| Show herbert hoover discusses war mr hoover expressed the he concern of all americans when before the councel 1 l on foreign relations in new york he be spoke of the wide widespread pread convict on especially I 1 in europe where he has just been traveling that tha united states would inevitably be taken into the next great war iri the last mr hoover lelien A maintenance of bo lute independence pen dence of political action and adequate preparedness as americas best hope for keeping out of war probably by independence of political action mr hoover had in mind something more flexible than strict isolation A former american Pres president dent he is well aware that american interests both material and moral transcend continental boundaries but bat he does not wish to see the united states committed in advance to what may be an ideological war with however very obvious im aerial implications adequate prep preparedness agedness CP e second of the two policies 1 hoover advocated for keeping out of war needs of course a more enlightened definition than it had in the years between 1914 and 1917 if it is to be preparedness to keep tut but of war it must include not simply new weapons of war but a preparation of the american people to withstand the strain a long war among european nations would impose on the united states economic position it must be a preparedness to accept economic sacrifice instead of war orders but neither independence of political action as defined byar by mr hoover nor preparedness even in its broader meaning can secure americas keeping out of war nothing short of a workable honest system of collective security will secure this right to remain at peace pressures within will insist on the need of war trade as the unemployment figures rise Despe desperation without will strike at the ships that supply the belligerents with the sinews of victory mr hoover naturally was offering not the best choice in the best of all possible worlds but an experienced perien ced approach to the choices he sees left in this one christian science monitor |
