| Show I Views of the Na Nations Nation's ion s Press I l No thoughtful thoughtful believer believer in civil liberties can exult over the move by the federal government to tobar tobar tobar bar Social Justice from the mails no matter how subs subs' sub subversive and dangerous its editorial policies policies policies poli poli- cies may have been unless been unless it itcan itcan itcan can be proved that it was a deliberate deliberate deliberate de de- de- de liberate instrument of nazi propaganda propaganda prop prop- in this country The Star Journal was perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps the first major newspaper in the country to call attention after December 7 to the close- close treasonable to-treasonable attitude of Social Justice Justice Justice-an an attitude which howeVer however how- how eVer eter deplorable or wrong-headed wrong it may have been while the United States was at peace assumed a more serious complexion complexion complexion com com- once the United States was at W war r. r But we believed and still believe believe believe be be- lieve that unless Social Justice was actually subsidized by nazi money money of of which there never has been any proof publicity proof publicity would suffice to cope with It it- it that if its defeatism and bigotry bigotry bigotry bigo bigo- try and fascism were exposed and brought to public attention the overwhelming decent patriotic patriotic patriotic patri patri- otic majority of Americans would so shun it that it would die a natural death and would not have to be legally suppressed by methods which however wisely applied do constitute a possible precedent for suppression suppression suppression sion of that more honest and more intelligent criticism which is as necessary in wartime as asin asin asin in peacetime in a democracy Minneapolis Star Journal United nations progress has been so rapid in the last few months It is not a wild guess to predict we may have total air superiority by the late summer summer summer sum sum- mer of 1942 Of course such total superiority superior superior- ity does not exclude the possibility possibility possibility of axis air superiority in local campaigns The Battle of Crete Is an example of axis willingness to mass aircraft and to pay any price for a single objective But the side with to to- to tal tai superiority and bigger pr pro pra can also afford to think thinE In terms of massing aircraft f for limited local objectives fj The side with Inferior strength always has a tendency to weaken weak weak- weaken en itself still further by spread spreading ing out what it has and thinking in purely defensive terms M True with air superiority we can wrest the initiative from the axis provided we obtain that air superiority before the axis has acquired so much territory a and d so many bases that the air superiority superiority superiority supe supe- must be spread too thin That's why we cant can't sit back and smugly depend on plane pIMa production Our coming advantage in theair the theair theair air must be used this summer It may be less significant in 1943 Philadelphia Philadelphia Record |
