Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-01-12
It's News
To Me
By O. J. Pecord

When Germany got ready its place in the it
began to manufacture guns planes bombs rifles artillery
trucks all the other instruments for waging
OF equal importance to Germany the training of its
young the art of The youth of Germany
crpted ndoctrnated and taught to march, creep crawl
eat, sleep and otherwise engage in warike activities
They taught shoot to the bayonet to fly
the planes drive the trucks man the guns supply the lines
Their officers demanded and received the blind
obedience of the anees who were told that ey We're the
best soldiers the world and that nothing could stop them
You know what happened
their how to attack and how to be brutal they
spelling for fight Certainly Hitler had no difficulty IN
selling the war to the Wehrmacht
ITALY TOO
Over in Italy, Mussoin doing the thing train
ing the boys of Italy proud their uniforms
eternal loyalty to willing die for their
He that the Italian youth were trained to march,
Japan with its feudasc Emperor had long imposed
people the islands the idea that he was de
gods that the greatest accomplishment in
any Japanese youths life was to die for his Emperor
had developed complex which people believe that
they the chosen of the Lord to rule the East They in
training by the boys had reached manhood
they looked war and killing as the greatest accomplish
epohs in the advancement of their country to its place
in the world.
NOT SURPRISING
And in the face of three nations training youth for
war surprising that the The surprise
that the war was so long in coming
While the warlike trained their men for war the other
nations looked the Germans Japs and
Italians with feelings of fear The sentiment in England and
United States that nations do not train men in the art OF
just for the sake of protecting themselves but for the pu
The world waited while the threat
ened and acted like men who were certain OF the might OF their
backing
CONSCRIPTION
Knowing falacy of training and expecting
the which the should
home to the entire world Yet if we may Judge by the Pres
the Nation speech which he asked to
conscrpon law train youth for the military after
the war the lesson has been lost entirely.
Nations do not insure by preparing for war.
Men trained for war do not want peace They want war
equipment not made for Avators who
trained to drop dummy bombs live
harmless targets get the itch to drop live bomb some
enemy, perhaps enemy.
to drive to drive them against
training influences which exered Certainly inn
be expected differently in
than it does elsewhere Our lads of
the mental material the youth of other countries They
will long forgetfu that than
of killing that also being killed
right country to break strikes
law order 1t has happened before and certainly
fell into the hands of
which unfrendy to labor which wished
its military to foSt fascism
Certainly opposed to conScrpung youth and
teaching them kill the peace of the
world We believe such practice is dangerous that it is
unnecessary, and of ALL that it will only bring
To force conscrpton upon boys the
the problem of world 1t is defeatm in its most
obnoxious
that the has been hopeessly lost
ConScrpon in this country will lead to another armament
after this which help but cumnate
ment end boodshed, sacrifices sweat tears,
death and possible defeat and chaos
Peace be by the peace 1t truly
by preparation for itself We oppose conscrp
tion, most emphaticaly.