Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-20
PegIer Peace
Plan: Watch
Your Muske+
Keep II Ready on Wall
Over the Fireplace
By WESTBROOK PEGLER

Il nevertheless / insist that
that there is nothing in the past
or current record of human
nature TO justify belief or even
a hope that mankind will step
out of this war into a beautiful
world of mutual love and trust
and universal justice or that
such a state can ever be
achieved.
That doesn't mean that I
would deplore such a condition
for, on the contrary, l think il
would be very nice, nor that /
resent the efforts of SUCH as
Henry Wallace, our vice presi-
dent, TO dream it.
But l still contend that II
can't be done and that if this il
so, as a man of my belief must
assume, then the United States
will be the Patsy of sthe party
il our government tries to make
the dream come true.
1t is nice TO say that you be-
lieve in equality. 1t sounds
pretty. But equality just doesn't
exist and can't because some
people have more ability than
others, some have finer charac-
ter, some have superior intelli-
gence. Some are more energetic.
Not even in a family do you find
equality and in a parliament OF
the world the big nations would
be looking out for No. 1 in
various combinations just az
political machines do in city
councils. state legislatures and
the Congress of the u. S. A.
THE story has been repeated
Il so often that some vast
number of Americans, perhaps
all but a few. believe that the
League of Nations was wrecked
by few willful men who were
unnecessarily and sinfully suspi-
cious of the politicians % and
people of Europe.
But there was more TO Il than
that. The truth is also that the
Victors tried 10 create a lot OF
nations by taking a backyard
from one and a south forty from
another and patching them to-
gether with the result that Italy
felt that she had been gypped
and Germany gave herself over
TO self-sympathy brooding and
vengefulness and CZecho-Slo-
vakia and Poland acquired areas
of Germans sVho hated their new
condition and were delighted to
conspire with Adolf Hitler.
How else would we do il this
time? Nobody tells us except
that this time we must all love
and trust one another and share
what we have;
Why. even in a union you find
ambitious men, connivers and
conspirators and bitterness, per-
secution and fighting although
the members are supposed 10 be
bound together in a great broth
erhood of labor against the COM
mon enemy, the boss. You will
find jealousy on a college foot
ball team or in a church.
THE fact is that. though some
Il OF our great minds and big
hearts regret as much. this is
one OF the big and powerful
nations of the world and not
equal but superior 10 most
others in most respects. We
got that way by our own ef-
forts on our own merits and
thanks 10 our luck in tumbling
into wonderful new land.
Also incidentally we played
some pretty mean tricks on
those who owned the place
when our people came. and
those tricks. too, are part of
the secret OF our success.
Those who visualize the beau
tiful postwar brotherhood of all
mankind don't 60 into details
and you get some cranky an
swers when you ask for blue
prints and specifications. They
say you are asking for perfec-
ton. for a dream-world deliv-
cred in a day.
But if they won't even deal
with the question whether Rus
STA will dominate the continent
of Europe and get sore at you
for asking. how can you join
in the dream?
Stain isn't indulging in any
such talk. He is making no
commitments and on the record
of Russia since 1917 we have
TO allow for the possibility, at
least, of more Bella Kuns and
communistic terrors and substi-
tuition of Stains dictatorship
for Hitler's because, after all.
Stain is doing the heavy work
and should be tough and strong
enough TO establish his own idea
of security in Europe when it
is over.
/ JUST think il is impossible
Il and inconsistent TO argue for
the four freedoms with Russia
in the combination because Rus
STA has been dictatorship
from the beginning as thousands
of backslid Bolsheviks who were
members of their intimate ccun-
ellis have written thousands OF
times.
/ can't imagine what Mr.. Wal
lace and Joe Davies can be up