Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-24
Whats
New!
With The
45th Infantry
in Germany
By
Edward Duck

MARMOULON, France,
August 9-Things are happen
ing fast right now. The great
est scientific discovery of mod
ern history is being unleashed
on the japanese in order to
end the war Immediately, if
possible. There is rumor
here this morning that Russia
has declared war on japan.
And of course, everyone is
still talking about the British
election results.
When one considers that
the energy released by one
pound of uranium would be
sufficient to rase the Empire
State Building twenty miles in
the air, it is not too difficult
to believe that the war could
end within matter of hours.
If Russia has decided to
Jump into the melee that, too,
should tend to cause the Jasp
to decide that it is high time
that they call it quits.
POSTWAR
This leads us to the subject
of postwar. Ladies and
gentlemen, the long awaited
day might well have arrived
before this column goes to
press. AS it has been pre-
dicted, America is not ready
for it. No one should need
to be told this.
Temporary unemployment
Is the lesser of two evils, ii
one wishes to choose between
it and war. But this is not the
solution. Adequate unemploy-
ment compensation and estab-
lished machinery for govern
mental projects at decent wage
levels would have been the
answer. 1t could have been
done.
Providence smiled upon
Great Britain and gave the
common people relief from
conservative Toryism. Too
many people don't know the
truth about the British cleo
ton and the reasons for the
Swing to the left. If it took
a vigilante group to move
your sick wife and baby into
a house of some kind while
houses were vacant you would
want change, too! The
people wanted a new deal and
they finally got it. Promises
alone do not provide food or
shelter for cold and hungry
millions. Britain's postwar
future looks bright, indeed,
notwithstanding the poisonous
remarks of certain self
appointed American spokes-
men.
IMPERIALISM
If Hitler were alive-or if
he is alive-it is now diff
cult for him or anyone else
to shout about British "im-
perialism." The policies of the
incoming government will
bear this out. The contempt
which many have had for the
British nation, because of GER
tain things which had best
not discuss until | am out Of
uniform, is vanishing.
In the British election the
issues were clearly defined.
One party stood for one thing,
the other party for something
else. Campaign speeches were
bitter, and the contestants
showed each other little
mercy. They were not hypo-
critics.
There is nothing danger
Gus" about the Labor victory
in Great Britain. Selfish in
terests, in Britain, America,
and elsewhere, feel them
selves slipping, and fear for
their financial and political
future. They see the hand
writing on the wall.
PERMANENT PEACE
So on the one hand we have
a scientific discovery which
by its very immensity in
power of destruction makes
future war prohibited, while
on the other hand develop
ments of worldwide political
significance enhance the pros
pect of permanent peace for
all countries of the world.
The atom bomb Is so terrible
that it could very possibly
bring about the ruin of the
world If II became an instru-
ment for the waging of world
war in years to come.
Therefore, it remains for
all nations to seek other
means of settling disputes
hereafter. Great Britain's
change for the better makes
possible the establishment of
real cooperation between the
great powers of the world,
and removes the bad taste
caused by too many years of
something the people didn't
like but couldn't whip.
We have a few problems
ourselves. We don't have to
solve our problems in the