Cabinet Meeting October 1 1938 with MacArthur, Pound, Leahy, Mengert, Davis, Evans, Althaus, and Rickenbacker.
Ezra Pound(FM): Mr president. We have successfully united all of North America. I recommend we quickly revive the Monroe Doctrine with the Roosevelt Corollary. The International and Mittle Europa are having a proxy war in South America. We have privately approached both powers and asked them to remove themselves from our hemisphere. They refuse to do so. I suggest we unite the entire hemisphere under one government.
H.R. Mengert(HOG): Have you lost your mind? That would mean war with most of the world.
MacArthur(HOS, MOS, COS): We have already decided to combat Totalism around the world. Is this really much more of a stretch? Mankind needs a one world government. Our government is the best in the world, so we should unite all of mankind.
H.R. Mengert: Are you sure about this? Is it even possible?
MacArthur: Good question. What is the state of our military?
Leahy(CoN): Mr president. We currently have 12 battleships, 6 battle cruisers, and 24 carriers under construction. We also have new transport models with longer range. We will be able to match any two navies in the world by 1941.
Rickenbacker(CoA): The air corps currently has under construction 16 naval bombers with escort, 16 fighters, 1 interceptor(which will bring us to 12), 3 strategic bombers with escorts(bringing us to 4) and 2 tactical bombers with escorts(bringing us to 12). I would suggest more tactical bombers, and another type of aircraft that specializes in close support of troops on the ground.
Kenneth Althaus(CoArmy): Our infantry and ranger units are doing well, our cavalry seem to do well in jungle and swamp along with the marines. However, we need to consider gathering our armored units and using them in larger formations. We have motorized infantry that can travel with them and support them. They would be especially useful in Europe and North Africa.
MacArthur: Have we achieved a consensus here? Shall we unite all the people's of the world? Any nays? No? Make it so.