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Through Hazel Eyes
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revolution to free ourselves from
Britain's ruthless control.
Today we find the American
taxpayers toiling literally to keep
Britain afloat.
Our American dollars supplied
through the Marshall Plan have
helped keep the Labor Govern
ment in power and made it pos
sible for Britain to proceed on
schedule with the specialization OF
her industry.
At home we americans fight
specialization yet pay huge
taxes to make possible Marshall
Plan aid which helps socialism
progress in Britain.
We have the unusual spectacle
of Britain socializing or national
izing her own industries and at
the same time fighting in every
way possible the naturalization of
the oil industry in Iran-only one
of the numerous countries Britain
has exploited for generations.
We find ourselves tied to Great
Britain in such a way today that
her interests ire given considera-
ton even above the protection of
our own American fighting men
in Korea. VIZ find her wishes die
tating III military policy-over-
riding the best judgment of our
chiefs of staff.
We have engaged in a see-saw
war in Korea under the banner of
the United Nations-with Ameri-
cans dying and being wounded by
the thousands-but the manner
in which they fought and died
was not strictly American. 1t is
not American to fight with one
hand tied behind your back-and
that's exactly what our troops
have been doing. They have not
had enough men or proper equip
ment, or enough equipment OF
WIldt lIlty ulQ nave.
Meanwhile our administration,
in keeping with Britain's wishes,
has been engaged in a program of
appeasement and do-nothingness
in an effort to keep the conflict
from spreading"
I'VE must not lose sight of the
fact that we must keep the con-
flict from spreading into a gen.
eral war in Asia because that !
would leave Britain alone and
unprotected should Russia start
10 march in Europe"
Whether we like it or not we
must surely realize by now that
we are serving Britain's interests
today more Loyalty than any of
her erstwhile colonies and present
commonwealth.
This return of America to the
status of one of Britain's colonies
was started by our Congress when
it passed house resolution l776,
the provision for lend-lease, as
asked for by the late president,
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
We have faithfully served Bri-
tain's interests eve since.
On the occasion of the anniver-
sary of our so-called independence
from Britain I should like for
every American to stop long en-
ough to think about what Ameri-
ca means to him-if he thinks it's
worthwhile to continue to try to
maintain a free and independent
people and run our own affairs
according to the way the constitu-
ton intended US to-and let other
nations do the same.
Or shall we let our fortunes re-
main so interviewer with Britain
that we, too, shall try to rule the
universe-so that we, like Bri-
tain, are hated all the way around
the world?
|, for one, on this July 4th want
TO go on record as ~favoring a e
turn of the American government
to the people - which means a
return to constitutional processes.
| want to see a reformed Con-
gress of the United States once
again assume its rightful place in
the scheme of constitutional gov
eminent - and the Supreme
Court again become a body our
citizens and the young people of
this land can respect. | am tired
of seeing a president usurp the
powers and rights of Congress.
Last, but not least, l should like
to e the American people return
to those ld-fashioned principles
and teachings of trust in God and
fear no evil-principles of honest
work and self-reliance which are
the only things really worth saw
ing in our American way of life.
On this independence Day I'd
like to see these same American
people. re-affirm to their elected
congressman that they want to
continue a free and independent
nation - not only from Britain
but from all the other foreign ma
tions which have such a yoke