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...whole unfamiliar possibilities. Hitherto, when the U. S. has considered (and almost unanimously rejected) the possibility of itself going to war, it has thought in terms of fighting beside the Allies in Europe. But if an outcome of the war in Europe is imminent...
...Congress stirred to a bigger issue: Kentucky's leathery Representative Andrew May, chairman, House Military Affairs Committee, called for repeal of the hitherto inviolable Johnson Act, banning all U. S. loans and credits to any defaulting debtor nation which blocks loans to the Allies. The Act's author, old World War I Isolationist Hiram Johnson of California, cried indignantly ". . . road to war." > What stand, if any, should...
More serious to the Government than the hue & cry of the opposition were indications that its nominal supporters were fed up with the shilly-shallying war policy hitherto pursued and were about to bolt from the ranks. "What we want is a real War Cabinet with someone at the top who can decide a question. . . . We are meandering and muddling through the war making excuses and boasting," criticized Government Supporter Clement Davies, M. P. In fine English sarcasm he assured Mr. Chamberlain that if Hitler had missed the bus, it was because he "too often takes a taxi...
...there was no sign that it might not become acute again at any moment. More & more The Netherlands took on the aspect of an armed camp. With the entire country under martial law, the Army's commander in chief, Lieut. General Henri Gerard Winckelman, clamped down on the hitherto free press, ordered the licensing of publishers and sellers of all printed matter. A license, the General explained, could be considered automatically granted except for publications that "might interfere with the country's safety, political interests or military measures." In other words, newspapers, periodicals and pamphlets hereafter would print...
...many a persuasive argument. Strongest to many an aircraft manufacturer was that the Allies had plenty of money to spend, might not spend it freely unless they got the best. Strongest to the Army and Navy was that Allied purchases would shoulder the development expense of better ships hitherto borne by the U. S. military services. Compelling to many a politician was the fact that most U. S. citizens (83.1% by FORTUNE'S poll) want the Allies to beat the Germans, would just as soon give the Allies all the help they will pay for in cash...