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...Germany defeats England and attempts to invade the Americas-God forbid-and if we have no other remaining consolation worth having, at least we will know what we are fighting for. We will also know we are not attempting to preserve a mistaken ideal, and above all, we may be spared the ignominy of making the same mistake twice...
First act of the Viceroy against Nazi propaganda in India was to forbid that radio sets in the popular tea and betel-leaf shops be tuned in on German stations. Indian listening to the Nazis, explained the Viceroy, was "creating unjustified nervousness." Next the British Raj cut off the public payroll the Indian National Congress members who since last November in seven out of the eleven Provinces have boycotted these assemblies but continued to draw their salaries. Then Lord Linlithgow conscripted all British males from 18 to 50 for defense of India. He also conscripted skilled Indian workers, decreed speedups...
...forbid that they should awaken to see the crack-up in the moral fibre of their fellow citizens-the "not-our-war" people, the "what-can-we-do-anyway" people, the "scurry-to-cover" people! Yes, "anything short of war," and if that "anything" brings war, then let us show that cowardice is not the predominant trait of our nation...
...will note from this stationery that I am a part time military person and am, I might add, busily engaged in trying to build up the reserve military forces of the U. S. in my own little sphere so that should the time come, God forbid, that reserve military forces are needed, they will be ready to move in with the regulars and function. I remember all too well the late Mr. Bryan's two million men who were to spring to arms overnight...
...Sullivan is really in agreement with Dr. Russell so far as the latter's private views, utterances, and actions are concerned. If any of Dr. Russell's statements violated "laws that forbid indecency of expression as well as profanity," or if any of his actions were not "countenanced by . . . (the) legal code," then clearly Dr. Russell would be subject to legal restraint; he has not claimed exemption from this, since all he asserts is the right to "think, speak, and behave" as he may wish" within the law" and when "not engaged" in his "professional duties." That is Dr. Russell...