Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-28
Here's Round by
Round Account Of
u. 8. War Debate

America First committee in Chi
cago, Wheeler charged that Presi-
dent Roosevelt had destroyed Amer
lean neutrality and was preparing
the nation for a declaration of war,
thus setting a course for total
annihilation of our magnificent
modern civilization"
Bullitt. addressing a meeting
sponsored by the United China Re- .
lief, said America not only had to
produce war materials for Great
Britain and China, for our own
salvation" but must see that they
are delivered.
Gibson called for United States
conveys to Britain.
ROCKEFELLER FAVORS
DELIVERING GOODS
NEW YORK. April % (UP)-
President Roosevelt should take
immediate steps to make sure that
| American war materials and food
are laid down at Britain's door,"
John d. Rockefeller, Jr., said today
in detailing his ideas Of what should
be Americas role in the world
| crisis
Rockefeller expressed himself in
letter to Arthur Hays Sulzberger,
publisher of the New York Times
and trustee of the Rockefeller
Foundation His views crystalized
I'VE should stand by the British
empire to the limit at any cost"
Like most people, I hate war;"
he wrote. "All of my life have
hated it. I have always preferred
the ways of peace and have follow
ed them whenever possible. But
when all peaceful methods have
failed and the issue was worth
standing for at any price, if it
meant fight, I have never hesi-
tated to see it through on that basis.
.. it is my firm conviction,
arrived at in anguish of spirit, that
the people of the United States and
of all the Americas should see this
conflict through; that we should
stand by the British empire to the
limit and at any cost"
WHEELER SAYS FDR
PREPARING FOR WAR
CHICAGO, April 28 OUP)-Sena-
tor Burton K Wheeler, addressing
a meeting sponsored by the America
First committee last night, charged
that President Roosevelt already has
destroyed American neutrality and
is now preparing the nation "for a
declaration of war"
Attacking Mr. Roosevelt's extern
sion of the naval patrol of the At
lantic, he said: you have been
Softened for q declaration of war.
Only one fateful step remains
that will come if the American
people accept patrols
He said the patrols We're an inyi-
tation to war, that nothing in the
lend-lease bill empowered the pres
ldent to undertake them, and asked
the people to reject this march into
war Mr., Roosevelt will be forced
TO stop short of war-if you speak,
BULLITT DECLARES =
u. S. MUST FIGHT
WASHINGTON, April % (UP)--
If the United States does not help
Great Britain and China to victory.
1t Will soon be fighting alone ID
the western hemisphere. former AM
baSsador to France William C. Bull
lit said in addressing a relief for
| emma meeting last night.
For our own salvation we must
turn all our strength into producing
instruments of defense for them
and for ourselves" he said. we
must not only. produce but also
deliver the goods
He said certain Latin American
countries awaited only the destruc-
ton of the British fleet, before turn
ing to economic and military COL
laboration with the axis. ~y
GIBSON URGES
NAVAL CONVOYS
CHICAGO, April 28 CUP)-Use of
naval force to protect the shipment
OF supplies to Britain would aid
in fulfilling national policy, ErnestA
w. Gibson, former U. S. senator,
said last night
Gibson, chairman of the Commit
tee to Defend America by Aiding
the Allies, said that present policy
Is mot only production but delivery"
OF supplies of Britain, and that
America must safeguard the At
lantic 80 that delivery can be
made, SO that our national policy
can be fully carried out"
He said conveys would not bring
declaration of war from Germany.
because such declaration would
hurt the morale of Germans who
remember the last war; and would
mean more effective aid to Britain .
than is now being given.