Evening star., 1941-01-19
Just Peace Hopeless
For Near Future.

For Near Future.
OF course. it is only too true that
a Just peace at this time does not
appear to be in the cards. Hitler.
the man who wanted war. has
/ slammed the door on peace. To all
the world he has proclaimed that
he, Hitler, wages total war for a
new world order-a new world where
our society of justice according to
law cannot even exist.
Realizing, therefore. that we can
not hope for a just peace in the
near future, let us consider what
should be America S policy.
! Since my return home what has
/ impressed me most is the growing
/ conflict in the minds of the Ameri-
! can people over the two courses
OF action which the vast majority
! OF Americans advocate-aiding Brit
ain and staying out of war. Nearly
! all the American people want to
aid Britain and practically all of
the same people want to Stav out
OF war. But they are beginning TO
feel that these policies NAV prove
/ inconsistent. When they try to
reconcile them in their own minds
they become confused. If one en-
phaslzes aid to Britain he thereby
risks entering the war. If. on the
other hand, he emphasizes avoid
ance OF war. he minimizes the aid
/ TO Britain. I think that these poll
/ cles can be applied without con-
fusion and without risk of contra
diction. We need but apply the
test which should motivate every
one of us. Whenever the issue is
raised, whether for the President
the Congress, the Army or the
Navy, the test for any proposal
! should be-what is best for the
United States of America?
Helping Britain Gives
/ L. S. Time to Rearm.
/ In considering what is best for the
/ United States. let us look at the
/ problem of aid to Britain. I favor
/ now, as I did in my talk for the
President, that we give the utmost
aid to England. BY so doing we
will be assisting a nation which the
/ American people want to see win
But more than that, by helping
Britain we will be securing for our
| selves the most precious commodity
we need-time-time to rearm.
II, and God forbid, England were
o1 Job
mans succeed to the British Navy.
THIS country now is not prepared to
defend its own shores. let alone the
North American continent.
1t IS true that we are awake at
last and we are preparing. In this
modern war, where industry is more
vital than man power, an awakened
America can speedily make its
gigantic power felt by all the world
England's S spirited defense is afford
ing us precious time for rearming.
1t is consequently to our interest
that England be aided in her
courageous battle
No one will seriously urge that
we should give beyond the abso-
lutte minimum necessary for our
own protection. Where that line is
to be drawn is to be determined bv
the President, acting with our
trained experts of the Army and
the Navy. They know best what we
can spare. The American people
have confidence in them and will
trust their judgment. They have
taken an oath to defend this coun-
try and that means defend it against
all aggresSors. However, because in
addition to wanting to aid Britain
the American people want to stav
out OF war, this aid should not and
must not go to the point where war
becomes inevitable.
British Ought to Use Up
All Their Own Resources.
So far as financing the assistance
we give to Great Britain is con-
cerned, my personal opinion is that
the British ought to make available
IN nS q III tho