Show 1 IT C a Richard H. U. S. Must Create Truly J Democratic Society to Hold Freedom 1 America is confronted today by t vital How seriously would th defeat of Britain endanger the and independence of the y U. In a totalitarian could the U. long preserve its free-dom and democratic Recent statements government officials Washington to the that British would mean the end of democracy in Mf A even though discounted M as part of the strategy aH to secure passage of President's defense pow-mH ers now being con- in make an analysis of these questions preliminary to any dis of our real national defense Once Britain is the way to unchallenged control of all the Near East and Africa is open to Adolf Japan would at the same time meet with little opposition in taking over the rich Dutch and British East they would dominate two-thirds of the world's land sing from one-half to three-fourths of its natural Enjoying many times the ship-building capacity of the U. plus vast stores of unused armament's and airplanes the military striking power of the totalitarian states within a few years would far surpass that of the U. S. unless the whole western hemisphere were turned into a vast arsenal the picture is not as dark as it first Given a few years to fully and fighting near our own or Latin American the U. S. could defend this hemisphere from almost any conceivable overseas Open naval or military is probably the least likely way such aggression would be for Nazi Germany has perfected a more subtle and effective method of By economic and penetration dur-ing the months or years preceding actual military the home-front is weakened or making real de- CONQUEST WITHOUT WAR w If Britain succumbs this the first part of the process will be Nazi spokesmen will make tempting offers of and Hitler and other Nazi officials will profess their innocence of any intention to the at the very moment when the campaign is already in In Latin America their agents will approach important business and political pointing out the futility of opposing the advance of Nazi-ism and the advantages to be gained from Less obvious efforts will be made to win converts to Nazi political and race The very nature of National Socialism with its belief in the and the efficacy of unhampered by moral or ethical its opposition to free thought and its doctrines of race-superiority and by the make an attempted conquest of this hemisphere for the mere existence of a free of a people living like men instead of serfs or soulless would gravely endanger the or Not until the whole world had become totalitarian could it be assured of any CREATIVE DEFENSE IS NEED Knowing what to expect we can devise a defense against these tactics oi Not battleships or fleets of airplanes so much as an emphasis on domestic unity and strength be the chief element of our national defense It is on the home front that the two hemisphere war which lies ahead of us will be most terly The defeat of Britain would drop the last barrier outside the western hen-sphere to totalitarian need not mean the end of freedom ana democracy in the U. as recent news-paper headlines would have us The preservation of liberty and cratic institutions will require creative intelligence and a willingness to and solve our domestic economic and t cial problems standards for half our i ance of the true meaning of democracy and freedom on a hitherto unknown We have the understanding what must be done we need only the w j and courage to A If Britain is we shall fj immediate But if we are shall not dissipate our strength in for which we are not We s rather ask ourselves how we can crea i society worth defending because member feels his debt to it and his pi to it- i f be Only a people strong and a cause their home front is 1 hope to remain free in a j 1 |