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a Re 181 Number 154 May 16, 1942 Page 4 Vihy then, asks Aspinwall, is the United States fighting the Germans and the Japanese? Llainly, he answers, because this country's harsh economic measures against Berlin and Tokyo forced the war on these nations. The Detroit pamphletecr than reasonsy *Thus it seems that the United States through a lack of understanding and commonsense has been Jockeyed into a position of fighting for a cause that is bot unjust and etrinen oc ifation ese OF course @ nations In question Lwith which the Ue S. is at war| have adopted a brutal and barbaric method of accomplishing their aims but there seemed to be no other way for them to achieve their desires, for the U. Ss had made it definitely clear that every effort would be made to protect home industry. Further than that the United States in comyany with other nations made it clear that if any attempt was made by force to expand the sphere of influence of these [ fascist! na- tions that every help short of war would be given to any nation on whom force Was usede eee this war might be brought to a reasonable conclusion by acknowledging our crror afd By the pronled’ of cooperation whon their [the Axis) goods ere offered in payment for things they needs": - — ee talios ours) Times Advertises Aspinwall's Book Interestingly enough, on April 26 and May 3 the New York Times carried advertisements for Aspinwallts pro-Axis booklet. Both advertise- ments, which were headed "Our One Hope of Peace," read as follows: "This war is a struggle for the control of raw materials and the issue can never be settled by fighting. A lasting Peace can be achieved by free trade -- free trade not only between nations but between ourselves as woll, Send ten cents for booklet, 'OQur One Hope of Peace,t Robert S. Aspinwall, 2630 Erskine Ste, Detroit, Michigans” It seems that the advertising department of the New York Times should exercise greater oare in checking the sort of literature it pro= motese Aspinwallts above characterization of this war as a "struggle for the control of raw materials «.. which can never be settled by fight- ing" should alone have been sufficient to arouse the suspicions of any copy reader familiar with President Roosevelt's definition of this con- flict as "A War of Survival.” 4 | ae Fe A | The contents of (The Hour are not copyrighted and may be freely reprinted