The Cedarville Herald, Volume 64, Numbers 27-52

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Navy", fromthe Navy Editor of this newspaper,- ■SERVE VPUR COUNTRVf BUILD MOOR FUTURE! <i£T IN THE NAVW NOuu! Washington Letter* (C ontinued F eom F irst P ack ) lican National Conventions wrote strong planks into their party plat­ forms pledging unalterable opposi­ tion to American involvement in the European war. Mr, Roosevelt and Mr. •Willkie as candidates for the Presi­ dency, many times solemnly pledged the American people that their sons ' would never be sent to fight and die in. any foreign war. Almost 'every candidate fo r the House and Senate made similar pledges. I made such a pledge to the people o f my District. I have never considered that pledge tp be “just a bit o f campaign oratory" but always as a solemn covenant to ; be honestly kept. These pledges by ■ the two major, parties and their candi­ dates were made after France had fallen,; while Russia and Germany were allies, and at the time when few believed that Great Britain could:long stand, - President Roosevelt was reelected. Soon thereafter—as had been predict­ ed—came the cry from our munitions customers across the seas that their cash was exhausted, and that credit was needed for the purchase o f war materiel. Early in 1941 the country was startled by-the presentation to the Congress o f the Administration sponsored Lease-Lend Bill, granting to the President unusual and uuliniit ed powers to give, lend, lease, ■or otherwise.dispose of, to any nation he .. might choose, any war supplies, or al most any- other material or thing, that . he might desire, on any terms he might fix. I voiced against the Lease- Lend' Bill. Along with many others, I contended that its passage would mean American convoys and would in evitably lead to our involvement in the Europea* struggle. The President ■'told us that the Lease-Lend Bill was a peace measure, and that furnishing arms and munitions to one group o f belligerents, with which they would do the fighting, would, make it Un- necessary for the United States to ever enter the conflict, thus assuring . :peace for oiir country. To the con - tention that repeated ship sinkings and resultant losses o f Lease-Lend goods would bring demands for American convoys to assure safe de livery, ihe President, without equivo cation stated that corivoys would not he used. He told the people, “ convoys mean shooting, and shooting means war.” With his consent, amendments i were written into the Lease-Lend Act declaring against convoys and against the sending o f American ships into v the war zone. ' The Lease-Lend Bill became law, Soon thereafter the President request' • ed seven billion dollars, to carry out the purposes o f the law. This amount, the President and his leaders told the Congress, would finance the Lease Lend program fo r 27 months, would assure the defeat o f Hitler and his hordes, and would eliminate any necessity or possibility of the United States becoming involved in a shoot ing war. This seven billion* dollar Lease-Lend appropriation passed in late March. The American policy was fixed as “all hid short o f war," But as the months went by the President and his close aides became more ahd more warlike in their utterances. Lata summer brought many important de velpments, one o f which was a re­ quest' fo r another Lease-Lend appro­ priation—this time for six billion dol­ lars. The promise that the first ap­ propriation, made less than six months before,' was to last for two years and three monthspnecmingly had been forgotten. The LeasfevLend program had been started. There was nothing left to do but to appropriate the funds requested. .. 'v Another and fa r ntirp important development was the secret and his­ toric meeting o f the President and the British Prime Minister at a rendezvous in the North Atlantic, Neither the Congress nor the people were taken into the President’s con­ fidence as to his plans. Neither the Congress nor the people have ever been informed as to just*what weht oil at this fateful Ocean meeting. True, .an agreed program o f eight points was announced; a program that Seemed to indicate that the Presi­ dent had committed the United States to many things, some o f which have not yet been made clear. Within a week after the meeting the press and many statesmen* of Great Britain began to speak openly o f full American participation In tile war, Within the month the President addressed the nation and issued hfs “ shoot on sight" order, Later it de­ veloped that the famous ofder had been given the Navy some weeks prior to the President’s address, with­ out knowledge o f the