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Evening star., 1940-08-20

his gallant band that comrade ship
takes an effective form.
These free Frenchmen have been
condemned to death by Vichy, but
the day will come, as surely as the
sun will rise tomorrow, when their
names will be held in honor and
craven in stone in the streets and
villages of a France restored in a
liberated Europe into its full free
dom and ancient fame.
But this conviction which I feel
OF the future cannot affect the
immediate problems which con-
front us in the Mediterranean and
in Africa.
1t had been decided sometime
before the beginning of the war to
defend the protectorate of So
maitland. That policy was changed
when the French gave in and when
our small forces there-a few bat
talions, a few guns-were attacked
by all the Italian troops-nearly
two divisions-which had formerly
dACN lllC AOliNll az
1t was right to withdraw our
troops virtually intact for action
elsewhere. Far larger operations
no doubt impend in the Middle
East theater, and I shall certainly
not attempt to discuss or prophesy
about their probable course.
We have large armies and many
means of reinforcing them. We
have the complete sea command Of
the Eastern Mediterranean. We in
tend to do our best to give a good
account of ourselves and to dis
charge faithfully and resolutely all
our obligations and duties.
Refuses to Outline
Possible Peace Terms.
A good many people have written
to me to ask me to make on this
occasion a fuller statement of our
war aims and of the kind Of peace
we wish to make than is contained
in the very considerable declaration
which was made early in the au-
tumn.
Since then We have made common
cause with Norway, Holland and
Belgium. We have recognized the
Czech government Of DR.. Benes and
We have told Gen de Gaulle that
our success will carry with 1t the
restoration Of France.
do not think it would be wise at
this moment, while the battle RACES
and the war is still in its earlier
stage. to embark upon elaborate
speculation about the future shape
which should be given to Europe or
the new securities which must be
arranged to spare mankind the mis-
cries Of a third world war. The
ground Is now new. 1t has been fire.
quently traversed and explored and
many ideas are held in common by
all good men and all free men.
But before we can undertake the
task of rebuilding we have not only
to be convinced ourselves, but con-
vince all other countries that the
Nazi tyranny is going to be finally
broken.
The right to guide the course Of
world history is the noblest prize Of
victory. We are still toiling up the
hill. We have not yet breasted the
crest line. We cannot survey the
landscape or even imagine what its
condition will be in that longed-for
hour.
The task which lies before us i'm
mediately is at once more simple
and more stern. I hope, indeed, I
pray, that we shall not be found un-
worthy of our victory if after toll
and tribulation it is granted to lis.
For the rest we have to gain the
victory.
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PIGEON RESCUED AFTER DAYS CHIMNEY-After try
ing in vain for week to get pigeon off ledge inside
chimney their living fireplace Miss Ann Ross above)
mother T. M Ross Saturday called No Rescue
Squad their home at 1920 Mckinley street NV The emen
od for nearly hour before coaxng the down with
Ann, who is IT student at Woodrow
High School, had named the pigeon Shastafor he
has to" come down time After her first meal in nearly
week Shasta appeared little the for her experience
Photo.
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Makes Appeal for L. S..
To Send Destroyers.

