I would like to forward the following letter, which I received from our radio colleague Everett Frost, New York, yesterday:





... 14 Feb. Not exactly a Valentine's Day poem but . . .



(I'll be thinking of you, tomorrow, marching in the streets of Old Europe, while I hit the pavement in Fortress Amerika)



" Wenn die Oberen vom Frieden reden



Weiss das gemeine Volk

Dass es Krieg gibt.



Wenn die Oberen den Krieg verfluchen

Sind die Gestellungsbefehle schon ausgeschrieben "



Bertolt Brecht



[Ordinary folk know that it's a war that's coming. When the rulers denounce war, the mobilzation orders have already been written out.]