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Willkie Calls For Action, Support Of F.D.R., If We Are To Remain A Free People
Todays
Editorials
Border, Texas
Wednesday, August S, 1941
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Nan Who Puls America First
Exposes Isolationists Thai
Would Block U. S. Defenses
Where Would The U. S. Be-?
Where Will The U. S. Be-?
DEWITT MACKENZIE
■cdH no major prophet to
i that thete are (lie tnsik
| mgs ol ;i brand new war in the
j I a KaMei'n crif hut it would
I 11" a mistnk' to assume that
shooting is inevitithle,
I don't believe that Japan wants
war .it this precise moment with
Britain or Russia oi the United
{ .Stall's — much less a combina-
tion of the three. Hi wever, it's
quite elenr thai the Nipponese. In
trying to get set so that they can
take advantage of any major Ger-
man success in the European war,
have maneuvered themselves in-
to a mighty delicate position.
In short, the Japanese are run-
ning the very evident risk of mili-
tary action bv Britain. More-
over, authoritative sources in
Washington express the belief
that the United States will sup-
port any action that England tak-
es. The Russian attitude hasn't
been disclosed.
At just what point John Bull
might fire a gun in anger is a
matter of earnest speculation.
The question of immediate con-
cern is whether Japan, having oc-
cupied the forbidden land of
French Indo-China, will now dare
take the momentous step of seiz-
ing the neighboring state of Thai-
land.
Possession of Thailand, as well
as French Indo-China, would give
j the Japanese a powerful military
j base from which they could strike
! in any direction. The snatching
I of Thailand would immediately
I increase the threat against Bri-
j tain’s great naval base of Singa-
pore, the Dutch East Indies with
■ their wealth of oil, rubber and
other essentials, and the Philip-
pines.
jVdl Britain strike if the Japa- j
ncso parry out their aim of seiz- !
ing Thailand? That’s what Tokyo j
would like to know, along with
the rest of the world. One fkould
expect Nippon to go as far as !
humanly possible without preci- j
pitating war, and then sit very
Where would the United States stand today in
the matter of national defense—
If we had not traded the fifty destroyers tc
England?
If we had not passed the draft act a year ago?
If we had not obtained those Atlantic bases from
England?
If we had withdrawn our flag and our armed
forces from the Orient?
If we had not passed the Lend-Lease-Aid bill?
If we had not stepped up our defense industrial
production?
If we had not increased the size and the power
of our regular army, navy, marine and air services?
If we had not put a stop to the German-Bunds in
thi§ country?
If we had not put a stop to Communist sponsored
strikes in our defense industries?
If we had not frozen the assets of those countries
conquered by Germany, Russia, Italy and Japan.
If we had nof protested tnc sinking of fhc Robin
Moor in the strongest possible language?
If we had not taken a firm hand in dealing with
a conquered France trying to give its colonies into
the hands of Germany, Italy and Japan?
If we hod not taken a firm hand in dealing with
a "Vichy" government trying to give Hitler control
of Dakar, Martinique and the French colony on the
northeast shoulder of South America?
It we had not strongly objected to the gradual
encroachment of the Japanese throughout the Orient
and into south Pacific areas?
If our President had failed to exhibit the courage
to do what he thought was best for our country in
spite of his political enemies who would sacrifice all
else to discredit him in his every effort?
If the "isolationists" had succeeded in blocking
President Roosevelt in all his efforts to give the United !
States the powerful navy it has today, which we have,
thanks to a President who was Secretary of the Novy
during World War No. One and who believes in the
U. S. Navy?
If we had nof occupied Greenland and Iceland
before Nazi troops had a chance to take over these
possessions of Hitler-conquered Denmark?
Where would our nation stand today in a world
most of which is already occupied and ruled by Ger-
many, Russia, Italy and Japan—
If we had listened to Senator Burton K. Wheeler,
Charles A. Lindbergh and those congressmen who
opposed all of these things now considered vital to
our national defense, whether at peace or at war?
Where will we stand a year from now, mothers
and fathers of American boys and girls that might be
called upon to defend these United States alone in
a world with all possible powerful allies under the
Hitler yoke, if we do not today have the foresight
and the courage to "isolate" our homes and our
civilian population against the death and destruction
of war by meeting the enemy far from our shores?
