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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-26
DEAR MIR. HEARST:

DEAR MIR. HEARST:
THE current annual report OF
i the United States Steel Cor
poration dlscloses the nature OF a
new ingredient In American life
which has been retsrding national
progress.
IL points to the reason for the
fact that for the first decade since
the republic was founded no net
additions were made to the tools
of the people and no real net adj
vances were achieved In the mate
rial wellbeing OF the people.
Instead of dealing with glitter
ing generaIities, the steel corpora
ton holds up its own record for
analytical study.
1t reveals, for example, that the
corporations dollar sales to Gus
toners In 1910 were almost as big
rs In the prosperous year 1929,
amounting to $1,000, 900. 900 last
year, compared with SI,09f, 100, 900
in 1929.
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DON'T BE SURPRISED

DON'T BE SURPRISED
When LaForest was informed OF
the engagement. he. Biggers. Miss
Teate and friends were In a beer
garden. LaForeSt then said, ac-
cordlng TO a statement OF Miss
Teaie TO Sergt. Edward Wurm:
Don't be surprised II you see
my name In the papers next
Wednesday--and Biggers, too
At that time. Miss Teate said
she thought he was talking about
his induction into the army.
Although Miss Teaie said she
and Biggers we're engaged. Mrs.
Gordon Dawson. 1854 Newberry
avenue. an aunt OF Biggers with
whom the young men lived until a
month ago. said BiGgerS and the
EiTI WeTG NOT engaged.
They Just met recently she
said Bert planned TO enlist In
the army a. soon a. he found
out where Charlie was going to
be stationed. They wanted TO
remain together. I'm sure there
was no disagreement because Of
Miss Teate."
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Turks Ready
Members of Parliament Shout Defiance to- Axis
as Deputy Warns of Aggression Peril
BY CEDRIC -SALTER

init News seryse stsn Correspondent
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Evening star., 1941-12-14
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

The snow had stopped. He saw
wolf signs. confirming his belief that
the gray marauders had terrified
Maureen into flight. In the settle
ment he went straight to the drab
one-story hotel. and stared in stony
silence while the fur buyers fingered
the fisher and silver fox which now
meant so little.
Five hundred and twenty dollars"
the man said. Jim pocketed the mon
ey, nodded, went out. 1t was good
money. but what good was it?
He drank whiskey until the taste
of it sickened him. then went across
to Bascom's store. She would have
left the sled and the dogs with Bas-
com, and he would need them to haul
supplies back to the empty cabin.
Men spoke his name. He passed with
only a nod for answer. and went
around back of the store to hunt up
his property.
Her voice came to him before he
caught sight of her. Incredulously he
halted.
They'll get me home all right,
CONTINUED on pogs 21)
Evening star., 1941-12-14

Jim made a fire and remembered
that he had not eaten. He tried to put
food into himself. but was not hun
cry. Just tired. And beaten. He stared
blankly at the fur for which he had
risked his life. Good fur. Good money.
But money wouldn't have kept her."
he said bitterly. 81 should have
known" To add to his greater empti-
ness was the small hurt that she had
left no line of writing to explain her
departure.
lie SLEPT through the night. and
at daylight strapped the fur to his
back again and started for the settle
ment. 1t was not the same now, but
the Hudson's Bay man came to Nika-
TUX but twice season, and to be
turned into money the fur had to be
put before him. There would be other
winters, and man had to go through
the motions of living, even though no
longer alive.
Evening star., 1941-12-14
DESPERATE PROMISE
Continued from poss seven

