This, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing.
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:
A TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES
America: The Good Neighbor.
"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 France 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 DC10? 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, America!
This is one of the best editorials that I have ever read regarding
the United States. It is nice that one man realizes it. I only wish
that the rest of the world would realize it. We are always blamed
for everything and never even get a thank you for the things we
do.
I would hope that each of you would send this to as many
people as you can and emphasize that they should send it to as
many of their friends until this letter is sent to every person on the
web. I am just a single American that has read this.
I SURE HOPE THAT A LOT MORE READ IT SOON.
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