this
hemisphere. That spring Wendell
Willkie, before he received the Republic
can nomination, announced publicly in
three different speeches his belief in the
policy that aid to Britain was the only
policy that would maintain American
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thence
Iran and the Caspian Sea to Bau affords the only relatively safe
or supplies
approaches completely
already
Germany
stays closed zee closes RuSiaS Arctic ports
to the through nothing Britain control
overland segment Of the
ra1uay completed
transporting
surfaced with crushed stone
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Review of 104th Week of War
By Blair BoHes.

Tomorrow the two DID, the outlook
the bakest Hitler his
morning OF September 1889 Last
the Nazs their allies
MOSCOW
country OF Iran in the shortest the
wildly against the German the
the
valuable Japanese
Roosevelt suggested that
amiably between capitals
Pacific that the letter might
Charles Gaule United
of
and his supporter Musoini of a
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OF first importance the fact that the only practicable miner
route lies Trans backed
a
British controledom BrtainS
prestige
India
alon9 the become geographical
of allies separated arme
stay
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Table "Line1aS''

New Printed Cotton Table Cloths. So" size in
q variety of patterns and colors- ISL "a
Seconds Of 81 Printed Table Cloths, So" size.
Heavy weight crash linen with colored border
pattern Table Cloths, 54x72" size 81 AZ
S7O0-7-Pc Irish Linen Damask Table Sets,
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Double Damask Linen Table Cloths, 66x66"
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Bedspreads, Etc.

$50 Cotton Coverlet Bedsprsads- 80
s4.ss Chenille Tufted Bedspreads. Double and
twin bed sizes &S III
$500 & $500 Chenille Tufted Bedspreads.
Double and twin bed sizes %
S1.s9 Unbleached Mattress Covers For double
and twin beds ds-------------------Sl.29
S195 "Pepperen" Mattress Covers. Made Of
heavy unbIeached sheeting. Taped edges, rub
Der buttons SO
49c Broadcloth Pillow Protectors. Made Of
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Evening star., 1941-12-28

Charming for a young
girls room :. practical in
any bedroom. Fringed hob
nail candlewick bedspreads
and chenille tufted spreads
in muted pastel shades.
Sizes for double and twin
beds.
EnnnAu-okoee Hoog.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-24
No u. S. Drive
by Nazis Seen

(Bv international News Servics)
Washington. Apr. 24-INS-The
best information obtalnable today
is that II Hitler wins in Europe, he
will leave the United States alone
in a military sense while combining
his operations in the western hem
isphere 10 seeking trade in South
America.
From important sources. both
American and foreign, was obtain
ed the following pictures OF Hitler's
major aims In event he defeats
England:
J.. To smash the British life
line that girds the world by de-
militarizing Gibraltar, information
alizing the Suez Canal and recap
turing the African colonies lost by
Germany in the treaty OF Yer.
sailles.
2. To let the United States strict
ly alone in a military sense, unless
or until the United States commits
some military act OF aggression
against either Germany or her con.
quefed- territories.
3. To initiate world wide drive
for trade and commerce along bar
ter lines to conflict with the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-24
Tribute Paid
Scout Leaders

A fine tribute to Scout leaders
and their work with youth was paid
by George Burke, Ann Arbor at
torney, who was the principal
speaker at the appreciation dinner
for Scoutrhasters, Cubmasters and
leaders OF Senior Scout Groups
Wednesday evening in the. Michi-
gan Union, Ann Arbor.
Mr.. Burke pointed out that while
some men serve their community
through their work on school
boards and other civic organiza-
tions, others serve as leaders OF
boys. The speaker, who is the
father OF a Scout, urged the men
to prepare for the work as leaders
and to equip themselves with AIDE.
quate training.
There were 121 at the dinner
which was given by the leadership
training committee of the Washte-
naw-Livingston Boy Scout Council.
Rabbi j. NJ Cohen. Ann Arbor,
in charge OF the Hillel Foundation,
was an able POSTMASTER and en-
tertainment was provided by the
Texas Ranch Hands. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Delmar, magicians. and q
Hawaiian trio.
Each Scoutmaster. Cubmaster
and leader was given a citation Of
service indicating the number Of
years each had served The cita-
ton was signed by Supt. E. II.
Chapelle. Council president, Field
ing II. Yost. Scout commissioner,
the district chairman and the dis
trict commissioner. The awards
to Ypslanti men were presented
by DR.. Harry l. Smith and Rev.
Raymon Bair.
The presentation OF colors was
very effectively carried out as ~
Scouts. cubs and Sea Scouts
marched in, each carrying an
American flag. AS these were
grouped behind the speakers table.
the-pledge OF allegiance was given
and the bugle call was sounded by
Paul Mason OF the American Le-
gion troop OF Ann Arbor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-24
Hundred Gifts to
*be Presented Here

One hundred useful gifts will be
presented Saturday evening at Oils
to holders Of courtesy coupons, the
awards being made as a climax TO
the Spring Merchandise Festival
sponsored by the retail committee
OF the Board OF Commerce.
The awards will be given from
a platform on the Washington st.
side OF the National Bank OF Ypsi-
lapti building. Traffic will be d.
verted at Washington and Ferris
SITS. and at Washington St. and
Michigan Ave.
The Festival is being featured
by special sales days, Friday and
Saturday. local merchants offering
choice merchandise which will aid
housewives in their clean up &C
tivities. They promise full stocks
and there will be courteous and
helpful sales people to assist Gus
toners.