Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-05-08
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by P. G. Stromberg:

The controversy over delivery
of implements of war should be
decided quickly. Sentiment in
support of delivery in whatever
manner is almost as solid as it
was in support of the lease-lend
bill. Conveys to the point of
destination if necessary. Dam
ger Of our becoming involved?
Surelyl But, are we not al
ready involved?
have just returned from the
annual convention of the Ma
tional Editorial Associations
group of publishers of weekly
and small daily newspapers.
Thirty-seven states were rep
resented in the group of more
than 500. With almost unanimity
these men and women endorse
full support of Britain to the
point of war if necessary. Even
bitter anti New Dealers and
Republicans found fault with
the Administrators lack of
forcefulness in dealing with de-
tense production and in being
too hesitant in using emergency
powers to put the lease-lend
program into full and complete
operation. Not speaker mem
toned the present critical situa-
ton who didn't receive a
tunultuous reception. It is
generally agreed that the small
town editor very nearly reflects
the sentiment of his community.
Quite naturally we like to be-
iieve that to be true. And if it
is true then sentiment in the
United States is overwhelmingly
in favor of producing to the
utmost and delivering the fin
ished product to heroic Britain.
Of that there is no question.
Editors from middle western
states are just as enthusiastic
as those from coastal states.
These editors-both Democratic
and Republican-differ almost
violently on domestic issues but
there was no evident sentiment
in the large group in Florida
for the "come and get it" die
hards.
1t seems that Great Britain
becomes stronger with reverses.
It it certainty that each
month, even each week, increased
support comes from members of
her family OF nations. De-
spite the constant bombing of
her industrial cities, reports
from England indicate that her
own production has kept pace
with planned requirements. With
Americas "all-out aid" program
Britain can steadily gain in her
effort to match the Axis powers
in equipment of all types.
Americas program is, accord
ing to reports, ahead of sched-
ule in many respects. This in
spite of the inexcusable and
ruinous strikes and delays. Our
production of military aircraft
in April was nearly 1900 Ian
increase of more than 200 over
March,. Our big battleships
are well ahead of schedule. Our
munitions factories are getting
under full steam ahead and all
related lines are about ready to
get into full production.
Many well-informed men have
stated that this war will be
decided more by production than
by men. Germany's bIitzkrieg
campaigns have proven the
statements accurate. With the
greatest production setup the
world has ever known America
will have to prove that she can
place Britain in position to
take the initiative on land and
in the air. With her navy al
most intact and with equal, if
not superior, strength in the air
and on land, English fighters
will soon show "Hitler's unbeat-
able legions" what an equal
fight is. And once the Nazis
are on the run no quarter
should be given and no
armistice granted until all Ger