3 Washington, May 5, The Battle of the Atlantic is "still the centre of attention here, This is strong nationwide approval of President Roosevelt's shipping policy, and Mr. Wendell Wilkie's vigorous appeal for convoys has already been commended in several editorials and by radio commentators.
Some concern has been expressed lest Germany seize Dakar and the Cape Verde islands, and the press reveals lively interest in hat are regarded as America's vital interests in the Atlantic area, In the New York "Herald-Tribune" the military commentator, Major Eliot, urges the United States to take the offensive now, Another writer in the same paper declares that President Roosevelt must decide now on war or peace for America, Britain, he says, cannot win without active American inter-
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