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Students today are almost unanimously opposed to war. The question how to end war is not so universally agreed upon. Emotional appeals, however, can never answer the question. Future wars will be averted only when the young men who are used for fodder refuse to follow the martial music and stubbornly demand that differences arising between nations be settled in a more rational, civilized manner. Anti-war organizations must be enthusiastic about their cause and must be continuously active, but no appreciable good for the cause will be gained by marching around displaying placards or shouting anathemas against war, especially...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EMOTIONAL DEMONSTRATIONS | 4/14/1934 | See Source »

Next to copper, giant Russian sunflowers 16 in. wide are Minister McDowell's specialty. "I got the farmers to grow them for cattle fodder. It gives you from 15 to 24 tons per acre. We cut it up just before it gets green, and silo it. Yes. sir, the cows break their necks getting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRISH FREE STATE: Friend From Montana | 4/2/1934 | See Source »

Before the presses that had spread the luscious face of Harvard's Cinderella over the newsprint to furnish prime fodder for the dusky sweepers of Boston's subways, had cooled, the Daily Record triumphantly announced that the next in its series of true confessions would be the glamorous love story of Norma Brighton Millen. Not satisfied with the chance of exploiting the comely bride of the Needham bank-robber in a legitimate fashion, the Record sought its more devious and revealing method...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JUDGMENT DAY | 3/13/1934 | See Source »

...Germany is not prepared to fight; she has willing cannon fodder, but no tanks or heavy guns, and the possibility of a war between her and Poland is remote, because of the ten-year non-aggression pact recently concluded by the two nations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Should Fear War Between Russia More Than War In Europe Is Belief of Sir Herbert Ames | 2/27/1934 | See Source »

...sending to the front millions of poorly trained and in some cases unarmed troops as pure "cannon fodder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA-JAPAN: The Word Is Out | 2/12/1934 | See Source »

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