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United States Department of State Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, Japan: 1931-1941: Volume I (1931-1941)
Germany Could No Longer Remain Idle
I WILL AGAIN PUT ON MY UNIFORM
By ADOLF HITLER, Chancellor of Germany
Address made to the Reichstag, September 1, 1939
WE SHALL ENTER WITH A CLEAR CONSCIENCE
By NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, Prime Minister of Great Britain
Address made to the House of Commons, September 1, 1939
WE MUST SAVE OUR HONOR AND SECURITY
By EDOUARD DALADIER, Premier of France
Speech made to the Chamber of Deputies, September 2, 1939
By HERBERT HOOVER, Former President of the United States
Delivered over NBC—September 1, 1939
This Nation Will Remain Neutral
THERE WILL BE NO BLACKOUT OF PEACE IN AMERICA
By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Radio address delivered September 3, 1939
By KING GEORGE VI of Great Britain
Radio address delivered from London, September 3, 1939
By NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, President, Columbia University
Delivered at the Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, Long Island, September 3, 1939
Winston Churchill.
Delivered to the House of Commons, September 3, 1939.
By C. T. FENG, Consul of China to San Francisco
Delivered at Commonwealth Club, September 8, 1939
Can Impartial Neutrality Be Maintained:
By ELBERT D. THOMAS, United States Senator from Utah
Broadcast over a nation-wide network of The National Broadcasting Company, arranged by The Washington Star, September 11, 1939
sANTHONY EDEN
September 11, 1939
By WILLIAM E. BORAH, U. S. Senator from Idaho
Delivered over radio from Washington, D. C., September 14, 1939
LET US LOOK TO OUR OWN DEFENSE
By COL. CHARLES A. LINDBERGH, Famous Aviator
Delivered over radio from Washington, D. C., September 15, 1939
By HENDRIK VAN LOON, Historian
Over Radio Station WPXR, September 15, 1939
By MARTIN DIES, Congressman from Texas
Made over a National Broadcasting Company Network from Washington, D. C., September 17, 1939
FREEDOM CANNOT SUBSIST ON CONFUSED VALUES AND DIVIDED LOYALTIES
By DR. HAROLD W. DODDS, President of Princeton University
Delivered at the Exercises Opening the 193rd Year of the University, September 17, 1939
IT IS DICTATORSHIP, ALL THE WAY, OR IT IS LIBERALISM. WHICH?
By W. W. WAYMACK, Editor, Des Moines, Iowa, Register and Tribune
Commencement Address at Morningside College, June 6, 1939
THE OLDER GENERATION HAS MADE A HORRIBLE MESS OF THE WORLD
By LEVERING TYSON, President, Muhlenberg College
Delivered at Opening of 72nd Academic Year, September 18, 1939
WE WILL DEFEND OUR RIGHTS TO THE LAST BREATH
By ADOLF HITLER, Chancellor of Germany
Delivered at Danzig, September 19, 1939
WE WILL FIGHT TO ELIMINATE HITLERISM
By NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, Prime Minister of Great Britain
In the House of Commons, September 20, 1939
By C. M. CHESTER, Chairman, General Foods Corp, and Chairman, Finance Committee, National Association of Manufacturers
Broadcast over the Columbia Broadcasting System, September 20, 1939
By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Address to Congress, September 21, 1939
A General Clash Can Be Averted
EUROPE IS NOT YET ACTUALLY AT WAR
By BENITO MUSSOLINI, Premier of Italy
Delivered to party leaders at Rome, September 23, 1939
LET'S PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
By WOOD NETHERLAND, Vice President, Mercantile-Commerce Bank and Trust Company, St. Louis, Missouri,
Before the State Bank Division, 65th Annual Convention, American Bankers Association, Seattle, Wash., September 25, 1939
Humanity's Experiment With Free Institutions
THIS COUNTRY MAY WELL BE THE LAST CITADEL
By JAMES B. CONANT, President of Harvard University
Given at the University Chapel Service in the Harvard Memorial Church, September 26, 1939
The World Upon Which Youth Must Look
THE CONFLICT IS BETWEEN IDEAS AND IDEALS
By NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, President, Columbia University
Delivered at the Opening of the 186th Year of Columbia University, September 27, 1939
The Place of the University in 1940
EVERYTHING IT STANDS FOR IS THREATENED
By ROBERT S. LYND, Professor of Sociology at Columbia University
Delivered at the Opening Exercises of the 186th year of Columbia University, September 27, 1939
We Will Deal in Performances, Not Promises
IT IS NOT FOR HITLER TO SAY WHEN THE WAR WILL END
By WINSTON CHURCHILL, First Lord of the Admiralty
Radio address from London, October 1, 1939
By ALFRED E. SMITH, Former Governor of New York
Over Radio, October 1, 1939
The Embargo Should Be Repealed
WE OUGHT TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEPTS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
By KEY PITTMAN, U. S. Senator from Nevada
Before the United States Senate, Monday, October 2, 1939
The Embargo and European Power Politics
ARE OUR SACRIFICES TO BE MEASURED BY CASH?
