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ate Fea ws - fe ‘ ' ie ~ + ms a “ ee fod r ra wawerds are remembered and, ; : 3 Teeately, used by tra‘vors.- ( - We kngv that’ the Amrita ott e re mpvement included many sincere pa- ols, but i includ.d .nany tractors fu well—men whe clung toat for the 2. "ge reason of weakening a proud ~y democratic America and thus strength- i Ld 4 ening our Fascist enemies. We know suf” wooi they are accomplisz.ing eve: now. a That is why a represeniative of curs + f° Came to you recently in, Detroit, wher a you ave making your con:ributicn to 7 the war effurt and wher. you have Rained the respect of tnose whe work ita you in tne interest. cf an Ame:- ican victory. . To our representative who asked vou for a statement, you said: “Not fyeom * at — wh & 1 ees tame a After Pear! i I Yak Americans said “Fnank God, at leas’ we are unified!” nd we seemr 2 tu be one But the fu.ces thot want to disunite us have ne. seppes plotung They ruthlessly continue le spread ti. Gul} trine of doubdi and cespai:. They kindle fires of mutual! distrust ard hate They turn muinonues upon minurilics Yacy turn Cathodic speinst Jew, be ont worker, Neg: ‘OQ @feirst Wrotk, ay ipainst ally ~| ht is a simpte plan. Vi is Hil of “Divide ate congerr.” These traier ‘lsay the Briush are th. ough. They say, the British are using us to win tat war. They -ay Geir vane is Loe Maver i fulto beat. They sax vc tosces A. aeyies! . Lindbereh, a i row au the wir. They Man : run by Joo) and how sy sheutd mat he. Bursar elo wee Recisth irs spree the Con nyu. Thev POetning v.tec.. Cem arcate eu nbs in in ue “Ame.can mand, HESE ari nota tase serit. wd luna- te voices. We later issues f this on see their nimes a ‘ey the SCOPE of tne. stength ui Or L Before Peart Hi you as the: hero. But toda: things ove Gifferent. Trese traitors mays Mh Pigs lo u-e® any saaceire American—e the words chat he spoke Nelore @ur Crisis—ie fuitier their mefiorous caus. We must step tiem. o we appeal ta you’ You woe one us orrsonaliy the these paces. G: faludativn. Dey Oode ur thay canned tea Viet we UN laws. nmomy ah Taos why Lone Srst lo observe creauon ef an atrial Ge ir power roe to slike Cuwn one Eufppean country after another, vu Saw predittions of your own begin ‘2 come true. Time hes passed This country has been at war for mere than si. months. rt us review ot.cr prophecies you iadw—the prophcecs you begun to ‘ake yr tne summa: vt 1940, Let's re- sS ‘soe in the ia. ul today. de- a° * pote va y yuprernaut in Ger care: and to enll it to the att#i.vlon of © coonotueeat world, > You Mtuned 1) ib cvanuy and + @™, ins . and rep. vied on wus own Pr) *weak -Lrce and iagilstics. WHEN » » ra F force of v's Phin , fensive position in 1 « world. No for- eipn Power can inv «cc us today.” Yet today we knc: that Pear! Har- bor hes neen attack. , Wake occupied, the Pril:ppines taxe:. and a possible foothcid obtained in the Aleutians. Guam is gune. Midwiy has been ham- mered. The Pacific, ~orth and south, has shrunk in less than half a year. Jap sutmarines have shelled the coasts of California, Oregon, and the neign- boring Wancouver Isiand. German U- boats have sunk Anerican ships in itt very sight of Americans standing on our Atlantic shorcs. The war that once looked remote to many has come very close tu home. and the closer it approaches, the greater becomes the necd for complete unty in this coun- try. “ In another of your speeches you said thar: “oo dt is nhy sically imoassihle ta base enough airevaft in the British Isles alone to equal in strength the aircralt that can be based on the con- tinemt of Europe.” And you said that no matter how mar: plancs were built anu -emt iG Engianc the British isles cculd not be made stronger than Ger- many on molitary aviation. Ye. wowas only months after vou said that that Cologne was virtualiy wiped off the map by ar. attacking i. 136 Britush planes. You told your millions of listeners that the aliernative to a negotiated geace in Europe wos “either a Hitler victory or a prostrate Europe and pos- silly a prostrute America os well” What about thease words? Do you stil, feel tuat wew ay are fishune a eetence bole apa, hopeles: cigs” a Saeditors a. iavesty. ask you Clr Aesics and ‘he ‘coriple:, tone fidence si your amie griiy Are we fipnting a foclish fighs” Core tainly that as now the feeling of mil- liane of Americans. Remember these words—yeurs: "If we can be forced inte a foreign war . then the idea of representative government and democracy will be proved | such. a failure at home that these vill be little use fighting it abrew!. . Fo: tunately, hundreds of things have 1a ee “Ay pened to prove that our democracy , ger things done—eas you, in De oil, we Before Pearl Harbor your.pesitién was that we were being jockeyed into a world conflict by warmongers and that it was i to assume we were vulnerable to attack After Pear) Harbor you said, among “Now it |war} ions gome. other words: anc we must meet it as unll icans regardless of our Peyou called for unity, Mr. Lis : but you did not say the is * : would have helped to create nent unity—no matter what de for- tunes of war—emong the m‘nority of your own making. You did not say you bad changed your mind on mary issues, that you are publicly and wholeheartedly hind our government and the Presi- dent in the struggle te win this war' THERE are those who insist that you: have reaffrme. au that you had sa.c bejore the war. These wolves of trea- son today are Using your ov, wercs t seduce Americans, to give anc strength to enemies wht. we are locked in mortal combat. They do nat hesitate to he, to use you: words and actions to ores. whatever disunity they can manage. You must expose their lies, not er - courage them by your silence. Coughlins and the Gerald Smiths must be robbed of this weapon. The words are quite simple. Speci ther now, y, 8 no voicet of evil cor hive any furt.er power to harris us You underestimated. before. th. tuthles: intentions of ovr enemies. Please dc not unde restir-ate them nov in your hands is a Duliet as yet ur.- fired at these enemies. In your hand: z cord that can bind the pecgle of thi: country together more closely, pe. - haps. than ever in their history. Your: @ great priviicge and a grave rt- sponsibility. We beg of you~—speak, and spcak new! maul. Sar usT We are, sincerely, i Your feilow Americans, . Tut Eprrors of LiserT