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Said he: "America needs no superman. It denies the philosophy that runs to the deification of the state." He looked ahead to a world in troubled peace, the demobilization of millions, the final loss of U. S. markets in Europe, the Orient, Africa, Latin America ("The record of the last seven years is proof sufficient that the Roosevelt Administration is incapable of meeting this situation . . ."). He summed up: "And yet this Administration, in nonchalant and sprightly fashion, bluntly asks the American people to grant it at least an additional four years of power...
...promise of backing up Japan.) Hitler may well have made the recent tripartite treaty with Japan just to get the U. S. embroiled in the Pacific. And if Britain should go down, the U. S. would be in an unfortunate position, facing a hostile Europe while fighting in the Orient...
...will soon be in the Atlantic. Therefore they would, in cold-blooded terms, prefer to liquidate the fleet of their No. 2 potential enemy, Japan, before they have to face a second threat. In war undertaken in order to keep Japan out of Dutch and British possessions in the Orient, the U. S. would almost certainly have Britain as an ally, a fact which would provide additional insurance against the British Fleet's surrender to Germany. Since Navy men can't be sure that Britain's tight little island may not be battered to bits...
Meanwhile, the U. S. Fleet, now based at Pearl Harbor, would have a chance to act. Convoying tankers, tenders, cargo and repair ships, it could head west to the Orient. Once out of Pearl Harbor the Navy would have to rely on its floating shops and tenders, until it got within range of Singapore. This would involve some risks, but they are risks that most Navy men consider worth while, for under such circumstances they count on winning any major engagement in the neighborhood of the Philippines...
...Japan threatened more Far Eastern colonies, Secretary Hull: 1. Put off Philippine independence-promised this January-until 1945. 2. Officially urged U. S. citizens to leave the Orient. 3. Urged Congress to rush Guam fortifications. 4. Sent 6 U. S. destroyers into the East China Sea. 5. Publicly consulted J. Edgar Hoover on the 5th Column problem in Hawaii...