Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-11

W have IilcI BcIltIdl SJhA SJuuy !
how they might attack us from
every military angle, strategically
and tactically"
After Goebbels had told him his
best fairy stories, our innocent |
abroad was graciously granted an
interview with Hitler himself. Of .
course he was terrifically impressed |
with the champion liar of them all. |
Our artless David in the lions den |
described, in tones that palpitated |
with awe, every detail of the room
and the scenery observable from it.
Hitler, without batting an eye,
treasured our eX-Ambassdor that it
was silly to think that he had any |
designs on America. On the con-
trary, he, Hitler, had nothing but
good intentions toward us-un-
doubtedly the kind with which the .
road to hell is paved. There is
nothing to be afraid Of, said the /
man who first lied to and then |
Denmark, Belgium, Holland, France, |
Rumania, YugoSlavia and Greece. |
His plans were most PEACEFUL If |
only-if only!-the Americans would |
listen to him and not insist upon |
judging him by what he has done
to others after they had been lulled |
to sleep by his soothing sirupy
tongue.
Hitler's Biggest Lie.
Well, one American did believe |
Hitlers biggest one. Our Simple |
Simon was hypnotized and he
recorded mechanically what Hit
Ter so graciously permitted him to
write to the home folks. I'm
doubtedly he was delighter to sub
nit his copy to Goebbels or Hitler
for corrections and further sugges-
tons. Every reader of the trusting
Mr.. Cudahy's articles should re-
member that the German censor
would have passed none of them
that was not highly satisfactory to
the Nazi government. Happily, in
this instance, the German censor
had nothing to worry about. Goeb-
bells and Hitler were themselves
etching their insidious words for
American consumption upon mind
that was too innocent to be abroad.
lrr1 ~ ly,10 ri1rI lon
that on some subjects Mr.. Cudahy
is capable of thinking, although
reader of his articles might with
good cause conclude otherwise be-
cause the writer tells us that Hitler
means us no harm. Even Goebbels
spoke without rancor" and
the mantelpiece in the room in
which DR.. Goebbels received our
diSingenuous one was gay with
daffodils and pink with roses"
while there was another vase of
roses color unrecorded) on the
desk of the minister"
And as Mr.. Cudahy sat cGnvers-
ing with Hitler al Berchtesgaden,
far down. the green valley was
polka dotted with spring flowers"
while on the table in the room were
''calla lilies and carnations - and
hydrangeaS. =" All that Mr.
Cudahy could see was flowers. He
could not see what was beyond the
flowerS-the concentration camps,
the killings, the tortures. the mass
starvation of whole peoples.
1t was unfair of these master
propagandists to take advantage of
Mr.. Cudahy by saying it with flow
ers." Hitler went so far as to assure
Mr.. Cudahy that Germany had not
started this war. And his gullible
nearer actually accepted this as an
other truthful statement.
There are millions of people In
the world who would like the priv
ilege of placing g. Gala lily in Herr
Hitler'S hands.
The innocent abroad may not fool
many of his fellow Americans. Hit
Ter couldn't have made him look so
foolish If Mr.. Cudahy had done a
little elementary reading before pre-
senting his plastic mind to Mr.. Hit
Ter to write upon as he wished.
Suggested Reading.
A good start would be for the
Nazi dictator's megaphone to read
'Mein Kampf," especially the pas
Sages in which this fork-tongued
deSpoiler of nations discourses on
how to poison and pervert peoples
minds, as for instance:
by skillful and sustained propa-
ganda one can make a people see
heaven as hell, or the most wretched
life as paradise"
Or this:
Propaganda is only another
weapon, If a truly fearful one, in
the hands of an expert. =. The
slighter its scientific ballast, and
the more exclusively it considers
the emotions the more COM
plete its success. 1t must not
effectively explore any truth that
favors the other side"
These words were written by
Hitler. Mr.. Cudahy might have
them in mind the next time he be-
comes a robot transmitter of Nazi
propaganda to his fellow country
men who, fortunately for them
selves, are not as easily duped as he
appears to be.
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