Show gild IA released by western newspaper anlon CHANGING CLASSES ON U WE REFER TO americas kowol classes or to our middle or upper classes possibly there are such classes but if so the personnel ol 01 each is constantly changing the push cart peddler of today is the merchant prince of tomorrow or the merchant prince of today is a mendicant tomorrow there is opportunity for all and the place of each is s determined by his ability and his energy those who win must carry others upwards with them those who fail after having won what they lose has not been destroyed but is passed along to others all any real american really asks is a fair field and a fair umpire his government t to 1 see there are no blows below the belt Hs he wants a chance to battle his way upward A LETTER FROM A READER says he is tired reading about the war and wants to forget it it if all the people of america felt that way it would ensure a peace treaty dictated by the huns the and the japs and we would soon grow tired tided of the conditions imposed obligation OF WRITING A LASTING PEACE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE are hoping the peace following the close of this world conflict will be a lasting peace they hope as they did in 1918 that this may be the last world conflict granted the allied nations win as they will america can come nearer dictating the terms of peace than any other one nation america is probably the only nation that would not write a hate peace to fulfill the obligation that will be ours america must do some serious thinking between now and the end of the conflict A book the problems of lasting peace by herbert hoover and hugh gibson gives us a foundation on which to think they do not attempt to say what the peace shall be but they do give us an analysis of the historic peace treaties of the past and their results and do make some general suggestions among these is one that seems especially worth while it is that the peace making be divided into three distinct stages the first would settle temporarily problems on which there could beio delay delai it would include the immediate re establishment of national sovereignties sovereign ties as they existed before germany invaded austria and the establishment on the part of the allied nations of an international police force that would insure compliance and the temporary maintenance of peace the second would provide for a period for the rebuilding of political life and economies recovery 11 the third would settle those ion long vices problems which require quire e a cooling off of emotions deliberation and careful development 11 that it is not possible to write a lasting peace is amply demonstrated by the treaty of versailles then hate and the desire for revenge and imperi impendence dence dominated the peace conference the same will be there again if the final peace is written by this generation at least before those who fought the war and suffered from its destruction have had years in which to forget forge t the new peace it if it is to be permanent must provide for the e establishment s tab lish ment and maintenance of representation sen tation government and personal liberty for people of the axis nations and their satellites it cannot be on a basis of punishment for the vanquished no matter how great their lives may have been hate revenge cannot have a place at that final peace table and they will have if the final peace are prepared immediately imme diat after the end of this world conflict cor former president hoover and ambassador bas gibson have laid for us a foundation on which h to base our thinking which should lead to a unified american demand for that kind of if peace structure that will mean the end of wars we have very seriously needed a place to start and the problem of lasting peace provides that in a protected way TO EACH OF US SHE WAS more than steel and guns and plan planes es she was an american and she died as other americans have h ave died and will die for the nation she so proudly cepres represented anted the aircraft carrier lexington lies buried in the coral sea but her death was not in vain a CHINA SAYS 1000 PLANES would save her and defeat the japs according to what tells us that is is less than one weeks production of our plane plants AT THE NEXT PEACE conference there will not again sit a french clemenceau to block a settlement of world affairs and through a demand dema nd for average lay the foundation for another war without a clemenceau Clemeric eau chance the i atlantic charter will have a |