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his 65,000 trucks, his 20,000 trailers, his 10,000 tanks and incredible supplies of food, fuel, oil and ammunition—conquering all these countries as he goes and leaving behind great numbers of troops to hold them in subjection until he came at last to the Texas border—after a journey of nearly 10,000 miles over land and oceans. And he would still not be in the United States. This, of course, is a bedtime story to frighten children and is based upon the assumption that American citizens are morons and will believe any- thing. Yet this ie the basis of the argument that “we are next on Hitler's list.” Others tell us he will go to Greenland. Green- land is a vast tract of artic wilderness, its coasts rimmed by immense mountains, its interior covered with ice in places a thousand feet deep. Military and aviation experts know it is impossible to build these bases there to accommodate either naval or airplane units large enough for attack here. Even if it were possible Hitler could not do this unless he had command of the seas. And if he had command of the seas he wouldn’t go to Greenland, There are, however, other bases from which attacks might be launched. The map (Map 4) van Ae Panama 1s AED weer mois De emanrinias ing via wane sscce rea) ‘reusonwt (# BAABA DSS (60) encase f sour” Ss AMERICA This map shows the various bases from which an enemy might attempt to attack the United States. All those belonging to Britain, Hollend, France ere within « few days of our waters, some in our waters. They could be taken without firing a shot or losing a life if Eng- lend were defeated. Germany would then bave to take them from us which would be as difficult as landing in the United States, will show these. You will see very quickly how little we have to fear on this score. These bases are Newfoundland, Bermuda, the West Indies or any British or Dutch or French possessions in the general neighborhood of the lorthern coast of South America, Germany, it is feared, might, with the British fleet, capture these bases, if Hitler defeated Eng- land. If England were to be defeated the American fleet could seize any one of these bases within two days, three at the most, American warships kept within a day or two run from these places—mostly islands—could almost the very day that England fell take possession of these places without firing a shot, spending e dollar or losing a men. There is no need of going into a war—perhaps a ten-year war—to keep the Germans out of bases which we could capture in a few days and at no cost if Britain is defeated. As for Newfoundland, there we would pursue the policy we would adopt for all of Canada and the country to the North of us in this hemisphere. We would announce that we would resist with force any attack upon that country. It would take Ger- many years to prepare for such an expedition and when prepared, even if she were stupid enough to attempt it, the same argumenta which reveal the folly and impossibility of a frontal attack on the United States apply to Canada backed by the United States. Why, then, do men talk about Hitler coming here? Because is the cornerstone of the propaganda to get us into the war. Propagandists ave pointed out that to get America in the war, “Americans must be frightened by some threat.” And this threat has been manufactured by British and American interventionist propagandists and jndustriously circulated by them to get us into war. Americans are willing to aid Britain because they hate fascism, they are against Hitler, the look upon the English government, despite i aristocratic character, and its empire, civilized form of government than Hite ship, They are willing to help through a generou sympathy and not because they think this is our war. Any airplane attempting to bomb us from Europe or from the Azores would have to face the certain fate of being destroyed. There is not in existence any fleet of planes that could menace us from Europe or from any base such as Greenland or the Azores, And of course everyone knows by now that you do not conquer a country like America merely by dropping bombs on it. It must be occupied, We are not vulnerable as Britain is, whicl depends for the very food she eats as well as for almost everything else, on shipments from abroad. She can be blockaded. We cannot. All this does not mean that our country is not menaced by dangers, The most serious dangers are interior. It does not mean that we must be unarmed. It means that we must provide this country with whatever defenses are essential to make an invasion by any force, however eet, impossible. And that is easily possible to us. it impossible to us is to create inside of many jos an Aegressive force capable of invading pe or Asia and carrying on an aggressive war there. And few Americans want to ‘So that,