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EDITORIAL
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Predominating American
War Views
As Mr. Average American
thinks, so goes the country in pol
itics, war or peace—unless trick
ed by some slick group or hyp
notic leader.
The opinion of the majority in
America, shorn of war hysteria,
may be taken as a pretty safe
course to follow.Surveys recent-!
ly made as to the views of the
American people, and the senti
ment as reflected in the present
special session of congress indic
ate beyond question that the pre
dominant opinion in the United
States is against entrance or en
tanglement in any way in the
European conflict.
The verdict is clear. America
has no heart for war without her
border nor for any purpose ex
cept the defense of her shores or
aggression upon the Western
hemisphere which would jeopard
i2e the safety of the nation.
Minorities do exist who would
plunge into the European quar
rel, but they do not represent the
citizenry of generations of Am-1
erican ancestry.
Security of America as against
involvement in the war rests
with the sane and well-ibalanced
majority who would not be led
astray by any war hysteria. To
keep a cool and level head is
now the task of the great maj
ority.
What is perhaps the best cross
section of American opinion
touching the war is embraced in
the recently published survey by
the magazine Fortune, which put
in brief, reads as follows:
Tw’o-thirds of the American
people are against a strict U.S.
isolationist policy; only 25 per
cent oppose all trade with belli
gerents; &3 per cent want Britain
and France to win the war; 65
per cent thought they could be
fore Russia came in; 17 per cent
were willing to sent U S armed
forces to fight for the AJlies, and
20 per cent favored helping them
by all means short of war.
Only 1 per cent of U S people
want Germany to win the war.
Of those who would send U S
armed forces to fight for the Al
lies, women are almost as num
erous as men.
Negroes lead all other classes
in wanting to fight Hitler, the
poor are keener than the rich.
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For every pro-war citizen in
the central wheat t(asin there
are six in the South.
Farmers and smalltowners are
j twice as pro-war as metropol-.
j itanites.
I Concludes Fortune: “The U S
i desire to remain at peace does
j not . . . seem to be accompanied
bv a firm conviction that we
shall properly be able to keep
out of war.”
A similar finding that there is
a war-minded minority was ob
tained by a Gallup poll. Ques
tion: “If it looks within the next
few months as if England and
France might be defeated, should
the United States declare war on
Germany and send our troops
! abroad?” Answer: 40 per cent, j
i “Yes.”
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THE GUY IN TIIF. MIRROR
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When you get what you want in
your struggle for self.
And the world makes you King
for a day,
Then go to the mirror and look
at yourself,
And see what that guy has to say
For it isn’t a man’s father, or
mother, or wife
Whose judgement upon him
must pass;
The feller whose verdict counts
most in his life,
Is the guy staring back from
the glass.
He’s the feller to please, never j
mind all the rest,
For he’s with you clear to the j
end,
j And you’ve passed your most dan!
gerous, difficult test
If the guy in the glass is your
friend.
You may be like Jack Horner
and chisel a plum,
, And think you’re a wonderful
guy
j But the man in the glass says
you’re a bum,
; If you can’t look him straight in
the eye.
; You can fool the whole world
down the pathway of years,
■ And gets pats on the back as you j
pass.
: But your final reward will be"
heartaches or tears
If you’ve cheated the guy in the
glass.
PLANE MECHANIC EARNS
PRIVATE PILOT’S LICENSE
His requirements successfully
completed and his last test flight
passed, Robert Awsley, 20-year
old mechanic for Pollack Flying
Service, was issued a private pi
lot’s license last Friday by Char
les R. Burnett,. Civil Aeronautics
Authority inspector.
Awsley needs but 10 hours
more solo work to secure his
transport license.
The newly licensed pilot has
been with the Pollack Fiying Ser
vice the past four years. His in
structors were Bil Lavery, Frank
Pollack, Dick Hawley and E A
Phillips.
Awsley is a native of Portland
Oregon but has lived in the Ter
ritory since early childhood. He
lived in Nome and Haycock be j
fore going to Fairbanks.
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