By WILLIAM E. BORAH, U. S. Senator from Idaho
Delivered in the Senate in opposition to proposal to amend the Neutrality Act. October 2, 1939
THIS IS NOT AN ORDINARY DEBATE
By ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE, JR., United States Senator from Wisconsin
Broadcast over a Nation-wide Network of The National Broadcasting Company, Wednesday, October 4, 1939
LET US KEEP THE DOLLAR SIGN OFF THE AMERICAN FLAG
By GEORGE W. NORRIS, United States Senator from Nebraska
Delivered over NBC Network, October 3, 1939
DESTINY WILL DECIDE WHO IS RIGHT
By ADOLF HITLER, Chancellor of Germany
Delivered to the Reichstag, October 6, 1939
OUR TROOPS ARE IN ENEMY TERRITORY
By EDOUARD DALADIER, Premier of France
Delivered over radio from Paris, October 10, 1939
OUR POLICY MUST BE AS CLEAR CUT AS OUR SHORE LINES
By COLONEL CHARLES A. LINDBERGH, Aviator
Delivered over Radio from Washington, October 13, 1939
HE ENCOURAGES THE IDEOLOGY OF TOTALITARIANISM
By KEY PITTMAN, United States Senator from Nevada
Delivered in the Senate, October 14, 1939
The Effect of the Emergency on Scientific and Industrial Progress
OUR PROBLEM IS ONE OF SURPLUSES
By CHARLES F. KETTERING, Vice-President of General Motors in Charge of Research
At "Industry in the Present Emergency" Luncheon, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, Tuesday, October 17, 1939
Legal Rights in the War at Sea
THE LAWS AND RULES OF HUMANITY
By J. L. BRIERLY, English Authority
Delivered over the British Broadcasting System, October 24, 1939
MUTUAL COMPREHENSION IS VITAL TO BOTH
By the MARQUESS OF LOTHIAN, British Ambassador to the United States
Delivered at the dinner of The Pilgrims, held in New York City, October 25, 1939
Science In a War-Stricken World
MAN MUST LEARN TO COOPERATE RATHER THAN TO DESTROY
By DR. ARTHUR H. COMPTON, Professor of Physics at the University of Chicago and Nobel Prize Winner, 1927
Delivered at New York Herald Tribune Forum, October 25, 1939
LET US BE HONEST WITH OURSELVES
By ALAN VALENTINE, President of the University of Rochester
Delivered before the Fourth Annual University of Rochester Convocation, October 25, 1939
MAN'S CITADEL MUST BE KEPT INVIOLATE AGAINST ASSAULTS
By DR. FOSTER KENNEDY, Professor of Neurology at Cornell University
Delivered before the New York Herald-Tribune Forum, October 25, 1939
IT'S ABOUT TIME THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BEGAN TO BE CHOOSEY
By STANLEY HIGH, Lecturer, Editor, Author and Radio Commentator
Delivered before the New York Herald Tribune Forum, October 26, 1939
War—Its Economic Impact on the United States
THE PATH TO DESTRUCTION AND BANKRUPTCY
By J. STEELE GOW, Director, The Maurice and Laura Folk Foundation
Delivered before the North Central Regional Conference of The National Association of Building Owners and Managers in Pittsburgh, Pa., October 27, 1939
By GENERAL CHARLES P. SUMMERALL, President of The Citadel the Military College of South Carolina,
at the Armistice Eve Banquet of the Union League Club of Chicago, November 10, 1939
The Crisis and Our Responsibility
By MARY E. WOOLLEY, Author, Educator and Expert on International Affairs
