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Although situated far away in Northwest Europe, Finland has long been considered a close friend by Americans. It is a strong, clean, upstanding nation; its government is democratic, it has always minded its own business, and held no designs of aggression. Finland is the land of Sibelius, the land where the Olympics were to be held; the land that paid its war debts, and carried on a brisk trade with the United States. Now it is being ruthlessly destroyed. The effect over here on the large body of Scandinavians in the Northwestern States will not be insignificant. Thus far they...
...belligerent and an aggressor but very little more. But what is important for us is to try to see the issues more clearly all the time, and maintain neutrality in action even though it is becoming more and more impossible to maintain it in thought. Meanwhile states like Finland will be unjustly destroyed...
...believe that the United States should make a definite protest to Russia about her invasion of Finland," said Wassily W. Leontief, associate professor of Economics, at his home last night...
When asked why he thought the Soviets used forceful methods rather than peaceful ones, the youthful professor said: "Russia is obviously in a hurry about something. She did not want to wait any longer than she possibly could, and in bombing Finland she undoubtedly lost the respect and support of a good many of the working class in the United States and elsewhere...
...Since she sacrificed so much to gain Finland, she must be planning to follow up with something very soon. It is very likely that that 'something' will be the seizure of Bessarabia, which is now a part of Rumania. Russia lost three territories as a result of the last war: Finland, some parts of Poland, and Bessarabia. She has already regained two of them, and it is my guess that she may have it in mind to get back the third...