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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1940
Page
1
The article critiques President Roosevelt on his Sunday address favoring full support for Britain and a hard line against dictators. It argues the president leans toward intervention, insists peace rules out while aggression continues, and urges strong national sacrifice and unity. It notes opposition concerns about omissions and calls for concrete facts to back claims.
Verne Marshall, editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette and No Foreign War Committee chairman, urged Americans to oppose credits to Britain and any U.S. involvement in Europe’s war. He criticized CBS for denying him air time and called for equal treatment for America First voices while urging protests to President Roosevelt. He warned the conflict is an economic political struggle, not a democracy defense.
Pollock describes curing worry through a yearly marble jar, noting most fears never happen and two kinds of trouble exist: fixable and unfixable. He cites examples of disaster survivors who worry least, urging courage, patience, and grit to endure what cannot be cured.
HOBE SOUND Fla UP Wendell L Willkie listened to Roosevelt speech and had no comment to make He was reported to discuss Sunday night s speech and Mr Roosevelt s message to Congress later in the day
Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana will respond to Roosevelt's fireside chat with a radio speech on NBC tonight at 9 30 Iowa time. The address follows the president's Sunday night talk and aims to outline Wheeler's positions.
In Easton Maine a general store building burned Monday killing five sisters ages 10, 7, 5, 4, and 18 months and a maid. The victims were Doreen Smith, Maria, Caroline, Irma, Linda Davenport and Mrs. Ralph Davenport.
Cedar Rapids report notes 5,741 additional Americans authorized use of their names for a second No Foreign War telegram to President Roosevelt. Seventeen states represented with many from Chicago. total messages to date exceed 20,000. Verne Marshall leads the No Foreign War Committee with a strong citizen response against foreign involvement.
Messages sent directly to the White House were received here on Monday. A sample from Oak Park and other places shows citizens expressing inspiration and engagement with the extemporaneous remarks, with continuation noted on Page 2.
A coast to coast advertisement urges aid to the No Foreign War Committee with a three point program. Donate to the committee, lobby senators and representatives, and personally campaign in communities. The message titled Happy New Year sparked rapid donations, nearing $17,000 in Cedar Rapids by noon.
Senator Burton Wheeler urged America's youth to resist war mongers during a Madison Wisconsin Youth Committee Against War convention. He warned of well financed propagandists selling a sterile peace and argued democracy should avoid entangling alliances while questioning wartime pledges by Roosevelt and Willkie.
Cedar Rapids city hall staff send a note to The Cedar Rapids Gazette chairman of the No Foreign War Committee with a $30.50 donation from 44 local contributors. The message affirms support for national defense and keeping the nation out of foreign war.
William Allen White, head of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, calls F D R s address calm and magnificent. He says the President s pledge to make America the arsenal for democracy gives new hope and keeps men at home while winning world democracy.
Gloomy skies accompanied Cedar Rapids weather as the day opened at 32 degrees. The temperature rose to 33 by 10 am and 36 by 1:30 pm, then held at 2:30 pm, with a similar pattern from Sunday’s low of 32 and peak of 36.
Cable dispatch summaries show Italo German leaders weighing a joint in kind reply. Berlin hints Hitler may deliver a blitz response while Rome eyes a possible joint address. Reactions in London Ottawa Buenos Aires Tokyo and Vichy vary from praise to sharp critique.
Berlin reports quote unconfirmed that Germany will reply to President Roosevelt directly via Adolf Hitler. The note appears in nonofficial German correspondence and hints at a direct address from Hitler. Further details are continued on Page 2.
Verne Marshall Cedar Rapids Gazette editor and national antiwar chairman said President Roosevelt gave a weak national defense address. He accused Roosevelt of avoiding the real economic political and ideological causes of the European war and urged stronger statesmanship to fight warmongering. He spoke with Senate isolationists in Washington and urged Americans to demand true explanations.
Messages supporting the No Foreign War Committee continued to reach the White House as President Roosevelt’s fireside chat drew comment. Presidential Secretary Stephen Early noted leaders from both parties praised the talk, while the private telegrams remain uninspected and its balance of war opposition cannot be measured.
The Defense Commission said U S arms output rose to 2400 aircraft engines 700 planes and more than 10 000 semi automatic rifles monthly plus 100 tanks. It reported contracts totaling over 10 billion dollars and massive military builds including ships planes ammunition guns trucks and factory expansions. It noted one million workers hired in two months with several million more needed by next November and a new fighting ship enters the water every 12 days.
President Roosevelt told a Sunday night radio audience that the United States faces a warlike emergency and must abandon business as usual. He urged accelerated munitions production and continued aid to Britain as central to national defense, linking American security to Allied victory.
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