Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-08-07
Government Issues
BY Hjalmar Petersen.
Wheeler Scores Again

Wheeler Scores Again
Considerable fuss was stirred up
in Washington, few days ago, over
the sending out of post cards to
people here and there all over the
country, by Senator Burton K. Wheel
err.
War Secretary Stimson called the
act of Senator Wheeler something
bordering on treason, and the Presi-
dent remarked that it was going too
far. Senator Wheeler's response was
that it certainly should not be treason
to publish from the record or the
public utterances of the President
and other high officials.
Secretary Stimson, without having
the facts, criticized the Senator for
sending cards to men in military serv-
ice. Later on, the Secretary apollo
gized, when the Senator made it
known that million cards had been
printed and sent broadcast over the
country and that some of them might
have been forwarded to men in the
service, but comparatively very few.
On the address side of the post
card in the upper left-hand corner
are these words by Senator Wheeler:
"Write today to President Roosevelt,
at the White House, in Washington,
that you are against our entry into
the European war;"
The other side of the card contains
the following excerpts of speeches by
the various individuals named:
President Roosevelt said: can
while am talking to you, fathers
and mothers, I give you one more as
surance. I have said this before, but
I shall say it again, and again, and
again, your boys are not going to be
sent into any foreign wars."-Speech
at Boston, October 80, 1910.
Former President Herbert Hoover
says: Right now we need calm
thinking. We need reason. We need
tolerance. We need elaboration. We
must not be swept off our feet by the
profound depth of our emotions"
Senator Burton X. Wheeler says:
"The American people should tell
President Roosevelt that they expect
him to live up to his campaign pledges
and keep this country out of the
European war. They should write
their Senators and Congressman re-
garding their views"
Former Ambassador Joseph p. Ken
nedy says: 'The people who must
suffer and give up their lives are en-
titled to know the facts before their
judgment can be won to the inter-
Ventionist cause. We must have the
completest candor; we must have the
fullest disclosure; we must have the
freest debate. A direct attack
on us would require an armada
mightier than the power of man could
create"
Col. Charles Lindbergh says:
-. the propaganda of war has spread
through our country. Once we en-
tered a war that was going to make
the world safe for democracy and end
all need for war in the future. We
sent 100000 troops overseas. Aft
er that we left the future of the world
in the hands of our college presidents
and our idealists. The greatest wars
and the bloodiest revolutions of all
history have taken place under their
guidance.
90. Now they want us to 60 to
war again. Our Government asks
us to preserve democracy abroad by
creating a dictatorship in our own
country. And all this in the name OF
idealiSm.
"The future of democracy depends
on our ability to govern our own coun-
try. It is far more essential for this
country to have farms without mort
cages. workmen with their own
homes, and young people who can af-
ford families than it is for us to
crusade abroad for freedoms that are
tottering in our own country.
"Our principles are open and clear.
We believe that the security OF this
country depends upon our own char
acter and strength. We believe that
the best way to defend our Nation is
TO keep our armies on our own soil
We stand for an independent Ameri-
can destiny.
III you stand with us, we ask you
10 help us by organizing meetings
ny talking to your friends and by
writing 10 your Representatives II
Washington. The crisis is here. we
seed your assistance now. The entire