Salt Lake Telegram | 1950-10-11 | Page 10 | Voice of the People

VOICE OF THE THEy PEOPLE By y Telegram Readers Never Was a Good War or Bad Peace Edi Editor tor Telegram Although Mr Truman gave us to under- under tand we are not at war I am going to call a spade a shovel hovel taste as it may to many Pointed bullets have proved more potent than pointed speeches and wars were never won by tirades in the tribunal or by majority of votes but solely by spilling of human blood Modern war is a science of de destruction destruction destruction de- de and to think of another another an an- other world war is to think of RULES FOR CONTRIBUTORS Th The Telegram In lit letter from Irom reader l mn mint t t hI be 1 I Not ot n er word cord 2 preferably I h pe pc and on un one of 01 paper only 3 not u partisan nn or 1 I and riot not 5 b correct correct cor cor- name nod and address n s althou although h an on assumed name or S will III bo he u used d dIf If requested millions who will die so that Stalin might become great What distinguishes war var is not that men are slain but that they are slain maimed crushed by bythe bythe bythe the cruelty the injustice the treachery the murderous hand of their fellowman How sorrowful to realize that honor on the battlefield is but butan butan butan an empty bubble when peace rules upon earth Never was there a good war or a bad peace and what beast- beast like man be he ruler or peasant that over slain men The present Korean conflict we are arc told is to prevent war and to further establish peace A var war sounding peace is preferable preferable preferable prefer prefer- able to a peace sounding war and if another world war does I come it will come because of failure of human wisdom Peace has its victories no less Jess renowned than war and not till we abolish victories purchased not with gold but by cold and dead on battlefields can we expect expect expect ex ex- the peace on earth good goodwill goodwill will to man which the tolling of the bell signified along the hills of Galilee over 1900 years ago David McBride