Show dispelling THE FOG by charles hicl michelson I 1 william allen alien white the sage of emporia has long been one of tile the greatest republican assets ile he has been warning his party that if it does not get away from the policy of opposing the defense measures measure the anti isolationists will take tile the leadership away from fi om the titular ci chiefs lifs as theodore roosevelt took to k it away from the reactionaries in 1910 sage white adduces the voting re cord of the GOP delegations in the senate and house on the various steps taken in the progress of the national policy against the totalitarian talita tali riall world raids as evidence of the political stupidity of the course that has been followed the urging of the li herbert erbert hoover cinq win to incite still more intense opposition to the defense program quickly followed by the acquiescing republican house caucus indicates the purpose of making the minority party the party of isolationism I 1 suppose they are sincere it would be absurd of course to 10 assume that every isolationist mem ber of congress is actuated only by partisan motives some of them undoubtedly believe that in some som mysterious fashion we can keep 1 r cut ut of war if the nazi p powers pre vail that hitler and his accomplices I 1 if they are successful in down ing freedom over all europe asia africa and oceania will not bother about the existence of liberty lov ing democracy in the western hem perhaps they figure that the brigand nations would be so glutted with loot that they would 1 forego an attempt to include the biggest prize of all it may inay be their idea that the conquerors might suddenly turn benignant and forget I 1 and forgive our having delayed and made more difficult their conquests by becoming the arsenal of democracy unquestionably there were tories during tile the revola revolutionary t collary war perfectly sincere in their theory that britaina Brit ains might would overcome forces and that our future would be brighter as a british colony than if we went on our own even if we were successful that sincere belief may have been as harmful to the cause of independence as benedict arnolds arnold s deliberate treason though the honest tory may have acted as he thought right while the traitor sold out his country hence the validity of the suggest a nonpartisan non partisan rally to the defense of america now the country knows wrote the sage of emporia the the president has been walking the only way to peace which america can I 1 follow these lines are written I 1 by one who has opposed president roosevelt in three campaigns and I 1 felt his election for a third term a I 1 public calamity yet today we ask I 1 all american citizens to look back over the course he has charted in the last four years arent youl you proud of your president why I 1 I 1 should partisanship cloud the glory of this day the policy that has worked I 1 the presidents course has proceeded without deviation for two years in the face of protests and prophecies of dire disaster from the isolationists they were scared when he asked tor for and obtained the repeal of the neutrality law which repeal enabled us to sell munitions and general supplies to great britain under certain restrictions they were frightened when we passed the lend lease bill after england had exhausted her dollar exchange they hey were panic stricken when we established our naval patrol and agonized when we occupied iceland in each of these acts they saw 2 challenge to hitler to begin bostil aties against us but if it were a challenge it was never accepted for the obvious reason that until he had completed his conquest if of europe he did not dare add the forces of the great republic to his active enemies instead he tried to incite japan to provoke us into a pacific war but japan a wiser italy of the east move until she was sure the fuehrer was going to win so here we are with the eastern hemispheres war two wo years old and we are not in it moreover the chances of our becoming involved involve ti are less than they ever were because of our defiant attitude attitude and the aid we have extended to the antinazi anti nazi riat nations ions and incidentally because the two years re respite ny has enabled us to prepare for any eventuality the british newspapers are complaining pla ining that we have not done enough and are not doing enough that is a perfectly natural reaction q D doubtless if the shoe were on the other foot our newspapers woula be just as critical and reproachful however though the president has been spattered with epithets of which warmonger is about the mildest he has avoided our getting into the war and that is perhaps the most skillful bit of statesmanship of t the he century |