Italy As Hitler’s Next Victim
Mr. F. H. La Guardia, Mayor of New York, forecast last month that Adolf' Hitler sooner or later would turn upon another pact-partner—ltaly. After asserting that the German attack upon Russia was deliberate and preconceived, the Mayor, who is also National Director of Civil Defence, answered questions of the new European situation with th'is comment: “I predict now that there will either be a complete surrender or turning over of complete control of the economy of Italy, or else he (Hitler) is going to do the same thing to Italy. That is just a part of a programme to dominate, first all of Europe, then get into Asia and Africa. And I also predict that he will wind up declaring war against himself. That is, the German people will soon realise it has a fanatically obsessed leadership that is impractical and unworkable, aside from being cruel and maniacal. After Russia, the same thing will happen to Italy. There will be a blow-up. It just' can’t last.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20630, 11 August 1941, Page 7
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