-j The OREGON : STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Thursday Mornlngr," September 21, 1939
PAGE FOUR
"No Favor Sicays. Us; No FedrShaU Awf
From First Statesman, March 28; 1851
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
Charles A. Sprague, President
Messbei at tie tmetttrt Press
'The Associated Prcta U aacluaiveiy emitted to the dm for public.
" i tloa of all news dispatches credited to It or pot therwlae credited ia
i tola paper.
!, Congress Scans Neutrality
i When congressmen convene
. to consider primarily his proposed amendments m tne neu
trality law, they will cast a careful glance across the Atlantic
to determine just what this situation is which called them
back to work ahead of schedule; and they will discover that
' is a situation even more grave than existed when the call
was issued. At the time, the war showed signs of being con
fined to Germany, Poland, France and England; now Russia
is involved in some indefinable manner and there is a serious
threat that it will spread further and in unDredictable direc
tions. History moves at a gallop in Jimes like these.
r The president's request for a "cash and carry" amend
ment toas based upon the lineup of nations as . of a week
ago, and was frankly a move to help the democracies by
: "methods short of war" so far as the United States was
concerned, and just as frankly, it was a matter of opportun-
' ism. The changed situation demands a re-examination of
' the issue. -
When this issue first arose, it was The Statesman's
opinion that the United States ought to make it possible
for munitions makers here to supply the democracies what
they could come and get and pay for. Foremost of our rea-
" sons for so believing was the undeniable fact that, the better
the allies fared and the quicker they won, the less danger
'of this country's involvement. Our reasoning also led to a
t belief ithat it was not trading with the allies, but loaning
them money and credit, that played a part in our- involve
ment in the struggle which we are beginning to call from
- necessity for differentiation. "World War I."
There are a great many other arguments among them
the benefit of an outlet for manufactured munitions, for
the development of a munitions industry which would en
hance our own preparedness and also a number of argu
ments (which might be marshaled on the contrary side of
the case. Press and public have, in fact, argued themselves
blue in the face on this issue in the past two weeks, and
argument is becoming wearisome. So for the present we
will limit our discussion to two other aspects of the situation :
i First, it should be generally recognized that though one
irrouD ifavors an arms embargo and another favors a cash
and carry policy, both want the United States to stay out of
war. This sentiment, indeed, is shared by workingmen as
represented by their unions, and industry as represented by
, the National Association of Manufacturers. Since the nation
is almost unanimous in the desire and the determination to
keep out of the war, there is no reason for opposing sides
in the! debate to impugn motives. Calm reasoning ought to
: prevail and there is greater need for it than ever before
; in this nation's history !
. ! Second, the decision is for congress to make, not the
' president ; and we emphasize this even though we happen
to agree, for once, with the occupant of the White House.
There was a tendency at the capital in the first few hysterical
days after war was declared, to brand this an "emergency"
which iought once more, as in 1933, to cause an abrogation
of congressional 'powers. There is no such condition here.
and it must not happen again. The present outlook is that
the president will have his way, unless re-examination in the
I light of the changed situation casts more doubt upon the
I advisability of amending the neutrality act. But he is more
I likely to gain his objective if he will refrain, as suggested
in the foregoing 'paragraph, from impugning motives of his
' t opponents and from any appearance of seeking to dictate
to congress. '
I diaries M. Schwab
j At age 18 Charles M. Schwab selected steel as his voca
r tion and took a job as stake-driver for the engineering crew
i, of one! of the Carnegie companies. A year later he was its
chief engineer, and it was not long until he was Andrew
Carnegie's right-hand man, then the first president of United
States Steel and later the dominating figure in Bethlehem
Steel. He was a self-made man. So much may be learned at a
glance by scanning Who's, Who or the encyclopedias. What
; interests that portion of the public that is intrigued by con
.' templation of his career, now that death has brought it to
- a close; is the secret of his success, his rise to the position
; of America's No. 1 industrialist.
