Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-10-01

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steps, ;ssS, of Bo5.; tss
with a muz- Clayton W.
zle loa der Fountain
across his knees, seeing to it
that "furriners" like Willkie were
kept out of the caucus.
There are no automobiles on
the island. Transportation is linn
iteG to Shank's Ponies and few
horse-drawn vehicles. Governor
Bricker must have liked that.
There is nothing like surround
ing of horses and buggies to
stimulate cogitati on the role
of America in postwar affairs.
When the two-bit stogies were
drawing well, it must have been
simple enough to plot the future
of the world within an inch of
Chairman Spangler's nose.
WHAT ABOUT PEACE?
Well, the man in the street
wants to know, what did the
wise Republican statesmen de-
eide to do in the interest of main
tanning peace after the war is
over?
My good man, didn't you read
the papers? Didn't you see the
story which said that it might be
good idea for sovereign
states" to cooperate in working
for peace. The story was right
there on the front page, next to
the article acclaiming Mr.. Hull's
policy of maintaining "order" in
Italy.
Mr.. Dewey's popularity climbed
in the Gallup Poll as a result of
the decision reached Mackinac
Island. In case you don't know,
Mr.. Dewey is the youthful gov
ernor of New York who has al
ways been an outspoken enemy
of crime in big American cities
and who is now growing into the
notion that a potential President
ought to be against international
crime, too.
WHICH SOVEREIGN STATES?
The man in the street, impu-
dent and curious fellow, wants
to know what is sovereign
state" and which ones shall we
cooperate with after the war?
A Sovereign state" my fell
low citizen (don't get too close
with those greasy overalls), is
a responsible, respectable gov
ernment which minds its own
business. 1t keeps the banks open
and the railroads running on
time. 1t does not hire bureau
Gratis to squander public funds
chasing wild geese like social
security and wages and hours
laws.
In short, my good American
(have you paid your poll tax
yet?), a sovereign state" is one
which keeps its nose out of So
cial problems and lets private
enterprise develop democracy
with sound business principles.
Do you mean like selling oil
and steel to Japan up until just
before Pearl Harbor, Mr.. Re-
publican Statesman?
Well, now, my good man, you
know it was that fellow Roose-
welt who appointed Mr.. Hull.
Business didn't do it.
WOODS AND TREES
| am not prejudiced against
Republican statesmen. But / do
believe that, in their game of
hideand-seek foreign policy, the
smoke from their cigars prevents
them from seeing either the
woods or the trees.
They might look at Northamp-
ton, Massachusetts, a. a problem
in the preservation of peace. Two
hundred maintenance workers at
Smith College, in this bleak New
England village, threatened to
strike because a japanese named
DR.. Schuchi Kusaka was appoint
ed to the faculty to teach physics.
The man was cleared by the
FBI. He was recommended by a
Chinese fellow teacher, whose
grievance against Japan puts
American anger in the shade.
But the hysterical workers did
not look into DIR. KusIka's head
or his heart. They looked at his
face, and they saw rcd.
The COP mumbles about "sov-
ereign states" American citi-
zens in Northampton cannot see
that Japanese is man. The
immense smallness of these two
signs of our immaturity is a
measure of the distance we must
grow before the real problems
of peace take shape in front of
our squirting eyes.
When Northampton thinks
with its head, instead of it's gall
bladder, Senator Taft may dis
cover that Confucius was not the
founder of series of dirty jokes.