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> > America: The Good Neighbor
> > >>>
> > >>>Widespread but only partial news coverage was given
> > >>>recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from
> > >>>Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television
> > >>>commentator. What follows is the full text of his
> > >>>trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional
> > >>>Record:
> > >>>
> > >>>"This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the
> > >>>Americans as the most generous and possibly the least
> > >>>appreciated people on all the earth. Germany, Japan
> > >>>and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were
> > >>>lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who
> > >>>poured in billions of dollars and forgave other
> > >>>billions in debts. None of these countries is today
> > >>>paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the
> > >>>United States.
> > >>>
> > >>>When the franc was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it
> > >>>was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward
> > >>>was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of
> > >>>Paris. I was there. I saw it. When earthquakes hit
> > >>>distant cities, it is the United States that hurries
> > >>>in to help. This spring, 59 American communities
> > >>>were flattened by tornadoes. Nobody helped.
> > >>>
> > >>>The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped
> > >>>billions of dollars into discouraged countries. Now
> > >>>newspapers in those countries are writing about the
> > >>>decadent, warmongering Americans. I'd like to see
> > >>>just one of those countries that is gloating over the
> > >>>erosion of the United States dollar build its own
> > >>>airplane. Does any other country in the world have a
> > >>>plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed
> > >>>Tri-Star, or the Douglas 10? If so, why don't they fly
> > >>>them? Why do all the International lines except
> > >>>Russia fly American Planes?
> > >>>
> > >>>Why does no other land on earth even consider putting
> > >>>a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese
> > >>>technocracy, and you get radios. You talk about
> > >>>German technocracy, and you get automobiles. You talk
> > >>>about American technocracy, and you find men on the moon -
> > >>>not once, but several times - and safely home again.
> > >>>
> > >>>You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs
> > >>>right in the store window for everybody to look at .
> > >>>Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded.
> > >>>They are here on our streets, and most of them,
> > >>>unless they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting
> > >>>American dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here.
> > >>>
> > >>>When the railways of France, Germany and India were
> > >>>breaking down through age, it was the Americans who
> > >>>rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the
> > >>>New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old
> > >>>caboose. Both are still broke.
> > >>>
> > >>>I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to
> > >>>the help of other people in trouble. Can you name me
> > >>>even one time when someone else raced to the Americans
> > >>>in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even
> > >>>during the San Francisco earthquake. Our neighbors
> > >>>have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is
> > >>>damned tired of hearing them get kicked around. They
> > >>>will come out of this thing with their flag high. And
> > >>>when they do, they are entitled to thumb their nose at
> > >>>the lands that are gloating over their present
> > >>>troubles.
> > >>>
> > >>>I hope Canada is not one of those."
> > >>>
> > >>>Stand proud, Americans.
> > .
> > --
to share it with one of the most helpful groups around.
> > America: The Good Neighbor
> > >>>
> > >>>Widespread but only partial news coverage was given
> > >>>recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from
> > >>>Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television
> > >>>commentator. What follows is the full text of his
> > >>>trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional
> > >>>Record:
> > >>>
> > >>>"This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the
> > >>>Americans as the most generous and possibly the least
> > >>>appreciated people on all the earth. Germany, Japan
> > >>>and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were
> > >>>lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who
> > >>>poured in billions of dollars and forgave other
> > >>>billions in debts. None of these countries is today
> > >>>paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the
> > >>>United States.
> > >>>
> > >>>When the franc was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it
> > >>>was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward
> > >>>was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of
> > >>>Paris. I was there. I saw it. When earthquakes hit
> > >>>distant cities, it is the United States that hurries
> > >>>in to help. This spring, 59 American communities
> > >>>were flattened by tornadoes. Nobody helped.
> > >>>
> > >>>The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped
> > >>>billions of dollars into discouraged countries. Now
> > >>>newspapers in those countries are writing about the
> > >>>decadent, warmongering Americans. I'd like to see
> > >>>just one of those countries that is gloating over the
> > >>>erosion of the United States dollar build its own
> > >>>airplane. Does any other country in the world have a
> > >>>plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed
> > >>>Tri-Star, or the Douglas 10? If so, why don't they fly
> > >>>them? Why do all the International lines except
> > >>>Russia fly American Planes?
> > >>>
> > >>>Why does no other land on earth even consider putting
> > >>>a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese
> > >>>technocracy, and you get radios. You talk about
> > >>>German technocracy, and you get automobiles. You talk
> > >>>about American technocracy, and you find men on the moon -
> > >>>not once, but several times - and safely home again.
> > >>>
> > >>>You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs
> > >>>right in the store window for everybody to look at .
> > >>>Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded.
> > >>>They are here on our streets, and most of them,
> > >>>unless they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting
> > >>>American dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here.
> > >>>
> > >>>When the railways of France, Germany and India were
> > >>>breaking down through age, it was the Americans who
> > >>>rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the
> > >>>New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old
> > >>>caboose. Both are still broke.
> > >>>
> > >>>I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to
> > >>>the help of other people in trouble. Can you name me
> > >>>even one time when someone else raced to the Americans
> > >>>in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even
> > >>>during the San Francisco earthquake. Our neighbors
> > >>>have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is
> > >>>damned tired of hearing them get kicked around. They
> > >>>will come out of this thing with their flag high. And
> > >>>when they do, they are entitled to thumb their nose at
> > >>>the lands that are gloating over their present
> > >>>troubles.
> > >>>
> > >>>I hope Canada is not one of those."
> > >>>
> > >>>Stand proud, Americans.
> > .
> > --