! There is that school of thought which holds that no man
may rise so high without trampling ruthlessly upon regi-
merits of his fellow-men, and another school which holds
, somewhat the opposite view. There is no denying that Schwab
seized opportunities and built for himself vast financial
powerpower which the first group cannot conceive of
...being anything but a force for evil. On the other hand it
must be recalled-ihat in labor relations, "big steel" in recent
'years has taken consistently a more temperate view than
"little steel" or some other sections of industry. It may be
C recalled that Schwab himself wrote as long ago as 1920 :
! am myself a believer in the fact that the successful
employment of labor does now and will in the future rest more .
and more upon the recognition: First of the right of the men
to deal with their employers collectively; and Second upon the
privilege of the men,- through, some kind of profit-sharing, to
obtaiit-ertllrect share In the profits realized upon the articles
,: tney uwmselves are maamg."
i . In his abstract thinking, at least, Schwab, was ahead of
'his-time on this subject But after all: .whether he was a
benefactor to humanity-or a ruthless exploiter does not pre
cisely explain his career, for there are and were plenty of
other men eager to be either. It s said that he was an engi
'neering genius, a financial genius, a genius for organization.
But what constitutes genius? Lacking an actual acquaintance
ship, the question stumps, us.
; - But supposing that such a
i of his predecessor the man
"modeled his own life. Is it not
; would emphasize most strongly m that appraisal, the points
in the other's character and methods that most impressed
him," that most appealed to
: duplicate? Here are portions
Andrew Carnegie : - , , .
"The tremendous results which Mr. Carnegie 'secured were
( always obtained through a spirit of approval and never of criti-
clsm. .'. . How every man responds Under such conditions! . . .
I have yet to find the man,' however great or exalted his station,
' who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under
a spirit of approval than he would ever do under a spirit of
' . criticism. . , - . ' . . ; - ;
7 ; . "Mr. Carnegie all the years of his life was the simple demo-
v crat that we preach of today. He never had a particle- of snob
,v highness In his character, nor could he tolerate It in others."
- There is likewise independent evidence that Schwab ob
tained loyalty and cooperation in the same manner that he
' attributed to Carnegie; by patting men on the back in token
of appreciation of honest effort, and by showing sincerely
that he held himself no better
The Threat
Rare is the man who,
'apple pie, ice cream and gingerbread cookies, has not gone
back to bed to find himseli.
a crumbling cliff several hundred feet over a seething mael
strom of icy waters on some
.neither he nor any other man
of different temperament,
road ties while an express train rushes toward him as he
.struggles to answer the deep yearning within him to break
his bonds.
I ,No apple pie, ice cream, or gingerbread cookies' have
the peoples of the Scandinavian lands," or of the Baltic states,
. munched in the past 20 years unless it be the fresh pastry
itafesmmt
today at the president's call
man should write an appraisal
after whom he presumably
reasonable to suppose that he
him, that he tried hardest to
of what Schwab wrote about
than his co-workers.
in the North
following a nocturnal feast on
shortly afterwards perched on
distant northerly coast where
had ever trod ; or, if he is a man
found himself .pinioned to rail
Bits for
Breakfast
Br It J. HENDRICKS
First winter and 9-21-39
summer of Applegate
families in Oregon:
pork and . peaa staples:
S H
(Concluding from yesterday:)
Quoting the Jesse R. Applegata
book further: "Our first winter
was mild. I can recall but one
snow storm and this snow disap
peared In a tew hours. We bad.
no team nor wagon and could not
borrow. (This made it necessary
tor Jesse A. to gather and carry
chips and sticks for fuel, bo he
remembered it.)
I went; to school all that
winter. We children followed a
footpath through wild shrubbery
higher than our heads. After a
rain we were well sprinkled from
the wet bushes, and often ar
rived - at the school house
thoroughly soaked. (The wild
shrubbery is still there, after 95
years, if the school house was
north of the old mission's first
three houses, which this column
ist thinks it was.)
'We considered ourselves
fortunate if we were dry by noon.
I can remember no play time,
no games, not even tag. The
last school day I recall must have
been near the close of the term,
for I went from the old weU near
the school house door to the fence
on the mission farm and saw
that the wheat was as high as
the fence.
Our people harvested on the
mission farm, using sickles and
scythes .to cut the grain, which
was afterward bound into bundles
or sheaves. My. work was to
stack the sheaves into shocks.
. By harvesting this crop our
people supplied themselves with
grain to take to the new settle
ment. The wheat was the red
bearded variety. (The Apple
gates of the second generation,
mostly sons of Jesse and Charles,
became in after years bonanza
farmers in Yoncalla and Scotts
valleys, Douglas county, using the
then most modern machinery and
in harvest time hiring all the
available help of their neigh
bors, Including older brothers of
this writer.)
S S V
"Many families arrived in the
Willamette valley in November
and December (1843), and lo
cated in different parts of the
country. The Waldos, Kaisers.
