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foe ' OREGON STATESMAN, Salera, Oregron, Friday Mondnjr, November 10, 1933 iAUU.t VUU .. - . . ... "Vo Foror Suray. tt.- o Fear SftoZJ AvhT Fxora rim Statesman. March It. ItSI THE STATKSMAN PUBLISHING CO. . Charies A Spragae. President I Hmim at im toicntil mm The Associated rreeo u eiciumrely mtnM to the m for Wiblle- . tioa ef aU oews dtspatrhee credited te It at aot etberwU credited at tM I The Bard of Landsbcrg-am-Lcch ' ? This Hitler is a very clever fellow, a man who has made his mark in a small way as a third-rate dramatist even thoujfh his literary ingenuity has hardly equalled his facility for thinking up.remarkable plots. His ability as a dramatist, specially when he casts himself in the plot as the kingmaker, the Warwick, Instead of the weak Henry VI or a protagonist of either York or Lancaster, is on the whole superior to that of his understudy and intellectual muscle-man, Goebbels. Take the year he spent in a rather exclusive fortress aft r having been picked up in Munich for petty vagrancy .or omething of the sort after his show flopped. He spent his days and nights dictating the unwieldy, illogical, umformed sentences of a book which proceeded to charm the minds of a race known for its scholars and philosophers. Take his Bttle comedy in 1933, which -had the critics laughing their heads off literally. In the first act there were a half-dozen stooges, funny men, fall guys. Then the second act was a court room scene, and the last act which was comic no end was a pris on shot where the stooges got bumDed off. Get it? Or take the episode in Munich In June, 1934, a one-acter, with only a single scene laid in a bedroom. The crowd ate it up when they saw the blood on the sheets; it was even pretty good cam paign stuff for a while. ! : Now this last little comedy has. been among the best of Hitler's farces in recent months. The setting was a prize: right back there where the author's first attempt at drama was such a signal failure. That's all right, though, because this time the author gets out before anything happens. Only the fall guys take it asrain, but this time from a bomb set up above, which is a pretty good angle borrowed from the Rus sians of 50 years ago. The setting and the climax really drive 'em wild, because everybody thinks it was the author's old enemies, the British, back to crab his show, and in the end he gets all the applause and applesauce. The audience pan the British villain, send flowers and telegrams and gifts to the author, and figure they've seen a pretty good show when they look at the way the stage's littered with actors who're too dumb to get up. By the time the lights go up, they've all left. This chap Hitler's pretty smart, all right He's especial ly smart because he always stays out of his own plays. Some day he might take the leading role, though, and forget his cue. That would be tough. " The two Santiam Highways The Albany Democrat-Herald credits The Statesman with "fearless journalism" for "daring" to publish an obser vation credited jointly to the Jim Monroe family and Percy Smith that they found the South Santiam highway "far su perior in scenic beauty to the Detroit (North Santiam) high way." It strikes us that the credit for fearlessness in the exer cise of free speech belongs to Jim Monroe or whoever made the remark; and as in the case of Lindbergh's views on neu trality, we will impart to it no great significance until it is demonstrated that the Boy Scout executive is actually an au thority on scenery. To date, we credit him only with being an authority on boys. i The Democrat-Herald, pretending to defend The States man against an attack by Sips of the Journal, declaims that we are "not afraid to speak the truth." The D-H comes as a Greek bearing gifts and, attractive though they be, we will not accept them without removing the strings.' The Statesman does hope that it is "not afraid to speak the truth." And if the truth must be told about our viewpoint concerning the relative merits of the two Santiam highways, here it is. We have no means of comparison available for, though we have traveled the North Santiam highway a num ber of times, we never have traversed the