Danzig, July 7.
Guns are already in position and some of the wartime emplacements are being reconditioned along the coast between Steegen and Sahiewenhorst.
The chief battery is at Quellenberg, lying at one of the mouths of the Vistula, opposite Bohnsack, where materials have recently been landed at night. There is a second battery at Heubude—Reuter. had taken, requesting. that he be given "an opportunity to keep my mouth shut at this time.
There were no indications that his Presidential ambitions had been dimmed by his talk with the President and he said he saw no reason why efforts on behalf of his candi-docy should cease. Questioned regarding the possibility that President Roosevelt may run for a third term in the White House, Mr. McNutt said the President was the only one who could reply to that query.
He said he had not discussed the possibility with the President of a Roosevelt-McNutt ticket in 1940, with the High Commissioner running for the Vice Presidency.
Mr. McNutt reported to the President on his first hand observations in the Far East and praised the strong policy taken by the United States Government during the Sino-Japanese War. He lavished praise upon Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet, for upholding the prestige of the United States throughout the Fat East—United Press.
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