Show TRUMAN On Tour President Truman began his western west west- em ern tour with four speeches on be be- halt halx of the Brannan Drannan agricultural program but took time also to preach the gospel against isolation ism And it was a new Truman using gentle ridicule against his political enemies instead of the free tree ing big sledgehammer blows he used on a similar trip two years ago That In itself was enough to make many a politician raise his hi eye eye- brows The President shoved his needle of ef ridicule deep when he tou touched hed hedon on Isolationism He said Now isolationism would be a cheap policy to follow It would be easy and cheap to stop spending money on our army and navy and air force end and to stop sending supplies supplies sup up plies to other countries who survived survived sur sur- the great war We can stop atop these thele things thing today Isolationism would be mighty cheap for today and tomorrow and maybe next week You remember how cheap heap isolationism was in the 1920 Taxes were cut at least for tor forthe forthe the big fellows tellow but look at the terrible ter price we have bave paid for isolationism iso bo- in the second world war Today exactly the same Issue faces us There are arlt still tome some men who keep telling you that we can economize by following an isolationist isola policy These men cant can't see beyond the end of their noses They The dont don't see that Isolationism would let the rest of ot the world be bo swallowed up by communism That would certainly bring on a n new w world war Just as it did in 1939 1039 We reneged in 1921 2921 Just as 81 Russia today today to to- today day is doing with the help of our oW own isolationists |