South Santiam highway except for a few miles and that at night. The reason we have not traveled it is that from the Sa lem viewpoint, it doesn't go anywhere. If South Santiam boosters in Albany and elsewhere want to inveigle Salem mo torists into using their road, they ought to get behind a movement to provide a suitable route across from Jefferson or thereabouts to Lebanon. Until they do, we will not consid er the South Santiam a serious rival of the North Santiam for any traffic to or from any point north of Linn county. And since it isn't a rival, we don't mind quoting some of the nice things that people may say about it. - Popeye, Philosopher It is doubtful whether Popeye, most popular character cavorting on The Statesman's comic page, has ever received due credit for his philosophy. From day to day: his recorded thoughts may not appear to have the degree of profundity that the uninitiated may associate with the term "philosoph er." Personally, from a slight acquaintance with Plato, Aris totle, Locke, Spinoza, Leibnitz, Kant John Stuart Mill and the rest, we have gotten the impression that anything of real significance they had to say could be reduced to such simpli city that an intelligent ten-year-old. could grasp it though not when expressed in their language. t Heretofore the high point in Popeye's philosophy has been expressed in. the sentence "I yam what I yam." It con veys a truth upon which all might ponder indefinitely with profit. It might prove an antidote to innumerable heartaches. At present however the unidentified successors to Segar are sending Popeye through a series of experiences in the contiguous but contrasting lands of Neutopia, where all is perfect but nobody is happy, and Oldtopia where all is imper fect but nobody is complaining. i ' . The story has not yet reached its denouement and we have no intention of anticipating it, nor of pointing the mor al which is obvious enough. Even so it is noteworthy that an Oregon newspaper, the LaGrande Observer, which does not offer the Thimble Theatre daily to its readers, has found it worthwhile to comment at length upon the present series of Popeye episodes, in part as follows: ! W think the artists who draw Popeye are doing much tore than making fanny picture on paper. They are drawing a strong and mot Tery sabtle moral, the more rateable because It's aot sabtle. Their moral is that if everything were perfect, peo ple weald be nnhappy. And they're absolutely right. , The Scotch hare an old and trae saying, which translated " lato modern phraseology wonld treat.' Washington's 3Rt v CommemoriTtive of the 50th anniversary of Washington's statehood is the comprehensive and well-edited Golden Jubi lee edition of the Daily Olympian, of Olympia, off the press Wetlnesdar. Washington was admitted as a state in 1889 aft er having been separated from Oregon territory in 1853, only six years before Oregon was admitted as a state. Thus Wash ington Is Ore son's offspring, but has proven a lusty son grow ing taller than its mother. - . A little-known sidelight on Washington's admission is that the bill in congress, for several days just prior to final enactment, made the state's name Tacoma." The name "W&shinstcn" was re-inserted at last moment and now Taco ma has even lost possession of its neighboring mountain. Thougn their separation was - inevitable, , Oregon and Washington have a common bond in the history of their set tlerr.cnt. In retrospect both still comprise part QfJthe Oregon cour.try" which also included Idaho and a portion of Montana. That common bond Is well illustrated in the fact that Thurs ton county of which Olympia is the county seat, was named for Samuel R. Thurston, early Oregon territorial delegate to ccr.srcss, who was buried in Salem. In recognition of their . liitorical link, Oregon should pay itrrespects to Washington cn the occasion of its Golden Jubilee celebration, be, 'Candy every . day is no Silver Jubilee Bit o for Breakfast By ft 4 HEN U RICKS Journey of the fire 11-10-11 teachers to Oregon la 1SS1; came to teach, were married to prominent pioneers: (Continuing from yesterday:) "Most of the criticise ra are now where their critical voices are no longer heard in the land, and they will