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Show r- PROBABLY PLEASES HITLER The people of the United States are constantly being warned to be on guard lest the British permit us to fight the war and then step in, at the end, to secure the advantages. The argument is based upon the assumption that the United Unit-ed States is without capable officials, able to hold their own in any conference with the British, who are said to be able to make monkeys out of our diplomats and negotiators. It should be somewhat surprising to hear that William Benton, Vice-President of the University of Chicago, who has just returned from England, says that the British are worrying because they think wc have a greater capacity for leadership and for developing leaders than they have. In brief, Americans worry about what astute British leaders lead-ers may do to the United States and the people of Great Britain worry about what American leadership may do to the British. This is a setup that must warm the cockles of Hitler's heart and give encouragement in his design to split the United Nations. Much the same observation applies to the Nazi propaganda line which seeks to persuade the British that Prime Minister Churchill takes his orders from President Roosevelt and to convince the Americans Amer-icans that President Roosevelt is constantly under the hypnotic influence in-fluence of Mr. Churchill. |