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" QMERICA FIRST COMMITTEE " groo-922 * -". Britdsh navy or the French Arny. These fact confirmed by the developments of the war. | . é oo bee a : It was obvious thet aviation, and the mechanization of ground . forces, among other elements, placed Garmany among others in a stronger po . tion under Hitler than France was in under Napoleon. nr neraa alt It was obvious that England lay within idea bombing range of - airoraft based on the continent of Europe, and that her sea lanes could be - harassed both by submarines and bombing planes. German objectives, on the oth hand, were farther removed from bases in the British Isles; so that even :. : if England and Germany had equal numbers of fighting planes the advantage ‘would’ still lie with Germany. : Gog, hae % : . It was just as obvious that the great distance across the Placed America outside the effective bombing range of European airoraft, and - that even if it were possible to establish European air bases in South America - “hich I belisve we can prevent, the United Statee would still be outside of bet their effective bombing range. as . ot bol. - 5 : | After I had traveled through the various nations of Europe .-~.. . and Asia, I came to the conclusion that there were two, and only two, great and natural eir powers in the world at this time -ethe United States, in the . western hemisphere, and Germany, in the eastern hemisphere. I was convinced Me that neither was in a position to attack the other successfully across the — : ocean unless an interna) collapse preceded an invasion, It seems clear to me” that the quickest way for Germany to lose the war would be to attack America. and that the quickest way for America to lose a war would be to attack Germany. , i en ara oon ee Gita Sr By way of Allustration suppose we should follow the lead of “. . ‘the interventionists and enter a war against Germany, In that case, we must. . - @ond the great bulk of our amies, and supplies, and fuel, soross the Atlantic ocean on ships = ships that would have to be built, for there are not enough ~ in existance today, The vulnerability of the shipping to bombing planes, . raiders and sutmeries, has already been shown by British losses. Our con- ' Yoys would be harassed in the Atlantic by Germany, and possibly in the Pacific by Japan at the same time, And under thie harasszent by dombing plane, raider is . and submarine we would have to find some way of forcing a landing, on a vet . hostile coast. We would have to force a landing against the prepared positions of the same army and air force that broke the Maginot line and overcame the British, French and Belgian armies combined, We might easily find ourselves . Lo fighting, at one and the same time, the military forces of Germany, italy, *- «i. France, Spain, Japan end other nations, with the natural resources of Russia “ :; @vadlable to them. And it is not at all inconceivable that before this war is over, England herself may turn against us, as she has turned against France end Finland, Reasons are always found to justify whatever action « nation takes in time of war. It was no more improbable in 1939 that England would turn against Finland and France, than it is*today that she will turn egeinst us if —