The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-10-30
Straight From
Washington
BY STEPHEN NJ. YOUNG
Congressman at Large, Ohio


bassy in Washington is nearly aban-
doned and it is stated that German
diplomatic officials have their valises
packed ready to move on moments S
notice. This does not mean that a
declaration of war is imminent. Diplo-
matte 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 relations whatever
with Russia.
Herbert Hoover in his radio talk
made good point that we might de-
feat our own aims We're we to actual
ly declare war against Germany. Sen
timent in Washington seems to favor
reducing the number of men in our
selective service army. The more
men, the more equipment is required.
The fewer selective service soldiers,
the more equipment available to send
TO Great Britain and Russia.
Unexpected Letter
Curb excess profits in war indus
tries. Arm u. S. merchant vessels
and uphold 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 aggres-
sion: Price control-legislation against
imitation: Is the Neutrality Act ma
tional liability-was it mistaken
policy all along? Should we proceed
with the St. Lawrence Seaway pro-
posal? What about the Florida Ship
Canal? Should we ship oil and equip
ment to Russia? These and other
matters vital to our people are being
debated in the Halls of Congress.
American citizens should know that
most Congressmen feel it helps them
to have the benefit of their views and
advice. Obey that impulse if you feel
it coming on and write your Con-
gresham. An Ohio Congressman re-
ceived this letter the other day: Gas
one of your constituents | am writing
to tell you that don't want any favor
and | am not asking you to do any
thing for me and | haven't any COM
plant to make about our government
or you. | just thought l would write
you to tell you | like the way things
are being run and that you are doing
a good job and l hope you keep it up"
The Congressman is still in daze-
hasn't quite recovered from the
shock.
Adolf Watch Your Step
In Louisiana, American soldiers un
dergoing combat training participated
in maneuvers on a vast scale and
though but part of the present
armed forces of the United States the
troops engaged in mock combat num-
bered exactly three times the total
strength of our standing army of Sep
tember, 1889. German military OBJ
servers were not permitted but Brit
ish observers who attended these
maneuvers reported that American
soldiers from a standpoint of equip
ment, training, ability and dash COM
pared admirably with the best that
Hitler could put into the field. That
was an understatement.
Did You Know That
The man who really sank Hitler's
powerful battleship, Bismarck, lives
quietly, with a male nurse, at the
Waldorf New York. He is
Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, 87,
u. S. N. (retired). On the night of
June l3, his birthday, a reception was
held for him in big room at the
Waldorf. Among those who paid
tribute were some Veterans of For
eign Wars, who paraded around with
flags and blew boatswain's whistles to
pipe the admiral into the room, an
army captain who otficiated and the
head Of patriotic society. Mean
while, at that very moment in mid
Atlantic, the German battleship was
meeting its doom--from the aerial