Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-10
Hypocrisy
Of Red Aid
Lamen+ed
Finland and Democracy
Forced TO Background
By HUGH S. JOHNSON

IT WAS the greatest possible
i break for Britain, and for us
10 the extent that we have
married her, for the two guerril-
las Hitler and Stain to turn on
each other and begin clawing out
each others. vitals just when
they did.
Maybe as part of that poker
game it is all right for us TO
Slip Mr.. Stain a billion dollars
over $3.50 for every family in
the United States. Stain has to
be bolstered because if he can't
save his European empire, he is
just as likely TO turn up on the
German side overnight to save
his own hide.
1t is physical impossibility
for us TO deliver a billion dollars
worth of supplies through the
long and dangerous channels OF
communication in one or two
years. Just the same, il was
nice gesture and may help 10
answer Stains slightly yelled
demand that we send a new
AEF TO fight for Russia.
THE catch in sending anything
Il is the danger of cutting the
railroad from Moscow TO the
White Sea. The Firms are in a
possible position to do that. They
also probably consider it neces-
sary for the security of their
own frontiers.
But. regardless Of our past
friendship with Finland. We are
so eager TO help Russia that
none of these things counts. We
are on record i'm our aid TO the
democracies and against the
dictators and aggresSors in tell
ing Finland (about the only true
democracy in this field to stop
fighting Russia which is one of
the grea test aggressors and
bloodiest relationships in the
world and has scarcely wiped
her own mouth clean of the
blood Of ravished Finland and
the Baltic states.
The point of all this 10 me is
not objection TO military aid 10
Russia which l think is neces-
sary 10 keep Hitler's face turned
east but the maze of hypocrisy
into which the method OF render
ing that aid is leading us.
TAKE for example the Presi-
Il dents Fluctuations" TO Kali
inin on the birthday OF the
BolsheviSt revolution. That was
the revolution that destroyed the
Kerensky democracy which we
had helped to install in place Of
the autocracy OF the car,
Ii resulted in the 'bloodieSt
reign Of terror in history. Fol-
lowing il, began a regime in
which the Russian plan of world
revolution attempted TO infiltrate
every country, including our
own. with trojan horses and fifth
columniStS TO overthrow their
governments.
Since then the Russian gov.
eminent has so penetrated and
absorbed every country IL could,
1t has our own unions, govern
ment and other institutions well
sprinkled with people at least
sympathetic with their methods
They have Sabotaged our de-
Tense effort and done great
harm in other directions.
I ETS not forget for moment
IL either. that Stain was a
partner and accessory of Hitler
in tearing Poland apart and
starting this war on exactly
Hitler'S methods. If he hadn't
been. Hitler would probably
never have turned his face from
east TO west and western Europe
would still be free.
II isn't nice 10 talk this way
but il is the truth If -we deR,i
keep il constantly i'm mind, the
first thing we know. blatant
Communist agents here who
have already crawled out oil
their dog houses are going to be
literally b king in govern.
mental favor.
What they can accomplish is
almost beyond conjecture--espe.
cially with a billion dollars tc
spend.
Nobody wants 10 see Hitler
conquer Europe but l hope no
body wants TO see Stain con
quer il either. His aims are
about the same as Hitler's but
he could be the greater danger
The ideal result would be that oil
the gingham dog and the calico
cat who both disappeared be
4 cause they ate each other up
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