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Franklin Roosevelt's conclusion seemed a thunder-stealing echo of Isolationist Charles Lindbergh, who last fortnight begged the U. S. to make itself a citadel of democracy. Said the President: "Fate seems now to compel us to ... maintain in the western world a citadel wherein . . . civilization may be kept alive...
...General Fritsch got into action before Warsaw so quickly was just one mystery surrounding his death. How a top-ranking General happened to be leading a reconnaissance party-as military headquarters announced he was-was another. Some clue to the possible fate of General Fritsch was contained in reports that Great Britain by offering to negotiate with "any honorable Government in Germany," had focused attention on the one element which could seize power from the Nazis-the powerful old Junker Reichswehr, whose leader had been Werner von Fritsch. The most, important question in the strange death of Fritsch seemed...
Author Milne further objects to the lopsided fate that lets his plays (Mr. Pim Passes By, etc.), novels and essays (which he prefers) be forgotten and has made children's classics of When We Were Very Young and Winnie-the-Pooh. Sick & tired of his short-pants reputation, he sticks out his tongue at the tots and says rudely: "I am not inordinately fond of or interested in children; their appeal to me is a physical appeal such as the young of other animals make...
...author in his statement reiterates his faith in his Communist beliefs and his support of the Soviets, saying "I cannot now defend the pact, but I can conceive of history's justifying it . . . After all, the Soviet Union is a Socialist commonwealth, and, even if it makes mistakes, its fate is of the utmost concern to every believer in socialism...
...British Fascists feared the same fate had overtaken Sir Oswald Mosley's Action when the first issue after war's outbreak failed to appear. Actually Sir Oswald's proofs were held up by the censor until too late for publication. Last week's Action (cut from 20 pages to eight) was out on time, demanding: "What is the policy of the Government in the present War? At first we were told this was a war to save Poland. Now we are told that it's a war to destroy Hitlerism. In plain language...