Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-11-06

ready to move on a moments no.
tice. This does not mean that a
declaration. of war is imminent.
Diplomatic relations with Germany
have practically been severed for
months. AS a matter of fact this
nation got along for some years
without having any diplomatic rela-
tions whatever with Russia.
Unexpected Letter
Curb excess profits in war indus
tries. Arm U. S. merchant vessels
and upheld the traditional and his
toric American policy Of freedom of
the seas: Six billion dollars more
Lend-Lease aid for the defense of
America against dictatorship ag-
gression: Price control-legislatio
against imitation: Is the Neutrality
Act a national liability-was it
mistaken policy all along? Should
we proceed with the st. Lawrence
Seaway proposal? What about the
Florida Ship Canal? Should we ship
oil and equipment to Russia These
and other matters vital to our peo-
pie are being debated in the Halls
OF Congress- American citizens
should know that most congressman
feel it helps them to have the ben
eft of their views and advice. Obey
that impulse if you feel it coming
on and write your congressman. An
Ohio congressman received this let
ter the other day: "As one of your
constituents I am writing to tell
you that l don't want any favor and
l am not asking you to do anything
for me and / haven't any complaint
to make about our government or
you. / just though l would write
you to tell you like the way things
are being run and that you are do
ing a good job and / hope you keep
it up" The congressman is still in
a daze-hasn't quite recovered from
the shock.
Adolf Watch Your Step
In Louisiana, American soldiers
undergoing combat training partic-
ipated in maneuvers on vast scale
and though but part of the pres
ent armed forces of the United
States the troops engaged in mock
combat numbered exactly three
times the total strength of our
standing army of September, 1889.
German military observers were not
permitted but British observers who
attended these maneuvers reported
that American soldiers from a
standpoint of equipment, training,
ability and dash compared admirab-
ly with the best that Hitler could
put into the field That was an un-
reinstatement.
Do You Know That
The man who really sunk Hitler's
powerful battleship, Bismark, lives
quietly, with male nurse, at the
Waldorf-Astoria. New York. He is
Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, 81,
u. S. ~ (retired). On the night of
June 13, his birthday, reception
was held for him in a big room at
the Waldorf Among those who paid
tribute were some Veterans of
Foreign Wars, who paraded around
with flags and blew boatswain's
whistles to pipe the admiral into
the room, an army captain who Of
ficiated and the head of a patriotic
society Meanwhile ,at that very
moment in mid-Atlantic, the Ger
man battleship was meeting its
doom-from the aerial torpedo,
which Admiral Fiske invented back
in 1917.
U. s. Navy Most Powerful In World
More than $50 warships have
been launched for the United States
navy during the present year. This
total, of course, includes great
many small vessels belonging to the
auxiliary branch of the United
States navy. Our navy had been
neglected from 1920 to 1892. Bat
tleships had been scuttled by agree
ment. President Roc seveit has
builded our navy from fifth to first
place, despite opposition OF those
who wanted to balance the federal
budget at any cost, come what may.
In fire-power, tonnase, personnel
and morale, our nay is now the
most powerful that ever sailed the