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^ spirits, of milk-sop intellectuals and demagogic politicians to weaken our will to think and to act. If the Nazis and Communists can soften the mind and soul of America, if they can somehow keep us neutral—they might win.“So we Americans are, in a certain sense, already in this war.And in the United States, as on the European continent, the Nazi-Communists have won a temporary advantage in their desperate struggle to destroy the way of life which you and we enjoy and cherish. They are trying with all their might and main to confuse our minds, to deaden our hearts, and to paralyze our moral driving force. To their aid have sprung the enemies within our gates.“Let us frankly admit our casualties. At the moment, the Nazi-Communist propagandists in America are successful. They are now conducting an* appalling ‘blitzkrieg’ against the nerve centres of the American people. About two months ago, the Congress of the mightiest single democracy on earth, after eight weeks of hysterical indecision, finally approved a bill whereby Finland was loaned a little money to buy, if she wished, coffins to bury her dead but not arms with which to defend her liberty. So great was the hysteria of Congress that Finland’s name did not even appear in that magnificent gesture of the American Republic. Since then, the Nazi-Com-of Hitler and of-having to do anything to check his barbarians, the Congress of the United States hauled down the American flag over a great part of waters of the world. To his lasting honor, the greatest statesman in the American Senate, Carter Glass of Virginia, denounced this action as taking the United States ‘to theverge of poltroonism’ and as dishonouring our World War dead. ' “Many of our muddy-thinking, isolationist politicians and pseudo-intellectuals who, quite unconsciously, are frantically fightingthe battles of Hitler and Stalin inside America, tell the embattled democracies: ‘We really dohope and pray that you win so that we won’t have to fight alone some day. It would be a horrible world for us if the Nazis and Communists win. God bless you. No, we won’t lend you a nickel. But—God bless you—and to show how we feel about it, we’ll give you lots and lots of moral support now, and loads of advice if you win.’ A large number of very nice well-meaning people indulge in that hysterical nonsense. They are reminiscent of the man who set out to make a fortune by manufacturing pills to cure earthquakes.MANY ARE MISLED*“One of the most insidious and effective tricks of our Nazi-Communist and peace-at-any-price.jiCU up Ullv Ck JUi y wiiiv u*scribes and pharisees, the mob would choose Barrabas today as it did long ago.“Those are sonfe of the casualties which the Nazi-Communists, their secret sympathizers and their innocent dupes, have inflicted on us in their struggle to destroy our moral fibre and our mental integrity. We shall suffer more casualties because our enemies outside and inside of America are powerful, cunning, and utterly unscrupulous in taking advantage of our Anglo-Saxon traditions of tolerance and fair play. These are grim days in my country.“And yet, I believe that the United States will eventually enter this war. I am placing my bets —and advise you to do the same —on the moral traditioas and the common sense of the American-T^r r*people. We live, like you, under a democratic system * of government. The price of democracy is high and includes for us today all those casualties I have mentioned. Doubt, deliberation and delay are part of the democratic process. That has meant, and will mean again, terrible waste and inefficiency. Good citizens are willing to pay that price, steep as it is, because they have faith in tfie ultimate moral judgment and decisions of a free people.“During these dark days, we in America are slowly, very slowly but very surely, forming our judgments and reaching our decisions about our part in the war. There will be many reasons why we shall eventually enter this war, as there were many reasons for our entry into the last war. Let us calmly take stock of the present situation.“To begin with, the moral instincts of the American people are in sound condition. The vast majority Of us want you to win. We despise Hitler and Stalin and all they stand for. They have jMitrag-ed both our morals aha our economics. We regard them as ‘big time’ gangsters. Naturally we hope you can put them down in short order. But if you can’t—unists, aided and abetted, con-iously or unconsciously, by our olationists, have mocked at Eng-sucrnpropagandists is to portray vividly the horrors of war and thentell us that if we simply submit{WHW«WHWW«WWWWWtt»R»H»WttWWWWKW»WWBWWWttW»HWWW»W»NOTICENEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES BOARDThe Board is open to receive applications fe* licenses to pack Matjes type Scotch Cure Herring on the Labrador Coast during the coming Summer and early Fall.No license will be granted for less than 1,000 barrels, and premises must he adequate for this quantity. 