Tuesday Night
March 19,1946
SED PO Box 180
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Dear Mom,
Well, what do you think? Will we soon be at war with
Russia or not? I’ve been trying to figure out just what will happen in the future on the basis of the few facts and ideas that I have. In the first place the Atomic Bomb is good for nothing but propaganda; it will serve to wake people to the possibilities for the next war. With preparation, an “Atomic War” is nothing worse than what this war must have seemed to survivors of World War 1.
I disagree with what ex-Pres. Roosevelt said “We have nothing to fear but fear itself!” The A-Bomb scare is fear that is good for us and have you heard Walter Winchell lately? They say he is a war monger; so is Winston Churchill! Well good, we need them right now. They stir a fear of war that is what we need. We should be thankful for fear like this!
I couldn’t swear to it, but I imagine that there is no country in the world that could start a war without some little preparation. There may even be a little shooting. What has been said recently by statesmen would have immediately started war some years ago. Now countries may cuss each other and even shoot a little without really being willing to do anything on a large scale. Right now the world seems to be at a great climax in history. Either we unite and give in to each other, or we start a temporary isolationism in preparation for the next war. All know the results if the latter course is taken. Everything leans toward that unity (even if dislocated for a while). Now can anyone actually think that there will be a real World War 111 for some time to come?
I give my thanks to war-mongers Winchell and Churchhill and to Russia for keeping our interest alive, though hostile!
If we only had a super world statesman, the solution would come sooner. (This has been my “musing at mid-nite”.)
Love, Buddy
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