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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1948
The Editorial Page-
How Strong Is France?
The French coal strike has seriously affected public opinion in the United States on the future of aid to western Europe.
Already planned as the next step in European recovery is the extension of military aid to Marshall Plan countries. This will require further economic aid since the heavy expenditures of public funds needed to support an army cannot be provided otherwise.
France would be the primary power in such an armament program because of her comparatively greater manpower and industrial strength. It is reasonable to expect that attention would be centered on her.
But there is a growing uneasiness in the United States about the advisability of military aid. The failure of the Greek program, realization that armies are economic liabilities, and American support of reactionary forces all have adversely influenced public thought.
Now the question of reliability is becoming increasingly evident. How strong an ally will France be considering her strong Communist element and weak government? The debacle of 1940 is not easily forgotten; the possibility of facing one's own arms is not pleasant.
The coal strike has augmented this feeling of doubt by showing the east with which French industry can be paralyzed. Its cost has exceeded the amount of Marshall Plan aid given to France.
In view of commitments made, military aid seems certain, but it will be accompanied by a rising tide of skepticism.
Keith Wright.
- Letters To The Editor
Justification
Dear Editor:
The bombing of Hiroshima is a good example of the adage "the end justifies the means." I can think of no other quotation that so adequately covers the controversial question which has arisen in the Daily Kansan as to the justification of the dropping of the atomic bomb.
I am sure even you will admit that many more persons than the total killed and wounded in the two bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima would have been exceeded had an invasion taken place.
The United States did not start this war. They did everything possible to prevent it. Yet, you say the people of America should feel guilty and sick at heart for stopping a war that was responsible for killing and maiming thousands and was threatening the lives of many more. I feel confident you will find yourself in a minority.
Mr. Hallman does not think the United States had a valid excuse for bombing Hiroshima. What then, in your opinion constitutes a just cause for going to war at all? You give the impression the United States should sit back and calmly let any aggressor take over who so desires.
After the dropping of these bombs, Japan realized she was through. Even the propaganda agency realized it was useless to go on trying to convince the natives they were winning the war.
I do not maintain that we should go on hating, but I think we ought to wait awhile before we turn deaf ears to the wailing of so many American mothers' hearts. At least let us wait until the ground has hardened that covers the graves of our American dead.
Curtis B. Harris;
313 east 17th street.
Pseudo-Patriots
Dear Editor:
The self-styled experts on respect to flag and country who have felt it necessary to give public instruction in the observance of customs pertaining to our flag are remarkably observing for persons whose attention was respectfully directed toward the rite of
flag-raising.
Obviously, they teach not by example.
An intense interest in the welfare of our fellow men and fellow women in these great United States could well replace the formal arder of the pseudo-patriot.
James Nelson,
545 East 19th Street.
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