heart stopped clock, he numbered
about on his weighted shoes, hoarsely
cried out as the sled slid from sight
before his eyes.
He flung himself to his knees and
seized the harness; the white fangs
of Chuck, the leader, chopped at him
and the frenzied paving of the doomed
brutes wrenched his heart. Then they
were gone, and Jim's mittened hands
clutched only the weighted tangle of
straps.
1t was not terribly deep here, but
there was a current. Sled and dogs
were under the ice, steady drag on
Jim's arms as he lay hauling. His
teeth clicked together, breath plumed
from his nostrils as he heaved. The
loaded sled came slowly to his hands.
For a quarter-hour his life lay in
the balance while he fought the sled's
weight and tugged at the lashed bum
die of fur. Nothing else mattered.
The dogs were gone; part of the soul
of him had gone with them, for dogs
were human in the loneliness of a
trapper's winter. If the fur went too.
his winters profit would vanish -
and lovely Maureen also. Rising at
last, he stood weak and unsteady,
with the fur piled at his feet.
He was alone now. trudging on
with his fur bound to his back. His
strength was slow returning. He shut
his mind to the loss of the dogs and
thought ahead through the last leg
of his journey. He was not hungry.
but his legs were leaden. and soon
the wet sleeves of his parka were froz-
en- stiff. Ought to stop - thaw out"
But he kept on.
lHE wolves followed him to Nanuk
Lake, and onto the lake itself. He
turned at the point of spruce and
cursed them. A moment later he
rounded the point and saw home.
"Maureen - darling - wait! I'm
coming!'
His cry was despair He tried to run.
fell, got up and did run - but why
he was running he didn't know
There should have been wind-bent
plume of wood smoke rising from the
cabin chimney. but there wasn't,
and its absence meant that she was
gone.
The loss of the dogs was now but a
small ache in the greater wound that
overwhelmed him. They'd been right,
the old-timers. the youngsters who
had sworn off white girls and were set
to marry Indians. They'd known.
The storm had hidden all signs of
her going. but the sled was gone.
and the two dogs he had left with her.
He let his fur fall to the floor in the
kitchen. and walked staring through
the cabin. 1t wasn't home now. He
had built it for her, and without her
it was bare, strange. silent place.
There were clothes of hers in the bed
room, but those she had needed for
the journey to town she had taken
with her.
The bed was unmade. Her small
personal things she had not bothered
with. nor had she plucked up any
of the knickknacks with which she
had prettied the place. Just the essen
tials. he guessed, because she had left
in a hurry, left in fear of the storm,
or of the wolves which must have
made this place winter-long night
mare for her. And she had left but
short while ago. There was still
warmth in the stove.
Evening star., 1941-12-14
QUEER DUCKS, AREN'T WE?

PARADOX. John Burroughs, who
spent most of his life teaching others
to know and love the great outdoors,
actually spent 20 years indoors -
working in a vault of the u. S. Treas
ury Department in the nations Cap
ital.
SOLUTION. Rossini once found him.
self stuck with contralto who had
only one good note in her voice -
B-fat. But did that discourage the
composer? Not much! He just wrote
her an aria in which she did nothing
but sing B-fat while the orchestra
carried the melody.
X
DISTANCE. The Spanish painter
Velasquez was one gentleman who
didn't believe in burying his nose in
his work. The artists brushes had
handles 8 feet lonei
-KAn1LEEk MAsIERs0N
Evening star., 1941-12-14

COMPETITION. First-night jitters
are common among composers and
playwrights, but what happened the
night one of Richard Wagner's operas
was getting its first airing was justi-
fcation for a Grade-A nervous COL
lapse. The leading tenor forgot most
of Wagner's new music and kept fill
ing in with pieces from other operas
by other composers!
X
REASON. The manuscript of Buffalo
Bills first novel was entirely without
punctuation and capitals. Life is too
Short" said Bill with complacence,
ito make big letters where small ones
will do"
THOROUGH. 1t took Thomas Gray
13 years to write his famous "Elegy."
The poem contains 90 four-line stan
zas, which means that Gray averaged
fewer than three stanzas az lines)
year!
Evening star., 1941-12-14

