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...private in the Air Force, not by compulsion, but by desire. I am here because I want to see the new-world principles of free thought and free speech preserved. I have followed closely the furor caused by the flag-wavers who would deny Lew Ayres the right to do what so many Americans are too cowardly to do -stick by honest principles regardless of public opinion...
Most of us believe that this war is being fought so that people like Lew Ayres all over the world will be free to live and say what they please as long as it is not injurious to the public good. Lew Ayres, instead of being detrimental to our public good, is indicative of what the American people wrote into their Bill of Rights and what we fight our wars about -the right to freedom in a democracy...
Roughly, there are 2,500 men who do not choose to kill now in Conscientious Objectors Camps in the U.S. Doubtless, there are many more, in and out of the Armed Forces, who feel as Lew Ayres feels, but who are too weak to be nonconformists. Then, shouldn't we admire Lew Ayres because he is strong enough to face the suspicion, ridicule, and hate that is always the lot of those who do not choose to conform...
...agree with Lew Ayres as far as killing people is concerned. I feel that if it is necessary to kill the disciples of Herr Schicklgruber and his ruthless cohorts in order to insure freedom and democracy for the world that we must push relentlessly forward and accomplish our honorable task as soon as possible. But. when I am fighting for freedom and democracy, I want it known that I am fighting for freedom and democracy for Lew Ayres as much as for any other citizen of my country...
...failure to provide a wholesale rollback is hardest on the patriotic merchant who tried to keep the lid on his prices (by averaging his costs), while the one who jumped his prices as fast as his costs rose is rewarded. National Retail Dry Goods Association's General Manager Lew Hahn gulped down his disappointment, promised that his 6,000 members "will do their best." But Lew Hahn and his colleagues foresaw plenty of other horrors...