Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-16
Hitler Frees
Clutch for
AII-Out Ride
Starts u. S. Propaganda
as He Did in Europe
BY PAUL MaEE0N

WASHINGTON, May 16-Hit-
w Ter seems to be letting out
the clutch for one of his familiar
about propaganda rides on the
Roosevelt government. The Ger
man short wave radio broad
casts have suddenly manifest
tactics suspiciouSly similar to
the type of campaigns they used
against European adversaries.
These show an intimate, cata-
logged knowledge of American
political doings and are obvi-
ously the result of a methodical
Nazi preparation as Shrewdly
devised as their military cam
paigns.
Some of the broadcaSts are
appealingly contrived in Ameri-
can slang with the poison Slyly
covered with good humor. Mr..
Roosevelt is called "FDR," and
American political figures fire.
quently by their first names.
References are even made 10
their wives and families. The
whole hits the line of anti
Semitism manning Jewish Of
ficials). encouraging rebellion
against the tax bill, promising
farmers European markets, slug
ging 'FDR" and family.
1t is strictly an undermining
effort.
nNE thing to keep in mind in
" reading these sizzling Hess
developments is that neither
London nor Berlin can be ex-
pected to tell the whole truth
and nothing but the truth. They
are at war. Even the PARACHUTE
ing Nazi politician himself occu-
pies with the British the same
relative position as Charlie Nc
earthly occupies with Mr.. Ber-
gen. He is in their lap.
Therefore. IL may not be I'M
portant that all sides here and
in Europe deny a version which
logically fitted the known facts.
1t is that Hitler dispatched his
trustworthy intimate with a
serious peace proposal. under an
arrangement whereby Hitler
was 10 denounce Hess as hallu-
cinated if no satisfactory answer
came within as hours.
The peace plan could have
been roughly the same as car
ried in this column under date
of May s with the prediction
that it would shortly emanate
from NaZi sources. That plan
was based on German domina-
ton of Europe under a decen-
traliZed system providing NOM
inal self-government for the
Balkans. the Scandinavian coun-
tries as a group with the British
Isles. Canada and Australia 10
remain as is.
With this. Hess could have
carried the threat that Britain
would be Immediately invaded
and conquered, and he himself
would thus be liberated, if the
answer was. negative.
THE NaziS naturally might
Il deny such a suppoSition as
they have denied from the be-
ginning Of this war all the au-
thentic peace overtureS they
have advanced. Hitler appar-
emily considers a peace proposal
a sign of weakness.
The British might well hesi-
tate to expose the trick for fear
of reaction among the pacifists
here and elsewhere who prefer
a German victory to continuance
of the war.
All official sources here deny
this theory and incline toward
the British versions. even though
these sometimes require a dis
regard of Hess long established
character.
If he were going to split at
all on any subject with Hitler
he would have TO parachute him
self wholly out of his life-char-
acter as a devoted watchdog
type. wholly devoid of individual
initiative. and as cruelty brave
personally as all the other Nazi
leaders with blood on their
hands.
1t is mighty hard TO think
that type of man would flee his
beloved wife and child as we'll as
his equally beloved fuehrer to
save his own valuelesS skin.
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