In line with the national movement
to provide a more adequate Amer
ican diet, remember that Del Monte
Pineapple Juice is good source of
Vitamins Bi and c; contains Vitamin
A and number of minerals. What's
more, Del Monte's care in handling
makes sure of maximum values to be
found in any canned pineapple juice.
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The Hudin Tribune-Herald

called on the Misses Jean and
Margaret Fulmer Tuesday after
noon.
Ruby Baker of Lodge Grass
visited Monday and Tuesday
with Jean Romine.
MI. and Mrs. r. ]. Brown and
Eileen of Lodge Grass and Paul
and Genevieve Gand of Harlow
town were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Miles.
The wyoming Here
ford tour called at the Rice
Hereford ranch Friday after
noon.
Jim Brown and Mr.. and Mrs.
hurry Brown transacted bust
ness in Hardin Thursday.
Phyllis Ridley returned to her
home in Sheridan after visiting
a week at the Miles ranch.
John Rice attended the Mon
tana-Wyoming banquet given
Thursday in Sheridan for the
peonle on the Hereford tour.
Miss Maxine Brown returned
to her home Saturday after a
ten day vacation at Tempted
Hills.
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he had spent the past few weeks
at the springs.

he had spent the past few weeks
at the springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Berland
were Hardin visitors Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mcdaniel,
Miss Calra Belle Mcdaniel, and
Miss Mardeena Wilson of Nor
avia, Ia, who have been visit
ing at the ranch home of MI.
and Mrs. "A. E. Mcdaniel, left
Monday for Eugene, Ore, to Wis
it other relatives before return
ing to their home in Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. A.. Lewis and
Rose Mary of Hardin were
Lodge Grass visitors Sunday.
MI. and Mrs. Ernie Sanford,
Maxine, Dolores and Gene of
Peoria, Kan, have moved to
Lodge Grass to make their
! home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Sprague
and children and Gene Sprague
of st. Xavier spent Sunday with
relatives in Lodge Grass.
Bud Terrell is spending a few
days in Columbus.
Mrs. c. A. Bentley and Miss
Marie Bentley Of Grow Agency
were Lodge Grass callers Satur-
day.
Layman Waddle motored to
Sheridan on business Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Brott ct
Lodge Grass creek were here
Monday.
Mrs. R. w. Hensley and infant
son, William Earl, and Mrs. Mel
vim Larson motored to Sheridan
Monday on account of the ill
ness of William Earl. He re-
manned in the hospital at Sneri-
dan for medical attention.
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THINGS TO WATCH FOR

More maroon automobiles -
latest survey by Pontiac shows
the dark red now ahead of the
standard black in popularity:
and with gray and blue in third
and fourth places A kit
called Sew Your own" con-
tanning all materials needed for
making your own gloves -.
A radically new photograph rec
ord-changer by RCA Victor,
which will play both sides of
a record without turning it over,
can run through a whole two
hour concert without any hu-
mainland help whatever. plays
symphonic sets in old-style zone
side = and = then the-other" as
automatically" as it does the
mechanical sequence sets -.
New in the toy line will be mag
neticaly-operated ones by Cen
eral Electric; magnets in their
bases enable them to be put
through magic-like antics. John
Craddock.
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EXPEDITION TO U
FUR SEAL HERD AT SEA

Exploring the foundations of
a fur business that nets the Uni
ted States government more
than $4,000 a year, naturaliStS
of the Fish and Wildlife service
are organizing an expedition to
study the migration routes and
food habits of the Alaska fur
seal herd that has its breeding
grounds on the Pribilof islands
IN Boring sea.
Special studies have recently
been made of conditions on the
Islands, according to a service
report to Secretary of the In
terror Harold L. IckeS, and a
vessel is now being equipped for
use of scientists in following the
herd to sea on its fall migration.
Recommended by the Depart
ment of State and authorized by
a special Congressional approp-
ration, the Investigations have
been planned to obtain addition
al data needed in negotiations
for international protection of
the fur seals while they are at
sea.
Under the fur seal convention
of 1911, it was pointed out, the
killing, capturing, or pursuing of
the animals at SEA has been
prohibited by the United States,
Canada, Japan, and the Soviet
Union. In October, 1910, Japan,
in accordance with a provision
of the convention, gave notice
of its abrogation but stated that
it was prepared to conclude a
new agreement.
With the protection afforded
by the 1911 convention, the herd
has increased from about 1872, 900
in 1910 to more than 1000, 900
and Canada and Japan have
shared in profits from pelts tax
en- under government manage
ment on the Pribilof islands.
More than $1,000 pelts were TAX
en- in 1910.
Shop in Hardin!
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Owl Creek News

Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Romine
visited Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ora
ham on Lodge Grass creek last
weekend.
Harold Suit transacted bust
ness in Hardin Thursday.
Mrs. John Rice and children
visited in Sheridan, Wyo., Mon
day.
Mrs. jim Poulton and Billy
and Mrs. Lydia Lining visited a
few days with Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Mcclure.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. Romine at
tended a picnic with relatives on
Lodge Grass creek Sunday. Pres
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. George
Robinson of Mesa, Ariz., Mr. and
Mrs. John Robinson of Tulsa,
Okla, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Graham,
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Graham,
and Mr. and Mrs. John Gibson.
Mrs. John Rice and Gary and
Jane were overnight guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Howarth
in Big Horn, Wyo., Monday.
Mrs. Cliff Smith of Lodge
Grass spent Wednesday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jim
Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Rid
ley of Sheridan, WyO., were over
night guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E
S. Miles Friday.
Mss Matte Mcdonald and T
A. Breverick Of Hardin spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Muir
~ Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Suit were
/ in Sheridan Monday.
John Rice and H. L. Duell at
/ tended the Northern Montana
fair at Great Falls the first Of
the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lindsey
Cecil and Villa, visited Mr. anc
Mrs. Roy Mcclure Tuesday.
Mrs. H. r. Suit, Ed and Ray
called at the Jim Brown home
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. H. L. Duell visited Mrs
John Rice Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. hurry Brown, and the
Misses Ethel and Maxine Brown
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Lodge Gross Society
WEDDING
HAL

WELDING SHOWER
.HONORS HALLBERGS
MIR. and Mrs. Leonard Hall
berg were honored at a wedding
shower given for them at the
Grow Indian Mission Friday eve
ming at 8 O'Clock.
Present were Mr.. and Mrs. l..
W. Sharpe, Mr. and Mrs. R. w.
Formanac, MIR. and Mrs. J. H.
Grove, MIR. and Mrs. Harvey
Young Swallow, MI. and Mrs.
Claude Glow, Mrs. Mamie Sloan,
Mrs. Helen Matthew'S, Mrs. Bob
Brookins, Mrs. J. A. Hallberg,
Mrs. Tom E. Turner, Mrs. Grace
Neal, Mrs. Grace Sharpe, Mrs.
M. j. Carney, Mrs. Harry Wilson
and Larry, Mrs. Inez Wilson,
Mrs. Dick Richards, Mrs. L. A.
Sturdevant, Mrs. Nettie Ben
brooks, Mrs. Elmer Knight, Mrs.
Leonard Perkins, Mrs. Irene
Boese and Jackie and Carol,
Mrs. Fred Thorson, Mrs. Sam
Reese, Mrs. Layman Waddle,
Mrs. Lula CrisWell, Mrs. Bert
Pattyn, Miss Cara Odds, Miss
Marilyn McVay, Miss A%nnabelle
Neal, Miss Ella Richards, Miss
Mildred ThorSon, Nathelde
Young Swallow, Bonnie Jean
Sharpe, Evagene Reese and the
guests of honor, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hallberg.
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0DGE GRASS SECTION

