Washington, Feb. 1.
The President's decision to grant maximum support to Great Britain and France was motivated, it is said, by the following reasons:
1. Information possessed by the President regarding the plans of totalitarian states and their armaments.
2. Herr-Hitler's speech, which although moderate in form, nonetheless reveals the Reich's determination to intensity the struggle between the democratic and totalitarian ideologies throughout the entire world.
3. The President's conviction is that public opinion in the United States will support him in his policy of assisting democracies.—Havas. assisting democracies.—Havas.
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