Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-09-11
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BY p. G. Stronberg'

What's wrong with America
today? Why are so many people
opposed to our foreign policies
and SO many refuse to recognize
any danger to our system of
Government? An answer to
these questions which would be
accepted by all would prove a
great contribution to national
unity. An effort to analyze the
situation brings out many points
which may or may not have a
definite bearing on large or small
groups.
First: we have the irreconcil-
able isolationists who follow the
same reasoning used by men who
helped defeat our participation
in the League of Nations almost
a generation ago. There is no
argument which will make dent
in the philosophy of this group.
Second: there is a stable
group of men and women who
are so bitterly opposed to the
New Deal that they permit this
prejudice to sway their judg-
ment. An appeal to this group
to consider the country first and
the administration second - if
direc ted with tolerence
and sound reasoning = will US
ually bring out an admission
that no real objection exists
toward President Roosevelt's
handling of our delicate position
in world affairs.
Third: there are men VINO feel
very deeply that the President.
has not been forceful enough in
handling the task of national
defense. They completely lack
confidence in individuals holding
key positions in our big defense
setup. This group, while not
,isolationists, help the isolation
lists cause. They do not admit
such aid, but they do, just as
certainly and directly as the iso-.
lationists help the cause of
Hitler.
Fourth: there is a considerable
group of people = not all of
them of Irish descent - whose
dislike of the British is so deeply
rooted that they cannot reason
clearly. This is the group where
you hear the story of how Eng
land has always gotten another
country to fight her wars.
Fifth: we have in our midst
more Nazi sympathizers than
any of us realize. This group is
used by German agents to build
up the fifth column movement in
the United States.
Sixth: we have those who show
absolute Indifference to the
country's welfare. This group
embodies a large percentage of
our population. They feel that
SO long as business and employ
ment sail along smoothly all is
well. Lets get while the get
tins good" is their motto.
And last we have the large
group of men and women who,
even though they recognize mis-
takes and weaknesses, are in full
sympathy with the effort being
made to preserve our free insti-
buttons.
It is easy to see the logic of
some Of these groups. No per-
son of intelligence will hold their
contentious absurd and untrue.
It is not easy, however, to under
stand their failure to recognize
the need for unity in the coun-
try. It is not easy to under
stand how men of intelligence
who have won fame and fortune
under our free institutions, can
lend aid and comfort to those
who would destroy the very
things every true American holds
dear.
What we need among all the
groups is some honest and un-
prejudiced thinking = the type
of thinking which holds the well
fare of America first-with all
other considerations laid aside
sfor the duration"
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