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VOL. No. XXVin. No. 43
No Blackout of Peace Is
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Pledge of the President
Washington, Sept. 3.—Here is
the text of President Roosevelt's
M radio address:
Tonight my single duty is to
speak to the whole of America.
Until 4:30 this morning I had
hoped against hope that some
miracle would prevent a devas
tating war in Europe and bring
to an end the invasion of Poland
by Germany.
For four long years a succes
sion of actual wars and constant
crises have shaken the entire
world and have threatened in
each case to bring on the gigan
tic conflict which is today un
happily a fact.
It is right that I should recall
to your minds the consistent and
* h at times successful efforts of your
governement in these crises to
throw the full weight of the Uni
ted States into the cause of peace.
In spite of spreading wars I think
that we have every right and ev
ery reason to maintain as a na
tional policy the fundamental
moralties, the teachings of reli
gion and the continuation of ef
forts to restore peace—for some
day, though the time may be dis
tant, we can be of even greater
help to a crippled humanity.
Wants Just Peace
It is right, too, to point out that
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the unfortunate events of these
recent years have been based on
the use of force or the threat of
force. And it seems to me clear,
even at the outbreak of this great
war, that the influence of Amer
ica should be consistent in seek
ing for humanity a final peace
which will eliminate, as far as it
is possible to do so, the contin
ued use of force between nations.
It is, of course, impossible to
predict the future. I have my
constant stream of information
from American representatives
and other sources throughout the
world. You, the people of this
country, are receiving news thru
your radios and your newspapers
at every hour of the day.
You are, I believe, the most en
lighened and the best informed
people in all the world at this
moment. You are subjected to no
censorship of news, and I want to
add that your government has no
information which it hesitates to
withhold from you or which it
has any thought of withholding
from you.
Urges Caution
At the same time, as I told my
press conference on Friday, it is
of the highest importance that
the press and the radio use the
utmost caution to discriminate
between actual verified fact on
the one hand, and mere rumor
on the other.
I can add to that by saying
that I hope the people of this
country will also discriminate
most carefully between news and
rumor. Do not believe of neces
ity everything you hear or read.
Check up on it first.
You must master at the outset
a simple but unalterable fact in
modern foreign relations. When
peace has been broken anywhere,
peace of all contries everywhere
is in danger.
It is easy for you and me to
shrug our shoulders and say that
conflicts taking place thousands
of miles from the continental
United States, and indeed, the
whole American hemisphere, do
not seriously affect the Americas
—and that all the United States
has to do is to ignore them and
go about our own business. Pas
sionately though we may desire
detachment, we are forced to
realize that every word that
comes through the air, every ship
that sails the sea, every battle
that is fought does affect the
American future.
Wants Neutrality
Let no man or woman thought
lessly or falsely talk of America
sending its armies to European
fields. At this moment there is
being prepared a proclamation of
| American neutrality. This would
have been done eveft if there
had been no neutrality statute on
the books, for this proclamation
is in accordance with interna
tional law and with American
policy.
This will be followed by a proc
lamation required by the existing
neutrality act. I trust that in the
days to come our neutrality can
be made a true neutrality.
It is of the utmost importance
that the people of this country,
with the best information in the
world, think things through. The
most dangerous enemies of Amer
ican peace are those who, with
out well-rounded information on
the whole broad subject of the
past, the present and the future,
undertake to speak with author-
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ty, to talk in terms of glittering
generalities, to give to the nation
assurances or prophecies which
are of little present or future
value.
I myself cannot and do not
prophesy the course of events
abroad—and the reason Is that
because I have of necessity such
a complete picture of what is go
ing on in every part of the world,
I do not dare to do so. And the
other reason is that I think it is
honest for me to be honest with
the people of the United States.
Future Unknown
I cannot prophesy the imme
diate economic effect of this new
war on our nation but I do say
that no American has the moral
right to profiteer at the expense
either of his fellow citizens or of
the men, women and children
who are living and dying in the
midst of war in Europe.
Some things we do know. Most
of us in the United States believe
in spiritual values. Most of us,
regardless of what church we be
long to, believe in the spirit of the
New Testament —a great teaching
which opposes itself to the use of
force, of armed force, of march
ing armies and falling bombs.
The overwhelming masses of our
people seek peace—peace at
home, and the kind of peace in
other lands which will not jeop
ardize peace at home.
We have certain ideas and
ideals of national safety and we
must act to preserve that safety
today and to preserve the safety
of our children in future years.
