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War Endaneers All
Freedom in v. S. A.

Whatever all this may be. the
hard practical fact is that we are
engaged in naval war. This
creates a new situation in national
action. From here -we-will ulti-
mately face further question.
That is, shall we send expedi-
tionary forces to Europe or its
suburbs?
Some will say that the posi-
bility of sending our land armies
into this European maelstrom is
fantastic. Sim months ago when
/ stated our national policies were
heading for a naval war Il idea
was also called fantastic.
The preliminary d ema and Is
likely to be for an expeditionary
force 10 Persia or Egypt or some
other place in the suburbs of Eu-
rope. Already the propaganda
agencies are hurting il out. AL.
ready press dispatc hes from
abroad indicate IL.
Already officials are making the
same sort Of statements that ante
coded our going INFO naval action
And what is more. we are prepar-
ing vast amount of war material
the only use OF which would be for
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-20

safely TO France in instruments
over a year. This time we would
have to land overpowering forces
all al once.
For us 10 do that we would
need prepare five TO eight million
American boys in addition to the
British.
II would take us five years to
prepare the men and equipment.
1t would take more than five years
10 build the shipping 10 transport
them. No military expert believes
we could land such an army in
Europe even if we got overseas.
To land a force of few hun
DIRE d thousand Americans in
Persia or Africa or other places
would simply invite another Dun
kirk.
For the Germans with their in
side land lines could concentrate
against them We should not for
get the fuLlllly of the British
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-20
Hoover DEGREES
AEF Propaganda
Peaceful U. S. Held
Best for Britain
by Ex-President

tuteFuhttOuni NrNb rrfftso WV
CHICAGO, Nov. 20.-rAssertini
that by every indication the Euro
pean war lis a military stalematt
for the forseeable future" former
President Herbert Hoover main
;ained today that the United
States can best serve the cause
of the democracies by continuing
10 send them aid short of an ex'
peditionary force.
The dispatch of an AEF into the
European holocaust, Hoover de-
clared in a nationwide radio broad
cast. would be fatal to Americas
. fifth freedom" which he de-
scribed as 1.-The freedom OF men
TO choose their own jobs, the free
dom To save for ones children and
old age, the freedom of enter.
prise
Hoover. whose address was
made before tn e Union League
Club OF Chicago, particularly
warned against what he termed
the campaign 10 infame the emo
tions of Americans into wal
hysteria, campaign, he said
which has gone so far as 10 rep
resent Josef tSalin as "a saint. .
The text of his speech follows
I do not know whether we are
at war or not. 1t depends on how
we define war.
1t is said that in ancient Chi
nese strategy every battle opened
with three preliminary rounds.
The first was violent making OF
faces at the enemy. The second
was a period of devastating cat
calls. The third was menacing
display of arms. We are at least
in the third stage.
This may be half war. II may
be undeclared war. 1t mey be just
naval action" The Congress has
not declared war. We have not
terminated our treaties with Ger
many We maintain Our embassy
in Berlin, and the Germans main
tain their embassy IN Washington.
From these aspects we are
not at war.
That may he wishfui thinking
because l wish that if we decide
on war that we march openly
under the Constitution OF the
United States.
have opposed shooting war
because L believe it endangers
freedom in the United States. !
believe il endangers freedom lr
all the world And / believe alter
native policies would have brought
more aid TO Britain.
And / have been through the
sgonles and aftermaths OF one
World War. However. / am moi
going 10 engage in recrimination;
on the legality or morals or merits
Of the policies that have led II
this situation.
History will determine these
things. And they Will rise agair
and again before the tribunal OF
future generations Of Americans
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cent some time ago. Britain Il
even handing ships back TO Tho
United States. Thus the Ges
mans cannot bring the war TO /;
conclusion by sea power.
In this'war air power has multi
piled its strength As an adjunct Il
armies and for attack upon ships
But for the past year IL is steadily
weakening as an effective attack
upon civilians and upon industrial
production.
The defense Of the land from
bombers has made great gains.
Extensive daylight air raids are
today impossible. Night attacks
are too inaccurate 10 destroy i'm
dustry. And night attacks are
less effective than "A year ago.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-20
Germans Cannot
Take Army Overseas

