Show ECONOMIC highlights industrial news review this is a good time to sum up britaina Brit ains position after a year and a half of war inasmuch as our government obviously considers the survival of england necessary essary to the safety and defense of this hemisphere to begin with it is clear that the germans have been immensely superior on land england E is nowhere near the nazis equal in equipment and it looks as if the british high command lacks those qualities of c f thoroughness thorough tho rugh ess imagination and cold daring which c characterize arac hillers Hit lers general staff every battle fought on land has ended in victory for germany and rout for the british britis n even the british successes against spiritless troops in africa were afterwards completely offset when the german legions moved in on the other hand british se sei sea A control despite heavy losses remains unquestioned the italian navy with many of its principal vessels sunk is largely bottled up in port and it seems to have little taste for battle the german navy has often shown courage but at least so far as surface vessels are conce concerned med it is considerably smaller now by comparison with the british fleet than when the war began and reports say german submarine losses have lately been very great I 1 equally important britain seems to have achieved a minor miracle in re arming and fortifying her island ater the terrible disaster flanders which ended with the extra ordin ary evacuation of dunkirk the great bulk of british equipment was left on french beaches american reporters tell of british regiments marching through the streets of london without even rifles today britain is literally an armed camp with the finest of defensive equipment including according to some new devices which will give the germans an unpleasant surprise if they try invasion most important of all perhaps britain has apparently gained control of the air at home reliable reports say the RAP RA has done wont wonders in destroying attacking planes of the she is receiving considerable numbers of long range multi bombers from this country which are enabling her to increase her raids over german and german dominated areas worst phase from the british viewpoint remains the shipping problem it was recently necessary to impose new and very severe food restrictions in england today british diet is definitely inferior to germanys germanas Germ anys war materials get first place in the ships and only a subsistence si minimum of other materials are arc brought in it remains to be seen what effect this may have on on british morale mr churchill also said recently that if england is no worse off in six months than she is now she will have reason for self congratulation in other words he apparently feels that the time of great crisis is at hand the period of fi fine i ne weather is here arld and the unpredictable hitler may have some world shaking plans in mind for the summer months so 0 0 a time has given mr roosevelt what congress refused to give him i when he proposed his supreme court enlargement measure the right to staff the court with justices whose social and economic ideals parallel his he has now appointed seven justices a record equalled equal led only b by y washington who of course appoint fd ed the entire first court but it only num numbered bared five justices then mr justice stone a coolidge appointee who has been elevated to chief has voted favorably on most new deal legislation mr justice roberts a hoover appointee has a middle of the road record he has voted for some new deal laws against others this court will exert a great in luence fluence on the country for genera ions eions to come most of the members are young men A long and important list of new precedents may be expected |