AS in Nelson's day, the maxim
holds-our first line of defense is
the enemy's ports.
Now air reconnaissance and pho
Biography have brought to an old
principle new and potent aid.
Our navy is far stronger than at
the beginning of the war.
The great flow of new construc-
ton set on foot at the outbreak is
now beginning to come in.
We hope our friends across the
ocean will send us timely REIN
forcement to bridge the gap between
the peace flotillas of 1889 and the
war flotillas of 194l.
The seas and oceans are open.
The U-boats are contained. The
magnetic mine is mastered.
The merchant tonnage under the
British flag after a year Of un-
limited U-boat war, after eight
months of intensive mining attack,
is larger than when We began.
We have, in addition, under our
control 100000 tons of shipping
from the captive countries, which
has taken refuge here or in the
harbors of the empire
Our stocks of food of all kinds are
many times as great as in the days
of peace.
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things compared with the shame of
defeat or failure in duty.
We cannot tell what lies ahead.
1t may be that even greater ordeals
lie before us.
We will face whatever is coming
to us. We are sure of ourselves and
OF our cause. Here, ther, is the
supreme fact.
100000 Men on Island
Are Now Under Arms.
Meanwhile, we have not only for
titled our hearts but our island.
We have rearmed and rebuilt our
srmies in degree which would
have been deemed impossible few
months ago.
We have ferried across the At
lantic, thanks to our friends over
there, an immense mass of NUM-
tions of all kinds: Cannon, rifles,
machine guns, cartridges and shells;
all safely landed without the loss
of gun or round.
The output of our own factories.
working as they have never worked
before, has poured forth.
The whole British Army is at
home.
More than 1000 900 determined
men have rifles and bayonets in
their hands tonight. and three
quarters of them are in regular
military formations.
We have never had armies like
this in our island in time Of war.
The whole island bristles against
invaders from the sea or from the
air.
As I explained to the House in the
middle of June, the stronger our
army at home the larger must be
the invading expedition; and the
larger the invading expedition the
less difficult will be the task of the
navy in detecting its assembly and
in intercepting and destroying it on
passage, and the greater would be
the difficulty Of feeding and supply
ing the invaders if ever they landed
in the teeth of continuous naval and
air attack upon their communica-
tions.
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There Are Solid Grounds
For Confidence We Feel"

There Are Solid Grounds
For Confidence We Feel"
Why do say all this? Not, as
suredly, to boast; not to give the
slightest countenance to compla-
cency. The dangers we face are still
enormous.
But so are our advantages and
resources
recount them because the people
have right to know that there are
solid grounds for the confidence we
feel, and that we have good reason
to believe ourselves capable, as I
said in very dark hour two months
ago, of continuing the war, if neces-
sary alone, if necessary for years.
I say it because the fact that the
British Empire stands invincible
and that Nazidom can still be re-
sisted will kindle again the spark
Of hope in the breasts of hundreds
Of millions of downtrodden or
despairing men and women through
out Europe and far beyond its
bounds, and that from these sparks
there will presently come a cleans
ing and devouring flame.
The great air battle which has
been in prigress over this island for
the last few weeks has recently at
tanned high intensity.
1t is too soon to attempt to as
sign limits either to the scale or
duration of the great air battle.
We must certainly expect that
greater efforts will be made by the
enemy than any he has so far put
forth.
Hostile air fields are still being
developed in France and the Low
Countries and the movement of
squadrons and material for attack
ing us is still proceeding.
English Pilots Inf1ict
Vastly Heavier Losses.
1t is quite plain that Herr Hitler
could not admit defeat in his air
attack on Great Britain without
most serious injury.
If, after all these boastings and
blood-curdling threats and lurid ac-
counts trumpeted round the world
Of the damage he has inflicted, OF
the vast numbers of our air force
he has shot down, so he says, with
so little loss to himself; after tales
of stricken British crouched
in their holes. cursing the pluto
cratic government which has led
them to such plight-his whole air
onslaught were forced tamely to
peter out, the Fuehrers reputation
for veracity of statement might be
seriously impugned.
We may be sure, therefore, that
he will continue as long as he has
the strength and as long as any
preoccupations he may have in re-
spect of the Russian Air Force al
low him to do so.
On the other hand, the conditions
and course of the fighting have so
far been favorable to us.
I told the House two months ago
that whereas in France our fighter
aircraft were wont to inflict a loss
or two or three to one upon the
Germans, and in the fighting at
Dunkirk, which was a kind of
no-man's land, of about three or
four to one, we expected that in an
attack on this island we should
achieve a larger ratio.
This has certainly come true.
1t must also be remembered that
all the enemy machines and pilots
which are shot down over our island
or the seas which surround it are
either destroyed or captured, where
as a considerable proportion Of our
machines and also of our pilots are
saved, and soon again come into
action.
Our New Plane Production
Exceeds That of Enemy
A vast and admirable system Of
salvage directed by the Ministry Of
Evening star., 1940-08-20
Frances ProstratiOn Called
"Crime Of Men of Vichy."

