European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday november 16. 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5duke of Windsor backed Hitler Rule new York up a the abdicated King of England calling Adolf Hitler a a great Man a sought to enlist president Franklin Roosevelt in a conspiracy to a sought conspiracy with for interview says the Duke of Windsor Pease the nazi dictator and end world War ii according to a secret interview made Public thursday. In 1940, four years after giving up the Crown the Duke of Windsor made the statements in an interview on the Caribbean Island of Nassau with Fulton ours Ler editor of Liberty Magazine who had close ties to Roosevelt. The interview appearing in an article in this december a Issue of american heritage Magazine was written by Fulton Oursler jr., who used his fathers previously unpublished notes. Edward Viii became King of England in 1936, but abdicated so he could marry an american Divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson. In 1937, As Duke of Windsor he visited Germany and met Hitler along with his key aides Joseph Goebbels and Hermann Goring. According to the notes the Duke described rumours that the italian defeat in Greece might Lead to a revolution in Germany As a too much Wishful thinking that there would be no revolution in Germany and it would be a tragic thing for the world if Hitler were  a Hitler he said was the right and logical Leader of the German people. He regarded Hitler As a great Man a the senior Oursler wrote. The Duke told Oursler that Roosevelt soon would have to act As a mediator Between prime minister Winston Churchill and Hitler telling them that a you two boys have thought Long enough and now you have to kiss and make  the morning after the interview the Duke s aide de Camp visited Oursler to confirm that the journalist would use his Access to Roosevelt to enter into a a machiavellian conspiracy and deliver the Dukes request. A Tell or. Roosevelt that if he will make an offer of intervention of peace that before any one in England can oppose itt the Duke of Windsor will instantly Issue a statement supporting it and that will Start a revolution in England and Force peace a the Dukes aide told ours Ler. When Oursler broached the subject with Roosevelt the president seemed to already know of the Duke s views leading the journalist to conclude that British intelligence had listened in on the interview. Ours cry a notes surfaced after his death in 1952. But his son said he did not make them Public earlier because Quot others convinced me that my father would not have released the memo while the Duke and Duchess were still  the Duke died in 1972. Quot Quot now that both ate dead and 50 years have passed since the interview i believe the Story should be told a he said. He said his father published a Quot Blandy article based on the interview at the time but Lett out the Dukes treasonous statements because Quot lie feared for his  Churchill and Roosevelt also had a stake in suppressing the Dukes sentiments Oursler said considering the nazi bombing of London at the time. A what More demoralizing thing could have happened to England than for the British people to learn that the former King thought the country was wrong to continue the War against Germany Quot Oursler asked different Ferraro opens bid for . Senate new York apr Geraldine Ferraro who made history when she ran for the vice presidency in 1984, announced thursday that she is seeking the democratic nomination to Challenge Republican sen. Alfonse do Amato. Ferraro made her announcement at a Brooklyn Junior High school in front of hundreds of students saying she would fight for the Middle class. A a you la find this is a different kind of announcement because i want to be a different kind of senator a she said. A i did no to want to announce today in some Manhattan ballroom or on the Steps of City Hall. That a not what this Campaign is All  her bid for the democratic nomination could be a political comeback for the former congresswoman who was Walter Mondale a running mate seven years ago. But gaining the nomination could be Tough. Other democrats who have said they plan to run Are attorney general Robert Abrams new York City comptroller Elizabeth Holtzman who is also a former congresswoman and rep. Robert Mrazek. The primary will be in september. Do Amato who is in his second term was cleared by the Senate ethics committee in August of influence peddling accusations. The committee did Call him negligent for letting his brother use the senators office on behalf of a defense contractor. Ferraro told the students she returned to the school which she had visited last year to make her announcement because a yours is the kind of school that Hopes to produce the kind of Middle class that will be the Backbone of our  a i intend to be a senator who will fight for that Middle class a she said. Ferraro highlighted the importance of a National health care plan tax Breaks for the Middle class and increased attention to education. Ferraro in the stars and stripes10 years ago nov. 16,1981 a the chairman of president Reagan a Council of economic advisers said . Unemployment May return to a Post world War ii Peak of 9 percent before Reagan a policies Start working to produce vigorous economic growth.20 years ago nov. 16,1971 a George Bush was among More than a score of delegates speaking in a ceremony of Welcome at the United nations after five representatives of the people s Republic of China took their seats in the general Assembly for the first time.30 years ago nov. 16,1961 a boots Hansen and coot Matthews professional Oil firefighters from Texas were called in to Battle a Torch like flame that illuminated the Sahara for a 40-mile radius menacing Frances vast natural Gas project in the desert.40 years ago nov. 16,1951 a Henry Jameson president of the grass roots Eisen Hower for president club formed in the general s Hometown announced that sen. Henry Cabot Lodge jr., r-mass., had been named to direct a National Eisen Hower for president Campaign. Endangered fish could bring change to Northwest Power water policies by the Washington Post Washington the National Marine fisheries service on thursday designated the Snake River Sockeye Salmon As an endangered species in a move that May Force the Pacific Northwest to curb its huge appetite for cheap Federal Power and irrigation water. The designation probably comes too late to save the fish As a wild species. Only four of the fish completed this year the 900-mile journey from the Pacific to spawn in an Alpine Lake in Idaho s sawtooth mountains. The Lone female in that group was taken for artificial spawning in a desperate attempt to produce hatchery raised fish with the genetic traits of the wild species. The decision is expected to lend new urgency to longstanding efforts to restore threatened runs of other Salmon species on the Columbia River and its tributaries. Those attempts have never quite succeeded in part because of intense Competition for the columbian a water which has been harnessed since the 1930s by a series of dams. Those dams have turned millions of acres of arid land into some of the world s most productive farms and Orchards and provided the cheap hydroelectric Power that fuels the regions aluminium aircraft and other industries. The National Marine fisheries service already has proposed to list two other Snake River Salmon populations the. Spring summer and fall Chinook runs As threatened a a move that is Likely to Lead to designations that they Are endangered and must be restored. The decline of the Salmon runs involves a Complex web of factors that include Over harvesting and habitat destruction. But a major reason experts said is the hydroelectric dams constructed beginning in the 1930s. The system produces one third of the hydroelectric Power in the United states and provides the Pacific Northwest with clean abundant Power at Only 40 percent of the Cost of electricity in most of the United slates. Despite the expenditure of about $1 billion in the last decade to build fish ladders erect screens Over Turbine intakes build hatcheries and truck Salmon around the dams the annual runs of All Salmon species on the Columbia system have declined to about 2.5 million fish from historic Levels of about 16 million per year. Reversing the decline some experts said Means undoing some of that massive engineering project by drawing Down reservoirs behind the dams to let water pass faster downstream to assist juvenile fish in their journey to the Ocean. However utilities industries and the Federal agencies that control the dams Are Likely to fight solutions that rely too heavily on drawing Down the reservoirs. 28 Rice students caught cheating on test Houston a Twenty eight Rice University students Many of whom May have been athletes were caught in a cheating scandal described As the worst single violation of the schools 69-year-old Honor code. The cheating was detected earlier this year when a suspicious professor changed the questions on a science quiz the Dean of students office said. The students filled in answers that corresponded directly with questions on the earlier version of the quiz. The professor accused them of breaking the Honor code which allows students to take tests and do Homework without surveillance and 28 admitted guilt. No names were released hut a reporter at Rice a student newspaper concluded from the composition of the class that Many of the cheaters were athletes. A a i he great majority of faculty members considers this just one More illustration of the reason Why a University like Rice should not be playing in the Southwest  history professor Thomas Haskell a frequent critic of the University athletics program