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Of picked men frantically devoted
to philosophy which denies all
premises of our American faith.
Hitler's soldiers are proponents of a
literally soulless creed. And they are
we'll armed by modern science.
They are hard to stop by force
OF fighting; impossible to stop by
fair words or bribeS, or by talks of
trade or by negotiated peace. The
argument today between two groups
of loyal. sincere American citizens
seems to me to come down to this
diagnosis of the Nazi state. If those
of my belief are wrong. not only
this bill but any aid to England is
unnecessary. If those of my belief
are right. our only hope as free
people lies in a defeat of the axis
powers"
Turning his attention to those
who favor aid to England but ARE
unwilling to indorse the degree OF
action which We are told will alone
insure sufficient aid" DR.. Conant
said:
Now. this group, it seems to me,
ere not realistic in their thinking.
They appear to agree at one moment
that the integrity of our national
life requires the defeat Of the axis
powers. at the next moment they
seem to object to this or that action
which NAV be necessary in order to
insure such a defeat. They appear
to he under no delusions as to the
true nature of the enemy. Yet they
refuse to enviSage the possibility
that we might in few months
time be face to face with that en-
emy. ourselves inadequately armed.
The result of following the ad-
vice of either group-the negotiated
peace group or the limited aid
group-Will be the same The
country will be entering on a policy
fraught with the gravest risk-the
risk of losing its national soul; the
risk of succumbing to the totali-
tartan revolution which, with planes
and bombs. with propaganda, and
the use of the lie with force from
without and corruption from with
il, threatens to overVhelm the
world"
Sees Danger From Russia.
Senator Vandenberg asked DR.. Co.
nant if he sees any danger to "our
way of life" from the philosophy of
Russia.
u do" he answered. but drew q
distinction between the present mill
tarv power of Stain and the NaA
state. He said he would oppose both
PHILOSOPHERS.
The Senator asked if it would not
be a paradox to cooperate with Rus
sia while helping England defeat
the Nazis.
The witness said it would be a
paradox, but he could not say
whether it would be necessary one.
During long cross-examination by
Senator Reynolds, Democrat. of
North Carolina, DR.. Conant said he
would favor sending men to Europe
only as a last resort to preserve
this free way of life.
Asked what he meant by defeat
OF the Nazis. he said he meant they
must be made so innocuous that they
cannot threaten us as I believe they
do now"
You would send men over and
kll some of them off because they
don't think as we do?" Senator Rey-
nolds asked.
It's not because I disagree with
them" DR.. Conant answered. that
want them defeated, but because
their philosophy coupled with their
armed might threatens U.S."
Asked About Trial.
Senator johnson, Republican. OF
California. opponent of the bill be-
gan the questioning of DR.. Conant
asking him if he had been in San
Francisco last year and had pre-
sided at trial presumably the
trial Of Harry Bridges on the charge