POWER POLITICS: Demoralizing

Suddenly last week peace stories sprang up everywhere. In Washington there was talk of a negotiated peace by President Roosevelt, in New York a report that Germany was offering Great Britain peace with 95% of the Empire left intact. Most credible story was broadcast by Radio Commentator Wythe Williams, who seems to have excellent Nazi contacts. Crediting "a channel that has never failed me," Commentator Williams announced: "Sir Samuel Hoare, Ambassador of Great Britain to Spain, had a conference with General Franco . . . and asked the General whether in his opinion a basis could be found on...

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