Evening star., 1941-08-31
"A. P. Wirephoto.

and South America. And she got
back here the other day-her chill
dren are in this country, of school
age-and her husband is still in
foreign parts, very much on the job.
And when she got back she sent me
this letter.
The Letter.
I think it explains little bit what
is going on from the point of view
of a person who has seen it with
her own eyes. Not somebody like
the fellow that Moses said bought
the farm next door, but somebody
who has seen things in the world at
first-hand. Who knows geography
and knows other countries, and
sometimes, you know, the judgment
of people who see with their own
eyes, and have the largest number
of sources of information-Some
times their judgment is better than
the judgment of people who don't
have the same opportunity.
She writes that:
Il am at this summer resort with
my children, whom I have not seen
for many months. 1t is terrifying
coming from Europe, to realize that
many of these people in their un-
ruffled existence seem to have no
idea of what hangs over their heads
today. They put themselves in a
posture where they cannot souawk
about what they don't want to see.
They go about their daily dozens
ignoring the threatening heel of
human beings who want to destroy
the freedom-the normal life-to
which they have been accustomed.
after the word dozens" the
President said: Which is a good
phrase. applying not onlyeto
physical gymnastics, but think
mental gymnastics as well.'o
Thev Crnnot See.
They cannot see that the Hitlers
of the world are waging war by ex-
plotting social unrest, exploiting de-
cent human progress by the use of
armed power for their own aggrand-
izement.
Having seen with my own ewes
the cruel and ruthless sweep of the
dictator armies through Europe in
the first year of the war; having
contact with the expansion of that
sweep to Africa and Asia during the
second year of the war-and espe-
cially because personal. practical
experience proves the point-I know
that world domination, including of
necessity the Americas, is the def
mite planned purpose of the die
tators.
Finally, I want to say to you that
in Europe or Africa or Asia there is
not a nation of those who have suf-
fered abuse whose people are not
aware of what America stands for.
They believe in America despite all
the propaganda that is fed to them.
They know they will never be ex-
plotted by America. They pray daily
that America will save itself by
helping greatly to defeat Hitlerism.
They pray for this because it seems
to them that that is the only way
in which peoples everywhere can at
tain peace and live in peace"
Keep America This WAY.
L suppose that's the thought that
we all have. John Mack expressed
1t. Moses Smith expressed it. We
all feel 1t down deep in our hearts
that we want to keep America so
that in all the years to come. long
after we have gone, long after there
isn't any home club any more,
somebody in this township-perhaps
on this lawn-will be able to hold
a party like this, just as we are
doing it today, just as we hope we
will all come back next year, and
do 1t again.
Last year we had with us Frank
Walker and think on that occa
sion I announced his appointment
as Postmaster General of the United
States.
Well, Harry Hopkins Harry is 6
resident at Hyde Park. I don't have
to introduce him. I am still tryins
to sell him a farm.
But we have got a very distin.
guished visitor with us. I nigh
almost call him the prime minister
OF part of America, a part of tn,
United States Mr.. Munoz Marir
Is the president of the senate O