Franklin Roosevelt's personal emissary, fragile, dry Harry Hopkins, took to the air this week in London, told the British people exactly what the U.S. is doing in World War II.
Said he: "Even now, as I speak, sleek grey destroyers flying the American flag are plunging their bows into the waters of the North Atlantic. . . . No enemy action can stop the ceaseless tide of ships coming here daily . . . laden with something more substantial than hopes and sympathy."
He promised "all possible aid to China and Russia—and immediately," drew a picture of Germany caught between two hostile camps...
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