. The Ladies' home journal. t. I said Ithought that our problem was analogous tothe problem of an operation for cancer whereit is necessary to cut deeply to get out themalignant tissue even at the expense of muchsound tissue in the process, but not to theextent of cutting out any vital organs whichby killing the patient would frustrate thebenefit of the operation. I said in the sameway that what we were after was preventivepunishment, even educative punishment,but not vengeance. I told him that I hadthroughout had in mind his postwar leader-ship in which he would represent America. Isaid throu
. The Ladies' home journal. t. I said Ithought that our problem was analogous tothe problem of an operation for cancer whereit is necessary to cut deeply to get out themalignant tissue even at the expense of muchsound tissue in the process, but not to theextent of cutting out any vital organs whichby killing the patient would frustrate thebenefit of the operation. I said in the sameway that what we were after was preventivepunishment, even educative punishment,but not vengeance. I told him that I hadthroughout had in mind his postwar leader-ship in which he would represent America. Isaid throughout the war his leadership hadbeen on a high moral plane and he hadfought for the highest moral objectives. Nowduring the postwar readjustment You mustnot poison this position which he and ourcountry held with anything like mere hatredor vengeance. In the course of the talk I toldhim of my personal friendship for HenryMorgenthau, who had been so kind to mewhen I first came into the Cabinet, and that(Continued on Page 245). o © 0% /fnotdm/
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