Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-09
Defend America
By Lending Aid
To The Allies

The Fight For FTeeuOHl OOiAiA1"ON'
has been adopted by the Executive
Committee of the Maryland Branch
of The Committee to Defend Amer1-
ca by Aiding the Allies and The Com
mittee has urged it's adoption by the
National Committee and all of its
chapters:
eve, the American people, have re-
cognized that the war abroad involves
our destiny just as much as it in
wolves the destiny of Britain, Greece,
Yugoslavia, China and the other VIC
tins Of totalitarian aggression. We
have recognized that an Axis vic
tory would be threat to our Nation
and to all the principles of life in
which we believe. We have abandon
ed neutrality and determined to help
bring about defeat of the Axis by
making ourselves into an arsenal and
a Iarder for the forces of Democracy.
But we still are largely blind to the
fact that there is on choice between
war and peace. We still think in
terms of keeping out of war in
which we are already engaged in
every sense except armed combat.
We have too long left the main bur-
den of winning victory to other peo-
pie. Thus we are in the immoral
and craven position of asking others
to make the supreme sacrifice for
this victory which we recognize as es-
sential to us.
The time has come to assume our
full burden. AS the blockade tight
ems around Great Britain the impor-
lance of our part must grow.
Hitler cannot allow our goods to
get to Britain; if he does, he will be
beaten. We cannot allow our goods
to be sunk in the Atlantic; if we do,
we will be beaten. The problem is
simple, and the answer is willing
ness to do whatever is necessary to
insure Hitler defeat. This means
accepting the fact that we are at war.
Whether or not war is declared is a
political question. Regardless of what
we do, Hitler will declare war when
he feels it is to his advantage.
Once we accept the fact that we
are at war-even though it may be
undeclared-we shall at last find a
peace within ourselves which can
never come as long as we seek safety
at the cost of others sacrifice. No
longer assailed by doubts and fears,
we shall forget our personal inter-
ests; we shall operate-until the emer
gency is passed-for complete VIC
tory. We shall have no hesitation
or delay in leadership, no stoppage Of
work in our factories and shipyards,
no holding back from unremitting and
-unselfish effort anywhere through
"a out the length and breadth Of the
Land.
Once we accept the full burdens Of
the war, we shall be in a position to
work effectively for the only real
peace we can hope to hand down to
our children-not the precarious
peace of nerve-wracked neutrality in
world torn by war-not an Axis
peace of slavery enforced by fire and
j word-but a peace based upon JUS
tice and human freedom.
Such a peace means far more than
the defense of the world order we
have known. 1t means the develop
ment of a new world order-not Hit
ler's 9" New Order" of tyranny and
fear. which is in fact the oldest or
der man has known-but new order
in which political, social and econom-
ic Democracy may develop its full
stature of human dignity, and in
which all peoples, free from fear,
may live in freedom to build those
foundations of righteousness and JUS
tice upon which lasting peace must
rest.
But, whatever our ultimate peace
detectives, the first immediate step
must be the winning of victory.
We, believe that the time has come
for the vigorous use of our full re-
sources. We must win the Battle Of
Freedom. We must use our Ship.
ping, our Navy, and Our Air Force
to help safeguard the transportation
of vital supplies across the ocean
We must throw our full weight now
into the fight for freedom, knowing
that if this means "War," it alst
means the surest and swiftest road Il
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