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Show (&3-HQl!?!0 VVjihii;tin, I). C. SHOO! I SG I II U UOItK.S Tf.'-re is every indication that Hitler Hit-ler plans to throw everything he has Into the war this summer, in order to end it by October. Cabled reports re-ports by U. S. observers abroad all Jiouit to this. There is almost certain to be a series of blows aimed at different parts of Europe Holland, Rumania, Hungary, Greece, in quick succession. succes-sion. Hitler has ample munitions and raw materials to last him through summer and fall, but perhaps not for the winter. Also there is a big Nazi question mark placed over the presidential elections in the United .S'.'i'e;. No matter which party is (dee;. I, the Ka.is ;,,-e fiirini; that the United .States will ,-,t least lift ti:e Joi.n-ori act Ifnrbiddim; credits to defaulted nations and beqin rii liinr: nininr munitions to the al-le al-le . ( credit. ' 1 Hitler strategy of betting the v ' '' p"t on one hand is why Italy U i .v an; closer to war. It was olv. ays Hie Italian plan to bet on the Fide of the sttrcwinucr. And now. Me".' ,ini appears to be convinced that the present moment in Europe is equivalent to June, 1918, when it was a foregone conclusion that the allies were bound to win. Today May, 10-10 Mussolini seems to think that the situation is reversed, that the Nazis are bound to win, and a lot of skilled American Amer-ican observers are worried over the fact that they agree with him. TAFT CLAIMS A little-noticed press release put out by Taft headquarters last week deserved a lot more attention than it got. It was significant on two I counts: First, its challenging tone toward the claims of Dewey. For the first time, the Taft camp struck squarely and vigorously at the New Yorker. Dewey's managers were pooh- . poohed as "much more proficient in making claims than in electing delegates," del-egates," and the flat assertion was 1 made that Taft will have "delegate trength in practically every state . . . and will be the real choice of majority of the delegates ..." Second, for the first time Taft ; managers did some specific dele-rate dele-rate claiming of their own. Pre-r Pre-r viously they spoke only in total flg-. flg-. ures ranging from 320 to 370 delegatesbut dele-gatesbut they always avoided spe-tiflc spe-tiflc state figures. This time, however, how-ever, the Taftites got down to the following particulars: California At least half of the 35 delegates will be for Taft. Delaware A majority for Taft; none for Dewey. Indiana Still unchosen, but Dewey Dew-ey claims of supremacy "fall in the Class of wishful thinking." Iowa A "favorite son" delegation delega-tion for Hanford McNider, minister to Canada under Hoover, with Taft definitely in the lead as second choice. Missouri At least 10 of Missouri's 20 delegates in the Taft bag. New York Taft has a good chance to get a bloc of delegates I lioiu uewey s own home state. New Mexico Four of the six delegates privately favor Taft, even though this is the home state of Mrs. Simms, one of Dewey's campaign cam-paign managers. North Carolina At least 15 of the 23 for .Taft and not over five '"have even a leaning to Mr. Dewey." Ohio Solidly for Taft. The South "The natural and normal nor-mal sentiment of the southern states, without a single exception is for Senator Taft. It is entirely possible that Mr. Gannett will have more delegates from the South than Mr. Dewey." Washington Its delegates are not yet elected but not over six of the 16 will be for Dewey. In summary, the Taft campaign managers claim that their man will hsve most votes on the first ballot Looks like the Philadelphia convention con-vention will be interesting. DICE HARD TO SEE When Ambassador Phillips called upon Mussolini last week it was the uim ume in one and a half years (with one exception) that i a U. S. envov had : seen the real dicta- i tor of Italy. 1 The one exception was when S i r Welles visited K iu and insisted Ambassador I s:t in on his ta Wfssolini. For is r.-.o:".:-.s prior to th-jt I-ourps It Duce had net seen one foreisn c..".or.;r.t CNcr-t "i-.c Gcrr--n ri-:.:-Ps - the ciudic'-c'j'ciilv because be-cause the Paes -c-' rf t-.,-. j o.. . . L ' - - u..ed as.ea ler it Ferso::u''v W'-!a: E-'osevclt wanted, or cou". v; f.lr.e WOrd tc-'-S Italy's ---:'-; " -"bassaeer can ask 1 the ruier el any c;uu:;y waetiier he iute-eis xo n-.aue war. Ir..-tea J, Fhi'l-Lps Fhi'l-Lps raised t: e ci-es::en el American sr'.' ' : - :n --e le.iiteaeaaean. I: was at this re::-.: ;' -t re -'- ,. . .' .. . , ' j . , ; - - a..i ;:-.e:ea;ed ...a. ..:"er:ean s - ;-; :::; tad an: hav3 ' ' '' --e. ;e..;o v.;.s r.eei-.ia.g ' - i-"e':ui cr :.:;.;.-.. :1. |
