Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-04
Russia, China
Send SOS to
White House
Pleas TO American People
Useless, PeeIer Says |
BY wESTBROOK PEGLER

the need of q second front
on the European continent and
OF more weapons, explosives and
food in Russia and China should
be addressed not to the Ameri-
can people. who have nothing to
say in such matters, but 10 the
White House. Washington.
Joseph Stains speaking is
tough. practical and heartening
because he is, in effect, always
threatening 10 take Adolf Hitler
into locked room. in person,
when he catches up with him.
and pull him apart by hand and
when this war is done, If Hitler
hasn't cut his own throat or
hoped off his mountain, the lit
tie tough guy probably will
arrange some personal and dra-
matte humiliation for him. His
talks are good for us. He makes
good his threats and he doesn't
talk nonsense.
Mime. Chang kai-Shek takes
a pretty picture, also makes a
good speech, is said TO speak
Americanese with a soft mag
nolia drawl. She is welcome and
very popular here and, in a
manner OF speaking. she can
help herself to whatever We
have that her people need to
fight the Japanese.
DUT both of these rulers-I
- think il is correct 10 speak
OF Mime. Chang Kai-Shek as a
ruler-certainly know that the
American people have given
President Roosevelt full power
10 allocate our equipment and
food as he thinks best. 4
Stain knows further that the\
American citizen has no more
power than one of his own SUBJ
jccts 10 interfere with the gen.
eral staff. Our people don't
know how much stuff we have
sent 10 Russia or anywhere else
and therefore are in no position
TO Judge whether IL has been TOO
little or could have been more,
which is all right with US, too,
for the time being.
Last summer. when the Com
munistS- here and in London,
were hollering for second
front and Charlie Chaplin and
Orson Welles. those night club
commandos OF the Hollywood
front, were demanding that
American men walk up some
continental beach through ma
chine gun fire, none of our peo-
pie at home and few OF our
soldiers had the faintest sus-
plclon that the expedition 10
North Africa was being organ
lied.
That seems 10 90 for Wendell
Willkie. TOO, who certainly gave
brilliant performance in the
role OF dumb one.
IF 1T is tools and/or food that
Stain and Nine. Chang Kai-
Shek want. the person 10 see is
Harry Hopkins. also residing at
the White House. He has il all
under his hand, having been
deputized by President Roose-
welt 10 handle all such matters.
He has never been stingy with
the American peoples posses
Sions and money and if he has
on hand enough OF what the
Russians and Chinese need, after
our own fighters have been
taken care OF, he can be relied
on 10 take it out OF the arsenal
OF democracy and send il along
Nine Chang has been yer.
nice about II all, but there have
been times when Stain has
seemed a little impatient, not
10 say contemptuouS and that
doesn't do any one any good.
How would he like il if Presi-
dent Roosevelt should get up
some Sunday night and point out
10 the American people that.
after all. Stain isn't doing,
never has done. and hasn' {
promised TO do anything at all
for the United States but has
fought only for Russia and didn't
fight a lick until Hitler attacked
him.
LIE would burn up and any
IL such candor from the Amer
lean President in response 10
suggestions that we have been
logging it might break up the
United Nations. But none of
our big men ever speaks that
way. They and our people are
always cheering for Russia and
the people assume that we have
been sending Russia all we can.
President Roosevelt will never
say it, but Mr.. Stain certainly
knows that one important
reason why we haven't been able
TO do more for him and reason,
therefore, why some incalculable
number of Russian soldiers and
civilians have been slaughtered
is that his Communists in the
United States did their worst to
prevent the production Of ma
chine tools, weapons and every
thing else that he has needed,
during a period of almost two
years.
These Communists are his
people and he knows il. and no
denials by Earl Browder or any
others will disprove the direct
connection which has been recog1
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