GermanyS overpowe n
strength is in land armies. 1t lie.
on land. Obviously the Germans
dominate the whole continent from
near Moscow TO the r & lis !
Channel.
Every person OF com m on
sense will agree that they can
conceivabIy prevail wherever
they can march by land.
They can conceiYably isolate
Stain from any consequential
American supplies. They might
even eliminate Russia as a de
termining military factor in this
war. They may conceivably in.
wade Persia and Egypt.
But the critical thing for the
Germans Is that they cannot
take their armies overseas. They
cannot reach England. They
failed even to cross the chan
mel. Thus these victorious Ger
man land armise cannot bring
the war to conclusion.
Germany has failed 10 bring
England down by submarine ano
air blockade. Mr.. Churchill states
that ship losses have been reduced
by two-thirds. Insurance rates on
Atlantic Shipping dropped 23SnpT
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CONTINUED on Page al
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Impossible for Hitler
To Be Victorious

They result mostly in barbaric
killing of women. children and
civilians in the hope of breaking
morale.
Thus Germany has no way 10
bring the war 10 military con-
lcluSion either by land, sea or air.
As the situation stands today
Hitler cannot be victorious. We
were genuinely thrilled TO hear
from Mr.. Churchill last week that
the peril to Britain has passed
And we may look at This sltua-
ton from the English side. The
British obviously cannot success
fully attack Germany by land
armies. Their sea power has
proved unable to deprive the Ger
mans of vital supplies. The Ger
mans will not be starved out for
food or nunitions.The British
air attack has not stopped the
Nazi production of war weapons.
Thus there is no promise that
Britain can bring IA military con-
cluSlon 10 this war, either by
armies, ships or planes for years
ito come.
The primary question before us
is the weight of the United States
these military scales. We can
dismiss at once the bogie that
Hitler can invade the Western
Hemisphere against the modern
development of the alrplane and
our navy either now or 10 years
hence.
That idea is just propaganda
TO create fear i'm the United
States. And the further fcEr
idea that he can control our
economic life has been so often
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-20

some sort OF an expeditionary
force.
II may he that the men In
control OF our government have
no present intention OF sending
our sons overseas. But there
are forces which drive this ma
ton toward such action.
Mobs. tribes and nations can be
inflamed by emotions and mad.
ness which overcome all reasno
and all peril. The four great
weapons to arouse war spirit are
the exaggeration OF fear, the
stimulation of hate. The challenge
to courage and the appeal to
ideals.
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naval experts
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Leadership Powerless
To Oppose People

Ie we send an expeditionary
force even 10 Africa or other out
lying parts of this war. We shall
have from il flaming of emotions
from death TO sorrow.
+ And a people can be so inhamed
that its own leadership is power
less 10 oppose. Leaders. in all
good faith. may promise that there
will be no bows sent over. But
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-20

landings in Belgium. Norway aYd
Greece.
In any event no force in the
suburbs of Europe could overcome
Hitler's armies. Such foFc6;
would automatically be an ernp7'
tional decoy 10 larger armies.
The British today have \.
blockade of Germany as effect
tive as IL can be made. The sd>!
diti0n of the American navy
does not overcome Hitler by
sea power.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-20
dlsproved that we hear little of

disproved that we hear little Of
IL any more.
But could the United State.
break this military stalemate IN
Europe by adding our military
power 10 that OF the British? W.
can now observe that Russia coulC
not overcome the German army
even with her 10 million men. p
thousand tanks. 20 thousand
planes. fighting on her own sol
behind her own Notifications
with her, transportation wholly
over land and on inside lines.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-20
AEF Now Wouldn't
Be Like That of 1918

Sending AN army from America
10 the continent of Europe itseli
today would not be like that oil
the first World War.
Then we TRANSPORTED our mer
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-20
Futile Waste Of Life
To Send U. S. Armies