What would the American people fhink of o
minority of isolationists who threaten a filibuster
in order to defeat the will of fhc majority in Congress
who favor adequate national defense even if the men
now in uniform must stay in service "for duration of i -
fhe emergency," if later on, we must call these men I Old Age Pensions
back into our lines of defense too late to overt actual c i x a D j
warfare in the western hemisphere? AugilSl nCCOFu
What will the American people think if they
get the idea there is too much political horseplay in
Congress, that political grudges come ahead of na-
tional safety, that some Congressmen lack courage
and foresight, that a few might be out to hamstring
the administration rather than to face the real and
vital issues that concern the entire future of our
nation?
The situation facing our free people foday is so
serious fhaf we cannot afford to be anything but
strong in all matters of national defense even if our
efforts to push this defense for nut into the Atlantic
and into the Pacific invite war.
Those who would fight us today because of this
defense effort would certainly threaten us tomorrow
if we lack the necessary means of defense.
This is no time to play politics. It is time for
notional unity on the all important matter of national
defense which involves holding selectees in service
for an indefinite period of time and may mean send-
ing men out of the western hemisphere.
Editor* Not#: Talk by Wendell Willki# Wednesday night.
July 23 1941, Hollywood Bowl, Lo» Angel**. Calif,, at man
matting to promola national unity lot dafanta. auapicai
Southarn California Committee for National Unity.)
IMiriiur the lust many months, our country has been
'lividcd m <lrhate. Il is one of the great debate* in our
history: future generations will look back upon it as we
now look bark on the great debates on the slavery issue.
And I think that those future generations will sen ihis de-
bate in a better perspective than we can see it today.
For in our attitude toward this debate, there is a
dangerous fallacy. It is especially strong among those who
advocate the negative side — that the United States must
not assume a positive posi-
i'ffl Policy,
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tion in world affaire It is
the fallacy that tho debate is
j somehow between a peace
party and a war party; that
those who advocate isola-
tion are advocating peace,
j whereas those who advocate
the international view are
advocating war.
The primary issue today is not
war versus peace. The debate is
rather a debate as to the means
of maintaining freedom — the
freedom under which tomorrow's
peace will become fruitful.
The way we approach this ric-
) bate is vital to every one of us.
It determines our view about
what is going on in the world,
our attitude toward our defense
effort and toward the very fu-
ture of America. If we see it as
a sterile dispute between a war
party and a peace party, we are
led only to a paralyzing inaction I
and distrust — and the debate j
degenerates to personalities, to ;
the imputation of motives, to i
smears and appeals to prejudice !
that make calm decision impos- j
sible.
Consider the picture that the
isolationists have drawn of what
they call the war party. They
say—and I am quoting from one
of their number—that we are
being forced into war by prop-
aganda ' from foreign sources,
from cabinet officers, and Amer-
ican organizations.” They used to
say that the international bank-
ers were the source of propa-
not describe the kind of life we
live here in terms of square miles
and of population. America is a
way of lile — a way of life based
upon certain recognized rights
and principles, and held togeth-
er by the world's greatest political
document, the Constitution of
the United States. When wc look
ahead, the question that faces us
is not the number of square miles
under our control, but the way
in which we are going to live.
The real issue is whether we
are going to live in the future as
free men, or whether the attack
of the totalitarian powers is to
destroy our prospect of freedom
and force us, in desperation, to
undertake another form of gov-
ernment.
We are not arguing for war;
we are arguing for Freedom. War
may come and probably will,
whatever course we take; •—
neither a position of isolation nor
one of international guarantees
peace. The United States is not
seeking war. however, in estab-
lishing outlying bases. It is mov-
ing to secure other outposts from
which our freedom can be de-
fended.
As the situation develops, there
will doubtless be other moves
we will be compelled to make.
And in judging these moves, let
us have one, and only one, en-
duin' by Ihcsidehts
pmi their cotisflUi
|h>wcis In the conduct of
h reign relations and a., mm
to,Older in elucf of the nation'll
armed forces.
This docs not mean dictator-
ship. Congress is one of our con
atitutlonul guards against dicta-
torship. Our press and the indc
pendence and alertness of the
American people is another. Wc
may be in danger if Congress
rejects the great task with which
it is charged under the Consti-
tution and which it has met in
Uie past.
