Show 4 11 p phillipa CREED FOR AN AMERICAN IN AN ALL OUT WAR I 1 am through with compromise halfway measures crystal gazing and the idea that its all done by mirrors I 1 am finished with talk for talks sake and the under advisement and in due time the matter will be attended to I 1 have canceled my subscription to the theory that it all comes out in the wash even if you thought to provide soap I 1 believe in my count rys capacity to triumph despite its tendency to argue muddle procrastinate and compromise I 1 believe the never say die spirit of america will completely supersede the in it for MEV ME motif and that its about time I 1 believe the spirit of 76 will submerge the spirit of every man for himself every E ery politician for the main chance and every y american for softer upholstery I 1 believe in the american way and I 1 now believe it is the way upward and forward and not just a circular path around the artificial rosebuds rose beds I 1 believe the country sacrifice is beginning to understand that sacrifice IS is not merely something done with a goat a 0 0 I 1 believe that patriotism is something beginning to show in the deeds of americans and no longer something that was the main concern of orators during a five minute interval at national conventions I 1 believe that the star spangled banner is now a song to stir every american to the depths and no longer a number reserved in the main for special school exercises army and navy activities and for musical comedy climaxes 0 0 a I 1 believe that this is a war in which americans see the issue more clearly than they have seen the issue in in an any y war since 1776 I 1 believe that the hopes of washington and jefferson and abraham lincoln must triumph over the he t hopes of hitler and tojo and mussolini I 1 I 1 believe that the bible must and shall triumph over mein kampf and that the kindly figure of the man of galilee shall endure to g guide aide the way of mankind long after the chest thumping plaza strutting dictatorial microphone addicts and bullies have dwindled to the size of long forgotten baccili a 0 I 1 believe there is more in the constitution ution of the united states the declaration of independence and the american bill of worth fighting for than in any goal or set of goals ever proclaimed by all the war lords of history I 1 believe uncle sam is all the more inspiring and all the more indestructible destructible through his sudden awakening to the valor of the chinese the incredible toughness of the russians the fortitude of the british and the fine qualities of all those nations with which he is now linked in in one crusade I 1 believe americans can take it as well as dish it out I 1 believe they are going to prove it in a way that will wm a new respect all over the face of this earth I 1 believe there are reversals hard blows and great sufferings for uncle sam ahead I 1 believe he will toughen up and show that he is the uncle sam of breeds hill the rude bridge that arched the flood valley forge ticonderoga princeton gettysburg san juan hill manila bay belleau wood and soissons 1 I believe in americal america 1 JOE LOUIS AND THE ARMY EXAM Q have you done much fighting A no but what ive done has been effective Q have you done any flying A not since the first bout Q any experience in tank work A no th that t was two other champions 0 there is a difference of opinion in the dress ind industry over the reported plan to shorten skirts by way of saving fabrics maurice ren aner of the fashion originators guild says they cant be made shorter without becoming police court matters but we think he is wrong skirts got so short around the time tim of the last war now and then a husband got mixed up and put one on as a wristlet 0 a 0 the splendid work of the dutch in the war brings back to mind an old song dr fred beck used to sing at the grays outings back home those dutch they say they aint got no style they got style all the while all the chilel A robber entered an office at broadway and forty second street at high noon the other day and stole he was the only person in that area working at such an early hour |