CREDIT FOR ENGLAND

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21963, 6 March 1946, Page 6

CREDIT FOR ENGLAND

ONE AMERICAN VIEW In the rather sour atmosphere of American loan talk it is refreshing to come across examples, of which there are of course a great many, of the understanding of the British war effort and her resulting financial position shown by Americans, says the Times of London. One such is a “short editorial'’ from the Cadijjac (Michigan) Evening News. It reads: — We Americans are smart people. We admit it—and we can prove it, if necessary. We made colossal contributions to winning World War 11. But there are other smart people on earth. And they made colossal contributions to victory, too. The outstanding spectacular weapons of World War II were radar and the atomic bomb. The English also were pioneers in jet propulsion. They invented and perfected the Bailey Bridge. They designed and built the prefabricated portable harbour which made the invasion of France possible—and successful. They built airplanes second to none in the world. x And Sir Alexander Fleming, of London, discovered penicillin, the wonder drug responsible for preserving the lives of thousands of Americans and others wounded in battle. England’s accomplishments in World War II are little short of miraculous. It has frequently been said that we saved England. We are not so sure that it was not England that saved us!