Show economic highlights I 1 on lb tle the third of may joseph and robert Kint ners widely syndicated d column said this the has haa arwell reached the 11 mome ait t ahem ho he must make ulu thu mast lost serious decision of ills his juicy juta career tako lat last tort fort the leading figure figuroa s of the mid and thu the most in andu aval ex ix arta haw have fill all but unanimously to chopo ajo pe ariti 1111 can call win will avar without active american in tile tho president must fore be dewi war and cwi louvy e for lita lila country cou it la Is that at brood many other Wash lugton writ cre aloia along 1 at alea lt hia it are arc making shullar tho the recent ag aspe wh of Secret airy knox lu in which jio said ili hi effect that america will ill fight ij if abid ton lia ifa ats mak war advisable sable I 1 indicates lio way tho te official wind la is blowing and tho the wout further farther ulan thao he has haa usually gone in ill his speech dedal abing woodrow WU birthal birthplace ace made on uy may 4 1 I jie ile said connect lug up the pros vitt crista with which od ed willin 1917 that this coun i try bould would fight again whenever nevel its basic fredonis wore la in danger front from any quarter this dots doca lot mcall UK aai that there mere la Is much ot the 1 I president rosida rosI dc t it congress to declare war upon tile the axis ail in official ci circles re lea I 1 it t la Is believed ithac thoro la is no need for that some think that we might become teuvo participants lit ill the war without eyen completely severing relations between oui solves selves ind and germany what england wanta now inow ja is our unlimited naval support find and the british gov oriu neut la is I 1 making it clear to american Alue riCan representatives in london do tart without that support hitler vill continuo to hold a disastrous advantage lately oliero were reports that erivan cargo ahill ahapa with amen cau can naval had reached suez su though the navy department at buco denied ithac our ships were being used asod for convoy purposes purposed vo 1110 many observers it la evident thol that tho the 1116 allou va ex of our so maled neutrality patrol fur far into the atlantic g batly increase i our chaunca oi of involved in gnido in Cid tiLtS theoretically ahll 1114 patrol la is simply suppo sd to 10 spot german ulm and raiders asid to then inform british und and ahapa hit of ill their air littlon lott lon actually it would ilot noluo as aa eliy bartlen jar if alio cier inaus attach ick ed 1 l our petrol ve voices asels ls nud and our V va fuoly rouneil rea litto into in ill reily knue Influent kil eurelea cli ck uro ore in ili favor of using the Anie rican l navy to 40 convoy right into B Urill siU harbors hat bors if be they arg aigro lie that it simply kowt docant nako make to permit penult our planes nud bauls and and kotlier ts of ivar to bo be the fluent tight lug 1119 iyer eyer made buado Is of uio no borvice to tile democracies on oli uio ole bottom of tho the mccau what opposition may bo be expected to tho stepa that might lead ua fbi to wary anvar at alt tile tho moment it dooks oa as if OM grem will brick up uio president lu in any couram he may decide upon the lender leader of the cho official opposition wendell dulkie AVIll kle said on w may 3 that ho 1 Is in ili favor favo of tho iho goods gooda to britain whether wh other ft bo be by convoy airplane accompaniment or any other anelli oil od defined erst iio la Is I 1 reported apo rt 0 d t to 0 laivo 1 la v a sout the ithe word that lie would sup up port him la in ciny any puch moye th groups of which ill tho 0 america first Contil committee lIttee with Co colotel louel lindberg as ag its beet kuohn speaker Is leader IN all fight any nn further aldao nid to england steps stepa asi as they have fought nil all auch steps steia in 11 the past puff but judging by tile the pons polla and the emper of thea groups have relatively little public or official support japan may inay cause trouble if she threatens thre atena ateno singapore tho the dutch ilaa hnat indies bresch indochina indo china or the philippines it will ft ill be necessary to 1 P it a large part of our navy III the pacific where it cannot bo be used for convoy duty Ilow however evor wo ive probably c spare lie he bulk of our r destroyers destro yera yero for atlantic service nud and it W 1 these sie edy itly little crate craft which arv aro inot needed tw for right tug hie U men menace tice both this conek cour try and Brit aill axi nit A aig accio o ships into improta Im proa d carrita for use nse for convoy work the ig fill ail effective the submarine both for spotting flud ft lid attack nt tack according Accor tUng secretary knox in ill 00 days tab nation will be producing more inure combat equipment than any country in ithe file world including germany ler many 11 it la is true that production has been stepped up fast in ment essential lal fields though some authorities are still ajr front from satisfied ili the results aults rv floods are anro accumulating for lack of merchant shil ships tto to ferry aln them ito 0 Un england gland it also alao seems true that the quality of some of our weapons principally airplanes liaa has been improved by applying PlAy 19 to their designs lessons learned on european nur an battlefields ts 1119 biggest gest advance la is said eald 16 be the new liew aa M 3 taink thin 28 tou ton 19 M supposed to IM be supe superior bior to any of ita kind in the world aoa |