Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-29
Roosevelt
Quietly Builds
u. S. BuIwarks
Democracies Can't Lose
War in Long Run
BY PAUL MALLON

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Naturally this government is
not laying out its long range
thoughts - tho inspirational
guide to It's policieS-fully out in
printed words. or letting them
drip into microphoneS
What Mr.. RooScveltS think
crs really think of the world
situation can only be expressed
officially in words dampened
with diplomatic 'evasiveness.
In an effort To present their
viewpoint more clearly Ctheir
real answer TO Lindbergh, the
motives behind their recent
speeches and announcements l
have consulted competent Off
cial counsel and received the
following new, and occasionally
startling lines of thought:
The dcmocraCles cannot pos
sibly lose this war in the long
run. LindherghIis- seeing trees
fall. but he has not stepped
back to get a picture of the
forest.
More trees viii fall. The Sucz
may go. Gibraltar viii certainly
drop, more easily than the Bal
kanS. whenever Hitler pushes
that point SO what? What if
even England is conquered? 1t
cannot change the inevitable de-
feat of EIltlerism, if you reason
1t out fairly.
WHAT would Canada do if
w Britain falls? Australia?
Canada has been increasingly
aAgninG herself with cur inter
eStS tMr Roosevelt has been
working ofrtt1is hard fateiy1
Unquestionabiy she would be-
come a haven of refuge for
whatever escapes from Britain
in eveptof a defeat there. and
will align herself in some indie
pendent way with rs. behind
our Atlantic and Pacific fleets.
Where else is there for Aus
tralia to go? Certainly not to
Japan. Certainly not to try TO
60 II alone and thereby become
subject TO Japan
Obviously. therefore, h
worst that can happen Is a con-
centratlon of the remnants of
the British Empire in Joint
cause with the United States.
4 GAINST this realistic pos
"A sibility. what chance will
Hitler have 10 survive in the
long run? None whatever. He
will be trying TO wiring susie
nance from conquered peoples.
We will have the resources of
the world, behind the yet UNI
conquered geographical defense
line of the seas.
He will be managing bitter
people he has cnSlaved. We will
have a unit founded on self-in-
tcrcSt
British and Americans have
prepared for generations for sea
warfare. II takes TIN TO five
years 10 build battlcShipS. There
Is no reason 10 expect the Brit
ish VIII surrender their fleet.
They have promised not 10.
Their interests for the future
demand that tn c promise be
fulfilled.
Japan has a fleet. hut if can
not challenge Joint Anglo-United
States control of the seas, even If
the technically Skillful Germans
take il over. The Germans are
Just not sea people. They have
no heritage from the deep.
When they tried to run the
Italian fleet. they ran it into
disaster in the Mediterranean.
Their conception of this war was
limited TO the continent and SUI
pcrlor land equipment. They
were not even prepared 10 at
tack Britain across 20 miles Of
channel
TIlIS is another phase on
L which Mr.. Roosevelt has
been bearing down quietly for
The future. our >hipbulldng ca
pacity is being doubled. VIII he
doubled again shortly. The douhl-
ing Of our navy was started
year ago We have tho Jump.
the inside track. in this phase
and We VIII keep II.
Thus do those who look ahead
here convince themselves. amid
falling trees. that the axcman Of
Europe lS doomed. II may take
three years or five years. per-
hapS moro. What is happening
on present battlefeldS can have
no effect upon the result. The
end Of this war is being con-
tnyod. quietly, without head
lines, in American shipyardS.
Invasion of this country Pro
po>tcrouS. The Na2is will be
fighting dcfenSlvcly 10 keep their
sea lanes open, 10 keep Europe
from starving rather than try
lng 10 break through the lines
OF or baitleshipS.
Bomb our citIcs2 Some. pos
sIhly. but NOT until they can get
nearby bases or build aircraft