Mrs. Lynde received high score
award and Mrs. Cooley, low.
-S
HEART SISTER
CLUB MEETS
The Heart Sister bridge club
met at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Emmett Curry Thursday
evening with Mrs. Curry as hos
tess.
Present were Mrs. M. T. Wells,
Mrs. Wilbur Sorger, Mrs. Carl
MeiSter, Mrs. Charles Schooner,
Mrs. Clayton Clanin, Mrs. Fran
els Curry, Mrs. George Cooley
and the hostess.
Mrs. Sorger received high
score award and Mrs. Wells,
consolation.
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SIDNEY TO HAVE
PAVED STREETS

Sidney, Aug. 13-CUP)-Work-
men here were busy today paw
ing 43 blocks of Sidney streets
in the original townsite and
in two additions.
Cost of paving the 5.18 miles
was estimated at $94,311.98
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Lodge Gross Locdls

on Lodge Grass creek.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry Stevens
of Wyola were guests of Mr.. and
Sam Reese Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Layman Waddle
an son, George, were business
callers in Sheridan Friday.
MIR. and Mrs. Jack Rumfelt of
Hardin called on friends in
Lodge Grass Monday evening.
MIR. and Mrs. Jake Job of the
Joe Morrison ranch we're here
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley Pierce
and children of Everett, Wash,
spent a few days last week Wis
iting at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. A. McVey. Mrs. McVey is
the mother of Mr.. Pierce.
Elmer Knight and daughter,
Hazel, and Junior BrockWay
made a business trip to Sheri-
dan Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Mcdaniel,
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Mcdaniel
and Tommy Fenton motored to
Billings Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Sprague
and children of st. Xavier spent
Sunday with friends and rela-
tives in Lodge Grass.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. o. Graham of
Rotten Grass creek were in
Lodge Grass Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. R. Forman
motored to Hardin Sunday.
Mrs. Jack Ball and daughter,
Vivian, who have been visiting
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Ball, are spending a few
days at Ashland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Potts OF
Hardin were Sunday guests at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. H
Wiley.
MI. and Mrs. Carl Settle and
George Ocker of Lame Deer mo-
tored to Lodge Grass Saturday
Mr.. Ocker and Mr.. Settle re-
turned to their work at Lame
Deer Monday, and Mrs. Settle
remained in Lodge Grass fol
several days.
Mrs. Calvin Buckingham anc
guest, Miss Ruthie Lewis, made
a business trip to Wyola Mon
day.
Chris Whitmire of Sheridan
was in Lodge Grass Sunday.
Miss Jean CulbertSon of Col
umbus is a guest of Miss Billyt
Ruth Zimmerman.
Mrs. Erwin Schnad of Garry.
owen spent Tuesday at the
ranch home of Mr.. and Mrs
Bob Formanac.
Miss Louise Young spent last
! week as a guest of Miss Marie
Baker at the Achenbach saw
mill on Thompson creek.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Stevens ano
Denny were here Monday.
E. L. Bower of Hardin spent
Sunday with friends here.
MIR. and Mrs. w. M. Lynde
made a business trip to Sheri-
dan Saturday.
! Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Thomas
made a trip through the park
over the weekend.
L. w. Sharp motored to Har-
QlQ OH DuSllltSS oulluay.
Miss Edilou Gibson and MIR
and Mrs. George of Lodge Grass
creek were business callers IN
Lodge Garss Wednesday.
Mrs. Mamie Sloan returned
last Sunday from Bozeman
| where she had visited friends.
v. 3. woodward and Bud Den
mis- of Billings spent wednesday
in Lodge Grass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Chatham
of Rotten GarSs creek were in
Lodge Grass Friday.
Mrs. Leonard Munter returned
to her home here Thursday al
ter receiving medical attention
at a hospital in Billings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Darrell Mcdaniel
and Judy were Sunday guests at
the home of MIR. and Mrs. Ho-
mer. Wiley.
Miss Blanche Brock went to
Billings Saturday to spend some
time visiting her sister, Miss
Elsie Brock, who is employed
there.
Miss Malina Berland visited
with Mrs. Calvin Buckingham
Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Billy Miller OF
Lodge Grass creek were in Lodge
Grass Wednesday.
Buddy Brown spent Tuesday
-:.:.- f-s~~.I- -, IINrIi
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BRIDGE CLUB MEETS

