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Show War's Threat to Our Democracy IDAHO'S Republican congressman, , Henry Dworshak, stopped In Salt Lake City Tuesday Tues-day afternoon on his way home to Burley and dropped a few Interesting comments on the neutrality situation. . The congressman, although he personally voted against repeal of the arms embargo, expressed ex-pressed hope for the future peace of America. Now that the die Is cast and congress, by a considerable majority, has gone on record for repeal of the embargo and enactment of the "cash-and-carry" plan, any expression of fear that America la headed for involvement in the European war would be out of place, he declared. de-clared. Although this newspaper and the congressman congress-man disagreed on the neutrality Issue, we are tn full agreement on that belief. America must present a united front to the world In expressing commence in our national aeter-zninatlon aeter-zninatlon to keep the peace. Representative Dworshak offered additional reason for that determination to stay out of war. If any more reason Is needed, with a flat - warning that if America gets Into war, under present plans It would spell the end of democracy democ-racy and the establishment of a dictatorial war government. He referred to the Industrial mobilization plan which has been drafted and is all ready for submission to congress in the event of war. The bill, ha said, would place all Industry and business and labor under the 'strictest sort of government control. There would be practically practical-ly no limit to the power of the executive. Certainly such a situation would be dangerous danger-ous In the extreme for America. Under the excuse of war emergency, we might easily at one fell swoop throw overboard all our cherished cher-ished democratic rights and liberties, and establish es-tablish a totalitarian regime which might remain re-main in power after the war ended. , That prospect Is sufficiently frightening to olster American determination to keep the race. The trick will be for us all to remember and keep our heads In the event that, despite til our efforts to keep out of trouble. Incidents tending to Inflame the war spirit should arise. For after all, it isn't the president or the congress who are going to take America Into war or keep us out. It will be the millions of American people who will decide that Issue either by standing firmly-opposed to war or by drifting Into hysterical patriotism and fighting frenzy-., . YOU, and millions like you. hold In the' steadiness and calmness of your hearts the assurance as-surance of peace and democracy for America. |