The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-10-14
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Russia-there it is again-the
great, black shadow across the face
of the world.
We walk under that shadow and
there is no other way. 1t is beyond
escape.
The ultimate decision is not in
our hands. We can do little even to
influence it, except perhaps to so
build our strength that the shadow
may take fright and come no near
er-for now.
Now negotiation has ceased. In
stead, the guns of oratory are fired
in the chambers of the United Ma
tions. Because Of the veto the Unit
ed Nations can do no more than
listen to the oratory.
How unfortunate that there is a
veto-and yet, we joined in want
ing it.
Reason: Russia would not permit
us to force a decision against her,
nor would we permit her to force a
decision against us.
Is there no way to decision ex-
cept through slaughter? No way
seems to offer!
1t seems to stagger the mind,
but actually we-this nation-have
nothing at all to say about when
the die will be cast, nor which way,
or where.
The whole civilized world stands
and waits for Moscow to determine
if, when or where to strike.
| And there are dupes and dopes
| in the United States who are will
ing that it be so.
| Unfortunately, too many of them
are in our unions. Especially they
are in the unions which could do a
lot to cripples the United States in
event of an emergency.
Emergency" - t h oun d
frightening and it is. Too many do
not realize it.
Moreover, emergency" is not
something that lies only in the flu
ture. 1t lives with US every day. We
are in continuing emergency. An
emergency is unlikely to stand still
with unvarying nature. 1t gets bet
ter, or it gets worse. This one, so
far, has continued to get worse.
There is no sign today that offers
hope for any change in direction.
We hear, every so often, chatter
to the effect that "the Russian peo-
pie don't want war" and quite pro-
badly that is so.
But that is like saying that, at
the moment, we do not want rain.
Whether we have rain is not some
thing that we determine. The Russ
ian people are as voiceless as if
they had been born without vocal
chords. They are not asked about
anything. They are told-and they
dare not disobey, or even indicate
that they are displeased.
So, what the Russian people may
or may not want means nothing in
this tremendous world crisis.
1t is a queer thing that what the
people of the United States may
want or not want means nothing,
either. Two great peoples are, in
effect, voiceless.
But the reasons differ greatly.
We have no effective voice because
the issue is not for us to determine.
1t will be determined by the bosses
in the Kremlin.
But we do have a voice in what
we do, short of that. We have a
voice in saying that we shall not
be caught without the means of de-
fense.
We are informed. The Russian
people are not. Our people speak.
The Russian people do not. We can
change our presidents if we want
to-. But the Russian people cannot
throw out Joe Stain.
Who can blame the free peoples
of the world for certain amount
of infuriated feeling toward stu
alton in which they are helpless?
In olden days the advice was,
keep your powder dry, but today
it is more than powder; it is an
enormous and complicated job of
heavy machinery and highly skilled
technicians. And a terrible drain