Evening star., 1942-04-28

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The only way 1t Is going all-out
Is in an effort TO preserve those
things which, while delightful and
lovely in time of peace. are a
confounded handicap In time Of
war.
The only consolation in this atti-
tude lies in the fact that II we get
licked we won't have any alibis,
that there won't be any moaning
at the bar. or passing OF the buck.
We will all be able to look one
another In the face and say, well.
Brother, it's too bad. but we blew it
and weT Just have to make the
best Of It,"
II you don't think that's right. sit
down right now and put ON paper the
thing you think can possibly lick US.
You'll wind up with this one word
ourselves. You can't help but reach
that conclusion. What else can lick
us2
Lord Gave Us "Best of It."
We're big enough. heaven knows.
There are 10000, 600 or more Of US
and we have man power to burn.
We're the richest Nation on earth.
We have more gold buried than
the rest Of the nations have above
the ground. The Lord gave us all
the best of IL in natural resources.
No one else can tie US in that field.
Industrially, we're far and away the
tops. And, in the intangible field
of spirit we should have to yield
to no nation.
No other country has a more
splendid heritage Of courage, per-
severance and pride.
But are we harnessing all Of these
attributes and using them In
relentless drive toward victory?
We are not.
Are we acting like a country
should act when 1t has a knife at
Its throat2 We are not.
Our Motto; Business MS Usual"
All of us know that this comes
pretty near to being a war for sur
vival. We all know that civiliza-
tipn as we know 1t depends on
whether we win or lose. We all
know that Christianity, even, is
dependent on the outcome of this
struggle.
So what is our reaction? About
the same as II we were fighting for
the sugar concession In Cuba. or
the beaver hat rights in Danbury,
Conn.
Certainly, we aren't behaving like
men and women who are faced with
slavery. If beaten.
Business as usual" That's the
motto.
The Republican National Com
mittee meets, as 1t has always met,
in the hope of wrestling power from
the Democrats.
Labor fights for as little work for
as much money as possible.
Big corporations snarl and snap
as little business.
The farm bloc fights for the
farmers, the tire vulcanizers' bloc
fights for the tire vulcanizers.
Capitals "Chiselers" Hit.
Washington, the town that should
be the center of all things decent
and honest In the world today. is
SO filled with lobbyists, chiseIers,
hangers-on, supersalesmen, grab
bers, patronage poodles, and q gen.
eral assortment of gents who want
to get something for themselves
out Of q country at war that the
streetcars have to stop twice In a
block TO pick them up.
Throughout the country II Is the
same. Chambers of Commerce
bicker and barter to keep their
towns before the public eye. Citi-
zens disobey the rules on civilian
defense. This Governor wants this
for his State. That Governor wants
something else. There's fuss and
fuming over prices, rationing and
everything else.
What way to go about winning
q war of survivall
We can only express thanks that
on this day, April 28. 1t doesn't
happen to be the war of the survival
of the fittest.
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