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Show . 7Atr 7Atro 7AtrOR o OR W ON ONPLOT PLOT ON BITLERThose HITLERThose HITLER BITLER HITLERThose Those whose business it is to tostudy tostudy tottudy study the intricate mtrlcate problem of Ger German German Gcrman man politics have now come to the theconclusion theconclusion theconclusion conclusion that if it hadn t been bcen for forthe forthe forthe the July 20 putsch against Hitler Hitlerwe Hitlerwe Hitlerwe we might have been saved six sixmonths sixmonths sixmonths months or so of fightmgThe fightingThe fighting fightmg fightingThe The attempt on Hitler Hltler s life Me gave gavemm gavehim gavehim mm him the excuse to clean out every everymilitary everymilitary everymilitary military man not in sympathy with withthe withthe withthe the war and his military leaders leaderssince leaderssince leaderssince since then have lacked the courageto courage couragetc courageto tc to suggest an armistice - even eventhough eventhough eventhough though they knew the war was hope hopeless ht hopeless hopelessHere > pe peless less lessHere Here is the Inside story of v.hat vhat what v.hathappened whathappened . whathappened whathappenedThe happened happenedThe The Hitler plot had been clev cleverly cleverly cleveriy erly arranged arranJ"ed arranJed : " by the BrItish BrItishThey BritishThey BritishThey They had been working workmg for formonths formonths formonths months with a small secret seement seg segment segmeat ment meat of antlllitler anti Hitler littler officers in inside inside inside side the German army Actual ActualIy Actually Actually Iy ly their thClr pipelines into Germany Germanyhad Germanyhad Germanybad had been laid even before the thewar thewar thewar war started Weeks and weeks weeksof weeksof weeksof of the most mfnote minnte minute planumg planning planumghad planningbad planninghad had bad rone gone into the plotHowever plotHowever plot plotHowever However as in anything anytlung as asdangerous asdangerous asdangerous dangerous as an attempt t to assasslnate as- as assassinate as assassinate - - sassinate sasslnate the world s chief mad madman madman madman man something went wrong at atthe atthe atthe the last minute A hich high up Ger German German German man officer on the general staff staffhad staffhad staffhad had arreed agreed to place a brief briefcase briefcase briefcase case contalninc containing a time-bomb time bomb timebombalongside timebombalongside time-bombalongside time bombalongside - - alongside Hitler s a chair duringa dnrlrig during a meeting of the eeneral general staffHe staffHe staff staffHe He did so Bat But either elthcr HItler HItlermoved Hitlermoved Hitlermoved moved away or else did not sit sitwhere sitwhere sitwhere where expected expccted At any rate ratewhen ratewhen ratewhen when the bomb went off it itkilled itkilled Itkilled killed several officers but Hitler Hitlerwas Hitlerwas Hitlerwas was only wounded in the hand handby handby bandby by a bomb fragment fragmentThat fragmentThat fragmentThat That Incident however touched touchedoff touchedoff touchedoff off the bloodiest blood purge in his history history history tory Neutral Neutral'sources Neutralsources ' ' sources estimate that that100 100 ] 00 000 German officers and other otherhIgh otherhigh otherhigh hIgh up officials suspected of anti antiHItler antiHitler antiHitler HItler bias were k killed led Any Ger German German German man leader who had grown cool re- re regardIng regarding re regarding - - garding the war or was shghtly slightly shghtlycntlcal slightlycritical slightlycritical cntlcal critical of Hitler was mcludedIn includedIn included mcluded includedIn In the last war it was the Ger German German German man general sta8 staff who demanded of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Kaiser that he sue for peace peaceas peaceas peaceas as early as September 29 1918 1916 1918The 1916The 1918The The German civilian clvtllan government re reslsted relisted resisted slsted listed In this war it was expected expectedthat expectedthat expectedthat that the professional military caste castewould castewould castewould would see the futility futlhty of further fight fightmg fighting fighting mg ing and also sue for peace after theNormandy the theNormandy theNormandy Normandy invasion last JuneBut JuneBut June JuneBut But as a result of the July purge purgethe purgethe purgethe the military mll1tary l leaders leaders aders who survIved survIveddared surviveddared surviveddared dared not brave Hitler s wrathPOSTWAR wrathPOSTWAR wrath wrathPOSTWAR POSTWAR CONSCRIPTION CONSCRIPTIONAlthough CONSCRIPTIONAlthough CONSCRIPTIONAlthough Although no final decis decls deers on has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been made by FDR personally personallyUndersecretary personallyUndersecretary personallyUndersecretary Undersecretary of War Bob Patter Patterson Patterson Patterson son and several other White Wh1te House HouseadvIsers Houseadvisers Houseadvisers advIsers are urging urgmg him hnn hum to press pressfor pressfor pressfor for immediate congressional actton action acttonon actionon actionon on a post postwar . ar compulsory m military militarytraining militarytraining ltary ltarytrammg trammg training law covering covermg all men 18 18to 18to 18to to 26 26Patterson Patterson and some of the army armybrass armybrass armybrass brass hats want Roosevelt to Jam Jamthe jamthe jamthe the conscription bill through con congress congress congress gress before the war is over Theyare They Theyare Theyare are using usmg the line lme with FDR that thatpassage thatpassage thatpassage passage of a peacetime conscnptlon conscription conscnptlonbIll conscriptionbill conscriptionbill bIll by congress now will be furtherevidence further furthereVIdence furtherevidence eVIdence to the United Umted Nations NatlOns that thatthIS thatthis thatthis thIS country will maintain mamtaln a sIZable sIZablemlbtary sizablemilitary sizablemilitary mlbtary military force to help keep the thepeace thepeace thepeace thepeaceCongressional peace peaceCongressional Congressional leaders so far are areagamst areagainst areagainst agamst against immediate consideration considerationfeel considerationfeel considerationfeel feel they U 11 ll have their hands full In Inthe inthe inthe the next few months getting gettmg more moreurgent moreurgent moreurgent urgent post postwar . ar measures through throughcapItol throughcapitol throughcapitol capItol hill such as jobs wIthout wIthoutstartmg withoutstarting withoutstarting startmg starting up a terr terrific c controversy controversyover controversyover controversyover over conscription conscriptionISote conscriptionote conscriptionhote ISote \ote ote hote ? \ The White House llouse is be being beIng betne ing deluged with mail mall agamst against agamstpostwar againstpostwar againstpostwar postwar conscription Most of ofthe ofthe ofthe the public publi ( ' seems to be against againstIt it . . . 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