not take umbrage if I say that there were thoughts on the other side unexpressed bnt equally uncomplimentary. - "Again on the rtrer, this time in a whaleboat, expecting to reach Oregon City, the capital and our destination about 4 p. m. We could hare got ashore somehow. as others did, and walked as we did afterward. "When the lights of Oregon City shone out we lay there in full Tiew supperless. X had no wrap and became very ill, and this record was nearly ended. Looking back, I can see the dan gers incurred by some of our party, who, not content to stalk about in the wet woods all night, started for their goal. "There was but one trail. They made their way to that hungry mountain torrent, the Clackamas, and got serosa without capsizing their canoe. There were then only blind trails with piles of burnt logs and impassable gullies cross ing the ways in all directions, but they finally reached the city, and early next morning a break fast of mince pies was sent down by a small boat. And a good breakfast it is, for supperlesa people. "I cannot now understand why we did not get ashore and walk up as soon as it was light, but it was 10 o'clock before we were told to march. If we were waiting for a carriage it was a great mistake. On a bridge a little north of the Congregational church, we met Doctor, then Mr. Atkinson. He was a fine looking man, about 32. but looking much older on account of a grave and serious demeanor natural to him perhaps. We were in a condition to Justify a little effusion in our welcome' if any could hare been mustered, but must hare been looking forlorn enough to make that a hard matter. "General Preston had a warm and cordial manner and intro duced us each to Mr. A., who invited us to his house. There was an Improvement in the men tal thermometer .Immediately on entering the neat? homelike house where he lived and a comforting dinner followed, which did much to put us at peace with the world. - "In the afternoon many la dles called and the band of teach ers separated to meet but once or twice again. X went with Miss Smith to the house of. Judge Thornton, where I Immediately began to make repairs for the damages made by the long voy age. I had read Judge Ts two vol umes in the east and bad so much start to an acquaintance. S "A sad duty was ours visiting Mrs. Thurston. In nothing is the change of the 60 years more marked in the way ill news trav eled at that date. She knew not what had befallen her till Mr. Asahel Bush, a personal and po litical friend of her husband, went up to her home on the Linn City side. "She had lain her baby Blan dina, now Mrs. Stowell, in her crib, saying. 1 think it will be your father who will wake you.' She was a woman of extraordin ary poise of character and the way she conducted herself under this sorrow' has been a lifelong lesson to me. We told her -the little there was to tell. "Six weeks after our arrival the rest of my family arrived, and with the boxes of household goods and books which had long been sent around the Cape (Horn), when the lamps were lighted and the curtains drawn It took sometimes a moment's thought to make -sure if this was really the new home or the old." So ends the paper of Mrs. Wil son, read to the Oregon Historical Society at its annual meeting of December 15. 1900. When the reader shall . have noted a part of the explanations to follow, he will understand what Mrs. Wil son meant when she said: "The way she (Mrs. Thurston) con ducted herself under this sorrow has been a lifelong lesson to me." Mrs. Wilson herself was to endure a like sorrow. V The main section of the his torical part of the Salem Direc tory of 1SS1 was written by Lewis H. Judion, of the Jason Lee mission. An addition was made by J. , Henry Brown, the historian. Here are some words from the Brown section: "On the ltth of January. 1154, the III fated Gazelle was launched. After ' making bat a few trips she exploded' her boiler, on the morning of the 8th of AprtL while lying at the landing at Canemah, scattering destruction and death on all; 15 persons were instantly killed,- and SO Or 10 wounded, several of whom after ward died. , "Every tows palong the river was represented at this harvest of death." Among the killed. Brown reported "Rev. James) P. Miller. Takenah." Among the missing; Mr. HttT, Takenah. Among the injured. Mrs. J. p. Miller, wife of Rev. J. P. Miller, two ribs broken. - " - ' Where was Takenah? McAr tour's "Oregon Geegraphle Names" says: "The town of Ta kenah was started In 1140, Just below Albany, and. by act of Jan. 12. 