The Archive · 1939

Fuehrer's Speech Reassures U.S

Washington, Jan. 31

Senator Key Pittman, President of the Senate pro tem, after listening Herr Hitler's speech on the wires Jess, declared that "if Merr Hitler's are as tolerant as his He sid his prelilary study of the speech disclosed 10 demands based solely on force, ud, 10 that extent, it was "very The paper's New York correspond lent, Herr Ernest Halfeld, reported that Mr! Roosevelt had told is. military advisers that im the future the United States frontier would be the Rhine, The correspondent quoted the "New York Herald Tribune" as saying the United Slates must be prepared lo give Brilain oad Franco every assist: tance in case of a European war.

"President Roosevelt has allowed it to be seen that a definite understand ing and a positive tle exists. between the United States and the Exropean Bemocracien" the correspondent goma "Yesterday's Senate Ntilitary Affairs Comittee meeting with the Pres: ident," the "Nachtausgabe" editors added, "has thus attained fundamental importance for Germany and friendly totalitarian "nations. Washington, since yesterday, is the oMeial centre lof war mongering agitation against the totalitarian states,"

The paper said President Roosevelt's remarks to, the Senate Committee were prompted by the disclosure that hrough the sale of United States Planes to France, "the French obtain-fed on insight into military secrets of the United States aeroplane industry which many. military authorities the United States don't even know."—United Press.

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