AMERICA'S DANGER NOW MUCH GREATER

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 171, 22 July 1941, Page 7

AMERICA'S DANGER NOW MUCH GREATER

ROOSEVELT MESSAGE Nazi Domination Nearing Western Hemisphere United Press Association.—Copyright. Rec. 1 p.m. WASHINGTON, July 21. urlhiP fP° Cial message to Congress, longer army service for men rwfi lnto the forces > f or National guardsmen and reservists, President Roosevelt said the German attacks had brought Nazi domination closer to the western hemisphere. The to American safety was infinitely greater than a year ago. "We Americans cannot afford to speculate with the security of America," said the President "The international situation is far graver than it was a year ago. It is so grave, in my opinion and in the opinion of all who are conversant with the facts, that the army should be maintained at effective strength without diminution of effective numbers, in a complete state of readiness, small as it is in comparison with other armies. It should not suffer any form of disorganisation or disintegration. "We will be taking a grave I national risk unless Congress makes it possible to maintain the present full effective strength, and during the coming year we should train as many additional Americans as we can. "Wnen Immediate readiness for service becomes more and more a vital precautionary measure, elimination of approximately two-thirds of our trained soldiers and threelourths of our officer personnel ; would be a tragic error." "Definitely Imperilled" The. message continued: "The well-nigh unanimous opinion of those cognisant with the field of international relations is that the aggressor nations' schemes against American security are so evident that the Americas are definitely impel llled. That is why, reluctantly, * careful weighing of the facts • f,^L e Jf n , ts - 1 re cently proclaimed an unlimited national emergency I don t think any branch of the Government of the United States would , be willing to let America risk the 1 which r has destroyed the independence of other nations. s elimination of a victim has 1 brought Nazi domination closer to s t 1?pl - le F e -' while month by 1 their intrigues of propaganda s and conspiracy have sought to weaken every link in the community J of interests that should bind the a famf]'y CaS into a great western

" I k r>ow ir l all tru . th th at we are in tne midst of a national emergency. *• on ? ress acknowledge this national emergency. Because tn e swiftness of modern events I think Congress should also remove tne restrictions on the numbers of selectees inducted each year. It is true that in modern war men without machines are of little value. It is equally true that machines without men are of no value at all. \xr;*u^ e final word: Time counts. Within two months the disintegration which would follow failure to mo^F 9ng^ssional action will comthe armle s of the United Tlme counts and the responsibility rests solely with Congress "