The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-25
BY WSTBROOK PEGLER

NEW YORK.-One great appeal is conspic.
uously lacking in the preachments to t h e
young people of the United States concerning
the brave new world of the future of which
they Will be the masters. There are freedoms
up to seven now, compensated, of course by
sacrlflces of ordinary human individual lib
critics which have been instructive in the Unit
ed States; but there has been no mention Of
loyalty lhls is sensitive topic in nation
whose marriages to the extent of one in six
END IN the divorce court, for loyalty begins
IN lhe nome and is the cement in the family
unit winch IS the basic unit of civilization
mat loyalty is to be observed every day on
the railroads and around the military camps
IN which American youth is training to fight
Young wives go rafting over the railroads.
many OF them under hardship conditions
from New England to San Diego, from Min
nesota to Florida, to be close 70 their yo,1nq
husbands until the last possible moment. Some
nave paoles IN their arms and some are obvi-
ously expecting Many carry their own hand
baggage for lack of manpower in the stations
or Tor lack OF money to pay the porters: thew
SIT up day and night in hot ill-ventlated
trains and when they arrive often there is
no decent housing for them. Many of them
take JOBS In war factories or in restaurants
or hotels who might remain in reasonable
comfort and security at home, in order to
have a few more hours together and some
seas have been glimpses of the longing of
young soldiers to see their wives and babies
born since they went away
fouth mas not had an inspiring public ex-
ample of this first loyalty in recent wears
ana IT has received nowhere in the propa
ganda OF that which might be called the no.
lltcal youth movement the emphasis that ha g
oeen given to political strategy, economic
problems and the freedoms Conspicuous fam
ines including leading personalities of mid
ole-age and beyond have been disrupted in
our own country and, in Britain scandal
lous round-robin of wife trading eliminated
IN historical political smash in which those
VINO upheld an old-fashioned concept of fam
lily loyalty were abused from the 'liberar,
sloe 1or repudlating an example which would
nave reduced the family to the status of the
ANIMALS IN the barnyard. They were called
torres, reactionaires'' and 'fascists"
indeed, not even loyalty to the United States
Is now placed first in the program for the
Iutufe which is presented to youth in the war.
instead 1t IS urged that this youth fight for
new world and list of detectives called
freedoms the achievement of which would
aorogate much of the fundamental human
!reeoom or liberty on which American life
IS based Men who have placed the United
o'ates flrst, and alone have been berated
as 1flends OF the enemy as though a narrow
ana exclusive devotion to their own country
~ 'iie heglect OF olam or Ethiopia were some
how unAmerican
strangely, family loyalty, the integrity of
the nome in which young Americans receive
thelr teaching, example and inspiration, has
oeen avoided as a topic too delicate or en-.
barrasslng for discussion. To stand by and
| rescue wounded buddy in action is a great
thing, but on the other hand, to call off 2
marriage and deprive children of the leader
snip ana companlonship of one parent and
| TO set them an intimate and deeply imnres
sive example of selfishness is not even o,,es-
tionable conduct. In the more radical areas
OF politics, apostasy to a political belief ~
objective, or to the personality of a 1eader
will be condemned as an unforgivable No.
sonal CRIME by some persons who nevertha
less see nothing worse in the repudiation ~
marriage Tor casual selfish reasons than
the violation OF, treaty or convenience hv
European state. ny
This war has greatly stimulated r.rn;, ,.o
among American youth and it is possible ~, =
the ratio OF divorces established bv ciui1;a'0a
will be maintained by them Certainl1, -'. aus
political youth movement has. not rea,. .li5
family integrity any of its businasss a[oeo
fortunately only a small proportion ~ 49, ~,
youth has ever had any contac ct with - VI tnls
youth under planned political leadana,sa lllzed
the majority, whether poor. middle elp ana
rich, carry over into marriage 49, class or
ton not of worldly prominent nas llSplra-
but that OF their own humdrum 1o,A1
ents in their little American w. loyal par