In our own case, If we had been
put in the terrible position of France
now happily impossible, although
Of course it would have been the
duty of all war leaders to fight on
here to the end-it would also have
been their duty, as I indicated in
my speech of June 4, to provide as
far as possible for the naval security
of Canada and our dominions, and
to make sure they had the means
to carry on the struggle from beyond
the oceans.
Most of the other countries that
have been overrun by Germany for
the time being have persevered val
iantly and faithfully. The Czcchs,
the Poles, the Norwegians, the
Dutch, the Belgians are still IN the
field, sword in hand, recognized by
Great Britain and the United States
as the sole representative authorities
and lawful governments of their re-
spective states.
That France alone should lie pros
trate at this moment is the crime,
not of a great and noble nation. but
Of what are called the men of Vichy.
We have profound sympathy with
the French people.
Pays Tribute to De Gaulle
And His Gallant Band"
Our old comradeship with France
u not dead. In Gen. d 0ANllo 1nd
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1--WE Must Prepare
For Campaigns of 1941-2."

Hitler is now spraWled over
Europe. Our offensive springs are
being slowly compressed, and we
must resolutely and methodically
prepare ourselves for the campaigns
of 1941 and 1912.
Two or three years are not long
time, even in our short, precarious
lives. They are nothing in the his
tory of nation.
And when we are doing the finest
thing in the world, and have the
honor to be the sole champion Of
the liberty of all Europe, we must
not grudge these years, or weary as
we toll and struggle through them.
1t does not follow that our ener-
gies in future years will be ex-
clusively confined to defending our
selves and our possessions. Many
opportunities may lie open to am
phibious power, and we must be
ready to take advantage of them.
One of the ways to bring this
war to a speedy end is to convince
the enemy, not by words but by
deeds, that we have both the will
Evening star., 1940-08-20
Like the Mississippi,
It Just Keeps Rolling Along"

Presently we learned that anx-
iety was also felt IN the United
States about the air and naval d.
Evening star., 1940-08-20

If we had been confronted at the
beginning of May with such pros
pect, it would have seemed incredible
that at this point of a period Of
horror and disaster we should stand
erect, sure of ourselves, masters of
our fate and with the conviction OF
final victory burning unquenchable
in our hearts.
Few would have believed we could
survive; none would have believed
that we should today not only feel
stronger, but should actually be
stronger, than we have ever been
before.
Let us see what has happened on
the other side of the scales.
The British nation and the British
Empire, finding themselves alone,
stood undismayed against disaster.
No one flinched or wavered; nay,
some who formerly thought Of peace
now think only of war. Our people
are united and resolved as they have
never been before.
Death and ruin have become small
Evening star., 1940-09-16

aged in the fight and the pilot
baled out, receiving a hero's welcome
as he parachuted to safety in the
same neighborhood
While the Germans were ham
mering steadily at Britain, the
Royal Air Force struck back Sat-
u-day night and yesterday at Nazi
bases in Germany. Northern France,
Holland and Belgium.
Docks, warehouses and oil tanks
all along the German side of the
Channel were heavily bombed, the
Air Ministry reported.
One R. A. F. pilot told of setting
fire to 5,000-ton merchant ship at
Antwerp, where he said he saw
more than 300 bargers moored in
the harbor-possibly In preparation
for the long threatened invasion of
England
OStend, Flushing. Dunkerque,
Calais and Boulogl.e also were hit
hard, the Air Ministry said, attacks
also were made on gun emplace-
ments at Cap Girls Nez, and on sup
ply depOtS at OSnabruck, Mannheim,
Aachen, Hamm and Freteld.
Two great waves of German
bombers. each estimated to include
more than $50 planes, participated in
the heavy assaults on England yes
terday.
The capital area had its first day
light alarm yesterday at 11:5O am.
This alarm, which lasted an hour
and four minutes, was followed by
another of equal duration at PIP
pm. and another of % minutes at
7:13 pm.
The British Press Association said
yesterdays aerial activity brought
to 2,143 the number of German
planes shot down over England since
the war began. OF these 2.069 were
said to have been downed since the
massed raids on the island began
June 49,
Evening star., 1940-09-16
INSTITUTIONAL ADVERTISEMENT
Hindsight and Foresight
New Policies for Old?

