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HITLERS SPEECH DIGESTED "WASHINGTON, D. C, April 28— Congressional interpretation of Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitlers reply to President Roosevelts appeal for peace today produced sharply contrasting opinions, which boiled down to this: 1. That the dictators words mean more trouble for Europe ; that they were a "masterful evasion" of the Presidents plea; that they were "specious and unpromising of any tranquillity in the European situation." 2. That the German chancellor left "an opening for conciliatory action;" that his speech to the reichstag was "not a hateful speech"; that "it was a pretty strong speech, but not so violent." President Roosevelts supporters in Congress agreed generally that Hitlers address was ominous, but members of the Senate foreign relations committee, concerned with the nations foreign policy, saw some degree of hope for the maintenance of European peace.
