Word: lets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Thus far the resolve holds sway over the hatred. But let the Allies begin to lose ground. Let the French millions dash themselves to pieces on the Westwall and the German juggernant begin to roll. Then will a huge wave of propaganda sweep over the nation, rivalled only by a new wave of natural sympathy for the Allied cause. The result will be a sea of passion almost impossible to contain. Then will the resolve crumble and the hatred arise. And then America...
When the 21 independent countries of the Americas gathered at Lima last year to draw up an antitotalitarian pact, most of them were determined not to let El Hombre's delegate, Cordell Hull, run the show. Argentina in particular hemmed, took exception, offered substitute phrases. The final draft, a reluctant Argentine compromise, postulated the 21 countries' common interest, provided that in time of crisis the signatories would consult each other. When war broke out fortnight ago, Argentina did a complete about-face and put herself in the forefront of the rush to implement the Lima Declaration...
...Unable to get either passage or refund from the Italian Line, she hurried to Havre and laid siege to the U. S. Lines office. After ten hours, company officials surrendered, signed on Miss Scheh as a member of the U. S. Manhattan's crew (official stenographer and typist), let her work her way home...
Mild, professorial Brazilla Carrol Reece, Republican Representative from Tennessee, World War hero, disembarked in Los Angeles from the Matson liner Matsonia, leaving his wife and daughter on board. When he tried to rejoin them, a pier guard at the gang plank refused to let him pass. At that Hero Reece grappled with the guard, bit his ear good & proper...
...Evangelical Church, must lick contemptuous Nazi boots. Excerpt from the prayer: "Bless our armed forces on land, sea and air. Bless our actions and labors on the German land and bless and protect our Führer as you have hitherto blessed and preserved him. ..." Excerpt from the proclamation: "Let us ... as good Christians, courageously and trustfully, go forward in the path of obedience which war has ordained...