IF ENGLAND GOES
NO FRIENDS FOR U.S.A.
HER GRAVEST CRISIS
COLONEL KNOX'S VIEW
(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.)
(Received August 15, 11 a.m.) WASHINGTON, August 14.
The Secretary to the Navy, Colonel Frank Knox, told the House Military Affairs Committee that conscription was necessary because the United States was facing the most serious and gravest crisis in her history. "If England goes down—and I pray to God that does not happen— we will be left without a friend in the world," said Colonel Knox.
Representative Andrews asked: "In the event of England's defeat, should the United States use islands like Ber. muda for air bases."
Colonel Knox: "We should have air and submarine bases in the entire range of islands up and down the coast."
Mr. Knudsen, a member of the Advisory Council, in a memorandum to the House Ways and Means Committee, said an army of 2,000,000 men could be placed in the field fully equipped by October, 1943.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 40, 15 August 1940, Page 12
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