We may be in danger if Sena-
tors, instead of debating tha real
issues of this time, turn to per-
sonal invective, or take advan-
tage of the Senate Rules insur-
ing fair debate to make debate
impossible. We may be in danger
if Congressmen become political-
ly timid and pass the buck on im-
portant decisions. We will be in
danger if we allow our channels
of information and public discus-
sion to be closed. We will be in
danger if the American people
fail to elect representatives who
live up to their responsibilities
in Congress.
But let us not muddy this pres-
ent vital debate on foreign pol-
icy by applying to it the principles
which should determine our do-
mestic problems. For instance,
the Now Deal, in my view, has
long sought too much power, and
behind the blind of national emer-
gency, is continuing to do so to-
day. To this I am unalterably
opposed.
But this is not the time to de-
prive the commander-in-chief of
our army and navy of his power
to act or the President of the
United States of the necessary au-
thority to make our foreign policy
effective.
There is another argument that
confuses the debate on our for-
eign policy. It is pointed out that
our defense program is being
badly managed; that we are not
getting ahead as fast as we
should; that Washington is in con- j
fusion, and that the entire pro- I
is in danger. Again, no one :
ml out atlfl lo wake them pm
round faster than anybody
thought they eotthl go around
The cure ter a laid itefense
1'i'igiulii r not moil opposition,
but mere support.
Ut Us then frankly recognize
till' issue with which we me fail'd.
It is tin* issue of freedom dm
task today is to make freedom
strong
Democracies love peace and.
for that very reason. Hitler was
able to attack them unprepared.
It is truo that we should all of
us have takon alarm sooner than
we did. We should have begun
to prepare the moment the rise
of Hitler revealed our danger. We
did not. And the result is a des-
perate need for speed, for action.
We let things go so long that we
cannot now first build up our
on ti
nn naif"
t litem too haul
ie top lirtiss hats give
lets, tommaiiitera will
outline him h |imgiama
e fit for tilth own
Unless I
geni'ial oi
be left to
as Ihey s
men
Sortie ol the west Texas troop,
who mav have seen lew trees,
may hr drilled in compass march
mg through the dense woods,
where visibility frequently is re
strictcd to 50 yards or less.
Another commander may have
Ids new men practicing clear-
ing fields for fire, working on
loads or shinning up trees in pre-
paration for work as outposts or
observers during the maneuvers
The bivouac area is an ideal spot
m which to work, for much of
lhe Louisiana battleground is
land such as this—wooded and
own defenses, and then turn sandy,
around to see whotq we can help. Yesterday, aftei m,utiling 12
We cannot spare a day in ren- miles from their original camp
dering assistance to all who are to the new site, the soldiers sti uek
providing first line defense for j out for Red Lake,
us and we must render that as- It meant a walk of a mde-
sistance even though it means a and-a-half, on top of tlieii march.
delay in building up the defense
within our own shores. This is
the fundamental principle of the
Lease-Lend Act. which I have
advocated; and it means iirst
and above all things, aids to Brit-
ain. It means that wo must bend
every effort to keep Britain
afloat.
Amt lot us be very clear as to
this fact: wc cannot keep Brit- 1
ain afloat with words, no risks, |
and undelivered goods.
but in the soldiers that was un-
important, for they were heading
j for a swim.
The Red Lake hunting and
siting club invited the men to
1 swim from 4 p. m. to !) p. m
Bathing suits were unneces-
I sary. for tho club had designated
a special area on the lakeside
from which civilians were re-
i strictcd.
terion. Do they or do they not gram
help to assure free lives for us has struggled to correct these
and our children and our child- faults more than I. The President
ren’s children? If they dif not, has failed in the most elemantary
tight pending definite indication ganda designed to get us into war;
To relieve
Misery of
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today they say that the Commun-
ists, because Russia is fighting
Hitler, are responsible for this
propaganda. The international
bankers and the Communists
make a wonderful team — a team
which exists of course, only in the
imagination of the isolationists.
Right here in Los Angeles a I aPlJudI'
few weeks ago, one of their lead-
ing spokesmen accused those of
us who are internationalists, of
shifting our position again and
again; of producing a confused
public mind. The isolationists’
minister Hoyoda i portion has hardly been consistent.
In the beginning they said,
“This is just another European
war; it doesn't concern us. Any-
way. France and England are in-
vincible; our help isn't needed.
