War Comes to America Page #4

until it became little more than a skeleton.

For us, war was to be outlawed.

For us, Europe was far away.

And as for Asia, well that was really

out of this world.

Where everything looked like it was torn

from the National Geographic.

Where everything looked like it was torn

from the National Geographic.

Yet in this remote spot in Asia, in 1931,

...while most of you were playing ball

in the sand lots,

...this war started.

Without warning, Japan invaded Manchuria.

Once again, men who where peaceful, became

slaves of the men who where violent.

In Washington D.C. Our Secretary of State,

made a most vigorous protest.

The American Government, does not

intend to recognize any situation

...treaty or agreement, which may be

brought about by means of aggression.

But we the people, hadrt much time

to think about Manchuria,

...we were wrestling with the worst

depression in our history.

Some of us were out of jobs.

Some of us stood in bread lines.

Some of us suffered homemade aggression.

Some of us were choked with dust.

Some of us had no place to go.

Two years later, in 1933, while most of you

Were graduating from High School,

...we read that a funny little man called Hitler,

had come into power in Germany.

We heard that a thing called the Nazi Party

had taken over.

Today we rule Germany, tomorrow, the world!"

Today we rule Germany, tomorrow, the world!"

What kind of talk was that?

It must only be hot air.

In 1935, about the time you had

your first date,

We read that strutting Mussolini had

attacked far of Ethiopia.

The disease seemed to be spreading, so Congress

assembled, to insulate us against the growing

friction of war.

"We want no war. We'll have no war, say in

defense of our own people for our own honor."

Toward this end, our chosen representatives

Passed the Neutrality Act.

No nation at war, could buy manufactured

arms or munitions from the United States.

In 1936, when you were running

around in jalopies,

...we were disturbed by news from Spain.

In our news reels we saw German and

Italian air forces and armies...

...fighting in Spain and wondered

what they were doing there.

For the first time we saw great

cities squashed flat.

Civilians bombed and killed.

In November of 1936, the American

Institute of Public Opinion,

...known as the gallop poll,

...asked a representative of a

cross-section of the American people,

If another war develops in Europe,

...should America take part again?"

NO! 95%

We the people had spoken. Nineteen out

of twenty had said, "Include us out!"

...to further insulate ourselves, we added a cash

and carry amendment to the Neutrality Act.

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