| Show first lady writes of world conditions and radio influence increasing our land and air forces is not encouraging this country to take part in war says mrs franklin D roosevelt in the february democratic adget pu lashed by khe Divisi oiW 1 the he democratic national coan 7 tee ee with the picture of the situation in europe which has been passing before our eyes continues mrs roosevelt in an answer to the question of mrs william E maulsby of des moines iowa 1 I should think we would all of us realize that there are times when an adequate defense enables us to preserve a just peace and other times when ina inadequate dequa te defense obliges one to accept injustice sat at the time and future insecurity to the suggestion of mrs willia ruth de prater of jackson mississippi that this country is being overly influenced by polls of public opinion mrs roosevelt thinks that apparently polls have influence on representatives f legislative bodies I 1 should clial tl ial them somewhat unreliable because many people vote in them but do not take them very seriously and and they can represent only a passing decision which may be influenced fluen ced at any time by new developments new facts or points of view as brought out mrs roosevelt does not fear that the heradio radio will retard initiative and standardise standard stand ardise fie opinions nor does she think that listening anat the right time is hard on homework to the query of mrs henry F grady on this theme she answers 1 I cannot see why listening to programs on anthe the radio need retard onis ones initia initiative uve or stand aidi vie ones opinions in the past many people have read the same books seen the same plays and heard the same music it is simply a case of different times and different interests te rests everything one sees or hears or reads has to go through ones own intelligence before it makes any real impression on the inner inner personality it is not just listening to a thing which matters but it is what ones environment nt teaches one to do with all of the contacts of life this is the responsibility of the home and ana not of the radio companies |
