Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-03-29
| Might Be
Wrong But
P. G. sTROMBERG

rus W6eH yJ6tU tnlS space
to Mr.. Gordon C. Zahn of
Outings Mills, Nd, soho takes
exception to some statements
made here and proceeds to give
as the benefit of good straight
thinking. Mr.. Zahn's letter fol-
lOacs: \
SET READ YOUR COLUMN of
= March 9th and / feel there
is much in the article that bears
critical comment. Your opening
comment to the effect that even
while the war is still in prog
ress the public attitude toward
certain deals. is
Ye Publisher changing is all
Yields too true; how
This SPACE ever, it is not
encouraging to
note that you proceed to justify
these changes. After all, many
men a0ho accepted those Uery
ideals on their face value when
they were Sin style" have died,
are dying and will die for their
attainment. Is it anyone's privi-
lege to abandon them after such
sacrifices have already been
made in their name?
All we want is fair deal for
ALI is a good expression of the
basic international philosophy of
most Americans. But before we
can decide if any compromise
with Russia is "fair" in the
Polish matter it would be we'll
to make closer survey of the
actual situation. Several leading
magazines Common Sense, The
American Mercury, etc. have
recently published articles deal
ing with the Russian policies in
occupied Polish territories. Doc
umented with rather gruesome
facts (which are fairly we'll
proven by Russia's refusal to
submit the charges to any i'm
partial Investigations we find
record of oppression and of out
right liquidation of any group
or individuals that remain true
to the Polish government in
Guiding the underground re-
sistance forces that contributed
so vitality to the defeat of the
Nazis. Can we, in. the face of
so forbidding a record, have any
faith in the promises of free and
democratic elections? There is
every reason to fear that any
political opposition to Russian
influence IN all of Poland will
be wiped out
Mr.. Zahn by the Russians
Speaks before such an
His Mind election would
be possible. If
the Big 3 wanted to have "fair
deal for all", the Poles them
selves would have been repre-
scented at their conference-or
the occupation of Poland could
have been placed under the
supervision of some international
authority not involved in the
boundary dispute.
"As the world stands today,
unfortunately, Russia is the key
to peace This does not mean
that our policy cannot be set
toward much higher goal than
peace with Russia at any price.
The only key to real world peace
is a steadfast adherence to the
basic Christian concepts of JUS
tice and the brotherhood of all
men, concepts which really ex-
tend to all of mans religions.
The coming peace must be writ
ten in the Lincolnian formula
with malice toward none,
with charity toward ALL With
this as the foundation for all
efforts, there will be hope that
World War III, which now is
apparently inevitable, can be
avoided. For America to aban-
don its ideas at a time when its
power is at a peak is an act
that cannot be justified. The
only question remaining then
one which challenges the ihteg-
rity of our lead
Russia ers and one
and which cannot be
Poland answered until
the war is OBJ
jectively studied from the van
tage point OF history-is: we're
these ideals ever involved in
this war, or was America "sold
bill Of goods"
"Your position. Mr.. Strom-
berg, is an important one.