The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-28
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 Farm income? What happens to all farm surpluses without any for- eign trade? The American farmer would get for his products exact ly what Hitler wanted to give. He would fave obvious disaster and complete regimentation.
 Tariff walls Chinese walls of iSolation-would be futile. Freedom to trade is essential to our eco- homie life. We do not eat all the food we produce; we do not burn all the oil we can pump; we do not use all the goods we can manufacture. It would not be an American wall to keep Nazi goods out; it would be Nazil wall to keep us in.
 The whole fabric of working life as we know it-business manufac- turing, mining, agriculture = all would be mangled and crippled un- der such a system. Yet to main- tain even that crippled independ- ence would require permanent con- scription of our manpower; 1t would curtail the funds we could spend on education, on housing, on public works, on flood control, on health. Instead, we should be permanently pouring our resources into armaments; and, year in and year out, standing day and night watch against the destruction of our cities.
 Right Of Worship
 Even our right of worship would be threatened. The Nazi world does not recognize any God ex- cept Hitler; for the Nazis are as ruthless as the Communists in the denial of God. What place has re- ligion which breaches the dignity of the human being, of the majes- ty of the human soul, in @ world where moral standards are meas- ured by treachery and bribery and fifth columnists? Will our children, too, wander off, goose-stepping in search of new gods?
 We do not accept, and will not permit, this Nazi shape of things to come" It will never be forced upon us, if we act in this present crisis with the wisdom and the courage which have distinguished our country in all the crises of the past.
 The Nazis have taken military possession of the greater part Of Europe. In Africa they have occu- pied Tripoli and Libya and they are threatening Egypt the Suez Canada and the Near East. But their plans do not stop there, for the Indian Ocean is the gateway to the East.
 They also have the armed power at any moment to occupy Spain and Portugal and that threat ex- tends not only to French North Africa and the western end of the Mediterranean but also to the At lantic fortress of Dakar, and to the island outposts of the new world the Azores and Cape Verde islands.
 The Cape Verde Islands are only seven hours distance from Brazil by bomber or troop-carrying planes. They dominate shipping routes to and from the South Atlantic.
 The war is approaching the brink of the Western Hemisphere itself. It Is coming very close to home.
 Control or occupation by Nazi forces of any of the islands of the Atlantic would jeopardize the in1- mediate safety of portions of North and South America and of the island possessions of the United States, and of the ultimate safety of the continental United States itself.
 Hitler's plan of world domination would be near its accomplishment today, were 1t not for two factors: One is the epic resistance of Brit ain, her colonies, and the great do- minions, fighting not only 10 main tain the existence of the island of Britain, but also to hold the Near East and Africa. The other IS the magnificent defense of China, which will, I have reason to believe, in- crease in strength. All of these to- gether, prevent the Axis from win ming control of the seas by ships and aircraft.
 The Axis powers can never achieve their objective of world domination unless they first obtain control of the seas. This is their su- preme purpose today; and to achieve 1t, they must capture Great Britain.
 They could then have the power to dictate to the Western Heris- phere. No spurious argument, no appeal to sentiment, and no false pledges like those given by Hitler at Munich, can deceive the Aneri- can people into believing that he and his Axis partners would not, with Britain defeated, close in re- lay, tlesslv on this hAmisphere,