1154, the legislature gave that name to both towns. So at the time of the disastrous explosion. Takenah was what Is now Albany. Rev. Miller, father of Mrs. Wilson, the one of the fire teachers coming la 1S51, was at the time of his. death and of his wife's injury in charge of the Presbyterian church work at Ta kenah (Albany.) One finds the name la history books spelled Millar as well as Miller. - (Continued tomorrow.) 1918 Keep a. miff, Chapter 23 Continued After Slim had gone she turned off the lights and stood looking down at a searchlight trimming with shining circles the darkness of Lake Michigan. She was think ing .. . She had captured hearts on two continents. Petty, greedy hearts, she had discovered most of them to be . . . And she was bitter, with the bitterness of a woman hunted for both her beauty and her money. In Slim Maynard she had found a man who seemingly was tempt ed by neither ... Slim, driving in the direction of the Lake Shore Night Club to keep a late appointment with Flo Kane and Snapper Elliott, was alone, hunting an answer to this question: "What I'd like to know." he News Behind Today9 News By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON, Nov. . The higher-ups here have a hunch Herr Hitler knew something in advance about the Dutch-Belgian peace mediation offer. They have their reasons for believing Queen Wll helmlna and King Leopold re ceived encouragement from Ber lin to offer their services (not to mention the massing of German troops on their frontiers.) When the speech of Lord Hali fax shattered any hope that the move would be successful, Berlin naturally turned around and re jected the proposal. (Information here indicates the Halifax speech was written without knowledge of the peace offer.) Whether this Is Hitler's last peace move is doubtful. It is clear he does not intend to ad vaace one directly. Apparent ly be considered bis first direct suggestion of peace la a speech : as a strategic diplomatic error ; and does not intend to follow i that coarse again. Although be !: might encourage other neutrals to revive snch suggestions fre : qnently 1m the fntkre. It Is now evident ' Britain will accept nothing smaller than Hitler's head. Peace before spring is con sidered impossible by practically : (Continued on page 5) Slip Mu Y '&f ,4 , ilnOwl w z&m mimm kjro tflraf u mr Nazis Frisk Captured Poilus . These French soldiers were captured by German soldiers during a raid on the Western Front. So far, most of the war's activity has been concen trated in small raids for prisoners, with hope of getting vital information. Americans Boys at Home 1939 "Knight Errant" By jack Mcdonald pondered, "is, am X taking this Job because of Edith Ashlelgh, or a girl in California, or for the sake of that horse?" Slim arrived at the Lake Shore Night Club more than an hour late. Flo was waiting eagerly; Snapper hungrily. "Did you get the Job. SllmT" Flo asked impatiently. "Yeah," Slim drawled resign edly. Flo beamed. "Boy. she said, "back on a steady income at last!" "At how many potatoes pert" Snapper, who thought of every thing in terms of currency, asked. "What if I told yon we didn't coma to any understanding about that?" Slim asked. "You mean to tell me you've been up in that daffy Ashlelgh woman's apartment for two hours and didn't even get around to terms. What was she doing, show ing you her etchings?" queried Snapper. "You'd be surprised!" Slim re plied. "Jeet jet?" Snapper asked hun grily. "No, J'ew?" SUm came back, whimsically challenging Snapper's lingo. "I haven't had a bite since noon. How about it, Flo?" "Why didn't you go ahead with' out me?" Slim asked. "Ah, there's a reason," Snap per replied as he signaled i waiter. Recalling the lone twenty dol lar note in his pocket, all that stood between him and the first of the month, and wondering how far it would stretch in a resort like the Lake Shore, Slim paled a trifle when he