advantage to keep your old pol
icy rather than drop it and take
out a new one, for the old one
may contain certain privileges
which are not now available.
Therefore, if your situation
changes-as it may-I suggest
that you get in touch with your
agent-or with the company di-
rect if you have lost track of him
before You consider dropping
the policy you have.
The whole question of chang.
ing policies has been greatly con-
fused lately by a lot of unsound
advice-free and otherwise. Be-
cause of this fact, the Insurance
Department of the United States
Chamber of Commerce has re-
Gently issued an interesting
pamphlet. 1t is Insurance Bulle-
tin +51, entitled, "Should You
Change Your Old Life Insurance
For Ne1C?"
understand you can get
copy at your local Chamber of
Commerce. Or if more conven.
lent, drop me postcard request
and I'll see that you get one.
This regular Monday column is provided
by the Institute of Life Insurance to per-
NIT its President TO speak to Americas
policy owners. Address inquiries to so East
42nd Street, New York City
Evening star., 1940-09-16

pages were filed to a preliminary
decision directing the company to
disestablish independent organiza-
tions among it's employees and to
reinstate with back pay II members
of the c. I. O.s Steel Workers Or
ganizing Committee who claimed
they were dismissed for outside"
union activity.
Following up an announcement
the N. L. r. B. would be fought
through every available judiciary if
necessary" counsel contended the
agency's findings and proposed
ruling were not justified by the
40 0000-page record of four years of
litigation-the boards longest and
most turbulent case.
Exceptions claimed denial of
fair and impartial hearing, abuse
and perversion of the boards author
ity under the National Labor Re-
lations Act to defame and harass
the company.
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Defense Talks Opened
By Southern Governors
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOBILE, Ala, Sept. 16.-Gov-
ernors of five Southern States met
on an island of the Alabama Gulf
coast today for a two-day session
in which national defense is expected
to play an important role in dis
cussion.
Representatives Of at least six
other Governors were present on a
l0-boat fotilla which carried the
group to Dauphin Island for the
meeting of the Southern Governors
Conference.
Those attending the conference
are Cows. Cone of Florida, Rivers of
Georgia, johnson of Mississippi,
Jones Of Louisiana and Dixon of
Alabama. L. w. (Chip) Robert,
secretary of both the conference and
the National Democratic Executive
Committee, also was present.
Evening star., 1940-09-16

Someone else tells me, however,
that l can change my present
policy over and then take out
another for the additional pro-
lection I need. Is this possible?"
1t is. Your policy is a contract
between your company and
yourself and can be changed to
one with a lower premium, pro-
vided thatyou are still insurable.
The last thing you want to do
is to let. your old policy lapse,
until you are sure you can pass
the company requirements for
a new one.
Moreover, it is often to your
Evening star., 1940-09-16
WiIIkie
Continued From First Page)

ceremony at Elwood, Ind, a month
ago.
In this Kansas community Of
$4,000 residents, where Mr.. Willkie
taught school as a young man, a
caravan of at least $4,000 Willkie
boosters is expected to assemble
from the surrounding States of Mis-
souri, and Oklahoma.
Coffeyville will have two local
heroes to welcome today, for next
to Mr.. Willkie on the platform will
stand another man who went forth
from that town many years ago
to make name for himself-Walter
Johnson, once the idol of the WASH
lngton ball team, who turned to
politics when his powerful pitch
ing arm had run its course. He
went to Coffeyville to introduce the
G. o. P. nominee.
Mr.. Landon. who called on Mr.
Willkie last night, said afterward: /:
I'VE had a quiet chat. I con-
firmed to Mr.. Willkie that despite
all the New Deal propaganda he
hasn't lost any ground"
The Coffeyville program, like the
one at Elwood, is designed to en-
phasize to the Midwest that, while
Mr.. Willkie became a national figure
in the New York business world, he
was born and reared in the
Corn Belt.
Corn Belt Strategy.
Before the days of Franklin D.
Roosevelt, the Republicans were &C
customed to carrying most of the
Western farm States in national
elections and they are counting
heavily on Mr.. WILKES Indiana
background to reclaim this region
from the New Deal.
Veteran Kansas City political OBJ
servers believe that as of today,
President Roosevelt still holds the
Evening star., 1940-09-16

