PRESIDENT SILENT
ON EUROPEAN CRISIS PETITIONS FOR INTERVENTION. PLANS FOR EVACUATION OF AMERICANS. WASHINGTON. August 23. The Acting-Secretary of State. Mr W. Sumner Welles, with the army and navy chiefs and a score of officials from five departments, conferred at length tonight and discussed the arrangements for evacuating 100.000 Americans from Europe and also steps to preserve American neutrality in the event of war. It is learned that nine new members are being appointed to the War Resources Board in preparation for an emergency. Earlier the Polish Ambassador waited on Mr Welles and stressed that Poland would defend herself against territorial demands, even if she were descried by England and France. The American Ambassador to Poland has been authorised to warn Americans there of the danger of a conflict. President Roosevelt, who is holidaying aboard the cruiser Tuscaloosa, is silent. When he returns on Friday, he will face numerous petitions for his intervention to preserve peace.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 August 1939, Page 7
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