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Show 190 communism. 16 \ In 1944, Them. did write quoted from it. the book, In d,eal ing with this book Four. one should keep Much has been in mind ot loost two items in connection with il'$ writihg, the title itself and the year in which it was prepared, and pubIS'shed. When the book with Russia written.17 16 as one w. wi tten the United States of her allies. In fact, Thomas Pogea,nt was The book was completely Magazine, November, wos in the midst of well received when it UMVlQre of the a war WO$ first propaganda brew 1945. 17 Senator Elbert D. Thomas has embarked on an interesting effort to help Insure American participation in the peace. As he sees it, the chief danger ah_d In this country is neither bod borgOlns by the White House or Stote Deport ment; not intransigence from isol.tlonrst Senators and Congres_en. What he apprehendS Is that fears wUl sweep the peop'le, os in the f.n of 1919, and klndt. (1 new ilOlotl,onism, becQ'1i8 of which paQCe will again be blocked in the Congress by Q. minority. Four fears have seemed to him so dangerous thot he has published Q book to show the menace of these hobgoblings, and to get the true light on them before the people, that they might be overcome. These, ore: (1) Fear of idealism, (2) Fear of entangling alliances, (3) Fear of En91and ond of Russia, (4) Feot of revo luHon. No one Qf these, he says, is of such magnitude that it is likely to deter mine the attitude of 0 majority of the A.rlcan people. But his experience In the world of education 01 well QS in that of polities has given him (I lively apprec ia tion of the cumulative effect of i.nteresting and mutually ca.olyxing unknowns. Surely this is time, and thought and tolent well spent. If mor. of this spode work had been done in 1919, it Is possible that the tragedy of the reiection of the Vef'SGiUes Treaty would he,va been avoided. for the irreconcilables could not have had their way without the backing of those liberals who didn't like Shantung, or the mandates in the Pacific, or Flume, or the Saar. The perfectioni,sts sustained the isolationists in the refusal to enter the league. Such folly should not be re forfeit it. peated this time, and education of the Thomas type may help February 25, 1945. Editorial St. Louis Di!fOtch, |
