Show NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS By Ray Tucker Telegrams Telegram's Washington Columnist WASHINGTON A Act Actual c t u a I 1 American participation in lit the European war in the spring If It Britain withstands the nazis' nazis winter attacks and If It President Roosevelt is reelected is now foreseen foreseen foreseen fore fore- seen here as a distinct ity It is common talk In all military naval and diplomatic circles It lies behind definite promises by Churchill that the United States is on the right track London has assured Washington Washing Washing- ton that it will hold out against bombings even bombings even against attempted attempt attempt- ed invasion until invasion until April But by that time it will need more than aid short of ol war if it t it is to continue its resistance or to carry the war to Hitler as the prime minister has promised It will want at least two thirds of the planes then manufactured here and the figure for export h hIt has as been fixed at 2000 a month It Ita will require loans and credits a active naval aid in the far east the th e Mediterranean and around ti tin th the e British isles To smash Gerany Germany Germany Ger Ger- n m many any once and for all all to to re reduce re- re dh d duce uce the reich to ashes ashes it it willave will h have ave to call for American troops There will be official denials that th at such a program is contemplated contemplated p pl plated for the administrations administration's ed e edging into war has become the d dominant issue of or the political f c campaign It is freely predicted h however that national defense p preparations reparations and conscription ou o of ol f additional men will be stepped u up p in order to execute our part o of ot f the bargain It is beI believed eved that hat t future crises will so affect p public sentiment that congress v w will ill be pressured high into wp approving ap ap- ap- ap P proving roving this program It is the prospect of American ew e entry sooner rather than later v w which has blocked persistent e efforts for a negotiated peace be between be- be t tween Germany and England according according ac ac- ac- ac c cording to confidential information t ti tion on among diplomats here Powerful Powerful Pow Pow- erful e Interests in London Berlin Ber Ber- Bern u lin n and Rome Rome religious religious economic economic eco eco- r n na political have never a abandoned behind the scenes n moves m oves to terminate the conflict which may plunge Europe Europe and and the world into world into a hundred years of darkness The pope is understood to have labored quietly and discreetly for foran foran foran an end to the war which distresses distresses dis dis- distresses dis- dis tresses him and handicaps the church and he has tremendous influence with two Hitler aides Mussolini and Franco There is a peace party in both Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many and England consisting of men who fear universal catastrophe catastrophe catastrophe ca ca- ca- ca unless mass destruction destruction destruction tion of lives Ilves and properties is stopped Under informal terms proposed Germany would be recognized as the dominant continental continental con con- continental power Britain would retain her colonial empire The United States Russia an and Japan Japan Japan Ja Ja- Ja- Ja pan would also sit in at the table when world spoils are divided President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill are holding out against such a solution Their destroyer bases-destroyer deal with deal with Churchill's promise never to scrap or surrender the British fleet was fleet was timed to head off any progress In these peace talks The prime ministers minister's recent address address ad ad- dress to the French people people- F. 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D Rs R.'s reelection reelection another another sensational Am American rican gesture on behalf of Britain Britain are are expected to suppress new overtures and negotiations American participation participation pation in the war war openly openly in instead instead in- in instead stead of secretly will secretly will probably kill all chances of any negotiated negotiated negotiated peace Russia naturally enough enough enough- has regularly tossed a monkey wrench into any termination of ot the war short of a collapse of the capitalistic system and na na- na- na The propos proposed d p pea peace e a c e would obviously wreck Stalin's schemes under which the soviet will emerge as the only winner of the war Diplomats do not expect Moscow Moscow Moscow Mos Mos- cow to become a belligerent on either side Neither do they believe be be- be lieve that Stalin will fall for bel belated be be- l ted Anglo American attempts to win him away from Hitler They look for Moscow to remain on friendly terms with der fuehrer fuehr fuehr- er while making all ali the trou trouble le she can for the warring powers to east and west She will supply supply sup- sup supply ply China with weapons but not become involved with Tokyo She will egg on the Turks to resist nazi penetration of the Balkans and Asia Minor but the soviet schemers will not tangle with Germany in that area In recent days Stalin's newspaper has given encouragement to the BritIsh BritIsh British Brit Brit- ish by praising the bravery and skill of the R. R A. A F. F Unlike political leaders of the western nations Stalin Is not swayed by his prejudices or emotions emotions emo emo- emotions In his management of soviet diplomacy He thinks only of the gains he can make for Russia and for communism Although he once abandoned Lenins Lenin's vision of a world revolution the spectacle spectacle spectacle spec spec- of a world at war war especial especial especially ly y involving the United Stat States States- s- s has reawakened his hope of the doom of capitalism Then he will pick up the pieces John L. L Lewis has told friends he will make a speaking tour on behalf of Wendell Willkie Mr Lewis Lewis Lewis' has tentatively scheduled a trip through the mining coal-mining regions of Pennsylvania Pennsyl vania Vanla and West Virginia He may also invade Ohio and Michigan Michigan Michigan Michi Michi- gan where labor has a powerful bloc of votes In his private talks he indicts F. F D. D R. R for 1 not solving the workingman's No 1 problem unemployment problem unemployment 2 for not keeping labor promises in involving involving in- in the N L R B 3 for seeking to set himself up as a dictator and 4 for pursuing policies which will eventually lead the United States Into war All polls disclose that labor believes believes believes be be- It will be the principal victim if this country enters the conflict As a former Roosevelt rooter and a contributor to F. F D. D Rs s campaign fund in 1936 Mr Lewis will speak more in sorrow than In anger even though he is mad clear through He will base his attack he says on principles rather than per per- He will adopt the same tone which Hiram Johnson an Johnson an another other erstwhile Roosevelt admirer admirer admirer ad ad- used in his plea to kill the third term idea once and for all S |