BRIDGE CLUB MEETS
The Bridge Luncheon club met
at the home of MIR. and Mrs.
John Ryan Wednesday with Mrs.
Ryan as hostess.
Attending were Mrs. Hazel
Richardson, Mrs. w. M. Lynde,
Mrs. Carl Sloan, Mrs. William
Miller, Mrs. Wilbur Sorger, Mrs.
George Cooley and the hostess,
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Lodge Grass
CHURCH NOTES

CHIvERS MEMORIAL CHAPEL
DR.. w. A. Petzoldt, pastor
Sunday school, 1890 am.
Morning worship, 1870 am.
B.Y.P.U., 7 pm.
Prayer meeting, Wednesday,
8 pm.
LITTLE BROWN CHURCH
Addison Self, pastor
Sunday school, 1000 am.
B.Y.P.U., Z pm.
Evening worship, 8 pm.
Ladies Aid Thursday 2:30 pm.
Prayer meeting, Thursday 8
pm.
WYOLA COMMUNITY CHURCH
Addison Self, pastor
Sunday school, 1000 am.
Morning worship, 11:00 am.
Ladies' aid, 200 pm. every
second and fourth Thursday.
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Is HONORED AT
PARTY

A surprise birthday party was
given at the ranch home of Mr.
and Mrs. Bert Romine on Owl
creek Saturday evening at 8
o'clock in honor of their daugh-
ter, Miss Jean.
Guests present included Miss
Dorothy Knutson, Miss Ruby
Baker, Miss Ethel Borwn, Miss
Maxine Brown, Miss Ruby Miles
Miss Nadine Miles, Miss Fern
Holley and the guest of honor
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
Bobby Gene Hensley celebra-
ted his second birthday at a
lawn party given at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. G. D. Waddle.
Present were Mrs. James Rob-
lnson and Patsy Ann of Wyola
Mrs. Jay Fitzgerald and Patsy
Ann, Mrs. Harold Sutherland
and daughters, Doris Jean and
Dorothy Ann, Alice Larson, Mrs
Jay Sharpe and William Earl
Hensley, Mr. and Mrs. Tom E
Turner, Mrs. Douglas Waddle
Mrs. R. w. Hensley and the
guest of honor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-19
LASH
OUT AT AMERICA
Continued From Page One)

and the tri-partite pact according
to it's interests and the means at it's
disposal" was made today by one
of Benito Mussolini's ministers.
This accusation, written by Edu-
cation Minister Giuseppe Bottai in
his Critica Fascista, was part of a
wave of attacks on American aid to
Britain in the italian press.
Virginia Gayda, the highly-placed
commentator for II Giornale d'Italia,
said American "interventionists," by
their intense activity, were hoping
to provoke the Axis into reaction
which would then be passed off as
a new aggressive move to which
the United States would have to
reply by force"
Said Gayda:
"Who is the aggressor? Nobody in
Europe is molesting the United
States, What obscure spirit of ag-
erosion is moving North American
war currents against the Axis pow
ers? What alibi to hide their pre-
meditated aggression and pass it off
as a necessary defense of life and
honor can these currents-which al
ready have gone voluntarily against
the rights of the people and of neu-
trality-still seek?"
Replying to recent statements by
President Roosevelt and Secretaries
Hull and Stimson. he cited a report
of the U. S. senate naval committee
of last May as advising isolation"
The monthly La Vita I~taliana"
said this report had been hidden"
from Americans and quoted it as
saying the argument that America
would be endangered by an Axis
victory over Britain was "based on
an e~valuation of facts and
is without military basis"