Looneys and others went up the
river and settled on the Waldo
Hills, Chemeketa and valleys of
the Santiam. The Millicans,
Bakers, Holmans, Hembrees,
Hesses, Birds and others crossed
the river and established settle
ments in the rich valleys of the
North and South Yamhill.
'When our families had been
established in winter quarters in
the deserted mission houses, the
country west of the river was ex
plored, and places for settlement
selected on a stream called Salt
creek, at the eastern base of the
Coast Range. In December
(1843) Uncle Jesse Applegate
established himself there in a
shanty or hut. Here he, with
one or two young men, resided
during the winter, making im
provements and preparing a home
for his family. The settlement in
Salt Creek valley was about three
miles north of where the city of
Dallas, Polk county, now is. The
three Applegate brothers located
on three adjoining sections, since
known on the township map as
the donation claims of James
Frederick, A. H. Whitley and
George Brown.
S S "a
'When our families started
west again, we crossed the Wil
lamette river in the ferry boat
which father built during the
winter. Taking a southerly course
between the hills and the river
to Salt Creek valley, then west
through a low gap in the range
of hills (Eola Hills) Bix miles
north of The Mills (now Salem),
we traveled west about nine miles
and 'kindled our last campfire on
the bank of a branch of Salt
creek under the brow of the Coast
mountain range.
In order to make the move,
a team bad been hired or bor
rowed. There may have been
more than one team, although
can reeall but one.
'This was the beginning of
.
the first road in Polk county.
The road was laid out before
there was a county. . . . Our
camp fire was in a grove of large
oak trees. The three camp fires
were close together and lighted
the avenues between the trees up
to a dark canopy of leaves over
head. We children played games
in the grove early in the evening
. . . Our second camp scene In
the grove of oaks was brilliant
while It lasted. Uncle Jesse
(Turn to page 5)
of independence in the case of the latter but for the position
in which they find themselves now they might as well have
done so. News dispatches yesterday described Estonia as
blockaded by Russia, and. all three of the Baltic countries
"bobbing helplessly, like corks on turbulent waters, in the
surge of events which struck Poland and which may at any
time be directed against them.n
Sweden, especially, is threatened by the progress of
events on the continent. Her present sympathies are with
England, but her citizens accuse the English of "neglect,"
since the British blockade has affected Swedish commerce
with Germany and even neutral countries, and a British
embargo has cut off vital coal supplies to both Norway and
Sweden. More threatening, however, is the attitude of Ger
many, which has already given the Swedes to understand
that she is willing to trade with them if they are ready to
enter .a barter agreement to supply Sweden with coal in
return for iron ore. The Swedes are not blind to the "or
else" method of Nazi barter, but they resent the lack of
sympathy which they think has marked the British, attitude
toward them.
Absorption of the Baltic states by Russia would perhaps
be more of a tragedy of principle rather than an overwhelm
ing diplomatic or strategic defeat for the allies, on whom
their hopes for continued independence must rest. A far
greater loss would be the overrunning or even peaceable
seduction, of Denmark, Norway and Sweden by the Germans
and Russians. Not only would the losses in strategic ad
vantage and in war materials be immense, bat the final
blackout of the thoroughly democratic 'rule in the three
Scandinavian monarchies - would be an irreparable moral
defeat.": - - -vx; :-f y:,-'
The small states in northern Europe will need inspired
leadership in the next few months, together with a firm as
surance that the cause of independence to which they devote
themselves will be worth the struggle. They should by. all
agencies receive support in every form, material as well
as moral, from the states whose allies they would be if they
rose against the threatened incursions of the German-Russian
hordes.
"Redheads Are
Chapter 82.
Later, as the two drank their
coffee and Handsome slept. Dr.
Christian diagnosed the case as.
Alcoholism, of couse. But I
wonder where he's been. He's
half starved.'
Meanwhile. Mike was saying
to herself: "I can't leave him
alone here. If I report In sick
to the office, they . micht come
here." Mlkeis cheeks flushed tor
she knew that Bob Kenyon would
drive: down at noon to see how
she was. .
IH get a nurse by the time
you want to go to work," Dr.
Christian promised.
Risk Reckoned.
Mike ' knew the risk she ran
having Handsome in her apart
ment, but there seemed nothing
to do about It at the moment.
She and Dr. Christian talked it
over. They agreed that Hand
some should be In the country.
They thought and planned. . . .