The increase of our supply of
airpTanes TO the British helps de-
fend England. But the bombing OF
industrial Germany is not likely
to be decisive factor in this war.
Thus from the land, the sea and
Continued on Page "a
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ago. Yet during this last year We
have seen a steady rise of wan
psychosis among our people.
Some of il comes naturally from
our dangers and our indignations
and our desire to serve mankind
The daily presence of Hitlers
bloody aggressions feeds the fires
of resentment enough without
stimulants.
But these emotions are being
artificially famed daily by organ
lied groups. by official propa'
ganda and through a thousand de.
vices and hundreds OF thousands
of voices.
We even see Stain being made
into a saint. That this hysteria Is
rising above reason is evident
every hour in intolerance of free
speech, in nameycalling, Islander
and in the constant charge of COW.
ardice and moral treason directed
against those who speak for
Icaution.
And the forging oil links OF Inc
chain of emotion which drag Us
TO war is fired by forces ever
stronger than words.
For instance. American ships
were transferred TO the Panama
flag and put TO carrying contra
band.
Six of them were sunk. and we
are called upon TO fight because
of these incidents.
Our navy has been conveying
British ships to Iceland. Our war
ships are torpedoed, and American
lives are lost. The death of the
neutrality act means that oul
naval operations will be greatly
extended.
Our American merchant and
war ships will be going to Brit
ain. There Will now be more
and more American ships tor
pedoed, more American boys
drowned. more and more drive
of emotion toward sending
\ armies TO Europe.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-20
Dangers TO U. S. Now
Less Than a Year Aqo

The dangers to the United
States and England from Europe
aro toss than thev were wear
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-24
Employers Due
For Job Levy

An estimated 5000 Michigan
employers may become liable FOR
unemployment compensation con
tributionS after January !, al
though they are exempt under
federal laws. Wendell Lund Michi-
gan unemployment compensation
commission executive director
warned today.
Both federal and state laws pro-
vide that a company employing no
more than seven persons is exempt
but the Michigan statute provides
that the number Of employees shall
be Judged by tho total number of
individuals hired during a week,
II even for a day each
That is. II a firm novcr had
more than five persons employed
on any one day. il still might re-
auire eight different individuals on
shifts 10 maintain the total Of five
each day, making the concern
liable under the law
Lund also pointed out that when
two businesses are conducted by q
single individual doing the same
~ line Of work. compensation liability
is based on the total number of
employees IN both firms, under
Michigan laws.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-24
1941 Death Rate
Lowest

Detroit Is approaching the end
of year IN which the death rate
has been tho lowest IN The city 5
history. Dr. Bruce II. Douglas
commissioner OF health, reported
today ~
only eight persons Of every
! 900 IN population died during
le4t he SAID
Taking the greatest drop was
the rate for deaths from organic
heart disease. from 1874 for each
1907 600 Of population IN 1910 "a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-24

A Sequel 10 Marriage Meddlefs

him, hut with a necessarily OBJ
hque approach.
suppose you give up trying
for the moment" ! said IN mat
ter Of fact tones
She dropped her hand 70 hel
lap, and eprnrd- heT eyes WIdc a
me
why. what do you mean ."
she asked.
Il thought Grandpa Spencer
attached 40 much Importance 10
my remembering Marion's old
childish activities"
He does" ! returned shortly,
but you're getting nowhere try
ing 10 dig your memories out
bN main strength. In fact. I
shouldn't wonder hut you're
really tamping them deeper into
whatever crypt they lie in"
You're probably right at
that" she said. with a rue'gl
,nrug ot her shoulders
Il seem To be remembering
less every minute"
You see" I SAID triUmphau''v.
But what arm l 10 do" she
asked a blt wildly.
Marion probably Is trying to
get an important message 10 u.
and I'm falling her"
HEADS OFF HYSTERIA
stop that nonsense. this min
ute" / commanded. for ! wanted
no inclpcnt hysterla 10 hamper
my experiment
] stopped 10 the warming over
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-24
Quiz Answers

Wilkes Land is named for
Capt John Wilkes. who re-
ported the discovery in 1S4n-
me Mexican peninsula OF
Hucatan. projecting into the
Gulf of Mexico
Henry WadSworth LongfelloW
one is in Texas emptylng
into the Gulf Of Mexico. the
other flows through Arizona
into the Gulf of California
oliver Hazard Perry, born
on Aug q 1855 Perry died
of yellow fever IN tho West
Indies on Aug. -. 1919
Gilbert. for the now famous
Bah Ballads and Sullivan
for onward Christian Sol
dler> or perhaps the Lost
Chord
Maine northeast corner
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-24
RELAXES AT MEAL

