The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-04-03
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Hazel Brannon

our readers to an article written
by Charles Willis Thompson, veteran
New York newspaper man, on the
editorial page of this issue.
We cannot conceive of American
citizens wishing to bind or federate
themselves as a nation with Great
Britain. We have held up our heads
proudly as a free and independent
nation for 165 years. Our history
books record our heroic struggle to
free ourselves from the dominance
of Great Britain who would have
had US retain our status IS y mere
colony if she could have helped her.
self.
Any scheme to promote a union
Of America with Britain, in our OPP
inion, is a d~astardly means of ex-
plotting America permanently for
the benefit of the British Empire.
Under the terms of the Lend
Lease bin, already enacted, America
is nothing more than a colony Of
England. But there is a time limit on
this bill. Our Congress committed
US to give all our without
stint to help England win the war she
is fighting. Thus we place ourselves
irrevocably in a position where we
must continue to aid her to a sue
cessful completion of the war and
yet we have no power or authority
to say how war shall be waged nor
what the peace terms shall entail.
It's about aid for Britain but no
protection whatever for what we
consider our purposes in aiding the
war;. At it's conclusion Britain can
co~nceivably gain more territory,
more prestige, il she wishes. To date
she has not bothered to tell America
what her war aims are and under
the terms of the aid bill we have
no right to demand what she is
fighting for. All we are to do IS
give her supplies at the expense of
the American taxpayer.
The little man in America doesn't
AldNC HluCH VI a CilSbAtNG W IGahy
know what the true situation is re-
garding his country's part in the
Europeans war in spite of the fact
we have a free press and radio. His
greatest boon is that he is allowed to
read and hear arguments for and
against the questions involved. In
other countries he doesn't have that
privilege.
We near 50 much shout it il nee
essary for US to do thus and so to
preserve democracy, to keep Hitler
off u doorsteps, ETC., that we do
not know what to believe.
Our leaders whom we should be
able to trust frequently have per-
sonal interests which motivate the
ideas they expound to the public.
One thing is certain. The American
public should not be duped again
that it is necessary for us to send
troops to the continent of Europe.
They have more men now than they
are using. Yet England is calling
for u conveys which means that we
will declare wal or have war de-
clared on us before very long if
the requested conveys are granted.
If the reader can ~disengage him
self from personal feelings and hate
in this war and think only of Ameri-
cas- participation in it to date he
will see where every step taken by
the administration has meant that
more steps would have to be taken
later to back up the first step. Now
we are on the very brink Of war.
We heard a q say the other day
that he thought if all Congressman,
their sons and all of their blood kin
had to be modified to fight in the
first troops to be mustered that we
would to be involved in wars.
We would find a way to keep peace.
We believe that is true. But in
America instead of making the sons
Of high ranking politicians serve in
the army and other forces like the
rest of the people we give them an
officers commission and put them
in some phase of war work at home
where they won't be shot at.
Wonder how Captain Elliott
Roosevelt, son of FDR, is getting
along?
1t would be interested to know
ROW much influence was brought to
bear on Wendell Willkie for his all
out aid to Britain stand? II was pro-
badly not so much FDR's influence
as II was his former connection with
Commonwealth and Southern Uti-
lies, owned by English interests and
J. P. Morgan directed.
Congressman Engel recommends
to the house military affairs com
mittee that it conduct thoroughly the
construction of Camp Blanding, Flo
rida, which he said was an example of
gross inefficiency and total disre-
gard for interests"