The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-20
Economic . .
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Happenings That Affect the Dinner
Pals, Dividend Checks and Tax
Bills of Every Individual. National
and international Problems Insep-
arabic from Local Welfare.

and International Problems Insep-
arabic from Local Welfare.
Somewhere in the mind of very
American citizen turks this grim and
ldisquieting question: "Will the United
States enter the war;"
About every writer and speaker in
the country has been attempting to
satisfactorily answer that question
for some time. You can find ire
Isistibly logical arguments which make
our entry into conflict seem inevitable
as death and taXes-and you can find
equally logical arguments which at
tempt to prove we are in small danger
of being drawn in. And, as the debate
RACES on, a good many Americans who
make no pretense to being experts find
themselves sinking deeper into con-
fusion.
The standard polls still indicate
that the American people are opposed
to war, even as they favor aid to Eng
land with call steps short Of war"
At the same time, the American peo-
pie, going by the same polls, are con-
Ivinced that if England falls we may
be next on Hitler's list Of victims.
The arguments that support the
theory that we cannot long keep out
of war are obvious enough. We have
dropped all pretense of neutrality-we
are simply non-belligerents, commit
ted to the hilt on England's side. We
have damned the dictators in un-
Iequivocal terms. The leaders of both
the political parties, the President
and Mr., Willkie, are aggressively
lpro-British and anti-Nazi. And we are
about to embark on new policy
which will give England and her allies
our utmost moral and material sup
port a policy which Hitler, if he is
seeking fight with this country,
could logically construe as declara-
! ton of war in effect
On the other side of the fence, the
arguments have not been so we'll pub
licized. In recent issue, the United
States News summed up five principal
reasons for believing that this country
is not going to war.
First, says the News, the United
States can aid Britain more by not
| fighting than by fighting. Britain, in
other words, needs supplies, not men.
If we entered the war it would be i'm
possible to send much abroad, as our
own under-supplied military establish
ments would need all our factories
could produce.
Second, the U. S. can help her own
defense more hA- staying out of the
war The arms we send England
may be lost, but we won't lose men
so long as we remain a non-belliger-
ent. And we will find out if our arms
and planes are adequate for modern
war England, in other words, will be
the proving ground for the products of
our factories.
Third, through the lend-lease policy,
the u. S. can exert it's major effort
in the war. Actually taking up arms
against the Axis would not permit US
to do more
Fourth, the fact that all-aid-for-
England policy apparently has the
support of a nation which is also COM
mitted to maintaining peace, is con-
strued in Administration circles as
proof Of the fact that it's plans and
actions are sound.
Fifth, according to his intimatcs,
the President really hates war, meant
what he said during the campaign,
and will do everything possible to pre-
vent war. He believes that his policy
offers the surest road to peace, and in
that he is backed by large numbers of
his political opponents.
All of this does not take into con-
Slderation the fact that the Axis might
make war on US, thus plunging us in
to the conflict whether we want to
fight or not. Military and political
experts, for the most part, don't think
that likely at this time. They point
out that Hitler doesn't make a par
tlcular point Of Saving face" As he
has aid himself, he will not be badger
ed into taking steps he believes
dangerous. Inc experts argue that
Hitler viii not wage war against us
until and unless it suits his time
table. And it is obvious that he has
enough troubles on his hands now
without asking for more.
Time, which heals all wounds and
Solves all arguments, will prove the
soundncSs or weakness of these vari-
Gus contentious. In the meantime,
there arc many thoughtful observers
who feel that we will be in war be-
fore the year ends-perhaps within
six months. Joe Martin the Repub-
Iican leader in the House, is said to
feel that. All the people can do now
Is wait and see.
Removal Of the moral embargo"