The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-11
Willkie

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ions, he said, had forced upon
him the conclusion that "the only
way to render aid quickly
enough L. to pass this bill with
notifications"
"All notifications should seek
to limit any unnecessary author
ity granted in the BILL" he con-
tinued. II have gone the full
limit of my conscience in sup
porting the foreign policy of the
administration because of my
great desire for national unity.
II have wanted to see Amer
lea stand united before the world
as the friend of all who fight
for liberty; the deposer of all az
sressors and despoilers of the
democratic way" declared the
man who campaigned up and
down the country in last years
Presidential campaign.
1T would be truly inspiring
for US and liberty-loving people
everywhere if this bill could be
adopted with non-partisan and
almost unanimous vote.
II urge the majority Tin Con-
gress) to examine provisions
with the spirit of candor and
sincerity to see II the Bills true
objective cannot be accomplish
ed and yet eliminate any unne-
cessary grant of authority"
Willkie said that while the
majority did not need the votes
of opponents to enact the legis-
lation, the approval of opponents
land the approval of the mil
lions of Americans whom they
represent" would give the ma
ton "the strength of a united
people, strength greater than
that of ornaments or battle
ships"
Willkie spoke in the know
ledge that 100000 people
voted for him to be President.
Discussing his suggestion for
transferring five to ten destroy
ers a month to Britain, Willkie
declared that although so de-
stroyers recently had been trad
ed to the British for Western
Hemisphere naval bases, Brit
ain needs still more destroyers."
Merchant ships are making
the (transoceanic) crossing with
cut nearly enough protection; in
some cases thirty of forty ships
may be protected by only a
couple of destroyers.
"The fifty destroyers that we
delivered to the British some
months ago have proved ex-
tremely valuable, But owing to
congestion and the shortage of
Mechanics, Britain found it diff
ficult to recondition all of them
at once"
While supplying destroyers to
Britain, Willkie declared, the
destroyer construction program
should be expanded so vessels
transferred could be promptly
replaced.
aid to Britain" he defined as
mot to work for Bri.
tain but to work with Britain
to defend an area of freedom"
He said that if Britain pre-
walls" the "enslaved democracies
of Europe will revive"
mo man can say, at this rini~,
whether or not Britain can Wiz.
his war without or assistanv.
N supplies, ships and arma-
hents.
"But we do know that il she
IS defeated the totalitarian pow.
srs will control the world. They
will control not only Europe,
out probably also most of At
fica. They may also control the
Atlantic ocean.
Under those circumstances,
Germany would probably make
q drive-whether economic or
military-on Latin America;
and perhaps Japan would also
make drive southwark to-
ward the East Indies.
"Thus, the United States and
Canada would be ringed about
by totalitarian powers, using to-
talitarian methods of trade, UNI
friendly to the United States,
and not reluctant to fight"
Willkie said that such a cal
amity" would have two results:
First, in order to compete
with those powers, VIC ourselves
would have to adopt totalitariap
controls.
Secondly, l believe that the
United States would eventual
ly be drawn into war against
one or more of those powers.
They would so cramp us and
us and infringe upon us
that we would be forced to
fight.
"In that event we would be
alone, different bat
tie in the same war that Britain
Is now fighting"
Saving that Britain has both
and long-term needs.
Willkie added: