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...same two circumstances made the Canadian reaction to the joint defense plan unanimously favorable. Equally affirmative and pleased was response to the prompt action of Messrs. King and Roosevelt last week in appointing members to the Joint Defense Council. Each chose a spokesman for Army, Navy and Air Forces, a civilian, a diplomat...
While Selznick paced his office explaining the situation to reporters, he took nervous peeks at a gold wrist watch by which he futilely tries to be prompt. The watch, received shortly after the release of GWTW, bears the inscription in Whitney's handwriting: "David-Xmas, 1939. Praise de Lawd. Jock...
Destroyers. But the Committee's chief remaining objective remained: to secure the U. S. release of 50 World War I destroyers to plug the biggest gap in British defenses. When General Pershing urged it as a measure of U. S. security (TIME, Aug. 12), prompt objection came from Columnist Hugh Johnson, who pointed out that his old commanding officer and No. 1 hero among U. S. military men was a great general, but no expert on the sea. Last week two retired sea dogs, under the White Committee's auspices, added their voices to General Pershing...
Under arrest and liable to prompt liquidation were Estonia's onetime President Konstantin Päts, Latvia's onetime President Karlis Ulmanis and Foreign Minister Vilhelms Hunters, Lithuania's onetime Foreign Minister Juozas Urbsys. Special justice, including immediate confiscation of property and execution within 24 hours if they are bagged, was decreed for diplomats abroad who refuse to recognize the new regimes and return home...
Reactions. Ability of the U.S. to keep the hemisphere leadership that Cordell Hull pledged it to exercise will depend ultimately on the machines and man power of the U. S. For the short pull, while military strength is growing, it will depend on: 1) prompt Senate ratification of the Convention; 2) prompt economic aid to countries whose economies have been thrown out of kilter...