The People's Voice

SOUTHERNERS
NOW AGAINST
THE WAR
By JEANNETTE RANKIN
The great majority of American people are opposed to our entry into the European conflict. The flood of letters, telegrams and other messages sent to congress are bearing fruit.
The Southern Members of Congress were foremost in advocating the passage of the Lend-Lease bill, H. R., 1776, but today there is a great change in the attitude of the legislators from the south.
As an indication of this changed attitude, consider the following from a speech in the Senate by Sen. Walter F. George of Georgia, chairman of the powerful senate foreign relations committee, next to the president the most important government official so far as our international affairs are concerned:
"I have not yet accepted the fatalistic doctrine that our actual military or naval participation (in this war) is inevitable."
And in the house, two administration wheel-horses added their word of caution:
"The man who stands before the American people and advocates a declaration of war either does not know anything about what he is talking or else he is utterly stupid, or both,"
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declared Clifton A. Woodrum of Virginia, powerful member of the appropriations committee. He also said:
"The idea of this country going off now and trying to settle the conflicting emotions and ideologies of Europe to me is ridiculous, even if we were prepared to do so, and we are not. There are many reasons why we should not go abroad. It is only necessary to state one, and that is that we have not the troops nor the equipment."
And Joe Starnes of Alabama, who has delivered some very warlike speeches in the house, stated as his opinion that "there is neither cause nor reason at this hour for this nation to become involved by congressional action and a formal declaration of war."
In view of these utterances, surely the prayers of American womanhood are being heard. Let us keep up the good work!