Then they said "The British
are going to be licked; we’d bet-
ter have nothing to do with them."
They have argued that Brit-
ain could not be invaded and
therefore we should stay out; they
have argued that nothing could
save Britain and therefore we
should stay out.
They have said that our coun-
try is too weak to enter the war
and they have said it is so
strong we need fear no foreign
enemies.
They have claimed that we
cannot fight because we don’t
have a two-ocean navy; fiptl in
the next breath h’ave claimed
that we have sufficient naval
strength so that it ill unimpor-
tant to us what happens to the
British fleet. ,
In the days when the' Lease-
Lend Act was being debated, they
wanted to aid Britain, they said,
BUT—they didn’t want to pass
any legislation to give the Presi-
dent the necessary power to ren-
der that aid. Todav they say they
want to aid Britain, even through
the Lease-Lend Act, BUT — they !
don't want to take any risks, or
to give the President power to
make any moves that would
make that aid effective. Yester-
day tho.v didn't want to legislate;
today they don't want to deliver.
And these are the people who
accuse us of inconsistency.
Our position has not changed.
In every argument we advocate
and in every argument we ad-
vance. we have one purpose: to
make freedom strong, so that
we can defend it against attack.
Under the pressure of events we
have proposed new methods to
realise this purpose. But those
changes represent no confusion
in mind, no tricks by which to
deceive the people. They are
steps to meet our increasing dan-
ger as country after country has
of how the European conflict is
going.
However, Japan is so far com-
mitted to her expansion program
that a major German break-
through of the Russian front at
this precise juncture might impel
tier to cast off restraint and go
all-out for her objectives. Wheth-
er the Reds hold, or don’t hold,
therefore becomes a mighty item.
We undoubtedly would get con-
siderable light if we knew what
Constantin Smotanin, Soviet am-
bassador to Tokyo, said to Japa
nese foreign
during their conference yester-
day. Did the Red envoy b.v anv
chance assure Admiral Toyoda
that Russia would abide by tho
neutrality pact signed in April
with Japan? Under that each
agreed to keep hands off in event
the other should be the “object of
military action on the part of one
or several powers.”
In other words, if Russia kept
this bond the Muscovites wouldn't
intervene in case Japan should be
the "object of military action” nn
the part of Britain—and maybe
others. Certainly that the Bolshe-
vists wouldn't make common
cause with the British in the Far
East undoubtedly would have a
tendency to stiffen Tokyo's atti-
tude toward John Bull.
AUSTIN, Aug. 6—(A’l—Smash-
ing all previous records 148,505
old age pensioners in Texas will
receive a total of $2,764,062, an
average of $18.61 each in mid-
August.
The figures were announced
by J. S. Murchison, director of
the state public welfare depart-
ment.
Last month 144.354 pensioners
received checks averaging S18.54
each.
The increases were attributed
to liberalized eligibility require-
ments and expanded revenues
from taxes.
COLDS
Liquid Tablet
Salve, hose Drop?
Cough Drop'
Rub-Mv-TistrT-a Wonderful
Liniment
then we should oppose them. But
if they do, then whatever our
party or whatever our creed, we
must give them our support.
Of course, it is true that we
should like to be spared the ne-
cessity of making such moves.
Anri, therefore, it is easy for us
to accept those arguments which
to make the moves un-
necessary. For instance, it is sug-
gested that all we have to do is
to give Britain plenty of ships,
and to let her operate those ships.
By such means, it is pointed out,
we can enable Britain to stay in
the tight, and keep out of it our-
i selves.
| That argument overlooks the
fact that Britain lacks the crews
| to man all the ships that she ! of
j needs. This applies equally to the
merchant marine and to the nav-
! al forces.
The argument that all we have
to do is turn over merchant ships
and naval vessels to Britain is an
easy argument to accept because
we should all like to have it that
way; and I. myself, when I
thought that was enough, stren-
uously advocated it But events
now show that that is not
enough—not if we are to defend
freedom. Our aid to Britain must
be rendered in terms of actual
delivery. There is no other way
by which we can be certain of
making freedom strong enough
to survive the tremendous at-
tacking power of Adolph Hitler.