That safety is and will be
bound up with the safety of the
western hemisphere and of the
seas adjacent thereto. We seek
to keep war from coming to the
Americas. For that we have his
toric precedent that goes back to
the days of the administration of
President George Washington. It
is serious enough and tragic
enough to every American fami
ly in every state in the Union to
live in a world that is torn by
wars on other continents. Today
they affect) every American home.
It is our national duty to use ev-
THE SLOW-MINDED
From the Writings of
Dr. Frank Crane
If you feel that you have a
"slow" mind, don't worry about
it. Pretty good company exists
in that class.
Pierre Curie, the famous dis
coverer of radium, which is one
of the great achievements of the
generation in which he lived,
used to say to his wife and co
worker, Marie, that he always
felt that he possessed a "slow"
mind.
Charles P. Stinmetz, the elec
trician, who was called a "wiz
ard" because of his genius in
mathematical work, said he hat
ed the multiplication table when
he was a boy in school because it
took him such an extraordinary
length of time to master it.
It is familiar tale that Edison's
teacher wondered if he were
really bright, and that Grant's
mother almost concurred in the
acceptance of the popular nick
name for her son of "Useless
Grant."
Thackeray, the English novel
ist, once said that he often felt
that he "had no head above the
ears."
Yet all of these men achieved
superlative things.
There are other qualities in
character more valuable than
nimbleness of wit and the faculty
for making immediate decisions.
The mental hares hop about
conscious of their sprinting su
periority.
ery effort to keep them out of
the Americas.
And at this time let me make
the simple plea that partisanship
and selfishness be adjourned;
and that national unity be the
thought that underlies all others.
This nation will remain a neu
tral nation, but I cannot ask
that every American remain neu
tral in thought as well. Even a
neutral has a right to take ac
count of facts. Even a neutral
cannot be asked to close his mind
or his conscience.
I have said not once but many
times that I have seen war and
that I hate war. I say that
again and again.
I hope the United States will
keep out of this war. I believe
that it will. And I give you as
surances that every effort of your
government will be directed to
ward that end.
As long as it remains within roy
power to prevent, there will be
no blackout of peace in the Uni
ted States.
WILKES COUNTY
OUTLAW TAKEN
Wilkes county deputies last
Wednesday night captured Ed
Casey, who was recently outlaw
ed, without firing a shot and
without him putting up any re
sistance to arrest.
Officers found him sleeping in
Garden Creek Baptist church
near stone mountain in the
northeastern part of the county.
Those taking part in the arrest
were Oscar Felts, Blaine Sparks,
Bret Cothren, Tyre Taylor, Guy
Spicer and John Casey.
Ed Casey, who was declared an
outlaw a few weeks ago because
he was considered a dangerous
character, is alleged to have shot
and badly wounded his youthful
cousin, Paul Casey, at the home
of Mrs. Janie Sykes near Trap
hill several weeks ago.
Paul Casey had just arrived
from his home in West Virginia
to visit relatives and had intro
duced himself to people standing
near a few minutes before he was
shot by Ed Casey. Officers said
that eye witnesses told them that
there had been no quarrel and
that Ed Casey fired without pro
vocation. The youth was hit in
the chest and for several days his
condition was considered critical
before he began to recover. •
Ed Casey was chased over parts
of Wilkes and Surry counties that
night and had kept dodging until
he was taken Wednesday night
and lodged in Wilkes Jail at
Wilkesboro.
Officers said that Ed Casey a
few months ago completed a five
year term for cutting his wife's
throat and Inflicting serious in-
Jury.
He was not armed and offered
no resistance to the officers. Xn
Jail Thursday he was noncom
mittal.
Over a short course they have
things their own way. But the
course of Life is a long one.
An immediate viewpoint gives
all the advantage to the nimble
mind, a long time bird's-eye view
reveals the power for persever
ance which lies In minds which
are thought to be "slow."
"Thou sayest," wrote Marcus
Aurelius in his "Meditations,"
"Men canot admire the sharpness
of thy wits ... Be it so. Show
these qualities then, which are
altogether in thy power—sinceri-
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ty, gravity, benevolence, frank
ness, endurance in labor."
The main thing is to acquire
the habit of thinking things
through.
Do not be satisfied with what
someone else has said. See a
thing clearly in your own mind.
A man who accustoms himself
to relying upon his own mental
processes has accomplished a
great deal.
He has the kind of independ
ence that men need, independ
ence of intellect. He is not so
apt to give way in great crises
as the man who forms quick con
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the ipse dixit of other people.
Don't be alarmed therefore if you
feel that you are slow. The main
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