Delivered at the dinner of the New York State Federation of Women's Clubs, Rochester, N. Y., November 13, 1939
American Business in War and Peace
ECONOMIC PEACE ESSENTIAL TO POLITICAL PEACE
By THOMAS W. LAMONT, of J. P. Morgan & Co., Bankers
Before the Academy of Political Science, Hotel Astor—New York, November 15, 1939
Fundamental Features of Our Foreign Policy
GOOD NEIGHBORS IN AN ORDERED WORLD
By GEORGE S. MESSERSMITH, Assistant Secretary of State
Delivered at the Governors' Session of the Fifteenth New England Conference, Boston, Mass., November 23, 1939
PROCRASTINATION NOW AND IMPROVISATION LATER
By COLONEL WILLIAM J. DONOVAN, Soldier and Lawyer. Asst. Chief of Staff 27th Div. of the AEF
Before the Sons of Erin, at the Hotel Commodore, Monday Evening, November 27th, 1939
The Present Need For a Sane Commercial Policy
ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL WARFARE IS A CONSTANT MENACE TO PEACE
By HENRY F. GRADY, Assistant Secretary of State Delivered in the National Radio Forum of the Washington Evening Star,
over the Blue Network of the National Broadcasting Company, November 27, 1939
Insidious Wiles of Foreign Influence
HAVE WE FORGOTTEN WASHINGTON'S ADVICE?
By MARTIN DIES, Congressman from Texas
Before the Mass Meeting for America, Madison Square Garden, New York, November 29, 1939
By ARTHUR CAPPER, United States Senator from Kansas
Delivered over radio, December 3, 1939
WHEN THE POLITICIAN FAILS, DEMOCRACY FAILS
By JAMES A. FARLEY, Postmaster General and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
Delivered before the faculty and students, Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, December 4, 1939
Democracy Shall Not Be Plowed Under
By J. W. STUDEBAKER, United States Commissioner of Education
Before the Twenty first Meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation, Chicago, Illinois, December 5, 1939
A FREE PEOPLE CAN SOLVE ITS PROBLEMS IF GIVEN A CHANCE
By THOMAS E. DEWEY, District Attorney of New York County and Candidate for the Presidential Nomination in 1940
Delivered at Minneapolis, Minn., December 6, 1939
December 6, 1939
INTERNATIONAL
DISARMAMENT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE By P. J. NOEL BAKER, Member of Parliament of
Great Britain Delivered over British Broadcasting System,
December 12, 1939
Anti-Semitism Is America's Concern
A SYMPTOM OF THE DISEASE THAT KILLS GREAT NATIONS
By DR. BARUCH BRAUNSTEIN, Historian and Lecturer
Before the Institute on Contemporary Jewish Affairs, December 12, 1939, Washington, D. C.
Sponsored by the National Council of Jewish Women
LEAGUE OF NATIONS' EXPULSION OF THE U.S.S.R., DECEMBER 14, 1939
THE FORCES OF PRIMITIVE SAVAGERY HAVE BEEN UNLOOSED UPON THE WORLD
By HERBERT HOOVER, Ex-President of the United States
Delivered at Madison Square Garden on behalf of the people of Finland, December 21, 1939
INFLUENCE OF A WELL-INFORMED PUBLIC IS OF PROFOUND IMPORTANCE
By GENERAL GEORGE C. MARSHALL, Chief of Staff of the United States Army
Delivered before the Joint Meeting of the American Military Institute with the American Historical Association, Washington, D. C., December 28, 1939