edge in Missouri. One figured the
odds about 7 to 5. Republican lead
ers and Willkie club workers, how
ever, are laying plans for an in
tensive drive in the State from now
on in an effort to swing the tide.
To a delegation OF doctors who
called on him in Kansas City yes
terday, Mr.. Willkie took a stand
against socialized medicine.
There is no one" he said, "to
whom socialized medicine skill as
medicine is more repugnant than
to me. I believe in the medical
skill as derived from the competi-
tive system"
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Weirton Steel Renews
Fiqht on n. |. R. B. Order

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 16-The
Weirton Steel Co. of Weirton, w. Va.
today renewed its contest to the
limit" with the National Labor Re-
lations Board, challenging the Gov
ernment agency's jurisdiction to
issue any order against the S125,-
100000 concern.
Exceptions filling l29 typewriter
Evening star., 1940-09-16
London
(Continued From First Page.)

cay OF the war-105 German planes
shot down on British soil.
Interspaced in the long night at
tack was half-hour silent" raid,
in which large numbers Of time
bombs or dudS were dropped on
London without exploding.
The government acknowledged
that many buildings in London had
been damaged during the dusk-to-
dawn aid, exceeded only in duration
by the 9-hour and 40-minute attack
one week ago, but the admission was
accompanied by claims of the great
est Royal Air Force victory since
the battle of Britain began.
Against the 1875 German planes
Evening star., 1940-09-16

to think of, l
feel that l
should have
more prOtec-
ton. | have
been advised
to drop my
old policy
and then take
out a new one
straight life.
Evening star., 1940-09-16
D. {. Republicans
Gather Today 10 Hear
WiNkie Radio Speech
Patrick and Vorys
Delay Debate Until
Next Monday

Many District Republicans today
were planning to listen to radio
broadcasts of the Coffeyville (Kans)
speech of Wendell Willkie, the G.
O. P presidential nominee, sched-
uled to be delivered at pm.
Arrangements were made to seat
about $50 guests to listen at the
Willkie Washington Committee
headquarters at 727 Fifteenth street
NV. Likewise many were expected
at the headquarters of the Willkie-
McNary Campaign Club in the
Woodward Building, Fifteenth and
H streets NV.
A debate scheduled for tonight
between Representative Patrick,
Democrat, of Alabama, and Repre-
sentative Vorys, Republican, of Ohio,
has been postponed because of the
death Of Speaker Bankhead. The
debate will be held at pm. next
Monday at the Burlington Hotel.
Subject will be Roosevelt or Will
hie."
At $50 o'clock tonight. James c.
Wilkes, chairman of the Republican
State Committee of the District, is
to speak at the first of this seasons
meetings of the Young Republic Club
of the District at headquarters of
the Willkie- -McNary Campaign Club
in the Woodward Building.
More than 225 tickets had been
sold today, it was announced, to the
first luncheon meeting of the
Women's Membership Committee of
the Willkie-McNary Campaign Club
at l pm. tomorrow in the Willard
Hotel. An additional feature Of the
program, to be in the form of a
Constitution Day observance, will be
the singing of God Bless America"
and The Star Spangled Banner"
by Edwin Stefe. baritone. The pro-
gram is to include addresses by
James A. Councillor, president of the
club; Rufus Lusk and Mrs. r. A.
Boone, executive secretary of the
Women's Membership Committee,
and the reading of The Americans
Creed" by William Tyler Page, it's
author, who also is to lead the as
semblage in reciting The Pledge
to the Flag"
Tomorrow evening Senator Lee of
Oklahoma will speak at a meeting
of the Woman's National Democratic
Club at its headquarters, 1925 New
Hampshire avenue NV.
Three young boys, the oldest II,
were to give double feature puppet
show" this afternoon to raise funds
for the Democratic campaign for
President Roosevelt's reelection, it
was announced. 1t was to be held
in the back yard of Carlton Cotton,
10, and his brother, Roger, 9. at 1925
First street NV. The third boy
aiding in presenting the show is
Raymond Fuller, II,