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Franklin Roosevelt almost certainly did not intend to ask the British to let the U. S. feed Hitler's victims, unless U. S. public opinion forced such a step. Neither did the U. S. Red Cross, which up to last week had distributed about $8,000,000 to stricken Europe, hardly knew what to do with the balance of a $20,000,000 relief fund (except to continue helping Great Britain, perhaps send medical supplies, baby food, etc. to unoccupied France). And Washington had no doubts about what Britain would say, if she were asked to give...
...this, Winston Churchill's office composed a precautionary reprise: "The Prime Minister wishes it known that the possibility of German attempts at an invasion by no means has passed away. The fact that the Germans now are putting out rumors that they do not intend an invasion should be regarded with the double dose of suspicion which attaches to all their utterances. Our sense of growing strength and preparedness must not lend to the slightest relaxation of vigilance or moral alertness...
...stockholder moved that the meeting be adjourned for a month so that the Board of Trade could investigate. All stockholders but one voted in favor. But the Earl of Dudley exercised the Steel Committee's controlling vote. Demanded Sir William: "Do you intend to outvote every resolution which is contrary to your wishes...
...Conference plan for keeping conscripts happy is simply to provide good entertainment. Usually pretty highbrow, the directors do not intend to try to force Greek drama on the soldiers. With plenty of music, roaring shows, the Conference sees a chance (with Government cooperation) to build up interest in good American theatre...
Said Viscount Gort, commander of the B. E. F., after dodging a Nazi tank column in Flanders: "I am damned if I'll let the Germans capture me. I am willing to face out the matter of death, but I certainly do not intend to be paraded down Unter den Linden for the Germans to jeer...