Show CIA 0 se R AMERICAN POSITION washington D C behind the presidents speech to the american scientific conference was a very genuine worry over the p protection of 0 the western hemisphere 5 the president threw aside a speech which had been prepared for several days before and during the tense hours just after holland and belgium were invaded he dictated a new draft which emphasized the importance of pan american unity plus force to protect these continents he even raised the question wh whether e the r the american nations could stand idly by while dictators conquer qu er the rest of the world behind all this were some very ca careful r eaul s studies t adl e s which the president and ad n his naval and military strategists have been making of western thernIs hemisphere phere defense it may sound like scare headlines but it is no exaggeration to say that to the strategists who take out paper and pencil to figure on protecting the U S A nazi activities in norway denmark holland and belgium have meant the very definite scrapping for the first time in 64 our year history of george farewell address on american isolation bereis here is how the strategists figure it out the keystone of american defense defens ehas has been 1 A big navy in the pacific 2 friendship with great britain which rules the waves of the atlantic assuming that the british fleet should disappear from the atlantic tbt united states would then nave have to Maint maintain aln two fleets one for or the pacific and one for or the atlantic and i 0 it would take at least four years to build a new fleet tor fr the atlantic RIGI RIGHT 1 TON ON FOREIGN FORECAST no mat matter ter what they may think of Roosevel ts domestic policies or politics some some of his severest critics give him credit for being absolutely right on foreign strategy exactly two years ago the dent told his cabinet in cate gorle aber erms ms that he he was convinced war 1 14 ws was inescapable in europe and that the results would be serious in the extreme tor for the democracies last summer also he informed congressional leaders that war was inevitable in the autumn and got scoffed at for his warning in view of the presidents consistent record for accuracy on things international his present afe views ws are very much worth recording by nature roosevelt is an optimist but regarding the present allied position he is not optimistic in ae tact fac t he is inclined to think that the allies are in for a defeat that their situation Is much more serious aug than the american public re alices the president Is not expressing these views publicly also 4 lh th eyare subject to change but the cg close studee study he Is giving to the monin gonin roe docar doctrine e the defense of the american ionti continent nent and especially 1 the possibility of enemy air bases in iceland mexico and around panama all indicate that hiir lie he figuring disfiguring is on the distinct possibility lity of a crushing allied defeat yr y BRING RED HE HEHRING one of the weapons of modern war ts ls the red herring honor has departed from warfare the nazis used subterfuge to get into norway german aviators dressed in dutch uniforms to land in holland italy maneuvered in the mediterranean to keep the british from sending too many ships to scandinavia mussolini was the red herring I 1 therefore it is not unreasonable to figure that that if germany ever wanted to land troops in the western hemisphere japan would be the red herring would send her fleet toward to hawaii probably she would not land in hawaii but merely maneuver enough to keep the U S fleet in the pacific prevent it from protecting the atlantic coast at present only tour four cruisers plus one small airplane carrier and some decrepit destroyers guard the atlantic before the pacific fleet could return through panama to the at lantic alantic germany could land all the troops she wanted in trinidad or K puerto rico or the northern tip ol of south america military minds calculate that german troops even could be landed in newfoundland which has at bot wood one of the best airports in 7 the world and from botwood Bot wood they could land in maine about as fast as U S forces could concentrate against them germany however is not likely to bother with new england far wealthier far more important are the oil fields of venezuela the i ial plantations of brazil the wheat fields of argentini argentina here there are large groups of german gerian and italian settlers important fact act the low coun otties aies now invaded by littler hitler are agolig among the most densely populated in the world have no raw materials portside POut outside side of africa the wealthiest raw material area in the world a ise also the least populated lies iles under the monroe doctrine |