War in Europe WE MUST KEEP OUT By HERBERT HOOVER, Former
President of the United States Delivered over NBC—September 1,
1939 Vital Speeches of the Day, Vol. 5, p. 733. THIS is one of
the saddest weeks that has come to humanity in 100 years. A
senseless war seems inevitably forced upon hundreds of millions
of people. The whole world prays for a miracle that might save
it. For war means the killing of millions of the best and most
courageous of men who might contribute to human progress. It
means the killing and the starvation of millions of women and
children. It means another quarter of a century of
impoverishment to the whole world. It will likely be a long war.
It is possible that the brave people of Poland may be overrun in
a few months, but there seems no point of access from which an
overwhelming attack can be delivered from the British and French
on one side and the Germans on the other, which might quickly
end the war. It is likely to be a war on slow attribution, and
the fate of Poland will depend upo