Word: zealander
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Method. Ultimate objective of Federal Union would be a world federation of democratic states. For a beginning - the U. S., the United Kingdom, Eire, New Zealand, Australia, Union of South Africa, Canada. Pending a Constitutional Convention, Author Streit would set up an Inter-Continental Congress with one representative for each member democracy, plus an additional representative for every 5,000,000 inhabitants. (The U. S. would have 27 votes, the remainder 22.) Until direct elections of intercontinental congressmen could be arranged, the President could appoint them, with Congressional approval, or let Congress pick them from a list of Presidential recommendations...
...Indian Ocean has become one of Britain's vital supply lines, across which go the resources of India. Australia and New Zealand, both to Britain and the Near East. Keeping it open is one of the primary objectives of British strategy. The conquest of East Africa, which last week progressed satisfactorily, is directed toward clearing the Red Sea and African coast of Axis threats to the line. Last week the British showed they were awake at sea as well...
...British light cruiser Leander, operating with a New Zealand naval squadron, came on a merchant ship flying the British Merchant Marine's red ensign, but plying alone, unconvoyed, unidentified. Leander ordered her to halt. The lone ship's answer was to pull down the "red duster," hoist Italian colors, and blaze a broadside from 4.7-inch guns mounted on forecastle and poop. She was an Italian raider. Leander, with crushing superiority in speed and fire power, closed in and destroyed her "promptly." She was identified as Ramb I, 3,667-ton freighter with a cruiser stern, built...
...less immediate political moment, were authorizations of $66,050,000 to improve eight naval air bases gained in last summer's destroyer deal; $8,100,000 to improve the generally unused, strategic base at Tutuila, in Samoa, that lies on the direct route from Hawaii to New Zealand...
...Australian and New Zealand support to British war effort and seriously threaten the British position in the Mediterranean...