To the Editor of the Crimson:

Your fine editorial against some of the great leaders of this country in trying to build a high-way to war was indeed excellent. We were fooled in the World War. As Abraham Lincoln said, "You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time." The great Pope Leo XIII enlarged on the crisp words of Lincoln.

Let men try as they may, no strength and no artifice will ever succeed in banishing from the human life the ills and troubles which beset it. If any, there are those who pretend differently-- who hold out to a hard pressed people freedom from pain and trouble, undisturbed repose and constant enjoyment--then cheat the people and impose upon them their lying promises only making the evil worse than before. The high debt of 40 billion for a nation of 130,000,000 inhabitants together with over 10,000,000 unemployed should be much more our common concern than the happenings in Europe. The nations of Europe were never peaceful and never will be. It is their way of life. Europe was always a battleground and always will be . . .

The most important factor in getting America into the last war was the barrage of propaganda to which our people were subjected. That same propaganda is going on today. The first thing you know they will be seeing subs going up the Charles. It is therefore extremely important for the welfare of the American people that public opinion be formed in the light of past experience rather than in an atmosphere of excitement and sentimental and educational appeals. Don't let our vast wealth and the lives of our young men be the cat's paw of European diplomatic greed and animosities. Many a mother's son closed his eyes in agony, consoled only by the thought that he gave his young life in "the War to end Wars." Thomas Dorgan