There are other arguments vi-
tal to our domestic affairs which
nevertheless confuse this great
debate on our foreign policy. One
of those is the unprecedented ■
concentration of power in our i
Administration. Now on that is- j
sue, no one has fought more j
strenuously than 1 I believe that
the concentration of power in the
hands of the Executive is a great
danger to democracy. Among
domestic dangers, 1 even believe
that it is the greatest. But we are
not here faced merely with a
domestic danger. We are faced
with danger from beyond our
shores. And in the very founding
of this country, the principle was
set forth that in times of national
danger, power must be tempor-
arily concentrated in the hands of
the commander-in-chief. This
principle, indeed, is as old as
democracy itself. And we have
a long record in our own history
to substantiate it. Time after time,
the President has had to reach
his most important decisions be-
fore consulting congress.
It was th* clear intention of the i
founders of this country that in
emergencies the president should
lead; that he. as a part of his j
task of management — tne task
of delegation — the task of call-
ing in the ablest men in the coun-
try and giving them power to act.
It is true that Washington is in
confusion. It is true that our tie- j
fense program is in danger.
But the remedy for this is nol
to obstruct the defense program. :
The remedy is not to hang back, j
or to carp, or to oppose those larg-
er aims which are involved in
such moves as that which wc have
undertaken in Iceland. No, the
remedy is just the opposite of Hint.
We must — every one of us —
appropriate this defense program
as our own. We must realize that
in it lies our greatest hope of free-
dom. And we must get the kind
management we want, not
| through petty criticism, but
through the application of the
enormous pressure of American
public opinion, insisting that a
good job be done. We must lift
this defense program out of pol-
itics and above politics. Wc must
press congressmen and every sen-
Infantrymen Of
36th Division
Start Training
By WILLIAM T. RIVES
FAIRFIELD. Texas, Aug. 6—
i/t’i—Thirty-sixth Division infan-
trymen began light training in
their bivouac area 12 miles from
here today as they awaited arriv-
al of the field artillery from Camp
Bowie.
First units of the remainder of
the division arrived here early
in the afternoon, and by 8 p, m
tonight the division’s full strength
—16,000 men—will be quartered
in the woods near Fairfield.
Commanders indicated they j
would not put the men through j
strenuous drills during their stay
Fireman Killed When
Two Trucks Collide
HOUSTON. Aug. 6—UP)—Hor-
ace O. Gassaway, fireman, was
killed early today when two fire
trucks speeding to a grocery store
fire collided.
Four other firemen were in-
jured. They were F. C. Cartino,
E. J. McGinnis, C. N. Rogers and
Bill Myers.
Gassoway was killed when a
hook and ladder truck on which
he was riding was hit on the left
rear wheel by a pumper, throw-
ing him to the sidewalk.
DR. GEO. E. BEAR
—Chiropractor—
Has moved his offices from
420 N. Main TO 413 DEAHL
DEFENSE
SAVINGS
Quiz
Q. \\ lull are the Fax Savings Notes issued by the
Treasury?
A. They are direct obligations of the United States
issued in the form of Treasury notes and are
dated in tin month in which payment is received.
Q Where may Tax Savings Notes be purchased?
A. Through local hanks, from Federal Reserve Banks,
their branches, or direct front the Treasury De-
partment, Washington, I). C.
NOTE.— For complete information about fhe new Tax
Savings Plan, ask your hanker or write direct
_ to the Treasury Department, Washington, D C.
S S H H ! Daddy Is Busy
fallen under Hitler's power and great responsibility, should meet
as we have seen Britain's en- and solve those situations in
durance taxed, almost to the which is involved th* long-term
safety and strength of freedom.
Must of the great measures
which have shaped this nation's
position in the world, have been
the decision not of congress but
of the president. The Louisiana
Purchase, the Monroe Doctrine,
the Mexican War. the Preserva-
tion of the Union — Lincoln act- 1
ed ten weeks before there was a
vote in congress — the Far East-
breaking point
The fact is that America is in
extreme danger. It is a sophistry
to try to define this danger in
purely territorial terms. Of course
it is true that there is no im-
mediate danger of a wholesale
air and naval attack on our
shores. But America cannot be
defined in terms of its shoreline
or its boundary lines. We can-
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Phillips, J. C. Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 220, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 6, 1941, newspaper, August 6, 1941; Borger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth739005/m1/2/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch.