AMERICAN NAVY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 24009, 5 July 1941, Page 11

AMERICAN NAVY

USE AT ONCE URGED ATLANTIC CONVOYS MR. WILLKIE'S ADVOCACY LONDON July 4 The use of the United States Navy to ensure that supplies reach Britain is advocated by Mr. Wendell Willkie, the Republican leader.

"Unless the United States Navy is used immediately to ensure that Britain gets supplies, she will not survive," said Mr. Willkie in New York last night. Britain's survival, he added, was essential for the preservation of the liberty of the United States. There was no time to lose. "Americans, I call you to action," he concluded. A demand for American convoys now to win the war is made by Mr. Ralph fngersoll this morning in the newspaper P.M. With the German air force locked in struggle with Russia and the Royal Air Force's blows at the enemy, he writes, Britain has a supreme opporunity to drive the Axis out of Africa. But that can only be done if Britain can send a large part of her fleet into the Mediterranean. Britain cannot do this unless the United States will undertake convoy work in the Atlantic. PRESIDENT TO SPEAK' BROADCAST THIS MORNING (Reed. 7.15 p.m.) WASHINGTON. July 3 President Roosevelt will make a world broadcast from 0 to 9.15 a.m. on Saturday, New Zealand time. Mr. Roosevelt spent Thursday at Hyde Park, his country home, composing his Independence Day broadcast. Mr. William Hassett, who is a White House secretary, warned the press not to expect "a tremendously important utterance." Mr. Roosevelt will speak for only five or six minutes. PEACE MOVE URGED ISOLATIONIST SENATORS (Reed. 7.10 p.m.) WASHINGTON, July 3 The opposition senators, Senator B. K. Wheeler and Senator G. P. Nye. to-day urged President Roosevelt to make on Independence Day, the fourth of July, a plea for a negotiated peace in Europe. Senator R.' A. Tnft said the President should explore peace possibilities without publicity.

The three senators, in separate state ments, argued that, thanks to the unexpected Russo-German conflict, the time was ripe for Britain to secur« a favourable peace. Administration officials pointed out that a negotiated peace at this time would be a Hitler-dictated peace and that the Government did not desire to be a party to any such settlement. A large number of leading Americans of Gerittau descent have sent President Roosevelt an , Independence Day teiegiam expressing loyalty to America and resistance to Nazi anti-democratic threats. The message congratulated the President on his far-sighted stand to end discrimination against minority groups and pledged the utmost cooperation. It stated that, a nationwide organisation, I/oval Americans of Gorman Descent, had been formed, the purpose of which was to rally •fellowcitizens of German ancestry to the allout defence of America and democracy.