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If Great Britain is destroyed, theother democracies in the BritishCommonwealth of Nations can be conquered, and America will then be isolated and ruined within her own borders. »-“Well, I’ll bet on Britain.All our past proclaims our future: Shakespeare’s voice and Nelson’s hand.Milton's faith ’and*Wordsworth’s trust in this our chosen and chalnless land,Bear as witness . . .Come the world against her, England yet shall stand.“But, for our own sakes, we Americans cannot risk our future on the betting chances of others. The Nazi-Communist propagandists and their isolationist dupes are counting heavily on those little family.spats and irritations which have enlivened the hundred and twenty-five years of peace in Anglo-American relations. It is true that mo6t of usIritish ancestry to not loudly boast of our heritage.We have gladly shared our Anglo-Saxon traditions of equal justice and ordered liberty with: many fine peoples who came from other lands eager to enjoy our spiritual inheritance and our economic opportunities. Those traditions are part of the very fabric of our nation. Magna Charta, the common law, the Bill of Rights, the King James Bible, Shakespeare and Dickens—they are the staples of our mental, spiritual life. WhenAmerica’s hour of decision is athand, Magna Charta, not Meinthe best concessions that it is possible to get and your interest and benefit will be my only concern.To the absent members of our Union who have offered their services for King' and. Country, and who cannot be with us today we have in memory and I am sure that you all join with me in wishing them all a safe return, victorious. Concluding let me say that our first duty Is to Kingand Country, secondly to the principles of this organization, therefore in some small way let us unite individually and collectively to uphold the principles for which the British Empire stands, and “to ever sing “Britannia Rules the Waves.” I thank you.The committees which had been in session following their appointment on the previous day, reported on Tuesday * afternoon, and their reports, following discussions, were accepted.In the evening the officers for the coming year were elected anu installed, following which, at the banquet, the President introduced Mr. A. J. Walsh who addressedKampf, the King James Bible, not Karl Marx, will triumph.“Our worldly wise friends tell us, however, that although religion, tradition and sentiment will greatly influence us, yet there must also be ‘hard-boiled,’ business-like reasons for America’s entry into the war. All right. Let’s see what they are.HITLER WIN MEANS RUIN“If Hitlfer and Stalin win this war, American business andthe meeting. Mr. Walsh, during his stay in Comer Brook had an opportunity of becoming very intimate with the Union’s activities, and there had always existed between the Union, its officials, and Mr. Walsh the kindliest feelings, and the esteem in Which he was held by the Union was clearly demonstrated by wholehearted applause his appearance gave rise to. Mr. Walsh’s address wasbrief and words of sound advice and encouragement which were listened to with keen attention bythe gathering. . 7Mr. J. Barron who happened to be in Corner Brook on professional business, and who was present at the meeting, also gave anaddress which was greeted with hearty applause.The convention was most successfully conducted, and when it closed with the National Anthem there was a feeling of courage and optimism among the members that augers well for the future of the organization.“ Following are the officers for the coming year:President: P. Fudge (for duration of the war). Vice-President: Thomas Rose Secretary: J. Kean Treasurer: J. P. Lynch *system thereby destroyed.“Furthermore, there is a simple arithmetical fact favoring opr entry into the war. The democracies are our best customers, the British Commonwealth of Nations is by far the largest. Moreover, you and we do business in the same way and run our economic systems in pretty much the same manner. There is keen competition among the democracies but there are also understanding, good faith, and mutual confidence. I am convinced that the American business ,man cherishes those values and will not remain neutral as he senses the growing danger to them. And the decent, intelligent laboring men, who have not succumbed to the poison of Communism, already realize that thanks to the Communists whoknifed the German Republic, Hitler came to power, and thanks again to the Communists, Hitler is now making his supreme bid to enclave the world.“Yes, gentlemen, the common sense as well as the moral sense of America will finally demand the end of our neutrality.“Twenty-five years ago today, at the second battle of Ypres, Canada gave renewed and glorious proof of the fighting qualitiesV ¥The New RCA Victor Battery Operated“NEW YORKER” RADIOFOR TOWN OR COUNTRY
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Wed, May 08, 1940
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