"Put your mind on the mullins
instead Of Marion" l told her,
trying 20 make my smile plauS-
lble. land let me see YOU do full
Justice TO this breakfast.
II don't mean that We shall
avoid mentioning Mario
name" ] went on. with what |
hoped was guileleSS men, I'VE
hardly can help talking about
her. But stop trying To remem-
her anything about that old
time"
"I'Il he mighty glad 10 do
that" She SAID palpabiy relaxing,
and for several minutes did full
justice 10 her breakfast.
But when she poured her sec
Ond cup Of coffee she put a per
tlnent question 10 me
DO YOU think Marion il being
ill-treated in any wayS For in
stance. - she gave a sudden
glance Of di>taSte at the steam
InG cup n her hand do you
suppose she IL getting enough 10
eat ."
Continued tomorrow
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only 1914 for each 100000 in l94l.
In contrast 10 the drop IN the
death rate the birth rate was the
highest since 1880. reaching 20 for
each 900 population. Doctor
Douglas SAID prenatal education
WIS appa enTTY showing effect. be-
cause The infant death rate showed
a marked decline
The only black mark for tho
year was The increase IN the death
rate from home and automobile
accidents
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-24
Sessions al Night

Tho Michigan Unemployment
Compensation Compassion ar
nounced today that referees VIII
hold sessions both Saturdays and
evenings whenever requested The
additional hours are for tho bcne-
6t of both workers and employees
now busy on war work
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-24

At my question Mary leaned
back in her chair and tapped her
lips lightly with tHe CUTvvd fore
finger Of her left hand. a gesture
familiar 10 me, for it is one she
frequently uses when Thinking oai
a troublesome problem
Yes, II means just what IL
says, for one thing" she said al
last.
Marion once made me,
promise that when she should
be married. I should send her
something blue 10 wear
I suppressed groan, ther
voiced an agitsted disclaimer
"But, Mary, II must mean
something more than that
Didn't i make II clear that
Marion's letter 30 her mother,
as interpreted by the code YOU
girls had. gave the distinct mos
sage that she was not going 10
be married ."
Old MEMORIES
Eyes. 7 Understood that,
Mary answered.
Then she moved biz i'm
patiently in hcr chair.
please let me think" She
muttered. and with a hasiy cot
course" / leaned back IN my
own chair and waited the out
come Of her revere
"Oh. ~ Id only been more
thoughtful at that time. less
absorbed In my own affairs"
she burst out. after a long in
terval. during which neither She
nor ! had stirred. except for
the inceSSaRt- tapping EFF her
forehnger
II can't remember n single
thing OF any consequence. she
went on. and Yet I have n
vague feeling that there's some
thing buried deep inside Of me
that would help, If ] only could
remember it,
l remembered my fathers ad
monition 10 "dclve deep int
Mary'S subconsciouSncSS. anC
with sigh which ! hoped wa
not audible I prepared 10 obc,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-24
Connolly Answers
By Lyman Young
On the Planet Mongo
By Fran Striker

1 tal Pearl Buck Cb) James
F Cooper rcj James W.
Riley
> la Gen Charles CORVALLIS;
tbl Emanuel Leutze, fc)
Jacques Marquette
3 lal The Grccn Pastures"
Connolly tbi The Last Of
The Mohicans Cooper. (cD
Strange lntcrlUdc O'Neill.
4 latJ Andrew Jackson: (b)
Henry Leei rcl Francis
Marion
5 ial april ~ 1855 lbJ July
l3 1863 lcl Jan. "A. lS46.
s "a White bl Master, lS1
Bean
7 taI Llewcilyn 10 Charles:
lcI Woodbridge
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-24

as 7 spoke, with napkin guard
ng my hand, and took from II the
dish Of cereal, the hot mullins and
ne coffee which were ordered for
Mary breakfast,
SIRE nan eaten her grapefruit
dutifuIly before she had made her
valiant attempt 70 remember the
MAST
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-24

Mail remittance to Detroit Times,
Detroit. Mich, designating to whom
TO send paper, and camp address
tany later change Of address can he
made same day Of notihcation).
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-24

nswer 10 Yesterdays puzzle,
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-02-27

dropped out of the league, all
the games West played should
be struck from the schedule, re-
gardless. How do you other clubs
feel about it? We feel that a team
should enter the league with the
intent to finish it eligibly or not
at all. 1t seems rather unfair to
forfeit hall the games on a sched-
ule and yet hang on to the other
half because OF our victory. Some
other ball teams have had tough
shedding but they have always
managed to finish the season Gre
ditably or have, much to our re-
gret, not entered a team. We
should get together and act on
this and not let one team decide
the interests of everyone elses:
What do you say? Right now l
will sap: Auf Wiedersehen!
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-02-27
Cleveland East News
BY Frank ]. Gable.

