HELP FOR BRITAIN

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 248, 17 September 1940, Page 2

HELP FOR BRITAIN

SENTIMENT IN AMERICA. GROWING SUPPORT. AUCKLAND, Sept 16. “When it comes to war and the Presidential election, I should say the main public interest is in the .war, and everyone is for Britain,” said Mr Julius M. Rapaport, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, on liis arrival by the American Clipper. “Of course we are interested in the election, too, he continued. “Both candidates have declared themselves in favour of all possible assistance to Great Britain. It is just ia question of who will do the job best. Mr Rapaport said the growing sentiment in the United States was toward defending the Western Hemisphere and sending all' possib e assistance to Britain short of dispatching troops. It was felt that Britain s need was for equipment, especially ojrcraft, rather than men. “The German-American Bund is in thorough disrepute,” Mr Rapaport said in reply to a question as to what influence the organisation had in the United States. “It is under Congressional investigation. I would would have no substantial effect on public opinion. The Dies Committee has done a lot toward exposing it. As for Colonel Charles Lindbergh, he has fallen from caste. Everyone admires Ins flying ability, but everyone feels that when he gets into the sphere of international diplomacy he is floundering in something he does not understand. He does not command a very great following.”