Where could he go to recuper
ate? The husky athlete was recover-
Ing rapidly. Two days later, J
nanasome 101a Aiiae aooui inose
two months he had been miss
ing.
"At first, I was desperate. I
thought you'd never want to see
me again. Then, I guess. I Just
Btarted drinking. I woke up in
a little town up in Maine. I don't
know how 1 got there, but I
must have caught a ride on a
freight." His head sunk lower.
I didn't have a sou. They ar
rested me for vagrancy. Kept
me in Jail for 30 days."
"They didn't recognize you?"
Mike held her voice steady.
"I didn't shave, and I wouldn't
tell them anything about myself.
wnen tney let me go. I started
right back to you. ... I didn't
have much to eat. I was scared
I'd get arrested again. When I
got here, that fellow was here."
Tears came to Handsome's eyes.
tie was sun weak and sick. She
bent and kissed his forehead.
"Don't think anythine more
about it now."
Desperate.
Mike was in a constant state of
desperation that Bob would sus
pect something. She finally was
forced to tell him that her
brother was in town. 111 at her
apartment. She also told him Dr.
Christian was taking care of him.
Bob immediately tried to help
and he almost drove Mike crazy.
When the series playoff began
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By ! Vera Brown
In Detroit, Handsome listened to
the ball game on the little radio
in Mike's apartment. What he
thought or what he felt be never
told anybody. It seemed to be a
turning point In his life, g
When Mike came home that
evening he was In bed. During
the night, ! she could hear him
pacing up I and down the floor
in his room. But this seemed
to be his tight. . She could do
nothing for him.
Next night when she came home
from wort.. Dr. Cnristian - was
with Handsome. "I think we're
got the answer!" he said.
Larry's Future?
-To Larry's future?" Mike
asked.
"That's It." Dr. Christian was
beaming. "My dad lives up in
Northern Michigan. Near Iron
Mountain. He's got a smaU farm.
Just putters about. I think he
will take Handsome for the
winter." .
Handsome met her eyes
squarely and smiled: ''I'm hit
ting the comeback trail hard.
Skipper,
How can we get him out of
town?" Mike asked.
"I'm driving through next
week, with Mrs. Christian. He
can go with us." After the
doctor had gone, Handsome
seemed happy Indeed.
"Just give me another chance.
Skipper." His, face clouded. "I'll
need a little money."
We'll get that, somehow."
Mike assured him.
"I can't take any more from
you, Mike."
"You won't have, to."
Mike went to Wish Malone the
next night "You've been a grand
friend. Wish. I need money
badly. There's sickness in the
family. I want you to . . . t6
sell my ring."
She held out the diamond
which Handsome had given her
that first summer. Wish knew
quite a lot about diamonds. Bail
players generally do. They like
to buy them.
"I thought you might know
one of the younger boys who'd
like a stone cheap."
"Why don't you Just borrow
on it?" Wish asked.
Better Sell It."
"Because 111 need more than
that. Besides, I'd never went .to
wear it again. It's better to sell
it."
Wish's face had a wry grin on
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Isiicky
it. : "There's a rookie pitcher In
Newark that wants to pick up
a good diamond. Ton know,
yoang Bensen." Both Mike and
Wish knew Quite well that Ben
sen was one of the "hopes" being
developed to fill Handsome's
place.
- "Tell him he can have the
ring foe 1400. It's worth $600.
at least."
"Nothing- from Handsome?"
Wish asked as she was leaving.
"Wee got to hear some time."
Mike dropped her head, was
silent. She hated to deceive
Wish. v But it- was best. Hand
some had to prove himself to
aU of them! And he would, she
believed.
Dr. Christian was to leave
town three days later. Wish tele
phoned Mike at her office and
sent the money for her. He had
managed to wangle $400 from
Bensen.
(To be continued.)
School Safety Is
Urged on Drivers
The Salem colica department
Is not going to stage any brief.
concentrated rmve to bring about
safe-driving practices by motor-
tats passing scnooi grounds but
it will keep a regular watch to
see that the city's school chil
dren are protected. Chief Frank
A. Mlnto said yesterday.
The chief called on motorists
to cooperate in the department's
goal of going through this school
year without a serious school
child accident.
"We want motorists to help
by observing school safety lanes,
in front of the buildings and at
the crossings set out for children
to use In reaching their homes."
the chief said. "Motorists should
be especially careful te watch for
children on bicycles at street in
tersections." Children, the chief emphasized,
are difficult to regulate and
therefore it particularly behooves
motorists to be on the alert for
them.
