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How
America Feels
(Cincinnati Enquirer)
The poll just completed by the
American Institute of Public Op
inion on the issue of convoying
■war materials to Britain reflects
both a growing awareness in the
American people of the need for
more vigorous action in defense
of our way of life and an ulti
mate determination that England
must not be permitted to fall.
Of late, the isolationists and op
ponents of aid to England have
taken noisy comfort in the Gal
lup poll which showed only 17
percent of the p ople in favor of
an immediate declaration of war
against Germany. That meant,
they insisted, that 83 percent of
the people were against convoys
“because convoys mean war."
To them, the latest Gallup poll;
is certain to be disillusioning, be
cause it shows that in the inter
viewing process begun just a
few days after the start of the
Balkan war, only 50 p rcent of;
the people are now opposed to
the use of convoys; 41 percent
favor it, and nine percent are
undecided. This sample of public ;
opinion bears out what the isola- ]
tiooists and enemies of England'
in this country overlooked — the j
fact that the Gallup polls have!
consistently shown the American i
people are willing to aid England I
even at the risk of war.
The latest Gallup poll further'
showed that 71 percent of thej
people interviewed favor the usej
of convoys if they become neces-;
tsary to prevent the defeat of Eng
land, with only 21 percent op-!
posed and eight percent undecid- j
ed. If this means anything, i ,
means that the American people
mean to deliver the goods t» de- !
feat Hitl rism.
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I
Thought For
The Week
(Philadelphia Record)
A report of the National Safe
ty Council break? the bad news1
that “it is little safer, if any, to
be living in the peaceful United
States than in bombed England
Our average of death., by acci
dent last year was over 8,000 a [
month.”
We don’t think this news wili1
mak the British feel better.
But it ought to make us feel j
terrible.
6 E C I N N E R—Newly-uni
formed as one of the army’s
high-priced draftees is William
McChcsney Martin, former S48,
000 N. Y. stock exchange head.
He's now at t-ort Djx, N. J.
Current Comments
from Washington
C1
Expressing his opinion in Enoch
Arden, the poet Tennyson said
that things , seen are mightier
than things heard, Consid ring
the time, place and attendant cir
cumstances, the remark was pro
bably correct. Radio transmission
has changed matters consider
ably. The spoken word now can
be poured into millions of ears
at once. A p rson does-not even
have to be able to read, in order
to keep fully posted as to what
is going on. Moreover, the in
formation passes from a speaker
in New York to a hear r in Lon
don or San Francisco in less than
a second, and there is1 no oppor
tunity to undermine its force
by contemporaneous argument or
denial.
Thus it comes about that the
talkers of the past f w days have
.urnished plenty of material for
comment, and Col. Lindb'rgh
comes first in the order of deliv
ery. He does not believe in war.
Few do. Ths right to say as much
should not be abridged. Yet it is
no argument against war to in
sist that England cannot possibly
win, that the United States is
wasting her efforts on a lost
cause, and that what has happen
ed to nations who presumed to
stand in the way of Nazi ambi
tions is an awful example to
thoso who have a like degree of
-? If respeet, and love of liberty
; i her in the abstract or the con
crete.
The spread of fatalism and
fear should be left to Hitler. It is
an improper business for those
who profess to have no liking
for him and his doctrines. It is
doubly improper when indulged
in by someone in high place. The
achievements of Col. Lindbergh
in the past have given him a
strong foundation in th. esteem
■f his countrymen. An unfortun
ately large number of them will
be inclined to think that a thing
is so because he says that it is
so. Furthermore, no matter how
pure his motives, his point of
view allies him with those whos
motives are not characterized by
a like degree of purity. He should
have spoken only with the ut
most of caution.
Listening for a voice from the
'th r side of the fence, Secre
tary of State Hull has made him
- elf heard. As might have been
ixpeeted, his utterances were
cmewhat guarded, but there was
no doubt as to the trend of his
thought, generally considered.
N ) direct reference was made to
convoying, but portions of the
address were strongly suggestive.
Since the S cretary believes that
this is our fight, and that ways
must be found to get quick and
full aid to Britain, it can hard
ly be said that he considers a
convoy system to be out of the
question.
In any event, London sees
much of encouragement in ths
address of Secretary Hull, and is
confident that help will be enlarg
ed, rather than reduced. The Brit
ish may find even more comfort
embodied in the words of Mayor
La Guardia, Chairman of the
Canadian and United States Joint
Defense Board, who has let fall
the hint that this country may
find it necessary to extend ma
rine protection within a bound
ary a thousand miles from our
shores.
Perhaps the best practical asset
possessed by the convoy advocat
es is the fact that as a nation, the
THE GREAT PROFILE?—Movieland's Irrepressible
Mickey Rooney (right) got along all right with Mexico’s presi
dent, Manuel Avila Camacho, when a group of film stars visited
Mexico City in the interest of better Mexico-U.S. relations.
Defense Sea Areas
In Alaska Given
—
SEATTLE, May — Caot. \V. H.
Munter, Commandant of the Seat
tie District of the Coast Guard,
announces that Naval Defense
Sea areas will b conic effective
at Unalaska Island and Kiska Is
land on May 14 and at Womens
Bay, Kodiak Island on June 22.
Aft-r the dates named, no pri
, vate vessels of any nationality
will be permitted to enter the
I areas without a p rmit issued by
' the Commandant of the Thirteen
th Naval District.
United States has a sound busi
ness brain. Why stretch every
nerve to supply war munitions,
and then let thorn be sent to the
| bottom? Again, the Lend-Lease
; law is here and approved. Having
| set its hand to the plow, it will
Ixi bard for the United States to
turn back. The Lend-Leas law
will become a dead letter if the
! material furnished under its
1 terms goes to the fishes, or worse
'yet, b comes the sinews of war
| in Axis hands.
So argue the friends of the con
voy movement, whether right or
I w*rong. There is widespread diffi
1 donee about suggesting that we
go the limit. Equally wid spread
| is the conviction that the United j
States stand in the Valley of De
cision. If anything is to be done..
more effective than what is be
ing done, it should be aceomlish
ed quickly. If th United States
intends to maintain its present
status, then that should be made
manifest and without delay.
Lloyd George
»
Lashing Out
At Churchill
LONDON, May 7 —-Primp Min
ister Churchill won the over
whelming vote of confidence in
the ITnus- ef Commons despite
the strident charge of Lloyd Goo
rge that “America has got to do
more’’ if she enables Great Brit
ain to heat Germany.
The former Premier. in the
most outspoken utterances in
many months, warned the Gov
ernment against exaggerating
speed or amounts from the Unit- ■
ed States in war mat rials and de '
dared the American war organiz
ation is traditionally “full of dis
appointments” and he also de- j
manded a real war Cabinet toj
“end all kinds of blunders and
that would weaken aid from the'
United States.”
Lloyd G orge cried out: “I!
thank God” for Secretary of War
Stimson’s speech as it indicates;
that President Roosevelt and,
Stimson both realize the gravity;
of Great Britain’s position.
Churchill remained restive un
der Lloyd G orge’s hour-long ton
gue lashing.
An Associated Press dispatch
from Gallup, New M'cxico, relat
es that Albert, 26, a Zuni Indian
rain priest, bps hp'n given a de
ferred classification under Sel
ective Service because fellow
tribesmen pleaded that his ser
vic s were needed to bring rain.
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While slacks and one-piece bathing suits, of the type seen last year, will
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'are both decorative and useful. Fashioned from shirtings, seersuckers,
soft cottons and sharkskins, the long skirted play suits are colorful and
chic. A sarong type draping is new in a two-piece suit with bare mid
riff and matching bra.
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