found the cheap est item listed was a chicken sandwich at 3.50. Flo, a calorie counter by fits and starts, said she was on a diet. She ordeVed a combination salad and a cup of black coffee. "I'll have the chicken sand wich." Slim ordered " modestly. "A T-bone, thick cut, rare, with some lyonnaise potatoes and apple pie a la mode," Snapper ordered. "Oh, yes, and a quart of bubbly. The wine is to celebrate Slim's getting back in the big dough," Snapper explained to Flo. "These midnight suppers will be ' the ruination of yon," Slim warned as Snapper bit savagely Into the steak. "I hear that Ashlelgh lady LJt w.. ? fry. Mm: 'i UssuovK makes her trainers wear spats, Snapper heckled. "I guess you go ing with her means it's quits be tween you and me. Slim. I Just ain't gaited for the higher spheres of the equine realm. Next thing we read about you in the papers is going to be that you've taken up polo, I suppose." "You don't need to think I'm going to give you the go-by Snap per. You'll stiU be around and so will I, with both feet on the ground." Flo was away from the table when the waiter brought the check around. "I was afraid of that." mur mured Slim. The twenty dollar note In his pocket was $1.95 short "Snapper, let me have a fin until tomorrow." "Honest, Slim, I ain't got a dime. I was Just aiming to put the touch on you for a tenner, un til I get back In stride." "But I haven't got enough to pay this check," Slim explained. "Aw, give 'en what you've got and tell 'em to Jump in the lake, Snapper said. - Flo returned to the table. "Flo," Slim asked sheepishly, "can you let me have five dollars until tomorrow?" Flo handed Slim the requested "fin" with "You can't have more." Generously, also, she of fered them the spare bedroom in her flat. (To be continued.) CsprrisM by Jack HcDobiM; Distribute by Kins Festnns Syndics U, Iaa. IBsKiflBcip IPno(iDgnoiiiDDs XSXJf TODAY 1360 Ks. 6:S0 HiUmsa's Mtiodiu. 7:00 MorniBg Kditatiou. 7 :15 Monarehs of Kkytha. 7:80 The Hews. 7 :45 Rhjrthm Quartette. - 8:00 Breakiait Clab. 8:80 Keep ri U Mask. 8:45 The News. 9 : 00 The Pastor's Call. S: 15 Anaiatiee Prorram.- S:S0 The Iatentera. 9 :45 Torovt Trio. 10:00 Happy Gang. 10:19 The Keva. ' 10 :80 MorniBf Mafsiia. 1 n A K I nndn.mlrM 11 :00 Maxima Bares. 8laUima Weaa- 11:1S Piano Quia, 11:80 Word Ih-aaaaa. 11 :45 Women in the Vmwt, 11:50 Vtli Ptniti 13 US The Newe. 13 :80 HilihiUy 8erena4. . 13 :8S Willamette Opinion a. 13:45 afasical Batata. 1:00 US Maria Corps. 1 :15 lntereatia facta. 1 :10 Erwia Ye at ta Organ. 1:45 Oar Kary. 3:00 Elias Breoakla Orcheitra. 3:15 Tha Jehasoa Vasaily. 3:80 Ms Perkisa. 3:45 The Jinn 8:00 Teaainino Faaeiea. -S:0 Bill McCaaoa Orchestra. 8:45 Streamline Swtaf. 4:00 Fnlton IiOtria, ir. 4:15 Harea Scat. 4:45 Dinner Hoar Concert. S:0O Tonicht's Hoadlinoa. 0:15 Victor Vincent Orchestra. S:80 News aa4 Yiowa. S:45 Men About Town. 7:00 Tootlnll Prophet. T:15 The Kewa. 7 :SO- -The Lam Kangor. S :0O Willamette Pacifia UaJrersltf Foot ball Gamo. 9 :oO Kewapapor ( th Air. 9:15 Willamette vs. Paeifie. . 1 1 (III Tiiamina, Km TamlAt. 11:15 Tomnry Dorse Orchestra. II :so avea naasr ureses iz. U :45 Midnight Xotodr. C JL0IM rmiDAT 948 TU. 9:00 Market Reports. 9:05 KOIM Kic. 7:80 News. T:45 This u4 That, 8:15 News. " 8:80 Coasamer News. 8:45 Mr ChiUrea. 9:00 Kate Smith 8 peaks. . . 9:15 Whoa a Oirl Marries. 9 :0 Romance et Hatas Treat. 9:45 Oer Gal Bandar. 10:00 Goldbergs. 10:15110 Can Be BeaatlaL 10:80 Tens an Tim. 10:45 Songs. 11.00 Big Sister. '" ' ' 11:15 Real Life Stories. , 11:80 Bmit Curtis. 11:45 My Sea sn4 I.. 13:00 Joyce Jordan. 13:15 Society Giri. 13:80 Fows. 12:45 Siagia' Sam. l:0O Prstty Kitty Kelly. 