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Show NO ROOM HERE FOR WCKER' America to Be Put to Test In a Long War, Says Redfield. ST LOUIS, April 16. William A. Redfield, secretary of commerce, today to-day declared that this country' has no 1 room for the pacifist, for he must real- ize that he must fiKht now for peace, i and for the Socialist who should see his ideals of brotherhood embodied in the nation's cause; but that it has no room for the pessimist or the man who deals with public affairs from the standpoint of tbe "knocker." In an address to members of the chamber of commerce, Secretary Red-field, Red-field, who is en route to Seattle, warned against German propaganda and asserted that tales of the inefficiency ineffi-ciency of the new Liberty motor for airplanes form an example of this insidious in-sidious propaganda He declared the motor is the most powerful of its kind ever invented and manufacture of it is going ahead rapidly as is also the manufacture of all airplane parts. The shipping problem, though still acute, is on the "mend," he added Asked what plans should be made for foreign trade after the war, the secretary replied this is no tame to be thinking about "what we will do after the war." "The immediate question is," he said, "can America have the patience and courage to pull through one, two or ihree vr-ars longer? Can we stand the gaffr |