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Simple solution to the political tug-of-war, says Colonel Knerr, is to give absolute authority to one man in each theater of war, have Congress establish a Department of National Defense...
Shepherded by a Coast Guard tug and three tootling patrol boats, the Swedish-American liner Drottningholm nosed into New York Harbor. She had come through the most dangerous waters in the world, with 40 searchlights playing on Swedish flags painted on her hull and on the word "DIPLOMAT" in letters 13 feet high. Aboard were 114 Americans repatriated from Norway and Sweden. In other ships, similarly lighted and on similar missions, there was under way last week the greatest exchange of diplomats and belligerent nationals in history...
...maneuverability was excellent except going astern. After one trial run it took a Navy tug an hour of backing & filling to get her into dock...
...subs worked close to shore. Off the southeastern coast, a U-boat slipped in shore and sank two barges and a tug with gunfire. She stood so close by that the barge crews could hear the commands of the officers on her deck...
...diplomatic tug-of-war between the U.S. and Germany for the favors of Vichy was so tough last week that worn old Marshal Petain must have felt that he was being torn limb from limb. For the moment, U.S. diplomacy seemed the stronger, but there was always the chance that Germany would abandon diplomacy for destruction...