Evening star., 1941-05-06
PepperCd||s
For Gel Tough
U. 5. Program
Urges Occupation.
Of World Exits for
Possible Attack
BY the Associated Press.

Pepper, Democrat, of Florida urget
today that this Nation. in co-opera.
ton with Great Britain, occupy
Greenland. Iceland, the Azores, tht
Cape Verde and Canary Islands
Singapore and Dakar. West Africa.
Senator Peppers get tough" pro.
gram also carried these recon-.
mendations:
That the United States and Brit.
ish Navies "join openly" in the
Pacific ito shut up the Japanese
fleet in its lair" and
That long-range bomberS. manned
by American pilots enlisting vol
unfairly, be made available to China
"A few bombers flown by Ameri-
can pilots wouldn't leave enough
Of Toxic. TO build bonfire" he COM
mented.
Would Stifle Threats.
The Florida Senator, consistent
administration supporter and early
advocate of aid to Britain. said in a
speech prepared for Senate deliv-
cry:
I'VE must stifie threats against us
near their source. We have al
ready waited too long. If we con-
tinue footing policy the foe
will not fear us and our friends will
not respect U.S."
Speaking of leaSe-lend cargoes,
Senator Pepper asserted that the
country should resolve that no
power will keep us from getting the
goods to Britain, and getting them
there now"
1t was up to military and naval
experts, he added, to decide on the
best method for guaranteeing safe
delivery.
AS far as Hitler was concerned,
Senator Pepper said that the United
States should react to him as it
had to the Barbary Coast pirates
in the early years of the last century,
and to the gangsters of the Dillinger
days.
Time for plain Talk"
The suggestion of bombers and
volunteer" flyers for China was
prefaced by the assertion that the
time had come "to give some plain
talk and if necessary some plain
action to Japan"
I'VE know that the little yellow
men are waiting behind the door
with drawn dagger to stab us when
we become involved with another
foe" Senator Pepper said.
I'VE should take the initiative. I
believe a few American pilots in
first class bombing planes could
make a shambles out of Toxic.
If the japanese get sample in
their capital of what they did to
China they may lose some of
their blood -thirstiness."
Declaring he stood for "a policy
of realism" the Florida Senator
asserted that I'VE have been par
alyzed for month because the ad-
ministration and the Congress have
not dared to face issues squarely and
decide them.
The Government has ceased to
lead the people of America, and
where there is no leadership the
people perish"
Calls for State of Emergency.
He then proposed that the Presi-
dent declare and Congress approve
a state of national emergency-a
state in which the Government
would have power similar to the war
power"
Continuing, he said:
81 propose that we close exits of
Europe, Africa and Asia against any
possible attack upon our continent.
I mean that we should not allow
the Axis to occupy Greenland, Ice
land, the Azores, the Cape Verde
Islands, the Canary Islands, Singa-
pore or Dakar. We know that if
they do occupy them it will only be
to have vantage point from which
to Jump at our throat.
Il propose that the United States,
In cooperation with Great Britain,
occupy all those territories so we
may stifle near its source this threat
which we know to be aimed against
us. tss
IF we occupy these territories we
can keep the sea lanes of Britain
open with our Navy and our air
force"
(Of the places mentioned by
Senator Pepper, only Greenland
has figured officially heretofore
in United States defense precau-
tions. Arrangements were re-
Gently concluded to the establish
ment of hemisphere defense bases
on the territory of the far north
colony of occupied Denmark.
British forces are in possession
Of Iceland, Denmarks neighbor-
ing sister kingdom, and on the
other side of the world Britain
has been reinforcing the garrison
of the empires great naval base
at Singapore The Canary Islands
belong to Spain. Azores and the
Cape Verde Islands are Portu-
gese possessions. Dakar, which
has repulsed one free French"
expedition, remains loyal to the
Vichy government of unoccupied
FranceD
Senator Pepper saw two things
that the world needs to know"
from the United States:
That America is determined that
tyranny shall die and that when
we have saved liberty We shall help
to nurture it to maturity in all the
world.
If men ask our motives, we shall
say that We are determined that
international bandits shall be dealt
with hereafter like we dealt with
the cattle thieves of a generation
ago"
He suggested that the Govern
nent seize all the assets in the
country belonging to the Axis pow
ers and use them to feed starving
people abroad"
Referring to recent statements
by Charles A. Lindbergh, Senator
Pepper asked whether the people
wished to follow the ideals of the
Lindbergh who flew the Atlantic
In 1927 or the "Lindbergh of 1941-
the chief onoStle of 5efea ticy,, ana