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Churchill's Memoirs j Reveal His Slogan and Plan to Meet Invasion! |y th* A»iecint»d Pr*«« NEW YORK. Feb. 18.—Winston Churchill reveals in his war mem oirs he planned to use the slogan "You can always take one with you.” if German soldiers hac' landed on English soil. Most of the third installmen' of the second volume of his mem oirs in Life Magazine is devoted to the British and German prep arations for the invasion of Eng land which the Nazis planned for September, 1940. The volume also is being serial ized by the New York Times. "I have often wondered what; would have happened if 200,000 German storm troops had actually established themselves ashore.” the war-time Prime Minister writes. "The massacre would have been on both sides grim and great. There would have been neither; mercy nor quarter. They would have used terror and we were pre pared to go all lengths. Calculated on Horrors. "I intended to use the slogan. ‘You can always take one wtthj you.’ I even calculated that the horrors of such a scene would in: the last resort turn the scale in the United States.” But, he adds. Britons main tained their "buoyant and imper turbable temper” and “were not even dismayed." “They defied the conquerors of Europe. * * * This was a time when it was equally good to live or die.” Hitler s admirals and generals drew up detailed plans to land 13 divisions on the southeast coast of England in “Operation Sea Lion,” the cross-Channel invasion, Mr. Churchill writes. But he emphasizes the differ ences between all the Nazi mili tary services as to the size and •cope of the invasion. “It is impossible to resist the conclusion,” Mr. Churchill says, “that the German Army did not want to entrust its men to the German Navy for the 22-mile Channel crossing.” Nazi Plans Outlined. The former Prime Minister con tinues with this account: The Nazi Navy proposed to make a narrow corridor across the Channel, protect it with long range guns firing from France, wall it off with mines, and defend it with hordes of submarines. But the army demanded that, more men and equipment be put ashore at once than could be transported through such & corri dor. Hitler himself umpired the dis pute between his military leaders, finally ordering a compromise plan. But in the crucial days of early September, with the two weeks of the best invasion weather at hand, the Fuehrer himself kept postponing the D-date until “Operatioin Sea Lion” was aban doned Recalls Greatest Fear. Mr. Churchill says his greatest fear in preparing invasion de fenses was that the Germans would get tanks ashore which | could not be stopped by the poorly-armed home guards who would be the only forces avail able at many points. To meet this situation, he pressed energetically for develop ment of a “sticky bomb” which would stick fast to a tank when dropped on it or placed against it. "We had the picture in mind that devoted soldiers or civilians would run close up to the tank and even thrust the bomb upon it. though its explosion cost them their lives. There were undoubt edly many who would have done it." Fisk Club to Meet Sunday D*$ Charles S. Johnson, pres ident of Fisk University, will be guest of honor at a meeting of the Washington Fisk Club at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Phyllis Wheat ley YWCA._ In Arthritis... It helps many who drink 4 to 8 glasses a day for a period of time. ... In Kidney... It promotes urea clearance and stimulates kidney function. ... In Acidity It reduces excessive uric acid and hyperacidity of the stomach. Ask Your Doclot Mountay»lUicy Water 904 12th St. N.W. ME. 1062 DALE CARNEGIE LEARN TO SPEAK EFFECTIVELY Unroll now for the Dale Caraecie Coarse. 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