Cleveland, o., February D.
At the Junior meeting it was de-
cided a card party would be time
ly, consequently a card party
will be held next Sunday after
noon, March ?, at the East Side
Sachsenheim, 400 East 55th St.
The admission is 25c. The time is
$50 p. NJ. This enables the bowl
ing league TO function and still
gives the keglers ample. time to
make the party. Refreshments
will be served. Numerous prizes
for the lucky ones and illustrated
movies will complete the elabor-
ate program. George Roth will
give us the benefit OF his photo
graphical skill.
There was no basketball game
last week. Lorain decided that
financially the game would not
hav ebeen a success.
Sat. March l, Monaco. the Eas.
tern Division leaders, invade the
East lair. This tilt promises to be
one OF the best OF the season
East has an unblemished record
while Monaco has suffered 3 de.
leafs. Should East win, the Eas.
tern division will be thrown into
I three tic. The three teams tied
would be Monaco, Farrell and
New Castle. There is much a,
stake for our Pennsylvania com,
pctitors and they have confident
ly predicted victory Tor them.
selves. Come and see the las,
regularly scheduled home game
Of the season. The two compet
ing teams are equally skillful. Re
member your season passes are
good for this game.
The Juniors are selling Ticket:
for Floor Lamp. So get you
tickets early. You may be th'
lucky one at an card party or
May IL. Benefits will be divided
equally between the Singers ant
the Juniors.
Odds and Ends
Sam Him has decided he viii
| discard his cane in about twt
] weeks. When Harold (Speed'
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-02-27
Capital City Bits
By Loretta Konnerth.

Columbus, O., Feb. 27-Let's
give that committee a big hand
for the grand success OF our dance
that was fair example OF what
little cooperation will do. Let's
have another like it soon.
We were glad to see the visi-
tors at our last meeting but we
missed some OF our other men,
bers.
Say--did not know we possess
ed such talented voices (when we
were not flatting) too bad we
could not help the singing society
out bit more on Tuesday nights.
Let's have more fun like that
at our next meeting-are you
with us?
There's something about SOL
dier tra-la-la. Best of luck Mike
Boehm.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-02-27
Cleveland West New,
by Zirri.

Cleveland. O., February IT,
w chad fairly cool meeting last
Friday. compared to the last Jew
we have had. A comittee sent
down by the Senior Lodge, conf
posed Of Mr.. \. Petri, and Mr..
G. Weber. came to investigate
matters. I'm sure that they found
all we'll, and progressing smooth
ly. We wish to remind all you
SaNons to come to our cardparty
this Sunday, March End, at 4 90
P. NJ. at the West Side Sachsen-
helm. Refreshments and enter
tainment will be provided lavish
ly. Remember, all CIevelanders,
reserve Sunday, March End, for
the Madrigal Card Party.
On March 8, the Juniors are
holding a basketball Carnival at
the West Park YMCA. at zoo
p. NJ. All the members OF the Sc
nior Lodge, the Saxonia, the Elm
tracht-Hermania. and any Saxons
who don't belong anywhere are
invited. We are sure you will all
enjoy yourselves. as our girls
team will play the Saxonia, and
the boys team will play the old
timers.
Names in the News
Our vacationing millionaire
Mike Bloch, is spending the cold
winter days in Florida, trying to
be friendly with those ten sea
horses? Eh what Mike? Mr.. H
SCHNEIDER hal his blushing bride
to-be here, visiting us, and tast.
ing of our Cleveland WestWurst
We were glad to see you. Rose
come more often. Tillie. Rehner
and Marie Aber are to sing at the
banquet to be given by the ladies
OF Branch No. 4. Be sure to at
tend. Johnny VOLTS address
seems to be in demand in Ali
ance. Doesn't it Johnny?
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-02-27

start is to get up gang and go
to other cities dances, etc. A Sax
on is always welcomed by an
other, so why not see each other
more and mix more? That is what
the T. s. ]. a. is ior, not just bas-
ketball. The only way we can in
crease our membership is to show
new members a good time and
YOU can have more good times
off basketball than on it. Why
not think seriously about it and
give it the old Saxon try:
Just Another Sachs.