The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-08-20
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The war strategy should be left to
the generals and admiralS of the army
and navy, was the giSt of the 1917
1918 soldiers and sailors at the Legion
convention at Duluth. These vets
knew what they were doing when they
passed resolutions to that effect. AT
this time when many organizations
and too many individuals are going in
for back-stage fighting by telling If
and when and even where this second
front business should take place.
This was the comment of State
Adjutant "Chic"Zweiner in his write
up of the convention in the Mime
sofa Legionnaire. "Chic" said more
than that when he stated: ITO
be perfectly plain about it, I think
this is the business of the army and
navy and instead of blowing off
steam like already has been done, in
some cases, it might be well for some
of these oracles to forget their time
and a half business and do their
talking after they get into uniform
Last week Ely was flooded with
circulars bearing the heading There
Must Be a Western Front Now" and
written by William z. Foster, erst-
while Communist candidate for pres
ident in which it was stated, "the
people want and demand a second
front" The circular failed to state
what people" wanted it, but when
scrutiny disclosed Northumberland
red faggers as being the people" the
circular lost all red, white and blue
American appeal. 1t is safe to say
that the reader at once decided to
leave the matter in the hands of the
generals and admirals Schooled in war
programs and pay no attention to the
red rabble and their spokesman
"Chick" zweiner has the affair sized
up right. Get into the uniform of the
U. S. and be the first to volunteer fol-
the second front. Don't ask your
neighbor and your neighbours boy to
get into the trenches just to DEM
onstrate that the army and govern
ment don't know what they are doing
Get in there yourself.
Last week we expressed the opinion
that the second front shouters were
mostly those "who opposed every
move to prepare American defenSeE
against Hitler up to the day Hitler
invaded Russia and who thereupor
became loudly in favor of war. In
the group were noticed old line Com.
munists who began at once to bonn.
bard the president for a SECOND
front" Saturday we received a letter
in which we were called to task fol
mentioning the Communist propa.
ganda. The writer was evidently sin.
cere in his comments, but as is usua
with members of the Connie" party
he failed to give it weight by signing
his or her name to the letter. Tit
note closed with this statement
"There must be an awful number o
Communists in the United States i
the largest number of single voter
believe in such move in the nea
future" and enclosed a clipping of thu
Gallon poll for August 9, and under
scored the statement wherein wa
stated: 81. Open a second front. Tn
largest single number of voters be
Ieve such a move should be made il
the near future"
For a bit of information we Wi
ask. Did you, or anyone you know
cast a ballot in the Gallop poll o.
this subject or any other subject be
ing used in the weekly polls conducte
nv Prof. Gallup? Is it not fact tina
a select list of people participate
these polls and on their opinion tn
percentage is figured? The same clip
ming contained a vote of the sea an
air power "and which of these is tn
most important" the result shove
as follows presumably based on IL
votes received: "Land Power, pc
cent: Sea Power, IA per cent; A
power, SO per cent and Undecidet
10 per cent" In all sincerity we ash
If YOU were conducting a poll on
subject dear to your heart and Il
which you were being paid, would yo
contact anyone not favorable to TT
proposition you are trying to p'
over? And in case you should loi
out in the poll, would you print tt
results all over the newspapers?
AS soon as President Roosevelt
winston Churchill, along with Il
army, navy and air authorities WI
have studied the matter, find we a
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