Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-07-24
u. S. All Out
To Win War
Stewart Says Hitler
Himself May Account
for Unity in Prosecu-
ton of War.
BY CHARLES p. STEWART
Central prpSc cnlupni.,

Washington, July 24.-lf there's
the least bit of American Scntncn,
in opposition to all-out Yar kcc war
participation il cert inly ism, men
toned by any candidate for q scna-
torIal or representative s"a, a,
the coming election. That i. there's
no mcltion of any such thrng cx-
ccpt as Il reasonable manifestation
deserving of isolation in n ja,cyn-
mcnt camp or of extinction bv q fir
!ng squad.
There's no doubt in my uvn mind
that the congressional aspil:u,s ,II
arc perfectly honest In their nj
tcrancCS concerning the prndinn
conflict.
Its true that Il few of en- were
Skcptical, before Pearl Il;,r,ur. Of
The wisdom of administration DpIj-
rIcS which, in their opinion. were
calculated To involve It's in thc
world struggle Il bit unncccSS rjIv.
They're ardcrt 100 p"rrcntnr> unw.
however. In fact they generally
arc rather cX'ra-vChcmCnt. pcrhnps
partly with Il view at nbl,craiion
of their earlier scmi-clammincss
from public memory.
AS remarked above haven't a
suspicion that one of these chaps
IS a particle less genuinely cnthu-
SiaStIc than anyone else for the
axis defeat.
IL there were such an exception.
though. he'd be far from adnitiirp
It--'Iot with ms chances at the
polls III mind, and no wouldn't be
campaigning for himself if he didn't
Nant to win.
Not Protest.
The truth Is thai American
sentiment is materially more SOL
IDLY b;ck of Il whnlc-hcartcd prose
cutIon of World War II than il was
back of No. |. don't mean to inn
ply that there was much dissent that
Tune either. Still. an occasional un-
sympathetic Chirp was heard then.
There isn't peep AT present. cX-
ccpt as currently impaired by Il
dozen or So of spies and SaboteurS.
Why the difference?
I'm inclined To think its bee use
Of the difference between the kaiser
and Herr Hitler.
Bill HohcnIollcrn was no lovablc
character, TO be sure. Nevertheless.
he had some germs of education
and civilization in his system. He
was taken as u certain sort of cS-
tablShcd institution, too. He'd had
some bringing up" II took him
some time 10 diSabusc folks minds
of the idea that he WIS human.
Adolf is an immcdiafcly-rccOg-
nizcd louise. He's accepted as de-
1cHcratc-a cheap skate. raised to
the nth power. Nobody has TO ar
que, bclatedly, that that's what he
is. It's conceded in advance.
His Utilization wit hthc Japs
doesn't help him, though neither
docs i; hur, him. Nothing could do
that
Bcnito MuSSolni doesn't signify:
he's zero.
OF course the French arc like the
other conquered countries: we'll CO.
operate with en- and the resi- of the
.anquIShcd bu"ch for ali they're
worth.
Ii isn't alone an American si:ua-
ton. lis PAN-American. In 1914
Ia oar sister new world republics
mostly were middling cool toward
rs Today. except couple of en-,
they're aligned with uS-and thlsC
,w" are drifting our way.
And China.
AS for the Germans? In 1911 a
good m.ny allowances were made
Tor en-. The notion was that he
kaiser WAS u matter of habit with
en-, Bat Is Hitler Il HABIT" Or Is
he what they LIKE? If the Iattcr's
the ease. its hard not be be SuSpi-
cI"uS Of :hcm forcvcraftcrward.
Yet lis difficult 10 regard 'cm ask
ancc. dating back TO the era OF
Karl SchurH
How Competent?
There's one little thing 10 be tx
en- into consideration.
We want our whole effort back
of the war. of course.
Bui Is II being conducted COM
pctCntly"
mats nc legitimate Qucry--and
It's raised.
There arc hits that politics cn-
,CrS INFO ihr problem.
The complaints made that there
arc profits IN il. that u small MINI
her OF interests are Scooping in I'm
fairly.
I'm not sure. in my own mind.
that Our government GgcnCics don't
make II so expensive fer these in
,crcetS 10 get contracts with us that
after HAVE 10 be expensive.
Not tina; ] think the interest.
graft. but that they're so infer
'allv costly. To the purvcyors oI