The Coolidge examiner., 1941-02-14
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WAR CRISIS is DUE SOON

Practically all of the who have teStted IN favor
the Presidents lease-end bill have offered the opinion
that crisis in the will within the next three
months-and that it will probably take the form of an
alout Nazi blow against England, beginning with air
raids unprecedented intensity and winding up with the
long anticipated attempt at invasion Secretary of the
Navy Knox for example, testified that according to his
information the German straegsts were now watching
the ong-range weather reports and waiting for time
when extended period of good weather be antc
pated.
There are many good reasons for believing that
Germany will make her great effort before many more
moons wax the Primary reason is the obvious one
Hitler far better chance of winning if he makes
his gamble before this country send materials abroad
in significant amounts.
Second Hitler may think, must move before Italy
colapses entirely She has become drain to the Reich
instead of asset. Her Africa have almost
reached the comic opera stage.
Third, according to experts, English and
American warplane production is catching UP with
Germany. Bat it will be long time before Britain
obtain enough ships equal the strength of the sky fleet
commanded by Marshal Goering. So it is logical for
Germany to make her bid for victory while she has a
decisive edge in the skies.
Fourth, there reports, which cannot be sub
stanated in the light of the rigorous German censorship
to the effect that morale inside Hitlers Reich slipping
Hitler promised victory before 1910 ended and
farther from it than when the began There have
been signal German successes of late.
Evidence of material nature is also available
For the most part the Luftwaffe has lately bombing
Industrial centers and has done less ndscrmnate bomb
ing of cities He now to be ryng to knock out i'm
portant British factories rather than the
pies morale-an endeavor which completely failed And
aid observers have frenzed activity along the Ger
man-occupied coast of the Continent and in the ports
Whch Hitler must the starting points for invasion
1t is obvious where the u S. enters this picture If
England is to be really helped there must be remend
Gus speed-up In our shipments of war materials And
despte claims of Administration spokesmen to the con-
we are conveying British shipping Germany's greatest
uaage 10 England has been in sinking merchant shns
anu equally serious from the British point of Wow do
or osaoing numbers of the conveying destroyers
Hitler himself has said that any American ship
merchant or navawhch is put to the service of
on ou that use of our for convoy purposes would
De an act OF war; complete and unmistakable Yet Ger
many mas SHOWN desire to formally break relations
VIII u.s. Hitler has taken great deal and done little in
re1aaon Fear of the American navy considered by
may experts to be the answer to that Furthermore
hers record shows that he never increases onnoson
If he avoid it.
III the meantime, debate the lease-lend bill SWINGS
ii'o igh gear Few members of the Congress are on
poSeo TO alout aid to Engand-he opposition to the
CURRENT Dill is principally based the belief that if dele
gates dctoral powers to the Executive and that
can be helped to the limit without doing that There is
the real issue underlying the fight