Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-21
Roosevelt
Seeks CONVOY
Substitute
May Seek 10 Clean Seas
Of Subs and Raiders
BY PAUL MALLON

consulted by Mr.. Roosevelt the
past 10 days have apparently
all come away with the impress
sion he has been working that
long on a substitute plan for
conveying to 90 much further
than conveying
A fairly well-rounded con-
SenSuS of their opinion has Sug-
gcstod he wanted 10 sweep the
seas clear Of submarines and
raiders.
The recent new trend of Off
cial remarks SubstantiateS these
deductions Mr.. Roosevelt had
broadly llkened the German
blockade to piracy His state
secretary, Mr.. Hull. followed
with a speech emphasizing the
next German threat would bc
directed toward domination of
the seas.
Details of how this sea de-
Tense line is 10 be built up in
the new Roosevelt plan are sup
posed 10 involve further extern
sion of air and surface patrols
based on experiments conducted
nv the head of the Atlantic
fleet. These experiments have
already carried the American
flag within sight of Dakar.
STATE SECRETARY HULLS
~ generalized picture of trade
disruption TO be expected from
Nazi victory has been focused
down in detail by his assistant,
Adolf Berle. in a local eXtempo-
faneoHs speech VIII ic h was
Sparsely reported.
From Mr.. Berries speech it is
evident he expects first a NaZi
reputation of our gold and it's
value. but he did not think this
would be the worst We could
discard gold without danger.
If you read at the breakfast
table that all the gold at Fort
Knox had been swallowed up,
YOU would be surprised but
would probably continue your
/ breakfast.
More serious would be Ger
manys challenge 10 our prices
He thought heavy taxes would
he necessary 10 SubSidiZe cotton
exports. for example.
We would be required TO take
manufactured goods from the
German dominated world as
payment for any Of our goods
they wanted, and the resultant
unemployment in our factories
would also have 10 be financed
by the government. he thought.
Hitler promised in Mein
Kampf he could throw this coun-
try into revolution by these
manipulating trade processes
plus propaganda, according to
! Berle.
TlIE strange backing and fill
L ing of the administration on
| its own tax bill has now been
clarified by the latest testimony
before the House ways and means
committee both on and off the
record mostly off.
II was Mr.. Roosevelt himself
-Mhn- lcd-lhe opposition 10 his
own treasury bill. at the instance
of MeSSrS. Henderson and EccleS.
! This opposition led 10 the New
Dealers getting together with
I the treasury on a halfway COM
/ promise as represented in the
new excess profits proposal by
treasury assistant John, l.. Sui
Ivan.
The compromise will hit the
large established cotroSsfioue
hardest. Jim Farley's Coca-Cola,
for instance, fit earned Is per
cent the last four years, would
be exempt only on 10 per cent:
Everything il made above 10 per
cent would be taxed 60 TO 20
per cent
The scrap between the New
Dealers has encouraged the
committee 10 indulge itself along
the same lines The bill may
not be whipped into final shape
4 for three or four weeks.
I COMMERCE SECRE TARY
! v JESSE JONES has picked
up evidence that a Nazi agent
tried 10 buy the British control
IN tho Brown & Williamson To-
hacco Company when the Brit
iSh were getting ready TO sell
This evidence largely inspired
tho government policy of lend
ing the British money on their
investments here instead of let
ting them liquldatc.
The NazlS apparently have
large sums OF money in this
country accommodating from their
Investments. As they cannot
buy products from VS.. the money
IS believed by government Off
cialS 10 be- going largely into
propaganda
A. result pressure for freez-
inc German funds In this Coun-
Try is being eXerted upon the
state department anew by some
other government departments.
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May II, 1916
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