Gongress or-the people. In the meantime other significant events occurred. American bases were established in British controlled terri­ tory. Iceland was occupied by our sailors and soldiers,-in cooperation with British forces. American war­ ships became engaged in convoy duty. An American freighter, carrying con­ traband o f war, was sunk, American ships were transferred to Panamanian registry to evade provisions o f the Neutrality Act; A number o f these ships, flying the flag o f Panama, were sunk, without loss o f American lives, Am empty freighter, flying our flag, was sunk in the fa r eastern Atlantic, Much talk developed- as to the free­ dom o f the seas. Suddenly the news came that, an American destroyer the Greer—had been fired upon by a war,-upon which, we are being em­ barked, is to be limited to naval war­ fare only, and that American expedir. tionary forces will not be sent to fight and die in foreign lands, I pray that this niay be true, but I do not believe that it $ true, I do not believe you can limit war. Within my heart and soul I am fearful that our country is soon to be taken into an “ all -out" and bloody war, in which millions o f our American youths will be called upon to participate—into a total war, the cost o f which in blood and misery, suffering and sacrifice, tears and treasure, cannot be appraised. I pray lives, defeat the enemy, and bring vic­ tory to the American/cause. To this endeavor I pledge my every effort. - ■ But if'America is to enter this war there are many, many other things we must do to bring triumph. Borne o f these things I will discuss in this column next week. I f . l . n e l so n , o . d . § i 7 ! OPTOMETRIST Great ambitions keep many o f us from succeeding in small undertak­ ings. Wanted to Buy-—Old and salvaged cars, iron, rags and metal.- Emmett that our country may not be forced j JSvilsizojv West Xenia Ave., Cedarville to drinjk from such a epp. But if war is to come to America, despite my warnings and my endeavors to pre­ vent it, then, like every other true American.I will give all that is within S ubscribe T o T he H erald German submarine without warning! me that victory may be ours. If it is | while on a peaceful mission in Ameri- ! to be war, -we must win, We must win | pan waters. Later an official report from the Commanding Admiral o f our Navy disclosed that the Greer had hunted and followed the ' submarine for alinost three and one-half hours, signaling its position to British, planes and ships, before the torpedoes were fired by'the undersea craft. * Next came the tragedies o f the des­ troyer Kearney, in which eleven American lives were lost, and o f the Reuben: James, with a death toll of eighty American youths. Official nav­ al information discloses that both the Kearney and the Reuben James were engaged in convoying foreign mer­ chant vessels, in conjui. tion with foreign warships, when torpedoed. j In October the President asked the j Congress for an amendment to the * Neutrality Act to permit the arming ' j f American merchant vessels, altho not a single submarine was sunk by an armed merchant vesel during the World War No. 1, and we do not now have the needed guns to proper­ ly arm our merchant marine. How­ ever, the.amendment to arm merchant ships was .adopted by the House and dent to the Senate, where Administra­ tion'leaders—as had been predicted —addd an amendment to repeal other -sections o f the Neutrality Act so as to permit. American merchantmen to .inter war zones-and belligerent ports anywhere in the world. While the Neutrality Act amend­ ments were under debate the Presi­ dent and his cabinet members were telling the people that the U. S. has been attacked, that ' the* shooting nas begun that our Navy is in the light to win, and that \ye arc pledged and committed to do anything and everything necessary for the defeat of the' Axis. However, they have fail­ ed to state just who pledged -and com­ mitted the United States to such a program. . Under the Constitution of che United States only the Congress can make a declaration o f war and the President has not asked for such a declaration. As the debate proceeded, the press and both proponents and opponents of die amendments frankly stated that ;he President, the country, and the Congress/ would accept any Neutrali­ ty Act changes as approval o f past -^residential actions, and as Congres- iional authorization for the President to proceed with his undeclared war. fhe Congress has acted. By an ex­ tremely close vote in both the House , ifld the Senate the President»and his i supporters have been able to fo rc e f hrough amendments to the Neutrali­ ty Act which *in effect repeal the measure. I voted against the 'amend­ ments because 1 believed they make inevitable the final full participation jf the United State* in the war now aging in Europe, and make probable hat we will soon be in war in the Pacific, i have kept my promise to the peo­ ple o f my District to do everything within my power to keep our country out of war and at honorable peace with all the world. 