The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-07-30
ellis Of Fight
Being Made
Against Tyranny


A second front in Europe, Wher-
ever opened, will be effectively sup
ported by the people in occupied
countries said Elmer Davis, Direc-
tor of the Office of War Informa-
ton, in releasing yesterday a
pamphlet entitled The Unconquered
People. This is the first official
pamphlet to be issued by the new
information office.
The Unconquered People tells the
story of mounting anti-Nazi resist
ance and cites numerous specific
leases of sabotage, industrial slow
downs, underground activities, guer-
rilla warfare, and stubborn refusal
| to submit to the Nazi tyranny.
1.-THE American People should
know the facts of the heroic re-
sistance to Hitler by their silent al
lies in occupied lands stated Mr..
Davis "Harassing the Nazi day and
night at the risk of death, the peo-
pie of occupied Europe have dedi-
Gated themselves to shaking off the
Nazi yoke They want the Ameri-
can people. to know that when the
time comes to create a second front
lit will be effectively supported as a
front of liberation.
"A second front will be a two
way operation: we need Europes
! helps Europe needs ours. To gain
| freedom Evidence in The uncon-
quered People demonstrates that
| they rest their lives and hopes upon
la United Nations victory
The pamphlet recalls that local
IFrenchmen recently mistook Com
Imandos raiding the coast of France
for full-scale invasion army.
Swiftly turning upon the Nazi,'
says the pamphlet, they seized
German arms and produced hidden
weapons. This is the shape Of things
to come"
Copies of The Unconquered Peo-
pie may be obtained from the Office
Iof War Information, in Washington.
The pamphlet was illustrated as
patriotic contribution by Edmund
Duffy, Pulitzer Prize winning car
toonist of the Baltimore Sun.
The Unconquered People araces
the gradual rise of resistance after
the first stunned moments of de-
feat, when "the main problem was
to keep alive, eat, and find a place
to sleep" Hitler's armies were or
dered at first, says the pamphlet.
to seem good-natured and manner
ly The Nazis believed, or pretended
to believe, that people whose homes
had just been bombed and whose
cities had just been destroyed would
take the invader to their hearts. But
by its very nature the New Order
could not for long hide its true
purpose: wholesale plumber of the
occupied countries, scrapping Of ev-
cry vestige of personal freedom,
complete Notification"
Resistance at first took simple
forms, such as refusal to obey the
commands of the German authori-
ties, turning of backs when Nazi
columns swung down the street, and
coughing loudly in movie theatres
when Nazi officials appeared on the
screen. Gradually the resistance
mounted, becoming a groundswell
of revolt AS examples, the pamph-
let cites.
Resignation Of Norwegian bishops,
teachers, and nurses.
Planting of Dutch tulip fields to
resembles huge Dutch flags, visible
to Raj flyers.
kidnapping of German soldiers
by Breton fishermen.
Overt anti-Nazi demonstrations
and parades.
Publishing Of hundreds Of secret
newspapers.
Wrecking of troop trains, punctur-
ing of oil wagons, incorrect sorting
of ammunition.
SloWdowns in factories making
arms for the Nazi war machine.
Open warfare by Yugoslav Cen
eral Mikhailovitch, and other guer-
rilla groups.
ure of hostages in reprisal for those
who resist his New Order, the
pamphlet says, "One cannot hope to
list accurately the thousands upon
thousands of people-fathers moth
erB, children, corner grocers, doc
tors, postmen-who have been slain
by the Nazis." Examples Of the Ges-
tapo's reign of terror include the
leveling to the ground Of the Nor
wegian village of Televaag, and the
murder of 1900 Yogoslav hostages |
in reprisal for the shooting Of rs
German soldiers.
mot until the ultimate victory
of the United Nations has been
achieved" says the pamphlet, can