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the U.S., of which there were plenty. I forget what Churchill did but I'm sure he communicated in some way or the other. I think Brenden Bracken came over and expressed himself violently. The whole issue of the end of the Alliance really nearly started at that time because we had a government that was, in effect, all for dismantling the British Empire, and the British had a government headed by our hero Winston Churchill who said, “The last thing I'm gonna do is have anything to do with dismantling the British Empire.” And our great ally Russia was also all for dismantling the British Empire and the British, having enough sense of history and knowing the Russians better than we did, were all for fighting a different kind of a war, namely one that would contain Russia at the end of the war. So there were all these counter forces going on all the time. You didn't refer to them as blatantly as I have just now, but they were basic to the scene, starting as early as the end of 1942.

Did the Davenport editorial or letter reflect Luce's view, about the second front?

My memory, and it may be faulty, is that Luce thought that Davenport had gone overboard on that one.

I see. I guess my question in bringing up these two--you know, the Detroit and this--is, do you recall any particular incidents of pressure from the White House, either of contact by FDR or any of his Cabinet or shadow Cabinet or--in other words, the relationship of Life and the White House in that period?