The 40s: The Story of a Decade by The New Yorker Magazine

Author:The New Yorker Magazine [Unknown]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780679644804
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2014-05-06T00:00:00+00:00

FROM

St. Clair McKelway

JUNE 15, 1940 (ON WALTER WINCHELL)

On Saturday, September 2, 1939, it seemed certain to Walter Winchell, as it did to the rest of us, that Great Britain was about to go to war with Germany. Unlike the rest of us, Winchell did something about this. After turning it over in his mind, he sent a cablegram early the next morning to Prime Minister Chamberlain, as follows:

May I respectfully offer the suggestion that if Britain declares war the declaration might be worded not as “War Against Germany” but as “War against Adolf Hitler personally and his personal regime.” Stressing the fact that Hitler does not really represent the true will of the vast civilian population of Germany. Such declaration might have the astonishing effect of bringing the German people to their senses especially if such declaration can be made known to the German people and inevitably it would via radio and other channels. This is merely a layman’s suggestion offered in hopes of a new era of world peace.

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