Evening star., 1944-07-20

iheroic merchant marine, has trans-
ported endless -cargoes Of men,
weapons, food and freight to our
battle line on every front.
| Our heroic and patriotic farmers
have made greater production rec
ords each year In spite Of increas-
Ing war shortages Of manpower and
farm machinery and regardless Of
periodic gloomy prophecies Of na-
tional starvation by many, includ-
Ing Herbert Hoover.
/ Civilian Effort.
All Of these. and thousands OF
other things have been accom-
plished by Americas civilian armies,
with American women doing their
proud part and more. They march
side by side with the men In the
armed forces. Their strong and
faithful hands never stop working,
in the homes, on the farms, in the
factories and at every job that will
speed the day Of victory. They long
for. work for, and pray for peace.
The kind Of peace worked for,
fought for and died for by the i'm
mortal Woodrow Wilson, the kind
Of peace worked for and fought for
now by President Roosevelt!
America and her Allies are win
ming this war because they have
planned their work and are now
working their plan. They can and
must win an abiding peace. Inter-
national peace. as We of this gener-
stion have had to learn twice, Is Of
vital concern to every American.
It cannot be achieved by burying
our heads in the sand and leaving
white tail feathers waving in the
breeze.
Through tragic experience we have
learned that 1t is just as necessary
to prepare for peace while waging
war as it is to prepare against war
while enjoying peace. We must
realize that the unsolved problems
Of peace are the causes of war.
Lands Cordell Hun.
Some of the greatest victories
won in this war have been in the
field of diplomacy. No military VIC
tory can mean more to America and
her Allies than the conference at
Casablanca, Moscow. Teheran and
Cairo. These and many other such
advances have been wisely conceived
by our President. so ably aided by
that grand American statesman. the
greatest Secretary of State in q hum
dred years, Cordell Hull
The President during the next
four years must represent our
country in many more such confer
erces. I ask all Americans every
where: Who can best represent our
Nation In the future councils Of war
with our Allies and in the confer
ences around the peace table? I
know America will not regard this
question lightly nor decide it
wrongly! Shall 1t be Thomas E.
Dewey or Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Who will represent England at the
peace table? An untried manor
her greatest and Winston
Churchill?
| VINO will represent China? Some
man without experience or CHANG
Kai-Shek?
What About Russia?
Who will present Russia? One
who for the first time will partici-
pate in such a meeting and who, no
matter how honorable he might be
or how able he might sometime
become, would thus be greatly
handicapped-or will she be repre-
sented by her most experienced and
strongest-Joseph Stain?
Each Of our Allies will be repre-
sented by the one who has demon
strated the greatest ability for the
task.
Who will represent the United
States OF American An untried
leader who has not even told his
own people what his views are
or the man who has from the start
declared his position In clear and
certain words. and who has the re-
spect and esteem of all the United
can? n5 :
WIN 1t be Dewey-or Roosevelt?
Just suppose for a moment. but
no longer. that it were Dewey. What
would Churchill and Stain and the
Generahssimo and the other Allied
Leaders think and do when they
learned that he looked on them as
just group of tired old men?
EnEland's Choice.
When England faced her darkest
hour-with her military forces un-
organized and poorly armed-in
whose leadership did she place her
trust? Her least tried or most
proven? Can England-can We
can the civilized world ever dis
charge the debt of gratitude due
Winston Churchill?
When he was just about as old
as Mr.. Dewey is now he permitted
an impetuous urge to lead him into
the tragedy of Gallipoli. But how
different he acted at 65. After
Dunkirk he stood before the House
OF Commons Listen-are these the
words Of tired old man? 1--WE
shall not flag nor fail. We shall
fight in France and on the seas
and oceans. We shall defend our
island whatever the cost may be-
We shall fight on the beaches, land
ing grounds, in the fields. in streets
and on the hills. We shall never
surrender"
Look at Stalingrad! Whose figure
looms amid the defenders? Whose
spirit sustains them in the most
heroic and awful hour in Russia s
history? Who stopped and defeated
and now drives Hitler's once mighty
armies. once dreaded air force. back
and back and back? Mr.. Dewey
would have discarded him nearly