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Said Mr. Bullitt: "The strategy of destruction by which the free nation of France was overthrown is the strategy of destruction by which the enemies of freedom hope to overthrow liberty in this, the greatest of the nations that freedom has created. . . . The United States is in as great peril today as was France a year ago. And I believe that unless we act now, decisively, to meet the threat we shall be too late...
...should aid neither side went down as fast: 65.6% in September 1939; 24.7% the next month. As the war went on (although 40.1% believed that Germany would win, and 30.3% thought the Allies would), U. S. public desire to give more aid to Britain increased, despite the greater peril. At the time of the Republican Convention, 34.2% wanted the U. S. to give more aid; 57.4% believed that the U. S. should do no more. Three weeks later 53% wanted the U. S. to give more...
...experienced amateurs who like the fun and peril of mountain climbing, Shuksan is just right for a Sunday outing...
...Capitol Hill, plead for action which most U. S. people already wanted. After three weeks in his new job, 72-year-old Mr. Stimson looked a little worn. His voice quavered, alike from weariness and irritation. But in his grave, informed statement of U. S. peril in Hitler's world, Henry Stimson pulled no punches. House committee quibblers drove him to distraction, finally drove him to his best line of the day: "All this talk of wait, wait, wait, and we're confronted with an enemy who does not wait...
...devastating air attack upon our eastern seaboard. ... In the metropolitan area of New York over 7,000,000 people are mainly dependent on a single water supply nearly 100 miles in length "I believe that we are facing a grave national emergency fraught with the possibility of immediate peril. I know that we are unprepared but I am confident that it is not a hopeless situation." These were some of the plainest words to which the public had been treated by men in responsible positions. The commit tees, whether or not they agreed with everything Colonel Stimson and Colonel Knox...