News Behind
By PAUL
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.
When Stalin machine-gunned his
way up beside Hitler 1n Poland,
Mr. Roosevelt gave deep recon
sideration to his cash-and-carry
views and to his secondary hope
of returning to an international
law basis.
In fact he started reconsider
ing about a week before the
event as he had reason to be
lieve Russia might drop her
neutral pose.
The same thoughts that prob
ably have occurred to you ie-
veloped that early among his ad
visers . . . The vision of Russia
opening a back door for Hitler
to Latin American raw materials
and even to our planes, arms and
munitions in case the embargo is
repealed . . . The possibility of
Germany, Russia and Japan using
the new American policy to con
quer Europe, Asia and Africa, and
thus effecting a purpose exactly
opposite the intentions of the
Roosevelt policy ... A new light
seemed to be cast on the whole
matter.
Upon r e c o n s 1 deration. Mr.
Roosevelt decided he was rieht In
the first place (watch his mes
sage), and for the following rea
sons: 1. Hitler has no cash, Russia
and Japan have very little. On
the .other hand Britain and
France have nearly one billion
in gold, 825,000,000 in cash de
posits and 3,000,000,000 in se
curities. As a practical matter,
Britain and, France would still
be . the beneficiaries of the
Bloom bill or a return to inter
national law.
2. The Trans-Siberian railwnr
even with its double track, is not
anything like American railways
in efficiency of equipment. Its
limitations would hinder Hitler in
using this door, to the same extent
that Russia's internal needs for
oil and raw materials prevent him
from reaping the full benefits of
his trade pact with the Soviets.
3. The British navy might be
able to establish a blockade in the
Pacific against the Russians
(based on Singapore.)
4. The only Pacific Russian
port of Vladivostok freezes in win
ter so no advantage could b
taken for six months in any event.
The Russian ports of Murmansk
and Archangel on the Arctic are
open most of the vear hnt th
are now being watched Terr care-
ruuy by the British.
6. If the Japanese join the Ger-man-Rnsslan
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considerations 'would hare to be
changed, but that remains to be
seen. (Some also want to see how
far the German-Russian cordon
rolls.)
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i By DOROTHY THOMPSON
Senator Borah and Neutrality
If Senator Bora.h 1st. correct
in his analysis of the natnre and
meaning of this war, the course
ne recommenas
deserves consid
eration. Bat If
be is fundament
ally wrong in his
basic premise,
then the course
he recommends
is full of folly.
This column
believes that his
premise is wrong.
This is not. as
he thinks, a war Dorotoj Tbobdsob
of rival imperialisms. It Is a
revolutionary war. Its object is
not- to effect reasnnahln acinar.
ments which will give greater
justice to nations suffering from
a lack of raw materials and com
mercial outlets. Its object is to
change the whole structure of hu
man society, to destroy sli exist
ing Western forma tit TMl 1 1 inn 1
and economic organization and to
substitute for them a new model
which will not retain a remnant
of what since Greece and Rome'
has been known as Western civili
zation.
e
Because the British and the
French failed for five years to
understand the nature of Na
tional Socialism, there is a war
today. Had they not shared
Senator Borah's optimism they
would "have halted this revolu
tion when the Treaty of Locarno
was broken. If the issue had been
one of colonies and raw ma
terials "that' is to say, of im
perialistic claims Great Britain
at least would have made great
sacrifices rather than the much
greater sacrifice of war. As late
as the summer of this year the
British government hAped that
war could be avoided by such ad
justments. That was the motive
behind : the conversations con
ducted in London in July between
Dr. Wohltat, of German Econ
omics Ministry, and Mr. Robert
Hudson and Sir Horace Wilson.
The government of Great Britain
discussed the rehabilitation of
the German economy and the
stimulation of German trade with
British financial assistance. A
plan was envisaged whereby
Today?s Iews
MALLON
ghosts, Messrs. Corcoran, Cohen
and company have in reality
been in hiding, under the bed,
in the doghouse, and out in the
bushes, or should be. No one
sent them there, except possibly
their conscience. It appears
their advice to the president has
proved to be no less than 100
per cent wrong since the Euro
pean crisis started several
months ago.
One of their errors was their
assumption -that the Russians
could do no wrong. They accepted
completely the orthodox pinko
beliefs, first that Russia would
be the strongest of the anti-Hitler
bloc, and when that assumption
proved wrong, that Russia would
certainly remain neutral.
