The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-01-09

| DdSlS Vi peace IIille pIOuuCIlOll VI I'M
plements of peace to a basis of war
time production of implements of war
is no small task. And the greatest diff
ficulty comes at the beginning of the
program, when new tools and plant
facilities and new assembly lines and
ship ways must first be constructed
before the actual material begins to
flow steadily and speedily from them.
The Congress, of course, must
rightly keep itself informed at all
times of the progress of the program.
However, there is certain information,
as the Congress itself will readily
recognize, which, in the interest of our
own security and those of the nations
we are supporting, must of needs be
kept in confidence.
To Ask Increased Defense Funds
New circumstances are constantly
begetting new needs for our safety.
| shall ask this Congress for greatly
increased new appropriations and au-
| thorizations to carry on what we have
| begun.
| also ask this Congress for author
ity and for funds sufficient to manu-
facture additional munitions and war
supplies of many kinds, to be turned
over to those nations which are now
in actual war with aggressor nations.
Our most useful and immediate role
| is to act as an arsenal for them as
we'll as for ourselves. They do not
need man power. They do need bill
lions of dollars worth of the weapons
rof defense.
T The time is near when they will not
/ L Ill b e., 4bn,N, ~, \
| We cannot, and will not, tell them
they must surrender, merely because
of present inability to pay for the
weapons which we know they must
have.
Against Loan of Dollars
I do not recommend that we make
them loan of dollars with which to
pay for these weapons-a loan to be
repaid in dollars.
| recommend that we make it pos
sible for those nations to continue to
obtain war materials in the United
| States, fitting their orders into our
own program. Nearly all Of their ma
terial would, if TIE time ever came,
be useful for our own defense.
Taking counsel of expert military
and naval authorities, considering
what is best for our own security, we
are free to decide how much should
be kept here and how much should be
sent abroad to our friends who by
their determined and heroic resistance
are giving us time in which to make
ready our own defense.
For what we send abroad, we shall
be repaid, within a reasonable time
following the close of hostilities, in
similar materials, or, at our own OPP
ton, in other goods of many kinds
which they can produce and which we
need.
Let us say to the democracies; owe
Americans are vitality concerned in
your defense of freedom. We are put
ting forth our energies, our resources
and our organizing powers to give
you the strength to regain and main
tain a free world. We shall send you,
in ever-increasing numbers, ships,
planes, tanks, guns. This is our pur-
pose and our pledge"
Not an Act of War
In fulfillment of this purpose we
will not be intimidated by the threats
of dictators that they will regard as
a breach of international law and as
an act Of war our aid to the democ-
racies which dare to resist their ag-
gression. Such aid is not an act of
war, even if a dictator should unilat-
orally proclaim it SO to be.
When the dictators are ready to
make war on US, they will not wait
for an act of war on our part. They
did not wait for Norway or Belgium
or The Netherlands to commit an act
Of war
Their only interest is in new one
way international law, which lacks
mutually in it's observance, and
therefore, becomes an instrument OF
oppression.
The happiness of future generations
of Americans may well depend upon
how effective and how immediate we
can make our aid felt. No one can tell
the exact character of the emergency
situations that we may be called upon
to meet. The nations hands must not
be tied when the nations life is in
danger.
We must all prepare to make the
sacrifices that the emergency-as Sc
rious as war itself-demands What,
ever stands in the way of speed anC
efficiency in defense preparations
must give way to the national need
Full Cooperation Expected
A free nation has the right to ex-
pect full cooperation from all groups
A free nation has the right to look tC
the leaders of business, of labor, anc
of agriculture to take the lead If
stimulating effort, not among groups
but within their own groups.
The best way of dealing with the
few slackers or trouble makers in oul
midst is, first, to shame them by pa
triotic example, and, if that fails, tC
use the sovereignty of government tC
save government.
AS men do not live by bread alone
they do not fight by ornaments alone
Those who man our defenses, anC
those behind them who build our de-
lenses, must have the stamina anC
courage which come from an un
shakeable belief in the manner of life
which they are defending. The mighty
action which we are calling for cannor
be based on disregard of all things
worth fighting for.
The nation takes great satisfaction
and much strength from the thing.
which have been done to make it,
people conscious of their individual
stake in the preservation of demo
cratic life in America. Those thing;
have toughened the fibre Of our PEG
pie, have renewed their devotion tt
the institutions we make ready tt
. protect.
No Time For Economic Problems
: Certainly this is no time To stn1