World Battlefronts, STRATEGY: Dissention among the Allies

Dissension Among the Allies

U.S. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox got out his old blunderbuss last week and fired a shot heard round the world. He caused a lot of damage and hurt a lot of people.

He was just indulging the luxury, so dear to Frank Knox, of getting exercised about U.S. morale. He was afraid that the people were taking accounts of German failure in Russia and unrest at home a little too seriously. So he made a most unfortunately worded statement:

"We know who our great enemy is, the enemy...

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