Also bad luck is pursuing the
banshees. Baby Banshee Foley
(Corcoran man in . the treasury
as general counsel) hit upon an
idea of extending the Vinson
Trammell act to all Industry. The
act prevents more than 10 per
cent profits on shipbuilding for
the government or more than 12
per cent on airplane manufac
turing. It sounded like good
idea, but before work on it was
completed, the ghosts discovered
Morgenthau, Edison and Louis
Johnson had worked out a modi
fication of the Vinson-frammell
act. The modification proposed to
allow manufacturers to deduct
liberal amounts for plant expan
sion after consultation with the
government.
Incidentally the better idea Is
likely to become the administra
tion plan to outlaw profiteering,
when the situation gets around
to that.
One banshee plan which seems
likely to succeed will make the
anti-monopoly ( national eco
nomic) committee a frying pan
for profiteers. Suspect business
organizations would be hauled be
fore the committee and have their
profits exposed to such publicity
as only a senate Investigating
committee can. get.
(Distributed by King restores Syndi
cate, Ine. Reproduction la whole or ia
part strictly prohibited.)
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colonial adjustments could be
made. !
But: no finch adlustmpnt- nn,,u
be made, because it in nn n
the natnre of National svMoi;
. wviaugi
to modify Itself. Should it open
its rigia system at any point, the
whole I structure would be men
aced. 1 It cannot come tn roa
cept to gather itself together for
a news anve. it describes itself
as a "dynamism." and tho
scrlptlon Is apt.
Senator Borah, thrmiprim.t v.i
Thursday speech, was talking not
bbohi ion war, dui about twentv
years ago. Even at that he in
dulged in verv darins- assume
tiona. He assumes that had the
present neutrality legislation
existed m xvii we would have
Kept out of the last war. Whon
the neutrality legislation was
framed two years ago. Senator
Borah! says, there was no u-a.
of any moment anywhere.. That
is correct, dui tnis column op
posed i the neutrality legislation
then, on the ground that it was
a travesty of International law
and was more likely to get us
into war than to keep us out,
for it: is certain as logical to
argue ;tnat we stayed out of the
last war for three years because
it was paying us to be neutral
ana pecause tne operation of
traditional neutrality was actu
ally aiding the side on which
our sympathies and interests lay.
It is also a very keen assump
tion for Senator Borah to make
in arguing that the sacrifice we
made in the last war was futile.
We went into the last war be
cause Uhe overwhelming opinion
of this country was that it was
oetterifor our interests that Great
Britain Should win than for Hur.
many to do so. And if we con-
siaer ine Kina or peace treaties
that a victorious Germany made
with the Bolshevik Russia she
herself helped to create, and
with Rumania, we, were probably
right.
t '
But analogies with 1914-'18
are comDletelv besirio th mark
What now confronts Great Brit
ain and France Is the conjunc
tion of two powers under abso
lute desnotism u-hnsa nnmnso ia
revolutionary, not imperialistic ia
any previous "sense ol mat word.
And this revolutionary war know s
no neutrality from the outset.
What does Senator Borah think
is the purpose of the German
American Bund in this country?
What idoes he think is the pur
pose of the Communist party?
Is he in the least misled by the
fact that Messrs. Kuhn and
Kunze; speak beneath a portrait
of George Washington, and Mr.
Browder likes to adorn his halls
with portraits ot Lincoln? Does
he not know that, both these
"legal' organizations are nothing
but conspiratorial bodies carrying
out in this country, on this soil,
policies which are laid down in
the Kremlin and by Ernst Bohle's
office for foreign organization
and propaganda in Germany?
True that the two revolution
ary organizations are still In this
country, at loggerheads. But
their propaganda approaches each
other even now, ever since the
Russo-jGerman pact. In the in
terpretation of both the "Weckrnf
und Bbebachter" and "The Daily
Worker," this war is an imperial
istic war. It is 1914-'18 all-over
again they both agree. And
what both want is the destruction
of Great Britain as the greatest
international stabilizing force
against world revolution that
exists.
A synthesis of the German and
Russian revolutions is already
being biade. The old Bolsheviks
are purged in Russia and the
Conservatives are purged in Ger
many. ! The immensely efficient
German military machine is now
. . w .
Dacxea up ey tne vast resources
Of thei Soviet Union, which will
be developed and exploited by
German engineers and techni
cians, j A technical jmlsston has
already left for Moscow. We are
seeing; the conjunction of Nazi
liuru io yage of
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