1 have lived up to the platform pledges made by my party in convention assembled. We are being taken into an undeclared Presidential war. The responsibility rests upon the President, and upon those members o f Coqgrcss who have voted for the various steps that are leading us into War, The lives of ap­ proximately one hundred fine young Americans have already been sacri­ ficed. Many others' seeni doomed to die as a result o f Administration policies and Presidential actions, There is no question but that our ships Wiil be sent into the war zones. Hitler has stated that every endeavor will be made <to sink them. Winston Churchill has announced that, the edited State^ NaVy has nlready en­ tered into full collaboration with the British Navy in Waging war against the Axis Powers. | We arc now being told that this Pipe, Valves and Fittings for £ . , , =water, gas and steam, Hand and § quickly, and with as little-cost in hu-js _ . ,, = l m life a . possible. Wc must, os o ' l ® “ W ' * " I united people, join hands _and hearts, and use every effort, every energy, every resource, toward that end. The youth of America, who will be called upon to offer their lives' to their coun­ try, must be given our loyal and un­ wavering support. They must be furnished with every possible imple­ ment with which to. protect their | Bolts. Pulleys, V Belts, Plumbing | 1 and Heating Supplies. 3 - ^ • ^ . w ‘»r~ . ~— | J. P, BOCKLETT j SUPPLY CO. I XENIA, OHIO § ■■•' , ■ f ; Jamestown. Ohio I Especial Attention Given | SCIIOOL-AGE ETES a White Mountain Cream Station We need more good-quality cream for our High-Grade Meadow Gold Butter. . Highest prices paid at all times. If you are not a patron of ours at present/1 would appreciate a trial on your next can o f cream. Station Operator L E O L A C O R N Open Daily Except Wednesday Afternoon m m m m m m m m • OVERCOAT* SWTS *4JS *UH * Man's, LadlM' Wrist and peefcwt W*Uk** *3M «#* W *** ., Shotguns, Blfl«, HM Up H I 9*W*It#fprif«0#4« 0- B i B i m m u v r v u L o pe n e v e n i n g I am now devoting all my time to my Xenia office. * DR. IRVIN S. HYMAN Chiropodist . . . Foot Specialist treating all ailments of the feet . , Open daily— 9 A. M. to 6:80 P. M. Evening Hours, Tues., Thurs., Sat, , * Phones: Now Low Foes 19 Alien . Bldg. Xenia, 0 . House — Main 41S-R * . P U B L I C S A L E ! Having sold our farm, 2% miles northeast o f Cedarville on Fishworm road, we will sell at public auction pn SATURDAY, NOVEMBER.29, 1941 STARTING AT 12.-M NOON, THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY. 2 — HEAD OF HORSES — 2 7 — HEAD OF CATTLE — 7 31 — HEAD OF HOGS — 31 33— HEAD OF SHEEP— 33 FARMING IMPLEMENTS Brooder house, 7 x 16 ft.; com crib holding 150 bushel; hog house; 4 hog coops; 1 small chicken house, 6 x 6 ft .; Oliver breaking plow, corn plow, iron wheel wagon, sled, 2 sides harness, collars, bridles and lines; hog feed­ er and troughs; 2 water tanks; com shelter; 3, stands o f bees; poultry feed­ ers; waterers; brooder stove; hay fork and rope; pitch forks, spades, shovels, and other articles not mentioned. j ^ 60 WHITE LEGHORN CHICKENS' FEED-—3 Tons o f timothy hay; 1 ton o f Soy Bean hay; 4 or 5 tons of good mixed hay; some corn and mixed grain-in granary; 360 shocks, more or less o f corn in the field. TERMS OF SALE:—CASH ' * LEROY AND LULU HENDERSON Weikert and Gordon, Aucts. Carl Spracklen, Clerk *P TRAINING % LOOK WHAT THE U. S. NAVY AND NAVAL RESERVE OFFER YOU FREE TRAINING w o rth $1600. Nearly 60 trades and vocations to choose from. . GOOD PAY with regular increases; You may earn up to $126 a month; "You are entitled to a generous vaca­ tion period, with full pay, each year* GOOD FOOD and plenty o f it; FREE CLOTHING. A complete outfit o f clothing when you first enlist; (Over $100 worth.) FREE MEDICAL CARE, Including regular dental attention, FINESTSPORTS and entertainment any man could ask for, TRAVEL, ADVENTURE, THRILLS— You can’t heat the Navy for them! BECOME AN OFFICER. Many can work fo r an appointment to the Naval Academy or the Annapolis o f the Air at Pensacola, * FUTURE SUCCESS, It’ s easy for N avy-trained men to get good­ paying jobs in civil life, LIBERAL RETIREMENT-PAY for regular Navy men. 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