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President Conant's testimony yesterday represents the culmination of a series of speeches and statements since the outbreak of war, in which he has always demonstrated himself to be one of the leading figures in favor of all-out aid to Britain...
...With the outbreak of the war, President Conant publicly added political to his academic dislike of Germany. In a chapel talk on September 26, 1939, he said that a peace based on bitterness and hate would be the "final disaster" of civilization, but urged Americans to "recall their minds to the tasks at home...
Japanese Premier Prime Fumimare Konoye, 49, who was ahealthier man of 45 when the Sino-Japanese war began, had most reason of all to ponder the course of the U. S. Last week he stood before the Japanese Diet and sadly admitted: "This is the fifth year since the outbreak of the China conflict and yet there is no sign of a solution of the incident ... it is entirely my own responsibility. Billions of yen have been spent and 100,000 officers and men sacrificed on the continent . . . for which I must apologize to the Emperor and the people...
...much starving millions could do against a giant war machine that mows down well-fed and comparatively well-equipped armies. By withholding food from conquered democracies, these people claim that we force Germany to feed her own population and to feed her subject peoples as well to prevent the outbreak of disease. Germany would then have to burn her candle at both ends and might be forced into a difficult position. With no qualms about cruelty, however, Germany would never allow such a condition to affect her effort to any large extent...
President Conant has since the outbreak of the war carefully obeyed his own admonition. As a private citizen he has taken a forthright and controversial stand on the great question of the day; he has used his personal prestige to prepare this country for war. But he has been very careful as President of Harvard to avoid any steps that might look like suppression of free speech; in an atmosphere of extremist views this is a commendable achievement by one who holds perhaps the most extreme of all. His sense of responsibility is further attested by is recent speech before...