Nothing could have delighted the European democracies more and nothing could have been less pleasing to the dictatorships than the report last week that President Roosevelt had told a Senate Committee that the U. S. defense frontiers were in France (see p. 12). The French and British press shouted with joy, while the totalitarian press of Germany and Italy outdid all previous efforts in denouncing Mr. Roosevelt and all he stood for.
The French Chamber of Deputies echoed with cries of "Long Live Roosevelt!" and "Vive I'Amerique!" after Air Minister Guy La Chambre,...
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