The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-01-30
The Cherry Tree
Where We Hdtchet Out
The Truth
. STOPPING WAR TALK
O DOES NO GOOD
Q WILL WE SHOOT?
. THAT'S UP TO HITLER

THAT'S UP TO HITLER
Every now and then someone says,
81 don't want to hear any more about
war;"
Nobody does. But everybody will
for a long time.
That includes Senator Wheeler
and lot of others who gang up with
him.
Yes, We'll all hear lot about war.
And, since the goings-on of war af-
feet every last man jack of us, we'd
better hear about war and how it
goes.
If a burglar were at your door
especially a burglar with murderous
intent-you'd want to know exactly
about every single one of his move
ments and about how many guns and
knives he packed on him.
You bet you'd want to know.
You'd want to be able to beat
him. You'd want to win and save
your home and nothing would
matter until you had that job
finished.
You'd better hear about war-until
there is no more war.
There was a time when Burton X.
Wheeler was quite some punkins as
a liberal What does that matter to-
day? Not a bit. What matters is
whether a man helps or hinders de-
fense to the limit-helps win this
war against Nazi Germany and Fas-
cist Italy.
We're committed over our ears to
help Britain until Hitler is finished.
That means we're in it until Hit
lerism is smashed high, wide and
handsome.
We're in this war in whatever way
we can best help win it.
No use promising that we won't do
this or that or any other thing. We
WILL do ALL we can to help win.
Will we start shooting? Who
konws?
We will if Hitler decides he can
hurt us worse by shooting at us than
he can by not shooting.
It's Hitler who will say whether
we are in a shooting war or not. Silly
for us to say we will not do this or
that-will not send troops, will not
use our navy. We will if Hitler makes
it that way. And fast. And how!
x x
That's just how it stands. You
might as well know it and make up
your mind to it.
A friend asked today, "How will it
all affect us; and our business ?"
Nobody knows. That's true. NO
BODY knows; because nobody knows
how long it will take to win, or how
hard a job it may be.
Wen do, as people and as
nation, what has to be done.
That's all we know.
That's clearly how a majority of
Americans want it to be, too.
It's pretty clear that any person or
group that stands too hard in the path
will get knocked over. You can't buck
a majority; and especially not where
national defense is concerned.
It's more than defense now It's ag-
SItSSlOll. IL IlOW Call we VIII lIllS
war with totalitarianism That's the
issue.
How can the war be Won?
x x x
Not pleasant thoughts, these. Not
happy ideas. Not a picnic prospect.
It's all very grim and dirty and de-
structive.
Destructive Of everything except
! freedom.
If we have to shoot half the world
to pieces to save freedom, then that's
how it will be. That's what will be
done.
The sacrifices that go with that
much shooting will have to be made.
Nobody will escape helping to do
the job and pay the bill.
Neither you, nor you, nor you.
There'll be some kind of levy on
everyone.
But most Of all, there is right now
the necessity of UNITY-all for the
one job we all want done and must
| have DONE
| That goes for Senators, as we'll as
for those who are not Senators.