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Show Fifth Column Discussion Interests Sun. Audience Though a relatively small group attended the Sunday evening Library Li-brary Hour program, those who were present were vitally interested inter-ested in the material covered by Leo A. Snow and Ambrose M. Cannon on the pertinent angles of propaganda and fifth column activities ac-tivities as they affect the United States today. Reviews Three Talks Along with other material from current magazines, and personal comments Mr. Snow reviewed three talks on "Freedom", given Dec: 2nd, 1941, by Archibald Mac-Leish, Mac-Leish, William S. Paley and Edward Ed-ward R. Morrow, of the Columbia broadcasting company, at a dinner honoring the latter, who is chief of the European staff of CBS, and had just at that time returned re-turned from the holocaust of London Lon-don buildings. These especially reflected the near overpowering of Great Britain under the program pro-gram of appeasement, the warning warn-ing to America of her like danger, (Continued on page three) Sunday Library Hour (Continued from first page) that the battles for all the great freedoms can easily be lost; that, quoting from Mr. Morrow, "perhaps "per-haps the final decision, that will determine the course of human affairs will be made not in front of Moscow, not on the sands of Lybia, but along the banks of the Potomac. General headquarters for the forces of decency is now on Pennsylvania avenue; and "that Britain if defeated, could perhaps be forced to be the enemy of America, even as France is now the enemy of England, is seen as a serious possiblity by Mr. Morrow, as he tells of the almost al-most loss of Britain's quaint capacity ca-pacity for uplifting humor, and that Britain questioned, "If America Ameri-ca comes in, will she stay in ? Does she have any appetite for the greatness that is being thrust upon her? Does she realize that this world, or what is left of it will be run from either Berlin or Washington?" Complacency almost al-most proved Britain's downfall but America must not and will not yield to complacently viewing the situation, when action is essential, es-sential, was Mr. Snow's comment as he exposed their perspective through the Pearl Harbor incident, inci-dent, but which he feels perhaps Colonel Charles Lindbergh failed thus far to do. Destructive Propaganda Ambrose M. Cannon gave a very interesting survey of seemingly inconsequential happenings and activities ac-tivities which could and may serve as destructive propaganda, asserting as-serting that every avenue is combed comb-ed by the enemy and their subversive sub-versive machinery in the United States to break down the morale of the people, to influence them against the administration at this critical time; to obtain military information in-formation and to otherwise disrupt dis-rupt the nation's capacity for success, suc-cess, urging strict loyalty on every citizen. |