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Show !IROGEE BEVERLY HILLS. Well all I know is just what I read In the papers and what I hear over the radio. The big- gest news thats come to us from any source was President Roose-velts Roose-velts Foreign Policy Talk over the radio abou; ten days ago. Ever since 1 can remember telling jokes on the stage, and years before I started 1 ''""' yf"'-''iJ writing for any papers, I have uted kidding stuff about U3 going Into somebodys country and its always been tremendously tre-mendously popular stuff for not a soul wanted us lo be sending marines ma-rines out over the world like a big city would send policemen to places where they heard there was trouble. It had Just become almost impossible impos-sible for a country to have a nice home talent little revolution among themselves without us butting into it. Everywhere an American went to Invest some money in the hope of making 100 percent, why here would be a gun boat to see that he had all the comforts to which he had been accustomed. Lord knows how many men we lost at Nicaragua. Finally we got out, and we havent heard any more of Sandino than if he was a Republican Politician. But not only all South America, but all Europe seemed to offer praise of this Roosevelt speech. France seemed tickled to death and said "See Germany, Roosevelt says to disarm." Germany looked on the speech as favorable to them and Baid to France "See France, President Presi-dent Roosevelt says that ten percent per-cent of the world is blocking disarmament. dis-armament. He means you." Now when you can make a speech and have it suit both France and Germany, you have just about delivered de-livered another Gettysburg Address. Course that ten percent meant about 3 percent for France, and about seven percent for Japan. Those are the principal babies he was hinting at. But my goodness now that they got a boy baby there will be no stop- ping them. They was making so much fuss over the arrival o that little male, that I doubt If they even tuned in on Mr. Roosevelt. Bur it was the kind of speech thsit the Country wanted to hear. Course the fellow with money hollers for Stabilization. But the general run of folks would rather have peace. We are liable to get our friend back with a policy like that, and with friendship will come trade. Now if we will justgivethePhil- lipines their full freedom and get out of there. Course Japan might take it, but she would anyhow. A dog can protect only the bones that are right in frot of him. He cant have one away otf to itself in front of another hungry dog and expect to be able to hold it. But its wonderful now to go to sleep at night, and know that we havent just got scouts out looking for wars or private revolutions for us to get mixed up in. Just think of being a spectator once again. 1934, McN aught SyndtcaU, Ik. |