1:15 Myrt sad Margs. -atSO Hilltop Ms ODfflrH-Dn By DOROTHY The Aims f the War . number of TeO- pie in France and in England are demanding inai m w war' uuuiu w clarified. This Is particularly, true In Great Britain. There It U frank ly feared that unless it is soon made very clear what the people are fighting for the eventual p e a c e m a kers mav f n hll V . MA . . - . n t wlf ti 0w r"Mit shifting boundaries ana wn now nd tbns berln the Versailles ex perience all over again. preventing n 1 1 1 from dominating Europe is an im mediate objective. But all thoughtful people also know that ... ...un tfeat Hitler dominated Germany and has had some chance of dominating jsurope is owu of the political anarchy which has existed in Europe . since the last war. - - -if i. nAA that although govern ments seem to find it difficult to present the issues of this war, tne average Englishman or French man knows perfectly well what he is fighting for. He la not fighting ior me res toration of Poland particularly the restoration of the Poland of Col. Beck and Marshal Smigly smi. Poland was merely signifi cant in his mind as another door step on which Hitler had to be stopped. Nor Is it sufficient to say, as Mr. Chamberlain did, that the Al lies are fighting to "end Hitler ism." Hitlerism itself needs a lit tle more definition. There are a great many elements in National Socialism that the British and French people regard with a cer tain admiration. They have, for instance, no objection to tree hol idays and free travel opportuni ties for German workingmen, un der the "Strength Through Joy," movement. On the contrary, they could do with a few ideas like this themselves. The idea of an economic system divorced from money profit cer tainly does not shock a French Leftist or a British Labor party member. Although some of his financial and economic experts denounce trade by barter, the ordinary sold ier or civilian is not risking his life and making himself thor oughly uncomfortable for the sake of eliminating trade by barter in the world. e a The Frenchman is fighting .be cause he is afraid that if Hitler gets any stronger he will certain ly go after France. The French man is therefore fighting for the soil he lives on. The British government Is con cerned with German dynamism and the push to the southeast and the threats to the empire as a whole. But ever and above all these na tional and Imperial interests is something more Important. Gen. Gamelin came dole to It the other day when he said, very simply. "We fight to maintain our way of life." . ' -Yet even that is not quite true. For the masses of the workers In England and in France are not satisfied with the way of life they have had up to now, and it is cer tain when this war Is over they will put in a big bilL The British people are not satisfied with a way of life that gives them the dole and depressed areas, and the French are not satisfied with a way of life that gives them inade quate wages and longer hours than they want Nobody can bring it across his Hps to say that he is fighting for democracy, first, becanse he fought for that last time, and things did not turn out as well as 1 :45 Stepmother. 3:00 By Ksthloea KerrU. 3:15 Dr. Susan. 8:80 It Happened ia Hollywood, 3:45 Scattergood Balnea. 1 8:00 Newspaper. 8:30 Hopper's Hollywood. 8:45 Tidsy ia Earope. 4 ."00 Newipspor. 4:80 Faahiea Chats. 4:45 Contrasts ia Bhythm. :O0 Hello Again. 5:15 Shadows. S:45 News. S:Oe Professor Quia. 9:80 first JCighter. 7:00 Grand Central Station. 7:80 Every body Wins. 3:00 Ian 'a' Andy. 8:15 Lam aad Abner. 8 :0 Johnny Presents. 9 :00 Kate Smith. 10:00 Pree Star Ftaal 19:15 Orchestra. 19:45 Nightcss. Taras. 1 1 :00 Orchestra. . o xow ntzsAT te sw 9:80 So arise gta4. 7:00 News. 7:15 Trail Blaaara. 7:45 Sam Hayes. S.-OO Viennese Cnsemhl. 8:80 Stars ed Today. 8:50 Arltagtoa Time Signal. 9: Kres of the World. 9:15 The O'Neills, i 9 :80 Talk Dr. IX A. Polls g. 9:4S Mesic 10:99 Modern Meals. 10:15 Eliea Randolph. i 10:80 Meet Mia alia. 19:45 Dr. Kate. 11:90 Betty a Boh. 11:15 Arnold Grimm's Daaghtec lltSO-Valiaat Lady 11:45 Betty Crocker. 13:90 Btery of Msry Marlia. 11:15 Ma Pwrkiaa. 13:80 Pepper Teeag's Family. J 1:45 The Gnidinf Light. 1.-O0 Bill Sabraaaky, Orgaaiai, 1;15 Btella Dallas. 1:30 Vie aad Sad. 1:45 Midstream. 300 Oirl Alone. 3 :15 Against the Storm. 3:80 Hollywood News. ' 3:45 Stars t Today. 8:00 News. - . 8:15 Malcolm Clair. 8 r5 Aaseemted Press Vows. 8:30 Woman's Magasia. 4:O0 Masie for Liatealag. - 4:15 OrcLeitrs. 4:30 Stars f Today. 4:45 Msgie Waves. - 5:90 Charles Xaayaa, Organist. 5 :30 Strings at Snndowa. 3:45 Cocktail Hoax. , 9:00 Walts Tim. 8:80 George Jesael's Celebrities. T O Orchestra. 7:80 Story Behia the Eesdllaes. 7:45 Orchestra. 8:90 Waring Pie a tare Time. '- 8:15 I Lev a Mystery. 