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...greatest number; that in a republic the privilege of self-government imposes the obligation to select representatives who will honestly and disinterestedly govern; that the preservation of democracy requires all citizens vigilantly to exercise their democratic rights, to give generously of their time and their energy, to maintain their self-respect and respect for their chosen Government, to fight for it when necessary. For 20 years political apathy has been common to most republics...
...Price. Frenchmen now had to pay for their lack of vigilance, generosity, courage; for electing politicians who traded their principles to maintain themselves in power. Frenchmen last week knew that Marshal Pétain was a figurehead, that their real leader was Pierre Laval, one man who thought he could have saved France from Hitler-if France had been willing to pay his price...
Eire, Canada, New Zealand, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Nicaragua, Uruguay, Cuba and the U. S. maintain the only armies in the world of 1940 whose ranks are filled by volunteers. But last week conscription loomed as an imminent reality for the U. S. Never yet has the U. S. had conscription in peacetime, only twice in time of war.* Yet, bulking big in the background for millions of John Does and Richard Roes, peacetime conscription last week cast its unfamiliar shadow over an active week on the U. S. defense front. It was the first big, tough, concrete reality...
...questionnaire like the senior masterminds of Information Please, with no preparation. The Quiz Kids' resemblance to the Canada Dry show has not been altogether helpful. Afraid of offending the ginger-ale sponsors, NBC hedged the Chicago program with all kinds of restrictions. It forbade the Quiz Kids to maintain a permanent board of experts, banned the use of the word "unrehearsed" in connection with the show, tried to induce the Quiz Kids' directors to aim their scripts at children rather than adults...
...also that there should be undertaken immediately an enormous expansion of our shipbuilding facilities. Regardless of whether the French Navy is surrendered to Hitler, he now has under his control the vast shipbuilding capacities of Germany, France, The Netherlands, Belgium and Norway. . . . Our existing shipyards are not able to maintain for us 'a navy second to none.' "The National Guard and the organized reserves of the United States Army should be called into service immediately for a period of at least six months. . . . Compulsory, selective military service should be initiated immediately...