8:80 Desth Valley Day. : .9:891 Want a Jab. . 9 :80 Champions. 9:45 Melody Time. 19:09 News Flashes. 10:15 Orchestra. 11:00 -Saws. 17GpcriDDoaIl THOMPSON he hoped, and second, because he wants to know more cieary wut democracy is. ' ' And yet he cannot endure Hit-, lerlsm. This spontaneous and ve hement reaction against Hitler is common to ordinary people throughout the western world. In the neutral countries: in Scandi navia. Holland and Switzerland, no less than in Great Britain and France, the vast . masses of the peole, and almost without excep tion their spiritual and intellec tual leaders, feel that Hitlerism menaces more than their frontiers and their national Independences; he is a personal menace; the re gime that he represents wounds . them in their dignity as men; it threatens to abolish something that they have come to take for granted and something that they hope and intend to extend. What is threatened is not their econom ic security or. at least, there are those among them who believe that economic security is as great or greater under Hitler than it is under, their own governments. What is threatened is their manhood and womanhood their basic rights, their basic freedoms, their self-respect. Hitlerism they see as a mechanical civilization that abolishes human values, that intrudes upon privacy, that car ries the domain of the state into fields where the state has no bus iness, that leaves no area of hu man life free from prying - and from arbitrary control. .. , . . It would be false to say that this popular rising against Hitler is in behalf of parliamentary - govern ment or private enterprise as we have considered it under capital ism, or above all in behalf of the exciting political and economic systems In the world. All thought ful Britons and Frenchmen are convinced that this war, whoever wins it, will radically alter exist ing political and economic sys tems. Most of these thoughtful people want to see them altered. But one achievement of the past they Intend not to surrender, but rather to maintain and enlarge. That conception of life and poll tics has weathered all the storms. That idea is the rock on which they intend to build whatever fu ture may come. That idea still has revolutionary fire in a world of decadent bourgeoise democracy. The assassination of that Idea in Russia has lost Russian com munism all of the more ardent revolutionary spirits who once followed the red flag. The assault on that Idea has summoned the peoples, if not their governments, to war against Hitler. It Is the Idea embodied In the American Declaration of Indepen dence, In the Bill of Rights, in Magna Charta, in the Declaration of the Rights of Man. It is the Idea of personal liberty. ' To be sure, the idea of person al liberty will undergo, in our gen eration and everywhere, modifica tions in behalf of more social dis cipline. But the western peoples ' Insist that limits be set to en croachments upon the human per-" sonality, for any purpose whatso ever. They insist that there is no civ lllzatlon. capitalistic or socialistic or democratic, without a modicum of personal and private property . ,? rea of Prsonal and pri vate life where no one mar in trude. ' They insist that for no purpose whatsoever may a man be Impris oned without indictment, or sen tenced without a trial, or exposed to t o r t u r e. or condemned for something for which he is not re sponsible, such as his race. They Insist that a man, to be a man or to become a fully human being, must have access to all existing knowledge, must, be allowed to form opinions en the basis of fac tual evidence, must have complete freedom for the discussion of (Continued -on page f ) 11:15 Orchestra. " ,lJFx?i,-t :S0 Musical Clock. 7:00 Family Altar 7:80 Trail B later. 7:45 Orchestra. 8:00 Financial Service. ' 8:15 Dr. Brock. 8:45 Listen Ladies. Patty Joan Health Clnb. i2:?2H" Home. M,rk Basket. 10:30 News. 10:45 Masie. 11:00 Current Events. Shew Window. Orphan at Divorce. 13:15 News. 1: Market Reports. ' 13:35 Maaical Iaterlad. JJ.:t?"?.???.U' . "J'it" rrtealtar. Jh Vuiet Hoar. , 1:80 Masie Graphs. ! 1:45 Clab MatmeeT T- Maker. . ! ;!?A"ir Aataaay. 3:45 Cnrbsteae Qaia. 8 :90 Isrl Wilde. 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